The caravans led by Lu Song this time were all trafficking in porcelain, cloth, lacquerware, etc., which were useless and profitable as war, and there were no sensitive goods such as weapons, armor, arrows, etc.

Lu Song was not for making money this time. In fact, if it were not for the purpose of showing that everything was normal and not suspicious, Lu Song would have wanted to rush it directly and flee the State of Chu.

Since that's the case, we are naturally cautious along the way. The guy who is responsible for fighting the front station is also very experienced. In addition to passing by Tonghe Prefecture City, the caravan was blackmailed by the Green Forest heroes who had just turned into sergeants, and then passed Tonghe Prefecture safely.

When Lu Song arrived at Nanhe Prefecture, he relaxed.

This is the control area of ​​the fifth brother Lu Wu. Although it cannot be said to be absolutely safe, at least there is no need to worry about suddenly a large group of Chu troops rushing out to siege and kill the caravan.

Of course the caravan was not so important, and he was not so important at all, but the Chu State hated his fifth brother to the core. If he could take down this elder brother who was thorny in his eyes, Lu Song felt that the Chu State probably wouldn't mind using a team of troops.

When he was relaxing, Lu Song lifted the curtains and looked at both sides of the official road.

It is now autumn. The rice and wheat on both sides of the official road are lush and green. Some fields have started to turn yellow. Some farmers are busy in the fields.

People on the official road were traveling northward, and there were endless crowds of 50,000 men carrying bows and swords passing by every now and then.

It would be fine if such people passed by, but after passing by several groups in a row, Lu Song was a little worried.

"Uncle Zhang, come and see." Knowing that his own experience is still insufficient, Lu Song hurriedly called Zhang Guan to see the situation.

Under normal circumstances, bandits will not feel uncomfortable on the official road. After all, the government will send people to patrol the official road and keep the road peaceful.

But that is when the government has sufficient control capabilities. I heard that Nanhe Prefecture has been newly established, and the government's control capabilities may be weakened. Are there really bandits who want to take the opportunity to make a vote?

So be careful.

Zhang Guan is already forty years old, and he is not successful in martial arts and his energy is not as good as before.

Although there are carriages to sit along the way, I was still a little tired when I walked a long distance and was resting. I heard Lu Song's greeting and opened my eyes to look out of the carriage.

"Huh!" Zhang Guan was shocked and suspicious just after just looking.

"Are these people spies of robbers?" Lu Song asked hurriedly.

As the eldest young master of the Lu family, even if he wants to test his abilities, he will go to the prosperous city to explore the nodes of the business store, make friends with the nobles, and build relationships. What he needs is literary appreciation and interpersonal communication skills.

He is not the turn of hard work such as sleeping in the open and traveling around the world, and he doesn't need to come forward in person when dealing with a lower-level martial artist. Therefore, although Lu Song has some common sense, he is not sure about his own eyesight.

"Not a robber." Zhang Guan shook his head: "Master, you see, they formed a squad intentionally or unintentionally while walking. This is not the robber's behavior, but like a man in the army - the eldest lord. It's better to send someone to ask if something happened."

Zhang Guan was born in a humble background and became a friend, shopkeeper, deacon, and worship step by step. He was very knowledgeable.

It’s not that there is no military disguising itself as robbers and robbing caravans, but the military is not like this robbery method - the army’s robbery is shameful after all, so if the army does not take action, it will generally not leave any living selves when it comes to action.

The army either chose narrow and difficult to escape to rob, or spread some cavalry to parade outside, and the remaining people would not pass by in scattered areas.

After hearing Zhang Guan's words, Lu Song stretched out his hand outside the car and attracted a clever attendant who had been serving by his side since he was a child. He pointed to a group of heroes carrying weapons from afar and ordered: "Lu Cai, go and ask those people for details to see what major happened recently - be careful when you speak, don't cause trouble."

"I understand little." Lu Cai turned around and went.

Lu Cai ran over in a small step. Before he could talk a few words, he saw that the other party showed an impatient expression, so he took out a string of money and handed it over. So the two parties had a great time talking.

It didn't take much time, Lu Cai ran back and reported: "Young Master, those people are from Liujiazhuang, Nanhe Prefecture. Young Master Liu San paid for money to hire some retired heroes from the army to form a brigade and went to Bingtong County (Bingtong County is a county in Nanhe Prefecture, closest to Tonghe Prefecture, and is now set up as a camp for recruiting and training troops) to join the army, wanting to earn military merits.

They told me that recently Tonghe Prefecture recruited soldiers everywhere, and implemented the new military law of the fifth young master, recruited people to join the army, and received excellent treatment.

They also said that the fifth young master Nanhe Mansion now implements the military title system. If it is a family of aristocratic merchants, the heirs must be the first. Therefore, the heirs of some money-related families in the southern four prefectures of Chu State are willing to pay high prices to hire warriors to join the army to obtain military merits.

Nowadays, anyone who has two tricks will be willing to fight for his life, and there will be people who will invite him."

How long does it take to go from the lack of martial spirit to the abundant martial ethics?

For those under Lu Wu's four prefectures, it only takes three or five days.

Originally, the four southern prefectures of Chu came from the Chu State annexed the territory of Wu State. In order to suppress the resistance, they were originally prepared for the four prefectures. The people were not allowed to possess a large number of weapons and armor, and local martial arts halls were forbidden to open bows and shooting sites.

However, since Lu Wu conquered the surrendered army of Chu State and distributed large amounts of spoils, although many soldiers were willing to continue to be promoted and made a fortune, many soldiers felt that they had finally made a fortune and should not continue to lick blood from the knife. They should go home and be a rich man safely.

If one or two such veterans would not have much impact on the local customs, but if thousands of people were like stars sprinkled into the people, the changes to the customs would be amazing.

For example, when someone saw Ergou from his neighbor's house, he couldn't even afford to wear pants and lived like a dog, but now he bought land and built a big house. After seeing that he transformed himself, he became a decent person. Who doesn't jealous?

Anyone like Ergou can do it, can't I?

If one or two people make a fortune, it can be said to be an exception, but if there are more than one person in his own village and there are several neighboring villages, who still doubts?

This is a path that can be done in a solid way and can change destiny.

Not to mention those gangsters who are already brave and fierce, even good families and honest farmers who face the loess and backs, they must start to think about wealth. The success rate is so high, and the people who make money are not as good as me, so why not?

In this era, there are wars. Not to mention poor families, even rich families, few people can live alone at home for a lifetime. Even businessmen like the Lu family have to send their eldest son out to open up new business paths?
Chapter completed!