"Look over there! Is that a city?" Qi Yuan pointed to the south and shouted in surprise.
When the others heard it, they all turned their heads and looked towards the south. Those with good eyesight raised their hands to their eyebrows to cover the sunlight, squinting their eyes to discern carefully.
"It really seems like a city." Wei Cai's voice, with good eyesight, was full of surprises.
Qi Yuan patted the beast riding under him, signaling it to stop and turn around.
The riding beast turned around obediently. This riding beast was covered in dark red, with a bird's head, a snake's tail and a turtle's body. Its limbs were low and thick, with webbed feet and sharp claws. It was huge and could accommodate two to three adult men sitting on its back shell.
Other people's riding beasts also have the same appearance as this riding beast, but they are much smaller and can only accommodate one person to ride.
"My lord, all the savage tribes around here were probably taken away by His Excellency Philip, and we haven't seen any of them after walking for so long. Instead of going back empty-handed like this, it's better to visit the owner of that city, maybe What good things can I get in exchange?" Wei Cai said to Qi Yuan.
"Your Majesty Feili didn't tell us that there is such a powerful tribe nearby." Qi Yuan pondered, just looking at the size of the city, he knew that he was not a man to provoke.
"Maybe it's because their tribe has just been built, and they haven't been here yet?" Another man who looked like a follower said.
Qi Yuan shook his head, "Your Excellency Feili and his subordinates can fly, although this place is far away from their new tribe, but that city is so conspicuous, it's impossible for them not to notice it when they were catching slaves in this barren land. city."
"Then why didn't he mention it to us?" Wei Cai asked.
"There are two possibilities. First, they have enmity with this tribe and don't want us to associate with them. Second, they want to benefit from this tribe and don't want to share it with us."
"Not necessarily, maybe there are dangerous and vicious birds here, and it's possible that His Excellency Philip and the others dare not fly here at all."
Qi Yuan smiled, "No matter what, it's always a good thing to find a city here. Finally, we didn't come to this wasteland for nothing. Maybe we can make another big deal."
"I just don't know what good things can be found in this city." Wei Cai muttered.
"Go and see, hopefully they speak the Common Tongue. Go!"
Yan Mo attached great importance to Jiuyuan's first big market.
No matter how capable one person is, it is not as good as one hundred and one thousand people working together. If a tribe wants to liven up, it is necessary to interact with other tribes. No matter how primitive or bad the savage tribe is, it has its merits, not to mention the mermaid and dwarf tribes with a long history.
Yan Moke planned to dig out some good things in this market.
Considering the population of dwarves and mermaids, the size of this city should not be small, and the location must be close to a water source.
For this reason, Yan Mo specially asked the dwarves to clear an open space that can accommodate two to three thousand people by the outer moat in the west. Let the dwarf arrange the clearing as he bids.
The stalls on the side near the river were given to Mermaid and Jiuyuan.
On the other side, three regions were temporarily divided, namely the original tribe, the Granma tribe, and the dwarf tribe.
Because there are a large number of dwarves, apart from the Momo and Lolo tribes living in the outer city, and the other three tribes who fled in to avoid the Chi tribe, there are many other tribes who want to participate in this transaction, so the stalls occupied by the dwarves Just more.
In order to run this market well, Yan Mo really considered a lot. Not only did he designate an open space, but he also added some basic equipment for stalls according to the characteristics of each clan.
For example, the stalls of the mermaids were not only on the bank of the river, but they also specially placed many stone slabs on the ground, and dug a water hole beside each stone slab to facilitate them to put the living things in the water.
The stalls of other human races are all stone platforms, and they are equipped with a firepit. Behind the stalls, it is convenient for everyone to build tents. The stone platforms of the dwarves' stalls are lowered according to their height.
In addition, Yan Mo also asked the dwarves to help build ten temporary latrines, strictly requiring everyone to go to the designated latrines if necessary, absolutely not to defecate anywhere, violators will be fined work points, and other tribes will warn first, and then commit the crime again The corresponding items were fined. As for the mermaids... they just threw them in the river.
