Rebirth of Shuangshu

Chapter 100
Hot summer.

A sheep cart swayed forward along the official road.

There were three women sitting in the sheep cart.The woman driving the car had a slightly dark complexion, she looked like a simple girl.There are two women sitting cross-legged in the car behind, wearing bamboo hats, each holding a cattail leaf fan, playing chess while shaking.

The car walked on an uneven road, the chessboard was shaking, but the chess pieces would not fall.Because of the magnetism.

There was another violent jolt, Lin Xiaoxiao had no choice but to put down the chess piece.

"No more, the road conditions are too bad."

Cui Panpan chuckled: "You're from Shandong, you're from Shandong, and you'll pop out and say something backwards."

Lin Xiaoxiao also said: "You occasionally say inversions, your hometown is also Shandong?"

"No, but my mother is from Shandong, and my father is from Jiangsu."

Chun'er looked confused and turned her head: "You two ladies, why can't I understand what you are talking about?"

Lin Xiaoxiao deliberately joked: "We're talking about heavenly scriptures."

Chun'er was used to being bullied by Lin Xiaoxiao, knowing that she was having fun, she didn't get annoyed, but instead said, "Did the lady's scripture say how far it is from the border?"

Lin Xiaoxiao read the system map silently, checked the distances of the icons on it, and said, "There are still more than ten miles to arrive at Hanfeng Pass."

Cui Panpan looked up at the sky, then estimated their driving speed, and said, "If you go on like this, you may not be able to reach the border until midnight. Why don't you find a place to rest and spend the night on the way, and go through the customs tomorrow morning."

Lin Xiaoxiao searched on the map and found a lake seven or eight miles ahead.

"Continuing forward, we will pass a lake on the way, so let's spend the night by the lake."

The three of Lin Xiaoxiao and his party left the capital city of the Zheng Kingdom, and they did not enter the city. They only went to the outskirts and villages for free consultations, stopping and stopping all the way, and it had been more than a month.

Because of the official life book, which is equivalent to official certification, Lin Xiaoxiao doesn't have to hide it, and even the bandits on the road will treat her with three points of courtesy when they hear that she is a mountain girl.

With such actions, Lin Xiaoxiao now has more than 9000 prestige and more than 7000 points.It's a pity that the system has not activated the new function.

Their originally chosen destination was the country of Rui.However, the border between Rui State and Zheng State is a big river, and it is a dangerous place.This is probably the reason why Rui Guo was not annexed by Zheng Guo as a small country.

Then, if you go to the country of Rui by land, you must first pass through the country of Song, and then transfer from the country of Song to the country of Rui.

Therefore, they are now on the official road to Song State.

Song State and Zheng State had war conflicts in the past few years.Tian Mu once served as a general who attacked the Song Dynasty.

Although the State of Song was not as powerful as the State of Zheng, it was much stronger than the State of Hua, and had close contacts with the State of Zheng.

In the last few years when Zheng Wugong was alive, he saw that he could not attack Song State for a long time, so he stopped attacking Song State and turned to Hua State.His strategic change was correct. Hua Guo was easier to bully than Song Guo, but it was a pity that time was not waiting for him.

After the death of Zheng Wugong, the two new kings who took office were both anti-war.The first thing they did when they came to power was to send letters to the surrounding princes, expressing their hope for peace and friendship with their neighbors, including Song.

In order to show goodwill and win the trust of its neighbors, Zheng Guo even took the initiative to retreat ten miles from the border.

In other words, although the three of Lin Xiaoxiao are still in Zheng's country, they have already passed the last checkpoint of Zheng's country.The cold wind pass ahead is the first pass in Song State.

Judging from the experience of Lin Xiaoxiao and the three of them, Zheng Song border is very peaceful.Of course, it could also be due to the buffer zone. After they left the customs, they didn't even meet a single passer-by.

The sheep cart was not moving fast.

Lin Xiaoxiao simply jumped out of the car, took out her bicycle, and rode beside the sheep cart.She rides her own mountain bike, not a wooden one.

After two years of use experience, the disadvantages of wooden bicycles are quite obvious.In order to absorb shock, the wheels are wrapped with a layer of animal skin.However, the thickness of animal skin is limited and it is relatively easy to wear.In short, wooden bicycles still have considerable room for improvement.

This feels like a summer outing.

I thought I would meet no one else along the way.After noon, they arrived at the lake on the map, but saw three caravans camped there.

The three were surprised to see the caravan appearing suddenly.The people in the caravan were also very surprised to see the three women walking together.

One of the caravan leaders was a woman named Anan.

Anan took the initiative to strike up a conversation, and Lin Xiaoxiao and the three responded enthusiastically.

Lin Xiaoxiao took out the camping tent from the warehouse, and the three of them set up the tent.Anan watched in amazement and stepped forward to help.

The tent was set up in no time.

