Chapter 119 Iron Thunderbolt
"100,000 taels?" Tian Shenglan frowned slightly, and finally nodded, saying, "100,000 taels can ensure smooth trade routes, and this 100,000 taels is also worth it. As long as the trade routes are open, 100,000 taels can be earned soon." Everyone nodded, and the masters took 100,000 taels of silver bills from their own housekeepers and handed them to Fan Yongdou.
"Hmph, once I know who is behind this bandit, I must tear him to pieces." Fan Yongdou said viciously.
"Our eight major families have been so kind over the years that others have forgotten our past." Jin Liangyu said quietly.
"Tell Tie Pili, is it not enough for my eight major families to satisfy him every year?" Fan Yongdou said coldly: "When did there be a group of bandits on the grassland, he didn't know, or that the bandits themselves were made by themselves."
"Pili Villa has been lazy in recent years. On the grassland, the son kills his father, and the father kills his son. If he cannot have a strong fist, I think he, the boss of the grassland, should not do it. Let it be given to those capable people!" Zhai Tang said disdainfully.
"Fan Bian, go and tell him, tell him what we say, let him solve this bandit within ten days!" Fan Yongdou said coldly: "If he can't solve it, I will ask the General of Xuanfu to solve it. I won't believe it, and he doesn't want to live."
"Yes, master." The butler beside him said quickly. Fan Yongdou waved his hand, and Fan Bian's butler quickly took the silver notes and led three or five people away from the Fan Mansion.
"Master, do you know Tie Pili?" More than a hundred miles outside the horse market, Li Xin led more than a thousand cavalry to rest. Under the night sky, only bonfires were ignited, and a mutton fragrance instantly swept across the grassland. Li Xin recently robbed a lot and wiped out several small tribes. The cattle and sheep in the small tribe fell into Li Xin's hands.
"Who is Tie Pili?" Li Xin asked curiously when he heard this.
"Tie Pili is the overlord of the grassland horse bandits. He is in charge of Pili Villa with thousands of elite soldiers around him. I heard that they are all wearing iron armor. The weapons in Shi Yi's hands are not inferior to those of the officers and soldiers at all. There are also firearms!" said a Mongolian cavalry who surrendered.
"There are firearms?" Li Xin's face became solemn. Ordinary bandits did not have firearms at all. Unexpectedly, there were firearms in the iron sheet. This made Li Xin pay attention to this person.
"I heard that behind Pili Villa is the Eight Great Family." Another business traveler said carefully: "The villain once heard a boss of the Fan family boasted that although Tie Pili was brave, it was just a dog from their Fan family. If it weren't for the Fan family supporting it, there was no such thing as Tie Pili on the grassland."
"Then do you know where this Pili Villa is?" Li Xin asked with a smile. He knew that the business traveler in front of him might be half true and half false. Perhaps the people from Tiepili colluded with the Eight Great Family. The Eight Great Family left the money to buy roads, and Tiepili relied on the money to buy roads to grow step by step. Once the Eight Great Family had something to do, it was Tiepili's turn to come forward. No wonder, these eight Great Family could travel the entire grassland with just a flag, because the horse bandits on the grassland had been bribed by the Eight Great Family. Once some business travelers did not give the Eight Great Family a commission, it was Tiepili's turn to take action.
"I don't know this villain." The businessman shook his head.
"Jutu, what will happen to those eight major families after they know that there is a new horse bandit on the grassland?" Li Xin said with a knife to cut the little fat sheep in front of him.
"I will definitely settle the score with Tie Pili." Ju said without thinking.
"Then Tie Pili will settle the score with us." Li Xin smiled and said, "It seems that if we can complete Tie Pili's troops, our strength may be greatly increased. Even if we cannot conquer Zhangjiakou, we can still cause some trouble for them."
"The boss wants to deal with Tie Pili?" Ju Tu's expression moved.
"That's natural." Li Xin said without thinking: "What's more, even if we don't deal with him, they will come to us. They have taken so many benefits from the Eight Great Family on weekdays, and this benefit is not so easy to get. So, they will come to us. Only by eliminating us can he return to his former status, and the Eight Great Family will continue to spend a lot of money to support them."
"Hmph, it's time for them to be in trouble when they meet the boss." The slut's eyes flashed with murderous intent.
"The boss, there is a saying that a villain doesn't know whether to say it or not." The small business traveler glanced around and said, "Although the boss is also strong, he is probably not the opponent of Tie Pili. The boss has been lying on the grassland for more than ten years, and I don't know how many horse bandits fell into his hands, otherwise the eight major families would not have given them silver secretly."
"You are kind, but you don't know who we are seeking life right away." Li Xin laughed and said, "This knife will rust without using it. If this army does not fight for a long time, its combat power will weaken. It is true that Tie Pili is the boss on the grassland. I don't know how many horse bandits died at Tie Pili's hands, which made his status. But more than ten years have passed, how much combat power does Tie Pili have? He has accepted the enshrinement of the eight major families all day long.
The service of beautiful wine, food and beauties, these things disintegrate their bodies and their spirits. They no longer have the feelings of surrounding the grasslands, nor the spirit of charging in the past. So if he Tie Pili comes to attack, it will be good. I will take the opportunity to solve this Tie Pili in one fell swoop. Humph, the Yangtze River wave pushes the front wave, and the front wave dies on the beach. Tie Pili is old, and his army has lost its enterprising spirit and will be replaced sooner or later."
"What the master said is very much." Ju Tu nodded in agreement.
