Chapter 188: The Caravan Departs
Huang Zhong was a little speechless when asked by his daughter Huang Wudie.
"Well, in terms of age, Huang can indeed be Liu Xian's little brother...... Well, the little boy's uncle, that's whatever you want. Come on, Liu Xiangongzi, let's drink. ”
Huang Zhong pushed a glass of wine that had been poured a long time ago in front of Liu Xian, and raised his glass to salute.
"Okay, let's do it."
"Okay, I didn't see that Liu Xiangongzi was so bold in drinking. Dry! ”
Liu Xian drank a glass of wine, and suddenly felt comfortable.
is still the same sentence, Liu Xian has traveled to this Three Kingdoms era, and basically failed to find anything similar to his later life. There was no electricity, no internet, no all the various drinks of the afterlife. There is no entertainment, only wine, which can make Liu Xian drink the taste of the future. Therefore, Liu Xian has no hobbies, but he likes this wine.
The so-called wine color, for Liu Xian, this is back to this ancient era, in addition to because his mother told him about his life experience when he died, so that he impulsively vowed to regain the throne of the Han Dynasty and revitalize the Han family, Liu Xian's life preferences, or goals, are actually these two flavors.
In addition, for the revitalization of the throne of that or something, these are these. Liu Xian himself may not be too enthusiastic, but Liu Xian is in it, and under the general trend of this big man, Liu Xian wants to live more comfortably and want more. Then we must also embark on the road of hegemony. Otherwise, how can the wealth he created be guarded? Even if you have the heart to make better wine, how can you enjoy it with peace of mind? Also, if you don't have the ability to fight for the woman you want, or if you don't have the ability to protect it in this troubled world, then what's the use?
Therefore, Liu Xian only wanted to become stronger and develop his own power.
In addition, Liu Xian felt that he was just sixteen years old, and at this time, it was also the time to grow his body, so he couldn't covet beauty at a young age, so Liu Xian also tried to restrain himself in this regard. In this way, only wine is more comfortable for Liu Xian.
drank wine with Huang Zhong and talked about Huang Xu, and then chatted casually with Huang Zhong.
I don't know if I don't know this, but after chatting, Liu Xian found out that Huang Zhong was also an extremely talkative person, he told Liu Xian about the customs and customs of some places he had visited over the years, and from time to time pointed out a few words about Liu Xian's cultivation.
This chat is extremely speculative, and it turns out that everyone is a person with a more free and easy temperament.
Huang Wudie really did what she said, she didn't rest this night, helping to pour wine on the side, and telling her interesting stories from time to time. But most of the time, she was listening to her father and Liu Xian's nonsense chatting with her cheeks crossed.
At this time, Huang Wudie felt very happy, her younger brother's condition was finally settled, and he would no longer have to look for doctors and medicines in the future, and he would no longer have to wander around. Also, it's been a long time since she's seen her father drink so happily, and she hasn't even seen his father's smile in all these years.
She enjoyed the peace of mind.
At this time, Liu Xian gave Huang Zhong and Huang Wudie the feeling that Liu Xian did not seem to be a young man at all. At least, they all felt that Liu Xian's knowledge was extremely profound, and whether it was astronomy or geography, there seemed to be nothing that Liu Xian didn't know. Even, occasionally, Liu Xian would say a few subtle words that they had never heard before, or say something they couldn't understand.
Later, everyone had a little bit of alcohol, and they each climbed on the wine table and fell asleep in a daze.
Fortunately, the fire in this hall is still very hot, which makes the small hall very warm, so that they don't catch a cold.
In fact, the sky was not yet bright, Liu Xian knew that he had something to do, so he didn't fall asleep, and he naturally woke up at this time.
But when Liu Xian woke up, he found that something was not right, because he felt that his arms were soft and warm.
I quickly opened my eyes, but I found that Huang Wudie didn't know when she actually got into her arms and slept soundly.
Liu Xian was startled, and quickly glanced at Huang Zhong who was still lying on the wine table not far away, and seeing that he didn't seem to have woken up yet, he quickly pushed Huang Wudie gently.
"Dancing butterflies, dancing butterflies, wake up and wake up......"
"Hmm...... Don't move......" Huang Wudie was still dazed, and writhed a little as if she didn't want to wake up.
