A caravan went forward silently in the northwest direction, wrapping people tightly with dark robes. This caravan was a transportation team formed by Li De.

The carriage was loaded with goods but the speed did not slow down.

Princess Yu in the middle of the team was amazed at the modified carriage, thinking that if all the carriages from the Great Sui Dynasty were transported at this speed, wouldn’t they save transportation time?

Li Decai would not satisfy Princess Yu's curiosity. The Li family's carriage was made by the Lu brothers for a lot of effort to improve it. The simple bearing on the car bearing cost forward to build it.

Although there are only physical carriages, the carriages are all Sima pulling carriages. Because load-bearing strips are added at the bottom of the carriage, not only makes the carriage stronger, but also increases the overall load.

Ordinary carriages are all one horse, and those who walk far away will rotate two horses. After all, it is not suitable for all carriages to be built with such a large space to support double horse pulling.

Li De's carriages are all slightly wider four horses and will not affect much speed within the load-bearing range of the carriage. In fact, according to his requirements, he wanted to build a four-wheeled carriage. The advantage of a four-wheeled carriage is that it can reduce the load-bearing of the horse and reduce the burden on the horse.

The disadvantage is that it cannot achieve efficient shock absorption. If the speed reaches a certain limit, it is very dangerous. If the stone is pressed, the road may overturn.

And there is another disadvantage that it is expensive, and it cannot be made by simply connecting four wheels together. In fact, ancient European carriages had various sub-wheels and other things.

From a scientific perspective, installing various auxiliary tools is considered to be the application of science and technology, but Li De does not have that much time. Being able to own fifteen modified carriages has been improved to the maximum extent.

The Lu brothers have been busy with the salt mine workshop recently, so they can only do this at present, but fortunately the load bearing of the carriage is very gratifying.

In addition, each of them had one person and two horses, and two spare horses were tied behind the carriage, which could be replaced when traveling continuously.

The horses also carry the necessary supplies on their backs.

This time, I was not as free as I had from Taiyuan Prefecture to Chang'an. I could barbecue and picnic at any time with mutton ingredients.

All the people carry are Hu cakes, jerky meat and some dried vegetables. The taste is not bad, but it is not delicious. After all, it is not beef.

It is very difficult to eat beef in this era. Beef is the main cultivation tool, but it is not something you want to eat. The beef you can eat comes from the Western Regions and is used to generate economic value. It cannot be cultivated without domestication. The price is very expensive and not everyone can afford it.

Another point is that even in this way, there are not many cattle and sheep in the Western Regions able to trade to the Great Sui Dynasty.

The people of the Western Regions are not fools. It would not work if they exchanged all the cattle and sheep for money. After all, they were pointing to the development of animal husbandry. If they sold all the animals, they would use what kind of breeding.

So they will maximize their interests, and the meat and fur, especially the fur, are worth more after processing, so fur merchants in the Western Regions are very rich.

Li De and his group rushed on their way after leaving Chang'an because they didn't need to be too alert near Chang'an. After all, there will be no thieves in the city to take risks.

It was just halfway through, and the caravan began to slow down. Everyone was very tired when they were rushing on the road. Li De looked at the time and could cook and rest while it was not dark.

"The Kuohai Caravan rests on site, asking people to take turns to eat and rest."

"Yes, I'll inform you now."

Xiong Kuohai is obviously very experienced. Before he came out, he told everyone that the precautions were very simple, that is, to obey the command of all actions, and Li De was to command.

As soon as he heard that the people who were resting in the caravan immediately showed fatigue. Li De knew their feelings very well, and even Li De held back, fortunately he had already made preparations.

In order to reduce the friction of the horse's back, adding thick mats to the simple saddle made him much better. The caravans all benefited from the thick mats.

What benefited the caravan staff was that they used ropes to fix people on horseback when they were on the road in accordance with Li De's request, so even if someone was sleeping immediately, they would not have fallen into a horse.

However, this is not the case in the next journey. After all, the more you reach the northwest, the more likely you will encounter Turks or Tubo horse thieves, and this is the legendary Grass Valley.

In fact, it is just wanton robbery.

It is very simple to say why foreigners can enter the hinterland of the Great Sui Dynasty because the frontier is large, and it is difficult for people to discover a small-scale horse team to come in.

They did not rush into the hinterland of the Great Sui Dynasty, especially in large cities, because they would be very troublesome to encounter the Great Sui army and horses that were defending, and they could not beat them. After all, there were few horse teams.

It’s a pity not to fight. If someone holds them up, they will not waste enough time. When they get up, they are very good at pinching them, such as before the heavy snow covers the mountain, they plunder some supplies and go back to spend the winter.

The most common caravans that usually grab the most are caravans traveling to and from the Western Regions, especially some small caravans.

Usually there is no big fight, and the soldiers in the northwest are not vegetarians.

Li De realized this, so the second half of the journey would make everyone be careful to prevent being targeted. The foreign horse bandits are very dangerous and the evil bandits on the hill should not be underestimated.

Especially when you reach the poor mountain and bad waters.

"Li De, do you want me to send someone around to inquire?" Princess Yu walked over with Hu Bing and asked.

Princess Yu has experience in fighting formations, so it is a habit to send people around to explore, and scouts usually do these things.

Li De's convoy transported all the food and wages of the Northwest soldiers. Why didn't it be transported in batches? I thought that Li De was a merchant after all, and he had to control costs.

High risk and high rewards, so he chose to take risks.

Princess Yu's caution made Li De feel good, and it was right to have a sense of prevention.

"It should be, try not to be discovered by others. Just search around and think the people you brought with you have such skills." Li Dedao.

Princess Yu nodded. The scout sounded ordinary, but in fact, the soldiers who could be scouts were all veterans who had many battles. They had the ability to investigate and counter-reconnaissance.

When patrolling around, you can know whether they are following them as soon as you find clues. At the same time, they can simply cover up and clean up the traces left by the caravan, and even if someone follows you, you can confuse the enemy.

But obviously Li De also has an experienced reconnaissance expert. Just when Princess Yu sent someone to take action, Zhang Chuchen just came back.

She did not follow the caravan, but just landed near the caravan to follow. With Dabai's help, Zhang Chuchen was able to monitor the entire caravan's progress.

Li De glanced at Dabai, who seemed to be smug, and was really jealous, envious and hated.
Chapter completed!