Hulao Pass is not the only one with a mighty city. Under its jurisdiction, dozens of military camps of all sizes are scattered in Hengshan. Hulao Pass is only the base camp of the Qin people and the command headquarters of the army. The Qin State's 50,000 troops were only 20,000 people stationed in Guanzhong, and the other 30,000 people were all stationed in the military camps, but most of the families of these soldiers lived in Hulao Pass. This is a city with a population of more than 200,000 and one of the largest cities in the eastern part of Qin State.

Xiao Qiang is an ambitious or ambitious guy. Even when he was living a tight life before, this guy would use his private savings to subsidize his soldiers to attract people's hearts.

The Qin people were poor, and the Qin border troops were even poorer before. At that time, even the army led by the Deng family could not eat enough or wear warm clothes, let alone subsidize Xiao Qiang. In the end, Xiao Qiang could only find a way for himself. For many years, he smuggled in Hulao Pass, and even sent his own guards to pretend to rob robbers, and all the income subsidized the soldiers.

Over the years, Xiao Qiang has indeed won the support of these scholars. He was arguing with all the words in Hulao Pass. It is precisely because of this that under the turbulent political situation of Qin, Xiao Qiang's always suppressed ambitions were like wild flowers watered by spring rain, and suddenly grew up healthily.

Cao Hui followed a smuggling caravan into Hulao Pass. The caravan has been walking this road for many years and is quite familiar with the Qin* Villages along the way. This also made Cao Hui go to Hulao Pass smoothly, but the situation he saw along the way made him feel a little heavy.

Because the Qin people were indeed preparing for war. Every military camp, no matter big or small, had already entered a state of war readiness. Even the owner of this caravan was trembling along the way. When peace between the two countries, these military camps were their guardian gods. No one dared to cause trouble for bandits of all sizes, because robbing them was equivalent to robbing the rice from these soldiers' bowls. But once the two countries started a war, they would be like flocks of tigers like sheep, and everything in the caravan would become the spoils of these soldiers.

Fortunately, along the way, they finally came here without any danger. Although the soldiers had bad eyes, they did not make things difficult for them.

The caravan owner was glad that he finally walked to Hulao Pass, because he was safe here. Xiao Qiang was a big shot and his eating habits would not be so ugly.

But what Cao Hui saw was another side. What he saw and heard along the way proved that the Ming people were not intimidating by false karma, but were indeed preparing to invade Daqi.

When Cao Hui was still called Shu Hui, he once visited Hulao Pass. At that time, Hulao Pass was extremely poor and it was extremely difficult to see any shop on the street. Because of poverty, hundreds of thousands of people actually implemented a rationing system. In Cao Hui's opinion, this was simply unimaginable.

After several years, when he came to Hulao Pass again, he found that there had been great changes. At least when walking on the street, he saw one shop after another opening. What made him even more shocked was that these shops were run by Ming people.

At Hulao Pass, he even saw the branch of the Taiping Bank of Ming Dynasty. When the pedestrians coming and going traded in these stores, they did not use Qin's money, but Ming's paper money.

After walking into several shops and buying some things, Cao Hui sighed. This time the caravan that he came with him was afraid he would lose money.

How long has it been? Did the Ming people penetrate Qin to this extent?

The Ming people did not fight against Qin anymore, but the methods they used were more sinister and far-reaching than using swords and guns. If the Ming army invaded in large numbers, with the temperament of the Qin people, they would definitely fight to the death. However, this method was silent and seemed harmless, and helped the Qin people solve the urgent problem, but it made the Qin people fall into the quagmire step by step until they could no longer climb out.

It’s a pity that there are only a few Qin people who can see this.

When he returned to the inn, Boss Fan of the caravan had already returned. Seeing his frowning look, Cao Hui knew that he had guessed it. Boss Fan was afraid that he would lose a lot of money this time.

"How much did you lose?" he asked lightly.

Fan Tong sighed and sat down with a wry smile, filling a stomach full of cold water, as if he wanted to let the cold water quench the evil fire in his heart. "I almost lost all my money. Who would have thought that things would change so much in just a few months."

"I saw that the street was full of Mingren's shops." Cao Hui said.

"Yes!" Boss Fan realized his head in pain, "The Ming people opened the business road from Yongping County to Hulao Pass. When the Ming people started to build roads in Yongping County, we knew that our business would not last long. We thought we would not be able to complete it in a short period of time, but at least we could go twice this year. Unexpectedly, they repaired it so soon. In less than three months, they let me turn all the hard work of several years into this trip."

