To make a long story short, since Lin Fengjin had made up his mind to go to Dongxia, he was naturally preparing intensively.

At this time, Dongxia had become an ally with Northern Qi, so the hostility between them was not so strong, and the national strength of Dongxia was the weakest among the five countries, and the products were far inferior to the south, so merchants were also very welcome to come, and the policy was very relaxed, so the merchants of Northern Qi did not have much trouble whether they wanted to pass through the border or walk in Dongxia to do business.

And Lin Fengjin's identity is also well hidden, and the outside only knows that Wu Zuocheng is ruled by the Sanli Tribe, at most he knows that there is a religious leader who is "Venerable", and even this Venerable has a title called "Gongzi" It is a very confidential matter.

Therefore, although Lin Fengjin defeated the Dongxia people under Wu Zuocheng and made them lose face, as long as he did not reveal his true identity, then there would be almost no problem.

Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if Lin Fengjin is leaked, he is not afraid, he still has the amazing authority of Cui Wangnu, an old lover, although Cui Wangnu keeps saying that he will return to the king - but Lin Fengjin knows that this woman is not a fuel-efficient lamp, the military department, the official department, these two departments, have a strong influence.

The military department is holding the knife handle, and the official department is putting black gauze hats, and once these two key departments are pinched, then they are not afraid of what others can set off.

Soon, Lin Fengjin, who had made up his mind, packed up and prepared to go out, Fu Min'er tasted the forbidden fruit with him not long ago, it was the time when the love affair was hot, and the tears were so reluctant, although Sister Zuo looked sour in her heart, but she also had to make up her mind to maintain the image of a dignified and knowledgeable woman, and she was also saying that you would go out with peace of mind, and there were such words as me at home.

This time, Lin Fengjin went to Dongxia, nominally under the sign of a caravan, but in fact it was also because of the scarcity of "northern goods" in China. After organizing it, I really planned to sell the goods well to make a profit, and the rest of the good merchants also joined in, and finally made a huge caravan:

There are more than 200 ox carts alone, and the Lin family brought a lot of goods, what Fanghua Yongzhu frost, what special products imported from the East China Sea, as well as celadon, Su satin, cotton cloth transported from the south, and even the newly developed Koshihikari Lotus Misty Rice is also a few hundred catties

That's it. Counting the rest of the merchants accompanying him and the guards next to him, it can be said that the number of people in the entire caravan exceeds two hundred, and such a huge team, eating, drinking, and Lazar are very amazing, so if the number of people in the front station is combined, it is almost equivalent to the size of a small caravan.

Fortunately, the caravan members on this trip are all old customers, and the stewards sent by the Lin family are also proficient, and the food, clothing, housing and transportation of the two hundred people are in the eyes of the rest of the shopkeepers of the caravan, and they are only regarded as ordinary in his eyes. It's just because the thousands of people under Zhang Lei's command went to Wu Zuocheng before, and he also arranged it, so it was naturally a small test at this time.

By the time we set out, it was customary. wrote out the itinerary plan for this journey and handed it to Lin Fengjin to see, this arrangement itinerary plan was asked by Lin Fengjin to do it with the caravan at home five years ago, which should be accurate to every day. If there is a delay in this process, then the options should be listed.

At this time, the itinerary plan written by the steward was also very detailed: their caravan journey started from Yedu and went all the way to Gaiping, an important town in Eastern Xia. The whole journey reached more than 2,000 miles, and it took about a month and a half to walk in total, during which time it was necessary to pass through the border pass of the two countries, the Shan Pass, passing through seven ferry crossings, and walking an average of 50 miles a day.

During this period, the easiest day only needs to walk eighteen miles, but in the territory of Dongxia, starting in the morning, it is about noon to arrive at the place called "Baihezhuang".

And the most difficult day, after starting from Baihezhuang, about three watches to set off, and then this day to trek 87 miles, through the very dangerous Wansongling, in Wujiazhuang to rest.

Lin Fengjin hurriedly flipped through it, but he didn't look at it carefully, and when he saw that this steward could be said to be confident, he nodded slightly and asked him to arrange it.

Naturally, a series of trivial affairs were arranged, and on the third day, the group of people who had stood in front of the station set off first on fast horses.

