Chapter 199 The culprit
Although Yancheng had been besieged by rebels before, it was a rich city, and the cost of survival was naturally higher than elsewhere. It was impossible to stay in Yancheng without making a profitable living.
But most of these people are farmers. Their good conditions are similar to that of Zhou Yang's family, and they have a little bit of farmland. They don't know what business to do.
"Sister, what are your family's plans?" The person asking was Zhou Yang's wife, the eldest Zhou family.
Yang Xianglian replied without thinking: "Of course I followed the caravan."
"Sister-in-law Zhou, you have also seen that the old and the young in my family would have been dead if they had not followed the Baijiabao caravan all the way."
Yang Xianglian is not stupid. In this world, let alone women, even men can easily die while walking outside.
She fled for her life with her parents-in-law and children, and there was no family member she knew to protect her. If she hadn't been lucky enough to follow the Baijiabao caravan, she would have been kidnapped and sold in a brothel, and she had no choice but to die.
Therefore, instead of risking staying in Yancheng and being targeted by local bullies and losing his life, it is better to continue to follow the Baijiabao caravan.
Although Dongzhou belongs to the "Three No Ones" zone, since the Baijiabao caravan went there, they naturally had their reasons.
Da Zhou nodded and asked: "That's Dongzhou, which is said to be a three-nothing zone. Aren't you afraid?"
Yang Xianglian smiled and said, "For a family like ours, it's only a day that we can live longer." If you can survive in Dongzhou, that's good. If you can't, it's your fate.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhou quickly patted the back of Yang Xianglian's hand and comforted: "Don't think so."
Mr. Zhou lowered his voice and said, "Think about it, did the Baijiabao caravan make any wrong decisions along the way?"
Yang Xianglian shook her head.
"So, it's right to follow the caravan." Mr. Zhou said, "We are also lucky to meet the Baijiapu caravan."
Hearing this, Yang Xianglian nodded: "Yes."
The Baijiabao caravan is capable. It can fight bandits and rebels, and it won't take advantage of the big guys. It will occasionally hire people to work for them with money and food.
If it were another caravan, who would care about the life and death of other people.
Da Zhou: "My family is also going to Dongzhou with the caravan. We are all acquaintances, and we happen to take care of each other on the way."
Yang Xianglian became even happier when she heard this. The fact that there were so many people continuing to follow the Baijiabao caravan meant that her decision was right.
Except for a handful of more than 20 people who decided to stay in Yancheng to look for opportunities, the rest planned to continue following the Baijiabao caravan.
Some people couldn't make up their minds, so they thought they would go to Dongzhou to have a look first, and if that didn't work, they would just go back.
No one knew what the situation was like in Dongzhou, so I tried my best to buy something in Yancheng in the past three days and bring it with me.
Yancheng has been besieged for a long time, so there is naturally a shortage of many things, especially food, oil and salt.
Baitao had a lot of salt and millet in his hand. Seeing this, he asked the villagers to sell some in disguise.
People in Yancheng didn't know, but the master and servant Lu Xiaohao who followed Taohua Village knew what was going on when they saw the delicate white salt and the yellow corn.
Yang Song was full of admiration: "The Baijiabao caravan is really a righteous businessman. Not only does it not raise prices on the ground, but it also signed a contract with the merchants stipulating that they cannot hoard, which solves the temporary shortage of food, oil and salt in Yancheng."
Lu Xiaohao nodded: "It's not surprising. If the interests of the Baijiabao caravan came first, Miss Bai wouldn't have saved the two of us."
"They have been taking care of the people following the caravan along the way. There is also the ironclad order of the White Feather Army not to take a single step from the people..."
The two exchanged a few words, and the topic quickly returned to the issue of the theft of the treasure house.
"Have you found any news?"
Yang Song shook his head and frowned tightly: "Sir, all the pawnshop subordinates in Yancheng have conducted secret checks and found nothing." There were so many things, but not one or a half appeared in the pawnshop. It's weird in itself.
Lu Xiaohao snorted coldly and said: "It seems that the person who did it also knew that these things can be traced easily, and was very cautious."
"However, the fox's tail will always be exposed."
Yang Song also nodded: "Yes, sir, don't worry, I will definitely keep an eye on you."
How did the two of them know that it wasn't the person who robbed the treasure house who didn't sell the items, but sold them to other worlds.
At this time, the culprit Baitao was eating taro cake and bargaining with the mall.
‘This is Kesi. Even in ancient times, it was the holy of weaves and the essence of traditional silk art. If you just give me this price, won’t your conscience hurt? ’
Mall: ‘Hey, the system does not have a heart as an organ. ’ I don’t know who just said it was unconscionable in doing business, and the brothers were clear about settling the scores, but now they are asking it again.
Baitao continued: 'Think about our revolutionary friendship of making extra money together...'
When the mall heard this, she couldn't help but want to roll her eyes. She had almost used up the revolutionary friendship to make extra money.
Seeing that the mall was silent, Baitao put down the taro cake and said with a serious face, "Let's take a step back. Eighty-eight thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight coins per meter." ’
‘It will definitely not work if you give me 76,000 coins per meter. Eighty-eight thousand, eight hundred and eighty-eight coins are so lucky. I’ll give you some too. ’
As if he knew how the mall would react, Bai Tao said in a coquettish voice, "Don't believe it. You know, getting rich is very metaphysical." ’
'You have to believe, firmly believe, be certain...you have to be very sure that you will get rich, and the magnetic field will attract all the wealth to you...'
Although she thinks Baitao is talking nonsense, she has been very persistent in this aspect since the mall came into contact with Baitao.
As time passed, it gradually accepted her idea even if it didn't agree with it at first.
‘I really want to get rich anyway. ’ Baitao said, shrugging her shoulders and saying, ‘If you don’t want to, then forget it. ’
Who wouldn't want to, the mall took a look at Baitao's balance, and the series of numbers made him greedy.
Is it because she always wanted to get rich that she made so much money? !
In this way, relying on his sharp tongue, Baitao succeeded in getting the price he wanted and sold several pieces of Kesi.
Three days passed in a blink of an eye.
Knowing that the Baijiabao caravan was leaving, Lu Xiaohao and Yang Song were waiting at Shiliting outside Yancheng early in the morning.
Bai Dashan, who was riding a horse, saw these two people from a distance and couldn't help but want to curse them.
He heard from Bai Qi and Bai Xiaocao that these two five-pound crayfish actually took their aunt to drill a dog hole.
He is really a wolf with a heart and a white eye. This time, he would not agree to the two of them following his group at all costs.
"Everyone speed up and try to cover an extra four miles today."
Just as Bai Dashan ordered the team to pass quickly, Lu Xiaohao said to the team that was not planning to stop: "Miss Bai."
The sleepy Baitao suddenly opened his eyes when he heard the voice.
It's over. Isn't this person here to question her about the theft of the treasure house?
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