The next morning, before dawn, the guests of the B house began to pack up, the little girl was still confused, carried the boy to the carriage, added a quilt, the weather has gradually warmed up, and she is not afraid of cold.

The boy knew that he was going to drive 300 miles of mountain roads today, and if he didn't leave early, he wouldn't be able to get to the next county seat after dark, and he might walk for a while. Uncle Zhao may come back later today, anyway, the road has been determined yesterday, and Uncle Zhao will definitely be able to catch up with them along the post road. Afraid that Xin'er Niang would be worried, the young man told the truth, Xin Er Niang was surprised that Uncle Zhao had traveled hundreds of miles for half an hour, could it be that this honest man on weekdays was also an immortal.

There are three main passages connecting Xinzhou with Dachen Guozhongzhou, of which the eastern passage is the only post road passage across the Kuaiqiu Mountains. Xufeng County is the last big city from the eastern part of Zhongzhou to the eastern part of Xinzhou, and the business travelers who walk the eastern part of the two states will choose this post road.

The young man fed the three horses enough horse feed, all drove on the wheel, helped Xin'er Niang into the car, and drove to the north gate of the county town, along the way there were many early pedestrians who were in a hurry to gather on the main road to the north city gate, near the city gate, there were already a lot of businessmen's convoy horses, and there were many carts, holding lanterns, playing torches, lining up hundreds of long lines, waiting to open the city gate, bustling and lively.

The young man had to drop out at the back of the team, and there were many carriages and horses lined up behind the young man not long after, the young man looked back, listened slightly, and generally learned from the words of these business travelers that the Kuaiqiu Post Road is about 300 miles in total, and every 100 miles is set up in accordance with the standard of the Dachen National Post Road, there are two post stations on this post road, and there are two inns around the two post stations, the post road in the mountains is more difficult to travel than the plain post road, some sections of the road have a steeper slope, the horsepower and manpower are not enough, and the unloading is light, and it is transported twice. Therefore, the travel time of the Kuaiqiu Post Road is twice that of the plains, and most business travelers have to stop at these two post stations, or camp around them.

Thinking about it yesterday, it seems unrealistic to think about walking 300 miles of Kuaiqiu Post Road in one day, since those regular customers of Kuaiqiu Post Road say so, the young man is not too worried, he bought a lot of items and food in the city yesterday, and bought two jars of wine from the store, which should be able to support three days.

When the hour came, there was a commotion ahead, and those who often walked on this post road knew that the gates were about to be opened, and the coachmen, who had just been in a daze, shouted for their cattle, and the porters were full of spirits, either picking up their burdens or picking up the handlebars, all of them eagerly trying to try.

With the sound of the squeaky city gate opening, the flow of people began to rush forward, and the young man also shouted three horses, as the crowd slowly walked out of the city gate, after five miles out of the city, the procession of these caravan porters gradually divided into three waves, the front was mostly horseback and two horse-drawn carts, and the middle was dominated by light cart porters, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians, and the rear were porters.

There are very few three-horse light cars like the teenager, so the teenager gradually caught up with the first wave of business travel, and then traveled five miles, the first wave of business travel gathered more than 100 people, everyone deliberately maintained the formation neither prominent nor backward, the young man thought it was interesting, and was wondering.

On the left side, a group of five people rode horses and gradually passed by the young carriage, three men and two women, all wearing swords, heroic and imposing. The first one is a big man, with a beard and a burly appearance, the other two are all strong men, and two women look like they are in their twenties and thirties.

One of the women, who looked like she was in her thirties, looked at the young man with some amusement, and behind the woman was a beautiful woman in her twenties with a long sword behind her back.

The five of them roughly reached the middle of the line of more than 100 people, and they heard the burly man say loudly:

"In Xiasu Feng County Zhenwu Dart Bureau Dart Division Captain Chi Arrogant, some old guests are recognized, our five brothers and sisters are responsible for this escort to Cangwu County, Xinzhou, we all know that Xinzhou has been attacked and harassed by the Great Yan State in the north over the years, the Great Yan State first let the Qiang Rong Iron Horse into the pass, impacting and harassing the villages and towns of Yizhou, and last year took advantage of the flood season to open the Yellow River embankment, flooding Yizhou thousands of miles of fertile land homes, the victims of the flood are several times more than in the past, and there are many howling mountains and forests, looting past business travel. In the Kuaiqiu Mountains, thousands of miles from east to west, hundreds of miles from north to south, there are many rogues. At present, the war on the front line is tight, and the officers and soldiers of the Xinzhou Department are busy with the war and have no time to take care of anything else. The government allowed the registered regular dart bureau to guard the dart in Kuaiqiu Post Road. ”

After saying that, he deliberately paused to give everyone time to reminisce about his words, and the five of them were also paying attention to everyone's expressions.

Half of these more than 100 business travelers had the experience of escorting caravans in the dart bureau, and they all disagreed. There are also many people who have heard of the dart escort, and some people have encountered this situation for the first time, and the teenager is the first time to encounter it, half puzzled and half strange.

I heard the people around me ask the old merchant with a calm face with doubts: "Big brother, do you know what's going on, is there really a robber in this Kuaiqiu Post Road?"

"There are indeed robbers, and there are also Yan State spies making waves, don't you see, our group of people are all gathered together to walk, our group of people are all driving by horse, there is a lot of oil and water, and it is easier to become the target of robbers. The bodyguards were available two or three years ago, especially last year, and basically no one dared to walk the Kuaiqiu Post Road alone. ”

As if he had heard the old merchant's words, the burly man smiled at the old merchant

After everyone was quiet, the burly man said: "Our Zhenwu Dart Bureau never buys and sells, from Sufengcheng to Cangwu County, to ensure the safety of people and goods, two taels per person, and one tael per car. If you encounter robbers on the road, you will lose 20 taels for each car of cargo darts, and whoever encounters an accident will pay 50 taels for the dart game. This is a voucher, in Cangwu County, there is our Zhenwu Dart Bureau rudder, which can cash in on the loss. ”

In fact, this price is also fair, Xin'er Niang heard it clearly in the carriage, so she said to the young man: "Poor family rich road, my husband used to be a businessman, and he mentioned the bodyguard, and we can do what others do." ”

When the boy had a plan, he didn't say much

At this time, the burly man said: "We will give the dart flag to those who have crossed the mountain with the dart game, and we are not reluctant to buy darts if we don't want to buy them, but please stay away from us!"

When you go out, everyone wants to be safe, especially those old businessmen who have already calculated the cost of buying darts, so they don't care about these few taels of silver. Of course, there are those who love the silver, and they choose to leave, but they dare not go alone, and slowly fall behind to join the second wave of people.

The young man handed the thirty-year-old woman not far away six taels of silver, and the woman looked at the young man: "Are there two people in your car?" Seeing the young man nodding slightly, the woman didn't say anything more, urging the horse to take care of the others to collect the dart money.

After collecting the money, the two men each picked up a bundle of dart flags from their horses, and planted them in one cart after another

This team of more than 100 people, with more than 100 triangular Zhenwu dart flags, was like a team, and under the leadership of five people, it advanced towards the Kuaiqiu Mountains in the north.

The boy looked far to the north, and saw the Kuaiqiu Mountains in the middle of Zhongzhou and Xinzhou, on the horizon, across the east and west, stretching majestically, and couldn't help but sigh at the greatness of natural creation.

Further, after walking for less than an hour, the carriage entered the mountains, and the post road became difficult to walk, winding along the mountain, and the procession began to slow down.