Chapter 1403, road sweeping bandit bully, fight against black shops
While the capital side was carrying out a severe crackdown on the beggar gang, they were on a highway leading from the capital to Shanxi.
A group of people returning from work in the capital drag their tired bodies on the road, facing the cold wind, and return to their hometown step by step with longing for their hometown.
"Ahead is Laohuling. Everyone has hidden their money."
"As the saying goes, the King of Hell has a hard time dealing with little devils. The Pang family in Laohuling are just little devils, and they won't be able to get through it easily without peeling off their skin."
The people walking in the cold wind looked at the mountains in front of them, and each of them couldn't help but cheer up, and began to hide their money in various ways.
Wang Gensheng, who was riding a bicycle, also glanced at his daughter-in-law Li Erxiu, who immediately understood and began to pretend to hide the money, but in fact the banknotes had already been hidden.
Laohuling is a place with dangerous terrain. Only the road in front of you can pass quickly. If you want to go around it, it will take several days. Moreover, other places are still dirt roads, which is very difficult to walk. There are many roads near the dirt roads.
There are no inns or inns or anything like that.
In this winter, no one dares to spend the night in the wilderness. Even if inns, inns, etc. are more expensive than usual, everyone will choose to stay.
Taking the road back home is the safest and fastest way.
It's just that during this Chinese New Year and festival, there are quite a few people who are eyeing people like them who are returning home.
Prices in inns, inns, and small shops along the way will generally increase. Normally, you can stay a night for only a hundred yuan, and you can have a big bowl of hot noodles for more than ten yuan. During the Chinese New Year, the prices are generally higher.
Double it and scrape it once.
These are all fine, and it doesn't matter if they are more expensive. The key is to find some places where there are special road gangsters and bullies. Some of these road gangsters bullies specialize in collecting tolls, which are very expensive, ranging from a few hundred yuan to more.
They even have to pay you a tael of silver to let you go.
Some people just block the road and rob you, robbing you of everything you have worked hard for a year. It is even said that in some places, people will kill people.
There are also some unscrupulous stores that don’t tell you the price when you enter the store. After you eat something, they will immediately start talking and charge you more than 100 yuan for a steamed bun.
What's more, they directly block the road, force you to buy and sell, and force you to go to a black shop to make purchases before letting you go.
These are the things that returnees like Wan Gensheng are most afraid of encountering.
The Pangjialing in front is a gathering of road bandits and gangsters, and because of its special geographical location, there are no villages in front of it, no shops in the back, and no human habitation for many miles in front and back, which makes the people here in Laohuling extremely arrogant.
I heard that some people who were unwilling to pay tolls and did not spend money in their black shops were directly dragged to the barren mountains and killed by them. Of course, this is just a hearsay and there is no real evidence.
"Everyone wait a little longer and go there together when there are more people. It will be safer this way."
An older person came to the front and shouted to everyone. After hearing this, everyone felt it was reasonable and nodded one after another, and then rested where they were.
Huoling is sad. It would be better if there are more people. If there are more people, the other party will also weigh it. After all, the Ming Dynasty is considered a banquet of Haiqinghe and it is not a chaotic time. If something big happens, once the court investigates it seriously, Huuling will
The Pang family will also be unable to bear it.
Speaking of the Pang family in Laohuling, we have to talk about it.
Laohuling used to be a remote mountainous area with inconvenient transportation and there was nothing at all. There was only one Pangjia Village located here. Later, the court built a road and the road happened to pass by Pangjia Village in Laohuling, which also benefited Pangjia Village a lot.
Because of the special geographical location, the people of Pangjia Village first opened inns, restaurants, etc. next to the highway to provide accommodation and food for passing business travelers, and then sold some local specialties.
I can’t say how good my life was when I was young, but it’s definitely much better than before.
But then, for some unknown reason, the entire Pangjia Village people came together to set up roadblocks and collect tolls, and then slowly started a black shop business.
The collection of tolls and black shop business have brought huge profits, and the people of Pangjia Village have gradually fallen into it, becoming more and more excessive.
At first, the tolls collected were only more than ten cents, and the items sold in black shops were not too excessive at first. But gradually, they intensified, and the tolls they collected became more and more excessive, and the goods sold in black shops became more and more expensive.
The more expensive it sells.
It even got to the point where they bought and sold goods by force, and business travelers passing by would be intimidated and beaten if they didn't spend money in their black shops.
The entire Pangjia Village is made up of people with the surname Pang, so they are very united. Men, women, old and young go into battle together, which has become the most famous place on this route.
