Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2215
The butler's smile was a little sluggish for a while, and he said, "This... I don't know too well... I'm all trading mountain products for salt..."

You Ciren knew what Sun Dabiao was doing, and he couldn't ask anything after thinking about it, so he stopped asking.

After lunch, You Ciren told him to pay according to the price, but the housekeeper refused to accept it. The two parties gave way again, and finally the other party reluctantly accepted a symbolic amount.Not only that, but also filled the bamboo kettles that everyone carried with herbal tea.Be attentive.

"Hurry up and get on the road," You Ciren urged.

A group of people got out of the thatched shed, pushed into the car and headed out of the fair.Dalangxu is not that big, and a main street is only half a mile long.After a while, he left the town.You Ciren let go of his tense heart.

Seeing him let out a sigh of relief, the corporal said with a smile: "Sir, don't worry, this area is under Sun Dabiao's sphere of influence. No ordinary thief dares to make trouble in his territory. It's very safe." He sent his own rifle, "Actually, it's unnecessary to carry this."

You Ciren saw that he was not the only one, but the whole class had a lazy attitude, so he couldn't help shaking his head.Said: "These local tyrants are suspicious and fickle, don't be too gullible..."

While talking, they pushed the carts, and walked for more than half a mile, turned around the hill, and suddenly saw another checkpoint in front of them. Not only were there repelling horses, but also wooden towers. A dozen strong men were holding knives and guns. The appearance of the deputy is heavily guarded.

In the middle of the two roads, there is only an intersection where a single person can pass, and more than a dozen small vendors or people dressed as Yao people are queuing up to pass one by one.Noisy on the bayonet.

"This is the trap set by Sun Dabiao," said the corporal, "after passing here, it is the Yao District."

"What are they searching for?" You Zhiren saw that everyone had to check their personal belongings, even their clothes.

"Salt." The corporal said, "Sun Dabiao's biggest source of income is selling salt to the Yao District. Whether it is Yao people or traders, if you want to bring salt to the Yao District, you have to buy it from his salt shop. After buying Put it in a pocket and put a seal of wax on it. When passing the card, you can only pass if the seal is intact. Otherwise, it will be considered as smuggling salt. If you catch it, you will be confiscated and beaten. to redeem..."

"It's so majestic! It's more powerful than the government." You Ciren is a naturalized citizen, and the local tyrants are rampant. There are many things where the government is in vain. This is not as rare as the elders.However, he realized that this phenomenon still exists today, and it is the direct cause of the Yao people's growing dissatisfaction with the county government and the disturbance in the Yao district.

This time, county magistrate Wang wanted to bring hundreds of catties of salt into the convoy himself, in order to appease the Yao people.

However, Sun Dabiao and his group still need to solve it as soon as possible. If it drags on, it will have a bad impact on the prestige of the Senate and the stability of Yangshan...

"Who says it's not," the corporal spat. "Every time we go back to Yonghua, the Yao people talk about this. They all say: 'When you came, you agreed to sell the salt to the Yao people at the same price as the Han people. Now it is the same price. Sell ​​at a high price!'”

"I don't know what county magistrate Wang is planning," a soldier interjected, "If things go on like this, the Yao people in Yonghua will rebel again."

……

When he came to the checkpoint while speaking, the corporal suddenly frowned and said in a low voice, "Something is wrong."

"What?" You Ciren was taken aback.

"I don't know the person on the bayonet."

When the car arrived at the checkpoint, no one moved the horse away, only a thin black man came up and shouted loudly: "Stop! Damn, stop!"

The convoy stopped immediately, and the corporal frowned, and said, "Lieutenant, I'll go up and have a look." He winked at the soldiers behind him as he spoke.

The corporal greeted him and said, "We are sending supplies to Yonghua, move the horse away!"

"I don't care what kind of ** logistics team you are. Anyone who wants to pass the card has to be checked!" The black and thin man was completely arrogant and domineering, contrary to the attitude of the young men when they entered Dalangxu.

"Listen clearly! We are the national army from the county! If you are going to send supplies to Yonghua, I will shoot you if you talk too much!" The corporal has passed by here many times, and he couldn't help being angry like this.

"Shoot me? I'm sorry you don't have the guts!" The black and thin man looked disdainful, "This is Grandpa's site, and we have to follow Grandpa's rules! Anyone who wants to pass the card to enter the Yao District must check whether there is any." Private salt, you can live without it!"

The corporal was so angry that his face turned red, he dropped the gun from his shoulder, and said loudly, "Which one of them is too long to test?!"

At this moment, the entire bayonet became commotion, and the soldiers accompanying the team took off their guns. The strong men on the bayonet were also facing each other with swords and guns, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense. trembling.

You Ciren was shocked: What is the situation? !

Judging from the situation they walked all the way just now, Sun Dabiao's attitude towards his own side has not changed. Even if he got into trouble, the best opportunity to deal with their small team was when they were eating in the tea shed just now—with all the guns unloaded. Coming down—why did he suddenly change his face when he reached the gate of Yao District?

