Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Road Encounters a Robber
Walking along the river, the scenery is naturally good.
Listen to the sound of the waves, sit and listen to the sound of the clouds, but there is a bit of fun on the road.
Out of the old temple village and then on the official road, a walk is more than 100 miles of road.
Jiang Xiaoman's skills in driving the carriage became more and more proficient, even if he was taking a nap with his eyes closed at this moment, the car was moving forward steadily under Xiaobai's traction, and there were no bumps.
can be on the Kyushu spirit horse list, the spirituality of 'Luma' naturally has nothing to say, it is the most human.
If you talk about meekness and protector alone, it is only a fraction of the 'Red Flame Silver Fox', which is ranked ninth on the list and is famous for its spirituality.
So at this time, even if Jiang Xiaoman completely let go and lie down in the carriage to rest, with Xiaobai here, he was not afraid that the car would accidentally roll into the river.
As for the two 'Reckless Flying Sands', if they are pure-blooded, they still need to worry about whether they will take Lu Xiaobai.
But he is only a half-blood descendant, and although he has a fierce nature, he has to bow his head in front of the purest blood-dredged 'Lu'.
Beasts are similar to humans, docile and obedient to the strong.
But where there is a herd of beasts, there will be a beast king.
Horses are naturally no exception, such as the wild horses on the barren grassland, there will be one of the most fierce wild horse kings.
As for the two 'reckless flying sands', Xiaobai is now their 'king'.
I don't know if the wheels bumped on the stones or something, but the carriage couldn't help but shake a little.
Ji Xiaoyue and Xiao Ying, who were sitting peacefully in the carriage at this time, naturally didn't feel much, but they woke Jiang Xiaoman up from his fugue.
Shaking his head, he yawned lazily.
Jiang Xiaoman raised his head and looked ahead, and now he gradually entered a more desolate section of the road above the official road.
The official roads of the Great Xia Dynasty in the Southern Regions can be said to extend in all directions, and it should be the first among the five regions.
But even so, it is still unavoidable that in the area where there are few people, the official road is unattended.
If no one takes care of it, it will gradually become barren.
Except for the fact that the local government will arrange manpower maintenance every year and a half, most of the time, it is not much different from the mountain desert road.
Perhaps the biggest difference is that these half-barren and half-populated official roads are smoother than those real mountain roads, because the carriages and horses between merchants from the south to the north are smoother.
Such a section of the road is undoubtedly quite a paradise for the mountain bandits and bandits who travel to and from various places to make a living by robbing and trading.
For those ordinary mountain bandits and road fighters, Jiang Xiaoman is naturally not afraid.
On the contrary, he was still somewhat looking forward to coming to one or two gangs of thieves to practice his hands.
Hero, how can there be a reason not to eliminate evil?
Now that they are gradually entering the deserted road, the carriages and horses are gradually becoming scarce.
Most traders are reluctant to take such a section.
Most of them choose to detour to the wharf that runs every few hundred miles by the river, and take the waterway to the north or south.
Rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the water to eat the water.
Most of the large and small cities along the Lancang River are engaged in water-related work.
Therefore, these large wharves and small wharves are also the most developed in terms of water transportation.
Compared to those waterways on the Grand Canal in the hinterland of the dynasty, they are not far behind.
The waterway is developed, and the large and small ships on the river are also developed.
For example, those merchants who travel to and from the Five Regions often choose to go to the wharf with people and horses to take a thousand-foot boat along the waterway when it is difficult to walk on land.
Most of the buildings on the Lancang River are built with reference to the 'Iron Ink Flywheel' designed by the Mo family, who is famous for his mechanical skills among the 'Thirty-six Schools', and it is extremely majestic.
Originally, Jiang Xiaoman also planned to drive the carriage to the nearest wharf to Laomiao Village and go north along the waterway.
After all, Vermilion Bird City is close to the wilderness and far away from the Lancang River, and he hasn't been on a big boat a few times since he was a child.
That is, when he was a teenager, he and Sister Moli were taken by their parents and parents, and they swam in a bamboo boat on the 'Guanyu Lake' in Vermilion Bird City.
For taking a boat trip to the river, for Jiang Xiaoman, it is undoubtedly equivalent to the yearning for the rivers and lakes when he was not in the rivers and lakes, and he was full of interest.
Ji Xiaoyue is the same, the little girl grew up in Fancheng since she was a child, but she has never really gone far away.
I have seen a lot of streams and rivers, and there is one outside the grass hut where the ghost mother-in-law lives, and the deepest part can reach the little girl's knees.