"The Ming people have built Youfeng and come to Yixian County. Are you not afraid that the Qin people will follow this road to rob them in the future? The Qin people are robbed. They have this addiction!" Cao Hui said.

Boss Fan shook his head: "Of course the Ming people are not afraid. They just beat the Qin people up all over the ground for their teeth."

Cao Hui smiled: "This is the same as the other. If you don't rob it today, you may not rob it in the future!" He stood up, tidied up his clothes, and said: "I'm going to work hard for your future business. Maybe I can tell Tong Xiao Qiang to rob Mingren now? Grab it, it's faster than doing business, right?"

Fan Tong looked at the young man in front of him with a little horror. When he set out from Qi State, a friend from an official came to him and said that the young man was going to Hulao Pass and asked him to help him take him over, but that friend from an official was just a small official.

Now, the young man in front of him actually said he wanted to see Xiao Qiang. Who is Xiao Qiang? The general of Qin State commanded the 50,000 elite Qin troops in Hulao Pass. The power of life and death of more than 200,000 people in Hulao Pass was all controlled by him. But the person in front of him said that seeing him was so lightly.

"You, you..." Looking at the person in front of you, Fan Tong could not connect him with the young man along the way who had a great time talking to him, helped the guy push his cart and backpack, cut trees and paving the road.

"Thank you for your care along the way!" Cao Hui smiled and took out a stack of paper money from his arms and put it on the table. "There are a lot of Ming goods in Hulao Pass. Our Daqi is now going to war with Mingguo and breaking off the business path of Mingguo, which has caused the price of Ming goods to soar in our Daqi. If you can buy some from here, you can benefit a lot and you will definitely be able to make up for the losses of this trip."

"Me, how dare I ask for adults' money?" Fan Tong glanced at the banknotes on the table. It was Mingren's money. Of course he recognized it. The first number scared him.

"I think it's all used here, and I happen to have some." Cao Hui laughed and walked out with big strides.

Xiao Qiang looked very dilapidated from the outside in the general's mansion in Hulao Pass. Along the way, Cao Hui also saw that there were several holes on the wall outside, where were there wild dogs and wild cats and other things to drill in and out.

Of course, Cao Hui did not think that he could enter and exit easily like these beasts. If the person who entered was a person, Cao Hui could guarantee that he would either be shot into a sieve after walking in for a few steps or be poked with blood.

Even if this Hulao Pass is Xiao Qiang's old nest, the defense of a general is definitely not what you see in your eyes. These holes, which seem to be empty, are just traps to lure those fools to die by themselves. Although they are extremely rough, there are not many stupid people in this world.

I slowly walked to the main entrance of the General's Mansion and finally saw the strict atmosphere of the mansion of some generals with great power in their hands.

There were some disabled veterans sitting, leaning or lying at the gate, some with sandy eyes, some with arms missing, and some with broken legs. Seeing Cao Hui strode, these people did not move much, but their eyes fell on Cao Hui.

Only those elite soldiers in the hundred battles have this kind of look. Those who seem to be very casual in Cao Hui's eyes are the most convenient gestures to start a murder. If they have any bad intentions, these people can pull out their swords and draw out their crossbow arrows as fast as possible.

As they approached the gate within ten steps, the soldiers' nerves were obviously tighter. Cao Hui stopped at the right time, looked at an officer sitting next to the stone lion in front of the gate, and smiled and said, "Please tell General Xiao, Cao Hui, a native of Daqi, asked for a meeting!"

The officer raised his head, glanced at Cao Hui, and murmured: "The people of Daqi are so brave!"

"Please inform us!" Cao Hui bowed and handed over several paper money together.

The officer had no intention of refusing. He took the banknotes and threw them to the soldiers on the ground, "Get it done."

A soldier on the ground took the banknote, glanced at the numbers on it, grinned, and showed a mouthful of yellow teeth: "Good guy, you're so generous. Boss, we can go to Boss Hong's store to buy some good armor. Grandma's, Mingren's armor is good, it's so expensive."

"The war is about to go to war. Get some good armor. It's not a loss. If you have a life, you're not better than anything else." Another soldier laughed. "It's really a bit mysterious to take all the money from the people, buy all the armor of the people, and turn around and fight all the people."

The officer glanced at them, "If you don't make a big mouth, you will die if you don't make a noise! ​​You are waiting here, I'll inform you and make it clear. I can't make the decision if the general doesn't see you. The money will not be refunded."
Chapter completed!