No. 340 Big Fat Man
"No!" After hearing this, Cai Ban agreed, ran to You Feixiong, and whispered in his ear for a while.
After You Feixiong listened, he nodded, indicating that he had understood. He turned his head and asked, "Ding Youcai, aren't you from Qingzhou?" How did you run to Hedong Road. Did you come here to sell food? ”
"Yes, ah, no. The big king Mingjian, the small one is indeed from Qingzhou. In the sixth year of Yuanfeng, the world is ripe, and the food in the small hand is about to be smashed in the hand, but fortunately, the grain that Engong is willing to collect, and the small one has avoided the destruction of the family. Didn't I hear that Engong was demoted to Baiyun Temple! So, the little one gathered the small merchants in the township who had received the favor of the Engong, and brought some local products from Qingzhou, and sold them here on the one hand, and wanted to see the Engong on the other. Ding Youcai explained, and it was You Feixiong and Du Menghu who were quite restrained at the moment, so that he was able to speak clearly.
"Hmmm! Yes, Ding Youcai, you are a very good person. Since you can't get the ransom, the Sprinkle family won't continue to waste time here. Remember, don't follow our team, or beware of losing your life. Hurry up and go! ”
Ding Youcai still didn't give up, and asked tentatively: "King, can't the little one see Engong himself?" ”
"I said, why are you so dead-eyed! Didn't you say the old word before? The lord of Dazhai sent me to invite Cai Daochang to Taihang Village as a guest, if you have the courage, you can take your caravan to Taihang Village. At that time, the lord of the village saw that you were so loyal, and he would not only buy your goods at a fair price, but also let people meet your benefactor. Du Menghu was also slightly shocked by Ding Youcai's dead eyes, and then took the initiative to wake him up.
"Is that really possible?" When Ding Youcai heard this, he didn't believe it too much.
However, You Feixiong and Du Menghu had lost interest in continuing to talk nonsense with him, turned their horses' heads, and commanded loudly: "Brothers, set off immediately, after you go back, the lord of the village will be rewarded." ”
This time, Ding Youcai didn't dare to continue to follow, he was not worried about his own life, but worried that his reckless actions would not only help, but would harm Engong's life. If it were because of him that the officers and soldiers caught up at this time, those guys who were even poorer than the bandits would start to do it. It's nothing more than two results, either they can't beat the gang just now, or they defeat this gang of bandits, but these people are red-eyed and can't stop it at all.
Then, when that time comes, the soldiers are in chaos, and there is no one to take care of Engong, and his situation will undoubtedly be even more dangerous.
After thinking carefully about the spot, Ding Youcai decided to hit the horse and rush back.
After he rushed back to Baiyun Temple, the small merchants who came with him breathed a sigh of relief, Ding Youcai went, although he didn't bring Engong back, but at least his life was saved. This shows that the bandit from Taihangzhai who suddenly appeared just now came to at least really come to invite Engong this time. As for whether to invite Engong as a guest, or simply detain Engong in Taihang Village, it is not something that these little people can know.
However, when Ding Youcai said the other party's conditions, everyone understood that with such a lion's mouth, the other party was obviously not as simple as inviting Cai Dao to be a guest. This group of thieves is not stupid, it seems that if this group of people does not squeeze out the value of Cai Dao, they will not come back to Cai Dao at all. Those who know Taihang Village are even clearer.
This cottage called Taihang Village is not more than other cottages, from the owner to the geographical location is very special. Even if the imperial court sent capable generals and elite forbidden troops to encircle and suppress this place, they would not want to rescue Cai Dao from their hands. The reason is very simple, not to mention whether they can capture this cottage, if this group of people is really forced to be in a hurry, they may really throw down the cottage and run to the territory of the Great Liao Kingdom.
At that time, did the forbidden army of the Great Song Kingdom dare to go to Yunzhou to spread wild?
Even the generals who lead the troops have the courage, do the officials in the court dare?
In the meantime, the Taoist priest who stopped You Feixiong and Du Menghu also came to ask Ding Youcai about the situation. However, Ding Youcai kept an eye on it, and he didn't say Du Menghu's prompt on the spot. After sending the others away, he summoned all the fellow villagers who had come with him into his room, and repeated the words of the king of Du to everyone.
"Ding Youcai, are you crazy, don't you really want to do business with those bandits!" One of the fellows heard the sound and knew what it meant, and as soon as he heard it, he knew Ding Youcai's plan, this guy really wanted to go to Taihang Village. Of course, he also knew that the main reason why Ding Youcai went was not to do business, but to visit Cai Dao.
"Not bad. The next thing is definitely nine deaths, and I personally will not force you to follow and die. Lao Bu! Please take this letter home for me. "The fellow who spoke just now is surnamed Bu, the two families are good families, and the two of them have played together since childhood, so this old Bu understands Ding Youcai's thoughts so well.
"You ......" Lao Bu wanted to speak and stopped, he knew Ding Youcai's temperament, this person has the ability to do business, has vision, but the business of grain merchants has always been controlled by those wealthy families, they are at most making hard money, if they encounter a few more rare harvest years like the sixth year of Yuanfeng, they have to be ruined.
That year, it was because of Cai Dao that many small and medium-sized grain merchants on both sides of the Grand Canal went bankrupt. At most, the family has a few acres of thin land left to live, and it is so bad that it directly becomes a destitute family.
That year, UU read the book that is, Ding Youcai was bold enough, he was the first grain merchant to take the initiative to sell his grain to Cai Dao, although he broke the unwritten rules between grain merchants and offended many families on the ground in Qingzhou, but he at least saved his family and survived the unwarranted disaster.
"This brother, if you don't mind, go to Taihang Village, can you count me as a share!" At this moment, Ding Youcai's door was suddenly pushed open from the outside. You know, Ding Youcai just inserted the latch. How strong should the other party be to break the latch silently.
Among the crowd came in was a super fat man, but although this person was a little fatter, he didn't have a lot of fat on his body.
"You ......" Lao Bu pointed at the other party with his finger, but he was afraid of the force of the person who came for a while, and he didn't know how to continue the words.
Ding Youcai had seen the fierce Du Menghu and the disfigured You Feixiong, so he naturally wouldn't be afraid of this big fat man, so he just heard him say lightly: "I don't know the name of Brother Ren, and the younger brother Ding Youcai." Although the younger brother doesn't know why Brother Ren wants to participate at this time, you should inquire, this Taihang Village doesn't even give face to the Fuzhou family. It can be seen that it is extremely dangerous to go to Taihang Village this time, and if this benevolent brother is not necessary, he should not go to this troubled water. ”