Yufeng City is located on the north-south traffic artery, with mountains on the left and Yulong River on the right. If this were not the case, Zhu Tianjiang would rather take a detour than pass through the city.
The officers and soldiers guarding the city at the city gate immediately became energetic when they saw the huge formation of the convoy. Especially the modified artillery cart, with the coarse cloth wrapped around the barrel, was very conspicuous, which immediately attracted the attention of the officers and soldiers.
"What are you doing? Stop and get checked." Six officers and soldiers, led by a small leader, walked over in a swaggering manner.
Xia Qing hurriedly walked over, "Hey, gentlemen, we are a caravan going to the Tianqing Kingdom from Guanhai to do business. I beg you to show your kindness and reward me with a bowl of rice." Xia Qing said, carrying a cloth
Kabuto walked over and quietly handed it to the little boss.
Xia Qing has a lot of experience in the world of martial arts and knows that dealing with such people can usually be done with a little money.
The leader took the cloth bag and weighed it, his eyes immediately showed joy. Xia Qing was afraid that Dafeng's banknotes would not be circulated here, so he specially withdrew a lot of silver. Don't look at the size of this cloth bag, there is a full 100 yuan in it.
Two lines of silver.
The little leader quietly tied the cloth bag around his waist and said in a businesslike manner, "Uncle Guo said that there are a lot of spies in the south recently and they want us to conduct strict interrogations. Come and take a look at the car.
What are they loaded with?"
The little leader gave an order, and several of his soldiers walked over with guns in hand. Xia Qing knew that since the other party had accepted the money, they were just going through the motions and didn't care.
Except for the carriage that Zhu Tianjiang and Lin Feng were riding in, the other vehicles contained a lot of tea and salt. Without these things, it didn't look like a caravan. A few soldiers carried it in and out, and Zhu Yi and others just took it as a caravan.
If you don't see it, let them get enough.
"What is this?" The little boss walked to the front of the artillery truck and looked at it in confusion.
"Sir, this is a giant horse-tying stake specially made by a horse dealer in Tianqing Kingdom." Xia Qing said with a smile.
"Horse bolt? Open it and take a look." the little boss said curiously.
Xia Qing looked embarrassed, "Sir, it's very troublesome to wrap up the horse-tethering post, so don't look at it."
"No, if it's contraband, I won't be able to hold it back if something goes wrong. Someone, please open it." The little boss wanted to see what such a big horse-tethering post looked like.
Xia Qingxin said that all the prohibited standard knives and guns were hidden under the car, and you wouldn't recognize them even if you opened them. In desperation, Xia Qing had to order someone to untie the rope.
Zhu Tianjiang got out of the car and frowned at all this. He didn't want to cause trouble, but the artillery car was too ostentatious. Even people who had never seen it would suspect that it was used for war after seeing the overall appearance.
As expected, when the artillery cart opened, the little leader and a few soldiers were dumbfounded and started talking around the cart. At this time, there were many people surrounding the city gate, all looking at this novel horse-tying post. No.
But the people, even the officers and soldiers on the city walls, stretched their heads to watch.
The little boss rolled his eyes, whispered a few words to the people around him, stood up and said to Xia Qing, "Are you the owner of this fleet?"
"Yeah~ yes." Xia Qing nodded in agreement.
"I'm sorry, this horse-tethering post is contraband, and I want to confiscate it."
This little boss is not stupid either. Although he has never seen a cannon, the body of the cannon is made of fine iron. Even if he breaks it open and sells it to a blacksmith shop, it will still be a big income.
"Sir, this is not okay. This thing was built with a huge sum of money. If you confiscate it, we can't afford the compensation." Xia Qing was shocked and hurriedly clasped her fists and said.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Uncle Guo said that fine iron itself is contraband and is not allowed to be bought or sold. Someone, please pull this cart aside." The little leader ordered, and several soldiers came over to lead the horses.
"Sir, wait a minute, I have something to say~!" Xia Qing quickly grabbed the little boss and asked someone to carry a bag of silver.
Who would have thought that this little leader would not say anything. After his visual inspection, he found that the fine iron of the 'horse-hitching post' was smashed, and it could be sold for at least a thousand taels of silver. He didn't look down on the two hundred in his eyes.
Two.
Zhu Tianjiang frowned slightly and asked Zhu Yi in a low voice, "How many soldiers and horses are stationed in Yufeng City?"
"According to the news from Zhu Er, together with the police in the city, there are about 2,500 people. Dafeng troops are stationed at Hukou Pass, and Zhou Yantian did not deploy heavy troops here. According to the intelligence report, Zhou Yantian is in the northwest
We are training soldiers and horses in Guishan City, so there are not many people in ordinary cities." Zhu said in a low voice.
Zhu Tianjiang's face turned cold, "Inform the brothers to prepare, and if it doesn't work, kill them. Two thousand people are fighting in the city, and they don't have much fighting power. As long as they break out of Yufeng City, these guys will never dare to pursue them."
