After all, the two countries were at war. Guan Xiaorou didn't say anything, but she was still very worried in her heart.
Jin Feng still had no heirs, and perhaps because she was worried that Jin Feng would really die, Guan Xiaorou, who had always been shy and traditional, seemed to be a different person that night, using the methods Tang Xiaobei taught her, tossing Jin Feng for most of the night.
The next morning, Guan Xiaorou got up early again and helped Jin Feng get dressed.
"Master, if you don't want me to go, take Runniang with you. She can help you cook, wash clothes and so on."
"What nonsense are you talking about? How can you lead a female family in a large military camp?"
"It didn't happen before. Aren't there a lot of female soldiers in the army now? Why are there so many things to pay attention to?"
Guan Xiaorou said: "Xiaobei and I are not here, the weather is getting cold again, and there is no one around you who knows how cold it is and how hot it is."
"Female soldiers are different from female relatives. If a fight breaks out, female soldiers will go into battle and fight the enemy just like male soldiers."
Jin Feng stood up and rubbed Guan Xiaorou's hair: "Don't worry, I'm such an adult, I can definitely take care of myself."
Kissed Guan Xiaorou on the forehead, turned around and opened the door.
Runniang, Xiao'e, and Tang Dongdong were all waiting in the yard.
The atmosphere was a bit depressing. Even Xiao'e, who was always lively, lowered her head and said nothing.
"What's wrong? I'm just going to fight, not to die. Why are you all so dejected?"
Jin Feng smiled and joked: "I heard that the yak meat in Tubo is good. If I capture it, I will bring it back for you to try."
"Brother-in-law, I don't want yak meat, as long as you come back well."
Xiao'e pulled Jin Feng's sleeve and said with a pout.
"You still care about me, so you don't have a white-eyed wolf."
Jin Feng smiled and scratched Xiao'e's nose: "I'm not at home, you have to listen to my sister and stop skipping classes and running around like crazy, you know?"
"I know." Xiao'e nodded obediently.
"Brother Feng, this is the dried meat I made. It's steamed. If you get hungry on the way, just eat a few pieces of cushion."
Runniang took a bag from the table at the kitchen door and handed it to Jin Feng.
Inside the bag are diced meats that are shiny with oil. Each piece is cut along the grain and cut into the size of broad beans.
"I'm interested." Jin Feng took the bag with a smile and put it in his hand.
"Brother Feng, the battlefield is dangerous. You are a scholar. Leave the fighting to Brother Liang and the others. Don't rush forward."
Tang Dongdong also explained with red eyes.
"Don't worry, I haven't lived enough yet."
Jin Feng smiled and said: "Dongdong, Xiaorou is soft-tempered, and Xiaobei and I are not at home, so the house will be left to you. Please be more considerate."
"Don't worry, I know."
"Okay, I'm leaving."
Jin Feng heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the door, waved his hand and walked out of the yard.
Outside the courtyard, Da Liu happened to come over with his personal guards.
Jin Feng turned around and waved his hands at Guan Xiaorou and others, then got on his horse.
In the back mountain camp, a thousand bodyguards were also ready to go.
In order to rush on the road, no labor was hired this time, and all the luggage was carried by bodyguards.
Ninth Princess Qing Mulan and others also came early.
Seeing Jin Feng coming, the Ninth Princess stepped forward to say hello, and then asked: "Sir, are you sure you want to take the waterway first?"
When I went to Chengdu before, I always took the Golden Bull Trail.
The Jinniu Ancient Trail starts from Chengdu in the south, passes through Guanghan, Deyang and other places, leaves Sichuan from Guangyuan and enters the Qinling Mountains.
After crossing the Qinling Mountains, you will reach Qinchuan, which is 800 miles away.
The Jinniu Ancient Road was an important channel for exchanges between Shaanxi and Sichuan in ancient times.
The Ninth Princess went to Chengdu last time, and this time she returned to Xihewan and took the Golden Bull Trail.
"The road to Shu is difficult to travel, and the army is carrying heavy baggage. If we take the Jinniu Ancient Road, even if we march all the way, if everything goes well, it will take more than 20 days to reach Xichuan, half of which will be spent on the mountain road."