In the early morning of this day, the inside and outside of Jiuyuan City were very lively. Almost all the people who had nothing to do were laughing and jokingly transporting things to the market place outside the city. Those things were all kinds of strange things, ranging from bones to firewood, from fruits to furs. Dead and alive animals, these are still normal and abnormal, such as stones, wild flowers, and small bugs, there are only things you can't think of, and there is nothing they can't take out.
"Daddy, Mommy, hurry up!" Sa Yu stomped his feet anxiously, "All the good stalls will be taken up!"
"Okay, ok, here we go. What's the rush? I've been there. There are so many stalls, why can't there be enough?" Sa Yun ran down the stairs with his things in his arms, calling Pang Zhao while running: "Hurry up!" , my son is urging me."
Pang Nuo crawled out from the cellar carrying a bunch of bones, "Here we come! Master Mo can say anything, just as the leader said before, keep all the bones that have been gnawed. You see, there are so many of them. Son , come here and help! Hey, what are you running for?"
"I'll take a seat! Those bastards Wu Chen and Ye Xing have already passed by!" Sa Yu snatched a roll of linen from his mother's hand, picked it up and ran away.
The same situation happened in every household, and some families who originally planned to go shopping and not set up stalls were also moved after seeing the bustle, and turned around and ran home to rummage through the garbage... Uh, yes barter.
Yan Mo's side was no exception, he was also pushed hard by the children at home.
"Jie! Momo, where is my stall? I want to set up a stall too!" Jiufeng stopped on the bushes outside the window and yelled at Yan Mo after flying around in the morning.
"Okay, okay, you will come with me then." Yan Mo was looking through the things in his pocket to see what was suitable for taking out. In order to avoid being surrounded by spectators, he could not set up the stall himself, but could only hand it over to his disciple Wu Chen.
"Ang!" There was another roar from outside the window, it was the iron-backed dragon cub that had followed Jiu Feng back.
The iron-backed dragon's parents were lying on the lawn in the grove, lazily basking in the sun, and did not respond when their son came back.
Yan Mo looked out the window, dumbfounded. The iron-backed dragon family didn't know whether they fell in love with the cured meat he made, or they fell in love with Jiufeng. After the blind date meeting ended that day, they followed Jiufeng into the inner city, walked into the grove, and then occupied the house. The previous piece of lawn near a small lake is where I settled down.
Fortunately, these three big guys and Jiufeng didn't need him to feed them. They would go out to hunt for food by themselves every day, and only come back after eating. Occasionally, they would ask him for some bacon for a teether sacrifice, otherwise he would have to worry about how to feed these four behemoths.
"Let's go!" Yan Mo pushed open the door.
Ding Ning and Ding Fei followed immediately, Jiufeng turned his wings, and flew away first, calling to prepare things first, the iron-backed dragon cub bit the hem of Yan Mo's linen clothes, and pulled.
"Hey, hey! Stop talking! You don't even look at how sharp your teeth are, I'll give you meat!" Yan Mo couldn't take it anymore and pushed the iron-backed dragon cub's huge head, and stuffed a piece of bacon into it .
The iron-backed dragon cub didn't eat it either, and grabbed the piece of bacon with its two appendages under the neck, and arched Yan Mo's buttocks again.
Yan Mo had no choice but to stuff another piece into it. This iron-backed dragon cub, like Jiu Feng, is about to become a spirit!
The iron-backed dragon cub still grabbed the bacon with the claws of its appendages, and "raised" at Yan Mo.
Yan Mo stroked its big head, "You think I'm walking too slowly and want to carry me on your back?"
"hold head high!"
Yan Mo was very moved, but he was not happy at all. The back of the iron-backed dragon is triangular in shape. Unless someone wants to play self-torture, whoever rides will be ecstasy!
When he walked to the gate of the city, he met Yuan Zhan. After explaining a few words to the soldiers around him, Yuan Zhan walked up to Yan Mo, "Are you going to set up a stall too?"
"Ah, it's good to go and have fun. But the things will be handed over to Wu Chen, and I won't stay there."
"I will go with you."
"There are many people today, pay attention to the city defense."
"Well, everything has been arranged. Today, except for the west city gate, the other three city gates are closed, and the suspension bridge is also closed."
I met many people on the road and greeted them, but the voice was a little trembling, the smile was a little distorted, and they were a little far away.
