Chapter 275 Chapter 275: So fat and oily [Requesting annual votes]
After a scuffle, the bandits never captured the target.
Kang Shi opened the car curtain and looked at the chaos outside.
Sighed: "I won't take the bait."
After delaying for a while, reinforcements still didn't come down.
This means that these bandits have no existence value. Captain Yang raised his hand and tapped on the wooden frame of the carriage, with different rhythms and different sounds. As the last syllable fell, frightening screams rang out one after another outside the carriage.
Thump, thump, thump—
There were sounds of heavy objects falling to the ground one after another.
After a few breaths, it was completely quiet outside the carriage.
Captain Yang tightly covered his cloak to keep out the cold, opened the curtain and got out of the carriage, followed closely by Kang Shi. He declined Kang Shi's help and jumped out of the carriage. The servants all saluted. Captain Yang glanced casually and saw dozens of corpses lying on the ground.
He looked away indifferently: "Where are you alive?"
Soon there were two "servants" holding down a miserable bandit who was drooling and covered in blood. With just one glance, Kang Shi could see that the bandit's hands, feet, and temporomandibular bones had been violently severed, to prevent the "lucky man" from committing suicide as much as possible.
Once he committed suicide, wouldn't the whole night's work be in vain?
Li Li wiped away the blood splattered on his face.
Step forward and ask for instructions whether you should take the person down for questioning.
Captain Yang smiled and said, "No need to go to such trouble."
The bandit's frightened face turned pale. He was obviously imagining some inhuman torture method. He kept shaking his head and wanted to beg for mercy, but his temporomandibular His bones were severely dislocated, and he couldn't speak. Instead, he spit out a lot of muddy saliva.
The "guard" who escorted him frowned in disgust.
Kick him secretly to signal him to stay still.
Li Li was puzzled: "No?"
"Prisoners can also lie. What are you doing to waste this time?" Captain Yang saluted Kang Shi and said with a smile, "The next step is to trouble Ji Shou, so act quickly."
Kang Shi calmly smiled and said: "It's a trivial matter."
It's very simple to make people tell the truth.
With less than half a cup of tea, Kang Shi looked overjoyed and said with a smile: "Mr. Yang, I'm so happy!"
Duwei Yang hurriedly asked: " How? ”
Kang Shi said: "There is a military workshop in the mountain!"
Even the well-informed Captain Yang couldn't help being surprised, saying: "A military workshop? No wonder, no wonder this method is used to force merchants to detour and common people Stay away..."
The brave warriors and the literary scholars are in the minority after all.
On the battlefield, the largest number are ordinary people.
They also need armor and weapons to fight.
Although the world is in chaos, the nominal leader of the country is still Zheng Qiao. Running a military workshop privately is tantamount to "rebellion."
No wonder so cautious.
After saying that, Kang Shi seemed to have something else to say.
"Besides the military workshop, what else is there?"
Kang Shi had a "get rich" expression on his face: "There are mines!"
Captain Yang: "..."
This fat sheep is indeed very fat.
Captain Yang asked again: "What is the scale of the military workshop?"
Kang Shi could hardly help but raise the corners of his mouth: "It's not small, the military workshop has to transport five thousand people in these two days. Feather arrows go down the mountain."
Yang Duwei clicked his tongue and said: "Five thousand feather arrows?"
Regardless of how long it took for these feather arrows to be made, this quantity alone is enough to make people greedy.
For brave warriors, such as Gong Xiqiu and Zhai Le, the feathers, arrows, bows and strings are all for free. The martial energy in one hand turns into a bow, and the other hand turns into feathered arrows. As long as the martial energy is not exhausted, the arrows will have a continuous supply of energy, and they will not feel hurt no matter how many times they are shot.
Theoretically, as long as there are enough courageous warriors who can transform bows, thousands of arrows can be fired together, covering the firepower, and the plumes of arrows can be compared to rain.
But actually?
Ordinary people cannot "make something out of nothing".
Arrows are very expensive.
The difficulty of making the arrows does not even lie in the clusters of the arrows. If you are very poor, you can still use the arrows by sharpening one end. It does not lie in the selection and polishing of the tail feathers. The tail feathers are just to make the arrows fly. The track is more precise and not a necessary part.
The real cost and difficulty lies in the body of the arrow.
The arrow body used for arrows is not just a piece of bamboo or wood that can be used by whittling it.
The straighter the stick, the better, preferably dry wood. If not, it needs to be heated and dried, then polished, straightened, calibrated and painted according to the condition of the arrow body to make the arrow more durable and preserved. These are all skills.
There are also requirements for the length of the arrow body. Otherwise, what would happen if the bow and arrow are fully drawn but the length of the arrow body is not enough?
Under various restrictions, production costs naturally rise. Anyone who can play Thousand Arrows without the participation of brave warriors will definitely have a mine at home! No, now we meet a big fat sheep with mines and five thousand arrows!
