Chapter Forty-Eight: The Fat Sheep
Uemura is the supreme commander of the Huangzhuang stronghold, and he is also the only second lieutenant of the Yue Army within a radius of fifty miles, with a squad of the Yue Army and 300 Imperial Cooperative Army under his command. Huangzhuang is located in Huai'an County, is the main road between Zhangjiakou and Datong, many traders who trade in leather goods from here will transport the skins outside the customs to Shanxi or Henan to sell, so just came to China for only three years in Shangcun saved a lot of private money. The vendors passing by were very dissatisfied with the cards set up in the village to collect money, but the people had guns and cannons in their hands, and they had the idea that they couldn't afford to hide, so the vendors just scolded behind their backs.
Today's Huangzhuang lanterns are colorful, a lot of the imperial army is busy with colorful silk and some lighting, today is the 30-year-old student of Shangcun, this little man said that he decided to follow the local customs of a life, and sent invitations to those who have heads and faces in their jurisdiction, on the surface, they invited people to drink to celebrate their birthday, in fact, it is to make money. The person who received the invitation didn't dare not come, in case he annoyed this radish head, it would not be good to bring his own soldiers to the door, so although everyone was extremely unwilling, they still arrived at the largest restaurant in Huangzhuang early-Proud Building.
"Ball, how can Lao Tzu have the money to send any congratulatory gifts, I want to send them yourself, Lao Tzu will not go" A strong man about 30 years old threw the military hat he was holding on the kang, and the scar on his face became even more hideous under extreme anger. This person is the company commander of an Imperial Association Army under Uemura, and the 300 Imperial Cooperative Army under Uemura is a battalion, and this strong man named Lu Dashan is one of the company commanders, and he is in charge of guns and equipment The No. 100 man of the third company with the worst equipment.
"I said brother, we are now serving my own job, aren't you afraid that Shangcun will put on small shoes for you and deliberately fix you?" A bald man sitting cross-legged in front of the clay kang table whispered to Lu Dashan. He is Lu Dashan's sworn brother, and he is also the company commander of the first company of the Imperial Association Army Cao Zixiong, Cao Zixiong is different from Lu Dashan, Cao Zixiong is a native of Huangzhuang, and his family has been in Huangzhuang for several lifetimes.
"Ball, Lao Tzu still doesn't believe it, when one day he provokes Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will take his brothers to slaughter this Shangcun and go to Guanwai as a horse thief" Lu Dashan untied the front lining of his military uniform, and was pouring herbal tea, as soon as he heard Cao Zixiong's words, he immediately became anxious. At the moment, he slapped his strong chest against the mountain, and his mouth was still shouting, claiming that he was going to be a horse thief against the water.
"My grandfather, be quiet, you think the two and a half pounds on your neck are too much of a nuisance, aren't you?" Cao Zixiong covered Lu Dashan's mouth with his hand, raised his legs to get off the kang, walked quickly to the door, and listened to the movement outside the room to see if anyone had listened to Lu Dashan's words just now. If this kind of words reach Uemura's ears, it will be bad, others don't know Uemura, but Cao Zixiong knows this person's fierceness. Uemura once stood in front of Cao Zixiong, and personally used the command knife to chop several guys who refused to hand over food, and Cao Zixiong will never forget that bloody scene.
"Big brother, I know that you are for a big family, I just talk about it casually" Lu Dashan saw that he was really scared of his eldest brother, and guiltily poured a bowl of herbal tea for Cao Zixiong and handed it over. This eldest brother of mine is righteous and affectionate, but he is too childlike, and he has become this bullshit emperor for the sake of that big family. Not only that, but he also tricked himself into wearing this bullshit, if it wasn't for the eldest brother who saved his old mother's life, he wouldn't have come to be this bullshit emperor anyway.
"Company commander, company commander, there is a horse team outside Zhuangzi, saying that it is a leather transported from Zhangjiakou to Datong, do you want to go and see it?" A soldier of the Imperial Concord Army ran in with a rifle on his back. Lu Dashan's house is at the checkpoint on Huangzhuang Wai Road, and when Lu Dashan's third company usually sets up a card on the avenue, Lu Dashan lives directly in this checkpoint, and his soldiers know that they are coming here to look for him.
"Let's go, second brother, let's go and have a look, didn't you just say that you don't have money to give gifts? No, the one who came to deliver the money came" Cao Zixiong picked up his military hat and took the lead out of the checkpoint room, Lu Dashan laughed and walked towards the avenue. The house at the checkpoint was less than 50 meters away from the checkpoint on the avenue, and it didn't take much effort for Cao Zixiong and Lu Dashan to stand in front of the checkpoint. There was really a long carriage that was blocked out of the card, looking at the formation of more than 20 carriages, Cao Zixiong and Lu Dashan glanced at each other, showing a knowing smile, this is a fat sheep, and it takes more oil and water to squeeze out.
"Where did you come from? What's on the wagon? Are there any contraband? Is the owner there? Lu Dashan put on his military hat crookedly, looked like a hanger, pointed the shell gun in his hand at the coachmen and asked. It is not common for a horse team of this size to be struck by Lu Dashan, who can not only have money to send congratulatory gifts to Shangcun, but also leave some wine money for himself.
When the coachmen saw Lu Dashan show off his pistol, they all threw away the whips in their hands in fright, gathered together, and a young man wearing a black short belt with a copper plate belt at his waist walked over quickly. "This boss, we are a convoy of groceries in the north and south of Datong, this is a pass given by the Zhangjiakou Military Police Headquarters, please take a look" The man in black took out a pass with a smiling face and handed it to Lu Dashan. Lu Dashan was stunned when he took the pass, and what he stuffed into his hand was not only the pass, but also a few pieces of ocean.
"The bosses have worked hard, please drink with all this money" The man in black said softly, but there was a trace of disgust in his expression, but he lowered his head, and Lu Dashan didn't pay attention. Lu Dashan looked at the pass in his hand, it was indeed issued by the Zhangjiakou Military Police Headquarters, and Lu Dashan had to check more than a dozen copies of such a pass every day, and the signature on it would never be wrong.
"Wait" Just when Lu Dashan returned the pass and opened his mouth to let it go, Cao Zixiong, who was standing on the side, spoke, "Originally, there was a pass that must be released, but recently our ground is not very peaceful, and the above let us strictly check the passers-by, or let the brothers check it" As he spoke, Cao Zixiong glanced at Lu Dashan seemingly unintentionally. Lu Dashan, who had already put the ocean in his pocket, understood, and with a wave of his hand, more than a dozen imperial troops standing behind him swarmed up and surrounded the convoy, seeing if the posture was to check the goods on the carriage.
In fact, all this is Cao Zixiong's usual trick, that is, forcing the other party to come up with more money to eliminate wealth and avoid disasters, otherwise those soldiers of the Imperial Association Army with guns will turn the goods on the carriage into a mess. At such a time, ordinary traders will immediately take out another piece of money to make a point, which is Cao Zixiong's slaughtered sheep.