Take Taobao with you to another world

The twilight gradually descended, presenting golden red, light red to warm yellow in various shades of the sky, passing the silhouettes of homing birds from time to time, some light and fast, some like a cloud.Various voices came from the depths of the forest, reminding the tired team that it was time to pause.

But they went on for a while, until the sound of the river came from ahead.It was a real river, unlike the stream that followed them nearly all the way.The wind and the flowing water respond to each other, day and night, this river with abundant water meanders, and makes a bend in front of these immigrants, forming a peaceful harbor.Just by the river bend, people unpacked their heavy bags and began to prepare for spending a night here.

The crackling sound of branches and leaves snapped off one after another, startling a flock of flying birds nearby.Selected trees were sawed down, the branches and leaves were cut off for tents, and the trunks were stripped of bark and then sawed into batches of planks.Most of the people are busy. The elderly and children do some trivial things like collecting fuel and weaving ropes. The main men and women are busy with other tasks. They need to prepare for dinner tonight and crossing the river tomorrow.

A considerable part of these tasks are undertaken by the survivors.They have natural advantages in physical strength and organization, and they are the largest group in this patchwork team.Although other tribes can also borrow tools from magicians, they are not very proficient in using these seemingly simple metal tools, so they cannot participate in the main force. It can even be said to be a bit ugly. It is good for them to take care of themselves up.

Under certain pressures, however, this imbalance did not lead to major disputes.Soon, fires rose from one to dozens of fires in this sloppily organized camp.Clay pots were put on fire, but the source of food was a problem.It's too late to go hunting now, but if possible, everyone wants to try not to use the food brought here after many hardships.

A net that looks very slender is woven, and the material does not need to be said where it comes from.The survivors had been living in the mountains before, and rarely used a lot of aquatic products, and other tribes were similar to them. Although they had no experience in fishing and hunting with fishing nets, under the guidance of the magician and his exclusive guards, they were in the river bend. Casting nets in the middle of the fishing, from the first panic to the back, they got a considerable degree of harvest from this rarely disturbed waters.In terms of quantity, there is still some distance from fully meeting the needs of these people, but the situation has been improved a lot.

The fish living in this river bay have obviously never encountered such frenzied fishing, and with the clumsiness of these raw hands, it can be regarded as a rewarding return.The meshes of the fishing nets are not small, and the fish caught are also quite impressive in size. After the men dump them on the ground paved with leaves, they can still jump around alive and well. Some big fish over 50 centimeters in length can take the small fish that come over to help. The children slapped somersaults with their tails, but their sisters or mothers would soon retaliate by hitting the heads of these unwilling prey with wooden sticks, and the world was quiet.

A sneeze.

Yun Shen put down his handkerchief, and waved his hand so that the young people around him don't have to worry.After washing his hands by the river, Yun Shen picked up the kitchen knife and demonstrated to the woman who came to him cautiously how to handle these fish.Originally, he was just going to check the situation with the young man on a routine basis. After seeing someone put a whole fish into the water just like that, Yun Shen realized that he seemed to have missed something.It is a trivial matter that these fish have not been scaled, but the internal organs and fishy glands have not been removed, and the lack of seasoning, the taste of these aquatic products is not unpalatable.

Fortunately, Yun Shen is no stranger to cooking, otherwise he would not have received a kitchen knife as a gift.Opening up a big fish with neat movements, putting the internal organs aside, Yun Shen washed the processed fish with flowing river water, something touched his finger under the water, Yun Shen blinked Eyes, the young man who was by his side very quietly flicked his wrist. Before he could react, with the sound of the fish's tail slapping the water surface, a black fish was lifted up on a branch. The mouth of the fish opened and closed. , You can still see the sharp fine teeth inside.

"..."

Of course, this fish that dared to offend the magician also entered the clay pot.Among the fish caught, Yun Shen found that some fish had unusual looks, and even Li Hong had never seen them before, but Fan Tianlan pointed to these fish and said that the ones could be eaten, the ones had fewer thorns, and the ones had only bones. Poisonous, the tone is very calm, and it is involuntarily convincing.His explanation for this is that he lived on a ship for a while and learned a lot from the people on board.Yun Shen thought that this should also be part of his rich mercenary experience.

On a cold night, drinking hot fish soup and talking with a group of people by the fire is a good experience.It's just not so good if you have a cold with you.

After another sneeze, Yun Shen shrank a little under his clothes.The patriarch of Nanshan looked at him with some concern, but before that, Shu Shi had said that this was a problem he could handle by himself, so he could only continue the topic.

"...The Beastmen will be waiting for us on the opposite side. With the Saar River as the boundary, the river opposite us is the territory of the Beastmen. To the west until the Wandering Sea, and to the east to the Previ Mountains, they are all soil of."

"Beastmen?" Yun Shen repeated softly, "Isn't it a country?"

"Each orc tribe has its own territory. Except for the need to pay tribute to the capital of the empire and send troops during wars, they are basically not under the jurisdiction of their central nobles. Therefore, we can lease land from tribes bordering Hermes." The young man next to him said, "The number of members of this orc tribe is not too many, because they are adjacent to Black Stone and Qingjin, they need to prepare for war all year round, but they can only provide [-]% of their own food and weapons."

