The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Because he was on the road alone, Leo's pace was much faster, and he arrived at the outskirts of Ethiopia in less than an hour.

This place is completely different from the Guga Desert and Viman Desert, which are tens of kilometers away. The greenery here is full of greenery. Jungles and wheat fields are lined up along the two sides of the Savile Grand Canyon, extending into the distance, with no end in sight.

Although Leo had seen information about the Savile Grand Canyon from the trees, most of the information was written very vaguely. The main content was nothing more than saying that the Savile Grand Canyon was the largest canyon in the Savile Kingdom. It faces directly to the east coast, and connects to the Guzman Snow Mountain in the west. After the snow on the snow mountain melts, it converges into the Grand Canyon, forming the Savile River, the most important river in the Savile Kingdom.

Because of the abundant water source of the Savile River, both sides of the Savile Canyon have been one of the most important grain production areas of the Savile Kingdom since ancient times. When the Savile Kingdom built the Kingdom Road and Railway here, it was organized by the local tribes because they were worried Destroy the not a lot of cultivated land here.

In the end, after repeated discussions, the Kingdom Avenue was moved to the side close to the Viman Desert, ten kilometers away from the Savile Canyon, which was considered to be on the edge of the desert, without causing any damage to the cultivated land.

As for the Kingdom Railway that runs through the east and west ends of Savile, it is even more fantastic. It is directly erected on the canyon through a special steel frame structure. Because of its unique structure, this railway has become the world's top ten machinery recognized by Vinylon. The first of industrial miracles.

However, this top position was broken by the Star of Miracle ocean cruise not long ago, giving up this top position, but with the silence of Miracle Star, this position has returned to the Savile Canyon Kingdom Railway , making some Saville people with strong self-esteem fluctuate up and down.

Leo's position at the moment is difficult for normal people to see the railway known as the miracle of the world, but with the blessing of supernormal vision, the railway stretched over the canyon is completely presented in front of him.

I saw that on the straight canyon, a steel frame like a human rib was erected above the canyon, and the train track was on the steel frame in the middle. The heavy train passed by on the steel track, and the huge force was captured by the people below. Each steel bar was scattered and supported, and finally all scattered on the stone walls on both sides of the canyon.

The reason why the engineers responsible for the design of this railway chose such a dangerous track erection method was that the surrounding areas suitable for laying the railway were all farmland, and these farmlands were the lifeblood of the surrounding tribes, unless it was to build A civil war will eliminate all these tribes, otherwise it will be impossible to destroy farmland and build railways.

There is another reason, and it is also because there are deserts on both sides of the canyon, and there are floating sands that can move without force. Building railways on these floating sands will easily cause safety problems such as track movement, which will eventually lead to train accidents. frequently.

In addition, the most important thing about this railway laying plan is whether the stone walls at both ends of the canyon can bear the weight brought by the steel skeleton and steam trains. After repeated tests, Savile's engineers believe that the rocks on both sides of the Savile Canyon are hard The degree even exceeds that of steel, and it can completely withstand huge pressure.

In fact, Saville's engineers basically didn't need too many measurements to determine the hardness of the rocks at both ends of the canyon, because almost all the stones used in the tombs of the kings of the Saville Kingdom were collected from the rocks on both sides of the canyon. Known for its hardness a long time ago, palaces in other countries also used Savile Canyon Rock as the preferred building material when they were built. For a long time, Canyon Rock was an important export commodity of Savile, and it was not until the last few decades that mining gradually stopped .

Although a foreigner like Leo, who was alone, attracted the attention of the Saviles who were working in the farmland, they just glanced at Leo and went about their own business.

Because there are too many foreign explorers or tourists traveling in the desert like Leo. Although it is strange to be alone and without any luggage, it is not like there are no similar people in the past, so these Saviles will not be aroused. Too much attention.

Leo asked an old Savile who was resting on the edge of the farmland for the direction of Esser City, then boarded a carriage that was just about to deliver goods into the city, and drove in the direction of Esser City.

After driving for about ten minutes, the carriage passed through a forest, and then climbed up a hillside. After reaching the top, the people in the carriage could see the whole picture of Esai City.

I saw that the city of Ethiopia was built at an S-shaped turn in the canyon. The whole town has two parts, the north and the south. The south city is the city on the side of the Guga Desert, because most of the people living here are ordinary Savile farmers. And a small number of adventurers who want to explore the mysteries of the Guga Desert, so the buildings here are mainly ordinary people's houses and small hotels for hospitality, which seem to be far less prosperous than the North District.

When Leo entered the city, he was a little bit troubled by the guards at the city gate. Obviously, in the eyes of these people, foreigners must be richer than the locals, so the entry fee is also higher than that of the local Saviles. double.

Leo didn't care about this, and directly paid the money and entered the city, but the city guards seemed to have other thoughts when they saw the coins stuffed in Leo's wallet. The hooligans behind him secretly followed, and seemed to want to find out where Leo was.

Those hooligans are just ordinary people, and they are not good at following such things. Even without the spirit net, Leo can easily find these stalkers.

Without too much guesswork, Leo was sure that these ruffians might have something to do with the guards at the gate of the city. He ignored it and walked to a small hotel beside the main road.

"Welcome, may I ask if you want to stay at the hotel?" A Savile girl younger than Ilya came up to her and asked.

Leo said: "Yes, prepare a single room for me for three days."

Under the guidance of the girl, he checked in at the counter, and then led him to his room.

Like most of the hotels in the city, this hotel is transformed from ordinary residential buildings. The rooms are a bit small, but because of the water vapor generated by the flow of the Savile River at the bottom of the canyon, a cool river breeze blows on both sides of the canyon. , so that even though Ethiopia is so close to the desert, the temperature is not hot.

