Wang Lu was overjoyed, turned over and sat up from the grain bag: "Brother and sister, I didn't say it, when the caravan returns to Yashan, I will definitely hold a banquet for you as an elder brother, and let the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Finance take out all the good things and set up a flowing water banquet." Qian Zhengang has saved countless people, no one in Yashan doesn't miss his goodness, and no one minds if he is a little extravagant. Brother and sister, Qian Zhengang will be handed over to you in the future, this kid of him is devoted to his work, except for his zombie mother, he doesn't care about everything, if there are any problems in his life in the future, just come to me......"

Wang Luzheng's eyebrows fluttered and he was talking to himself, Mao Li was shy, and a figure suddenly ran in front of the convoy, but it was Lu Kai: "Uncle Wang, Captain Feng asked me to inform you that there is a tunnel ahead!" ”

Wang Lu was stunned for a moment, and slapped his thigh suddenly: "This is it, those guys who follow us like hanged ghosts must want to set up an ambush here." Order, stop moving forward, set up a stall on the spot! ”

The large convoy slowly stopped in front of the tunnel, and set up a stall along the road, the tunnel was black and hollow, and you could barely see a glimmer of light at the exit, and the tunnel was a natural ambush site, and it would be hellish if Wang Lu got into it.

After the large convoy was set away, it was the best defensive formation, and in turn blocked the mouth of the tunnel, even if the other party ambushed people in the tunnel, it was difficult to come up with a tunnel attack caravan, and the "tail" behind was divided into two by the convoy and the main force, and was at a considerable disadvantage.

Wang Lu watched boredly as Li Yong arranged for the zombies to be on the front line and serve as human shields. While smiling, he said to Mao Li and Tang Hui: "Don't be nervous, it's just a group of little thieves." Hey, how easy is this ambush? Encircling the point to send reinforcements to set up an ambush in the middle of the middle is a trick played by the Spring and Autumn Warring States, but the enemy who can be ambushed must have a place to be saved, so that he can set up an ambush in the place where the enemy must pass, but our caravan is not in a hurry to go to the rescue place, so simply stop. Anyway, there is food and drink in the caravan, and I am not afraid that I will not be able to afford it. On the contrary, the other party sent two living forces, one large and one small, to set up an ambush, but we were pinned down at the mouth of this tunnel. The nest is in danger. I'm going to see how long they last. ”

Wang Lu's reasoning was very correct, and after confronting the caravan for a long time, the ambusher finally couldn't stand it anymore and walked out of the tunnel and asked to talk to the caravan "someone who can talk".

Wang Lu only waved his hand to Wang Bomin, who came to deliver the message: "Tell them." Good dogs don't get in the way. Get out of the way. Once the caravan is free to pass through, they will be qualified to come and speak to me. "Damn, the tiger doesn't wield. It's really like Lao Tzu is a sick cat, and he has traveled all the way with the caravan, and he hasn't used much thunderbolt tricks, if someone can't think clearly and crashes into the door, Wang Lu doesn't mind taking people under the knife.

Wang Bomin turned around to pass the word, and Wang Lu beckoned Ding Wei: "What is Minister Feng Haiqi doing?" ”

Ding Wei said: "Minister Feng has taken Wang Bi'an, Li Yong and others up the mountain, controlled the commanding heights, and the anti-aircraft machine gun has also been raised. "The anti-aircraft machine gun was bought by Wang Lu from the Qiangjiao Power Plant, and it was originally intended to be transported back to Yashan, but Chen Wei passed the word that Yashan was solid and was still better carried by the caravan, after all, the caravan lacked heavy firepower. For this reason, he also specially reloaded a batch of high-altitude bullet shells that Romon got from and sent them over, there were not many bullets, only one box, and they were really going to go to fight, and they would be used up in minutes. But the role of the anti-aircraft machine gun lies in its deterrent power, and when the guns are fired, the group is tied up. Li Yong must have dismantled the anti-aircraft machine gun and then let the zombies carry them up the mountain one by one. If this zombie is used well, it is stronger than the mechanical mule that Bald Eagle is developing, although the carrying amount is small, but it is better not to eat or drink, and the reason why the mechanical mule has not been put into actual combat is because power is a big problem.