Captain Yang was well aware of the cost of making feather arrows.
He made an estimate in his mind and his eyes lit up.
If he misses this fat sheep, he will regret patting his thigh in his dreams and must eat it! Captain Yang glanced at the soldiers disguised as "merchant guards" with an inexplicable twinkle in his eyes. He also knew that he had difficulty in making choices. He could lead troops to fight but could not command them. In order not to delay, he asked Kang Shi directly.
"Ji Shou, in your opinion, what should we do?"
Captain Yang was afraid that the big fat sheep that was close at hand would run away, but he didn't want to fight rashly, for fear of misjudging the enemy's strength and killing these dozens of people. The man was buried here in vain. You know, it is a mine and a military workshop. How can the overall force be weak?
For a moment, he began to hesitate.
Kang Shi did not have this problem, and immediately made a decision: "Hold the troops and continue to pretend. I will send a message to move reinforcements."
Yang Duwei said: "You don't know how to alert the snake?"< br>
Kang Shi shook his head: "Probably not."
If the enemy is alerted, the enemy in the dark will either send powerful and courageous warriors to kill them, or they will quickly move their troops.
The cunning rabbit has three caves. I don’t believe that these people don’t have a backup secret location. However, none of the dozen or so soldiers, including Li Li, used force, nor did he take any direct action. The enemy should not have discovered it yet. Just hold your ground and stay calm.
Captain Yang nodded.
Waving to signal a dozen soldiers to dispose of the body.
He and Kang Shi returned to the carriage.
Kang Shi used the cover of the carriage to transform into several petite and light blue birds, and flew to the destination under the cover of night.
Duwei Yang mentally calculated the location and distance of everyone, and said: "The ones who are coming should be Qi Yuanliang and Zhao Dayi."
It will be safe for Zhao Feng and Qi Shan to come. .
But——
It would take them two hours at the fastest to get here.
There are still three hours before dawn.
It should be in time.
Capture the military workshop before dawn.
Compared with this, Captain Yang was even more curious about who owned the military workshop - that was five thousand feather arrows! Assuming that the batch of feathered arrows are all medium-grade, the cost of one feathered arrow is about fifteen to twenty yuan. Now that it is another disaster year, the production cost has increased. It is conservatively estimated to cost twenty-five yuan. Five thousand feather arrows is equivalent to one hundred and twenty-five thousand yuan... Yang Duwei is jealous just thinking about it.
You must know that when he was still serving in the Sibao County garrison, there were all kinds of quarrels every year, and military supplies were delayed, withheld, and reduced... The army's feather arrow reserve was less than 100,000, which was still a fortune saved for several years. ...
A small mountain arsenal has five thousand weapons!
How could Captain Yang not be moved?
He asked Kang Shi: "In addition to feather arrows, are there others?"
Kang Shi said: "There should be, but that little thief has only been here for a short time and has not been reused yet. He can only do marginal work, so he doesn’t know the real situation inside until he works as a substitute.”
Take a peek and see the whole leopard. This military workshop is absolutely rich.
Duwei Yang asked again: "Which family is it from?"
Kang Shi's expression became a little weird.
"Zhang family, Heyin Zhang family."
Tsk tsk tsk——
I really don’t know whether to say that Heyin Zhang’s luck is good or bad. How come there is this restaurant everywhere?
Shen Lang originally planned to attack this family, but before he could do anything, they bumped into him first. Is this a coincidence?
It’s just——
The Heyin Zhang family in Bai Su’s mouth is relatively easy to handle. He has a great reputation in Heyin but his overall strength is average. Now he accidentally discovered the military workshop. , it can be seen that the Heyin Zhang family has more than that. Kang Shi was a little worried that Shen Tang would kick the iron plate.
Seeing Kang Shi frowning, Captain Yang thought something had changed.
He asked, "Why is Ji Shou worried?"
Kang Shi expressed his worries.
Yang Duwei asked: "Is there something wrong with Bai Su?"
Kang Shi shook his head and said: "This is unlikely."
When Shen Tang came to Heyin to take office, few people knew about it.
On the surface, Shen Tang wants no one but no money. He only has most of the old, weak, women and children around him, and there are more than a thousand "elites" of varying levels. Is it necessary for such a grassroots team to spend a lot of energy and take detours?
The possibility is slim.
Kang Shi thought Lady Bai Su was innocent.
Captain Yang then said: "That Madam Bai Su is a thief. Although thieves have their own ways, the Zhang family in Heyin is also a powerful local family. If they are really incompetent enough to let a thief find out their own family background, where can they find it?" Can you still survive to this day? ”
Can you still call a trump card if you reveal it easily?
