"Steward, it's too cold today and my feet are frozen to the ground. Why don't we find a place to warm up by the fire and let everyone rest. I'm reading in eighty-eight." In the motorcade, a guy who was walking with the car said to the person sitting opposite him. A middle-aged man in the car said.
The middle-aged man sitting in the car straightened up, looked up at the sky, and said, "Keep on holding on, it's still bright now. While the sun is shining, I'd like to tell everyone to drive a little longer and wait until they reach a resting place." Having a fire and drinking hot soup is a feeling of comfort."
"Okay, it's up to the steward." The waiter agreed, then turned around and shouted to the other waiters who were following behind him, "The steward said, when we get to the place, there will be hot soup to drink. Everyone, please hurry up while the sun is shining." Please take some time, don’t delay your trip.”
"Just hot soup won't work. It needs to be replaced with broth. Do you guys think it's right?"
"Yes, drink broth."
"On such a cold day, a bowl of broth will make you feel better."
In the motorcade, many guys were clamoring for hot soup.
The steward turned around while sitting in the car and said to the people shouting the loudest, "As long as we go twenty miles before dark, we will have broth tonight."
"Did you hear that? Manager Fan said that as long as we walk another twenty miles before dark, we will drink broth tonight. In order to drink the warm broth, everyone, please work harder."
A steady guy shouted to the other guys in the team.
"Just to drink this bowl of broth, I have to walk another twenty miles no matter what."
Many guys were shouting.
The steward sitting in the car secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the man accompanying him had regained his energy.
Transporting goods to the grassland in winter is the most difficult job. Few people in the Fanji Chamber of Commerce are willing to take this job. It is better when the weather is sunny. The sun is shining on the body and it can keep you warm to a certain extent. If you are unlucky and the wind blows, In snowy weather, people will freeze to death if they don’t do it well. Reading in 88, 23o
Fan You picked up the wine bottle and took a sip of wine.
The wine was low-quality sorghum wine, but it tasted strong enough and made you feel warmer after drinking it. Not only did he, the steward, prepare a jug, but the other waiters also each had a jug.
The grassland in winter is all yellow and dry, and some earthen bags look like grave mounds from a distance, which is unspeakably unlucky.
"Steward, look quickly, is that a group of horses in front of you?" A man walking beside the car suddenly pointed forward and said.
Fan You looked in the direction of the other person's finger.
On the yellow horizon ahead, a black torrent suddenly appeared, sweeping in their direction.
Boom boom boom boom boom
The sound of horse hooves was like thunder on a clear day, exploding in the ears of everyone in the convoy.
"No, it's a horse bandit."
As the black torrent approached in the distance, Fan You could already see the figures on horseback. The only groups of horses that could appear on the grassland at this time were the horse bandits.
"Quick, quick, quick, turn the car around and go back."
Fan You shouted loudly in the car, and at the same time kept moving his hands back to drive him away.
The driver who was driving the cart waved the whip in his hand to forcefully turn the horse's head. The waiter on the side helped the driver, hoping to turn the horse's head around quickly.
Even though everyone knew that horse bandits were coming, no one left the convoy and escaped alone.
It's not that I don't want to escape, but at this time of year, if I leave the convoy and don't have tents and other things to keep warm, I will have no choice but to freeze to death on the grassland.
The sound of horse hooves became louder and louder, and the ground seemed to tremble.
The animals in the convoy are all animals used to pull carts. They are not known for their speed. They are pulling carts and the goods on them, so they cannot run at all. Moreover, they cannot walk very fast, only slightly faster than a normal person walking. .
The black torrent in the distance quickly caught up with them. One on the left and one on the right, two horse teams separated and directly surrounded the center with people and vehicles.
The driver who was driving the carriage didn't dare to continue driving at this time, so he stopped the carriage honestly.
"Grandpa, good man, have mercy on me. Grandpa, good man, have mercy on me."
Seeing that they couldn't run away, most of the guys in the convoy squatted next to the cart. Some guys who were slow to respond also followed the same example and squatted next to the cart pulling goods.
"Everyone, ten steps away from the car, squat down with your hands on your head." Someone among the horse bandits shouted.
Fan You and the other panicked guys stumbled to a place about ten steps away from the convoy. They all squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands.
"Captain, there are forty-eight people in total."
A rider on horseback counted the number of people in the Fan family's motorcade and came to Lao Wu to report.
Lao Wu nodded, urged his horse to take a few steps forward, came to more than forty people squatting on the ground, and asked condescendingly, "Who is in charge?"
"Master, I am the team manager." Fan You raised his right hand carefully.
Lao Wu missed Fan You and asked again, "All the drivers, please stand up."
As his words fell, no one among the more than forty people squatting on the grass got up.
Lao Wu frowned and said, "I'll give you a chance to live. If you want to die, there's no need to stand up."
This time, more than ten people stood up one after another.
"I, I, I am the coachman."
"Me too, me too."
The coachmen were shouting and screaming, fearing that Lao Wu would really kill them. Even if he didn't kill them, he would leave them here. In this place with no access to villages or shops, everyone could freeze to death in one night.
Lao Wu said to a rider beside him, "Take these drivers and search them."
"Yes." The rider agreed.
He immediately summoned two riders, who took the drivers aside with him and searched them one by one.
These coachmen did not dare to resist at all, and all of them were frightened and allowed these horse bandits in black armor to search their bodies.
After a search, the drivers breathed a sigh of relief.
The horse bandits who searched them only took away their weapons and left all other valuables untouched by them.
"You guys, all get back to the car, keep an eye on the animals, and drive with us in a moment." The rider said to the driver who had finished searching.
When the cart drivers heard that they were not going to be killed, they all looked happy and crawled back to their respective carts.
Fan You looked up at Lao Wu on the horse and said, "You can't do this. We are the team of the Fanji Chamber of Commerce. If you take all the cars away, the Fanji Chamber of Commerce will not let you go."
After hearing this, Lao Wu squinted at Fan You who was speaking, and sneered, "When have you ever seen a horse bandit return something after he robbed it?"
"No, you are not horse bandits." Fan You shouted loudly, "I know you, you are people of the Tiger Flag."
The clerks from Fanji Chamber of Commerce squatting on the grass looked up at the rider in black armor in front of them.
When they heard that these people were not horse bandits, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
If they fall into the hands of horse bandits, they know that it will be difficult for them to survive, but Tiger Character Flag is a business name of Datong. Many clerks have heard that it is better to fall into the hands of people from Tiger Character Flag than to fall into the hands of horse bandits. 11