No way, Liu Xian had no choice but to reach out and itch on her soft waist.
"Gege ......"
Huang Wudie couldn't help but laugh all of a sudden.
Only then did she open her eyes, and this time she opened them, but she was shocked.
"Ah, I—How am I...... You ......" Huang Wudie herself probably didn't know why she got into Liu Xian's arms, at this time, she was really confused.
However, she didn't squirm like an ordinary daughter, and quickly jumped up at once.
"Yawn ......"
At this time, Huang Zhong also heard the movement, yawned and raised his head.
"It's dawn? Ready to go? Huang Zhong squinted and asked.
"Almost, let's wash up and go." Liu Xian secretly sweated, and he didn't know if Huang Zhong had seen the situation between himself and Huang Wudie, but he naturally wouldn't fail to confess and expose the matter.
"I—I'll go and fetch you water." Huang Wudie felt a little ashamed at this time, and quickly ran out.
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Outside the north gate of Yang's county, the acting county commander Wenshen and the county lieutenant Wang Bao, they also arrived before dawn. Especially Wang Bao, he actually didn't sleep all night, he specially brought a hundred officers and soldiers to guard the mountains of goods and commodities for Liu Xian at the soup kitchen outside the city gate in the north of the city.
And Wen Shen came out so early just to see off Liu Xian for his first time doing business.
Outside the city gate, it was not only Wen Shen who arrived, but also many women who were selected by Liu Xian to help bring the goods.
In order to make it easier for the women to walk with a large bag of clothes, Liu Xian asked them not to wear clothes that were too wide and long. His feet were the same as those of the caravan guards, and he tightened his wide trousers with leggings, and the wide sleeves of his hands were also tightened. In this way, it is more neat to act.
One or two thousand women, led by the guards of the Liu Mansion caravan, bustled out of the north gate of the city, and saw Wen Shen almost without losing his eyeballs.
These are Liu Xian's caravans? It's all women? What the hell is going on? Wen Shen is now trying to ask Liu Xian for clarification.
It didn't take long for Wenshen to wait.
Liu Xian and Huang Zhong came out together, followed by Zheng Bo and a carriage, and inside the car, it was naturally Huang Xu, who was seriously ill, and Huang Xu's coughing sound came from time to time.
In addition, there are also Chen Gen and Chen Shi with the twenty people who originally escorted Wen Shen to Julu, and they will specially guard the carriage in the future.
As soon as Wen Shen saw Liu Xian, he stepped forward as soon as possible: "Young master, this, what's going on?" It's all women, and there are as many as one or two thousand. Aren't they the ones who trade with them? ”
Wen Shen really has a lot of things to do with the county magistrate, and he didn't know much about this business.
"Brother Wen, don't make such a fuss. Now we have more than 30,000 people in Yangshi County, plus my Liulin Village. But how many young and strong people are there? Can you summon one or two thousand young men from them to carry goods for me? I have no way to do it. Fortunately, the goods carried this time are only some of the ready-to-wear clothes we have made, the clothes are relatively light, a woman walks with dozens of catties on her back, which is not too heavy work, and the key is to walk, after all, this is not close, more than 200 miles away. ”
"Didn't you ask me for a war horse and a carriage...... Uh, okay. Young master, do you think this is appropriate, then so be it. Wen Shen didn't know what Uncle Zheng was doing when he asked him for a war horse and a carriage, and he thought it was used to transport goods.
But as soon as he looked at the bags of wrapped clothes, he knew that a carriage could not handle anything at all.
Time was limited, and Liu Xian didn't explain anything more to Wen Shen.
When he looked up and saw that Liang Ji was leading Liang Si and Liang Wu to direct the women to line up and start preparing to carry those big bags of clothes on their backs, Liu Xian walked over.
Liu Xian stopped Liang Ji, and then said loudly to the surroundings: "Ladies and gentlemen, this time the business has worked hard for everyone, here, I will say a few words first." ”
When everyone heard Liu Xian speak, they quieted down.
