Chapter 23 First Encounter with Black Wind Village
Chapter 23 First encounter with Black Wind Village
Author: It’s so hard to get an ID
Chapter 23 First encounter with Black Wind Village
While Gu Yuexuan was running towards Xiaoyao Valley with Weiming on his back, Huang Xiaoshi had just returned to Luoyang City with his two disciples.
Shennong Baicaomen bought a large house in Luoyang City. Firstly, Shennong Baicaomen had no shortage of money, and secondly, rural people like to live in a more spacious place, and the yard is larger for drying herbs.
The Luoyang branch of Shennong Baicao Sect now has nearly a hundred people, and the elixirs produced here are mainly the cheap Baicao series.
The more expensive Shennong series of drugs involve authentic medicinal materials, such as Chuanbei and Chuanxiong. As you can tell from the names, those produced in Sichuan are the best.
Therefore, half of the nearly one hundred people are transporters, mainly transporting elixirs from Sichuan to Luoyang, and then transporting some small seasonal goods from Luoyang back to Sichuan.
As soon as he entered the door, Huang Xiaoshi smelled the aroma of food. He motioned to the two disciples to take off their backpacks and eat first. He didn't wait any longer. He rubbed his two muddy hands and walked to the big table to pick up an empty pair.
Using bowls and chopsticks, I filled myself with a large bowl of white rice.
Someone had already made space with Huang Xiaoshi next to him. He sat on the small bench with his rice bowl. As usual, he scooped out a large spoonful of vegetables and put it on the rice. He took a bite and found that the taste was not bad, so he took a big gulp.
Pull it up.
Shennong Baicaomen has always maintained the habit of eating from a big pot.
Nowadays, there are so many people that every day when it’s meal time, the cook carries several large pots to the yard. The pots are filled with various dishes, mainly stewed.
There are several large steamers next to them filled with white rice. No matter who comes, they can eat it as soon as they come. They sit on the benches if there are any, and squat on the eaves if there are no benches.
Arrive early and eat early. Arrive late and eat late. If you arrive too late, you won't get to eat.
Everyone sits in a circle to eat, not only to shorten the distance between each other, but more importantly, it makes it easier for Huang Xiaoshi to listen to his disciples talk about all the big and small things he encountered.
Everyone knows that Huang Xiaoshi likes to listen to the news, that is, new things, so every night during dinner, everyone talks about what they have seen and heard.
The biggest news today is that the Thirteen Yan Bandits running rampant in northern Shaanxi were captured by righteous men in Dukang Village. Now the Yan Bandits, including their leader Qiu Ba, are being held in prison. It is not known what the future sentence will be.
Huang Xiaoshi nodded. He knew about this matter. Not only did he know about it, he also participated in it personally.
I killed four gangsters and got some experience points.
By the way, Huang Xiaoshi actually wanted to rush out and kill Qiu Ba before Gu Yuexuan appeared, but at the most critical moment, Huang Xiaoshi held back.
If Qiu Ba is killed, Gu Yuexuan might not appear. If he doesn't appear, the entire world line will completely change.
In order to keep the plot line as complete as possible, Huang Xiaoshi endured it.
What are travelers most afraid of?
Before a sufficient advantage was established, the plot changed.
Then wouldn’t I have traveled through time in vain?
Huang Xiaoshi, who had only eaten breakfast but had not eaten anything, was very hungry. Wherever he could eat outside, he would taste his own food, and at least he would not put meat and oil in the dishes.
Huang Xiaoshi ate three large bowls of rice in one go, until his stomach almost burst before he stopped using his chopsticks.
Huang Xiaoshi, who was almost exhausted, put down the rice bowl in his hand and was about to walk around for a while to eat. At this time, a doorman rushed in from outside the door. After seeing Huang Xiaoshi, he shouted loudly from a distance: "Master Shi, Mr.
Something bad is going to happen! Something is going to go wrong!”
Huang Xiaoshi frowned, this is the big city of Luoyang, what big thing can happen? What big thing can happen? How dare anything big happen!
Huang Xiaoshi walked towards the panicked doorman in two steps, and at the same time shouted in a stern tone: "If you have something to say, please tell me what you are talking about."
The doorman came back to his senses after hearing what Huang Xiaoshi said. After sorting out his words, he quickly said to Huang Xiaoshi: "Master Shi, the batch of goods we shipped from Chengdu was robbed.
More than ten brothers were all detained by the bandits. They let one of them come back with a message, telling us to prepare three thousand taels of silver to ransom him, or else we would wait to collect his body."
When Huang Xiaoshi heard this, he immediately became angry. This bandit not only intercepted the goods, but also dared to kidnap and extort money. Did he really think that Shennong Baicaomen was not a Jianghu gang?
Huang Xiaoshi asked angrily: "Which group of people did it?"
The disciple gritted his teeth and said, "They are from Heifeng Village."
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Heifeng Village, this is the name of a classic bandit village, and here is no exception. Heifeng Village is a bandit village, and it is also a very powerful one.