There was still a long time before dinner, Cui Panpan took the utensils and made tea by the lake to entertain guests.Lin Xiaoxiao lit a moxa incense beside her to smoke the mosquitoes.

Cui Panpan's tea-drinking etiquette is influenced by his previous life, as well as the memory of his current life. It seems to be more particular than those nobles.

Anan Duan sat across from Cui Panpan, his gestures showed unusual upbringing, and Gu Pan's brilliance was not weaker than Cui Panpan's agility.

Lin Xiaoxiao sat sideways, her every move was very casual.

Anan said: "I am from the Song Dynasty. I went to Zheng to do business. This is the return journey. Where did you two come from and where are you going?"

Cui Panpan said: "I'm going to come from the capital city and go to Ruicheng via the Song Dynasty. This is Yu Jingzi, who travels around the world, practicing medicine and treating diseases."

Anan looked at Lin Xiaoxiao in surprise: "It turns out that she is a doctor, so I'm sorry."

"Thank you, thank you," Lin Xiaoxiao said very modestly, "Does Anan often go back and forth between Zheng and Song for business?"

"No, this is the first time," Anan smiled, with a pair of cute dimples on his lips. "In the past, the two countries were at war, and there was no trade. The signing of the contract was just a matter of these few months. Our three caravans are the first This is the second time I come to the country of Zheng to do business."

"I heard that Zheng people like to bully the market when doing business, do they treat you the same way?" Lin Xiaoxiao asked.

"Where did you hear that Zheng people are bullying the market?" Anan asked in surprise.

Lin Xiaoxiao said: "I was in Huaguo for a while, and I just heard what the shopkeepers there said, and I even witnessed Zheng people plotting against the shoppers."

"It's actually like this. I thought it was Zheng Guo who deliberately treated Song Guo's caravan like that. It turned out that they did the same to other countries."

Anan recounted the experience of the caravan in Zheng Guo during this period.

It turned out that the three caravans stayed in Zheng Guo for nearly half a month, but all the goods were sold, and some goods were also imported from Zheng Guo.It's just that they were forced by the Zheng people to half sell and half give away when they sold things, and they were forced to pay high prices for things they bought.

"If the goods brought back are sold at Song's market price, not only will we not make any money on this trip, but we will also pay a lot of money back."

Duke Wu of Zheng respected martial arts, and the people of Zheng were so brave and ruthless that even the businessmen of Zheng State lost their temper.Doing business in an unreasonable way, they may not be able to change it for a while.

Anan has a straightforward personality, and he and Lin Cui are quite able to chat together.The three chatted until it was almost dinner time, until someone from the caravan came to call Anan.

"Anan, Mr. Zhaoxu is looking for you." The visitor said.

Anan got up and said goodbye.

After a while, the caravan sent some pieces of dried meat over, saying that Anan gave them to them.Lin Xiaoxiao took out a can of chilled fresh goat milk as a gift in return.

The fresh goat milk is stored in the warehouse in winter, and it is still cold when it is taken out.

Lin Xiaoxiao also saved a lot of iced juice.The summer and autumn fruits are kept fresh in the warehouse, and they are taken out in winter to squeeze the juice and put into the warehouse.

Not to mention, this can of fresh goat milk earned them face. It seemed that Anan drank half of it himself and gave the other half to Mr. Zhao Xu.It seemed that Mr. Zhao Xu was very satisfied, and specially invited Lin and Cui to talk.

Both Lin Xiaoxiao and Cui Panpan thought it was quite interesting, and they were also willing to make friends with others, so they passed without fussing too much.

Zhao Xu sat in the upper seat, and Anan sat in the lower seat.

Seeing Mr. Zhao Xu, Lin Xiaoxiao couldn't help but take a few extra glances.

This Mr. Zhao Xu is really good-looking.He is the most beautiful person Lin Xiaoxiao has ever seen after time travelling, not one of them.If she wanted to describe it, Lin Xiaoxiao could only think of "the appearance is like a pan'an".

If the description is specific, Mr. Zhao Xu reminds Lin Xiaoxiao of Xiao Li Fei Dao played by Jiao Enjun.

Mr. Zhao Xu said he kept his mouth shut, which added to his handsomeness.It's a pity that Lin Xiaoxiao didn't quite understand, but fortunately Cui Panpan could handle a few words.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Lin and Cui said goodbye.

After all, it is an encounter in the wild, so we still have to be careful.

The tent was empty, Lin Xiaoxiao released the SUV.They slept in the SUV at night.It was dark for a long time, and they didn't need so much sleep, so the three of them arranged a night watch.Not on watch outside, but in tents.

Silent all night.

Early the next morning, the noise from the caravan alarmed the three people in the tent.The three hurried out of the tent, only to see that the caravan was already making breakfast.

Last night, everyone agreed that the three of Lin Xiaoxiao would go with the caravan.

Wash, cook instant noodles, disassemble the tent.It only took the three of them a quarter of an hour to get it done.

