Chapter 936 Is it our turn to make merit?

The fleet set sail, with the Flying Fish leading the way, rushing forward, its blade-like bow splitting the river water, its streamlined slender hull quickly cutting through the water, and its five sails that were wider than the side of the ship providing powerful power, allowing the Flying Fish to rush forward rapidly, as if it was really flying on the water.

After just over ten minutes, after turning a corner, the ordinary cargo ship behind could no longer see the Flying Fish.

The passengers on the ship also felt that such a speed was very surprising, and even the crew members who were operating the ship were driving such a fast sailing ship for the first time.

It would take a day from Weishan County to reach the Liuyang County wharf, but this Flying Fish arrived in just a few hours. It took less than a day to reach the three-day voyage from Liuyang County to Dongxin County.

Faced with such a speed, even the dozen people on the ship, Mo Xin, were very shocked.

You have to know that they were specialized in making ship models before. They were very familiar with the various types of sailboats of the Han tribe and the performance of various types of ships. However, no ship could compete with the speed of this flying fish.

The little flying fish was traveling very fast, rushing south day and night, and finally arrived at the dock of Takumi County on the evening of the eleventh day after departure.

The photographer on the ship immediately got off the ship and stood on the dock to take a photo with the dock as the background, as well as a photo of the flying fish boat and the city of the Tang tribe behind it. These were evidences that the flying fish boat had arrived here. Then someone went to find the big tree of Takumi County to testify and write down the time of the flying fish boat's arrival on the photo, and then stamped his seal to prove that he had really seen the ship.

With such double proof, it was finally confirmed that the ship had arrived at the dock of Takumi County from the dock of Weishan County within eleven days. This was definitely explosive news.

Dashu was unable to return to the eight northern counties to celebrate the New Year, and he had not seen the Flying Fish boat model at Luo Chong's house, so when he heard that the boat took less than eleven days to arrive here from Weishan County in the north, he was very surprised.

After all, he was a county governor, and Dashu was politically sensitive. He knew very well what such a fast speed could bring to the Han tribe. With such a strong transportation capacity, I am afraid that the leader's plan to build the south will start to speed up.

"Everyone, please rest here for one night. I have prepared an inn for you. You can stay in the inn today.

And the envoy of the Tang tribe, I can send someone to take you back to Tangcheng directly. What do you think?"

Dashu first discussed today's reception schedule with Youfu, Moxin and other craftsmen and their families, and then asked about Tang Yao.

"Okay, I will go back today, so I won't bother the governor Lin here. If the governor wants to write back to Luo Chong, please remember to tell him that I am safe." Tang Yao nodded and agreed. She was a little nervous when she thought that she would take over Tang Ji's position as the leader, even if this title was only temporary.

"Don't worry, sir, I will report to the leader." Dashu also agreed and began to arrange for people to send Tang Yao home.

As for You Fu and Mo Xin and the others who were traveling with Tang Yao, You Fu had to gather his old subordinates in Takuhai County first and form a new exploration team. He would start to set off only after the people and tools were ready.

The families of Mo Xin's craftsmen would all be arranged in Takuhai County for the time being. Dashu had already made preparations for this and immediately arranged for the clerks below to arrange new houses and fields for their families so that they could survive here.

In addition, when the families of the dozen craftsmen were arranged, Dashu also wrote a letter to Youzhi, who was at the construction site in the capital, asking him to send someone to pick up the dozen craftsmen and the large palace complex model they made.

Youzhi was very happy to hear that people were coming, and immediately sent his Jinwu Guards to Takumi County to pick them up. When the Jinwu Guards arrived, the new home of Moxin and his people was almost ready.

The dozen carpenters and bricklayers even made some furniture and other things for the new home, which really did not waste any time.

It was like this until the third day of May, when twenty knights of the Jinwu Guards took Moxin and his dozen people, as well as the huge palace sand table, firewood and food, and pulled four carriages and twenty war horses to the capital in the northwest of Takumi County.

On the way there, Mo Xin and the others sat in the carriage, with twelve armored cavalrymen on both sides of the convoy, and four cavalrymen in front and behind to explore and cover the rear. They protected the dozen craftsmen very well, which showed that the leader and the Jinwu Guard Commander named You Zhi valued them.

On the way, Mo Xin noticed that there was a simple dirt road where they were walking, so he asked the cavalrymen who followed him.

"My dear little brother, may I ask when this road was built?!"

"Ah? Are you talking to me, Master? You are asking about this road? Actually, there is no road here. It was just a road that was paved when our commander led us to escort 3,000 slaves to the capital. In addition, it was crushed by many carriages and horses, so it became the road you mentioned. In fact, it has never been properly repaired.

But to be honest, although I don't know how to build a road, it is definitely not difficult. The main reason is that this place is really good.

Let me tell you this, we have only walked for half a day, but it took us four days to get here. The road from the capital to Takumi County is flat and plain. Isn't it easy to build a road in such a place?!"

The little cavalryman who followed the car also started talking after hearing Mo Xin's question. If no one talked much on such a long journey, I'm afraid they would all be bored to death.

At this moment, the four cavalrymen who were exploring the way in front suddenly turned back and yelled at the caravan.

"Everyone be on alert, there are unidentified people hunting three miles ahead, and it is initially suspected that they may be wild men from other tribes."

Upon hearing this, Mo Xin and the others were stunned, and then asked the soldiers of the Jinwu Guard next to them in confusion.

"Wild men, are there other small tribes in the area between Takuhai County and the capital? Didn't you absorb those people in advance when you came here?"

