Three Hundred Seventy-Seven, Life Is Hard

Of course, the Zong family does not want to open business routes here. After all, the area where the Zong family is located is barren.

If the trade route is opened, countless caravans will come to the northwest, and the 178 barrier will become stronger and stronger. As the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. Even if the 178 barrier has no intention of expanding now, can the Zong family not be afraid next to the 178 barrier?

Of course, the Zong family can continue to train new bandits to control the river valley area, but before the 178th barrier, Zhang Jinglin was not there, so the interim commander of the barrier did not want to take care of affairs outside the barrier.

But now it's different, Zhang Jinglin is back!

How strong the 178 barrier was more than ten years ago, the senior management of the Zong's consortium can vividly remember it. They have endured and developed for more than ten years. Now if the 178 barrier is restored to the glory of more than ten years ago, the Zong's fears that it will be destroyed. It's cold.

So Qing and Yang are fighting so fiercely now, and it is not seen that Zong's going south to take advantage of it. On the one hand, it is because Qing Zhen cut off the shortcut of Zong's going south, and on the other hand, Zong is afraid of the 178 barrier and dare not make any changes.

In the evening Zhou Yinglong took them to find a leeward place to camp. This week, Zhou Yinglong seemed to be wandering around the wilderness often, and he knew everything about the wilderness.

Now that Ren Xiaosu had the black medicine, his injury didn't hurt so much, but he still pretended to be struggling.

When he slowly got out of the car and wanted to move, Wang Shengyin came over to help him, but Ren Xiaosu refused, saying that he could move slowly.

But this Wang Shengyin didn't care about the blood on his body at all.

Ren Xiaosu found a mound to lean against and sat down. Suddenly someone said, "I heard that many barriers in the southwest have been destroyed. I don't know what happened. The barriers in the Central Plains are still intact."

Zhou Yinglong laughed: "Let me tell you, I have a good brother named Xu Xianchu. As long as he has been to the barriers, except for my 178, all the others have collapsed! At first everyone thought he was a disaster, but later found that 178 was fine. I didn't think about it that much, but when he went to the 88 barrier a while ago, the 88 barrier also collapsed..."

Wang Shengzhi smiled and said, "Is he all right?"

"Then what could happen, he left before the collapse, it has nothing to do with him at all," Zhou Yinglong said with a cheerful smile, "My Brother Xu Xianchu's life is hard, he will be fine when the barrier collapses."

"Then he is really the chosen one," Wang Shengzhi said, "Can you introduce me when we get to the barrier?"

"Haha, of course,

"Zhou Yinglong said: "But Old Xu himself doesn't recognize this matter. He said that there are people who are harder than his life. He always left before the barrier collapsed, so it's okay. I couldn't leave early, so I'm fine..."

After hearing this, Ren Xiaosu knew who Zhou Yinglong was referring to. He recalled carefully that it seemed to be the case. All the barriers he had been to had collapsed, even Yang's 88 barriers were no exception.

But the collapse of these barriers should have nothing to do with him...

The first few were either caused by the earthquake, or Li Shentan's revenge and the invasion of experimental subjects. Even the 88 barriers were broken because of Qing Zhen's sake of Luo Lan.

It really has nothing to do with me!

At this time, Wang Shengzhi became more interested after hearing Zhou Yinglong's words: "It must be very interesting if I can meet the chosen person you mentioned."

Zhou Yinglong brought a box of wine out of the car and asked, "Do you drink? My qiang (qiang) wine is made from high-quality barley, and the water used is snow mountain water, sweet!"

Everyone else shook their heads, but Wang Shengzhi said, "I can drink with you, but is it allowed to drink in the 178th Barrier Army?"

Zhou Yinglong said carelessly: "In our place, alcohol is allowed during winter breaks. It's impossible to warm up without wine."

"It's almost summer now," Wang Shengyin said.

Zhou Yinglong thought for a while: "It's fine if you don't tell the commander, I saved up this wine in winter."

"But there shouldn't be many grain producing areas around the 178 barrier. Where did you get the barley?" Wang Shengyin asked curiously.

Zhou Yinglong suddenly stopped talking, as if this matter was a very important secret.

Ren Xiaosu also realized that there is indeed a secret in this barrier 178. The barley production area is not close to barrier 178. If it is true that barrier 178 will not be out of the barrier under normal circumstances as the outside world says, how does Zhou Yinglong know so much about the refugee settlements in the river valley area? How was the barley transported to Barrier 178?

Zhou Yinglong changed the subject and said, "You guys are planning to do business with Commander Zhang this time? Is the wine in Zhongyuan good?"

"Of course the Central Plains is rich in food, as well as tea and cloth," Wang Shengzhi said with a smile while sitting in a wheelchair, "but what Commander Zhang most wants is not these, but medicines."

Zhou Yinglong's eyes lit up when he heard about the medicinal materials. Those who marched and fought knew best what the 178th barrier lacked most.

What outsiders don't know is that they are indeed short of food, but they are not short of meat, and they will definitely not die of hunger.

And medicine is too precious. In any battle, medicine will determine the survival rate of the wounded.

Ren Xiaosu suddenly realized, no wonder Zhang Jinglin wanted to open up business routes so much, and the Zong family probably guessed the significance of it.

When listening to Zhang Jinglin's lectures, Mr. Zhang said that the importance of the ancient Silk Road is just that the times are different, and the commodities on the Silk Road must also be different.

At that time, Ren Xiaosu didn't understand why Zhang Jinglin suddenly brought up this matter, but now it seems that Zhang Jinglin has been thinking about it for a long time.

Wang Shengzhi stopped after taking two sips of wine, and Wang Shengyin put a blanket on his knees.

"You can't drink too much," Zhou Yinglong muttered in a low voice. Suddenly, he looked at Ren Xiaosu: "Are you drinking?"

Ren Xiaosu shook his head: "Don't drink, I'm still injured."

Zhou Yinglong thought for a while: "The wound needs anti-inflammation, and alcohol can anti-inflammatory. If you drink some wine, the wound will not be inflamed. Do you think this is the reason?"

Wang Shengyin, who was next to her, said unhappily, "What a nonsense theory, after being injured, the immune system is needed to deal with injury and infection. If you paralyze the immune system after drinking, you will die!"

Zhou Yinglong opened his mouth. Due to his limited knowledge, he couldn't refute Wang Shengyin's words. In the end, he could only whisper to Ren Xiaosu: "Don't listen to her, what she said may not be right. Have you ever heard of Guan Gong scraping bones to heal wounds? The sage Guan Gong drank after being injured..."

Ren Xiaosu shook his head helplessly. It wasn't that he was afraid of affecting the wound, but that he didn't want to lose his sobriety and sanity in unfamiliar crowds and environments.

Zhou Yinglong muttered, "It's really boring."

But at this moment, Ren Xiaosu suddenly heard the roar of the engine of a vehicle passing through the wilderness in the distance. Zhou Yinglong put down the wine bottle and sneered, "This Zong's dog is really much more courageous."

"Do you think this is the person ordered by the Zong family to attack us?" Wang Shengzhi looked at Zhou Yinglong: "Does the Zong family dare to attack the people in the 178th barrier?"

"In recent years, the Zong family has developed very fast, probably there is something to rely on," Zhou Yinglong sneered.

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