Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1402, Road Sweeping Bandit Bully, Cracking Down on Black Shops

While the capital city is cracking down on the beggar gang, it is on a road from the capital city to Shanxi.

A group of people returning home from migrant workers in the capital dragged their tired bodies on the road, facing the cold wind, and returned to their hometown step by step with longing for their hometown.

"Tiger Ridge is ahead, everyone has hidden their money."

"As the saying goes, it's hard for the King of Hades to see little ghosts. The Pang family in Tiger Ridge are little ghosts. It's not that easy to get past them without peeling off their skin."

The people walking in the cold wind looked at the mountains in front of them, and each of them couldn't help cheering up, and began to hide their money by showing their skills.

Wang Gensheng, who was riding a bicycle, also made a look at his wife Li Erxiu. The other party immediately understood and began to pretend to hide the money, but in fact the bank notes had already been hidden properly.

Tiger Ridge is a place with dangerous terrain. Only the road in front of you can pass quickly. If you want to detour, it will take several days, and other places are still dirt roads, which are very difficult to walk. There are no inns, post stations or the like.

In this great winter, no one dared to spend the night in the wild mountains. Even if the inns and post stations were more expensive than usual, everyone would choose to stay.

Taking the road back home is the safest and fastest way.

It's just that during the Chinese New Year holidays, there are quite a few people who are staring at them who have returned home.

The prices of inns, post stations, and small shops along the way will generally increase. Usually, you can stay for one night with only a hundred renminbi, and you can eat a big bowl of hot noodles with a dozen renminbi. Double it up and give it a hard shave.

These are all good, it’s okay if the price is more expensive, the key is that there are some places where there are special road bandits and bullies. Some of these road bandits and bullies specialize in collecting tolls. Some even ask for a tael of silver to let you pass.

Some are just blocking the road and robbing, robbing you of all your hard-earned earnings for a year, and even heard that in some places, people will kill people.

There are also some unscrupulous shops. When you enter the shop, you don’t tell the price. After you eat something or something, you just open your mouth, and a steamed bun will cost you more than [-] renminbi.

What's more, they directly block the way, buy and sell by force, and only let you go if you have to go to a black shop for consumption.

These are the things that Wan Gensheng and the returnees are most afraid of encountering.

The Pangjialing in the front is considered to be a collection of road bandits, bullies and black shops, and because of its special geographical location, there are no villages or shops behind, and there are no people in the front and back for several miles, which makes the people here in Laohuling extremely arrogant.

I heard that some people were unwilling to pay tolls and didn't spend money in their black shops, but they were dragged to the barren mountains and killed by them. Of course, this is just a rumor, and there is no real evidence.

"Everyone wait a little longer, and go there together when there are more people, so that it will be safer."

Some older people came to the front and shouted to the crowd. After listening to it, everyone thought it was reasonable, and they all nodded, and then rested on the spot.

Tiger Ridge is sad. It is better if there are more people. If there are more people, the other party will weigh one or two. After all, Daming is regarded as a Haiqing River Banquet, and it is not a troubled time. The Pang family will also be overwhelmed.

When it comes to the Pang family in Tiger Ridge, I have to talk about it.

Tiger Ridge used to be considered a remote mountainous area with inconvenient transportation. There was only one Pangjia Village located here. Later, the imperial court built a road, which happened to pass by Pangjia Village in Tiger Ridge, which also benefited Pangjia Village a lot.

Because of the special geographical location, the people of Pangjia Village first set up inns, restaurants and the like next to the road to provide accommodation and food for passing business travelers, and then sell some local specialties along the way.

I can't say how good the small days are, but it must be much better than before.

But then I don't know what happened, the whole Pangjia Village united together, first set up roadblocks, collected tolls, and then slowly started a black shop business.

The toll collection and black shop business have brought huge benefits, and the people of Pangjia Village have gradually become deeply involved in it, and it has become more and more excessive.

At the beginning, the tolls charged were only a dozen or so yuan, and the things sold in black shops were not too much at first, but gradually, they intensified, and the tolls charged became more and more excessive, and the things sold in black shops became more and more Sell ​​more expensive.

Even to the point of buying and selling by force, passing business travelers will be intimidated and beaten by them if they don't spend in their black shops.

The entire Pangjia Village is full of people with the surname Pang, so they are very united. The kind where men, women and children go to battle together has become the most famous place on this route.

Wang Gensheng and Li Erxiu also stopped. The two of them had bicycles along the way, so it was easier in comparison.

