Chen Xiaobei was stunned, "Miss Liu, Butler Liu and the others have brought enough supplies, is there anything urgently needed?"
Faced with Chen Xiaobei's doubtful eyes, Liu Rumei did not shy away, "To be honest, there is an emergency now, and His Royal Highness has to go to the mountain to hide for a while."
Why does the prince want to enter the mountain?
Chen Xiaobei immediately realized that something big must have happened in the capital, otherwise Liu Rumei would not be looking for him so eagerly.
They were all forced to go up the mountain. It was obvious that this important matter was not good for the prince.
So did the princess succeed? Or did the national master succeed?
Seeing that he was silent, Liu Rumei reached out and grabbed his arm again, "Brother Xiaobei, help me no matter what this time, because there are too many supplies."
Seeing Liu Rumei's eager look, Chen Xiaobei felt a sense of pity and affection.
"Miss Liu, don't worry, what supplies are you planning to transport? I'll go gather the manpower right away."
Liu Rumei twirled her fingers and said eagerly, "We need to transport food, water, and tents to keep out the cold."
"People No. 100 will have to stay in the mountains for at least two months."
Liu Rumei was still very cautious. The prince said one month, and she had to prepare for at least two months.
Yes, the daily consumption of more than a hundred people is staggering. After two months, the amount of supplies will be huge.
After saying that, he pointed behind him and said, "The first batch of supplies will arrive soon, and a large amount of supplies will have to be shipped after dawn."
Hearing Liu Rumei's attitude, Chen Xiaobei felt a little unsure. He said solemnly, "Miss Liu, please tell me what happened?"
Liu Rumei sighed, "Okay, let me tell you the truth. There are major changes in the court, and the prince may be hunted down, so he needs to go up the mountain."
Do you need to prepare so many supplies for a chase?
Chen Xiaobei asked in confusion, "Are there many people chasing him?"
Liu Rumei nodded, "Three hundred thousand."
An army of 300,000 men hunted down a prince.
Chen Xiaobei understood instantly. It was said to be two months, but who knows when it will end.
"Okay, I understand, I'll organize the manpower right now."
Chen Xiaobei walked back to find Chen Dachun, thinking in his mind.
If the prince really went up the mountain, his Hetou Village would be at the foot of the mountain.
What kind of situation will we face then? No one dares to say.
The best way is of course to hide.
Going out and hiding for a while is the best option.
But where to hide? Following up the mountain is obviously the most unwise choice. If something happens to the prince, none of them can escape. In addition, the supplies consumed in the mountain are too difficult to replenish.
After much deliberation, Chen Xiaobei thought of a place, and that was Centipede Ridge.
Yes, hide in Centipede Ridge and come back when everything is peaceful.
Chen Dachun was soon called out. Hearing that he had to go up the mountain overnight, he was a little scratched his head.
"Brother Xiaobei, let's wait until dawn. It's already midnight."
"No, this time the time is tight and the task is heavy, so more manpower must be mobilized."
"Only relying on the village team members, I'm afraid it's not enough. Women in the village also have to participate. I have other arrangements for the elderly and children."
Chen Dachun agreed and turned around to beat the gong.
Chen Xiaobei, when he returned to his home, he wanted Cui Hongyu to do something big.
In a daze, Cui Hongyu was pulled up. She scratched her head and asked, "Why are you so anxious, husband?"
"The prince may be in trouble. There are 300,000 troops coming this way."
Upon hearing this, Cui Hongyu was so frightened that his face changed color, "Then what should we do?"
"We don't know who is coming, and we don't know if they will be implicated, so I think the best option is for the whole village to hide away."
"But where can we go? After all, there are hundreds of people in our village."
"Go to Centipede Ridge."
"You have been there before and are familiar with the situation. I think you will go there first with the children and elderly people in the village early tomorrow morning."
"By the way, let Shen Ziyan and Huang Ying follow me. I'll feel more at ease with them."
Looking at Chen Xiaobei with a serious face, Cui Hongyu also became serious, "Is it really that serious?"
"We are so closely intertwined with the prince. If we look into it carefully, I'm afraid we won't be able to escape the relationship."
"So I just have to be there just in case."
"Okay, I will listen to you and take them away at dawn."
"Ask each family to bring a month's rations, a few changes of clothes, and a few pots and pans for other daily necessities."
"By the way, don't take the chickens and ducks raised at home. Once the matter is over, just let the prince pay the price."
With only two horse-drawn carriages and two donkey carts, the transportation efficiency will not be that high, so you cannot bring too many things.
Soon the entire Hetou Village became extremely busy. Chen Dachun first selected thirty men and then twenty women to form a transportation team of fifty people and began to transport supplies to the mountain.
Liu Rumei sent her maid Xiaoqing and several guards to follow her up the mountain.
According to Chen Xiaobei's plan, the first step is to send him to the mountain temple, and at most to the steep slope.
In this way, you can go back and forth on the same day, at least let the supplies go to the mountain first, and then slowly move the ants and continue walking in.
If we send people across the cable bridge in one go, the round trip will take more than two days, which is too inefficient.
Before I knew it, it was daybreak.
According to Chen Xiaobei's arrangement, the old man and the children retreated. Liu Rumei admired Chen Xiaobei even more. He was a thoughtful and responsible man.
"Brother Xiaobei, you have thought too carefully. No one knows what crazy moves Zhu Meng will do."
"This is also what I'm worried about. By the way, how many supplies do you still have?"
Liu Rumei looked at the dozen carriages behind her and said, "There must be at least dozens of carriages."
Chen Xiaobei's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.
Fifty people went up the mountain last night and only two carriages were emptied. Today, another 70 or 80 people can be arranged to go up. Only three carriages can be emptied at most.
There are now more than a dozen vehicles in the village. When will the dozens of vehicles be used up? Moreover, the physical strength of the villagers who continuously go up the mountain is a big problem, and the efficiency will be even lower.
"I told Xiaoqing that I would bring some of Liu Ce, Yang Zhi and others down from the mountain."
If you take another group of people, even if you take another hundred or so people to carry three or four cars at a time, the round trip will take a day and a night.
"The 300,000 troops you mentioned, how long will it take for them to come from the capital?"
Liu Rumei frowned upon hearing this.
"If we march day and night, we will arrive in four or five days at most."
When Chen Xiaobei heard this, he shook his head repeatedly. Four or five days would be counted as one day when he received the news yesterday. He had at most three days and three trips at most. He had to leave at least one day for the people to retreat.
There are not enough manpower.
Chen Xiaobei sighed.
Liu Rumei obviously knew why he sighed.
"Brother Xiaobei, can't you go to the neighboring village to find more people?"
Chen Xiaobei's eyes lit up, yes, let's go to Cuijiazhuang.
Thinking of this, he immediately became excited, "I have a solution, but the salary..."
Liu Rumei smiled and said, "You have the final say, but you still can't trust me."
Chen Xiaobei ran home and took Cui Hongyu straight to Cuijiazhuang without saying a word.