Lord of the People: I rely on cheating for hegemony

In the early morning of June 20, 6, Qu Mao had already arrived at the Pass Railway Station behind the two-way teleportation gate at the end of the underground world passage below Xirong City.

Counting it, Qu Mao departed from the entrance and exit of the Holy Land Underground World at 20:6 am on June 3, 09. It took less than two days and two nights to wait for other steam trains to make way. Time, so Qu Mao optimistically estimated that if all the trains on this railway were replaced with internal combustion engine locomotives, they would definitely be able to reach Xirong City within 30 hours.

Even if you don't consider stopping in the middle, it is not impossible to reach Xirong City in 24 hours.

After personally experiencing the multiplied increase in traffic efficiency in the Yidi Territory, Qu Mao felt very excited, and felt that the future technological development of the Yidi Territory would be greatly accelerated by this matter.

Passing through the two-way portal at the end of the underground world, and arriving at Xirong City in the Marquis of Shaliu, Qu Mao suddenly realized that Xirong City was not as hot as it used to be. Qu Mao thought it was because he had just experienced the speed of a train pulled by an internal combustion engine locomotive. , so the happy mood leads to this illusion.

But before he reached the City Hall of Xirong City, Qu Mao realized: This is not his illusion, but Xirong City is really not as hot as he imagined.

The current time is June 20th, 6. According to the climate conditions of the Continent, it should be the hottest time in Xirong City and even the entire Shaliuhou Kingdom, but Xirong City is indeed not as hot as Qu Mao felt in the past .

Looking up and looking around, Qu Mao's eyes are full of greenery.

When the water was first stored in Xirong City, the branches cut from the old tree next to the Yueya Spring in Yuexia City were inserted by the side of the reservoir. After five or six years of growth, although it is not considered to be lush, However, the height of the canopy has exceeded five meters, and the original batch of stem-planted trees totaled more than 40 trees. Under the careful care of the soldiers and civilians of Xirong City, all of them have grown to a height of more than five meters.

Xirong City, a man-made town located in the center of the desert, has indeed become an oasis in the desert.

When Qu Mao realized this problem, he immediately gave up going to the city hall of Xirong City, and started to walk in Xirong City. Anyway, Xirong City is not very big, and it doesn't take much time to go around.

Because Xirong City was the first stop for the Western Continent Raiders to go to the battlefield, although Xirong City was not as crowded as it could be, there was actually quite a lot of people.

Although there are no tall trees on the side of the road to provide shade, there are many green camel pastures.

It took more than two hours for Qu Mao to go through the inside and outside of Xirong City. At present, the area of ​​fresh water in Xirong City has exceeded 3 square meters. Filled with water.

Next to each open-air reservoir, there are trees of the same species as the one on the edge of Yueya Spring in Yuexia City. The tallest ones are the ones planted at the beginning, with a height of more than 5 meters, and the other trees are almost 3 meters above the height.

With the shade of these trees, the fresh water level in the reservoir is still relatively high. The real water storage area, including ditches and the like, should not be less than 4 square meters. This is a rough estimate by Qu Mao.

Qu Mao even climbed up the city wall of Xirong City and looked outside, and found that within at least 100 meters of the city wall of Xirong City, there were green camel pastures. fruitful.

In the entire Xirong City, although the buildings have not increased much, the green plants have increased a lot, not counting the tumbleweeds and camel thorns from the Holy Land of Emperor Yi's territory sown by Qu Mao and Liu Qianhui between the City Lord's Mansion and the City Hall. These two kinds of shrubs grow airtight by a pound.

The earliest trees planted by Qu Mao in the City Lord's Mansion have now grown to a height of more than 6 meters after being carefully cared for by the soldiers and civilians.

Back at the City Hall of Xirong City, Qu Mao greeted Dai Lisi, a member of the management team of the God of Choice stationed in Xirong City, ordered 20 fourth-rank camel riders, asked for the camel he was riding, and went to Shaliucheng walked.

Now the number of troops in the Marquis of Shaliu is relatively large, so Qu Mao's security is not a big problem. Only 20 fourth-level camel knights are needed to guard. In addition, the road between Xirong City and Shaliu City will be passed by people almost 24 hours a day. , so there is no need to worry about desert storms when walking in the desert.

Shaliu City is actually not far from Xirong City, probably less than 20 kilometers. In the early days, it was due to the harsh weather in the desert and the soft sand in the desert, so the marching time would be longer.

When Qu Mao marched through this road a few years ago, one or two hard-growing camel pastures on the road could attract Qu Mao's attention, and they were carefully cared for by passers-by, even taking out their own precious fresh water in the desert to irrigate. .

This time when Qu Mao was walking on this road again, the camel pasture on the side of the road looked a bit spectacular. Almost every hundred meters or so, there was a tent of camel pasture or other weeds or shrubs.

It is really described as a poncho, there may be only one root system, but the area of ​​the green branches is generally more than 4 square decimeters and less than 1 square meter, and the roots of this poncho grass must be wet, and I don’t know if it is the root system of the plant itself. To absorb water, pedestrians still maintain the habit of watering the green plants in the desert.

And on the road leading to Shaliu City, when Qu Mao was marching three years ago, he felt that it was already a lot tighter. Now that he continued to experience the trampling of pedestrians and livestock, as well as the mixture of sweat from pedestrians and livestock, the road seemed even tighter.

The camel that Qu Mao rode could only leave a faint, white footprint on the road, and there were no footprints at all.

The fourth-rank camel cavalry on the side told Qu Mao: In addition to special marches, there are at least 24 soldiers and civilians passing by on this road in 1000 hours one way, and the total number of two-way traffic is estimated to be more than 1500 people a day.

People who often pass by this road have almost already rested on the side of the canopy, watering the tenacious green plants growing along the road in the desert by the way.

Qu Mao nodded, turned over and got off the camel, and ran to a clump of weeds to observe for a while. Although the clump of weeds didn't show any signs of blooming yet, it was growing very well.

It seems that nearly 300 million army soldiers and firearms soldiers passed through the Kingdom of Shaliu and entered the front line of the Western Continent Raiders, which still brought great changes to the Kingdom of Shaliu.

After all, these soldiers carry fresh water reserves and food reserves with them. These reserves are provided by the Firearms Army, not the Marquis of Shaliu. When used in the Marquis of Shaliu, there will be some traces and residues left behind.