【0132 Can't afford it】
"Quick, quick! Hurry up! Wei Bao shouted to the entourage, and said to Fan Tou: "Big head, you hurry up and take a step first, go and inform the gatekeeper, saying that there are locks chasing us, let the officers and soldiers come quickly!" Say that we are Lord Yang Hongyi, and Yang Qi commands the family of Lord Adult! They should come to the rescue! ”
Fan's head agreed, "Don't worry, Childe!" As he spoke, he slammed his horsewhip a few times, and suddenly galloped forward.
Lin Wenbiao was sweating profusely, whipping the horsewhip fiercely while pushing the carriage with all his might!
Wei Bao and everyone pushed the cart together, and at this time, except for thinking about hurrying and hurrying to Funingwei, his mind was almost blank.
If it's a big deal, abandon the goods and run away! Wei Bao secretly thought about it, so that his mood calmed down a little, believing that with such a short distance, he was a good horse on his side, and there was no problem in saving his life.
But after all, it is a commodity worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, so it is given to the silks for nothing, where is it willing to give it?
"It's just ahead, I see!" Hou Sanyi took the lead, and when he saw two carriages and more than a dozen good horses, he concluded that it must be Wei Bao, and shouted loudly.
Seeing that he had caught up with the target before reaching Funingwei, Chang Wuye couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said loudly: "Brothers, I caught Wei Bao and rewarded 100 taels of silver!" Kill Wei Bao, cut off Wei Bao's head, and you can also reward 50 taels of silver! I'm in charge of the big boss! ”
When everyone heard this, they applauded, they didn't expect the reward to be so rich, they shouted wildly, their strength doubled, and they shouted: "Wei Baoxiu is leaving, take your life!" ”
The reason why Chang Wuye offered such a rich reward was that on the one hand, Wei Bao was worth the price, which he knew, and in addition, the brothers were tired enough by Wei Bao in the past two days, and everyone was tired, and at this time they were very close to Fu Ningwei, and it would be troublesome to get close to Fu Ningwei, so they used silver to stimulate a group of subordinates.
40 horseback riding plus Chang Wuye and Hou San, a total of 42 horsebacks, chased Wei Bao and his party lifelessly, one by one with bows and arrows, just waiting for Chang Wuye to give the order to release arrows to hurt people.
Chang Wuye still hopes to intercept Wei Bao and the others at close range, I don't know if Wei Bao and they have bows and arrows, if the two sides enter the situation of firing at each other, the movement will be big, and it will be easy to attract officers and soldiers.
Wei Bao saw the other party's intentions, and now there is no other way than to abandon the goods and run away, he is sweating profusely, and he needs to make a decision immediately, otherwise he will not be able to leave if he wants to delay for a few seconds!
"Turn the wagon sideways, we can't let them get any closer!" Wei Bao ordered loudly.
Although the followers didn't know what Gongzi's intentions were, they still agreed loudly and put the two carriages across the road.
Within 50 meters, it is the effective range of the revolver, but it is also the effective range of the bow and arrow, Wei Bao visually observed that the other party was only three or four hundred meters away from his side, and was determined to use his revolver to block it, as long as he could maintain a distance of fifty meters, he could run away at any time, and the initiative was still in his own hands, and now he could only hope that Fan's head could be rescued by the officers and soldiers from Funingwei, I don't know if Wu Sanfeng had put the news on the officers and soldiers everywhere, if Wu Sanfeng spoke, the officers and soldiers would never come to the rescue even if they did not embarrass him.
The speed at which the other party rode up on horseback was terrifying, and in a blink of an eye it was less than a hundred meters away, Wei Bao hid behind the carriage and aimed, although the revolver was not fully exposed, but the entourage also saw clearly the childe's 'hidden weapon' at this time, it turned out to be a tube.
Wei Bao has a large sleeve, so the revolver only exposes the barrel, and in order to enhance the accuracy of the shot, Wei Bao only uses one gun and holds the handle in the other hand.
snapped a shot, Wei Bao didn't know how far the other party was from him now, anyway, a large group of horse teams gathered together, even the blind could hit it.
Sure enough, a handmaiden fell off the horse in response, and the entourage around Wei Bao applauded, and he became a lot bolder.
