Dayao has a vast land and few people.
To what extent
Except for the 60,000 mountains, Dayao's land area is about a quarter of Huaguo.
Among them, the land of Tianjing occupies one-sixth of the area, which is 400,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the area of two ordinary provinces and accommodates 10 million people.
And the remaining 2 million square kilometers, which is equivalent to the area of ten ordinary provinces, has less than four million ancient people.
There are more than 10 million people of the ancient people, 10 million of them are in the 60,000 mountains.
The area of the ten provinces is only 4 million people, from this we can see how vast the land is and how sparsely populated Dayao is.
Not seeing a village for three or two days is a common occurrence. The farther away from Lancheng, the more desolate it becomes. Apart from the barren mountains and old forests where all kinds of fierce beasts live, there are boundless grasslands, where large groups of horned cattle and cattle are grazing. jumping sheep.
Tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of horned oxen and jumping sheep move on the grassland, and the scene is extremely spectacular.
But here, what worries Ren Baqian most is the road.
There are almost no roads.
There is only one dirt road with potholes, which is much worse than the roads in other places. After it rains, it is all muddy, and the wheels often sink directly into the mud.
In this way, I walked forward for a week, and finally approached the last destination before entering the 60,000 mountains.
When the mountain peaks towering to the sky could be seen in the distance, Ren Baqian and others finally came to the last and largest city outside the Liuwanda Mountain, which was also the port for the Liuwanda Mountain to communicate with the outside world—Yacheng.
Also called Man City.
This city was left over from the previous dynasty of Hao Kingdom. Barbarian is what they called the ancient people, and it also means that passing through this city is a wild land.
Now even Hao Kingdom has been destroyed for seventy years, but the name of this city has been handed down, and even the ancient people call this city Man City most of the time.
"Zhang Jushan, Captain of the Southern Protectorate's Mansion, I have seen Your Majesty!" A thousand-strong army came to greet them, all wearing leather armor and long knives.
However, it always made Ren Baqian feel a little different, as if he was more fierce than the soldiers in other places.
The empress opened the curtain to let the soldiers outside see her, and then said lightly: "Let's go into the city!"
"yes!"
After walking for a long time, the distance to Yacheng is getting closer and closer, but what attracts Ren Baqian the most is still the mountains in the distance.
The mountain peaks stand straight up, like pillars standing between the sky and the earth, straight into the sky.
From a rough look, there are at least hundreds of such peaks, which are extremely spectacular.
And between these peaks, there are many shorter mountains that wind up and down, and the boundaries are completely invisible within the line of sight.
Looking here, apart from the mountains, there are almost no other things.
That is the 60,000 mountains.
Arriving at Yacheng, Ren Baqian finally turned his attention to Yacheng.
The city walls are all built of gray boulders, full of coldness. There are sharp protrusions on the top of the city wall, like fangs in the mouth of wild animals, all over the entire city wall.
These fang-like sharp protrusions used to prevent the Gu Clan from attacking the city, and the blood of the Gu Clan and the Jing Clan flowed on it.
Entering Yacheng, there are rows of tall stone houses, the doors are three meters high, and the one-story houses are generally four meters high, without any decoration, full of simple and simple taste.
Ren Baqian was more concerned about those ancient people who stopped and watched on both sides of the road.
There are those wearing common clothes, animal skins, shirtless and tattooed, and even grass-woven clothes.
Some had bird feathers tied on their heads, some had animal tails on their shoulders, some had snakes wrapped around their bodies, some had a Loon horn hanging around their necks, and many had strings of fangs around their necks.
There are also all kinds of tamed beasts, including a white-toothed tiger, a Hei Langjun exuding a strong aura, a giant snake intertwined with gold and silver patterns, a monkey about the size of a person with sharp eyes, and A two-person giant bird…
A strange place.
Ren Baqian felt as if he had entered another world.
There is only one thing in common, that is, everyone exudes that wild smell from top to bottom.
"Those people are from different regions. People in each region have their own characteristics, which is a way to show their identity. For example, those with bird feathers tied on their heads are from Montenegro. If it has a tiger-toothed tail, it is from Chitu Peak. If it has a furry raccoon tail, it is from Luanshi Mountain..." The empress said looking at all kinds of men and women outside.
"Has your majesty been here?" Ren Baqian turned his head and asked.
"I came here once when I was young." The empress replied lightly.
"Your Majesty has such a good memory." Ren Baqian was speechless. When he was a child, at least ten years ago, he still remembered it so clearly.
It is worthy of being a player who is on the hook.
"They are my people, so I must remember them." The empress said as she got up and pulled open the curtain of Luanjia, stepped out and stood there looking down at the crowd.
"It's the little emperor!"
"The little emperor is back!"
"It's His Majesty who's back!"
There was a sudden commotion outside, many people shouted that the little emperor had returned, and their voices were full of joy.
It seemed that seeing the empress made them feel very happy.
However, it has been nine years since the empress ascended the throne, but in the eyes of these ancient people far away from Lancheng, she is still a little emperor.
"Your Majesty, do you still remember Chitufeng Yuequan Village? You rested in our village back then!"
"We even had dinner in our Yangquan village in Chitu Peak! Back then, it was a golden feather eagle that my father beat!" Someone shouted again immediately.
These people don't know a little bit of etiquette, but freedom is a kind of simplicity in the mountains.
Although the voice was messy, it made the Empress feel peaceful from the heart.
"Stop yelling! In front of His Majesty, what are you doing yelling like that?" The general who had greeted the empress before immediately scolded the people on the side of the road.
"It's okay!" The empress waved her hand, looked down at the surroundings and said calmly: "I came back this time to go to the mountains to see, and also to see if you are doing well."
"It's okay, but salt is too expensive now! There are still animal skins that have not been collected!" Someone shouted immediately.
"This is temporary. There is a war going on in the north. When we win, there will be a large number of salt farms, and the price of salt will drop at that time. Keep the animal skins for now, and someone will collect them later." Said to everyone calmly.
"That's good! If there is a shortage of people in the war, just tell us! Last time, my kid was one step too late, and he didn't become a soldier!"
"Yes!" The empress laughed.
"Little Emperor, are you getting married?" Someone suddenly called out such a voice.
The empress nodded and smiled: "Yes, someone will send you news about my marriage soon."
Ren Baqian came out of the Luanjia and cupped his hands to the surroundings: "I've seen you all."