Two hours later, the people who were investigating Wei County returned.
"Canal Marshal, there's nothing unusual in the city. The Wei Clan is also doing well and hasn't gathered any people.”
"Are you sure? Was it as if nothing had happened in the Wei family?”
"That's right, Canal Marshal. We even specially asked the shops near the Wei Clan. They all said that the Wei Clan didn't send out a large group of people, nor did they make any unusual movements.”
Zhao Feng felt strange.
Logically speaking, the Wei family member who had escaped should have returned long ago.
Nearly a hundred people from the Wei family had died, and they were actually unmoved?
Even if he had a big family business, he wouldn't be so indifferent, right?
Besides, Wei Bao's younger brother, Wei Hu, was among the dead.
"Chief, what should we do next?"
"You guys spread out and go around a ten-mile radius.”
"The Wei Clan is a top-notch noble clan, so not everyone is in the city. They definitely have their fields and warehouses outside the city. Go and look for them.”
"Remember, don't alert the enemy. Once we confirm the location, we can retreat.”
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the aristocrats and wealthy families all had one thing in common.
They liked to hoard large amounts of land.
With more land, they could afford more servants and customers.
After all, in this era, food was the real hard currency.
It was at least harder than five baht coins.
There was a good saying: if there was food at home, there was no need to panic.
Therefore, the simplest way to distinguish how big a family was was to look at how much land the family had. Basically, one could determine whether the family was strong or not.
As one of the top families in Hedong County, the Wei family naturally had a lot of land, about 3,000 to 4,000 mu.
In Hedong County, the Wei family was indeed not bad, but compared to all the aristocrats and noble families in the world, they paled in comparison.
For example, the Mi family in Xu Prefecture had over ten thousand mu of land and had over ten thousand diners.
The Cai Family of Jing State also had tens of thousands of land assets and was very powerful.
Not to mention the Yuan family in Yuzhou. Even the local officials had to be polite when they saw the Yuan family.
……
More than 80% of the land near Wei County belonged to the Wei family.
As for the other 20 percent, they belonged to the people of Wei County.
The Wei family's land was distributed outside of Wei County.
The few thousand servants of the Wei family were mostly used to manage the fields.
As for the customers, they were actually guards.
It was used to protect the land and food.
The Wei Manor in Wei County City didn't have many people. Most of them were direct descendants of the Wei family. Servants and diners didn't have the right to live here.
Servants and diners mostly lived outside the city.
……
In a short while, the people who had gone out to investigate returned.
"Canal Marshal, the Wei Clan has five granaries outside the city.”
"From the looks of it, the five granaries are peaceful. The servants of the Wei family are all working in the fields.”
"Each granary has about a thousand people, about a thousand servants, and a few hundred guards.”
There was no movement in the city, and there was still no movement outside the city.
What was the Wei family up to?
Could it be that the Wei family member who had escaped had not returned?
Afraid of punishment, he ran away?
Zhao Feng couldn't guess what the Wei Family was up to.
"Chief, what should we do next?"
"Wait, we'll talk about it at night. We'll find an opportunity to burn down the Wei family's granary.”
……
? Zhao Feng's group had been watching the city gate from afar.
? It was almost midnight when Zhao Feng called everyone out.
He had planned to head to the Wei family granary, but at this moment, the city gates of Wei County were wide open.
A group of people dashed out of the city gate with torches in their hands. They were like a long dragon that stretched for dozens of meters.
"Canal Marshal, could it be that the Wei family is looking for us for revenge? It looks like there are quite a number of people."
"No, look carefully. They should be escorting something. There are many carriages.”
"Besides, there are only two hundred of them. The previous one hundred people were all killed. The Wei family wouldn't be so stupid as to send another two hundred people to attack Mount White Wave, right?”
"Chief, this seems to be a caravan. They're transporting goods to trade, right?”Xu Huang said after taking a closer look.
Zhao Feng took a closer look and it was true.
"The caravan doesn't go out during the day and only leaves the city at night?”
"What are these caravans transporting? It seems like he doesn't want anyone to know."
? Zhao Feng smiled and said," Who cares what they are transporting? We'll just snatch it. As long as it can make the Wei Family unhappy, we'll be happy."”
Zhao Feng left a few people behind to guard the horses.
After all, it was late at night. If dozens of warhorses ran together, they would probably be heard within ten miles.
? Thus, Zhao Feng's group chased after them on foot and hid better.
Then, he led over seventy people and chased after them.
? As a hunter, Zhao Feng was very patient.
They followed the Wei family's caravan for four hours.
Only after the Wei Family's caravan stopped did Zhao Feng's group slowly climb up.
The Wei family's caravan had about 200 people, all of whom were burly men.
Moreover, there were thirty carriages. It was impossible to see what they were pulling, as they were all covered with cloth.
"Chief, the Wei family's caravan is heading north. Why do I feel like they are going to trade with the Xiongnu?”Xu Huang whispered.
"There's a high possibility. The Wei family definitely won't go to a poor place like Bing Province. The biggest possibility is that they'll go to the Xiongnu territory.”
Those 200 people were not prepared at all.
No one in Hedong County dared to offend the Wei family.
Therefore, these two hundred people sat by the roadside, munching on their rations while chatting.
"Brothers, the opportunity has come. Take out your weapons and prepare to attack.”Zhao Feng ordered in a low voice.
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