248 Long Walk
Hangzhou's inland river has nothing to do all the way, after all, it is the south of the Yangtze River, and the Ming Dynasty now has to rely on seven or eight out of ten taxes, and in the case that the north has been rotten, the Ming Dynasty officials will never let them finally have any waves in the economic pillar.
Therefore, when Wu Feng accepted the employment of the shopkeeper Zhao of Fan's firm, although out of a cautious attitude and let the shopkeeper Zhao feel that he Wu Feng attached importance to this matter, his group of brothers almost fell into the nest, but along the way, Wu Feng was not worried that there would really be any mistakes.
In the past, they may have been worried that there would be Japanese bandits in the Jiangnan area, but since the rise of Hongmen in the ocean, there has been no trace of the Japanese in the southern Jiangsu and Hangzhou areas for more than ten years, and even the original number of pirates and robbers on the sea are now two or three headless flies, but the entire Jiangnan area is the most peaceful time, except for the bandits and bandits who are rioting in the north!
However, the general mountain bandits and road tyrants, in the face of such a large team as Wu Feng and them, basically they are very conscious of letting themselves and others go over, and they dare not take the incident lightly, not to mention that his reputation for martial arts in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is still there, and most of the people in the rivers and lakes who are in the two provinces will give themselves some face, but they will not live up to his previous braggadocio with Zhao's shopkeeper.
That night, according to the existing itinerary, Wu Feng and they arrived at Hangzhou Mansion safely, and then after handing over the list of goods to another shopkeeper of Fan's firm in Hangzhou City, they had a good life in Hangzhou City.
Due to the fact that everyone had to hurry early tomorrow morning, Wu Feng was still quite conscious at night, and did not let the brothers below dye wine, and everyone did not have any other activities except eating and drinking.
The shopkeeper of the Fan family in Hangzhou also hired a group of rangers to escort the supplies, but because of the fact that they were fully staffed, the number of new members of the team was only forty or fifty, so the final right to speak in this team still belonged to his martial arts.
"In Xia Ningde Wu Qixian, please take care of the heroes in the next days!"
"It's easy to say, in Wufeng, Suzhou, I heard that Brother Wu is very familiar with the road to Fujian, and you will have to worry a lot about it when the time comes."
"As it should be!"
For the sake of safety on the road, the shopkeeper of Fan's firm in Hangzhou was increasing the number of guards, and also considering that Wu Feng and others might not be familiar with the local roads in Fujian, so they found a group of Fujian immigrants who were quite famous in Hangzhou and could also know some followers, and finally found Wu Qixian's group.
Before rushing in the morning, Wu Feng and Wu Qixian met for the first time, and they were a little embarrassed when they looked back at the group of sturdy but capable brothers in front of them.
"Then let's go, the time to escort this batch of goods is very urgent, and we can't delay it!"
Taking advantage of the fact that the brothers below were not too ugly, Wu Feng hurriedly spoke.
"Uh-huh! Everything is arranged by Brother Wu! ”
Wu Qixian is very knowledgeable and interesting, and he shows his identity and obeys Wu Feng's arrangement.
"Let's go!!"
The group drove the carriages that had been loaded in the city last night, slowly bid farewell to Fan's Hangzhou shopkeeper, and walked along the official road in the direction of Fujian.
There are all kinds of troubles on the road, and the ones with the most problems are the Wufeng group with the largest number of people in the team.
Originally, it was actually possible to take another section of the waterway, but after all, the nest of the Fan family was in the north, and there were also branches in several big cities in the south, so if such a large batch of goods did not have the help of the shopkeeper of the Hangzhou business, it would not be so easy to gather nearly a hundred carriages.
Don't look at Wufeng's group, most of them are strong men, but they usually rely on their strength to make trouble in Suzhou City, bullying and bullying people passing by in other places, but if they really want to let them hurry up all the way and walk seventy or eighty miles a day, it will really cost them their own lives.
The first day was okay, everyone gritted their teeth and insisted on persevering, but after getting up the next day, this group of inattentive guys suffered from the old sin, yesterday's persistence, in exchange for the next day, the whole kernel was sore, and the physical strength declined seriously.
On the other hand, Wu Qixian and his party and the guys of Fan's firm, maybe they have long been accustomed to long journeys, but there is wind under their feet along the way, if it weren't for the martial arts, they would have slowed down their pace, and they would have thrown off the seamless group for dozens of miles.
"It seems that we can't leave today, let's find a place to settle down at the front station, and when my brothers have recovered their breath, let's hurry again!"
Wu Feng himself is actually exhausted, and his body looks like he is about to fall apart, but as the boss, no matter how tired and bitter he is, he will never show weakness in front of outsiders, and he strongly supports himself to discuss with Wu Qixian and the principal of the firm.
"This ............" The head of Fan's firm was embarrassed, and he didn't dare to speak, but now the host of the caravan is this martial artist, and he is also not good at refuting her opinion, and finally can only remind the other party: "Martial hero, don't forget that we only have ten years to rush, but we must not delay!" ”
"I can save this time, and I will definitely not delay the right thing!"
Wu Feng nodded, how could he not know the time limit for this transaction, but no matter how much time he was in a hurry, he couldn't let the brothers fight hard, I was afraid that before the land arrived, his group of brothers would already be scattered!
"I don't have an opinion, anyway, there is plenty of time, let's just rush it back in two days after today's delay."
Wu Qixian didn't care, for he and his brothers, this journey was far less than what they had ever experienced.
"Then it's settled!"
At the beginning of the second day, the speed of Wu Feng and his group slowed down, but as Wu Feng's brothers gradually got used to the long journey, their speed slowly increased, and by the fifth day, the people and horses were able to keep up with the speed of the first day and complete the day's journey on time.
However, after all, the trip of the previous few days was delayed, and by the fifth day, Wu Feng and his group had not completed half of the established journey, and if this was the case, I am afraid that they would really not be able to reach Yuegang in ten days.
Wu Feng began to get anxious, this is a big matter involving three thousand five hundred taels of silver, and it is also a great opportunity for their brothers to catch the thigh of the Fan family in the future, Wu Feng is really unwilling to mess up this matter!
(End of chapter)