Without any incident, the convoy stopped two feet away from the gate. The general on the city shouted loudly in Cham language to stop, which meant that the city gate had been closed and if it took one step further, the defenders would shoot them dead.
Several Cham guides who led the way stepped forward to reveal their identities as "good citizens", and then pulled out the wealthy Yue Jia Wushei from Jiaozhi.
Wushei bowed his hands and saluted, and said in Cham dialect: "General Pu, please, these are gifts from the prefect to the king. Because the vehicle is loaded with too many things, it moves slowly, so it was delayed. General, please do it for your convenience. First,
Let us take a rest in the seclusion, I won’t thank you enough for your kindness.”
"You are wasting your time, but you want me to open the door for you as an exception? How can such a good thing happen? Sleep outside the pass overnight, and then check in again when the sun rises tomorrow morning." Pu Wang, the guard of Hengshan Pass, said with a sneer on his face,
If Wushei hadn't been a frequent visitor to give gifts, he probably wouldn't have said a word.
It is said that a weak country has no diplomacy. Because the scholar family blindly tolerated concessions and sought stability, they were ridiculed by the backward productivity of Lin Yiguo, which was only thirty years old after the founding of the country.
The Cham generals of Linyi State were very hostile to the Han people. When they saw the gentry people groveling, they looked down upon them. The so-called people who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, but people from these poor areas are particularly aggressive.
"Please be kind to me, General. There are often wolves, tigers and leopards outside the pass. The traders dare not sleep in the wilderness at night. If anything goes wrong, I, Hui Long, will not be able to deliver..." Wushei continued to plead hard.
Pu Wang snorted: "Then the big shopkeeper of Us is unlucky. You are so rich, why don't you hire a few more followers? Even if there is any loss in these gifts, you can still ask the prefect to make up for them. It is said that there is gold everywhere in Cochin."
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"Uh... Don't joke with me, general. Wushei is just a small vendor. But the thirteen carts of gifts I brought today are only for ten carts to give to King Linyi. The remaining three carts were ordered by the prefect along the way.
, General Pu, can you leave one car behind?" Wushei blinked his eyes.
Pu Wang was startled when he heard this, thinking that Shi Xie had finally enlightened himself? This guy had given gifts to King Lin Yi more than ten times. He felt very uncomfortable every time he passed through Hengshan Pass because he didn't even drink the soup, but
He saw a suspicious look on the cart at the foot of the city.
"Why is the carriage so huge this time? What did the prefect give to the king? The top of the carriage is actually covered with green cloth. Could it be that there are soldiers inside?" Pu Wang looked solemn.
Wushei cupped his hands and replied: "The general is joking, the carriages are just some gold, silver and cloth. Besides, how many people can these carriages carry? Even the soldiers are not enough for you to kill..."
Pu Wang stroked his curly beard and said with a smile: "Master Wu, your last sentence is the truth. Drive the car ahead, then lift off the cover and let me have a look."
"Ah." Wushei bowed his hands in salute, and then waved his entourage to drive forward.
Ushei climbed up to the roof of the car and uncovered it, took out the gold, silver and cloth one by one, displayed them, and explained with a smile: "When we are doing business, we pay attention to not revealing our wealth. If we don't use these green cloths to block it, we will easily cause trouble on the way.
Coveted by strong men..."
Pu Wang was a little shocked. The cart of gold, silver and cloth in front of him was more wealth than he could earn in his lifetime. Faced with such temptation, he was immediately tempted.
The only people who enforce the rules are people, and people usually do things with human feelings. As long as you give a large enough bargaining chip, the other party will not necessarily adhere to the principle.
"Give me all this car?" Pu Wang repeated Wushei's words.
"Ah, yes, yes, they are all here for you. I will open another cover for you to check." Wushei happily opened the second car again. It still contained the same goods, which were also Lin Yiguo's current hard currency.
Pu Wang's eyes flashed, and he asked meaningfully: "There are thousands of brothers in Guan Guan, and the boss of Wu's car is not enough. Aren't you posing a problem for me?"
"Uh...the other two cars need to be taken care of in other places..." Wushei explained hesitantly, hoping that Pu Wang would be able to stop as soon as possible.
Pu Wang turned his palm over, changed it into a grasp and then into a fist, and coldly uttered eight words: "I want all the extra three cars."
"This... I have to pass through other cities, so you must leave three extra cars. This may not be in compliance with the rules, right?" Ushei showed a difficult expression.
"The prefect asked you to send ten carts of gifts. Doesn't the great shopkeeper of Wu still have ten carts left? I only want the three carts I just inspected, otherwise you will stay outside the customs and sleep in the open. The general will bear a lot of risks for you to make an exception.
Big, there haven't been too many tiger roars recently at night..." Pu Wang's words were full of threats.
"Uh..." Wushei looked around, and in the end he could only grit his teeth and nod, "As you wish, but please keep it a secret, general, otherwise the dealer may not be able to get to Linyi..."
"Don't worry, Mr. Wu, General, I will just pretend that this never happened." Pu Wang nodded and replied kindly.
"Just ask the general to open the door, and I will send your goods in..." Ushei said, pointing to the door.
"Okay, I will ask someone to open the door right away. The boss of Wushu is here to give you a gift, so it's hard for you to get in in the dark." Pu Wang smiled and waved his hand, and ordered the deputy general to open the door.
As soon as the lieutenant left, Pu Wang quickly followed. He was worried that some of the property he had demanded would be stolen by others, so he had to go and pick it up in person.
After a while, the gate of Hengshan Pass opened again, and Wushei directed the convoy to rush into the pass.
The moment the door opened, Wushei lit a torch and waved it under the city.
"It's not dark yet, why did you light the torch?" the soldier who opened the door asked with a frown.
"I was worried about the darkness in the city gate corridor, so I lit the torch in advance. It turned out that I could still see it, so I put it out." Wushei explained with a smile, and then banged it on the wall to extinguish it.
After entering the gate, the thirteen carriages changed from a long snake to two carriages running side by side. Pu Wang and his generals arrived at the end of the corridor in advance, and they were welcoming the wealth that would change their lives.
Pu Wang did not wait for all the carriages to drive in, but walked into the corridor with more than a dozen people. The three uncovered cars were at the front. They glanced at them as they passed by and were very pleased.
Curiosity drove Pu Wang to want to take a look at the back. Maybe the gifts at the back were better than the three carts in front. Pu Wang and others thought that they could choose first before letting them go. In short, they could just leave ten carts of gifts for King Lin Yi.
Everyone understood, and the covers of the No. 4, 5, 6 and 3 vehicles were opened at the same time. Suddenly, a cold light flashed in the carriage, and the person who removed the cover was killed on the spot.
Ten chariots and nearly a hundred people jumped out at the same time. They brandished their swords and quickly eliminated the enemies in the corridor, and easily occupied the city gate of Hengshan Pass.
The greedy gatekeeper general Pu Wang was beheaded by Samoko with a knife, and he was immersed in the dream of getting rich until his death.
Lan Yuan led the cavalry to hide in the distance. When he saw Wushei's signal, he immediately dispatched, and the horses' hooves rolled like thunder.
The garrison in the pass had never experienced anything like this. An officer led people down the pass in an attempt to regain control of the city gate, but was easily blocked by dozens of trapped troops.
Chapter completed!