The next day, the five people who patrolled at night received awards, and Parker finally confirmed that he was one of the three hundred people.
To his surprise, Wright and another group of people captured at night were also among them. The old captain asked him to guard against them because these people were from the Kingdom.
The patrol on the street was still so dull. Parker was already a little absent-minded, and he no longer enjoyed the awed eyes of the people around him. He was only thinking about the long trip that was coming soon.
This day is coming, because the noble Lord Ryan has packed up the storage in Otherworld.
Svadilfari, above Wilderness World.
The population here is not large. They are all horse officials who take care of and train war horses, as well as some old people in this world. They are skilled in craftsmanship and also grow a large number of fruits.
Those fruits growing on vines are Otherworld's specialty. Whether eaten directly or brewed into fruit wine, they are precious commodities favored by distant nobles. In the past year or so, Ryan has also allowed them to brew fruit pulp into dried fruit.
"These barrels."
Ryan was a little curious as to how these craftsmen weaved soft tree trunks into such round barrels and kept them watertight. After asking, I found out that the inner walls of these barrels actually have a thin layer of bark.
"Even without bark, the water can still be contained without leakage. However, with bark, these wine barrels can be stored for a longer period of time and may not leak for more than ten years."
The old craftsman is still proud that the world of Svadilfari has brought the strong Northern Warhorse to Ryan, as well as such ancient and exquisite skills that have not been eliminated.
"The dried fruits are also placed in wooden barrels. The wind will not blow in and they will not rot. Those are the fresh fruits. According to your idea, we soaked them in ice water."
The craftsman was a little hesitant. If so, he wouldn't be able to hold too many fresh fruits.
Regarding this, Ryan just smiled and said:
"Freshness is more important than anything else. The nobles will pay extra costs."
Ryan has also discovered the benefits of Frozen Earth Territory's geographical environment, that is, there is an inexhaustible supply of ice for refrigeration and preservation. This is an advantage unique to Northlands.
"Move to Frozen Earth Territory to load the car."
Ryan went to the Bilgi World again and brought back some fresh fish and wild vegetables from the War Bear Tribe, as well as special products, meat and fruits sent from the mountains and forests in Leiyun County, all packed in the carriages.
"Although these pack horses are not as strong as war horses, their strength and endurance are pretty good, but I think you should probably buy another batch of ox carts."
Grand Mage Macken was very dissatisfied. He felt that even a pack horse had the potential to become a war horse.
"People have human lives, and horses also have a horse world. They may be more suitable to follow caravans."
Ryan named his caravan Northern Merchant Guild, they will go to the Sera Kingdom and Andara Kingdom, and then soon there will be a second Northern Merchant Guild, they will go to the land of the Empire South.
He was the first to eat crabs, and he was also setting an example for the nobles who had been gradually attracted by him.
"Let the caravan set off."
Ryan stood on Rhino Horn Mountain, feeling the still cold wind on the mountain and the always hot blood in his body.
"I can finally have some free time."
Parker is fully dressed, including leather armor, leather trousers and leather boots, a spear and a dagger. These are all the weapons he has as a guard.
Leading fifty people like him was a knight, Lord Bronze Knight Colin.
A team of three hundred people and eighty carriages. In addition to their escort of fifty people, there were ten Bard and two hundred and forty pure laborers.
It was also the first time for Parker to hear such an identity, and he couldn't help but look at those coquettish Bards as if the world owed them a reason to be depressed.
To his surprise, there were dozens of reindeer jumping happily in the team.
What are you bringing with you? To store food?
"In our hometown, Bard is a highly respected identity because they have been to many places, met many people, and know many secrets and stories."
"It is our duty to recast the glory of Bard."
Bard's eyes were firm, as if they wanted to gain their own glory.
On the first day, Northern Merchant Guild stopped at Zero Crossing City.
The next day, the caravan began to set foot on Northwind Avenue. The wind in the wilderness made the people in this team feel a bit of warmth. The wide avenue represented the unknown world. All three hundred pairs of eyes looked around curiously. Even the reindeer opened their eyes wide and smart.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, and the packhorses neighed, as if they felt some fearful power.
The guards became nervous. As the shadow passed over their heads, Parker raised his head and looked at the sky. He was shocked to see Sky-rank's huge wings hovering above their heads.
"Don't move, keep moving!"
"Those are the Two-legged Wyvern cavalry of Winged Gorge, who keep the Northwind Avenue roads clear and safe."
Ahead, the knight Colin said loudly. Although he was also shocked by the power of Two-legged Wyvern, he now understood why Lord Ryan sent a caravan to the kingdom, but he was the only one Bronze Knight in the team.
What they need to face are wild beasts, and they may not even encounter wild beasts. What they really need to worry about are the thieves.
Thieves will not be too powerful, and extraordinary people who are too powerful will not become thieves, so this caravan does not need too high-end defense power.