"But the war between Blackstone and Qingjin will happen next year, and they have already started to block the border. It is difficult for foreign caravans to enter the Beastman Empire from this direction." Nanshan patriarch said.

"The orcs have no intention of participating in the war." Leader Li Hong said, "Because a major event is about to happen to them. The emperor of the orc empire is old, and a new one needs to be elected."

"Father, how did you choose the emperor of the orcs?" Luo Jiang, who always maintained his weapons quietly, raised his head and asked.

"An orc tribe of a certain size can send their most powerful warriors to compete openly in the Colosseum of the imperial capital. The winner is the king." Leader Li Hong replied.

Fan Tianlan noticed Yun Shen's expression, and said, "The emperor is just a symbol, and the senate is the one that really rules the orc empire. If you didn't have the qualifications of the senate before, the tribe of the emperor who won the final victory will automatically get the seat of the senate. The emperor needs to cooperate with the senate The daughter or granddaughter of the marriage, his descendants will be hereditary orc nobles."

After pondering for a while, Yun Shen raised his head and asked, "Will the tribe that leased the land to us also participate in the competition?"

"Yes, next spring." Nanshan Patriarch said.

Yun Shen put the bowl in his hand on the ground, and said slowly, "So the price of renting the land is not only to pay them food, but also to enrich their border police lines."

Leader Li Hong looked at the magician's quiet eyes, a little surprised that he deduced the real situation so quickly.The battle between Qingjin and Blackstone is hard to say whether it will affect the orcs, but they are reluctant to let go of this opportunity that comes only once in decades, so the orcs, who have always been quite repulsive to humans, are willing to accept Herme, including the survivors. Si mountain tribe.After all, the power of the survivors is the only one among human beings that can compete with them, and the private transaction between the two races has continued for many years. Under the premise of the blood contract, the orcs have given up the territory adjacent to the border to the survivors, which has already betrayed them. No matter which direction they faced the enemy from Hermes, they had no choice but to fight hard.Orcs help of course, but that's after they've "done their best".

For the orcs, the best result is that both Qingjin and Heishi will lose. The orcs will elect a new emperor according to the tradition, and the humans who migrated will become their tenants honestly.

For the bereaved family, there is really not much that can be changed—before a certain black-haired magician arrives.

"This won't work." Yun Shen finally said, but he didn't know enough about how to change the situation so far. He didn't know enough to make a specific plan, and people who have a cold are especially prone to fatigue, and his energy to hold on will soon be exhausted. , so he returned to his place to rest before long.

Fan Tianlan sent him into the tent, watched Yun Shen curl himself into a ball, and fell asleep almost immediately.After waiting quietly for a while, the tall young man slowly leaned over, first felt the temperature of Yunshen's head with his forehead, the breath blowing on his face was warm, but not yet feverish.Stretching his hand to his collar, Fan Tianlan took off the padded coat on Yun Shen's body, then lay down beside him, covered him with a blanket and cotton padded coat, and slowly hugged his master, who had lost weight at a visible speed, in his arms. in front of you.

In the middle of the night, Yun Shen started to feel a little hot.Unable to wake up, he struggled in vain under a certain heavy object, but it was useless, and he tossed himself into a sweat.This big octopus not only sinks to death, but also has a temperature. Could it be that it came from the equator?With dazed thoughts, Yun Shen finally returned to his blue dream, no matter how long he had been floating in the ocean full of floating islands, the creature tied to him was always with him.

Another morning came.

Yun Shen got up from the blanket and unexpectedly found that his cold was much better.Unable to recall the dream from last night, he became optimistic about his body. Although the body from the earth is more delicate and fleshy than the aborigines, it didn't hold him back at the critical moment.

He was the last one to get up. After a night's rest, everyone was in good spirits.The adults are busy moving the materials to the narrower section of the upper reaches of the river. Under the guidance of the magician, they will build a pontoon bridge on the river.The teenagers who couldn’t get their hands in and had other fun ran downstream, tied the fish intestines left over from last night’s cleaning to the end of the rope, and threw them into the water to lure those ferocious fish. When the fish is pulled up, something is gained, or even a piece of the rope is bitten off. More often, the fish is lifted up, but it jumps back before it reaches the shore.

There was a burst of exclamation.Yun Shen, who was walking towards the river, looked at the reputation, and saw a big fish parabolically across the light blue sky in the morning, and landed heavily in the grass on the bank.Putting his fingers into the fish's gills, Fan Tianlan handed the fishing rod that looked much more plausible in his hand to the girl closest to him, and threw the fish that was almost up to his shoulders onto his shoulders, turned around and walked towards Yunshen come over.

Yun Shen couldn't help laughing.

Fan Tianlan walked up to him and stopped, Yun Shen raised his hand, and tapped lightly on his chest, which was much thicker than when we first met, "Well, 'Young man is really good'."

Looking at this man's smile, the strong young man didn't realize that his usual indifferent expression had become milder. He lowered his eyes slightly, and was about to respond when he was interrupted by a voice.A long howl of wolves came from far away, one after another. Although it sounded far away, it seemed that even the morning air was vibrating.

"...they are here." Fan Tianlan turned his gaze and said in a certain direction, "Orcs."