Everyone in the caravan had a hard time, and at this time, they naturally had a great appetite for a hot meal, and they were even more satisfied with a few jars of coarse grain wine.

Everyone ate happily, and the father and son of the inn were also full of joy.

It is conceivable that the surrounding area of this place is deserted for hundreds of miles, and all past business travelers may pass through this place.

As Sun Lichang said before, even if there is a large oasis with abundant water and grass, the terrain and landform in the desert are changing, and even people standing in place after a sandstorm cannot recognize the previous route.

Almost all business trips follow a general direction, so the route taken between the deserts is not fixed.

If you weren't for someone like Land Rover, who lives in the desert all year round and knows the place well, it would be extremely difficult to find this oasis every time.

Many teams were also unlucky enough to fail to meet the oasis along the way, and finally the whole team disappeared into the boundless desert.

The vast majority of people who were able to get here were lucky, so the inn opened by the Land Rover father and son here only received some past business travelers who occasionally encountered this oasis.

The people who come rely on luck, and the business of their father and son also depends on luck, and if others are lucky, their luck will come.

To have such a large caravan to stay in their inn today is a fortune from heaven.

As Shao Xi expected, this inn has been out of business for nearly two months, although there are only father and son, and there is no expenditure on weekdays, but living here is always necessary to eat and drink.

There is no business for two months, and he still has to eat, so he can't get in and out, which is exactly what worries his father and son.

If there is no business, the live sheep and rough noodles that they bought last time will be slowly eaten up by themselves, and they will not be able to sell them for money and will not be able to maintain their subsequent living needs.

Speaking of which, the stewed mutton and coarse grain wine sold here are much more expensive than those in Yulong Town, Yulong Pass, but you can enjoy these things in this kind of place, no matter how expensive you are, you won't feel expensive.

In such a place, such things are sold at a higher price, and no one will think that they are profiteers or black shops.

On the contrary, to be able to open such an inn in the middle of this desert is a great merit for business travelers.

It is in this way that the father and son can maintain their livelihood in this desert.

The bold atmosphere of the crowd and the warm hospitality of the father and son made the wild shop in the desert full of harmony and joy.

Everyone talked and laughed, Land Rover, Lu Yunxiang father and son also chatted with everyone about some anecdotes in the desert, the whole caravan not only ate and drank happily, but also feasted their ears, listening to those unheard of novel stories in the desert.

At this time, the atmosphere in the inn was extremely warm and pleasant, and it was at this time of laughter and laughter that there was still something discordant.

While everyone was eating and chatting, talking and laughing, the two broken wooden doors of the inn "clanged" open, and someone kicked the door open from outside.

The laughter in the inn suddenly stopped, and everyone's eyes looked at the door.

I saw a group of big men walking in from outside the door, all wearing sheepskin jackets, with cowhide belts around their waists, their hair was fluffy and messy, and they were all carrying steel knives, with fierce expressions on their faces.

As the group entered the inn, they also heard the shouts of the guards of the caravan outside the inn warning not to approach.

Experienced people can see at a glance that this group of people is by no means a caravan led by Sun Lichang and others, it is obvious that they are a group of horse bandits who are blocking the road and plundering in the desert.

This group of people has been robbing merchants in this desert all year round, robbing property, killing people and goods, without any morality, and they are cold-blooded and cruel, killing people like hemp.

In their eyes, people are not as valuable as camels and horses, and in their opinion, all the merchants and travelers in the past are fat sheep to be slaughtered, and fat sheep are naturally used to kill, to skin and eat meat.

As soon as this group of people entered the door, the caravan guards who were sitting in the inn drinking and eating meat got up one after another, showed their weapons in their hands, and formed a confrontation with the group of horse bandits at the door.

Presumably, at this time, the caravan guards outside the inn are also fighting with the horse bandits outside, one side is to rob the property, and the other side is to desperately protect their own property, this is an incompatible, you live and die two groups of people.

At this time, the atmosphere in the inn instantly dropped to the freezing point, and both sides were holding their breath and waiting for each other, everyone was waiting for their leader to fight to the death with each other as soon as he gave the order.

Since leaving Yulong Pass, the caravan has really not encountered horse bandits along the way, Shao Xi just heard Sun Lichang mention that he had this kind of encounter before.

After all, Taihe Commercial Bank is a business team, and the accompanying guards are only to protect the safety of goods, but they always uphold the principle of valuing harmony and making money with harmony.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, most people will choose to break the bank and avoid disasters when they encounter this kind of thing.

Horse bandits are not afraid of death, and if they really fight for the goods of a caravan, they will also feel that it is not worth it.

The horse bandits' business is to eat with their heads, not everyone is willing to do it, and the loss of people on the horse is also unacceptable to the horse bandits.

Therefore, most of the time, as long as you send some silver taels and property, it is considered to pay the money to buy the road, and the general horse bandits will also accept it when they see it, and they will not be killed.

