When opening cities in border towns, they pay attention to opening late and closing early, for fear of being exploited by foreign enemies. If this rule is implemented for a long time, it will become a way for officials to make money. No matter if you have any urgent matters, you must come up with some rules to stop you. If you don’t pay, you can’t get out of money.

Since you want to make a fortune here, you will definitely not open the city early. It is normal to delay for half an hour, but today it is the opposite, which is really strange.

Knowing that the city gate was about to open, Zhu Da's caravan was busy for a while and watched the suspension bridge slowly lower down. When the suspension bridge was lowered, the city gate was already half open, and dozens of people came out of it. Moreover, these dozens of people were not pedestrians and businessmen leaving the city, but were dressed in white as officials and deputy servants, and most of them were holding knives and sticks.

Even though it was just dawn and even though it was through the moat, you could still see the expressions and expressions of the officers on the opposite side. They were really unkind and stared at this side fiercely.

Zhu Da looked at the opposite side and saw from the corner of his eyes that his team was getting nervous again. The deterrence of these more than 40 officers was not the number of people and the weapons with the iron ruler and sticks in his hands, but the city behind them, which represented the king's law, the Datong border army, and the Ming Empire.

Not everyone can know as deeply as Zhu Da, but everyone vaguely feels that this is the pressure. Many hired workers look back at Zhu Da and look outside the city, and the handlebars in the city are all over the place.

"It's not difficult to kill them all." Zhou Qingyun suddenly lowered his voice.

The sound was not loud, and Zhu Da and Li He nearby could hear it clearly. Li He was also very nervous, but after hearing this, he suddenly felt relaxed. Zhu Da shook his head and looked at the officials who were walking across the suspension bridge and said, "Are they worthy of it?"

After saying this, Zhu Da raised his voice and asked the people in the team: "How about these officials and officials encountered halfway through the thieves? How about the thieves? How about the bandits who besieged us by Zheng Jiaji? Let's see how many wooden guns and how many shots you have, are you still afraid?"

"You are really similar to Mr. Qin. Are you being attacked by a ghost? Why are you like those in your thirties and forties?" Zhou Qingyun sometimes talks a lot.

Zhu Da turned around and turned his head again, with a calm smile on his face. After he said that, the expressions of the hired workers changed significantly, from panic and nervous to doubt. Then he looked at the officers who were approaching each other, and his expression began to ease, from doubt to suddenness, from suddenness to contempt, and then from contempt to relaxation.

For ordinary people, life and death are the most difficult to get in touch with fighting at the beginning. Blood and death will make people collapse. Some people will never adapt. Some people will become accustomed to it. The losers will become numb and the winners will become excited. In this era, life and death are not far from everyone, and it is not that difficult to adapt. It does not even require rigorous training and discipline from later generations. After all, it is just adapting to life and death.

"Are you still afraid? What's scary? Do you think you want to laugh?" Zhu Da said in a relaxed tone. This was a skill learned from outdoor travel back then. In adversity, the team leader would use casual conversation to guide and improve morale. It is useful for people who have experienced information explosions and have been thinking, and it is more useful for these young people who are simple-minded.

Before Zhu Da finished speaking, the hired workers laughed out loud. At first, the laughter was subconscious. Later, they felt that it was unreasonable to panic before. Just like when they met a scoundrel, they were afraid before, but now they were nothing. Thinking of this, they felt more relaxed and happy, and the laughter became even louder.

They were laughing, and even the handlebars were much more relaxed. Although they were so laughed that they couldn't touch their heads, they looked left and right and looked full of envious expressions.

However, the officials who came over the suspension bridge slowed down. Over the years, I had never seen dozens of officials walking towards me, but still came towards me fiercely. I didn't feel guilty and looked around, but instead laughed there, muttering in my heart, wondering what was going on.

The momentum grew and the other was growing, and the officials slowed down, and some even staggered under their feet. The suspension bridge was not wide, and some people were unstable and suddenly caused chaos. The leader was scolding there, which made the laughter here even louder.

Fortunately, not long after this process, the officials came to the other side of the suspension bridge. On weekdays, they set up checkpoints at the city gate. Those who were struggling and extorted by them could not enter the city. They had to walk back from the suspension bridge, which made this narrow and somewhat dangerous path very congested. Today, they changed, using the regulations when the Tartars invaded.

At this time, the only team of Zhu Da was waiting to enter the city. There were people behind them, but they were far away and refused to move forward. These people might not know that the city gate was open, but the gangsters who were approaching were lying there screaming. Who would dare to get too close to them?

