Chapter 1569: The Marquis of Shaliu Prospered by War

   In the early morning of June 5th, 20th year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao had already arrived at the Pass Railway Station behind the two-way portal at the end of the underground world passage below Xirong City.

Counting it, Qu Mao departed from the entrance and exit of the Holy Land Underground World at 9:30 am on June 3, 2020, and it took less than two days and two nights to wait for other steam trains to make way. Qu Mao estimated optimistically that if all the trains on this railway were replaced with internal combustion engine locomotives, they would definitely be able to reach Xirong City within 36 hours.

  Even if you don’t consider stopping in the middle, it is not impossible to reach Xirong City within 24 hours.

  Experienced the multiplied increase in traffic efficiency in the Yidi Territory, Qu Mao felt very excited, and felt that the future technological development of the Yidi Territory would be greatly accelerated by this matter.

Passing through the two-way portal at the end of the underground world, and arriving at Xirong City in the Marquis of Shaliu, Qu Mao suddenly realized that Xirong City was not as hot as it used to be. Qu Mao thought it was because he had just experienced the speed of a train pulled by an internal combustion engine locomotive. , so a happy mood leads to this illusion.

  However, before reaching the city hall of Xirong City, Qu Mao realized that this was not his own illusion, but that Xirong City was really not as hot as he remembered.

The current time is June 5th, 20th year of Tianxuan. According to the climatic conditions of the Continent, it should be the hottest time in Xirong City and even the entire Shaliuhou Kingdom, but Xirong City is indeed not as hot as Qu Mao felt in the past. hot.

  Raising his eyes and looking around, Qu Mao saw greenery everywhere.

When the water was first stored in Xirong City, the branches cut from the old tree next to the Yueya Spring in Yuexia City were inserted by the side of the reservoir. After five or six years of growth, although it is not considered to be lush, However, the height of the canopy has exceeded five meters, and the original batch of stem-planted trees totaled more than 40 trees. Under the careful care of the soldiers and civilians of Xirong City, all of them have grown to a height of more than five meters.

   Xirong City, a man-made town located in the heart of the desert, has indeed become an oasis in the desert.

  When Qu Mao realized this problem, he immediately gave up going to the city hall of Xirong City, and started to walk in Xirong City. Anyway, Xirong City is not very big, and it doesn't take much time to go around.

  Because Xirong City was the first stop for the Western Continent Raiders to go to the battlefield, although Xirong City was not crowded with people, there was actually a lot of people.

  Although there are no tall trees on the side of the road to provide shade, there are not a few green camel pastures.

It took more than two hours for Qu Mao to go through the inside and outside of Xirong City. At present, the area of ​​fresh water in Xirong City has exceeded 30,000 square meters. Filled with water.

Next to each open-air reservoir, there are trees of the same species as the one on the edge of Yueya Spring in Yuexia City. The tallest ones are the ones planted at the beginning, with a height of more than 5 meters, and the other trees are almost 3 meters above the height.

  With the shade of these trees, the fresh water level in the reservoir is relatively high. The real water storage area, including ditches and the like, should not be less than 40,000 square meters. This is a rough estimate by Qu Mao.

Qu Mao even climbed up the city wall of Xirong City and looked outside, and found that within at least 100 meters of the city wall of Xirong City, there were green camel pastures. fruitful.

In the entire Xirong City, although the buildings have not increased much, the green plants have increased a lot, not counting the tumbleweeds and camel thorns from the Holy Land of Emperor Yi's territory sown by Qu Mao and Liu Qianhui between the City Lord's Mansion and the City Hall. These two kinds of shrubs grow airtight by a pound.

  The first trees planted by Qu Mao in the City Lord's Mansion have now grown to a height of more than 6 meters after careful care by the soldiers and civilians.

Back at the City Hall of Xirong City, Qu Mao greeted Dai Lisi, a member of the management team of the God of Choice stationed in Xirong City, ordered 20 fourth-rank camel riders, asked for the camel he was riding, and went to Shaliucheng walked.

Now the number of troops in the Marquis of Shaliu is relatively large, so Qu Mao's security is not a big problem. He only needs 20 rank-4 camel knights to guard him. In addition, the road between Xirong City and Shaliu City is almost 24 hours a day. There are people passing by, so there is no need to worry about desert storms when walking in the desert.

  Saliu City is actually not far from Xirong City, probably less than 20 kilometers. In the early days, it was due to the harsh weather in the desert and the soft sand in the desert, so the marching time would be longer.

When Qu Mao marched through this road a few years ago, one or two hard-growing camel pastures on the road could attract Qu Mao's attention, and they were carefully cared for by passers-by, even taking out their own precious fresh water in the desert to irrigate. .

  When Qu Mao walked this road again, the camel pasture on the side of the road looked a bit spectacular. Almost every 100 meters or so, there was a tent of camel pasture or other weeds or shrubs.

It is really described as a poncho, there may be only one root system, but the area of ​​the green branches is generally more than 4 square decimeters and less than 1 square meter, and the roots of this poncho grass must be wet, and I don’t know if it is the root system of the plant itself. To absorb water, pedestrians still maintain the habit of watering the green plants in the desert.

  Furthermore, on the road leading to Shaliu City, when Qu Mao marched three years ago, he felt that it was already a lot tighter. Now that he continued to experience the trampling of pedestrians and livestock, as well as the mixture of sweat from pedestrians and livestock, the road seemed even tougher.

  The camel that Qu Mao rode can only leave a faint, white footprint on the road, and there are no footprints at all.

The fourth-rank camel cavalry on the side told Qu Mao: In addition to the special marching on this road, there are at least 1,000 soldiers and civilians passing by in a one-way 24 hours, and the total number of two-way traffic is estimated to be more than 1,500 a day .

  People who often pass by this road have almost already rested on the side of the canopy, and by the way, watered the green plants that grow tenaciously on the side of the road in the desert.

   Qu Mao nodded, turned over and got off the camel, and ran to a clump of weeds to observe for a while. Although the clump of weeds did not show any signs of blooming yet, it was growing very well.

   It seems that nearly 3 million army soldiers and firearms soldiers passed through the Kingdom of Shaliu and entered the front line of the Western Continent Raiders, which still brought great changes to the Kingdom of Shaliu.

  After all, these soldiers carry fresh water reserves and food reserves with them. These reserves are provided by the Firearms Army, not the Marquis of Shaliu. When used in the Marquis of Shaliu, some traces and residues will be left behind.