Go back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to be a soldier

Chapter 104
The reason why Lin Yi came up with such an idea for the Fan family's uncle and nephew was to pretend to be afraid of his own interests being damaged, but in fact he took this opportunity to see what the Fan family's business was about, so that he could know what it was.

After Fan Yongzhong ordered, he found a shopkeeper and opened the second-floor yard where they lived. Lin Yi's people helped them, re-harnessed the animals, and drove the dozen or so carts out of the warehouse on the first-floor yard. Entered the storeroom in the yard on the second floor.

In this way, Lin Yi led his people to the goods of Fan's uncle and nephew. There were more than 50 cars lined up, covered with grass and tarpaulin.

Lin Yi's subordinates and the servants of the Fan family started to get busy. Taking advantage of this time, Lin Yi took Xiaoying and others around the goods, and praised them while turning around.

The son of the Fan family, in order to get close to Xiaoying, followed Ji Dong inseparably and they became the tour guide.

Lin Yi complimented deliberately: "As expected of the top of the eight Shanxi merchants, Liu is an eye-opener today. He really is a big businessman. Cousin, you see, our family is really nothing compared to others."

Xiaoying understood Lin Yi's meaning, kept nodding her head, and then said in a serious manner: "We are really beyond our reach, but cousin, is so much salt? How much will it cost for this trip?"

Fan Jimo, the third son of the Fan family, was complacent when he heard the beautiful woman's words, and took over the words. He wished he could chat with Xiaoying a little more.He laughed and said, "It's not all salt. There aren't many carts of salt, but these things are worth more than salt!"

"Is that so, please tell me, sir, what are these things?"

"This..." Mr. Fan hesitated for a moment.

"Since it's inconvenient for the young master to say it, then forget it." Xiaoying's expression was numb.

Fan Jimo hurriedly said: "Miss Yu'er, don't get me wrong, it's nothing. We have a total of 53 vehicles on this trip, and the salt vehicles are less than ten large vehicles. Twenty vehicles are grain and grass, and another twelve vehicles are Ironware, and eight carts are firearms, and the other eight carts are explosives, and the remaining few carts are used for hundreds of us on the way, such as dry food, water, change of clothes, tents, etc., these hundreds of people’s Daily necessities, it will take several months for us to go on this long trip, and these things are inseparable."

Lin Yi was delighted, and praised Xiaoying's ability to adapt to the situation very well. This scene fits perfectly with his performance, coaxing this idiot into a circle, and now there is no secret at all.

Ji Dong kept all these in his heart, and secretly scolded this profiteer. This trip not only has food, but also ammunition, so it is even more necessary to deal with them, and absolutely must not let them fall into the hands of the Tartars.

Xiaoying listened with great interest, blinking her two big grape-like eyes, surprised for a while, nodded for a while, and showed a puzzled expression for a while, that appearance is really cute.

Mr. Fan never tired of doing it, he was spitting all over his mouth and shaking his head.

"Ironware, firearms, and explosives, Yu'er has never heard of them, can you open Yu'er's eyes, young master?"

Lin Yi quickly chimed in and said, "Cousin is too curious. It's all her secrets. Mr. Fan has said so much, and he is already good enough friends. After all, we are meeting for the first time, so don't force others to make things difficult."

Then he said to Fan Jimo: "Cousin is naive, Brother Fan laughed."

"Brother Liu is out of touch when he says that. Fan sees that the two of you are just friends. What's the matter? Since Miss Yu'er wants to open her eyes, what's the problem? Please come with me."

Lin Yi and Xiaoying secretly exchanged glances, very happy.

"These 20 large carts are all loaded with grain and grass. Mr. Liu and Miss Yu'er look this way, and they are all loaded with iron." Mr. Fan said to his subordinates: "Come on, open this cart." .”

With a promise, the subordinates uncovered the tarpaulin on top and stripped away the grass. The car was full of gold, silver, copper and iron, broken copper and rotten iron, and some of them were cold weapons that could be used directly, such as knives, guns, swords, axes, hooks and forks. Kidnapper meteor and so on.

Lin knew at a glance that the Tatars wanted these things to be remade. They made guns and cannons, and then expanded their territory. The main purpose was to deal with Daming.

