The first heavy snow of the winter came a few days later than usual, but after two days and two nights of continuous rain, the whole of Karur was covered in a layer of more than three feet of snow.
The snow even affected the normal operation of the railway to Karur, and many factories in Karur, the thriving city of machines, were also affected, and goods could not be sent out, and raw materials could not be brought in, so a large number of people began to take to the streets and railway lines to start clearing the snow.
In the whole Karol, only the large airship take-off and landing base as an air traffic hub is not affected, even on a snowy night, the ground staff of the airship take-off and landing base drive snowplows and clean up the airship landing field every few hours, and therefore, when winter comes, Karur's road and railway traffic are seriously affected, Karur's airship take-off and landing base is even busier.
On December 25th, a medium-sized traffic airship flying from the Carlo Federation landed on the landing pad of the Karol airship take-off and landing base number B06, which is a passenger and cargo airship, the comfort is very poor, the lower cabin of the airship is pulling a lot of cargo, and the upper cabin of the airship is full of many ordinary passengers who are greedy for cheapness.
Passengers with status in the Carol Federation and Karol City will choose to take a special passenger airship, the comfort of the passenger airship and the excellent service of the beautiful stewardess on the airship is a pleasant enjoyment for this long air journey, the people who sit on this airship are people with very good economic conditions, and there will be a lot of romantic things to happen in such an airship, so when the rich people travel, few people will choose to take the kind of passenger and cargo airship, and they all choose to take this special passenger airship.
Most of the taxi drivers entrenched in the periphery of the guardrail of the airship take-off and landing base are very vicious, after seeing the airship on the B06 take-off and landing pad, the taxi drivers who are waiting for business in the cold day are not even bothered to go forward to deal with those who come down from the airship, for the taxi drivers, the people who can take the kind of passenger and cargo airship to and fro, except for some poor people who are forced to go out, most of them are some Grande-like characters, these people, in such weather, Basically turn a blind eye to taxis with a starting price of two silver coins, even if you occasionally meet one or two poor sour people who want to take a car, he and you bargain for a few copper plates, often make you doubt whether your profession as a taxi driver is decent, otherwise, how can you spend half an hour of saliva for a few copper plates and others.
In the indifferent eyes of a bunch of taxi drivers, Zhang Tie walked out of the cabin door of the airship that stayed on the landing pad of B06 with a group of people who had been squeezed on the cramped and crowded seats for several days.
At this moment, Zhang Tie has recovered his original appearance.
After leaving Eskir City, he spent a few days on a deserted island in Ewindara, digesting the nine giant wolf seven power fruits on the small tree in the Black Iron Castle, and at the same time, after eating a few non-leaking fruits, the bright spots on his spine had been ignited to twenty-one, and he officially became an eighth-level warrior.
Subsequently, after coming to the mainland, he carefully planned his itinerary, and then in an underground space in a small country called Bastille, he easily hunted a king snake in two days, and completed his second level with the soul fire of the eighth-level king snake.
After leaving the Bastille, he traveled westward, finally arriving at the Carroe Confederation two days ago, and then he chose a passenger and cargo airship to reach Karur, the city of machines, as soon as possible.
Zhang Tie, who got off the airship, was wearing a set of ordinary cotton and linen clothes and pants that were crumpled on the narrow seat of the airship, just a shirt inside the jacket, and an ordinary rucksack in his hand.
Zhang Tie took a deep breath of the cold air of Karur City, a smile appeared on his face, and then he walked towards the taxis outside the airship base that were hailing business.
What surprised Zhang Tie was that he walked out of the gate of the airship take-off and landing base, beckoned to those taxis, but no one paid attention to him, and saw those around him who also came out of the airship take-off and landing base, and a group of drivers diligently surrounded those who were holding luggage and pulling the car door, Zhang Tie looked at the clothes on his body and the pair of leather shoes on his feet that had slightly lost a layer of leather, touched his nose, smiled bitterly, and took the initiative to walk to the nearest taxi to him.
"Bang" Zhang Tie patted lightly on the glass of the car, and the driver, who was hiding in the taxi to keep warm, rolled down the window glass with some reluctance, and then looked at Zhang Tie with some reluctant eyes.
"The starting price is three silver coins" In order to send Zhang Tie away quickly, the driver also quoted an additional starting price of silver coins.
"No problem" Zhang Tie smiled, "I'm going to Brape, there should be no problem."
