Chapter 65 Decoy
At the border of Xinye, on the edge of the Qingshui River, there is a small fishing village called Linjiang Village. To the north of the village is Du Island. However, because of the entrenched water pirates, the locals call it Zhe Island.
The village is not big, with dozens of families and three or four hundred people. Most of the people in the village make a living by big fish and are not rich. Perhaps it is because of poverty and no oil or water. Or perhaps it is because of rabbits that do not eat grass by their nests. This village has never been attacked by water pirates.
It was very stable. The village was very remote, and there were no caravans or some big shots passing by.
However, today a very cool team entered the village.
In front is a very luxurious carriage, followed by dozens of carts filled with goods, or tents, and two or three hundred guards.
These guards each held spears and wore leather armor. They were burly and extraordinary.
It was noon, and the fishermen took a boat to fish early and would not come back for lunch. Therefore, there were only women and children in the village.
The movement of the team passing by was very loud, almost alarming the entire village. Many women pulled their children out to watch. When they saw the huge team, the originally curious eyes of the women were slowly replaced by awe.
They pulled the children back to the house and closed the door.
Guan is one of them. Guan is twenty-five years old this year. He is a native fishing villager. He married her man at the age of fourteen and gave birth to five children. In addition to those who died, three others stood there.
At this time, she pulled her oldest eight-year-old son and hurried into the house with her two-year-old daughter, intending to close the door.
However, before she could close the door, a man in his twenties separated from the team and rode his horse towards her.
Guan was very timid. Seeing this, he was frightened and wanted to close the door, but in fear, he forgot to insert the door bolt. The man rushed in straight.
Of course, this man was Xu Tian. Although according to the information, the gang of thieves rarely robbed the caravan, this method could only be used to lure snakes out of the hole.
A few days ago, Liu Feng entered Xinye and told Mi Zhu that he had made thirty salt cars coming over, intending to dress up as a caravan and lure the thieves out to rob.
Salt in the north has always been very expensive. If these thirty trucks of goods are transported to the north, they will be worth at least 700 gold. The temptation should be very great.
"You, who are you?" Guan asked screaming when he saw Xu Tian walk in directly.
"Sister-in-law, don't panic. My name is Xu Tian, who is the owner of the caravan outside. He passed by here and wanted to borrow some boats from you to cross the river and go to the north." Xu Tian raised his fist politely to Guan Shi.
Xu Tian looked good and polite, which made Guan calm a little. However, he still looked at the huge caravan behind Xu Tian timidly and whispered: "The men are all going to fish. If you want a boat, you will have to go tomorrow. Moreover, it is not suitable for crossing the river here."
"Why?" Xu Tian asked knowingly.
"To the north here, there is an island. There are hundreds of pirates entrenched there." Guan explained in a low voice.
Xu Tian laughed and said, "I have three hundred guards, just a few hundred thieves, nothing."
Guan originally wanted to say that the group of water thieves were not even afraid of Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou. How could they be afraid of your three hundred guards? But looking at Xu Tian’s confident look, he couldn’t help swallowing this sentence.
Guan was not a talkative person, so he stood by the side and stopped talking in a daze.
"Haha, I want to camp in the open space near your yard and wait for the men in your village to come back, is it okay?" Xu Tian smiled and said with a smile.
"It's okay, it's okay." Guan's family wanted Xu Tian to leave quickly and said repeatedly after hearing this.
"Thank you." Xu Tian clasped his fists and said thank you and left the yard.
After Xu Tian left the yard, he immediately ordered the convoy to set up camp and unload the goods.
Three or four hundred people set up camp on their own. They did not harm the women around them.
Although some brave women closed the door, they actually lay behind them and secretly observed the caravan through the cracks in the door.
When time passed slowly and the caravan did not show any malice, the women all became bolder, opened the door, and observed the caravan openly.
For Linjiang Village, such a large caravan has passed by in ten years.
At this moment, the camp had been laid, and the luxurious carriage led by him slowly drove into the camp. Suddenly, with a "touch", a wooden box fell off the car.
"My pearl." A scream suddenly sounded in the car, and then a middle-aged man walked down and quickly picked up the wooden box on the ground. Then, he carefully opened it and looked at it.
The women not far away felt a flash of light flashing, and then they immediately widened their eyes and looked at the wooden box for a moment.
Inside the box, there are dozens of huge pearls.
After a look, the middle-aged man immediately closed the box and walked back to the car.
This is a fishing village, and pearls are occasionally produced in the rivers. These women can be said to have a good understanding of pearls. Although it was only a short moment, they had already realized the preciousness of these pearls.
Inside the car, Liu Feng took the wooden box from Zhang Dao's hand, and the two looked at each other and smiled.
They spent some time studying this village and agreed that there were thieves in this village, otherwise they would not be safe and sound.
Because since the thieves chose to attack the villages under Liu Biao, they would not give up this fishing village just because the so-called rabbits do not eat grass beside their nests.
And just now, the bait has been put down.
Even if the dozens of cars of salt are not tempting enough, plus this box of pearls worth a thousand gold, Liu Feng doesn't believe that he can't catch big fish.
Liu Feng stroked the wooden box in his hand and couldn't help but think of Mi's family in the deep house. Although the dozens of pearls given by Mi's family could not be sold, they came in handy.
It's not in vain for her intentions.
The sky gradually became darker, and the fishermen who went out to fish in the morning also returned by boat. Although the place where Liu Feng and others camped was relatively remote, such a large camp was still very eye-catching.
In addition, after some men returned home, the women vividly talked about the passage of the caravan entering the village and the purpose.
Someone reported it to the village chief.
The village chief of Linjiang Village is a middle-aged man named Zhou Shun. He has dark skin and is very lean and strong.
In his yard, Zhou Shun listened to a confidant and a fisherman named Chen Guang's report, especially after knowing that the other party had a box of good pearls. Zhou Shun lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said to Chen Guang: "If they want to rent a boat from us, you agree on my behalf. I'll go outside."
Zhou Shun knew exactly what the purpose was, and Chen Guang knew exactly what it was.
"Yes." Chen Guang replied.
Chapter completed!