The straight-line distance from Yellow Stone to Jinling is actually only 400 kilometers.
Even considering detours for traveling as much as possible on paved roads, the total route length would not exceed 800 kilometers.
The fuel carried by Chen Jian's 8-man team is enough for the two vehicles to travel 1600 kilometers, with a high surplus of fuel, so he does not plan to strictly follow a direct route.
He intends to take an S-shaped route to pass through all known settlements, connecting them all.
On one hand, it's to explore the map as much as possible, and on the other, it's to start the operation of a simple trade route during the journey, constantly collecting materials needed by Yellow Stone City, to bring them all back in one go on the return trip.
Therefore, they did not choose the fastest water route but instead made the first stop at Caohe Town, 35 kilometers from Yellow Stone City.
