natural selection

Mr. Feng twitched immediately, obviously shocked by the two key words "hundreds of horses" and "a horse of hundreds of taels". With his IQ, he didn't make any profit at this time, and unexpectedly asked a very important question. It can be seen that even this kind of dandy is definitely not a fool who can be fooled at will.

"This! How is this possible? How could the horses from the North be trafficked to our south?"

At that time, horses were all strategic substances, similar to modern uranium mines, and they were definitely prohibited substances. The importance of cavalry, a big killer, was known to both the buyer and the seller, so the geographical location of Nanzheng Therefore, the price of horses can be said to be ten times, or even twenty times that of the place of origin, and even so, there is no market for the price.In response to Mr. Feng's suspicion, Lin Fengjin immediately threw out his trump card:

"Probably there are still two or three cups of tea. The caravans are about to arrive. Could it be that you can't clean up the few people, Mr. Feng? Am I talking nonsense? When the time comes, get rid of these people and touch the place with your own eyes." Horse, won’t it be clear after two more rides?”

Hearing what Lin Fengjin said, Mr. Feng's breath immediately became thicker, as if he was a bull who saw the red cloth, and he had no doubts in his heart, and immediately shouted:

"Watching chess, where did you go, you bastard? Call someone right now!"

On the other hand, a more mature butler Gu stepped forward and said in a low voice:

"Young master, the master has a strict order not to attack the past merchants. This is the foundation of our family..."

Mr. Feng snorted immediately, spit it out, and said unscrupulously:

"What nonsense, didn't the old man of the caravan that sold silk and satin last year send people to follow him for a hundred miles before he started? How did that batch of jewelry come from last year? All the guards of that caravan were sunk in the river Bar!"

Seeing that the old butler with a sad face seemed to want to say something, Lin Fengjin said:

"The goods of this caravan also seem to come from a wrong path. Their horses seem to have been stolen from the Hexi Horse Prison in the Tang Dynasty after being reported to have suffered a sudden death from horse plague! This kind of thing is a one-shot deal. This time it's here. I will never come here again in the future, unlike our grain sellers who have to go back and forth from Guizhen five or six times throughout the year. I think the ones Mr. Feng has to take care of should be our long-term returning customers. The origin of the goods stolen by the bandits is unknown, and it is time for the Feng family to arrest the bandits and appease the place!"

After listening to Lin Fengjin's explanation, the old butler first came to the bottom, secondly he thought it was reasonable, and thirdly he felt that he was talking too much and hated the young master, so he should make up for it twice to please him, so he immediately came up with an idea to ruin the waterway :

"Master, since these people can escort such valuable goods here, they must be ruthless, so if this ticket is to be made, then it must be done in a watertight way, and the cooked duck cannot fly away. , With these people in our hands, there are really some shortcomings."

Lin Fengjin took a look at this cunning old man, and secretly thought that you are really my best partner. Brother Zheng was worried that it was inconvenient to say something, but you actually picked it up, and immediately added embellishment and said:

"This ancient housekeeper said it very well. Is it really ginger or old? We young people are impetuous, and there are always things we can't do. We need such a respected old man to remind us. .”

Young Master Feng is an idiot, and he was dazzled by a lot of money, so he immediately said anxiously and worriedly:

"But even half of my horses can't be let go! How about a few hundred taels of silver for one horse? What do you want to do, Gu Gu?"

The butler Gu was in the center of everyone's focus at this time, and a feeling of bliss arose immediately. Although there was still half a mouthful of phlegm on his face, he stroked his goatee and laughed:

"Now the three masters should have rested. It is not appropriate to disturb them at this time. Otherwise, it will be difficult for the young master to save some private money. Feng San and Feng Wu should be on duty today, and they are the only two who can mobilize us. The manpower in the castle, young master, you can smear some blood on your face and forehead at will, just say that you were bullied by a group of foreigners, and ask Feng San and Feng Wu to transfer people to help. After the people are transferred, Feng San and Feng Wu After all, you are a family slave, so dare to challenge you, young master? In this way, isn't it you who have the final say?"

Lin Fengjin said at this time:

"But I heard that Feng San and Feng Wu are quite rebellious. What if they refuse to hand over power after they arrive?"

Young Master Feng immediately jumped up and screamed:

"How dare he?!! These two rams are my dogs. How dare he go east if he is told to go west?"

Lin Fengjin said lightly:

"Of course he doesn't dare to confront you, young master, but it's a good thing that can ruin you---what if he goes to see the master to complain immediately after handing over the power? According to the strict surname of the master, even if If you succeeded, you must have transferred all the horses to the account in the castle. Isn’t your hard work in vain, Young Master Feng? Besides, I heard that Feng San has always been disrespectful to you. Once in the tavern, he was drunk and said What kind of rebellious words like wild animals have been said!"

