Chapter 1763 Weird Gaoshui County
Qin Sanlang let Gu Jinli look at the county town for a moment. After she lowered the car curtain, he ordered the convoy to move on.
But as soon as they walked ten feet away and approached the inn outside the county town, the large team was stopped by a group of soldiers.
The leader was a general bannerman. After learning that several hundred households were coming, he came over in person to save face and explained: "Are you going to pick up your relatives and return to Daokougou? But you want to enter the county? I'm afraid you won't be able to enter. First, you arrived late. Now, the county town, including the post station, is full of people. Secondly, if there are too many people coming in and out, they are afraid of sneaking into the spy. Qiu Qianhu ordered that whenever the anti-Japanese soldiers passing through Gaoshui County, only a few people can be sent into the city to buy No one else is allowed to enter Gaoshui County."
After speaking, he looked at Qin Sanlang, took out his military card, and handed it to him: "This is Mr. Huang Qi under Qiu Qianhu. Do you know that we Qiu Qianhu? In the first half of the year, the army of soldiers and thieves also followed the resistance. After leaving, Qiu Qianhu was sent to Gaoshui County to guard."
Gaoshui County is just a county seat. In the past, thousands of households would not be sent to guard it, but now the bandits are still in Daokou Gou, which is only two counties away from Gaoshui County, so they have to send a thousand households to guard it.
Qin Sanlang nodded, indicating that he knew.
After seeing Mr. Huang's military badge, he said: "We are not going into the county town, but we have to go into the post station to fetch water."
After hearing this, General Huang Qi was a little embarrassed, but seeing that Qin Sanlang was full of evil spirits, he did not dare to stop him, but said: "You can't bring in too many soldiers. If you want to fetch water, you have to charge some money."
Niu Dabao came over and said angrily when he heard this: "What are you talking about? The soldiers of the imperial court go to the post station to get water and ask for money? You are trying to trap the soldiers of the imperial court!"
Huang Zongqi had done this not once or twice. He saw that Niu Dabao was dressed in ordinary clothes, and it was obvious that he had climbed up with mud legs, so he didn't have much fear. He said: "This man from a hundred households is not someone who wants to collect water from you." Money, but the post station only has one well, and there are too many soldiers coming and going now. Look around the post station, they are all full of tents. If we don’t control the water, everyone will die of thirst!"
Then he said: "We have sent a message to Daokougou Camp, and the reply there is that we will handle it as appropriate."
This sentence of discretion is so wonderful that it leaves you speechless.
Niu Dabao choked.
Qin Sanlang looked at Huang Zongqi and asked, "Is this over there? But what news did Qiu Qianhu send to Daokou Gou?"
Huang Zongqi was startled. He looked at Qin Sanlang and saw that his deep eyes were like deep wells, glowing with a frightening light. He chuckled and said, "This is the rule for this Master of Hundred Households. You guys are just passing through, and you haven’t always been stationed in Gaoshui County, right?”
He is very good at talking. These words not only gave Qin Sanlang a reason to take revenge on Qianhu, but also warned him. He was a typical old fool.
Qin Sanlang smiled, a bit sunny and handsome, which warmed Mr. Huang's cold back, and asked: "Then, why don't you take the water guy and go with me to the inn to fetch water?"
This was a sign of goodwill, and he wanted Qin Sanlang and the others to get out as soon as they got the water.
Qin Sanlang agreed: "Okay, but there are many of us, so we have to fetch a lot of water, and we have no money."
Tsk, Mr. Huang’s teeth are sore. You brought so many good things here, and your family members made all the carriages and mules. Do you think you have no money? What a liar!
However, Mr. Huang was a man who had experienced things before. He knew that this young man was not easy to mess with, so he smiled and said: "The inn is managed by the county government. You have to go in and ask someone from the government office."
Qin Sanlang was not given the right words.
Qin Sanlang smiled, this time the smile was a little cold, and Huang Zongqi was so frightened that his heart skipped a beat.
Qin Sanlang ignored him and turned around to tell Zhang Tu: "Give me the order and get everything that can hold water. Let's go to the inn to fetch water."
"Yes!" Zhang Tu rode his horse and passed the order.
His voice when delivering orders was so loud that Huang Zongqi could still hear him when he ran to the back of the motorcade.
Huang Zongqi wanted to wipe away his cold sweat... These hundreds of households looked like they were not easy to mess with, and the soldiers they brought out were also powerful. They carried the military flag with one hand and rode the horse with the other. They could also convey orders with great energy, which showed that they had practiced a lot.
What shocked Mr. Huang even more was that the people in this group, whether they were soldiers or family members, all moved very quickly. After the order was conveyed, almost at the same time, the people in the convoy started to move.
Pour water and pass empty water bottles forward. Within half a quarter of an hour, a water bottle was placed in the open space in front of the team. However, the soldiers and relatives of the team did not leave the vehicle at all. They passed all the water bottles to them with arm strength. It was handed over.
Huang Zongqi broke out in a cold sweat and said with a smile: "It is noon now, and there are not many people fetching water at the post station. This hundred households should choose a group of soldiers to follow the general to fetch water at the post station... There is no need to prepare money."
Damn, even the women are so well-trained, I can’t afford to offend them. Give them water and get out of here!
Qin Sanlang smiled: "Please lead the way."
Mr. Huang's flesh hurts. Stop laughing. No matter how friendly and nice your smile is, I won't be fooled.
Qin Sanlang asked Niu Dabao to stay, and he took a group of soldiers such as Zhang Yan, Jin Baihu and Hong Dao to the post station to fetch water.
As soon as they left, a group of people came towards the convoy.
There were men and women among these people, either carrying burdens or baskets, shouting: "Food, meat and vegetables, distinguished guests, do you want to buy them? It's very cheap, a pound of good noodles only costs 100 cents!"
"What? A pound of noodles costs one hundred cents. Where are you from? How dare you do such a shady business!" When Kuang heard the price, she almost passed over.
Oh my God, if the food here is so expensive, then the windfall they got from Bailang Mountain will probably be lost in a short time.
After hearing this, the strong woman carrying the burden smiled and said, "Is it too expensive? There are cheap ones too. Shelled sorghum costs fifty cents per catty. If you still can't afford it, we also have soybeans, which cost twenty cents per catty. I always eat these." Can you afford it?"
What she said was full of sarcasm. Kuang couldn't bear it anymore and pointed at her and said, "Where are you from? Tell me your name. I'll see if I don't go to the Yamen and sue you to death!"
As soon as these words came out, not to mention this woman, the group of people carrying things and shouting all laughed: "Oh, are all the women in the south so stupid? They dared to challenge the locals as soon as they arrived on the ground. Find out who the local snake is. ?”
Mr. Kuang is not stupid. Hearing this, he knew that they had a background.
That's right, if they didn't have a backer, they wouldn't dare to ignore the soldiers escorting them and come over to sell them shady things.
Gaoshui County was occupied by the Rong just a few months after the Qirong people left. At this time, anyone who could do business with rice, noodles, meat and vegetables could not be a real common people's home.
"Madam, do you have any white rice? Our lady is from the south and is used to eating white rice." Aunt Xiong shouted to the sturdy woman from before, followed by Aunt Tao.
"Yes, yes, but the best quality white rice is here." The woman hurriedly carried the load and wanted to pass Aunt Tao to see Gu Jinli in the large carriage, but she was stopped by Danian and others.
"How much does white rice cost per pound?" Aunt Xiong asked.
"It's not expensive, it's only two hundred coins per catty." The woman put down her burden, held a handful of yellowed old rice and said, "Look at this rice, it's the most delicious when cooked."