The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

Chapter 179 Bitter Water
The convoy slowly followed, and when the last carriage of the Chen family's convoy drove into the mountain road normally, Chen Yongtian and Yu Quancai rode their horses and followed.

"People on our side always say that Lingnan is the land of the southern barbarians, but in fact, there is no shortage of supplies here. Brother Chen, tell me, are these contradictory?"

Chen Yongtian frowned slightly and sighed, "In the past, it was a poor place, but now it has become a place full of vitality and hope. The main post roads in the whole state capital have been built with concrete roads. It is an infrastructure that is not available in any state capital north of Nanling, which is enviable!"

"You're right." Yu Quan was very envious of the post roads in Lingnan, which are flat and comfortable, and are not afraid of any wind and rain.

While others are struggling in the mud, Lingnan's post roads can easily cope with any weather.

Chen Yongtian seemed to think of something, and couldn't help laughing: "You don't know, I met many caravans before, they went to Lingnan to see the concrete road, and then returned to the current road, as long as the carriage gets stuck in the mud along the way, it will be fine. Hear their swearing!"

After hearing this, Yu Quan grinned: "That's what the book said, what is easy and what is difficult."

Chen Yongtian: "It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality!"

Yu Quan scratched his head, "Yes, yes, that's what it means!"

Walking down the mountain all the way, in the evening, we found a place to camp, and everyone set up camp to rest for the night.

When we got up the next day, everyone found that the road was covered with snow all night.

Yu Quan hurriedly found Chen Yongtian, "Brother Chen, it's snowing! What should we do? Should we continue down the mountain while the road is still not frozen, or stay where we are?"

Chen Yongtian came out of the tent with his clothes on, looking at the snow-covered mountains, his brows were almost knit into knots.

After thinking for a moment, he said: "In my opinion, let everyone have breakfast quickly, and leave immediately after eating."

After hearing this, Yu Quan became anxious, "Brother Chen, let's forcefully go down the mountain. If we find that the road is icy on the way, wouldn't it be more difficult to get up and down?"

Chen Yongtian patted him on the shoulder, "Brother, it's not that I disregarded safety and forced everyone to go down the mountain, but that time waits for no one!"

After hearing this, Yu Quan felt a thump in his heart, "Brother Chen, what do you mean by that?"

Chen Yongtian pointed to the white snow all over the mountains and plains and said: "This is the southernmost part of Jingzhou. It is snowing in the southernmost part of Jingzhou. Have you ever wondered whether it is snowing in other places? If it snows, how much snow is it? "

After hearing this, Yu Quan's heart turned cold, "Brother Chen, do you mean that we are afraid that we will be trapped on the mountain?"

Chen Yongtian didn't answer this question clearly, but said: "Let's rush back as soon as possible, it will be more reassuring than stopping halfway here."

This time, Yu Quan didn't say anything more, but returned to his team, and arranged for the staff to prepare breakfast as soon as possible, so that everyone could eat and drink enough to continue on their way.

No matter how difficult the road is, you have to start. At worst, walk slowly and steadily!
But fortunately, the next road is not icy, but the road is a little muddy.

Before dark, they finally walked through the steepest mountain road.

Although they hadn't walked out of the Nanling Mountains yet, at least the road ahead was much smoother.

In the evening, the two got together for a drink, Chen Yongtian took a sip of the wine, and said with a sad face: "Brother, in fact, our family does not support this trip to Lingnan, it's just because I don't want to part with such a lucrative business, and I always want to do it again." Go for a run."

Yu Quan clinked glasses with him, "But the family is worried that the snow on the road will delay the trip?"

Chen Yongtian nodded, "This is one of them, and the other is because in Changsha County, before I set off, there were a small number of refugees who had escaped from the north. My family worried that there would be more and more refugees. I transported the supplies back, but I was afraid that I would be robbed by refugees on the way!"

"In this way, the situation is not very optimistic. If you are robbed by refugees, it will be a waste of effort!" Yu Quan put down his glass and asked with a frown, "Brother Chen, what countermeasures do you have?"

Chen Yongtian glanced at the bonfire outside, "I decided to transport the materials to the nearest Guiyang County and start selling them out. It would be best if they can be sold out in Guiyang County. "

Whether he makes money or not this time is second to none, the most important thing is safety, and it would be lucky to get back the capital.

"Brother Chen's method is good. Our Lingling County is adjacent to Guiyang County. If there are no refugees in Guiyang County, then the situation in Lingling County should be basically the same."

Yu Quan thought, in such a situation, he can safely lead the caravan back.

Chen Yongtian didn't feel sorry for the cheap sale of supplies, but was a little worried about whether he could bring the team back safely.

He couldn't help thinking of the hardships of running a business in these years, "In recent years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued, bandits and bandits have been running around to commit crimes, and Beidi Xirong has frequently harassed the side. Caravans like us running business outside are really doomed. Put it on the waistband to pick up the job. When do you think this world will stop?"

"Who says it's not!" Yu Quan mentioned the experience of running a business in these years, and he was also full of bitterness. "In the past few years, from south to north, from north to south, there are people fleeing famine and fleeing soldiers. We are lucky, living in In a place like Jingzhou with a well-developed water system, if you live in the arid north, you will die!"

Chen Yongtian: "I heard that the north has been completely uninhabited. This winter, the snow has even flowed from the south. What do you think the situation will be in the north?"

Yu Quan and him looked at each other, feeling very heavy in their hearts. One could imagine that their hometown would usher in another wave of refugees, but I wondered if everyone would be lucky not to be affected this time.

The two people's worries are not unreasonable. In fact, after years of drought, the people in the north have fled, and many of the aristocratic families may have persisted.

But this white disaster in winter undoubtedly made things worse, which made the aristocratic family unable to hold on anymore.

In order to survive, and for the continuation of their clansmen, they had to give up the industries they had managed for generations and migrate south with the wealth they had accumulated for generations.

The small people in the north can't survive, and moving to the south has become an extravagant hope. They have no supplies, no means of transportation, and no military guarantee. How can they move from the far north to the south thousands of miles away?
In order to survive, Shengdou Xiaomin had no choice but to join the ranks of the bandits, which is why the rebels became more and more violent.

Now that the rebel army is so powerful that it can already confront the imperial army, one can imagine how terrifying their development speed is!
The people of the imperial court are in panic. Everyone is worried that after the spring, the rebels occupying the three state capitals will attack Jingzhou and enter the land of fish and rice with all their strength?
Or will it attack Yangzhou and force the Southern Court in one go?
In fact, not only Jingzhou and Yangzhou were worried, but Jizhou and Xuzhou were also worried. Their jurisdiction happened to border Qingzhou, Yanzhou and Yuzhou occupied by the rebels.

What if the rebel persimmons pick the soft ones first and annex them first?
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