Chapter 933: Visit
They were on the road again.
There were 100 people, and about 50 people stayed in the village.
They were prepared to travel light.
Although they used more salt this time, they had carriages this time.
Jiang Xiaoxiao's three carriages, plus the three carriages of the villagers of Lijia Village, six carriages could pull 4,000 to 5,000 kilograms without any problem.
Of course, if they pulled a little more, it would be no problem, but the strong men would just push the carts and go.
These strong men were very confident. They had 18 people and another 38 people to form more than 50 people to fight against more than 200 bandits.
Could it be that they were still a hundred people and couldn't beat the bandits now?
They knew the bandits around them best, but the most bandit nests were only 300 to 400 people.
300 to 400 people were not enough to make them timid.
Besides, Mr. Jiang said that they had to leave quietly this time and not give any news to outsiders, so as not to let those people target their families.
With the example of Linjia Village, everyone was keeping their tails between their legs.
The day before departure, people came from their village.
Lin Dawang was carried here.
Dozens of strong men from Linjia Village came.
Many of them came with wounds wrapped around their bodies.
These dozens of people at the entrance of the village really made people a little anxious.
What were the people from Linjia Village going to do?
Were they looking for trouble?
Li Tieniu received the news and immediately took the strong men from the village out.
Lin Dawang and his men could not enter the village.
The village gate was still closed.
Lin Dawang was supported by someone and stood there. It had been seven or eight days, and his wounds had almost healed.
When he opened his eyes and woke up, the villagers told him that it was Li Tieniu and Mr. Jiang who brought more than a dozen people from Lijia Village to rescue them, including himself.
If Mr. Jiang had not used special medical methods to treat him, he would have died long ago.
He regretted it the moment he woke up.
He had already remembered what Master Jiang had told them, telling them not to tell others where they were from, to be quiet on the way back and forth, to cover their tracks, and to go around in circles.
Who knew that he didn't understand Master Jiang's good intentions at all, and thought that Master Jiang wanted to control the people of Linjia Village with Li Tieniu.
Let them not find a way to do business with the other party, so that they can be controlled by them and do hard work for them. Now he knows that Master Jiang is really a good person.
He has thought about everything clearly, even the way out.
Now standing in front of the city wall of Lijia Village, seeing the high wall of Lijia Village and the sturdy gate, they can't get in here at all. The people on the city wall have already struck the gong, and all the strong men in the village are now gathered on the city wall.
Holding various weapons in their hands, looking at the posture, if they dare to make a move here, these people will immediately take action.
And the people in Lijia Village obviously look much more numerous than before.
When he heard that Lijia Village was building a wall, he thought about the people in Lijia Village. They had a little money to burn. Wouldn't it be better to use the money to build houses for each household? Wouldn't it be better to use the money to feed and drink?
Why build this broken wall?
It can't be used as food or drink, and it can't shelter the people from wind and rain.
It's not worth it to burn this money here.
Now I see that there is a benefit to building this wall.
You see, even if the bandits come, they can't get in for a while. Once all these strong men are on the top of the wall, there's no need to say what will happen next.
The bandits can't do anything to them.
If there was such a wall in his village, why would those bandits rush into the village in the middle of the night?
Thinking about what he did, he really felt ashamed and ashamed.
Li Tieniu climbed up the wall and saw that it was Lin Dawang.
"Village Chief Lin, what do you want to do by bringing so many people here?"
When Lin Dawang heard that Li Tieniu didn't even call him Brother Lin, but called him Village Chief Lin directly.
This was rather strange, and of course he knew that Li Tieniu had been angry with him for a long time.
At the beginning, he learned the technology of how to make snowflake salt from others, and led the villagers to betray Li Tieniu. Now he brought people here again. No wonder Li Tieniu was wary of him. If he let him go, he would probably think that these people had bad intentions.
"Brother Tieniu, I was worse than pigs and dogs at the beginning. I did things worse than animals. I betrayed Lijia Village, betrayed Mr. Jiang, and betrayed your trust. In the end, you didn't care about the past and came to rescue us.
If it weren't for you and Mr. Jiang, we don't know how many of us would have died. I brought these people today to thank Brother Tieniu and Mr. Jiang. And also to thank the brothers in Lijia Village for saving us."
As he spoke, three carriages rushed over, full of various things.
There were eggs, grains, vegetables, and fruits produced by the villagers themselves, but these were the only things that could be looted after their village was robbed by bandits.
The silver had been robbed long ago, and a lot of grains were robbed. These grains were some of the private goods hidden in the cellars of each family.
Don't hit a smiling person.
Li Tieniu led his men to quickly get down the city wall, opened the gate, and welcomed Lin Dawang and others in.
No matter what, they came to express their gratitude.
The two families didn't have a deep hatred that would kill each other. They were all ordinary people, and everyone had a hard life.
Although Lin Dawang did something unkind, they didn't have to make enemies with him.
Lin Dawang and several elders from the Linjia Village clan sat in the main hall of Mr. Jiang. Facing Mr. Jiang who was sitting on the throne, Lin Dawang endured his injuries and knelt down to kowtow to Mr. Jiang respectfully to express his gratitude for saving his life.
Li Tieniu helped the man up.
"Mr. Jiang, I was blinded by greed and did such a thing that was worse than that of pigs and dogs. If you want to punish me, I will punish you alone. I, Lin Dawang, am willing to take my life to atone for my sins. The villagers of Linjia Village all listened to my instigation and had such evil thoughts.
Mr. Jiang, I stole all this from you. I didn't expect that I didn't listen to you and brought disaster to myself and my clan. Mr. Jiang, we will never forget your life-saving grace. We only ask you to trust us again. We promise to be of one mind with Mr. Jiang, Brother Tieniu and the villagers of Lijia Village in the future."
Lin Dawang discussed with the elders of the clan these two days. The village was seriously damaged by the banditry this time. Every household suffered serious losses. The houses were burned down. The houses built before were almost destroyed. In addition, after being robbed, the village was worse than in previous years.
If they don't work together with Lijia Village and sell private salt again, I'm afraid their lives will be too difficult. This time, countless people were killed and injured in the village.
There are thirty or forty people injured, not to mention that more than ten people died in the village this time.
Lin Dawang really regretted it. If he had known this would be the result, he would have never disobeyed Mr. Jiang.