"Childe's secret weapon is really powerful!" Lin Wenbiao couldn't help but praise softly.
Wei Bao's shot caused a crowd of locks to strangle the horse's head and slow down the impact.
If Wei Bao and the others are now also shooting with bows and arrows, and they are in a state of shooting at the locks, the locks are not afraid, and now a lockman is bleeding from the leg, which is the same as the situation of the injured madman Tan the day before, everyone doesn't know what kind of secret weapon this is, and the inexplicable fear is much greater than facing the bow and arrow.
"Shout! If they dare to come over again, they will be killed! Wei Bao said to Zhang Haobo beside him, knowing that Zhang Haobo had a loud voice.
Zhang Haobo nodded, and hurriedly shouted: "Don't come here!" Let's shoot and kill again! ”
"Wei Bao get out, you can't run!" When Hou San heard this, he also shouted angrily, but he didn't dare to rush forward, stretched his bow and arrows, and stared at the two horizontal carriages fifty steps away from him, but it was a pity that he didn't see a single outcrop, otherwise a group of people would be able to shoot the opponent into a hedgehog.
"Don't show your head, don't show your head!" Lin Wenbiao said to the people around him: "At this distance, most of the handkerchiefs can be shot." ”
Wei Bao nodded, "Don't show your head, you, give me the hat and stick." ”
Zhang Haobo hurriedly took off his hat and handed it to Wei Gongzi along with the short stick in his hand.
Wei Bao stretched out his hat with a short stick, crackling the sound of feather arrows hitting the carriage, and there were also three feather arrows on his hat, and Wei Bao who was watching was secretly frightened.
"The archery skills of the silks are so good!?" Zhang Haobo couldn't help but admire, he was still the most powerful in this group of followers, even Zhang Haobo said so, and the others were even frightened by the arrows of the locks.
"It's nothing, few people can do it in a hundred steps, but if you take fifty or sixty steps, there are at least seven or eight people under Zhentianbei who can shoot." Lin Wenbiao said.
Wei Bao is in a hurry, this is not a way, he knows that if he is so deadlocked for a few seconds, the courage of the silk will definitely recover, and he will slowly force over to his side, such a little distance, the other party will charge, and his side will be wiped out, including himself, there is no soft use for a revolver, he is outnumbered, he looked back just now, and the other party is at least thirty or forty people! What is the power of thirty or forty iron horses? Two or three hundred infantry may not be able to carry it.
Sure enough, the sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground was already heard, and the other party was slowly approaching, although Wei Bao didn't look at it, he also knew that the other party must have a hard bow in his hand, and he leaned over with a bow and arrows.
Wei Bao pulled out the feather arrow on Zhang Haobo's hat and picked it out again.
Puff, puff, another row of feathered arrows came over!
Wei Bao said to the people around him: "You also follow my example!" ”
Everyone hurriedly took off their hats, carried them with sticks in their hands, and poked out from all sides of the carriage. It's like a game of whack-a-mole.
There are only 42 people in the dreadlocks, and Wei Bao also has 8 hats here, plus the feather arrows have to be reloaded after the feather arrows are fired, the speed slows down, and many hats poke out for a long time, which makes Wei Bao a lot more courageous, strong and bold, lying on the ground and quickly looking at the opposite side, seeing that the other party is still in the position just now, he has not advanced much, and hurriedly retracted his head.
As soon as Wei Bao's head retracted, there was an extra arrow on the ground where he had just leaned out to check.
"Just keep teasing them to release arrows!" Wei Bao said to the crowd.
"That's not the way to go, they'll come from one side of the room, and a silkman will have at least 30 feathered arrows by his side." Lin Wenbiao said.
Wei Bao didn't answer Lin Wenbiao's words, from the other direction, he stretched out his revolver and fired a shot, although there was no way to aim, but the other party gathered together, and the approximate position was good.
Sigh for it!
There was a terrible barking of horses, followed by a rush of men controlling the horses, galloping with them, and the chaotic shouting and scolding of the horse bandits.
Wei Bao secretly thought that a horse had been shot! As long as you maintain this pressure pattern, it shouldn't be a problem to hold on for a few more minutes.
