The first month of the New Year in Murowei is still icy and snowy, and the wind is biting, even if a fat sheep covered with wool stays in such a climate, it will definitely become a hard frozen sheep in less than two hours.

But in the remote Black Domain City, it was a different scene, when Zhen Er was about to return to the Black Domain City with three thousand horse-drawn sleighs, the entire Black Domain City turned into a sea of joy, and the black crowd ran out of five miles away to greet him, and waited for an hour before he saw a team like a long snake appear in sight, ignoring the knee-deep snow fetters and running wildly in the snow.

"It's back!"

"Look, Zhen Er is finally back!"

As far as the eye could see, there were faces full of excitement, cheering and jumping, and some people dragged their unconscious legs, and just ran a few steps before falling into the snow, but still desperately got up and continued to run.

At the front of the crowd, there was a row of thousands of horses, led by an old man in his fifties with slightly squinted eyes, tears beating uncontrollably in his eyes, words in his mouth, his voice was very low, a little indistinct, and he was blown away by the cold wind as soon as he spoke.

Beside the old man, several majestic horses sat several young men wrapped in furs, some were indifferent, some were happy, some were proud, and their expressions were different, but their eyes all looked at the burly strong man on the opposite horse.

The strong man's whole body was covered with a thick layer of frost, and there was a string of crystal ice beads hanging on the two sword eyebrows, and his face was extremely sallow and ugly, but even so, he still couldn't contain the excitement in his heart and said: "Uncle Wang, fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life and returned safely?" ”

The strong man was Zhen Er, who went to the mouth of the Liao River, and he could not return in eight days at the earliest, but after receiving the goods, the person who received the goods immediately became excited, and rushed back desperately, hoping to bring the good news back to Heiyu City as soon as possible.

The old man opposite the strong man was naturally Wang Peng, and when he saw Zhen Er who had returned safely, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he looked up and down on his horse, and found that Zhen Er was not missing a single part of his body, so he said happily: "Go!" When I got home, the banquet was ready, and I had something to say while drinking! ”

Zhen Er laughed and shouted loudly to the entourage behind him: "I'm home, the banquet has been prepared, let's drink together!" ”

After nearly two months, walking back and forth in the ice and snow for nearly 1,500 miles, the sins suffered, the suffering is difficult to describe in words, many times it is a strong breath in perseverance, that kind of feeling on the line of life and death, I am afraid that only by being there can be a understanding.

In the hall of Black Domain City, the aroma of barbecue meat is permeated, and the whole roasted sheep are turning on the charcoal fire, and the fragrant grease drips on the bright charcoal fire, making a "whoosh" sound.

"I wish Zhen Er a victorious return and drink this cup full!"

"Drink to win!"

Zhen Er picked up the horn cup in front of him, there were three or four taels of spirits in it, raised his neck and drank it in one gulp, reached out to wipe the wine stains on the corner of his mouth, took out a list and a few letters from his arms and handed them to Wang Peng, who was seated, and said: "Uncle Wang, at this time, please take a look at the list of this transaction!" ”

Wang Peng took it and didn't look at it immediately, but asked, "Tell me about the casualties on this trip?" ”

The look on Zhen Er's face darkened, and he slowly put down the wine glass in his hand, suppressed the indignation in his heart and said: "Before departure, there were a total of 3,500 people, and one hundred and twenty-one people froze to death on the road when they were on the road, and nearly twenty percent of the frostbitten people were ....... ”

Zhen Er recounted the casualties of the trip in as calm a tone as possible, or secretly surprised the people around him, and there was a sentence in Mu Wei: If you have nothing to do in winter, you will go out in three hours! This sentence is not a casual joke, the people of Murowei will not go out in winter if they have nothing to do, which is almost the same as seeking death.

What the people of Murowei know, Wang Peng and the others naturally understand, but they have to do this, and only in winter, this transportation line is relatively safe, if it is placed in summer and autumn, the goods that Zhen Er brought back this time may not even have a chance of one in ten thousand to bring back to Black Domain City.

"Fortunately, you are the heroes of everyone in Black Domain City!"

Zhen Er tried not to think about these things, as soon as he closed his eyes, he could think of those people who were frozen to death by the cold, and when they froze to death, they actually had a terrifying smile on their faces, which broke everyone's heart.

On this long journey, Black Domain City can be said to have used blood, there are 5,000 horses alone, hundreds of cars of fur to protect against the cold, and half of the grease to protect against the cold, such as snow nests, skis and sleds, needless to say, it took two months to prepare these things, and in the end, more than 20% of people and horses were still lost, which was not much easier than the Long March in later generations.

The losses are huge, and so are the gains!

Wang Peng's heart is like a rock now, a certain number of casualties has long been within his expectations, if it is not for the full preparation in advance, it is not surprising that the loss this time has reached more than fifty percent.

"Did you see Zhen Lang this time?"

"Nope!" Zhen Er was a little disappointed and said: "The master couldn't get away from the Wufeng Islands, so he brought a few letters, saying that they had been arranged inside?" ”

Wang Peng didn't speak again, but took the few letters handed to him by Zhen Er just now, checked the seal and stuffed it into his arms, there were some things in it that were not suitable for announcing in front of others, and then picked up the list and read it, his face suddenly flushed with excitement, and his hands trembled slightly, and it took a long time to calm down and say: "Everyone take a look!" ”

The first one to take it was Zhen Da, then Zhen 16, Zhen 18, everyone saw the items on the list, they couldn't help but get excited, and finally when the list fell into Zhen Forty-three's hands, Wang Peng said: "You read it to everyone?" ”

Zhen Forty-three trembled and held the list in his hand, like the weight of a thousand catties, and said in a hoarse and irrepressible excitement: "1,000 sets of plate armor for the whole body, 500 sets of war horse armor, 5,000 crossbows, 500,000 arrows,......, 10,000 pairs of horseshoes, 100,000 catties of refined iron, 10,000 stone ...... of refined salt, 5,000 boxes of thunderbolts and gunpowder, and 200 ...... riding guns." ”

After Zhen Forty-three finished reading, he found that the needle drop in the hall could be heard, only a heavy gasp was left, it was one thing to see it himself, and it was another thing to listen to it, every time Zhen Forty-three read it, it was like his heart was hit by a heavy hammer, and he even forgot to breathe.

"That's a lot of work!"

What is most lacking in Murowei, naturally it is the first place in fine iron, which accounts for more than sixty percent of this transaction, followed by refined salt, like thunderbolts and gunpowder, but because there is fierce fire oil in Black Domain City, the demand is not high, which is why the proportion of the two is very low.

Zhen Da swept away the previous haze and said: "Great, with these things, Lingxi doesn't have to worry, what is that horse iron hoof?" ”

(End of chapter)