Jin Feng said: "If we take the water route, we can go down the river and reach Nanchong in three days. Then we can go ashore from Nanchong and go west to Chengdu. The terrain is relatively gentle and the official road is wide. We can at least get a few days in advance."
"That's fine. If we take the water route, we can recharge our batteries on the boat."
The Ninth Princess nodded in agreement.
In fact, the route planned by the Ninth Princess in the capital also diverted from Nanchong.
But later her passenger ship was sunk by water bandits, and she already had some psychological shadow about taking a ship.
Now that the situation was urgent, she could no longer care about being afraid.
Everyone arrived and the team set off quickly.
Nowadays, there is frequent traffic between Xihewan and the ferry. Jinfeng sent people to repair the mountain road, making it much easier to walk. In the evening of the same day, the team arrived at the ferry as scheduled.
"Brother-in-law, the ships are ready. There are seven large ships in total, which is enough to take more than a thousand of you."
Guan Zhuzi led Jin Feng and Ninth Princess to the riverside.
Five large boats were tied side by side on the river near the ferry.
"Are these ships bought or rented?" Jin Feng asked: "How is the condition of the ships?"
Jinfeng has not yet built a shipyard. Some of the cargo ships currently used are purchased from other shipyards, and some are leased from others.
"Four of them were bought and the remaining three were rented. The conditions of the ships have been inspected and there are no problems."
Guan Zhuzhu replied: "In order to prevent water bandits, I arranged a few more small boats to explore the road in front and behind, and also temporarily installed heavy crossbows on the big boats."
"Thank you for your hard work." Jin Feng nodded and patted Guan Zhuzi's shoulder.
Guan Zhuzhu has changed a lot in the past few months, and now he can think ahead when doing things.
"No hard work, no hard work!"
Guan Zhuzhu shook his head honestly: "Brother-in-law, Your Highness, that passenger ship is prepared for you. Do you want to go up and have a look?"
"No, it's getting dark. Let's go see it tomorrow."
Jin Feng shook his head: "Brother, please make arrangements here. Send the baggage and other things to the ship first. Don't delay our departure tomorrow morning."
"Okay, the boatmen are ready."
That night, the boatman delivered the baggage to the ship overnight.
Early the next morning, everyone boarded the boat and headed down the river.
Once bitten by a snake and afraid of well ropes for ten years, the Ninth Princess was worried about encountering bandits again from the moment she got on the ship, so she kept Qin'er, Qin Ming and others on the deck to keep watch.
She herself would look out the window to look at the river from time to time.
"Wuyang, I asked the boatman to find out. Now the Jinchuan Chamber of Commerce often travels to the south of the Yangtze River by water. The water bandits along the way are frightened by the escorts of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau. They don't dare to show their heads when they see the flag of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau."
Qing Mulan noticed that the Ninth Princess was a little nervous, and comforted her: "Besides, don't worry about water bandits. Our big ship is in the middle, and there are patrol boats in front and behind to protect it. No water bandits dare to rob us."
"I'm just a little worried, it's okay."
Ninth Princess combed her hair: "Shall we go listen to Mr.'s lecture?"
Zhang Liang had been busy with the affairs of the Escort Bureau before, and he happened to meet Jin Feng explaining the art of war to Qing Mulan. When he caught up, he listened for a while.
Now that Jin Feng wanted to train Zhang Liang, he summoned Zhang Liang to the cabin to discuss the art of war.
In fact, Jin Feng is not good at military affairs, but after all, he has learned from standing on the shoulders of giants.
The 5,000-year history of China in its previous life is a history of wars, with too many classic war cases.
When I was in school, besides discussing girls in the boys' dormitory, didn't they also discuss history and military affairs?
Maybe he couldn't beat Zhang Liang in actual combat, but it would be okay to explain the basic common sense on the battlefield to this semi-illiterate who only started taking literacy classes last year.
Later, the Ninth Princess found it interesting and joined in.
Three days passed quickly, and the fleet arrived in Nanchong smoothly.