Chapter 26 (1/2)

By night, the caravan went all the way north, and at dawn, they reached a narrow and desolate basin.

At the head of the line, the old man climbed down from his horse and whispered a few words to the big man with a beard. Soon, someone was shouting in the line and the team was resting in place.

Although it was a night of fatigue, but Li Yuanqing spirit is excellent.

Originally, Li Yuanqing thought that this was only the caravan of baofengtang and qujia, but now, its composition is obviously somewhat complicated.

Although the caravan seems scattered, but in fact, it is meticulous.

Each family has its own position, and no one will covet half a step.

In the middle of last night, Li Yuanqing tried many times to leave the guard team of Baofeng hall and go around for inspection, but he had no such opportunity.

When it was dawn, Li Yuanqing was able to see the lineup of some teams.

It's a huge team, at least a few hundred.

There are about twenty or thirty mules and horses carts of all kinds, which make this small basin full.

Most of the porters and porters wore thick cotton fur coats and cotton hats, while the guards were dressed in the same way. They only had swords and weapons on their waists and hands, and some had long firecrackers.

In addition to horses, mules and horses pulling carts, there are many single mules and horses in the team. Most of them are carrying a lot of luggage. In this spring morning, the livestock are breathing heavily and spitting out white smoke.

When the line stops, it's dinner.

But they didn't seem to have the idea of burying the pot and eating hot food. They just took out their own dry food and ate the cold leftovers. The groom fed the horses first and then went to eat by themselves. There was little communication between people.

Li Yuanqing wanted to take a free time to find out the security guards around him to exchange information secretly, but he found that it was very difficult. You are not given a chance to speak.

At this time, Li Yuanqing realized that he really underestimated these big businessmen.

I'm afraid that the discipline of this mixed caravan is much more regular than that of most officers and soldiers.

In this way, Li Yuanqing is no longer rash, honest and honest in the Baofeng hall guards, watching the change.

After breakfast, the team did not start immediately. Li Yuanqing found that several guards were leaning on the horses and mules nearby, dozing lazily. Those porters and porters, who also found their own shelter, seemed to want to sleep and rest.

No one spoke. There were hundreds of living people in the caravan. There was no other movement except the occasional sneezing of mules and horses.

At this time, Li Yuanqing had already adapted to the rules of the caravan. After thinking about the instructions given by the woman in charge before leaving, Li Yuanqing also vaguely guessed some of the structure of the organization.

The merchants should choose their own integrity and integrity.

I'm afraid that those who can join the caravan may have family members who are controlled and taken hostage by these big businesses.

After all, it was only the first year of the apocalypse. Although the Ming Dynasty was already in decline, the huge dynasty still had a strong and powerful control over the rivers and mountains. These magnates did not dare to go too far. After all, it was a business of killing heads.

Even so, Li Yuanqing also mixed into the stream of people, found a gentle mule and horse, leaned on the warm body of the livestock, and slowly dozed off.

It was not until the evening that the leading guard woke Li Yuanqing and said in a low voice, ”clean up and get ready to go.”

Li Yuanqing also dare not neglect, hastily tidies up sharp rope, came to own horse.

Or that whisker led the way, the caravan slowly and orderly began to move forward.

After one night and more than half a day's advance, the team reached the edge of the desert at noon the next day.

It's the same old rules, eating and sleeping.

Through the two-day itinerary, Li Yuanqing basically understood that the caravan was on the Mongolian front line.

This is the most difficult part of the road from Guangning to Liaodong, and it is also the most difficult part of the road. If it is ordinary goods, you can almost fool it.

But this time, the team is so meticulous that there must be something unusual in the goods.

Li Yuanqing thought, slowly glancing at the back of the team, it seems that there is nothing special. The grass in early spring, which is pressed by wheels, is still growing tenaciously.

All around, there was no difference.

But soon, Li Yuanqing found something unusual.

It seems that the ruts of the carriages are quite different, but there are obviously several tracks. The traces are particularly deep. Before I think about it, Li Yuanqing always felt that there were several horses pulling the cart. They were extremely tired. They had to be whipped hard by the groom before they could move slowly.

Originally, the journey of the team should have been faster than it is now. It was these carriages that delayed the journey that made the team rest at noon.

What would be so heavy? Can you make a hard-working mule like this?

After careful consideration and association with what Mongolia and Jurchen lack most, the answer is ready to come out.In these carriages, even if they are not weapons, they should be made of iron. The quality of these carriages is absolutely not bad.

If he was selling silk, salt, medicine or even grain, Li Yuanqing could barely accept it. But if he was selling iron ware, it was

These dog days, even the ancestors can sell them for money.

But at this time, Li Yuanqing was isolated and had to rely on the breath of the caravan. Even if he knew the inside story, he could not really do anything.

However, Li Yuanqing paid special attention to those carriages. He also wanted to know who was the family and had such a big courage.

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Two and a half days later, the caravan had reached the Bank of Hunhe River, less than ten miles away from Shenyang City.