Huainan, Ruzhou, Guobei County.

It is already late autumn, the grass and trees are yellow, and the fallen leaves are colorful, which makes this small county town in Huainan that is connected with Huguang appear more and more withered and deserted.

In fact, because the original Guobei County is located in the traffic artery, although the place is not large, it is still prosperous.

However, since the big chaos broke out in the middle of the war last year, Luoyang, the capital division of Dayue, was broken by the rebels, and there was a foreign enemy Ghost Rong who invaded northern Xinjiang, everything has been completely different.

First of all, the internal turmoil of the government was several times, and after a fight, Ruzhou was torn apart.

Then, those in power became more and more unscrupulous, constantly exploiting the people under their rule, just to recruit troops and expand their own strength.

And just when the government was in turmoil and had no time to take care of itself, the forces of the rivers and lakes and the bandits in the green forest also sprung up one after another.

These extralegal fanatics who were originally unable to get on the stage and were suppressed by officials and soldiers from all walks of life have wreaked havoc on all sides in this year's time, not only ordinary villages and towns have been harassed, but even places like Guobei County, which have cities to defend, have not been spared.

And this is not bad, outside the city, there are bandits rampant, and nine out of ten families such as caravans have been robbed, which has led to the original transportation benefits also quickly disappeared, and finally turned this small city of Ruzhou into a pool of stagnant water.

The population of Guobei County has now decreased from 50,000 or 60,000 a year ago to less than 20,000.

Under the withering of all industries, even the remaining 20,000 people look like they are running out of life.

Just when everyone was thinking about whether to leave their homeland and find another way to live, the appearance of a name gave them the last glimmer of hope.

September 25, noon, Tan Family Tavern.

This is the most famous and the best tavern in Guobei County, and every day in the past, it can be full of friends, staggered, and talking.

But since bandits were rampant outside the city and all industries in the county town were not prosperous, the business in the store was also worse day by day, and in the past two months, only three or two drinkers came to the door every day.

Today, however, the situation was a little different, and there were forty or fifty men sitting at more than twenty tables in the store, all of whom ordered good wine and food, and then listened to the generous speech of the chubby merchant man sitting at the top.

"You are all famous heroes in Ruzhou, although I am just a businessman, I have heard of your names for a long time and many years of righteous deeds.

"Please come today, not for anything else, just to save me Guobei and save me from the fire and water of tens of millions of people in Ruzhou!

"The bandits of the Ringing Horses that roam the city are becoming more and more rampant, and they are almost cutting off our merchants. Now that the government is ignoring it, we have no other better way but to save ourselves.

"We businessmen are powerless, so naturally we can't eliminate harm for the people. But fortunately, we still have some money in our hands, and we can invite all the heroes.

"As long as you can help us eradicate the bandits in Lianyun Village outside the city, I don't dare to say anything else, I will pay you a thank you gift of 100,000 taels of silver even if I smash the pot and sell iron!"

Speaking of this, the richest businessman in Guobei County has bowed deeply: "Please save our fellow villagers in Guobei County!" ”

The many heroes and heroes sitting below were still a little unimpressed, but when they heard that the other party was willing to give a thank you gift of 100,000 taels of silver, many people's eyes suddenly flashed with light.

This is both a ray of excitement and a ray of greed.

"Boss Dong, we understand what you said, and I admire your heart.

"But, it's not that my brothers can't trust you, but this 100,000 taels of silver is really not a small amount, so we can't say anything, let's believe what, right?"

A tower-like man sitting in front of his head asked first.

His words immediately got more people's responses: "Yes, what Xia Daxia said is that I will wait for the hard work to come, and I will take the risk to fight with the guys in Lianyunzhai, so I have to see things first to rest assured." ”

"Even if you can't come up with 100,000 taels of silver, you have to give us a deposit before we can do anything, right?"

"It's just that, no matter how much you say, it's better to take out the silver to make people more convinced!"

As they shouted, Dong Xuan could only smile bitterly and nodded: "What the heroes say is very true, and I, Dong someone, am not a person who deceives people with words." I've been raising the money, but I haven't reached that amount yet. But the deposit that should be given to you will not be less. ”

As he spoke, he clapped his hands.

Immediately, the door of the store that was half-hidden was pushed open from the outside, and several family members had already walked in with a few boxes.

With a few thuds, they placed the seemingly heavy box on a table near the door. The drinker who was dozing off there was startled, and looked up sharply.

The drinker was drunk on the table as early as when Dong Zhao brought everyone into the store, because he only occupied the most corner of the table and slept soundly, so everyone didn't pay much attention to it.

It was only then that he suddenly raised his head, his face full of anger, and wanted to reason with the people who disturbed his dreams, so that everyone could see his appearance clearly.

This is a young man who can't see his age clearly, has a thin face, and should look pretty good.

It's just that the stubble on his face that hasn't been cleaned up for many days makes his whole person look quite decadent, coupled with big dark circles under his eyes, even when he is angry, he looks a little weak.

"Hey, what are you looking at? Believe it or not, Lao Tzu threw you out into the gutter? ”

Seeing him glaring at him, a strong man beside him suddenly glared back, and gestured his thick arm with bad intentions.

Only this time, the drunken cat was frightened, and with a grunt, he quickly lay down and pretended to be dead.

Seeing this, everyone laughed disdainfully, and then turned their attention back to the boxes that had been opened.

Suddenly, the color of greed in everyone's eyes became heavier.

The box was neatly filled with silver ingots, and if you count it casually, I'm afraid there are tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Dong Xu also spoke again at this time: "Everyone, according to the rules of our business world, the deposit is between one and three percent. This time, I have 15,000 taels of silver here, and I will hand it over to you first. After the deed is completed, I will also hand over the remaining 85,000 taels of silver. ”

"Haha, Boss Dong is really magnificent, I'll rest assured now."

"Yes, don't worry, as long as you have enough money, we will help you level him in Lianyunzhai!"

After everyone patted their chests and promised, Dong Xuan smiled again: "Your words are naturally trustworthy. However, after all, Lianyunzhai is different from other small bandits, and there are many masters among them, and I am also worried that something will go wrong.

"So for the sake of safety, I not only scraped up the 100,000 taels of silver this time, but also found a recently extremely famous hero to settle the war with you. That's the Yama Hand! ”

As soon as these words came out, the tavern, which was still quite lively, suddenly fell silent, and the faces of all the heroes and heroes with excited faces froze.