The road to immortality for a hundred generations

Chapter 50 On the Road
In the evening, Wang Feng and others, who had packed up, drove a carriage and walked on the official road leading to the imperial city.

Wang Feng did not directly tell Uncle An that the Grand Master who was in charge of the border area had been enthroned.

Firstly, in Uncle An's eyes, he had no channel to receive such secret information, and secondly, there was no need for it.

What if I tell Uncle An?
When the news reached Langshan County, they all arrived at the Imperial City.

Speaking out will only make Uncle An more worried.

It's better to let the other party know about it naturally.

"The official system cultivated by the Bai family looks pretty good,"

On the carriage, Wang Feng looked at the endless official road and commented casually.

On the official road in front of you, there are neatly arranged rectangular stone slabs. The intervals between each stone slab are about four or five centimeters. The middle is filled with soil, but this also leads to the occasional growth of weeds.

The width of this road is much wider than most official roads, and there is still room for two carriages to move side by side.

Every few steps, you can still see the mature trees planted next to the official road for pedestrians to enjoy the shade.

If compared with the cement roads of later generations, it is naturally incomparable, but in ancient times, it was already quite good.

The only uncomfortable thing is that the wheels of the carriage will be bumpy when walking on the stone road.

"I heard that it could have been built better, with each stone slab running parallel and leaving no gaps in between, but unfortunately the Bai family gave up after considering the cost."

Wang An said with a smile, "I want to cultivate officialdom, but the money required is too much."

"If you want to be rich, build roads first."

Wang Feng said a wise saying from his previous life, "No matter how much money is needed to build a road, it must be built. Only when the road is open can caravans come and go, making it easier to do business."

"Hey!~ I didn't see it, Feng'er, do you still have such knowledge?"

Wang An looked over in surprise, then shook his head with a smile, "If you want to be rich, it's good to build roads first, but it's just enough to build them, and there's no need to build them so well. Since ancient times, except for the imperial city, there are no roads. Is this all the case?”

"Yeah, Uncle An is right."

Wang Feng brushed it off casually.

He originally spoke out of his feelings and said a few words casually, without intending to impose his thoughts on others.

"We're walking on the road that leads directly to the Imperial City. It's not far from the Imperial City. I estimate that if things go well, we might be able to get there in half a month."

Wang An, who was driving the carriage, chatted casually, "Feng'er, have you made up your mind about your plans after going to the Imperial City?"

Wang An already had several ideas in his mind, but he still wanted to hear his nephew's thoughts.

"There are only a few ways to make money. The only ones I can think of are affiliated with gangs, affiliated with escort agencies, or affiliated with caravans, and looking after the homes of wealthy families."

Although it was just a job to cover himself, Wang Feng still thought carefully for a while before replying, "The disadvantage of the first two is that they are prone to danger and are unstable. The advantage is that the monthly money is more, and they can hone their own strength and increase their strength." Some experience. The latter two are more stable, but relatively, the monthly money is smaller.”

For example, being affiliated with a escort agency is somewhat similar to being affiliated with a caravan. They basically escort the caravan back and forth between two places.

But since the caravans have all gone to the escort agency, they will naturally not have to pay protection fees when they meet some robbers. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a waste of time to find the escort agency?
And if you directly attach yourself to the caravan, even if you encounter danger, the people from the escort agency will go first.

Even if the caravan doesn't hire extra people from the escort agency, it can't easily let its only guards fight with the bandits. Generally, it can be over by paying a little protection fee.

To put it simply, the people in the escort agency and the caravan guards are like the army and personal guards to the caravan.

"The water in the imperial city is deep, and being affiliated with gangs is not a good choice,"

Wang An said, "Similarly, there are many noble people in the imperial city. Guarding the gates and courtyards of big families requires sharp eyesight. If you are not careful, you can easily offend people."

"That means that after entering the imperial city, we will rely on the caravan or the escort agency?" Wang Feng asked tentatively, "Or do you have a better choice, Uncle An?"

"You brat, are you, Uncle An, the arranger?"

Wang An raised his hand like a cattail leaf fan and slapped Wang Feng's shoulder hard, "That's the imperial city, what can I do?"

"Sigh~"

Feeling the strength coming from his shoulder, Wang Feng pretended to be in pain and took a breath, showing a painful expression.

However, Wang An didn't even bother to look at this.

He knew how much strength he used, not to mention that his nephew was not a porcelain doll, a second-rate warrior, he was very solid.

"If you ask me, our uncle and nephew can directly find an escort agency. The escort agency in the imperial city is still very famous in the streets. Generally, there will be no unscrupulous little thieves looking for trouble, so although it seems that it will be better than becoming a caravan guard. More dangerous, but actually not much more dangerous.”

Wang An held the riding whip and looked into the distance, his thoughts drifting far away, "And the escort agency in the Imperial City charges a very high price, which is much more than what the caravan guards earn."

That was what he said, but at this moment his heart was not at all peaceful.

No matter how much he comforted himself with words, he could not hide the fact that the escort team was more dangerous than the caravan escort.

But a penny beats a hero.

He really didn't want to waste his nephew's talent.

He was 1.5 meters tall at the age of three, was in the third-rate class at the age of five, and was in the second-rate class at the age of 12. This was despite insufficient resources.

If there were enough resources, Wang An didn't even dare to think about what Feng'er could achieve now.

A 12-year-old second-rate warrior, even in the imperial city, can be described as a genius that is rare to see in a hundred years.

Sometimes he wonders, if Feng'er was born into a big family, would he already be in the top ranks?

Is it because he is so useless that he has delayed Feng'er's talent?

"Is that so? It would indeed be better to join the escort agency."

Wang Feng nodded in agreement, "We are both second-rate warriors. Unless we encounter such a large-scale bandit camp, there will be no danger."

Generally speaking, the leader of a bandit village with 200 people is only second-rate in strength.

It is even difficult for a bandit village with a size of five, six, or seven to eight hundred to have a first-rate warrior.

Only large villages with thousands of people can produce first-rate warriors.

After all, first-class warriors are already very powerful. As long as they don't commit crimes, they can live a good life anywhere. There is really no need to become a bandit.

Even if he is wanted by the government and has a reward on his head, he can still live a good life just by finding a small town.

The bandit village with too few people has no advantage in attracting top-notch warriors.

"Don't worry, Feng'er, if we really encounter a big village like that, the leader of the caravan is not a fool. He can just pay more money and pass by, and he won't make us fight desperately."

Wang An raised his hand again and patted Wang Feng's back gently.

I just don't know whether what he said was to comfort Wang Feng or to comfort himself.

Or, both.

(End of this chapter)