410 Sun Sicheng’s Request
On September 20th, Ping An and his group finally set off.
This time he brought everyone with him, including Erqiang, Xiaowu and other ten people he brought from the capital, and eight people he brought from the Medicine Valley in the first half of the year. Several of the women were taken care of by Lengshui, and having them would make miscellaneous tasks along the way much more convenient.
Sun Sicheng was still led by He Jin's team of eight. The others had already followed Ming Wanli to Minzhou. Together with the dozen or so guards led by Fu An, there were more than fifty people in total, with ten horse-drawn carriages alone.
A few days before leaving home, Ping'an finally bought a family from a pawnshop. The man, Liu Xueming, was 32 years old and had worked as a steward in a wealthy family. His wife was good at needlework and housework. Liu Wu's son had just turned ten years old and looked smart. The youngest daughter, Xiaofang, was only seven years old and was just the right age to accompany Xier.
This time his parents finally didn't object. With more children in the family, Xizhi couldn't take care of it alone.
Ping'an took these people home and arranged for Liu Xueming to be the housekeeper. His wife helped Xizhi with housework, and Xiaofang became Xier's personal maid.
He promised that as long as the couple did a good job, he would take their son under him to learn skills when he returned from his journey.
The couple were naturally very happy. Their son worked as a servant and ran errands at home, so naturally he had no future as an adult following the eldest master.
Fu An wanted to sit with Ping An.
Sun Sicheng said, "Ping An will take my car. If you want to come over, you can take it, but you have to read articles in the car every morning, discuss medical theories in the afternoon, and copy books and practice calligraphy for an hour in the evening. But you can rest the next afternoon. You can take any car. Fu An, if you want to come, hurry up. It's already dawn and we have to set off."
Fu An was about to step on the car when he quickly put it down again: "Master, I'd better take my own car. The book is still in the car. Ping An, you can take my car tomorrow afternoon. My car is also very good."
He winked at Ping An.
Master Ping An is really amazing, but he is too strict. He is already a top three scorer, and it is still early for the provincial examination. Can't Ping An be given a break?
He had finally begged his father to let him go to his uncle's house, so naturally he didn't want to be so tired on the journey.
I may not be able to return to Beijing with Ping'an next spring. I haven't had time to tell Ping'an about this. His father may have been successfully transferred to another place, either Yingtian or Hezhou. Hezhou is not far from Yingtian, and it is much shorter to go to Minzhou than from Beijing.
He could have half a day off every two days, which was not bad. For the remaining day and a half, he would just close his eyes and rest in the car. Fifteen years old is the time when the body is growing.
Fu An sighed. His carriage was wide, barely enough for him to lie down with his long legs stretched out. His family was not happy living in the mansion, and he had been working very hard over the years. This was his first college entrance examination, and although his results could not compare with Ping An's, they were still pretty good.
He also learned some martial arts to barely protect himself, otherwise he would not have kicked away Bai Jiaming's followers, stabbed Bai Jiaming's thigh with a knife, and even captured him.
Bai Jiaming intended to harm him, so he brought eight or nine people with him, while he only had four guards. If he hadn't pointed a knife at their master, the final result would not have been good, and it would have been even more impossible for him to go to Minzhou leisurely now.
Fu An sat up and took out a copy of the Analects from the bookcase. Isn't it just reading a book? He can do it too.
Ping An was already accustomed to reading on the way. Sun Sicheng lay on half of the carriage without making a sound. After a while, he actually fell asleep.
Ping'an covered the master with a quilt. It was already a bit cold in Gyeongju in late September, and he wouldn't feel hot even if he wore a thin coat in the morning and evening.
His mother brought him a lot of clothes, shoes, and even more food. He walked a long way just now and saw his parents, uncle, sister, and Sanqiang standing at the gate of the village until he could no longer see them clearly.
At that time, he felt that he was a little unfilial, running around all these years and never staying at home to accompany them. But he never regretted it. Without all those hardships, how could he have the abilities he has now?
The next afternoon, Ping An indeed came to Fu An's car.
"Ping An, if you don't come I will really go to your master's car, but I am very afraid of him."
Ping An laughed. His master was such a good person, but there were always people who were afraid of him, and that person was Huo Zhi.
"Then don't go. I come here for half a day every two days. I have things to do the rest of the time. I also have to memorize some medical theories. This is what studying medicine is like. You're not going to be as lucky as me."
Fu An grinned: "I am indeed lucky, I have a friend who is a doctor."
"Fu An, after the college entrance examination, I went back to my hometown. You know my hometown is a village in Jiao County. I suddenly thought of Bai Jiaming, so I asked my subordinates to check it out. Guess what happened?"
"What's the matter?"
"He got involved in gambling and was addicted to prostitution, both of which are harmful to people. I don't think his grandfather and uncle know this."
Fu An frowned: "My mother said that she wanted to teach him a lesson, but she really has no time in the past few months. She is busy buying a house in Minzhou and arranging an engagement for my sister. The wedding will be in December, and the dowry must be bought. Some of the original dowry is still in the capital and cannot be taken with her.
Ping An, I am sure that Bai Jiaming’s situation was not caused by my mother sending people to do it. It’s not that my mother wanted to let him go, but that she didn’t have time.
So, when I go to Minzhou, I won’t let my mother interfere in this matter. A person who is going to be ruined is not worthy of my mother’s punishment.”
There is nothing to worry about for the second house where Bai Jiaming is, but both the old Hanlin and Lord Bai are not simple people. He doesn't think that Lord Bai will not be able to find out the matter.
Let’s forget about the past.
"That's fine. Bai Jiaming will definitely not have a good outcome if he continues like this. Your mother doesn't have to dirty her hands because of this. Let's not talk about this anymore. Just keep it to yourself."
Fu An raised the corners of his lips. He was also quite interested in this. If you asked him who the person he hated the most since he was a child, it would be Bai Jiaming.
"Ping An, when we get to Minzhou, I'll take you to meet my uncle and cousin. I'll tell you, they've been overseas before, taking things out and bringing them back to sell. They make a lot of money, but it takes at least half a year to go back and forth like this.
My cousin said that those overseas people look like ghosts, with blue eyes, red hair, and they speak in a gibberish way that most people can't understand. They have been there several times, and now they don't need to ask people to pass on messages. They can get business done just by holding the goods and pointing. "
Ping An sat up straight. Overseas? Can the Great Zhou Dynasty trade with overseas countries now?
He asked Fu An.
Fu An said as a matter of course: "Of course there are, but they are all small-scale operations, and there is no large-scale trade. My uncle's family has two ships, and they are impressive, right?
But I heard from them that there are many small countries overseas, and some of them are not richer than our Great Zhou."
Ping An's mind was already empty.
If he could go overseas, he would also like to go. In his previous life, going abroad was very easy, just like crossing a river, but now it is difficult to go out to sea. It all depends on the ship drifting on the sea. To be honest, it is still risky.
He couldn't even pass the test of Master Guang.
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