Wang Gensheng and Li Erxiu also stopped. The two of them had bicycles along the way, which made it easier in comparison.
The quality of the Mercedes-Benz bicycle in my hand is quite good, and the road is on cement road. The speed is quite good, but I am not in a hurry to cross the Laohuling in front of me.
Everyone waited for almost half an hour. Originally there were only a dozen people, but slowly dozens of people gathered. Just as everyone was preparing to set off again.
Hundreds of people came from behind. Although each of these hundreds of people were wearing ordinary clothes similar to everyone else, they were all carrying baggage, carrying burdens, etc., as if they were returning home.
of migrant workers.
But these hundreds of people are all young men, each one tall and strong. Although they are in twos and threes, they vaguely feel like they are in a group, and they do not look simple.
"With you guys here, it will be much safer now."
Seeing the arrival of hundreds of young men, everyone immediately became more relieved and shouted to each other and walked towards Laohuling together.
Just after passing a mountain top, Laohuling is clearly in sight. A straight road goes along the foot of the mountain into the distance. At the foot of the mountain, there are many buildings, on which you can see restaurants, inns, tea shops and the like.
You can also see that on this straight road, dozens of people have set up roadblocks, put up tables and chairs, and hung signs that say, the toll fee is one tael of silver per person!
You can see dozens of people queuing up here to pay tolls. Just paying tolls is not enough. You must also spend a certain amount at nearby inns, restaurants, restaurants, etc. before these people will let you pass.
There were dozens of people on the road, all of them looked very unkind. Many of them were holding sticks, swords and the like. On the high places on both sides of the road, there were even people holding bows and arrows, as if they were birds.
If you want to fly from here, you have to leave a few feathers behind.
"One tael of silver!"
"This is a blatant robbery!"
Seeing the sign on the roadside at Laohuling in the distance, everyone in the team couldn't help but cursed.
"It's like eating people without spitting out the bones. How long will it take for us to earn one tael of silver?"
"Isn't that right? The Pang family in Laohuling are commonly known as Panghu."
"There are so many people coming and going. I don't know how many people have to pass by here. One tael of silver each. How much money do they collect in a day?"
"God knows, but if you do bad things, there will be retribution sooner or later."
Everyone was cursing angrily, but they had no choice but to prepare their money and planned to spend money to eliminate the disaster.
Soon, everyone arrived at the foot of the mountain.
Wang Gensheng and others did not intend to stay here, so they lined up directly to pay tolls and buy some so-called local products to pass through here directly.
The hotels and inns in Laohuling are really expensive. Most people can't afford it. Even if they can afford it, they don't dare to live here because everyone is afraid that the Pang family in Laohuling will take advantage of their wealth and kill themselves.
However, what is unexpected is that the more than a hundred young men seemed to be very rich. Instead of leaving in a hurry, they suddenly poured into the restaurants, inns and other places here, seeming to plan to have a good meal here.
Have a meal and rest before leaving.
"One tael of silver for toll, why don't you go and rob?"
"This road was built by the imperial court, not by you. Why do you want to collect tolls?"
Some people were reluctant to part with a tael of silver and shouted loudly.
"Why?"
"We rely on mountains and water to eat. Our Pangjia Village relies on roads. If you take this road from us, you will have to pay tolls."
"Others can pay one tael of silver, but if you don't pay five taels of silver, there is no way you can pass here."
Hearing this man's yelling, some people from Pangjia Village immediately gathered over. Several of them held things in their hands and looked at the yelling person fiercely. If the other person didn't pay and yelled again,
If you make a decision, you will be beaten severely.
"I don't believe there is no king's law in this world. I just won't pay you this money. If you dare to do anything to me today, I will report it to the official tomorrow."
"Report to the official?"
"There's still tomorrow. It depends on whether you can survive until tomorrow."
"Call me~"
As a sneer rang out, several people from Pangjia Village immediately rushed forward with sticks and tried to beat this man severely.
"Bang~bang~"
However, at this moment, with the sound of several gunshots, the Pang family members holding bows and arrows on the hillsides on both sides of the road rolled down one after another.
Then, hundreds of people suddenly emerged from places like inns and restaurants. These people were armed with swords and muskets, like tigers descending from the mountain. Their division of labor was extremely clear, and they rushed towards their respective targets, so much so that the Pang family even
Before they had time to react, when they figured out what was going on, they were immediately put to the ground by these people, unable to move.
"The Ming Dynasty's army eliminated gangsters and evil, and cracked down on illegal shops~"
"Stay aside if you don't care!"
An officer in military uniform walked out of the inn and looked at the surprised people in front of him with a stern expression.