From Fushun to Guangzhou, the distance spanned over a thousand kilometers, requiring ten hours even by high-speed rail.
But under the traffic conditions of the Great Ming, even if they disregarded steep mountains and treacherous waters and pushed their horses to the limit, it would take at least ten days; if they encountered any delays on the road, it could easily turn into half a month.
This was why Double Xie and the others, having received the news on January 25th, hastily embarked on their journey the next day.
Speaking of which, after they had "rescued" Terrell, their group of six had grown to seven and they had traveled for three more days.
These three days went relatively smoothly; on the second afternoon, the seven had crossed the Yangtze River and by the third day, they had exited Shu and entered the territory of Guizhou.
During this time, the seven encountered no further incidents, and Terrell's Chinese had improved considerably over these few days.
