Chapter 226: Food Arrives
After Xu Zhuangtou returned to the farm, the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't swallow his anger.
He immediately wrote a letter and handed it to the guard: "Take it and deliver it to Master Zhu."
Mr. Zhu is the largest charcoal merchant in Jinyang City.
The Zhu family has four mountains for burning charcoal, covering a total area of 50,000 to 60,000 acres.
If the Zhu family knew that someone was competing with them for their business, would they be able to sit still?
Of course, he specifically concealed the fact that Wen Yan and the others had official backgrounds.
"If I can't deal with you, someone else will come to clean you up."
charcoal kiln.
After Xu Zhuangtou left, Uncle Shitou asked in surprise, "Is this how things are?"
"What else?" Wen Yan spread his hands.
Uncle Shitou said, "When I saw you and Miss Meng acting like this before, no matter how unhappy you were, you would always maintain a minimum of decency. Today, you were a little too straightforward."
Wen Yan laughed and said, "That's because both sides attach great importance to face.
That Xuzhuangtou doesn't want to be decent.
Even if we gave in and said nice things to him, he would have his men overturn our charcoal kiln and drive us away.
When we acted tough, they didn't dare to act rashly. Look, in the end, they just ran away in disgrace."
Wen Yan calculated the time and thought that the first batch of food should arrive in the next two days.
The next day at noon.
Wen Yan was taking an afternoon nap in the shade of a tree when he suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves.
She jumped up and ran to a high place to look down.
Sure enough, I saw a man on a horse heading straight for the Xu family's house.
Who else could the man riding the horse be but Situ Ming?
After he knocked on the door, the other party opened the door, looked at him, and invited him into the yard.
Around the hour of You that day, a convoy of vehicles, loaded with things, arrived at the yard.
"Finally here!" Wen Yan rubbed his hands excitedly and immediately climbed to the highest point.
Uncle Shitou was also caught and climbed up the tree.
He is a man of habit and has better eyesight than Wen Yan.
He quickly counted the carriages.
With twenty-two horse-drawn carriages, they should have transported two thousand dan of grain this time.
It seems that Huo Yaoxing has tasted the sweetness of profiting from human blood and is even more eager to make money.
He also thought that Jinyang Prefecture was already under Situ Ming's control, so he became bolder.
The lights in the house stayed on until late at night, when the carts and horses were finally settled.
The yard where they stored grain was exactly the same as Wen Yan had guessed before.
Wen Yan asked Uncle Shitou to return to the city overnight and deliver a message to Chief Yuan: "Just tell Chief Yuan, 'You can move now.' It's curfew now, so I'm afraid you'll have to suffer."
Uncle Shitou patted his chest loudly and said, "This is nothing. Back in the military camp, when we were marching and fighting, sleeping in the open air was fun, but when we encountered heavy rain and snowstorms, it was really hard.
It's summer now and it's not cold at all, so I'll find a place to hut against the wall for the night.
As soon as it gets light tomorrow morning, I will go into the city to find Lord Yuan.
But you. After I left, you didn't even have anyone to protect you. It's not safe for you to stay with a bunch of men."
Wen Yan raised his arms and clapped them proudly: "Have you forgotten who I learned my kung fu from? Those are just a bunch of common people. I can knock them all down with one hand."
Before leaving, Shitou left her a dagger for self-defense.
Uncle Shitou wrapped the horse's hoof with cotton cloth and left quietly.
Wen Yan said that it was no problem, but she was very alert in her heart.
That night, she only slept for a short while, drowsy and intermittently.
No words were spoken that night.
The next day.
Less than a thousand miles away, someone came to the Xu family's house again.
After a while, Situ Ming followed him in a hurry.
Wen Yan knew that Uncle Shi Tou's mission was completed perfectly.
Just as she was relaxing, a group of uninvited guests came to the charcoal kiln.
By the time Wen Yan realized something was wrong, they had already been surrounded.
All the visitors were young and middle-aged men. A quick glance showed that there were more than 20 to 30 of them.
Moreover, they all held weapons.
A middle-aged man in brocade clothes walked out from behind the crowd.
The man was slightly plump and had a kind face, like a housekeeper of a wealthy family.
"Are you burning charcoal here?" The man looked at Wen Yan with a smile on his face.
But his men were narrowing the encirclement.
These people have bad intentions!
The apprentices were terrified and tried to run away in a panic, but were scared back by the weapons in the hands of those people.
Wen Yan protected them behind him: "Protect the charcoal kiln."
After three or four days of hard work, the charcoal is about to be produced. We must not let our efforts go to waste.
Ono immediately took the axe and stood guard beside the charcoal kiln.
"Who are you?" Wen Yan spoke directly to the housekeeper.
The housekeeper glanced at Wen Yan lightly and said sarcastically, "Why? You guys, a bunch of men, actually let a woman come out to fight."
Wen Yan said: "This charcoal kiln is mine. If you have anything to say, just tell me. We can discuss it. Although we burn charcoal here, this charcoal is not in Jinyang Prefecture..."
The other party interrupted Wen Yan directly: "The entire charcoal industry in Jinyang Prefecture is in our hands. You'd better dismantle this broken kiln immediately and go back to where you came from."
"What if I don't?"
"If you don't accept my toast, you'll have to drink for it." The butler sneered and waved his hand. His men immediately rushed up.
Wen Yan suddenly took out a dagger and threw it at the housekeeper.
The housekeeper screamed in fear and covered his head.
Wen Yan took the opportunity to rush forward and took the housekeeper hostage.
She didn't even throw the dagger away, but now it was right on the butler's neck: "Don't move, or I'll cut his throat."
The housekeeper was terrified and quickly stopped his men. He said in a trembling voice, "My lady, let's talk it out. Everything can be discussed..."
"I prefer the way you were shouting and yelling just now." Wen Yan slashed his neck with the dagger.
The butler felt a sharp pain in his neck and now he didn't even dare to speak loudly.
Wen Yan looked at Xiao Hei and said, "Bring a rope and tie him up."
The butler's men were very excited, but because the person was in the other party's hands, they did not dare to act rashly.
Soon, the butler was tied up and his life was completely in Wen Yan's hands.
Wen Yan held the hostage and did not take any further action.
The two sides confronted each other for nearly an hour.
There was a sound of horse hooves.
From time to time,
Uncle Shitou and Uncle Tian appeared on the path.
Seeing the situation here, the two were shocked and immediately ran to Wen Yan: "Miss! What's going on?"
Wen Yan pointed at the intruders and said, "These people are so inexplicable. They suddenly surrounded us and even wanted to demolish our charcoal kiln."
The housekeeper whimpered, shook his head, and looked at his two uncles for help.
"Miss, what should we do with these people? Kill them directly?" A murderous intent flashed in Uncle Tian's cold eyes.
The butler's eyes widened. Are these people demons?
Killing someone is as easy as killing a chicken!
I am the chief steward of the Zhu family, how dare they do this!
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