Volume 6: How the Empire Was Made Chapter 1: The Trapped Convoy

A heavy rain has just fallen, and although the air in early summer still has a hint of dryness and heat, it is much more humid than usual. It gets in through the gaps in the open car windows and blows on people, immediately making people feel uncomfortable. Feel the heat disappear, very comfortable. √∟,

Freeman let out a long breath, looked up at the distance of the road, and signaled the driver beside him to slow down.

"Our car is full of sophisticated gadgets. Be careful not to overturn them. If one or two of the gadgets are damaged, we have to go back to the Principality of Standing to buy them."

Bobic, the exclusive freight driver of the Irish United Chamber of Commerce beside him, nodded, and reduced the speed of the large magic freight locomotive from the close to the actual kilometer per hour just now to about forty kilometers per hour, and it slowed down a lot in an instant.

However, Bobic looked more focused than before, and even had a trace of nervousness as if he was facing a big enemy.

Not only because Freeman reminded it that the cargo magic locomotive was filled with high-end precision magic machine tools in the back box, but also because the road ahead was really rotten.

"Let me tell you, President, the Maro Empire is one of the two largest empires on the mainland. I used to think they were so great. Why now... don't talk about anything else, don't talk about this road and our Lampari Kingdom. Than, even compared to the Frankish Kingdom, it's much worse."

Freeman rolled his eyes: "Nonsense, the road we walked just now is only the first road in the Maro Empire. Can it compare with our Lampari Kingdom, which is full of roads?"

"That's true..." Bobic laughed. "Unexpectedly, our Lampari Kingdom is so much smaller than the Maro Empire, but it is much stronger than them in terms of roads."

"Okay, keep an eye on the front. Stop talking nonsense." Freeman interrupted him.

Bobic hummed. The hand holding the steering wheel added a little strength.

"boom--"

The large freight magic locomotive on which the two sat suddenly made a loud noise. The whole body shook violently, and the two of them were thrown from their seats at the same time.

Freeman's expression changed, and he said sharply, "Slow down!"

Bobic quickly controlled the large magical freight locomotive to slow down again until it maintained a speed of 30 kilometers per hour, and only then managed to restore the magical freight locomotive to an acceptable level of stability.

Hearing the sound of bangs and bangs coming from behind, Bobic frowned and asked, "President, are those things in the back all right?"

Freeman frowned deeper, obviously more worried. However, after thinking about it, he could only wave his hands helplessly: "No way, that's it. Those magic motorcycles are tied tightly, I think it shouldn't be a big problem. If it doesn't work, we can only ask for new ones after we get to the place. Flying Chamber of Commerce's technical support."

"Speaking of... how did the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce transport their magical machine tools?" Bobic asked again.

"Can it compare with the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce?" Freeman glared at Bobic angrily. "I heard that when they transported the first batch of equipment to the Maro Empire, they directly transported them in a magic airship. The magic airship is something that flies in the sky, so of course there is no need to worry about bumps on the road."

"Magic airship..." Bobic glanced at the distant sky, his face full of envy. "Only the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce can be so extravagant. Chairman, when will our Irish United Chamber of Commerce buy a few magic airships for fun?"

Freeman could only roll his eyes again.

"Are you kidding! A magical airship is priced at 1.3 million gold coins, and our chamber of commerce can only earn less than 500,000 gold coins in a year. Want to buy a magical airship? It's wishful thinking!"

Bobic stuck out his tongue: "I'm just talking about it. But... the president. If you can't afford a magic airship, buy a few new air-suspension magic freight locomotives newly launched by the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce. Is it still affordable? "

Freeman looked at Bobic in surprise, with a curious and funny expression on his face.

"Okay, so it turns out that you have been beating around the bush for a long time, just wanting me to change the car for you."

Bobic smiled: "When I went to the mine of the Falcao Chamber of Commerce a few days ago, I tried to drive the new air-suspension magic freight locomotive they bought. Chairman, I must say that this thing is really powerful. I drove I watched it run for a long time on the potholed roads in the mine, and I didn’t feel any bumps at all. You see, if we have a car like this now, we don’t have to worry about being blocked by this road and breaking the magic machine tool equipment, right? "

"Well..." Freeman glanced at the muddy road in front of him, revealing countless potholes at the same time. He frowned and thought about it, and couldn't help but nodded slightly. "What you said is not completely unreasonable. I don't know when this broken road will be repaired. We have to keep bringing things over during this period. If something goes wrong along the way, it will be a big trouble... ..."

"Yes? So the president, this time I go back to the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce to buy two air-suspension magic freight locomotives. I dare say that if I drive that car, I dare to run on this road for at least 50, And you don't have to worry about things breaking." Bobic continued while the iron was hot.