Wei Bao was anxiously waiting for the 'blind shooting' again, and he couldn't help but wait and see the avenue, not knowing if Fan Datou could bring the officers and soldiers over, he wanted to give the order to escape now, if the silks rushed regardless of life and death, they would be finished! Wei Bao guessed that the silkmen must not know how many 'such hidden weapons' there were on their side, so they didn't charge with all their might, and if they kept dragging like this, the other party would definitely wake up.
Wei Bao would lie on the ground on the left side for a while, snapping two shots, and then lying on the ground on the right side, snapping and firing two shots, but it was also hard enough to toss and not dare to cherish the bullets, so that the silk could not detect how much firepower he had at once.
After all, the accuracy of such blind shooting is low, and the silkworms scatter a little and retreat a little, and it will be difficult for Wei Bao to hit the target.
"This is not good, when we hear them rushing, we will abandon the goods and run away!" Wei Bao ordered.
Everyone nodded in unison, although they were reluctant to give up such good goods, but their lives were still important.
"Childe, if you go first, we'll die, just fight with the silks here!" Liu Jintang said with red eyes.
Wei Bao waved his hand decisively: "Don't say it, life matters, in my heart, the life of each of you is more expensive than this batch of goods!" ”
When everyone heard Wei Bao say this, their hearts were warm, and their uncontrolled noses were sour.
Lin Wenbiao secretly thought that he was really with the right person this time, so he rushed to Wei Gongzi's human nature, no matter what he did, he would not be bad.
"Fifth Master Chang, let's rush, shall we? That's all they have, and it's estimated that one or two people have weird secret weapons! This secret weapon is nothing unusual, similar to a firecracker. Hou San said to Chang Wuye.
Chang Wuye frowned and hesitated, "Don't underestimate the fire gun?" In case there are a few firecrackers on the other side, let's rush over and kill at least a few brothers. ”
Hou San was unconvinced, and asked loudly at the crowd: "Brothers, are you afraid of death?" ”
"Nope!" The ladies agreed loudly together, mixing in the rivers and lakes, one is to rely on the word righteousness, and the other is to rely on playing with life, otherwise they will be looked down upon.
"Fifth Master Chang, how is it?" Hou San asked with a glaring eye at Chang Wuye.
Chang Wuye nodded, raised his hand, and was about to give the order to charge!
Wei Bao and the others were already leading their horses and preparing to run away at this time.
"Childe! Fan's big head is here! Liu Chunshi suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
Wei Bao saw it, Fan's chubby body rushed to the front, followed by a team of officers and soldiers, although they were only about twenty people, and except for the military attache who took the lead was on horseback, the rest of them all had a spear and a wooden shield, why did they look very shabby?
But when the officers and soldiers came, it felt like it was great! No matter how shabby the officers and soldiers are, they also represent the government. Wei Bao secretly rejoiced, the officers and soldiers of Daming are not-eaters!
"Ladies and gentlemen, the officers and soldiers are here!" Wei Bao hurriedly made a trumpet shape with his two hands, and shouted loudly to the sky, for fear that the sight of the silkmen would be blocked by the carriage and they would not see the officers and soldiers coming.
Chang Wuye's word 'rush' was already on the edge of his mouth, and he was frightened back by Wei Bao's roar, and looked around with one hand on the tent, and he didn't know if the other party was lying.
"Fifth Master Chang, it's really an officer and soldier, more than twenty!" Standing in the distance, a man saw officers and soldiers running over from the side of Wei Bao's two carriages.
"Fifth Master Chang, the big boss has given a death order, and there are only about twenty officers and soldiers, otherwise they will do it together, right?" One of his subordinates suggested.
"Be your mother! If you go and give it a try, kill the officers and soldiers, and we will not be a handmaiden, but a rebellion! How many heads do you have!? Hou San shouted in a low voice: "Let's go up the mountain and fall into the grass to seek wealth, not to send death!" ”
"Hou San is right, officers and soldiers can't be killed! Remove! "Fifth Master Chang didn't hesitate at all this time, and immediately ordered a retreat.
A group of locks shouted and turned their horses' heads, but they were not nervous, they retreated like a walk, as long as they did not take the initiative to attack the officers and soldiers, they were not afraid of the large number of people.
