"Head, a convoy is coming from a distance. It looks like it's entering the grassland again."
On the gate tower of Xinpingbao, one of the soldiers pointed in the distance and said.
Many of the soldiers standing on the parapet saw a motorcade slowly approaching in the distance.
Another soldier on the side said, "Ever since the imperial court closed down the horse market, life has become difficult for the northern captives. Many businessmen in our Ming Dynasty have come up with the idea of going to the grassland. They don't even think about it. Is that how the pass came out?" "
The soldier who spoke had a sneer on his face.
A chief flag officer on the city tower said, "Listen to me, the general has already issued an order. Except for the convoys with the tiger flag and the command flag, no other caravans are allowed to leave the customs from our Xinping Fort to the grassland." , I saw a caravan and stopped one for me. It will be indispensable for you to do a good job. If a caravan slips away from the grassland under your nose, you will know the consequences yourself. It will be easy to treat you as a captive. of."
A soldier nearby patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, sir. Brothers will never let convoys other than the tiger-shaped flag enter the grassland."
The other soldiers also nodded.
"As long as you understand everything." The flag officer looked at the soldiers in front of him and then said, "Wait for the caravan to come over later and stop me. It's still the same old rule. Let the people go, seize the goods, and then sell them. Give the tiger flag."
A soldier on the side said, "Don't worry, sir, this is not the first time this has been done. I will go down and stop the convoy right away."
The flag officer nodded.
"You, you, you, and you, you guys, come down with me." The soldier pointed to the other soldiers and asked them to go with him.
The soldiers who came down from the city tower stood in front of the city gate and made a simple blockade with a wooden fence.
At this time, the caravan has not come yet, and is still rushing towards Xinping Fort in the distance, but standing at the gate of the city, you can already see the caravan in the distance.
Less than half an hour later, the convoy they saw on the city gate tower finally arrived at the city gate.
"Stop, stop."
Six or seven soldiers stopped a large car at the front of the convoy.
As soon as the leading car stopped, the carts behind it naturally stopped. A long line of carts lined up and stopped at the gate of Xinpingbao City.
"Where are you going?" the soldier asked the driver.
The coachman was obedient and didn't say anything for a long time. He only looked back from time to time.
The soldier asked again, "Where are your stewards? Find your stewards."
At this moment, a boy came out of the caravan and came to the coachman in a few steps. He yelled, "Old Zhangtou, what are you doing? Who told you to stop? The shopkeeper is already angry behind him. Don't say anything." , your salary for this month has been deducted."
"Master Liu, it's not my fault. The car was stopped by the military master here in Xinpingbao. I can't leave even if I want to." The coachman had a sad face, and the wrinkles on it were squeezed together.
"Useless trash." The guy cursed.
The driver lowered his head and did not dare to speak back.
The soldier on the side glanced at the guy and said, "You are in charge."
The guy looked away from the coachman, looked sideways at the soldier who was speaking, and asked, "You were the one who stopped Lao Zhangtou's coach?"
"That's right, I stopped you." The soldier took a step forward and stood in front of the man.
"You are so brave. Do you know whose caravan this is? You dare to stop it? I think you don't want to live anymore." The man raised his hand and pointed the nose of the soldier in front of him and cursed.
When someone pointed at his nose and scolded him, the soldier's face darkened and he showed a ruthless look, shouting, "I see that you are going out of Xinpingbao to the grassland and want to collude with the Beibei. Brothers, take their cars and goods with you." They are all detained and taken away and handed over to the General."
Several soldiers at the city gate gathered around, pointing the spears in their hands at the coachman and the man.
The driver was so frightened that he backed away and almost lay on the cart.
"Bold." The guy yelled angrily, "This is the governor's motorcade. If you dare to detain the governor's belongings, I think you people are getting tired of living."
Several soldiers who were about to take action stopped what they were doing when they heard that the caravan in front of them was related to the governor, and all looked at the soldier who had spoken before.
There was another soldier who saw something was wrong and ran to the city gate tower.
The soldier who spoke first heard that the caravan in front of him was related to the governor. He was stunned for a moment, and then sneered, "You can deceive others with your words, but you can't deceive me. The governor is a high official of the imperial court, how could he ignore it?" If you do business according to imperial regulations, you will not collude with the Northern invaders. I see that you are not only colluding with the Northern invaders, but you are also slandering the governor. It is a double crime, so I will arrest them all."
The soldiers, who had already died down, became ferocious again and surrounded the caravan in front of them again.
"Which of you dares to see?" the caravan man shouted angrily and said, "My shopkeeper is the cousin of the governor's third wife. If your dog's paws dare to touch the goods on the car, the governor will definitely kill your dog." .”
Several soldiers who were about to step forward stopped what they were doing again.
They are just soldiers guarding the city gate of Xinping Fort. They can bully ordinary merchants. However, if the caravan in front of them is really related to the governor, they naturally dare not do anything to the caravan.
They didn't dare to make any moves until they were unsure whether the caravan in front of them had anything to do with the governor. After all, such a big shot as the governor was not something that little soldiers like them could provoke. The other party could kill them with just one word.
At this time, the soldier who spoke first also hesitated.
The other party emphasized twice that this was the governor's caravan, and pointed out the relationship between the caravan owner and the governor, which made him somewhat believe that this caravan might really be related to the governor.
As an old soldier here in Xinpingbao, he knew very well that although Ming officials could not do business, their families or people with connections would come forward to do business. In fact, the business was the official's own.
"What's going on? Why hasn't it been done yet?"
As the voice fell, a fat, white, middle-aged man was helped to the gate of Xinpingbao City.
When the boy heard the sound, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said, "Reporting to the shopkeeper, the gatekeeper of Xinpingbao City thinks that we are colluding with the Beibei, and will not let our convoy pass, and will also detain the goods on the vehicle."
"Nonsense." The fat middle-aged man's face darkened, and he said coldly, "Even if you generals come forward, you dare not detain the goods on the car. Who are you, a soldier guarding the city gate? Get away, don't you dare to stop me again?" , I will let Li Huaixin punish you."
When the few soldiers on the side heard this, they stepped back one after another.
Although they were not sure whether the caravan manager in front of them was a member of the governor, the momentum from the other party's approach let them know that this caravan was definitely not something they and their soldiers could seize at will.
At this moment, the chief flag officer walked down from the city gate tower, came to the city gate in a few steps, raised his hand and slapped the soldiers at the city gate on the face, and at the same time scolded, "Who told you to stop here?" Anyone passing by the caravan should get out of here."
The soldier covered his face and stepped aside.
