Wilderness Redemption Tour

"Steal a cattle-cart? How?" Lin Yan shook the saliva off his hands and said vaguely.

After blowing hard for a long time, the burning sensation in his lower abdomen gave him the illusion of being short of oxygen.

"One of us will create chaos and attract the guards' attention, and the other will take the opportunity to drive away. That's my plan."

"When the guards see the carriage being driven away, they will open fire. If they hit the oil tanker..." Lin Yan's mind suddenly flashed with a scene of an oil tanker truck exploding, and his body shuddered.

"You mean fire?" Arthur interrupted. "I haven't thought about that. If it catches fire, we'll have to get a new one, which is not easy."

"On fire?" Lin Yan was surprised. "Aren't you worried that it will explode?"

"Hahaha! How could it explode? Have you read too many novels?" Arthur laughed out loud when he heard this ridiculous inference.

Looking at Arthur's reaction, Lin Yan knew that he had said something wrong, but he thought about it again and again with modern thinking and felt that there was nothing wrong with his assumption.

"Won't it explode? Isn't this an oil tank?" He scratched his head awkwardly.

"Of course not." Arthur finally stopped laughing and explained, "The oil tank is filled with crude oil. It's not easy to make it burn, let alone explode."

So that's how it is... After listening to Arthur's explanation, Lin Yan suddenly felt a little ashamed.

It's so embarrassing for me, a modern college student who has studied mathematics, physics and chemistry, to be so weak in front of a game character from a hundred years ago!

In order to ease the embarrassment, Lin Yan practiced whistling again.

They headed north along the railroad tracks near Horseshoe Lookout, turned west after passing Valentine Station, and after bypassing Fortress Mountain, a large factory suddenly appeared in front of Lin Yan.

If you say it is big, in fact, it only covers an area of ​​5,000 square meters at most, which is incomparable with some modern real large factories; but if you say it is small, it is more than half the size of Valentine, so proportionally speaking, it is not small.

Several chimneys near the factory were spewing out black smoke continuously. Lin Yan looked at the sky above the factory, then looked back at the sky above Valentine. One side was clear, while the other side was dark. The two places were only a few kilometers apart, but the difference was so obvious.

The side effects of industrialization are really... As expected, there is no harm without comparison...

After a brief sigh, Lin Yan heard Arthur pointing at a distance and saying very quickly: "Look! There is an oil truck heading to the factory. Let's catch up!"

After saying that, without waiting for Lin Yan, he spurred his horse and rushed towards the carriage in the distance.

By the time Lin Yan reacted, Arthur had already rushed down the hillside below them. Seeing that the oil-carrying carriage in the distance had only one driver, Lin Yan did not rush to follow Arthur and eat dirt, but instead controlled the horse to run slowly towards the target.

By the time he arrived in front of the oil carriage, Arthur had already driven the driver away with threats and intimidation. This place was nearly a thousand meters away from the factory gate. Even if the driver went back to report the news, it would be too late when the guards arrived.

"It seems that we are lucky today. We got this carriage without firing a single shot. If I didn't have any wine on hand, I would like to have a glass to celebrate." Seeing Lin Yan catching up, Arthur said with a smile on his face.

"It's a good sign. Maybe our next actions will be just as smooth." Lin Yan also smiled and echoed.

"I hope so." Arthur said as he sat in the driver's seat of the carriage, picked up the reins and turned the carriage around. "I'll be in charge of driving the carriage, you keep an eye on the back of us, if the factory guards come over, you know what to do."

Lin Yan first looked back at the driver who had escaped. Seeing that he had only run a few dozen meters, still a long way from the factory, he joked, "Based on his running speed, I estimate that by the time he reports to the guards, we will have already reached our destination."

Immediately, he regained his serious expression and continued, "But I will pay more attention. If someone really catches up with me, I will let him eat a bullet."

"It's always better to be cautious." Arthur held the reins and shook his hands a few times, causing the reins to hit the horse pulling the cart. The horse felt pain and pulled the cart to run quickly.

"You know, many people in our line of work have lost their lives because of a small negligence. I have seen too many of them over the years."

Then, while driving, Arthur told Lin Yan several stories about people he knew who were caught and hanged or shot to death because of minor problems, in order to prevent Lin Yan from making the same or similar mistake.

Lin Yan followed the carriage slowly, listening with great interest, just as if he was listening to a story. He was not a carefree person, and the mistakes made by the people in Arthur's story were all incredible to him.

As he listened, he looked back from time to time to make sure no one was following them.

Twenty minutes later, they arrived safely at their destination, a dilapidated shack near Lumei Creek. During this time, Lin Yan did not notice anyone following them.

After parking the car beside the shed, Arthur got out and took out a few handfuls of oats from his bag to feed the horses. As he fed them, he said, "We'll stay here to guard the carriage and wait for John to come. Let's eat something first and then have a good sleep. We'll set off at midnight."

"Ok!"

Lin Yan dismounted and looked around. The shed in front of him must have been burned by a fire, and the remaining wood had been carbonized. He walked over and wiped it with his fingers. It was all black ash. It was obviously impossible to stay in the house in this situation.

After choosing and choosing again, Lin Yan finally picked the only stone wall on the side of the shed. It was in the shade, and there were no signs of fire erosion on the wall. It looked clean. He pushed hard, but the stone wall did not move at all, so there was no problem with its safety.

After sitting down against the wall, Lin Yan took out the canned food and biscuits he had purchased in the afternoon from his space bag, and ate a little with Arthur. Then the two of them took a nap against the wall.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Yan, who was still half asleep, heard the sound of horse hooves. The sound was very chaotic, and there should be more than one horse.

Hearing the sound, Arthur, who had not slept well to begin with, opened his eyes alertly and stood up, turning his head to look in the direction where the sound came from.

Lin Yan yawned first, then wiped his face and stood up to look in the same direction.

It was already night time and visibility was extremely poor. Lin Yan could only vaguely see three figures riding horses towards him in the dim moonlight.

"Why are there three people..." Lin Yan rubbed his eyes, wondering if he was seeing double.

Arthur reminded softly: "Don't make any noise. Wait until you see clearly who is coming."

The three shadows were indeed running towards them. Lin Yan and Arthur hid in the shadows and saw them pulling the reins in front of the oil tanker carriage in front of the shed. One of them asked in a puzzled tone, "The carriage is here, where are they?"

At this time, another person said in a hoarse voice: "Arthur, it's us! Don't hide, come out!"