In other words, this caravan is not worthy of being robbed by those powerful extraordinary beings. If it does appear, then it will be useless to add more manpower, and extraordinary people have traces to follow. The great robbery caravan is actually declaring war with Baron Ryan. The extraordinary ones need to consider the consequences.
The caravan does not need to be too powerful, as long as Frozen Earth Territory is formidable, it is enough.
Just like the Empire Chamber of Commerce, Blade Rose Merchant Guild is one of the few large-scale chambers of commerce in the Empire, and the person in charge and manager Irina of Northwind Province is an ordinary person.
No one will do anything against her, otherwise they will face the greetings of the powerful countess.
As Zero Crossing City gets further and further away, the number of people around him becomes sparse, and the people in the team can only communicate with each other to relieve Dispel's loneliness.
"Wright, I heard that a large amount of food is generally grown in the Andara Kingdom, and it is very cheap."
Parker was on the back wing of the escort, next to a few unfamiliar people, but they seemed to be somewhat familiar with each other.
Listening to these words at this moment, Parker also pricked up his ears, curious about the answer of this Kingdom man.
"When I was still here, the food supply was almost the same as Frozen Earth Territory. Because of the war, the nobles had no food reserves. Now I don't know if it has been reduced back."
The topic of ordinary people is three meals a day. Compared with these people, Parker, who is more ambitious, is considered an outlier.
"But there are indeed many farmers on the kingdom's land. Every autumn, the surrounding areas are golden."
Wright's tone was somewhat reminiscent. They were going to the kingdom now, and of course others wanted to know more.
"The wheat fields are all golden, but in the lakes, there are also delicious fish and shrimps."
Wright The person next to him added, the words he said made people think.
"When I was young, my brother was still alive at that time. The two of us often went to the streams around the lake to pick up crabs and shrimps. Let me tell you, once the lake rose, there was a fish this big..."
Exaggeratedly open your arms to the sides of your chest.
"Later, I gave it to the noble lord and got a full fifteen copper coins."
"There were also days when we were collecting firewood in the woods. The wild boars there didn't grow very big, only knee-high, but their meat was really fragrant. In those years, there were so many wild boars that we couldn't catch them all. The nobles allowed us to catch them and eat them, otherwise the wild boars would destroy the wheat fields."
"There are also hares and wild goats, but there are very few of them. If you catch them and give them to the noble master, you can exchange them for a small bag of flour."
Amidst the increasingly exaggerated topics, this bloated team finally passed through the Griffin Mountains and came to the Sera Kingdom.
"We are Frozen Earth Territory's caravan."
Colin pointed to the flag behind him. The soldier in front nodded and threw a bottle of wine towards Colin.
"Thank you for your hard work, brother, you go ahead."
In the team, Parker and others saw that there were many houses here, and some teams were stranded here. He saw some familiar signs, Imperial Merchant Guild who had transported supplies in Frozen Earth Territory before.
"Are we leaving like this?"
He was curious. Sera Kingdom's soldiers let them go without stopping them at all, while the chamber of commerce was inspecting their tokens.
"What does this mean? Lord Ryan defeated the entire Sera Kingdom with their help. How dare they stop us?"
Someone in the team was relatively familiar with something and raised his head proudly.
Going from the Sera Kingdom to the Andara Kingdom is a lot more stressful, but the Frozen Earth Territory flag is still easy to use.
Parker saw that on the border of the two kingdoms, some fortifications were being built, trees were being cut down, and slaves were forging them into horses.
However, these had nothing to do with them. Under the banner of Frozen Earth Territory, Andara Kingdom's army quickly released them. The knights they led seemed to be old acquaintances with Lord Colin, and invited him to stay for a while to reminisce.
"Forget it, I have to rush to Dawn City."
The knight of the kingdom was a little regretful, but the team was still going smoothly, not only on the tense border, but also in the territory of the nobles. Some nobles expressed their desire to buy some specialties from Frozen Earth Territory, so the team finally stopped.
"There are three carriages of goods in total. Master Baron Moore, I really can't give you more."
Colin said helplessly that he understood that Baron wanted more goods, because the value of these things was very precious. Whether they were used to trade with other nobles or presented at parties, they would attract the attention of others.
"Okay then."
Baron Moore was a little reluctant to give up, but he was still happy. He could only buy two carriages, but because he was familiar with Colin, he got one more.
After walking out of the noble territory, Parker couldn't help but frown and looked at Wright and others not far away.
Others wondered, too.
"Wright, this is different from what you said."
Looking at the surrounding cultivated fields, the serfs with sallow faces and numb eyes, as well as the messy land, and the slightly desolate surroundings, it was not as beautiful as they said before on the road.
"This... I don't know this either."
Wright These people were also a little anxious, and they ran to the front.
"Colin-sama, we want to find our family."
"Do you have a list?"
Colin said, he had already received the order.
"Yes."
"That's good, you go. After meeting your family, you choose to catch up with us and join us. Then we will go back to Frozen Earth Territory or stay here, you decide for yourself."
"The things on my body... the spear is left behind. The rest is given to you by Lord Ryan."
