The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

The Dibia Mountains are the dividing line between the north and the south of West France. Although it is not the highest mountain in the Velen continent, it is the most difficult mountain to climb in the entire Velen and even in the entire world.

The starting point of the mountains is in the depths of the Black Forest, and the ending point is on the west coast of Velen Continent. Although the mountains are not high, they do not fluctuate much, and they are always above the snow line. Therefore, all the peaks of the Dibia Mountains are covered with snow all year round. In addition, these peaks are steep cliffs from the mountainside, so it is almost impossible for ordinary people to browse the mountains.

At that time, in order to build a train around the continent, the French Empire spent a lot of manpower and material resources to cut through the shortest and thinnest mountain in the Dibia Mountains, and built a mountain tunnel, which made it possible for the north and south of West France to Straight through.

During the construction of the railway, the railway company invited many adventurers to survey the Dibia Mountains to find the most suitable place to build tunnels. Those adventurers traveled almost all over the Dibia Mountains and recorded the situation of the mountains completely. At the same time, some canyon secret roads that are not suitable for building railway tunnels but can allow a small number of people to pass have also been found.

Barak is a hunter who lives in the Dibia Mountains. His village is located in the deep mountains of the Dibia Mountains. The people in the village are all hunters. They rarely communicate with the outside world and are not interested in the war outside. Who rules West France means nothing to them. Because no matter how greedy a tax official is, he would not risk his life to travel long distances to the depths of the Dibia Mountains to collect taxes in such a lucrative hunter village.

Unlike other hunters in the village, Barak once left the Dibia Mountains with a merchant who came to the village to buy furs, and lived in Miria City for half a year. He saw the prosperity and wealth of Miria City, and what he saw It is luxury. When he returned to his village and saw these old and simple wooden houses, he couldn't help but feel a strong desire in his heart.

Driven by desire, Barak used various means to control the Orion team in the village, and then monopolized the fur output of his village, and in the next few years he also controlled the fur of several other Orion villages nearby. He made a lot of money out of it and became the wealthiest and most powerful man of his generation.

Although Ballack has already lived a life that he couldn't imagine before, he is still not satisfied, because he has broadened his horizons and doesn't want to be the king in this small village forever, he wants to live that kind of life. Only the rich in the city can live a life and become that kind of nobleman who is superior to others.

It's a pity that the identity of Barak, who was born as a hunter in the deep mountains, is a natural obstacle. Even if he has a lot of wealth, he is just a barbarian in the mountains when he goes to those big cities, let alone the luxurious life of the rich in the city. Not even eligible to buy a house in the city.

Just when Barak felt that his wish could not come true day by day, news spread that the city of Miria was destroyed by the imperial army, and a large number of refugees flooded into the mountains to take refuge. Some merchants who had bought furs from Barak also came here one after another. In this village deep in the mountains, among the people who came with these merchants were ordinary people, as well as dignitaries who had not had time to evacuate.

For ordinary hunters in the village, these refugees are troublesome, because they not only broke the peace of the village, consumed a lot of food in the village, and brought great pressure to the village for the winter, even these refugees may cause The troops from the Faran Empire plunged the whole village into a crisis of life and death.

According to the intention of these hunters, they initially planned not to accept these refugees, and some even thought that they would simply kill these refugees, take away their property, and feed the corpses to the wild animals in the mountains, so that no one would know.

But these thoughts were stopped by the leader Barack, and Barack not only accepted these refugees, but also provided these refugees with houses to live in, and even the food supply was sufficient, and the price did not take advantage of the fire.

Although this kind of behavior caused some damage to Barak's reputation in the village, it made him a rare kind person in the eyes of these refugees, and gained an extraordinary favor.

The reason why Barak made such a decision that harmed the interests of the village was mainly because he saw an opportunity to realize his long-term wish from these refugees.

Through the introduction of a businessman who took refuge, Barak got to know several powerful families among the refugees, and after making friends with each other, their relationship became very good.

