Hu Wei didn't expect Sumatra to mention this, and he couldn't turn around for a while: "Go to school, General, I don't understand what you mean." ．”

Sumatar took a sip of tea and said, "Well, that's right. More than 100 years ago, our Tianfeng Continent was jointly funded by various countries to establish an academy aimed at cultivating military talents--the Colombian Military Academy.

I want you to go to this Columbia military academy for a few years. ”

Hu Wei was puzzled: "I only seem to have heard of the Royal Cavalry Academy. ”

Sumadar explained: "The Royal Cavalry Academy is a military academy established by our Mandala Empire itself, and it only admits cadets from our Mandala Empire. And this Colombian military academy was jointly founded by various countries and is facing the entire Tianfeng Continent. The school site is not in the territory of the Mandala Empire, but in Tiande. It is not part of the territory of any one country. ”

Hu Wei pondered: "The general means that I will go to the Colombian Military Academy and return to serve in the army after graduation?"

"Yes, but you can choose not to. Based on your merits this time, it stands to reason that I should promote you to a pawn. Now you have two options. The first is to be promoted to the rank of the army and continue to stay in the army. The second is not to be promoted, and will be escorted by our Blizzard Corps to study at the Colombian Military Academy. The tuition fee is paid by the legion, and the living expenses are borne by yourself. You can go back and think about it and make a decision. ”

Hu Wei said without hesitation: "No, don't think about it, I choose to go to the Colombian Military Academy." "It's a good thing that you don't have to think about, and if you hesitate, you're a fool.

Yes, if he chooses the former, Hu Wei can immediately be promoted to a level and become a detachment captain with 100 subordinates. This is already a very good position for a civilian soldier without any background. Many people who have been soldiers for a lifetime may not be able to sit in the position of a pawn.

But this choice is definitely a short-sighted act. Could it be that Sumendal sent Hu Wei to the Colombian Military Academy just to save a place in the army? If he didn't want to reuse Hu Wei, he wouldn't let Hu Wei go to the Columbia Military Academy. Compared to this, a small pawn army is nothing.

At this time, Hu Wei didn't know that the same choice, a day later, was also placed in front of Qin Ming. As for what Qin Ming's choice is, just look at Hu Youshan on the road, and you will know. Everyone has their own ideas, and when they stand at the crossroads of life, only they know which way to go.

There was no farewell, no crowd, and not many people even knew where he was going when Hu Wei hit the road. When Hu Wei wanted to say goodbye to Zhu Daneng and Hongye, he realized that everyone, including Link Ke, had already been transferred to leave three days ago. As for where he went, with Hu Wei's authority, there was no way to know.

Patting the identification given by Sumatra, leading an old horse in the army, Hu worries about the breeze on his sleeves, and walks alone, there seems to be not much difference between a qiē and when he comes.

Tiande is in the southwest corner of the Tianfeng Continent, and Hu Wei has two choices if he wants to go there. One is to go directly to Qingzhou to leave the country, pass through Anrong, then turn to the Chihe Empire, then pass through the Sebai Empire, and finally pass through the two small countries of Guò, Baode, Xijing, and Tiande.

But this road is quite far away, the climate is extremely harsh, Chihe and Sebai are still fighting, and the danger and difficulty are very high, so Hu Wei didn't even think about it, so he directly abandoned it.

As for the other path, it is the road that Hu Wei is taking now. As with the way the gift-giving team walked at that time, when they arrived at the imperial capital, they continued to the south, exited through Youzhou or Jiangnan Prefecture, and then crossed the entire territory of the Ningnan Empire, and it was almost the same.

There are many advantages of walking in this way, the climate is mild, the roads are relatively familiar, these are nothing, and the most important thing is that Hu Wei can pass through Jiangnan Prefecture. No matter what he says now, he has the identity of a native of Jiangnan Prefecture, and he doesn't know anything about things in Jiangnan Prefecture, which is too much to say.

The road from Qingzhou to the imperial capital, Hu Wei is already familiar with the road, and there are not too many stories along the way. It's just that Hu Wei found that there seemed to be more displaced people on this road than when they passed by last time.

Hu Wei did not enter the imperial capital Longcheng this time, but changed the course in Tangsha, bypassed the imperial capital, and took a small boat from the river to enter Jiangnan Prefecture through Pangu. Hu Wei's destination is Liujiang, which is his hometown on his identity certificate.

