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Chapter 60 Mountains
Just parked and camped.

Lei Er ran over and rubbed his hands together.

"Old Ren, everyone said that they haven't seen so many ordinary people for a long time. I want to go to the city with my brothers who are buying medicinal materials."

Ren Ning saw through his trick at a glance.

After looking up at the sky, he nodded in agreement.

"There are only 50 brothers, and you can only enter half of them at most, and the rest will wait for the next city. Pay attention to the women and children. You must come out before the city gate is closed."

"Okay!" Lei Er touched his pocket excitedly, turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait." Ren Ning called to stop him, "See what fresh vegetables and fruits horses like to eat, and buy some for Zhuifeng."

Lei Er glanced at the black horse next to Ren Ning, nodded haha, "Got it."

Not long after, he led a team of beaming people into Pingxi City.

Ren Ning shook his head.

Sending spirits back home sounds quite tragic.

But the soldiers in the fortress and their family members nearby have seen too many life and death partings, and they have long been used to it.

And now that I can go home, everyone is beaming all the way east.

At this time, Gu Shengnan of the Gu family caravan came over with several tall guards.

Ren Ning chatted with her while checking the situation of the team.

It turned out that the female business leader came here by giving gifts.

But it's not a generous gift, just some horn combs from Xiliang.

This is also a Xiliang product that is very popular among the people of Yunchui.

It is said that combing the hair with an angle comb is often used, which can not only treat headaches, heat poisoning and insomnia, but also remove dandruff and protect hair.Even those gorgeously carved corner combs are the favorite accessories of Yunchui ladies.

Ren Ning didn't refuse, he just accepted it.

In the blink of an eye, night fell, and Lei Er and his party left the city with smiles on their faces.

Ren Ning checked that the number of people was correct, and then turned to look at Lei Er.

"Old Ren, you don't know. Pingxi City is also poor, and we have bought some medicines, but not many..."

Lei Er flipped through the basket he brought out while nibbling, "You want the snacks for Chasing Feng, right?"

"We went in late, and the vegetable market was almost gone. We didn't find anything that horses especially like to eat."

He dug out a few swollen green vegetables, "That's all!"

"It's already very good." Ren Ning asked people to collect all kinds of medicines first, and he didn't dislike it. "Tear off a few layers of leaves on the outside, it's still quite fresh,"

After speaking, he whistled.

The black horse ran over immediately.

"Zhuifeng, your snack." Ren Ning raised the vegetables in his hand with a haha.

Zhuifeng tried to chew a few mouthfuls, and felt that the taste was good, so he wagged his tail happily and started to eat.

Silent all night.

Ren Ning asked people to turn around.

After a while, the returning soldiers and female relatives all knew that there would be a small and medium-sized caravan joining the team tomorrow.

"The Gu family caravan will walk with us to the Xinglan Grand Canal."

"They will pay the escort fee, which will be distributed to everyone at that time. The women's family members and children are counted on a household basis, and each household is one tael of silver; each of the fortress soldiers is three taels of silver."

Everyone was overjoyed.

Especially for the soldiers of the fortress, it was equivalent to spending three and a half months of military service for nothing, so they expressed no objection.

Early the next morning, the huge team started to set off.

After all, with more than 600 jars of ashes, it is taboo to say so.

So the vehicles of the Gu family caravan walked in front.The convoy from the fortress did not catch up until their cars had finished driving.

Hurry up, rest, and hurry up again.

Everything seems to be the same as when I first left the fortress.

However, there are many people and the queue is long, so it is more troublesome to find a place to stop and rest or spend the night.

At least there must be enough water for the horses and livestock in the team to drink, and enough open space to park, and the long team cannot be parked on the post road to block the road.

Fortunately, the terrain of Dingxi County is similar to that of grasslands, so it is not difficult to find an open place to camp.

Ma Dali rushed over.

"Commander, we will be able to reach the Luoxia Mountains tomorrow afternoon. It will not be easy to find a bigger place to camp after entering the mountains."

Ren Ning spread out the map in his hand.

The map in his hand is very poor, even the military map produced by the fortress is the same. There are only a few lines marking some important geographical locations.

It shouldn't be too small to be called a mountain range, but the Luoxia Mountain Range is just a few thick curved lines running north-south on the map.

Ma Dali laughed.

"This mountain range is quite high and runs north-south. The dry wind blowing from the grassland is completely blocked in Dingxi County. Therefore, the climate on both sides of the mountain range is completely different. When you get near Luoxia Mountain, you don't have to worry about water sources anymore. "

Ren Ning didn't care about the source of water.

He tapped the curve of the mountains on the map, turned his head and asked Ma Dali: "Old Ma, is there any danger on this mountain?"

Ma Dali hesitated for a moment.

"In such a large mountain range, there must be bandits and robbers on it. It is said that there are several nests. However, the ancient merchant leader said that their number is not large, and they dare not touch the large caravans passing by."

Ren Ning chuckled.

The ancient caravan is very famous in Yunchui and Xiliang.

But it's not because of its strength, but because its leader is a woman.

In fact, the Gujia caravan is only a small and medium-sized caravan.Excluding the grain carts in the team, there are less than one hundred commercial carts actually carrying goods.There are only more than 40 guards accompanying the team.

But being famous is a good thing.

At least all the way to the east, when you see their caravan flags, the stations along the way are all polite.

Even when Ren Ning put away the flamboyant Xingluo army flag, the post officials didn't know that the caravan was followed by a team to send the spirit back to his hometown.

Walking the next day, the team stopped.

After Ren Ning asked, he found out that the axle of a car in the Gu family caravan was broken.

The car broke down and needs to be repaired.

It's just that the car is full of heavy Panlong stones, which is very troublesome to repair, and it takes a long time to move on.

Originally, I was supposed to go to the Luoxia Mountains in the afternoon, but it turned out to be evening.

When we get near the mountains, it seems that the cloud-draped spring really comes.

Finally, the front is no longer full of bleakness, but a thick greenery.No matter the woods on the mountain or the grass beside the post road, they are full of vitality.

"Commander, there is an open space on the side of the mountain ahead, which is suitable for parking overnight." The soldier who was surveying the terrain ahead ran back to report.

Ren Ning nodded, "Notify the Gu family caravan to park in the open space ahead for the night."

The messenger returned the salute and hurried back and forth in the long queue to deliver the news.

More than 200 vehicles gradually left the post road and drove into a flat field next to it.Once again, they formed a huge circle, enclosing the women's family members, children, and caravan's livestock in the middle.

Staying with the caravan has both advantages and disadvantages, at least you don't have to worry about running out of meat.

Camping and cooking, killing sheep and feeding horses, taking care of the young and old, those who had driven for a day jumped out of their carriages and got busy happily.

Ren Ning didn't need to do any of this.

He didn't get off his horse, but looked back at the blood-red sunset in the western sky, and took out his binoculars to look at the forest ahead.

Cough!

Ma Dali and Lei Er next to him looked at the telescope in Ren Ning's hand and drooled wildly.

Along the way, they had seen Ren Ning often take out this thing and look around.

At first I thought it was a little thing.Later, after knowing that it was an artifact that could see far away, the two of them were dubious, and their hearts were itching all the time.

"Commander, let me see how to use this baby."

"Old Ren, the day before yesterday you said you would lend me this clairvoyance. Hehe, now is the time."

Ren Ning couldn't laugh or cry.

He shoved the telescope into Lei's second hand in disgust.

"Take it! What's so interesting about it? After reading it, remember to give it to the old horse. It will save you two from drooling at me every day."

(End of this chapter)