Chapter 236 Belon
The bright sunshine shines through the gaps between the leaves and onto the ground.

As the breeze blew, the leaves swayed and the scattered spots of light on the ground swayed with them.

In the woods, a caravan was moving slowly along the dirt road.

This is a caravan of nearly a hundred people. It is not particularly large, but not small either.

The members of the caravan chatted leisurely as they moved along the dirt road.

In such a relaxed environment, the shipped livestock also seemed a little lazy. They wagged their tails slowly and pulled the cargo at a leisurely pace.

Due to the friendly relations between Jiuqi and other local forces around it, and the policy of paving the way with both force and money, the business environment in the area around Jiuqi can be said to be the best in the entire Donnar.

Basically, all the territories that the Old Qi army can radiate to do not dare to challenge the order established by the Old Qi.

In the beginning, Jiuqi still relied heavily on its military strength, but as the environment stabilized and more and more caravans came, the local forces that benefited from it became much more active and less resistant.

Therefore, the caravans coming and going nowadays will at most encounter some scattered bandits who pose no threat. They will not encounter some big thieves who occupy the mountains and act as kings like in other places, nor will they encounter local troops disguised as bandits.

Even though it was heard that the old Qi seemed to be in chaos due to some reforms, the safety of ordinary people and caravans was still very high, and there was almost no news of anyone or a caravan being killed.

It is precisely because of these reasons that this caravan is so lax.

However, although the caravan was relatively relaxed, a large group of refugees following the caravan behind the Chamber of Commerce were not so relaxed.

Although due to the old Qi refugee policy, the chambers of commerce that come and go will take the initiative to collect refugees, give them food to keep them alive, and ensure that they can follow the caravan, while at the same time there will not be too much force to cause trouble.

The caravan drove them to follow the caravan like cattle.

Although the caravan treated them badly, they didn't care about them except for giving them food to keep them alive and maintaining basic order.

However, these fleeing refugees were not in a position to be picky. Between the two options of starving to death and following the caravan, they chose the caravan.

However, babies are treated relatively better.

Since the baby was worth the same as several strong refugees in Jiuqi, the caravan specially arranged a large carriage to accommodate the baby and its mother.

The caravan even hired a few wet nurses to take care of the abandoned babies they found.

It's not that the caravan is kind, it's just to prevent these high-value goods from dying due to poor care.

A knight wearing a suit of armor and riding a warhorse ran past the refugees and returned to the caravan.

Under the accustomed gazes of the caravan members, the war horses under his command slowed down slowly, and finally merged into the slow pace of the caravan.

The knight on the warhorse took off his helmet, and some hot air flew out of it.

"call."

Feeling the cool breeze, the knight took a deep breath.

As the knight took a deep breath, an object was thrown over with a sound of breaking through the air, and at the same time, a voice came from the side.

"I say, Veron, there's no need to be so serious. It's nothing serious. Can't you just take a look?"

The knight named Veron caught the object that was thrown to him, a kettle.

He did not answer. He first opened the kettle and took a few big gulps. Then he turned his head to look at his companion beside him, threw the kettle back and answered calmly.

"I have nothing to do anyway, so it's always good to be serious."

Hearing his words, Edison took the kettle, shrugged, and spoke slowly.

"Don't think too much. You didn't cause these refugees. We just need to make sure not too many people die before they reach their destination." "I know."

Veron nodded and responded.

After a moment of silence, Veron spoke again.

"Tell me, why did Jiuqi accept so many refugees?"

"Who knows."

Edison said casually.

"Maybe they have endless food as rumored, and can feed everyone?"

As he said this, Edison himself laughed.

Veron touched his chin and said hesitantly.

"There may not be an endless supply of food, but it is true that there is plenty of food. Otherwise, how could they accept refugees and sell food at the same time? And, I heard that the lord is still on an expedition to the east."

Hearing what Veron said, Edison put away his smile, looked at him with some surprise, and said hesitantly.

"It is said that the Lord of Jiuqi is a wizard, and those grains seem to be made by witchcraft. However, this is the first time I have heard of witchcraft that can produce grain."

"It's unlikely that there is such witchcraft. I believe they discovered some large granary."

"It's not impossible."

Veron replied.

"Forget it, maybe I'll know the answer when I get to Jiuqi."

Edison shook his head, trying to end the subject.

"Ah."

Veron also nodded. Rumors were just rumors after all. If he wanted to know the truth, he had to go and see for himself.

Anyway, they are just guards hired temporarily by the caravan. When they arrive in Jiuqi, they will be free. You will know the answer when you go and take a look around.

As the caravan moved, many rumors about the Old Qi quickly spread to most of the coalition forces, and even in Sinar, legends about the Old Qi were circulated.

Whether good or bad, Jiuqi has left a deep impression on almost everyone who has ever been there.

However, due to the distortion in information transmission, the legendary images of Old Qi also vary.

Some people say that Old Qi is no different from an ordinary city, except that for some reason it has so much food that it can maintain basic order and stability.

Some people say that Jiuqi is a booming city. A large amount of construction is turning Jiuqi into a new great city. Moreover, the people of Jiuqi are warm and friendly and welcome any outsiders.

Some people also say that Old Qi is a prison controlled by an evil wizard. Under the whip of the evil wizard, all people are enslaved and do endless labor. There is no entertainment venue in the city, not even a simple tavern, casino, or prostitute.

Not only is all wealth firmly controlled by the evil wizard, but even daily walking, language and behavior are controlled by the wizard. If you violate the rules, you will be whipped or even executed.

It is said that the evil wizard who controls the Old Ones accepted refugees in order to conduct evil witchcraft experiments.

In short, there are many rumors about Jiuqi. Some say he is from heaven, some say he is from hell, and some say he is just from an ordinary city.

Although Belon and Edison tried to ask people in the caravan who had been to Jiuqi, most of them just gave a mysterious smile and said they would know when they got there.

(End of this chapter)