Walking in the infinite world

Chapter 41 The first heroic city in the Western Regions (end of this volume)

After being busy for most of the night, Lu Xiao finally succeeded in making a real moon cake.He even carefully carved a pattern on it with a knife, and then sent it to the stove to bake.In the end, it came out without deformation.

Lu Xiao didn't dare to say the taste, but in terms of shape, it already looks like the moon cakes of later generations.

The girl looked at the 'exquisite' moon cake and was so excited that she didn't want to eat it.Holding the moon cakes and enjoying it all night.Finally, put the mooncakes on a plate and put them on the table, and tell everyone who came that it was made by Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao was a little speechless at her childishness, but she was also very happy to see her really happy.The two have known each other for many years, and this is the purest smile of a girl.

Half a month later, according to Lu Xiao's request, Xiang Qizheng bought back more than 40 teenage children from several distant cities.

The frontier fortress has insufficient property, and the people at the bottom are living in hardship.These half-sized children are all times when they are not full.Many families are not really selling their sons and daughters, but they cannot afford to support them.Only let the children live on the streets by themselves.

Some of these children were sold by human traffickers, and many even went to the human market by themselves.They know that if someone buys it, they can still have a bite to eat.If no one buys it, you will have to live and die.

Therefore, Xiang and is doing this thing not only without the slightest difficulty.There were even many adults crying and begging him to buy the child.

It's not that Lu Xiao doesn't want to buy more, it's just the grain storage in the cottage, and he doesn't support buying too many children.If it weren't for the killing of the horse bandits, they got a lot of livestock and exchanged a lot of money.Even these children may not be able to raise them.

"I'll leave this to you. Take care of it for a month first to lay a solid foundation. Then start training."

"Don't worry, I'm an expert in this regard."

Xiang Qizheng didn't brag, after all, he was a swordsman master in Jiangnan, and he had a sect.Teaching his apprentices is his specialty.

A month later, Li Guangyin's trade route returned.But this time, he didn't bring the spice gems from the Western Regions that he should have brought back.Instead, it brought back a large amount of food that the town needed.

Knowing that this was his vote, Lu Xiao accepted this batch of grain and distributed it to Li Guangyin's many animals that could hardly be raised.Let him get back as soon as possible.

And just after Li Guangyin's caravan left, Lu Xiao found Ding'an again.

"We need more caravans."

Time flies, ten years have passed.

Outside a city, more than a dozen caravans lined up a few hundred meters to wait at the door.Some of them looked anxious, as if it was their first time here.But there are also calm and leisurely, joking with his companions.Apparently, this kind of thing is commonplace.

In the front caravan, there are two people talking.

"Master, is that City Lord Lu really that powerful?"

"Amazing? Hehe, the word awesome is not enough to describe him. When you look at this city, can you see anything?"

The steward looked up at the city in front of him, and only felt that the city walls of this city were much taller than other cities.But other than that, there's nothing special about it.

"This city is taller and majestic than other cities, but other than that, it's no different?"

"That's right, it's no different. But do you know that 14 years ago, this place was just a small town with a population of thousands of people. There were no walls, no guards, horse bandits were running rampant around, and the people inside couldn't even eat. Later, Lord Lu appeared.

It took him four years to lay out and wipe out all the horse bandits in the surrounding area.Then it took another ten years to build that dilapidated small town into today's Cloud City.The current Yunxiao City has a population of over 20 and three thousand people who control strings.It is already one of the best forces in the Western Regions.Just last year, the emperor personally canonized the transshipment envoy.Now it is a legitimate city in the Western Regions. "

As soon as the voice fell, it seemed that the time had come, and the city gate was slowly opening.Just as the steward was about to greet the rest of the guys into the city, he saw the young master holding him back.

"Don't move, that's not for us to go."

As soon as the voice fell, there was the sound of horse hooves not far away.Looking back, I saw a [-]-strong knights galloping on their horses.They are full-covered scimitars and hard bows, and they are dressed in light armor. Although their faces are full of sand, they still give people a fierce and capable feeling.

"It must be"

"The blast group, that is the blast group that traverses the Western Regions. The head of the blast group is named Li Ding'an. Speaking of which, he is from the southern part of the Central Plains. Later, he fled to the Western Regions to seek a living."

"So that's the case, the young master is very familiar with the hurricane group?"

"Old Sun, it's your first time here this year, and you don't know the story between me and Brother Li. Back then, I almost worshipped Brother Li as my master. If it wasn't for my father, I wouldn't be a blaster now. Deputy Commander."

"Young master is joking. The Li family's family business is still waiting for you to inherit. Besides, your current swordsmanship is one of the best in Jiangnan."

"You can forget it. I used to feel the same way. When I came here last year, I wanted to challenge Li Ge. I was beaten by Li Ge and couldn't find the North. After asking, Li Ge told me a truth. How can the swordsman from the rich and peaceful land in the south of the Yangtze River be compared with the swordsman from the side?

Back then, he was alone and went deep into the den of horse bandits, killing not one hundred or eighty horse bandits.After the establishment of Yunxiao City, he once led troops to fight more than one battle with the army of the Xixia people.I have never even killed a chicken in my life, how can I compare with them. "

"What the young master said. Hey, the side door is open. Are we going this way?"

