Queshan is the dividing line between Nanyang County and Runan County.
Separated by a mountain range and connected by a river, Nanyang County and Runan County are cleverly integrated into one, and at the same time independent of each other.
Even if the two sides are fighting, the connection between Nanyang County and Runan County has never been severed.
However, they contacted in another way, that is, doing business. Langling is the transfer station between Runan and Nanyang County. Merchants traveling from south to north transport goods from Runan to Nanyang County through Langling, and then through Langling.
County, transported the special products of Nanyang County to Runan, and then did business all over the world.
Therefore, both Cao Cao and Liu Biao deliberately kept this trade route open.
As Cao Cao's personal guard, Dian Wei was not responsible for any government affairs, but he often learned about the outside situation from Cao Cao's mouth.
Lang Ling, cannot be blocked!
This is the rule Cao Cao set when he first took control of Yuzhou.
But looking at the checkpoints on the road, Dian Wei knew that Cao Cao's rules had been broken!
"One person costs ten yuan, and a truckload of goods costs five yuan... After all, what profit is there?"
A vendor walked past muttering, and Dian Wei couldn't help but frown.
Cao Peng hurried forward and stopped the vendor, "Old man, I dare to ask you what you just said about ten guan for a person and five guan for a cart of goods. What happened?"
The merchant was startled at first, and saw that Cao Peng was dressed as an ordinary person, so he looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he said softly: "This young master seems to be here for the first time. This is the decision of the new Chief Langling."
The rules are called toll taxes. This checkpoint was set up ten days ago. Pedestrians and vehicles passing by must pay the tax before they can pass through here. It costs ten dollars for a person and five dollars for a car.
Tax. If you don't pay this amount, you won't be able to pass through here, and the goods may be seized.
The newly arrived Chief Lang Ling said that although the war has subsided, bandits are still raging.
If the county government wants to suppress bandits, it must pay enough food, salary and money. But the county government has no money now, so it has set its sights on us... I won't tell you anymore. If anyone hears it, it will be a big deal.
Another attempt to make things difficult. Young Master, please take care of yourself."
The merchant left in a hurry!
But Cao Peng couldn't help but laugh: This Chief Lang Ling also came from time to time? He actually knew how to set up a card to collect money. He was a typical road bully... and it was officially supported.
He turned his head and glanced at Dian Wei.
But Dian Wei's face looked particularly ugly.
"Uncle Dian, they are just some clowns, why are you angry? Duke Cao is strategizing, but he can't do everything personally. This must be done by Xiao Xiao. When you return to Xudu, you can tell Duke Cao what's going on here.
Mr. Cao will definitely deal with it properly."
Dian Wei felt very embarrassed and angry at the same time.
Along the way, he praised Cao Cao like a flower. It seemed that under Cao Cao's rule, everyone could live and work in peace and contentment, and the officials also fulfilled their responsibilities. But the scene before him was a slap in the face! This made Dian Wei feel that he
Those previous words became a laughing stock.
"This Chief Lang Ling deserves to die!"
"One piece of mouse droppings can ruin a pot of soup. If uncle gets angry over such a thing, it won't be worth it!" Cao Peng said with a smile: "By the way, didn't you say you wanted to treat my father and the others to a real dinner?"
Lingjiu? Haha, my nephew is still waiting for your uncle to treat me."
"Um……"
Dian Wei snorted heavily and nodded.
So the group of people continued on the road, following the crowds of people on the road, and slowly walked towards the checkpoint in the center of the road.
Before the checkpoint, there was a cry.
I saw two officers pushing a man who looked like a vendor to the ground and forcing his goods to the side. The vendor begged, but the officers ignored him. One of the officers raised his foot and kicked the vendor to the ground.
, scolded fiercely: "You old man, you are so ignorant. It is only natural to pay tax when passing by... My master will not make it difficult for you. If you want to pass, just pay the tax. If not, the goods will be tax deducted. I tell you
, even if you cry your heart out, you can't change it. This is Duke Cao's order, who dares to disobey it?"
"But...my money was all staked on this product, and you took it away. How will my family live?"
"I don't care how you live?"
In the checkpoint, a man who looked like an army officer shouted loudly: "Why haven't you driven him away yet? This is delaying the matter. Be careful, I will bring him to justice."
The voice sounded a bit high-pitched. Cao Peng squinted his eyes and felt that this person looked familiar.
But for a while, he couldn't remember where he had seen him before, so he could only frown and walk forward with Dian Wei.
"Hey, you black guy, why don't you get off your horse immediately?"
A police officer stepped forward and stopped Dian Wei. He wanted to curse, but looking at Dian Wei's appearance, he swallowed the curse words on his lips.
Dian Weihu's eyes widened and he shouted sternly: "I'm walking normally, why are you blocking the road?"
The officer was so frightened by Dian Wei's roar that he shivered...
"I, I..." He suddenly puffed up his chest and plucked up the courage to say: "My master is famous. From now on, all people traveling from Langling must pay a toll tax. A person is ten yuan, and a horse is fifty yuan.
Money, five guan for a car. Anyone who dares to disobey is a rebel, which is a capital crime of confiscating your home and exterminating your family... You, a total of nineteen people, twenty horses, and a car... add up to a total of six guan and one hundred.
Ninety coins. In addition, if you carry weapons, you need to pay a peace tax, rounded up to a round number, a total of seven coins."
"Safe tax?"
The officer frowned and said loudly: "It's the safety tax! You see you are all carrying weapons. If there is a conflict with people in the city, we have to be responsible for maintaining... Why, don't you think this man's life is worth it?"
