It was a cold and windy day.

As the sun rises, its rays of light shine on the desert, illuminating the Qiong Mountains and the diffuse wind and sand.

Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, Lu's motorcade also began to move towards the checkpoint entering Qiongling.

Because of today's weather, Ning Zhe made the convoy wait for three days before approaching here.

Compared with the last time I came here, there are no changes here. There are still military caves and trenches arranged at the entrance to the mountain, looming in the wind and sand.

"Which section are you in? Stop and be inspected!"

A sentry on duty saw the convoy approaching and waved for everyone to stop. As soon as he shouted a few words, he was given a mouthful of sand.

"Squeak!"

The truck stopped at the signal of the sentry, and Ning Zhe immediately opened the door and walked up facing the wind and sand: "Hello, Master Jun! We are the Lu family's diplomat team, and we are ordered to escort the Lu family diplomat Mr. Lu Meng from Fortress No. 87

Return to Mobei, this is our certificate and certificate!"

As Ning Zhe spoke, he handed over the information in his hand. After the other party checked that it was correct, he waved to the garrison cave behind: "Come two people, check the convoy!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ning Zhe followed several soldiers and began to inspect vehicles one by one.

The guard who led the team stood by the car and took a look. He found that there were not many things in the back compartments of several trucks except people. He looked sideways at Ning Zhe: "Do you have any medicines in the car?"

,food and cigarettes and stuff?”

"Master Jun, you also know the current relationship between the two parties. It is impossible for us to be received by the fortresses along the way. Therefore, food and other things are brought from No. 87. What can be eaten has been eaten long ago. To put it bluntly,

Yes, we are worse off than beggars, and our food may not be as good as your military dogs!"

As Ning Zhe spoke, he handed over a stack of cash: "Besides this, we really don't have anything left. By the way, there is half a carton of cigarettes in the car. I'll have someone bring it to honor you."

"You're so damn poor!" The guard who led the team looked at the empty carriage and waved his hand: "Okay, let's go!"

According to common sense, other chaebol convoys passing by the guard post must undergo strict inspection. However, in today's low-temperature weather, the guards' hands and feet were numb from the cold. They were unwilling to move even on duty. After a cursory inspection, they immediately left.

The convoy was released.

After the vehicles entered Qiongling, it was still the scene of hell on earth. Ning Zhe was used to it, but other people who came to the battlefield for the first time were frightened, fearing that artillery shells would hit their convoy.

A few months later, the situation on the Qiongling battlefield has changed a lot. The Xiahou and Lu's coalition forces have gained the initiative on the battlefield, while the Jing-Pei coalition forces have been retreating steadily.

After the convoy entered the area controlled by the Xiahou family, everyone was completely safe, and the other party also sent troops to escort them.

That night, the convoy successfully passed through Qiongling and entered Lu's nominal territory.

After the vehicles drove out of Qiongling, smoke billowed on the official road in the distance. A convoy of military vehicles quickly assembled, and then hundreds of soldiers wearing Lu's military uniforms quickly surrounded the convoy.

In the car at the front of the motorcade, Hu Yihan saw the scene outside and immediately picked up the intercom: "Alert!"

Lu Meng's voice soon came out: "No, the motorcade outside is my team! Stop the car!"

After the motorcade stopped, a school officer quickly stepped forward and stood in front of Lu Meng: "Young Master, I have been waiting here for a long time according to the master's order, and I was ordered to take you back to Daosui City! You have worked hard for many years in the Pei family's jurisdiction.

Got it!"

"They are all working for the public, so it is not hard work." Lu Meng smiled and pointed at Ning Zhe beside him: "Let me introduce to you, this is my good friend Ning Zhe, he was the one who escorted me back all the way.

!Azhe, this is my father’s captain of the bodyguard, Lu Kuan!”

Lu Kuan is less than thirty this year. He has thick eyebrows and big eyes. He is very capable. Hearing that Ning Zhe is Lu Meng's good friend, he took the initiative to extend his hand: "Mr. Ning, hello! Thank you for taking care of the young master!"

Ning Zhe smiled: "We are friends, and we should take care of each other."

"There are many bandits in Lingnan, so it's not advisable to stay for a long time. Let's get on the bus first! Let's talk on the bus if anything happens!" Lu Kuan nodded and began to call for the soldiers to come forward to help. After everyone exchanged simple greetings, they drove away from the scene.

With the escort of Lu's army, the convoy's subsequent march went much more smoothly. After five days of starry night travel, it finally arrived at Daosui City, the core fortress of Lu's army.

Due to the lack of resources in Mobei and the suppression of the other three clans, the scale of the fortress in Mobei is much smaller than that in other areas, and it is also much simpler.

The Pei family's fortresses were all behemoths with walls hundreds of meters high, while the walls of Lu family's Daosui City were only more than 20 meters high and were made of loess. They looked quite a bit like the Western Regions. Looking from under the city wall

, you can even see the faces of the patrolling soldiers on the wall.

Compared with Pei's fortress, Lu's fortress was not heavily fortified, but the gates were wide open and people were coming in and out.

Ning Zhe saw this scene and asked Lu Meng in surprise: "Fourth Master, has something happened to Daosui City? Why are the city gates open?"

"Most of the fortresses in Mobei are like this. You have just arrived and you don't understand it yet." Lu Meng explained with a smile: "Mobei is not like the Pei family. It is too poor here and it is difficult for the fortress to provide for itself.

Even a large fortress like Daosui City has very limited resources, and each fortress can only exchange what they have.

You also know that many of the refugees in the Lu family rely on excavating historical sites to survive and have little dependence on fortresses. For the chaebols, they do not have much value for exploitation, so except for a few industrial fortresses

In addition, Lu's management of the fortress and the refugees is similar. The refugees are not allowed to wander into the city, but they can still enter the city to trade."

Hu Yihan glanced sideways: "Isn't that right? Jiao Tuzi told me before that apart from being poor, the Lu family is no different from the Pei family!"

"Then he probably lives in an industrial fortress. As you know, the Federation is very large and many refugees can only live near one fortress throughout their lives. It is normal that he does not understand the situation. The Lu family has a loose management of refugees.

, does not mean being tolerant to them, these are two concepts.”

Lu Meng did not defend anything: "But generally speaking, the refugees living in the areas under the jurisdiction of the Lu family are relatively better off, especially in some remote fortresses. The walls are less than ten meters high, so refugees cannot enter."

city, but in order to increase vitality and ensure the supply of resources, local managers are doing both the opposite and have no choice but to do so."
Chapter completed!