Chapter 542: One Old and One Young in the Carriage
The wind and snow in the Extreme North Snow Fields are more violent than any other place in the Great Xia Territory, once the real blizzard is formed and raging, any living creature must avoid its edge, and its power is even less than one-tenth of the storm in the frozen wasteland further north of Shenjing City.
Under the long evolution, the snow people have grown thick body hair and subcutaneous fat to resist the invasion of the cold, and the human race that has been trading north since Great Xia naturally does not have this natural advantage, so they can only use layers of clothes to keep warm.
"Fortunately, the fur of this snow beast has nothing to say about the warmth effect!"
The young girl who jumped out of the middle carriage of the South Passenger Chamber of Commerce first greeted the guards who were in charge of defense and vigilance on the side, then grabbed the cloth bag with dry food on her back, and after talking to herself, she looked at the rear of the convoy with her big eyes that were only exposed to the outside of her body.
The cold wind is howling, and the aurora above the head is emitting colorful and brilliant light, and every Daxia citizen who comes to the extreme northern snow field for the first time will be deeply impressed by the fireworks formed by nature, but once they continue to move forward, all that remains is cold, numbness and exhaustion.
Because of the snow mist raised by the passing carriage pulled by the snow camel, the whole rear was in a white mist, and the girl named Pearl stood in place and waited, because the whole team was moving forward, so she did not need to expend her energy to go to the rear, she only had to wait in place.
In the far north, less movement means more survival.
All the people in the southern caravan, as soon as they stepped out of the carriage and stepped into the snow, they had to be fully armed, and even their faces had to be completely covered, revealing only their eyes, so they could only be identified by the names embroidered on the chests of their clothes, and on the breasts of the waiting girls, there were two conspicuous characters, pearls.
The camel did not move very fast, so after a while, the girl was still in place, but she was also very patient, not arrogant or impatient, like a sculpture standing in the snow, and at last, the last carriage at the rear of the car slowly appeared in front of her.
Pearl stretched out her hand, grabbed the handle outside the carriage, and the whole person stood firmly on the wheel, and then gently knocked on the carriage door three times, and said:
"Old man Jade, old rules, I'm in. ”
After speaking, the girl did not wait for a response from the people inside, pushed the door directly, and then, like a vigorous ape, got into the carriage, and closed the door casually, blocking the wind and snow from the wooden door.
The carriage at the back of the line is not large, after all, the Chamber of Commerce takes trade as the top priority, and the most transported goods are naturally used for sale, such as grain, coarse salt, spices and other necessities, so there are naturally very few places for people to live, and the Arctic Snow Fields do not circulate the regular currency of Great Xia, so under the trade, bartering is adopted.
As a result, there are often situations where the snow camels will pull much more goods when they return than when they came, so an independent trade route has been opened, and the experienced Nanke Chamber of Commerce will pull a lot of empty wagons for backup when they leave.
The head of this chamber of commerce is extremely business-minded, and in order to make use of these idle carriages, he also did a business of escorting people by the way, and the old man jade in the last carriage was the only passenger who was escorted on this trip.
After the pearl girl stepped into the carriage, she patted the snow slag accumulated on her body, and then removed the warm cloth cover on her face, revealing a refined short hair, and a heroic face, especially the high bridge of the nose, as if it was standing across the Huwo Mountains in the north of Great Xia.
The girl was not very old, and there were some freckles on her very fair face, which added a bit of youth and vitality, and as soon as she entered the carriage, she felt a fiery warmth envelop her body, and Pearl glanced at the burning silver charcoal in the middle of the carriage, and her pupils shrank slightly.
She didn't recognize this hand-long charcoal, but her father, who was in charge of the Chamber of Commerce, regarded it as a treasure, and the passage fee for Master Yu to escort to Liuli City this time was two silver charcoal like this in front of him.
After a brief pause, the Pearl Maiden took off the cloth bag on her back, handed it forward, and spoke softly:
"Every time you come to the old man, you are reluctant to leave, it is really too warm, give, this is today's food, for two people, and I also melted some snow water, which can be convenient for feeding the young man I saved yesterday. ”
In front of the heroic girl, there was an old man in a black shirt, who did not grow his hair, but put his gray hair down completely, his face was elegant, and he could vaguely see how personable he was when he was young, especially those eyes, if you look at it for a long time, you will find that it has a sea of blood-colored thunder.
The old man in the black shirt looked at the girl in front of him who was becoming more and more ruddy, smiled slightly, and then responded:
"That little guy you said was very hard, and he just woke up. ”
As soon as these words came out, the girl was startled, and quickly turned her head, only to see a young man sitting in the corner of the carriage in a daze, with a blue and purple color from frostbite all over his body, including his entire face, and his eyes were tightly closed, unwilling to open them.
The girl knew that when she found this young man on the snow yesterday, his injuries were heavy, and almost all of his body functions were frozen, and he was in a dying state, but she didn't expect that after such a short time, he had recovered and woken up, and such a strong physique was unheard of before by Pearl.
An old man who went to Liuli City alone, but with a prominent identity, and the other was a Terran boy who suddenly appeared in the snow field and was rescued, no matter which one of them, there are secrets behind them, and for pearls and other merchants who go north and south, they will subconsciously stay away from this kind of mystery, because it is too dangerous.
Therefore, Pearl did not stay long, and after a few small talks, she went straight out of the door of the carriage
Then the whole carriage fell silent again, and neither the old nor the young spoke again, and suddenly, the old man spoke, breaking the peace.
"You're using a mystical means to find out about me, it's very hidden, and it goes straight to the source. ”
"The girl who came in just now was very afraid of us in her heart, and she didn't want to have anything to do with you and me. ”
The young man in the corner of the carriage did not answer the old man's question, but abruptly opened his mouth and said another topic, and then the old man did not care, and continued to respond:
"These businessmen know how to judge the situation and avoid evil, and you and I are very weird, so it is not surprising that they have such a move. ”
The old man's voice fell, and the young man next to him opened his eyes suddenly, only to see that the pupils that originally had golden lines were already dim and empty at this time.
"What's your name?"
"Li Dingshan. ”
"Good name, my name is Jiang Yu. ”