Traveling to Ancient Times: My Space Contains Weapons

Chapter 305 The Great Xia People Who Flee from Famine

"Brother Zhu, sister-in-law, no need to trouble yourself, just give me three bowls and some boiled water!"

"Hey, what are you holding, kid?"

"These are noodles, they taste good. By the way, my name is Chu Chen, may I ask Brother Zhu's name?"

"Haha, my name is Zhu Daniu, you can just call me Brother Zhu!"

After listening to Chu Chen's words, the woman turned around and went back into the kitchen. A moment later, she brought out a pot of boiling water and three large bowls.

Chu Chen deftly opened the instant noodles and then put all the noodles in to soak.

Soon, the aroma of instant noodles filled the entire room.

"Okay, Brother Zhu, Sister-in-law, come and eat noodles!"

The three sat down at the table. Zhu Daniu, smelling the aroma of instant noodles, picked up the large bowl without any hesitation and began to slurp them down.

"Brother Chu, you've only just arrived in Kazakhstan. Has the Great Xia suffered another disaster?"

"Disaster?" Upon hearing this, Chu Chen immediately put down his bowl.

"Brother Zhu, did you come to Kazakhstan because of a disaster?"

After listening, Zhu Yilong looked at Chu Chen as if he were an idiot: "Could it be that you came to Kazakhstan for no reason, brother?"

"No, no, no, I came from Wutuo. When the Great Xia suffered disaster, I fled to Wutuo with my family, and then eventually came to Kazakhstan."

Next, Zhu Daniu seemed to still be savoring the taste of the instant noodles, so he simply stopped patrolling and started chatting with Chu Chen.

After more than an hour, Chu Chen finally managed to glean quite a bit of information through subtle questioning.

These so-called masked soldiers are called Ghost Face Soldiers.

Initially, it was the army of the Kazakhs. Just when the Great Xia was suffering from a snow disaster, a mysterious Great Xia person arrived here with a group of followers.

They were all incredibly skilled in combat, and in a very short time, they subdued the leader of the Ghost Face Army.

He naturally took over the team and became the city lord of this city in the Kazakh Kingdom.

Although Kazakhstan is a single country, its cities are constantly at war with each other, and the people are living in misery.

This place is fiercely competitive, and its development speed is far slower than that of the Great Xia.

After he arrived, he quickly quelled the war and allowed the people to live a peaceful life.

They then rectified military discipline, developed agriculture, standardized language, writing, and currency, gradually transforming the area into a city similar to the Great Xia Dynasty.

In order to fill the land with the culture of the Great Xia, the mysterious city lord sent people back to bring many refugees from the Great Xia into the territory of the Kazakhs.

They co-produce and intermarry with the Kazakhs...

As a result, the Kazakhs in the city were freed from the suffering of war and were very grateful to the city lord, and supported him greatly.

This is why Zhu Daniu was able to join the army and marry a Kazakh woman in Kazakh territory.

After listening, Chu Chen understood the man's intention. This guy wanted to slowly assimilate a nation from thousands of miles away and create another Great Xia.

In this light, this man is still a source of pride for the people of Great Xia!

But that wasn't his real purpose; what he wanted was the jade.

Then he asked again, "Have you met our city lord, Brother Zhu?"

“Brother, what are you saying? We are just starving refugees in the Great Xia. The city lord is so high and mighty, we can only kneel and worship him. How can we possibly admire his demeanor?”

Hearing Zhu Daniu say this, Chu Chen thought to himself that this city lord was not only incredibly strong in martial arts, but also probably very skilled at brainwashing.

Then he asked, "Brother Zhu, with such a vast territory as Kazakhstan, are we, the people of Great Xia, only allowed to join the army?"

Since this is only Chu Chen's first day in Kazakhstan, and he has just entered that small cubicle, he hasn't seen any outsiders yet.

"Haha, Brother Chu, don't you ever go out and see the world? There are quite a few of us from Great Xia on the streets."

Upon hearing Zhu Daniu's words, Chu Chen immediately had an idea.

Since the people of Daxia can walk freely in the streets, why should I join the army?

If you go out and become an ordinary citizen, you'll have a much greater chance of getting close to the so-called city lord and obtaining the jade essence.

So Chu Chen quickly said goodbye to Zhu Daniu, went outside, found a secluded spot, changed into civilian clothes, and headed towards the main street.

Upon entering the main street, Chu Chen was almost speechless with astonishment.

The streets were bustling with activity, filled with Kazakhs and Bactrians.

At the end of the street was a city gate, flanked by high city walls, which were covered with soldiers wearing masks.

Seeing this, Chu Chen walked towards the city gate, where he saw two large characters written on it: "Dragon City".

"Holy crap, that's a really badass name!"

Chu Chen muttered something to himself and turned to walk towards a bustling restaurant.

Inside the restaurant, the waiter immediately greeted Chu Chen as he entered, dressed in luxurious attire.

"Sir, how many of you are dining?"

Without a second thought, Chu Chen pulled out a ten-tael silver ingot: "Bring up all your good wine and food for me, young master."

"Alright, please, young master!"

The waiter took the money and led Chu Chen to a seat by the window.

Before long, a table full of food and wine was served!

"Please enjoy your meal, young master. Please feel free to call me if you need anything!"

Chu Chen waved the waiter away and then pricked up his ears!

If you want to get information, this is undoubtedly a super good place. Sure enough, two rich young men at the next table started chatting.

"Brother Mo, what gifts have you prepared for the city lord's birthday the day after tomorrow?"

"Haha, who doesn't know that our city lord loves collecting jade? I've prepared a very special gift for you this time!"

"Oh, then Brother Mo, tell us about it!"

"It's unspeakable, unspeakable! By the way, Brother Zhou, how was the Kazakh girl at the Purple Moon Pavilion last night?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Chen immediately turned his head. "Damn, he's just like that drunkard."

However, we'll have to see if there's an opportunity for the city lord's birthday celebration!

Just then, the people at the table opposite started chatting as well.

A man took out a bottle of perfume and placed it generously on the table: "Brothers, you see? This is what I brought back from the Fragrance Pavilion. I'm going to present it to the City Lord!"

When Chu Chen saw the perfume, he realized it was exactly the kind of perfume he was selling.

"Come on, do you think the city lord, a grown man, would like this kind of thing?"

"That's not right. If the city lord doesn't need it, then there's still the city lord's wife!"

"Hahaha, you don't understand. Our city lord is not interested in women, yet you still send him this kind of thing?"

He doesn't get close to women, so is he some kind of hermaphrodite like Eunuch Wei?

Chu Chen ate while gathering information from the side!

"Haha, I heard from my neighbor's third uncle that our city loves food, all kinds of strange and wonderful delicacies. When you're giving gifts, you'll have to think of something related to that."

Chu Chen immediately became interested when he heard about food. He had no shortage of delicious food.