An anti-aircraft machine gun blocked the two entrances and exits of the tunnel to death, and even blocked the coastal road, which is also the reason why the old god of Wang Lu is here and has solid confidence.

In fact, this guy can't wait to fight in his heart, stand up for power, the so-called grace and power, the Yashan caravan has played enough smiling faces along the way, and it is time to show his teeth.

It's a pity that Wang Lu's abacus failed again, and 15 minutes later, the ambush troops in the tunnel began to retreat, and then, the "little tail" behind also turned into the path in the mountains.

Wang Bomin, Lu Kai, Xie Jian, and Ding Wei took a group of zombies to search the tunnel carefully and returned: "Captain Wang, there is no one in the tunnel, and there is no other ambush, the other party has withdrawn cleanly, leaving only this ......" He handed over a package that had been opened.

Wang Lu stretched out his hand and fiddled with it, only to see a bag of jerky, a handful of reloading bullets, and a blank piece of paper with a simple route map drawn on it, apparently the other party's settlement.

Wang Lu shrugged: "This can be regarded as an apology to us and an invitation to our door." He picked up a black piece of meat with two fingers, sniffed it, and grimaced: "It's a terrible smell, but it's quite respectful to be able to take meat out to entertain guests in this last world." ”

Lu Kai was eager to try: "Uncle Wang, should we go?" ”

Wang Lu smiled: "Why don't you go, of course you have to go!" Let's open our doors to do business, and all kinds of customers have to be served. ”

No, no, this tunnel is the only way to Xiangshan, from the map given by the other party, this settlement just sees the tunnel as dead, the caravan of Yashan can not be tense every time it passes through this tunnel, only a thousand days to be a thief, how can there be a thousand days to prevent thieves. So Wang Lu must come to the door, if the two sides can talk about it, it will be okay, but if they can't talk -- hehe, Lao Tzu's anti-aircraft machine gun has not yet made a profit.

The caravan passed the tunnel safely, Wang Lu carefully observed the cave, everywhere you can see the traces of knives and axes and bullet explosions, obviously this tunnel does not know how many unlucky ghosts are ambushed, there are zombies and smart corpses, there are also humans, it is really a good place to close the door and fight dogs.

Out of the tunnel, Wang Lu commanded the caravan and followed the route map provided by the other party to a small village.

The street sign indicates that this is a small village called Jinglan Village, which is located on the hillside on the east side of the coastal road.

The terrain of the village is not high, but there is only one road into the village, both sides are mountains, there was a stone memorial arch at the entrance of the village, and now a high wall connecting the mountains is built according to the memorial arch. It can also be called a husband, and it is impossible to open it.

The caravan moved forward slowly, and there were still hundreds of meters away, and the thick gate made of logs under the stone archway slowly opened, and a group of people greeted the door.

Wang Lu nodded, no matter what, after the other party failed to sneak attack, his posture was very low, people respect me, I respect you, and I called Wang Bi'an at the moment. The father and son walked out of the caravan briskly empty-handed. Came to the torii. Wang Lu arched his fist at a middle-aged fat man who looked like a leader in front of him: "Yashan Wang Lu and Wang Bi'an are visiting with a caravan. ”

The middle-aged fat man stretched out his hand and shook Wang Lu: "Xu Ben, I'm really sorry, because I saw a large group of zombies in your queue, and my subordinates thought it was a smart corpse to attack." That's when a misunderstanding arose in the tunnel. ”

Wang Lu hurriedly said: "It's nothing." You are defending your homeland. It is also appropriate to be a little more vigilant. ”

Xu Benyi stretched out his hand: "Please, please, I have arranged an empty room, Leader Wang, you can rest and rest." It's also our apology. ”

Wang Lu said with a smile: "Our caravan eats and sleeps in the open, and we are used to living in the wilderness, so we will not enter the village, and besides, your village is not big, and we can't drive our big cart, so we will set up a stall at the gate of your village, if you have anything to trade, just discuss it with my subordinates." This is our first time doing business and we will come back in the future. ”

Doing business but blocking people's doors, this business is overbearing, but Xu Ben still smiled: "Okay, okay, okay, let's do it, it's rare for outsiders to come to our Jinglan Village, tonight I will arrange a bonfire party, please take your men to play, in the countryside, there are no good things on the table, it can be regarded as a custom entertainment." He waved his hand again and ordered the people next to him: "Open the gate, and let the people of the caravan of the king's leader come and go freely." ”

This Xu Ben's figure is so low, Wang Lu is not too pressing, and said with a smile: "Good, good, good, I will definitely go to the banquet on time." ”

The two sides exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then they broke up.

