Dragon, choose cultural victory to make money

This is Bai Long’s first job in his life.

After Green Dragon's repeated explanations yesterday, he finally understood what work was.

It's similar to hunting.

The only difference is that hunting means catching food directly, while working means obtaining food after finishing the work.

Regardless, work is important.

Because if you don’t have food, you will be hungry.

In Bailong's simple thought process, the importance of work has been placed at the highest level.

Even if it is difficult, it must be completed.

So when he arrived at the construction site and the little human in front of him used that strange machine that could speak dragon language to explain to him that he needed to carry a bunch of things onto the train, he immediately decided to follow Drogo forever.

This job is too easy.

He usually carries things among the dragon group and is very skilled at it.

As for what that train is, I don’t know, but he will accomplish his mission!
To demonstrate his ability, he quickly ran to the station with the goods and workers.

He can't fly with so many things on his back, but it doesn't matter, he can be just as fast without flying.

If he didn't know the way, he could go even faster.

At the station, Bailong saw something called a train, which was made of sections of iron connected together.

He now has a fear of human things, as he cannot tell what they are used for by looking at their appearance.

Just like the weapons of those human adventurers, they are so small, how can they be so powerful?

The dragon clan is still reasonable, the bigger the better.

After staring at the train for half a minute, Bai Long roughly understood that this should be a vehicle used to transport goods.

Doing the same job as him.

I immediately felt that this iron train was somewhat familiar.

But how to load the goods onto the train? The little man who climbed down from his back was talking in a language he couldn't understand.

I watched the locomotive spew out billowing white smoke and slowly accelerate.

"Cargo, train, leaving, work, meal!" Bai Long used all his expressive abilities to remind the workers of their current situation.

He didn't know that there would be another train, so he could only worry about it. The dragon's body structure did not allow him to unload the cargo by himself.

The train went farther and farther away, as if it was his meal that was going away.

The worker next to him had just taken out a translator.

That's too late.

Bai Long's "smart" brain was working frantically, and he made a simple inference.

The goal is to move the goods onto the train, have the truck take it away, and transport it to a certain place. Then isn't it the same if we transport the goods there ourselves?

Thus, Waterdeep’s urban legend of the white dragon chasing the train was born.

The white dragon used a very strange posture, flapping its wings diagonally backward while running, and followed steadily behind the train.

But the train conductor was scared.

"What do you mean there's a dragon behind the train?" The conductor asked in disbelief after hearing the news from the rear of the train.

"There's a dragon, it's white, and it's carrying a lot of things on its back."

The conductor leaned his head out of the window and saw a white figure following behind in the distance.

"Are there any dragons in the city that can be assigned to the railway?"

"No."

"Then what is this dragon for!"

"do not know!"

"Damn it!" The conductor slapped his forehead, a little panicked. Who knows if the dragon is in danger? "Speed ​​up! As fast as you can!"

At the same time, in the Lord's Mansion of Waterdeep.

Drogo receives two urgent reports.

One report came from the construction site, saying that Bai Long, who was assigned to the construction site, ran away following the train.

A report from the railway said that a white dragon was following a freight train this morning. Its purpose was unknown and the train requested rescue.

Drogo finished reading the two reports and placed them on the table.

why?
He doesn't understand.

Although Bai Long is a little stupid, what is his purpose in chasing the train?
The train's destination was the North. The journey took 6 hours without any stops. It should have traveled less than one-tenth of the distance now.

Each bus is equipped with a public mobile phone for emergency situations.

Drogo wants the number for this bus and dials it.

"I am Drogo," he said bluntly.

"Great, Mr. Drogo, there's a white dragon following our train now!"

"I know. He just follows like that? No other action?"

"No, we were keeping an eye on him."

"Why don't you go to the back of the car, turn on the hands-free mode, and I'll ask what's going on."

"Um, this." The conductor was a little hesitant. It was still too dangerous to get close to a dragon.

"You can also let others go, one gold coin."

Under the temptation of money, there are still some brave people.

A young man holding a mobile phone walked tremblingly to the rear of the car and turned on the speakerphone.

"I am Drogo, what are you doing?" Drogo asked in Dragon Language.

