Chapter 50: A Visit from the Antonio Family
Ying Zihan was in a very bad mood, and just now Feiying sent a letter saying that in the past few days, close to ten groups of people have come to Qindi one after another. At first, they were stopped by Ying Zihan's soldiers stationed at the checkpoint, because they had no way to guide them. Later, several groups of people came one after another, but there was also no guide, and some teams had a very tough attitude, and even had a tendency to do it. The soldiers stationed there also sensed that something was wrong, so the flying eagle sent a message back to Chaoge.
After Ying Zihan received the news, of course he knew the purpose of these people's coming. There have been two kinds of things in this barren land lately, gems and wine, the gems were sold in the name of the Stoke family, and it was a few months ago, if anyone wanted to come, they would have come long ago, and now these people must have come for wine. Ying Zihan's analytical ability in his previous life was very strong, and he didn't guess wrong now. But Ying Zihan really didn't want to expose his strength, so he ordered Hunter to lead the violet cavalry to the pass checkpoint for reinforcements, if anyone dared to force the battle, they could be violently expelled, and if necessary, they could be killed.
Hunter had been recuperating for so long, and he was already a little annoyed, so he immediately led people out after receiving the order, and in his heart he still hoped that those guys would make trouble, otherwise he would have no excuse to clean them up.
At the pass of the Soria Mountains, Lei Yun, as the head of the hundred, has not rested much in the past few days. Lei Yun is a hundred generals in the Yulin Army, he is clever, and he handles emergencies very properly. So he was arranged by Ying Zihan to be stationed here, and the pressure on him before yesterday was not very great, these caravans were separated, and although Lei Yun was wary of them, he didn't pay much attention to them. But after a team came yesterday, they quickly united with other teams to put pressure on Thundercloud. They now numbered more than two hundred, and there were cavalry. Thunderclouds are at least undefeated in a head-on battle, but I'm afraid that they will sneak attack...
"Lord Antonio, we've been waiting for five days, and these untouchables won't let us go, so if you want me to say it, rush over and ask me what that Ying Zihan means," a fat man with a shiny face bent down and flattered a man. The man had a smooth and fair face, a cold and angular face, deep blue eyes with a charming color, thick eyebrows, a tall nose, and a beautiful lip shape, all of which exuded nobility and elegance. It's just that he kept listening to the fat man's words but didn't answer.
The fat man wanted to say something but was stopped by the old man behind the beautiful man: "No need, I believe that no one can refuse the Antonio family, even if he is a descendant of the Stoke family." The fat man suddenly stopped talking, of course he knew what Antonio represented, one of the thirteen families with the oldest history and the most noble status on the continent, and the current prime minister of the Dawn Empire was the grandfather of this lord. So no one present doubted the issue.
It's just that they ignore one thing, this guy Thundercloud doesn't know their identity. Although he saw that Antonio's carriage was much more noble than the others, it was just as cold as the others. So the merchants waited here for three more days.
The fat merchant and the rest of the people all thought the same thing, even if they couldn't get the secret recipe for brewing, they definitely couldn't let the Antonio family get it. Otherwise, with the terrifying influence of the Antonio family and the financial resources of the rich country, it is estimated that they will be able to control the three layers of the wine industry in the mainland in the future, especially the Dawn Empire, it is estimated that they will go bankrupt as a wine buyer, so they spare no effort to provoke the contradiction between the two sides, but people seem to ignore it after Shi Wei once, and then wait for the result with peace of mind.
Wei Lian was a little upset, he had been waiting for a few days and the defenders still didn't let them go, this was something he hadn't encountered since he was a child, others were not respectful when they saw him, even the royal family didn't dare to let him wait for a few days, let alone a prince who had lost power. If it weren't for the fact that his grandfather was obsessed with these two wines, and the production of these wines was not very large, how could he have come to this remote place to ask for the secret recipe for winemaking to win his grandfather's favor. However, he is not a useless gentleman, and he has no intention of leading people to attack the level. This is what a fool does, and the ancestral motto of the Antonio family that has always stood is that "good people in this world will not die, bad people will not die, only stupid people will die." "He wouldn't be arrogant enough to damage his image in the family and the royal family's perception of him, even if it was a small thing. But he had already decided that if there was no news tomorrow, he would go home by himself, but he would have people block the trade here, and then ask Ying Zihan to obediently bring the recipe for the wine to beg him.
Ying Zihan asked Hunter to lead troops to support but also forced to helpless, if he sent the infantry, I am afraid that it would be too long, and the Xuance battalion of the Yulin Army had no one to take command, so he had to send the violet cavalry, which was faster than the cavalry.
But what Ying Zihan didn't expect was that Hunter was marching slowly, you must know that ordinary cavalry will have no combat effectiveness after running long distances, let alone the violet cavalry with heavy loads. In the past, when they were in the Violet Cavalry Regiment, each of them was equipped with at least two horses, one for riding and transporting equipment, and the other horse was the mount for battle. So they were marching no faster than the infantry.
For fear of delaying the war, Hunter and Thundercloud kept in close contact with Hawk, and Hunter said that if the other party was too strong, he could temporarily conserve his strength and then wait for their arrival.
As a result, Hunter left the pass angrily, and Hunter still had a few hours to reach his destination.
The other merchants waited for nearly ten days without seeing a reply, so they also left. There were also some people who came late, and they wanted to wait, so they stayed. The person was halfway gone at once, and Thundercloud let go of his worries a little. And he received the news that Hunter would be here today, and his confidence was suddenly sufficient.
However, after Hunter came, he was stunned, and said that someone was going to make trouble? What about the number of people on the other side? The Yulin Army would not be so weak, right? Looking at Hunter Leiyun with a puzzled face, he immediately explained, and Hunter realized that he was late. Hunter really wanted to cry without tears, he lowered his speed in order to preserve his combat power, but as a result, people left, left...
Then Thundercloud brought a stack of prayer stickers over and asked Hunter, "Lord Li, what should I do about this?"
"Throw it away!" Hunter was impetuous, ordering him to throw the waste paper away. So the Antonio family's prayer post was thrown away, and if Wei Lian knew about it, he would probably vomit blood.
As for the other caravans, they were also banished, and Thundercloud told them that the wine would not be sold, let alone how to make it. Although the caravan was unwilling, they watched the five hundred violet cavalry keep staring at them, as if they dared to say that half of them would be immediately dismembered by random knives, so they all closed their mouths and left angrily.