"We have no banknotes left. All I have on me is twenty taels of silver. The imperial edict stated that we are exiled as convicts and our family property has been confiscated."
Qin An was only sixteen years old and served as Qin Hu's personal page. He was very frail and already worn out by the hardships, looking as though he had only one breath left.
In truth, Qin Hu was in no better shape. Over the past few days, the vanguard battalion had been marching thirty miles daily, performing tasks such as clearing paths through mountains and building bridges across rivers, cutting firewood, fetching water, digging trenches, and pitching camp.
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