Chapter 81: Arriving at Fengning Town
"Crunch~"
"Quick! Everyone enters the city in an orderly manner! ”
Outside Fengning Town, with the creaking of carriage wheels, a huge convoy appeared on the avenue outside Dongcheng. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
On the carriage at the front of the convoy, the leader of the team was a middle-aged man in his 40s, with a slightly dark face, a rough face, and a silk suit, which looked like a businessman who had been on the go for a long time. Looking at Fengning Town in front of him, the middle-aged man loudly gave orders to the convoy behind him.
"It's in town!"
"It's in town!"
The merchants on the convoy behind him shouted excitedly when they heard this, and organized the convoy to enter the city in an orderly manner.
In the course of business, long journeys and camping in the wilderness are common, and it is a good thing for them to find a comfortable place to rest.
"Look, what a huge convoy!"
At the city gate, a soldier guarding the city gate whispered to his companion next to him.
At a glance, I saw that there were already a lot of carriages lined up outside the city gate at this time, and the whole convoy had no less than 20 carriages, except for a few used to ride, the other carriages were all full of goods, and there were nearly 300 people such as merchants, laborers, and guards.
It was the first time they had encountered such a large caravan during the time they had been guarding the city gates.
"Yes, such a large caravan is a lot of temporary accommodation fees just for entering the city, maybe the captain will invite us to a drink again!"
The companion next to the soldier nodded when he heard this, and then whispered with a mysterious smile on his face.
"Uh-huh!"
However, his companion didn't pay attention to what he meant, and just thought of having another good drink, and licked his lips a little greedily and nodded repeatedly.
At the east gate, some pedestrians who were originally entering the city also stopped one after another, stopping to watch this huge caravan enter the city.
As he entered the city, in the front left of the caravan line, a carriage was noticeably more spacious than the others, and a corner of the curtain was lifted, revealing a pair of piercing eyes.
Fengning Town, located in the northwest border of Jumei County, adjacent to Hejiao and Shuangshi Counties, belongs to the three regardless of the zone.
Fengning Town is a third-class town, with a total population of just over 40,000 people, and only more than 70,000 people in the seven major villages under its jurisdiction, covering an area of more than 110 square kilometers.
As an important town at the junction of three counties, Fengning Town is rich in products and prosperous commerce, although the resident population in the town is only more than 40,000 people, but the floating population is also tens of thousands of people, and the city gate can constantly see merchants and vehicles passing by.
After nearly half an hour of registration and inspection, the entire convoy entered the city from the east gate. After entering the city, the convoy was led by the middle-aged leader and went straight to an inn in the middle of the city near the north gate.
"Drive!"
"Stomp, stomp!"
As the huge convoy passed through North Street, there was a rapid sound of horses urging and hooves in front of them, and a cavalry team of about 40 people appeared in front of them and was galloping towards them.
"Get out of the way!"
Seeing this, the middle-aged man hurriedly commanded everyone behind him, and the follow-up carriages that had been warned stopped one after another, leaned to the right, and made way for the cavalry to go along.
"Bang!"
"Whoa!"
However, it was a pity that the road was too narrow, and some of the shops on the street took up some of it, and the distance left after the carriage was occupied was not wide, and as the cavalry unit passed by, one of the cavalrymen galloped and slammed into the carriage.
The violent impact caused the carriage to tilt to the side and fall to the ground, and the goods on the carriage fell to the ground.
"Wow! Lots of weapons and armor! ”
When the carriage fell to the ground, the covering linen cloth was lifted, revealing bundles of broadswords, spears, and other weapons, as well as stacks of neatly stacked leather armor, and the pedestrians on the side of the street could not help but exclaim when they saw this.
In today's world of countless forces, war is the main theme, and all parties are doing their best to recruit large armies and increase their strength in order to expand their territory and strengthen their power.
And if you want to recruit a large army, weapons and armor are indispensable preparations. Not only do you need to equip the existing armies, but you also need to have some of them as strategic reserves.
Therefore, at present, weapons and armor are almost prohibited items everywhere, who would have expected that there are so many weapons and armor in the merchants' caravans.
Some knowledgeable people can see at a glance that these weapons and armor are all upper-class goods, at least one level higher than the equipment of the current defenders of Fengning Town.
"Phew!"
"Who are you? How could there be so many weapons and armor on the car? ”
The change in the back alarmed the leading general at the front of the cavalry team, Le turned his horse's head and turned back, looked at the weapons and armor all over the ground, his face changed, and he asked loudly to the leader of the squad who was directing people to put away their equipment with a panicked face.
This cavalry general was only in his 20s, 7 feet tall, and sat on a horse with a delicate leather armor, but he was also a little heroic.