The iron-backed dragon cub grabbed the bacon and ate it with its appendages while walking. It didn't feel the pressure and fear it brought to passers-by at all. It felt that it was as cute and innocent as a rabbit. Look, there are so many delicious two-legged monsters, but it didn't jump on them and eat them. It's even more rabbit than a rabbit, and the three-legged rabbit still eats meat!
Yan Mo couldn't help being relaxed, he smiled and replied one by one, and after a while, his face and muscles were sore from laughing, "It's also a problem that this popularity is too good."
Yuan Zhan stretched out his hand to pinch his cheek, "Let you play the good guy."
"Do you want me to keep a cold face?"
Yuan Zhan took it for granted: "The priests are all on top, you don't have to be so nice to them."
Ding Ning and Ding Fei nodded from behind, "That's right, Mr. Mo is just too kind."
"Lord Mo just needs to smile at us, don't pay attention to dwarves, mermaids, and others."
"Look at the ancestor witches of the dwarves, they never smile at us, as if they don't see us, but they do the same to their own people."
"The ancestral witch of the dwarves is not bad. I heard Hetou said that the old priests of the Yuanji tribe will be worshiped wherever they go, and they will be killed if they dare to offend them!"
Yan Mo turned his head and said with a half smile but not a smile: "Your nine original language is getting better and better, not bad."
Ding Ning and Ding Fei chuckled, and instantly tightened his face to look serious.
Yan Mo laughed, thinking that he should give Dahe more bonuses.
He has never liked to scold his subordinates. In his previous life, he mostly ignored those who were not pleasing to the eye, and he was not good at managing people. He thought about managing this personal guard of his own, but he was too busy. It was only when he came that he made it look good, and he jokingly gave Dahe the eight-character policy on how to train the guards: unity, loyalty, seriousness, and liveliness.
Dahe was worried about these eight characters. Tete came to him to ask the meaning of these eight characters. After listening to his explanation, he left with a face of enlightenment. He didn't know how he understood it. Seems to be working fine
"Da Mo, you're here." Bing led a group of soldiers towards him. He is now the captain of the picket team. Originally, Yan Mo wanted to call the police, but he didn't know whether it was a misunderstanding or a problem with his pronunciation. Gradually, everyone called the police a picket.
If you picket, just picket, anyway, you can do what you want.
"You guys are going to work hard today, wow, there are so many people." Before Yan Mo reached the market, he was startled by the crowd of heads there.
He had never felt that there were too many people in Jiuyuan, and it was the first time today, but... so many dwarves.
"Yeah, everyone didn't expect so many people to come today." Bing glanced at Yuan Zhan, saluted him stiffly, and then quickly turned his attention to Yan Mo.
Yuan Zhan didn't return the gift.
"The big eagle is probably going to be busy today." Yan Mo chuckled. After finishing the infrastructure of the market and explaining some precautions, he threw the matter out. Finally, after a group discussion, the big eagle accepted the market. management tasks.
The corner of Bing's mouth raised a smile, "He's not busy yet, but he's already going crazy. Those dwarves are very difficult to deal with. I've seen the big eagle pull out a stone ax twice to kill people."
Yan Mo laughed.
Bing, who was in charge of picketing, did not talk to Yan Mo too much, and left after saluting with the team members.
"Ice is suitable for this." Yuan Zhan said suddenly.
"Yes, I also think he is suitable, and I think he is very happy to do it himself. In this way, the responsibilities of soldiers can be gradually cleared up. In the future, the picket team will be responsible for the security management of Jiuyuan, and the soldiers will be responsible for defense. , fighting, emergency rescue and hunting. The personnel of each other can be rotated, but the duties cannot be messed up."
"The idea of changing the quota of slaves to the quota of personal guards you mentioned last night is also very good. I talked to them in the morning, and they all think this is better."
"Oh? If you also think it's suitable, then try to run it. But the remuneration of the guards must be taken from each person's own property, can they understand and accept this?" When Yan Mo raised this point He decided to control the number of personal guards, and never let them form a private army. The meaning of personal guards is only located in bodyguards and nannies. Of course, if someone wants to raise them secretly, then he can't help it.
"Yes. They think this is what they should do. Of course they have to raise their own guards."
"Then my..."
