Chapter 232: The Road Encounters Heavy Rain
The thick dark clouds blocked the gentle glow of the sun, and it seemed that it would rain at any time, giving people a very oppressive feeling.
"This ghost weather, I'm afraid it's going to rain."
In a large caravan, a young man on a gray horse looked up at the dark clouds in the sky and complained, and then said in a loud voice to the people around him:
"Speed up and try to find a place to shelter from the rain before it rains."
This large convoy was Zhang Tie and others who came from Yan Kingdom to trade.
After watching the Oiran Contest, Zhang Tie made a deal with the other merchants, and left Seoul early the next morning to set off for his home.
As for the champion of the Oiran Contest, it is not Kim So-hyun, but someone else, another daughter of the Kim Mansion, Kim So-hyun's sister Kim Taeyeon.
Kim Taeyeon is much weaker than her sister, and her appearance is even more petite and cute, giving people a feeling of wanting to protect her.
In addition, the main target of Jin Fu this time is her, whether it is human or financial resources, they are all spent on her, naturally, Kim Taeyeon has become the champion of this year's Oiran Competition, and successfully entered the sight of King Han.
After two days of travel, Zhang Tie and his entourage have already stepped into Taikoo County again, and I believe that in a few days, they will be able to return to Biancheng County.
And during the two days of this hurry, Zhang Tie once left the caravan with more than twenty Wudang disciples for a while, clearing out the remnants of a group of bandits on the road.
Now, among the remnants of the fleeing bandits, only the ones who are still in South Korea are left near Niujia Village, and Zhang Tie is also preparing to take his disciples to Niujia Village when he is resting in Taigu County, and kill the remnants of the bandits who fled to South Korea, complete the tasks given by the system, and receive a reward at will, which can be regarded as making extra money.
Now Zhang Tie is more and more fond of system tasks, especially this kind of killing task, which not only consumes a short time, but also has rich rewards, especially this task to eliminate the remnants of the bandits, not only has a system reward, but also a bounty given by Taigu County, and the bounty is not low, which is equivalent to two rewards for a task.
Zhang Tie personally explored the way ahead, and after a bowl of tea, he finally found a place on the system map that could barely hide from the rain.
This is a small shed next to the official road, people can hide from the rain in it, and the terrain is relatively high, and the carriage will not be flooded when it stops on the road, in this situation where it is about to rain, this place is the best place to find at present.
After choosing a shelter from the rain, Zhang Tie immediately returned to the convoy and urged the convoy to move forward quickly, and the sky was getting darker and darker.
Half an hour later, the convoy finally arrived at the place where it was sheltering from the rain, and the soldiers quickly and orderly set up the wagon with tarpaulin, and tied the four corners of the tarpaulin to the wagon with ropes to prevent the strong wind from blowing the tarpaulin and wetting the goods.
After keeping the goods and horses, the people did not rest idle, but began to cut down the surrounding trees to build tents and collect dead wood.
Boom boom!
As soon as the two tents were set up, raindrops began to fall from the sky and thunder loudly.
In the small shed, both Zhang Tie and Deng Wei looked at the sky with a suspicious face.
"I'm afraid this rain will delay us a lot of time again."
"yes, it's going to be delayed for a few more days, this damn weather."
After the rain, the road surface will become wet with rain, and it will become difficult to walk, and most people will not choose to travel at such a time.
At this time, it rained a lot, which undoubtedly hindered Zhang Tie's journey, and the speed had to be reduced by at least half.
For Zhang Tie, they don't want to see it, and every day of delay, the more bored they become.
Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Zhang Tie knew that this rain would not stop for a while, and it might fall until night.
You can't just hide from the rain here, you have to do something, or your time will be wasted." ’
Zhang Tie stood up from the fire and shouted to Hon Hai, who was roasting and drying meat: "Hon Hai, call a dozen soldiers, bring weapons and hats, and go out with me to do something." ”
"Okay."
Reluctantly looking at the air-dried meat that was about to be cooked thoroughly, Hon Hai casually handed it to an archer beside him, stood up, and walked towards the rest place of the Wudang disciple next to him.
This is not the first time Hon Hai has received this kind of order, he is very skilled, and after a while, he came to Zhang Tie's side with fifteen Wudang disciples.
These fifteen Wudang disciples were all fully armed, and in addition, they also put a layer of straw on the outside of their clothes, and also carried a hat on their heads, which were all commonly used in the rain.
In this era, there is no plastic, and there is no raincoat similar to modern times, but although there is no plastic, in this era, there are skilled craftsmen who use animal fur to make rainproof raincoats, and the effect is also very good, and it can also keep warm, but the cost of production is more expensive.
It's a pity that Zhang Tie's fur last time was used to make leather armor, and he didn't make it into a raincoat, so he can only use the simplest rainproof tools at present.
However, for the physique of Wudang disciples, even if it is in October in the north, there is no problem with a little rain.
Although these Wudang disciples are still performing special tasks for the first time, everyone seems to be a little excited, they know that this time out, there will definitely be a fight, since they became the disciples of the Wudang faction, they are particularly eager to fight, eager for blood, because in this way, they will become stronger.
Holding the 'Broken Army' in his right hand and wearing a hat, Zhang Tie glanced at the sixteen disciples in front of him and took the lead in stepping out of the small shed.
"Let's go!"
"Yes!"
The uniform and loud voice responded to some of Zhang Tie's orders, and even drowned out the rumbling thunder, and the sixteen Wudang disciples stepped out of the small shed, turned on their horses, and followed Zhang Tie towards the northwest.
In small-scale encounters, the broken army as a short-handed weapon is still much better than the long-pole weapon honor guard Fang Tianhua halberd.
Niujia Village is only more than 30 miles away from here, and even if it rains, with the speed of Zhang Tie and others, they can reach their destination in about an hour.
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In Niujia Village, the icy rain hit the tiles, making a trampling sound, and the rain continued to fall into a sunken marble with the outline of the tiles, making a loud sound.
The water drops wore through the stones, and after years of blowing, the hard marble could not resist the passage of time, and under the lapping of the rain, there was a fist-sized hole.
Years of desertion have overgrown Niujia Village with weeds, many houses are overgrown with creepers, or there are black bricks on the roof, I am afraid that I will not know that there is still a house here.
Trample! Trample! Trample! Trample!
The sound of horses' hooves approached from afar, and after many years of silence, Niujia Village once again welcomed a group of special guests.