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Without any incident, the convoy stopped two feet away from the gate. The general on the city shouted loudly in Cham language to stop, which meant that the city gate had been closed and if it took one step further, the defenders would shoot them dead.
Several Zhan guides who led the way stepped forward to reveal their identities as "good citizens", and then pulled out Wushei, a wealthy Yue merchant from Jiaozhi.
Wushei bowed his hands and saluted, and said in Cham dialect: "General Pu, please, these are gifts from the prefect to the king. Because the vehicle is loaded with too many things, it moves slowly, so it was delayed. General, please do it for your convenience. First, Let us take a rest in the seclusion, I won’t thank you enough for your kindness.”
"You are wasting your time, but you want me to open the door for you as an exception? How can such a good thing happen? Sleep outside the pass overnight, and then check in again when the sun rises tomorrow morning." Hengshan Pass guard Pu Wang, with a sneer on his face, showed disdain, If Ushei hadn't been a frequent visitor to give gifts, he probably wouldn't have said a word.
It is said that a weak country has no diplomacy. Because the scholar family blindly tolerated and sought stability, it was lagging behind in productivity. Lin Yiguo, which was just thirty years old after the founding of the People's Republic of China, took advantage of it.
The Cham generals of Linyi State were very hostile to the Han people. When they saw the gentry family being groveling, they looked down upon them. The so-called people who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, but people in these poor areas are particularly aggressive.
"Please be kind to me, General. There are often wolves, tigers and leopards outside the pass, and traders dare not sleep in the wilderness at night. If anything goes wrong, I, Hui Long, will not be able to do business..." Wushei continued to plead hard.
Pu Wang snorted coldly: "Then the big shopkeeper of Us is unlucky. You are so rich, why don't you hire a few more followers? Even if there is any loss in these gifts, you can still ask the prefect to make up for them. It is said that there is gold everywhere in Cochin." "
"Uh... General, don't joke with me. Wushei is just a small vendor. But the thirteen carts of gifts I brought today are only for ten carts to give to King Linyi. The remaining three carts were ordered by the prefect along the way. , General Pu, can you please leave a car?" Wushei blinked his eyes.
Pu Wang was startled when he heard this, thinking that Shi Xie had finally enlightened? This guy gave gifts to King Lin Yi more than a dozen times. Every time he passed through Hengshan Pass, he felt very uncomfortable because he didn't even drink the soup, but he saw the carts at the bottom of the city looking suspicious.
"Why is the carriage so huge this time? What did the prefect give to the king? The top of the carriage is actually covered with green cloth. Could it be that there are soldiers inside?" Pu Wang looked solemn.
Ushei answered with cupped hands: "The general is joking. The carriages are just gold, silver and cloth. Besides, how many people can these carriages hold? There are really not enough soldiers for you to kill..."
Pu Wang stroked his curly beard and said with a smile: "Master Wu, your last sentence is the truth. Drive the car ahead, then lift off the cover and let me have a look."
"Ah." Wushei saluted with his hands, and then waved his entourage to drive forward.
Wushei climbed up to the roof of the car and uncovered it. He took out the gold, silver and cloth one by one and displayed them. He explained with a smile: "When we are doing business, we pay attention to not revealing our wealth. If we don't use these green cloths to block it, we will easily cause trouble on the way." Coveted by strong men..."
Pu Wang was a little shocked. The cart of gold, silver and cloth in front of him was more wealth than he could earn in his lifetime. Faced with such temptation, he was immediately tempted.
The only people who enforce the rules are people, and people usually do things with human feelings. As long as a large enough bargaining chip is given, the other party will not necessarily adhere to the principle.
"Give me all this car?" Pu Wang repeated Wushei's words.
"Ah, yes, yes, they are all here for you. I will open another cover for you to check." Wushei happily opened the second car. It still contained the same goods, which were also Lin Yiguo's current hard currency.
Pu Wang's eyes flashed, and he asked meaningfully: "There are thousands of brothers in Guan Guan, and the boss of Wusi doesn't have enough points. Aren't you posing a problem for me?"
"Uh...the other two cars need to be taken care of in other places..." Wushei explained hesitantly, hoping that Pu Wang could just let it go.
Pu Wang turned his palm around, changed it into a grasp and then into a fist, and coldly uttered eight words: "I want all the extra three cars."
"This... I have to pass through other cities. You must leave three extra cars. This may not be in compliance with the rules, right?" Ushei showed a difficult expression.
"Shi Taishou asked you to send ten carts of gifts. Doesn't the Great Shopkeeper Wu still have ten carts left? I only want the three carts I just inspected, otherwise you will stay outside the customs. The general will bear a lot of risks for you to make an exception. Big, there haven't been too many tiger roars recently at night..." Pu Wang's words were full of threats.
"Uh..." Wushei looked around, and in the end he could only grit his teeth and nod, "As you wish, but please keep it a secret, general, otherwise the dealer may not be able to get to Linyi..."
"Don't worry, Mr. Wu, General, I will just pretend that this never happened." Pu Wang nodded and replied kindly.
"Please ask the general to open the door, and I will send your goods in..." Ushei pointed at the door and said.
"Okay, I will ask someone to open the door right away. The boss of Wushu is here to give you a gift, so I can't let you enter in the dark." Pu Wang smiled and waved his hand, and ordered the deputy general to open the door.
As soon as the lieutenant left, Pu Wang quickly followed. He was worried that some of the property he had demanded would be stolen by others, so he had to go and pick it up in person.
After a while, the gate of Hengshan Pass opened again, and Wushei directed the convoy to rush into the pass.
The moment the door opened, Wushei lit a torch and waved it under the city.
"It's not dark yet, why did you light the torch?" the soldier who opened the door asked with a frown.
"I was worried about the darkness in the city gate corridor, so I lit the torch in advance. It turned out that it was still visible, so I put it out." Ushei explained with a smile, and then banged it on the wall to extinguish it.
After entering the gate, the thirteen carriages changed from a long snake to two carriages running side by side. Pu Wang and his generals came to the end of the corridor in advance, and they were welcoming the wealth that would change their lives.
Pu Wang didn't wait for all the carriages to drive in, and walked into the corridor with more than a dozen people. The three uncovered cars were at the front. They glanced at them as they passed by and were very pleased.
Curiosity drove Pu Wang to want to take a look at the back. Maybe the gifts at the back were better than the three carts in front. Pu Wang and others thought that they could choose first before letting them go. In short, they could just leave ten carts of gifts for King Lin Yi.
Everyone understood, and the covers of the No. 4, 5, and 63 vehicles were lifted at the same time. Suddenly, a cold light flashed in the carriage, and the person who uncovered the cover was killed on the spot.
Ten chariots and nearly a hundred people jumped out at the same time. They brandished their swords and quickly eliminated the enemies in the corridor, and easily occupied the city gate of Hengshan Pass.
The greedy gatekeeper general Pu Wang was beheaded by Samoko with a knife. He was immersed in the dream of getting rich until his death.
Lan Yuan led the cavalry to hide in the distance. When he saw Wushei's signal, he immediately dispatched, and the horses' hooves rolled like thunder.
The garrison in the pass had never experienced anything like this. An officer led people down the pass in an attempt to regain control of the city gate, but was easily blocked by dozens of trapped troops.
The Cham people's simple rattan armor equipment faced the most elite enemy troops in the Central Plains, and was ruthlessly crushed by their equipment.
