549. Chapter 549 Overnight in the mountain village
Davao Village, also known as Quarry Village.
The core area of the whole village is only over 15,000 square meters when converted using modern data.
It is located in the southern part of the empire and is poor and backward. In the early years, it was rich in a kind of solid building stone.
The local stone mining industry flourished for a while, but due to excessive cultivation, there was no more stone to be mined in the village, and it gradually declined.
The mountain road leading to the local area was also flooded and collapsed by sudden flash floods and mudslides during the excessive mining and quarrying process, making it difficult to pass.
Fortunately, there is still a large teleportation array in the local area that was used to transport stones in the early years, so the mountain village was not completely abandoned.
Even so, all the young residents in the mountain village have immigrated to other places, and only the elderly live there.
If outsiders want to enter Davao Village through other channels, they have no choice but to use the first-class flying mysterious beasts of the flying dragon and bird.
Therefore, even though it is only a few dozen miles away from the imperial capital, Davao Village is completely dilapidated compared to the prosperous imperial capital.
The reason why the Southern Expeditionary Army arrived in Davao Village was also because of the teleportation array.
The journey to Port Vatican is thousands of miles long, and even the Asian dragon, which is the best at flying, cannot bear to fly all the way.
And in order to maintain the physical strength of the Southern Expeditionary Army and the mysterious beasts to the greatest extent, it is necessary to effectively utilize the teleportation arrays along the way.
Before Long Jiuzun set out, he selected several large teleportation arrays along the way as the only way to teleport the southern expedition. Davao Village was the first stop.
Following Long Jiuzun's order, the Southern Expeditionary Army quickly descended.
There were hundreds of people and hundreds of mysterious beasts, and the movement was no less than a small mountain dragon earthquake. When the residents of the village heard the movement, they all poked their heads out.
Seeing the Southern Expeditionary Army, who were wearing battle armor, as if they were descending from the gods, and a large group of various mysterious beasts, the villagers were so frightened that they did not dare to go out.
In the end, it was Long Jiuzun who found the local elderly village chief and expressed his identity and intention.
Hearing that they were regular troops of the empire, the village chief of Davao Village softened his expression slightly. He bowed to Long Jiuzun, "General, there is a teleportation array in the village, but there are several teleportation arrays that cannot be used.
It’s been over 2 months now, and the villagers can only rely on local wild vegetables and game animals to make a living.”
"Why didn't you report such important military information to the Imperial Ministry of Industry?" Upon hearing this, Long Jiuzun became furious.
If you cannot divert from the local teleportation array, you will need to fly hundreds of extra miles to reach the town or county where the next teleportation array is located.
When the Southern Expedition Army fell, it was already dusk and golden clouds were blooming in the sky. It was already inconvenient to set off again.
The Ministry of Household Affairs in the empire is responsible for the country's infrastructure, roads, and teleportation arrays. The teleportation array in Davao Village was unable to operate for several months, but no one reported it to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
The old village chief was so frightened that he trembled and knelt down with a plop.
"Grandpa, don't kneel to these people. Why didn't we report it? Years ago, after the teleportation array became unusable, my father tried every means to ask passers-by to bring the news out. Those people accepted my father's benefits.
Just the one who came back." From among the villagers, a young man who looked like a calf jumped out. He was strong, with a tiger's head and a tiger's head, and he was carrying a hunting fork behind his back.
He was not afraid of Long Jiuzun. He glared, supported the old man, and took a sip at the Southern Expeditionary Army.
Yue Jinghua watched from the side, sizing up the young man from the mountain village, calmly.
"What kind of country bumpkin dares to offend Major General Long?" Seeing this, several scoundrels from aristocratic families stepped forward and grabbed the young man, intending to beat him up.
Unexpectedly, the boy was strong and had a strong temper. As soon as the group of people surrounded him, like a bull with red eyes, he grabbed the Southern Expeditionary Soldier who was close to him with both hands.
I don’t know whether it was because of his amazing brute strength or because the southern expeditionary soldier was negligent in taking precautions. He first knocked the man to the ground with his shoulder, and then pulled out a woodcutter from his waist. “Whoever dares to come over, I will chop him up.”
Got this kid."
"You boy, do you know that my father is..." The Nan Zhengjun still wanted to show off his strength, but he saw the mountain boy holding the hatchet in his hand and dropping the knife. With a scrape, a mountain rock as big as the mouth of a bowl was directly broken into two halves.
The hatchet was not damaged at all.
"Grandma's bear, I don't care who your father is. People in my village haven't tasted meat for a month. Believe it or not, I will eat you alive." The mountain boy saw that he had no mysterious energy around him, but he had a big body.
The astonishing brute force is like a tiger or leopard in the mountains, unstoppable.
Long Jiuzun's face was red and pale, and his eyebrows were raised.
"Pfft," only a chuckle was heard. Cheng Ying walked out of the crowd. Yingying stepped forward and took out a purple scarf from her body. "Where did you come from? You have a big head."
You're sweaty, come on, I'll wipe it for you."
The mountain boy had never seen a woman from the imperial capital before. He only saw a graceful beauty walking in front of him.
Looking at the pair of soft and boneless plain hands under the purple scarf on Cheng Ying's hand, the mountain boy's eyes widened.
Under the purple scarf, a scent that seemed to be fragrant but not fragrant floated, only to float on his face.
Before the mountain boy could react, he fainted and passed out.
The purple scarf was stained with so much insect powder that even an elephant would have passed out immediately.
"Thank you Miss Cheng, you damn boy, you dare to plot against me," the young man from aristocratic family broke free and raised his foot to step on the mountain boy.
"That's enough." Yue Minzhi rushed forward and held down the young man from the aristocratic family. "Major General Long, first ask clearly what the teleportation array is all about."
Among the newly promoted dragon knights, since Yue Minzhi is a rare double dragon knight in a hundred years, and Ji Yun and others are taboo about Yue Jinghua, Yue Minzhi has become the leader among these dozens of dragon knights.
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The Southern Expedition Army has also been divided into two forces, one is the dragon knights, and the other is the dandies from aristocratic families headed by Long Jiuzun.
Although Long Jiuzun was not happy, he looked at the colorful dragon behind Yue Minzhi, and then looked at the mountain people surrounding him begging for mercy, and he couldn't help but frown slightly.
The sun had indeed darkened, and he still had to breathe in the village today, so Lord Long Jiu had no choice but to nod.
In order to prevent the mountain boy from rioting when he woke up, everyone tied him up.
The old village chief was relieved when he saw that Nan Zhengjun did not blame him.
Yue Minzhi and others invited the old village chief again and asked about the damage to the teleportation array.
The old village chief shook his head. He knew that it was useless to say more, so he took Long Jiuzun and Yue Minzhi and went directly to the location of the teleportation array.
Yue Jinghua saw that the person was gone, so she sneaked to the place where the mountain boy was imprisoned. As soon as she stepped into the room with her right foot, she saw Cheng Ying coming out.
"I knew you would come looking for this wild boy," Cheng Ying half-smiled, taking out a bottle of smelling salts from her arms and waking up the boy.
Regardless of whether he admits it or not, Yue Jinghua and Zong Shaoqing have become a subtle resistance to the declining trend of etiquette. The closer they get to the Tigang Plateau, the more they can feel the weakness of that land.
They were like a bunch of timid civil servants, acting coyly like women in front of a martial arts school headed by Yue Jing.
The guerrillas over there did not recognize the visitors from the Imperial Capital. They were waiting for the Imperial Dragoons who had experienced battles. Who knew that a group of novices were sent instead.