Nongmen eldest sister: Farming and opening shops

Chapter 152 The Caravan Was Robbed

Xu Hu led a few brothers into the grocery store, saw Lin Qinghe at a glance, and hurried over: "Little boss, the goods are brought back."

Hearing this, Lin Qinghe raised his eyes and looked over, frowned slightly, and asked, "Why did you delay for several days this time?"

Hearing this, Xu Hu immediately lost his face: "Little Boss, it's not because we wanted to delay this on purpose, but because there was an accident on Jiming Mountain, and I don't know if those bandits are hungry. Even the caravan with a few people like us was attacked, if the brothers hadn't taken a clever detour, I'm afraid even people and goods would have been robbed."

"I'm afraid you're not kidding me. As far as I know, a caravan is usually delivered every time. There's nothing wrong. Why did you have an accident?" Lin Qinghe obviously didn't believe it. These people have criminal records. .

"Those big caravans hired a lot of guards, and the bandits didn't dare to attack when they encountered tough problems, and I heard that Jiming Mountain years ago changed to a big boss, who was more ruthless than the previous big boss. "Xu Hu felt a little wronged, what he said was true.

Lin Qinghe glanced at the few people and saw that they were all in a state of embarrassment, so he didn't say anything about believe it or not.

She had heard about bandits a long time ago, but they didn't just rob people as soon as they saw them, so the trade route was unimpeded, and she didn't hear much about them before, so she didn't worry about it. I can't help but pay more attention to the matter, and it is also related to business.

"Bandits are infested, so why doesn't the government ignore it?" She pondered, "Which county does this Jiming Mountain belong to?"

"If you want to talk about Jiming Mountain, it's really a good place..." Xu Hu was about to speak in detail, but he received Lin Qinghe's cold eyes, and then he put away his complacent look and said slowly.

"Jiming Mountain is located in Nanping County, Yinshan County, and Luohe County, at the junction of the three counties. If you want to say which county it belongs to, each of the three counties occupies a part. The terrain is extremely dangerous. In the words of those scholars, it is called Yi Mountain. It is difficult to defend, in short, for those bandits, it is an excellent geomantic treasure."

Seeing his expression, Lin Qinghe couldn't help but clicked his tongue twice: "Hearing you say that, you seem to be envious, don't you also want to be a member of the bandits?"

Xu Hu shook his head: "I'm a little envious, but that's not okay, I'm a decent person." Although I didn't do anything serious.

"It's not that the government didn't send troops to suppress the bandits. Yinshan County and Luohe County sent troops to fight them, but they failed to take them down. Instead, the bandits killed many officers and soldiers and suffered heavy losses. The county magistrate of Nanping County, dare you It's a little small, and I didn't dare to send troops."

Hearing this, Lin Qinghe was a little surprised. The serious officers and soldiers went to attack, but they couldn't attack them. These bandits are not so powerful!
"I see, there's something wrong with those bandits recently, they're too ruthless. It's said that they only do a few votes a year, and they pick fat sheep to start. Now they even want to start small businesses like ours. This is all big and small. One I don't mean to stay, if it goes on like this, I guess I'll have to fight with soldiers."

Hearing what Fat Sheep said, she felt a little uncomfortable.

"Then wait and see if the county magistrate is more capable and take Jiming Mountain in one pot." The bandits are so fierce, and they can still remain indifferent.

"I think about this matter, the bandits on Jiming Mountain are really powerful."

"Why do I hear you gloating a little?"

"Hey, it's nothing. Isn't this hero cherishing heroes? I, Xu Hu, admire those heroes who are against the government the most. Hehe, that's really exciting."

Lin Qinghe glanced at him silently. There is something wrong with this person's thinking, but Xu Hu himself is not a good person. What kind of heroes cherish heroes?

"I think there is something wrong with your brain. Didn't you mean that you were almost robbed this time, and you still think of them as heroes?" Tsk tsk, no brain damage.

Xu Hu paused when he heard the words, and his expression couldn't help but change: "It's true that I was almost robbed this time. Didn't I not rob it? Moreover, I really think that those people are very powerful, and the government can't do anything about it. How majestic!"

"When someone's knife rests on your neck, let's see if you still think so."

"Where does it really matter, then I will definitely fight them hard."

Therefore, admiration for heroes is only when one's own interests are not touched.

Lin Qinghe was thinking, since this road is so unsafe, should Xu Hu continue to bring the goods? These people are not very good because of her accident, and they still go to the Zheng family's caravan... She always felt that , Many things still have to be in your own hands, and you can't be too controlled by others.

Before he could come up with a result, he saw a waiter from Zheng's teahouse rushing over.

"Miss Qinghe, our shopkeeper asked the younger one to send a message, saying that the goods sent to Fucheng were robbed at Jiming Mountain. The entire caravan consisted of seven to eighty people, only five or six of them came back with injuries. I'm afraid I won't be able to go to Fucheng for some days."

Lin Qinghe was shocked when she heard it. She was wondering whether Xu Hu's words were lying to her just now. She didn't expect to get the news that the caravan was robbed immediately.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked: "Those who didn't come back, are they all?" Were they all killed?

The man immediately replied: "There may be casualties, but most of them should be robbed up the mountain. It is said that there are also farmers in the mountain, and they robbed people to work. I heard that some people will be dragged to sell. , As for where to sell it, I don’t know.”

The geese have plucked their feathers, the people who were kidnapped have been used to the extreme. These bandits can stand tall, and there are probably capable people in Jiming Mountain.

"The previous shipment was delivered well, why was it robbed this time?" Lin Qinghe was still puzzled.

The buddy didn't even know, he shook his head and said: "It's true that nothing happened before. The steward of the caravan paid tolls for the people in Jiming Mountain, and nothing happened. I don't know what happened this time. The shopkeeper said that the loss was heavy, and it is estimated that he will not go this way for a long time."

If you walk once and get robbed once, no matter how much you have, you can't afford it.

"Then what should we do now? Don't you care about the people and goods that were robbed?" Lin Qinghe asked.

"The shopkeeper has gone to look for the county magistrate, and I don't know what the situation is. I heard that not only our family was robbed, but other caravans were also robbed. Let's see what the county magistrate has to say."

The guy didn't know much, so after saying this, he went back.

However, Lin Qinghe was a little worried. This seriously affected the business. If the goods in Fucheng were not available, the business in the shop would be impossible.

Looking at Xu Hu: "The detour you said, is it possible to detour around Jiming Mountain?"

Xu Hu shook his head: "No, we can't get around it. We carefully avoided their eyeliner before. It can be said that we slipped under their noses. The main reason is that we are more clever."

It's not cleverness, it's because there are few people and small goals.

(End of this chapter)