Chapter 2: Caravan

There are more than 70 people in this small caravan. The leader of the caravan, who is called the "head family", is a middle-aged man with a frosty face but also majestic face, Li Yaozu.

The political situation and people's livelihood of the Qing Dynasty were said to be fifty ethnic groups, but in fact they were fifty major surnames. Ninety-nine percent of the people in the Qing Dynasty belonged to these fifty major surnames.

Among the fifty surnames, the Li family also belongs to the middle and upper class. The mother tribe of one of the 24 princes of the Qing Dynasty is the Li family.

This small caravan is close to the small caravan, except for the guide and a dozen external guards, all of them are from the Li clan.

Li Yaozu is both the chief and the elder.

"Old Wang, what's the situation?" In the carriage, Li Yaozu stared at the guide Lao Wang with a bright look, and his faint majesty made the latter dare not look at him.

The beasts riding in the caravan are naturally camels, and most of the vehicles are trucks. Only two camel cars are located in the center of the caravan. One is Li Yaozu's family members, and the other is for Li Yaozu to discuss matters, just like now.

"The first family, there is something wrong with the gust of wind just now." Lao Wang is also an old man, traveling around the world, suppressing the fear in his heart, and responded, "Based on my decades of experience in the desert, the gust of wind is probably artificially created."

"Are you sure?!" Li Yaozu was shocked and grabbed Lao Wang's clothes.

"I dare to use this life to guarantee it!"

In the carriage, it instantly fell silent, and the atmosphere was solemn, just like the tranquility before the storm.

Li Yaozu was able to become the leader of the caravan and his knowledge was naturally extraordinary. In this vast sea of ​​sand, most of the people who could drive the celestial phenomena with human power to create wind...

Alchemist!!

The head of a caravan is neither big nor small. Whether it is the alchemist in his country or the alchemist in Armestorius, Li Yaozu has seen it, and with various rumors and chronicles, he also knows the difference between the two.

The alchemists of Armestolis focused on practicality and were highly utilitarian. Influenced by the political and civil customs of the country, they were more or less aggressive and lethal. In the Qing Dynasty, alchemists advocated the way of heaven and earth and nature, and paid attention to the unity of man and nature. What they studied was the method of refining lead and mercury to gather spirits into elixirs, focusing on assisting and spiritual practice.

This does not mean that the combat power of the alchemist in the Qing Dynasty is lower than that of the alchemist. On the contrary, according to what Li Yaozu knows, those wise alchemists who exist in the legend can change the celestial phenomena and drive the power of heaven and earth for their own use, and are extremely powerful.

It is said that the barbarians in the dense forest in the south almost broke through the capital of Huxiang Prefecture. At that time, the head of the Zeng clan personally went to Kunlun to invite a powerful alchemist to cast spells to control the water element of Yunmeng Ze, which evolved into a huge wave, and involved tens of thousands of barbarians at the bottom of the vast Yunmeng Ze Lake, becoming the blood food of the endless ferocious beasts.

From then on, the barbarians dared not invade the Central Plains again, and it has been more than a hundred years since then.

The words of the guide Lao Wang made Li Yaozu suddenly recall this story, and the waves suddenly caused a stir in his mind.

A burst of green and white, Li Yaozu's expression changed violently, his fists clenched, and he made up his mind. "This is my opportunity, and I must not miss it!"

After learning from Lao Wang that the person who drove the wind was near the rails in front of the convoy, Li Yaozu immediately ordered the convoy to accelerate.

On the other side.

After Zhang Shenmei took a beautiful bath, she used alchemy to create a small pavilion-like building, and took out a small mobile kitchen from the storage equipment.

Refining the array and starting it!!

A silver light suddenly appeared and the sand flowed. In a few minutes, a small pile of ingredients were added in front of Zhang Shen.

Although the desert is desolate, a large number of creatures live in it, especially the abandoned railway tracks are even denser. Zhang Shen used alchemy and quickly collected ingredients such as non-toxic sand scorpions, lizards, cactus and other foods.

Zhang Shen is a foodie, so he specially exchanged some cooking skills in Dazhi, which were directly printed in his mind and could be called at any time when needed.

The ingredients were quickly processed, and the sauce was applied and put on bamboo sticks. Zhang Shen started a happy barbecue conference.

Dingding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding!!

Just as the food was about to be cooked and it was ready to go to the mouth, a crisp camel bell sound came from Zhang Shen's ears.

Well?! Zhang Shen built a pergola with his hands and looked over. An ordinary caravan was walking in his direction.

Because there are a group of cruel robbers like sand thieves who come and go like the wind and kill people like tickles. Each caravan will have similar roles as military scouts and reconnaissance, and the best-equipped riding beasts to detect movements from all directions.

Zhang Shen knew that he had entered the caravan's sight and was too lazy to avoid it, so he flipped his skewers on his own.

Li Yaozu had already left the carriage and walked at the front of the team.

He had a good eye, and he just took everything in the pavilion into his eyes by sweeping it a few times.

I don't look old...the clothes are strange, but the materials and needlework have never seen them before...the mysterious pavilion and the small room (bathroom) next to me...the unscrupulous things used to make barbecue...

All the signs show that the young man in sight is not simple.