According to the custom, they go one day in advance, so that they can arrange food and accommodation in advance, and understand the situation of the road ahead, if the road ahead is cut off, it is difficult to repair, etc., they will come back first to report, in this way, they should stop and rest early, and they should take a detour.

In addition, when such a large-scale caravan passed through the crossing, it was even necessary to charter a ship two days in advance. Because the capacity of the ferry port is limited, it is generally a boat to ferry back and forth, and it is great that there can be two, such a huge caravan like them, if you do not plan in advance to say hello, then if you encounter a large number of people who need to be ferried, it is normal to delay for two or three days at a ferry. Therefore, these people who fought in the front station are all very capable and capable men, who can speak from the south to the north, and can deal with all aspects of the bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods.

Immediately afterwards, this mighty caravan set off, although this caravan was mainly based on the goods of the Lin family, there were still bits and pieces of one or two dozen carts following behind, these carts were also the private goods carried by several other wealthy families in Yedu, of course, the goods between each other will not be repeated, the so-called wealth is the truth.

The energy of these wealthy families and the Lin family can be said to be quite amazing, so when walking in the territory of Northern Qi, it can be said that it is smooth sailing to go through the county, and even live directly in the post station, and the post Cheng stammered that it was filial piety to the master of the family (the head of the Wang family in the caravan is the head of the military department, and he happens to manage the Northern Qi post station), so he refuses to even accept the money for food and lodging.

And under the strong rule of Lu Yu, the Northern Qi can be regarded as a political and Qing people, and the attack of the East China Sea Alliance has not affected the mainland, it is a little bit of a shearing hairy thief, and directly look at the number of Lin Fengjin's caravan is directly frightened to flee as far as he wants, so it can be called smooth sailing along the way.

However, the happy time is always short-lived, after happily spending more than ten days walking in the territory of the Northern Qi Dynasty, he finally came to the Zhangshan Pass, which was already controlled by the Eastern Xia State, because the Eastern Xia and the Northern Qi Dynasty had formed an alliance, and the guards of the Shanguan had already dealt with many times, after paying the usual rules and taxes. The caravan was able to set foot on the territory of the Eastern Xia Kingdom.

As a result, on the first night, there was a big and small situation - the rider who hit the front station came to report that there was a wave of refugees on the side of the Loess Ridge where the overnight stay was planned, and these refugees were large in number, and they were surging, and if the caravan entered the town directly, once someone had hot eyes and property, it would be quite inappropriate to climb up and shout, or incite the victims.

Although the force of the caravan was also very strong—at least a hundred well-trained caravan guards, including thirty or forty disabled veterans. Directly form a hedgehog spear formation out, these refugees will definitely not rush in, not to mention that Lin Fengjin also brought dozens of red cavalry elites with him, as well as wild boars and stone slaves?—— so he is not afraid of the plan, but this is not the boundary of the Northern Qi Dynasty, but the middle school of the Eastern Xia Kingdom, and the caravan came out to seek wealth, not to kill.

As soon as these victims rush, then they are bound to use the knife. If the blood is flowing like a river and the heads are rolling, the local officials of Dongxia still don't care? After taking care of it, they found that there was such a large amount of wealth in the caravan. To covet or not to covet? When the time comes, everything will come to the head in one go.

There is a way that a strong dragon is difficult to suppress the head snake, which is definitely not unreasonable.

Because of this, the caravan could only camp ten miles away from the loess in advance, but fortunately it came out this time. I also expected that there would be a camping in the wild, so I had all kinds of tents and the like, and found a shelter near the water. When the open space near the official road was approached, the wagons carrying the goods were unloaded and placed in a circular shape in the order of heavy goods and valuable and delicate goods.

Stewards, the camp tent of the nobles is placed in the car array, and the camp tent of the guards is distributed outside the car array, which is surrounded by it, once there is a thief attacking, then it will face the siege of these guards, once there is a big enemy to attack, it is possible to quickly retreat to the car array.

At the same time, seven or eight piles of torches were raised around the camp, showing a circular arrangement, which happened to cover the entire convoy in the center, and at the same time, the red cavalry guards around Lin Fengjin would take turns on the roof of the big car and condescending, constantly patrolling, once there was something wrong, it was naturally a strong bow and hard arrow, and it was very simply beckoned to the past, and shot it and threw it casually.

