The sky is bright summer on the banks of the Red River

"That's right, this oasis was spotted by a local tribe called Nasu before we found it and lived there. They have always wanted to fight for this oasis, but due to the number of people, supplies and weapons, we don't have it for the time being." Plenty, often draw with us. But today, Cloton was supposed to go out to find out if there is any news about De Porter and other caravans around, but he didn't expect it, he didn't expect it..." Ihabi said, his eyes widened. It turned red, and I clenched my fists tightly, trying hard to control my emotions and the moisture in my eyes.

After Ming Xia frowned slightly, he followed his words and snorted unusually calmly: "I was attacked by the Nasu tribe unexpectedly, and almost lost my life after that." After a short pause, Ming Xia continued: "According to me We know that the Nasu tribe should be in the deep desert, so why did they suddenly move out?"

A boy about [-] or [-] years old who had been following Ihabi interrupted at this moment: "The oasis occupied by the Nasu tribe suddenly dried up for some reason, and they had no water source, so they had to come out to find a new water source. "

"So that's how it is." Ming Xia quietly played with the cup carved with lilac patterns in a purple bamboo tube in her hand, thinking to herself.

Sure enough, as long as there are people living, there will be disputes.Wanting to find a paradise completely is simply a dream.However, with such a beautiful dream, when you have absolute strength, it will still come true.

The yurt was extremely dull, and no one spoke.

After a while, Ming Xia broke the silence and said, "Ihabi, how far is this oasis from the junction of Ugarie and Xitai?" It took a while for Yihabi, who was still immersed in hatred, to recover, and quickly replied : "If you know the exact direction, it will take a day and a night to go on horseback."

The distance is so quiet, not good!There is no natural barrier protection, which is even worse.

Besides, in history, Egypt and Xitai have struggled in this area in order to compete for the subsidiary rights of Ugarit.

In other words, to put it bluntly, this place is very likely to become a battlefield between the two countries in the future.

Thinking of this, Ming Xia asked, "Ihabi, let me ask you again, how many people are there in the Nasu tribe?"

"There should be about a thousand of them. Excluding women and children, there are more than 400 men."

"Is that so." Ming Xia became quiet again, but she was thinking quickly in her heart.

During the four years of staying in Xitai, she has learned to evaluate and calculate opponents with the eyes and status of a ruler, and she will no longer look at problems from a single perspective.If Ming Xia who just arrived here is a newborn African female leopard with opened eyes, her sharp claws are not yet

If it grows out, now Ming Xia has grown claws and learned to hide them. In terms of character, she has matured a lot and gained a lot of wealth that she can't see in life.

"Ihabi, besides this oasis, have you found other oases?" Ming Xia thought for a long time before asking this question again.

At this time, Sara and Ihabi were quite surprised, and they also slightly guessed what Ming Xia was thinking, but neither of them dared to ask this question first.

"Yes." Ihabi nodded solemnly.

"How big is that oasis? How far is it from here? What's the surrounding environment like?"

"The scope of that oasis is about five times that of this oasis. It is about [-] kilometers away from here, and the surrounding aquatic plants are very lush. But, but..."

"But what?"

"This oasis is in a devil's desert. The devil's desert is full of quicksand. If you don't pay attention, it will sink and come out again."

Ming Xia's eyes lit up when he heard this, and an idea quickly came to his mind.The index finger of the right hand is bent, tapping the table rhythmically, and the left hand rests on the cheek, and the head is bit by bit.

"Ihabi, have you ever been to this oasis?"

"I've been there. About a dozen brothers died on that trip." Recalling the past that he didn't want to think about, Ihabi was very sad, with a sad face on his face, and said in a heavy tone: "The environment there is quite terrible, poisonous snakes, scorpions "If you don't pay attention, you will never come back."

Ming Xia asked again: "What about the situation in the oasis?"

"We didn't go deep, but the oasis was probably discovered by someone, but due to the complexity of the surrounding environment, many tribes did not dare to go, or in other words, they lost their lives before approaching the oasis. Therefore, I think that oasis has not yet been inhabited by tribes."

"Devil's Desert, what a good name." Ming Xia suddenly laughed, her dove-grey pupils shone brightly, staring at Ihabi full of inevitability and said, "Do you believe me, Ihabi?"

Ihabi and Sara were attracted by Ming Xia's expression for a moment, they were stunned, and nodded in a numb manner.

Ming Xia snapped his fingers immediately, looked straight at Ihabi and said, "Do you still remember the way to that oasis?"

Ihabi nodded again.