After reading these, Mr. Fan led Ji Dong and the others to some cars. These cars were not the same as the cars just now. They were smaller, but more neatly installed.It was also wrapped in oilcloth on the top, and when the oilcloth was uncovered and the straw covered, wooden boxes were revealed. When the boxes were opened, they were filled with black gunpowder.

Lin Yi cursed in his heart, these damned profiteers, in order to make money by any means, regardless of the consequences, sold these things to the Tartars, and then the Tartars used guns and cannons to attack us. How many people did they kill? It is not an exaggeration to call them traitors and businessmen, they must be killed and not kept!
Ji Dong watched, feeling ruthless in his heart.In the end, Mr. Fan led Lin Yi and the others to look at their salt, and Lin Yi tasted it. This is the real salt. Our army lacks this stuff, so we have to order it.

After Ji Dong and the others finished watching, their work was over.At this time, the second watch had passed, Lin Yi and Xiaoying thanked Mr. Fan, and then they had to leave and go back to their room to rest.

Mr. Fan was a little bit reluctant, and kept staring at Xiaoying's back.Lin Yi pretended not to notice, Xiaoying and Lin Yi were talking and laughing, very intimate, and finally disappeared from Mr. Fan's sight.

This Mr. Fan still refused to leave for a long time.

"Everyone is gone, let's watch."

"Ah, Second Uncle." This Young Master Fan turned his head, and at some point his Second Uncle Fan Yongzhong stood behind him, examining him.

Zuo Jimo seemed to have done something wrong, his face became hot, and he couldn't help but blush.

Fan Yongzhong dismissed all his subordinates, and said to Fan Jimo, "Why did you fall in love with him again? You are only 24 years old this year, and your elder brother has already married you a fourth wife, aren't you satisfied?"

"Second uncle, to tell you the truth, you have seen this girl too. Not only is she beautiful like a fairy, but she has a special thing that other women don't have. I can guarantee that she must have martial arts. Those mediocre How can fat vulgar fans compare, to get this girl, I have no regrets in this life!"

"Didn't you see that she is Mr. Liu's cousin, and they are a natural couple. You, today, told everyone everything, and let them see everything."

"Second Uncle, we are colleagues and were introduced by Mr. Han. We will be friends from now on. What does it matter?"

Fan Yongzhong sighed, "Hey, you know people, you know your face, but you don't know your heart. You are still young and inexperienced, and you are easy-going. No wonder the elder brother is worried about you. After suffering a few times, you will know the dangers of the world. The world is unpredictable, and people's hearts are unpredictable. In this regard, you should learn more from your elder brother and second brother. This is the reason why your father dare not give you the heavy burden. Be more careful in the future. Okay, it’s getting late, stop thinking about it, We still have to hurry tomorrow, go back and rest quickly."

……

Lin Yi and Xiaoying returned to their room. Zhang Hua, Erhu, He Tao, Wang Qi, Dongsheng Ganbao, Jiang Xingyuan and others arranged for the brothers to live in the room next to Lin Yi.

After closing the door, Xiaoying poured Lin Yi a cup of tea and handed it over, "Brother Lin, today is a dangerous day."

Lin Yi knew that Xiaoying was talking about Wu Sangui, so he took the tea and took a sip: "Be calm when you encounter troubles, and if you can't bear it, you will make trouble. Learn more in the future."

"Yeah." Xiaoying nodded convincingly, thinking of the son of the Fan family, Xiaoying couldn't help laughing, "This son of the Fan family is very stupid, if we sell him, Brother Lin, he will count the money for us , is this kind of person still doing business?"

Xiaoying giggled as she spoke.

"He is far from our Yinger, but he seems to have taken a fancy to you. Mr. Fan is good-looking, rich and powerful." Lin Yi deliberately teased her.

"Brother Lin, if you keep talking nonsense, Yinger will ignore you." Xiaoying pouted as she spoke.

"Don't talk nonsense, go outside and call me Zhang Hua and Erhu."

Soon, after these two people came in, Lin Yi told them to leave the inn quietly after the third watch, go to see Zu Keyong overnight, tell him what happened here, and make them be cautious. Acting, listen to Lin Yi's news in all actions, and tell them to pay special attention to the movements of officers and soldiers.

