Although Old Man Sun came over this time to deal with the Tang Dynasty was a little tortuous, he himself said that he encountered some 'small troubles' on the road, and the goods were checked by the Ming army more than once, but these troubles were resolved by him one by one.

How to resolve it? Li Xuan guessed that it was nothing more than the collusion of officials and businessmen, or simply the old man Sun directly used silver bullets to open the way, and directly took out the silver to stun those Ming soldiers who were patrolling and investigating.

The Ming army's material blockade of the Tang Dynasty, although the senior officials above attached great importance to it, whether it was Su Jiakang or the current Song Zhiwen, they all spent a lot of effort to blockade the material of the Tang Dynasty, so as to prevent strategic materials from flowing into the Tang Dynasty and being used by these bandits and thieves.

However, there were still small and medium-sized businessmen who cooperated with the Tang Dynasty before, even if the original Tang Dynasty was only cowering in Huangzhu Mountain, but the temptation of money was enough for these merchants to use various means to clear the obstacles encountered on the road and successfully open up trading channels with the Tang Dynasty.

Although the more powerful old man Sun is now facing the blockade order issued by Song Zhiwen himself, and the Ming soldiers at the lower level will also carry out this order, but this is in the absence of a conflict of interest.

If Old Man Sun directly used silver bullets to open the way, the Ming soldiers at the bottom who were specifically responsible for patrolling would probably turn a blind eye and even directly escort Old Man Sun's caravan.

And the price paid by Old Man Sun is definitely not too big, buying a soldier of the Ming Army, maybe a few taels of silver is enough, even if it is to buy those small flags, general flags and other petty officials who lead the team, the cost is at most dozens of taels of silver.

As for those hundreds or even thousands of households in high positions, it is naturally impossible to be easily bought by these prices, but these middle and high-ranking generals will not personally take their soldiers out to inspect.

As long as the Ming soldiers who are specifically responsible for the inventory turn a blind eye, for example, do not check the carriage that pulls goods, then Old Man Sun's caravan can easily pass the customs.

Li Xuan didn't care about how Old Man Sun showed the many troubles he encountered along the way, he only cared about whether Old Man Sun could bring the goods to Zhengtai County through the blockade of the Transparent Army.

As long as the goods can be transported to Zhengtai County, Li Xuan doesn't mind giving Old Man Sun a high price!

After all, people also have to take huge risks, if one doesn't do well, he will be exterminated, if there is no high profit, why should Old Man Sun take this huge risk.

After the two parties agree on the price, the specific handover of the follow-up goods naturally does not need Li Xuan to care!

Xie Wali, who is in charge of the handover of the goods this time, will personally go to the specific place to hand over the goods, and will also bring a full payment of nearly 3,000 taels of silver.

In order to protect the huge sum of 3,000 taels of silver, and also to escort and transport the goods back to Xikou Village smoothly, Li Xuan personally issued an order to send a team of baggage soldiers from the baggage battalion to carry out the transportation task, and also sent the first mixed battalion to serve as an escort.

At this time, the 1st Mixed Battalion, a small-scale mixed unit with only more than 200 people in number but with independent combat capability, was more convenient to use.

When it is necessary to send a small force to go out to carry out a mission, he does not need to directly draw troops from the main battalions and teams to form a temporary force as before, but can send a mixed force with a complete structure and a long training time to cooperate with the same familiarity anytime and anywhere.

However, this first mixed battalion is only responsible for the follow-up escort mission, and will not directly participate in the handover of goods, because Old Man Sun is afraid!

Old man Sun suggested that he would transport the goods across the river first, and then each side would send twenty unarmed men to hand over in batches, and the armed forces of both sides, mainly the first mixed battalion of the Tang New Army and the armed escort in Sun Latou's caravan, must wait ten miles away from the rear.

The twenty people who carried out the handover task were not allowed to carry swords, well, including the fire guns emphasized by Old Man Sun, the twenty people on both sides must be bare-handed.

Considering that there is no way for the Tang Dynasty to move all the goods with only 20 people, the handover of the goods will be divided into five batches.

As soon as the handover is over, they will flash people.

At the same time, in order to prevent accidents, both sides can send a number of surveillance personnel to each other's armed escort team, and in the event of an accident, these surveillance personnel will immediately use wolf smoke or carrier pigeons and other means to notify the personnel in front of the handover.

Don't think that Old Man Sun looks like a harmless old man, just think that he is a serious businessman, since he dares to do business with the Tang Dynasty, he naturally has his confidence.

According to several entourages of the Tang Dynasty who followed Old Man Sun along the way, although Old Man Sun did not have a good reputation in Fucheng, but because he did private business, it was not visible, selling illegal salt was Old Man Sun's main business, and most of the other businesses were also disgraceful.

