Let’s talk about Su Yin and his group. After leaving Linzhou Prefecture, they headed north.

Since every household had a horse-drawn carriage, the speed of travel was much faster than before.

On the way, they also met many refugees fleeing from Yunzhou, Yuzhou, Minzhou, Meizhou and other places. Among them, many were like Su Yin and his friends, with families and carriages.

In fact, this is normal. After all, those who don’t have much wealth have already died on the way of fleeing, and either starved to death or died of illness.

Su Yin's group was so large that it attracted quite a few smaller carriage groups.

They naturally prefer to associate with families that have carriages.

This resulted in those with carriages gathering together with those with carriages, and those without carriages gathering together with those without carriages, and everyone formed their own groups in this way.

Although they were traveling together, there was a distance between them, not too close nor too far.

This is done to reassure each other.

Behind Su Yin and his group, there were many families with horse-drawn carriages.

Su Yin and his group found a place to rest and gave the horses water and food.

Adults and children all hid under the shade of the trees. When the convoy behind them saw them stop, many people also stopped to rest. Of course, some people continued on their way.

The team that chose to rest kept a distance from Su Yin and his group, keeping a safe distance from each other. This way, everyone could be safe and at ease.

Su Yin found Doctor Li.

The person in the team who knows the outside world best is Doctor Li.

Previously, Mr. Wan San and Nan Jingzhi went south, but now both of them have left, leaving only Doctor Li.

He is the one among them who has seen the most and has been to the most places.

Even though Su Yin had a lot of advanced knowledge, his understanding of the Great Yong Dynasty was still very superficial.

"Doctor Li, are we almost at that fork in the road you mentioned earlier?" Su Yin asked.

"According to our progress, we will reach the fork in the road in one hour. There is a fork in the road that goes west, north, and south. Once we get there, I'm afraid there will be more people on the official road. After passing the fork in the road, we will walk another ten miles and there will be a post station ahead."

Doctor Li took a look at the sky and said, "We will probably arrive at the post station at 3 p.m."

"If we plan to rest at the post station, we can rest earlier today. If we don't rest at the post station, we will miss this place. Further ahead is the mountain road. After two hours' walk, we will reach the next county town."

"At our speed, it's unlikely that we can make it to the county town before the city gates close. If we need to find a place to stay, we'll go to the post station."

"Posthouse?" Su Yin was very surprised. "Posthouse, can we stay there?"

In her impression, the post house was an inn specially used to entertain officials from all walks of life, and outsiders were not allowed to stay there.

Doctor Li smiled and said, "You don't know this. If it was a few decades ago, it would be impossible to stay here, but now, as long as we pay, the post station will let ordinary people stay for a night."

"I have stayed at many post stations when I was traveling before, and I also learned some reasons from the post station officials. All officials who come to the post stations do not have to pay, and the funds are allocated by the court. However, the court has not allocated funds for a long time, and officials from above have come again."

"They can't afford to offend those officials, but they can't pay for their own entertainment. So the post stations in various places have begun to solicit guests. Otherwise, not to mention entertaining the officials, they will have trouble feeding themselves."

"If you go out in the future, even if you come across an inn, don't stay in the upper rooms."

Su Baozhu, who was standing by, listened attentively and asked curiously, "Why?"

Doctor Li explained, "When I went to the south before, I stayed at an inn. There were a lot of people that day, and the inn was full. Unfortunately, at midnight that day, some officials checked in, and they wanted to stay in the upper room, but it was already occupied."

"Those officials killed the guest who stayed in the upper room without saying a word. I heard that the guest was the son of a wealthy businessman."

Su Baozhu was stunned by what she heard, her mouth slightly opened, "How can you be so overbearing? Just let the person go, why kill someone?"

Doctor Li sighed, "That's right! Those officials don't care about the lives of ordinary people like us. So, if we see them in the future, we should stay away from them if possible."

"When you stay at the inn in the future, don't stay in a room that is too good." Doctor Li reminded.

Su Yin nodded.

Su Baozhu kept nodding and patting her chest, "The post station is so dangerous, let's not stay here anymore."

Su Yin nodded in agreement. "The post station is full of mixed people. We have so many people, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient."

Doctor Li nodded. "This post station is at a crossroads, and the people there are probably even more complicated. It's definitely not suitable for us to live in."

They are all ordinary people with no power or influence. Once they provoke the powerful, it will be very easy to crush them.

A place like an inn is not suitable for them to live in, even if they have money.

They couldn't check into the county town in time, nor could they stay at the post station, so they had to sleep outdoors.

Fortunately, every family now has a carriage, which can accommodate one or two people.

After a good rest, the group set off again.

When they reached the fork in the road, a convoy appeared on the left, with three carriages. What caught Su Yin's attention was not the three carriages, but the guards following the carriages in front and behind, which showed that the people in the three carriages were either rich or noble.

If they don't slow down, they will collide with each other at the fork in the road.

Su Yin didn't want to cause trouble, nor did she want to compete with others for that little bit of time, so she took the initiative to slow down the speed of the car and let the other party go first.

The other party also noticed their team and did not slow down at all.

After the other party passed by, Su Yin did not rush over, but kept a distance from the other party.

"Yinyin, those people are so majestic." Su Baozhu looked at the people in the three carriages with envy. With so many people protecting them, they must be safe.

"When we have money in the future, we will bring more servants with us when we go out to protect the house." Su Yin said with a smile seeing how envious she was.

Su Baozhu kept nodding, "Okay, okay!"

At this time, she was just dreaming and never took it seriously.

When they arrived at the post station, Su Yin and his group saw the group of people walking in front of them, who had already chosen to stay at the post station.

Su Yin and his group continued to move forward, and some people in the carriage team following behind them chose to stay at the post station.

After all, in this era, families who could own a carriage were all well-off and naturally were not used to living in the wild. Having an inn would definitely make them feel more comfortable.

Of course, there were some people who did not choose to stay at the inn and continued to move forward with Su Yin and his group.

Just before the sun set, Su Yin and his group chose a place to camp.