After hearing the answer, Hong Zhilian gave an answer coldly.
The man outside hesitated for a moment, his words full of embarrassment:
"Returning to the master, in fact, there was frozen ice on the river before yesterday. But the ice before was relatively thin, and my subordinates have already ordered people to break through the ice. It's just that this time the ice is too thick."
How could he not have thought of this method to break the ice?
But as it stands now, the ice really cannot be broken.
“It has to be broken even if it can’t be broken!”
Hong Zhilian gave a very tough answer. The ice must be broken if it cannot be broken.
"Master...it really can't be done, the ice is already an inch thick."
The subordinates obviously felt that Hong Zhilian was too strong, as the one-inch-thick ice was already extremely solid.
Even if a grown man hammered with a wooden hammer, it would take him a while to break a hole, let alone smash the entire ice surface to create a passage.
"In order to break the ice before, several boatmen accidentally fell in. Because they were not treated in time, they caught the wind and cold and were abandoned in the glacier..."
The boatmen that Hong Zhilian recruited were ordinary people, and their physical fitness was not as good as those of Hong Zhilian who practiced martial arts.
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, if you fall into a glacier, you will not be able to get rid of the cold immediately. Naturally, the cold will invade your bones and even make you seriously ill. This is also a very normal thing.
Hong Zhilian was in a hurry to return to his destination and was on the road in a hurry. Naturally, there were some oversights in the preparations on the ship.
The boatman suffered from cold and needed medical treatment. How could Hong Zhilian and others stop to see a doctor for the boatman's sake.
Of course, those who are sick and unable to work are abandoned by them.
As a result, in just a few days, there were three or four fewer boatmen.
If this continues, I don't know if the remaining boatmen on the ship can get them to their destination.
"Useless stuff!"
Upon hearing what the man said, Hong Zhi was furious. They couldn't solve such a small trouble. She really didn't know how these people got into her side.
"Master, the ship really can't move forward. Should we change its route?"
People outside the station naturally heard Hong Zhilian's anger, but there was nothing he could do. More importantly, he was anxious now.
You know, if they continue to delay here, the ice will not break, let alone disappear, but their journey will slow down.
Another point is that they were afraid of being discovered by people from the Great Zhou Kingdom.
"Abandon ship and go ashore!"
Hong Zhilian gritted his teeth and threw out the answer.
Indeed, her hands could no longer be damaged, and her journey could not be delayed any longer.
In the current situation, the cold weather has not passed yet, and the glaciers on the river have turned into water. It may take some time, but she does not have the time to wait.
Then abandoning the ship and going ashore was Hong Zhilian's only option.
"Drop to the shore, and then you guys can find some horses with better footwork, and we'll be on our way."
Thanks to Hong Zhilian's thorough preparation, the previous carriage, which was very shock-proof, was not abandoned by Hong Zhilian.
Hong Zhilian was afraid of an accident, so he loosened the horses of the carriage and moved the carriage onto the ship. No, it was put to use.
Xia Chiwan, who was pretending to sleep with her back to Hong Zhilian, was surprised by Hong Zhilian's words.
It seems that the person behind Hong Zhilian seems to be very important to her, but why is this?