In the two days after they came down, Ren Ning and the others no longer moved forward slowly as before. Instead, they chose the small road and galloped all the way to the southwest.
Fortunately, the journey was safe.
The Nanfeng army they met before had disappeared somewhere, and the Baihuabei garrison who were chasing them were nowhere to be found.
Xiao Gang's face was solemn and his mind was in confusion.
If you reveal your identity, you will actually be attacked by the local garrison, and they will be deadly.
If he hadn't experienced it himself, Mr. Xiao would never have believed that such a ridiculous thing could happen.
Although he felt uncomfortable, he still talked a lot.
However, after what happened along the way south, Xiao Gang has gradually become like Lei Er. He will resolutely implement whatever Ren Ning says, no longer questioning randomly, and he is not good at making opinions.
After all, he was still young, and despite enduring it again and again, Xiao Gang still couldn't hold it in anymore.
He did not dare to ask why the Baihua County garrison attacked the three of him, but changed the topic, "Brother Ren, where did the Nanfeng people from Caopu come from?"
Ren Ning and Lei Er were neither happy nor sad. They kept eating and sleeping, and seemed to have forgotten what happened before.
He looked at the map and said, "Eighty percent of it came from the sea."
The coastline of Baihua County is winding, and Caopu is not far from the seaside. It doesn't take long to get there from the sea.
"Are there no defenders on the beach?" Xiao Gang asked again.
Lei Er laughed and replied for Ren Ning: "Who knows, like you, it is our first time to come to the south."
After another half day, the three finally entered Guangxin County.
More than a thousand years ago, the people of the imperial court at that time traveled all the way south and finally discovered this place.
They sent a letter to the imperial capital: The new land was newly discovered in the south. The mountains are high and the forests are dense, there are many flies and insects, and the barbarians are unruly. The court should spread the favor...
The emperor at that time immediately established a county: Guangxin.
Snapped!
Xiao Gang slapped himself, "Damn, there are so many mosquitoes here."
In the blink of an eye, he slapped his arm again.
When he opened his palm, he saw a mosquito about the same size as a dragonfly.
Ren Ning laughed.
After leaving Baihua County safely, he relaxed a lot, took out a bottle of mosquito repellent powder and threw it away.
"Since you decided to come to the south to join the army, why didn't you do your homework? There are three places in Guangxin County, a lot of rain, a lot of mosquitoes, and a lot of wild animals. You don't have to do anything else. At least you should prepare some mosquito repellents."
Xiao Gang was so depressed that he could not speak.
He was already satisfied if he was allowed to join the army, so how could he dare to let his mother know about the difficult conditions here.
Furthermore, without personal experience, it is difficult to imagine how numerous mosquitoes are here.
"Are there many wild beasts?" Lei Er's mouth watered as soon as he heard this, and he quickly looked left and right: "Now I'm in for a treat."
Ren Ning shook his head speechlessly.
Although no pedestrians could be seen around them for a long time, they were walking on the post road, and it was unlikely that animals would pop up next to them.
If such a stupid animal really existed, it would have been eaten to extinction long ago.
They applied mosquito repellent powder to their horses and the three of them walked for a long time.
Looking at the sky, I felt hungry, so I found a big tree on the roadside to sit down and eat.
Ren Ning climbed up the tree and took out his binoculars to look around, and finally jumped down.
He suddenly opened his palm, and there were several freshly picked leaves inside.
The tree in front of me is tall and straight, more than ten feet tall. However, the leaves are finger-shaped, small and oval, and there are some thin glands at the tips of the leaves.
Ren Ning suddenly pulled out the saber from his waist and stabbed the tree trunk hard.
After the knife was inserted, a stream of white juice came out and dripped down.
He took a few drops with a saber, put it under the tip of his nose and smelled it carefully, and the strange color on his face became more intense.
This is actually a rubber tree.
Ren Ning traveled to this world and saw all kinds of vehicles. For example, the cars used by the female relatives to send the deceased back home, or the commercial vehicles used by the Gu family caravan to transport goods.
Most of these cars have iron wheels, and a few have wooden wheels. I have never seen rubber wheels.
In his daily life, he has never seen rubber products, not even a pair of shoes.
Ren Ning's heart skipped a beat, he hurriedly filled his stomach, stood up and looked around.
The rubber forest in front of us stretches as far as the eye can see, but no one has paid much attention to it and no one has harvested rubber. It just grows so pitifully on both sides of the post road.
A waste of natural resources.
He muttered to himself: This will be the famous black gold in later generations.
Lei Er was only thinking about catching a wild beast to improve his latest meal. When he saw Ren Ning's behavior, he immediately took a few steps back in alarm.
"Old Ren, is this white juice poisonous?" he asked.
When Xiao Gang heard this, he jumped three feet away.
Seeing that they had clearly never seen rubber, Ren Ning shook his head, "Don't worry! Although the juice is a little sticky, it is not poisonous. Of course, it cannot be eaten."
After hearing that it was not poisonous and could not be eaten, Lei Er immediately lost interest and sat down again to chew on his own food.
Ren Ning took a small ball of rubber liquid with great interest, and after it solidified, he rolled it into a small ball.
It is probably the world's first ball or table tennis ball.
"What is this used for?" Lei Er was curious.
Ren Ning didn't say much, just smiled and said: "It's a toy. I'll teach you how to play with it when I have time later."
"Polo?" Xiao Gang next to him said, "It's just a little small."
He took it and threw it on the ground, his eyes suddenly brightened.
There were many gatherings in the imperial capital, so it was impossible for the dandies to compete in martial arts or write poems. Many people liked to play polo. The rubber ball in front of them was smaller than polo, but its elasticity was much better.
Qiong had the name of Uncle Mansion, but the poor and frightened Young Master Xiao immediately thought of its function.
"I wonder how this ball compares to the leather polo? If it lasts, we can consider buying some and selling them back to the imperial capital. Maybe we can make a fortune."
Ren Ning was noncommittal, "Let's have some time. Let's wait until everyone settles down."
He curled his lips.
What's a polo? If he didn't have to rush, he could always get a football.
After eating, the three of them walked south again.
After a while, the sky was still sunny, but the rain began to fall miserably.
"What the hell kind of weather is this?" Lei Er cursed in disbelief.
The rain here is different from that in Mist County. The one in Mist County is more like fog than rain, while the one in Guangxin County is simply rainy.
The rain wasn't heavy, but none of the three of them were wearing raincoats, so they were instantly drowned.
Ren Ning wiped his face, looked up at the continuous rain, and looked at the rubber forest around him, feeling the urge to immediately put on a raincoat and get out.
Of course, this would be impossible.
There was no way to hide from the rain, and it was cool to be showered, so the three of them simply walked to the car and took the opportunity to rush on their way.
Not long after, we finally saw a small town.
"Old Ren, it's getting late." Lei Er reminded.
Ren Ning nodded.
The three of them went into the town to take shelter from the rain and spend the night.
Just walking around like this, a few days later we finally arrived at the capital of Guangxin County: Nanshu City.
After looking at the two big characters on the top of the city, Ren Ning silently looked away.
When he was at Yanchuo Fortress, he received a letter from his concubine Ren Xi, which stated that his aunt was planning to marry her to Nanshu City.
It's not far from Zhennanguan, and if everything goes well, it will only take a day or two.
But the three of them planned to stop at Nanshu City instead of going directly there.
Zhennanguan Pass is also an important military location. If the large forces of the Starfall Legion have not caught up, even if they pass through, they will definitely not be able to enter. Instead, they may be stared at from all sides.
In this case, it is better to wait here in the capital.