The new book of the burning prairie star

Chapter 185 Should we take the official road or cross the mountain?

"Are there so many bandits here?" Yang Biao and his group set out at dawn. They encountered several gangs of bandits along the way. Although they were not here to rob them, Xia Weiwei still frowned.

"I don't know. Let's just go our own way." After helping to deal with the bandits who were robbing a merchant caravan, Yang Biao decided to go on his own way. It seemed that the bandits along the way could not be eliminated. This world was destined to be not peaceful.

"Is this area under your father's jurisdiction?" This is not far from Guangping Prefecture. Xia Zhaofeng is the governor and should be responsible for managing and supervising the government affairs of at least five provinces and regions, strengthening local rule, improving local administrative efficiency, and promoting local development and stability.

"No, I heard from my father that this place belongs to the jurisdiction of Sun Wendong, the governor of Guangning." I never thought that Sun Wendong's management ability was so poor and the banditry was so rampant.

"Have you seen this man called Sun Wendong?" Yang Biao frowned. The banditry not only reflected the chaos and disorder in the area, but also caused unrest in the lives of ordinary people and disrupted the normal social order and economic development.

"I have met him before when I went to Beijing with my father to report on my work. He is eleven years younger than my father. He has been the governor of Guangning for six years. He is a smiling tiger." Xia Weiwei shook her head and did not want to remember this man's appearance.

"Oh, but this place is quite rich." Looking along the way, there are many minerals here, including copper, tungsten, silver, tantalum, scandium, uranium, rubidium, cesium, gold, associated sulfur, talc, powder quartz, wollastonite, etc.

However, due to technological limitations in ancient times, the government's main focus was on mining minerals such as gold, silver, copper and coal.

"Well, it would be great if you were an official here." Xia Weiwei looked at him and smiled. If she were an official here, she would first have to solve the problem of rampant banditry before she could start working on other things.

"You wish!" Yang Biao tapped her forehead with his finger. This person only thinks about such good things.

"Master, should we take the official road or cross the mountain?" If they take the official road, the mountain road is winding and the journey is long; the concern of crossing the mountain is that there may be bandits, and it is more tiring, but it saves time; Ji Lang came over to ask him, wanting to know whether he wanted to hurry or be safe.

"Let's go over the mountain." There might be a lot of good things growing in the mountains, and Yang Biao wanted to pick some. The dyes in the dyeing workshop are all made from natural plants.

"Yes, master." Knowing the route chosen by Yang Biao, Ji Lang rode to the front of the team to inform everyone to go up the mountain.

"Weiwei, some places on the mountain may be too narrow for the carriage to pass through, so you can't ride." Yang Biao gave her a warning first. If necessary, the carriage would need to be disassembled and placed on horseback.

"Okay, if the car can't pass, I'll get off and walk." Xia Weiwei didn't act pretentiously. It was no big deal. Walking a few steps wouldn't make her tired to death.

"The feeling you give me now is,..." Yang Biao couldn't help laughing after hearing her words.

"What do you feel?" Xia Weiwei was very curious about what kind of feeling she could give him to make him laugh.

"Yes..." Just when Yang Biao wanted to tell her, a particularly rough voice came from outside the car.

"Where are you from?" Yang Biao lifted the curtain of the car. Xia Weiwei, who was sitting next to him, also turned her head to look outside. She saw a very tall man in a linen short shirt, revealing his strong chest. He held a bow and arrow in his hand. He looked like a hunter nearby. He stood in the middle of the team and asked.

"My master is a juren, and he came to Beijing to take the imperial examination." Dong Quan clasped his fists towards him. The man looked scary, but there was no malice in his eyes.

"Oh, then your master must have read a lot of books, right?" The hunter sat on the ground, took down a dead rabbit hanging on his waist as if no one was around, and skinned it with a knife.

"Well," Yang Biao's carriage continued to move forward, and Dong Quan did not leave. He looked at his hands and saw that they were very skillful. "What's your name? How long have you been hunting in the mountains?"

"My name is Pu Zhuzi. I followed my grandfather to the mountains when I was six years old. It has been many years." Pu Zhuzi was cutting the rabbit's body while trying to light a fire to roast it.

"Thank you." Seeing that he couldn't light a fire with the flint, Dong Quan used his own tinder to help him light the fire.

He saw those people walking away, and looked up at Dong Quan, "Your master is leaving, aren't you going to follow him?"

"Well, I'm a little tired. I'll take a rest and then catch up with them." Dong Quan smiled and simply squatted down to help him fold firewood.

"Your horse looks good!" As soon as he squatted down, Pu Zhuzi saw the horse behind him and stared at it with envy.

"How many brothers and sisters do you have in your family?" When Dong Quan heard him say this, he had an idea and asked about his family situation.

"My parents were killed by bandits when they were preparing for my first birthday, and my grandfather who raised me died of illness two years ago." Pu Zhuzi lowered his head sadly when he said this.

"Oh, are you alone at home now?" Dong Quan was overjoyed. He and this man hit it off at first sight and wanted to take him away to build a future together.

"I have an older brother and an older sister. They are both married and have children." Pu Zhuzi sprinkled some coarse salt on the rabbit and continued to roast it on the fire.

"What about you? Are you married?" Dong Quan pulled out the weeds around him with his hands and sat down on the ground.

"I... haven't yet." Pu Zhuzi blushed a little. The girl he liked was already married, and he didn't want to marry anyone else.

"Well, since you have nothing to worry about now, why don't you follow my master to the capital, okay?" At this time, there was no one on the road, and Dong Quan pointed in the direction Yang Biao was going.

Pu Zhuzi: “…”

Seeing that he remained silent, Dong Quan didn't say much. He took his horse, jumped onto its back, and prepared to catch up with Yang Biao.

"I'm going to the capital with you, I'm going to the capital with you!" Pu Zhuzi shouted at him, and asked Dong Quan, who was riding his horse and whipping it, to tighten the reins, turn around, stop beside him, stretch out his hand, pull him onto the horse, and go after the team.

Today the team set out early in the morning and walked until dark, when they stopped and stayed in a large cave.

"Well, okay." After listening to Dong Quan's introduction of Pu Zhuzi's situation, Yang Biao pondered for a while and agreed to keep the young hunter.

"Yang Biao, this person's origins are unknown, you..." Xia Weiwei became a little anxious when she saw him agree, but when he rolled his eyes at her, she immediately stopped talking.

"I've told you how to address me as husband." In order to express his dissatisfaction, Yang Biao moved a stool and sat down far away from her.

"Oh," it turned out that he was angry about the title, not because she was too talkative. Xia Weiwei raised the corners of her mouth, walked over, shook his arm, and called out in a coquettish voice, "Husband!"

"Well, that's about right." Yang Biao, who was sitting, smiled with satisfaction and put his arm around her waist. The baby should be four months old in about half a month. At four months, they can have a moderate sexual life.