Chapter 231: The Road Is Difficult (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
Bai Chen never believed that there was a natural emperor in this world.
What ordinary people can do, a prince can do.
No one is nobler than anyone, not even an emperor.
And Bai Chen will never get used to people, especially someone who has an enmity with him.
If Li Yucheng could be honest, Bai Chen wouldn't bother to toss him.
But along the way, Li Yucheng still can't forget his princely temper.
Then, Bai Chen taught him what it means to know the times and what it means to be under the roof.
Three days later, although Li Yucheng still had a gloomy face, he already knew how to do it himself and have enough food and clothing.
Of course, every time he saw Li Yucheng's face, Bai Chen would still be quite unhappy.
Some simple chores can also be completed by Li Yucheng alone.
Sometimes, they settle in the wilderness, at least Li Yucheng doesn't need others to help him set up a tent.
He can also easily set up horse feed, drive horses or load and unload goods.
In this way, several members of the team walked on the official road for nearly half a month.
The days on the road are hard enough to explain them, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are walking hard.
Even on official roads, there are still occasional robbers.
Moreover, most of these bandits who dare to rob officials are extraordinary.
Fortunately, everyone was not injured, and Li Yucheng has learned how to unite in the past few days.
His martial arts are not weak, but he is deliberately low-key on weekdays, so that everyone almost forgets this kid's cultivation, and he is not under Bai Chen at all.
"I've had enough of these hard days, and I would have taken the waterway if I knew the road. β
The first person to complain was not Li Yucheng, nor Luo Xian and Qiu Baixin. It's Bai Chen.
It's okay to encounter robbers in three days. This ghost weather is more like it is deliberately trying to embarrass them.
Walking and walking. Suddenly it was dark and then it started to rain.
It is important to know that even if it is an official road, it cannot withstand the rain.
Because of this rainy weather, they had to abandon the car full of gold and silver when they were on the road.
can be so domineering to throw hundreds of thousands of taels of trucks on the road, and only this pedestrian can be so easy.
If this person is unlucky, he will plug his teeth even if he drinks water.
The suffering of the group was only the beginning, and the next day a horse fell ill with diarrhea. As a result, he died suddenly on the way.
The three carriages became two again, and Luo Xian and Qiu Baixin could only squeeze one carriage with Bai Chen and Li Yucheng.
"Actually, it's not difficult to make the trip easier. β
This is the first time Li Yucheng has taken the initiative to take Bai Chen's topic, and in the past, he was a stuffy gourd with his face tied.
"Hmm, do you have a way?" Bai Chen looked at Li Yucheng in surprise.
In fact, in comparison, Li Yucheng understands the rules of the rivers and lakes far better than Bai Chen, and in comparison, Li Yucheng also knows how to be flexible.
At least he now understands that he shouldn't go against Bai Chen in the team.
"Your Highness......"
"It's called junior brother. Bai Chen interrupted Qiu Baixin's words.
Li Yucheng was a disciple of Bai Chen who took it upon himself to collect for Yuanlong. Although Yuanlong's martial arts are not as good as Li Yucheng.
"Senior brother, but you want to walk the aisle with someone?"
"What is a partnership aisle?"
Bai Chen's words immediately attracted a burst of disdain, but he was still a famous figure all over the world. Why don't you even know the simple jargon on the rivers and lakes.
"Generally, people who walk darts will cooperate with others because of their own defects, which is a partnership aisle, because of the same destination, and at the same time a choice under the premise of ensuring the safety of each other's identities. β
"You mean that we are walking in partnership with others?" Bai Chen asked again, but Bai Chen became worried again: "We are walking in partnership with others, what if others think we have other plans?"
"This doesn't have to worry about Master, we have a token to take the official road in our hands, as long as we find a town, I don't know how many people in Lu Road are begging to walk with us. Qiu Baixin said confidently.
After all, she is also an outer disciple of the Tang Sect, and she has a deep understanding of the rules of the rivers and lakes and officialdom.
"Not far ahead, there is a large town, where there should be a lot of passing caravans, so let's go there and find someone to partner with. β
The town that Qiu Baixin refers to, called Luoshuipo, is a fairly famous town, and it is a large caravan distribution center, because the town is located in an important place, so there are roads to other places on all sides.
Soon, after some screening, Bai Chen found a caravan bound for Liangzhou in Shudi.
This caravan was not small, and it also transported porcelain from the capital.
Although this batch of goods is worth a lot of money, this kind of goods belong to Asian goods on the road, that is, the kind of goods that are difficult to transport and difficult to get rid of, and the scale of the transportation team must be not small, so there will be no people on the road to look at it.
After the initial contact, the two parties decided on the intention of partnership.
The caravan is responsible for food, housing, transportation and safety along the way, and Bai Chen is responsible for the unimpeded passage on the official road.
The caravan is a famous Tang and Yuan porcelain in the capital, and this time the leader is the shopkeeper of the Tang family, surnamed Chu.
A chubby-looking and honest, but quite shrewd slippery head.
There are men and women in Bai Chen's group, except for the five brothers of Xiong Hao, the five eldest and the third coarse, the others are all white and pure, and they look like they are from a big family.
Especially Bai Chen, who is not handsome, but he is like the stars and the moon among everyone.
Let the shopkeeper Chu directly regard Bai Chen as the young master of a big family, and learn from others to go outside.