Wei Bao heard the sound of the horses' hooves sounding again, but he didn't dare to stretch out his head to look, but greeted Fan's head and the officers and soldiers, and clasped his fists at the officers: "Thank you for coming to the rescue, it's really a parent official who works for the people." ”
The officer heard that it was the family of Lord Yang Qi Yang and Yang Hongyi Yang Gongzi, and he received ten taels of silver from Fan's head, so he came over, but when he heard Wei Bao say this, he was still very useful, he was just a small flag officer guarding the city gate, and a horsewhip was considered a return gift, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." ”
Wei Bao saw that the soldiers ran to the front of the carriage and stopped, so he dared to stretch out his head to look, only to see that the silkworms had already reached two or three hundred steps away and stood to look at them, and couldn't help but smile, secretly thinking that the rules of this game have remained unchanged for generations - officers and soldiers eat silks, silks eat merchants, merchants eat people, but unfortunately the people at the bottom of the food chain have no one to eat. No, when you can't survive, the people will rebel, and the people will eat the officers and soldiers again, wonderful.
Everyone was relieved to see that the locks didn't dare to come over, Wei Bao didn't urge the little flag official to suppress the bandits, and seemed to watch the excitement on the sidelines.
Seeing that the handkerchiefs were not going far when they saw that they were coming, the little flag officer felt a little weak and a little faceless, cleared his throat, pointed at the handklocks with a horsewhip and shouted: "Which way is the handkerchief?" Are you looking for death? ”
The handmaiden was scolded like this, and he had no temper, so Chang Wuye and Hou San took a group of subordinates to withdraw some more distances.
"They have horses, and it makes sense to report to the peak another day, and send additional cavalry to chase after them! Let's go back. The little flag officer felt that he had regained his face and said to his opponent.
"Yes, sir." A group of soldiers agreed, and the formation turned around.
Wei Bao and the others followed with a carriage and headed for Funingwei.
"What now? You can't go back like this, can you? Hou San asked.
"First bypass Fu Ningwei and find a place in front to wait. Send two brothers to follow this group and find out. If they dare to go to Lulong before it gets dark today, they will all be intercepted and killed! Fifth Master Chang ordered.
Hou San nodded, shouted two locks, and asked him to pretend to be a common man and follow him to Funingwei to investigate. The big strands made a detour, preparing to intercept Wei Bao and his group again between Fu Ningwei and Lu Long.
Wei Bao said a lot of words of gratitude, and invited the little flag officer to drink together, the little flag officer readily agreed, Wei Bao and the others entered Funingwei and found an inn to stay, at this time it was only morning, there was still a period of time before eating lunch, Wei Bao had already decided not to go, and he was already very satisfied with being able to run to Funingwei safely.
The silk son sent someone to investigate, and Wei Bao also sent someone to investigate, and the two sides knew the bottom line, so they were consumed. Chang Wuye and Hou San saw that Wei Bao entered Funingwei like a turtle with a shrunken head, and discussed for a long time, knowing that if they did not withdraw here, Wei Bao would never take risks out of Funingwei, and decided to leave a few people to swim around to monitor in the middle of the night, and the team returned to the cottage, and when they arrived at the cottage, it was already dark.
The big boss Zhentianbei personally went out of the village to greet him, and saw that he had injured a brother and lost a horse, but he did not scold Chang Wuye and Hou San: "Check it out, the leader is Wei Bao?" ”
"After checking it out, they all called a teenager named Wei Gongzi, they must not be wrong." The person in charge of the investigation reported.
"This little cub is so cunning!" Hou San scolded angrily: "Let labor and management run into him, you have to kill him with your own hands." ”
"The big boss, otherwise, tomorrow he will send someone to take turns to guard the road from Funingwei to Lulong, he will not dare to go tomorrow. I left a few people down. Chang Wuye said.
"Well done." Zhentianbei nodded: "Isn't he going to consume?" Let's just spend it with him! This little cub must not be allowed to bring goods to Hejian Mansion, if this matter spreads, where will our old Linzi's face be put in the future? If this thing is not done well, our old forest will be discredited! ”
"Yes, but if it weren't for the officers and soldiers today, we would have intercepted them, and if they found officers and soldiers to escort them tomorrow, what should we do?" Chang Wuye said: "The big boss should report a message to Master Wu, right?" If there are officers and soldiers to escort us, we can't do anything. ”
"Well, let people go to Shanhaiguan now to tell Master Wu about this! There are officers and soldiers fighting each other, and today cannot be regarded as our failure to do our best. Earthquake Heaven North nodded.
