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Chapter 670 Catching Spies Is My Specialty

Agate Stone Plain, around the mouth of Indigo Mountain.

The Indigo Mountain Gap and the Indigo Steel Mountain are not together. It is similar to the relationship between the mountains and the highest peak. After entering the end of the Nanling Peninsula from the Indigo Mountain Gap, you have to go northwest for a certain distance before entering the A Within the sphere of influence of the Ford Department.

That is, the old nest of the Dragon Worship Sect in Nanling.

Because of the food disaster and the rebellion of the mountain people, the number of caravans has decreased significantly, and most of the passers-by are in a hurry. However, it is a transportation hub after all, and there is a formal army of 500 people stationed here, equipped with a large number of alchemy cannons. In the event of an attack, the garrison fortress on the surrounding mountainside can dispatch two more squadrons.

The towns around the gorge look small, but in fact the building density is quite large, and at first glance, there are row upon row of hotels and shops.

Ian and Qing Chao came here from Nauman City in a carriage with a food team.

This food team is the food supply from Nauman City to the Dragon Worship Cult. There are also some source quality supplements such as Warcraft meat, and some letters related to intelligence. , then let him top it.

Opening the window of the car, Ian looked to the outside world. The surrounding area of ​​the Indigo Mountain Gap was originally a distribution center for a large number of goods. He followed the grain team all the way to this place, and he had been silently calculating the price of grain in Nanling. He found that for a month, there was no How many too big fluctuations, most of them are fluctuations of about ten pounds a pfennig.

The grain regulation in the Central Great Plains is still effective.

However, the transportation fee from the agate plain to the mountain people's control area is quite expensive. This is purely labor costs. After all, the emperor does not know that the mountain people's rebellion is one thing, and the autonomous region is getting more and more chaotic. thing.

The food team wanted to buy another batch of goods at the distribution center, and Ian and Qing Chao were bored staying in the car, so they got down and walked around.

Ian was in a hurry when he walked through the gorge last time. He just wanted to go to Xiahui Ling to get his second-level potion raw materials. In theory, there will be a lot of delicious food in the distribution center, whether it is the traditional food of the empire or the mountain people.

In fact, it’s more than that—because the number of elf merchants has increased recently, there are even branches of the elf merchants in the small towns around the mouth of the gorge. It is estimated that in half a year, elf restaurants will also open.

The delicacies of the mountain people are rough and generous. For example, roasted meat on the stone sounds like a barbecue on a stone slab, but it is indeed a barbecue on a stone slab. But this stone slab is as big as a door panel. Stir-fry the noodles and piles of marinated minced meat on a polished smooth slate with a shovel. While grilling on the spot, add various seasonings. You can choose sweet sauce and sour juice, or you can choose spicy mince and chopped mushrooms .

The highest grade even has sea cucumber dried and processed into powder, mixed with fresh sea urchin sauce.

After the minced meat is fried and fragrant, the chef wraps a portion of meat in the dough and turns it into a long strip of meat. Depending on the material of the filling, a portion of four to six pfennigs is quite affordable.

Ian prefers the one with spicy powder and chopped mushrooms, while Qingchao likes the sweet one. The evaluation of both sides is [-] out of [-], because the quality of the meat is relatively average, most of which are chicken and goose.

These are the products of the mountain people's breeding in recent years. In fact, if it weren't for the recent mountain people's rebellion, it is said that several large-scale breeding farms will be opened in the basin plain of the Baisen Mountains.

At that time, the meat products from Nanling did not need the farms on the Golden Plain to produce them.

In addition, Ian also has the familiar mountain cuisine 'Mushroom Stew'.

All kinds of mountain wild mushrooms are stewed with meat, which is delicious, soft and rotten. It is extremely fragrant. The recipes of each family are also different. Some will add butter, some will add seaweed, and some will add their own special garlic bread Crumbs, in general, are some hot and fragrant soups, and a variety of mushrooms, meats and ingredients can be seen in a bowl, which can be described as a classic of mountain people's home cooking.

Ian and Qing Chao just drank the whole pot, but after drinking, Qing Chao frowned slightly: "It's delicious, but Boss... maybe it's an illusion?"

He stared at the bowl, a little suspicious: "What's wrong with this soup, it seems a bit poisonous?"

"It's not an illusion."

Ian shook his head, and he put down his spoon: "Mushroom soup, especially a large pile of wild mushrooms, do you still expect it to be non-toxic?"

As he spoke, he motioned Qing Chao to look at the clinic not far away: "Look, see—there must be a pharmacy next to this kind of store."

Sure enough, an old man from a mushroom soup shop next door was rushed to the clinic by his brother - seeing how familiar they are, there is obviously no need to worry about safety issues.

Poison is used to belonging is.

"The mushrooms here in Nanling are pretty good, and most of them are not poisonous."

As a native of Nanling, Ian is also quite emotional: "I heard from Anfa and the others that the mushrooms on Canaan Moore are poisonous even in winter, but some of them are relatively weak, and they can improve the umami taste when eaten, so some people specially Go pick poisonous mushrooms to eat."