In the opinion of the shopkeeper of Chu, if this kind of person has not died outside for three years, he will definitely be regarded as a person when he returns home.
Of course, there are two results of wandering the rivers and lakes, one is that there is no capital, and you will be drowned in the waves of the rivers and lakes without knowing it, and you will never come back.
One is a little capital, thinking that he won't go back if he doesn't make a name for himself.
The shopkeeper Chu thinks that Bai Chen belongs to the former, is the rivers and lakes so easy to break through, how many people disappear silently after the big waves are washed away.
However, these are not what Shopkeeper Chu should care about, he is only interested in the official road clearance token in Bai Chen's hand.
You must know that Lu Dao, this official token is even the master of his family. There's no way to get it.
Especially since this time it was such a large amount of porcelain that was transported. Walk through the mountains and mountains at night. Where is it more comfortable than Shangguan Dao.
Since this kid can take a shot, it means that his family is by no means idle.
However, there is a dragon and a crouching tiger hidden in the capital, even if it is a huge Tang Yuan business, he does not dare to say that he can eat it all.
"Young Master Long, we are about to leave in half an hour, do you think you still have anything to prepare?"
In front of Bai Chen, Shopkeeper Chu knew how to measure things very well, and his tone of voice was extremely humble.
No matter what Bai Chen's future holds. At this moment, he still has to be respectful, and the eldest young master of the province is not happy, so he goes to find other caravans.
"No need, it's a lot of trouble for the shopkeeper to take care of it on the road. Bai Chen didn't dare to hold it up.
The biggest advantage of walking with a big caravan is that you don't have to worry about anything.
Even if their horses die, the people in the caravan will carry them to Shu even if they carry them.
Shopkeeper Chu was a little surprised by Bai Chen's affinity, in his impression, none of those sons and brothers in the capital were facing the sky. A dog's posture of looking down on people.
His heart suddenly felt much lighter, and he was still worried. If the young master suddenly falls ill on Bai Chen's road, it will be difficult to serve at that time.
Listening to Bai Chen's tone now, it is not like the temper of those pampered children of wealthy families, but it is also a lot less troublesome.
The caravan went out of the water slope and went to the official road, which was useless in Bai Chen's eyes, but in the eyes of the caravan's people, it was like heaven.
After all, I am used to walking in the deep mountains and old forests, and suddenly feeling the flatness of the official road is definitely the gap between hell and heaven.
Bai Chen and the others were still nested in their own carriage, and the carriage was driven by special people, even if it fell into a mud pit, there were more than a dozen big men helping to push the cart.
At the end of the caravan, there was also a carriage, but compared to Bai Chen's carriage in front, this carriage could be described as extremely simple.
There were two people sitting in the carriage, one of them was the chief shopkeeper of the caravan, and the other was a gentle and elegant son, who had a peaceful gaze, white clothes like snow, and a little powder on his face, which made him look even whiter.
"Chu Fu, can you find out the origin of those people?" The white-faced man's tone was calm, but he revealed a bit of the majesty of the superior.
The conversation with the shopkeeper of Chu seemed to be a casual inquiry, but with a kind of seriousness and seriousness.
While asking, the white-faced boy also filled the coffee table in front of the shopkeeper Chu, looking more modest.
"Young master, the water slope is too far away from the capital, and the news is not circulating, but the old slave has looked through the dignitaries and nobles in the capital, and none of them are surnamed Long, and there is no son of a big family named Long Xiaotian. β
"This name is naturally fake, none of those lords in the capital will vulgarly give their sons such an arrogant name. The white-faced boy said casually.
"The young master is wise. β
"It's just common sense, I don't know what to say, I think those people, the five brothers surnamed Xiong, should just be the family members of a big family, and they all have a little shallow kung fu, but they are not in the stream, and the two women are not good at martial arts, as for the two young ones, the slave of the little plum, it seems that the martial arts are good, and the eyes are sharp, it is definitely a talent cultivated by a large family, as for the boy surnamed Long, his demeanor is vulgar, but he is quite modest, it seems that the little plum is more like a young master, and the one surnamed Long is like a slaveγ β
"Young master, could it be that the two of them deliberately reversed their identities to give outsiders an illusion?"
"It's not, if you and I are reversed, do you dare to yell at me?"
"I don't dare to ...... the old anger," Shopkeeper Chu hurriedly responded.
"Don't think about it, presumably the two of them behaved abnormally, and it was also due to their personalities. The white-faced boy said flatly: "But that little plum is a talent that can be created, if you have a chance, you might as well include it in my teaching, he will be able to help me one day." β
"What does the young master mean?"
"Let it be, you can knock on the side, if that little plum has a handle in the hands of the son surnamed Long, then help him, if it's because of favor, then don't need it." The white-faced boy paused, and suddenly remembered something: "By the way, how is the situation over there in Shudi?"
"The three heroes and the four heroes are all gathered in Shudi, except for Mu Wan'er from the Tang Sect, those famous and decent people have already calculated the time and are ready to wade into this troubled water. β
"Three heroes and four heroes are not to worry, but it's a pity...... I didn't see the person I had my eye on. β
The white-faced boy sighed for a while: "If he is there, this event will be exciting enough, and only he is qualified to be my opponent." (To be continued......)