The quality of the Mercedes-Benz bicycle in his hand is quite high, and the road is a cement road, the speed is quite good, but he is not in a hurry to pass the Tiger Ridge in front of him.

The crowd waited for almost half an hour. Originally, there were only a dozen people, but gradually dozens of people gathered. Just when they were about to set off again.

Afterwards, hundreds of people came all at once. Although all of these hundreds of people were wearing ordinary clothes similar to everyone else, they were all carrying burdens and burdens, as if they were returning home. of workers.

But these hundreds of people are all young lads, each of them is tall and strong, although they are in twos and threes, they vaguely feel as if they belong to a group, and they don't look simple.

"With you guys here, it's much safer now."

Seeing the arrival of these hundreds of young men, everyone immediately felt more at ease, shouting at each other and walking towards Tiger Ridge together.

Just after passing a hill, Tiger Ridge is in sight. A straight road goes along the foot of the mountain to the distance. At the foot of the mountain, there are many buildings, on which you can see restaurants, inns, tea shops and the like.

It can also be seen that on this straight road, dozens of people have set up roadblocks, put tables and chairs, and hung signs, which say that the toll fee is one tael per person!
You can see that there are dozens of people queuing here to pay tolls. Just paying tolls is not enough, you have to spend a certain amount in the nearby inns, restaurants, restaurants, etc. before these people will let you pass.

Dozens of people on the road all looked very unfriendly. Many of them held sticks, swords and the like in their hands. On the high places on both sides of the road, there were even people holding bows and arrows, as if they were birds. If you want to fly from here, you have to leave a few feathers behind.

"A tael of silver!"

"They are blatant robbery!"

Seeing the sign on the roadside of Tiger Ridge in the distance, everyone in the team couldn't help cursing immediately.

"It's like eating people without spitting out their bones, one tael of silver, how long will it take us to earn one tael of silver."

"Isn't it? The Pang family in Tiger Ridge are commonly known as Pang Tiger."

"I don't know how many people pass by here and there, one tael of silver, how much money do they charge a day?"

"God knows, but if you do all the bad things, there will be retribution sooner or later."

Everyone cursed angrily, but they had no choice but to prepare their own money, planning to spend money to eliminate disasters.

Soon, everyone came to the foot of the mountain.

Wang Gensheng and others didn't intend to stay here, so they lined up directly, preparing to pay the toll, and buy some so-called souvenirs to pass here directly.

The restaurants and inns in Tiger Ridge are really expensive, most people really can't afford it, even if they can afford it, they don't dare to live here, because everyone is afraid that the Pang family in Tiger Ridge will take advantage of the money, murder their lives and so on.

However, what is unexpected is that those more than a hundred young men looked very rich, and they did not leave in a hurry, but rushed into restaurants, inns and other places here, as if they planned to have a good meal here Take a meal, take a break and then go.

"Why don't you rob the toll for a tael of silver?"

"This road was built by the imperial court, not by you. You have to charge tolls for whatever you do."

Someone was reluctant to part with a tael of silver and shouted loudly.

"Why?"

"We rely on the mountains to eat, and our Pangjia Village relies on the road to eat. If this road passes from us, we have to pay tolls."

"Others can just pay one tael of silver, but if you don't pay five taels of silver, you don't even want to pass here."

Hearing this person's yelling, some members of the Pang family village gathered immediately. Several of them held something in their hands and looked at the yelling person fiercely. If you make it, you will be beaten up.

"I don't believe that there is no king's law in this world. I just won't pay the money. If you dare to do anything to me today, I will report to the officials tomorrow."

"Officer?"

"Tomorrow, it depends on whether you can live until tomorrow."

"Call me~"

With a sneer, several Pang family villagers rushed up with sticks, and they were going to beat this man severely.

"Boom~Boom~"

However, at this moment, accompanied by several gunshots, the Pang family members holding bows and arrows on the hillsides on both sides of the road rolled down one after another.

Then from places like inns and restaurants, hundreds of people suddenly appeared. These people held swords and muskets, like tigers descending a mountain. Those who didn't have time to react or figure out the matter were directly knocked to the ground by these people, unable to move.

"The army of the Ming Dynasty eradicates the gangsters and eliminates the evil, and cracks down on black shops~"

"Irrelevant people wait to get out of the way!"

An officer in military uniform came out of the inn, looking at the surprised crowd in front of him with a stern expression.

　Is there anything similar to Pangjia Village?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)