Lin Wanwan felt that the time was almost up, so she called Lin Jiu.
"How are Lin Wen and the others doing with you?"
"It's OK. It's not a big deal to deal with ordinary bandits."
"Okay, then you guys can leave tomorrow, is that ok?"
Lin Jiu thought for a while, nodded and said, "No problem, should we send it to the Fu family?"
"Not to the Fu family, but to the Yun family candy shop."
"Okay, I understand."
Early the next morning, Lin Wanwan took them to the farm and sent the second batch of 5,000 kilograms of sugar, which was pulled by six horse-drawn carriages, and almost all the horses were given to them.
Lin Wanwan instructed them, "If anyone checks at the checkpoint on the road, just say that the items are filled with salt and give them some money to keep them quiet. If anyone really asks, tell them that these are what the Yun family wants and you are not aware of it. Got it? When you get to the capital, deliver them directly to the Yun family candy shop and don't stop."
"Okay, we'll pay attention!"
Lin Wanwan took out a bundle and handed him three hundred taels of silver notes. "There is some loose silver in the bundle. Take these silver notes. The travel permit is also in the bundle. Remember, anything that can be solved with money is not a problem. Don't be afraid to spend money."
He nodded and hurried towards the capital with his men.
On the way, he took out the map and studied it carefully, trying to avoid unnecessary checkpoints. He knew what was in the carriage. At best, this thing was worth a fortune, and at worst, it could take someone's life.
It would be fine if Mr. Fu can handle it well, but if he can't, they will have to think of a way out.
There was no choice but to go through the checkpoint that could not be avoided. When the officers and soldiers were checking the things on the carriage, Lin Wen smiled and hurried forward and stuffed a bag of silver into his hand.
"Thank you for your hard work, sir. This is the salt our boss wants. There is nothing else."
The leading soldier weighed his money bag, nodded with satisfaction, stuffed the pass back to him, checked each carriage one by one, and let them go without asking any more questions.
Lin Wen wiped the sweat from his forehead. He was so nervous just now, afraid that he would be stopped.
"Brother Jiu, how many more times do we have to go through this? This is too scary!"
Lin Jiu said calmly: "What are you afraid of? Just treat it as ordinary salt. Besides, we are not selling illegal salt, so don't worry."
"Huh... that'll do."
"I just checked and we have already left Yanzhou and are now at the border of Raozhou and Yingzhou. We will go from Raozhou, enter Yingzhou from Guangye County, and go straight to the capital via Jing'an County."
Lin Wu was a little puzzled. "Why do we have to take a long detour? Wouldn't it be faster to go directly to Yingzhou and take the official road?"
"This is safer. It won't take too much time to take a detour."
"Okay, Brother Jiu, we'll follow your instructions!"
Lin Jiu smiled at him and didn't tell him that taking a detour was better than losing his life.
They didn't encounter any trouble until they entered Yingzhou. They just spent a little money to bribe some officers and soldiers.
But when they were about to leave Jing'an County, they ran into some trouble.
There was a row of guards standing beside the officers and soldiers. They were too far away to tell which faction they were from. Lin Jiu immediately turned his horse around, walked into the alley opposite, and after turning several corners, he stopped in a spacious area.
Then he returned the same way to see if anyone had spotted him. Fortunately, the gang didn't notice them and continued to check each vehicle.
Lin Jiu asked around along the way and came to a pawnshop, where he found someone to rent a large yard. The clerk found him a house nearby and rented it for only one month. After collecting the money and signing the contract, he directly gave him the key.
"Brother Li, let me ask you something. Why is your county so strict in its inspections? I was questioned when I came in today."
"Hey! Big brother, you don't know, it's been like this since the beginning of the year! I heard them say they are checking for white stuff, but I don't know what it is! It's very annoying!"
"It's really scary. I thought they were looking for someone!"
"Hahaha! Big brother, have you ever been in trouble before? It's okay, don't be afraid, they won't investigate anyone!"
"Haha, that's fine! Thanks, Brother Li!"
"You're so polite! Come and see me if you need anything."
"OK!"
Lin Jiurang asked them to move all their belongings and the carriage into the yard and plan what to do next.
"Brother Jiu, how about we go back the same way?"
Lin Wu slapped Lin Quan and shouted, "We've come this far, why are you saying such discouraging words!"
Lin Quan rubbed his head and pouted, "Then I can't do anything. I can't move over there, right?"
Lin Jiu suddenly pulled him over and asked hurriedly, "What did you say just now? Repeat it again!"
Lin Quan was startled by him and stammered, "I, I said I have no choice, no, I can't move over there, right?"
Lin Jiuyi slapped the table and said, "I figured it out! We don't need a carriage anymore. Tomorrow, you guys go buy sacks and food. Remember, buy sacks that are soft and fine so that no sand can leak out!"
"Okay, we'll go tomorrow."
They finally had a good night's sleep for a few nights and got up early the next day to buy things.
After buying the things, they put the sugar back into the small bag, then put it into the large sack, and then filled the sack with grain, so that no one could tell that there was sugar inside.
After everything was done, Lin Wen went to a nearby village and hired a group of villagers, saying that they did not have enough silver to hire an ox cart, and their boss was still waiting for grain, so as long as they helped push the cart to the capital, he would give them ten taels of silver as a reward after delivering it.
When everyone heard this, they were surprised that there was such a good thing. Some people were worried that he would not pay them in the end, so Lin Jiu took out a silver coin and gave it to them, and repeatedly confirmed with them that he would pay them when they arrived.
More than twenty big men hurried to borrow carts. After getting enough carts, they followed Lin Wen all the way to the outside of the courtyard and loaded all the food onto the carts.
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