Xia Shang was silent for a moment, not knowing what to say next.
If it was an instinctive reaction, Xia Shang would definitely say that after seeing too many deaths, his heart would naturally become numb, and he would naturally not have too many emotional fluctuations towards the scene in front of him.
But this thought made people a little scared. Xia Shang felt that he didn't know whether the changes he had made since time travel were good or bad.
But then I thought about it, the so-called changes are just changes for survival, and there is nothing good or bad.
Looking at the night ahead, I don't know how long it will take to reach the designated location.
From the plain landform that started when we left the city, we can already feel the obvious undulations of the terrain, and the surrounding forests are gradually increasing. It must be that we are very close to the location where the pirates are stationed.
"Stop!" Fusheng suddenly shouted, and everyone in the team stopped.
Xia Shang looked at him, and Fusheng pointed in another direction: "We need to go around."
Fusheng didn't say much, but everyone in the team knew very well that this meant there was an enemy patrol ahead.
Xia Shang's perception was not bad, but he didn't notice it because his thoughts were wandering before. Now that he was reminded, he quickly felt someone moving a hundred meters away.
For the sake of safety, regardless of the identities of those people, they should always be avoided first.
The guide in the team is General Lou. After changing the route, we must first confirm with him whether we can return to the original route.
General Lou nodded, ensuring that he would not get lost.
Xia Shang felt relieved and asked Xiao Keer to change the order.
Maybe there was really an enemy team patrolling nearby. On the way, the team changed its route three times, but each time it was safe and undetected.
This is also thanks to General Lou. If he hadn't been very familiar with the terrain here, no one would have kept the original route.
After one night, the rain stopped, but the team also bypassed the enemy's position before the sun came up, and ended up on the other side of the hill.
Standing high on the hill, you can even see the camp hundreds of meters away. You can clearly see that there are a large number of enemies active in the camp. The number is so large that it is immeasurable with the naked eye.
Fortunately, this place was not taken seriously by the pirates. It is estimated that no one thought that the Xuzhou garrison would take advantage of this place.
On the other side of the hill, you can already
When I heard the sound of rolling water, also a few hundred meters away, the creek marked on the sand table had turned into a raging river.
The accompanying servants were confused when they saw the river in front of them: "Miss, the road ahead is blocked by the rising water. There is no way to go this way."
Xiao Keer did not explain. She now knew Xia Shang's plan, so she whispered: "This is not the time to talk about this. This is the control area of the pirates. It is easy to be discovered standing here. We arrived at the river first."
Let’s talk later.”
It was somewhat strange for Xiao Ke'er to say this, but these servants didn't say much.
After another hour, the team finally arrived safely at the river.
When they arrived at the river, Xia Shang discovered that there was rainwater accumulation here, mainly because this place is located between many small hills. The low valleys of each small hill formed a natural water channel here. It is said that whenever it rains, there will be water here.
It turns into a big river, but the water level will drop in a few days.
"Okay, just rest here, I have something important to say."
Xiao Keer's words made the team quiet again.
When we got here, the servant seemed to have sensed that something was wrong. If he really wanted to escort the Xiao family's treasure to Yuzhou, he would obviously not go to such a ghost place.
But the servants couldn't guess what the eldest lady wanted to do.
Xiao Keer came to the side of the cart and pointed to the containers on the cart: "Someone please open all the cabinets."
A servant of the Xiao family opened a container and was stunned when he saw the contents inside.
Xiao Keer ignored him and took out the contents of the container.
It's actually a hoe.
"Miss, what are you doing?"
"Everyone has a hoe, and then follow Master Xia's instructions. We are going to get down to business."
"Doing business, what business do you do? Aren't you going to escort the baby to Yuzhou?"
"That's it, what on earth is going on."
The servants started talking one after another.
"Okay, let me explain the matter."
At this time, Xia Shang finally stood up and spoke slowly to the servants: "This mission is not to escort some treasure to Yuzhou. Rather, the imperial court needs your help to complete a very important task."
"The imperial court... mission...
…”
Although they still didn't know what they were going to do, everyone's faces showed deep uneasiness.
Glancing at the servant's expression, Xia Shang also felt helpless.
These days, what people fear most is dealing with the imperial court, so when they hear about doing things for the imperial court, everyone is very nervous.
And at this critical moment, any fool can guess that nothing good will happen.
"You don't have to worry so much. The imperial court will not put you in any danger, let alone forcefully call on you to fight the pirates. You have all seen it now. There is a big river beside us, and on the other side of the hill is
A station of pirates. Our task is simply to dig a waterway from here and use the water from this river to disperse the station of pirates."
"Dig a canal..."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this, thinking that this is a simple task?
Not to mention how hard this work will be, the mere thought of it is immeasurably dangerous.
It's okay that it's far away from the pirate station now. If we want to open up the connection between here and the pirate station, the latter part must be very close to the pirate station. If they are discovered, will these people here still have a way to survive?
"We can't do this!" someone in the crowd shouted.
Suddenly everyone started to speak out and expressed their unwillingness to dare such a thing.
Xia Shang frowned: "The imperial court will not treat everyone badly. After the matter is completed, everyone here will have two hundred taels of silver."
"Two hundred taels of silver..."
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere changed again.
No matter what age you are in, money is always the most useful thing.
Two hundred taels of silver is enough for an ordinary family to live a normal life. Although these servants are living well in the Xiao family now, most of these people will leave the Xiao family when they are thirty years old, and they will lose the support of the Xiao family.
They also care about money. Two hundred taels of silver is enough for them to marry a beautiful wife after leaving the Xiao family and live in peace for the rest of their lives.
"You can't be a liar, right? Two hundred taels of silver is a lot of money."
"That's all, I'll give you the banknotes right now. How about giving the money first and then doing the work?"
Unexpectedly, Xia Shang was really prepared. He took out a thick stack of banknotes from his clothes and wrapped them in countless layers of oil paper to prevent them from getting soaked by the rain.