Chapter 205: Someone Else Pays

The troops set out for Zhuoxie Mountain to fight the Northern Xiongnu in the final battle!

As soon as Dou Xian’s order spread, players who had been waiting hard for tasks to earn merits immediately got excited.

They finally had a new quest to accept!

It was no longer a small task like delivering letters or transporting grain, but a large-scale battlefield task directly involving the final battle against the Xiongnu!

However, some were happy while others were worried. Most players smoothly accepted Dou Xian’s battlefield tasks, but a small group of “unlucky ones” only received a minor task from Geng Bing to station their troops in Yiwu City.

Following a nameless Han General sent by Geng Bing, they listlessly walked onto the long road leading to Yiwu City.

After nearly a month passed quietly, when Mo Xiaobai finally waited day and night for the changeover of the garrison commander, he saw not only three thousand Great Han defenders but also five hundred Players and their Territorial subordinates.

“The Great God is actually here!”

“That is Daydream Great God, right?”

“No doubt, I once did a quest with the Great God, how could I be wrong?”

“No wonder the Great God seemed to have been missing from the Camp since the first day, turns out he had run off early.”

“But what is the Great God doing here? His Merit Value seems not to have moved for a long time.”

When Mo Xiaobai and the Han General ordered to station here entered the city side by side, many people noticed Mo Xiaobai’s figure.

The Great God actually didn’t go to the main battlefield!

Could it be because he went too hard in the Instance last time and is planning to slack off this time?

The surrounding Players couldn’t figure it out and could only watch Mo Xiaobai and the Han General walk into a room that looked quite nice.

However, before the Players could find their own places to rest, an even more unexpected scene appeared.

As soon as Mo Xiaobai stepped out of the room, he led several thousand Cavalry out of the city, looking like he would not return.

What is this about?

Is the Great God rushing to the main battlefield now?

It is way too late to go to the main battlefield now. Forget about catching the big final battle, it’s impossible even to pick up any leftovers.

Many Players’ guesses and analyses were actually not wrong.

The main force heading north and their westward advance happened on the same day. When they spent nearly a month to finally reach Yiwu City, the great war between Zhuoxie Mountain and Jilu Mountain was already coming to an end.

The clash between tens of thousands of Xiongnu Cavalry and the Han Army collapsed almost as soon as it started. The Great Han Players on the main battlefield were happily chasing the Xiongnu and constantly collecting heads.

Every head was at least 1 point of Instance Merit.

In an instant, the Players’ Merit Value on the main battlefield was rising incredibly fast.

Even with such a crazy rise in Merit, no one could compare with the number one, Mo Xiaobai. Even for other Great Han Players to reach the top 10 of the regional leaderboard seemed out of reach.

All these matters had little to do with Mo Xiaobai who had led his troops away from Yiwu City.

From start to finish, Mo Xiaobai never planned to earn Merit from the main battlefield. Right now, he only wanted to gallop hard to catch up with Fatty.

Because five days ago, a Wild Goose had flown back.

The Wild Goose brought back not much news, and it might even have been written by Fatty casually. However, the news that Fatty didn’t care much about was a big deal for Mo Xiaobai.

Luyu saw a Lion in the Kingdom of Shanshan. The Lion was a gift sent by an envoy from Da Yuezhi, also known as the Kushan Kingdom, to Ban Chao.

The Lion was one of the gifts the Kushan King wanted to present when he planned to marry a Great Han Princess. When Mo Xiaobai saw the news sent by Fatty, he clearly understood that the plot advancement in the Instance had reached the eve of a great war.

Because the Kushan Kingdom would launch this Western Regions war, the fuse was exactly that Ban Chao directly opposed the Kushan King marrying a Great Han Princess.

Now that the plot of the failed gift-giving had already happened, the start of the Western Regions war was naturally not far away.

Mo Xiaobai also planned to open up the Northern route of the Silk Road before this war. If they didn’t hurry up, the rewards for the Western Regions Instance would be reduced by at least half.

…

While Mo Xiaobai was rushing to the Western Regions, Fatty, who had seen enough of the Loulan Miss in the Kingdom of Shanshan, had already led the caravan along the previously agreed route into the Qiuci Kingdom.

At this time, the Qiuci Kingdom almost played the role of the leader among the nations on the Northern route of the Silk Road. Not only was its territory vast, but because of its rich Iron Ore, it had always been a wealthy land in the Western Regions.

Fatty did not know that Qiuci had just been schemed against by Ban Chao a short while ago. Now leading the caravan into the Wang City of Qiuci, his eyes were full of all kinds of novelties.

“I think our goods can sell for a good price here. Look at this restaurant with Western Regions style, it’s full of traders from other countries.”

Taking the caravan to a large Restaurant in the city, Fatty immediately occupied over a dozen tables. After exchanging a glance with Gao Lan and Yang Zhi, he spoke openheartedly: “Bring me your best delicacies, don’t worry that Grandpa Fatty can’t afford to pay.”

“Okay, Sir.”

Those who opened shops in the Western Regions knew at least a few words of Han Language. A Qiuci waiter replied with broken Han Language and immediately went to serve Fatty and the others.

After saying this, Fatty winked at Gao Lan. The latter nodded subtly and said in a rough voice: “Send a few people to bring our dining utensils and bring five jars of wine over. Today, everyone is only allowed to drink one bowl.”

Following Gao Lan’s order, several Daming Village Soldiers soon stood up and left.

Before long, everyone returned to the store holding some things. Some held porcelain plates and bowls, while the others held the wine jars.

This was originally just a small matter, but with the exquisite white porcelain with intricate designs placed on the table, how could no one pay attention in this hostile land like the Western Regions.

In this era where common people still used earthenware, and even Nobles could rarely see fine porcelain and had to use gold and silver ware to show off wealth, the white porcelain with intricate designs was simply too eye-catching.

Many merchants in their hearts felt a bit strange. With such good stuff, if they could bring it back to their country and sell it to Nobles, it could fetch at least ten gold pieces.

And yet these Han merchants directly used them for dining.

Did the life of Han People already get this good?

The merchants from various countries inside the store were all looking at Fatty’s group with various gazes. The shopkeepers, upon seeing the fine porcelain, also narrowed their eyes slightly.

“Go report to My Lord that these Han People have great stuff in their hands, My Lord cannot miss this chance.” The shop owner whispered a string of words to a waiter in the back. After hearing it, the waiter nodded and left immediately.

Just as he stepped away, Fatty and the others, not caring at all that their table had already become the center of attention, started uncovering the wine jars one by one.

In an instant, the aroma of wine spread throughout the store.

First came the exquisite tableware, followed by such mellow wine. Without Fatty saying a single more word of nonsense, everyone in the store knew that this Han merchant caravan had plenty of good goods.

After Luyu, Gao Lan, and the others finished their meal with a feast, many merchants from other countries waiting nearby were ready to come forward and start a conversation. However, no matter how fast they moved, they were not faster than the Restaurant owner.

“Friends who came from far away, your meal today has already been paid for. Someone wants to invite you to the upstairs floor for a chat.”

Hearing suddenly that someone was paying the bill for them, Luyu looked at the shop owner in surprise for a couple of times. After confirming that the owner was not joking, he immediately laughed: “Who is so polite that he even paid the bill?”

He then looked at Gao Lan and Yang Zhi and continued: “Since someone invited us with such enthusiasm, let’s go take a look together?”