Chaotic Frontier: I Picked Up a Peerless Little Wife at the Start

Hearing everyone's praise for the knife, Ling Ziyi felt a surge of joy.

She stepped forward and said, "You people are being hypocritical, getting a good deal for nothing. This weapon took my husband two days to design."

"We found a master craftsman to make it. You should be grateful that you can use it."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Lin Hui with curiosity.

Fan Wujiu patted Lin Hui on the shoulder and laughed heartily.

"Did you all see that? Who's this amazing guy? He's my brother-in-law."

Lin Hui waved his hand with a smile, then pointed to the carriage road on the side: "Brothers, we can't stay here any longer. Quickly gather the horses and drive the carriage back."

Upon hearing Lin Hui's words, everyone immediately sprang into action and climbed onto the carriage.

The monkey was the cleverest and fastest. After climbing onto the carriage, it opened a box and saw something inside that was so dazzling it could blind the eyes. It was instantly overwhelmed.

The box he opened was full of gold, a whole box of gold, so bright it was dazzling.

There were three chests containing gold and eight chests containing silver.

The other chests contained various gold and silver treasures, as well as fine silks and satins.

"Brother Lin, we've struck it rich this time! We've struck it rich!"

The monkey's voice trembled slightly as he spoke: "So much, it must be at least 100,000 taels."

Dong Dashan also opened a box, but he scoffed at its contents, which were a jumble of vases and some calligraphy and paintings.

"Bringing along this junk is bad luck."

Fan Wujiu went over to take a look and almost dropped his eye. It was no junk at all.

He was the former captain of the guards in the general's mansion, so he had seen a lot of things. Therefore, the moment he saw these items, he immediately recognized their value.

When he saw Dong Dashan preparing to smash the vase with a disdainful look, he immediately stopped him.

"What are you doing? Put it down right now."

"You little brat, do you know how valuable these things are?"

"These are all antique paintings and calligraphy. If we're talking about value, one piece here might be worth a whole box of gold."

Dong Dashan was stunned and said incredulously, "Your sister must be wrong. This little bit of stuff can be worth that much? Don't try to scam me."

Fan Wujiu closed the box and said in a serious tone, "These things are priceless treasures, not a single one is junk, so don't you dare touch them."

Lin Hui didn't look at the gold and silver treasures, but went directly to the last few carriages, because these carriages were very similar to the ones he had seen at White Tiger Mountain.

On that day at White Tiger Mountain, Deputy General Chen Ning transported goods to the mountain stronghold in the same kind of carriage, and the contents of the carriage were all the same, covered with the same black cloth and tightly bound.

The neighbor cut the rope, lifted the black cloth covering it, and found that the truck was filled with burlap sacks, one on top of another, but none of them were very big.

Lin Hui used a dagger to cut a hole in the sack, and immediately, many white particles flowed out.

At first, Lin Hui wasn't sure, but after he put a little of these things in his mouth, he immediately became uneasy. That's right, it was all table salt.

Lin Hui was overjoyed, his face showing utter surprise.

"Haha, I really didn't expect that Cheng Wuyou would send me such a treasure before he died."

Lin Hui immediately led the convoy back to Linjiang County.

Although Sigou Village has a lot of supplies and is his current base, its territory is too small, which is not conducive to the overall situation in the future.

Therefore, he chose Linjiang County.

When Lin Hui arrived in Linjiang County, it was already evening.

This time, the situation is worse than last time.

When he came last time, there weren't so many refugees outside the city, but this time, Lin Hui saw a scene that shocked him.

The open ground outside the city was a shocking sight, filled with refugees, densely packed together, some lying, some standing, some sitting, stretching as far as the eye could see.

The air was filled with a putrid smell, which lingered even in the dead of winter.

The caravan passed through the middle of the refugees. Countless eyes were fixed on the boxes on the carriages, but seeing so many guards, each armed with weapons, none of the refugees dared to rush forward.

Their eyes were empty, filled with fear.

The city gates were tightly shut, leaving only a small opening for people to pass through. Even so, strict checks were required to leave or enter the city.

Leaving the city is relatively easy, but no one would choose to do so because they all know very well what leaving the city at this time means: leaving the city means not being able to get back in, and it means they might become refugees.

However, unless you have a special reason or are a special person, it's simply impossible to enter the city.

There was a long line of people wanting to enter the city, all waiting to be checked by the city guards.

Linjiang County was a small county town with a garrison of only two or three hundred men, under the command of Wang Ping.

They checked very carefully, so it was very slow. This caused some people to not want to queue and try to push their way forward, but these officials were not to be trifled with.

Once discovered, they would raise their long knives and begin a brutal beating.

Lin Hui rode in the carriage at the very front, followed by a long procession of cars.

Upon seeing such a large procession arrive, a constable was about to step forward to stop them, but upon seeing Lin Hui's face, his expression immediately changed.

"Oh, it's Brother Lin! What brings you here?"

Lin Hui nodded with a smile: "Yes, we're transporting some things into the city. Where's your Military Advisor Wang?"

As the constable spoke, he ordered the barricades outside the city gate to be opened: "Brother Lin, hurry up and come into the city. Are all these people behind you your men?"

Lin Hui nodded, and the constables, seeing that they were Lin Hui's men, did not stop them and let them in directly.

Upon entering the town, it immediately resembled a county town. The situation inside the town was completely different from that outside. Although the streets were no longer bustling as before, and many shops were closed, the town appeared rather deserted.

However, the order was still very good.

Shiweitian Restaurant is still open to welcome guests, but there are not many customers inside, only a few tables with people drinking.

These people are mostly regular drinkers from the surrounding area. They don't have much money, so when they come, they order a pot of wine and a few casual dishes, and then sit together and have a drink.

They were all acquaintances, so when they drank, they just drank and hardly spoke, which made the atmosphere in the hall a bit strange.

Lin Hui had Fan Wujiu and his men move all the belongings into the backyard. The ground there didn't look like much, but at Lin Hui's request, the underground had become a huge fortress.

After all the items were unloaded from the carriage, Lin Hui called Xiao Wan over.

"Little Bowl Girl, hurry to the kitchen and get me two bags of wood ash, and also a length of fine cotton cloth. Have someone fill these water vats with water."

Xiao Wan was completely confused, not knowing what Lin Hui was going to do.

However, he didn't ask any more questions and turned around to prepare according to Lin Hui's requirements.