After taking orders, the two returned to their room to rest.

"It's getting late, we should also rest, and we have to hurry tomorrow."

As Lin Yi said, he and Xiaoying lay down together and turned off the lights, but the two of them couldn't fall asleep.

"Brother Lin, when we plan to attack, we don't know what happened to General Zu and the others."

"Wu Sangui led troops to station in Yingzhou. This guy is not easy to deal with. Erdaogou is only more than 100 miles away from here. We must fight quickly there, and we can't give Wu Sangui a chance. In addition, the people brought by the Fan family and his son There are quite a few, there are bodyguards who can fight alone, I roughly estimated that there are more than 260 people, these people are not easy to deal with, and we have to pay attention to the movements of the Tartars, after all, we are robbing them. Business. Robbing them is one thing. The key is that we have to successfully transport these things away. These things can only be discussed on the go, and it is still difficult to make a decision. At that time, we can only play by ear. You must watch it in the next two days My wink works."

"Understood Brother Lin..." Xiaoying said, slipping into Lin Yi's arms...

Three days later, Zhang Hua and Erhu woke up. Zhang Hua took a knife, Erhu carried his bow and arrow on his back, and took a red tasseled gun. The two quietly opened the door, stretched out their heads, and looked outside. Look, there is no movement around.

Of course the two of them didn't dare to go to the main entrance, they made a detour to pretend to go to the bathroom, and when they got to the wall, they looked around again, and saw that there was no one following them, and the two of them couldn't jump up the wall which was nearly two feet high.

Zhang Hua squatted down first, and built a ladder for Erhu. Erhu stepped on Zhang Hua's shoulders, jumped up, grabbed the top of the wall, and retracted. Erhu climbed onto the top of the wall.

Then Zhang Hua handed the big gun to Erhu. Erhu slid the big gun down on the wall. Zhang Hua grabbed the barrel of the red-tasseled gun and stepped on the wall. Erhu carried him on it. On the big wall.

The two jumped over the wall and jumped outside. The street was quiet, and the two ran away.

But the two of them had already been seen by the eyeliner arranged by Wu Sangui, Wu Sangui's soldiers were not disturbed, a few black shadows fell quietly behind them, and a flying horse sent a letter to Wu Sangui...

Wu Sangui woke up from the dream, there was really something going on here, he ordered his subordinates to check carefully, and don't startle the snake.

Early the next morning, Lin Yi, Xiaoying and the others got up, finished washing, and took the brothers to eat quickly. The Fan family was also in the dining room.

After breakfast, the bills of the restaurant were settled. There were more than 100 people including Lin Yi and 500 people from the Fan family. There were six to seven hundred people, and there were more than 700 vehicles, which increased to nearly 50 at once. more massive.

After leaving the Longmen Inn and leaving the city, Lin Yi, Xiaoying, and Mr. Fan walked all the way to the east...

Shortly after dawn, a fast horse flew into Wu Sangui's barracks.

"My lord, we found out from our inquiries. Someone set up an ambush in Erdaogou. There are about a thousand people. Many of them are General Zu Kuan's subordinates. The main general is Zu Keyong."

"Oh?" Wu Sangui's eyes lit up all of a sudden, "Zuke Yong?...It can be regarded as exposed, what is their intention to ambush there?"

"Master Hui's words are not very clear. We dare not get too close for fear of being discovered."

"Who are they going to ambush?" Wu Sangui's mind turned around, and Mr. Liu who lived in the Longmen Inn appeared in his mind, as well as the uncles and nephews of the Fan family, recalling the scene at that time and what they said Wu Sangui immediately understood: "Mr. Liu who claims to be from Henan must be Lin Yi, and the disguise is quite deep. I understand. They are doing this to get the idea of ​​Shanxi merchants. It's a pity that these pigs haven't awakened yet. If it wasn't for Get rid of Lin Yi and Zu Keyong, I, Wu Sangui, can't be bothered with you! Lin Yi, Zu Keyong, this time, it's hard to fly with your wings!"

"Come here!" After Wu Sangui figured it out, he hurriedly issued orders. Don't startle the snakes at Erdaogou. Immediately send someone to Shanhaiguan to inform his uncle Zu's birthday. , followed quietly...

(End of this chapter)