As expected, accidents will still occur.
There are more than eighty people in Liu Qiaoer's escort company, but the number of people following the team cannot be too large.
A group of people were assigned to form the front and rear formations. These people were from the Longmen Escort Agency, and they had arranged accommodation and a place for their carriages and horses in advance.
The few people at the back were mainly responsible for the aftermath and liaison. In this way, after everyone was dispersed, they seemed less conspicuous.
Great ****! Liu Qiaoer actually managed to make a dozen horse-drawn carriages.
Among them, there were six horse-drawn carriages loaded with grain and four loaded with boxes. After customs inspection, the grain was indeed grain, and the boxes were loaded with seasonings from the Huns and silver collected.
Since the items are valuable, it is reasonable for the escort agency to have more people, but the toll is also not small.
Marquis Zhenbei didn't give much silver, it was all Liu Qiaoer's private money. She was so distressed that she didn't want it. She hoped to kill King Xiang and move his warehouse away, so as to at least compensate Liu Qiaoer for her loss.
Cui Boxiao rolled his eyes speechlessly: "I know your financial situation, these are just a tiny hair on your body. Besides, King Xiang also has money and a granary. After you take over your space, you will definitely upgrade it and expand the place."
Liu Qiaoer rolled her eyes at him. She knew that she couldn't let him know that she had a space, because he would be envious and jealous.
In fact, Cui Boxiao’s initial plan was to hide all the things in the space and go directly to Liangzhou.
However, Liu Qiaoer was afraid of being exposed. Besides, without the silver and food, what would the brothers eat and drink along the way
When Liu Qiaoer and Cui Boxiao led their men into the city of Liangzhou, the soldiers guarding the gate began to conduct particularly strict inspections.
"Where are you from?"
"Blue City."
"Where are you going?"
"Deep City."
"Going directly from the north to the south? It's a long way..."
"Yeah, so we brought a lot of stuff."
The soldier guarding the city gate signaled for someone to check, and Cui Boxiao immediately took out an ingot of silver and stuffed it over.
"Brothers, please have some tea."
The Marquis of Zhenbei had smooth travels through several cities in the north, after all, the documents were issued by the Marquis of Zhenbei himself. However, he encountered a checkpoint in the first city he entered upon arriving at King Xiang's fiefdom.
The soldiers guarding the city were under the command of King Xiang. They looked at Cui Boxiao's long team with disdain.
"Who are you looking down on? We are the personal guards of King Xiang. We are investigating spies from the Xiongnu. If you are not a spy, we will let you go. If you are, no one will dare to let you into the city."
Cui Boxiao thought for a moment, then took out another fifty-liang silver note: "What's going on? Everything was fine when we came here, but why is there such a strict inspection after we left?"
This time the guard took one look at the number, his expression softened, and he whispered, "Our prince is going to war."
War, yes. Prince Xiang failed to seize the throne in the capital and was driven back to his fiefdom by Marquis Zhennan. He raised an army in rebellion. It seems that there will be a war.
"Is that so? Well, we are just businessmen and don't care about this. If you want to fight, you should let us go. If this place is too chaotic, we may not come back in the next few years."
The guard looked at their long line, then looked at the banknotes in his hand, and finally waved his hand to let them pass.
Cui Boxiao winked at Liu Qiaoer, and a group of people began to move slowly. The line behind them was also very long. Because they delayed the time for the pedestrians behind to enter the city, the people behind them cursed.
Liu Qiaoer was very worried. They had just arrived at the first city in King Xiang's fiefdom. It was so troublesome to pass it. There were three more cities to go, and it would only become more and more difficult.
Neither Liu Qiaoer nor Cui Boxiao likes to sit and wait for death. After resting in this city for a day, Liu Qiaoer and the others just walked out of the city half a day later.
Suddenly, a group of robbers rushed out from the front.
There weren't many people, but they blocked their way.
“I opened this mountain, I planted this tree…”
Cui Boyao was impatient to listen to them, so he flipped over beautifully, sat on the roof of the car, and continued what they were saying.
"If you want to pass this way, you have to leave money to buy your way through... Am I right?"
The leading robber, who was a muscular man holding a big knife, sneered: "That's right, then you should just leave your money here obediently."
Cui Boxiao looked at this group of bandits and instantly had the idea of entering the city.
"If you want us to keep our money, that's not impossible. You want our money, and we want your mountain. How about that?"
The bandit was a little confused when he heard it: "What do you mean?"
Cui Boxiao smiled generously: "Prince Xiang is going to fight a war ahead and needs silver and food. We are few in number and may not be able to transport them. We might as well not go back. We will go back when the world is peaceful. But we have come here and have no place to live. We can just borrow your bandit den to live in for a few years."
The bandits got anxious when they heard this: "There is nothing in our village. If you move in, where will we live with so many people?"
Cui Boyao: "You can go wherever you want with our money. The world is so big and everyone can be your home. We can't do that. We have a home but it's hard to go back. Find a place to stay temporarily. When you are tired of traveling, come back and we will give the village to you."
Other smart bandits had already reacted and immediately expressed their opposition.
"No, we just robbed you of some money, but you want our lair. It's not worth it."
Cui Boxiao smiled coldly: "Whether it is worthwhile or not, we will know only after the fight. Who knows, maybe you will belong to me in the end."
After saying that, Cui Boxiao made a hand gesture, and his soldiers immediately formed a square formation. Except for a group of people who protected the food and grass, the others caught the bandits off guard.
No matter how fierce these robbers are, they are no match for regular troops, and they don't have enough numbers.
Although there were about a hundred bandits in total, one soldier under Cui Boxiao was worth three or four, so they also numbered about a hundred.
In just half an hour, Cui Boxiao's men captured the bandits one by one.
Cui Boxiao came up to the muscular robber and laughed twice.
"Come on, take me to your village for a look."
The robber was so angry: "You can arrest people if you want. We will give you money. Why do you always keep thinking about our nest?"
Cui Boxiao raised his eyebrows: "My young master has his own uses."
The others also didn't understand it at all, but as subordinates they knew not to ask questions that they should and shouldn't ask.
Only Liu Qiao'er looked confused: "Do you have any ideas?"
Cui Boxiao nodded and said, "As the saying goes, cats have their ways, and mice have their ways. If we go to Liangzhou like this, I'm afraid we'll be taken away by King Xiang's men before we even get there."
Liu Qiaoer also understood his idea instantly: "Are you planning to find another shortcut?"
Cui Boxiao bent his finger and flicked Liu Qiaoer's smooth brow: "Smart."
"Let these robbers lead the way. We will definitely find a shortcut to Liangzhou."