Facing the temptation, Qin Feng shook his head firmly: "Thank you for your kindness, but unfortunately I have no intention of doing business. Your Xue family should hire someone else, Gao Ming!"
"Brother Feng is so evasive. Could it be that he thinks the price is too low? How about this, how about adding another 50,000 taels of silver every year?"
"Haha, this matter has nothing to do with money!"
"Oh, it has nothing to do with money. Could it be that Brother Feng looks down on the Xue family and thinks that the businessman has a low status?"
"Haha, the Xue family is as rich as the country. Who dares to be disrespectful in the slightest? Besides, farmers farm, craftsmen work, merchants do business... everyone relies on their own ability to make a living, and no one is even half inferior to the other!"
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"Is it possible that Brother Feng is concerned about his status as a hereditary military household? This is easy to handle. Our Xue family has quite a few connections in the northwest frontier army. We only need to spend some money to smoothen the relationship and transfer Brother Feng and Sister Yuniang from military status to civilian status." Citizenship is not an issue.”
Qin Feng still shook his head!
Now Xue Jinyu was depressed. What was the reason that made Qin Feng refuse his solicitation? There had to be a reason, right?
"Because I am a soldier!" As he spoke, Qin Feng straightened his back, his eyes full of pride.
In my last life, I was a soldier. In this life, I am still a soldier. If there is a next life, I am still willing to be a soldier!
Soldiers, fight on the battlefield and protect your home and country!
Soldiers, face difficulties and persevere!
Soldiers will never give up their perseverance, even if they face the temptation of gold and silver!
The word "soldier" is more important than Mount Tai!
Although he refused the solicitation, Qin Feng still appreciated Xue Jinyu's sincerity. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to give her a reminder: "Jinyu, I have a few words, I don't know whether I should say them or not?"
"Brother Feng, please tell me something!"
"In my opinion, the bandits setting up an ambush in Lianglang Mountain this time was not an accident, but was planned. You must be more careful in the future, especially the people around you. You need to know that there is no mole. , Can’t attract outside thieves!”
"Thank you, Brother Feng, for reminding me. Jin Yu will be more careful in the future."
Xue Jinyu nodded, with a thoughtful look in his eyes. Not many people knew that he was traveling with the caravan this time. For safety reasons, he changed his route several times along the way, just to avoid being plotted by the gangsters.
The bandits were able to ambush the Xue family caravan at the exact time and place. What does this mean?
It means that someone in the Xue family is cheating and secretly leaking information, and this person is by his side, so he can accurately grasp the information.
Who is this person, and who was he instructed by?
She is her father's only daughter and the only heir to the property. If something goes wrong, the Xue family's millions of wealth... it's terrifying to think about it!
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Nothing happened all night.
The next morning, dense footsteps suddenly came from the east side of Lianglang Mountain. It was obvious that a large group of people were rushing over. The caravan guys immediately put themselves on guard for fear that the sand bandits would come back to kill them again.
When the team approached, everyone could not help but let out a sigh of relief. They were not sand bandits, but reinforcements sent by Zhenbeicheng. There were about 400 people, and the leader was Deputy Dong Qianhu!
Last night, Mouzi led two caravan guys into the woods. They were cautious and circled around. After a lot of effort, they finally slipped out of Lianglang Mountain and ran to Dongshan, which is not far away. Family Fort.
Like Qisha Fort, more than half of the military households in Dongjia Fort fled, and the rest were mostly old, weak, women and children. There was no way to send troops to rescue them. The three of them had to borrow a few mules and horses and headed to the village dozens of miles away as quickly as possible. Zhenbeicheng asked for help.
After learning that the Xue family's caravan was besieged by sand bandits, the two Qianhu didn't dare to neglect and immediately decided to send troops to rescue!
However, there were also not many people in Zhenbei City, so they had to draw strong men from several hundreds of households around, and finally gathered more than 400 people, and then Deputy Dong Qianhu led them to come to the rescue.
The process was too cumbersome, so we wasted time. We only arrived at Lianglang Mountain this morning.
"The caravan was besieged by thieves in the mountains. My rescue was late. Please don't blame Mr. Xue!"
"I don't dare. I have to thank Deputy Dong Qianhu. If reinforcements hadn't arrived, we might have been trapped in the mountains."
"There, the guys in your caravan are very powerful. Mr. Xue commanded them well. They actually blocked several attacks by the bandits and killed so many bandits. I admire them very much."
"I feel ashamed to say it. It's not because of my master's command, but because of the help of noble people, that the danger was turned into good luck!"
