The northern part of South China is basically a gentle hilly terrain, and there are not many mountains, and even if there are, it is a very low one, and there are flat basins between the mountains and the mountains, so it is still very convenient to walk through them.

Zhao Hao thought that the road would be relatively smooth and he would not encounter any trouble, but he never thought that he would encounter trouble as soon as he arrived at the northernmost tip of Nanhua.

Because, there was a river in front of them, a very wide river, and the width was much wider than the widest part of the Haotian River.

Linluo, Linluo, it turned out to be close to Luoshui, at this time, Zhao Hao reacted, why is the elder here called Elder Linluo.

Luoshui is not ordinarily wide, and other places in Nanhua have no shipbuilding capacity, and Zhao Hao has not driven the big ship over, how can they cross the river?

Elder Nanhua seemed to have realized this problem a long time ago, and Elder Linluo had been following them, as if he was just to help them cross the river.

When the group arrived at the south bank of Luoshui, it was just after noon, and it was still very early, but they had to set up camp, because there was no way to go any further, and it was impossible for such a large river with a width of more than a kilometer to wade through.

So, what to do?

After the tent was set up, the Great Elder of Nanhua took Zhao Hao and Elder Linluo to the river, he looked at Luoshui, was silent for a long time, and then muttered: "Every time I cross the river, it is so troublesome, I really want to build a bridge on this Luoshui." ”

What are you kidding, building a bridge over Luoshui?

Zhao Hao didn't dare to think so, because this Luoshui was too wide, and such a wide river was definitely not an ordinary depth, and the deepest place was afraid that it was not dozens of meters deep.

How do you build a bridge with such a big river?

At least, at the current level, it is impossible to build a bridge on the Luoshui River.

Of course, the Great Elder of Nanhua only sighed, and he also knew that it was impossible to build a bridge on this Luoshui River.

Immediately after, he asked, "Linluo, how are you preparing?" “

Elder Linluo said without hesitation: "It's all ready, I've already arranged for someone to cut enough wood, and it's all dried in the sun, they are moving here at this time, and they should be able to move here tomorrow morning." “

I see.

When Zhao Hao heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised.

This has prepared enough wood, and it has been dried, it must be something similar to a big ship, but I don't know what kind of ship Elder Linluo's men can build.

This question was answered the next morning.

The manpower summoned by Elder Linluo is called more than one, Zhao Hao made a rough estimate, it is estimated that there are thousands of people, and these people are all carrying wood.

With so much wood, if it were used to build ships, at least dozens of ships could be built.

It's a pity that they don't know how to build ships at all, or rather, they can't build big ships like Haotianling.

They would only use the most primitive method, tying logs in a row with sturdy rattan to make a wide raft.

They made about fifty of these rafts.

That is, basically one raft for every three people.

Of course, they also brought with them a lot of horses and wagons, with at least four horses and one carriage on each raft.

Zhao Hao looked at the raft they made, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

This kind of raft, rowing across the river, must not exhaust the individual!

The raft is different from the boat, the bottom of the boat is at least streamlined, which can reduce the resistance of the water, and the raft is directly a square, and it is called a laborious rowing, which is not only laborious, but also very slow.

Fortunately, they still know how to make oars, and the current on this section of the river is not fast, otherwise it would have been impossible to cross such a wide river with this raft.

Elder Linluo organized more than 1,000 people to work for a day, and more than 50 rafts were finally completed, and early in the morning of the third day, Zhao Hao and his party began to cross the river.

According to Zhao Hao's arrangement, the guards were basically three people on a raft, plus two carriages and eight horses, and he took Ji Rushuang and Ah Yun and others to ride a carriage and Bailong's family on a raft.

After the raft was launched, he felt the difficulty of advancing to the opposite bank, and although he and Ji Rushuang rowed desperately, the speed of the raft was still far behind the speed of the current.

They were pushed by the flowing water, all the way to the east, and it took more than an hour to row to the opposite bank, and at this time, the other rafts had not yet docked, even the raft that the Great Elder of South China was riding, there were still more than 100 steps away from the shore.

There is no way, this rowing raft has to be balanced on the left and right, even if the strength of the Great Elder of Nanhua is great, the other person opposite him does not have more than 100,000 catties of strength, and the speed of the raft is still not fast.

Therefore, he and Ji Rushuang cooperated to row the raft the fastest, and the others were still rowing desperately on the river.

Driven by the flowing water, more than 50 rafts were scattered, and some of them were even washed out more than ten miles away.

After Zhao Hao's family went ashore, they could only wait by the river.

After a long while, the Great Elder Nanhua finally came over out of breath, he looked at the raft that was scattered and scattered, and said with a little embarrassment: "Haotian, why don't we set up a tent and wait first, it would be good for everyone to cross the river safely today." ”

Okay, Zhao Hao could only nod slightly, and then took Ji Rushuang and the others to set up a tent.

It was not until the afternoon that Zhao Hao's guards and the elite of the Great Elder of Nanhua arrived at the place where they camped one after another.

After crossing Luoshui, there is still a gentle hilly terrain in front, and there are many flat basins, but there is no excavated farmland, and there are waist-high barren grass as far as the eye can see, and there is not even a road.

On the afternoon of the fourth day, after setting up the tent, Zhao Hao set up a feast again, invited the Great Elder of Nanhua to the tent, and after being full of wine and food, he finally couldn't help but say curiously: "Great Elder, why haven't you seen anyone along the way, isn't this the territory of the Taihua Department?" ”

When the Great Elder of Nanhua heard this, he couldn't help but be quite embarrassed and said: "Well, this was originally the southern border of the Taihua Department, and the population was already sparse, and our Ji Zhou clan also ventured to cross Luoshui to create the territory of Nanhua, and before, basically no one wanted to come over this area." ”

I see.

It seems that this Nanhua territory is a bit out of touch with the Taihua Department.

Zhao Hao then asked, "Then how long will we have to walk to see the people?" ”

The Great Elder Nanhua pondered for a while, and then he estimated: "If we continue at the previous speed, we will have to walk for at least eight days to see the people, but now, with the carriage, I estimate that we will be able to see the people in about four or five days." ”

In four or five days, at their current speed, they can advance at least five or six hundred miles north.

It seems that this area is really not ordinarily remote, and there are no people for more than 500 miles!

At this time, Zhao Hao really realized the difficulty of traveling in ancient times, it took a day to cross the river, not to mention, there was not even a figure in five or six hundred miles, and he had to rely on people to open the way to move forward.