"Go and ask what's going on?"
After hearing Cao Bin's order, Shi Qian immediately rode forward and shouted: "You two, stop, my Uncle Zhongjing has something to ask you!"
When the man heard this, his eyes suddenly turned fierce, and he suddenly turned to look at Cao Bin and the others. However, the woman waved her swords without stopping, so he had no choice but to fight her.
Seeing this, the sedan chair drove his horse forward, raised his halberd and struck it at the entangled weapons of the two men, saying angrily:
"Didn't you hear my young master's instructions? Why don't you stop?"
There was a loud roar, and the two men's swords and guns were suddenly separated. At the same time, they were hit so hard that they almost fell off their horses.
Seeing this, the two looked at the sedan angrily.
The woman yelled: "Who are you?"
Judging from her appearance, she seemed a little ready to make a move, as if she was about to take action against the sedan chair.
At this time, a man in his thirties ran over from the path with a few servants and shouted hurriedly:
"Oh, sister, please don't be rude. Come and pay homage to Uncle Zhongjing."
When the woman heard this, her beautiful eyes flashed, and she quickly looked at Cao Bin and asked, "Is this Uncle Zhongjing who was the governor of Shandong and defeated Chao Gai and Song Jiang?"
Shi Qian suddenly became proud and said, "This is my uncle. Why don't you come forward and pay your respects?"
Hearing this, the woman quickly put the sun and moon swords back into their sheaths, got off her horse, and came forward to pay her respects with the other two.
After announcing his name, Cao Bin became aware.
These three people were Hu Sanniang, Hu Cheng and Zhujiazhuang Zhu Biao.
Hu Sanniang is known as "Yizhangqing" and is about 1.8 meters tall.
She has a slender waist, long legs, jade-white skin, and a very beautiful appearance. She is also wearing armor and carrying a sword, which makes her very eye-catching.
Cao Bin couldn't help but look at it a few more times, his eyes were bright, and he said very kindly:
"I was passing by your mansion and planned to rest here for a while, but I didn't expect to see you two fighting in front of your mansion. Why is that?"
When Zhu Biao saw Cao Bin's squinting look, his face was very unhappy, and he held his hands first and said:
"It turns out that Uncle Zhongjing is in person. This is a private matter between our two families, so I don't need to worry about it."
"There are clean guest rooms in the manor. Uncle, you have been working hard all the way, so please feel free to come and rest in the manor."
Zhu Biao has always been proud and arrogant, and these days he often curses Cao Bin because of the price of food.
Being able to show such an attitude at this time really impressed Hu Cheng, who nodded quickly and said:
"I wish my third brother is right. It's been a hard journey, uncle. Please go to the village and have a rest."
Saying that, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to invite.
Hu Sanniang stretched out her hand to stop her brother and said quickly:
"Brother, wait a minute, I'm about to ask Uncle Cao to judge for us..."
It turns out that there are three villages and towns in Dulonggang: Zhujiazhuang, Lijiazhuang and Hujiazhuang.
Especially Zhujiazhuang is the most powerful, with only three to four thousand young men.
Last year, there was a drought, and these three villages had no harvest, so Zhujiazhuang took the lead and went to other provinces to buy grain.
Originally, when purchasing grain, Hu and Li's two villages also spent a lot of manpower and costs.
But when they came back to share the food, Zhujiazhuang only gave them rations, but they sold it at three times the price, making a lot of money.
Unexpectedly, at the beginning of this year, food prices plummeted, and Zhujiazhuang was suddenly in trouble.
Therefore, Zhujiazhuang planned to let Hu and Li's family bear the losses with them, and also sent people to block the way out of the two villages, preventing them from going out to buy grain at a low price.
At the end, Hu Sanniang said angrily:
"When they make money, they don't have our share, but when they lose money, they think of us. How can there be such a truth in the world!"
When Zhu Biao heard this, his face suddenly turned red and he said angrily:
"Xianmei, if it weren't for my Zhujiazhuang, how could your Hujiazhuang have the strength to buy grain from other provinces?"
