Chapter 1 Back to Karur

The first heavy snowfall in Karur City, the city of machines, came a few days later than in previous years. Although the heavy snow came late, after two days and two nights of continuous snowfall, the entire Karur was covered In a layer of snow more than three feet thick.

The heavy snow even affected the normal operation of the railway leading to Karur, and many factories in the prosperous machine city Karur were also affected. The goods could not be sent out, and the raw materials could not be brought in, so a large number of people began to leave Get on the streets and rail lines and start clearing the snow.

In the whole of Karur, only the large airship take-off and landing base, which is the air transportation hub, is not affected. Even in the snowy night, the ground crew of the airship take-off and landing base drive snowplows and clean it up every few hours.

The airship landing site, and therefore, when winter came and Karur's road and railway traffic was seriously affected, Karur's airship take-off and landing base became even busier.

On December 25th, a medium-sized traffic airship flying from the Carro Federation landed on the landing pad numbered No. Very bad, the lower cabin of the airship is carrying a lot of cargo, while the upper cabin of the airship is full of ordinary passengers who are looking for cheap.

Passengers with status will choose to take a special passenger airship when they travel between the Carol Federation and Karur City. The comfort of the passenger airship and the excellent service of the beautiful stewardess on the airship are very important for this long air journey.

It is said to be a kind of pleasant enjoyment. Those who take this kind of airship are all people with very good economic conditions, and there will be many romantic affairs when they take this kind of airship. Therefore, few people who are rich will choose to go there. kind of cargo

Dual-purpose airships, but they all choose to take this special passenger airship.

Most of the taxi drivers entrenched outside the guardrail of the airship takeoff and landing base were very vicious.

After the airship on the landing pad of the No. passenger-cargo aircraft

Except for some poor people who had no choice but to go out, most of the people who came and went by boat were people like Grandet. These people, in this kind of weather, basically turned a blind eye to the taxis whose starting price was two silver coins.

Yes, even if you occasionally meet one or two poor people who want to take a taxi, their efforts to bargain with you for a few copper coins often make you doubt whether your job as a taxi driver is decent, otherwise, why would you want to pay for a few copper coins? and

Others spend half an hour drooling.

Under the indifferent eyes of a bunch of taxi drivers, Zhang Tie walked out of the hatch of the airship that stayed on the landing pad of the No.

At this moment, Zhang Tie has recovered his original appearance.

After leaving Eskiel City, he stayed on a deserted island in Evin Dara for a few days, digesting the nine giant wolf seven power fruits on the small tree in the Black Iron Castle, and at the same time, eating After planting a few leak-free fruits, the bright spot on his spine

Point, has been lit to 21, officially became an eighth-level fighter. Later, after coming to the mainland, he carefully planned his itinerary, and then in an underground space in a small country called Bastille,

He easily hunted down a king snake in two days, and completed his second advancement with the soul fire of the eighth-level king snake.

After leaving Bastille, he traveled all the way west, and finally arrived at the Carro Federation two days ago, and then chose a passenger-cargo airship that arrived at the machine city Karur the fastest.

Zhang Tie, who got off the airship, was wearing a set of ordinary cotton and linen underwear that was crumpled on the narrow seat of the airship.

There is only a shirt inside the jacket, and an ordinary rucksack is carried in his hand. This suit does not look very shabby, but in this cold weather, wearing this kind of clothes when going out without a coat or leather coat on him, it seems Then it became shabby.

Zhang Tie took a deep breath of the cold air of Karur City, a smile appeared on his face, and then he walked towards the taxis outside the airship base that were calling for business.

To Zhang Tie's surprise, he walked out of the gate of the airship take-off and landing base and waved to those taxis, but no one answered him. Seeing those around him also coming out of the airship take-off and landing base, a group of drivers surrounded him attentively.

Those who went up were carrying luggage and pulling the car door. Zhang Tie looked at his clothes and the pair of leather shoes on his feet that were slightly rubbed off, touched his nose, gave a wry smile, and walked away from him. the nearest taxi

before.

"Crack...crack..." Zhang Tie patted lightly on the glass of the car, and the driver who was hiding in the taxi to keep warm reluctantly rolled down the window glass, and then used a reluctant He looked at Zhang Tie.

"The starting price is three silver coins!" In order to send Zhang Tie away quickly, the driver even quoted an extra starting price of one silver coin.

"No problem!" Zhang Tie smiled, "I'm going to Brape, so there should be no problem!"