The skewers were just finished, and the tempting fragrance brought by the spices from other worlds made the caravan members who had eaten dry food for almost a month stretched their necks, their faces were full of desire, and their throats were shaking.

Li Yaozu swallowed the saliva from his mouth hard, turned over from the camel, tidied up his robe, walked slowly outside the pavilion, stopped, and bowed: "I, Li Yaozu, is the head of the caravan. It is a great fate to meet Taoist left in this vast sea of ​​sand. I can't help but come forward and disturb him. I hope the young master will not be surprised."

"It's okay, come up."

The gentle and unpretentiousness of Zhang Shen made Li Yaozu even more determined to think in his heart. He came in and sat down, unable to stop his thoughts from turbulent.

It was obvious that the old man on the other side was a little excited, and Zhang Shen was not sure about it, but he had no intention of pursuing it: "Come on, Mr. Li, try my own secret barbecue."

Li Yaozu had a flat face and took it with both hands: "Dare you ask about the name of the young master?"

Zhang Shen was a little uncomfortable by his seriousness: "My name is Zhang Shen. Old sir, don't call me the young master, why are you uncomfortable? Just call my name directly."

"Then I will be a traitor." In just a few short sentences, Li Yaozu saw Zhang Shen's character, and he was called "Brother Zhang" in his words, as if he was to the level of being on par with Zhang Shen.

Zhang Shen is not a person who is particularly good at speaking, but Li Yaozu is really amazing. Communicating with him gives Zhang Shen a feeling of being bathed in spring breeze. Before he knew it, half an hour passed, and the relationship between the two increased a lot.

"It's getting late, and the caravan is still looking for a place to stay. I will say goodbye first and come and disturb you tomorrow."

Zhang Shen was still unsatisfied and didn't want to keep it anymore. He glanced at him and landed on the unfinished cactus, sand scorpion, and desert lizards in the mobile kitchen. He gave him a favor and gave it to Li Yaozu.

His family had also eaten dry food for a long time. Li Yaozu was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him.

Seeing the caravan gradually moving away, he fell into a place two miles away, laying down a tent, and creating a fire, Zhang Shen became emotionally immersed.

In the conversation with Li Yaozu just now, the latter took the initiative to confess his origin. He was a member of the Li clan of the Qing Dynasty. He said that he wasted half his life before finally getting to the position of head of the caravan and was responsible for the transaction with Armestolis. He was also well-known in the Li clan.

Zhang Shen did not mention his own origins, but just said that he had traveled and increased his experiences.

The Zhang clan was also a big clan in the Qing Dynasty, and was a little stronger than the Li clan in all aspects. However, Zhang Shen did not want to get involved and did not say that he was a member of the Zhang clan.

He could sense that Li Yaozu took the initiative to make friends with him and asked for something, which made him feel a little relaxed.

If you have nothing to do, you will either be traitor or steal.

Zhang Shen was much more relieved to be able to confirm the reason for the other party's enthusiastic performance. As for what Li Yaozu wanted to get from him, he would naturally know after a long time.

No words all night.

The next day, as Zhang Shen expected, Li Yaozu warmly invited him to travel with the caravan and return to the Qing Dynasty together.

Zhang Shen thought for a few seconds and agreed. Such a refreshing attitude made Li Yaozu jump in his eyebrows. He thought about all kinds of persuasion words that had been thought of in the middle of the night, which made him really a little confused.

In the next few days, Zhang Shen followed the caravan to the Qing Dynasty.

There are many people and eyes, so Zhang Shen is not good at using alchemy to make clear water, capture ingredients, and build houses. The quality of life is falling sharply. The original "white clothes are better than snow" has gradually turned yellow by the wind and sand, which looks a bit "normal".

Little did they know that the members of the caravan were speechless and numb to the behavior of someone drinking water at any time or even feeding the camels with sweet water. If Li Yaozu hadn't said hello in advance, they would have jumped out and said with a good word.

However, Zhang Shen's quality of life has declined. For caravan members, since someone joined the team, drinking water and food were provided very sufficiently, and they could also taste the deliciousness of adding expensive spices from time to time. The living standard has risen sharply like a rocket. Zhang's image has also changed from a "prodigal son" to a "slaughter" at the beginning...

"Hey, Brother Li, didn't you say there were many sand thieves in the desert? Why did we almost reach the border of the Qing Dynasty all the way, and we still didn't even touch a sand thief?"

Although Zhang Shen has experienced several worlds, he has never seen a serious robber, especially such a distinctive robber. It is a pity to think about it.

The situation of the Qing Dynasty in this world is somewhat similar to that in the ancient Xia Dynasty. It has more special significance for Zhang Shen, who grew up watching martial arts films and costume films since he was a child.

Li Yaozu smiled silently: "Brother, you are a master of art and brave, and you don't care. For us merchants who run desert business roads, the word "sand steal" simply means death."

"It's okay if you talk to me privately. Don't ask other people in the caravan like this. It's very unlucky." Zhang Shen's regret was beyond words, making Li Yaozu even less sure what to say.

Zhang Chan asked about the Sha Pirate that morning.

In the afternoon, the caravan set off not long after, and a scout rode a camel and returned quickly.

"Not good, the sand thief... the sand thief is here!!"
Chapter completed!