The driver was slightly stunned, the reluctant look on his face disappeared suddenly, and his attitude was slightly better, "Brape is more than a hundred kilometers away from here, and it takes more than three hours to get from here to Brape, and I can't pull the guests when I come back, so I have to pull the empty car, so the fare is very expensive, at least 15 silver coins, no bargaining" "Okay, let's go," Zhang Tie said, opened the back door, and sat in the back of the car.
The driver turned his head from the front to look at Zhang Tie, "This has to be paid first."
Zhang Tie touched it in his pocket, then took out a gold coin and bounced it over, the driver took it and took a look, the yellow Cancan locomotive gold coin issued by the Andaman Alliance before, as soon as he saw this gold coin, the driver didn't say a word, the look on his face completely relaxed, and immediately let the car move.
Zhang Tie looked at the city outside the car window, which was not unfamiliar, and sighed slightly in his heart, wondering if the city could be saved in this holy war.
There is no one worthy of his nostalgia in this city, so Zhang Tie has no nostalgia for this city, and after getting off the train, he went straight to Brape, Zhang Tie prepared to take another train from Brape to Black Flame City.
"Have you been here before, and now the gold coins of the Andaman Alliance are rare here," the driver and Zhang Tiepan talked.
"My family used to be in Black Flame City" "Alas, now Black Flame City is a fourth-level city under the Norman Empire's Brunswick Province, the Andaman Alliance is gone, all the cities have been divided, fortunately, Karol has been retained" The driver's tone was full of nostalgic sighs, knowing that Zhang Tie was also a resident of the Andaman Alliance City before, his tone was a little softer.
"That's thanks to the Iron Gate family for finding a powerful alchemist as a backer, other cities don't have such good luck" "Who's to say it isn't" "How is Karur now?"
"It's more lively than before, and the large number of orders from the Helios Dynasty and the Norman Empire has made the factory owners in the city laugh from ear to ear."
In the conversation with the taxi driver, Zhang Tie learned a lot of news that happened in Karur more than a year, the army of the Radiant Feather and the Iron Horn Legion has basically withdrawn from the area around Karur since the beginning of this year, and the tense situation in this area has been eliminated, but on the border line between the two sides, you can still faintly hear the news of some small-scale friction between the garrison troops of the two sides, but these news are rumors in Karur City, and have never been confirmed in any official channels.
The Norman Empire had abolished the division and establishment of the Karol Theater, but part of the army of the Iron Horn remained in the area as a garrison.
Zhang Tie breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that this area was still controlled by the Iron Horn Legion, he knew that some of the things he had to do when he returned to Black Flame City this time might be a little in conflict with the legal system of the Norman Empire, if he changed to other garrisons, these things would be very troublesome, if the Iron Horn Legion was still there, then there would be room for negotiation and accommodation in many things.
In the small talk between the two people, the taxi left the confines of Karur City after a while, and saw that there was a checkpoint on the road ahead, and many vehicles leaving Kalur City were queued up at the checkpoint, and the taxi driver also slowed down the speed of the car and lined up behind a truck.
"By the way, after that checkpoint is the border of the Norman Empire, for the goods entering the Norman Empire, the checkpoint will be very loose, basically there will be no inspection, but the personnel inspection will be very strict, you need to have a legal identity document recognized by the Norman Empire to enter, some countries and regions will not recognize the identity of the Norman Empire, if you are not allowed to enter, I will only charge you 4 silver coins for the fare of 15 silver coins, and I will send you to Karur City."
The driver was very helpful in reminding.
Zhang Tie smiled, "My identity certificate should be fine."
Soon, the truck full of goods in front of it was released, and two soldiers in Norman dark red winter clothes climbed into the truck bed to take a look, then jumped off, lifted the pole, and the truck drove over.
A soldier standing in front of the checkpoint waved at the taxi, and the taxi driver hurriedly and cautiously drove the car over.
Before the soldiers knocked on the window, the taxi driver hurriedly handed over his documents, and the soldier took the documents and looked at them, and returned them to the taxi driver, and then asked the driver to open the trunk for inspection.
"Please show your identification" Another soldier stood outside Zhang Tie's car door, lowered his head slightly, looked at Zhang Tie with serious eyes, and said coldly.
A single male young man like Zhang Tie is the focus of inspection at the checkpoint here.
Zhang Tie handed over his ID, and when he saw Zhang Tie's ID card in the rearview mirror of the car, the taxi driver's body couldn't help but tremble.
The small dark green book, the shiny and delicate dragon-shaped relief made of silver in the middle of the book, plus the long sword crossed under the relief and the pattern like a leaf, can only be a Norman officer: