The sun is shining, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant.

She was almost home, and she felt that everything around her was so comfortable and pleasant. Everything in the house is better than the outside, whether it is flowers and plants, insects and birds, and even cow dung in the rice fields on the roadside, the smell is much better than that of other places.

As the daughter of a traveling merchant, Sha Luo followed her father from a young age, and although she is only 17 years old, she has already traveled to at least eight countries.

Since she was eight years old, she has been a member of the caravan in charge of accounting and logistics, and now nine years have passed. Her prestige in the caravan, close to that of her father, was the real second-in-command in the caravan.

Every time a layman went on business, the caravan would travel for a year or so, then return to his hometown, rest for two months, and set out again.

Yes! My hometown is Tonggu City, and I will be back again soon. Mom and brother, you must be okay.

Sallo sat above the cargo, greedily looking at the scenery on both sides of the road. Every wanderer who has been away from home for a long time can smell the taste of hometown on the way home. With this taste, they know how far they are from home.

The name of this caravan is 'Sarah's Blue Star Flower', and yes, it is named after Sarah. This is the owner of the caravan, that is, Shaluo's father, when his daughter was born, he happily replaced the original ordinary caravan name with the current appearance, which sounded quite artistic.

Opposite Sallo sat a young man who threw four apples and performed his acrobatics, causing Sallo to chuckle.

Sarah is a very cute woman, not pretty, but lively and mischievous. In caravanserans, it is very popular with young men. A lot of people often try to make her happy. I learned a lot of small tricks, but even so, Sha Luo never said who she liked, and she has always been very self-loving, although she loves to laugh, but she has never shown any ambiguity to any man.

Watch the admirer on the other side perform acrobatics. Shaluo's heart flew back home, and she didn't know if her brother was still so naughty, and she didn't know if her mother had become fat again...... When she thinks about things at home, Sarah is always happy.

Just when she was at her happiest, the whole caravan stopped.

This caravan had more than twenty donkeys, and when they were moving in a line on the road, the distance between the head and the end of the team was a little far, so in general, the people at the end of the line. You don't know what's going on up ahead.

And during the journey, it is probably too good to stop the caravan.

Almost all of them have taken up their weapons. They looked ahead with a serious expression, because the distance was a little far, they could vaguely see that the donkey cart in front seemed to be blocked by something.

Sarah's right hand reached into her clothes. Gripping the dagger tightly, she jumped out of the van. Trott to the front of the caravan.

As she got closer to the front of the procession, she sensed that the atmosphere ahead was not serious, and she took a few more steps, and then realized that although the caravan was blocked, it was not because of robbers. It's someone who is negotiating something with his father.

Just down the road in front of the caravan. There is a stone house, and on the stone wall of the house, the words 'toll booth' are written in Kholevin.

And from the stone house, there was a magical light path blocking the way. Sarah leaned in. In the stone house, I heard a man dressed in gold on a white background, who looked like a priest, talking to his father: "The road is repaired by our temple, so we naturally have the right to charge for road maintenance, and we don't charge for ordinary pedestrians, but the carriages and donkey carts carrying goods must be charged, after all, you are carrying things in your car, which is very heavy, and it will cause some damage to the road." We take care of the maintenance, and we also need money. ”

"Then can we not pay the fee, after all, it is not easy for us to make some money." The owner of the caravan, Sharo's father, bargained and asked, "Why don't we pay less?" ”

"If you want to go on the road, you have to pay money, two copper coins for a horse." The priest in the stone house said impatiently, "It's okay if you don't pay, the road is right next to it, and you can walk through it." ”

Sallo looked along the priest's hand and saw that there was indeed a road on her left, and she vaguely remembered that when they left a year ago, it was indeed from this side path. At that time, there were still many people walking on this road, but now, the grass on this road is growing so tall that there are only a yellowish path in the middle, which can only be passed by individuals, and it is impossible for donkey carts to pass.

Then Salo saw her father pay the money painfully.

Their caravan had twenty-four donkey carts, that is, the father handed over forty-eight copper coins. This is not a lot of money, but it is close to his hometown, but he is knocked on a 'stuffy stick' like this, and anyone will be a little unhappy.

Relieved to see that it was not a robber, she jumped into the nearest donkey cart and sat down.