Although Lin Fengjin was trying to sow discord, the last sentence was absolutely not fabricated. Even Young Master Feng himself had heard it several times, and he did not look like the three brothers of the Feng family at all, so This matter was, without a doubt, his greatest pain.

At this moment, the new enmity of cutting off one's fortune and the old hatred of being insulted came to mind together. A fierce look appeared in Young Master Feng's eyes, and he immediately gritted his teeth and said:

"Very good, very good! Then today is the day for these two dogs to die! At worst, I will fight my father's punishment, and I will kill them both!"

Gu Steward also put his heart on the line, as if he wanted to vote for his name, and continued to spoil the waterway:

"Actually, it would be better to push this matter directly to those horse thieves. Let's say that Feng San and Feng Wu are very brave, but they fell into the enemy's trap and unfortunately died... By the way, young master, Feng San Haven't you missed his wife for a long time? His newly married concubine is also very interesting?"

"Oh! Yeah yeah..."

"..."

The more the old and the younger talk, the more speculative they are. From how to rape Feng San's wife and children to the real business, such as arranging people to assassinate Feng San and Feng Si's precautions, and how to deal with those "horse thieves", what kind of lime The boiling water, the sweat, the medicine, the horse rope, etc., almost took care of everything. In some details, even if Lin Fengjin was asked to go into battle in person, it was absolutely impossible to do so comprehensively.

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How to deal with cavalry?

In the era of cold weapons, this is an ultimate problem that is so difficult that you can eat snacks, fat meat, ice cream, hot pot, chocolate and other high-calorie and high-fat foods with your girls——but let the increased fat only grow on the chest. .

In fact, if someone could find a way to defeat the cavalry in the cold weapon era, Genghis Khan would not have the great reputation of sweeping the Eurasian continent with cavalry and shooting.

However, the ancient steward who was full of bad water had a flash of inspiration and came up with a very creative idea to deal with these horse thieves, that is----turn cavalry into infantry! !

At the end of the North Street of Quzhen, there is a checkpoint that connects the official road going north. The walls around Quzhen are also built according to the standards of the city, which can be said to be better than the walls of many county towns. The so-called checkpoints are even more similar to city gates.

Lin Fengjin, Young Master Feng, and Steward Gu stood in the hidden place of the checkpoint. Of course, there were several armed guards beside them.If Lin Fengjin lied, I believe Young Master Feng would show his "stunt" of turning faces like books again.

As time went by, Young Master Feng was obviously an impatient person, and he would anxiously ask "why don't you come" almost every few seconds, and when he got to the back, he almost didn't grit his teeth. Lin Fengjin asked the correct surname of the news.

Fortunately, before Young Master Feng's patience was about to run out, a guard beside him suddenly changed his expression, knelt down on the ground and listened to the sound, and then said joyfully in a low voice:

"It's the sound of hooves! Someone is coming!"

However, this guy's hospitality was exchanged for Master Feng's kick directly on his face, and this guy's tension finally found an outlet:

"That's really nonsense, young master, I've already seen that approaching wind lantern in the distance!"

The sound of hooves was approaching, just as Li Hu said, three riders were standing in front. They were all wearing ordinary variegated clothes, but their faces were full of vigor, and they didn't even shy away from the weapons on their bodies.These details seemed normal in the eyes of Young Master Feng, but if it wasn't for a desperado without two brushes, how could he dare to steal a horse from a thousand miles away and sell it?

And when the rider approached and ordered the sentinel who pretended to be dozing off to open the door, the guard next to him, who was the most calm, twitched violently, and gulped down a mouthful of saliva!They know the goods, of course, it can be seen that the horses these three people are riding are bright in color, very tall and strong, they are really first-class war horses!

Immediately after hearing the three people throwing money to the sentry who opened the door, they asked if there was any suspicious person.The sentinel naturally said in his heart that the most suspicious ones are you three horse thieves who killed thousands of knives, but he apologized and said with a smile that the local law and order is excellent, it can be said that he does not pick up lost things on the road, and he has not lost half a chicken for more than ten years.

The three of them didn't get any clues, and they didn't care about it. They were just pawns, and they didn't care about many things.Then he asked the sentinel where he could temporarily accommodate the troops of the brigade, and it would take two or three cups of tea. First, the people wanted to take a rest, eat something to drink, exercise their hands and feet, and by the way, they had to run for midnight The horses were fed some night food, and they didn't plan to stay. (Because I'm going to be stuck here for an investigation)

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