Is it worth eight hundred dollars? Stop talking nonsense and pay the money!"
Dian Wei laughed angrily, "I'll give you an ancestor!"
The riding crop was swung up and hit the guard's face with a snap.
How strong is Dian Wei?
This whip was struck out of anger again, and with just one blow, the officer was beaten to pieces.
"I beat people, I rebelled..."
The guard covered his face, screamed and howled.
A group of guards rushed out from behind the checkpoint, led by a man who was tall and thin, with triangular eyes, a goatee, and slightly yellow eyeballs.
"Who dares to cause trouble here if he has the heart of a bear or a leopard?"
The goatee was dressed in black and yelled harshly.
At this time, Cao Peng's eyes narrowed involuntarily.
"Your surname is Cheng?"
He had a goatee, and with glaring triangular eyes, he looked Cao Peng up and down, "Yes, my surname is Cheng, who are you?"
Cao Peng suddenly laughed...
I saw him knocking the horse's belly with both feet, and the horse under his crotch neighed loudly, and quickly jumped out, reaching the goatee in the blink of an eye.
"You are a villain, do you still remember your young master?"
Goatee was a little confused, "You little bastard, are you kidding me?"
Cao Peng, however, was not angry but smiled, "Brother Hutou, why don't you come over and meet our three elders? I remember back then, you and Cheng Ji colluded with each other in Zhongyang Town, humiliated my mother, and caused my family to leave their hometown. I am now
I was thinking about where to find you, but I didn't expect you to come here."
Wang Maizong immediately stepped forward and recognized the triangular eyes at a glance. They were the three elders of Zhongyang Town.
I think back then, Cao Peng's mother Zhang wanted to sell her ancestral jade pendant in exchange for some money in order to go to Zhongyang Mountain to obtain talisman water. Unexpectedly, the local tycoon took a fancy to the jade pendant in her hand and was unable to buy it.
Later, he also colluded with the three elders to frame Zhang.
Cao Peng still remembers how this guy helped the evildoers.
But because he didn't know where he lived, Cao Peng only killed Cheng Ji that night and let this guy go.
However, he has never forgotten the hatred of humiliating his mother. A cold look suddenly flashed across his thin and delicate cheeks. Without saying anything or talking nonsense to the guy, Cao Peng raised his hand to take off the steel knife and raised the knife.
Fall... click, Goatee's eyes still had an unbelievable look, and he fell into a pool of blood. Wang Mai was even more rude, the prancing horse twisted his gun, and stabbed Goatee's chest hard.
He framed Cao Peng's mother and almost killed Wang Mai's father.
These two young men suddenly took action without any warning.
So much so that Dian Wei, who was standing next to him, wanted to stop him, but was still a step too late...
"Afu, what are you doing?"
Dian Wei was annoyed with these people, but that didn't mean he could deal with them without authorization.
Wei Yan smiled and said: "Dian Xiaowei, it's already this time, why are you asking 'what are you doing'? These people in the land of fish and meat will deserve to die."
As he spoke, he stepped forward on horseback. The dragon bird's sword whizzed up and down, leaving wreckage everywhere where the horse passed.
Those people who were queuing up in front of the checkpoint and preparing to pass the checkpoint immediately dispersed when they saw this situation.
Deng Ji stepped forward and said to the merchant whose goods had been detained earlier: "You idiot, why don't you leave with your goods? Are you waiting to lose everything?"
"ah……"
The merchant was stunned for a moment, then showed a grateful expression.
"Thank you so many heroes. Thank you so many heroes."
He quickly called to the two guys, pushed the cart, and left quickly.
At this time, Xia Houlan and Deng Fan also took action! There are only a dozen guards in the level, how can they withstand the hacking and killing of such a group of people?
In just a moment, he was killed cleanly.
Wei Yanyou was not satisfied, so he lit a fire at that level and laughed.
"Afu, what are you doing... These people deserve to be punished by the court's laws. How can you kill people without permission?"
"Anyone who harms the common people can be killed by the common people."
Cao Peng looked calm and glanced at Dian Wei, "Uncle Dian, how come you have become less courageous when you come to your own territory? I remember when you were in Wancheng and Jiyang, you killed countless people, but were you ever so verbose? These
Guy, if you stay here for one more day, you will do more harm to Duke Cao. If you kill him sooner, the world will be at peace... You often say that a man should indulge his own will, but why are you so hesitant now?"
Dian Wei, his face turned red when Cao Peng said it.
Wang Meng and Cao Ji also caught up, took a look at the dead body on the ground, and simply said: "Well done!"
Dian Wei smiled bitterly and said, "Little Afu, I never thought that you are more murderous than me... Anyway, just kill these people, it's not worth it. But let's leave here quickly, lest after a while,
It’s going to be troublesome.”
He had his own considerations and really didn't want to delay it any longer.
Although Dian Wei was a close confidant of Cao Cao, under such circumstances, it was inconvenient for him to continue to stay.
The group of people did not delay and set off on the road again.
It's just that if they want to leave, it's not that easy!
After walking no more than ten miles, I heard a rush of horse hooves behind me, accompanied by a series of shouts: "Don't leave the thief, don't leave the thief..."
Dian Wellema, looked back.
All I could see was smoke and dust billowing at the end of the road.
Dian Wei frowned and said softly: "Afu, you just go, I'll stay here."
Cao Peng said with a smile: "I can kill people, so how can I leave my uncle alone? I would like to see who this Lang Lingchang is."
