Hearing about the plan to head into the mountains, Liu Pingkang and his men were tempted. They had missed out at the last post station due to the road conditions. Now, with incomplete supplies, doing so much hard labor every day meant they had to tighten their belts. No matter how fit they were, they were starting to find it unbearable.
"I'll have a few of my brothers go into the mountains with you," Liu Pingkang said after some thought. He decided to send a few men along this time. In the past, Gu Kaiyuan would give them most of his catch, but ever since the two escort agencies joined, they only received a small fraction.
"That's fine," Gu Kaiyuan didn't refuse. "But there are all sorts of dangers in the deep mountains. You need to make that clear to your brothers.
"Once we're inside, no one can guarantee anyone else's safety. Not even me."
It was best to set the boundaries beforehand so that no one would cause trouble over such matters later.
