"Young Master Ben has more time to listen to you tonight."

"That...... Excuse me, can you eat something before you say, I'm really hungry. ”

Xia Tan'er silently raised her hand, and asked this little guy with an innocent face Begging for food, now one person eats two people's servings, and he is really hungry faster than others, if he continues to consume it, he may be groggy and low blood sugar.

When the little guy heard this, he showed a touch of embarrassment.

"Young Master, girl, there is nothing you can do about it. Subordinates can't prepare food. “

Xia Tan'er was immediately puzzled when she heard this.

"What does that mean, I can't prepare?"

"It's literal, Lin Qin doesn't even have a grain of rice left now, and we, the secret pile, originally planned to leave tomorrow."

"What the hell is going on, why is there no rice?"

Xia Tan'er glanced at Dongling Jiu and Feng Muchi, and became more and more strange. The news they received on the road did not mention at all that Lin Qin had reached the point of running out of ammunition and food.

"Alas...... A few people didn't know that since the horse bandits came, Linqin has become an empty city, and those merchants have moved away from all their industries, and the people here cannot survive without the goods brought by this group of merchants. ”

"Because this place was once a rich place, the county magistrate of Linqin ordered that those rice fields be demolished in the early years to build inns and restaurants, so that merchants could settle down and buy homes here."

"Therefore, the grain, vegetables and meat of Linqin are all transported and sold by those merchants, and there is no grain in this county."

Tanglin Jiu's eyes were cold, he didn't expect that these news had never been transmitted back to the imperial city, and a city was empty in vain.

Xia Tan'er reached out and patted the back of Dongling Jiu's hand to appease, and then asked the little guy.

"What about the army? The imperial court did not send soldiers and horses to be stationed on the border of Linqin. ”

"There are no treacherous businessmen, those traders fled early when they saw that there was no silver to make, how could they have this kind of leisure to stay here, even if there are soldiers and horses stationed, if the horse bandits are not solved one day, Linqin will not be able to restore the prosperity of the past one day."

That's right. It seems that the main contradiction must be resolved first.

"And what clues do you have about the horse bandits? Do you know which hill they are on and how many people there are? ”

"I heard from the captured traders that the group of horse bandits was stationed at the junction of Nanling and Dongling, and I don't know who found such a place, it just so happens that Nanling and Donglin can't manage it, and it happens to be on the main road between the two countries."

Needless to say, it must be the white-clothed talent, who can read, will know what is best for him.

"As for the number of horse bandits, it is not clear how many there are, but it is rumored that there are three masters, these three masters are still brothers, born in the family of Orion, I heard that they are still well-known for their kindness in the village, no one knows how they became horse bandits, in short, they have reached a situation where no one can beat them."

"Those businessmen secretly sent a lot of masters to go, all of them returned in defeat, and over time, no one dared to respond even if the reward was high, and our Fengying Building's business in Linqin also plummeted."

Feng Muchi frowned, how could he not know about this at all.

"Why didn't you report it?"

"Young master, this matter is also a little embarrassing, because no one is competent, the more tired the bounty is, and in the end, no one will receive it, and in the end it will all return to the headquarters, and the headquarters has always depended on the income of each dark pile, and after paying such a large bounty, they naturally won't ask too much."