The official road is paved with mature soil and gravel, and then carefully rolled with stone mills. Even so, regular maintenance is required to ensure that the road is basically smooth.
It is almost impossible to pave all roads with bluestone slabs in this era. Only key roads in the city can do this at any cost.
Therefore, there are actually not many roads to choose from for caravans carrying large quantities of goods, and the official road is the only option.
Only small caravans that relied on packhorses to carry small amounts of goods could advance along trails.
Standing in front of Prime Minister Fang Liao, Yu Jing crossed his hands, bowed and saluted, and reported: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I am incompetent and cannot take down the entire Li family.
The man who protected everyone in the Li family called himself Lu Wu. He was extremely brave. He jumped on his horse and killed everyone in Bishui Village as if he were searching for something. Even Xiong Rucheng, the well-known leader of Bishui Village, could not make a move in front of his horse.
The last general was ill-prepared at the time. He had not brought the fishing nets and hooks needed to deal with the strong soldiers, and he had few bows and crossbows. He was afraid that the soldiers would suffer too many casualties, so he had to retreat for a while.
Now the Li family's motorcade should be between Bizun County and Zhongmi County. If nothing unexpected happens, they should settle in Zhongmi County tonight. "
Fang Liao is a middle-aged man with a face as white as jade and a handsome demeanor. He has a long, shiny black beard under his chin, and he obviously takes care of himself a lot.
"You brought a whole battalion and you're still not sure?"
"Forgive me, the Prime Minister, but the general is really not sure."
"Even you are not sure. It seems that Lu Wu is indeed very skilled in martial arts - you said that Bishui Village lost three village leaders? The leader of the big village, Xiong Rucheng, is also dead?"
"Yes, the general has seen with his own eyes that almost the entire Bishui Village was wiped out this time, and none of the three village leaders survived." Yu Jing replied.
"You don't have to worry about the affairs of everyone in the Li family. Go back and find an opportunity to pull out the Bishui Village - don't make this mistake again." Fang Liao said calmly, while taking a sip from the tea cup.
"The general will understand, and the general will definitely handle it."
The boss served tea to see the guests off, and Yu Jing quickly agreed.
Bishui Village is a water bandit in Zhuma Lake. The leader of the village, Xiong Rucheng, is cunning and cunning. The other three village owners are also highly skilled in martial arts. It is a great disaster to gather a group of desperadoes to rob fishermen and merchant ships and even go ashore to attack villages and towns.
It's just that Zhuma Lake is quite vast, and Bishui Village has a close collusion with local gangsters, making it difficult to destroy.
For the sake of caution this time, he had promised Bishui Village that as long as they captured one group, they would be able to recruit people to clear their name. It was possible that someone with Gongzi Jiu's bloodline was hiding in the Li family's motorcade, and it was Bishui Village who found out.
However, now that Bishui Village has not been able to capture the Li family's fleet and has lost its troops, it is naturally not eligible to be recruited again - it would be more serious to destroy it by the way.
You know, recruiting gangsters is also a risky thing for people like him.
If these recruited gangsters continue to cause harm to the local area, or even intensify their efforts in the name of officialdom, the reputation of Fangliao will be ruined.
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The carriages and horses moved forward, and they came to a fork in the road. The road ahead was still an official road, but a branch road branched off from the side, but it led to the countryside.
Heishen stopped his horse, Lu Wu waved to Li Shi, and said to Li Shi: "Brother Li, you can walk along this path. If you go further, there will be a town. I'm afraid you may have some inconvenience."
If you can bring them out, you can already save them - Jin Ju and the little girl in blue clothes hit it off at first sight, but in the end they are just strangers they met on the road. He can bring them here and give them a chance to escape. , can be regarded as worthy of this friendship.
After hearing this, Li Shi bowed to the ground and said, "Major General, please save our lives!"
"Well - I underestimated you." Lu Wu was a little surprised: "But now that you have figured it out, you should also know how much is involved. I brought you here, and I have done my best to be benevolent, so why bother again?"
"Li Shi is willing to be a lackey of the general. I just ask the general to take action and give me a chance to explain to the court." Li Shi knew that it would be a bit difficult for people to contend with the Wu court for people like them who knew each other. He only asked Asking for a chance to explain, maybe there is some hope.
"Haha, you are decisive, but we are just going out for fun, we don't need any lackeys." Lu Wu shook his head.
"The villain is willing to offer a thousand pieces of gold."
A thousand taels of gold is not a thousand taels of gold, but a thousand taels of silver - silver is also called platinum.
"I'm not short of money." Lu Wu still shook his head.
"Li Shi, Li Shi——" Sweat was pouring from Li Shi's head.
He searched his mind, but he couldn't think of any value in himself that could make the other party take such a risk. But if he couldn't grasp this life-saving straw, he was afraid that even if the people from the court were willing to believe his words, they would not let everyone in the convoy go.
One word enters the public gate, and nine oxen cannot pull it out.
Even if they were completely unjust, it would be useless, let alone the fact that they were actually involved with Young Master Jiu, and even more so the possibility of Young Master Shou Tou Chu being implicated.
If Young Master Shou stayed in Songjing honestly, Wu Wang Ketu might not do anything to him for the sake of his own reputation.
But his silent disappearance from Songjing left people imagining.
It is a big taboo for other countries to interfere in the fight for the throne of King Wu, especially Chu State, which has a grudge against Wu State. Although when Wu Chu stopped fighting, Chu State married the sister of King Chu, but Wu Chu started fighting again later.
Since someone has proven that Gongzi Jiu colluded with the Chu State, the disappearance of Gongzi Jiu's son Ke Shou has to make people suspect that the Chu State was behind it.
Taking history as a guide, it is not new to use the lost prince of another country to send troops to invade in the name of helping to restore the country.
"Well, well, my second uncle has been to many places and can be your guide." Li He, the girl in blue sitting in front of the car, mustered up her courage and said.
She saw that her second uncle was so nervous. Although she didn't know the reason, she also knew that this matter must be extremely important. Even though she was a little scared, she helped.
"Huh?" Lu Wu turned around and looked.
Li He shrank his head, wanting to lower his head to his chest, and whispered in his mouth: "Sister Jin Ju said that they have worked hard during the time you have been out. If my second uncle can arrange it, everyone will definitely be comfortable. .”
"Qiu Tong?" Lu Wu went to see Qiu Tong.
"It's not as hard as Jin Ju said." Qiu Tong glared at Jin Ju and said.
"In other words, it's still a bit hard?" Lu Wu asked, feeling a little apologetic.
This is what he didn't pay attention to.
In fact, Lu Wu should have thought of it.
However, as the person being taken care of, he always had clothes to put on, food to eat, and mouth to open, even if he went out.
When they encountered some robbers on the road, it was not Lu Wu's turn to take action, so the girls just practiced riding combat.
They drive quickly and walk along the official road. Every time they stay, they choose the best hotel. Everything is taken care of by five girls. Lu Wu goes to bed early and gets up late, and his life is actually worse than at home. Not going anywhere.
For Lu Wu, the only consumption during these days when going out is riding a horse - but this consumption does not make any sense to Lu Wu at all.
"It's naturally harder than at home, but we're also very happy walking around like this. Our riding skills have improved a lot now." Qiutong said with a smile.