After taking a short rest in the room, Leo came to the front desk and asked if there was anything worth visiting in Ethiopia.

Leo's question is obviously not a new one, and the local Ethiopia has already had countermeasures. When Leo's question was not finished, the front desk took out a travel guide written in French and handed it to Leo. .

After receiving the travel guide, Leo flipped through it a bit, and soon found a place of interest, the River Bend Market at the bottom of the canyon.

Because more than 90% of the water in the Savile River comes from the snow water of the snow-capped mountains, so when winter is coming, the snow water will decrease, and the river water will also decrease. The river bed, which was as smooth as a mirror, was exposed.

In the early days, smugglers in Savile would take advantage of the special geographical location of the Savile River and the environment on both sides of the river for smuggling purposes. The river bend market was originally only a pier for local gangsters in Ethiopia to trade smuggled goods.

However, with the Savile Kingdom's tough crackdown on smugglers and the United Church's extermination of gangsters in various cities, the Riverbend Market, a place that flourished because of gangsters and smugglers, fell into disrepair.

Later, some tomb robbers came here to sell their stolen goods, and this river bend market became active again, and with the excavation of various desert ancient relics, various ancient relics appeared among the people, a large number of foreign tourists and adventurers Visitors come here to buy these items, and this kind of river bend market has also been revived with this antiquarian wind.

Although there are still some illegal underground transactions in the river bend market, the managers of various towns are not as strict as in the past. As long as the river bend market pays enough taxes and does not cause any trouble, they will acquiesce This market exists, and over time, the River Bend Market has become one of the distinctive tourist attractions in the 37th City of Kingdom Avenue.

Although it is not yet the winter when the river water is at its lowest, as the weather gets colder, the river water gradually decreases, and a part of the river bay market at the bottom of the canyon has been exposed to the water, and it has already stocked up a lot more than ten days ago. The tomb robbers and antique dealers eagerly opened the Hewan Market.

Just like other situations when the market was opened, some large antique dealers quickly conducted more than a dozen large transactions, and before the goods had time to be placed on the market, 70 to 80% of them were bought by their transactions Well, if it wasn't for maintaining the prosperity of the market so that some tourists and explorers could buy something, maybe the rest would be traded away.

It's just that, although the market managers intercept a large number of antiques and let the sellers of these antiques put them on the market, this does not mean that all the antiques in this market are real. In fact, there are a large number of fake antiques. If it has been mixed into the market, if you don't have a certain level of identification, it may be difficult to buy real ancient civilization relics from the market.

It's also quite interesting to say, and I don't know if it's because of the river bend market or because of the Church of the Lord of All Things. All in all, the Savile Kingdom is the only kingdom without a black market.

It's just that although there is no black market, some transactions of mysterious items still exist, and the River Bend Market is the place where such items are traded, but these transactions are often disguised as antique transactions, so there will be some accidents by ordinary people and some secrets. The people of the world completed some transactions and obtained some mysterious items with special powers, some of which were good and some bad, and caused some rumors, making the Hewan Market more mysterious and indirectly attracting many tourists.

In the travel guide that Leo read, there are several anecdotes about the Hewan Market, one of which involves a mysterious item that ordinary people should not touch.

After Leo asked the front desk about the details of the Hewan Market, he was about to leave the hotel.

"Wait, guest." But the hotel owner stopped Leo, took out some machetes, daggers and other weapons from under the counter, and said, "It's dangerous for you to walk outside alone, I think you should need some weapons Self-defense, even if you don’t need to wear it on your body, it will save a lot of trouble.”

"Is the law and order here so bad?" Leo asked with a smile.

"Although I don't want to admit it, law and order is really bad." The hotel owner smiled wryly, and said, "It turns out that all the security teams in the city have been transferred away, and now the gangsters in various districts are responsible for the security in the city. As for the work of the gangsters... ...I believe you are also clear, so you'd better bring something for self-defense, or go directly to the city gate and hire a guide. Although it will cost a lot of time, the guide will at least make you live here safely. "

"I see, thank you for reminding me." Leo responded, showing the king and queen with their waists exposed, and said, "I think this thing should be more reliable than those weapons."

Seeing the gorgeous firearm on Leo's waist, the hotel owner put the weapon back under the counter without saying anything more.

Leo left the hotel and walked towards the river bend market.

The gangsters not far away were still following him in a very eye-catching way, but Leo ignored them and went directly to the stairs leading to the Hewan Market.

This staircase is very steep. It was built directly along the rock wall of the canyon cliff. It is made of steel left over from the construction of the railway support. It is very strong. The only flaw is that only one person can walk, so the market manager specially built two Stairs, one goes down and the other goes up.

As we all know, the most suitable time to visit the Hewan Market is late at night, because it is late at night when vendors in the market stock up on new products, and there are more opportunities to find valuable antiques at this time.

But now Leo didn't choose a very good time. In the evening, there were only products that were picked up during the day and last night in the market. Without particularly good eyesight, it was easy to buy fake products.

However, for ordinary tourists, now is a very good time to visit the Hewan Market, because there are few people in the market and it will not appear crowded. Going to the market is like taking a walk, very leisurely, and if you look at If you win something on the booth, you can also have more time to carefully judge the authenticity of the thing, and you will not be urged by the merchant to cause a misjudgment because there are too many people to see.

Although it is not the peak season for tourism in the Savile Kingdom, there are still a lot of tourists from various countries coming to the Savile Kingdom. In the market, Leo saw hundreds of tourists from all over the world of Vinylon walking back and forth in the aisles among the stalls. While walking around, when I saw something I liked, I immediately squatted in front of a booth and bargained with the boss.

Leo also entered the market, walking slowly while looking at the antiquities on both sides. In fact, his spiritual net had already covered the entire market the moment he entered the market, touching all the items on those stalls. Be clear.