"Go, go!" The Li Family Zhuangzi's villager urged the horses to speed up, shouting as he cracked his whip.
The villager's team of Winged Knights was racing against time. They wanted to take the best route to the capital.
The Featherwood Flying Cavalry sat on the carriages, which were also pulling goods.
The horses were running very hard. The villager's heart ached, but he still urged them, unwilling to use his whip on the horses.
"There's a village up ahead, let's take a rest there."
The Winged Knights were familiar with the place. They usually ran around and knew the situation.
When the team arrived at the village, it was noon.
The villagers ran out to see, then turned around and ran back, shouting: "Quickly boil water, the Winged Knights and the Li Family Zhuangzi are here, a large group of horses, a large group of people."
The people in the village began to move. In the past, they didn't have many good tools to boil water, and they didn't even have enough clay pots to cook rice.
Now that they were rich, they changed a lot, especially when it came to the exchange of mud for pottery.
They used the free coal slurry that they hired to bring back from the coal mine to make their own coal.
The Li Family's village had an influence on the entire capital government. The rescue of the flood by the Yulin Flying Cavalry gave the people in other places confidence.
When the disaster struck, the Li Family Zhuangzi would provide supplies, while the Winged Knights would provide manpower.
When they saw the two groups of people together, it was as if they had seen their relatives.
The team stopped outside the village, and the Winged Knights helped to unload the carriages.
The four-wheeled carriages were parked there, and the two-wheeled carriages used wood to support the shafts in front.
The villager unloaded fodder from the carriages, the horses' troughs and water troughs, and collected snow and put it in the water troughs.
Then, he took out the water bags that were kept warm with a quilt and poured them into the water troughs to let the snow melt.
The horses in the carriages drank first, and they also ate the grass first.
"It'll only be a few days. Send them to their places, then go back and walk slowly. When we get home, I'll give you good food, eggs for every meal."
The villager wiped the horses' sweat with a cotton cloth and spoke to them with concern.
From time to time, water vapor would spurt out from the horse's nose. It drank water, ate grass, and even snorted when it felt comfortable after being rubbed by the quilt.
The villager immediately used his hand to scratch that area. The horse stopped eating and stood there enjoying it.
"You can rest when you go back. Let the cows work. Who told them to run so slowly?" The farmers continued to chat with the horses.
The Winged Knights' horses were very self-aware. They waited for the horse pulling the carriage to finish drinking before they went to drink. Everyone knew how much work they had done.
All the horses were taken care of when the villagers carried the boiled water over.
"I'm the village chief, Liu Li. You guys can't do this. You should inform the villagers ahead of you when you scout. Don't be afraid of tiring others out."
The village chief came over to criticize and educate them.
The Winged Knights and the villagers were used to it. Along the way, they never took the initiative to tell the villages in front of them what to prepare.
The person in charge of Zhuangzi took out a stack of notes, all of which were five coins. There were a total of one thousand notes. He tied them up into five bundles and handed them over.
"Sorry for the inconvenience, everyone. I've delayed your work." The person in charge apologized.
"What are you doing? You won't care if my Ga Village suffers from disasters in the future? The Li Family Zhuangzi has good work and you won't let us do it? "
The village chief, Liu Li, didn't take the money and asked with his eyes wide open.
"How can we do that? We have to help. The Winged Knights are His Majesty's private army. They are close to the capital office. The Winged Knights can't not do anything. "
The villager waved his hand and put the money away.
Since leaving Zhuangzi, he hadn't given out a single coin.
When the villages along the way saw their group, they would definitely think of ways to help, even if it was just a mouthful of hot water.
The group stopped at the side of the village because they wanted to buy something. The weather was cold and people wanted to drink hot water to keep warm.
"Clean the bowls, don't worry and drink." The villagers poured water for everyone.
As expected, there were too many pottery. Even the bowls were brought over in stacks.
The Winged Knights and the villagers drank comfortably. The villagers were also happy.
Two days passed like this. The Li Family Zhuangzi's group stopped. There was a plank road in front of them and the carriages couldn't go up.
The road paved by the Zhuangzi on the cliff could only be used by oxen and horses alone or by people pushing carts and small carts.
At the plank road, there was a market to rent vehicles and take care of the vehicles and livestock.
The people who came from the plank road and didn't go from here would rent vehicles and eat.
If they went from here on the plank road, they would take care of the vehicles and pay a fee.
The Li Family Zhuangzi's people couldn't send them off. They bid farewell to the Winged Knights and gave the Winged Knights' horses a good meal.
The Yulin Flying Cavalry began to build frames on the warhorses and put the goods on them.
A group of people came forward. In the middle of winter, they wore jackets like the dock porters.
His chest and arms were exposed, so he wasn't afraid of the cold.
"Step back. The Winged Knights have things to do." The Winged Knights didn't even look at them.
What was the use of looking strong? Any one of the three thousand Feather Forest Winged Cavalry could easily take down this person.
"This plank road is twelve and a half miles long. Believe in us brothers. We will help you carry it." The person wearing the jackets took a step back.
"How much? I can give you some things." Guo Ziyi stepped forward. He was the leader.
"It's free." The person shook his head.
"Why?" Guo Ziyi narrowed his eyes.
"We can't fight a war. We're counting on you to fight. You fight with your life, we fight with our strength." The person's eyes were clear.
"Thank you. Behind." Guo Ziyi cupped his fist.
"Brothers, something has happened up ahead. His Majesty has sent his private army over. Help us move it." The leader shouted.
"Okay!" A large group of people answered.
"Nothing happened." Guo Ziyi explained.
"Understood. Nothing happened." The person looked like he understood.
The Winged Knights were sandwiched in the middle of the group of people helping to carry the goods.
The people who earned money to feed the animals and look after the carriages all came over with grass. They held the grass in their hands and put the tips of the grass in front of the horses' mouths.
"Eat, eat. Eat as much as you can. You must have strength when charging." The person feeding the horses said to them.
A long line formed on the plank road. The people from the market here helped to carry the goods down.
There was no need for additional instructions. They were all very careful.
The Li Family Zhuangzi's horse was resting. It was waiting for the Winged Knights and the goods to be carried up. The people here came over to take care of the Zhuangzi's horse.
This place was no longer under the jurisdiction of the imperial government. Everyone was familiar with the Li Family Zhuangzi.
"Everyone, let's make it clear first. The Li Family Zhuangzi must pay." The person in charge of Zhuangzi saw that everyone was too enthusiastic and shouted loudly.
"We don't need money. The Li Dongzhu paid 200,000 yuan to repair the road. It started from here. The plank road is stronger and wider than before.
We earn double the wages by repairing the plank road. After the plank road is repaired, we rely on the plank road to make a living.
Who doesn't know the Li Dongzhu? The Li Family Zhuangzi's horse is already giving us face by eating our grass. "
A person who brought a lot of cut grass said with a smile.
Someone next to him covered the grass with juice and fed it to the horses.
The officials at the relay station not far away also came out and brought fried bean powder.
The people didn't allow the Li Family Zhuangzi's people to refuse. If they refused, it would be looking down on them.
Li Yi sold Tubo alcohol and lighters for 250,000 yuan. Of the 250,000 yuan, 30,000 yuan was given to the students and 220,000 yuan was used to repair the road.
The wages were doubled. After the plank road and the mountain road were repaired, they would earn money.
There were also newspapers sold in the imperial government here. Everyone learned to read and write.
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