In a corner of Chenjiagou, a tall and thin man asked with a surprised look on his face: "Second Master, why did you come here in person?"
The short fat man who entered the village today no longer saw Han Xi's playful smile, but instead had a majestic look on his face.
"Why did I come here in person? It's not because you are incompetent," the short fat man said in a low voice.
The tall, thin man lowered his head when he heard this.
The short fat man is the younger brother of the Wu family in Yichuan. His name is Wu Xi. He has been managing the Wu family gold mine and controls two groups of more than 300 people.
Since Lu Youyi was defeated, the Wu family decided to use covert methods since they saw that the bright ones were not enough.
Therefore, spies were frequently placed in Chenjiagou during this period.
Seeing the tall and thin man looking like this, Wu Xi asked very dissatisfied: "Don't tell me that you haven't found any information during this period?"
Hearing this, the tall and thin man hurriedly said: "I found out that there is a blacksmith shop in the village, which was built in the past month. During this time, silver ore has been refined in it, and no gold ore has been found."
Silver mine?
Unexpectedly, this group of people also discovered silver mines in Yichuan County. Wu Xi was very surprised, and then his mind started to change.
It is a little different from gold which requires a large amount of gold ore to be refined.
The silver mine is much simpler.
Wu Xi thought that if he could also get hold of the silver mines in this group's hands, the Wu family would definitely be able to take a step further. However, the Chenjiagou gang is so powerful that the Wu family alone may not be able to take them down.
"You should pay more attention to this matter and the gold matter," Wu Xi said and left from the corner of the house. He was going to go back and have a good discussion with his brother.
Not long after Wu Xi left, Chen San walked out from behind the locust tree in the distance. He looked at Wu Xi's leaving figure without knowing what he was thinking.
Two days later.
Han Xi got up early in the morning as usual, had breakfast, and then went to the donkey shed.
There are already people waiting here at this time.
I saw a dozen donkeys covered with large and small bags of things.
These were all mountain goods bought from Wu Xi two days ago. Han Xi was also planning to sneak into Yichuan County today pretending to be a foot trader collecting mountain goods.
There were fifteen guards and three spies on this trip, plus Han Xi, a total of fourteen people and twelve donkeys.
The group did not go out from the village entrance, but walked out through a path in Chenjiagou.
After leaving the village, I stepped into the snow and half of my calves were submerged in the snow.
Because the snow was too thick, donkeys were used to drag the goods instead of pulling carts.
At the edge of the village, Wu Xi hid in a corner and looked at Han Xi who was walking away. His eyes wandered wildly and he said to a short and thin man next to him: "Follow and have a look."
The short and thin man nodded, looked left and right, and followed quickly.
Han Xi, who was walking in front, probably didn't know that there was a tail behind him.
Half a day later.
Han Xi and his party came to a bridge checkpoint and saw a dozen government officials lazily guarding the edge of the bridge.
There were only a few scattered woodcutters looking for firewood on the bridge.
When these woodcutters crossed the bridge, the government officials would forcibly take away half of their firewood.
When the yamen servant saw Han Xi and his entourage coming, he immediately became energetic: "Come on, come on, come on, cheer up."
The dozen or so people who were still burning a fire in the shed to keep warm all ran out.
Seeing Han Xi's dozen donkeys and the sacks full of sacks on their backs, everyone suddenly looked excited.
Soon, more than a dozen government officials blocked the bridge.
"Hey hey hey! Where are you going!" the leading detective said with a smile.
When a spy named Hu Si saw more than a dozen government officials blocking his way, he smiled and stepped forward, took out a piece of silver from his arms and handed it over: "Let me drink some wine to warm up. It's convenient for you all to do a small business." .”
The leading Yamen servant took the silver and weighed it, then smiled and said: "This money is not enough for brothers to drink."
After saying that, the yamen servant extended his hand again, and the yamen servants around him laughed and booed.
"Yes! This little money is not enough for brother to have a drink."
"More, we won't embarrass you if we add more."
Seeing this, Hu Si could only smile apologetically and took out a piece of silver from his arms and handed it over and said: "It's a small business, if you give me more, you will lose money."
The leading officer took the broken silver and felt a little dissatisfied. After waiting for a month to get such a fat sheep, he couldn't kill it.
"Add a little more, and you'll be able to pass immediately if you add a little more." The leading yamen officer vowed.
"Oh! How many more points does the catcher want to add?" Han Xi's voice came from the team.
The leading detective frowned when he heard the sound, looking for the source of the sound, and finally saw Han Xi with his hand on the handle of the knife.
Han Xi's mouth and nose were covered by a scarf, and only a pair of sharp eyes were exposed on his face.
Seeing the dozen or so members of the donkey team resting their hands on the hilts of their knives, the leading police officer immediately became frightened and immediately laughed and said: "It's a joke, it's a joke, you guys can come over too!"
The government officials also realized that something was wrong, and they wisely got out of the way. They were scoundrels and scoundrels who took advantage, but they were not stupid.
"Hahaha! Thank you so much. Thank you so much." Hu Si said with a smile and cupped his hands.
The government officials moved out of the way, and Han Xi and his party crossed the bridge smoothly.
After walking a few more miles, we arrived at Yichuan County.
The confluence of two rivers established in Yichuan County was not as big as Han Xi imagined, and the city wall was even pitifully short.
It is estimated that it is only two stories high in later generations. With a little help, it is impossible to climb up directly.
To be honest, Han Xi was a little dumbfounded. For this county, it seemed that there was no need to carry out such complicated operations. If he just brought a thousand people here, he might not be able to capture it in half a day.
But now that they have come, it is impossible to go back and bring people over again.
When Han Xi and his party walked to the city gate, they saw two middle-aged soldiers holding them back and saying, "One penny for a person, two pence for the city tax for animals."
Hu Si smiled and took out a dollar of silver from his arms and handed it over and said, "The extra money will be used to drink wine with you two."
When the two saw the penny in Hu Si's hand, their serious faces suddenly showed smiles: "Hahaha! Okay, I won't check you anymore, go over there!"
In this way, Han Xi and his party walked through the door and entered Yichuan County.
After entering the city, the first thing you see is the main street.
Because it was winter, there were not many pedestrians on the street.
I saw a few men cleaning the snow on the roof tiles.
Han Xi and his group were driving camels on the main street, which attracted a lot of attention. A thin middle-aged man with a beard came up to him and said, "Haha! It's so hard to come to Yichuan County in this winter. It’s really rare, what kind of goods do you have.”
Hu Si walked out of the team and answered: "Some dates and mountain products, and a trace of cotton."
Hearing about the cotton cloth, the thin middle-aged man asked with a smile: "My family owns a cloth shop. If you can let me check the quality, I will buy them all if they are good."
Hearing this, Hu Si glanced at Han Xi in the team.
Han Xi nodded slightly, and soon the group unloaded the goods.
After a while, another group of people came over.
At the entrance of the city gate, a thin man stared at Han Xi and his party for a while, and finally walked towards the city.
