Along the way, these dart masters told Zhou Hao interesting stories about the rivers and lakes in recent years, and the annexation of each other on the green forest and underworld, and Zhou Hao also listened to it with relish all the way.

In the evening, the dart team entered a small county town, and due to the war, the county was very scarce.

Zhou Hao only thought about whether he could ask for more money from Xu Yue along the way, so that he could live next.

Everyone found a pavilion, and the dart team temporarily stayed at the pavilion for one night, and they could arrive in Huai'an tomorrow night.

Zhang Dashan put a silver ingot of fifty taels on the shopkeeper's table and asked the shopkeeper to take out the best meal in the pavilion, obviously wanting to thank Zhou Hao for saving his life. The shopkeeper complained that in the war years of the whole small county, the people in the county town could flee and die to death, because the horse thieves continued to loot, the surrounding farmers went to the county town to sell their own vegetables fewer and fewer, most of them fled to the south, there was no good food, so they could only settle for a while.

In the evening, the dart master talked about Fengyue, how Huai'an's Oiran Liu Bingru made men drunk to death, Xu Yue told Zhou Hao that when he came to Huainan in the future, he would definitely invite Zhou Hao to the best local brothel.

There was nothing to say for a night, and on the second day, the dart team bought a few steamed buns from the county seat, and then got up and went to Huainan, because Xu Yue was injured, he still sat in the car.

The dart team walked along the main road, Zhou Hao only saw the dilapidated village, it was spring here, but there were a lot of barren land, except for a few fields where you can see green wheat seedlings, yellow tea seed flowers, but most of the fields are artemisia grass like forests, and even flooded the path.

Zhou Hao couldn't help but sigh at the reality of the poor life of the people at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

The dart team traveled for a whole day, and at night, a city appeared in front of it, and at this time, it was the sunset, and the towering and undulating city in the distance became more and more visible, Zhou Hao guessed that this might be the legendary Huainan City.

Sure enough, Zhang Dashan said: "It's here, Brother Zhou, there is Huainan City in front." ”

The soldiers guarding the city in Huainan looked at each with a Ming character written behind them from a distance, obviously this still belonged to the territory of the Ming court, and the flags fluttered on the city, Zhou Hao looked at this scene, and it really felt like he was filming an ancient movie.

Seeing that they all looked wilted, walking back and forth on the city wall, it seemed to symbolize the reality of the twilight of the Ming Dynasty.

Although Zhou Hao has the heart to save the decline of the Ming Dynasty, but at present, he is just a civilian, and he can't even solve his own food and clothing, although there are the most advanced weapons at that time in the box in his hand, there is no way, he can only have more than enough heart and not enough strength.

Thinking of this, Zhou Hao sighed.

Compared with the previous Dafeng Village, the county seat where they stayed last night, the momentum of Huainan City is much greater than that of those two cities, and the prosperity of the city is more than several times higher than that of the small county town in front, with many shops, and a deep historical atmosphere pours into the heart, there are not many people on the street, but it is rare to see a trace of war, which may be the reason why Huai'an is located in the south.

When Zhou Hao and others entered the city, it was already evening, lanterns were hung under the eaves of the shops on both sides of many streets, and after walking for a long time, the dart team entered a big alley, turned two alleys, and a huge mansion appeared, and the plaque read: Zhenwei Dart Bureau.

Zhang Changshan said: "This is it." ”

The powder walls on both sides are not many miles long, a vermilion lacquer gate, a copper nail the size of a teacup on the gate, two huge stone lions in front of the door, and a mansion with a good atmosphere.

Zhou Hao looked at this mansion and knew that Xu Yue had a lot of property, so he could ask for as much as he could, at least in two months when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, he would make more money, and he would have a place to live overseas when he came to live.

At this time, it was getting late, and the dart masters entered the compound and unloaded the darts.

When everyone in the mansion saw that the head of the dart was injured, they were all very surprised, Xu Yue pointed to Zhou Hao and said to everyone in the mansion: "If it weren't for this brother, I and this dart team might have been robbed by the horse thief." ”

Everyone thanked Zhou Hao again, and Zhou Hao was also polite to everyone.

Xu Yue ordered the kitchen to prepare the meal.

