Sword from Hengshan

Chapter 43: Mighty
"If Brother Wen stays at the tea shop, please do not cause trouble. Otherwise, it is better to return to Benlei Villa early to avoid worrying your father."

Zhao Rong made the ugly remarks first, Wen Taijuan snorted and nodded in compromise.

He was not silent. After making an agreement with Zhao Rong, he also talked about some things related to Sanhemen and Zhenyuan Escort Bureau, saying that they originally wanted to entangle them, but they sent a message within the sect and hurriedly returned to Yingtian Mansion.

It's not a secret, but the Changrui Escort Bureau has actually been keeping track of the movements of this group of people in Beidi.

Wingtech took the opportunity to show that it is a true man and a true man.

He didn't want to be looked down upon by the young man in front of him at all.

After getting in touch with him for a short period of time, Wentai felt that Zhao Rong was extremely mature, and he looked more like an ignorant boy in front of him, which made him unhappy.

Sadly, there is a younger Fei Fei girl in the shop, who is also very quirky.

Yancheng Yancheng is a place where people's hearts are complicated.

Are the begonias in my hometown blooming again?
For a while, Wingtech missed his hometown of Taojiang a little bit.

"You have strong internal energy, but I can't figure out the martial arts method at all. Where did you practice it?"

He couldn't hold it in anymore and asked about the doubts in his heart.

"Oh, this"

"I practice while fishing, and occasionally go to the martial arts gym owned by his family."

Zhao Rong pointed at Bao Butian and responded casually.

Then he said a few words to old man Qu Feiyan Sang, then left the tea shop and went home to practice Qigong.

Out of curiosity about Zhao Rong, Wing Tai asked Bao Butian about him.

The more he learned, the more surprised Wingtai became.

"what!"

"You said he didn't know martial arts before and only practiced in the boxing gym for two and a half years?"

"Yes."

"That's why my dad said he is a genius that is unique among all people."

"Impossible, you are lying to me!"

Bao Butian picked up the teapot and said, "If I lied to you, I wouldn't be boiling water and selling tea here."

"But now I think it's good to be in this tea shop."

"I don't believe it!" Wentai kept an eye on Zhao Rong's direction home.

"It doesn't matter. You'll understand after you recover and fight again." Bao Butian was very friendly.

He felt that it was time to establish a good relationship with Ben Lei Shou, and they would see each other without looking up from now on, and they would work together for a long time.

Wing Tai is a very demanding person.

He hopes to win before leaving.

With Bao Butian's current consciousness, he felt that the probability of this happening was almost zero.

……

Three days later, Changrui Escort Bureau received a large number of escorts.

There was no room in the cargo hold inside the dart, and they were piled up against the wooden shed in the courtyard. These darts are put into large or small bags, then put into the dart box, and tied with circles of hemp rope on the outside.

Lu Shilai led Zhao Rong and Lu Gui to count the numbers.

Zhao Rong picked up a large box and weighed it. It weighed no less than a hundred kilograms, and a smaller escort box weighed about forty kilograms.

All the boxed goods weighed together were more than 14,000 kilograms.

"I heard that this escort is all about precious medicinal materials?"

"No." Lu Shilai handed him a catalogue to look at. "Medicinal materials are only part of it. Many large items were added temporarily."

"Jiangxi porcelain, Bashu medicinal materials, Northwest plasters, and cash."

"It's so precious."

Zhao Rong smacked his lips and asked, "Have you checked the escort?"

"The chief escort personally verified with the big merchants in Yingtian Mansion. There is no problem."

"The other party also gave me a generous escort gift. If I take this escort trip, I can almost earn another yellow gelding."

Huge profits indeed.

But this business is not something ordinary people can do.

"Do you have any personal bodyguards to protect?" Zhao Rong asked.

"The employer set off first."

The other party was so straightforward that Zhao Rong felt that it was a scam. Although Chang Rui had the third master's support when he showed up as an escort, the employers were relieved. But something happened to the escort escorting Ying Tianfu. Is this big businessman so relieved that he sent such a large amount of goods?

"Can you take it apart again and take a look?" He patted a dart box.

Lu Shilai and Lu Gui also wanted to do this, but they still shook their heads at the same time, "Each cargo escort has a seal, which must not be broken when the employer is away. If it is broken once, the reputation of the escort agency will be greatly damaged."

Then there is nothing we can do.

Zhao Rong stared at the list of escort cargo and calculated silently in his mind. If it was all pulled by a big wheel cart, it would have to be pulled by oxen. One cart could carry 500 kilograms, and it would take less than thirty carts to pull it all.

The cattle herders had to camp in a place with water and grass, and they could only travel forty or fifty miles a day. A trip to Yingtian Mansion would probably take a month.

If the escort agency speeds up, it must prepare more carriages and horses.

With all the carriages and carts on board, everyone shared the effort, relying on lightness to speed up the pace, while making the alternation between water and land more flexible. But when there are too many people on the carriages and horses, they will be scattered and the target will be larger.

