After the price was agreed, Chai Baochang looked at Li Chongjiu’s lips and moved half a ring. Finally, he gave a long sigh and led the red scarf thief’s twenty thousand troops to retreat for twenty miles. When the caravan learned that Li Chongjiu would cross the road and pressure more than forty thousand dollars, it was incredible.
When 200,000 yuan was returned, most of the time, the businessmen looked at the heavy sheepskin cashboxes and looked at each other.
But now no one cares about these times. After they paid the money and goods, the caravan refugees rushed to Taihang Mountain Road without saying anything, and they were afraid that Chai Baochang would suddenly go back on his word.
After all the people have been running for dozens of miles, they are overwhelmed and unable to support, and then they stop believing that they have finally saved a life.
The shopkeeper and the stewards thought of changing their faces to face Lee Chong-jiu, but they didn’t worry about it. Lee Chong-jiu became a single-handed hero in twenty thousand troops.
Li Chongjiu, however, was not in the caravan at this moment, but later took a detective ride to monitor Chai Baochang’s army to see if there was a chase.
After the caravan heard it, it was even more regrettable that there were only a few complaints left, and they could not say anything. Now everyone is pointing to Lin Dangfeng to say a word.
All the businessmen are in charge of the business while holding torches and sitting in suitcases in the wilderness, despite the poor conditions.
A steward said, "steward Lin, we are not ungrateful. This time, we all relied on Li Shao’s escort."
"We thought that after we left Mobei for more than ten years, we still have to ask the Li family escort agency to keep our friendship. We are all in the same boat. You say, come up with an idea."
Lin Dangfeng took a look at the merchants and asked, "Is this your decision or everyone’s decision?"
Everyone in the caravan is an older shopkeeper who said, "Everyone thinks so. We will go back and forth to Mobei twice a year later. We will have to run this escort route for at least ten years. Our business is not as good as this. This time, the Li Escort Agency is reliable, the escorts are less intelligent and brave. We all admire me. I think we will all ask the Li Escort Agency to go to Mobei in the future."
"Today, everyone will discuss this matter, so it’s settled to deal with it. I think Lin is the most experienced steward, so please do everything."
All the businessmen are different chambers of commerce, but this meeting is a sure thing. After that, everyone will hold a group and walk together in Mobei.
When Lin Dangfeng heard this, he smiled and said, "It’s very good, but what about climbing friendship with the Li family escort agency?"
After consulting for a while, the businessmen said, "Isn’t there hundreds of money left this time? When Chai Baochang was not cheap, he gave it to Li Shao as a profit. "
"Not enough" Lin Dangfeng shook his head and said
"Well, I still have a distant niece. I think she will marry a young escort?" Just one person’s mouth was sprayed by a group of businessmen.
One person said, "Qiu Laoxi, you are too stingy. If you can climb with a young escort, I have a daughter who is married to such a hero. Who doesn’t want to be a son-in-law?"
"Well, I’m not the only one."
All the businessmen were quarrelling at the same time. In the end, he didn’t discuss anything except giving Li Zhong 950 thousand money
Lin Dangfeng thought for a moment and said, "Let’s do what I want!"
Chapter 11 Starting from home
After the long caravan trudged through the Taihang Mountain Road, everyone had to pay a full tax to enter the river.
However, I don’t want the defenders to leave the city directly after seeing several refugees coming over, and give up this natural risk for no reason, which makes the merchants stunned for a while.
Then it’s said that everyone will go forward like mountains to Yanmen County.
Although there are no thieves chasing and blocking, and there is no shortage of food for the time being, it is difficult to travel all the way and the weather is freezing and cold.
Therefore, the refugees were killed and injured along the way, and there were dozens of layoffs every day. When they arrived at the general rudder of the Lijia Escort Agency in the party county, there were more than 2,300 refugees left along the way.
Although Li’s escort leader is the commander in chief, the business of the party escort agency is the last. Wang Mahan is the only one guarding Li Hu Su Su, and neither of them is right
Li Huyan has always been the seat of Yanmen Escort Agency, and now it has replaced the general rudder. It is not only the most profitable one among the three escort agencies, but also the largest one. Outside Yanmen borders, if you want to leave the grassland caravan from Bingzhou, you have to go through Yanmen County and Mayi County.
In Su Su’s eyes, Jinyang Escort Agency in Taiyuan County Jinyang in Taiyuan County used to be a state-owned state. Although the court abolished the state-owned county system, there was no state name in the official face, but the people still used to call it that.
The powerful center of the county government needs Su Su to read people like this and deal with government figures. Su Su is a lot of classmates in Hefen Gate, and the money road is also an umbrella for the various businesses of the official Li family escort agency.
Therefore, the importance of Taiyuan Yanmen Escort Agency has surpassed that of the earliest Party Escort Agency.
However, the caravan refugees of the Party Escort Agency finally got a rest here.
Does the escort agency have a big house and rent a private house? Is it enough for Wang Mahan to say goodbye after seeing Li Chongjiu?
Escort agencies entertain caravan refugees with hot wine and good meat. Everyone has a plate of delicious pills (note 1) to wash everyone’s boats and cars.
Finally, everyone can get rid of the fear of being chased by thieves and stolen goods, and have a safe sleep.
After two days’ rest, a businessman from the Party and County wants to deliver bulk goods to Yanmen County urgently. This is also the rule of escort agency. There is a new order, so two trips to escort goods are combined to save manpower and earn two money. This is also what they mean by setting up escort agencies everywhere.
This modern logistics is the most basic operation, but it was a pioneering work in the Sui Dynasty. You know, the earliest escort agency in China only appeared in the modern times and flourished in the Qing Dynasty
So the caravan braved the heavy snow to go back to the refugees, so it would be inappropriate to rush about, otherwise it would be exhausting if it didn’t freeze to death. Li Chongjiu asked Wang Mahan’s party and county escort agency to treat them well, while Tan Zong and more than a dozen people went with the caravan to Yanmen County.
After a long journey of more than ten days, everyone finally arrived in Yanmen County at the end of November.
All the caravans are in front of the Lijia Escort Agency in Houyanmen County, and Lin Dangfeng and other businessmen are in charge and marvel at the vastness and grandeur of Yanmen Escort Agency.
A river surrounds the door, and a row of willows is a row of clear horse posts.
The gates are painted red with cast copper nails, and there are big lion claws on the left and right sides.
A hundred escort guards in front of a large escort agency are waiting at the door, all dressed in soap robes and neatly strapped.
And the first old man with a kind face is not Li Hu, the chief escort of the Li family escort agency. Who else can he be?
Li Huxian glanced at Li Chongjiu first, but Lin Dangfeng smiled and greeted several caravan shopkeepers. Obviously, some people have had contacts before.
When Li Hu came to the front of Li Chongjiu, he sighed slightly and said, "It’s good to come back after three years."
Li Chongjiu nodded his eyes and was moved to nod and say "Yes".