Li Yan tightened his horse rope, and when the carriage behind him came in front of him, he said to the people in the carriage: "Tong Ershao, go five miles further and you will arrive at the foot of Anyuan Mountain. There is a bandit village called Yuan'an, you should know about it, right?"

"I know, I also know some of the rules on the road, don't Li Dong's family know if they have friendship with the people in Yuan'an Village?"

Generally, the bodyguard bureaus will intersect with the bandit villages along the way, so the Li family bodyguard bureau should be in the same situation, right?

A relaxed smile appeared on Li Yan's face, "I have dealt with the three heads of Yuan'an Village, but with the goods of the Tong family's more than [-] carriages, there must be some tolls. Judging from the usual dealings, at least this number is the least.”

Li Yan stretched out a finger.

"100 taels?" Tong Boyan was surprised.

"Tong Ershao, don't think it's too much. This is already my lowest estimate. As the year approaches, I suspect that they may ask for more." He has been a bodyguard for more than ten years, and he still knows the urination of the bandit villages around him very well. .

Tong Boyan was surprised not because he felt that the toll was high, but that it was a bit low. When his business passed there before, the minimum was 200 taels.

But he wouldn't ask such a stupid question.

"Master Li, how much do you think they will add tolls?" The bandits are also going to celebrate the New Year, and Tong Boyan looked at Anyuan Mountain, which was getting closer and closer, and asked humbly for advice.

Li Yan looked at the long line again, and said, "Er Shao Tong prepared 150 taels of silver notes for me first, and then I will hand them over 100 taels of silver notes. If they are dissatisfied, I will take out the rest The next 50 taels came out."

Tong Ershao's eyes flashed, 50 taels less is fine, but he was not happy for long before Li Yan's next words broke his good mood.

"Alas, now that the New Year is approaching, I don't know if 150 taels can satisfy them."

Tong Boyan asked anxiously: "150 taels is enough, what if they are not satisfied with 150 taels? What should we do?"

Li Yan looked at him meaningfully and asked back, "Then it's up to you, see if you are willing to give more money."

"What if I don't want to? The staff of Li Dong's family will protect us, right?" Er Shao Tong stared at Li Yan.

"Since our Escort has accepted the escort task of your Tong family, of course we will escort the goods to the capital safely, unless we are all killed in battle, but we are only responsible for protecting your goods, not everyone's safety."

"If something happens to someone on my side, who will drive the carriage for my Tong family?" He was either worried about the safety of those coachmen, or he didn't want to delay the time for his family's goods to arrive in Beijing because of the lack of coachmen.

And if the Li Family Escort doesn't protect the safety of those people, isn't he just as insecure?
"Tong Ershao should know that in the business of the escort agency, we rely on the rules to make a living. I have worked in this way for more than ten years, and I can walk safely in this way. I have made friends slowly. If I am in your The rules of the road are suddenly broken here. Not only is the relationship between my Li Family Escort Bureau and the people in Yuan'an Village broken, but if we want to continue on this road in the future, we will have to find another way. You know this is very important for our Escort Bureau. How much loss is it?"

Li Yan was still a little angry at Tong Boyan's temptation, "When I signed the dart order, I thought that your Tong's firm has been in business for so many years, and it should be commonplace to procure goods from other places to sell in the capital, so You should be very clear about the rules on the road, so I shouldn’t need to remind you again, I didn’t expect it.”

Li Yan concluded with one sentence and asked: "Then what is Tong Ershao's plan next?"

Tong Boyan also made a bet in his heart. He just wanted to see how much the Li Family Escort would do for customers. After all, it was the first time to cooperate with him. He needed to know where their bottom line was, and that's why this time. To test, I didn't expect that the Li Family Escort would not be threatened by me at all, but instead insinuated that I didn't understand anything.

How could he not understand?

But I feel uncomfortable, I don't feel comfortable, what I should do can't be affected, and I'm about to reach the foot of Anyuan Mountain.

Tong Boyan took out three bank notes, one was in 100 tael denomination, and the other two were in 50 tael denomination.

"After that, I will trouble Li Dong's family. If they are still not satisfied with the price, I can offer up to 100 taels." He gritted his teeth and said.

300 taels is a lot, I hope there will be no accidents, his more than 20 carriages are worth tens of thousands of silver.

Alas. Even if he is dissatisfied, he still has to pay no matter how much money he has, or will he rely on thirty people from the Escort Bureau to deal with hundreds of bandits?Can you handle it?
The answer is of course yes, everyone in the bodyguard bureau has real skills, otherwise they would not dare to be bodyguard masters, they are much more powerful than those mobs on the mountain who can only be superficial.

The reason why Li Yan didn't want to confront the bandits in Anyuan Mountain was because he didn't want to waste that matter. He killed or drove away the bandits in this nest, and he would come to other bandits dens in the future, and he would spend that time every time. Regarding the bandit matter, he might as well give some money and reach an agreement not to interfere with each other with the leaders of my bandit den, how convenient is it?
Besides, if he did that, his escort would suffer casualties.

But Tong Boyan didn't know much about the Li Family Escort Bureau, so he couldn't guarantee whether these people could deal with those bandits. The most important thing was that he didn't have any security on his side.

He doesn't want to lose money and people.

"Don't worry, Ershao Tong, I will try my best to say good things to you." Seeing that there were 50 taels more in his hand than he expected, Li Yan finally felt more comfortable.

"I'm sorry." Tong Boyan's mentality has returned to normal at this time, and he is not the kind of person who does not understand reason.

Li Yan's goal was achieved, and he signaled one of the bodyguards to take out the bodyguard flags of the Li Family Bodyguard Bureau and stick them on several carriages.

The convoy soon came to the so-called Anyuan Mountain. After the team reached the middle position at the foot of Anyuan Mountain, some bandits ran down the mountain, each with a big knife in their hand, and soon It blocked the road ahead of the convoy.

A short man who looked like a monkey but had a shrill voice shouted loudly: "I opened this mountain and planted this tree. If you want to pass by from now on, you should leave money to buy roads."

"Pfft." Liang Guoguo couldn't hold back, no matter where he went, the spoken words for robbery were the same.

"What's Guo'er laughing at?" Li Feiyang didn't understand where Guo'er's smile was. Now that they were stopped and robbed, shouldn't she be very angry?Why are you still laughing?

"It's okay." Liang Guoguo quickly straightened his body, withdrew the smile on his face, pursed his lips tightly and stopped laughing.

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