Chapter 325: Empty city, running out of ammunition and food

"My young master, I have plenty of time to listen to you tonight."

"Um... interrupt me, can you eat something before talking? I'm really hungry."

Xia Tan'er raised her hand silently and asked the boy for food with an innocent face. Now she was eating for two people, and she got hungry much faster than others. If she continued to waste this time, she might faint. Deep hypoglycemia.

When the young man heard this, he showed a hint of embarrassment.

"Young master, girl, I'm sorry for my incompetence. I can't prepare food."

Xia Tan'er was immediately confused when she heard this.

"Can't prepare, what does that mean?"

"It literally means that there isn't even a grain of rice left in Linqin now. We, the hidden pile, were planning to leave tomorrow."

"What is going on? Why is there no rice?"

Xia Tan'er looked at each other with Dong Lingjiu and Feng Muchi, feeling more and more strange. The news they received while on the road did not mention that Linqin was running out of ammunition and food.

"Alas... I don't know, Linqin has become an empty city since the horse bandits came. Those merchants moved all their properties away. Without the goods brought by these merchants, the people here can't survive at all. "

"Because this place was once a fertile land, the county magistrate of Linqin ordered those rice fields to be demolished in the early years to build inns and restaurants so that merchants could settle down and buy property here."

"For this reason, Linqin's grain, vegetables and meat are all transported and sold by those merchants, and there is no grain harvesting in this county."

Dongling Jiu's eyes were cold. He did not expect that these news had never been transmitted back to the imperial city, leaving a city empty.

Xia Tan'er reached out and patted the back of Dong Lingjiu's hand to express comfort, and then asked the boy again.

"What about the army? Didn't the imperial court station troops at the Linqin border?"

"There is no treacherous businessman. Those traders fled early when they saw that there was no money to be made. How could they still have such leisure to stay here? Even if there are soldiers and horses stationed, if the horse bandits are not eliminated in one day, Linqin will be destroyed in one day." The prosperity of the past cannot be restored.”

makes sense. It seems that the main contradiction must be resolved first.

"Then what clues do you have about the horse bandits? Do you know which mountain they are on and how many there are there?"

"I heard from the captured merchant that the group of horse bandits were stationed at the junction of Nanling and Dongling. I don't know who found such a place. It happened that Nanling and Dongling were out of control, and it happened to be on the main road between the two countries. above."

Needless to say, it must be the scholar in white. Only those who can read will know what method is most beneficial to themselves.

"As for the number of horse bandits, it is not clear how many there are, but it is rumored that there are three heads. These three heads are brothers. They were born in the Orion family. I heard that they are famous for their kindness in the village. No one knows who they are. How did he become a horse bandit? In short, he has reached a situation where no one can defeat him."

"Those merchants secretly sent many experts to go there, but all of them failed. As time went by, no one dared to accept the reward no matter how high it was. As a result, our Fengying Tower's business in Linqin plummeted."

Feng Muchi frowned, why didn't he know about this at all.

"Why wasn't this reported?"

"Young Master, this matter is a bit embarrassing. It is precisely because no one is qualified that the bounty becomes more and more accumulated. In the end, no one can claim it. In the end, it all belongs to the headquarters. The headquarters always makes decisions based on the profit of each hidden stake. After paying such a large bounty, they naturally won’t ask too many questions.”