Jiangnan in June, like a child's face, the weather changes when it is said, and there are no light rains from time to time, which can still bring a touch of coolness in the hot summer. But who would have thought that it would rain heavily, and the road would become muddy, and people and horses would not know the depth as soon as they stepped on it, and they would slip if they were not careful.

With a soft sound, Liu Yu struck a match, a puff of white smoke floated up, and the slight smell of phosphorus and nitrate spread out, making him frown slightly. Speaking of which, this match was not brought by him, but was seized by the Tartar that they transported to the capital, and when he saw it just now, he was really surprised, but he did not expect that his original little idea came in handy here.

This batch of matches is exactly the one ordered by the Yuan people through the Ding family when he was in the capital, and the requirement is to be moisture-proof, so Liu Yu covered each box of ordinary matches with a plastic bag, which increased the profit of this batch of goods several times.

They are still in Jiankang Mansion, but they will enter the Wuya Mountains not far away, this is a village, the people in the village are still slowly returning to their hometowns, and many of the houses in it are empty, so they have temporarily recruited them. In this room, Liu Yu found that the people had faithfully carried out their orders and taken away everything they could, and the room could be said to be empty.

The firewood in the stove was just cut from the mountain by his subordinates, almost all of it was wet firewood, it was difficult to light it, Liu Yu used the fire oil brought by the car to make the firewood burn, but the smoke was too choking, and the house couldn't stay at all, Liu Yu stood under the eaves without a stumble.

"Tartar is really exquisite, he is not afraid of water, I don't know how to do it, Ziqing, you are knowledgeable, can you see some clues?" The studious baby Ye Ying and the technical idiot committed it again, and rushed over in the heavy rain with a box of matches that had not been opened, Liu Yu looked at his wet clothes and the bag in his hand, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

"How do you know about the things of the Tartars, if you are interested, you might as well ask the people in the prisoner car, but you have found the wrong person." Versatile? Liu Yu didn't expect that he could still be called this title, Ye Yingji obviously didn't bother with this question, and seeing that he didn't know, he didn't ask any further.

"Ziqing, this rain has been falling for a few days, and there is still no sign of stopping, there is a mountain road in front, this road has been walked when I came to Jiankang, it is fine when it is sunny, but now in this weather, I am afraid that the road is unbearable, not to mention that we are still carrying those big cars, what should we do, you have to make a decision." Ye Yingji looked at the sky and said worriedly.

Liu Yu looked up at the sky like him, human beings are still very fragile in front of nature, just such a heavy rain, there is no way to go in front of him, there is no need to turn over the map, Liu Yu also knows that if you can't climb the mountain, you can only take the waterway to go around, and this is definitely more comfortable than the land route.

"Gather everyone together to discuss and decide, it's not for one person to have the final say." Liu Yu made a helpless expression, Ye Yingji nodded, originally thinking that he would wait until he had eaten to find someone, but these people were more anxious than them, and when it was time to eat, Liu Yu's house was already full of people.

There are two purple-robed high-ranking officials among the three consolation envoys, not to mention that there is also a chamberlain who is said to be a close confidant of the Empress Dowager, and now the situation is obvious, most of the people present are in favor of diverting the route by water, but because the guards are in the hands of Liu Yu, they have to wait for him to nod.

"Let's do it this way, I'll go our separate ways, a few angels take those big carts to the waterway, Jiang Dutong takes people with him, if the rain road is slippery today, and the war horse is sad, it is better to walk along the official road, and a certain and his subordinates take these captive chieftains to the Guangde army, there are fewer people, and the road is not so difficult to walk."

As soon as Liu Yu's construction was proposed, everyone looked at each other, such a heavy rain, he still had to insist on going over the mountain, but as soon as he saw his expression, everyone didn't know how to convince him, Hu Sanxing, Ye Yingji and others knew his temper, and everyone's eyes looked at the waiter.

"Let's say a few words, Liu Zhige is not afraid of hardships and dangers, and it is also impressive, but if you want to take these Tartars with you, in case there is a mistake along the way, how can it be good? The official family and the Empress Dowager are still waiting for us in Beijing. The chubby chamberlain has a good impression of Liu Yu, and his tone of voice is relatively gentle.

"The big bell is reasonable, but a certain person is ordered by the Empress Dowager to fake others, I am bound to turn over this mountain, and if anything happens, I will bear it, and I will never blame you for it. Everyone's kindness is understood, it's not early, or rest separately, and set off early tomorrow morning. ”

Liu Yu quickly ended the discussion with an unquestionable tone, this matter was agreed, Jiang Cai looked at him full of puzzlement, but he didn't know how to persuade, what Liu Yu said was not unreasonable, his cavalry to climb this mountain is not as good as the foot soldiers without dragging, along the official road along the waterway, at least all the way is a prosperous place, there is no problem to find food and drink Lazar.

