" What happened?!"
Wang Xiao slowly opened his eyes and looked at the pale Lin Pingzhi.
His nephew's shoulder was a little red. It was obvious that his shoulder was injured.
Lin Pingzhi quickly lowered his head, not daring to look at Wang Xiao directly. Ever since Miss Huang left, his uncle had been practicing martial arts. Compared to before, Lin Pingzhi clearly didn't feel that his uncle's realm had improved much.
However, in his sixth sense, there was an indescribable fear towards Wang Xiao!
Of course, this didn't mean that Lin Pingzhi was afraid or that he had done something wrong. He just felt that Wang Xiao's strength was getting more and more terrifying!
In fact, that was indeed the case. Moreover, this was mainly due to the credit of the spiritual cultivation technique!
Lin Pingzhi didn't dare to delay and explained the situation,
"Three days ago, the caravan of the Wang Family reorganized and brought a lot of goods, especially the batch of refined salt produced in the suburban villa.”
Wang Xiao nodded.
Of course, he was aware of this matter. After preparing for so many days, he had recruited many people as escort leaders and guards. After all, this was the first time the Wang Clan's caravan escort agency was going on a business trip again. He naturally had to pay attention to it!
From Luoyang City, they passed through Mang Mountain and crossed the Yellow River before entering the border of the Jin Kingdom. By selling the other things, they had a channel to sell the refined salt.
This was a profitable business. Even if Wang Xiao didn't grind the salt to the finest level, it was not much different from the refined salt on the market.
With such a business, if they could have a stable business channel, then the Wang Clan would be able to make a lot of money in the future!
They would definitely become the richest family in Luoyang City in a short period of time!
Therefore, the caravan couldn't afford to lose anything!
"This time, Cousin Jiajun is going with me. Apart from familiarizing me with the trade route to the Jin Kingdom, he also wants to be a witness to the trade route that my grandfather had established back then, so that the Wang Family's future caravans can smoothly pass through!”
Lin Pingzhi continued.
Wang Xiao's expression gradually turned cold. He knew the rest of the story without Lin Pingzhi's explanation!
As expected, Lin Pingzhi's face was a little gloomy.
"Who would have thought that just as we entered the territory of Mang Mountain and had yet to cross the Yellow River, the bandits of Mang Mountain would turn hostile. Previously, I heard from Cousin Jiajun that every time a caravan or escort team passed by, it would only be two hundred taels of silver at most. But this time, they demanded an exorbitant price and asked for half of the value of the caravan's goods!”
Wang Xiao nodded.
"Is Jiajun alright?"
Lin Pingzhi shook his head.
"Uncle, you also said last time that the most important thing in a business trip is the life of one's family. Among the bandits in Mang Mountain, the leader is a first-class expert. Now, all the bandits in the Mang Mountain area are under his command.
I didn't get too entangled with him, but those goods were all detained by this fellow in Mang Mountain. Moreover…"
He glanced at his shoulder. There was no need to say anything else!
Wang Xiao's expression was cold.
"Mang Mountain? Previously, his father had spent a lot of effort to establish a connection with the bandits on Mang Mountain, which was the only way to the Jin Kingdom. Now, it had only been a few months, and it had already become like this?
From this, it could be seen that the best way to get along with these bandits was not with money, but with fists!”
Looking at Wang Xiao's cold gaze, Lin Pingzhi shivered.
Wang Xiao also slowly stood up.
"This time, there are more than 1,000 catties of refined salt in the goods. If we sell it, a few thousand taels of silver is a small amount. The main thing is to open up the trade routes and relations over there! There can't be any mistakes!"
"Uncle, what do you mean?"
Lin Pingzhi looked at Wang Xiao, who was standing up, and asked in surprise.
"Since that's the case, there's no time to lose. I'll go to Mang Mountain with you!”
Lin Pingzhi's eyes were filled with excitement, but before he could speak, Wang Xiao glanced at him.
"Oh right, about your injuries?"
The former hurriedly shook his head.
"It's not a big deal. Spread some medicine on the wound and eat some pills. It'll be fine in a few days.”
Seeing that he had no intention of joking, Wang Xiao nodded.
At the city gate north of Luoyang City.
Two figures galloped out of the city gate!
Even if Wang Xiao had the ultimate technique, Nine Spiraling Shadows, and if he were to really use it, his speed would be faster than this horse. However, his internal energy and true qi were used to deal with unexpected situations. How could he be so extravagant to use it to travel?!
Wang Xiao did not bring Mei Chaofeng with him. Mei Chaofeng's eyes were not completely healed. Although it did not affect anything, the Wang Clan had to have someone to take care of them.
Besides, Wang Xiao did not need Mei Chaofeng to deal with mere bandits!
Mount Mang, Yellow River.
It was the border defense line between the Great Ming Country and the Jin Country!
Mount Mang was on land while the Yellow River was in the water.
Mang Mountain stretched for hundreds of miles. The mountain path was not steep, but it was definitely not easy to walk. The nearest mountain road was also close to Luoyang City. There were naturally many mountain bandits entrenched in Mang Mountain!
These mountain bandits exploited the caravans that passed by. If one were to really talk about it, this was a rather lucrative job.
And now, after a dragon had arrived, he had killed the original Fort Masters of several villages in Mang Mountain with incomparable strength. Now, there was only one family of bandits in Mang Mountain.
That was the current Black Tiger Bastion!
Black Tiger Stockade should be located at the edge of Mang Mountain.
Most of the bandit strongholds were located in places that were easy to defend and difficult to attack. In fact, it was really difficult for others to know the true location of this stronghold!
Therefore, even if Wang Xiao and Lin Pingzhi came to Mang Mountain, they did not know where the Black Tiger Stockade's stronghold was.
However, Wang Xiao was not in a hurry because he knew that the news of him coming to Mang Mountain would soon reach the ears of the Black Tiger Bastion's Fort Master!
The Black Tiger Stockade now controlled the trade routes of Mang Mountain, so they definitely had many spies.
Sure enough, not long after, figures had already surrounded Wang Xiao layer by layer!
"Isn't this the kid who escaped from the Wang Clan last time? How did he know that the rules of Mang Mountain had changed?
However, this time, it was not something that could be settled with two thousand taels of silver! Our boss said it! If your Wang Clan wishes to continue trading on this road, you will have to pay three thousand taels of silver each time!”
The leader of the group walked out with a Golden Ring Saber on his shoulder. He sneered at the pale Lin Pingzhi.
"Who is this hero?" Wang Xiao asked with a smile.
"Me? Grandpa, I used to be the chief of the Overlord Stronghold in Mang Mountain, Wu Sandao. Now, I'm the third in charge of our Black Tiger Stronghold! Kid, you should be the young master of the Wang family who recently stood up, right?”
Wang Xiao nodded. Then, he thought for a moment and took out a bag of silver ingots from his pocket. He directly threw it over.
"Third Master, can you let me personally talk to First Master? Our Wang family is also a small family. If we pay so much silver at once, I'm afraid we won't be able to continue!
This little bit of silver will be treated as a treat for the head and his brothers to drink! After the matter was done, there would naturally be other rewards!”
The man with the knife raised his eyebrows and weighed the weight of the brocade bag. Then, the corners of his mouth curled up and revealed a smile.
"Heh, you're the one who knows how to behave. Since that's the case, come with us!”
Wang Xiao also revealed a smile.
However, under the illumination of the sun and across the vast Mang Mountain, this smile seemed so abrupt.
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