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Although you will feel like you are surrounded by vast wilderness when you are in a high-sloping grassland or forested wilderness, in fact, people face more inconveniences in life, especially when the weather is not good.
During the day, they were accompanied by horses, and they could advance leisurely while whistling songs and enjoying the air full of the fragrance of wild grass and wild flowers; at night, they had to fight wits and courage with the dangerous nature, sometimes just to keep the bonfire in the camp burning. A lot of effort.
Under that extremely clear night sky, there often lurk the most primitive dangers - hunger and cold, which are threats that many people in the caravan who go out for the first time must face.
In fact, in just two days, the Lou family's caravan followed the mountain road, passed all the horse farms, and reached a place where there was no one for a hundred miles. There, they can only rely on each other. If any accidents occur that affect morale, the troops will be scattered and there is a risk of mutiny. This is the second problem they have to face - how to calm people's hearts.
Choosing to take the Qunmashan road was a helpless move. The original reason was to avoid all important official passes and successfully avoid the pursuit of officers, soldiers and Taiping Taoists. However, these mountain peaks are endless. After climbing over the high slope in front of you, you will often be greeted by another taller slope, making it impossible to see the end.
Between the two far apart high slopes is a grassland with only slight undulations. There were no fields, pastures, woods, or homes around. Some are just boring green weeds and strong winds blowing in your face. When their men and horses are really tired, they will camp in similar places to rest.
If there is only the strong wind in front of you, it will not be a bad weather, but if the strong wind continues to howl until nightfall, it is usually followed by cold rain mixed with hail. Such a poor living environment is naturally not suitable for permanent settlement. No wonder the nomads have long been accustomed to calling themselves home all over the world.
At ordinary times, it would only be artificially exaggerated as a gentle and safe drizzle, but at this time, it would become a "scourge" that can hurt people's lives. Because of the strong wind, even ordinary raindrops will cause a needle-like feeling when they hit the face.
The changes in the climate are difficult to cope with, and many young men who have not experienced it are not even mature in the skills of holding a campfire, causing many people to stay up all night, and then continue on their way the next day with fatigue and resentment. Over time, all kinds of dissatisfaction will quietly accumulate in the caravan.
The caravan was originally a mixed bag of dragons and snakes, with all kinds of religions and sects. It was not surprising that some of the boys had evil intentions. Not to mention that they suffered a lot along the way, and even had no money except a few bowls of soup and porridge. Get it.
As a result, a few days after leaving the Qunma Town Racecourse, a rumor began to spread among the caravan.
"I heard that the Lou family can't come up with the money at all. If Miss Lou turns against us when we get there, who will we ask for the account?"
"I haven't seen that beautiful lady's face for several days on the road. People who don't know the rights and wrongs of it thought she slipped away quietly! Fortunately, my brother Han often comes in and out of Miss Lou's account and let me know a little bit. information."
"Anyway, we have already suffered this. What if she dares to break her promise? Don't blame the brothers for being unkind..."
Remarks like this that foreshadowed civil strife were spread silently, and soon reached the ears of Lou Jinghua and others. At this time, if the daughter of the Lou family continues to think of herself as noble as before, it will inevitably cause irreversible consequences. But what no one expected was that she would somehow do many seemingly unbelievable things and restore the confidence of everyone in the caravan.
One night, in a grassland on Qunma Mountain, the Lou family caravan, which usually erected more than a dozen large tents, changed from usual tonight and only erected a few large tents, and the distance between them was as far as possible. Get as close as possible to cope with strong winds for several nights.
And in this strong wind, there are still a few figures wandering between the tents. A closer look revealed that the leader was actually the daughter of the Lou family!
Lou Jinghua ordered everyone to be gathered together so that she could visit and investigate everyone's situation as much as possible. She set off with only a few servants and a maid. This time, she didn't even call Zhao Kuo with her.
Every time she entered a tent, she would serve the dried beef, mutton, yogurt and other exquisite foods that her father brought to her. She also sincerely toasted a glass of warm wine to her subordinates in each tent.
If she saw a young boy bedridden due to illness on the way, she would even take off her brocade hat and mink fur to cover him, and then use her warm pink jade hands to caress their dirty, messy and strange stench. Before leaving, he did not forget to call his maid to get more clothes to keep these boys warm from the cold.
When people saw this, everyone sighed with emotion. Some people tried to reject Lou Jinghua's kindness, and some were waiting nearby to insinuate that she had evil intentions, but Lou Jinghua resolved them skillfully.
When faced with people who refuse, she will say: "These things were given to me by my father. I don't need any more, so why not give them to you? You are the subordinates of the Lou family, so naturally you should treat them well."
When faced with the sarcastic person, she replied calmly: "My little lady just meant well. I would never want to see my brother fall ill and die on the way."
After this round of visits, in addition to the caring people who were just looking for a job, perhaps even the servants who had had evil thoughts in the past would look at her with admiration and treat Miss Lou even more wholeheartedly.
After completing this matter, it was already dead of night, and almost everyone in the camp had gone to sleep. Lou Jinghua just quietly returned to his tent and met several friends sitting around the campfire.
Zhao Kuo saw that her clothes were thin, so he immediately took off his gold silk clothes and put them on her, and asked: "How is it? It looks like the matter is settled?"
"With my help, what else can't be done right?" Lou Jinghua replied, took the warm wine from the waiter, took a sip to warm her body, and said, "In fact, it's all thanks to You, you thought that the so-called knights only existed under the records of 'Tai Shigong', and disappeared as early as the Han Dynasty. Who knew that I got to know you, and then I realized how shallow my knowledge is!"
"Ms. Lou, in fact, the so-called knights have never existed, but they are everywhere." Bai Feng held up a bowl of wine and took a sip, then said respectfully: "Everything carries yin and embraces yang. If there was no oppression in this world When the common people and plunders happened, the knights had no place to live and had no choice but to fly away. In the end, they all survived in the world because of their thoughts. "
"For the sake of missing you?" Lou Jinghua said with a sad smile: "It turns out that I never thought about it in my heart before. I only thought that the only things in my life were Qunma Town and the Lou family mansion in front of me..."
Zhao Kuo then smiled and said: "Jinghua, everyone is happy to see you can finally get out of the predicament!"
"Yes, Sister Jinghua, after so many years of knowing each other, this is the first time I know that you can be so considerate!" Zhao Xiaomei said with a smile.
After hearing this, Lou Jinghua couldn't help but smile. In just a few days, she was no longer as full of money as before.
By showing empathy and treating others with sincerity, the Lou family's caravan successfully nipped the mutiny in the cradle and continued to head towards Beizhen with a more determined pace.
