As soon as he talked about the topic, Zhao Yuqing said with a serious expression: "Sir, we will start from Mianzhou, detour through Chengdu, then enter Kangding, and then go to Lhasa. If we find a good buyer in Lhasa, we will trade in Lhasa. If we can't find a good buyer, continue to travel westward, arrive in Gymzi, and turn to Yadong, and finally we will dispose of tea in Yadong. This time, there are 300 horses with the cargo, and the tea goods reach 60,000 kilograms. With the grooms, guards, etc., the team is very large. Zhao wants to ask, "Would we move forward in a team, or divide the people into several queues, so that we will not attract attention?"

Zhao Yuqing estimated that the horses used this time were about 500. In addition to cargo, they also needed to transport a certain amount of food and supplies. Besides, the personal guards, Lu Haoshan and others naturally would not walk. In this way, the horses needed almost doubled. The grooms and guards would have to be 300 people. In this way, the scale of the ordinary caravan is several times larger, and it is not enough not to attract attention. The goal is too large. If the procedures are done, it is okay, but his own business is preparing to smuggle tea.

Even though Mr. Zhao has seen many strong winds and waves, he is still heartbroken. It’s not that he has never sold so many tea goods. The problem is that he has never experienced such a large number of private teas. Nowadays, young people are really brave.

Lu Haoshan frowned and said, "Why start from Mianzhou, not from Jiangyou?"

"Sir, after the tea is packed, it needs to be pressed into tea bricks. We now use hydraulic pressure to press the workshops. Most of the workshops are located by the water. After receiving the tea, we go down the Fu River and arrive in Mianzhou to suppress them in Mianzhou. There are two benefits of this: one is that the waterway is nearby and the transportation cost is small, starting from Mianzhou. We shorten the distance a while, and the other is that we have familiar workshops for pressing tea bricks in Mianzhou, so that we can do it without anyone noticing."

So that's the case. I didn't expect Zhao Yuqing to think so carefully. After thinking for a while, Lu Haoshan said decisively: "Let's go in teams, so there's some care on the road."

There is only one tea entries, and he has only one person, and he has no skills in his clones. Besides, the people are scattered. It is difficult to deal with robbers on the road. It is better to combine troops and forcefully go to one place. Besides, Lu Haoshan has a tea entries that are fake and real, but also has secret weapons.

Zhao Yuqing nodded and said, "Zhao also planned this way. Since we have the same view, let's make it like this."

After confirming the delivery method, Zhao Yuqing breathed a sigh of relief. While picking up a tea bowl to drink tea, she gave the elder Zhao Neng a wink at the side without any trace. Zhao Neng immediately understood and bowed to Lu Haoshan and said, "Sir, this trip is long and difficult. I wonder if the newly trained picket team under your command can be used? And the long journey is over 10 years old, can those young men who are only in their teens bear it."

Lu Haoshan was not in a hurry to respond to his question, but asked: "There are many hardships. Elder Zhao, I wonder what are the difficulties?"

"In fact, there are three aspects," Zhao Neng said calmly: "One is the inspection and difficulties of the government, the second is the bandits along the way, and the third is the supply along the way. However, our Zhao clan has already made comprehensive preparations for the supply. The main reason is that the first two difficulties must be overcome, especially the second item, not only the bandits but also the caravans, but also the caravans, which requires the guard to be tough. Generally speaking, in Sichuan, the biggest trouble is from Yazhou to Kangding, which is the necessary way to trade tea and horses. There are many wards and horses along the way, and there are also officials from tea inspection offices that need to deal with their difficulties."

"On Sichuan, we go to Kangba. The former Tubo land was now changed to the Yiwei Division of Wusizang. It is vast and sparsely populated, with many tribes, and there are a few bands. Of course, there are a few of them pretended to be tribes. Tea is very important to them, and they try every means to get benefits. We must be vigilant. Of course, they will not send out a large scale, because there are many garrisons and recruitment departments where the Ming Dynasty set up many garrisons and recruitment departments. If there is a big movement, they will not stand by. No matter what, the work of the guard is very important."

No wonder they questioned that the pickets were too young. Not only were the members of the young men, but the training time was short. From recruitment to now, it only took two months to practice, and only two months. Can the pickets develop combat effectiveness? Besides, this industry is at least a thousand miles away. Those young men need to walk in many places. Will they not reach their destination yet? These little guys can't endure hardship and become deserters in a hurry?

This is something that the Zhao clan is more worried about, and it is also one of the purposes for them to come to discuss with Lu Haoshan. Zhao Yuqing was not able to speak, so he asked Zhao Neng to speak.

Lu Haoshan smiled and said, "Don't worry, the picket team is relatively young, but it is not as weak as you think. Let's do this. Anyway, we have to discuss the matters about the guards. After using up the meal, please ask the old patriarch Zhao to accompany Lu to the camp to check. Is it trustworthy? It will be clear at a glance. I wonder what the old patriarch Zhao wants?"

