Chapter 55: The Official Way

From the northwest of Xuzhou to the southeast official road, there are Luliang shop, Fangcun shop, Longtang shop, Shuanggou shop and other shops. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Ming Taizu set up an urgent delivery shop, and the first year of Hongwu said: "The urgent delivery shop, where ten miles set up a shop." ”

The shop is placed on the official road, it is like a network of blood, which not only ensures the timeliness of the delivery of official documents, but also provides convenience for pedestrians to rest every ten miles.

At this time, the official road position of Longtang Pu, a group of people are braving the wind and snow to come hard, they have men and women, old and young, their faces are full of fatigue and frost and pain, see the official road and shop from afar, everyone has a look of joy on their faces.

"Xianggong, that's Longtang Shop."

Zhang Chugong pointed ahead and said to Yang He.

Yang He looked at it, and sure enough, there was a shop hidden in the shade of the tree in the distance.

Yes, the official way, he saw the official way.

Only the official road has such trees in the shade, especially in the Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to the planting of street trees, the people of the time note said: "The official road of the Ming Dynasty, ten zhang wide, willows on both sides, mixed with locust. The official road is more than 600 miles, the ancient willows on both sides are towering to the sky, the green shade is strong, and the scorching sun can not be seen for several miles. ”

The boulevard lies across the plain, like a giant dragon, spreading all the way across the land.

Although it is almost the beginning of winter, the leaves of each tree are bare and about to fall off, but it is refreshing to see more scarce trees on the plains and a giant dragon in the shade in the distance.

"Hurry up and get to the official road."

Yang He gave an order, and everyone responded and quickened their pace.

Yang Hece was on the horse, and at this time he changed back into his original clothes, a green shirt and a cloak.

However, he wore a warm ear and was made of fox skin.

Warm ears are the first hundred officials to enter the court to wear the cold ear protection thing, the people, people, prisoners, Confucianism useless, but the end of the Ming Dynasty etiquette system collapsed, the court banned endlessly, not only everyone uses, but also developed a lot of styles.

Nowadays, not only the ears are covered, but also the hats are all cuffed, which is very popular in the cold of midwinter, and is used to protect everyone's ears and prevent freezing.

As the weather gets colder and colder, Yang He naturally wears a warm ear, and his dark red cloak with mink fur around his collar will not leave him for a moment.

Immediately, the wind was stronger, Yang He wrapped his cloak tightly, and he looked back to see the people in the group walking behind him.

Minister Yang walked on the left side of the horse without moving, he carried a copper stick, wore a military hat, and wore a cloak, and from time to time teased his sister Ying'er, who was wrapped in the basket and still screamed happily.

The cold wind gusted, and from time to time there were snowflakes, and he turned the hood of his cloak upside down, covering most of his military cap.

The same is true for the Seven Soldiers, a cloak like a cloak is very popular at this time, and when the hood is turned up, it can be used to shield the wind and snow and keep the head and ears warm.

They went one step further, they all had thick shoulder scarves, which were folded from the top of their heads, and the two sides were crossed and backwards around the neck a few times, and tied in a knot around the front, which deeply ensured the warmth between the ears and the neck.

Then put on the red hat and pull up half of the cloak hood, which is practical and beautiful, and has a deep way of survival.

Looking at the team, basically learning from them, all of them wrapped a thick long cloth from the head, wrapped around the neck one after another, and then wrapped around the front to tie tightly, deeply protecting the neck and ears, many people even covered their mouths and noses, leaving only their eyes.

Especially young and strong, after the shoulder scarf is wrapped, the head is wrapped in a black turban, which keeps warm and mighty.

In troubled times, everyone pays attention to protecting themselves, winter is coming, sometimes it may even reach dozens of degrees below zero, it is very important to keep warm, and the most important time to keep warm, the first ears, then the neck, and then the nose.

Protecting these areas may prevent frostbite and frostbite.

