High Above

  Chapter 670 Catching spies is my specialty

  Agate Stone Plain, around the mouth of Indigo Mountain.

The Indigo Mountain Gap and the Indigo Steel Mountain are not together. It is similar to the relationship between the mountains and the highest peak. After entering the end of the Nanling Peninsula from the Indigo Mountain Gap, you have to go northwest for a certain distance before entering the A Within the sphere of influence of the Ford Department.

   It is also the old nest of the Dragon Sect in Nanling.

Because of the food disaster and the mountain people's rebellion, the number of caravans has decreased significantly, and most of the passers-by are in a hurry, but after all, it is a transportation hub, and there is a formal army of 500 people stationed here, equipped with a large number of alchemy cannons , in the event of an attack, the resident fortresses on the surrounding mountainsides can dispatch two more squadrons.

  The towns around the mouth of the gorge look small, but in fact the building density is quite large. At a glance, there are rows of hotels and shops.

  Ian and Qing Chao came here from Nauman City in a carriage with a food team.

This food team is the food supply from Nauman City to the Dragon Worship Cult. There are also some source quality supplements such as Warcraft meat, and some letters related to intelligence. , then let him top it.

Opening the window of the car, Ian looked to the outside world. The surrounding area of ​​the Indigo Mountain Gap was originally a distribution center for a large number of goods. He followed the grain team all the way to this place, and he had been silently calculating the price of grain in Nanling. He found that for a month, there was no How many too big fluctuations, most of them are fluctuations of about ten pounds a pfennig.

  The grain regulation in the Central Great Plains is still effective.

However, the transportation fee from the agate plain to the mountain people's control area is quite expensive. This is purely labor costs. After all, the emperor does not know that the mountain people's rebellion is one thing, and the autonomous region is getting more and more chaotic. thing.

  The food team wanted to buy another batch of goods at the distribution center, and Ian and Qing Chao were bored staying in the car, so they got down and walked around.

Ian was in a hurry when he walked through the gorge last time. He just wanted to go to Xiahui Ling to get his second-level potion raw materials. In theory, there will be a lot of delicious food, whether it is the traditional food of the empire or the mountain people.

  Actually, it’s more than that—because the number of elf merchants has increased recently, there are even branches of the Elf Chamber of Commerce in the small towns around the mouth of the gorge. It is estimated that in half a year, the elf restaurant will also open.

The delicacies of the mountain people are rough and generous. For example, roasted meat on the stone sounds like a barbecue on a stone slab, but it is indeed a barbecue on a stone slab. But this stone slab is as big as a door panel. Stir-fry the noodles and piles of marinated minced meat on a polished smooth slate with a shovel. While grilling on the spot, add various seasonings. You can choose sweet sauce and sour juice, or you can choose spicy mince and chopped mushrooms .

  The highest grade even has dried sea cucumber powder, mixed with fresh sea urchin sauce.

  After the minced meat is fried and fragrant, the chef wraps a portion of meat in the dough and turns it into a long strip of meat. According to the material of the filling, a portion of four to six pfennigs is quite affordable.

  Ian prefers the one with spicy powder and minced mushrooms, while Qingchao likes the sweet one. The evaluation of both sides is 10 out of 7.5, because the quality of the meat is relatively average, mostly chicken and goose.

   These are the products of the mountain people's breeding in recent years. In fact, if it weren't for the mountain people's rebellion in the recent period, it is said that several large-scale breeding farms will be opened in the basin plain of the Baisen Mountains.

  At that time, the meat products of Nanling did not need the farms on the other side of the Golden Plain to produce.

  In addition to this, there is also Ian's familiar mountain food 'Mushroom Stew'.

All kinds of mountain wild mushrooms are stewed with meat, which is delicious, soft and rotten. It is extremely fragrant. The recipes of each family are also different. Some will add butter, some will add seaweed, and some home-made homemade garlic bread Crumbs, in general, are some hot and fragrant soups, and a variety of mushrooms, meats and ingredients can be seen in a bowl, which can be described as a classic of mountain people's home cooking.

  Ian and Qing Chao drank the whole pot, but after drinking, Qing Chao frowned slightly: "It's delicious, but boss...maybe it's an illusion?"

  He stared at the bowl, a little suspicious: "What's wrong with this soup, it seems a bit poisonous?"

   "Not an illusion."

  Ian shook his head, and he put down his spoon: "Mushroom soup, especially a lot of wild mushrooms, do you expect it to be non-toxic?"

   As he said, he motioned Qing Chao to look at the clinic not far away: "Look, see—there must be a pharmacy next to this kind of store."

   Sure enough, an old man from a mushroom soup shop next door was rushed to the clinic by his brother - seeing how familiar they are, obviously there is no need to worry about safety issues.

  Poison is used to belonging to yes.

   "The mushrooms here in Nanling are not bad, most of them are not poisonous."

As a native of Nanling, Ian is also quite emotional: "I heard from Anfa and the others that the mushrooms on Canaan Moore are poisonous even in winter, but some of them are relatively weak, and they can improve the umami taste when eaten, so some people specially Go pick poisonous mushrooms to eat."

