In the open space outside Xujiazhuang, a row of eight four-wheeled vehicles was parked on it.

In addition to the large vehicle, there was also a team of more than 300 people.

A team of more than 300 people stood in nine columns, each holding a weapon, some holding a blunderbuss, some holding a spear, all standing upright and motionless.

In the middle of the team, there was no other sound except breathing.

Such a scene attracted many idle people from Zhuangzi and merchants coming to Xujiazhuang.

Although some people were surprised by the queue of hundreds of people in the open space, for the merchants who had been to Zhuangzi several times and the dealers in Zhuangzi, they had seen it countless times and it was not new.

What attracted their attention the most was the eight four-wheeled vehicles beside the queue of several hundred people.

Whether they were local merchants or merchants coming to Xujiazhuang, it was the first time for everyone to see a carriage with four wheels.

"It's so novel. These carts actually have four wheels, and the horses pulling the carts are all double-horsed." A man watching the excitement stood in the distance and pointed at the four-wheel carts.

A Zhuang Han with a mole on his chin said: "This cart can pull a lot of grain, but it is such a useless animal. If I have a big cart like this, I can't even find an animal that can be pulled together."

The idle man on the side laughed and said: "You know what, this kind of big cart is not used for farm work. Who in our village can get two animals to pull the cart? This is a big cart for people to transport goods with mules and horses."

Car, this four-wheeled cart can pull three ordinary carriages."

The four-wheel cart outside Zhuangzi is a new thing to many people.

Unlike the dealers who are watching the excitement, the merchants in the crowd think more.

Many merchants have already thought that if they have a few of these four-wheeled carts, they can carry more goods every time and earn a lot more money.

A merchant who came to Xujiazhuang for the first time asked the dealer on the side: "Brother, could you please ask who owns those big cars in front of you?"

The banker turned around and glanced at the other party, raised his hand and pointed towards the four-wheeled cart and said, "Did you see the flag on the cart?"

"I saw it, there is a tiger character embroidered on it," said the merchant.

"This is called the tiger-character flag." The farmer said proudly, "This is the tiger-character flag of our Xujiazhuang Mule and Horse Company. These are the carts of our Xujiazhuang Mule and Horse Company."

In the banker's mind, the mule and horse bank opened in Xujiazhuang. Now that the mule and horse bank has such a powerful four-wheeled cart, he, a banker in Xujiazhuang, also has face.

When the merchants found out who these four-wheeled carts belonged to, they stopped staying and turned around to find the mule and horse dealer in Xujiazhuang.

Like him, there were many merchants who went to the mule and horse shop, and they were all attracted to this kind of four-wheeled cart.

When the villagers saw the picture of the four-wheeled carts, they were surprised. At most, they thought that these four-wheeled carts could carry more grain from the fields. However, in the eyes of businessmen, the extra goods carried by the carts were all money.

If you go to a merchant in the same way, the more goods you have, the more money you will earn.

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Liu Heng rode to the outside of the village. He was followed by Ma Yunjiu, Lao Wu and several others. In addition, Liu Heng was surrounded by the escort team.

Arriving in front of the motorcade, Liu Heng glanced at it and said loudly: "Let's go!"

The driver drove the horses pulling the cart and pulled the cart forward slowly, followed by hundreds of bandits from the first brigade of Hutou Village on both sides.

"Dongzhu Liu, wait a minute!"

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted from the crowd watching the excitement from a distance.

Liu Heng reined in the reins, turned around, and looked in the direction of the sound.

I saw a middle-aged man getting off the carriage in the distance.

"It's Mr. Jia who is with Magistrate Guo." Zhao Yutu said in a low voice.

Liu Heng frowned slightly. He also knew Master Jia. He didn't understand what the other party wanted to do with him at this time.

Zhao Yutu said: "Should we stop the convoy first?"

"No need." Liu Heng waved his hand and said, "You lead the convoy and leave first. I will lead people to chase you later."

The speed of the convoy was naturally not as fast as that of an empty horse, so he was not worried that he would not be able to catch up with the convoy.

Zhao Yutu nodded and signaled the convoy to continue moving forward.

Liu Heng turned the horse's head, took the guards around him, and stopped where he was, waiting for Master Jia to come over.

Master Jia came closer, bowed his hands and said, "I've met Dongzhu Liu!"

"Master Jia, there is no need to be polite." Liu Heng raised his right hand while riding on the horse.

"Mr. Liu, can you please take a moment to speak?" Mr. Jia looked around and then said, "If you have something important to do, please tell Mr. Liu."

Liu Heng hesitated for a moment and said, "Go to Zhuangzi."

The group of people returned to Zhuangzi and came to a side hall in Xujiazhuang.

"Master Jia, if you have anything to say, just say it." Liu Heng sat on his seat, holding the tea bowl brought by the guard.

Master Jia looked around and said in a low voice, "The new guard Huang arrived yesterday. At the banquet, he raised the matter of suppressing bandits with the magistrate. After hearing what he said, he was ready to take action against Hutou Village. The magistrate sent me to inform Dongzhu Liu.

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Li Huaixin, the original guard of Lingqiu, had made great achievements in suppressing bandits. Just in time, the East Road General was transferred to Yulin as the deputy general, leaving a general's position vacant. Hutou Village helped him organize some money, and passed through the general military office.

He was transferred from Lingqiu to East Road Staff General and was stationed in Xinpingbao.

Liu Heng looked thoughtful, rubbed his chin with his fingers for a long time, and then said: "Yesterday, as soon as Huang Shoubei took office, I arranged for people to give generous gifts, and he was respectful in all three festivals. Logically speaking, he would not offend Mr. Huang.

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Master Jia said: "Do you think that Dongzhu Liu gave too little and deliberately leaked the truth? Why don't Dongzhu Liu send someone to give you a generous gift?"

"Wait and see!" Liu Heng put down the tea bowl.

Although it was unclear why Mr. Huang would leak such information, no matter what, he was not prepared to bribe this person with any more money.

Now that the Xu family has fallen, everyone in Lingqiu has been bribed by Hutou Village. A bare Lingqiu garrison cannot touch the foundation of Hutou Village.

Seeing that Liu Heng didn't take it seriously, Master Jia reminded him, "Dr. Liu should be more careful. Behind this Mr. Huang is the relationship between Mr. Li, the deputy commander in chief, and even the county magistrate doesn't want to offend him too much."

"No problem." Liu Heng waved his hand and said immediately, "Come here, take twenty taels of silver and give it to Master Jia."

"This..." Master Jia stood up in a hurry and said, "Dongzhu Liu is too polite."

He took the silver from Liu Heng's guard and put it into his sleeve.

Liu Heng said with a smile: "Master Jia, just accept it. If anything happens at the Yamen Gate in the future, I hope Master Jia will tell you."

"That's natural, that's natural." Master Jia agreed with a smile on his face.

"Okay..." Liu Heng stood up and said, "I still have something to do, so I won't see Master Jia off."

Master Jia quickly said: "If Mr. Liu has something to do, just go and do it."

After Liu Heng sent the person out of the side hall, he said to the guard Zhao Wu beside him: "Tell the intelligence team to find out where this new guard comes from."
Chapter completed!