The priest in the stone house made a strange gesture, and the cyan pillar of magic that had stopped in the way disappeared, and the caravan continued on its way.

After the donkey cart that Sha Luo was sitting on drove past the stone house, she suddenly found that in front of her, there was a gray stone avenue, and from her personal point of view, this flat stone avenue could drive at least ten donkey carts side by side!

Everyone in the caravan looked at the road and collectively lost their voices. After a long while, Sha Luo sighed: "What a big deal, no wonder every donkey cart has to collect money." If it were me, I'd have to at least triple the price. City Lord Greenton, when did you become so rich. ”

From a businessman's point of view, the cost of building such an exaggerated road is definitely not low. With the toll of two copper coins per wagon, it is simply impossible to recover the cost of this road, at least not for fifty years.

The donkey cart drove on the flat stone road, and the previous swaying feeling was gone, and even the speed was much faster.

Soon the caravan arrived at the gate of the Bronze Drum City, where there was a constant stream of people.

During the inspection of the caravan waiting to enter the city, Salo always felt that the people coming in and out of the city gate seemed to be a little different from his previous impression. But she couldn't tell what the difference was, and after a while, several city guards who were in charge of checking the safety of the goods had inspected the donkey carts and let them go.

After entering the city gate, Salo and the caravan were surprised again, because the roads in the whole city were repaired, and the black and white lattice pattern stone streets gave people a beautiful feeling when they looked at it, and most importantly, Salo was on the streets, and there was hardly any garbage to be seen, and the whole city was surprisingly clean.

Clean?

Sha Luo clapped her hands violently, she finally knew why she felt something was wrong in front of her...... Almost all the pedestrians in Tonggu City are very clean, even if they are wearing shabby clothes, they are also clean.

What has happened in Tonggu City in the past year?

In the past, in the Copper Drum City, except for the rich area, traces of defecation and defecation could be seen everywhere in other places, but now, instead of it, there are beautiful stone avenues, and many places have been repaired. She remembered that on the right side of the city gate, there was a slum, and as soon as she passed through it, she could see a lot of low mud houses, and the disgusting smell of feces and urine gushing out.

But when she passed by there just now, she only saw clean stone paths and neat and beautiful white stone houses.

Even the slums have changed, what has happened in Tonggu City in the past year, and what have they missed?

The caravan entered the trade market in the city center, and soon acquaintances came over and cleared their goods. Only three carts of flint were left, and no one wanted them.

In the past, flint was not worried about sales, why is no one asking for it now? As soon as Sha Luo inquired, it turned out that not long ago, the city lord Greenton found a valley rich in flint more than thirty kilometers away from the city. So now the flint in Tonggu City has dropped significantly, and the three carts of flint in the caravan can't be sold.

Although there are some regrets, Shaluo is not too difficult to love. This is how to do business, there are profits and losses, this time they have been doing business for more than a year, and they have made a lot of money, and the loss of three cars of flint is nothing to them.

After leaving the donkey cart with the patron and paying the caravan employees, Salo and her father returned home.

Although Sha Luo and her father have made a lot of money over the years, they still have no prominent status, so they can only live in civilian areas.

When she returned home, she exchanged thoughts with her ecstatic mother, and after a long time, she gave way to her father and let her and her mother hide aside to make love.

Then she searched the whole house, but she didn't see her brother, and thought he was out to play again. muttered dissatisfied, and then saw that his brother's room was quite messy, so he started to help him clean up.

When she finished tidying up the room, it was already dark, and when she left the room, she happened to see her brother coming back from outside.

Seeing his sister, the younger brother seemed very happy, if it was in the past, he would definitely rush over, pick up his sister and turn in circles, but this time he seemed very steady, he just smiled happily and said, "Sister, you are back!" ”

In this regard, Sha Luo was a little disappointed, thinking that her brother had grown up and understood the difference between men and women.

Then she saw her brother holding a book in his hand, and she was very curious: "Harris, you actually read a book?" Mother hired a writing teacher for you? ”

Harris raised the book in his hand and said smugly: "Sister, I am now a junior student at Wohkin College, let alone words, now I am already a professional. ”

Salo Porphyry smiled: "Just you naughty monkey? Professional? You have to find someone more reliable to talk big. ”

Harris stretched out his right hand unhurriedly, and after a while, an orange fireball flipped in his hand, emitting a moxibustion glow. (To be continued.) )