Chapter 877: Anomaly Discovered
The soldiers under Wang Wu's command just asked casually, but the hawkers were very nervous, after all, their task on this trip was to transport weapons and military salaries, and under these dates, there were a large number of weapons and military salaries, in case the stuffing was exposed, it would be a big trouble.
"Are we going to Qingzhou to sell dates?" The vendor was stunned for a moment, and then quickly said.
When a soldier heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand and said: "You actually sell dates to Qingzhou, or don't go, this year's bumper harvest of dates in Qingzhou is sold outside?" Why, don't you know? ”
Obviously, this soldier has good intentions, after all, the reason why the hawker works hard to transport goods back and forth is to earn the difference, and at this time, the dates in the direction of Qingzhou have obtained a bumper harvest, and it is impossible to make a profit by trafficking dates to Qingzhou.
Seeing that there was a bumper harvest of dates in the direction of Qingzhou, the hawkers were taken aback, obviously, before leaving, they didn't expect that such a situation would occur, for a while, they stared at each other, and didn't know how to answer.
"Master Jun, our dates are Jingzhou's dates, which are different from Qingzhou's locally produced dates, no matter how many dates there are in Qingzhou, it will not affect the price of our dates." A peddler said nervously.
"The dates in Jingzhou and the dates in Qingzhou, aren't they all dates? Isn't there much difference too? ”
"Yes, it tastes the same, does it? You better not go to Qingzhou, otherwise, you will not be able to sell at a good price. ”
Several soldiers said sincerely.
Several vendors looked at each other a few times, all showing nervous and hesitant expressions, at this time, they were already in a very dangerous situation, as long as they were not careful, they would show their flaws.
"Thank you for reminding us, it seems that our trip was in vain. We're going to turn back, turn back. The leader of the hawkers hurriedly said.
When the hawkers heard this, they hurriedly began to pack up, preparing to turn back.
They planned to turn back for a while, after the soldiers had left. Then march again in the direction of Qingzhou.
Just when these hawkers were talking to the soldiers, the generals under Wang Wu found a very unusual place, first, since these hawkers were doing business, how could they not know the specific situation of Qingzhou, after all, this is the livelihood they rely on for survival, and even the situation in Qingzhou is not clear. What kind of dates are still sold. Second, after being reminded by the soldiers, these jujube dealers first told that their dates were different from those in Qingzhou and would not affect their profits, and then they panicked and wanted to return to Jingzhou, which was also very abnormal. Third. From beginning to end, these jujube sellers had a little wandering eyes. It doesn't look like a vendor selling dates for a living.
These three points were enough to make the generals under Wang Wu's command suspicious of these traders, but the purpose of their coming to Luguo County was to explore the terrain and folk customs, so they acted as the generals of the whole army without sufficient evidence. He doesn't want to be nosy, either.
Just when the general felt that there was something wrong with these hawkers, these hawkers had already pushed the cart back and gradually disappeared from the general's sight.
Seeing that all the vendors had left, a soldier chewed on the remaining dates and said casually: "This is the world." What a strange thing! It's strange that the vendors selling dates don't know the market in Qingzhou. ”
Another soldier hurriedly said: "That's right, if it weren't for a few of us suing him, they would have to run a long way again, these dates, we didn't eat them in vain!" ”
The general took a step forward and said, "How do you think that these people don't look like jujube sellers?" The more you look at it, the less it looks. ”
"General, what do you think they do?" The soldier asked.
The general shook his head and said softly: "Ben Jiang can't say it well, but Ben Jiang can have a hunch that they should not be a vendor selling dates." ”
"General, should we stop them and see what they do." A soldier said.
The general shook his head and said, "We don't have conclusive evidence, if we blame the good people, after we go back, General Wang will scold us again, let's take a look!" ”
Obviously, the generals did not know that these peddlers had weapons and salaries on their cars, and if nothing could be found on the cars, and these people did not give any explanations, then they would find nothing, and they would even be charged with harassing the people.
"General, do you want to follow them?" A soldier whispered.
The general nodded and said softly: "You two take off your armor, follow them quietly, report as soon as there is a situation, and the rest of the people will return to the county seat of Zou County with Ben." ”
"Yes, General." The soldiers shouted their orders.
Subsequently, except for two soldiers in civilian clothes, the rest of the soldiers and horses, all under the leadership of the general, returned to the county seat of Zou County.
At the same time that the general sent two soldiers to investigate these jujube dealers, these jujube dealers also sent scouts and found that these soldiers and horses were returning to the county seat of Zou County.
