The winding forest road curves all the way to the end.
Raising his eyes, Xu Mu finally saw the outline of Changjia Town, and couldn't help but feel relieved.
"My boss, is that Mr. Chang?"
Under the slightly darkening sky, a figure dressed in luxurious clothes was sitting lazily in front of the town entrance.
A desk, a wicker chair, and a pot of tea.
It was as if he knew Xu Mu was coming.
"My dear boss, you're a little slow." Chang Shiro raised his head and his tone was a little funny.
"Master Chang, are you waiting for me?"
"I knew you were here and had nothing to do, so I just came out and waited."
After getting off the carriage, Xu Mu frowned, wondering how Chang Shiro got the news that he was coming. He came to Changjia Town just to say that if anything happened to Chen Sheng and others in the future, there would be an announcement somewhere.
place.
"I told you, I have people everywhere." Changshiro picked up the tea cup and took a leisurely sip.
The next sentence made Xu Mu stunned on the spot.
"Not only do I know you are coming, I also know that behind you, about ten miles away, there are more than twenty officers and soldiers chasing you."
"Officers and soldiers." Xu Mu gritted his teeth.
"Mr. Chang has good tricks."
Si Hu, Zhou Zun, Zhou Luo, and three other young men who were nearby took out their weapons and looked grave.
"Mr. Chang is blocking the entrance to the town, doesn't he want me to go in?"
"You can say that, or you don't." Changshiro's expression remained unchanged, "Slim men play horns in mountain cities, and soldiers are waiting for help in China. The officers and soldiers are coming for you, so it must be a matter of strong men."
"My little boss, do you believe it or not? Even if those officers and soldiers rushed in front of me, I would curse a few times, or even kill people, they would not dare to fart."
"What does Mr. Chang want to say?"
Tsuneshiro stood up, his robes tied loosely swaying in the wind.
"Call me young master and I will take you in personally."
Xu Mu laughed and said, "Mr. Chang is recruiting me."
"It's a bit of taking advantage of others, but that's how the world is. If we're not relatives, why should I help you even if I sell you hundreds of carts of food every month?"
Xu Mu didn't speak, raised his head, and looked at the lush green mountains behind Changjia Town, which were gradually blackened by the inky sky.
"I used to be a kind-hearted person." Changshiro scratched his nose and continued speaking interestingly, "I would give a small half bag to any house that was out of rice."
"But later I discovered that this was of no use. How many tens of thousands of Daji people could I save?"
"so what?"
"So, I want to find another way to save him."
As for what the solution was, Xu Mu didn't want to ask. He only guessed that it was definitely not a good thing. He had long felt that Chang Shiro would be very difficult.
"More than ten years ago, I dug nine channels along the entire Jijiang River, used columbians and drainage trucks, and gathered the refugees as tenants. There were grain farms all over the place."
"The weather is favorable and the grain is plentiful."
Changshiro paused, with a funny look on his face again.
"But even so, many people will starve to death every year."
Xu Mu's face was gloomy, and he became more and more confused about what Chang Silang meant. If Chang Silang refused to help, he could only find a way to avoid them with Si Hu and others.
"Because, the entire Daji Dynasty's grain was taken away!" Chang Shiro laughed loudly, "Do you think I always keep track of the grain store, so I should have a lot of grain stored in it? But let me tell you, at least seven
All the harvested grain has disappeared into the world for no reason. Who collected it? Who hid it? How much was hidden? How many people hid it?"
"Storing food in troubled times will make you rich and powerful!" Chang Shiro shouted loudly.
Buzz.
Xu Mu's mind was spinning, and his chest felt inexplicably tight. He thought of the tragic scene of cannibalism outside Wangzhou City.
Thinking of Xi Niang's two children, they were so hungry that they were only skin and bones.
Thinking of the refugees who were fleeing, he knelt before him and begged to be taken in.
I remembered the little servant girl eating half a bowl of mush under the oil lamp, but she was extremely happy eating it.
"Little boss, how about coming with me?"
"Where should I go with you?" Xu Mu rubbed his head and forced himself to calm down.
"Save the world."
"I won't go." Xu Mu said coldly, his face darkening.
"What can you do as a small business owner? You lead dozens of villagers and want to survive? Can you survive in this gloomy world? Can you be saved?"
"You have to live even if you can't live!" Xu Mu gritted his teeth and spoke angrily.
"I and the villagers just want to live! Whoever forces me, I will kill!"
Changshiro's face gradually calmed down, he laughed dumbly, and spread his hands helplessly.
"In this case, let's just do business. Of course, I hope that one day you can climb a little higher and come to talk to me again."
"But, this round of hell, you have to go through it first."
Changshiro stopped talking, sat down leisurely again, looked at Xu Mu with a smile, and pointed behind him.
Xu Mu turned his head in shock.
Under the dark sky, the figures of more than twenty riders rushed coldly to the front of Changjia Town. The leader was a captain with a desolate face, wearing a heavy robe and armor. He had an iron bow and a large sword with a ring attached to it.
"Mr. Chang, be polite."
"Dog in the army, don't come too close." Chang Shiro yawned, his tone neither salty nor bland.
However, the captain's expression changed, and with a gesture of his hand, he and the more than twenty mounted officers and soldiers behind him slowly retreated a long distance.
"Little boss, don't go to Changjia Town today. I'm here to pay you a visit, and I'll give you a stick of incense."
When Xu Mu heard this, he clasped his fists silently, and then quickly jumped onto the carriage.
Si Hu angrily pulled up the reins, and with the figures of the two riders, hurried towards the dark night ahead.
Xue Tong didn't dare to move.
When Changshiro said a stick of incense, it was a stick of incense.
"Everyone has a noble surname?"
"Xue's surname is single-character Tong." Xue Tong frowned slightly.
"Business?"
"Just passing by."
Chang Shiro smiled and said, "I've heard of you, the infantry instructor of the National Protectorate Camp. My little boss will have to suffer a lot this time."
After saying that, Tsuneshiro stood up and walked toward the town in a bored manner. He walked leisurely, like a man who had nothing to do.
"Xue Tou? That little boss is going to run away." An officer and soldier approached and spoke in a solemn voice.
"Didn't you hear clearly? Wait for a stick of incense!"
Xue Tong's face turned red. He didn't want the three thousand taels of silver!
But he didn't dare.
"There are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the inner city. The Chang family's gun and stick, the young champion cannot be offended."
After a long time, the evening breeze cooled my body.
"Xue Tou, a stick of incense!"
"Hurry up and get on your horse!"
Xue Tong roared angrily, quickly got on his horse, and with more than twenty officers and soldiers on horseback, he drew out his sword and followed the darkness in front of him, and rushed away.
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The forest is dense and the grass is deep, the mountain road is getting narrower and narrower, and the frightened forest birds circle around the head and scream hastily.
"My boss, there is a mountain road ahead. Without the lantern, you can't see clearly!"
Zhou Zun and Zhou Luo circled their horses back, each holding a knife in one hand and holding the reins in the other.
In the compartment behind the carriage, three young men also carried longbows and held on to their long sticks.
"Hang the lantern!"
Xu Mu gritted his teeth and already guessed that this must be a last-ditch attack from the four major households in Tangjiang City.
"Si Hu, urge the horse!"
There are more than 20 cavalry officers! Even if they wipe out a group of 100 old bandits, they will not receive such treatment!