"Want to... want to enter the city?" This is nonsense. The official officer had to ask in a sturdy manner, but the 20 people in Zhuda's team had a slightly flattering smile, except for the three handlebars, the smiles of the others were somewhat condescending, which was vaguely chilling. The official officer who asked the question made a stumble as soon as he said.

Zhu Da turned over and dismounted, replied with a smile: "Only our team here, we are waiting early, of course we are going to enter the city."

After saying that, he waved his handheld, and the handlebars got out of the car and led the animals. The hired workers began to prepare helpers. Of course, everyone knew that they would not let everyone enter the city casually. As expected, just as they moved here, the official officer shouted and said, "What is the car installed on it? You can enter the city after testing."

From hired workers to handlebars, everyone knows that the truck is shipped with gold and silver. There are those that have been earned this time, those that have been seized this time, and those that have been dug this time are put in boxes and leather pockets, placed in big trucks in a dough and covered with hay and door panels. No one can hide this cover.

The dozens of taels of silver that each person receives are carried with him, and they are carried with him in various ways. Someone privately advised Zhu Da, suggesting that the master bury the gold and silver in a place that no one knows, and then bring it into the city in batches. This is safe, but Zhu Da didn't listen at all. Looking at the dozens of officials who are like wolves and tigers, there is only the word "money" in the eyes of these yamen. Such a large sum of gold and silver was seen, and I was afraid that I would cause trouble.

"We went out to do business in our city and came back after delivering the goods. Since we asked, the cart was filled with wooden boards and hay, dried food and pickled vegetables for food and drink, and a few felts." I thought I would push back, but I never thought that Zhu Da would introduce it all the time.

With this response, not only Zhu Da’s companions were shocked, but also the officials were shocked. However, after being shocked, the officials were much more relaxed and looked at each other and smiled. No matter what your ability was, they would bow their heads in front of the king.

"Is that all?" said the elongated voice who had called out before, and he returned to his former style.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Zhu Da. Zhu Da seemed to have unaware of it, but he lifted the hay and door panels covered by the leather pocket of the wooden box. His movement made the handlebar and the hired workers unable to touch it. He was completely confused and helped him with the hands, showing it.

Zhu Da seemed to have no idea of ​​hiding his own personalities, and he didn't expect the trouble that would cause after revealing his whiteness. He opened the box and leather pocket so generously, revealing the yellow and white things inside. Not to mention the official officers, even the hired workers and the handlebars looked over. The official officers were stunned for a moment and crowded forward. Many people could hear the sound of swallowing a little farther away, and anyone could see the greed on their faces.

"This is..." The official said a few words, and his whole body was already in a mess.

"This is the income from the trade this time. I'll finish reading it!" Zhu Da answered two simple words. Most of the yellow and white things are yellow, but not gold coins, but copper coins, and a small part are silver ingots. Seeing that there are more copper coins and fewer silver ingots, and the wealth in several boxes and pockets, Zhu Da has made special adjustments. Of course, he cannot directly present gold coins and other things in front of people. This way, although it is shocking, he will not feel outrageous. There are more copper coins and less silver. Everyone can estimate the number in their minds. This number is reasonable.

Estimating the weight of loaded goods based on the depth of the rut is an empirical skill that many people know, but relying on the rut, relatively accurate weight can be estimated, and very few can achieve this level. Therefore, wooden boxes and leather pockets filled with copper coins and broken silver were pressed into deep grooves on the ground, and no one felt it was abnormal.

"There must be two thousand taels, no, three thousand taels!" A servant couldn't help but whisper. The amount they estimated was within the scope of common sense. Who would have thought that the Zheng family had hidden such a fortune in the well.

The officials were in a daze, but Zhu Da reached out to cover the box cover. The nearby handlebar and the hired workers were not slow, so they closed the lid tightly and tied their pockets tightly.

After the not-so-dazzling yellow and white light disappeared, the dazed official officer finally realized that a middle-aged man wearing a square hat and soapy clothes shouted: "You have to pay taxes when entering the city, check it, open the lid!"

"Open it quickly, can't there be any stolen goods hidden inside?" "Don't you know the king's law?" The officials scolded. The behavior of such cooperation just now has made the officials regain their usual feelings.

Zhu Da clapped his hands and said lightly: "The goods coming in and out are pumped, but the money doesn't say they need to pump water. You can squeeze money from the common merchants. It's because you have a knife in your hands. What do you rely on if you want to squeeze me?"

No one expected that Zhu Da would say so bluntly, and it was a cold moment for a while. He was right, but it was probably the first time he said so righteously. After a moment of quietness, someone in the crowd of officials stammered and said, "It's up to the king's law!"

"Have I violated any kingly law?"
Chapter completed!