At the beginning of December, the solar term snows heavily.

"Whew-"

Nanyu Prefecture is the southernmost part of the Eastern Continent, and there is almost no snow in winter.

Wenwu raised his head and exhaled into a fog.

However, just because you don't see snow doesn't mean it's not cold. The south is humid, and when it is cold, the water turns into ice at night, and the frost in the morning melts during the day, and when the cold wind blows, the skin hurts as if it has been cut by a knife.

At this time, the sky is just dawning.

Wen Wu looked back, the faint mist had not yet dissipated, and the field in the distance was white. Taiming Mansion is more than ten miles away, but there is no trace of it from a distance.

It's time for Yuanwen to arrive.

Wen Wu pondered the time and guessed. This time going north, Yuan Wen also had to go to Taiming Mansion to take the exam, and the two were in the same car, and they parted ways outside Taiming Mansion in the morning.

At the end of each year, when I go north to Zhongzhou, all the conveniences will get together to make a trip.

The Daxing Dynasty stipulated that the tax money of each government must be sent to Hindu before the New Year to be included in the national treasury to celebrate the New Year. Therefore, at the end of each year, each province will send people to escort the tax money to Hindu, which is called Sui Gong.

Due to the magnitude of the matter, over the years, the task of escorting the tribute has been the responsibility of the military department, which is heavily guarded. As a result, this has given convenience to many people. It must be known that from Nanyuzhou to Zhongzhou in the north, it is thousands of miles away, and even if you take the official road all the way, it may not be safe. After all, the troops of each province are limited, and most of them can only guard the main roads in various places, and cannot take into account the poor and remote places. Therefore, at the end of each year, when the provinces send New Year's tribute, many people will take this 'free ride' to save a lot of travel expenses.

Among these people, in addition to the students who went north to take the exam at the end of the year, there are also many people from all walks of life. For example, Wanyaotang, Si Beast Fang, Yinzhuang, and vendors from all over the world, and so on. Because the end of the year is an intensive period for commercial banks to settle accounts, it is customary to carry a large amount of money to the north, and if you go alone, then the cost of hiring a guard is a lot of money. And set off together with the military department, even though the main task of the military department is to escort the Sui Gong, but if they really encounter thieves, they will not be able to sit idly by.

However, the military department, coupled with the forces of all parties, has hundreds or thousands of people, and no one dares to come to seek death. In fact, going back decades, I have never heard of any big difference between the team escorting the Sui Gong.

After all, the Daxing Dynasty has been established for more than 300 years, and although there have been occasional turmoil, the overall situation is quite stable. Needless to say, Nanyuzhou is located in the southernmost part of the Eastern Continent, which is a relatively weak place in the distribution of troops, but each province has private soldiers, but they are not vegetarians, so although there will still be some small thieves and small bandits, big bandits are rare. The kind of bandit gang with a scale of 100 or so people is already the top of the sky, and most of them are concentrated in the poor countryside, hiding in the deep mountains and old forests. And the army that escorts the tribute is often hundreds of elites...... If it weren't for the fact that his brain was in the water and he couldn't think about it, it was really hard to imagine that any thief would run out and rush into the military headquarters......

Wen Wu thought so.

The carriage 'cooed' and went forward, forming a long convoy on the official road.

This is the team of the Ten Thousand Medicine Hall. At the end of the year, in addition to the general ledger of one year, there are also a large number of medicinal materials to be transported north, adding up to dozens of cars, and the convoy stretches for several miles.

Wen Wu sat on the carriage and looked back. Starting from Yuanwang Town, I walked for two days to the outside of Taiming Mansion, and just met with the large convoy of Yaotang, and I was not able to enter the city, which is somewhat regrettable. However, considering that the main task of going north this time was in Hindu, Wen Wu didn't care too much, but just looked at the mountains in the south that were gradually moving away, and it was inevitable that he was melancholy.

This time, I'm afraid it will be 3 years later when I come back next time.

Wen Wu sighed 'sigh'.

At this time, a horse came forward from the rear, and Xu Xing patrolled all the way. Riding a horse was a middle-aged man, wearing military leather armor, slightly fat, with a round face and a short beard. This man was not very good-looking, but a large crossbow hanging from his back was very conspicuous, like the wings that were half a foot long, and the handle reached the side of the horse's belly.

"Ha, Young Master Wen, come out to breathe?"

"Morning, Uncle Li." Wen Wu responded with a smile. This person's name is Li Ma, the captain of the personal guard squad of the lord of Taiming Mansion, and he is also the head of the cavalry and archery battalion of the Taiming Mansion Town Army. The two of them are acquaintances, because Gong Yunfei sent a team of people to protect Qu Hong before, and Li Mad was one of them. This time to the north, Wanyaotang's convoy was escorted by him with the town government army.

Li reined in the horse and slowed down, parallel to the carriage, looked up and asked with a smile, "How is it?" Tired? ”

"It's fine."

"Haha, that's good. But it's cold in the morning, it's better to come out less to blow the wind, and there are still more than ten days to go, and it's only been two days, so you have to pay attention to your body. ”

"Yes, I'm just coming out to catch my breath, and I'll come down now." Wen Wu thanked him, "Thank you, Uncle Li, for reminding me." ”

"Hahaha, you and I don't have to be so polite. Alright, you have a good rest, I'll go ahead and take a turn. Li snorted wildly, waved his hand and rode to the front.

"Please."

Wen Wu replied casually, regardless of whether he heard it or not. Leaning slightly, he turned his head and looked ahead. The official road ahead twists and turns, and the procession stretches forward until it disappears at the end of the mountain. It has been about an hour since I joined the caravan outside the city of Taiming Mansion until now, and I have only walked more than ten miles. However, slow is a little slower, and it is better to be safe. After a moment's reckoning, he climbed off the roof of the car, returned to the car, and began to meditate. For the past two days, he spent most of his time like this.