"That's right, let's go. Get the access token ready. The raincloth on the cargo has been lifted, and it will be checked later."

"No, Master, our goods still need to be inspected?" The housekeeper was shocked, didn't he say that Master and City Lord Lu were old friends?Why is there no face like this?
"Hehe, don't say I'm here. Even if my father is here, the inspection is inevitable. Recently, the Xixia people have been restless, and the inspection here is very strict. But our Li family's goods are still a bit of a face. They just Just pretend, don't worry about it."

"Okay." The butler immediately went down and directed the staff to transport more than 60 cars of goods into the city.

As the caravan slowly entered.Li Guangwu, the housekeeper and the others finally entered the Cloud City.

Not to mention the incoherent butler who was shocked by the sight in front of him.Even Li Guangwu, who has been here more than ten times, is still in his heart.Because every time he came to this city, he could feel that the city had become more complete and refined.

Just the central avenue into the city.It is wide enough to be able to juxtapose the unimpeded width of four carriages, which always gives people a shocking feeling at the first time.

Lu Xiao doesn't understand architecture.Not to mention art.Therefore, he has only one requirement for the construction of the city, neatness.The houses on both sides of the street are all two-story buildings with the same symmetrical shape.The uniform blue tile and white ash gives a clean and tidy feeling.

At the same time, this uniform building, which stretches for hundreds of meters, can give people a visual extension and shock.

At this time, the restaurants and shops on both sides of the street have begun to welcome customers.There have also been some hawkers setting up stalls on both sides of the road.The cluttered shouts brought a hint of firework to this hard-core city.

Central Avenue is naturally not prepared for these foreign businessmen.The square market where they trade is in another place.There are already many Hu merchants waiting there.

After the establishment of Yunxiao City in recent years, Lu Xiao was not satisfied with the result of being a transit station on a commercial road.He wanted more, so he contacted more caravans, including Han and Hu people.

In order to attract caravans to trade directly in their own city.Lu Xiao only charged half of the taxes of other cities and promised a fair and safe trading environment.

For this promise, Yunxiao City went through a whole year of war.Whether it's the surrounding border cities or the cities with barbarians further west, they are dissatisfied with Lu Xiao's arbitrary price changes.Several times to provoke war.

In the most tragic one, the hurricane group suffered more than half of the casualties.But in the end, the enemy was defeated.Today's Yunxiao City, the only place in the frontier area, was also killed in the sea of ​​​​blood.

But Lu Xiao knew very well that this was just the beginning.After all, the country closest to Yunxiao City is Xixia.Especially when Li Yuanhao succeeded to the throne not long ago, this is a famous tyrant.An outright mad dog.If nothing else, this guy will launch an attack on the Song Dynasty soon after he takes the throne.

Lu Xiao's Yunxiao City is at the junction of the Song Dynasty and Xixia.Once the war begins, it is absolutely impossible for Yunxiao City to stay out of it.

At this moment, a guard came in.

"City Lord, Li Guangwu is here."

Lu Xiao's eyes lit up and walked out of the hall.I met Li Guangwu who was waiting outside.

"How about it?"

"It's all done, Uncle Lu."

"Okay, take me to see it."

Li Guangwu brought Lu Xiao to the warehouse he leased.Then he lifted the tarpaulin over the cargo.The china and silk underneath were exposed.At this time, a few guys came over and removed the top silk and porcelain.Revealing the real cargo below.

It's armor, and it's obviously a fine Song Army armor.

In ancient times, things like swords were not related to the prohibition level of armor.There are knives in every household.Even if you have a saber, as long as you don't offend anyone, in most cases, the government will turn a blind eye.

But the armor is different.Hiding armor in private is punishable by treason.Mainly on the ancient battlefield, soldiers wearing armor and soldiers who don't wear armor are completely different concepts.This aspect of armor and crossbow is a level.

On this trip, Li Guangwu brought [-] infantry armors to Lu Xiao.This is the pinnacle of ancient armor, and it is the best of infantry armor.Although Lu Xiao's army is mainly cavalry.But he is very clear that when the real big war starts in the future, he will mainly play defensive battles.Therefore, the walking armor is really needed.

In addition to Li Guangwu, the other caravans closely related to the Li family also brought Lu Xiao a large number of bows and arrows, crossbow arrows, as well as various light armors, horse gear and other necessities of war.

Lu Xiao started conscious preparation two years ago.Over the past few years, more than [-] sets of foot armor and [-] sets of light armor have been accumulated.There are countless other knives and horses.

There are also more important food reserves.In the current Yunxiao City, the grain reserves are enough to consume the entire city for more than half a year.Once the war starts, use the centralized supply system.No problem for a year.

Looking at all these reserves, Lu Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief.He has used what he has learned to prepare as much as possible.In this life, due to his background, he cannot change the general trend of the world.But this Cloud City is enough for him to leave a name in history.

Eleven months later, news came from Xixia that Li Yuanhao had officially launched an army against Song.Lu Xiao then announced that the entire Yunxiao City had entered a state of war.

Six months later, the Xixia army of [-] besieged Yunxiao City for three months, but failed to capture it.forced to withdraw.

For a time, Yunxiao City was famous all over the world and was known as the first heroic city in the Western Regions.

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