The convoy slowly followed, and when the last carriage of the Chen family's convoy drove into the mountain road normally, Chen Yongtian and Yu Quancai rode their horses to follow.

"People on our side always say that Lingnan is the land of the Southern Barbarians, but in fact, there is no shortage of materials here, Brother Chen, you say, are these contradictory?"

Chen Yongtian frowned slightly when he heard this, and sighed, "In the past, it was a poor place, but now it has become a place full of vitality and hope, and the main post roads in the state capital have been built into cement roads, which is an infrastructure that no state capital north of Nanling does not have, which is enviable!" ”

"You're right." Yu Quan is very envious of the post road in Lingnan, which is flat and comfortable, and is not afraid of any wind and rain.

While others are struggling through the mud, Lingnan's post roads can easily cope with any weather.

Chen Yongtian seemed to think of something, and couldn't help laughing: "Don't you know, I met a lot of caravans in front of me, they went to Lingnan to see the cement road, and then returned to the road like today, along the way, whenever the carriage fell into the mud pit, you can hear their scolding voice!" ”

Yu Quan listened and grinned: "This is what reading says, what is easy and what is difficult." ”

Chen Yongtian: "It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift!" ”

Yu Quan scratched his head, "Yes, yes, that's what it means!" ”

We walked all the way down the mountain, and in the evening, we found a place to camp, and everyone camped for a night's rest.

When they woke up the next day, they found that the road was covered with snow overnight.

Yu Quan hurriedly found Chen Yongtian, "Brother Chen, it's snowing!" What to do? Do we continue to descend the mountain while the road is not icy yet, or do we stay put? ”

Chen Yongtian walked out of the tent with his clothes on, looking at the snow-covered mountains, his brows were about to twist into pimples.

After thinking for a moment, he said: "In my opinion, let everyone hurry up and have breakfast, and set off immediately after eating." ”

When Yu Quan heard this, he was anxious, "Brother Chen, if we forcibly go down the mountain, in case we find that the road surface is icy on the way, isn't it more difficult to do it when we can't get up or down?" ”

Chen Yongtian patted him on the shoulder, "Brother, it's not that I disregarded safety and forcibly let everyone go down the mountain, but time waits for no one!" ”

When Yu Quan heard this, he sighed in his heart, "Brother Chen, what do you mean by this?" ”

Chen Yongtian pointed to the snow all over the mountains and said: "This is the southernmost part of Jingzhou, and it has snowed in the southernmost part of Jingzhou, have you ever wondered if it is snowing in other places?" If it snows, how much does it snow? ”

When Yu Quan heard this, his heart was half cold, "Brother Chen means that he is afraid that we will be trapped in the mountains?" ”

Chen Yongtian did not answer this question explicitly, but said: "If we rush back as soon as possible, it is better to be more reassuring than to stop here halfway." ”

This time, Yu Quan didn't say anything, but turned back to his team and arranged for the staff to make breakfast as soon as possible, so that everyone could eat and drink enough to continue their journey.

No matter how difficult the road is, you have to set off, it's a big deal to go slower and walk more steadily!

But fortunately, the next road surface is not icy, but the road surface is a little muddy.

By the time it got dark, they had finally made it to the steepest part of the mountain.

At this time, although they had not yet walked out of the Nanling Mountain Range, at least the road ahead was much smoother.

In the evening, the two of them got together to drink, Chen Yongtian took a sip of wine, and said with a sad face: "Brother, in fact, when I came to Lingnan this time, our family did not support it, but because I was reluctant to have such a profitable business, I always wanted to run again." ”

Yu Quan clinked glasses with him, "But the family is worried about snow on the road and delaying the trip?" ”

Chen Yongtian nodded, "This is one of them, and the other is because in Changsha County, before I set off, I had already found a small number of refugees who had fled from the north, and my family was worried that there would be more and more refugees, and even if I brought back the supplies, I was afraid that I would be robbed by the refugees on the way!" ”

"In this way, the situation is not optimistic, if it is robbed by refugees, it will really be a failure, and it will be in vain!" Yu Quan put down his wine glass, frowned and asked, "Brother Chen, what can I do?" ”

Chen Yongtian glanced at the bonfire outside, "I decided that the materials will be transported to the nearest Guiyang County and start selling, if they can be sold out in Guiyang County, it is the best, if not, they will be sold all the way, anyway, try to sell them on the road." ”

Whether you make money this time is secondary, the most important thing is safety, and it is fortunate to be able to sell the capital back.

"Brother Chen's method is good, our Lingling County and Guiyang County are adjacent to each other, if there are no refugees in Guiyang County, then the situation in Lingling County should be basically the same."

Yu Quan thought that in this case, he could lead the caravan back with confidence.

Chen Yongtian didn't feel much distressed about the cheap sale of materials, but he was a little worried about whether he could bring the team members back safely.

He couldn't help but think of the hardships of running merchants over the years, "In recent years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued, bandits and bandits have been running around to commit crimes, and there are frequent disturbances in North Dixirong. When do you think the world will stop? ”

"Who says it isn't!" Yu Quan mentioned that the experience of running a business over the years is also bitter, "In the past few years, from south to north, from north to south, are all people fleeing from the famine and desertion, we are lucky, living in a place with a developed water system like Jingzhou, if we also live in the arid north, we will really die!" ”

Chen Yongtian: "I heard that the north has reached a situation where there are thousands of miles of uninhabited, and this winter's snow has even drifted from the south, what do you say will be the situation in the north?" ”

Yu Quan and him looked at each other, their hearts were extremely heavy, it can be imagined that their hometown will usher in waves of refugees next, but I don't know if everyone can be lucky not to be affected this time.

The worries of the two are not unreasonable, in fact, after years of drought, the people in the north have fled, and many of the big families may have persevered.

But this white disaster in winter is undoubtedly worse, so that the wealthy family can not hold on.

In order to survive, for the sake of the continuation of their clansmen, they had to give up the industries they had run for generations and move south with the wealth they had accumulated over generations.

The small people in the north can't survive, and moving to the south has become a luxury wish, they have no materials, no means of transportation, and no military support, how to migrate from the far north to the south thousands of miles away?

In order to survive, the Shengdou Xiaomin had no choice but to join the ranks of the Liukou, which is why the rebels became more and more fierce.

Now that the rebels are so powerful that they can confront the army of the imperial court, you can imagine how terrifying their development speed is!

The people of the imperial court are panicking, and everyone is worried that after the beginning of spring, the rebels occupying the three state capitals will attack Jingzhou and fight into the land of fish and rice?

Or will it attack Yangzhou and force the Southern Imperial Court in one go?

In fact, it is not only Jingzhou and Yangzhou that are worried, but also Jizhou and Xuzhou, whose jurisdiction is on the border with Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou, which are occupied by the rebels.

What if, the rebel persimmons pick the soft ones first and annex them first?

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