Chapter 532 The business of the governor
"Tao Chen, the people in front look like Han people, not like Beilu on the grassland." An escort from Fubiao Camp in Xuji's convoy raised his hand and pointed at the crowd coming from afar.
The person who was called Chen Tou was a general flag officer from Fubiao Camp. The guards who came to the grassland with Xu Ji caravan were all his general flag members.
The Chief Banner Chen looked at the crowd in the distance, frowned, and said, "Even the Han people, they are probably a group of Han people who have been in trouble. How many ordinary people dare to come to the grassland."
"Can they be the one with the tiger flag?" the guard said tentatively, "The tiger flag has been trading on the grassland. There are so many Han people who appear at once, maybe they are the one with the tiger flag."
The Chief Banner Chen looked for a while and found that the crowds in the distance were coming towards them. He said, "Tell me, no matter who the other party is or not, beware. This is the deal of the governor. Who can we do that?
I can't afford it either."
The guard patted his chest and promised, "Don't worry, with brothers here, make sure the convoy and cargo are safe."
The dozens of convoys around the surroundings looked very calm, and there was no panic because there were unidentified people approaching.
After all, they are also elites from Fubiao Camp, not military households like the garrison who only know how to farm, and ordinary bandits do not take them at all.
As the crowd slowly approached, General Chen’s brows became deeper and deeper.
After someone noticed it, he said, "What's wrong with you? Are you worried about?"
The Chief Banner Chen frowned deeply and said, "What's wrong. Look at the group of people coming from afar. The team is neat, does it look like people from the border army?"
The guard beside him looked towards the crowd in the distance.
At this time, the crowd in the distance was more than a mile away from them, and some things could be seen on the unobstructed grasslands around.
Chief Chen asked, "Did you see anything?"
The guard thought for a while and said, "If the person coming was a border army, that direction should be the direction of Xinpingbao, but how could General Li come to the grassland?"
When he spoke, his face showed confusion.
"Would it be for us?" another guard reminded.
"No!" said the guard before: "General Li Shen wants to attack us, so he doesn't have to wait until now. He can do it when the convoy passes through Xinpingbao."
Another guard said: "Maybe it's to cover up people's eyes, don't forget that General Li Shen has a close relationship with Liu Heng of the Tiger Banner, and there has been a convoy of the Tiger Banner to the Beilu Realm. This time we follow Xu Ji.
The convoy went to the grassland was equivalent to robbing the business of the tiger flag. Can General Li Shen be happy?"
"What does this have to do with General Li Shen?" Someone was puzzled.
The guard explained: "I have heard that the business of the tiger flag on the grassland is the General Manager. General Li Shen is the General Manager Zhang. The convoy of the tiger flag often comes out of Xinpingbao.
When we go to the grassland, there must be a relationship we don’t know about. Maybe General Li Shen, the smuggling business of the Tiger Banner, will also have a share."
Several people around nodded in agreement.
The smuggling of the Northern Barbarians by the Tiger Banner is no secret. Many Datong officials, including the General Office, have been involved in the smuggling business of the Tiger Banner.
"It's not the General Li Shen." Chen's banner officer shook his head and said, "If General Li Shen sent someone over here, he would never send only infantry and not cavalry."
As the chief banner officer of Fubiao Battalion, he knew very well that the elite troops of the border army were all personal soldiers raised by generals at all levels. If the generals of Xinpingbao sent people to deal with their convoy, they would definitely send cavalry to lead the team, and not
All of them will be infantrymen.
"Look, these people are mostly holding bird guns and spears. Hiss, everyone is actually piercing armor. The fuck is not that some border general sent his personal soldiers!" A guard sucked
Have a chill.
The distance between the two sides is only a few hundred steps, and you can already see the opponent's soldiers and armor clearly.
"It's the tiger flag." Suddenly, a guard pointed his finger at the people coming from the opposite side and shouted, "Only the tiger flag can there be so many people who use bird guns, and everyone is piercing armor."
When he finished speaking the word "piercing armor", the man who spoke twitched.
The tiger flag is just a business in Datong, but it is such a business that all the guards they raise are armored, and the worst one is cotton armor. However, those who came from Fubiao camp can only wear tattered cloth clothes.
Even if there is a piece of cotton armor on my body, it is still a kind of rag. The iron sheets inside have long been gone, only two pieces of rags left, with some hay stuffed inside, and there is no protection ability at all.
In this way, I often owe the salary but don’t pay it. Many times I can only get one month’s salary in three months. Many of the salary paid are bad money, and the few buckets of food I give will be moldy.
Soon, when the distance between the two sides was less than 200 steps, the opposite team stopped.
At this distance, you can already see each other's appearance.
Chief Banner Chen ordered to someone around him: "Go and ask, what they want to do and why they want to surround our convoy."
The escort nodded, walked forward a few steps, and shouted loudly: "What are you going to do, why stop our convoy, get out of here."
After hearing this, Cao Guang in the team stood up and said, "I don't want to make things difficult for you. As long as I leave the goods in the car, I can let you go."
When Chief Banner Chen heard this, his heart sank.
He could feel that the other party was coming to Xu Ji's convoy.
Thinking of this, he walked a few steps forward and shouted, "You are so brave, but you know who this caravan is the business. If you have the idea of this caravan, you are not afraid of giving it to you tigers.
Will Liu Dongzhu, who is in the banner, cause trouble?"
"Haha, it's a fucking joke." Cao Guang laughed loudly and then said, "This is the grassland, not Datong. The king's law of the Ming Dynasty cannot control this place. Whose fist is harder here?"
General Secretary Chen pursed his lips.
I knew in my heart that if I really wanted to start, just because the dozens of people around him would definitely not be the match for the hundreds of people in front of me.
Even though they were all the so-called elites of Fubiao Camp, they were only a little better than the military households in the garrison that only knew how to farm, and were far inferior to the elites of the border troops, let alone compared to the personal soldiers and servants.
Even compared with the people with the tiger-shaped flag in front of them, he was the only one in the Fubiao camp who had an iron knife, and the rest of the people were using spears, and only he, the chief flag officer, wore half-body lock armor.
But on the other side, he saw several pairs of iron armor alone, and the rest were all wearing 70% to 80% new cotton armor, which was completely different from the cotton armor they used to fool people in Fubiaoying.
"Teacher Chen, what should I do?" the guard next to him asked General Chen Banner.
The Chief Banner Chen ignored him and shouted at the person opposite him: "This is the deal of the Governor Xu. If you touch the Governor's things, even your Lord Liu Dong would not be able to protect you."
Facing the other party's threat, Cao Guang curled his lips disapprovingly and said, "I don't care whether it's a governor's business or not. As long as you dare to come to the grassland, I will be sure to rob it."
Hearing this, Mr. Chen's face changed.
He didn't expect that the person with the tiger flag was so brave that he dared to rob the goods of the governor, and he didn't take the governor seriously.
At this time, he felt a little regretful, regretting that he shouldn't have taken the next trip.
He knew that this time Xu Ji's convoy brought several thousand taels of silver goods. If the goods were lost from him, he would definitely be blamed by the governor when he returned to Datong. It would be certain that he would lose his official position and would be given up.
Chapter completed!