"But if you eat too much, you will definitely miss it... Occasionally, there will be strong poison in the less toxic mushrooms. At that time, it's not just the illusion of 'seeing a dragon flying in the sky', maybe I went directly to see the Father, the old man.”

The mushrooms in the hellish place of Terra are not to mention highly poisonous, they grow all year round, the same mushrooms may be poisonous in summer, but not in autumn, not in winter, but poisonous in spring.

That is to say, the Taila people have a strong physique. Otherwise, the mountain people alone would probably kill more than a thousand people every year due to mushroom poisoning.

"Understood." But Qing Chao fully understood this point, he smiled and said: "Seafood can't be eaten indiscriminately - there are often people who eat oysters and sea urchins on the Jingge Cliff, especially those who like to eat You can see jellyfish every three days."

That being said, sublimators can almost completely ignore these food-grade toxins—if they want to really harm them, ordinary biological poisons are useless, at least they must have harmful source plasm structures in them .

So the two continued to eat.

Food must be eaten, poison must be eaten, this is health!
After eating and drinking, Ian asked the person in charge of the food team how long it would take to restock.

The other party knew that Ian and Qingchao were important people, so they told them respectfully that there was something wrong with the grain merchant they had contacted, and the goods were not replenished, and they were temporarily contacting another reliable grain merchant to replenish the goods. Can start again.

Ian was not in a hurry for such a short time, anyway, he was idle, so he asked to follow him to have a look.

Can the person in charge disagree?He personally took the two of them to see it.

It's okay if you don't look at it, you will find the problem when you look at it.

When he arrived at the grain merchant he met, Ian could tell at a glance that the owner of the shop was Feiyan's spy.

At least he is also a supporter of the rebellious mountain people. His color and temperament can be seen in his vision.

"Hey." Ian thought: "It seems that the original grain merchant had an accident, and it really wasn't an accident—I still remember that when I first returned to Nanling, the owner of the bakery shop was almost taken away because of a problem with the grain channel. investigation."

"Now it seems that I just met him."

There are indeed many grain merchants around the Agate Stone Plain. For example, the chamber of commerce of Mr. Yinfang, an acquaintance of Ian, is mainly engaged in building materials and grain. It assisted the construction of Harrison Port and received preferential treatment from the Viscount Grant.

And Mr. Yinfang also assisted Ian's Xiahui leader, and Ian naturally reciprocated.

There are those who support the lord of the empire, and naturally there are those who support the mountain people. Of course, it is not surprising that they support the rebellious mountain people.

Without saying anything, Ian gave Qing Chao a wink, and the other party nodded understandingly, and put his hand on the hilt of his sword.

——In this regard, Qing Chao is ten times more sensitive than him in government affairs!
In the grain store, the staff were handing over the goods, and the boss, who was filled with red mist, was settling accounts, while the waiters on the side were busy sorting out the goods and pulling the camel truck into the warehouse behind.

Ian and Qing Chao swaggered into the grain store, and the person in charge who was told not to follow had a headache on his face, but he could only obediently obey the order and stay outside to see what the two big shots were going to do.

Today, the trip was delayed due to an accident. If they still delay, they will all be fined by then!
"Two, please wait a moment, this side is still busy."

Seeing Ian and Qing Chao enter the shop, the shop owner looked up and took the time to say hello.

This is a Jin Zhimin with relatively narrow eyes, with a kind smile on his face, and his slightly raised goatee shaking with his voice.

He could clearly see Ian's image, appearance and temperament at a glance. He didn't look like an ordinary person, and so did Qing Chao beside him. Although his face was kind and smiling, no one would think that he was a good stubble .

——Probably the relatively common rich young master traveling with his guards.Anyway, it doesn't look like they came to buy food, so they can be coaxed out at that time, so as not to hinder the plan.

There are a lot of things to be busy in this period of time, so let's finish the things about the Dragon Worship Sect first and then get busy with other things.

With such a heart, he said in his mouth: "There are prices next to the grain samples. If you want to know, you can ask me."

"Let's see for ourselves first." Ian didn't intend to arrest him directly, that would be too much.

Others don't know that he is a prophet, so they have to find some evidence.

If it doesn't work, you have to pretend to find evidence.

"Okay, let's take a look at the guests first." The shop owner signaled to the waiter at the side to receive Ian and the others later, and then went on with his own business.

The grain store’s bulk transactions have to go to the warehouse at the back or even the storage area not far away. The stores in the store are all household scattered wheat noodles, and there are all kinds of grains. They are probably samples that were opened here for inspection. The wooden boards are erected, and the price is marked.

Ian even saw a bag of golden nuts in the corner, which is a nutritious nut that tastes like a walnut but is shaped like a giant melon seed. The price is six cents per pound, or five towers per ten pounds Le, it's half a luxury.

This is not ordinary food, and you have to go to a large chamber of commerce to buy it in bulk.

(End of this chapter)