Li Zhihao hurriedly and incessantly gathered supplies, primarily food and warm cotton clothes. No matter the fabric’s quality, as long as there was a bit of cotton inside, the soldiers would be warm.
Secretly using the Ye family’s transport channels, people covertly sent supplies to the border city!
Tang Weixing led a convoy, accompanied by Ye Haohuan and the soldiers. This ti, they were transporting the hides they had collected outside Ye City.
In fact, once these hides were processed, they could keep the soldiers warm!
The soldiers not only lacked warm clothing, but they were also in dire need of food!
As rchants, this ti they transported goods, sold a batch of food, and could only transport hides back at the border city. They wouldn’t return empty, needing costics from the factory!
This round trip of two to three months, as long as they safely delivered the goods to the Capital City, it would fulfill the young Master’s first business venture, earning money and completing his mission!
Ye Haohuan, under the pretense of doing business, ca to the border city and, of course, was also transporting so hides and factory costics back.
He didn’t necessarily have to sell these hides; they could be made into fur coats, boots, or even saddles and warm blankets for the carriage!
They could be given as gifts and made into styles for both n and won!
And those costics would be in great demand in the Capital City.
Ye Shiqi previously gifted skincare perfu and creams that the nobility found very useful, and Ye Haohuan had already received word!
At this mont, she hadn’t returned to the Capital City or established a factory elsewhere!
The items they were transporting now were quite precious!
When they returned, everyone could see the hides they were carrying openly!
As for the costics, they were packed in boxes with lots of straw inside to prevent the bottles and jars from breaking!
Throughout their journey, apart from the escort by the soldiers assigned by the General, they had many people to guard against potential assassin attacks midway!
If this hard-earned batch of goods were robbed, it would be troubleso!
Being cautious was also for personal safety!
Ye Haohuan used the token on him to access official roads and inns. Every ti they reached a place, by showing this token, no one dared to provoke them, and even the governnt had to send soone to greet them!
However, he didn’t go out of his way to visit people. If soone ca to visit, he would only et briefly, not lingering too long in one place!
Revealing his identity only provided a little protection on this journey!
He wasn’t naive enough to think that every place’s official would respect his identity; there were indeed princes and factions fighting overtly and covertly for power!
This ti, his journey represented a certain Prince, so there were also those who didn’t want him to return!
If he were killed, the alliance between that Prince and the General might dissolve!
Ye Haohuan understood this, initially planning a low-profile journey, yet their two groups were too large to avoid notice. They could only go the opposite way!
Everywhere Tang Weixing traveled, he would contact personnel from other Tang Family chain stores, using the token given by the Young Master!
Seeing the token was like seeing the person, cautious in every place!
Just one more city, and they would reach Deep Blue Island. By this ti, they had been on the road for many days, tired but vigilant, not letting their guard down!
The further south they traveled, the warr the weather felt!
When they were outside the Oasis border city, they already needed to wear winter clothes!
That night, they stayed in an inn. Upon arriving in this city, they found the streets silent at night!
They had heard about the situation upon arrival: this city had a curfew!
According to the State Mansion’s orders, no one was allowed out at night, and soldiers patrolled from ti to ti.
At the inn, Ye Haohuan and Tang Weixing shared a room for dinner and a discussion!
They didn’t drink alcohol; drinking could cause trouble!
Tang Weixing found it strange: "Last ti we passed through here, there was no curfew in the city!"
Ye Haohuan... he couldn’t rember, as if a segnt of the journey was lost from his mory!
Had they passed this place? He had no recollection in his mind!
Not only him but his soldiers also felt these strange happenings, which he had forbidden from spreading!
Pretending not to know, even with suspicions in their hearts, they couldn’t voice them!
The guards who had been with him during this period also experienced several attacks, strange incidents that couldn’t be explained!
Fortunately, none of their personnel suffered casualties, a blessing among misfortunes, as if heaven was helping them!
"I recall an official being appointed as the city’s State Mansion officer just in the last two months."
Officials were typically reassigned or positions changed around the new year; if local officials were replaced due to ergencies, it was usually due to significant events or soone’s deliberate arrangents!
Ye Haohuan also thought of this, recalling how frequently they had been attacked in the past few months!
Killer teams appeared in every place they passed!
Soone had already begun to sabotage.
"We need to be more cautious tonight, ready to leave at any ti!"
Tang Weixing might not know other things. If these matters didn’t relate to him, he wouldn’t be on such alert, seemingly embroiled in others’ power struggles!
This ordinary citizen just wanted a taste of fortune, not this kind of perilous, blade-edge business!
He felt unjust! And helpless!
It was too late for regrets!
Hoping it was all a misunderstanding, they would leave soon with no danger!
"Bang, bang, bang"
That night, they didn’t sleep separately, staying in the sa room!
Before midnight, the inn’s door was being violently knocked on!
The guests, alert from the noise, jumped out of bed!
Ye Haohuan held a sword and approached the door!
Tang Weixing also held a concealed weapon, quietly opening the door, and the two quickly moved from the second floor!
Downstairs, their carriage items remained packed, with the guards on watch in the courtyard!
Seeing their masters arrive!
Ready to depart at any mont!
Ye Haohuan and Tang Weixing signaled them to wait silently and leaped onto an adjacent rooftop!
Amidst the night, soone banged vigorously on the door, speaking loudly as people holding torches gathered outside in numbers!
"Open the door! Open the door! If you don’t open it, we’ll smash the shop!"
The innkeeper, hearing such loud shouting, initially suspected bandits!
Yet, it felt wrong; the streets had patrols, and the city gates were closed. What bandits would be so bold at the third watch in the night?
The innkeeper, trembling in the impatient outside voices, donned his outerwear and went to open the door!
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