This kind of camping method not only has the characteristics of a businessman, but it is more military-style, and the caravan stewards of the rest of the families are also amazed when they see it, and some people even think about moving this set to their own homes, but they don't know that Lin Fengjin has also taken great pains to get this set out, and has trained these caravan guards fiercely.

At the same time, he took the initiative to recruit a lot of disabled veterans, these veterans may not be more useful than caravan guards, but they can not only please Lu Yu, but also take the initiative to absorb a large number of eyes and ears.

If Lin Fengjin doesn't say anything about it, others want to learn, and it is not possible to draw a tiger or an anti-dog, and it will be self-defeating.

This night in the wilderness, of course, did not sleep comfortably on the bed, and when it was still dark, the camp was already ordered to get up, at this time the boiling water had been boiled, and the dry food prepared before was also distributed, and after eating some dry food with boiling water, they took action.

Lin Fengjin uses the means of governing the army to govern his family, so these people under him move very quickly and quickly, and they do things even faster, so before the rest of the caravan sets off, it will take at least an hour to wash and eat, and Lin Fengjin can set off in half an hour.

It is worth mentioning that before leaving, the steward of the Lin family's caravan signaled slightly, and then a loud executioner stood up and said loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have made it very clear when we go out this time, no matter how big or small, the itinerary is to listen to our Lin family, I originally thought that this trip was a smooth ride, but this is not a big hurdle in front of it, and the Loess Town in front has to pass through the hungry people. ”

"No matter how pitiful and miserable those hungry people are, don't pay attention to them when they come to ask you for something, if they are entangled tightly, you might as well whip them hard, everyone is raised by their fathers. The heart and intestines are also made of meat, but it is not to let everyone do evil and not do good deeds - we have dragged three carts of grain behind the convoy, seventy or eighty stones, and once the convoy has all passed, these grains will be used to help them, enough for these people to eat a few full meals. ”

"However, you must remember that before the brigade passes, you must not reward money and food, otherwise. The things that come out of it are really harmful to others and yourself, and the ugly words are said in front, and the consequences are borne by yourself. ”

At this time, the time was calculated, and when they arrived at the Loess Ridge, it was not even dawn, and the refugees must have been sleeping soundly, and the convoy was just speeding up to pass through Guò, and if the refugees noticed it after dawn, the convoy was far away more than ten miles away. I can't catch up.

This proposition was not even thought up by Lin Feng, but the best way to deal with it after learning from the pain had already encountered a similar situation under his subordinates. However, a few of the other housekeepers were sweating with fear, and from time to time the Adam's apple would twitch up and down. Very nervous.

When there was still a mile away from the loess ridge, there was already the sound of horses' hooves in front of him, and then a knight who was standing in front of him turned from the bend with a torch, signaling that everything was fine. It is possible to quickly pass the lì tong guò.

At this time, the convoy like a long snake was moving forward, and the car was quiet. Usually I don't pay much attention to it, I can't hear it at all, but at this time in the quiet night, it falls on the ears of the rest of the worried stewards, but it is so loud that some of them even sit in the carriage and close their eyes and chant the Buddha all the time.

According to the executioner's instructions, after these refugees poured into the town, they naturally did what they did first begging for food, and then they flocked to the flat place west of the town, often gathering together in the village, or collecting some wild vegetables to cook porridge, or chopping wood to boil water to drink.

At this time, some of these refugees were still asleep, and some were awakened by the sound of cars or lit torches, and then looked at Lin Fengjin and their caravans with a little fear and a little surprise, and the whole person looked insensitive.

Waiting until the caravan was more than halfway through, suddenly an old man in ragged clothes rushed forward, hugged the leg of one of the guards, and cried loudly:

"Good Samaritan, give me something to eat, it's good!! The family is dying of hunger. ”

This guard is not from the Lin family, but from the Zhao family of the Yedu family, which is also the Zhong Ding family, although there are only four cars of goods transported, it is the famous Shuzhong Jiannan burning, this batch of goods can be said to be sold to Dongxia, that is, to earn the sea.