When Huang Xiaoshi heard the disciple's answer, he suddenly became suspicious.
The Heifeng Village is indeed causing a lot of trouble near Luoyang, but it is not in the same direction as the trade route from Chengdu to Luoyang and is far apart. How come your goods are robbed by the Heifeng Village.
So, Huang Xiaoshi asked the doorman: "Where is the person who was released?"
The doorman said angrily: "Xiao Li was running and shouting just now, but he was stopped by the police as soon as he entered the city. The street patrol officer took him to the county government office on the grounds that he was confusing the public with his evil words, and beat him ten times first.
Da Ban was then locked up in jail, and then he revealed the news and told us to contact the guarantor and pick him up tomorrow."
Huang Xiaoshi glanced outside the door. It was already dark. It had been more than an hour since the city gate was closed.
When such an urgent matter was delayed, Huang Xiaoshi stamped his feet angrily. It was true that he succeeded more than he failed. That servant and the official were a pair of idiots.
After listening to the doorman's words, Huang Xiaoshi stood there with his mind spinning rapidly. After a while, Huang Xiaoshi said to the doorman: "You go get a quilt and I'll pack a bowl of rice and deliver something to the prisoner."
go."
After the doorman hurriedly responded, he ran towards the backyard. Huang Xiaoshi walked to the basket that the two doormen had put down just now, took out a handful of copper coins from a backpack and put it on his body, then turned into the yard and filled a large bowl of food.
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Although it was already dark, it was not yet curfew time, and there were still two or three pedestrians on the road.
Huang Xiaoshi and his disciple walked quickly with their things, and soon arrived at the county prison. The disciple shouted at the top of his lungs for a long time, and then an old soldier came over slowly.
"It turns out to be Master Huang." The old soldier greeted Huang Xiaoshi respectfully after seeing him. He said politely: "I'm so sorry. It's getting late and the visiting time has passed. Please be early tomorrow."
Huang Xiaoshi smiled kindly. He reached out and took out the handful of copper coins from his arms and handed them in through the fence. After the old soldier accepted them calmly, he said with a smile on his face: "Troublesome old man."
Brother, please be accommodating. I just want to send you some food and bedding."
"Master Huang is so benevolent and righteous." The old soldier said as he touched his waist. He took off the key and opened the iron lock. He untied the iron chains wrapped layer by layer and said to Huang Xiaoshi: "
come in."
Huang Xiaoshi stretched out a hand to take the quilt from the prisoner, and stepped into the cell door in two or three steps. As soon as he entered, the old soldier closed the cell door again with an iron chain and a big lock.
After passing through the large courtyard, he entered a small door, passed through the small courtyard again, and then came to the real door of the cell.
Huang Xiaoshi saw the cell door slightly ajar, so he pushed it open and entered.
I don’t know whether it’s because the world has been at peace for too long, or because Jiang Tianxiong and Shi Gang are in charge, but nothing strange has happened in Luoyang Prison for so many years, so some of the military equipment has been slack. The county government prison, which was supposed to have three doors and three locks, ended up with only the last
The outside door is locked.
As soon as Huang Xiaoshi entered the cell door, he saw three sets of bowls and chopsticks on a small table lit by an oil lamp, a pot of wine and some snacks to go with the wine. Two jailers were chatting there, and Huang Xiaoshi didn't even get up when he saw him.
, nodded and said hello.
Thanks to Huang Xiaoshi's management in Luoyang City in the past few years, Shennong Baicao Gate has become a household name in Luoyang. The jailer here may still be taking his elixirs, otherwise he would have trouble knocking on this door today.
Some doors really cannot be opened with a handful of copper coins.
With the only light source on the small table, Huang Xiaoshi saw at a glance the wild goose bandits chained in a row in the prison. They occupied more than half of the cell. Qiu Ba also enjoyed the treatment of a single room, with handcuffs, leg irons, and heavy shackles.
Nothing less.
Qiu Ba's Qihai was broken by Gu Yuexuan's punch. All his kung fu was gone. Now he was just an ordinary person. With so many good things added to him, he sat on the ground and leaned against the wall, groaning.
It stands to reason that a Qiu Ba would not be treated like this, but his reputation was so bad that even the jailers had the attitude of treating him to death as long as he was not punished to death.
At night, someone else came. The other misdemeanor criminals raised their heads excitedly to see if they were their relatives and friends. When the doorman who was locked up saw Huang Xiaoshi coming, he was so excited that he rolled over and crawled over.
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The scene of shouting "I'm wronged" as soon as someone comes in only exists in later film and television works or people's imagination. In reality, who dares to scream like this? Haven't you had enough of the killing stick?
After Huang Xiaoshi walked over, he stuffed the bedding and rice bowl in through the bars of the cell, and then whispered into the prisoner's ear: "When and where were you robbed today? How many people were there? Give them to me.
Tell me in detail."
After seeing Huang Xiaoshi, the disciple calmed down. He also put his mouth to his ears and told Huang Xiaoshi in detail what happened today.
