Make a lot of money!I got rich in the year of famine

After daybreak, after walking for another two hours, the number of caravans traveling with us suddenly increased.

Someone saw the Northern Xia flag erected high on the tower of Yancheng and said excitedly: "Look, we have arrived, we have arrived in Yancheng."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and finally had hope.

Zhao Jue rode his horse through the team and shouted loudly: "Everyone, please work harder. As soon as we enter the city, I will treat you all to meat, wine, and a hot bath!"

Naturally, the place where they would stay had to be arranged in advance, otherwise no inn would be able to accommodate so many people.

Everyone cheered and shouted in unison.

As the saying goes, Wangshan runs to death.

After seeing the city gate, I saw it, but it took me an hour to get to the city wall. By this time, we were already exhausted.

Zhao Jue rushed to the front, handed the identity documents to the officers and soldiers guarding the city, and showed his identity.

Yancheng is a border fortress, so it is normal for the inspection to be more rigorous.

But today, something is obviously different.

The officers and soldiers guarding the city looked at him while flipping through the documents, "Where are you from?"

"Jingyang Mansion!"

"Jingyang Mansion? How many people are there in total?"

"one hundred and four."

"Wait a minute, I'll ask someone to count them."

Zhao Jue had no choice but to ask everyone to get off the carriage and stand at the edge to line up.

Zhao Shan felt unhappy and kept a straight face, knowing that these people clearly wanted money.

With more than 100 people, it is not fast to count, plus there are many people entering the city. If there is an interruption in the middle, you have to count from the beginning.

It was reasonable to repeat it once, but when it was repeated more than three times, Zhao Jue finally realized that something was wrong. Zhao Ye's blood surged and he rushed over and asked loudly: "What do you mean? There are so many of us." People, after driving all day and night on the snowy road, I can hardly bear it anymore, but you still want to make things difficult for me. When I came here last year, I didn’t see you counting the numbers so seriously!”

They are not the only caravans traveling to and from Yancheng, and the Zhao family is only the largest merchant in the Jingyang Mansion area.

If every caravan had to be counted like this, ten times more officers and soldiers defending the city would probably not be able to be counted, so this was obviously making things difficult and was nothing more than asking for money!
But in fact, Zhao Jue had already sent someone to take care of it. How could he not know the secret behind it?

Therefore, he was in a serious mood at the moment and did not stop his brother from getting angry.

Seeing that he was angry, the captain of the city guard team immediately threw the document on the ground and said angrily: "What are you yelling about? The war on the border is currently in a stalemate. There is no guarantee that no spies will sneak in. We are also acting under orders. If you don't want to enter the city, just Step aside, don't block other people, and if you dare to disrupt the order again, I doubt if there is something shady hidden in your team, so we need to investigate it carefully."

What he said was reasonable and well-founded. Even if he ran in front of Shangguan, no one could find fault with him. He had been in this business for half his life and he knew best how to deal with this gang of profiteers.

"You!" Zhao Ye clenched his fists, and Zhao Jue stopped his brother in time, raised a flattering smile, and took out a bag of silver from his sleeve, "My lord, please calm down, my brother is not sensible. I don't know what you and all the brothers are doing." Thank you for your hard work, please accept this little thought and just treat it like I'm inviting my brothers to drink."

The squad leader took the silver and weighed it in his hand with a smile. Just when Zhao Jue thought the matter was settled, the squad leader's expression suddenly changed and he shouted coldly: "You dare to bribe the officials, you must be hiding something." When someone comes, open their goods and search them all. No car is allowed to be spared." After receiving the order, the subordinates smiled evilly and started to work on the goods.

Because it was tied with a rope, they simply cut the rope with a knife, not caring whether the goods would be damaged if they fell to the ground.

An official found a salt truck and cut it with a knife. The rope broke, the sack containing the salt burst, and white salt blocks fell down.

When the poor people onlookers saw the salt, their eyes lit up. You must know that in a place like this, salt is a luxury product and is ridiculously expensive.

Coupled with the concept that the law does not punish the public, I felt that there were many people, and it was nothing to rob, so I didn't know who shouted, and everyone swarmed up. The officials and the Zhao family didn't stop them.

Zhao Chang's eyes were red with anxiety, he drew his sword and shouted loudly: "Who dares to touch my goods! I'll chop him alive!" Unfortunately, no one paid attention. Someone took advantage of the chaos and sneaked into the city with the stolen salt. Then he shouted: "There's a lot of salt, everyone, hurry up and grab it."

The Zhao family's clerks and bodyguards could only wave their sticks to drive away the growing crowd.

What's even more frightening is that some people are fishing in troubled waters and instead of picking up the salt on the ground, they are targeting the goods on the carriage.

Shen Qing was not spared. Fortunately, Luo Qin ran back in time to protect her. But the goods were not so lucky. Some people also started to snatch the pickles they brought. However, when they opened them, they saw that they were just simple pickles, far from anything. When salt is worth its weight in gold, it’s quick to give up.

Shen Feng hid in the carriage in fear. Suddenly the curtain was pulled open, and she saw a pair of black hands coming in. After hesitating for a moment, she picked up the thing at hand and threw it wildly.

Shen Qing heard this, turned around, picked up the big stick in his hand, and drove the man away.

Shen Wu and Huo Lin also gathered around to protect them.

More and more people gathered at the city gate, and the commotion became louder and louder.

Some were fighting, some were screaming, some were roaring, and some were crying.

The squad leader also panicked when he saw this situation. This was not a scene he wanted to see, and he didn't want to make the matter bigger.

The people who defended the city were most afraid of crowds gathering together. Moreover, it was a snowstorm, it was freezing outside the city, and food was scarce. Many nearby people wanted to enter the city, just to beg for food.

Once these people get into chaos, it can easily turn into rebellion.

He asked someone to draw a sword and threaten him, but when that didn't work, he directly picked up a ragged man who was trying to run away after grabbing something, and stabbed the man with a sword. Only when they saw blood did those people know how to be afraid, and they hugged the trophy tightly in their arms. , I want to leave but dare not, I want to let go but I am reluctant to leave.

At this moment, there were also people jumping anxiously on the tower.

The city defense officer was sweating on his anxious forehead, but opposite him, sitting a beautiful young woman in rich clothes, wrapped in a silver fox cloak, she was sitting leisurely on a chair drinking tea.

The city defense officer finally couldn't wait any longer, "Now the matter has become big, and I'm in big trouble. Please go back to the house quickly. Please don't get involved in the rest of the matter. I will apologize to the general!"

Huang Xin raised her eyebrows, glanced at him, and said disdainfully: "What are you afraid of? At most, you just kill a few people. They are all refugees anyway. Just kill them. If I want to destroy her goods, it's best to kill them all." Her people have also been destroyed, and if we wait a little longer, they will surely succeed soon."

The city defense officer went outside to confirm the situation. When he ran back, the blood on his face was gone, "Someone, send the girl back!"

After saying that, he was about to rush down the tower.