Chapter 11: Rat Poop
Fortunately, at this time, Lin Fengjin saw such an emergency situation after the break, and immediately drank the order, pushed the four carts that were not affected into the alley next to them, and detoured, and at the same time carried out the grain and rice in the three carts after the break, making people shout in unison to send out the grain for disaster relief, and at the same time constantly throwing white rice and grain out.
Although the smell of sesame oil in front of the wine was strong, for the hungry people, it was still the rice with white flowers, so it immediately attracted a lot of attention and diverted a large number of victims.
At this time, the whole situation eased up, Lin Feng sent someone to ask what was going on, and the people next to him also looked at it very carefully, and came to the truth of the matter in a few words, knowing that it was all caused by He Wan, his face suddenly turned pale, and the housekeeper of the He family was still begging for help at this time, so he almost knelt down - because He Wan was still trapped in the overturned carriage.
Lin Fengjin had a cold face, and he really wanted to tell this guy to get out of here, but after hesitating, he could only say to the wild boar:
"Go get that bastard out and don't kill. ”
The wild boar has always been unconditionally obedient to Lin Fengjin's words, nodded and turned to leave, and the other big shopkeeper next to him said angrily:
"Damn, what's the use of such a fool saving him, forget it when he's dead!"
This big shopkeeper is a person from the Zhao family in Yecheng, but he is a victim of the pond fish, and he happened to walk in front of the He family, but he was overturned by those chaotic people in vain, and a carriage was overturned by those chaotic people, and it was thousands of catties of high-grade Jiannan burning, and if it was converted, even the principal and interest were hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!
Lin Feng looked at this Zhao Da shopkeeper and said lightly:
"How did this He Dagongzi die? At least he can't die now, the debt of death will be gone, and the losses of so many of us have been clearly laid out here, who is the rat poop that broke a pot of soup. That's also the lice on the bald head, and it can't be clearer, and the He family has to come up with an explanation. Otherwise, do you have to help him fight these losses?"
After listening to Lin Fengjin's words, the shopkeeper Zhao suddenly seemed to grasp the life-saving straw, and agreed in agreement:
"That's right, that's right, this son is right, this He Da Gongzi can't die!"
At this time, Steward He, who was next to him, couldn't help but shudder when he heard Lin Fengjin and the two of them, but he was thinking in his heart if he was He Wan. So now it's really better to wipe your neck directly to be clean and refreshing.
After the wild boar received Lin Fengjin's order, he simply walked to a house next to him, needless to say, the owner of the house must have closed the door at this time, trembling with a kitchen knife and listening to the movement outside. As a result, the boar leaned his shoulder against the gate, and heard the thick deadbolt snap off.
The owner screamed in horror, and the kitchen knife turned around and ran.
Without saying a word, the boar picked up the door panel and slid it in front of him, and then rushed towards the hungry people who were already mad. Like a bulldozer, a path was plowed out in the sea of people, and everywhere it passed, people turned over on their backs. Screaming and screaming.
He was so unscrupulous, naturally some refugees were not convinced, and stepped forward angrily, and the wild boar door panel was swept away. smashed these people out, in fact, according to the current strength of Lin Fengjin's caravan, it was easy to kill all these refugees. The key is that they are here to do business and not kill people, and now that they are happy to kill them, it is not good that the magistrate can report them as bandits in the East China Sea to encircle and suppress, so what kind of business are they doing?
It is said that after the wild boar rushed straight to the side of the overturned carriage, he kicked it, and the side carriage of the carriage immediately fell apart, and the wild boar seemed to be carrying a sack, and pulled up He Wan and the concubine, who were already frightened, and turned around and left.
The refugees next to them didn't dare to say anything when they saw such a mighty situation, and the carriage and horses were left in place, they still had to rob, most of them gave way, and the remaining few who were brave and not afraid of death were kicked back by the wild boar, rolling and moaning on the ground, almost even vomiting bitter gall, and the rest of the people saw this lesson from the past, where else did anyone dare to come up?
At this time, the Lin family guards who opened the road in front heard about the changes here, and immediately rushed over, and saw that those refugees were all ready to move, and began to move their hands and feet to the few cars that fell behind, and immediately whistled and sounded, and more than ten or twenty people gathered in an instant, all of them were armed with big sticks, and they beat people when they saw them without saying a word.