"Well, to be honest with you, when we first came here, in addition to guarding slaves, we also had to search for water sources and terrain. How could we have time to carefully look for wild men around?

But there were really no wild men at that time, who knows where these wild men came from." The young cavalry said while vigilantly observing the surroundings, and some people took out binoculars from their waists to observe everywhere.

The cavalry commander who led the team asked the scout, "Where did the wild men come from, where were they found, and how many of them are there?"

"Reporting to the commander, there are more than a dozen adult men with animal skins around their waists. They are hunting wild goats drinking water by the river. They are equipped with homemade bows and spears. There seems to be a group of people dressed in the same way not far away, about hundreds of people. There are old people, women and children in the team, and they are also carrying young children and babies. It seems that they are migrating with their entire clan!"

"Oh? Migrating with their entire clan? There is such a good thing! Brothers, this is our time to make

contributions. If we can recruit these people into our tribe, it will be a great achievement." The commander immediately became interested. When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up. If there were only a dozen adult men hunting, they would not intend to meddle in other people's business. Everyone went their own way. In addition, they also had the task of escorting the sand table model and the dozen craftsmen, so they didn't want to cause trouble.

But there are women and children in the other team, which is a different situation. When encountering a wild tribe that is migrating with its entire tribe and has not yet determined its destination, it is imperative that they be recruited into the Han tribe.

However, the general flag officer did not abandon Mo Xin and the others directly, but rode towards the caravan and said to Mo Xin, who was leading the caravan.

"Master Mo, there is a tribe of several hundred people ahead, and it seems that they are migrating with their entire tribe. We are going to persuade them to join our Han tribe. Do you want to go with us?!"

Mo Xin smiled immediately, and then patted the sword hanging on his waist and said.

"Don't worry, General Flag Officer. We can protect ourselves. I also want to see what kind of tribe this is. Why don't we go together?"

"Okay, then we will go together. Everyone pack up your luggage, take your weapons, stay alert, and let's go." The general flag officer nodded with satisfaction, and the caravan immediately began to speed up and approach the front.

Just as Mo Xin and his team were approaching the wild men, the dozen men who were hunting goats by the river also panicked. They held stone-polished spears and simple bows and arrows in their hands, and looked vigilantly at the two Jinwu Guards who were wandering in the distance on horses. They were two of the four people who had been scouting in front.

"Who are those people? How can they tame wild beasts and ride them?!" A young man from the river hunting team looked at the two Jinwu Guards in the distance in surprise and said.

"I don't know. Let's go. We can't stay here any longer." The older captain of the hunting team said vigilantly.

"Then where should we go? Should

we run to the tribe?" "No, that will lead them there. Let's run in other directions. Everyone runs separately. Whoever can return to the tribe will tell the elders to take everyone to hide quickly."

The captain of the hunting team had just finished speaking when he found that one of the two cavalrymen in the distance suddenly seemed to have discovered something and immediately rode the tall beast under him towards their migrating tribe.

He immediately shouted in surprise, "Oh no, that man has found our tribe. Let's run back quickly. If they are enemies, we will fight them."

Upon hearing this, more than a dozen men immediately packed up their weapons, picked up the four goats they had just hunted on the ground, and ran barefoot to their tribe.

Their tribe was resting in a small forest upstream of the river, picking up firewood to make a fire. Some teenagers and women were also fishing for fish and shrimp in the shallow water up to their knees by the river. The younger children were digging around in the woods, trying to find any edible plant roots or wild fruits. Except for the very young children, the rest of the adults, young and old, male and female, were busy with their own things.

At this time, several women standing by the water fishing suddenly saw a strange man in the distance, wearing clothes made of unknown things, riding a wild beast, and the beast was running wildly and approaching them quickly.

"Ah?! There is a man over there, riding a beast towards us!" The woman shouted to the tribesmen around her, holding a shrimp in her hand.

Everyone turned their heads quickly and saw that there was indeed a man riding a tall beast coming towards them. In the distance, the hunting team of their own tribe was also running towards them quickly. It seemed that they had met that man first. Did the other party want to steal the hunting team's prey?

"Everyone, pick up your spears and gather together. Put the children and women in the middle. There is only one person on the other side. They should not be our opponents. Don't panic." An old man in his fifties in the tribe shouted to the tribe members.

Hearing the elder's call, everyone seemed to have found the backbone. They immediately began to look for weapons and gathered together, protecting the women and children in the middle, and looked at the man riding the beast vigilantly.

When the warrior of the Jinwu Guard ran to about 100 meters away from them, he stopped on his own initiative and began to cruise horizontally. He no longer continued to approach them, but looked back from time to time with a telescope.

After seeing this scene, the elder of the tribe immediately cried out in his heart that it was not good. He knew from the look of the scout that this guy must be looking at his companions.

How many companions do they have? Are they all riding such beasts?

If there are dozens of them, can everyone stop them with the men in their tribe now?

Why haven't the hunting team come back yet? Have they been killed by that guy's companions?

Just when the elders were confused, more than a dozen people from the hunting team ran over, shouting as they ran.

"Elder, someone is chasing us. They are all riding wild beasts, and there are seven or eight people behind them. Let's be careful."

Just as the captain of the hunting team was talking, Mo Xin and his team's convoy also rushed over. Seeing that the people had not left, everyone slowed down and approached slowly to avoid misunderstandings and unnecessary conflicts.

"Huh? What is that? In the tribe that Biao told us about, is there anyone who can tame beasts? And what is that thing pulled by wild beasts, with so many people sitting on it?" The elders in the crowd looked at the Han tribe convoy slowly approaching in the distance, and said with caution and curiosity.

(End of this chapter)