Under the governance of the same dynasty, the quality standards for road construction in different capitals should be generally the same.

Like the Kyoto Shodo, the Koto Official Road has a solid roadbed, but there are some different places in it. Gao Qian, who was slowly driving the car, like the other drivers in the two cars, couldn't help but wonder when he saw the potholes and toad-like official roads in Hongdu.

This was something they hadn't expected before they set off. It's not that they live in the imperial capital and can't understand the difficulties of the different parts of the country and the prosperous capital counties of the city, but because they chose the official road of Hongdu as the first way to the west after leaving Kyoto, that is, they took a fancy to the easy road of Hongdu.

But what's going on right now?

If the scene in front of you is to reflect the local characteristics, it is even more difficult to say.

In the official road of the whole territory of Nanzhao, even if the official road of Hongdu is not as good as the Kyoto business road, the road casting process is improved to the extreme of contemporary times, it can also take the second place in the country. If this road is broken like this, the court will not fail to receive information, and Xiangye will not let his own group borrow the road from Hongdu.

Less than half an hour after walking on Hongdu Official Road, the middle-aged Lang Zhong who was loaded in the carriage at the end couldn't help but get out of the car and vomit for the second time.

Looking at the middle-aged Lang Zhong, who had a layer of fine sweat on his forehead and his face became a little unhealthy, he returned to the car with vague steps, and the driver who was driving the car couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart: He is still a doctor, how can his health be so bad? It's unbearable for a moment!

Seeing this scene, Gao Qian, who was sitting in the carriage in the middle and was in charge of driving the car, couldn't help but lift the curtain behind him, and glanced at Cen Chi who was sitting in the car with some concern.

Fortunately, although the middle-aged man seemed to be difficult to withstand the bumps on the road, Cen Chi, whose body was being violated by the slow poison, didn't seem to feel anything about the bumps.

Sensing a sudden light at the car door, Cen Chi, who was sitting in the car with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and just saw the worried gaze that Gao Qian threw into his face. A trace of doubt appeared in Cen Chi's eyes. But he didn't say anything.

Gao Qian saw the tiredness in Cen Chi's eyes, and couldn't help but ask softly: "As we get farther and farther away from Beijing, the road is gradually becoming rougher. After being bumpy for so long, does the gentleman feel uncomfortable in any way? Would you like us to stop and wait for you to rest for a while? ”

The man who was in the back carriage got out of the car and vomited twice, and the group naturally stopped twice. This not so good situation, even if Cen Chi didn't ask out loud, he could feel it.

Hearing Gao Qian's concerned voice, Cen Chi didn't immediately reply to anything, he just shook his head slightly. After taking a deep breath, slowly move yourself to the car door.

When Gao Qian saw this scene, he thought that he was about to vomit because of the carriage. His heart sank slightly, and he was about to call the driver on the side to take care of it, but he saw Cen Chi, who was lying at the car door, just observing the road conditions under the wheels.

Seeing a thoughtful look on Cen Chi's face, Gao Qian hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help asking, "Did Mr. find anything?" ”

Cen Chi withdrew his gaze on the road. Leaning on the side of the car door, with a puzzle on his face, he said indifferently: "It's quite strange to walk on the official road." ”

In today's world, although there are no major battles, a large caravan can also have a large number of horses. They also need to move around a lot, so they leave trails on the road. However, looking at the damage to the official road surface of Hongdu, it is not simply the result of a caravan passing by.

Unless thousands ride. Otherwise, it would be difficult to achieve this disaster. On such a hard roadbed, if you want to walk the horse, the horse's foot must be nailed to the iron palm, otherwise the horse's foot force will be extremely damaged. If a horse farm owner who raises horses for a living is driving his horses past this place, he should not choose to take the official road. Unless it's a military horse that is well-equipped in all aspects......

Thinking of this, Gao Qian couldn't help but be surprised: "This place is not far from Beijing. There's no way the military is going to move around this territory, right? ”

"There are also people from the military in Bailubo." After Cen Chi finished saying this, he began to slowly move into the car. Leaning on the soft silk pillow in the car, he took a deep breath and said, "These few days are almost on their agenda to return north, maybe they happened to pass in front of us." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, before the syllable of the last word fell, he suddenly heard a call from outside the car: "Boss Gao, it's raining!" ”

The call came suddenly, and Gao Qian subconsciously turned his head towards the place where the sound came from, but he quickly turned his head back.

He originally had his own opinion on what Cen Chi said just now, but considering that the sky had suddenly changed, he had to focus on dealing with things outside the car, so he only said to Cen Chi in the car: "Mr. rest in peace, and take care of other things below." ”

Cen Chi only nodded when he heard this, and didn't say anything more.

Because Gao Qian had just stopped the carriage he was driving, the two carriages in front and behind also stopped. Gao Qian got up and jumped out of the car, and saw that the drivers of the two cars in front and behind also got out of the car, shaking off a piece of oilcloth and covering the roof of the carriage.