However, the slightly immature face and fair complexion also somewhat damaged his temperament, more than handsome, but lacking momentum and prestige.
As he spoke, the leader's eyes swept over the weapons and armor on the ground and the long convoy, and finally stopped at the carriage in the front row.
After all, this carriage was obviously dressed more luxuriously than the others, and it was supposed to be the person in charge of the caravan sitting on it.
As he spoke, the knight beside the young man moved quickly, surrounding the fallen carriage and the caravan carriage in his sight.
"The general has misunderstood! We are the people of the Qilin City Business Alliance, this is the business license issued to us by the Yangwu General's Mansion, these weapons and armor are all purchased from the General's Mansion through the official, and they are definitely not prohibited smuggled goods! ”
At this moment, the middle-aged man at the leader of the caravan also fell back, seeing that the young cavalry general was about to take down everyone under his command, he hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and asked in a low and respectful voice, and handed a copy of the text in his hand to the young cavalry general.
"Qilin Business Alliance?"
The young rider was slightly stunned when he heard this, his eyes swept over the middle-aged man and the surrounding caravan guards, his eyes flashed with a look of surprise, and he looked at the business license in his hand.
Kirin Business Alliance, this is a business alliance that has only appeared in the last 2 months.
Although he appeared for a short time, he quickly integrated most of the commercial forces under the rule of General Yangwu in just 2 months, and became the largest commercial organization in the entire middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
The business of the Qilin Business Alliance covers a wide range of business, from firewood, rice, oil, salt, pots and pans needed by the people to the weapons and armor required to equip the army, high-grade war horses and other military supplies are sold, and all of them have been approved by the Yangwu General's Mansion.
How could such a strong and ace-holding Qilin Business Alliance not be strong, in just two months, it has rapidly grown into a powerful business alliance that cannot be matched by the local chambers of commerce of the surrounding major forces, and even some foreign merchant forces have gradually begun to apply for membership.
With the strong rise of the Qilin Business Alliance, the abundant materials under the rule of General Yangwu have also begun to be exported to various places, and the young cavalry has also heard of it.
"Exactly!"
The middle-aged team leader bowed again when he heard this.
"Good! Since it is from the Qilin Business Alliance, I welcome Fengning Town, you can find a place to stay quickly! It's getting late! ”
Seeing this, the young rider picked up the business license in his hand and looked at it carefully for a while, before finally returning it to the middle-aged leader, looking at him with a light smile on his face, patted his shoulder and reminded.
"Thank you, sir!"
The reaction of the young cavalry made the middle-aged leader stunned, and only after a while did he react, and hurriedly bowed to his back, and only after doing this did he turn around again and direct the caravan to the north.
Fengning Town is only 2-3 kilometers long and wide from north to south, east and west, and it will soon reach the street not far from the north gate by the foot of the caravan.
"Miss, we're at the inn!"
After arriving at the inn, someone had already come to book a room first, and a total of four inns were booked on the street before everyone was finally settled.
At the gate of an inn in the middle, the middle-aged leader of the caravan came to the luxurious carriage and reported in a low voice.
"Well, I'm sorry for Uncle Bao!"
A pleasant female voice came from inside the carriage, and the magnetic voice contained a moving charm.
"Jingle Bell~"
In a crisp ringing bell, a rough and powerful hand in the carriage lifted the curtain, and a young man in a strong suit with a heroic appearance walked out, and then reached out to hold a crystal white jade hand and led the jade man in the carriage out.
The beautiful and graceful figure, the majestic upper body looms under the background of the thin shirt, it looks more and more straight, and the bee waist and hips outline a perfect arc, which makes the sight in front of the inn a little more beautiful as soon as it appears.
It's a pity that a white scarf covers the pretty face, making it impossible for people to get a glimpse of the whole picture. Just by virtue of the delicate body and charming temperament that exudes a moving atmosphere, it has made people intoxicated.
"Whew! It's finally here, and we can take a break! ”
However, this wonderful scene was soon interrupted, and three delicate figures appeared on the carriage next to them, although they were dressed in men's clothes, they could not hide their real gender, and others could tell at a glance that they were three pretty girls.
"Humph! You're so embarrassed, you dare to drive us to another carriage to be alone with Sister Yun Ling, don't be ashamed! ”
After the three girls dressed as men got out of the car, a girl in the middle came to the woman covered with a scarf and stretched her waist unladylikely, and then grabbed the hand of the woman in the scarf and squeezed the heroic young man aside, and said a word.
"Huh!"
The heroic young man shook his head and laughed when he heard this, but he ignored her and walked directly to the inn.
"It's boring!"
Seeing this, the girl pouted and muttered, saying that the group also followed into the inn.