Hearing the familiar language, although he didn't know where it came from, Bai Long still replied: "I'm working."

"What job?"

Drogo was sure Elsa had never given a dragon a job as strange as chasing cars.

"Put the goods on the train. If the train runs away, I will chase it!"

After hearing the answer, Drogo could roughly guess what happened. Most likely, he recognized the wrong car, which was very consistent with the image of the white dragon.

However, Drogo soon noticed another thing. The white dragon was carrying a heavy load and chasing the train without even breathing, and his breathing was steady when answering questions.

It's unreasonable.

Dragons are not actually a species that is good at running long distances. Drogo is a dragon himself, so he certainly knows this very well.

It is very good at short-distance bursts, but if the distance is a little longer, it will have to fly.

Normally, a dragon needs to use a lot of magic power to take off, and it needs to replenish a lot of magic power after flying.

Drogo once thought of finding some dragon beasts to do cargo transportation, but after experiments, he found that there was no advantage over short distances and it was not cost-effective over long distances, so he had to put it on hold.

He had never seen anyone who could run as fast as Bailong.

"Are you tired?"

"I'm not tired."

"You are still about 300 kilometers away from your destination. Are you sure you can finish the race?"

"Three hundred kilometers, how far is it?"

"You'll probably have to run for another four or five hours."

"I can finish it. I can run like this all day long!" Bai Long answered confidently.

Drogo almost couldn't hold it back. You, the white dragon, belong to the Stars and Stripes, right?

"you sure?"

"of course."

"Have you been able to run well since you were a child?"

"No, we can all run like this."

Drogo was confused. What was going on? Could a newly grown dragon have such strong endurance? "Then keep running. If nothing happens when you reach your destination, I'll give you a better job."

"Better? More food?"

"More."

After putting down the phone, Drogo was still very confused. No way, what do you mean "we" can all run like this.

Did the dragons evolve secretly without informing him?
In the spirit of rigor, Drogo contacts Flynn.

"What are you doing? Say it quickly if you have something to say. I'm in class!" Fulin's tone was quite unfriendly. Whoever disturbed her class would be the enemy of the ancient golden dragon!

"Can you carry a bunch of stuff on your back and run from here to the North in six hours without flying?"

"Are you sick?" Fulin cursed, and then a busy tone came from the phone.

"So generous." Drogo chirped into the phone that had already been hung up.

A few hours later.

Drogo received news from the North that the white dragon had arrived and looked very relaxed.

The North prepared some food for him.

It’s actually not that expensive to feed a dragon. Although it eats a lot, it eats everything.

It is naturally better to have meat, but if there is no meat, you can just create carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are not worth much money. There are also big bones that no one eats, and they can all be gnawed by the dragon.

In general, it is cheaper than running a car on gasoline.

Bioenergy, isn't it amazing?

After a hearty meal, the white dragon gestured around the northern border, and finally it was clear what he was going to carry back.

Having a meal after running has become a reward mechanism in his mind.

In order to verify how far he could run in a day, his request was granted.

So, at night, Drogo brought the green dragon to the station to greet this amazing long-distance runner.

In the night, two pale white balls are the glowing eyes of the white dragon.

He ran back successfully, running more than 700 kilometers in a single day while carrying weights. He didn't even look tired at all and was very excited. He thought he would have food to eat again.

I have never had two meals a day before.

Drogo also noticed that the white dragon had a peculiar way of running, flapping its wings diagonally backwards as it took a step.

What kind of running is this?
Bailong unloaded the goods and happily ran to the side to eat.

"Ahem," Drogo turned to the green dragon and asked, "He said you can all run like this?"

The green dragon didn't know why Drogo asked this, but he answered truthfully: "He is the fastest runner among us, but the others are not much worse than him."

"What?"

"Why why?"

"Uh, you made me run like this, I'm tired too, why does he look so relaxed?"

Drogo asked the question somewhat awkwardly.

It is a bit embarrassing for a dignified ancient dragon to ask such questions to a young dragon several generations younger than him.

"That's impossible." The green dragon thought Drogo was joking, but he didn't look serious. After a moment's hesitation, he thought, "I see. You probably haven't used our running method before."

"What kind of running?"