"Jiangnan Prefecture has always been famous for producing grain and sugar, there is no snow all year round, the four seasons are like spring, there are two kinds of grain, the water is beautiful and the fish are abundant, and the people are rich. This is the introduction that Hu Wei saw in Taishi Gong's storybook, and it is also Hu Wei's first image of Jiangnan Prefecture.

However, as soon as Hu Wei arrived at Jiangyun, he found that the actual situation was completely different from what was recorded in the book. Hu Wei found that the people here have dishes on their faces, and they don't look like they are living very rich.

Along the way, Hu Wei soon discovered another phenomenon. There are very few men here, and most of them are either of no age, or are over fifty years old, or have incomplete limbs and have been ill for a long time. In short, there were few middle-aged men to be seen on the streets, and there were many women and children on the streets. This can't help but make Hu Wei feel a little strange, there is no war now, why is this happening?

There happened to be a tavern on the side of the road, and after walking for a long time, Hu Wei also felt a little tired, so he decided to go in to have a cup of tea, eat something, and inquire about the news by the way.

The shopkeeper saw Hu worrying and hurriedly stepped forward.

"The guest officer is here, please come inside, and there is a seat inside. ”

It was a woman who greeted Hu Wei, who looked like a woman. Hu said that even the shopkeeper is a woman, which is really rare.

Hu Wei asked, "Girl, there is fodder here, I want to feed the horses." ”

The female junior took Hu Wei's horse and said, "No problem, you are satisfied." Guest officer, please?"

"Hmm!"

Hu Wei walked towards the tavern. After the second female handed over the horse to the others, she hurriedly followed.

There weren't many people in the tavern, but mostly merchants who were on foot. Hu Wei chose the deputy window seat and sat down.

The female junior poured a cup of tea for Hu Wei first, and then asked, "What does the guest officer want to eat and drink?"

"Bring me a pot of wine, some beef, peanuts, and two dishes at will, a small pot of rice. ”

"Okay, please sit down, the food will be available soon." ”

After the female junior finished speaking, she went down happily. This is the biggest business she's ever made.

There weren't many customers in the tavern, and I didn't have to wait long, and the things that Hu Wei asked for came up.

"Guest, you've got your stuff ready. ”

Hu Wei stopped Xiao Er, who was about to leave: "Xiao Er, how about having two drinks with me, I want to ask you something." ”

"This"

The female junior was a little hesitant. Because of the relationship between being a daughter, there are guests in the Jingtang who want to eat tofu, and they will make such a request.

"Don't get me wrong, girl, I just want to inquire about something, nothing else. ”

Hu Wei said as he stuffed a few copper plates into the female junior.

When the female junior saw the money, she thought about it in her heart, gritted her silver teeth and turned over her hand, and put away the copper plate: "That's okay." I don't know what the guest officer wants to know, as long as I know, I will tell the truth. ”

Hu Wei took a sip of wine and asked, "I see that there are quite few men on this street, I don't know why?"

"The guest officer thinks he's a foreigner!"

Hu Wei nodded, did not speak, and waited for Xiao Er's next step.

The female junior continued: "We in Jiangnan Prefecture have more artists. A few years ago, Valencia the Great wanted to build the imperial mausoleum"

The female junior took Hu Wei's copper plate and spoke in great detail. Only then did Hu Wei know that the old guy in Valencia, who had just sat on the throne of God, transferred hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangnan Prefecture in order to repair his imperial mausoleum, which caused a large shortage of strong labor in Jiangnan Prefecture, which caused the current situation.

Leaving Jiangyun, Hu Wei went all the way to the hinterland of Jiangnan Prefecture, but when he arrived in Xiuluo, he did not move forward. Because the Liujiang he was going to had already been sealed off by the officials and soldiers. After inquiry, I learned that Liujiang was making a plague, and it was already ten rooms and nine empty

What does it mean to be sealed like this, Hu Wei is quite clear. With the current level of medical care, there are not many ways to deal with the plague. In order to prevent large-scale outbreaks, areas where the plague is found are generally quarantined. In the absence of water, food and foreign aid, whether the people inside can survive depends on the will of God.

Now that there is not much point in going in, Hu Wei has no choice but to turn around, turn to Zhouxiang, go out of Jiangnan Prefecture, and enter the Ningnan Empire.