There are many robbers and robbers on this road, and there are many Green Forest people who are trying to make a fortune.

"How many carriages and horses does the chief escort plan to use?"

"We will bring a group of handymen and coachmen, a total of fifty-five vehicles." Lu Shilai took out another scrawled map, roughly drawing some mountains and lakes, and marking the main cities along the way.

"Everyone has the same opinion. We will avoid unfamiliar hills on this journey, and we will not take the same route as last time. We will alternate between land and water and pass through Fuzhou Prefecture."

Lu Shilai pointed at the map and pointed out where the official roads were, where the three religions and nine streams gathered, and where there was unrest. Lu Gui added on the side.

Zhao Rong listened extremely carefully.

On the last day before the escort departed, Zhao Rong, Lu Shilai, Pu Kui, and Lu Gui had dinner together. Also at the table was Xing Daosi, who was the only Jianghu person Zhao Rong knew well who had not left.

This bearded man is very down-to-earth and outspoken about the dangers of this escort journey.

"How can I return to Lingling without repaying the favor? Brother Zhao, I will protect you." He always said this with a heroic voice.

Zhao Rong wanted to laugh and admire it.

Pu Kui, who had just finished his escort trip, wanted to go with them, but after everyone persuaded him, he felt guilty and decided to stay at the escort station to accompany his young daughter.

Return to Zhaojiawu in the evening.

Zhao Rong packed up his baggage and brought together ointments for wounds, flint and fire breakers, strips of cotton cloth, poisonous powder and flying needles, and the old ginseng that was half eaten by him was also put together.

Lime was put into his arms, and his sword was sharpened.

The next morning, before the morning rooster had crowed, his grandfather Zhao Fu got up first and prepared porridge and rice for him.

“Think twice about everything, life comes first.”

There was not much to say, Grandpa only reminded me.

"understood."

"These days when the child is away, don't go to Shajiao Island when you go out on the boat."

"it is good."

Zhao Rong was not too worried.

The Haisha Gang caused trouble for the fishing boat in order to attract the Hengshan disciples to show up. Now the Hengshan sect has adopted an extremely conservative strategy of shrinking back, so that not a single inner sect disciple came with them this time.

During this period, the number of attacks by the Haisha Gang on fishing boats became less and less.

No one is willing to do this kind of thing without working hard and getting no profit or water, and sometimes even losing people.

This group of people is holding back a big thing, and they will probably take action against this escort.

……

Before dawn, many people entered the Changrui Escort Agency.

Datong Chamber of Commerce, Xuanhelou, Red Wolf Gang and other Hengshan clans have all sent people over. The chief escort has accepted a few letters. They may be useful when encountering injustices on the road. It is always good to have more connections.

The Red Wolf Gang is half-relying on its leader, Mo Dayi, whose leader Shang Yukang has a good relationship with Long Changxu. This time, the leader of the Wu Hall will lead the team and send 30 masters to accompany them to increase their momentum!
Zhao Rong secretly sighed that Shang Yukang was a clever man.

If the Changrui Escort Agency is finished, the next one to be unlucky may be the Red Wolf Gang.

Long Changxu also had something in mind.

His friends Xie Weixin, Dou Yingzu, and Qujiang Tiger Ma Tingchuan are all there.

Including Battou He, Battou Lu, a group of escorts, and thirty people from the Red Wolf Gang, there are more than 150 people who can come forward to fight.

The escorts fastened the anti-theft secret lock on the dart box made by Yumu Geta and inserted a small triangular flag.

The flag is embroidered with the character "龙" for the surname of the chief escort officer. During the escort operation, the person who robbed the escort will know who is protecting the escort at a glance, so he may not dare to rob the escort.

The Huang Biao bone dragon is still in the horse pen, and Long Changxu has not yet surrendered.

Lu Gui said he wanted Zhao Rong to ride on him, but Zhao Rong decisively refused.

Too garish.

When he encounters a robbery escort attack later, An Qingzi will definitely use it on his head.

"The one riding the horse is Liu Bei" and then Feng Chu died.

In the dim light of the morning, the riders hung the largest escort flag beside the carriage, not toward the top. This was not a mighty escort, but a benevolent escort. Rely on familiarity, rely on friends, and rely on face.

If you encounter a place where bandits are rampant, you can hide the escort flags, grease the wheels of the escort carts, and take off the bells on the mules and horses to steal escorts quietly.

It was the first time for Zhao Rong to follow escorts. Although he knew what everyone was doing, Zhao Rong still saw everything new.

"set off!"

Everyone followed the chief escort and roared loudly. At this time, the cart drivers and cart pushers stepped forward to open the way, and those who beat gongs and shouted each performed their duties and got into position.

The large group of people left the escort agency in a mighty manner.

Jin Biao, who was in charge of staying behind, led the people behind and lit two firecrackers, blasting out flames to scare away the god of plague.

Zhao Rong checked his luggage and got on his horse.

"Drive~!"

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