The green dragon immediately demonstrated it, using exactly the same posture as the white dragon just now.

"Like this, when you run, your wings release a little magic to help you gain momentum, making it a lot easier. You won't run fast, but you can run very far, and it won't consume much magic power."

Drogo imitated the green dragon and tried it himself.

He had a strong ability to control his body, and he mastered this somewhat strange way of running in no time.

It was not fast indeed, but it was very relaxing.

so amazing.

Drogo ran, his red eyes filled with confusion. "No, why has no dragon ever thought of running like this before?"

After saying that, he answered his own question: "Yes, the dragons in the past didn't need to run like this. They could just fly long distances."

Then I wanted to understand how this technology was developed.

"You don't have enough magic power to keep flying?"

Drogo had imagined that the dragons had had a miserable life before, but he had never imagined it would be this bad.

Dragons can replenish their magic power by eating, which proves that they have always been hungry.

Therefore, he did not fly directly to Waterdeep City, but stayed in the wasteland outside the city first, because he did not have enough magic power to fly directly.

It feels like the idea of ​​developing the technique of shooting at an angle because the recoil of the Mauser pistol is too strong and there is no better gun to use.

A dragon like him who lives a good life really can't think of running away like this.

In other words, before he indirectly made life difficult for the dragon clan, no dragon would have thought of running away like this.

There is absolutely no application requirement.

"In fact, it's not just that we don't have enough magic power," the green dragon said somewhat awkwardly, "we'll be too conspicuous if we fly, and we'll be easily spotted by the dragon hunting adventure group."

It's hard to hold it together, which sounds worse than not having enough magic power.

Drogo ran back and forth several times, like a child who had found a new toy and stopped only when he had played with it enough and was satisfied.

"You are a dragon, my friends," Drogo said, grabbing the dragon's shoulders. "You are a dragon. The work you are doing now is not worth your talents. I have better work for you."

"What job?"

"You'll know tomorrow!"

Drogo left a little suspense.

In fact, it is obvious that the express delivery business that he had been dreaming about can finally be launched!

We have been waiting for this day for a long time, but there has been no way to achieve it because there is no suitable means of transportation.

Transportation is too expensive, trains and ships are not flexible, trucks are still under development, and even if trucks are available, they can only be used in a few limited large cities. If we want to fully popularize them, we must build intercity highways.

But dragons don't have to care about this.

Not only is it cheaper than burning oil, it consumes more than ten kilograms of noodles per 100 kilometers, and a couple of bones can be added as a snack. And you don't have to worry about the road conditions at all.

The four legs are much more flexible than tires. If they can pass through, it is a road. If the angle is less than ninety degrees, it is a slope.

Dragon clan?

The innate "big cart" holy body!
After the express delivery business is launched, the online shopping business can also be developed.

The business of the entire Drogo Group will be much better.

In fact, Felin does have online shopping, but it is extremely niche and is the privilege of a group of mages.

In the Mage Forum, there is a special trading area where you can buy all kinds of spellcasting materials, spell books, scrolls, spell props and other strange things.

The transaction method is that the website acts as a third party, the seller sends the goods, and the buyer also sends the money. After the third party confirms that it is correct, it will be sent to both parties separately.

Obviously, this way of "online shopping" is destined to have nothing to do with ordinary people.

If Feilin wants to enjoy real online shopping, a reliable online payment system and a channel to deliver goods to buyers are essential.

And now, there is finally hope for a solution to the most difficult part of the channel.

The next day, the green dragon brought his friends to the place agreed upon by Drogo.

It was a building with an open area behind it covered with neatly-lined sheds.

The building was found on the spot, and the shed was a new nest that Zhuogo arranged to build overnight.

As the headquarters of future express delivery business.

"Everyone, I have found a clear way for the future of the dragon race!" Drogo said excitedly: "Dragon Express!"

He peeled off the red cloth on the sign in front of the building behind him, and the golden sign clearly read "Longtong Express".

All the dragons in the dragon group, except the blue dragon, the silver dragon that was supposed to play with him regularly, and the black dragon that the research institute strongly requested to stay, were present.

Although they had no idea what Longtong Express was, they still smiled and applauded under the leadership of Green Dragon. (End of this chapter)