The sun rises in the east, surrounded by mist

A horse-drawn carriage was slowly driving on the official road to the city of Qingzhou Prefecture.

Twelve guards in front and behind escorted the carriage smoothly.

"Tell everyone to take a break on the side of the road."

A warm voice came from inside the car, and Xiao He said hello to the guards accompanying the car, and the car stopped on the side of the official road.

A few minutes after the convoy stopped, another procession of wagons appeared on the official road.

However, compared to the previous one, this team is a bit embarrassed.

Several warriors with scabbards were covered with colored bandages, but four of the seven carriages were missing their goods, leaving only two wheels and planks laid on them.

"It's the convoy of the Han Commercial Bank!"

The leader of this team was a middle-aged man, and a young man beside him saw the banner of the Han Commercial Bank flying in the air, and his face showed envy.

The name of Dahan Commercial Bank, as long as it is a businessman, knows it, especially for some people who go to various places to transport goods, Dahan Commercial Bank represents safety in their eyes.

Because the Dahan Commercial Bank has money and hires a large number of warriors, a few years ago, there were many robbers who robbed the goods of the Dahan Commercial Bank.

After all, these robbers are hiding in the deep mountains and old forests, but they can't, but the Dahan Commercial Bank does not, not only let the warriors in the commercial house dispatch, but even spend a lot of money to invite some martial arts powerhouses to encircle and suppress these robbers.

Just because these robbers robbed the Dahan Commercial Bank of three boxes of goods, with a total value of only 1,000 taels, and in order to encircle and suppress these robbers, the Dahan Commercial Bank paid a price of tens of thousands of taels.

At that time, many commercial houses thought that Dahan Commercial Bank was stupid, wasn't it a waste of money to do so?

But after this matter got out, the robbers from all over the country did not dare to do anything when they saw the trucks of the Dahan Firm, because they were afraid of the retaliation of the Dahan Firm.

Only then did the other firms react, why did the Han merchants spend such a big price to encircle and suppress the robber, this is to set an example for other robbers.

Many trading houses also want to follow the example of the Han trading houses, but the effect is not so good, after all, these robbers also want to eat, you trading houses do this one by one, so how can they eat as robbers?

The middle-aged man looked at the twelve warrior guards, then looked at the situation of his team, and after a deep groan, he walked towards the carriage.

It's just that as soon as the middle-aged man walked in, the twelve guards immediately stared at him, and the sharp eyes made the middle-aged man feel a lot of pressure, so he had to stop, hugged his fists and said: "May I ask if the nobleman in the carriage is the nobleman of the Dahan Commercial Bank, Chen Jin, the shopkeeper of the Xiasantai Commercial Bank." ”

The twelve guards did not speak, but a small servant sitting in front of the carriage walked over: "Is there something wrong with Shopkeeper Chen?" ”

"Dare to ask if you are going to Qingzhou?"

"Yes."

"I don't know if our caravan can go with you, of course, I will pay you a reward according to the rules."

"Yes."

He Chuan readily agreed, but this made Chen Jin a little surprised, because in his imagination, this was obviously a scholar or a little servant, and it was impossible to be the master, and after listening to his request, he should have asked the noble man in the carriage.

He Chuan was surprised when he saw this shopkeeper Chen, but he secretly laughed in his heart, just now his son-in-law had already transmitted the voice to him and agreed to Shopkeeper Chen's request.

"Multi-...... Thank you very much. ”

Chen Jin reacted and hurriedly thanked him, then turned around and went back to inform the team of the news, and after a while, cheers came from the team.

Their team was also guarded by several warriors, but they encountered robbers a day earlier, and not only were they robbed of three truckloads of goods, but several guards were also injured.

And here is still from Qingzhou to walk through several mountains, these mountains are also rumored to be robbers, with the current situation of the caravan is impossible to pass safely.

Qingzhou can't arrive, you can't go back, if you choose the nearest county town to repair and then go to Qingzhou, it is a delay in the delivery time.

Originally, he had no choice, Chen Jin could only be prepared to delay time, but now that he met the team of Dahan Commercial Bank and gave him a chance, he naturally hoped to rush to Qingzhou as soon as possible.

If these goods are delivered to the commercial bank on time, the profit can just offset the few truckloads of freight that were robbed, so it should be regarded as a trip for nothing.

After a quarter of an hour's rest, the two convoys set off again, and soon came to a ridge.

Ventilation ridge.

Ventilation Ridge is not the only way to Qingzhou, but it is a shortcut to Qingzhou, Chen Jin looked at the mountain ridge, and sighed to his son beside him: "Xiao Feng, that is, the Han Commercial Bank dares to take the Ventilation Ridge, if you want to change us, you would rather take a detour for half a day more every time." ”

There are robbers in the mountains around the ventilation ridge, and there is more than one group, and the caravans that often run Qingzhou do not dare to take this road, and most of the foreign caravans will suffer in order to get close to the road.

"This is the Dahan Commercial Bank, worthy of being one of the four major commercial houses in the world, and the robbers of the Ventilation Ridge will not dare to move when they see this banner."

"Caravan stop me!"

An angry roar rang out from the mountain on the left, and then dozens of figures appeared and walked out of the forest, blocking the caravan's way and back.