"But if you eat too much, you will definitely miss it...Occasionally there will be strong poison in the less toxic mushrooms. I went directly to see the Father, the old man."

  Mushrooms in this hellish place like Terra are highly toxic, and they grow all year round. The same mushroom may be poisonous in summer, but not in autumn, not in winter, but poisonous in spring.

  That is to say, the Taila people have a strong physique. Otherwise, the number of mountain people alone would probably kill more than a thousand people every year due to mushroom poisoning.

"Understood." But Qing Chao fully understood this point, he smiled and said: "Seafood can't be eaten indiscriminately - there are often people who eat oysters and sea urchins on the Jingge Cliff, especially those who like to eat jellyfish Yes, we can see you every two or three days."

  That’s what I said, but sublimators can almost completely ignore these food-grade toxins—if they want to really harm them, ordinary biological poisons are useless, at least they must have harmful source plasm structures inside.

   So the two continued to eat.

   Food must be eaten, poison must also be eaten, this is health!

   After eating and drinking enough, Ian asked the person in charge of the grain team how long it would take to purchase.

The other party knew that Ian and Qingchao were important people, so they told them respectfully that there was something wrong with the grain merchant they had contacted, and the goods were not replenished, and they were temporarily contacting another reliable grain merchant to replenish the goods. Can start again.

  Ian was not in a hurry for such a short time. Anyway, he was idle, so he asked to follow him to have a look.

  Can the person in charge disagree? He personally took the two of them to see it.

   It’s okay if you don’t look at it, but you can find the problem at a glance.

  When he got to the grain merchant he was in contact with, Ian could tell at a glance that the owner of the shop was Feiyan's spy.

   At least he is also a supporter of the rebellious mountain people. The color and temperament can be seen in the vision of the foresight.

"Hey." Ian thought: "It seems that the original grain merchant had an accident, and it really wasn't an accident—I still remember that when I first returned to Nanling, the owner of the bakery shop was almost taken to investigate because of a problem with the grain channel. .”

   "Looks like it just happened to me."

   There are indeed many grain merchants around the Agate Stone Plain. For example, the Chamber of Commerce of Mr. Yinfang, an acquaintance of Ian, is mainly engaged in building materials and grain. It assisted the construction of Harrison Port and received preferential treatment from the Viscount Grant.

  Mr. Yinfang also assisted Ian's Xiahui collar, and Ian naturally reciprocated.

   Some supported the lord of the empire, and naturally some supported the mountain people. Of course, it is not surprising that they supported the rebellious mountain people.

   Without saying anything, Ian gave Qing Chao a wink, and the other party nodded understandingly, and put his hand on the hilt of his sword.

  —In this regard, Qing Chao is ten times more sensitive than him in government affairs!

  In the grain store, the staff were handing over the goods, and the red mist-filled boss himself was settling accounts, while several waiters on the side were busily sorting out the goods and pulling the camel truck into the warehouse behind.

  Ian and Qing Chao swaggered into the grain store. The person in charge who was told not to follow had a headache on his face, but he could only obediently obey the order and stay outside to see what the two big shots were going to do.

   Today, the trip was delayed due to an accident. If they still delay, they will all be fined by then!

   "Two, please wait a moment, this side is still busy."

  Seeing Ian and Qing Chao enter the shop, the shop owner looked up and took the time to say hello.

   This is a Jin Zhimin with relatively thin eyes, with a kind smile on his face, and his slightly raised goatee shaking with his voice.

He could clearly see Ian's image, appearance and temperament at a glance. He didn't look like an ordinary person, and so did Qing Chao beside him. Although his face was kind and smiling, no one would think that he was a good stubble .

  —Probably the more common rich young master traveling with his guards. Anyway, it doesn't look like they came to buy food, so they can be coaxed out at that time, so as not to hinder the plan.

   Recently, there are a lot of things to be busy with, so let's finish the things about the Dragon Worship Sect first and then get busy with other things.

  So thoughtful, but he said in his mouth: "There are prices next to the grain samples, and if you want to know, you can ask me."

   "Let's see for ourselves first." Ian didn't intend to arrest people directly, that would be too much.

   Others don't know that he is a prophet, so they have to find some evidence.

   If it doesn’t work, you have to pretend to find evidence.

   "Okay, let's take a look at the guests first." The shop owner signaled to the waiter on the side to receive Ian and the others, and then continued to work on his own.

The grain shop has to go to the back or even the warehouse in the storage area not far away for the bulk business of the grain shop. The shop is full of household scattered wheat noodles, and there are all kinds of grains. They are probably samples that were opened for inspection here. There are The wooden boards are erected, and the price is marked.

Ian even saw a bag of golden nuts in the corner. It is a nutritious nut that tastes like a walnut but is shaped like a giant melon seed. The price is six cents per pound, or five towers per ten pounds. Le, it's half a luxury.

   This is not ordinary food, you have to go to a large chamber of commerce if you want to buy it in bulk.

  (end of this chapter)