"The sir, I actually spoke. If Zhao dared not obey his orders, just take it as a long time to see him." Zhao Yuqing did not refuse and agreed immediately. To be honest, the picket team had been training in Niutou Mountain for two months, but outsiders knew very little about it. The main reason was that Lu Haoshan ordered that the area be blocked. If nothing happened, the Zhao clan would not deliberately take care of Lu Haoshan's bottom line, so he knew nothing about the training situation of the picket team.

"If everything goes well, when will the Old Clan Chief Zhao set out?"

"I asked a Taoist priest I met and said that the eighth day of the sixth lunar month is an auspicious day."

Lu Haoshan had no objection, nodded and said, "Okay, that's it."

The meal was also mentioned some precautions on the road, which sometimes triggered discussions, and even after nearly an hour of eating the meal, it was announced that it would be over.

After dinner, after just a while of rest, Lu Haoshan took Zhao Yuqing with him and ran straight to the barracks located in Niutou Shandong.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Before he arrived at the camp, Zhao Yuqing was startled by the sound of the musket shooting down. However, seeing Lu Haoshan's calm look, Zhao Yuqing forced himself to hold back his curiosity and followed Lu Haoshan into the camp. In his mind, although muskets were dangerous goods, Lu Haoshan was so calm that there would definitely be no problem, so he followed in with confidence.

Unexpectedly, the small picket team actually had muskets.

As soon as he entered the camp, the sound of the musket was still heard. Zhao Yuqing immediately looked at the sound. He saw more than ten targets standing near the camp gate against the side of the mountain. More than ten teenagers were waving the two instructors. He was practicing firearms. To see clearly, the firearms used were still relatively precious bird guns, and there were at least ten poles. This was amazing. It could form a musket team. However, what surprised Zhao Yuqing, the matter was still behind, making him feel more surprised than the musket team of the picket team, that the targets were not fixed, and they were roped and shaking left and right, increasing the difficulty of hitting.

Another round of gunfire was heard. Zhao Qing saw that the row of hanging wooden targets swayed violently, and they were obviously hit. They were nearly a hundred steps apart, and the shooting skills were pretty good.

As she was sighing, seeing Lu Haoshan continue to move forward, Zhao Yuqing did not dare to be negligent, so she speeded up and chased after him. Along the way, Zhao Yuqing saw many interesting scenes: some people practice archery, sharp arrows accurately shot down the target, dozens of kilograms of stone locks were easily lifted, some people ran and roared on the school field, as if they were in a competition, and some people stood up straight and motionless, like wooden people. Zhao Yuqing was confused in his heart, and couldn't help but take two steps faster, and after following Lu Haoshan, he said:

"Sir, why is this camp weird? They all seem to practice their own things and no one can arrange them together. What's going on?"

Except for the guidance of the instructors in the Musket Team, although these people were not supervised by the superiors, they were very serious and sweating profusely. However, they had a good mental outlook, no one complained, no one complained, and they were tired, and they trained very hard. This is so strange. Now many ward offices are formalistic in their work and work hard, and they work hard. Compared with these young men, one is like the setting sun and the rising sun, which is too far apart.

Lu Haoshan smiled and said, "This is the rule I set. I train in the morning and train on my own in the afternoon. However, the musket was just obtained, and someone needs to teach them how to use it."

So that's the case. When Zhao Yuqing was about to ask why these little guys were so conscious, Lu Haoshan suddenly stepped forward, and there was a lot of noise coming from the front. Looking along the sound, many soldiers formed a large circle, and some people kept shouting:

"Captain, put him down."

"The captain is a good example, let the third team down."

"Xiong Da, pick him up and throw him out."

"The fifth team is the most powerful. Captain, I support you, come on."

It seemed like he was a martial arts competition. When he saw Lu Haoshan walking, Zhao Yuqing felt aroused in his heart and hurriedly followed. Soon, Zhao Yuqing walked to Lu Haoshan and looked inside. He saw a tall and thin boy confronting a tall man with a tiger-back and dragon waist. It seemed that he was going to compete for Lu Haoshan's blessing. When the team members saw the captain coming, they said hello and left the position to their captain. In this way, Zhao Yuqing, who was following Lu Haoshan, could also clearly see it inside.

The two team members with thin and strong eyes only had each other. They fought for a while and were still observing each other. The captain Lu Haoshan came, and neither of them noticed it. The most surprising thing to Zhao Yuqing was that the thin man was holding two scimitars wrapped in cloth, and the thick man also held a hammer with many layers of cloth in his hand. It was obvious that these two people were using real guys, but in order not to hurt their opponents, they all had weapons.

This makes the wooden knife more serious about the wooden hammer.
Chapter completed!