Back Off, Let Me Come

After a scuffle, the bandits never captured their target.

Kang Shi opened the car curtain and looked at the chaos outside.

He sighed: "Don't take the bait."

After delaying for a while, reinforcements still did not arrive.

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, horrifying screams rang out one after another outside the carriage.

Thump 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 off 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.

He stepped forward to ask for instructions whether he should be taken 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 bone was severely dislocated and he couldn't speak. Instead, he threw out a lot of muddy words. saliva.

The "guard" who escorted him frowned in disgust.

He kicked 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 smiled calmly and said, "It's a small matter."

It's very simple to make people tell the truth.

In less than half a cup of tea, Kang Shi looked overjoyed and said with a smile, "Mr. Yang, I'm so happy!"

Captain Yang hurriedly asked: "How?"

Kang Shi said: "There is a military workshop in the mountain!"

Even the well-informed Captain Yang couldn't help but be shocked and said: "Bingfang? No wonder, no wonder this method is used to force merchants to take a detour and the common people to stay away..."

After all, brave warriors and literary scholars are in the minority.

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 there is so much caution.

After saying that, Kang Shi seemed to have something else to say.

"Besides the military workshop, what else is there?"

Kang Shi looked like he was getting rich: "There is a mine!"

Captain Yang: "..."

This fat sheep is indeed very fat.

Captain Yang asked again: "How big is 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 arrows down the mountain in the past two days."

Captain Yang clicked his tongue and said, "Five thousand arrows?"

Regardless of how long it took to save these feather arrows to make them, this quantity alone is enough to make people greedy.

For brave warriors, such as Gong Xiqiu and Zhai Le, the feathers, arrows and bowstrings are all 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 into 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 it by sharpening one end of the arrows. It does not lie in the selection and polishing of the tail feathers. The tail feathers are just to make the flight path of the arrows more accurate. Considered a necessary part.

The real cost and difficulty lies in the shaft 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 and straightened according to the condition of the arrow body, calibrated, and painted to make the arrow more durable and preserved. These are all skills.

There is also a requirement 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 will naturally rise. Anyone who can play Thousands of 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 a mental calculation 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 so close would escape, but he didn't want to rush into a fight, for fear of misjudging the enemy's strength and burying these dozen people 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 didn't have this problem and immediately made a decision: "Hold the troops and continue to pretend. I will send a message to move reinforcements right away."

Duwei Yang said: "You don't know how to scare off the grass?"

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 military base.

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 their martial energy, nor did they take any direct action. The enemy should not have discovered it yet. Just hold your ground and stay calm.

Captain Yang nodded.

He waved his hand 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.

Captain Yang mentally calculated the location and distance of everyone, and said, "The ones coming should be Qi Yuanliang and Zhao Dayi."

Once Zhao Feng and Qi Shan came, things would be stable.

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.

Take down the military workshop before dawn.

Compared with this, Captain Yang was even more curious about who owned the military workshop - there were 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 pieces, which was still a fortune saved for several years. …

There are 5,000 weapons in a small mountain arsenal!

How could Captain Yang not be moved?

He asked Kang: "In addition to feather arrows, are there others?"

Kang Shi said: "There should be, but that little thief has only been here recently and has not been reused yet. He can only do marginal jobs. Therefore, he does not know the real situation inside. He is still helping people with Yujian's matter. Only the substitute found out."

Take a peek and see the whole leopard.

This military workshop is absolutely rich.

Captain Yang asked again: "Which family is it from?"

Kang Shi's expression was a little weird.

"Mr. Zhang, Mrs. Zhang of Heyin."

Tsk tsk tsk——

I really don’t know whether to say that Ha Yin Zhang’s is lucky or unlucky. Why is there this restaurant everywhere?

Shen Lang originally planned to attack this family, but he didn't expect that before he could do anything, they bumped into him first. Is this a coincidence?

only--

The Heyin Zhang family in Bai Su's mouth is a soft persimmon that is relatively easy to handle. Heyin has a great reputation but average overall strength. Now that 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.

Then he asked, "Why is Ji Shou worried?"

Kang Shi expressed his worries.

Duwei Yang said: "Then there is 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 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 actually thought that Lady Bai Su was innocent.

Captain Yang then said: "That Madam Bai Su is a thief. Although thieves have their ways, the Zhang family in Heyin is also a powerful local family. If they are so incompetent that a thief can find out their own family background, how can they 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 wasn't very optimistic.

Among 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 defeat an enemy as powerful as Gong Xiqiu, but some battles were invisible to the naked eye——

Not on the battlefield, but in people's hearts.

Kang Shi asked back: "Are there any other options?"

Captain Yang was stunned and sighed: "That's true..."

There is no way back in this world.

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 still hear the sound of jingling bells in the distance, and you can see a few busy figures in the moonlight.

This is the military workshop secretly built by the Heyin Zhang family 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, he 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 founding leader of the Xin Kingdom did.

They can do it, why can’t they do it themselves?

In order to ensure that the plan would not be hindered, he deliberately killed the passing merchant teams, and the methods were as cruel as possible, even the common people who went up the mountain to cut firewood were 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 undisputed 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 against 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, there are more than ten guards.

To be on the safe side, we sent out 30 or 40 people - the first batch of feather arrows from the military workshop was about to be delivered, so there couldn't be any 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 capture it?"

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 whispered back: "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 he sits down, sometimes he gets up.

Then he asked: "Has the person come back?"

Another continued: "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? of?"

He replied: "Something bad is going to happen——"

His heart thumped twice: "What?"

"Everyone who went there died."

"Dead???" The man seemed to have heard something ridiculous and was furious, "What is dead?"

"Everyone who was sent down was killed."

The man's face turned livid: "Meet a brave warrior?"

Brave warriors, even the lowest-ranking warriors, cannot be supported by ordinary merchants.

Even if there were really low-ranking officers in the caravan guard, it would be impossible to kill everyone without even one of them escaping to report the news.

"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 person who was sprayed did not dare to say a word.

Faced with the baptism of spittle, he could only endure it and resist the urge to look away until the other party became less angry. He then said: "Do you want to send more people..."

"Nonsense! Of course I want to go!"

"Do you want the people in this workshop to move?"

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 errands. Time is tight, so why do I need to move?

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I don’t know if anyone has tickets for the annual list?

Can 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.