Chapter 134 Waiting for the Second Half of the Night

Shen Qing deeply understood the meaning of the saying "a horse will die if it runs too fast".

The mountain we saw in the morning was still as far away after walking for a whole day, so the team chose a suitable resting place nearby.

It is not surrounded on three sides, but is backed by a small hill and has a two-meter-wide river on the left, so it is covered on two sides. It only needs to be protected on the right and in front.

Jiang Erye, Shen Qing, and Huo Bing were worried. It was summer, and it was very likely that those people would wade through the water. There were children behind them. If something happened to them, how could the people in front have the energy to fight the enemy? Wouldn't it be a mess?

After a moment's hesitation, Mr. Jiang proposed a solution: "Use a hatchet to split thin bamboos and make them into pointed bamboo sticks. Insert them densely along the river bank, about a meter wide, leaving a finger-length exposed above the ground."

Shen Qing thought that most people now wear straw sandals, and even cloth shoes rarely have thick thousand-layer soles, but rather several thin layers. Some people sew two layers of cloth on the soles of straw sandals and wear them as cloth shoes.

The bamboo sticks can penetrate easily, but few people can endure the pain of having a bloody hole in the sole of the foot, let alone thinking about going forward to fight.

She said, "We have a lot of bamboo, so why not make more bamboo sticks and insert the right side as well, leaving a gap and assign someone to guard it."

There has to be a gap so she can get out. She has to cut off the source of the problem!

These people wanted to steal their food and livestock, but when they returned home after being defeated, they found out, where are their things? Why are they gone?

Shen Qing felt relieved just thinking about that scene.

There were so many bamboos stored, but Shen Qing didn't feel bad about it. However, the people in the village felt very sad.

While chopping the bamboo joints, they silently cursed the evil people, imagining them as the bamboo joints in their hands and chopping them down fiercely.

Those people had better not plot against them, otherwise they will definitely vent their anger. In order to guard against them, every household has lost a lot of money because they couldn't make brushes these days.

In the distant woods, a skinny young man bent over and reported: "Boss, they have gone to bed, as usual, without any precautions;

I was just chopping bamboo joints, I don’t know what was going on.”

"Is it the length of a bamboo joint as long as a chopstick?" A thin man wearing a cloth towel, a long gown, a beard, and dressed like a scholar asked with a confident smile on his face.

The skinny younger brother immediately agreed with a smile on his face: "That's right, the Second In Command is worthy of being our team's military advisor! What you said is absolutely right."

Boss Sun grinned and said, "Second Brother is a scholar, of course he is different from us rough guys!"

He looked at Song Lao Er and asked, "Lao Er, is it important for you to analyze it?"

Song Lao Er shook his head and said, "It's okay. These people take out bamboo joints every day at noon and evening. From what I see, they are making brushes.

I was puzzled when they didn't do it yesterday, but they started again today, which means everything is back to normal. I checked their place carefully this morning and this afternoon, and there were no traps or mechanisms!

It seems that even though they knew of our presence, they didn't take it seriously. They are a bunch of unworldly farmers who usually only kill fish, chickens and ducks. How could they have imagined that we would target them and that tonight would be the day they all die~"

Boss Sun chuckled and said, "That's right! In times of disaster and chaos, only those with a ruthless heart and ruthless hands can rise to the top! Those who can't do that can only be like two-legged sheep."

The skinny younger brother licked his lips and said in applause: "Follow the boss and the second in command, we can also eat meat!

The wealthy merchant a few days ago had plenty of money, but too little food and meat."

Boss Sun looked at the luxurious carriage, the donkeys, and the fine clothes on the men, and spat in dissatisfaction: "They are really begging with a golden bowl in their hands!

What's the point of bringing so much silver? We only brought so little food and meat. If we had more, they wouldn't have to invade us..."

"Ahem." Song Lao Er interrupted and reminded: "Don't say that anymore."

"Yes, the second brother said that we should keep these things to ourselves and not let others know.

After we finish this tonight, we really won’t have to worry about eating meat for half a month! "Boss Sun looked at the swaying crowd in the distance as if he were looking at a group of sheep eating grass without any ability to resist.

Song Lao Er said in an enigmatic manner, "Eating meat tonight is just a side job. I've taken a fancy to their carriages and large livestock. If they had food and money, that would be a real bonus. However, for a group of farmers fleeing famine, each family might only have a dozen or so taels of silver at best."

In the past, more than ten taels of silver for a dozen households was a large sum of money, but after kidnapping a wealthy businessman who lived alone a few days ago, he no longer looked down on a mere hundred or so taels of silver.

But although the rich businessman had a lot of silver, they couldn't use it - it was all ingots of gold, silver and jewelry. A group of rabble suddenly saw so much wealth and were already dizzy. Letting such a group of people bring gold, silver and jewelry into the city to buy things was tantamount to making them sitting ducks!

How could it not attract attention? If it attracted the government officials, it would be more trouble than it was worth!

Besides, he wasn't going to let these people spend money, they didn't deserve it, he would find an opportunity to monopolize all the money and property...

Boss Sun opened his eyes wide in confusion. "Our carriages are luxurious and spacious, and each one has two donkeys. How impressive! Why would we need their ordinary ones?"

"It's because it's too grand that it attracts attention. Besides, the rich businessman's surname is engraved on this carriage, so it must be replaced! The carriage of the opposite team is just in line with our status." Song Lao Er sighed softly.

To put it bluntly, their behavior is not worthy of a luxurious carriage.

They were originally second-rate people from the street and village. They had good manners and it would be a loss of face for him to follow them.

Forget it, at least they treated him as a guest of honor and respected and politely. He could reluctantly give them some advice and let them work for him.

A flash of sudden realization crossed the skinny little brother's sunken cheeks. "No wonder Second in Command didn't let us go to the city. It turns out he was worried that we'd be exposed. Second in Command is really considerate!"

Song Lao Er stroked his beard after being complimented, feeling extremely proud: "The farmer across the street is also lucky. There is running water next to it. If it were a small pond, we could send people over to plant drugs at night, and we could capture them all without any effort tomorrow morning!

But since it's running water, it doesn't matter. Just like the previous times, I'll do it in the second half of the night."

"Hey, okay, we're familiar with this. Thinking of them running around in the middle of the night with their heads in their hands makes my blood boil! Even better at night."

"Boss, I've taken a fancy to a girl. Can you let me go first tonight... hehehe..."

"Why are you panicking? As long as it's not what the Second Master and I like, we'll give it to you. If it is, just stand in line!"

"Chengcheng, thank you, Boss!"

"Boss, I want one too!"

"And me!"

All the men were rubbing their hands, looking into the distance, wishing that the second half of the night would arrive as soon as possible.