"It seems that the eight major families are really anxious this time." The business traveler also nodded and said, "I am looking forward to the arrival of this day and see what kind of person Tie Pili, which is famous in the grassland, is."
"That's natural. The eight major families that are famous have always regarded themselves as the guardian god of Zhangjiakou's business travel. At this time, suddenly a horse bandit crossed the grassland and did everything evil on the grassland. And it was specifically targeting the eight major families. How could the eight major families to bear this?" Li Xin said disdainfully: "More importantly, I led the army to cruising near Zhangjiakou. It can be said that I can know every move outside Zhangjiakou. Once the caravans of the eight major families pass by here, they will definitely be destroyed by me in the end. The eight major families will lose hundreds of thousands each time. Although the eight major families have great families, they will suffer such a huge loss every time. Even if there are really gold and silver in their families, they may not be able to withstand such consumption. Therefore, the eight major families will definitely not be able to sit still and will definitely make people take action."
In fact, as Li Xin guessed, just as Li Xin ate roasted whole sheep here, a huge camp appeared on the grassland dozens of miles away from Li Xin. A small river slowly flowed by around the camp. There were countless bonfires in the middle of the camp, and some herders were singing and laughing. This was clearly a Mongolian tribe. But in fact, few people knew that this was not a Mongolian tribe, but on the grassland, the famous Pili Villa.
In the central tent, a huge lamp was hung on the roof of the tent, and there was a huge fire in the middle. The roasted lamb on it was emitting bursts of fragrance. Drops of lamb oil dripped on the fire, and the flames suddenly rose. The seven middle-aged people sat upright around the tent, and an old man sitting in the middle looked at the man on the right and said. The old man had a very powerful appearance, his eyes were like lightning, which made people afraid. This person was Tie Pili who had been traversing the grassland for more than ten years. I don’t know what its origin was, but I only know that this person was very brave. He had a big sword and sounded like thunder, so he was called Tie Pili. As for what his real name was, it had been forgotten.
"Last third, do you know what the horse bandit that appeared on the grassland is from?"
"Brother, I don't know where this guy came from or what he was from. It seems to appear suddenly, which is really amazing." The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "However, this horse bandit has Han people and Mongols."
"Oh! There is such a thing? How could there be a Han person inside? Third brother, you can't read it wrong!" The man opposite the third brother frowned and said.
"Second brother, when did I miss it?" The third brother Shen Fei took a sip of the strong wine and said, "Second brother, don't say that, the guy in the leader was wearing a silver wolf mask on his face and a steel knife in his hand. He was extremely fierce. He just didn't know what he was wearing the silver wolf mask. He was afraid that someone would recognize him, or that he was ugly by nature and did this on purpose."
"No matter what the other party is from, the person surnamed Fan has already heard a message. He thinks that this group of horse bandits is made by our own people." Tie Pili glanced at everyone in the tent with dissatisfaction and said, "The eight brothers crawled out of the dead people back then, so there is no need to hide some things from each other. Let's talk about it, which brother was going to trouble the eight major families?"
"Brother, I don't like to listen to your words. Over the years, everyone has followed your instructions and cultivated their own character and no longer appeared in the grassland." A gloomy voice came from the depths of the black shadow, and he said disdainfully: "If I, Long Wu, really want to trouble the Fan family, I will naturally be asking them for trouble openly. How can I use sneaking? Are our Pili Villa still afraid of the Fan family?"
"The Fan family is naturally not scary, but the eight major families are united together, even our Pili Villa must be careful. In recent years, the eight major families have run Zhangjiakou and have long bribed the Xuanfu. However, the Xuanfu is different from us. The Xuanfu belongs to the imperial court, and some things are not suitable for the Xuanfu to do. It just so happened that our Pili Villa is a bit famous, so the eight major families came to us to deal with some things that they are difficult to deal with." The first man on the left lowered his head and said, "Those eight major families can support one Pili Villa, and naturally they can support another Pili Villa. Hehe, look at what we have done over the years?"
"Second, you're drunk too much." Tie Pili said with a little dissatisfaction: "I Tie Pili surround the grassland. Who dares to provoke me? Even if his eight major families want to touch us, they have to try it."
"What about the eight aristocratic families? Don't you know? Over the years, these thieves have made many prohibited items from the Central Plains to give to Jiannu. Even the Jiannu entered the Central Plains was the credit of the eight aristocratic families. Where are the soldiers and horses guarding and where are the empty guards? Isn't this information provided by the eight aristocratic families? I, Chen Han, want to cut them into pieces, but what about now? We are working for them for millions of taels of silver? Brother, I really want to ask, why is this?" The second child Chen Han's voice was dull, and there was a hint of sob. The big tent suddenly became silent, leaving only the whole roasted sheep making a puff sound.
"We all have been fighting for the rest of our lives. Over the years, we have followed me to fight in the east and west and have gained the reputation of Pili Villa. We are all old. If we go to the battlefield again, how many people can we kill?" Finally, Tie Pili's words came, and he said lightly: "Do you think I really want to see the face of the eight major families? I also want to revive the momentum and fight to the death with Jiannu, but what about the current court? It's just an A Dou who can't afford it. How can I work for him?
But until not long ago, Jiannu was defeated by a young man named Li Xin. But do you know who Li Xin is? He was just a criminal in the court. He killed Ajige in the first place, but what Emperor Chongzhen had assigned him to do? Do you know? He just pardoned the crime he had not originally had. This time he defeated Jiannu and should have been appointed as a marquis and prime minister, but Chongzhen just asked him to be a lieutenant Yao. Is this court worthy of our life for him?"
Chapter completed!