"We met bandits last night..."

Liu Tie lowered his head and told the story.

Last night, he took a convoy of plating cars to the county government to deliver goods, but as soon as he entered Tongshan, he was stopped by bandits.

Not only did they snatch everything without saying a word, they also beat Liu Tie and others in charge of escorting, and threatened to pay a toll of 100 taels every month in the future.

"Brother Feng, I'm sorry for your trust and Brother Liang, I lost so many goods..."

Liu Tie said in shame.

After the textile workshop was expanded into a textile factory, the output was several times that of the previous one, and the various raw materials needed were also several times that of the previous one.

Even if Jin Feng had someone made more than a dozen carts, he would try to minimize the number of times he went to the county government, and he would basically have to go to the Jinchuan county government once every five or six days.

Since the bandits set up checkpoints in Tongshan, they will discover the secret of night delivery sooner or later.

Jin Feng knew that Liu Tie was no wonder.

He patted Liu Tie on the shoulder: "Brother Tiezi, it's okay. If the goods are lost, it's okay. If the people are gone, it's okay."

Hearing Jin Feng say this, Liu Tie shook his hand and slapped himself: "Brother Feng, Hu Zi..."

"What's wrong with Hu Zi?"

Jin Feng felt nervous.

Hu Zi is Zhang Liang's cousin, a fifteen-year-old child. He has been delivering goods with Zhang Liang since the beginning.

Both of Zhang Liang's cousins ​​died on the battlefield. Hu Zi is the only one in their family. If something goes wrong, Jin Feng doesn't know how to tell Zhang Liang about this.

"Hu Zi's leg was broken by the bandits, and his bones were exposed. I thought that Lao Tan's fault was not good, and I was afraid that Hu Zi would fall into the root of the disease, so I took his own initiative to send him to the county government."

Liu Tie said: "The doctor took the bones back and said that it should be restored. I was afraid that the bumps would break his bones again, so I let him stay with the doctor first."

"Brother Tiezi, you did the right thing. No matter what, people are the most important."

Jin Feng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

It’s good that people are not dead.

Lao Tan is just a barefoot doctor in the village. I guess his medical knowledge is not even as good as Jin Feng. If Liu Tie really sends Hu Zi back to Lao Tan, the best result will be.

The weather is hot now, and such a big wound is easily infected with the wound. There is no anti-inflammatory medicine, so Hu Zi will even have to take his life in it.

"Brother Feng, the doctor said that Hu Zi can't do heavy work in the past or two years..."

Liu Tie added another sentence.

"It's okay, when he gets done, I'll arrange some work for him that I can't do my best until he's fully recovered."

Jin Feng said: "I will arrange it together, including his family."

"Brother Feng, I'll thank you for Hu Zi."

Liu Tie bowed to Jin Feng.

The rabbit dies and the fox is sad. He does the same job as Hu Zi. Hu Zi's today may be his tomorrow.

Nowadays, not being able to do heavy work almost means starving to death.

I added this sentence to see how Jin Feng would deal with this matter.

Now that Liu Tie has received Jin Feng’s guarantee, he has completely felt relieved.

"By the way, Brother Feng, all the money we had was robbed by bandits. After we arrived at the county government, we met Captain Zhang and showed Hu Zi the money he had borrowed five taels of silver for Captain Zhang..."

"knew."

Jin Feng took out a silver ingot of ten taels from his arms: "Catcher Zhang, thank you this time."

"Mr. Jin, what are you doing?"

Captain Zhang looked a little unhappy: "I sent Tiezi and the others back because I was afraid that the bandits would make things difficult for them, and they were not here to ask for the debt."

"Yes, if it weren't for Captain Zhang, we wouldn't have come back so easily."

Liu Tie nodded as well.

"That's even more thanks to Captain Zhang."

Jin Feng sent the silver ingot forward and delivered it: "Captain Zhang, I am already grateful for your help for such a big help. I can't ask you to pay the medicine for us any more, right? Otherwise, if there is something wrong in the future, how dare we trouble Captain Zhang again?"

In fact, Captain Zhang's salary was not high, and five taels of silver was a considerable amount of money for him. I just ruling it out.

"Sir, I'll accept it with shame."

Captain Zhang glanced at Yinding and said a little embarrassedly: "Sir, do you have broken silver here? I can't find it..."

"No need to find any more, I will treat Captain Zhang to drink."

Jin Feng stuffed the silver ingot into Captain Zhang's hand: "Don't think that Captain Zhang is too small."

After saying this, Zhang Zhang no longer refused to let go, so he put the silver in his arms, then winked at Jin Feng, and slanted the corners of his mouth towards Liu Tie and Guan Xiaorou.

Jin Feng immediately understood and turned to Guan Xiaorou and said, "Xiaorou, go get some money. The injured brothers each sent five hundred documents to suppress their shock. They gave Hu Zi's mother two thousand documents, and told her to reassure her that I will take care of Hu Zi's side to the end."

"Brother Feng, except Hu Zi, we are not seriously injured..."

Liu Tie waved his hand quickly.

"Brother Tiezi, listen to me. Thank you for your hard work this time. You should take the injured brothers to find Lao Tan to get some herbs and apply them to them, and then take a few days off."

Jin Feng said, "Go, I have something to discuss with Captain Zhang."

"Oh well."

Liu Tie hugged Jin Feng and Captain Zhang and left with Guan Xiaorou.

"Captain Zhang, sit here."

Jin Feng took Captain Zhang to the table and sat down, poured a glass of water.

"Sir, do you know where this bandit in Tongshan came from?"

Captain Zhang asked without drinking water.

"I know, from Iron Can Mountain."

Jin Feng nodded.

"Then do you know the origin of the bandits in Tieguanshan?"

Captain Zhang asked again.

"I don't know this."

Jin Feng shook his head: "Please also ask Captain Zhang to give advice."

He heard from Qinghuai that several larger bandits in Jinchuan had official backgrounds behind them.

However, the county government is not the only county magistrate. There are also real positions such as the county magistrate who is in charge of documents, the magistrate, and the county magistrate who is in charge of public security. Various forces are also mixed up. Jin Feng really doesn't know whose minions the bandits in Tieguanshan are.

Since Captain Zhang took the initiative to ask this question, Jin Feng believed that he would tell him the answer.

Sure enough, Captain Zhang looked around and said in a low voice: "The bandits in Tieguanshan are Master Zhou's people. Every year, 30% of the annual grain collected by Tieguanshan is required to pay for Master Zhou."

The bandits in Tieguanshan occupied almost all townships west of Jinchuan County. The annual grain paid to the bandits every year is not a small amount.

Thirty percent of them are countless times more than the salary of a master, and even for Qinghuai, this is not a small amount of money.

"Master Zhou is very good at it?"

Jin Feng asked with a frown.

Dakang's master is equivalent to the secretary of the leader. He usually shows off his power through the reputation of the county magistrate, and everyone may give him some face.

But it is almost impossible for a master who has no real power to swallow such a large sum of money.

The first thing Jin Feng thought of was that Master Zhou was a puppet of the county magistrate, but he immediately denied this idea.
Chapter completed!