"Daddy!" Chen Feng looked at his father.

Chen Jin's expression was a little embarrassed, he just said that the robbers in the ventilation ridge did not dare to stop the convoy of the Han Commercial Bank, but he was slapped in the face.

"Heroes, this is the car of the Han Commercial Bank, and I hope you will be accommodating."

Facing the burly robber with a fierce face, He Chuan was not afraid at all, and stepped forward to speak.

"No matter what business house you have, as long as you pass through here, you have to leave the goods, if you don't want to die, leave the goods, and everyone will get out of me."

The bandit leader glanced at the caravan with disdain, and the twelve guards took up their weapons one after another when the bandit leader said this.

Swish!

The spear in the hand of the leading guard shot like an arrow at the bandit leader, and the bandit leader didn't even have time to react, and the spear pierced him directly in the chest.

The leader of the robbers fell to the ground, but the other robbers did not retreat, but were aroused to their ferocity, and raised their broadswords to attack.

"Formation, kill!"

The guards who shot their spears drew their knives from under their saddles and gave orders, and the remaining eleven guards also drew their spears and faced the robbers.

Nearly a hundred robbers, but the war horses at the feet of the twelve guards all fell to the ground after several back and forth, the most important thing is that these guards are ruthless, these robbers don't even have a mouth.

"This ...... It's even more terrifying than the warrior army. ”

Chen Jin once joined the army when he was young, and there were some teams of warriors in the army, these teams were strong and decisive, and a team of 100 people could easily kill a team of 1,000 people.

He had seen a team of warriors at the beginning, but he felt that compared to the twelve guards in front of him, he was still inferior.

"This is definitely the elite of the Dahan Commercial House, so who is sitting in this carriage?"

Elite, only escorting important people will appear, that is to say, the carriage is sitting on the extremely important people of the Han Commercial Bank, and it will definitely not be an ordinary shopkeeper.

"Shopkeeper Chen, Gangling also saw it, these robbers attacked the caravan, our caravan is self-defense and fought back, if there is an official inquiry, please also ask Shopkeeper Chen to testify."

"Yes...... OK. ”

Chen Jin had just recovered from the shock, and when he heard He Chuan's words, he muttered a little in his heart, how could the government care about the life and death of the robbers, and would only reward the behavior of the Dahan Commercial Bank.

Could it be that the Han Commercial Bank wants to take the government's reward silver, and many of them testify to them?

Chen Jin only thought of this one possibility, but after thinking about it, the Dahan Commercial Bank did not lack that bit of reward, and if he really wanted to take the reward, it would only anger the robbers everywhere in the world.

This gang of robbers plundered your Dahan Firm, and was killed by your Dahan Firm, they deserved to die without long eyes, but if you go to the government to receive a reward for silver, it will be a violation of the taboo of robbers in the world.

These robbers really want to target the Han Merchant House, even if all the warriors of the Han Merchant House are sent out, they will not be able to protect all the caravans.

The convoy continued to move forward while Chen Jin was full of thoughts, until the sky gradually darkened.

Seeing that the convoy suddenly stopped, Chen Jin looked at the carriage in front of him with some doubts, and then saw that Little Brother He came over.

"Brother He, why did you stop the team?"

Those guards of the Dahan Commercial Bank called this little brother He, and he followed suit.

"Shopkeeper Chen told the people of the caravan not to panic for a while."

"Don't panic?"

Before Chen Jin could understand why He Chuan said this, the horses in the caravan suddenly neighed, and Chen Jin, who had been a merchant all year round, could see at a glance that this was a sign of the horse's frightening and uneasiness.

But how could a horse suddenly be frightened?

Thundered!

When Chen Jin was puzzled, there was a sudden rumbling sound, followed by the sound of the earth shaking, Chen Jin's eyes immediately looked ahead, and in front of him, there were groups of black shadows galloping forward.

This is a cavalry corps, conservatively estimated at more than three hundred people.

The caravan personnel behind Chen Jin also saw the shadow of the cavalry in front of them, and retreated to the side of the road in panic.

"Brother He, you ......"

Chen Jin saw that the carriage of the Dahan Commercial Bank was not moving, still occupying the middle of the official road, and couldn't help but remind: "This cavalry seems to be in a hurry, if you don't get out of the way, you will be directly trampled by the cavalry." ”

"Thank you for the reminder."

He Chuan turned around and smiled slightly to thank Chen Jin, Chen Jin felt that Little Brother He had listened to his words, and the next step was to let the carriage pull aside.

But what he didn't expect was that the carriage was still parked in the middle of the road, and He Chuan didn't have any orders.

One breath, two breaths......

But fifteen breaths later, the cavalry had arrived.

Chen Jin closed his eyes a little unbearably, even though there were twelve guards in the Han Commercial Bank, but the outcome was already doomed under the impact of the army.

Even if the first wave can be stopped, it is impossible to block the second wave.

He didn't understand why a merchant could compete with the army.

"Dad, you...... Look at it. ”

After a few breaths, the screams of horses and the shock of his son were heard in his ears, Chen Jin opened his eyes and looked ahead, and his pupils contracted and dilated sharply.

(End of chapter)