This is the cleverness of the Lin family's caravan steward, only using sticks, not knives and guns, even if it is out of the brain, it is only called "fighting" on the official face, but as soon as the knife and gun are moved, the nature is completely different, just like the current case does not involve firearms, it is okay, if it involves firearms, then it is most likely a major case supervised by the Ministry of Public Security.
This magistrate also hopes that more things are better than less, and advocates that if he only uses a stick, even if he makes trouble, then it will be much easier to settle.
At the same time, there were also people shouting in unison for the three carts full of grain in the back, so most of the victims were attracted to that side, and the rest of the few ill-intentioned people were lonely.
In this way, although the victims in the town were stirred up like churning hot porridge, and the sky was bright, but the convoy of Lin Fengjin and his party was also preserved to the greatest extent, and most of them finally left Loess Town without danger, and there were naturally people along the way to count the losses, and when the convoy gathered in the river depression five miles away from Loess Town, the losses were already clear at a glance.
A total of four carts were overturned, among which the He family lost two carriages full of sesame oil, the Zhao family lost one full of Jiannanyao, and one of the Gu family's carriages loaded with silk was also affected.
Needless to say, the goods of these four carts were not to be counted on, and the horses must have been slaughtered by hungry people with green eyes, and they were already in the process of turning into dung in their stomachs or intestines.
However, the three carriages that Lin Fengjin placed behind him to put the grain were saved, and after they finished putting the grain. Most of the surrounding victims were satisfied, and they also saw the empty carriages, and knew that there was no trouble, and of course, the most important thing was that there were twenty or thirty fierce guards with big sticks around, and if there was any abnormal movement, they would knock on the stick and beat you to cry and call your mother, so no one dared to come and talk about anything.
The two carts in the narrow alley next to Lin Fengjin's order were also preserved, these two carts were things from the royal family in the palace, and they were full of high-grade bladder glue, which was a specialty of the south. It is extremely widely used, whether it is in military or civilian use, it is very expensive, so it is also a huge profit, and the steward of this royal family is also a thousand thanks, and there is no way to thank Lin Fengjin.
When staying on the river beach, the people were naturally busy burying the pot and making food, and this rush in the morning and darkness was also very expensive, and Lin Fengjin directly summoned the people who could talk to several major families accompanying him to discuss the matter. It's nothing else, it's naturally about the loss this time
After a group of people gathered, the first to scold were naturally the two stewards of the Zhao family and the Gu family, and the loss was at least tens of thousands of taels of silver. That's fine, the key is that even if the master doesn't let them lose money, this year's dividends or anything will be gone. It's equivalent to working for nothing, and by the way, the trust of the master's family has also been destroyed, do you dare to let him take the lead in the future? The losses are extraordinarily large!
Even if it is the stewards who have not suffered losses, they are quite unhappy in their hearts, because this time they were lucky to dodge, what about the next time, what about the next time?
On this trip, Lin Fengjin wanted to hide his identity, so he said to the outside world that he was the "young master", and he was naturally the leading Lin family steward, who was also always running outside, and he was not stage frightened, and he explained the truth of the matter 1510 clearly, and he didn't add oil and vinegar, just spoke honestly. When these stewards heard that it was a shoe-breaking bitch who took the lead, they immediately became surging and scolded, and the steward of the He family also cried and mourned, and there was nothing superfluous to say.
The steward of the Lin family has been doing business outside for many years, although there are not many such things, but they will encounter one or two cases in a year and a half, and they are also very familiar with handling them, so they simply put aside their own responsibilities first:
"Rank, my family has been reminded many times before departure, don't provoke those victims, if you do what my family tells you to do, this trip must be dangerous, and this time my caravan travel, it is also because the Lord does not open the face of the lord's family, so they are on the road together, even if there is money for everyone on the road, it is also the money for food and horse food and accommodation, and this kind of thing must not be blamed on my family. ”
In this way, the rest of the families have nothing to say.