In addition, like Fengjiazhuang in the past, he had business dealings with a large number of bandits, and he bought all kinds of materials stolen by the bandits at low prices, and then sold the weapons, food, salt and other materials that the bandits needed at a high price.

The business he did with the Tang Dynasty is a typical example.

And he has hundreds of people under his hands, this time to transport these goods and ensure the safety of these goods.

Well, on the one hand, it is to prevent the attack of the Ming army patrol, and more importantly, to prevent the Tang Dynasty from playing black and eating black, and at the same time, it is also to prevent any accidents on the road, such as when the Ming army's patrol team found out that the silver bullet offensive did not work, these manpower is the confidence and reliance.

The family organized a caravan of more than 100 people, and this caravan of only more than 100 people were all from the Sun family, and all of them carried swords and spears, and even bows and crossbows that were forbidden by the people in previous dynasties.

This kind of caravan that goes south and north to do smuggling and prohibited business, you say he is a merchant, and the people in the caravan are all carrying swords, bows and crossbows, and his combat effectiveness is not weak, and it is not much inferior to the ordinary Ming army guard.

But you have to say that they are not businessmen, they are really here to make money in business.

Armed businessman, this is probably the most suitable word to describe a person like Old Man Sun.

However, Old Man Sun's worries were obviously superfluous, because Li Xuan didn't think about playing black and eating black, and at the same time, Li Xuan was not afraid of Old Man Sun playing black and eating black, the soldiers of the first mixed battalion were drawn from the musketeers of the first infantry battalion, as well as the main forces such as sword and shield soldiers and archers, and their combat effectiveness was not weak.

In the event of an accident, he guaranteed that Old Man Sun would not be able to cross the Lanjiang River alone.

Old man Sun himself was just seeking money, and when the new army of the Tang Dynasty did not move, he naturally completed the transaction in parts.

In this transaction, both sides are more cautious, Old Man Sun is afraid that the Datang New Army will play black and eat black, and the Datang New Army is afraid that Old Man Sun will take the money and run away directly, and then leave them a bunch of fakes.

As a result, the handover was slow, and the five batches of transactions lasted all afternoon, and near the end of the evening, the transaction between the two sides was finally completed.

After Old Man Sun asked people to escort the last batch of money away, he turned to Xie Wa and said: "The next batch of goods will arrive within half a month, and the transaction method will be the same as now, in addition, the preparation of the next batch of goods is still too hurried, you need a large number of ironware, Sun will definitely prepare a lot after he goes back, and when the third batch of goods is delivered to Zhengtai County, you will be able to see at least 10,000 catties of iron, or even more iron stacked together!" ”

Xie Waqian smiled and nodded after hearing this: "Then the official is looking forward to the good news of Sun Yuanwai!" ”

Now that the transaction has been completed, the two sides will naturally go home separately!

However, at this time, the new army of the Tang Dynasty was cautious and sent scouts to secretly follow behind Old Man Sun's caravan, trying to find out where they crossed the river from.

But Old Man Sun was really cunning, after the transaction was completed, most of their manpower was reduced to zero, from a large caravan of more than a hundred people to dozens of teams with only a few people, no more than ten people.

Because Old Man Sun and their retreat was at night, the night was dark and windy, and several scouts of the Datang New Army had no choice but to follow only one group of people, and there was Old Man Sun in this team, and in the second half of the night, these more than ten people rested in a small village.

But at dawn the next day, the scouts waited for several hours and did not see Old Man Sun and them reappear, and finally ventured into the village to inquire, these villagers told the scouts of the Datang New Army that someone did enter the village in the middle of the night, and those people gave them silver and said that they wanted to spend the night.

However, after the men gave the money, they did not stay long at all, and left after half an hour!

At this time, the scouts of the Datang New Army found out that their target had already run away in the second half of the night, and they were still stupidly waiting for them outside the village.

These careful thoughts of the new army of the Tang Dynasty were not mentioned, and it was said that after the Tang Dynasty got these materials from Old Man Sun, it did not stop for a day, and it was transported to Xikou Village overnight that night.

These materials are extremely important to the Tang Dynasty, and they cannot be missed, if Su Jiakang in the county town knows the news, maybe he may send troops to attack.

Although it is said that the first mixed battalion is there, the safety of these materials is guaranteed, and the first mixed battalion can hold and hold on to the main source of the new army of the Tang Dynasty.

But more is better than less, and if possible, it is better not to attract the attention of the Ming army.

For this reason, they not only traveled overnight, but also walked in the middle of nowhere!

But even so, the news that the Tang Dynasty had received a large amount of supplies still reached Su Jiakang's ears!

After learning the news, Su Jiakang pondered deeply!