All the carriages were replaced with tires and equipped with newly improved shock-absorbing springs.
It is now July and the weather is starting to get hotter.
Shi Qingluo also loaded a lot of saltpeter sent from Xiaxixi Village into the carriage.
They also packed in as many vegetables, fruits and melons as could be accommodated, and used a separate carriage to load a few bicycles.
If you really can't sit in the carriage, you can ride a bicycle.
This time, not only Xi Rui and Liang Youxiao were going, but Xi Rong also persuaded the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to go with them, and brought a large sum of money and a team of female guards to go to Northern Frontier.
Xi Rong wanted to establish a women's army in the northern border, and this was an opportunity.
Although she had always thought so before, she was not well prepared because she had to do everything by herself, and she was very worried.
Now that she had Shi Qingluo's company and support, she made up her mind.
Ten days later, everyone gathered at the city gate, led by guards sent by the emperor to escort everyone to the northern border.
Xiao Hanzheng's family arrived half an incense stick of time earlier than the agreed time because they were not used to being late.
When they arrived, the commander was already waiting there with a team of over a hundred guards.
Xiao Hanzheng got off the carriage and bowed to the guard commander in a friendly manner, "Guard Commander!"
Commander Wei is less than thirty years old and is a nobleman from the Earl's Mansion.
Seeing Xiao Hanzheng being so polite, he also smiled and bowed, "Master Xiao, you guys are here really early."
Thinking of the people he was going to escort this time, he couldn't help but get a headache.
Soon, Zhuo Jun's carriage arrived.
People started arriving gradually, and Qi Yiyang arrived first.
Xi Rui and Liang Youxiao were a step slower.
Liang Youxiao and Xi Rui were more exaggerated. Not only did they each have eight or nine carriages, they also brought several maids and servants with them, and were followed by a personal guard of about ten people.
Commander Wei was even more troubled. Was he going to the northern border for fun or to work? When Xi Rong came, the momentum was even greater, with more than a dozen carriages and more than sixty maids.
Commander Wei didn't just have a headache this time, his stomach even hurt. "My Lord, are you going to take so many maids to the Northern Frontier?"
Not many people knew that Xi Rong wanted to build a women's army. The people she brought were maids on the surface, but in fact they were carefully selected and trained female soldiers.
But of course she couldn't say it now, otherwise, before she could build a women's army, those old scholars in the court would report her and try to sabotage her.
Xi Rong smiled and said, "These are the people who serve me. I can't live without them."
Commander Wei: “…” It seems that the ladies in the palace don’t have so many people serving them.
I've heard before that this witch is a bit erratic, and today I see that she is indeed the case.
When Xi Rong saw Shi Qingluo getting off the carriage, she immediately ran over and took her arm, "Luoluo, I'll get on your carriage, let's play cards."
She knew that Shi Qingluo's carriage had been modified. Although hers had also been modified, for some reason, it was not as comfortable as Luoluo's carriage.
Xi Rui and Liang Youxiao also hurriedly said: "Let's come too."
Fortunately, they can play cards on the way, otherwise they would be bored to death.
Qi Yiyang also said shamelessly: "Add me in too."
When Commander Wei heard what they said, he really wanted to ask, "Are you really going to the Northern Frontier to train instead of sightseeing?"
But he still held back. Although they were all children of noble families, he really couldn't afford to offend these people.
I just hope these ancestors won’t cause trouble on the road so I can have less worries, although the hope is not great.
How unlucky he was to get this hot job.
Before I could stop worrying, I found out that several of the playboys had arrived, but the others had not yet arrived.
So they waited and waited, and finally they saw a carriage with more than a dozen people slowly moving forward.
Seeing Hu Mincai and the others coming slowly, Xi Rong couldn't help but ask, "You guys came an incense stick past the agreed time. Can you keep time?"
Hu Mincai said nonchalantly, "Sorry, the carriages are blocked on the road."
They came slowly on purpose, as they were very reluctant to go to the northern border.
Hu Mincai glanced at Xiao Hanzheng and Zhuo Jun who were standing not far away, and revealed his displeasure without any concealment.
If it weren't for these two people, they wouldn't have been forced to go to the Northern Frontier.
“Bang!”
"ah!"
First there was the sound of a whip, followed by Hu Mincai's scream.
He was just looking at Xiao Hanzheng and the other man when Xi Rong whipped him.
He rubbed his painful shoulder and said in a deep voice: "Xi Rong, why did you hit me?"
Xi Rong raised her chin and said, "I'll beat you up if I want to. What can you do to me?"
"Next time, if you don't keep up with the time I'll give you for assembly, it won't just be a whipping."
Hu Mincai's face was very ugly. "Don't go too far. We are all courtiers sent to the Northern Frontier by the emperor. You have no right to control us."
Xi Rong was too lazy to reason with him and swung the whip a few more times, "Pa pa pa!"
"Ahhh!" Hu Mincai didn't expect Xi Rong to hit him again. This tigress was so vicious.
Xi Rong snorted coldly and glanced at Hu Mincai and his group, "Hmph, if you don't want to listen, you can try."
When the others saw that Hu Mincai had been whipped several times, they couldn't help but shrink back.
They can't afford to offend this tigress...
Why are there these dudes on the way to Northern Xinjiang this time? Can we still have an easy life?
Hu Mincai covered his arm and said nothing more, but he secretly resented it and kept it in mind.
He didn't dare to provoke this tigress here. Once he left the capital and headed for the northern border, he would always find her and take revenge on her.
When Commander Wei saw that Hu Mincai was beaten because he was late, he not only did not feel sympathy, but also thought that the beating was justified.
It's outrageous that he acted nonchalant when he was late.
But it also confirmed that this escort mission would be difficult.
The difficulty is not in getting on the road, but in dealing with those difficult young men from aristocratic families and playboys.
He coughed lightly and said, "Now that everyone is here, let's set off."
This was also a way for Hu Mincai's people to save their way out, and they all got on the carriage.
Xi Rong and others also got on Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng's carriage to play cards.
Liang Youxiao said as he shuffled the cards: "Hu Mincai looked at you with a bad look in his eyes. I'm afraid he will do something bad on the way."
Xi Rong raised her eyebrows. "If he tries to do something bad, I'll beat him to death. What a joke."
Shi Qingluo also smiled meaningfully: "It's still uncertain who will be the one to take care of whom on the road."
Naturally, she also noticed Hu Mincai's unfriendly look, as if they had harmed him.
He looked very unconvinced and seemed to want to do something bad on the way.
But in fact, they also have to blame Hu Mincai and others on the surface. If their grandfather or father hadn't proposed it in the court, would they "go" to Northern Xinjiang? Anyway, it's boring on the road, so let's use these people to have some fun.
King Jin and these elders are planning on this, so these people should just pay some interest first.
(End of this chapter)
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