The movement of the caravan was also very fast.Both sides were packed almost at the same time.

Anan rode on a horse and waved to them, and Chun'er mixed into the caravan with a sheep cart.

"Leave early, I think we will arrive at Cold Wind Pass before noon. Cold Wind Pass is very lively, you can stay there for a few days."

Anan was right.Cold Wind Pass is very lively.

Probably because of the frequent wars before, Hanfeng Pass, as the first pass of the Song Dynasty, is an important strategic pass.

Not only are soldiers stationed here all year round, but a large number of refugees from the nearby wild mountains are also concentrated here.These refugees served as supplementary soldiers during the war, and in their free time they could serve as the army to provide rations and other services.

Thousands of miles to meet, and finally parting.

Anan and their caravan did not stay at Cold Wind Pass for a long time.The caravan just took advantage of the lunch time to process some goods, and then continued northward.

The three of Lin Xiaoxiao booked an inn to stay temporarily, which was introduced by Anan.For this reason, Lin Xiaoxiao gave her another can of goat milk.

After seeing off the caravan, Lin Xiaoxiao asked Cui Panpan: "Do you think Anan is the Nanzi in history?"

Nanzi, originally a princess of Song State, later married into Wei State and became the wife of Duke Ling of Wei.Because he had an affair with Song Guogongzichao, he was said to be detrimental to personal morality.She is included in the annals of history mainly because she had met Confucius.It is said that Nanzi admired Confucius very much, but he was considered disrespectful to Confucius.

Cui Panpan shook his head: "Probably not. Nan Zitong's temperament in history. Have you ever heard Anan sing or play an instrument along the way?"

"Unfortunately, I thought I saw a historical figure again. Where is that Mr. Zhao Xu?"

Cui Panpan shook his head again: "I heard that there are handsome men and beautiful women in Song Dynasty. Oh, yes, it is said that a certain great-grandmother of Confucius was a beautiful woman, so she brought disaster to the Confucius family. Later, Confucius' father moved from Song Dynasty to avoid disaster. The State of Lu. Therefore, the Kong family was originally from the State of Song.”

"Then can we meet the Kong family in Song Dynasty?"

Cui Panpan thought for a while, and said, "Maybe we can meet again. The Kong family is the chief minister in the Song Dynasty, in charge of the military. Let's go and quietly find out who the current King of Song is."

It doesn't matter if this inquiry is made, the two got bad news.

Today's Song royal family is in decline and has long lost its real power.The real ruler of the Song Dynasty is Huashi, and Huashi has been in power for more than a hundred years.

There is even worse news. After many years of fighting with Zheng, the population of Song State has decreased dramatically. Now it seems that the entire Song State has a population of less than 1.

Lin Xiaoxiao was speechless: "I heard that Song State is stronger than Hua State. How can we gather an army with such a small population?"

Cui Panpan disagrees: "The Hua country has a large population because they have no wars. Even now, the Hua country's military strength is limited, and the regular army may not be able to gather 3000 people."

"That's right," Lin Xiaoxiao also understood. "A small country like Hua country, no matter how well it develops, is just a flash in the pan. The wealth they have accumulated, they have no ability to protect, and they are just fat on the lips of a powerful country. Just wait for the strong country to take a bite."

"In my opinion, we should not stay here for too long." Cui Panpan said.

"I see that there are quite a lot of disabled people here, so let's do a free clinic for three days." Lin Xiaoxiao said.

In the border areas, most of the disabled were scratched by weapons.Many people's injuries were not treated in time. If they were lucky, they became lame and broke their hands. If they were unlucky, they got infected afterwards or died after a while.

With Lin Xiaoxiao's level of medical skills, there are not many ways to deal with it. Apart from cleaning the other party's wounds, they can only leave some antibacterial and anti-inflammatory herbs.After all, it is not a new injury, so Yunnan Baiyao cannot be used.Besides, the Yunnan Baiyao in Lin Xiaoxiao's hands is limited, and even if she wants to use it, it's not enough.

In the Cold Wind Pass, Lin Xiaoxiao got about a hundred points.

Three days later, Lin Xiaoxiao and the others continued their journey, taking a detour in the direction of Rui Guo.

However, the situation in Song State was worse than they imagined.

Not long after the three of them left Cold Wind Pass, they encountered bandits.To make matters worse, the bandits seemed to have just robbed the caravan and ran into them on their way back to the mountain.

Lin Xiaoxiao looked at the familiar people imprisoned in the wooden cages on the sheep cart opposite, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, "People who are destined to meet from thousands of miles away".

The ones in those wooden cages were Anan and his caravan, and the ones in the car closest to them were Anan and Zhaoxu.

There are more than a dozen bandits.Five people were imprisoned in the wooden cage.Lin Xiaoxiao and the others had three of them.

Lin Xiaoxiao only had two shotgun bullets left in her hand, and felt that it was not enough to scare the dozen or so people.

How to do?
(End of this chapter)