In the afternoon, Ren Baqian walked out of the palace gate wearing the official uniform of the Prime Minister of the Imperial Palace. There were already two carts waiting outside the square, both of which were drawn by oxen, but they had many different appearances.
One was from the palace, pulled by two oxen. The carriage was made entirely of wood and exuded a woody aroma. The driver was an old man with short gray hair and a Chinese character face, looking very serious.
The other one belonged to Tao Jiyuan, also pulled by two oxen, but the carriage was smaller.
And behind the two cars, there are four rows of knights in leather armor. They don't wear helmets, but just put a feather on their shoulders. This is the most elite flying cavalry under the empress's command. There are only 1,500 people, but the lowest strength is not weaker than that of Daxia.
Those who have just entered the earth wheel can serve as military positions below the seventh rank in Daxia, and they can also serve as military positions of the ninth rank and below in Dayao with the same strength. However, they are just ordinary knights in the flying cavalry army.
Under these flying riders are huge sheep. This kind of animal is not slow to run, and it is especially good at jumping. Crossing mountains and ridges is not worse than watching mountain birds, but it is more bumpy.
The reason why this kind of mount was chosen instead of Wangshan Bird is probably because these knights are huge in size and the weight is too high after adding weapons. On the other hand, a large number of mountain birds gather together, and the taste is really hard to resist.
"Thank you very much." Ren Baqian thanked while waiting for the guard behind him to put his luggage in the car.
This guard is also very familiar, usually he and another guard are in front of the gate of Pingle Garden, today he is on duty.
The guard grinned, bowed his hands at Ren Baqian and returned to the palace.
"Ren Fucheng!" Tao Jiyuan came down from the carriage to say hello. He didn't look at Ren Baqian carefully in the morning, but now he glanced carefully from top to bottom, but he didn't see anything special.
But just now Master Feng actually let himself let Baqian arrange everything after he went back, which surprised him, and he really wanted to know what they said in the palace after he left.
It's a pity that Fenghou took this matter to heart, he couldn't say that he didn't understand what Ren Baqian said, could he
Seeing Ren Baqian's determined look, and the content that he didn't understand, he was also a little shaken. I don't know if this person really understands these things.
At this time, the empress said: "Then let's do this first, and you will know what is going on when the time comes."
Seeing this, Feng Hou also swallowed a bunch of words that came to his lips, waiting to see how Ren Baqian's trip to the iron mine was going to be.
"Cheng Ren, may I ask if we are going?" Teng Ji got off his mount and took a few steps forward and asked.
"Here's Captain Lao, let's go!" Ren Baqian said, and at the same time glanced back at the closed palace gate, turned and boarded the car.
The carts pulled by these two oxen are not big, about 1.6 meters. If you want to lie down, you have to stretch your feet outside. There is a layer of fur on the ground inside, and there is a small table next to it, where drinks or fruits can be placed.
But at this time, the carriages were all made of wooden wheels, and they were very bumpy, and the drinks and so on were only okay in the city, so there was no need to think about it after leaving the city.
Ren Baqian sat cross-legged in the carriage, leaning against the wall, opened the curtain and looked outside.
Following Fujiki's order outside: "Let's go!"
Everyone turned their mounts around, and the ox cart moved forward slowly.
After leaving the city, the speed also picked up. Ren Baqian looked at the scenery outside all the way and felt the vibration of the car body, even a tiny stone could be felt when it was crushed.
Fortunately, the fur cushion under his body really played a big role.
But even so, he couldn't sit still after two hours, he lifted the curtain and squeezed to the driver's side, feeling the wind and dust on his face, and returned to the car with a mouthful of dirt after a while.
"Traveling long distances in this world is simply torture." Ren Baqian sighed deeply, and continued to lift the curtain on the window next to him to look out.
There is not much to see in the scenery of this world, nothing more than mountains and water, and then fields, plus the occasional animals that are alarmed by the roadside.