The steward of the Lin family said to the Zhao family and the Gu family steward at this time:
"Let's go out to run this business, it's also very hard to eat and sleep, the goods are damaged This matter must be uncomfortable in the owner's heart, but we should bear the fault then bear it, the fault that should not be borne, or have to explain the reason, but in this way, let's write a petition, the reason for this matter is clearly written, all the stewards in the caravan come to draw a charge, and then send a few people to send this petition back, which can be regarded as allowing the Zhao family and the Gu family's stewards to have an explanation, at the same time, after this petition is delivered, it will also be taken to the He family, they also lost two cars of sesame oil, right, they have to give someone an explanation。 ”
When everyone heard the Lin family's steward say this, they all said yes again and again, even the steward of the He family was dejected, and there was nothing superfluous to say, for the chief steward of the He family, the fault was not on him, and at most he would be under lax supervision when he went back, as for He Wan's fate, that is, he died by himself, no wonder others.
Then the steward of the Lin family brought it up tactfully and simply, this son of the He family is probably not a businessman's material, the road ahead is long, and I don't know how many ups and downs there are, or take advantage of the fact that it is not far from the border of Northern Qi to send him back as soon as possible, and by the way, I can also send the "love" back together.
This mention was also unanimously supported, and for the two major stewards of the Zhao family and the Gu family, this He Wanzhen was really their lifeline, and the lost goods must fall on him, so he took the initiative to say that the road was not quiet and there were many thieves, so the Zhao family and the Gu family were willing to send four guards to escort them back to their hometown
There is a lot of malice in this mentions. Where are these four guards escorted? It is clear that if the guards are like a jailer, I am afraid that this businessman will take the concubine He Gongzi to smear oil on the soles of his feet and flee halfway, without the main master, who will their losses depend on?
This blessed He Gongzi, who can't endure hardship, is also as anxious as an ant on a hot pot at this time, and even the rest of the He family in the caravan is not waiting to see him at this time, everyone knows that being tossed by this fool like this, I am afraid that this year will be in vain, and I don't know how many sins I have created in my previous life to encounter such a waste of dim sum.
Therefore, at this time, He Gongzi was so pitiful that he didn't even have a person to please. Those guards or family members who usually come to curry favor occasionally on the road can't even see the shadow of a ghost at this time, and there is not even a person who delivers food, and when the decision comes out and wants to drive him back, this He Gongzi is even more like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, but there is nothing he can do at all, and he wants to run at this time?
Not to mention that several guards with big shoulders and round waists sent by the Zhao family and the Gu family had already arrived, looking at this little white face viciously, even the own people of the He family's caravan also wanted to look at him with the eyes of thieves. Without him to share the attention of the master's family, wouldn't the big guy have to help him take the blame?
After the punishment of He Gongzi was made, he continued to go on the road and continued to walk forward. It turns out that the sea frontier of the Eastern Xia is tossed by those East Sea Pirates, and you can see the hungry people crying on the side of the road along the way, but fortunately, the government can still give relief from time to time, and you can also find some wild vegetables from the fields at this time. The fruit or something, mixed with the gruel sent by the government, barely starved to death.
But count the season. If it is delayed at this time, then the harvest of Dongxia next year is a little worrying, but I am afraid that there will be a catastrophe, but the first target of the East China Sea Pirates is the granary, which can be seen that in the next few years, grain will become an important strategic material in the north.
Of course, Lin Fengjin is definitely not the only smart person, the three major truckloads of grain and rice that were distributed to lure the victims before, those are the days when the caravan estimates that there will be some camping in the wild, leaving it for his family to prepare for the famine, when he goes out, the most taboo is to be hungry, and even the well-trained army will be dispersed if the military rations are cut off, let alone the caravan?
Therefore, the immediate task at the moment is naturally to make up for the shortfall in grain and rice.
Therefore, after such a study, the original route of the convoy was to pass through the Loess Town, approach the road from the nearby Hongshan Valley, sleep overnight next to the old man's spring in the valley, and go to a town called Xinmin the next day to replenish supplies.
However, now that the grain and rice in the convoy have been distributed to the victims, it is obvious that it will not work to take the route of the old man's spring in Hongshan, and these hundreds of people are sleeping outside to drink the wind? Therefore, after discussion, it was decided to take a three-day detour and take the nearby Xing'an County to take a detour.
After the discussion was settled, the whole caravan moved again, some people went to chase the front station, some people rode horses to explore the way, and then the caravan also slowly began to move like a long snake.