The driver froze for a moment, the reluctance on his face suddenly disappeared, and his attitude improved a little, "Bulape is more than 100 kilometers away from here, and it takes more than three hours to get to Bulape from here. If you can't get customers, you have to pull empty cars, so the fare is very expensive, at least... 5 silver coins, no bargaining!"

"Okay, let's go!" Zhang Tie opened the rear door and sat in the back of the car.

The driver turned his head and looked at Zhang Tie from the front, "This...you have to pay first!"

Zhang Tie fumbled in his pocket, then took out a gold coin and flicked it over. The driver took it and took a look. It was a golden locomotive gold coin issued by the Andaman League before. When he saw this gold coin, the driver said nothing. The expression on the road was completely relaxed, and the car started moving immediately.

Looking at the not-so-familiar city outside the car window, Zhang Tie sighed slightly in his heart, wondering if the city could survive this jihad. There is no one in this city worthy of his nostalgia, so Zhang Tie has no nostalgia for this city. After getting off the car, he went straight to Brape. Zhang Tie planned to take the train from Brape to Heiyan City.

"Have you been here before? Now the gold coins of the Andaman League are rare here..." The driver started talking with Zhang Tie.

"My family used to be in Heiyan City!"

"Hey, now Black Flame City is a fourth-tier city under the province of Brunswick in the Norman Empire. The Andaman League is gone, and all the cities have been divided up. Fortunately, Karur has retained it!" the driver said. His tone was full of nostalgic exclamations, and when he knew that Zhang Tie was also a resident of the Andaman League City before, his tone became more gentle.

"That's thanks to the Iron Gate family for finding a powerful alchemist as a backer. Other cities are not so lucky!"

"Who says it's not!"

"How is Karur now?"

"It's more lively than before. A large number of orders from the Sun God Dynasty and the Norman Empire made the factory owners in the city laugh from ear to ear!"

During the conversation with the taxi driver, Zhang Tie learned a lot of news that happened in Karur over the past year. withdraw, this

The tense situation in the area has been eliminated, but on the border between the two sides, some news of small-scale friction between the garrisons of the two sides can still be faintly heard, but these news are rumors in the city of Karur.

The statement has never been confirmed in any official channel.

The Norman Empire has revoked the division and organization of the Karur War Zone, but part of the Iron Horn Legion's army remained in this area as a garrison.

Zhang Tie heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that this area was still controlled by the Iron Horn Legion. He knew that some of the things he was going to do when he returned to Black Flame City this time might conflict with the legal system of the Norman Empire. If the other garrisons are replaced, these things will be very troublesome. If the Iron Horn Legion is still there, then there will be room for negotiation and accommodation in many things.

During the chat between the two, the taxi left the area of ​​Karur City in a short while, and saw that there was a checkpoint on the road ahead, and many vehicles leaving Karur City were queued up for inspection at the checkpoint. The driver of the car also slowed down the speed of the car and lined up behind a truck.

"By the way, after passing that checkpoint is the border of the Norman Empire. For goods entering the Norman Empire, the checkpoint will be relaxed, basically there will be no inspection, but the personnel inspection will be very strict, and promises are required. Recognized by Man Empire

The Norman Empire will not recognize the identity certificates of some countries and regions. If you are not allowed to enter, I will only charge you 4 silver coins for the fare of 15 silver coins. ok, i'll

Send you to Karur City. "The driver reminded very enthusiastically.

Zhang Tie smiled, "My identity certificate should be fine!"

Soon, the truck full of goods in front was released, and two soldiers in dark red winter coats from the Norman Empire climbed into the truck compartment and took a look, then jumped down, and the road pole was raised. The truck just drove by. A soldier standing in front of the checkpoint waved to the taxi, and the taxi driver hurriedly and carefully drove over.

Two soldiers with long swords hanging in the middle of five came over. Before the soldiers could knock on the window, the taxi driver quickly handed over his ID. The soldier took the ID and looked at it, then returned the ID to I picked up the taxi driver, and then asked the driver to open the trunk to check.

"Please show your identity certificate?" Another soldier stood outside Zhang Tie's car door, lowered his head slightly, looked at Zhang Tie with serious eyes, and said coldly. Single male youths like Zhang Tie are the key targets of checkpoints here.

Zhang Tie handed over his ID card. Seeing Zhang Tie's ID card in the rearview mirror of the car, the taxi driver couldn't help but tremble.

The small dark green book, the shiny silver embossment of a delicate and ferocious dragon in the middle, plus the crossed long swords and leaf-like patterns under the relief, has this kind of identity proof, It can only be an officer from the Norman Empire... That's my biggest motivation.)