Chapter 11: A Chance Encounter on the Road (No Request!) )
Su Qi finally chose a very unexpected place, Ruyin County (now Fu-Yang, which should be Yingzhou at this time. The county was abolished at the beginning of the emperor, and the great cause was reinstated at the beginning)!
This place is neither the best in terms of geographical location, nor the richest in mineral resources, nor is its population and economy much more developed than other places, relatively speaking, it is relatively modest.
But it is the most suitable place for Su Qi to start.
First: there is a little bit of everything here, there is coal and iron, one-third of the mineable coal seam is coking coal, which is a good industrial coal, and although the iron ore storage is not large, it is an extension of Huoqiu iron ore, with good optionality and shallow burial, and it is not particularly difficult to mine, which is enough for early development.
Moreover, Chuzhou, which is more than 200 kilometers east of Ruyin, is the source of rock salt and calcium miscanthus nitrate.
Second: The environment of Ruyin County is relatively peaceful, not in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and it is not a famous county such as Xiangyang and Jiangdu, and there are no forces such as the Qufu Confucian family, the five surnames and seven wangs, and the four major gates, which are rarely eye-catching, so that Su Qi can secretly carry out it here, so as not to make everyone in the world known.
Third: Ruyin County is not far from the Tongji Canal, Yang Guang toured the Jiangdu three times, each time he mobilized the army and mobilized the people, and spent a lot of money, making the people on both sides of the strait (both sides of the Tongji Canal) miserable, and there was a mass base for revolution.
Fourth: the geographical location of Ruyin County, to the north can attack Shandong, to the northwest can cut the Central Plains, to the east can open up the sea mouth from Jiangdu and other places, to the southwest and south, can enter Hubei, Jiangxi.
While Yang Guangzheng was leading his huge fleet along the Tongji Canal to Jiangdu, Su Qi also began to prepare for his move.
In the manor, except for Su Qi and the little babies, all of them were slaves bought back by Su Qi, and Su Qi decided to go to Ruyin, as slaves, they naturally had no opinion.
Before leaving, Su Qi sent people to Ruyin, bought a good house, purchased all kinds of daily necessities, saved a place, and had to find a place to settle down.
When the people who went to Ruyin came back, Su Qi set off on the road.
In order to ensure the safety on the road and arrive in Ruyin as soon as possible, Su Qi prepared a total of more than 20 carriages and formed a huge convoy to move from Xiangyang to Ruyin.
Ruyin County is in the east of Xiangyang County, the distance is not far, only more than 500 kilometers, but they are now walking neither high-speed, nor national highways, and the ancient horse-drawn carriage is not a car powered by an internal combustion engine, and it is already very fast to travel 1780 kilometers a day, and at this speed, it will take seven or eight days to reach Ruyin.
In this era, long-distance migration is not a simple matter, large areas are undeveloped, high mountains and dense forests, many wild animals, large beasts can still be found in time, but poisonous snakes and poisonous insects may not be able to, walking, it is possible to suddenly jump out of the grass on the side of the road a poisonous snake bite you.
There is not only the danger of wild beasts, but also the danger from people, in this era in the wild to do business without a lot of people, maybe just passing by a certain hill, jumped out of a group of people shouted "this mountain is I to open, this tree is planted by me", to rob.
If you meet a man in the green forest who preaches morality and only needs money, he will let you go if he gives money to buy the road, and if he encounters a bandit who wants both money and life, it will be really fatal, especially if this world is still a world with martial arts!
Therefore, during the migration, Su Qi would release a drone every day to investigate the surrounding environment, and he did not dare to be careless at all.
The first day of migration passed safely, except for killing a few poisonous snakes and killing a dozen grass ticks, there were no special circumstances.
The next day, shortly after the convoy departed, they met a man who wanted to hitchhike with them.
This person was led to Su Qi by a slave, a middle-aged man, with a crown and a broad belt, about 1.9 meters, and his body was a little thin, causing the robe on his body to stand out a little wide.
This man's waist is straight, as if there is nothing in the world to make him bend over, and naturally exudes a kind of arrogance, which is not the conceit and pride of solitude, but gives people a kind of natural "pride".
It seems that he should be "proud"!
The middle-aged man's face is very popular, but his special temperament makes him very unusual, standing in the crowd like a chicken, it is difficult for people to ignore. Especially his eyes, bright and bright, but they seem to see through everything in the world, and there is a deep melancholy hidden.
This is a man with a story!
Su Qi made this judgment in his heart, glanced at this person a few times, did not refuse the middle-aged man's request, and said with a smile: "It is also fate to meet on the road, why don't you come to the car to talk about it, sir?" ”
The middle-aged man was not polite, and replied with a smile: "Okay! "Get into a carriage with Su Qitong.
In the car, the two sat down at a table, neither of them spoke at first, but looked at each other.
"This person's breath is like nothing, when he walked towards the convoy just now, every step was very steady, not to mention, the distance of his steps was almost equal, indicating that he knew martial arts, and martial arts must not be weak. But he occasionally has a slight disturbance in his breathing, which suggests ...... He's got wounds! ”
"Moreover, the color and thickness of the skin on his hands are different from the skin on his face, which proves that he has changed his appearance, which is definitely not his true face!"
"Who is he? What is the purpose of coming to me? ”
Su Qi guessed in his heart the purpose of the middle-aged man rubbing the car.
"It's really interesting, I met a wild martial arts master who didn't come in person, or a master with injuries on his body!" Su Qi kept getting all kinds of information from middle-aged people and making his own judgments.
When Su Qi was getting information from the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man was also getting information from him and conducting his analysis.
"This dress is made of fabric from the shop in Xiangyang, and the servant spoke with a Xiangyang accent just now, which proves that they are from Xiangyang.
There were more than twenty carriages, and I heard the voices of women talking and babies crying, indicating that this convoy was not a caravan, but a family was moving somewhere.
In front of this direction are Changju (Chungling-gun) and Hyunju (Huai'an-gun...... Such a large-scale migration is not like a close migration, so the place they are going to is at least after Xianzhou. ”
"This man's breathing is extremely steady, and there is no disorder at all? This person's martial arts are very high, and he is definitely a grandmaster-level figure. When did such a master come out of this Jianghu again? From which side is he from? Demon Gate? ”
Thinking of this, the middle-aged man's face changed imperceptibly.
"No, this person is not from the Demon Gate."
The middle-aged man didn't have the brains that NZT-48 had developed, and he could observe and analyze so many things from Su Qi's clothes, servants' speech, and breathing, although he mistook Su Qi for a grandmaster-level master, it was also extremely terrifying.
The two looked at each other for a long time, and then Su Qi raised his hand, hugged his fists and said with a smile: "Under Su Qi, I have seen Mr." ”
The middle-aged man also returned the courtesy: "In Xia Luqiao, I have seen Your Excellency." ”