King Huan adopted Qiu Rong's advice and decided to use the main transportation road to restrict Anyang.
On the other side, after Huanshi left, Yang Qing'an didn't take it too seriously. He continued as usual. He wanted to build Anyang into a prosperous county. Under his governance, the people's livelihood here had long been improved compared to Yu Anmin's time. It has improved a lot, and the county treasury is even more abundant.
Everyone knows that the better people's livelihood is, the richer the country will be. This is a virtuous circle.
In the past, many materials from Anyang were transported back to Qin, and this time was no exception. Thousands of people escorted the vast quantities of goods.
But when passing through Liaoyang, the place had already been blocked by Huan Jun.
This is a must-pass official road. The general Huan in charge of the checkpoint is not of high rank. He is just a little-known commander named Ji Ao, who leads more than a thousand soldiers.
In fact, Anyang's team was targeted by Huan Guo Xizuo as soon as they left the city. It can be said that Ji Ao was already ready before they got here.
At the checkpoint, there were people rushing from time to time, but they were not interrogated. When Anyang's team arrived, Ji Ao stood up directly.
He was wearing a general's armor and a cape on his back. He was holding a piece of fruit in his left hand and eating it. He raised his right hand and said, "Stop!"
The front was full of Huan troops, and the team's manager was a young official from Anyang. Upon seeing this, he trotted forward and said with a smile, "I've seen the general. We are all caravans from Anyang. We want to go to Qin. I hope the general will come." It’s convenient.”
Huan Guo had never intercepted him before, so the officials didn't take it seriously and thought it was just a normal inspection.
Unexpectedly, Ji Ao glanced at him: "Anyang's caravan? You are the ones waiting for us."
As he spoke, he waved his hand casually: "Button them all!"
"No!" Following his order, a large number of soldiers quickly stepped forward and began to take action without saying a word.
Seeing this situation, the clerk suddenly couldn't stand still and said repeatedly: "General! What are you doing! We have no fault at all!"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Ji Ao said coldly: "Recently, banditry has been rampant in Liaoyang. This is also for your safety. I will temporarily keep these goods for you. In the future, transportation from Anyang will not need to pass through here."
"What?" The clerk was shocked and said in a trembling voice, "Does the general know what he is doing? This is an unreasonable detention!"
"General, I don't need you to remind me!" Ji Ao said dissatisfied: "I've already told you! The banditry is serious and there is no way to pass here! I will notify you when you can leave! Why should I say this unreasonably!"
As they talked, a large number of soldiers began to collect the goods. Naturally, the entourage of the team came out to stop them, causing friction with many soldiers.
When Ji Ao saw this, he no longer paid attention to the minor officials, but looked around and shouted in a loud voice: "Bold! Are you going to fight with our army!"
As soon as these words were said, the other soldiers immediately raised their halberds and quickly formed a formation.
Seeing this scene, someone ran to the clerk and asked in a low voice: "Master Wu, what should I do..."
The clerk's face was gloomy, and his thoughts were changing. If there was a conflict with the other party and a fight broke out, with the few followers on his side, he would definitely not be a match for Huan's army, and would only attract more troops.
Thinking of this, he decided to report to Yang Qing'an first and make a long-term plan, then said: "Let them detain it."
"But this..." The visitor looked worried.
The clerk said: "It doesn't matter. If anything is missing, Mr. Yang will come to Huan Guo to argue. There is no other way now."
Hearing what he said, the visitor nodded helplessly, and then ordered everyone to let Huan Jun seize the carts of goods.
Seeing this, Ji Ao glanced at the clerk again and sneered: "Humph, your Excellency is quite sensible!"
After saying that, he waved his hand again and commanded: "Move quickly!"
Watching Huan Jun pull the goods away, the clerk looked ugly, but he had no choice but to whisper: "Quickly, send a message to Mr. Yang to report the situation."
Huan Guo only said that they would set up a checkpoint to intercept and prohibit transportation in Anyang, but Ji Ao seized the supplies. And their more than a thousand soldiers had a small camp near the checkpoint, waiting to move the truckloads of goods into the hoarding camp. Later, Ji Ao and one of his young generals couldn't help but come over and take a casual look.
Inside the tent, there were many boxes of various sizes piled up. After scanning them for a week, Ji Ao couldn't help but said, "You said there are so many boxes and they contain all kinds of stuff."
"Let's see if we can find out." His young general said.
Out of curiosity, Ji Ao drew out his sword and casually cut off the lock of a box. Then he lifted the box with his sword and opened the door of the box.
The next moment, both of them were obviously stunned.
In the box, there are white silver coins, arranged neatly and of the same size.
With the salary of a thousand captains of the Huan Army, it was not surprising that Ji Ao was stunned by the money. It was not until a short while later that he came back to his senses. Then he swallowed and said blankly: "This..."
The young general's Adam's apple also slipped, and his tone changed somewhat: "This, this should be the official silver handed over to the Qin State by Anyang County Governor..."
Hearing this, Ji Ao quickly drew out his sword again, cut off several box openings one after another, and opened them one by one. Inside, there were the same silver items arranged neatly.
Just a whole box of silver was something they could not earn in a lifetime salary, and here, there were dozens of boxes. It was conceivable that the two people's mentality had changed to some extent.
"General, this..." The young general swallowed again, widened his eyes, and looked around.
Ji Ao stepped forward and grabbed a few silver ingots, his eyes glistening and said: "Brother Li, have you ever seen so much gold and silver?"
"Humble... humble position, low salary, never seen before..." the young general stammered.
"Yes, I have never seen it before." Ji Ao sighed, stuffed the money into the hands of the young general, and said quietly: "You and I have been licking blood all our lives, going through life and death for the country, but we have never been important. Now that the day has fallen Huge wealth, with all this gold and silver, why do you want to be a soldier?"
"General... what the general means is..." The young general panicked. He didn't want to accept the money, but he couldn't bear to let it go.
Ji Ao chuckled lightly, and then said in a solemn voice: "With this money, we can be as rich as any country in any country! No matter what happens, we can take these more than a thousand brothers to occupy the mountain and become the king, and marry a few more Isn’t it beautiful to have a lovely wife and beautiful concubine, why do you have to suffer such cowardice here!”
His words are full of temptation for the young general. Yes, with this money, where can't you go to live happily?
Bewitched by it, the young general subconsciously put the silver into his arms and said at the same time: "It's all up to the general to make the decision. I will obey all the humble duties..."
