The first step to a rich country is to get rich first and then get richer

Although among these vehicles there are horse-drawn carriages, trailers, and ox-drawn carts, it doesn’t matter, as long as they are vehicles.

The cars are still with their owners. They have just signed an agreement and paid a deposit, and they can just tow them back when the time comes.

These alone are already a considerable expense. Although Mu Zhongting is not short of money, he cannot afford such a hassle.

There is also the food and clothing for all of them on the road, so this money cannot be underestimated.

He first escorted a hundred carts of grain to the border, eighty taels of which were wheelbarrows, so they selected ninety strong laborers from Luojia Village and surrounding villages. Of course, they were all volunteers, because the small landlord Lan Ning said that each person would be paid twenty taels of silver for one trip.

Twenty taels of silver? What does this mean? They can’t earn that much silver even in three years.

In addition to this, there are another hundred truckloads of food that need to be transported.

If you calculate all this, it will cost a lot of silver.

So Lan Ning took out ten thousand taels and gave it to Mu Zhongting. Although he didn't really want it, he had to take it as the task required a large amount of silver.

"I'll pay you back later."

"Alright, alright, stop talking about this. If you lose money, you can earn it again, but if you lose your life, there is nothing you can do about it. So even though the emperor is not a human being, he is a cheap man. Just bear with it and it will pass."

Seeing Mu Zhongting was about to cover his mouth, Lan Ning quickly changed his words.

Everything was prepared soon, and it was time for Mu Zhongting to set off.

I am alone, and the only thing that can represent me is probably the imperial edict.

The border is nearly two months' journey from the capital, and it is not an easy journey. By the time we arrive at the border, the weather has begun to get cold, and it will take another two months to send the food back. By then, it will be completely winter.

So in addition to food, they also brought warm clothes. They packed their bags, said goodbye to their families, and set out on this long journey.

There are still a hundred cars left, and Sister Lan told him not to worry, she will arrange them.

Although Sister Lan is young, she is very reliable, so Mu Zhongting trusts her very much.

The hundred carriages behind were mostly horse-drawn carriages, more than forty in total, more than twenty ox-drawn carts, and the rest were carts.

They found thirty villagers and set out the next day.

The person leading the team this time was Lan Ning. She did not tell Mu Zhongting, fearing that he would disagree and impulsively take all 200 vehicles with him.

However, she told her grandmother and the others that Meng Anran wanted to go with them, but Lan Ning did not agree.

"We need you to take care of things at home. Grandma and Mr. Xiao can only take care of it for a while, but it won't last forever. You need to study during the day, and the family still depends on you. Don't worry about me. We will still bring you, Dabai and the others with us this time. There will be no danger, don't worry."

"I can handle it at home, so let Ran'er go with you."

Grandma Lan agreed to let her granddaughter go but she didn't agree to her going alone.

Lan Ning put away the playful smile on his face and spoke seriously to the worried people in front of him.

"I will take Dabai and the others with me. If there is any danger, they will be able to take me away easily. If you and I encounter danger together, what if those animals don't care about you? What if you encounter danger? It will be much more convenient for me to be alone. If you come with me, you will be a burden to me.

Don't worry anymore, you are still at home, I won't let anything happen to me, after all these years, don't you know my style of doing things?"

Normally when Lan Ning was persistent, they would argue with her, but whenever she had this serious expression, they knew she was serious and no matter how they tried to persuade her, it was useless.

"Then you must come back safely."

Suddenly, the smile returned to Lan Ning's face.

"That's for sure."

The next day, Lan Ning set out with a group of animals, bodyguards and thirty men.

The men often saw the big white beast, but for some reason, they felt that it looked particularly ferocious today, as if it wanted to bite them.

Let’s not talk about Dabai. Although it looks ferocious, it won’t hurt people. But what about those animals?

Lions, tigers, leopards, wild boars, bears, and gorillas are all tall and extremely ferocious-looking animals.

"Little, little landlord, I don't understand this job."

A man stammered and took the initiative to refuse the job.

"What's going on? Didn't we agree on this? Is there a reason?"

Lanning had no idea of ​​the impact these animals had on ordinary people.

The man didn't say anything, but just looked at the animals with fear in his eyes. The animals felt that someone was watching them and looked over here. The man was so frightened that his legs went weak and he sat on the ground.

After this brief exchange of glances, Lan Ning immediately understood what was going on.

"You're afraid of them, right? Don't be afraid. I sent them to protect us. With so much food, we won't be able to defeat the bad guys if we encounter them!"

"But, but, will they attack us? They look so fierce."

Another Chinese character asked again, it was not just that one person who was afraid here, to be exact, everyone was afraid.

"No, you can rest assured, they have done a great job.

They brought me all this food. If they wanted to harm me, they would have done it long ago. Besides, their boss is still here."

Lan Ning patted the head of Dabai, who was sitting lazily beside him.

After Lan Ning said this, they all felt relieved. Although they were still afraid, they were thinking about the large amount of silver.

In this poor time, money is very hard to come by, and the opportunity to earn so much money is rare in a century.

So it doesn't matter if it's a little dangerous, as long as you're still alive.

Thus, this nondescript team was formed and set out for the border according to the location on the map.

This team is quite good. Since these beasts are too terrifying, they would actively avoid pedestrians and bandits when they meet them. However, one bad thing is that they are particularly attractive to animals.

The animals thought this was some kind of large-scale exchange and wanted to participate to see if they could get some benefits.

But who knew that once they got close, they would hear all kinds of roars, which scared them back. Many animals might be dominant in their own areas, but when they came to this team, they seemed particularly small.

It's like a 1.8-meter-tall strong man coming to a team of a hundred people. Those hundred people are all 1.8-meter-tall strong men, and each of them can drown him with a mouthful of spit.

The whole journey was very smooth, we ate well and dressed warmly.

Although walking is a bit tiring, with these delicious foods in front of me, I can bear it no matter how tired I am.

So they were driving quite fast, but after a few days they found the road ahead was in chaos.