Before Yan Mo could finish speaking, Yuan Zhan interrupted him, "No, your bodyguards are different. You are the most important priest of the tribe. All tribes must first protect your safety. Your bodyguards and pickets The same thing, it belongs to one of the tribes, and the tribe provides the overall compensation. The same will be true for my personal guards in the future."
"You want to set up a pro-guard too? I thought you didn't want it."
"I don't want it, it's not necessary, but since you said that the system should be formed first, then establish the system first." Even if he can't fully understand the profound meaning of the system yet.
There were too many people in the market, and they didn't squeeze in. They circled around from the outside and walked to the southernmost point.
According to Yan Mo's instructions, Wu Chen took up a booth at the southernmost edge, next to Ye Xing and Sa Yu's family, and beyond that was the booth jointly set up by Cao Ding and Wu Qing, and Wu Lao sat cross-legged in the back, smiling all over his face wrinkle.
The location of this booth is very bad, but Yan Mo and Yuan Zhan are very satisfied, as is the iron-backed dragon cub, it walked over and lay down on the side, and no one dared to take a step closer.
The dwarf on the opposite side wanted to move the stall at that time.
Ye Xingjia, Sayujia, Caoding and others all stood up and saluted the two, Yan Mo waved his hand to signal them to do their own work.
Everyone sat back with a smile and continued to fiddle with their booths.
Wu Chen looked at Yan Mo expectantly, "Master, what are you going to show today?"
"What about you? What did you bring?" Yan Mo asked, his eyes sweeping to the stone platform of the stall, and he saw a few pairs of straw sandals, a few sticks of fire, and a simple bag made of beef tendon neatly placed on it. Slingshot, and some herbs.
"Only these?" In fact, these are already very good. As far as the original tribe is concerned, they have never seen these things, and they are very useful to them.
Wu Chen hesitated, "There are still some things, but I plan to take a look before taking them out."
Yan Mo nodded appreciatively to the half-grown children, it's good, he already knows that the money is not in vain.
"I'm not in a hurry to take out my things. I'll see what's on the market later."
"Jie! Momo, do you think this is enough?"
"Bang!" The dust was flying, and an adult long-haired cow was thrown from mid-air, almost hitting the iron-backed dragon cub.
The iron-backed dragon cub was furious, stood up and yelled at the sky: "Angang! You wait for me!"
The iron-backed dragon cub ran away, and it was also going to catch a beast to kill the fat bird!
Jiu Feng landed on the ground, pressed his paws on the long-haired cow, and chuckled triumphantly.
There was silence all around, and those who saw Yan Mo and the other two, who wanted to see what good things were in the stall here, didn't dare to come here now. The dwarves in the opposite booth were already frightened and took out their stone axes, posing for a fight.
Ye Xing and Sa Yu wanted to cry, if they knew they would not choose the place with Wu Chen, it would be better than the middle place!
Yan Mo laughed silently, and he suddenly became angry with a smile: "Jiufeng! How many times have I told you! Those cattle and sheep are raised by the tribe! They were not caught for you to eat! Why are you here again?!" The bull-nosed It's still wearing bones!
"Jie?" Jiu Feng's head tilted, silly and cute, "Then I'll change it again?"
"Not allowed to change! No, it is not allowed to capture cattle, sheep and horses guarded by tribal people in the future!"
"Jie! It's broken, the big head must have gone to catch the tribe's cattle and sheep! I'll go find it!" Jiufeng grunted happily, fluttering his wings and flying high. It really likes the little two-legged monster jumping and screaming, and it decides to catch another sheep raised by the tribe, Jie Jie Jie!
Yan Mo looked at the long-haired cow that had been thrown to death on the ground and wanted to cry without tears. Is this probably the price of raising ferocious birds and beasts as patron saints
"Beep, beep, beep, beep-beep!" Three short and two long horns sounded suddenly.
Yuan Zhan was the first to look up to the north, Yan Mo also turned his head, and then the soldiers in Jiuyuan also stood up, and this abnormality also infected other people, even the dwarves on the opposite side looked at each other. The small place became extremely quiet at this moment.
The horn sounded again, and Yan Mo listened carefully, "Three shorts and two longs, we have a strange guest coming."
Yuan Zhan raised his hand, and one of the soldiers following him left quickly.