Later, Barak learned from the conversation that these powerful families had actually retreated to Lanxi in the south before the French Empire army attacked Miria City, and they had some private properties in Miria City It needs to be handled in person, so there is no way to go together. By the time they finished handling their private property and were about to leave, the secret forces of the Faran Empire had already crossed the city of Miria and conquered the important station at the northern end of the Continental Train Dibia Mountains, cutting off the North-South Railway and blocking the road to Leon. The waterway and land transportation of the port made them trapped in Miria City.

Afterwards, these dignitaries promised that once the war subsided, they would return to the family and would definitely repay Barak for his care during this time.

Barack, who has been dealing with various businessmen for many years, is very shrewd. He will not completely believe the one-sided words of these dignitaries, so he secretly obtained some information from other refugees, and only then can he confirm the identities and families of these dignitaries. No lie. Similarly, he never expects some verbal promises of repayment, because he has suffered some losses and knows that verbal promises will never count, so he thought of a way to make those powerful people fulfill their promises.

In the next few months, he tried his best to take in and take care of the asylum seekers who escaped from the city of Miria, and from time to time, he guided the few dignitaries to make some promises in front of these asylum seekers, leaving all the asylum seekers deep impression. After the war calms down, he will let these refugees go back. Once he does not get what he promised, then these refugees who have been taken care of by him will help him create public opinion and force these dignitaries to complete what they promised, otherwise , who would be willing to cooperate with a person who doesn't even repay his life-saving grace.

However, as some new asylum seekers brought various new news from the city of Miria, Barak felt that his investment might be in trouble, because the army of the French Empire and the army of the United Kingdom were always in a state of confrontation. It seems that the war is unlikely to subside in a short time.

Moreover, the army of the French Empire also began to clean up the United Kingdom at the northern end of the Dibia Mountains in an orderly manner. Several groups of people who fled from Miria City to the deep mountains were intercepted and killed by the empire's suppression army. It depends on the situation. Sooner or later, the Qing army will come to the Orion village in the deep mountains.

At that time, these asylum seekers taken in by him will become a disaster, and their village may also be wiped out as United Kingdom people.

When Barak felt that the situation was not good, he also had the idea of ​​solving these refugees secretly, but now there are more than 300 refugees in the village, which is more than half of the people in the village. Few people are more powerful fighters. If they do it, they will cause devastating damage to their village. Some people will even escape and spread the news. Then he may face endless revenge.

So he can only think of other ways to solve this crisis, and the best way is to help these people cross the Dibia Mountains and send them to Lanxi in the south.

The idea of ​​crossing the Dibia Mountains was not thought of because of the emergence of this crisis. In fact, he had thought of it from the very beginning when he wanted to realize his wish from those powerful people.

In the beginning, Barak waited until the emotions of those dignitaries fell into depression or despair, then proposed the plan, gave these dignitaries hope, and then led them across the mountains to Lanxi. , This can make the other party appreciate yourself more.

It's just because the time hasn't come yet, so he never planned to implement it, but the current situation forced him to take out the plan he had prepared a long time ago.

The reason why Barak is so confident that he can lead people over the Dibia Mountains is because he knows a secret canyon passage through the Dibia Mountains, and he has used this secret passage to lead people to smuggle a lot of things in the past few years. So it is not difficult for him to cross the Dibia Mountains.

Barak's ancestors were one of the adventurers employed by the Continental Railway Company in charge of geographical exploration, and during the exploration process they discovered a secret canyon passage through the Dibia Mountains. Unfortunately, it was too late for him to find the secret passage in the canyon. The railway company had already started digging a tunnel in the weakest part of the Dibia Mountains, and had invested a lot of money. It was impossible to revise the tunnel plan.

Barack's ancestors did not return to civilized society, but stayed in the mountains, started a family and started a business, and borrowed this secret road to smuggle some items to earn money and materials, so this secret road is a big secret of the Barack family. , and now this secret will help him realize his wish.

