Soon, the Chen family caravan arrived at its first destination.
Compared with this time, the passage through the Abyss Business Road seemed calm, and it passed quickly with almost zero casualties.
This was the only good news in this boring journey, and it also added a touch of joy to the originally gloomy face of Chen Zheng, although it was not enough to offset his deep worries about the future. But it also restored a little vitality to the originally low pressure of the caravan.
The closer they got to the caravan's first destination, the more unscrupulous the caravan guards looked.
After entering the destination of Shale City, several guards who belonged to Shale City began to talk loudly, as if they were afraid that the caravan members would not know their identities.
Even Li Yi, who had been deeply involved in the journey, was attracted by the loud noise of these guards. He opened the car curtain and listened with great interest to the guards who were originally from Shale City as they introduced the local customs and customs.
And these guards of Shale City were even more excited when they saw that the only person worth worrying about in their minds, the noble from the South District, was also interested in these things that were common in the North District.
This is their purpose.
The entire caravan, except for Li Yi, was all from the North District. What the guards said was nothing new to the caravan members who traveled north and south.
Therefore, anyone with a discerning eye can see at a glance that these people are originally targeting this noble young master from the Southern District.
Many people secretly still regretted it, not only for their own upcoming fate, but also for the future fate of this ignorant noble young master.
At this time, Chen Zheng was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic. He was no longer as worried as he was a few days ago. He regained his unique affinity as a businessman, took the initiative to join in, and introduced Li Yi with great emotion. Some local oddities.
You must know that as a wealthy businessman, Chen Zheng's appeal and speaking ability are much higher than those of the guards who were originally soldiers.
Coupled with the waxing and waning of one's own knowledge, it can be clearly seen that the two sides' descriptions of the same things pale in comparison.
In the end, the guards simply stopped talking, and only occasionally glanced at Chen Zheng with resentful eyes, which seemed to mean something.
Labor and management will remember you, please be careful!
Chen Zheng seemed to be completely unaware of these hostile looks. He just introduced the appearance of Shale City to Li Yi vividly, and did not take these malicious looks to heart at all.
At the end of the sentence, Chen Zheng sighed deeply.
"To be honest, this is a really good place. The scenery is beautiful and the soil is fertile. It is said that there are many kinds of mineral veins found nearby. As a noble, sir, you must also know that if a city-state wants to continue to develop, in addition to some necessary factors In addition, one's own strength is also very important. The strength I am talking about here does not refer to the people who rule the city, but the city itself. Can you understand this, sir?"
Li Yi glanced at Chen Zheng in surprise, whose expression returned to a calm expression at some point, and then smiled.
He originally thought that the other party would show that kind of worry. At least on the surface, Chen Zheng's situation would not be much better now.
If this is the case, Li Yi also thinks that the other party is more powerful.
But the other party's expression means that unknowingly, the other party's backhand has been quietly deployed.
This is very interesting.
Even though Li Yi did nothing along the way, except eating, sleeping, and browsing the scenery along the way every day, he seemed to be doing nothing, but in fact he was always paying attention to Chen Zheng's every move.
As for the guards, he didn't pay much attention at all.
They were just clown puppets, not worthy of his attention.
But these days, apart from hiding in his car with his head down and sighing, the caravan chief mostly ate and slept. Apart from occasionally conveying orders for emergency supplies to the team, he did not do anything. Notable move.
Moreover, he looks haggard most of the time, apparently due to mental weakness caused by poor sleep.
However, after arriving in Shale City, this situation was completely eliminated. Chen Zheng became the elegant Confucian businessman again. Even his complexion could be seen that he had been carefully groomed.
It was as if the person I saw in those days was not him at all.
Interesting, this guy is a genius.
Li Yili was happy.
He secretly gave the other party an evaluation in his mind, without revealing it, but listened with interest to what the other party said.
In fact, before he decided to come to the North District, Li Yi had already understood the current situation of the North District and the specific conditions of several city-states that he had to reach through various methods, mainly systems.
Whether these guards or Chen Zheng, he had actually already understood the local customs and customs they told him.
Of course, on the surface he still had to pretend to be interested, at least to confuse everyone.
As for whether those people include the shopkeeper Chen Da, at present, it is really hard to say.
While thinking about it, the convoy has slowly entered Shale City.
At this point, Li Yi and others finally saw the appearance of the first city-state when they first arrived in the North District.
This is a city built on the desert, surrounded by desert on all sides.
For ordinary people, such a city will definitely not have a good impression.
Humanity's attitude towards the desert has always been to stay away from it rather than approach it actively. Even if humans in the future have already climbed to the stars and looked at the moon and explored outer space, this situation has not changed much.
But this Shale City completely subverted Li Yi's previous understanding.
What he saw was not sparsely populated and bleak prospects, nor was there despair and uncertainty on people's faces.
It seems that this sentiment has disappeared in this city.
What he saw and what was systematically explained, including what Sha Yuecheng's guards and Chen Zheng said just now, were basically not too different.
It was a prosperous scene, with a tired but happy look on everyone's face.
This expression once appeared in the ancient Eastern countries at a certain period in history.
That was the period when the national self-confidence of that ancient country was at its highest, and it was also the early stage of the mysterious country's re-emergence.
Similarly, as a country that can be called a civilization, this spirit has inspired these civilization creators more than once, and has also allowed that ancient civilization to reopen a new era.
In this strange northern city-state, Li Yi was surprised to find that he actually saw the same energy on the faces of the ordinary citizens of Shayue City.
This can probably be regarded as an unexpected discovery when I first arrived here.
Except for the people, everything else is quite different from the impression in the introduction.
The only thing that surprised Li Yi was the location of the city.
He originally thought that although this city was located in the desert, there should be an oasis nearby or simply in the city.
I found it after looking around.
Not to mention nearby, even this city is located on quicksand.
However, looking at the pedestrians walking around with no hesitation at all, it is impossible to tell that this is a city-state built on quicksand.
If so, that would be interesting.
After careful observation, Li Yi discovered it.
These seemingly ordinary city citizens, almost everyone has good skills.
Although we don't know how effective these people are in combat, you can tell just by looking at the flexibility of their hands and feet.
No one is that frail.
This is simply unimaginable in the city-states of the Southern District!
Just when Li Yi was slightly shocked, a group of people also came up and surrounded the caravan that had just entered the city.