"How do those prisoner carts go over the mountains, it's better to go by land with someone, it's slower, and it's better than taking risks." Jiang Cai didn't ask him why he had to go like this, but just asked a practical question, Liu Yu looked at him and smiled, the two of them also met by chance, and it was quite fateful to say it.

"It's okay, it's all at this point, what kind of cars are you still riding, I want to smash those cars a long time ago, so that they can also taste the taste of walking." Jiang Cai couldn't help but smile bitterly, knowing that his persuasion was useless, he didn't expect that Liu Yu would be such a strange reason, it seems that this former Taishou hated Tartar to the bone.

Early the next morning, the rain was still pouring down, Liu Yu sent the group of people who took the waterway to the vicinity of the official road, and watched the team gradually move away, only then did he and Yang Xingqian beside him send out a knowing smile, God is really powerful, and actually gave him such an open and honest excuse to part ways.

Among the two subordinates, Zhang Qingyun's newlywed Yan'er, Liu Yu was also very considerate, and directly asked him to stay a few more days before going to Beijing on his own, anyway, the place where he went was not decided yet, and he couldn't help much when he came. The two walked back to the village with their own soldiers, and with an order, gathered all the foot soldiers and prisoner carts.

"Pull them all out, those cars were smashed by Lao Tzu, chopped and burned as firewood, and they were about to enter the mountain, and everyone had a full meal, so they had the strength to hurry." Liu Yu pointed to the prisoner carts and ordered, and when the foot soldiers heard such an order, they let out a burst of cheers, it seems that everyone has had enough, why should we walk, they can sit in the car.

Liu Yu is not very worried about these captives wearing wooden shackles, there are only more than ten of them in total, there are three hundred foot soldiers here, more than ten people look at one, and let them run away, then this soldier will simply be disbanded, what kind of strength is there to practice.

"Look at the front, it's a shame to say that it's a mountain, but it's just a small dirt slope, today, this official and you will try to see if this mountain can walk, and I still don't believe it, just this little rain, this little mountain, can make us have no way?" After eating and drinking, Liu Yu, like everyone else, was dressed in a lily coat and a bamboo hat, standing in several columns in the rain.

After some mobilization, at the insistence of Yang Xingqian, he led people to the front, Liu Yu led people to delay, and the whole team became a long column, sandwiching the dozen or so prisoners in the middle, and walked towards the mountains. Liu Yu walked through this mountain, knowing that his altitude is not high, and the mountain road is not difficult, but the road is slippery in rainy days, and he has to tie a grass belt to his boots, and there are disasters such as mountain floods and mudslides, Liu Yu regards it as a military training.

The county seat of Jianping, which was under the jurisdiction of the Guangde Army, was located at the exit of Wuya Mountain, and when it was about to get dark, the magistrate of the county suddenly heard a report from the county magistrate, saying that a group of people in unknown clothes had come from outside the city, all of them holding knives and guns and seemed to be fierce, and there were hundreds of people, so frightened that he trembled and wanted to abandon the city and flee.

Waiting for the people under the city to shout, and then hoisting the document covered with the big seal of Jiankang Mansion into the city, the magistrate knew that it was the officers and soldiers of the imperial court passing by, and hurriedly opened the door to welcome in, but he didn't expect that the leader was still a civil official, but that mud had made him far from the word Swen.

Passed through this mountain, in front of the plain of central Zhejiang, because of the water network, starting from Jianping County, you can sit all the way to Anji County in Huzhou by waterway, and the goal of Liu Yu's trip is only a stone's throw away from Anji, that is, the Dusong Pass at the junction of Huzhou and Lin'an Prefecture.

Almost at the same time as them, on the road from the other direction, a team of strangely dressed men and horses were also moving in this direction, saying that they were peculiar because they obviously looked like Han people, but they were wearing completely different clothes from the Song people, coupled with the strange banner, this was actually a team of Tartars, and they were swaggering in the territory of the Song people.

"Lian Shangshu, after Ningguo, Huzhou is in front, you and others are envoys, in my Great Song Dynasty, I hope to pay attention to words and deeds, the two countries are still at war, if there is any misunderstanding, it will not be good." A group of Song soldiers who seemed to be guarding them sent these people to the junction of the state capital, and a scarlet-robed official in the lead arched his hand to the "Lian Shangshu" and said.

"Thank you for sending me, Gui Yanlian has written it down, he will repay it when he has a fate, so please do it." This person looked very young, and he was actually called Shangshu, and the officials of the Song people were not polite, and as soon as they said "farewell", they took people back the way they came.

"Dafu, why do we have to take this path?" A man who seemed to be a deputy next to him asked.

"Because it's called 'Dusong Pass', after that pass, it is the capital of the Song people, aren't you curious?" Under Lian Shangshu's crotch is a good horse in the Western Regions, very majestic, he laughed on the horse, and galloped forward first.