Chapter 2335 Return
Bai Shan and his friends were busy packing up to go home. Of course, there were many of them, so a few of them just stood in the yard with their hands clasped together, basking in the sun while directing the guards to pack their luggage.
This time, on the way back, Manbao would not put her things in Koko's space. Apart from the jewelry she had picked out earlier and particularly liked, only Bai Erlang's cat's eye gem was still in the space.
Everything else is out in the open.
Of course, they wouldn't open the box and show it to others. Everything is well hidden in the box.
However, everyone fought bandits together, went up the mountain to dig for treasure together, divided the spoils together on the prairie, and exchanged treasures with each other. No one knew what everyone had.
They didn't know much about Da Yu, who lived in the courtyard across the street. However, they were still amazed at the luggage Zhou Man and his friends brought back. "You brought too much stuff, didn't you? What are they?"
Manbao said, "We have everything. We have jade, gemstones, various jewelry, and medicinal herbs that we think are beautiful."
"Medicinal herbs?"
"That's right," Manbao said, "Some of the herbs here are not available in the Central Plains, so I bought some extra to take back."
Dayu was a little tempted, but decided not to. He didn't have much money left, and medicinal herbs were not very useful in their small town. After all, good medicinal herbs needed good doctors to be effective, right?
If they wanted to sell it in Shazhou, they would have no connections. Unlike the gems and spices in their hands, they could not only find any merchant to sell them, but they also had their own connections.
Da Yu calmed down and decided to come here to discuss the return trip with Bai Shan and the others.
The trade route was reopened, and there were fewer bandits and horse thieves on the road. Moreover, this time General Ashina was returning to the capital with a large army. Along the way, he returned the soldiers borrowed from Shazhou, Suzhou, and Liangzhou, and finally passed through Xiazhou to return to the capital. Therefore, they no longer needed protection along the way. So, the price...
Bai Shan said, "We separated from the main army in Shazhou and will return to Liangzhou via your town. As for the money, we can only pay you for the journey from Shazhou to your town. Of course, if you can escort us all the way to Liangzhou, the amount can be negotiated."
Heavy Rain: "...Aren't you going to follow the army?"
Bai Shan: "No..."
Because General Ashina also sent the army back to Shazhou, and then he had to let his subordinates take the troops back to various states in batches.
At that time, each state sent out a lieutenant general to lead the army with General Ashina. Except for those who died in the battlefield, all others had to return to their original army. When the time came, the merits of each army and each general would be evaluated by the court after General Ashina returned to the capital and then sent to each state.
After Bai Shan and his companions learned of General Ashina's itinerary, they were no longer willing to travel with him, as he planned to take twelve days to return to the capital from Shazhou.
When Bai Shan and the others learned of his itinerary, they immediately said that they might not be going the same way, so they would separate when they arrived in Shazhou and not disturb General Ashina.
General Ashina didn't understand why they were taking different routes, since they were all heading back to the capital, until the day they set out.
He saw the long line of horse-drawn carriages, mule-drawn carts... and ox-drawn carts among their ranks.
General Ashina looked at the boxes on the horse and mule carts, then glanced at the old soldiers and the remaining soldiers sitting on the ox carts. After being silent for a while, he turned around and said goodbye to Protector Chai who had come to see him off.
Protector Chai was also stunned for a moment, and exchanged greetings with General Ashina. After everyone set off, he stroked his beard and said to his confidant beside him, "Although he is a little jumpy and young, he is still steady." Most importantly, he has a kind heart.
It is rare that so many ox carts were prepared.
General Ashina also withdrew his gaze from the oxcarts and, for the first time, could not help but complain, "No wonder they had to separate from us when they arrived in Shazhou. Using oxcarts to transport troops, let alone twelve days, I'm afraid even if it took twice as long, we wouldn't be able to get back to the capital."
Now the army was on a march and was returning to the capital, so they were not in a hurry. The ox carts among them did not seem slow. But when they arrived in Shazhou, General Ashina only brought a few of his lieutenant generals and guards back to the capital. Not to mention the ox carts, even the mule carts loaded with luggage would have difficulty keeping up.
He was right. Manbao and the others could not return to the capital within 24 days, but they could return to Xiazhou within 24 days.
Heavy rain and his men escorted them all the way to Xiazhou. Yes, they crossed Liangzhou and escorted them to Xiazhou, and they did not charge a penny for the journey from the small town to Xiazhou.
Because they did not sell the goods in Shazhou but planned to take them to Xiazhou, Bai Shan and Zhou Man agreed to introduce merchants to sell the goods for him.
Moreover, there are more Han people in Xiazhou, so he might be able to marry a Han Chinese wife and bring her home.
When they arrived at the gate of Xiazhou City, Dayu couldn't help but exclaimed "Wow" with his companions. They thought they were exclaiming because they were country bumpkins and had never seen such a lively scene, but they didn't expect to hear a "Wow" from the side.
Da Yu and the others turned their heads to look at them, wondering, "Haven't you ever seen such a prosperous city?"
Manbao closed his mouth and shook his head, "No, Jingcheng and Yizhou City are much more prosperous than Xiazhou City, it's just..."
"It's just that Xiazhou City was very quiet before. I didn't expect that in just over half a year, there would be so many people coming in and out of Xiazhou City." Bai Shan added, "And this is the north gate."
This is the north gate facing the grassland.
Mr. Zhuang also pulled aside the curtains and looked outside. When he saw the familiar Xiazhou city gate, he breathed a sigh of relief. He was finally back.
The carriages lined up to enter the city. The guards took out the documents to register, and immediately a soldier ran to the governor's office to report. After Manbao and his convoy entered the city, they walked a distance into the city when Wantian came to greet them with people.
He spotted Bai Shan, Zhou Man and others on horseback, and immediately jumped off his horse and ran forward to stop the convoy, bowing deeply and saying, "I greet Mr. Bai, Miss Man, and Mr. Bai II..."
"Alright, alright, how long will it take you to recite the names of each person?" Bai Shan asked with a smile, "Did Brother Yang ask you to come pick us up?"
"Yes," Wan Tian smiled until his eyes narrowed, and said, "The post station is ready. Gentlemen and ladies can go there to rest first..."
He glanced at the long line of cars behind him, and the smile on his face widened. He said, "If the post station isn't big enough, you can stay in the inn next door."
So the group went to the post station to settle down. Wan Tian didn't arrange a room for Bai Shan and the others. After General Nie and the others settled in, he immediately ordered a cart carrying Zhou Man and the others' luggage to be taken to the Governor's Mansion. He said to Bai Shan and the others, "When I left, my master sent someone to tell Madam. Madam should have tidied the yard by now. Please, Mr. Zhuang and the young men and women, come back home with me."
Bai Shan and the others had no objections, since they had stayed in the governor's mansion the last time they passed by Xiazhou.
So the group moved to the governor's mansion.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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