Considering the long distance of this trip, when setting off, Xiangye ordered the servants to equip the carriage with some emergency tools. Each of the three carriages had a compartment at the back of the carriage, and in addition to two water-repellent tarpaulins, there were other tools such as knives and daggers.

After Gao Qian jumped out of the car, he didn't go to get the spare tarpaulin in the mezzanine of his carriage like the other two coachmen, he just raised his eyes to look at the sky.

The sun was still there, so that although the rain was falling, he did not notice it in advance. When he looked up, he saw a gloomy rain cloud roughly overhead.

This rain cloud did not stretch across the entire sky, so the weather became half sunny and half rainy. The raindrops seemed to have thinned out as a result, falling on some of the ground, and some of the raindrops could not reach the surface, and were steamed away by the sunlight in the air.

Gao Qian hesitated for a moment, then he walked to the front and boarded the carriage that led him. Seeing that the coachman had covered the roof with a tarpaulin, he motioned for the driver to go to the middle, and the two of them had changed parking spaces.

The driver of the first car began to cover the second carriage where Cen Chi was located, and Gao Qian, who was in the first car, took out an envelope from the inside of his shirt.

The envelope is made of tung oil-soaked paper, which is extremely waterproof. Gao Qian took out a piece of paper with several folds from the envelope, and unfolded the paper, with vertical and horizontal lines on it, only a few small characters, scattered and dotted.

This piece of paper is really a map.

In today's society, whether it is Nanzhao or Beiyan, the control of maps is very strict. Among the scholars, there are few who dare to delve into the geography of the country in a high-profile manner.

However, there are very few people who have a demand for tourism after all, and even people like Zài are probably used to asking for directions while walking. The people's demand for maps is generally not high, coupled with the restrictions of the imperial court, to have a reliable map in hand, if it is not a rebellion, it indirectly indicates that the identity of the holder is special.

The map that Gao Qian spread out in his hand was very delicately drawn, but it was not a bargain from the prime minister, which was obtained from the military, but was carefully drawn by a person named Lu She among the many guests in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Ordinary people can't do this kind of thing, and they will often have scruples about this matter because of some systems of the country. There are a lot of strange people raised by the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Lu She is a very inconspicuous one of them, but the Prime Minister's Mansion has always been good to Lu She, just because Xiang Ye knows that he has this ability that needs to be hidden very carefully in ordinary times.

Lu She's ability cannot be revealed, otherwise it will be unfavorable to him and the Prime Minister's Mansion. Lu She himself is also very aware of this problem, so he has always been very forbearing, and it seems that he has eaten idle meals in the Prime Minister's Mansion for many years.

A few days ago, Xiangye had a separate talk with Lu She, and finally wanted to use his specialty, so that Cen Chixi went to seek medicine. At the same time, Xiang Ye also revealed a desire to try to bring the famous poison doctor back to Kyoto if it was possible in the future.

With this mission, Lu She felt that his opportunity to serve Xiangye had come, so he took out the geographical handwriting he had collected for many years and drew a map as best he could.

This map is drawn in detail and meticulously, and even the prime minister, who has seen the military map, was secretly frightened after seeing the map drawn by Lu She.

If it weren't for the fact that this map was too detailed, if it went out, it would bring disaster, and this time Cen Chi traveled west, Xiang Ye would not have sent Gao Qian, who was his most trusted and the strongest of the ten generals, to accompany him.

On the eve of departure, Xiangye summoned Gao Qian, and in addition to telling him to pay attention to some trivial things that he might encounter along the way, he also gave a side order to destroy this map after Gao Di arrived at his destination.

Scanning the map unfolded in his hand, Xiangye's order quickly passed through Gao Qian's mind.

Gao Qian didn't know how much mental and mental power it would take to draw a map, he only knew that he had to strictly follow the orders entrusted to him by Xiangye before leaving. Although he soon felt that the map was so detailed that the land was almost full of mappers' eyes, he didn't think he would feel sorry for it when he had to destroy it.

Xiang Ye's order weighs more than one qiē!

After a few moments, Gao Qian folded the map and retracted it, and he had a clear idea of the route he was going to take next.

At this time, the rain precautions for the first two carriages were complete, and the rain seemed to be a little heavier, so Gao Qian took out the hat hanging on the inner wall of the car and put it on his head, and then raised the whip in his hand, and the three carts set off again.

The unexpected potholes on the official road and the sudden rain showers in the sky have caused a lot of impact on the speed of driving. Gao Qian's estimation was that his group could not reach Hongdu at the scheduled time, so he found a halfway stop on the map.

After continuing to walk on the official road of Hongdu for half an hour, Gao Qian took the lead and led the carriage into a fork on the right, preparing to spend the night in Tutuo Town, which is adjacent to the southeast corner of Hongdu.