Qianzhou is an area with dense mountains and rivers.
Because of its special geographical environment, transportation was extremely inconvenient, and even the imperial court paid little attention to this place. Although it was located in the southwest hinterland, it was not much different from the place of exile.
Of course, compared to the cold and remote frontier, being exiled to Qianzhou is still better.
This is why Li Shimin chose to exile Li Chengqian to Qianzhou instead of other border areas.
I just hope that Li Chengqian’s life will be better,
Generally speaking, Qianzhou is not a rich place, and can even be called a barbarian land.
There are many bandits here, nine out of ten people are thieves, and it is extremely chaotic.
Even so, the local government is powerless.
After all, the roads are too inconvenient. Once those bandits and robbers burrow into the mountains and forests, even if the officers and soldiers break their legs, they won't be able to catch them at all.
Therefore, the caravan was not willing to go to Qianzhou at all, and this place was extremely poor.
Because they are extremely poor, the government does not have the financial resources or manpower to deal with the bandit rebellion. This has formed an endless cycle. I am afraid that the environment in Qianzhou will never improve!
On an official road in Qianzhou, a motorcade was struggling to climb uphill.
That's right, it's climbing.
Even if it is an official road, its steepness cannot be underestimated. Whenever we reach this kind of road, people have to dismount and push up the slope behind the carriage, otherwise they will not be able to climb over it.
This convoy is not simple. It can be seen from the clothes of the guards among them that they are government officials.
That's right, they were a convoy sent by the local government to transport grain and grass.
Although no one wants to come to Qianzhou to do business, everyone still needs to eat.
There is no other way, the government can only organize teams to transport grain and grass, which is extremely rare among many states and counties in the world.
"Immortals are so stupid, please be more agile!"
At the front of the team, a pot-bellied official kept shouting and hitting the workers with the whip in his hand.
The workers were in pain, so they pushed the cart as hard as they could.
However, even so, the fat official was not satisfied at all.
"My God, at the speed of you idiots, you won't be able to climb this mountain even after the sun goes down!"
The fat official was cursing and wiping the sweat from his forehead.
The high temperature never drops in Qianzhou all year round, especially in this mountain, where the temperature is even ridiculously high.
Every one of the workers was sweating from the heat, but no one dared to stop and rest.
Just kidding, their lives are not as important as these goods. If the goods fall down due to their laziness, their lives will not be saved!
"Master Zhu, please sit down and rest for a while, I will watch over you."
At this time, a stooped soldier came towards the official named Zhu, and kept fanning the big fat official with the cattail leaf fan in his hand.
It can be seen that this soldier knows how to be attentive and flattery.
Master Zhu snorted coldly, but did not refuse. With the help of the soldier, he sat back in the carriage.
The workers pushing the carriage had to use all their strength to push it, and then they could barely move it.
But now the weight of a fat pig was added, which made the workers unable to support it at all. If they were not careful, they lost their strength.
Thanks to the quick eyesight and quick hands of a few soldiers, they rushed forward to hold the carriage up, otherwise, the carriage would probably have experienced a wave of extreme speed.
Mr. Zhu was so frightened that he rolled and crawled out of the carriage.
Until he landed, Mr. Zhu was still in shock.
When the carriage retreated just now, half of his soul was almost frightened.
Everyone in Qianzhou knows what will happen if the carriage rolls back when going uphill, it will be certain death!
"You idiots almost killed me!"
After Mr. Zhu regained his breath for a moment, he rushed to the exhausted worker and kicked him in the face.
Mr. Zhu is tall and fat. Even though he doesn't have much strength, his feet are quite big and he weighs a lot.
With these few kicks, the worker was kicked so hard that his face was blurred, and he was no longer sure whether he was alive or dead.
The other workers saw this scene in their eyes, and they were all horrified.
They are afraid that they will suffer the same fate.
It's a pity that none of these workers had even the slightest sense of resistance. This was the sorrow of the people at the bottom in ancient times.
Just when Mr. Zhu was stepping hard, a flying feather suddenly came from nowhere and penetrated his thigh directly.
Lord Zhu screamed like a slaughtering pig.
"There are thieves! There are thieves!"
Master Zhu shouted in horror.
What everyone feared most happened.
The reason why they had to cross the mountain before the sun set anyway was because they were afraid of encountering bandits here.
In this kind of terrain, once ambushed by bandits, there is almost no means of resistance.
The officers and soldiers quickly formed a group and tried to block the arrows with a shield wall.
However, this kind of cowardly approach will only work for a while but will not last forever.
Since they gathered together, not a single arrow has been fired.
This was the time when the sun was at its most intense in the afternoon. The officers and soldiers were gathered together, their mouths were dry from the heat, and they were sweating profusely.
"No, if we continue like this we will all suffer from heat stroke!"
The captain of the officers and soldiers shouted, but his words woke everyone up.
Yes, if they stay like this, they will faint before the bandits come over!
"Yeah, we have to get off this slope quickly, otherwise we will just be a living target!"
One suggested.
"But what to do with the food and grass?"
Someone asked.
"Don't worry about food and grass, life is the most important thing now!"
Everyone weighed it up for a while and finally made up their minds.
Rather than stay here and wait for death, it's better to run for your life.
At worst, we can occupy the top of the mountain and become the king of the mountain!
As a result, all the officers and soldiers fled for their lives, leaving only a group of shivering workers and Mr. Zhu who was shot through the thigh.
Seeing that all the officers and soldiers had run away, Mr. Zhu was so angry that his face turned blue.
"You bitches, don't you want your head anymore?"
Escaping while transporting grain for the government is a serious crime!
However, no one paid any attention to him.
Even the soldier who was courting Master Zhu at the beginning was following behind the officers and soldiers, planning to escape for his life.
Seeing this, Mr. Zhu quickly grabbed him.
"Even you want to run?"
The soldier turned around, glared at Mr. Zhu fiercely, and said: "You fat pig, please let me go immediately, or else don't blame me for being rude!"
"You! You! How dare you!"
Mr. Zhu was so angry that he was almost fuming. He had raised this pawn with one hand. He was usually as well-behaved as a dog, but he didn't expect that now he was grinning at him.
"Damn fat pig, do you think I dare?"
As he said this, the soldier took out a knife.
Master Zhu was so frightened that he quickly let go of his hand.
Just kidding, he wouldn't dare risk his life with an untouchable.