This negotiation, tepid, full of scenes, and the tension at the mouth of the tunnel just now is completely different, Wang Bian was puzzled, looking at the gate of Jinglan Village, only to see people coming and going, and there was no nervous appearance under the presence of soldiers, it seemed that he had really borne his heart for a long time.

Wang Lu and Wang Bi'an patted him on the shoulder as they walked back, as if they knew the question in his heart: "There's nothing strange about it, they just want to do business honestly when they see that we are strong, our fists are big, and we can't swallow it." Don't worry, that Xu Ben is also a capable person, looking at the old and young in the village, it means that he is not a bastard who abandons the old and the young, as long as we show enough strength, this Jinglan Village is definitely willing to do business with us. ”

Wang Lu's prediction is correct, after the Yashan caravan set up a caravan stall in Jinglan Village, there are villagers who come to trade materials one after another, Wang Lu watched attentively from the side, and found that this small settlement, there are actually 7 or 80 survivors, if they are all from the same village, then the villagers of this village are really lucky, you must know that Wang Lu traveled all the way, but saw many villages and the whole village was full of zombies, and none of the living people remained.

What's even more rare is that all the people in the village, including the old people and children, are full of energy and look worry-free, Wang Lu secretly added a few points to Xu Ben in his heart, although Jinglan Village offended the Yashan caravan first, but just because Xu Ben can level the old man and child with a bowl of water, and everyone eats with red faces, it is a good deed.

It's just that the villagers of Jinglan Village didn't come to trade much, mostly sweet potato vermicelli, chicken and duck eggs, salted dried fish and other things - Wang Lu glanced at the continuous hillside outside the village, and the reef-covered beach at the foot of the mountain, shook his head, and nodded again. This Jinglan village is surrounded by barren slopes, and it is impossible to develop large-scale agriculture, and the shallows along the coast are in poor natural conditions, so it is impossible to use it as a fishing ground or develop artificial breeding.

In his heart, he has a little understanding of the villagers of Jinglan Village relying on the tunnel to block the road and rob, there is no way, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to draft water, the production conditions in this area are bad, what can the villagers do if they are not robbers? Speaking of which, the coastal villagers of Xiangshan Ninghai actually had the tradition of being pirates in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and the Qing Dynasty pirate Cai Lian was very famous, defeated the official army in a row, and built a royal palace in Tantou Mountain. Now that the descendants of these pirates are back in their old ways, it's nothing.

Wang Bomin was shuttling around the stalls to mediate possible disputes, when Shalin suddenly beckoned to him, and he hurriedly trotted over, "What's wrong?" ”

Sha Lin nodded at an old man in front of his stall: "This old man exchanged this jerky for food, and I don't know what price to pay." ”

Wang Bomin looked down. I saw that the plastic bag in the old man's hand contained similar jerky that Wang Lu had received from the ambush team in Jinglan Village to apologize, and the jerky was black in color, and he couldn't see the prototype, but he didn't know what kind of animal meat it was.

Meat, this is a good thing in the last days, and only Xiangya Mountain, Qiangjiao and other places have the conditions for large-scale breeding, but even so, there are not many livestock in the herd, and large animals such as cattle are even more treasures. Whoever wants to be hungry for beef. Uncle Chen can fight hard with him, pork can only be eaten on major festivals, and the last time everyone in Yashan ate meat with their bellies open, it was at the celebration banquet that they joined forces with the base to win the battle of Dongqiao. Yashan is so embarrassed in terms of meat supply. Not to mention settlements elsewhere. Cattle were slaughtered. It was immediately divided up, and there was no jerky left.

Wang Bomin asked Sha Lin: "What does this old man want to change?" ”

Sha Lin said: "Aged grain." ”

Dried meat for old grain, this business is done.