At this time, although the atmosphere between the two sides was very tense, Sun Lichang handled it calmly.

I saw him stand up and take out a bag of silver from the package and walk to the door, arch his hand to the horse bandit led by him and say: "In the next is Sun Lichang, the second shopkeeper of Taihe Commercial Bank in Qingshan County, who has been doing business between the Western Regions and the Central Plains all the year round.

"Today, passing through the precious land, I am fortunate to meet all the heroes, and I intend to make friends with you, here a little silver is not a respect, and I hope that the master will not dislike it, take it to buy some wine for all the heroes.

"I hope you all raise your hands, we will stay here for one night and leave this place tomorrow, the mountains and rivers will meet, and there will be a good reward when he sees him again."

It seems that Sun Lichang is no stranger to this situation, so he can be so calm and deal with it freely.

The horse bandit led by the other party was a burly man, with a bearded face and a strong man, with a broad-backed knife in his hand, a face full of horizontal flesh, and a long scar on his forehead.

At this time, he was staring at Sun Lichang in front of him with two bull's eyes, and saw Sun Lichang handing over a large bag of silver, stretched out his rough hand and copied the bag of silver into his hand, and looked satisfied.

I saw him nod at Sun Lichang.

"You know each other very well! Since Shopkeeper Sun is so generous, we don't embarrass you, you should eat and drink here! Tomorrow your caravan will depart on its own, and the silver will be your filial piety to our great masters. ”

Sun Lichang hurriedly gave his hand and said with a smile: "The head of the house is really a righteous person, Sun is deeply admired, since everyone is a friend, it is better to sit down together and drink a few bowls to relieve fatigue."

"Let's also make a friend, if we pass through the precious land again in the future, please take care of the master and all the heroes, we all have wealth together, and we are all happy!"

"Well said! Lao Tzu will give you this face today. ”

The leading horse bandit is called Li Er Mazi, although there is no pockmark on his face, but this nickname has always been called so by everyone.

Seeing that Sun Lichang spoke so politely and knew each other so well, he naturally dispelled the idea of robbing the caravan.

After all, it is better to get such a large bag of silver without any effort than for both sides to fight to the death, make both sides lose and lose, and in the end, you may not be able to succeed.

You must know that the guards who can follow the caravan are all ruthless characters, and the degree of ferocity is no less than that of these horse bandits, and the money is easier to come by in comparison, so he is naturally happy to give up.

Now Sun Lichang invited them to drink together, adhering to the style of being cheap and not taking advantage of the bastard, so he left a few people to guard outside, and the others were greeted into the inn.

Sun Lichang hurriedly asked the accompanying porters to vacate two tables for Li Ermazi and others to sit down, and beckoned the Land Rover father and son to serve the newly served stewed mutton and freshly opened coarse grain wine to entertain the group of horse bandits.

Land Rover seemed to know this group of horse bandits, and kept nodding his head and greeting Li Ermazi, but Lu Yunxiang's eyes were a little unkind.

At this time, Land Rover didn't dare to slack off in the slightest when he saw this scene, and hurriedly took out two pots of stewed mutton and put them on the table in person, and asked Lu Yunxiang to come out with a few jars of coarse grain wine.

This expense is naturally counted on Sun Lichang's head, even if Sun Lichang doesn't pay this money, they have to consider themselves unlucky, and they can be regarded as filial piety to this group of horse bandits.

A group of horse bandits sat down and began to eat and drink shouting, and the people of the caravan were no longer talking and laughing as before, and they were all staring at the group of horse bandits in front of them with vigilant eyes.

This group of people has no morality at all, you can't believe them because of what they said before, you still have to cheer up and always be vigilant that this group of guys will suddenly start killing people and stealing goods.

At present, the number of people on both sides is also evenly matched, there are more than 20 horse bandits who came, and there are more than 30 guards in the caravan, and the outcome of the battle is still unknown.

However, Li Ermazi and the others don't seem to have any other plans, they are just eating and drinking very arrogantly, anyway, they don't have to spend their own money to eat and drink, so they naturally don't hesitate.

Sun Lichang sat back on the table, although he still had a smile on his face, his eyes were full of vigilance and coldness, as long as this group of guys didn't leave, he couldn't put his mind at ease.

Shao Xi just sat aside and watched quietly, but did not speak.

He knows that many times people who go abroad to do business are better than less, although they are unwilling, they can only break their wealth to avoid disasters and spend money to buy roads.

There is nothing strange about it, and there is nothing to complain about, it is this money that is earned, so it is natural to take such risks and suffer from this kind of anger.

I just hope that this journey will be smooth, and there will be no loss of property and people, and this trip will be considered a smooth run.

originally thought that this group of evil wolves would leave when they were full of food and drink, but they didn't think that what happened next was completely beyond the expectations of Shao Xi and the others.