Chapter 922: Great Victory
"Brother Li, is all the salt on the market like this?"
"There are two kinds of salt on the market. One is the private salt we sell now. The other is snowflake salt, which is much better than the salt we eat. It doesn't have that bitter taste and is whiter and more transparent.
The price of snowflake salt is even higher, one pound costs ten taels of silver, and only the rich and powerful can afford it. Ordinary people like us can only eat this kind of salt. "
Li Tieniu was surprised that Jiang Xiaoxiao actually asked this. Could it be that Jiang Xiaoxiao was not a daughter of an official family?
Jiang Xiaoxiao's mind moved. In fact, salt making is not a complicated process.
Snowflake silver is the refined salt she eats. After simple filtering and processing, its price rises sharply.
With such high profits, it is naturally profitable.
It's really a highly profitable industry.
It really hurts to see these people living with their heads on the line.
This is how it is in a monarchy, especially in times of chaos.
Let’s get on the road.
The return trip was obviously not peaceful.
It showed that several passers-by with obvious intentions were following behind them, neither fast nor slow, neither far nor close. When they were halfway along the way, at a steep place, the bandits who had been surrounding them from the front and back finally appeared.
Everyone was instantly panicked.
No, they didn’t encounter any bandits because everyone was a little bit expectant along the way. Because of the expectation, they became a little panicked when they encountered bandits.
Li Tieniu pulled out the machete from behind.
Lin Dawang also stepped up the deployment of manpower for defense.
Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at the number of people on the other side slowly.
There really is a huge crowd of people there.
This is an age where numbers can win, purely by crushing people.
The other side had a total of two hundred people.
"Everyone should know what to do, take action, and don't panic."
Jiang Xiaoxiao shouted loudly, it was time.
Obviously, the usual discipline training played a huge role, and people's hearts were immediately gathered together because of this sound.
"one two three!"
As soon as Jiang Xiaoxiao's voice fell, everyone quickly took out a piece of red cloth from their pockets and tied it directly around their arms.
The people pushing the carts seemed to have heard some kind of command and quickly pushed the 18 carts together, forming a formation in the middle.
The others ignored the cars. Three of them formed a group and quickly dispersed around the cars, forming countless small groups.
"Brothers, money is a bit tight recently. You leave the salt here. We won't hurt anyone. You leave quickly and safely. Otherwise, I will kill you today."
A bandit with a white face and black beard rode arrogantly on his horse, pointing his whip at everyone.
The leader of these bandits actually had more than a dozen horses in his group.
These horses were obviously the bandits' property, and of course a few large carts could be seen in the distance.
It seemed that they were also planning to rob the vehicles they used to load the salt and transport it away.
Obviously they are well prepared and someone has already stepped on it.
Li Tieniu glanced at Jiang Xiaoxiao, and Jiang Xiaoxiao nodded.
"Don't even think about it. If you have the guts, just come at me. Otherwise, stop talking nonsense. If you guys dare to eat this bowl of rice, you don't take your life seriously."
The bandit with white face and black beard was happy.
"Okay, you have some guts. Fine, I'll kill you today. This day next year will be your memorial day. Come on, brothers. We'll have a good time. Charge!"
He swung the big knife in his hand and clamped his legs on the horse's belly. Immediately, the dozen horses in front rushed towards him. More than a hundred bandits behind followed the horses and rushed directly towards Li Tieniu, Lin Dawang and others, waving various weapons in their hands.
In their eyes, what these private salt dealers held in their hands was all silver, pure white silver.
The white-faced, black-bearded bandit rushed forward, but was suddenly stabbed in the belly of his horse by three red-tasseled spears. He immediately lifted his horse and jumped up.
There are advantages to riding on a horse. Those who dare to rob on horseback naturally have some skills.
He dodged the three red tasseled spears in front of him and chopped the machete hard on the spear barrel that was stabbing towards him.
Laugh out loud.
"You have only this little bit of skill, yet you dare to show off in front of me? Prepare to die."
The next moment, three red tasseled spears knocked him off his horse.
right!
But within a stick of incense, the sound of killing was so loud that the surrounding bandits were terrified.
I saw that all the bandits on more than a dozen horses were knocked down directly.
It took only a short while to get a cup of tea before he was knocked down in just a few exchanges. The horse became a masterless one. The other bandits had no way to avoid or escape the elusive red tassel spear.
Seeing their brothers in front of them dying, stabbed through, the others were already terrified and turned around and ran away.
Lin Dawang and Li Tiezhu were unable to stop killing and wanted to chase after them.
Jiang Xiaoxiao stopped the two of them.
"Don't chase after a desperate enemy, beware of traps."
Although the two men felt a little regretful, they still obeyed orders and came back to clean up the battlefield.
There were more than 50 people in the two villages in total, and only 15 were slightly injured, and three were seriously injured, but not fatally. The three seriously injured people were accidentally injured because they forgot to cooperate with their teammates in a panic.
There are 15 minor injuries, which can basically be cured with a little bandaging.
After checking the casualties, Li Tiezhu and Lin Dawang from the two villages were instantly happy. This was probably the smoothest trip they had ever had in their history of smuggling salt.
What's the big deal about being injured?
As long as no one died, it was a blessing. Every time salt was smuggled, several people would die. A few deaths were the lightest punishment. A dozen deaths were nothing. This time, no one died.
More than 200 bandits were chased away, and Li Tiezhu was especially happy, as he had already brought all the horses and carts over.
Two horses had their front legs accidentally injured by their red cherry spears and seemed unusable.
The remaining ten horses were all intact. These were horses. There were no horses, not even cows, in their village.
There are also 12 very sturdy large vehicles.
Lin Dawang was envious. It was a great victory. Not only did they suffer no losses, they also snatched horses and carts from the bandits.
What is the concept?
They upgraded their weapons in an instant.
"Master Lin, we fought well in this battle. Why don't we divide the horses and carts and take the salt back to the village directly. It will be much easier than pushing a wheelbarrow."
He was really envious of these horses and carriages, and of course he was too embarrassed to ask for a direct share of the spoils, but this also served to remind Jiang Xiaoxiao that this was the credit of the people of their Linjia Village.
Jiang Xiaoxiao nodded, "Everyone, quickly harness the horses to the carts and transfer the salt over. The rest of you can directly send the wheelbarrows back to the salt field."
Li Tieniu and his men arranged the people and left about ten of them to send the wheelbarrow back, while the others harnessed the horse-drawn carriage and drove the salt directly back to the village. During the rest of the journey, because everyone's morale was very high, some small bandits looked at their condition and did not dare to come up.
They had never seen anyone dare to smuggle salt on a horse-drawn carriage.
Generally speaking, these salt-trading teams have strong backgrounds, so it is better to avoid them.
(End of this chapter)
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