Ming Xia laughed heartily and couldn't hide her joy: "That's good, ask your people to pack their bags, we will go to that oasis to settle down, we don't want this place, give it to the Nasu tribe." However, I Whether they dare to take over or not depends on their ability

The.

Regarding Ming Xia's decision, Ihabi and Sara were stunned.

The two looked at each other blankly, not knowing what to say to each other.

"Sara, come out and walk with me. I want to see the scenery here." Ming Xia put away her water bladder and cup, put back the storage earrings, and then pulled Sarah involuntarily to carry out her plan.And this plan was learned from King Supiro Liuma I.

As soon as she stepped out of the felt tent, Ming Xia grabbed a linen bag from the space and held it in her hand. Sara, who was walking with her, couldn't figure out what she was going to do.

"Take it," Ming Xia shoved the sackcloth bag into Sara's hand, seeing the bewildered look on Sara's face, and slowly explained: "His Majesty Supiro Uma I, the king of the Western Tai Empire, whoever conquers a piece of land , would set fire to that land and burn all the crops on it, and then sprinkle poisonous seeds, turning it into a barren land, and there would be no way to survive any more.”

Ming Xia looks at the oasis in front of him, the small green lake reflects the blue sky, the trees beside the lake are lush, the grass is fresh and tender, and the water plants are abundant, everything is as beautiful as a picture scroll.

"I won't set fire to this place, but I will also sprinkle all kinds of poisonous seeds by the lake to let the Nasu tribe know that we are not easy to bully." The burlap bag: "The seeds inside are extremely vigorous, as long as there is a little water, they will grow tenaciously, and they will not be removed unless they are set on fire. This is a poisonous grass, called drunken horse grass, the whole plant They are all poisonous, and livestock can be poisoned if they eat them by mistake. Among them, horses are the most susceptible to poisoning, and the symptoms are the most serious, followed by goats and sheep, followed by cattle, and pigs are the most dull.”

Sarah listened to Ming Xia's indifferent explanation, and she broke out in a cold sweat.She asked, "Will this be too much?"

If the Nasu tribe wanted to survive here, they would not dare to let horses, camels and sheep come to drink water in this oasis unless they personally set fire to sweep away this piece of sand jujube forest.There is really no back and forth.

"Sara, in the desert, only the strong can survive. The strong here don't just refer to warriors like Cloton and Ihabi. More, they need wisdom in their brains and a cold heart. Ming Xia turned around and looked directly at Sara with awe-inspiring eyes: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand now, but you have to know that brother's blood must not be shed in vain. I will have the Nasu tribe pay the price sooner or later. .Also, Sara, as a human being, sometimes you have to be cruel to yourself in order to survive."

Sara lowered her head quietly, and followed Ming Xia, watching helplessly as Ming Xia scattered the seeds in the grass, the lake, the waterside, and every corner.

The whole oasis is not big, less than two

In an hour's time, Ming Xia finished her work.

During the whole journey, Sarah was silent without saying a word.

When I returned to the yurt, I saw Ihabi packing his bags in the command caravan. Although everyone complained, Ihabi was quite prestigious in the entire caravan, and everyone listened to his command.

"Ihabi, pack up slowly, don't be busy. We don't leave until tomorrow."

Ihabi turned around when he heard the sound, saw that it was Ming Xia, and hurriedly said: "Master, please come over here, and I will introduce some of my subordinates to you."

After Ihabi's introduction, Ming Xia glanced at the person he mentioned, and she said friendlyly: "Since you are the people Ihabi trusts, I don't have much to say. As the host, I always treat you well." The servants are very lenient, as long as you do what you should do, Ihabi will naturally tell you whether it is a reward or a punishment."

This group of people's attitude towards Ming Xia is comparable to that of devout believers, because they have just witnessed Ming Xia's actions to save people, and Ming Xia's magic power of taking things out of thin air.In addition, Ihabi told them that Ming Xia was a priest before Ming Xia, so regaining people's hearts went very smoothly.

That night, when Ming Xia urged Ihabi and Sara to keep a low profile, they didn't let the entire camp here come to meet Ming Xia. After all, Ming Erhuo didn't want to be visited as an animal in his heart. Even if the person who came to meet her was in awe and admiration.

In the middle of the night, the cold moon was shining, and the ancient moonlight shone on the sea of ​​sand. In Ming Xia, she suffered from insomnia.

If you can't fall asleep, you have to get up and think about things. When you exhaust all your energy and feel sleepy, you can fall asleep.

So far, it has been almost two months since she left Xitai.But there is still no news that she expected. Although the sky is vast, but only when she hears the definite news that the great priest Alina returns to the arms of the gods, can she be completely at ease. To be born again.