At first it looked a little fresh, but it became boring after a long time.
Now he regrets that he didn't come here with the e-book, at least he still has something to entertain him.
At the same time, a thought popped into my mind, if I returned to Earth in the carriage, where would I be when I reappeared? Still in the carriage? Or where it disappeared
It will take five days on the way this time, and he really wants to try it.
Unfortunately, if he disappeared, he would probably be discovered within half a day.
All the way to eight o'clock in the evening, Ren Baqian lifted the curtain and asked the driver: "How long can I rest?"
"Master Fucheng, there is a village ahead." The coachman looked very familiar and said directly.
Ren Baqian nodded and looked around. It was already dark at this time, and he couldn't see anything around him, except that he could hear the howling of wild animals from time to time in the night.
After another half an hour, the speed of the knights in front slowed down, and finally stopped completely. Teng Ji turned around to Ren Baqian and Tao Jiyuan's car and shouted: "My lords, Luoye Village is in front of you. Just let the village chief know."
A moment later, a knight in front came back, and the team continued to slow down. Ren Baqian opened the curtain and sat next to the coachman before he had seen a village in this world.
The village is not too big. Standing at a distance, you can see a wooden fence in front of it, which should prevent wild animals. Therefore, although it is called a village, it is more like a stockade.
Ren Baqian guessed that the ancient people used to gather and live in such a village when they were on the mountain, and some people still maintained this habit after they went down the mountain. This tradition has been left over for a long time.
Ren Baqian asked the coachman, and the facts were exactly as he thought.
If there were no wild beasts attacking, these wooden fences would disappear as the village expanded in the next few decades or hundreds of years.
As the team entered the village, the entire appearance of the village was also displayed in front of Ren Baqian.
Most of the buildings are made of wood. The bottom of the building is supported by wooden piles with a diameter of more than 20 centimeters, about half a meter high, completely to prevent rainwater and some snakes and insects.
There is a stench in the village, and many houses are hung with animal skins and dried wild vegetables outside, so the smell is very strong.
When the army entered the village, the people in the village were not afraid at all. They walked out of the house and waved to everyone with a smile.
Most of the clothes are made of animal skins, revealing bronze-colored skin, and the smile on his face is simple and full of enthusiasm.
It's just that after seeing Ren Baqian sitting in the car, he looked curiously, after all, he was not from the ancient tribe at first glance.
"The army of the ancient tribe has a good relationship with the civilians." Ren Baqian immediately thought of this.
The village is almost a circle, and in the middle is a circular open space, with many stone locks and the like, presumably the villagers use it to polish their bodies.
There is also a wooden shelf next to it, and some wooden sticks are placed on it.
From this village, one can see how martial the ancient people are.
The houses are built around this circle of open space, divided into two floors, the front and the back. There are about a hundred households at a glance, and the whole village can have two or three hundred people.
At this time, every household lit oil lamps, some people came out to say hello, and some people lay on their windows and looked out.
Ren Baqian got out of the car and stretched himself. The day's driving was really exhausting, so he could finally relax at this moment.
Tao Jiyuan also jumped off the car next to him, but he looked much better than Ren Baqian, and he didn't feel tired.
"My lords, this is the village head. The biggest house belongs to the village head's house. Tonight, the two adults are going to rest at the village head's house." Fujiji brought an old man over.
"Meet the two adults."
"I'm sorry." Ren Baqian cupped his hands and said.
Tao Jiyuan nodded.
Staying at the village head's house for one night, Ren Baqian endured the buzzing of mosquitoes all night, and yawned and got into the carriage the next morning, swearing in his heart that he would rather live in the carriage next time. There are so many mosquitoes attracted by the animal skins that are drying outside, and they only bite themselves.
At least I asked Tao Jiyuan in the morning, and he was not bitten by mosquitoes very much. Even these mosquitoes know how to bully the weak and fear the strong.
He was also deeply hurt by Tao Jiyuan's snoring not far away last night.