I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

Chapter 271 Departure to Haizhou 5

Some of the escorts and men who were in charge of guarding the carriages and goods were also eating at this time. Mu Jinyang asked and found out that the Fang brothers had also shared part of the dinner they brought with their subordinates, saying that Bai Jingzhou had originally prepared an extra portion for them.

The more Mu Jinyang listened, the happier he became. He thought to himself that Bai Jingzhou was worthy of being rewarded by the emperor and valued by their family master. He really had his own way of dealing with people.

After resting for a night in a foot inn, everyone set out on their journey again.

Although they did not get a good rest last night, they still set out early as usual today. The main reason was that everyone staying in the hotel generally got up very early, and with the noisy noise, it was impossible for them to sleep even if they wanted to.

Mu Jinyang and his team had long been accustomed to this situation. Seeing that everyone in Gu Wenxuan's team was not in a very good spirit, Mu Jinyang smiled and comforted them, "Today we only need to travel for half a day. When we reach Qinghe County, you can have a good sleep in the inn."

Qinghe County is very prosperous, because not far from Qinghe County is one of the docks of the Weiyun River, and many merchants have to take a boat here to go to Xiajin County.

Mu Jinyang led everyone into Qinghe County. The first thing he did was to find an inn. After everyone settled down in the inn, he personally took his steward to the dock to reserve a boat.

Gu Wenxuan and the others don't have to worry about these things. They can just go strolling on the street with the caravan's steward who is in charge of purchasing matters.

None of the Lin family members came out yet. Their physical condition was not as good as that of Gu Wenxuan and others who had practiced martial arts for many years, and fatigue had a much greater impact on them than on Gu Wenxuan and others.

After a short lunch break, Gu Wenxuan and the others could run out happily with the caravan manager, but they had to stay in the inn and catch up on their sleep.

Fortunately, they stayed in Qinghe County for a long time today. After they had enough sleep, they could go out for a walk and have a look in the evening.

After wandering around the county town for half an afternoon and having a meal with the Lin family who had finally rested, Gu Wenxuan and the others returned to the inn with the things they had bought.

The first thing they did after returning, of course, was to deliver meals to Fang Yougui and Fang Yougen who were left behind to guard their personal belongings.

The two brothers were both big eaters, but due to their family financial situation, they were reluctant to spend too much money on food, so most of the time, they lived on an empty stomach.

The same was true for Fang Youfu and the others. Except when they were with Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan, the two would estimate their appetite and prepare enough food for them. They were hungry at other times.

Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou had reasoned with them before, but the habit of being afraid of being poor was not something that could be corrected in a short period of time.

If you tell someone who is used to living a hard life the facts and reason with him/her, and tell him/her that the situation is different now and they don’t have to live the same way as before, he/she may not be able to refute you, but he/she will subconsciously return to his/her inherent habits.

After realizing this, Gu Wenxuan and Bai Jingzhou stopped nagging them. They worked in sync and silently helped the Fang brothers change their bad habit of starving themselves.

After a good night's sleep, Gu Wenxuan and the others became energetic and lively again, making Lin's mother couldn't help but sigh, "It's great to be young."

In fact, they were also very young, but they were not as energetic as Gu Wenxuan and his wife, as well as the three children of the Lin family. No one spoke tacitly.

Under the leadership of Mu Jinyang, the group soon arrived at Qinghe Wharf on the Weiyun River after breakfast.

Their team had a large number of people, vehicles, horses, and cargo. In order to ensure that everyone could cross the river smoothly, Mu Jinyang hired two of the largest boats here at once.

Many people in Gu Wenxuan's team were traveling far away for the first time. They had never seen such a large ship, let alone heard of it.

The children were very curious and exclaimed, "What a big ship!"

The caravan manager in charge of purchasing happened to hear this and said with a smile, "There are even bigger ones. When you cross the river or go out to sea, you will see bigger ships."

Otherwise, they can only wait until they go to one of the most beautiful and prosperous places in the world to see the ships that are exclusively used by the powerful and wealthy or for that kind of business on the Qinhuai River.

Considering that Gu Wenxuan's team not only had many children but also female relatives, the steward did not say the latter sentence directly.

The group wandered around on the boat for about half a day and successfully arrived at another canal dock in Xiajin County under the jurisdiction of Daming Prefecture in the afternoon.

Xiajin County got its name because it is located at the "key point of the Qi-Jin Alliance", and it is a county with a relatively special geographical location.

When Gu Wenxuan and his companions got off the boat, the sky in Xiajin County was gloomy. The caravan members with rich experience in trade said that it was going to rain heavily that day.

Mu Jinyang had no choice but to give up his original plan to rush to Xiajin County while it was still early, and instead found a temporary inn to stay in at the pier.

The wharf is also a prosperous place. There are as many merchants coming and going here as in the county town, so naturally there are many inns, restaurants, wine shops, teahouses and the like.

Mu Jinyang and his companions quickly found an inn far away from the dock and close to the county town that could accommodate all of them. Most importantly, it had enough sheds or empty houses to properly store the caravan's goods.

After completing the check-in formalities, the caravan members began to hurriedly carry the goods into the house. Gu Wenxuan and the others couldn't just stand by and watch, so Bai Jingzhou took the six brothers of the Fang family to help the caravan members.

As for their own belongings, their carriages had compartments, and as long as they closed the doors and windows, rain would hardly leak in.

Moreover, the small courtyard they were assigned was equipped with a shed that could shelter horses and vehicles from wind and rain. They only had to separate the vehicles and horses and properly place them inside the shed according to the areas divided by the store.

Unlike the caravan, the horse-drawn carriages are not equipped with carriages in order to carry more goods. The oilcloth covering the top is okay for emergency use, but if it rains heavily for a long time, they still have to find a suitable place to prevent the goods from getting damp and soaked in water.

The group worked hard for almost half an hour, and saw raindrops as big as beans starting to fall sporadically, but they still hadn't finished moving.

Fortunately, the last bit of cargo had been wrapped tightly with oilcloth, so even if some rain fell on it, they could wipe it dry with a rag later.

They were busy like this until dense rain came and covered the entire sky and earth, and everyone was finally able to take a breath.

Except for a few guys who were still carefully wiping the scattered water droplets on the oilcloth with a rag, everyone else was standing under the eaves of the door, either holding on to the wall or leaning against the door frame, gasping for breath.