Chapter 933: Home
They were on the road again.
There were a hundred people, and about fifty of them stayed in the village.
They were prepared to travel light.
Although they used more salt this time, they had a horse-drawn carriage.
Jiang Xiaoxiao's three horse-drawn carriages, plus the three horse-drawn carriages of the villagers of Lijia Village, the six horse-drawn carriages could easily pull four or five thousand kilograms.
Of course, it would be no problem if we could pull a little more, but the strong men would just push the cart and leave.
These strong men were very confident. Eighteen of them and another thirty-eight people formed a group of more than fifty people to fight against more than two hundred bandits.
Is it possible that even with a hundred of them they are still no match for the bandits?
They know the surrounding bandits best, but the largest bandit nest only has three or four hundred people.
Three or four hundred people were not enough to intimidate them.
Besides, Young Master Jiang said that they had to leave quietly this time and not tell any outsiders, so as to prevent those people from targeting their family members.
With the example of Linjia Village, everyone is now behaving in a low profile.
The day before departure, someone came from their village.
Lin Dawang was carried here by someone.
Dozens of able-bodied men from Linjia Village came in a rush.
Many of them came with wounds bandaged.
These dozens of people at the entrance of the village really make people a little anxious.
What are the people in Linjia Village going to do?
Are you looking for trouble?
When Li Tieniu received the news, he immediately took the able-bodied men in the village out.
Lin Dawang and his friends couldn't enter the village.
The village gate is still closed.
Lin Dawang was standing there with the help of someone. Seven or eight days had passed and his injuries had almost healed.
When he opened his eyes and woke up, the villagers told him that it was Li Tieniu and Master Jiang who brought a dozen people from Lijia Village to rescue them, including himself.
If Master Jiang hadn't used special medical methods to treat him, he would probably have died by now.
He regretted it the moment he came to his senses.
He had already remembered what Master Jiang had told them at that time, telling them not to tell anyone where they were from, to be quiet on their way back and forth, to cover their tracks, and to take more detours.
Who knew that he didn't understand Mr. Jiang's good intentions at all, and thought that Mr. Jiang wanted to work with Li Tieniu to control the people of their Linjia Village.
Make sure they can't find a way to do business with each other, so that we can control them and make them work hard for us. Now we know that Mr. Jiang is really a good person.
I have thought through everything clearly and even considered the way out.
Now standing in front of the city wall of Lijia Village, they saw the high wall and the sturdy gate of Lijia Village. When they came here, they couldn't get in at all. The people on the city wall had already sounded the gong, and all the able-bodied men in the village were now gathered on the city wall.
They are holding all kinds of weapons in their hands and looking at their posture, if they dare to make any move, they will take action immediately.
Moreover, the people in Lijia Village obviously seem to be much more numerous than before.
When he heard that Lijia Village was repairing the wall, he thought of the people in Lijia Village. They had a little money to burn, so why not use it to build houses for each household? Or to have enough food and water?
Why build this broken wall?
It can't be eaten or drunk, and it can't provide shelter for the tribe members from wind and rain.
It's not worthwhile to burn this silver here.
Now I immediately understand that there are benefits to building this wall.
You see, even if the bandits came, they would not be able to get in for a while. Once all these strong men are on the top of the wall, there is no need to say what will happen next.
The bandits couldn't do anything to them.
If there was such a wall in our village, why would those bandits rush into the village in the middle of the night?
When I think about what he has done, I really feel ashamed and embarrassed.
Li Tieniu climbed up to the top of the city wall and saw that it was Lin Dawang.
"Village Chief Lin, you brought so many people here, what do you want to do?"
When Lin Dawang heard that Li Tieniu didn't even call him Brother Lin, but directly called him Village Chief Lin.
This was a rather awkward statement, and of course he knew that Li Tieniu had been angry with him for a long time.
He learned the technology of making snowflake salt from others, and then led the villagers to betray Li Tieniu. Now he brings people here again. No wonder Li Tieniu is wary of him. If he lets him alone, he will probably think that these people have bad intentions.
"Brother Tieniu, I was worse than a pig or a dog. I did things worse than animals. I betrayed Lijia Village, betrayed Master Jiang, and betrayed your trust. But you didn't hold a grudge and came to rescue us.
If it weren't for you and Mr. Jiang, we wouldn't know how many of us would have died. I brought these people here today to thank Brother Tie Niu and Mr. Jiang. I also want to thank the brothers from Lijia Village for saving us."
As they were talking, three horse-drawn carriages came up from behind, loaded with all kinds of things.
There were eggs, grains, vegetables and fruits produced by the villagers themselves, but these were the only things that could be looted after their village was looted by bandits.
The silver had been robbed long ago, and a lot of food had been taken away, too. The food that was taken away was all private food hidden in the cellars of each household.
Don't hit someone who smiles at you.
Li Tieniu and his men hurriedly went down the city wall, opened the gate, and welcomed Lin Dawang and others in.
No matter what, they came here to express their gratitude.
The two families don't have any deep hatred that requires them to fight to the death. They are all ordinary people, and they all come from hard lives.
Although what Lin Dawang did was not fair, there was no need for them to make enemies with him.
Lin Dawang and several elders from the Linjia Village were sitting in the main hall of Master Jiang's house. Facing Master Jiang who was sitting on the seat of honor, Lin Dawang endured his injuries and knelt down and kowtowed respectfully to Master Jiang to express his gratitude for saving his life.
Li Tieniu helped the man up.
"Master Jiang, I was blinded by my greed and did such a bad thing. If you want to punish me, punish me alone. I, Lin Dawang, am willing to sacrifice my life to atone for my sins. The villagers of Linjia Village all listened to my instigation and had such evil thoughts.
Master Jiang, I stole all this from you. I didn't expect that I didn't listen to you and brought disaster to myself and my people. Master Jiang, we will never forget your kindness in saving our lives. We only ask you to trust us once more. We promise to be of one mind with Master Jiang, Brother Tieniu, and the villagers of Lijia Village in the future."
Lin Dawang discussed with the elders these days that the village was badly damaged by this bandit attack. Every household suffered heavy losses, and houses were burned down. The houses that were built previously were almost all destroyed. In addition, after being robbed, the village was in a worse condition this time than in previous years.
If they didn't work together with Lijia Village and continued to smuggle salt, their lives would be very difficult. This time, there were countless casualties in the village.
There were thirty or forty people injured, not to mention the dozen or so lives lost in the village this time.
Lin Dawang really regretted it. If he had known this would be the result, he would never have disobeyed Mr. Jiang.
(End of this chapter)
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