The caravan set off again. Ever since they encountered the bandits two days ago, their journey had been quite smooth. They had never encountered bandits like the one two days ago.
Ye Xiu asked Captain Liu curiously.
Captain Liu told him that the robbers they had encountered before should be raiders.
The so-called raiders referred to moving bandits.
Generally, there was no fixed stronghold as a stronghold. It was considered to be a place where one could go. To put it nicely, it was a place where the four seas were home.
To put it bluntly, they were homeless!
Apart from the raiders from two days ago, there were no other bandits on the road from Dragon Mountain Village to Li Family Village.
The main reason was that Dragon Mountain Village was located in a remote area. It was surrounded by high mountains and deep forests. There were few people and bandits. If they occupied such a place, they would definitely starve to death!
After all;
It was impossible for bandits to do farming work.
They had no business to do.
Wouldn't he starve to death?
However, according to Captain Liu, after passing the Li Family Village, they would be able to walk out of the deep mountains and forests in about one or two days.
At that time, the probability of them encountering danger would greatly increase.
This was especially true for Mount Wangpan. There were many mountain bandits there, but because of the surrounding mountains, the caravan had no choice but to take that path.
Therefore, every time they passed by Mount Wangpan, they would be frightened.
If they encountered bandits who were still law-abiding, it would be fine. At most, they would collect some money to buy their way. This was also a rule in the underworld.
Usually, they would only collect about 5% of the total value of the goods.
In the entire Mount Wangpan region, no matter how unlucky they were, they would at most encounter four or five waves of mountain bandits.
In other words:
If they could pay all the way through the customs.
At most, they would pay 25% of the total value of the goods.
Compared to Manager Zhang who wanted to earn hundreds of times the profit, this bit of expenditure was still very worthwhile.
After all;
If they really fought.
Whether they won or not was another matter. Even if they really won, it would be a miserable victory.
It would be a huge expense to pay the Death Guards 'compensation.
In comparison, it was more cost-effective to pay the toll.
However!
This was only the best-case scenario.
If he encountered those bandits who didn't follow the rules and insisted on collecting huge toll fees, then things would be troublesome!
However, Manager Zhang and his Chang Yong Merchant Band had never encountered such a thing in Wang Pan Mountain's generation.
It was just hearsay.
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At noon.
The caravan finally arrived at the Li Family Village.
When the caravan stopped to rest and do business with the villagers.
Ye Xiu also took this opportunity to stroll around the village.
Li Family Village was much larger than Dragon Mountain Village.
There were about five to six hundred households in the village.
The village also had its own militia.
When the caravan arrived, the village chief and the captain of the militia received them.
Although Ye Xiu couldn't tell, Captain Liu told him in a low voice that the captain of the Li Family Village militia was a late-stage Rank-1 martial artist.
Furthermore, he had cultivated a body-tempering technique that specialized in defense, so he was very powerful.
Even for him, it would take some effort to win.
Upon hearing his words, Ye Xiu knew that Captain Liu was a Stage Two martial artist, and his strength might be at the early or mid-stage of Stage Two.
Because if it was a late-stage Rank-2 martial artist or above, even if Captain Liu did not cultivate any body-tempering techniques, it was still very easy to defeat a late-stage Rank-1 martial artist.
Even if the other party cultivated a body tempering technique that specialized in defense, it would not change the outcome.
Therefore;
Ye Xiu judged.
Captain Liu's strength should be between early-stage and mid-stage Tier 2.
Of course!
He couldn't rule out the possibility that Captain Liu was hiding his strength.
After all;
Ye Xiu couldn't believe everything he said unconditionally.
The caravan stayed in the Li Family Village for about two hours.
He even had lunch in Li Village.
Because they had been in the wild all this time, everyone had been eating some hard and tasteless dry rations.
When they arrived at the Li Family Village this time, the village chief also warmly welcomed them.
There was enough food and drinks.
Of course.
It was just a small village, and there was nothing exquisite about it.
However, the taste was at least much better than the dry rations.
At least Ye Xiu ate happily.
By the time they finished eating and drinking, the business was done.
The caravan packed up and prepared to set off again.
However, when they set off this time, three new members were added to the caravan.
These three people were all villagers of the Li Family Village.
One man and two women, both about sixteen or seventeen years old, were teenagers.
Ye Xiu curiously looked for Captain Liu and asked him why these three Li Family Village people had joined their caravan.
Captain Liu told him that in the past, the Li Family Village would choose two or three young people of this age to follow their caravan to the big cities outside.
As for the reason!
Naturally, it was to seek a better way out.
"These selected young people are all talented in martial arts. As you can see, the captain of the Li Family Village militia is also a martial artist. He usually teaches the children in the village to cultivate.”
"Once they meet someone with good talent, they will think of a way to send them to a big city outside and let them learn from a master.”
"Even if most of these young people from the Li Family Village have average martial talent and can't make a name for themselves, if one or two of them make it, it's a great thing for the entire Li Family Village!”
Hearing this, Ye Xiu nodded in realization.
Then, when he looked at the three youths who seemed a little reserved, his eyes were filled with curiosity.
He wondered how talented these three people were in martial arts.
"Captain Liu, can you see their strength?”
Ye Xiu asked curiously.
Captain Liu shook his head and said," How could I tell? They didn't make a move. However, judging from their size and their usual behavior, they should be martial apprentices who have just entered the sect not long ago."”
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