It turned out that today they planned to walk to Luoyang City in the afternoon. However, at Dashibao, which is more than 20 miles away from Luoyang City, they were blocked by a group of bandits, and they were surrounded in the middle.
Huang Xiaoshi repeatedly told his passers-by that if they encountered a robbery, they would just run away if there were three or two thieves. If the other party had a large number of people, they would give up their goods to save their lives.
There were about a dozen people who were trying to rob the Tao, and all of them were carrying steel knives, so everyone stopped and arrested them. As a result, the bandits saw that everyone was obedient and arrested them. I don’t know if they thought it was a scam or to establish their authority, so the bandits led the group.
The first time he came over, he picked up a knife and killed a disciple.
After an inspection, the bandits found nothing unusual, so they released the disciple named Li and asked him to come back to report the news. The others and the goods were robbed and taken away by the bandits.
Knowing the cause and effect, Huang Xiaoshi turned to the small table again, called out to the old soldier who was having a drink, and then followed the old soldier out of the three gates and two courtyards.
After leaving the prison, Huang Xiaoshi waved to the doorman standing against the wall, and then the two men walked towards him without saying a word.
Along the way, Huang Xiaoshi walked very fast, but his mind turned faster.
According to normal transportation practices, the value of the elixir transported by Shennong Baicaomen this time was about 400-700 taels of silver. However, the bandits from Heifeng Village demanded a ransom of 3,000 taels of silver after kidnapping someone.
One tael of silver can be exchanged for 1,000 copper coins. One penny can buy a big meat bun. The autumn harvest has just begun and food prices are low. Ten pence can buy a pound of white rice.
According to the comparison of purchasing power, one tael of silver was equivalent to about 2,000 yuan in later generations. In fact, because the price of food in this dynasty was higher than that in later generations, the purchasing power of silver was only high.
The ransom of 3,000 taels of silver is equivalent to 6 million yuan.
As a branch that makes money every day, three thousand taels of silver is indeed not too much. You can get it by pooling it together or borrowing it, but sometimes the accounts are not calculated like this.
In terms of weight, 3,000 taels is 300 kilograms. According to a person carrying 50 kilograms when walking on a mountain road, 3,000 taels of silver alone would require six people to carry it.
There was so much cash, and there was no banking system in this era. Even if there were some banks, there were more copper coins and less silver.
Therefore, these 3,000 taels of silver, not to mention Baicao Sect, would not be able to be handed over to any sect, not to mention that we only give three days, so how can we get enough.
If there is not enough silver to raise money with copper coins, that is even worse.
3 million copper coins, let’s not talk about whether there are 3 million copper coins if the entire city of Luoyang is empty. Even if there are so many copper coins, how many people will be needed to carry them?
The style of Heifeng Village has always been vicious. They said it would be three days, and they would start killing people after three days.
If Heifeng Village kills one person today and another tomorrow, and sends someone to bring the head back after each killing, then Shennong Baicaomen might as well not do business and just close the business as soon as possible.
Therefore, Huang Xiaoshi, who is familiar with conspiracy theories, can say with certainty that someone is trying to create the Shen Nong Baicao Sect.
But now Huang Xiaoshi doesn't know who he is, and he doesn't know the reason for the other party. If he wants to crack this conspiracy, he can only find out if he catches these gangsters.
More importantly, Huang Xiaoshi vaguely wondered whether it was because he pushed Baicaomen to merge with Shennongmen, which caused a butterfly effect unknown to him.
Huang Xiaoshi now wanted to know why the Black Wind Village, which was obviously going to appear in a few years, appeared in Luoyang now.
Before today, Huang Xiaoshi was worried about gains and losses, fearing that he would end the plot accidentally.
After Gu Yuexuan and Dongfang Weiming met as scheduled, Huang Xiaoshi became indifferent.
As long as Dongfang Weiming enters Xiaoyao Valley, even if this main plot is implemented, no matter how it changes in the future, it will always be limited.
It means: Huang Xiaoshi can have fun as much as he wants.
Huang Xiaoshi made a quick mental calculation, and concluded that these bandits from Heifeng Village had robbed people in Dashibao and were bound to head towards Heifeng Village.
The time of the robbery was in the afternoon. The mountain road was rugged and it was usually not possible to walk at night. Therefore, they could not walk very far before they had to rest.
The bandits from Heifeng Village dared to take the goods and kidnapped people with them, so they must not dare to approach the city or village.
Huang Xiaoshi had carried goods on that line many times and knew that there was a ruined temple more than ten miles north of Dashibao where passers-by could rest. If the bandits did not want to sleep in the wild, they would definitely spend the night at the ruined temple.
Huang Xiaoshi had a sneer on his face. The bandits in Heifeng Village were very calculating. They calculated the time correctly before letting him back. Even if the gatekeeper could enter the city before closing, it would be dark the day after tomorrow after finding the manpower.
After opening the city gate the next day, we searched for them all the way, but they were already far away.
In this case, Huang Xiaoshi is planning to take action tonight to give the gangsters in Heifeng Village an unexpected surprise.
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