I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

Chapter 70: Escort Xie Yuan (Part )

The next morning, Xie Yuan changed into a brand new escort uniform, carried a sword and an axe, and came to the courtyard to wait, ready.

After a while, the escort team members arrived one after another and soon formed a team of about ten people, including Zhao Xingyang and Qin Hai.

A convoy team of more than ten people is already quite large, especially since Zhao Xingyang is leading the team personally, which is enough to illustrate the value of the three convoy vehicles in the middle.

When the people and cars were lined up neatly, Zhao Xingyang took a quick look and saw that everything was ready. He looked at Xie Yuan and said with a smile:
"Thank you, Master Escort. I didn't forget to bring my axe."

Xie Yuan touched his tiger bone axe and replied:

"This old guy is handy. He can chop firewood and make a fire for us on the way."

Everyone in the dart team laughed, and someone said:

"Last time I saw Xiao Xie helping someone chop firewood behind the canteen, the cook was so scared that he thought he had done something wrong."

"Ah? There is such a thing? Thank you, you really don't forget your roots."

"A thirty-year-old woodcutter who is only sixteen years old, right?"

Xie Yuan didn't take everyone's friendly teasing seriously and laughed:

"I can't help it. I won't feel at ease if I don't chop some firewood every day."

In fact, it was certainly not because he loved chopping wood so much, but because he left Xiaoshi Village and the logging business was suspended, there was no environment, and the progress of chopping wood was too slow.

But if there are no conditions, create them.

Such a large escort agency, with hundreds of people, all requires firewood for eating, drinking, decocting medicine and bathing. The firewood piled in the woodshed is as high as a hill.

Among the four necessities of life, firewood, rice, oil and salt, firewood ranks first, and there is a reason for that.

So Xie Yuan would go and help voluntarily whenever he was free. Once he entered the woodshed, he was like a mouse entering the rice jar. He chopped the firewood quickly. He didn't have to cut down any trees himself, but there was still so much firewood that he could not chop it all. This actually fulfilled his wish.

The skill of chopping wood is his roots, and the power he has gained is extremely powerful, so he really must not forget his roots.

But other people didn't know, and all they saw was that he had some harmless quirks.

The escorts concluded:
"It's true that I'm too addicted to cheating."

Zhao Xingyang waved his hand:

"Being well prepared is a good thing. It's getting late, and since everyone is ready, let's set off now!"

Everyone was excited and lined up in order. A porter held a flag and led the way. He walked out of the escort agency and shouted:
"A dragon soars over Yunzhou. A dragon soars over Yunzhou!"

The escort team filed out, with strong men and powerful horses, and gradually moved out of the city.

The Longteng Escort Agency is not yet able to have a horse for each member, but the escorts can ride horses. After all, as the backbone of the combat force, the condition and mobility of the escorts are very important, and it can be regarded as a reflection of the escorts' welfare and status.

So this time, Xie Yuan was also given a horse, but he was sitting crookedly on the horse and had some difficulty.

I haven't ridden it, so I don't know how to ride it.

Although it should not be difficult for him to sit up straight given his physique, the horse always seems to have ideas of his own.

Fortunately, Zhao Xingyang saw through his embarrassment and rode up to him:
"Keep your back straight, look forward, and don't relax your legs..."

Xie Yuan did as he was told and indeed felt much better.

As a result, a row of words suddenly appeared in front of me.

[Equestrianism: (1/10)]

Does this work too?
Tsk, I am too intelligent.

After practicing for a while, Xie Yuan saw that his horsemanship had improved a little bit. He also rode more steadily and gradually stopped making a fool of himself.

Seeing that he was familiar with the situation, Zhao Xingyang nodded approvingly:

“It’s pretty easy to get started.”

Seeing that Xie Yuan was having a lot of fun, he asked again:

"This is my first time as a bodyguard and only my second mission. Are you nervous?" "Fortunately, we have so many people and you, Boss Zhao, are leading the team. Ordinary scoundrels should flee at the sight of them, right?"

Xie Yuan felt that with such a large escort team, the escort missions should be safe most of the time.

Zhao Xingyang smiled slightly:
"Ordinary scoundrels would flee at the sight of this, but those who didn't flee were no longer ordinary scoundrels."

Xie Yuan was startled. This was the truth.

"But there shouldn't be many powerful bandits?"

“Not much. But in fact, we still often run into trouble. The same is true for the big courier teams. In fact, the bigger the team, the easier it is.

"When you have more people, others will know that your escort is valuable. Money can attract people's attention. Once greed arises, those desperate criminals will not care about anything else, not even your or his strength. If you have the brains to suppress your greed, how can you be a robber? Haha, there is an old saying in the outlaws, 'Fortune and honor are sought in danger', and they take it as a guideline."

Zhao Xingyang smiled.

"Since a large group of people is conspicuous, how about reducing the number of people and only sending elites when encountering light escorts and expensive escorts? I also heard that there are hidden escorts and open escorts and the like."

Xie Yuan was very curious about these rules. Although he was a bodyguard, he was actually a newcomer in the industry.

Zhao Xingyang shook his head:

"With fewer people, the risk is also high. What if we really encounter a large group of robbers? Therefore, the escort agency still needs to be stable. With enough people, we can compete with hard power. If we can do it, we will do it. If we can't do it, we will disband. Therefore, there are often not many escort agencies in a place, but as long as they are well-known, their strength will not be weak.

"As for the others, they are all special cases. You will learn more later. This escort mission will take several days, which is enough for you to learn."

Xie Yuan nodded and walked in the center of the escort team with peace of mind.

The next day, Xie Yuan understood the necessity of the escort agency.

A group of refugees, numbering at least twenty or thirty people, blocked the escort team's way.

"Look, these people are holding hoes and sticks, but they still dare to stop us."

Zhao Xingyang said to Xie Yuan:

"If we weren't stopped, they would have starved to death today."

Xie Yuan frowned slightly:

"Isn't this a peaceful year?"

“That’s why there are only 20 or 30 of them.”

Zhao Xingyang smiled faintly.

Xie Yuan then remembered that every winter, there were often people in the village who could not make ends meet.

He assumed that when times were good everyone would have enough food and clothing, but that was an old concept from his previous life.

In fact, here, as long as there is no famine, it can be called a peaceful year.

No famine and everyone having food to eat are two different things.

Seeing Xie Yuan was silent, Zhao Xingyang continued:
"The refugees are the predecessors of the bandits, and they can even be more ruthless than the bandits. Bandits still have concerns when they live well, but refugees can do anything for food. Even though we are not afraid of them, if it is someone else who encounters them, or if we are caught by accident, the end will be very miserable.

"Xiao Xie, go and send them away."

Xie Yuan nodded, rode his horse forward, and drew his sword.

Seeing this, the leader of the opposite side looked fierce, let out a meaningless "ah" howl, and rushed up with a hoe.

With a "puff", Xie Yuan stabbed the leader's chest with a knife, and then chopped down two refugees who had lost their minds and rushed up, and finally he calmed these people down, and they scattered like birds and beasts in an instant.

Xie Yuan shook off the blood on the knife, sheathed it, and threw the three bodies to the side of the road, signaling that the escort team could pass.

Zhao Xingyang nodded slightly:
"I'm not a soft-hearted person. Only a ruthless person can practice martial arts well. Otherwise, no matter how high your skills are, they will be useless."

Qin Hai muttered:

"He's so handsome, but he likes to use a big axe. He looks like a ruthless character. Boss, you're worrying for nothing."

(End of this chapter)