This guard also remembered the rules explained by the Lin family very well, and immediately kicked the person out without saying a word, and by the way, pulled out half of the bright knife on his waist, which was very terrifying under the reflection of the fire, and several victims who were about to move next to him immediately swallowed a mouthful of saliva and sat down again.

However, when the Zhao family's convoy was finished, the carriage that came behind was obviously not a freight carriage, it was very richly decorated, and on the carriage next to it, there were two or three half-dried red, red, green and green clothes, which were from the He family in Yedu, and the business of the He family was the best sesame oil, which was not only used for food in the north, but also liked to be used for sacrifices, and it was also a profiteering goods.

It just so happened that this time the He family sent a young master, named He Wan, but he wanted to cultivate him and let him open up this trade route to take a look, but this person was so easy and tired that he couldn't bear hard work along the way, so he brought a redeemed powder head from his home in the car, and he was in charge of things all the way.

As a result, several victims next to them saw that there were women's clothes hanging on the carriage, and their hearts immediately moved, so they rushed up and cried loudly, saying very miserable, but the guards next to them naturally kicked them out, and drew knives to threaten by the way, and it was fine, but the cart suddenly drilled a woman's head out, not someone else, it was the little concubine He Wan carried, as soon as he saw the ragged clothes of the victims, he immediately "ah" screamed, and wanted to show his soft-heartedness in front of the man, and hurriedly said:

"Don't beat them, come, come, I'll give you some money. ”

As soon as the woman spoke, the guards next to her naturally made a move, and the woman threw some copper coins to the people who were crowding closely, and her heart was still immersed in the pleasure of doing good deeds, but she didn't want to think about it, people's hearts are insatiable, and these hungry people's eyes were green with hunger, and when they saw that the people next to them got the money, it was not three or four people who suddenly came up, that is, thirteen or fourteen people, shouting loudly that the old lady was doing well and squeezed forward.

Suddenly seeing this battle, the woman suddenly felt a little frightened, and immediately shrank back into the carriage, the three or four guards next to her shouted and scolded and tried to push, but how could they not hold back the surging people's feelings, then He Wan saw that he was also secretly a little weak-hearted, but he couldn't show his cowardice in front of the woman, and suddenly had a good idea-didn't these poor ghosts come to ask for money?

So He Wan simply grabbed a handful of copper coins and threw them out, shouting:

"Grab it, everyone. ”

After this copper coin was thrown out, it was as if a drop of water had been dripped from the oil pot!!

The dozen or so victims gathered around the car were indeed overjoyed, and they bent down to pick it up, but at this time, it was still silent, and the noise here attracted the attention of many victims.

Besides, how much time did it take for these victims to pick up the copper coins by the side of the car? That is, they just bent down, and they would leave after picking up the money? Can the carriage leave? Of course, this is impossible! Therefore, the consequence of throwing the copper coins out is that the number of people gathered around the car has skyrocketed from a dozen to more than 100.

In this case, the situation was already completely out of control, and He Wan suddenly became a turtle with a shrunken head, looking at the deformed and distorted faces that were close at hand, and looking at the fierce green light like a wolf emitted from the eyes of those victims, he was stunned all of a sudden, and could only shout at the coachman to feel like driving away.

But the surroundings are already surrounded by water, and this horse-drawn cart, not a tank, how can it go?

The patience of the victims outside is extremely limited, and when they saw that no one had been throwing money for a long time, they gradually became manic, and there were no shortage of people who fanned the flames, especially those who were crowded on the periphery, even if they couldn't get any money, they immediately shouted:

"Eat big households, eat big households!"

There were only a dozen people who could squeeze into the front of the carriage, and there were seventy or eighty people behind who couldn't squeeze it, and they all shouted and squeezed forward, and at this time it was almost the end of the convoy, and the guards who came out of these Ye capitals were immediately overturned and scattered, and finally screamed in pain.

There is a big movement here, the two carriages before and after are also suffering, the handlebar type is also holding the head of the rat at this time, the carriage in front is loaded with Jiannan burning, after being overturned, the broken jar of alcohol flows out, the end is the aroma of wine, and the back carriage is filled with sesame oil, which is also smelly.

The victims were so hungry that they were almost mad when they smelled it, and if you look from above, you can see that these people are surging wildly along this stretch of the road, like a whirlpool, and three or four wagons are immediately trapped in it. (To be continued......)