However, Zhang Zhugong didn't, but if Minister Yang covered the hood with a small half of the red hat, he carried the bird gun and walked on the right side of Yang He, pointing out something from time to time.

Han Daxia is still taking Chen Qiuao with him, and he once met the Hu Employment brothers who opened the way ahead, and their figures loomed in the weeds of the wilderness.

In addition to Li Jiale and other 16 people who were rescued in the bandit village, there were also some refugees and the team who came to vote for the two days of rest in the village, and the village bandit nest forces that originally collected money to buy the road sent people to accompany the crime.

They returned the money they had received to buy the road, and also gave some apologies, and in the two days in the village, Yang He received one hundred taels of silver, two stones and five buckets of rice noodles, and a sheep, twenty pounds of salt bricks, and five horses of Songjiang cotton cloth.

Obviously, Yang He's defeat of the bandits in the Bronze Mountain spread quickly in the surrounding area, but Yang He accepted all the gifts, and the people disappeared, these forces were too complicated, Yang He didn't want to contact them yet, and he would leave soon.

Yang He, a refugee who came to vote, received more than 100 people, and more than 20 young and strong people, all of whom seemed to be family members and honest people, and the rest Yang He drove them away, and it was very important to maintain the purity of the team.

It turned out that the young men of the baggage team were all incorporated into the killer team, no matter how weak they were, they were better than the newcomers, and the rescued men in the bandit village were also incorporated into a few, so that Yang He's killer team was full again.

The rest were later young, strong, old and weak, and they were all incorporated into the baggage team and other teams.

Now the number of Yang He's team has also reached three hundred and twenty-five.

He was on the horse, listening to the urging and scolding of Sun Zhaodi from time to time, and asked the women under his command to run faster, especially those newcomer women, who couldn't help but shake their heads.

Now the team has a lot of materials, in addition to the original large number of pots and pans, rice noodles and horse meat, and seized a lot from the bandits, there are 16 stones of rice noodles alone, and then two stones and five buckets of the account, at this time one stone is one hundred and eighty-eight catties, nearly nineteen stones are not small, relying on people to pick up, it takes a lot of manpower.

There are also silver taels, salt, cloth and other miscellaneous items, so in addition to the baggage team and logistics team, Sun Zhaodi's collection team also does not collect.

One is that winter is coming, and it is becoming more and more difficult to find wild vegetables, and the second is that there are too many things in the army, and it is difficult for them to be busy if they don't pick them up together.

However, although there are many things, no one dares to fight their ideas about the prestige of fighting with the bandits of Bronze Mountain.

After they set off today, twenty or thirty miles away, they had been peaceful all the time, and they were about to rush to the official road safe and sound.

……

Yan Dezheng walked behind the side of Yang He's horses, listening to the scolding of his Hun family coming with the wind, there were meat and vegetables, and then looking at the snickering of Luo Xianjue and others, he couldn't help but feel helpless.

His head and face were also tightly wrapped, carrying a package, and the five old people under his command, old and weak, were also carrying bags, which were soft inside.

The two old men in the middle carried the burden, but it was the two rosewood official hat chairs and two small desks.

Yan Dezheng needs a few cases to keep accounts, and Yang He can't always sit on the ground, especially sometimes he has to drink tea, and there is this equipment in the bandit village, so he naturally has to take it.

Li Jiale, an apprentice at the medical hall, was also in the group, wearing a cloak and a red tasseled felt hat, and because his body was still very weak, he used a stick as a crutch.

He carried a medical kit, but it was ordered by Yang He to be made for him in the past two days, and the cloak and felt hat were also given to him, as a professional, everyone didn't say anything, after all, the importance of a doctor cannot be ignored.

Obviously, Li Jiale also felt this kind of weight and expectation, even if he was weak, he would pick something from the side of the road from time to time with a cane.

And also......

Yang He looked at the back of the team, and a lonely figure more than a hundred steps away followed.

It was a man unclothed, with a torn cloak, a turban, a wooden stick, a broken crossbow without arrows, a broken dagger pinned to it, and an old, heavy package.