"Mr. Barak, are you saying that you know a secret canyon passage through the Dimea Mountains?" When Barak summoned the leaders elected by the dignitaries and refugees to his room, he told him about the secret passage. When it was given to everyone, the room immediately exploded, and everyone kept asking the same sentence repeatedly.

"Quiet, everyone!" Barak raised his hand to signal for everyone to be quiet, and then nodded with certainty, saying, "I know such a secret road, which can help you leave here and go to Lanxi."

After getting the exact answer, everyone couldn't help crying with joy, because the recent news from Miria City made them feel so depressed. Everyone felt a sense of despair that they would be destroyed at any time. Now Barack The news given is undoubtedly their only hope of saving their lives.

After experiencing a burst of ecstasy, everyone began to calm down. One of the active businessmen couldn't help but wondered, and asked: "Mr. Barak, since you know that there is such a secret passage, why didn't you..."

Before the question was fully uttered, someone immediately reprimanded the merchant: "Kron, what nonsense are you talking about? Do you still suspect that Mr. Barak has any special intentions?"

The other people around were also stunned for a moment, and then reprimanded the merchant for his rude suspicion, which made the merchant turn red and opened his mouth, not knowing how to explain it.

In fact, although these people are accusing the merchant of his rude and suspicious behavior, their hearts are actually the same as the merchant's, with suspicions in their hearts. It's just that Barak is their only hope to leave this ghost place now, and they dare not offend Barak didn't dare to annoy Barak, so he could only express his attitude to Barak by blaming the merchant.

"Everyone, don't criticize Mr. Kron. In fact, if it were me, I would have doubts." Barak had already thought that someone would question him, and he had already prepared his speech. After he rescued the merchant, he followed the Speech, explained: "In fact, this canyon secret road is just a legend of my family. I don't know whether the secret road really exists, so I didn't say it. Now I have confirmed that the secret road really exists, plus The situation here has deteriorated a bit recently, if you continue to stay here, not only will you be in danger, but it will also bring disaster to our village, so I decided to lead you through the Dibya Mountains through the secret road."

After everyone listened to the explanation, the doubts in their hearts were also reduced a lot. Although there was still a trace of doubt, it no longer affected their trust in Barak.

Among those dignitaries, there was a middle-aged man with a stable personality. After calming down the excitement and doubts in his heart, he began to think about the next thing, and asked with concern: "Mr. Barak, may I ask if the secret passage is dangerous?" ? Shall we go?"

This middle-aged dignitary is the younger brother of a member of Congress, and he is also a member of the Lanxi Chamber of Commerce. He is the key object of ingratiation for Barak these days, so facing this question, Barak also patiently replied: "The secret road Most of them are in a narrow and long canyon. There is a section of the road that needs to pass through the edge of an abyss, so it is more dangerous. As long as you are careful on other roads, there will be no accidents. The only other dangers are mainly some wild animals, because they are in the deep mountains During the journey, you may encounter some wild beasts on the road, I will lead a team of hunters to protect you, as long as your people do not leave the protection circle, nothing will happen."

"Are we the only ones leaving?" Someone asked again at this time.

"No, all the asylum seekers will leave." Barak responded: "The more people there are, the less beasts we encounter on the road will dare to approach, and the less danger we will have. Moreover, if there are too many people, as long as we are fully prepared, even if we encounter an accident , It’s much easier to take care of each other. If it’s just a few of us, if we encounter any accidents, such as injuries, it’s difficult to take care of them in such an environment, and we can only leave the injured where they are to die.”

Hearing Barack's words, everyone's originally relaxed mood became tense, and then they asked more specific matters such as what to bring, and then left separately, preparing to bring the news to other asylum seekers. And those few dignitaries also expressed in front of everyone again that if they reached Lanxi, they would definitely repay Barack's promise.