My lady, I'm going to rebel.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Li Cheng's face turned pale when he saw so many dead and injured people.

Mu Zheng didn't show much expression. After all, he was accustomed to such occasions. While other people were crying and wailing, he was busy looking for medicine to treat the patients.

The merchants were also helping. After finally finishing the cleanup, before Mu Zheng had time to rest for a while, Wang Xinlin came over.

"What's wrong?"

"The caravan wants to discuss something and wants you to come over."

Mu Zheng nodded. He probably guessed what Li Cheng was going to say. Following Wang Xinlin to a tent, Mu Zheng found that almost everyone in the caravan was there.

Whether it is a groom or a horse doctor, whether it is a bodyguard or a cook.

Mu Zheng saw Mingjia sitting on a rock. He greeted her and sat over. Before he could say anything, Li Cheng said, "Mu Zheng, thank you so much for last night. I wanted to let you rest for a while, but I think it's necessary for you to attend the meeting."

After all, you won the bet!

Mu Zheng nodded, "It should be."

Li Cheng hummed, then looked at everyone, "Now that Mu Zheng is here, everyone can express their opinions."

Mu Zheng's eyes swept across the faces of several people, and then he heard Li Cheng continue to ask, "My opinion is to continue forward, but because our escorts are decreasing, we must enter the Acropolis."

As soon as these words were spoken, some people looked up at the sky, some looked down at the ground, some kept their lips tightly shut, and some looked around.

this?

Mu Zheng understood it at a glance.

Obviously, there is a disagreement.

"What? Don't you want to go back to sleep? Why are you dawdling? Come up with a decision and get some rest early." Li Cheng was a little impatient. He thought that everyone had been dragging their feet on this matter for a long time before Mu Zheng came.

Mu Zheng nudged Sun Yanzi next to him and asked, "What do you think?"

Sun Yanzi drooped his eyelids. "If you can avoid entering the city, it's best not to. After all, that place hasn't signed a friendly trade agreement with our Great New Kingdom."

Oh?

Mu Zheng understood as soon as he heard it.

The border between the Xin Dynasty and the Xiongnu was long, but not all of it was open to trade. Only in border cities with friendly trade agreements could trade be protected by both sides. Trading privately elsewhere was risky, and finding protection through a powerful tree was a matter of luck.

difficult!

After Sun Yanzi finished speaking, he saw everyone staring at him. He coughed and said, "Last night's incident resulted in the loss of more than half of our guards. Our future is uncertain. If we go to Acropolis, while there are no internal dangers, there are external threats. I think we should return in time and hire some more guards."

"I know everything you're talking about, but we've come this far. If we go back, our efforts will be wasted. Furthermore, we don't have enough supplies to turn back. If we encounter bandits again, we'll be stuck," Li Cheng said. "Plus, it rained heavily last night, and our supplies were swept away, destroying all the medicine. If we don't go to the city to buy medicine, these wounded may not survive."

Suddenly, everyone fell silent again.

Mu Zheng didn't want to speak at first, but when he saw Li Cheng glance at him, he immediately understood that the other party needed him to express his opinion. So he sighed inwardly: "People come first in everything. Let's go to the city first. Buying medicine and increasing supplies is the priority. As for those forces in the city, at worst, we won't provoke them. Once we have purchased everything, we can leave."

Is that so?

There was another moment of silence.

But because of Mu Zheng's words, many people began to waver.

Finally, someone hesitantly asked, "We can choose to leave in time, but what about those merchants? What if they don't want to leave?"

"Then let's vote and see what everyone thinks. If they are willing to go, we will go, and if they are not willing, we will go back." Mu Zheng thought this was the safest way to avoid the caravan being held responsible if something went wrong.

"Okay!" Li Cheng stood up, "Mu Zheng, I'll leave this matter to you."

Mu Zheng nodded and quickly brought back the results.

As businessmen, no one wants to give up halfway. After all, we have come this far, and going back out again will waste time and energy.

In that case, let’s go.

A day later, they arrived at Acropolis. It was very different from the cities in the Central Plains. If the cities in the Central Plains mainly relied on two legs to get around, then in Acropolis, carriages and horses were common.

"Aren't they afraid of hitting people when they ride their horses on the street?"

"Of course, because the upper class competes on family background, so it's useless for the lower class to collide with them."

Old Sparrow was more familiar with Acropolis and automatically became the interpreter. When everyone heard this, they felt a sudden sense of tension. It seemed that the "lawlessness" of Acropolis was even worse than they had expected.

"Eh? Does that carriage have a higher status?" Wang Xinlin saw the two carriages in front of him deadlocked with each other. He didn't expect that after one of the carriages hung a flag with a picture of poplar, the other carriage took the initiative to choose to give in, and even the coachman kept nodding and bowing to apologize to the other party.

The old sparrow looked in the direction of Wang Xinlin's finger. Unexpectedly, when he saw the poplar tree clearly, his face changed slightly and he said hurriedly, "Bow quickly, quickly!"

Mu Zheng frowned and saw Old Sparrow clench his fists and bow. Although he didn't want to, he still did it. The others followed suit.

After all, when you first arrive, being able to bend and stretch is the key to survival.

After the salute, Mu Zheng raised his head slightly and saw the carriage moving forward. The breeze lifted the curtains of the carriage, revealing two women and a man sitting inside.

The woman was very beautiful, with obvious clothes from the hinterland. But the man was as fat as a ball.

I don’t know if it was fate, but the moment Mu Zheng looked up, the fat man also happened to see Mu Zheng. The fat man curled his lips, and there was obviously a hint of disdain in his eyes!

Mu Zheng snorted inwardly. Isn't it just a more luxurious carriage? What's so proud? Have you ever seen a car? Have you ever ridden a high-speed train? Have you ever imagined flying in the sky?

snort!

The carriage quickly passed by Mu Zheng and the others. Seeing that Hu Yang disappeared from sight, Old Sparrow finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Mu Zheng asked, "Who are they?"

"People from the main city, superior people!" said Old Sparrow.

Mu Zheng had heard from Old Sparrow on his way to Acropolis that the people outside the Great Wall were strictly stratified. The upper class lived in the main city of Acropolis, while the lower class lived in the outer city. In their social philosophy, the upper class dominated everything, and the lower class, regardless of wealth, had to bow to the upper class whenever they saw them.

"But being a lowly person doesn't mean you'll be a lowly person forever. You can achieve great things, which is the fastest way to get promoted." The old sparrow thought for a moment and added, "But to us Central Plains people, most of their achievements are demons."

When everyone heard this, they immediately understood what the devil represented.

They burned, smashed and looted, what a bad bunch!

"Have you seen that poplar flag? Only the upper class are qualified to hang the flag. Anyway, remember, if you see this kind of flag with obvious family logo, don't provoke it!" said the old sparrow earnestly.

Mu Zheng frowned. He didn't like this hierarchy. "What if I accidentally offend them?"

"If you've been provoked, then be humble and keep your life safe." Having said this, the old sparrow paused again and lowered his voice: "Or, just kill them directly without giving them any clues!"