Time and Space Tavern

Chapter 297

Fifteen minutes later, the tree fell onto a slightly deserted road northwest of Dingbei City.

This is a very ordinary dirt road with a width of four to five meters and thick dust piled up in many places.

A middle-aged farmer carrying a pole looked at the trees flying down from the sky, his eyes stared straight.

When he saw Qiao Mu turn to him, the simple farmer immediately threw away the shoulder pole, shouted "Ghost", turned and ran.

The corner of Qiao Mu's mouth twitched.

He used his thoughts to form a resistance in front of the man, and dragged him back step by step.

"Don't worry, I'm not a ghost." Qiao Mu said helplessly.

The man struggled but found that he couldn't move. He couldn't help turning around stiffly, his dark and thin face still full of deep fear.

Qiao Mu waved his hand, and five silver dollars flew out of his pocket, hovering in front of the man.

"Answer me a few questions, they are yours." Qiao Mu said.

These silver dollars were found by Qiao Mu from the Governor's Mansion. After all, he couldn't use the gold objects collected from the Pharaoh's treasury everywhere.

What's more, for ordinary people, owning such a gold artifact is likely to cause trouble for those who are given it.

Five silver dollars, in this day and age, are enough to buy a farm ox.

For this ordinary farmer, its appeal is self-evident.

The fear in the man's eyes was quickly replaced by greed, but he restrained himself from reaching out.

He twitched his Adam's apple, looked at Qiao Mu, and said with a little humility and timidity: "Okay...Okay."

"Where is this place?" Qiao Mu asked.

The man replied: "This is Niubei Ridge, which belongs to Heping County, Baochuan City, Anbei Province."

"How far is the headquarters of the National Defense Army from here?" Qiao Mu asked.

A flash of surprise flashed in the man's eyes, and the cowardice on his body instantly disappeared. After hesitating for a while, he asked, "Are you looking for the National Guard?"

Qiao Mu nodded, feeling a little weird in his heart.

The man's eyes shifted, he looked behind Qiao Mu, saw his shadow, and couldn't help but become a little more courageous, and said, "Are you really not a ghost?"

Qiao Mu looked at him with a smile: "Do you think there is such a talkative ghost?"

The man scratched his head embarrassingly, and said: "The National Guard Army is stationed in Heping County. Follow this road to the west, about four or five miles. The headquarters is next to the Town God's Temple."

After a pause, he said with some emotion: "The National Guard Army is an army that truly serves the people."

Qiao Mu's eyes flickered, and he took a deep look at the man.

He felt the mentality of the opponent, and the three words "Wei Guojun" brought courage to deal with infinite.

"This National Guard Army is really different." Qiao Mu thought to himself.

Using his thoughts, he controlled the vegetables that fell on the ground to fly into the basket, and at the same time left the five silver dollars on the shoulder pole firmly placed between the two baskets, Qiao Mu turned and left.

Looking at his back, the old farmer who went to the city to sell vegetables was holding a heavy silver dollar in his hand, with a smile on his face, he murmured: "What a good man, it's really rare these days."

Stepping on the dry and hard ground, Qiao Mu's every step could make the dust fly under his feet, but his clothes were not stained with any dust.

While walking on the tree, observe the surrounding environment at the same time.

Compared with the countryside on the earth, the land here is filled with a kind of decayed desolation.

In his field of vision, the fields that should be full of crops are just some weeds growing in a mess, and occasionally there are pieces of millet, which are green and swaying in the wind.

In the field, the peasants who can rarely be seen, even if they occasionally appear in the field of vision, are all old people, like tombstones erected in the field, or lonely wild ghosts...

"This is the problem of soldiers." Qiao Mu felt sad in his heart.

He had already heard about the situation outside the city earlier, young and middle-aged people would be arrested as soon as they showed up, and most of the people left in the countryside were old people.

In addition, Song Kaiyun, the governor of the province, in recent years, in order to raise money for military expenses, has encouraged the cultivation of opium, which has destroyed a lot of fertile land, so that this former Guanzhong granary is now barren.

Qiao Mu's pace was not fast, so that it was already half an hour later when he walked outside the county seat.

Near the county seat, the fields are more green, and busy farmers are not as rare as before.

Qiao Mu could see the city wall from a distance, but compared to the mottled and dilapidated city wall in Dingbei City, the city wall in this county was even worse.

Only the lower part of it is made of bricks and stones, and it is made of soil when it reaches more than two meters. The overall height is seven or eight meters, and there are many gaps missing.

Around the city wall, Qiao Mu saw many soldiers with guns.

Compared with those soldiers in Dingbei City, the mentality of these soldiers is obviously different.

If those soldiers in Dingbei City are a bunch of bastards just waiting to die, then they are the real warriors who defend their home and country!

Qiao Mu walked outside the county seat and was soon stopped by a soldier.

With a wary face on his face, the other party asked Qiao Mu several questions in a row, and his tone was always very polite.

"I'm looking for your commander-in-chief." Qiao Mu said.

The soldier looked surprised and asked, "Do you know our Commander-in-Chief Ye?"

Qiao Mu shook his head: "I've heard of his name, but I've never met him before."

"Wait a moment." The soldier said politely to Qiao Mu.

He turned and ran to their chief, talked a few words, and the man in military uniform came over.

After all, Qiao Mu's clothing style was very different from that of ordinary people in this era, so his existence attracted the officer's attention.

"Mr. Qiao, I am Shi Kaixun, the commander of the garrison battalion of the sixth detachment of the National Guard Army, may I ask you..."

In the middle of his speech, he was suddenly interrupted.

"The commander is back!"

Shi Kaixun suddenly turned his head, and he really saw a car driving on the dirt road in the distance.

Where the vehicle passed, a cloud of dust was rolled up.

Qiao Mu narrowed his eyes, he could clearly see some bullet holes on the car body.

Obviously, this car was the one that drove out of the Governor's Mansion.

A grotesque look flashed across Qiao Mu's face.

When the vehicle got closer, the weirdness on his face became more intense.

There were four people in the car.

In addition to the two who first appeared in the Governor's Mansion, there were two other people, one of whom had a relationship with Qiao Mu.

Just when Qiao Mu was thinking about this, the car had already arrived under the city wall.

squeak……

The car stopped.

Except for the driver, the other three got out of the car one after another.

Shi Kaixun and the soldiers around him stood upright and saluted the three of them.

"Commander Huang!" Shi Kaixun looked at one of the three with respect in his eyes.

The man nodded slightly towards Shi Kaixun, but his eyes turned to Qiao Mu, with a flash of doubt.

Naturally, he also had a deep impression on Qiao Mu, and Dingbei City is not close to this place. They came here by car at the fastest speed without stopping, but Qiao Mu had already appeared in advance...

Qiao Mu ignored the other party's doubts, but smiled and said, "We meet again."

(End of this chapter)