When I was a child, I swam in the stream a few times, but if I said that the real river was also the first time I saw it when I followed the boy to the north and encountered Lancang.
Among the three, if you want to say that she doesn't care about the boat, she is Miss Xiao.
When Xiao Ying followed Mo Yu from the Central Regions to the Southern Regions, she crossed the Huaishui River by boat along the Huaishui River that connected the two regions, all the way south.
Moreover, she was more or less seasick, and as soon as she got on the boat, she felt uncomfortable.
This is true even on the ship that is as flat as the ground.
Right now, there is only less than a month and a half left before Dugu Yin's ten-year appointment with the son of the Northern Qin God Killer.
But going back and forth and boarding the ship again and again will inevitably take a lot of time compared to the land route.
Taking into account Miss Xiao's feelings, the three finally decided to go by land.
Those hardships for ordinary merchants really don't matter to Jiang Xiaoman.
Unless there is really the peerless Dakou on the list standing in the way.
Otherwise, it's not a matter of picking up with one shot, and by the way, you can rob the rich and help the poor or something.
Although Jiang Xiaoman now has a lot of silver on him, it is enough for him to be able to eat and drink for a while even if he enters Northern Qin, without worrying about food and clothing.
But no one will think that there is a lot of silver, and it is good to get more silver to be around.
In the Jiang family, there will be many peerless Tianjiao born in each generation, and there have also been many shrewd businessmen.
The vast Southern Regions cannot be stabilized by force alone.
Especially, when dealing with the other four domains.
Sometimes, the identity of a merchant is easier than that of a child of the Jiang clan in Great Xia.
In Kyushu, it doesn't matter if it's visible or invisible.
As long as it is beneficial to the dynasty, there are businessmen who dare to sell it, and there are businessmen who dare to buy it.
This has also created that in addition to the many strong people in the army, there must also be many proud sons in the business world.
But it's a pity that Jiang Xiaoman, who was born in the Overseer's Mansion in Vermilion Bird City, is destined not to be a shrewd businessman.
has been used to holding a gun since he was a child, and how can he grasp the abacus that weighs no more than a hundred taels.
And he never thought that he would be a very shrewd businessman.
But walking the rivers and lakes, you want to be a hero and become famous in the world, but silver is always indispensable.
Without silver, you won't be able to wear dusty clothes.
You can't buy a fine foal without money.
A foal that is not only good will naturally not reflect your dusty outfit.
The so-called man depends on clothing, and horses rely on saddles.
I really haven't heard of a world-famous hero, who is really a poor bastard.
Which hero is not dressed in fluttering clothes and dancing with long swords when he appears.
If you add fragrance to the red sleeves again, it will undoubtedly be better.
When he came out of Vermilion Bird City, Jiang Xiaoman was still unimpressed.
But since he left Fancheng, along the way, he has become more and more convinced.
Being a hero really has to be a technical job.
It's not just a good skin, it's mainly about temperament.
And the temperament has to be set off by silver.
In this world, there are many handsome people, but what about being handsome?
Can you pay for food with your face?
Can you pay with your face when you drink alcohol?
I just want to have one or two confidantes and a good name for adding fragrance to my red sleeves.
Unless it's soft rice, there will also be a shortage of silver......
If you don't have money, how can you go further on the road to fame in the world?
With silver, we can be a temperamental hero.
Well, enough silver.
Even now Jiang Xiaoman has enough silver, enough for him to buy the best horses, the most dusty clothes, live in the best inns, eat the best restaurants, and drink the strongest wine.
But since the last time I was in Fancheng, I was pitted by Ji Xiaoyue's ruined girl to gnaw sweet potatoes all the way to Jincheng.
He will still feel that there is too little, not enough, far from enough.
Therefore, this time all the way north, you can only rely on unconventional means to earn silver.
Jiang Xiaoman turned his head and glanced at the carriage, at this moment, Xiao Tang's head was leaning on the window on the left side of the carriage and sleeping soundly, and the girl surnamed Xiao was curled up at the other end of the carriage, covered with a white fox robe, her eyes closed lightly, and she made an even breathing sound.
Jiang Xiaoman's eyes were fixed on the fox robe, and he said secretly in his heart, "I don't know if it's the one mentioned in the lyrics when I listened to Miss Xiao's song last time!"
Soon after leaving Laomiao Village, he sent the two letters in the post station.
One for my father and one for my mother.
The post stations in Bactria had different specifications for letters, and the amount of silver paid was also different.
Among them, the falcon and goshawk are the most expensive.
A letter that weighs less than one or two is a real tael of gold.