Soon, the meal came up. Sure enough, it's all good, all of them are unknown to Zhou Hao, but the fragrance is fragrant, and Zhou Hao doesn't feel that his index finger moves. The maidservants who sent the food to the top were all bright and beautiful, and some of them flattered Zhou Hao from time to time, Zhou Hao really wanted to hug one and sleep for one night, anyway, the social status of women in this era is not high, but because they are guests, they have to force their own **. After a strange crossing, Zhou Hao realized how illusory everything was, and he had painstakingly guarded the relationship for seven years, but he didn't expect that the other party betrayed him in the end.

In the evening, Zhou Hao was arranged into a side room. Zhou Hao took a look, the embroidered quilt of the flower mattress, the tassel of the brocade tent, Zhou Hao was tired these days, lying on the bed, feeling very comfortable.

Zhou Hao was about to undress and sleep, and suddenly heard a few knocks on the door, Zhou Hao opened the door and saw that a pretty maid was carrying a basin of water, saying that it was washing Zhou Hao's feet.

Zhou Hao knew that this was all arranged by Xu Yue, and it was indeed a little unaccustomed to others washing their feet, but it was better to be respectful than to obey their fate.

This pretty maid's slippery hand stroked back and forth on Zhou Hao's feet, and Zhou Hao surged from his heart, and he forced it down.

After the pretty maid left, Zhou Hao was most concerned about his suitcase, and quietly put it under the bed.

Soon, Zhou Hao fell asleep. At night, he dreamed that he had established a force overseas, leading his warships and soldiers to fight for territory with the enemy. One by one, armed with modern guns, he swept towards the enemy camp.

Zhou Hao suddenly woke up in his dream, only to see the bright moon shining in through the pane, and there was silence outside the window.

Zhou Hao shook his head and continued to sleep.

I don't know what time, someone knocked on the door, Zhou Hao woke up, only to find that the sun had shone in.

Zhou Hao got dressed, and Xu Yue ordered someone to prepare breakfast for Zhou Hao a long time ago.

Zhou Hao only thought that he would leave after taking the money today, and he didn't know how much money Xu Yue could give himself.

Suddenly, I heard a noise of people outside the wall, and after a while, dozens of big men came in from outside the door, all dressed in strong suits.

At this time, Xu Yue greeted those big men with the support of several people: "I am not effective in the dart, so I have waited for a long time." ”

It turned out to be a group of people who received the dart in Huainan, Xu Yue Baode This dart was from Cangzhou to Huai'an, and after arriving in Huai'an, the people from Huai'an came to answer and finally escorted to Nanjing.

Zhou Hao listened to the conversation between the two sides, which probably meant that due to Li Zicheng's occupation in the north, the tycoons of all parties felt precarious and transferred their property to the south.

After those people left, Xu Yue sent people to Huai'an to find the best doctor to treat his knife wounds.

Xu Yue was very grateful to Zhou Hao and said that he would let Zhou Hao live here for a while. Zhou Hao wants to live for a while, but there is no problem with his own box, there are many people here, and there are many dreams at night, so he should find a way to leave today and then make plans for the future.

"There is still an urgent matter in the future, and I may have to leave today."

Xu Yue was a little reluctant, but even if the other party had something important, it was inconvenient to be reluctant.

"This is a little bit of my heart, you can take it."

Zhou Hao finally waited for this sentence, and then Xu Yue took out a stack of silver tickets.

Xu Yue said: "This is three hundred taels of silver, Hongtong Money can be cashed, and there is nothing to be grateful for." ”

Three hundred taels of silver, not bad, Zhou Hao first pretended to excuse himself, and then took it, pulled his box, and came out of the gate of the Zhenwei Dart Bureau.

Xu Yue and many dart masters sent Zhou Hao to a long distance before leaving.

Leaving the Zhenwei Dart Bureau, Zhou Hao turned a few lanes and went to the street.

At this time, it was already morning, and people were coming and going on the street, and Zhou Hao was pulling boxes and shuttling through the crowd.

As for where to go now, Zhou Hao doesn't know, he can only walk on the street blankly, Huainan is in Jiangsu, not far from the seaside, but overseas islands to establish a force, Zhou Hao now feels that it is not so simple to do, can only take one step, count one step.