Zhu Yi glanced at Xia Qing, who was saying nice things, nodded, and gestured to the brother. After Zhu Yi silently gave the order, twenty brothers took advantage of the chaos and quietly walked toward the city gate.
.As long as they take action here, they will immediately kill the officers and soldiers at the city gate.
At this moment, a middle-aged man who looked like a wealthy businessman ran out of the city. As he ran, he shouted, "Misunderstanding, this is all a misunderstanding~ Liu Baihu, you cannot intercept this convoy."
Hearing the shout, everyone was stunned. The little leader looked at the middle-aged wealthy businessman, was slightly startled, and then quickly walked over with a smile.
"Hey, shopkeeper Feng, why are you here? What, do you know this team?" the little boss asked politely.
"Hey! The flood has washed away the Dragon King Temple. This caravan belongs to my child's grandma's house. I just received a letter from home a few days ago, and I didn't expect it to come so soon. Liu Baihu, please give me some face."
The young man said with a smile.
"It depends on what you said, which one of us will follow whom? From now on, Shopkeeper Feng will say a few kind words in front of the Lord of the City, and I will know that you are a great favor.
After the little boss finished speaking, he turned around and waved his hand, "What are you looking at? Shopkeeper Feng is here, you guys are still not backing off."
The soldiers quickly loosened their horses' reins and stepped aside. Shopkeeper Feng walked over with a smile and gave each of them a silver reward.
Zhu Tianjiang looked at it strangely, wondering who this shopkeeper Feng was and why he suddenly came to help them. Xia Qing and Zhu Yi both remained alert, and Da Niu stood carefully next to Zhu Tianjiang holding an iron rod.
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After greeting the soldiers, Shopkeeper Feng walked up to Zhu Tianjiang. When Shopkeeper Feng saw the soldiers walking back to the city gate, he whispered, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Zhu?"
Zhu Tianjiang was stunned and said, "Oh, guest officer, you have mistaken the person. My surname is Lin." Zhu Tianjiang said and winked at Zhu Yi. Since the other party knew his identity, Zhu Tianjiang asked him to
Got suspicious.
"Sir, don't worry. Feng Xiaoxiao, a disciple of Master Mu Qi, the Suzaku Commander, has received orders from Master Mu Qi at the lower stick. He has been waiting for your arrival in the past few days." Shopkeeper Feng said and slapped Zhu Tianjiang twice.
gesture.
Zhu Tianjiang couldn't understand it at all, but Lin Feng in the car saw it clearly. "Tianjiang, it's the person at the sticking pole." Lin Feng said.
The four envoys at the sticky pole all have their own code words. If Zhu Er is there, he will be able to recognize them. Even though Zhu Yi is the Qinglong Guard, he can't touch the code words of the Suzaku envoys. Fortunately, Lin Feng is following him, what code words are he using?
It's all clear.
Zhu Tianjiang felt relieved now and quickly ordered people to re-bind the cannon cart. It seemed that Shopkeeper Feng had a good relationship with the city lord here, and the strength of the sticky pole was once again demonstrated.
Zhu Tianjiang did not dare to live in the city. Under the personal leadership of Shopkeeper Feng, he quickly traveled through Yufeng City.
"Shopkeeper Feng, please inform the brothers in the city in front of you and ask them to wait at the city gate for the next two days. If what happened today happens again, I can only rely on you brothers for help." Zhu Tianjiang said sincerely.
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhu. If you are going north on this trip, you don't have to enter other cities. You can go around the city directly. But Beichengguan at the border of Dafeng and Tianqing is a place you must pass. I will send a message to Beichengguan right away.
Brothers, let them take care of everything and help you get out of customs smoothly."
"Thank you very much. If I'm free someday, I'll treat Shopkeeper Feng to a drink." Zhu Tianjiang said, cupping his fists.
Shopkeeper Feng said goodbye to Zhu Yi and others one by one, and Zhu Tianjiang led the convoy to continue heading north. Since there were people from Sticking Stick Office to help, it was an easy journey. He was afraid that he would not get to Tianqing Country yet, and would be stopped halfway.
Something went wrong.
It only took Zhu Tianjiang half a day to leave Yufeng City, but the news about his 'horse-tying stake' made of fine iron quickly spread throughout Zhou Yantian's territory.
In less than two days, Zhou Yantian also received the news. When he learned that someone used thousands of kilograms of fine iron to actually build a 'horse hitch', Zhou Yantian immediately thought that it was a secret agent from the Tianqing Kingdom smuggling fine iron.
Iron is a sought-after commodity everywhere, and it is even considered contraband in Tianqing. Once a few kilograms of refined iron arrives in Tianqing, a batch of sophisticated weapons can be made.
Zhou Yantian is not sure whether it is the Yangjin tribe or the Wu tribe who is smuggling this batch of fine iron. If it is the Wu tribe, it is okay, they have already reached an agreement secretly. If it is the Yangjin tribe who is smuggling this batch of iron, it will not be good for Zhou Yantian.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yantian immediately ordered his people to rush to the North Pass and intercept the caravan no matter what.