Shi Qingluo made a lot of preparations for the trip to the Northern Border.
All the carriages were replaced with tires, and newly improved shock-absorbing springs were installed.
It was now July, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter.
Shi Qingluo also loaded a lot of saltpeter sent from Xiaxi Village in the carriage.
Some vegetables and fruits that can be stored were also loaded, and a few bicycles were loaded in a separate carriage.
If they can’t sit in the carriage anymore, they can ride a bicycle.
This time, not only Xi Rui and Liang Youxiao were going, but Xi Rong also persuaded the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to bring a large sum of money and a team of female guards to go to the Northern Border together.
Xi Rong wanted to establish a women’s army in the Northern Border, and this time was an opportunity.
Although she always thought so before, she was not fully prepared because she had to do everything by herself, and she was also worried.
Now, with Shi Qingluo’s company and support, she has made up her mind.
Ten days later, everyone gathered at the city gate, and the guard leader sent by the Emperor would send everyone to the northern border.
Xiao Hanzheng’s family arrived half an incense stick ahead of the agreed time, as they were not used to being late.
When they arrived, the leader was already waiting there with a team of hundreds of guards.
Xiao Hanzheng got off the carriage and bowed to the guard leader in a friendly manner: “Commander Wei!”
Commander Wei was less than 30 years old and was a noble son from the Earl’s Mansion.
Seeing Xiao Hanzheng so polite, he also smiled and bowed: “Master Xiao, you are here really early.”
Thinking of the people he was going to escort this time, he couldn’t help but have a headache.
Soon, Zhuo Jun’s carriage also arrived.
People gradually began to arrive, and Qi Yiyang arrived next.
Xi Rui and Liang Youxiao were a step slower.
Liang Youxiao and Xi Rui were more exaggerated. Not only did they each have eight or nine carriages, but they also brought several maids and servants followed by a personal guard of about ten people.
This made Commander Wei even more headache. Was he going to the Northern Border for fun or to work?
When Xi Rong came, the momentum was even greater, with more than a dozen carriages and more than sixty maids.
Commander Wei was not only headaches this time, but also stomachache: “Miss Xi, are you going to the Northern Border with so many maids?”
Not many people knew that Xi Rong was going to build a women’s army. The people she brought were maids on the surface, but they were all carefully selected and trained female soldiers.
But of course, she couldn’t say it now, otherwise, before she could build a women’s army, those old scholars in the court would report her and sabotage her.
Xi Rong smiled and said: “These are the people who serve me. I can’t do without them.”
Commander Wei: “……”
It seems that the ladies in the palace don’t have so many people to serve them.
He had heard that this ‘witch’ was not in tune before, and it was proven true today.
When Xi Rong saw Shi Qingluo getting off the carriage, she immediately ran over and took her arm: “Luoluo, I’ll get on your carriage, and let’s play cards.”
She knew that Shi Qingluo’s carriage had been modified. Although hers was also modified, for some reason, it was not as comfortable as Shi Qingluo’s carriage.
Xi Rui and Liang Youxiao also hurriedly said: “We’ll come too.”
Fortunately, they can play cards on the road, otherwise they will be bored to death.
Qi Yiyang also said shamelessly: “Me too.”
When Commander Wei heard what they said, he wanted to ask: Are you going to the northern border for training or playing?
But he still held back. They were children of nobles, he really couldn’t afford to offend these people.
He just hoped that these ancestors would not cause trouble on the road and save some trouble, although there was little hope.
How could he be so unlucky to get this hot job?
Before he was done worrying, he found that several of the big playboys had arrived, but the others had not yet arrived.
So he waited and waited, and then he saw a carriage with more than a dozen people coming slowly.
The leader was Hu Mincai, the eldest grandson of Old Master Hu.
Seeing Hu Mincai and others coming slowly, Xi Rong couldn’t help but say: “You came after an incense stick of time, can’t you come in time?”
Hu Mincai looked indifferent: “Sorry, the carriages were blocked on the road.”
They came slowly on purpose, and they were very reluctant to go to the Northern Border.
Hu Mincai glanced at Xiao Hanzheng and Zhuo Jun standing not far away and released his displeasure without hiding it.
If it weren’t for these two people, they wouldn’t have been led to follow to Northern Border.
“Snap!”
“Ah!”
First, there was a whipping sound, and then Hu Mincai’s scream rang out.
He was just looking at Xiao Hanzheng and the others and was whipped by Xi Rong.
He rubbed his painful shoulder and said in a deep voice: “Xi Rong, why did you whip me?”
Xi Rong raised her chin: “I whip you if I want to, what can you do to me?”
“Next time I tell you to gather, if you don’t come in time, I won’t just whip you.”
Hu Mincai’s face was very ugly: “Don’t go too far, we are all courtiers sent to the Northern Border by the Emperor, you have no right to control us.”
Xi Rong was too lazy to reason with him and waved the whip a few more times: *Pa pa pa!*
“Ah ah ah!” Hu Mincai didn’t expect Xi Rong to whip him again, this tigress was too vicious.
Xi Rong snorted coldly, and glanced at Hu Mincai and his group: “Humph, if you don’t want to listen, you can try.”
Others shrank back when they saw Hu Mincai being whipped several times.
They couldn’t afford to offend this tigress……
Why were there these dudes on the way to the Northern Border this time? Can people still have an easy life?
Hu Mincai covered his arm and said nothing, but he secretly hated her and remembered it.
He dare not provoke this tigress here. When he leaves the capital and goes to the northern border, he will always find her and take revenge.
When Commander Wei saw Hu Mincai being beaten for being late, he not only did not sympathize with him but also thought that it was a good beating.
It was simply outrageous to be late and still look indifferent.
But it was also more certain that this escort mission would be probably difficult.
It was not difficult to rush on the road, but it was difficult to deal with those difficult children of noble families and dandies.
He coughed lightly and said: “Since everyone is here, let’s set off.”
This was also a step for Hu Mincai’s people, and they all got on the carriage.
Xi Rong and others also got on Shi Qingluo and Xiao Hanzheng’s carriage to play cards.
Liang Youxiao said as he shuffled the cards: “Hu Mincai looked at you with an unfriendly look, he might do something bad on the way.”
Xi Rong raised an eyebrow: “If he does something bad, I’ll beat him to death, what a joke.”
Shi Qingluo also smiled meaningfully: “It’s still uncertain who will deal with whom on the way.”
She naturally noticed Hu Mincai’s unfriendly look, as if they had harmed him.
It looked like he was very unconvinced and wanted to do something bad on the way.
But in fact, they had to blame Hu Mincai and others on the surface. If their grandfather or father hadn’t proposed it in the court, would they ‘go’ to the northern border?
Anyway, it was boring on the way, so they just used these people to have some fun.
These people should pay some interest for the calculations of Prince Jin and their elders.
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