Heavenly Dao Formula

"What's the situation?" Gong Shufeng was a little confused.

The news he learned before was that although Princess Guangping blatantly rebelled, the traffic in Shenzhou has not been cut off, at least land and water commerce has been going on, which is why he chose to go by boat.

But that river lock is not like that.

Gongshu Jin shook his head.

This is Qiguo, which is completely different from the environment he is familiar with.

However, the "identities" of both of them are innocent civilians, and they still carry the government's pass, as long as they don't meet the rebels, they shouldn't get into any trouble.

Half an hour later, the captain brought bad news.

"What? This boat can't continue going south?" Gong Shufeng frowned.

"It's temporarily impossible." The ship owner corrected, "I heard that Huiyang Mansion is arresting rebels. Every ship going south needs to be searched in detail to ensure that there are no problems before it can be released."

"Then just let them search!" Gong Shufeng expressed his puzzlement, "It will only take half an hour at most to board the boat?"

The captain showed the same eyes as Mr. Mo before.

That look seems to say whether you really don't know or you don't know.

This made Gong Shufeng subconsciously take half a step back.

"Fool, what they want is money." Another merchant on the same ship said directly, "Where are you guys from, you don't even know this."

"Inspection takes time, especially with so many ships queuing up." The owner coughed twice, "If some ships carry seasonal goods, they will be more eager to clear the customs. At this time, money is very important gone."

Speaking of this, even Gong Shufeng fully understood what the other party meant.

Whoever pays more will have the chance to get a faster inspection.

And the goods carried by this ship don't care about waiting for a period of time, so the owner of the ship intends to exchange time for additional expenses.

Gongshujin said with a pale face, "Then how long would it normally take?"

"It's not long. I've asked. If it goes well, it will take about ten days." The captain replied, "Of course, you have to bear the food and drink expenses during this period."

Gong Shufeng's heart sank.

In half a month, this has greatly exceeded the scheduled plan. Jinxia City has already mastered the new tool-making method, is accumulating a lot of experience every day, and is getting stronger every day. The longer the plan is delayed, the wider the gap between the public loser and the Jinxia Machinery Bureau will be. What's more, if this is going well, who knows if Huiyang City will come up with something new in the next period of time?

After returning to their residence, the two brothers leaned together.

"How much money do we have?"

"At most ten taels." Gong Shujin took out his purse and counted, "It's definitely not enough for the cargo ship to clear the customs."

If it was normal, they would bring a full amount of silver with them when they went out, and it would be no problem to pick up a few hundred taels of gold leaves, but as civilians whose families were in distress, it was obviously impossible for them to take so much cash and go to Jinxia City.

More importantly, even if they had money, it would be difficult for them to let Huiyang City go without telling the ship owner. The two of them had been warned as early as in Shangyuan City. Jinxia City's anti-eyeliner power is quite strong, and even professional spies seldom succeed in lurking. This made the two of them have to strictly guard their identities. From the moment they left Shangyuan, the disguise began, and the owner of the ship was also a stranger who could not be trusted to them.

"What should I do?" Gong Shufeng asked.

Waiting is never acceptable.

They have a mission and must rush to Jinxia City as soon as possible.

"If we can know which ship will pass first..." Gong Shujin said halfway, and quickly vetoed this idea, "No, unless we can get through the relationship with Huiyang Mansion, otherwise we can't ask the real situation."

"How about going by land instead?"

"The border between Liushen and Shenzhou is blocked. If you want to rely on a caravan to travel, you will also need a certain amount of expenses."

This expense is either money or relationships.

Gong Shufeng discovered for the first time that when a person falls to the bottom, even going to other places becomes extremely difficult.

"Perhaps we still have a choice."

The younger brother said suddenly.

"What choice?"

Gong Shufeng noticed that the other party's eyes fell on the refugees on the shore.

"No way……"

"It's just that it won't." Gong Shujin whispered, "We can blend in with the refugee crowd and walk over with our feet. Didn't those people say that we are not like the lower class people? In this way, no one should be able to single out It's our problem."

"But only with my feet..."

"We don't need to go all the way from Huiyang City to Jinxia. You have heard from others that as long as you enter Shenzhou, you can immediately transfer to a carriage or ice boat and arrive at Jinxia within a day. The distance we have to travel is, It’s just the section of the official road from Huiyang City to the border of Liuzhou.” Gong Shujin closed his eyes and thought carefully, “The distance between the two points is more than 130 miles in a straight line, and the actual distance should be about 200 miles. It’s better than waiting for half a month anyway.”

Gong Shufeng took a deep breath.

This is undoubtedly a difficult choice.

But the hope of the family is on their shoulders, and rational thinking has pointed out the answer.

"Just do as you say."

...

Two days later, the two brothers were already walking in the open fields.

Leaving Huiyang City did not encounter too many obstacles, and the official pass played its due role-it seems that as long as it is not a "rebel" in the words of the ship owner, the city guards don't care where they are going.

The plan to mix into the refugee group was also very smooth. No one questioned their identities, and no one minded them coming uninvited. In other words, when this group of people could not even save their own lives, they had no time to take care of other things.

And the reason for choosing to walk with the refugee group is also very simple. There may be robbers and robbers on the road. A dozen people are easy to be robbed, but hundreds of people are different. Because it is safer to move with a large group of people, the two chose to chase the refugee group ahead at a fast pace during the day, slow down at night, and sleep with the nearest refugee group. The time on the road can be shortened as much as possible.

However, in just two days, Gong Shufeng and Gong Shujin had a deeper understanding of what the real low-level people are.

They are numb to despair, and when they see food, there will be a look of fear in their eyes.

Every time the camping ended and the crowd set off again, some of them would stay in place forever, without breath.

As for the crying at night, it never stopped.

Sometimes it is the cry of a baby, but more often it is the suppressed sob of an adult.

After the two-day journey, the communication between the two brothers has decreased a lot.

Especially for Gongshu Jin, the symptoms of seasickness after disembarking did not ease much, but became more serious. Whenever he heard crying at night, Gong Shufeng could see his brother covering his mouth and retching.

The only thing he could do was to squeeze out the little clean drinking water left in the water bag and hand it to the other party's mouth.

After all, they had no chance to boil water on the road.

Just as night fell on the third day, a rush of horseshoes broke the tranquility of the countryside.