Captain Yang has also dealt with many powerful families in Sibao County and has some understanding of their ways. He was only concerned about one thing, and said with a slightly complicated expression: "Your Mr. Shen, are you really prepared to fight with local snakes as soon as you come up?"
He is not very optimistic.
Of these local snakes that have been rooted in one place for many years, which one doesn’t have a few fangs that can seal its throat with blood? Captain Yang admitted that Shen Tang was very powerful and could even retreat from a powerful enemy like Gong Xiqiu, but some battles were invisible to the naked eye -
It was not on the battlefield, but in the hearts of the people.
Kang Shi asked back: "Is there any other choice?"
Yang Duwei was stunned and sighed: "That's right..."
In this world, there is no way to retreat.
If Shen Tang wants to take over Heyin and take root, he must rob other local snakes of their nourishment. Even if Shen Tang doesn't want to take the initiative, local snakes will unite and kill Shen Tang.
The truth is that simple, either you die or I die.
And Shen Tang chose to take the initiative.
The initiative is in your own hands.
On the mountain, the location is hidden.
From time to time, you can hear the sound of jingling bells in the distance, and you can see a few busy figures in the moonlight.
This is the military fortress that Heyin Zhang secretly built in the mountains. There is a mineral vein in the mountain, and the reserve purity is quite good.
Mrs. Zhang did not dare to speak out.
So by cooperating with the bandits, I swallowed this big cake, secretly accumulated enough force, and prepared to wait for Zheng Qiao's royal court to completely collapse, then he would respond to the call and rise up! By then, they will be able to successfully annex the other companies in Heyin!
This is what the founder of Xin State did.
They can do it, why can’t they do it themselves?
In order to ensure that the plan is not hindered, he deliberately kills the merchants passing by. The method can be as cruel as possible, even the common people who go up the mountain to chop firewood are not spared. Another one was released alive, coupled with the deliberate exaggeration and propaganda of the people under his command, the mountain road was extinct, and their wretched development plan was carried out in an orderly manner, and everything was developing in a good direction.
They don't want to be so cautious.
However, they are not only the unrivaled boss in Heyin, they also have the leader of the country Zheng Qiao on top. Once the news comes out, at least it will be a crime for the Yi tribe. I thought I could sit back and relax, but unexpectedly, another insect sneaked in.
It is also a traveling trade caravan.
The scale is not small, with more than ten guards.
For the sake of safety, we sent out number 30 or 40 people - the first batch of feather arrows from Bingfang is about to be delivered, there can be no mistakes! In order to avoid future troubles and avoid rumors, it is safest to leave no one alive. Who knows, I didn’t reply for a long time.
"Did that group of people take it down?"
The person who spoke was a little anxious.
He was inexplicably anxious tonight. The Zhang family is not among the top in Heyin. If the news about the Bingfang leaks out and is known by other companies, what awaits the Zhang family may be their joint suppression, which is close to catastrophe.
Another person replied in a low voice: "Not yet."
"Not yet?"
There are more than ten caravan guards, and I don't know if the weapons they use are blunt. I have sophisticated weapons in my 30s and 40s. How can I kill them? The man's chest heartbeat was disordered and rapid, and his unreasonable panic and anxiety became more and more obvious.
He paced back and forth in the room.
Sometimes I sit down and sometimes I stand up.
Asked again: "Has the person come back?"
Another person continued to answer: "Not yet."
"Trash! It's all trash! What are you doing for food!" He blurted out a few curses. Just as he was about to call someone to rush him, there was a burst of messy footsteps outside the house. He frowned in displeasure and said, "Why are you so nervous? ”
Answered: “Something bad is going on— —"
His heart skipped a beat: "What?"
"Everyone is dead."
" The man seemed to hear it? What a ridiculous thing, furious, "What's dead?"
"All the people sent down were killed."
The man's face was ashen: "Meet a brave warrior?"
A brave warrior, even the lowest-ranking warrior is not ordinary. Merchants can afford it.
Even if there were really low-ranking officers in the caravan escort, it would be impossible to kill everyone and not even one of them could escape and report.
“Probably not, no force was used.”
The man became even more angry after hearing this: "Are you saying that a group of ordinary mud-legged untouchables killed thirty or forty of us?"
The man who was sprayed did not dare to say a word.
Faced with the baptism of spittle, I could only endure it and resist the urge to turn my head away until the other party became less angry. He then said: "Should we send more people there..."
"Nonsense! Of course we have to go!"
"Then do you want to move the people in this workshop?"
The man laughed angrily after hearing this.
It's just a dozen or so merchant guards who are relatively capable. It can be solved by sending two brave warriors to lead them down. I am still busy with work and deadlines. Time is tight, so why do I need to move?
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I wonder if any of you have tickets for the annual list?
Could you give Shiitake a copy of "After the Boss Retires"?
I want to hit the list.
The serialization time of the new book is too short, and there is no annual list, alas.
(End of this chapter)