While he was still thinking nervously, there was a sudden bang on the roadside mountain, and before he could react, a row of iron sand and gravel was sprayed from the side of the mountain, like a large watering can, towards the entire convoy indiscriminately. Swept over!

"So, does Sun Dabiao know who attacked the supply convoy?"

"Yes! Yes, Sun Dabiao swears to God, it wasn't the convoy he attacked." Zhang Tianbo's body was almost folded in half, his head was covered with sweat, "This was framed by someone!"

Wang Chuyi received the news that the supply convoy was attacked. The next morning, a team came from Dalangxu, led by Sun Dabiao's housekeeper. The bodies of the dead soldiers and civilian husbands were sent back.

You Ciren also came back, disgraced and wounded.

As soon as the butler saw Wang Chuyi, he knelt on the ground with a thud, crying out for grievances.After much difficulty, he and the wounded who came back got the details of the attack that day.

It turned out that when the corporal was negotiating with the strong man guarding the card at the bayonet, he suddenly fired a lychee cannon from the side of the road, killing the corporal and a soldier on the spot, and the strong man guarding the card also used knives and guns to take advantage of the chaos to attack the team. The civilian husband was caught off guard, and there were many casualties.Soldiers fought hard to drive the enemy back.In the end, a total of two soldiers died, seven civilian husbands, and more than a dozen people were injured.The materials carried by the convoy were not damaged, but the civilian husband suffered heavy casualties, and the convoy could not move forward, so it had to return to Dalangxu.

When Sun Dabiao got the news, he rushed to You Ciren in a hurry, swearing and swearing that he definitely did not do it himself, saying that none of the people on the checkpoint belonged to him—all the people he sent to guard the checkpoint were gone.

You Ciren had no intention of arguing with him that the civilian husband had lost too much, and the remains of the civilian husband and the soldier had to be sent back quickly—the weather was hot, and they couldn't be left alone for long.He asked him to send a civilian husband to send all the convoy back to Yangshan County.

Sun Dabiao immediately complied, and kept saying that he was "wronged" repeatedly.You Ciren was asked to "defend on his behalf" in front of the county magistrate Wang, and finally gave 500 taels of silver, saying it was "resettlement money" for the dead and injured brothers.

The convoy was attacked at Dalangxu, which was completely beyond Wang Chuyi's expectations.Of course he knew that Sun Dabiao was "dishonest", but he never thought that he would dare to attack the supply convoy.

"Do you think Sun Dabiao is telling the truth or lying?" Wang Chuyi asked You Ciren.

"I'm not sure, but the probability of telling the truth is relatively high." Although You Ciren didn't like Wang Chuyi's disposal plan, he thought it would be better to tell the truth, "I can't think of why Sun Dabiao would do this—this is Put a shit bowl on your head."

"I think so too. By doing so, he is openly making us our enemy. What good does it do him?"

"Besides, before being attacked..." You Ciren said what the corporal said at the time, "...he came and went frequently, and the people on the checkpoint were more or less familiar, but he said they were all unfamiliar. It is indeed strange."

"You're saying that someone secretly replaced the original card keeper."

"That's right." You Ciren agreed with this inference, "But we can't believe it lightly. Sun Dabiao is a typical local tyrant and evil gentry, a generation from the fish and meat village. In addition to exploiting the people in the Yao area, he also has a lot of blood debts."

"What does this have to do with his blood debt? I only care about whether he did it!" Wang Chuyi said impatiently.

You Ciren felt very uncomfortable, but he didn't say anything, just said: "Now we have to quickly supply supplies to Yonghua, and there is not much food there. I will lead the team this time!"

So it was decided to send a supply convoy to Yonghua the next day.This time, the convoy arrived at the location of Yonghua Township safely. Not only did they transport food, but also transported a thousand catties of salt to the local area and sold it to the local people at a low price.You Ciren came back and reported that Sun Dabiao was very attentive all the way. Although he did not dare to enter the Yao District, he sent people more than ten miles away to meet the escort convoy.

Shortly after the convoy came back, Zhang Tianbo rushed over.

"But the convoy was attacked on his site—or at the checkpoint leading to Yonghua." Wang Chuyi had already discussed with Peng Shouan, no matter what the truth of this incident is, Sun Dabiao must be "squeezed" to the maximum , forcing him to show greater "sincerity" in order to achieve the intention of "not fighting the enemy".

"Yes, yes, it's all because of Sun Dabiao's incompetence!" Zhang Tianbo said, "He is also heartbroken, and specially invited the villain to ask the county magistrate to distinguish: Although he is not a gentleman, he knows what is good and what is wrong. County magistrate Wang treats like this He, how could he not know? I also ask the county magistrate to be magnanimous and give him a way to survive—whatever the county magistrate wants him to do, he will do, without any second words!"

"Oh? He really said that?"

"How dare a villain lie about such a big matter." Zhang Tianbo was about to swear.
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