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Through conversation, Deputy Dong Qianhu learned that it was Qin Feng who helped the caravan repel the sand bandits and killed the second leader of the sand bandits, which surprised him.
I originally thought Qin Feng was a timid and cowardly person, but he didn't expect that he turned out to be a powerful character. He had been pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, and he was so hidden that he didn't even notice it.
Thinking about it this way, there might be something behind the deaths of Lu Douying and the three others before!
However, Deputy Dong Qianhu and Zheng Qianhu had not dealt with each other, and they also disliked the Lu family and his son. Naturally, they would not pursue the matter. Instead, they praised Qin Feng and sent people to the nearby mountains and forests. Check the situation.
As a result, a large number of human and animal footprints were found in a dense forest, as well as fresh camel dung.
This shows that after the leader was killed, the bandits did not really escape, but hid in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to kill another one.
Unexpectedly, the Xue family caravan followed Qin Feng's suggestion and stood firm, leaving the bandits no chance. Seeing that Zhenbeicheng had sent reinforcements, they left helplessly.
In other words, Qin Feng saved the lives of everyone in the caravan again!
Naturally, I have to express my deep gratitude to my savior!
When the two sides parted, Xue Jinyu gave Qin Feng the powerful matchlock gun, 1,500 taels of silver, two horses, and ten carts of goods.
Not only that, Xue Jinyu also took off a mutton-fat jade pendant from his neck. It had a lily pattern on the front and his name engraved on the back. He gave it to Qin Feng as a token, saying that if he had any difficulties in the future, he could go to Suide City in Yanchang Mansion. If you look for yourself, you will definitely help!
Naturally, Qin Feng would not refuse the reward he had worked so hard for, but there was a lot of stuff and he needed to distribute it carefully:
Keep the horses, matchlocks, and jade pendants for your own use, keep a portion of the money and goods, just enough to make a living for yourself and Jin Yuniang, and distribute the rest to the military households of Qisha Fort as a thank you for everyone's care over the years.
The military households received the benefits and were naturally grateful to Qin Feng.
At the same time, Qin Feng helped the Xue family caravan, repelled the attack of hundreds of sand bandits, and killed the second leader of the sand bandits with one shot, which quickly spread.
Everyone within a hundred or two hundred miles knew that a young hero had emerged from the Seven Kills Castle.
Logically speaking, being famous is a good thing, but Qin Feng is not happy at all. The reason is simple. This thing seems to be a big deal, but in fact it has endless consequences.
First, he ruined the good deeds of the bandits and killed their second-in-command, thus forming such a blood feud. The bandits would definitely retaliate crazily and never stop.
Secondly, before he killed three people of Lu Douying, he relied on his exquisite disguise to avoid arousing suspicion from others. This time he exposed his strength and will definitely arouse Lu Maogui's suspicion. Once he is seriously investigated, it will be Trouble!
what to do?
Salad!
Things have already happened, and there is no point in being afraid. At worst, the soldiers will come to stop it, and the water will come to cover it up!
In order to nip it in the bud, Qin Feng organized the general households and repaired the Seven Kills Fort first. The walls were repaired, heightened and thickened. A large number of rolling wood, thunder stones, arrows and crossbows were prepared on them. Three deep trenches were dug on the outside, filled with spikes!
The young men were divided into three squads and took turns guarding the wall to prevent the bandits from coming for revenge!
Of course, he also had to work hard to improve his personal force value. Qin Feng began to work hard and practice kung fu, and was ready to fight at any time.
The problem is, Qin Feng has always shown himself to be weak, but now he suddenly becomes so powerful, which inevitably arouses questions from others, especially Mouse. If anything happens, he will ask Qin Feng, when did he learn kung fu?
Jin Yuniang's eyes were also a little strange, but she had a gentle personality and didn't ask.
There was no other way. In order to dispel everyone's doubts, Qin Feng had no choice but to make up a lie:
Let's just say that ten years ago, one morning when I was playing by the river, I met an expert with flowing white hair and an immortal spirit. Seeing that he had excellent bones, he accepted me as his apprentice and taught him Various martial arts.
The master also ordered that he should keep a low profile and not reveal his martial arts skills until absolutely necessary, let alone tell others about it.
Not to mention, as soon as this lie came out, people around him actually believed it.
A poor young man meets an expert by chance, teaches him a skill, and then becomes successful and famous in history... Such stories are not uncommon in history, and they are also the most interesting stories that the world talks about.
Especially the young people in the fort, after hearing this story, they would go for a walk by the Baisha River when they had nothing to do, hoping that one day they could meet the master and learn a skill.
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Of course, just practicing kung fu is not enough. In order to cope with the coming danger, you must prepare a few handy things!