However, this speed is a lot faster than that of ordinary horses.
The flying falcon and the goshawk are both overlords of the sky, especially those who have cultivated their spiritual wisdom with pills.
As long as you don't go out of the Southern Regions, send it in the morning, and the recipient will be able to get it in the evening.
As for the other four domains, the slowest is only three days, but the price has to be increased by five or six times.
If you use ordinary horses to send the mail, it will take half a month at the earliest.
Although he had silver, Jiang Xiaoman lingered at the post station for a long time.
In the end, it was decided to use ordinary horses to send these two 'family letters', which were extremely likely to cause a century war in the family.
However, the letter to Jiang Yao, he finally decided to send it by an eight-hundred-mile horse.
Counting the time, it will arrive a few days earlier than the letter from my mother.
This kind of thing is not in a hurry, and it can be delayed.
"Daddy, being a son can only help you get here......"
Jiang Xiaoman shook his head, flicked the reins in his hand, and whispered to himself and floated forward.
Places near water are always prone to fog, especially along the Lancang River in autumn.
If there is a green mountain on the shore, and the mountain peaks block the water vapor, the fog will become even heavier.
On the desert road, in the white mist, many things can be done.
It is not suitable for businessmen and tourists, but it is very suitable for the bandits to block the road to do the business.
Jiang Xiaoman's carriage finally broke away from the official road and entered the foggy wasteland.
Before I knew it, the water vapor in the air was also much larger.
Don't rush on a foggy day, this is the most simple and understandable truth on the rivers and lakes.
The young man who drove the carriage slowly forward with a gun magazine on his back certainly understood this truth.
He didn't care, though.
Flicking the reins in his hand, the carriage, led by three good horses, sped through the mist.
Although it is autumn, but in the place near the mountains and water, this flower is still blooming very well.
Flowers are not flowers, fog is not fog.
The hazy feeling that you can't see through at a glance is not like this incomparably deep river and lake.
Earlier, when he was in Laomiao Village, he recalled the dream of that day.
This dream scene naturally echoes in my mind.
But this dream was intermittent, and he could only remember the old man who was supposed to be called his grandfather in that dream and taught him the Fa.
But in the first half of the dream, I can't remember any of it.
But whenever I try to recall, a throbbing feeling rises in my heart for no reason.
The sadness of powerlessness and desolation almost suffocated him.
But I just can't remember why.
I felt that something was forcing him to move forward without the slightest way out.
If you retreat, you may lose your most precious thing.
Jiang Xiaoman didn't know what it was, but he knew that it must be something that was enough to make his heart die and hurt.
Fortunately, he is optimistic by nature, and he can't think about it.
It doesn't matter what he will face in the future, it is nothing more than to make himself stronger.
Driving a carriage on the road, after the initial freshness has passed, is undoubtedly a boring and tedious thing.
But for Jiang Xiaoman, he enjoyed it.
Feel the mist hit your face, cool but comforting.
He felt very happy and proud in his heart.
At this time, he only hoped that he could really meet one or two gangs of big bandits who blocked the way in this fog, so that he could show his heroic style.
In this world, there is a kind of sanctimonious person who thinks he is a hero, and he likes to do two things most in his life.
The first is to persuade the murderer to be good, and the second is to persuade the Qinglou woman to be good.
Although Jiang Xiaoman is simple-minded, he will not be such a boring person.
If you really encounter the thieves who dare to show up and block the road and rob.
He just wants to show his skills and shake his majesty.
Heroes, don't you have to be shocked, and the bandits and thieves bow down.
Of course, if you can really be scared by Jiang Daxia and do good, it will also be a good thing.
So when it comes to what you are talking about, don't think about it on weekdays.
The carriage had not walked out of the fog for a hundred miles, and it really encountered a roadblock and robbery.
Not one or two, not five or six, not seven or eight, but more than 100 people.
Jiang Xiaoman flicked the reins, only to feel that there were people surging in the mist, there were really many people.
"Good time!"
He untied the gun magazine behind him, smiled, and whispered.
Cultivation is acquired, and this perception is naturally much beyond that of ordinary martial artists.
Even if it was more than ten meters away, he could feel that although there were many bandits in this group, there was no master.
Even, there is not even one who has cultivated to the day after tomorrow.
But even so, it is simply a matter of robbing the rich and helping the poor.
If a person contributes ten taels of silver to himself, it must have more than a thousand taels.
It also deserves the bad luck of this group of bandits, and they didn't look at the yellow calendar when they went out.
met Jiang Xiaoman, who was bent on dreaming of being a hero, and the ending would not be robbery but robbery.