When several leaders heard this, they were immediately shocked: "Wang Jiayin's main force has arrived in Qinshui County."
Qinshui County is indeed not far from Gudu Wharf.
Moreover, the bandits were not very tightly organized. When Wang Jiayin's main force arrived at a place, it often meant that there were other party members scattered for hundreds of miles around, such as Zijinliang, Chuangwang, Laohuihui, Cao Cao, and the Eighth Army of Nanying. Wang, the eight kings of Xiying...
These troops never move with Wang Jiayin's main force, but they are not too far away from him. Hundreds of thousands of rogue bandits are scattered across hundreds of miles.
Xing Honglang took out the map and looked at it, his face darkened: "Our saltpeter is in danger."
There was no garrison in the Nitrate Pond, only a large group of saltworkers secretly built a salt village there to dry the salt. Because the Nitrate Pond was in a remote location, the government never paid attention to it, so there was no need to worry about being discovered by the government. However, it was different when the bandits came.
Rogue bandits like to hide in uninhabited places to hide officers and soldiers. It is easy to find Nitchi Village, where the saltsmiths are not safe.
"We cannot withdraw the salt workers." Zhao Sheng said: "The alkali making plant in Gaojiacun now has a very large demand for salt, and the supply of salt cannot be cut off, so the salt workers cannot be withdrawn, but in such a crisis, we still need to If you leave the saltsmiths in the saltpeter, they will get into trouble easily."
Zao Ying said: "I will lead the team over first and let the cavalry battalion be temporarily stationed in the salt village to protect the saltsmiths. If it is a small group of bandits, I can kill them. If it is a large group, I will pull the saltsmiths away." Mount your horse and run."
"This plan is a good idea!"
Zao Ying clasped her fists, left the camp, took three hundred cavalry with her, and headed towards the saltpeter like the wind. As I was running, I suddenly felt something was wrong. Why did I keep hearing the sound of katakata when the horse was running?
Turning around, he saw that the Puppet God was actually sitting on the horse's tail. As the horse ran and rose and fell, the wooden blocks on the Puppet God's body would make a "katta" sound when they collided.
Zao Ying was startled: "Oh, Tianzun, when did you get on the horse?"
Li Daoxuan: "Just when you mount your horse."
Zao Ying: "Speak up earlier. My little lady will never let you sit on the horse's ass. She will let you sit in front, and she will hug you carefully."
Li Daoxuan thought to himself: I just didn’t want the female orangutan to hold me in her arms, so I deliberately sat on the horse’s butt. Think about it for yourself, is it a beautiful picture of a huge female orangutan holding a puppet?
What a horror story!
However, how hurtful it was to say this. Li Daoxuan would definitely not say it directly. He just said lightly: "I like to sit here, you don't have to worry about me."
Zao Ying said awkwardly: "If you follow me, there will be no statue of you at Gudu Wharf. Without the blessing of God, everyone will be very panicked."
Li Daoxuan: "It's okay, they will make another one."
Zao Ying nodded, stopped talking, and just drove faster.
With Tianzun sitting behind her, she felt a little nervous, and at the same time she felt that her sense of responsibility had become heavier.
We drove hurriedly, and after a long time, we arrived at the saltpeter pond.
After several months of operation, the salt village next to the saltpeter has begun to take shape. Many thatched houses have been built here, several salt-drying ponds have been dug, and a bamboo fence has been nailed around the village. Defense capabilities.
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The salt now produced by the saltsmiths is collected directly from Gaojiacun. The price given to them is ten cents per catty, which is five times higher than the two cents per catty given to them by the government. If you don’t want the money, you can directly Pay with food.
As a result, the saltsmiths are now full of energy in their work.
Seeing the arrival of Zao Ying's cavalry, the saltsmiths immediately surrounded him and greeted him in all directions: "Master Zao is here again."
"It's good to be in charge of Zaoda!"
"Wow, why are there so many cavalry here this time? What happened?"
"Are the officials coming?"
The saltmen were a little panicked. Seeing so many cavalry, even a fool knew that something must have happened.
Zao Ying saw that the saltworkers were still safe at the moment, and she felt relieved: "It's good that you are all right. Wang Jiayin's army has arrived in Qinshui County, two hundred miles away from here. Master Xing is worried about your safety and asked me to go there." I’ll take care of you here.”
After hearing this, the saltsmiths were quite moved in their hearts: "We are really blessed to have Mr. For the saltsmith brothers who are coming over, Jiechi is a big target."
After hearing this, Zao Ying was a little surprised and thought to herself: This is true! Although there are officers and soldiers stationed on Hedong Road next to Jiechi, the combat effectiveness of the officers and soldiers in the hands of the Salt Class Division is not worth mentioning. If Wang Jiayin wants to deal with them, it will be effortless.
If you think about it more carefully, the bandits should also be very short of salt. They might really rush to relieve the pool.
This is how to do?
Just when she was hesitating, Puppet Heavenly Lord suddenly spoke: "Send scouts to keep an eye on Jiechi. If the officers and soldiers of Hedong Road don't do anything, the saltsmiths may be killed. We must lend a helping hand. As long as we People who have the ability to save cannot just sit idly by."
Zao Ying perked up and said, "I will obey the law."
Soon, the scouts made arrangements. The solution pool was too big for one scout to keep an eye on, so a scout team was dispatched. There were ten scouts. They were all old horse thieves, skilled in bows and horses, and very smart. They wore light clothes. Clothes, swords and bows, they ran towards Jiechi. When they arrived at the edge of the pool, Jiechi, which was dozens of miles long, seemed peaceful and there were no rogue bandits making trouble for the time being. The scouts spread out and headed towards the edge of Jiechi. Spread out in various places...——
At the same time, Hedong Road.
Tie Niao Fei was leading his eighteen men, walking struttingly in the barracks on Hedong Road.
He is obviously a salt owl, but he can still hang out in the barracks of officers and soldiers. Moreover, the officers and soldiers were quite polite to him. When they saw him, they would clasp their fists and say, "Iron Master! Okay!"
"Where did the Iron Master make his fortune recently?"
"Next time when you come to get some salt, please share some of the benefits with me, brother."
Tie Niaofei cupped his fists in front of these people as a salute, with a hypocritical smile on his face: "Don't worry, don't worry, I have a bite to eat, brothers, and you are indispensable."
The officers and soldiers laughed.
Tie Niaofei said "poof" in his heart and cursed secretly: a bunch of greedy goods.
He got into the official residence of the Salt Class Secretary. The Salt Class Secretary was sitting upright in the chair. When he saw the iron bird flying in, it was as if he saw a huge piece of silver coming in. A smile appeared on his face: "Hey, Mr. Tie Here you go, come to see me this time, do you have any good business to discuss?"
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