Chapter 67: Departure
Today was the Zhenyuan Escort Agency's first escort mission. One hundred men were leaving, and twenty remained in Beijing to look after the convoy. Li Deliang and Mao Jiu were accompanying, while Gu Mancang returned home. Zhou Shuai, Fang Xinyu, and Wan Shan were also accompanying. Fang Xinyu's two wives were also accompanying. This time, Zhao Xiaofei had asked him to accompany Li Sihong to Nanjing to help train the militia.
There were 200 carriages in total, and in addition to silver, there were also mirrors, glasses, and cosmetics! His own 100 men were simply not enough, so he hired 100 more from the martial arts industry and asked Zhu Chunchen to arrange for 100 more from the Beijing camp.
The escorts from the Zhenyuan Escort Agency primarily protected Li Sihong and her companions' carriage, which carried Li Sihong, Zhaocai, Jinbao, and Xiao Si's wife, Wu. Their carriage was a four-wheeled carriage crafted from modern materials recovered by Zhao Xiaofei. It was spacious and comfortable, with shock-absorbing features.
The day before yesterday, Zhao Xiaofei had Wu preside over the weddings for Xiao Wen and Zhao Cai, and Xiao Wu and Jin Bao. The two boys also came along today, escorting Zhao Xiaofei to Tianjin.
In the evening, Zhao Xiaofei said to the princess, "I will go to Tianjin and send Sihong on board the ship to Nanjing!"
"Why did my husband send her away?" asked Princess Kunxing.
"Someone must take care of my husband Jiangnan's business, and I feel at ease with her around. She is good at accounting and can calculate quickly!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"I really envy her for being able to go out and see the world, unlike me who can only stay in the capital!" Princess Kunxing was both happy and disappointed. She was happy that no one had competed with her for her husband's favor in recent years, but she was disappointed that she couldn't travel around like Li Sihong, broaden her horizons, and help her husband earn money!
"There will be a chance in the future. I will ask His Majesty to take you to Jiangnan for a few years, okay?" Zhao Xiaofei said.
"Well! Then husband, don't go to her place tonight! Otherwise I won't be able to see you for a few days!" Kunxing said with his head down and blushing face.
"Okay! I'll stay with you for the next two days!" Zhao Xiaofei said, hugging Kunxing. They stayed in the princess's room for the next two days!
Today, Zhao Xiaofei was dressed casually, looking like a carefree young man. He rode his horse and surveyed the troops. He asked Zhou Shuai beside him, "How's it going? Is everything okay?"
"Don't worry! Wanshan makes several rifles with excellent accuracy. We went hunting in the mountains and hit a deer's eye at 120 meters. We also have grenades, which are very powerful. Don't worry!" Zhou Shuai said. He also touched the homemade rifle wrapped in a cloth bag.
Zhao Xiaofei looked at the three men. Each of them had a rifle and eight grenades strapped to their waists. They wore helmets and bulletproof vests. They looked fearless.
He touched the rifle on his back again, and felt a little relieved. Four men on horseback followed Li Sihong's carriage.
Since getting married, Fang Xinyu has personally taught the two women how to use a knife, practice boxing, and practice archery. He also hired someone to teach them horseback riding. Of course, he also learned to ride himself. Within a month, all three of them had learned to ride. The two women were also surprisingly good archers!
His two wives were named Su Xue and Chen Muxiang. It was obvious that both women were very favored by Fang Xinyu. They followed behind him on horseback, glancing at their husbands from time to time.
The entire escort team marched out of the front gate and began heading east, intending to first reach Tong County. Then, they would set off for Tianjin. As soon as they left the city, they saw starving people everywhere. They wore thin clothes, their faces were pale, their lips blue from the cold, and some had grass stuck in their hair, indicating they were selling themselves.
There were still a few children on the roadside, lying in front of the already cold corpse, crying loudly. They screamed heartbreakingly, some for their mothers, some for their fathers. Zhao Xiaofei closed his eyes. He rarely left the capital before. Seeing this situation today, he really couldn't bear it. He really wanted to give these children some food and clothes, or take them home to raise them. But he was now a prince consort. If he did that, the censors would immediately accuse him of buying people's hearts and plotting something bad. It was really hard to do good things these days, so power was even more important.
Just as I was thinking this, I saw two soldiers questioning a woman crying on the side of the road. The woman seemed to have lost her husband. One of the soldiers said with a grin, "Look! What is this? Follow me and you'll have food!" He then took out a bag and opened it for the woman to see. It must be something like steamed buns. The woman knelt on the ground and said, "I am willing. Please wait until I bury my husband, and then I will go with you!"
"Hahaha! Okay! You are loyal and righteous, I like it!" said the soldier with a smile.
Another soldier with him said with a smile: "Wang Si, you are so lucky! You found such a beauty right away! Be careful, you won't be able to get out of bed tomorrow!"
Seeing this, Zhao Xiaofei felt even more sad, and he sang the "Goodbye Song" from "Dream of the Red Chamber".
Everyone knows that being a god is good, but fame and fortune are the only things that cannot be forgotten!
Where are the generals and ministers of the past and present? Their graves are covered with grass!
Everyone knows that being a god is good, but only gold and silver can’t be forgotten!
I regretted all day that we didn’t spend much time together, and when it was time to leave, I closed my eyes.
Everyone knows that being a god is good, but only my beloved wife can’t forget it!
You talk about your kindness every day when you are alive, but when you die, you are gone with others.
Everyone knows that being a god is good, but only children and grandchildren will never forget it!
There have been many foolish parents since ancient times, but who has ever seen filial children and grandchildren?
Li Sihong also saw what happened and looked worried. She said to Zhao Xiaofei outside the window, "Husband! Stop singing! It makes me feel unhappy!"
"Okay! Let's not sing this anymore! Let's sing something cheerful!" Zhao Xiaofei said and started singing Liu Huan's "Hero Song".
The river flows eastward! The stars in the sky are pointing to the Big Dipper! Hehehehehehehehehehehe
A bowl of wine for a friend of life and death! Let's go when we say go! You have it, I have it, we have it all
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