Shalin held up a small piece of jerky in his hand: "I tasted it just now." The taste is average, with some salt, there is no other ingredients, and the meat is a little 'material', which is not very delicious. ”

Seeing that Shalin was picky about his goods, the old man hurriedly said inarticulately: "The meat is not delicious, it is not worth it, so I will exchange a little food." ”

Wang Bomin saw that the old man gestured with his hand - his asking price was really not high, a bag of dried meat, only exchanged for a bag of aged grain of the same size.

Shalin's eyes lit up, and he said deliberately: "We haven't done this kind of jerky business before, and we don't know if people elsewhere want to eat it......"

When the old man heard that people elsewhere should not eat jerky, his face suddenly became panicked, and he stammered: "The two masters give it a convenience, the old man can't work, he only has these jerkys at hand, he really wants to eat some serious food, or, or, it's okay to change less food, I, I just need to do this." He stretched out his hand and gestured, and it was really a little, only a little bigger than the sea bowl. This is really a free price, you must know that before the end of the world, the price of pork was more than 10 times that of grain, and a large bag of jerky was only exchanged for a bowl of aged grain, and Shalin's business could make a lot of money.

Sha Lin smiled happily, and was about to take the jerky in the old man's hand, when a hand suddenly stretched out next to him, blocking Sha Lin's hand with jerky, and ordered: "Give the old man a bag of grain, just the kind of 15 catties." ”

Shalin almost exploded, and the old man of Jinglan Village only had two or three catties of jerky for a bag of dried meat, and he exchanged 15 catties of grain for 15 catties, which was a world different from the price he had just negotiated, but he turned his head and looked at it, and immediately deflated, because it was Wang Lu who spoke.

Wang Lu glared at Sha Lin: "You fight for the profits of our caravan, this is right, but you can't be too 'alone', it's not easy for the old people to save some meat between their teeth, we can't do business and ruin our reputation, I Wang Lu dare not wear the hat of bullying the old and weak." For grain, 15 catties. ”

Sha Lin blushed, and brought a bag of 15 catties of aged grain to the old man, who nodded at Wang Lu and left with a thousand thanks.

When he couldn't see the old man's back, Wang Lu said to Sha Lin: "You must be very dissatisfied with my decision just now, maybe why you scolded me in your stomach." ”

Sha Lin hesitated for a moment: "Captain Wang, I don't dare to say that I blame you, but I am indeed a little puzzled, this business is low in and high out, if we don't come to the caravan, the jerky in the old man's hand, not a grain of grain can be exchanged, it is reasonable for me to suppress the price, and the final price is his own, that is, in the old man's heart, this bag of jerky is only worth this price, how can you blame me for bullying the old and weak?" I—I'm not convinced. ”

Wang Lu looked at Wang Bomin: "What about you?" ”

Wang Bomin scratched his head: "The price of exchanging a bag of jerky for a bowl of rice just now is a little lower, but I really can't blame Shalin, it was indeed the old man who took the initiative to mention it, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, this is ......"

Wang Lu sighed, stretched out his fingers, and nodded at Wang Bomin and Sha Lin respectively: "You two, what is the most important thing to be a businessman?" It's not about how much money you make, it's about how much vision you have, and how much you know what kind of business you can do and what kind of business you can't. The old man was in his 60s, and in other survivor settlements, such an old man would have been in a coffin or turned into a zombie. But you see, this old man not only lives well in Jinglan Village, but also can earn such a bag of jerky. What does this mean? This shows that this old man definitely has special abilities! Otherwise, where can we get mixed up in these last days? As a result, Shalin, you are good, for a few catties of aged grain, you offended a person with extraordinary abilities. You said? Is this trade worth it? ”

Sha Lin scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, Captain Wang, I was wrong. ”

Wang Lu nodded: "When we go out, we have to put bright spots, we have already shown our strength when we come to Jinglan Village, and we don't need to worry about specific small businesses, on the contrary, to give these ordinary villagers a good impression and make more good fate, which will help us to come and go often in the future." ”

Wang Bomin and Sha Lin nodded again and again, Wang Lu told again, then Shi Shiran walked towards the stone archway of Jinglan Village with his hands behind his back, since the people opened the door to welcome guests, he could not show weakness, thinking of the village for a while, before entering the village, he glanced at Feng Haiqi, Feng Haiqi nodded quietly, indicating that the safety and security work had been done, and Wang Lu entered the village. (To be continued......)