"I wish Jiazhuang would help you buy food for the sake of our friendship. Don't be ungrateful."
After speaking, he glanced at Cao Bin and said:
"However, your family and I have a marriage contract. If you can marry as soon as possible, we will be a family. I wish Biao will not worry about it."
Hu Sanniang said: "Don't you call yourself a hero? If you have the ability, you can take down Song Jiang and Chao Gai. Naturally, I, Hu Sanniang, will be a member of your Zhu family."
Zhu Biao smiled disdainfully:
"That Liangshan is just a group of grass bandits. He didn't come to Zhujiazhuang. If he came, I Zhu Biao will capture them and take them to the court to ask for merit!"
Upon hearing this, Shi Qian said "tsk tsk" twice:
"You don't have much ability, but your tone is not small! My uncle has never said such big words."
Zhu Biao sneered and said: "Uncle Zhongjing has a high position and I naturally respect him, but when it comes to the ability to kill enemies, I, Zhu Biao, have never surrendered to anyone."
"cough!"
Cao Bin coughed, attracting everyone's attention, and then said:
"I have also heard your reasoning. I believe that a beautiful woman like Sanniang must be justified!"
Hearing him speak so frankly, Hu Sanniang immediately blushed, Hu Cheng's face moved slightly, but Zhu Biao's face turned dark.
"Let's do this. I also brought some grain and sold it to Hujiazhuang for a thousand dan at a fair price. You two should not argue."
Hu Cheng was overjoyed and quickly thanked him: "Thank you very much, uncle. Why don't you come to my Hujiazhuang to have a rest?"
Cao Bin responded happily.
At this time, Zhu Biao was so angry that his face turned blue.
This is not an adjustment of contradictions, it is clearly a bad intention.
Why did Zhujiazhuang block the exit of Hujiazhuang? Isn't it just to force them to buy their own grain at high prices to make up for their losses?
If Cao Bin sells grain to Hujiazhuang at a fair price, Hujiazhuang will naturally not give in.
Seeing Cao Bin leading people back to the village with Hu Cheng, Zhu Biao felt that he had begun to shine.
"Uncle Cao, please..."
When they arrived at Zhujiazhuang, Hu Cheng was extremely enthusiastic and immediately arranged a banquet to entertain Cao Bin and others.
After drinking for three rounds, Hu Cheng asked: "Uncle, what do you think of my sister's martial arts skills?"
Cao Bin heard the string and knew its elegant meaning, and immediately said:
"My sister is agile and has extraordinary martial arts skills. I am eager for help right now!"
Hu Cheng's face lit up and he said: "Then..."
Cao Bin smiled and said: "The governor of Yunzhou has some friendship with me. I will write to him later to ask him to take more care of Hujiazhuang."
"If Brother Hu has any difficulties, you can also write to your sister and tell me, and Cao will naturally help you with all your strength."
Hu Cheng was overjoyed and quickly stood up and bowed: "Thank you, Uncle Cao!"
As he said this, he also reminded Hu Sanniang: "Sister, why don't you give me a gift to my uncle?"
"elder brother......"
Hu Sanniang was quite reluctant when she saw that her brother had sold her out in just a few words.
Although she wields swords and guns, she is a conservative person inside.
She also liked Zhu Biao's handsome character and extraordinary martial arts skills.
Although she tried every means to make things difficult for Zhu Biao about their marriage, she just couldn't stand his domineering attitude. After all, he was her fiancé, and she had already acquiesced in her heart.
When Hu Cheng saw this, he couldn't help but be very anxious: "Sister, it's your blessing that Uncle Cao likes you. Why don't you show your respects as soon as possible?"
His Hujiazhuang is weak and is always bullied by Zhujiazhuang.
It was rare to meet a "big shot" like Cao Bin, and he couldn't wait to see his "rough" girl at first sight.
At this moment, a roar suddenly came from outside:
"Hu Cheng, you are so rude, do you want to humiliate me, Zhu Biao?"