Freeman waved his hand: "Okay, we'll talk about this when we get back. Let's get this batch of goods here first."

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Bobic smiled and concentrated on driving again.

Although it is still bumpy, but the mood is different, and I feel that these bumps are no longer as unbearable as before.

Freeman ignored Bobic who was about to burst into laughter, lowered his head, took out a map and flipped through it.

Originally, according to their plan, they should be able to rest overnight in a small city about 200 kilometers ahead tonight, and they will arrive at their destination at noon tomorrow—the private domain of the Marquis Southgate of the Marlow Empire. .

But the road conditions in front of him are so bad that the speed of the magic cargo locomotive is inevitably slowed down.

According to the current slow speed, it is absolutely impossible to reach that small town before dark.

In the Marlow Empire, where there are no roads and even more street lights, it is obviously impossible to continue traveling at night, so it is necessary to decide where to spend the night as early as possible.

From the map, there is a small town about a hundred kilometers away from here. If there is no accident, it should be possible to arrive before dark, so Freeman temporarily takes this small town as his goal.

However, accidents always happen when people don't expect...

Two hours later, when the large freight magic locomotive brought Freeman and Bobic to a more muddy section of the road, they suddenly found about seven or eight freight magic locomotives crowded on the road ahead, and at the same time there were many people standing beside them , There was the chirping sound of a group of people getting together.

"what happened?"

Freeman and Bobic looked at each other wonderingly, and drove closer.

It wasn't until the distance got closer that Freeman realized that there was a relatively wide river running across the road ahead, and these magic motorcycles and people were all blocked on the side of the river, as if they couldn't pass.

Freeman signaled Bobic to stop the car, and jumped off himself.

After taking a closer look, Freeman found that the owners of these magic locomotives were as expected. They were all members of the chambers of commerce who came to invest in the Maro Empire in response to the call of the Xinfei Chamber of Commerce, just like him.

The reason why they were stopped here was because the bridge that was supposed to be built on the small river was directly washed away by the turbulent water after the heavy rain, making them lose the only passage through the river.

"How long have you been waiting here?" Freeman asked.

"I'm the first one, and I've been waiting for more than an hour." A freight driver with a bitter face shook his head and sighed: "At first, I said the rain had stopped, but after a while, maybe the water flow will become weaker, and it will be fine." Just rushed over. Unexpectedly, after so long, I haven't seen any signs of shrinking."

Freeman looked at the others and found that they all shook their heads and sighed in unison.

"Then haven't you thought about taking a detour?" Freeman asked again.

"Which way around? We are all new to the Maro Empire, and we are not familiar with the place. Moreover, it is marked on the map that the nearest bridge is nearly 100 kilometers away, and there is no road in the middle. And even We found a way to go there, at least we have to detour for more than 300 kilometers, maybe we won’t be able to arrive the day after tomorrow.”

"Yeah, I really don't know that the roads in the Maro Empire are so bad. How can we travel in the Lampari Kingdom?"

"That's right. In our Lampali Kingdom, there are smooth roads everywhere, and the bridges are also the strongest. How could they be easily washed away by water?"

"Why do I feel that the Maro Empire is far behind our Lampari Kingdom? You see, the road is so bad, there are no street lights along the way, and I haven't even seen a magic locomotive, only occasionally A few dilapidated carriages..."

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Hearing the complaints echoed by everyone around him, Freeman frowned slightly, but didn't get involved.

I went to the river to observe the small stone bridge that was washed away by the river, and found that the situation was not particularly serious. The bridge was only partially washed down in the middle. As long as this part was filled, it would not be impossible to pass.

Looking back at the eight large freight magic locomotives blocked by the river, Freeman made a calculation in his heart and walked to one of the drivers.

"Hey, if I'm not mistaken, you should have a magic excavator in your car, right?"

The driver was startled: "Yeah, why?"

Freeman chuckled, clapped his hands vigorously to attract everyone's attention, and raised his voice: "It is definitely impossible to wait here for people from the Maro Empire to repair the bridge. But we can't just wait here, maybe The president is still waiting for us to deliver the things and start working on time."

A group of people looked at each other in blank dismay.

"But what can I do now, there is no way to get there."

"Have you forgotten what Chairman Xu once said? He said that all the roads in this world are made by people. Now that the road in front of us is broken, let's fix it!"

"Fix? How to fix it?" Everyone was even more puzzled.

Freeman pointed to the back boxes of several large freight magic locomotives, and said with a smile: "Of course it depends on these guys." (To be continued...)