"First of all, everyone should pay attention to safety, and would rather walk slower, but also help each other and never fall behind. This road has to go more than 200 miles, if anyone can't hold on, they can quit now, in addition, what happens on the road, we must also obey orders, our own team must not be chaotic or scattered. ”
"Secondly, I will ask the village chief Liang Ji to write down the names of each of you, and I will give you some money first. You've got all the money, right? ”
The merchants of the caravan of Liufu will first take out a part of the money to distribute to the people of the caravan, so that they can settle their families. In addition, there is no need for Liu Xian to say much about the things that merchants should pay attention to, and they have already explained to Liang Ji that they have made it clear to every woman who is willing to do business together.
There is a certain risk in business, and no one can say for sure what this natural and man-made disaster will be.
Of the 2,000 women, only about 200 were escorted. If they encounter roadblocks and robberies on the road, they can't mess up themselves, if they get separated in a panic, Liu Xian loses those goods, and they are worried that they will be poisoned by thieves.
Now Liu Xian has Huang Zhong, a super fierce general, accompanying the caravan, as long as it is not the impact of thousands of thieves, then the ordinary thieves will not be able to help their caravan at all.
What Liu Xian is worried about is that these women will flee in panic when they encounter an emergency.
"Young master, the old decay who should be confessed has been explained, and the old decay took out 200,000 yuan to distribute to them. However, most of them don't want anything, after all, the money is useless now, they just want some rice grain, but now our Liulin Village is supplied with rice and other food by our Liu Mansion. There was no need for this extra distribution of food to them. So ......"
Liu Xian raised his hand, stopped Liang Ji's words, and said with a slight smile: "That's fine, there's nothing else." We will take the big road this way, and I believe it will be safer. ”
"In that case, there is nothing to say. Everyone began to load the goods on their backs and get ready to go! ”
These women all responded to the chorus of the warbler and the swallow, and each began to prepare.
In fact, Liu Xian doesn't need to say anything, these young women, they are not the kind of delicate women. Basically every woman who has gone through hardships, but is strong.
They were all able to survive because of Liu Xian's relief, and this time they participated in the business, they actually had a desire to repay Liu Xian. Therefore, they do not have any demands for remuneration or anything, nor do they ask for anything. They actually wanted to send these clothes to the place Liu Xian wanted to send to Liu Xian.
The other thing to say is that these are really not heavy, except for the long distance, they carry this bag of clothing, just like they usually carry a five or six-year-old child.
Therefore, this time the business should be said to be relatively easy.
In fact, if it was a young and strong adult man, it would only take five hundred people at most to send this batch of clothes to Quyang.
But Liu Xian deliberately summoned 2,000 women and asked them to help bring the clothes to Quyang, which actually has another deep meaning. These will be useful when the time comes.
At this time, Liang Ji called Liang Si and Liang Wu over again, and this time the escort of the Liu Mansion caravan would be led by the two lords. Of course, everything has to be arranged according to Liu Xian's orders.
Now, there is nothing to arrange, and Liu Xian will not have too much hope for the current caravan guards.
At present, there are no such conditions and time for Liu Xian to conduct large-scale military training, so if something really happens, these guards can't withstand much.
The one who can really open the way for the caravan is Huang Zhong, the men and horses of the secret camp.
Liu Xian only explained some things that Liang Si and Liang Wu should pay attention to.
The two hundred or so of them were mainly responsible for maintaining order in the caravan and carrying food. That's right, a merchant corps of more than 2,000 people is actually equivalent to an army marching. In fact, this is also a test for the caravan's escort, a marching experience. The so-called three armies have not moved, grain and grass go first, this time, Liu Xian prepared food for about a week. About fifteen thousand pounds of food, so their burden will be heavier than the clothes that the women carry.
Liu Xian told them to escort the woman carrying the clothes along the road, and Liu Xian greeted Huang Zhong, said goodbye to Wen Shen, Wang Bao and Liang Ji, and went to the front to explore the road first.
In front, there were dozens of people from the dark camp waiting.
As for Huang Xu, he will follow the team and move forward slowly.
Huang Zhong also joined the army, but he didn't stay in the army for too long. And he didn't really fight at that time, so he actually only had theoretical knowledge about marching and fighting, and didn't have much practice.
Liu Xian thinks that this is also reasonable, a super master, a super fierce general, may not be a natural commander.
But that's okay, from now on, you can learn.