It is said that it is the end of summer and the beginning of autumn at this time, and when I left in the morning, I didn't feel anything, but the sun was gradually poisoned, and the sweat of the sun seemed to be dripping down like a ball, even the front and back plackets of the driver who were driving the car were quickly wet and transparent, at this time, the Su zhì of the Lin family's guards was suddenly reflected, even if they were sweaty, everyone was wearing leather armor, and their bodies were straight.
The rest of the guards were already open in their clothes, showing their bellies, and slowly dragging them forward, and their mouths were still chattering with people, or scolding their mothers twice, or yelling at thieves twice, or if they saw a river and stream in front of them, they had to go to Nana to cool off.
A cadre walked about seven or eight miles, and found that there was a mountain in front of him, which was not too high, but it gave people the feeling of being heavy.
"Everyone, work hard, after this black blind mountain, and then cross the Zihe River in front, a horse and a flat river will go to Xin'an County, and it will only take four hours at most, everyone has spoken, Ming'er will rest in Xin'an County for a day, and set off early in the morning the day after tomorrow, so if you go to Xin'an County early, you can still go out for a walk!"
There are also a lot of people in this caravan who have walked through Xing'an County, because there is a specialty here, that is, sugar beet.
At this time, sugar is still a luxury, especially white sugar, and even some people write poems to praise, saying that white as snow, fine as sand, sweet as honey, and even included in the pharmacopoeia, can treat qi and blood weakness and other diseases, however, since white sugar is a luxury, then the price is naturally expensive, so the alternative product is this beet sugar.
(PS: Sugar is not said to be ancient, even in modern times, it is still a luxury, I remember when I went to the countryside when I was a child, it was probably 90 years ago, relatives in the countryside saw that the guests were coming, most of them poured a bowl of sugar boiled water to entertain the guests, as for the sugar boiled poached eggs This kind of thing is to entertain the son-in-law and the like, which is a very rare thing)
However, now the beet has not yet reached the harvest season, so there are almost no guests who come to buy beet candy, and when the season arrives, it can be said that this road is very busy, it can be said that there is an endless stream of ends, but there is no one quietly at this time.
Therefore, many people know that what the executioner said this time is not a lie, and the rest of the guys in the caravan have already talked about the palm, and the lustful ones are nothing more than how beautiful the powder in Xing'an County is, how good the work is, and how delicious it is.
With these people helping by the side, the pace of the whole team has also accelerated a lot, look at the front to the Black Blind Ridge, although the name here is quite dangerous, but in fact, because Xin'an County has been developed very maturely, the official road is full of people coming and going, endlessly, so the official road through the Black Blind Ridge has always been very safe, and even the caravan in a hurry can walk at night.
At the same time, because the Zihe River in front of it is a big river, it is also the rising water period, and the width of the river can reach one or two hundred meters, so the caravan also has to send people to the front station to arrange it, but since it has not yet reached the harvest period of sugar beets, presumably the ferry business here is also very light, and the ferry of their group will take an hour at most.
At this time, the road built in the mountains is mostly built along the bank of the stream side of the mountain stream, so that although the road will be built very long in a winding way, but next to the river is also not know how much effort to save, the man who builds the road drinks water and saves trouble, baths and trouble, and carries heavy things without being dragged by a horse, just tie a raft and throw it along the water.
After a group of people walked into the mountain road of the Black Blind Ridge, they did not find anything unusual, and the place where they just entered the ridge is also a large piece of spacious riverside shallows, and there are a few large bluestones, smooth as wooden planks, the merchants who pass by will be customary to rest here, and even in the peak season, the surrounding mountain people will set up a pergola here, use a large wooden basin to bring clean water, soak cucumbers, sweet potatoes, wild pears and so on to wash crisp melons and fruits, or a big bowl of large leaf tea on a copper plate to drink casually, very lively.
At this time, it is still the off-season, and there are no small traders in this river beach, but everyone is walking very hot, and seeing that the mountain stream next to it is very clear, it is also time to take a breath, drink horses, and stop here. At this time, a cadre of people went down to the stream, washed their faces and feet, enjoyed the rare coolness, and then you and I sat down together, some ate dry food, and some people were full of a pot of cigarettes, squinting and sucking, very pleasant. (To be continued......)