Typical wilderness outcasts.

This man was unkempt and had a very dirty face, and he could not see his appearance, but it could be seen that he was very burly and had quite thick hands and feet.

This man was very guarded, and if anyone walked, he immediately retreated far away, at least a hundred paces away.

It seems that yesterday this man was wandering at the bottom of the mountain, and today the team set out and followed again.

Such a man followed the group, of unknown origin and intentions......

Minister Yang also looked back, and he said in a low voice: "Young Master, if you want me to get rid of him, just one arrow." ”

Zhang Chujing also shouted: "Xianggong, let the little one go, a certain winged tiger, he will definitely not be able to hide." ”

Zhang Chugong touched the bird gun and looked at the man.

Yang He looked at the man for a while, and in him, he seemed to feel tenacious vitality and an inexplicable sadness.

After looking at him for a while, Yang He finally said: "That's it, if he is harmless, let him follow." ”

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Everyone quickened their pace, and after about two quarters of an hour, they finally walked onto the official road, and there was a burst of excitement in the ranks.

With the official road, this road is easy to walk.

Yang He also exhaled, at this time the road condition is actually very poor, that is, the road called the royal road, and it is often sunny days when the sand covers the sky, and the rainy days are full of ruts, and the mud is sunk to the waist.

Look at the road in front of you, it is a sandy road, and there are traces of the Yellow River rushing over, wide is wide, but potholes, the wheel traces on the road seem to have been rolled over for thousands of years, sitting in the carriage, it is enough to feel the smell of bumps and turns.

No wonder it is popular to sit on the bridge at this time.

However, with the official road, it is indeed convenient, the road has been smooth, there is no need to go around, and it is much easier to walk than sandy loam and depression ponds.

He looked around, there was no trace of people on the official road, there was a shop more than 100 steps ahead, and a few big willow trees next to it.

Han Daxia's five people seemed to have searched for the shop, and they came over and reported to Yang He that it was empty and seemed to have been abandoned.

Zhang Chugong frowned: "How can the express delivery shop be abolished, what about the delivery of official documents?" ”

Hu Cheng scolded: "There is no one in charge of the day. ”

Yang He was disappointed for a while, he rode over, and sure enough, there was no one inside, not to mention the shop, not to mention the shop, even the shopkeeper.

Not only that, but the wedges, sundials, and candles in front of the shop have disappeared, and it looks like this shop is not too dilapidated, and it should not be abandoned for a long time.

"Well, just rest here for a while."

Yang He commanded.

Zhang Chugong also said on the side: "Ten miles further is Shuanggoupu, which will definitely not be abandoned." ”

Yang He nodded, Longtang shop is abandoned, but ten miles away is Shuanggou shop, even if there is an accident in Shuanggou shop, go five miles to enter Suining County, and then there is Ma Qianpu, lame shop, wooden bridge shop, Xin'an shop shops, all the way to rest and supply are quite convenient.

At that moment, everyone rested in Longtangpu and drank some water.

An old man from the indoctrination team took off the rosewood official hat chair, and Yang He sat down.

He had no intention of turning back, but he saw that the man who followed him was picking up some kind of tool and was busy working in a ditch and a small river not far from the official road.

"Is it catching fish?"

Yang He's heart moved, it was not easy to catch fish in ancient times, and there were very few people who could catch fish, and the use of tools in the house was often not passed on.

For many homeless people, it is much easier for them to catch and eat people than it is to catch fish and mussels.

However, Yang He then didn't care, people who can survive in the wilderness must have their own abilities.

He looked to the north of the official road, not far from there, it should be the Yellow River.

He said, "Where is the Yellow River? ”

Zhang Chugong said: "Yes, the villain has walked this road, and it is estimated that two or three miles to the north is the water of the Yellow River." ”

Yang Daodao: "Go and see." ”

He has long wanted to see the Yellow River in this era.

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