At noon on the second day, Wei Bao then invited Liao Chunbao, the small flag official who knew the city gate the day before, and through Liao Chunbao, invited Zhenfu Qian to gather wealth and drink with three other hundred households.
Fu Ningwei is a big guard, and there are Qianhu and Deputy Qianhu and others, but Wei Bao is not familiar with the people, please don't move these people.
"Brother Liao, let's do this glass of wine, there is a treasure word in your name, there is also a treasure word in my name, and home is close, it's really fate." Wei Bao smiled and said to Liao Chunbao beside him.
Liao Chunbao smiled and said: "Wei Gongzi is polite, brother, I invited all the adults who can be called, is it interesting enough?" ”
"Interesting." Wei Bao drank with a smile and went to salute a few adults.
Everyone is in harmony, Funingwei is not as good as Shanhaiguan, and there are not many opportunities to eat and drink.
"Wei Gongzi, I won't hide it from you, we will receive a message from Wu Gongzi at noon today, you must not send troops to escort your Wei Gongzi's goods, don't say it without this rule, and you offended Wu Gongzi, we don't dare to get involved, aren't you familiar with Commander Yang's family? Why don't you let the Wei Commander send troops over? "Calming the money and gathering wealth: "If it weren't for Liao Chunbao saying that Wei Gongzi is from Jinshanli, they are all our children of Liaoxi, and it would be inconvenient for us to eat this wine." ”
Wei Bao's impression of this fat-headed and big-eared money gathering wealth is okay, although the other party looks like a brainless and talentless master who relies on his ancestors to eat and drink, but at least he speaks quite straightforwardly, and if he can't help, he can't help, and he won't take the opportunity to blackmail.
"Thank you Lord Qian for telling me bluntly, and I don't hide it from my lordship, although my relationship with Yang Dagongzi is extraordinary, but after all, we are small businessmen, and if we let the Wei Commander send officers and soldiers to escort the goods, it will be a big deal, and we can't be without measure." Wei Bao laughed.
Qian Jucai nodded and said: "What Wei Gongzi said is right, it is really too eye-catching to really ask the Wei Commander to send officers and soldiers to escort him." You are from our Liaoxi, why did you have a stiff relationship with Master Wu? The ancestral Wu family is the head of the horse in our western Liaodong region, how can Wei Gongzi be familiar with foreign officials like Yang Dagongzi? ”
Wei Bao avoided the important and said the matter in general.
Several officials sighed one after another, feeling that Wei Bao should not be reckless for a batch of goods, and it was not fun to offend the Wu family.
At this moment, Wei Bao felt the strength of the local forces, although they also had their own judgments, but when it came to making a decision and needed to stand in line, they would not hesitate to choose the local faction, and the iron bucket-like alliance could really be said to be unbreakable.
The banquet was dispersed, and the person sent out to inquire came back and said that there were traces of the activities of the Silkworm Gang on the official road from Funingwei to Lulong Town, and Lin Wenbiao concluded that it must be someone from the old Linzi Silkworm Gang, which made Wei Bao even more difficult.
If he continues to consume like this, he really doesn't have the energy consumption of the locks, and people just eat the bowl of rice of Road Rage.
Thinking that the first pot of gold is so difficult to earn, this makes Wei Bao feel aggrieved, he can't make money by selling viagra for a long time, right?
Moreover, Viagra is a 'high-end commodity' that can only be sold at a price when it is sold at a target consumer group, and it is not interesting to sell it at a 'wholesale price' in a green building. After all, you can't make it yourself, and if you sell one, you will lose one.
Wei Bao's plan is to start his own imperial examination in February, this month must open up the trade route from Shanhaiguan to Hejian Mansion, and then develop on the one hand, this is the right way without delay, if you don't prepare enough 'imperial examination clearance' fees, you can rely on the ink in your stomach, and you can't even take a child!
Wei Bao couldn't help but think of the idea of rebellion when he just crossed over, and he couldn't even resist a strand of rebellion with his own strength.