"Well, did the soldiers leave?" Seeing that the people sent out had returned, the hawker leader hurriedly asked.
"All of them have left, and they are returning to the county seat of Zouxian." The scout replied.
The hawker leader nodded, looked at the people under his command, and said, "Immediately turn the head of the car and continue to march in the direction of Qingzhou, be fast." ”
Obviously, the hawker leader was afraid of encountering those soldiers again, so he decided to have his men and horses speed up their march immediately to reach Qingzhou as soon as possible.
When the hawkers heard the order, they immediately began to turn the head of the car and continued to move in the direction of Qingzhou.
However, they never dreamed that their movements were completely monitored by two soldiers, and these two soldiers, when they found that they had turned around and continued to march in the direction of Qingzhou, were taken aback, and felt that they were not ordinary people, so they immediately returned to the county seat of Zou County as fast as possible, preparing to inform the general of this important news.
"General, general, those jujube dealers are really not ordinary people, they all turned around and continued to march in the direction of Qingzhou." After the two soldiers returned to the county seat of Zou County, they immediately reported.
The generals were shocked when they heard this, and these hawkers turned around again and marched in the direction of Qingzhou, which was obviously extremely abnormal, which was enough to show that these hawkers were not businessmen at all, but were engaged in some shady deeds.
"General, there must be something wrong with these peddlers, we should go immediately and capture them all." A soldier hurriedly said.
The general nodded, and said: "Immediately send an order, gather all the soldiers and horses in the city, and go out of the city with the general, and be sure to intercept them." ”
"Yes, General." The soldiers immediately replied loudly.
Soon, the general led all the soldiers under his command to the outskirts as fast as possible, and went straight to the location of those date dealers.
Although these date dealers are always on the move, based on the speed of the cart and the time they have been walking, it is possible to calculate their approximate location so that they can be accurately pursued.
It didn't take long for the general, with all his men and horses, appearing in front of the peddlers and blocking their way on.
When the distance was very far, the vendors did not know that the soldiers and horses in front of them were the soldiers and horses they had seen before, and they were still complaining about their bad luck, and they actually ran into the soldiers and horses blocking the road again, but after approaching, they realized that the soldiers and horses in front of them were actually the soldiers and horses they had encountered before.
Encountering these soldiers and horses again, the jujube dealers were immediately very nervous, after all, they had already said that they were going to turn back, and now, going to the direction of Qingzhou again, this is a little unreasonable anyway.
The general looked at the jujube dealers and chuckled, "Aren't you all going to return to Jingzhou?" Why did you go to Qingzhou again, and who are you? ”
"Master Jun, we thought about it carefully, since we are not far from Qingzhou, we might as well go to Qingzhou to try our luck, maybe our jujube varieties are good, and we may be able to sell them at a good price!" The leader of the hawkers said with a smile.
"Since your dates are so good, Ben will buy them all, how about it?" The general said loudly and tentatively.
Obviously, the generals figured out this temptation to check whether there was anything unsightly on the carts loaded with dates, and if there were, the vendors would try their best to prevent them from buying them, and if the carts had nothing but dates, the hawkers would agree to sell them all the dates in order to get out.
"General, what do you want so many dates for, if the general likes the taste of these dates, the villain will give the general a few bags." The leader of the hawkers said with a smile.
Although his expression was smiling, the hawker leader was already extremely nervous, and felt that it was difficult to avoid this matter, and if they fought hard, with their little men, there was no possibility of winning and escaping, and most importantly, the materials responsible for transportation would all be lost.
The hawkers, like the hawker leaders, are extremely nervous and waiting for a miracle to come.
The general smiled and said, "The general has taken a fancy to this batch of dates, you have to sell them, and you have to sell them if you don't sell them." ”
The tone was extremely stern, and it was obvious that the generals could already confirm that there must be something unsightly on these vehicles transporting dates.
"General, these dates are really inconvenient to sell, you have a lot of them, let us go!" The leader of the hawkers, as he spoke, stuffed the gold bars in his cuffs into the hands of the generals, trying to bribe the generals.
Seeing that the leader of the hawkers actually wanted to bribe himself, the general was even more sure of his judgment, and immediately ordered: "You guys, unload all the dates on this car." ”
"Yes, General." When several soldiers heard the order, they immediately unloaded all the dates from one of the cars.
After all the bags containing dates were unloaded, the weapons on the car were immediately exposed and reflected in front of the generals and soldiers. (To be continued......)