Wright and others knelt down and said gratefully:
"Thank you Lord Ryan."
Most of the escort team was suddenly reduced, but there was no trouble during the advance.
The slaves, whose eyes looked like they could eat people up, suddenly lost their spirits after seeing the flags in this team. They lowered their heads in fear and some even knelt on the roadside until they were far away.
The caravan didn't stop too much. It just stopped for a while when invited by the nobles to borrow some goods and sell some goods. When they finally arrived at Dawn City, the caravan still had supplies for more than sixty carriages.
"We'll be stationed here for a while."
The Colin knight's words made Parker frustrated, but it soon turned into excitement, because these members of the escort lived with the Knight Retainers whom he cared about, and ate the same precious food. If the training intensity hadn't kept up, they might have been taught by powerful knights.
"An opportunity, indeed an opportunity."
Parker is like a sponge that absorbs water and doesn't want to miss Knight Retainer's training, and the rich logistics help him speed up his training process.
On the other side, Colin brought some carriages to the center of Dawn City.
"Your Highness Queen, this is what Master Baron ordered us to bring to you."
After Colin finished speaking, he tactfully reminded that these things might be a topic of conversation at a gathering of ladies in the near future.
Queen Leta frowned and looked at the fruit brought by the maid.
"What kind of fruit is this?"
"This... I don't know either. Only those Bard know the origin of these things."
Colin said this, and soon afterwards, Bard appeared in front of Queen Leta.
"The fruit is very sweet."
Queen Leta said, Bard also smiled and agreed after listening.
"Queen His Highness's wisdom makes this fruit eclipse."
"Its name is Sweet Fruit. It can bring sweetness to people, feel the vitality in the spring breeze, bathe in coolness in the hot summer, and bring the fragrance to the harvested grain in the yellow of autumn. When winter comes, it disappears into people's world, watching alone for the hope of the coming year."
"Queen Do you know its origin? Sweet Fruit brings all the beauty, but its growth process is tortuous and difficult."
"Outside the world, in a world that Queen may have never been to, there are vast fields."
"Six hundred years ago, the fields were still mountain peaks. Deities's singing caused the mountains to split. In the gap of the cliff, no one knew that a seed was sprouting."
"In the sunshine it broke through the obstacles of the rocks, in the wind and rain it clung to the soil beneath it, and finally it bore its own fruit."
"This is Life Seed from another world, six hundred years ago."
Bard said, and then continued to laugh.
"But how could people six hundred years ago climb to the top of a cliff just for such a fruit?"
"Yes, why, how dangerous it is."
Queen asked subconsciously.
"Yes, at the beginning, no one knew that such a fruit was so sweet. It spent its entire life breaking free from the shackles that even Deities would admire, and grew a fresh and sweet fruit."
"But no one cared about it. In the strong wind and heavy rain, it gradually decayed."
"For a long time, it has longed for someone to taste its glory, but every time it returned disappointed."
"It has witnessed sunrises and sunsets, light and darkness, on the cliff, but none of them belong to it."
"It brings its sweetness to the world, but what it leaves to itself is six hundred years of bitterness."
Queen couldn't help but feel confused.
"So, how did the first person who discovered him discover him?"
Bard smiled and said at the banquet that evening:
"That's going to be one day six hundred years from now."
"On this day, the strange world has long been covered by wind and snow. The ancient people have been submerged in the snow disaster. The remaining lives are struggling in the cold winter Northlands. There is no food and no warmth. They will die at any time. They are also waiting for their death to come in the quiet Northlands."
"But it is also this day that the ancient world welcomes its last guest. He is an invitation from Deities. Deities uses his last strength to support his arrival."
"He saved everyone, including me."
A woman was amazed and asked:
"You mean Baron Ryan?"
"Yes, actually the nobles are curious about why Lord Baron Ryan is so powerful. It is undeniable that Lord Ryan has his own Divine Favor."
"He appeared in our world and led us to new life when the world was coming to an end."
"He helped us get out of the cold winter when the snow was up to our waist. Although Frozen Earth Territory is not so hot, the warmth in it shines on every new soul."
"A group of people who were supposed to die and were about to die came to life."
"And six hundred years ago, struggling on the cliff, the fruit of Deities's sigh also welcomed its owner."
"Baron Ryan brought new hope to the life of Otherworld, and also allowed Sweet Fruit, who had been holding on for six hundred years, to finally bloom his glory."
"That day, Lord Baron Ryan thought of his mother far away. He went north alone and gained his own territory in the cold Northlands. He knew that in the world of South, his mother was still worried."
"He asked his soldiers to guard the bottom of the cliff, and climbed to the top of the cliff step by step alone."
"He wants to give the fruits from the mountain to his mother far away, telling her not to worry about herself. The boy he once was is an eagle with spread wings, able to fly high in the sky."
"He stood on the mountain and saw the gift given to him by Deities. Six hundred years of solitude made the sweetness six hundred years ago appear today six hundred years later."