Chapter 19 Rushing to Mayi and encountering horse bandits on the road?
"Was it stolen by someone?"

Ye Feng was stunned, and then a hint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes.

He had been waiting for this batch of horses for a month, and had thought that he could finally start cavalry training, but he never expected that they would be robbed.

According to his memory, he knew clearly that the Zhen family's business spread across the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, especially in the three states of Hebei. From the governor to the county magistrate, who would not give them face?

Even some bandits and local gangsters did not dare to touch the Zhen family's goods easily.

"Mother, who is so bold as to rob the Zhen family's goods?"

Zhen said, "A bunch of bandits."

"Bandits?"

"How dare you! Don't the local authorities care?"

Zhen shook her head: "If they were just bandits, it would be easy for the government to send troops to wipe them out."

"Why the headache?"

Next, Zhen explained the cause of the incident in detail, and Ye Feng finally understood the difficulty.

After the bandits stole the horse, before they returned to the stronghold, they encountered the Zhang family Chamber of Commerce guards. After a fierce fight, the horse fell into the hands of the Zhang family in Mayi.

The Zhang family has lived in Mayi, Bingzhou for generations, and made a living by reselling wine, tea, and refined salt.

Originally, it was a non-issue, and I could get the goods back by paying a little hard-earned money.

But in the past month, the strong liquor they brewed, "Thousand Days of Drunk", and the refined salt they extracted from it have become popular in Hebei and even in the grasslands.

They had invisibly robbed the Zhang family of Mayi of a lot of business, so naturally they didn't want to give up this batch of goods easily.

These horses were indeed seized from bandits, and the local government was unwilling to intervene and offend the Zhang family, so they asked the two families to negotiate.

In Zhen's story, Ye Feng also heard a name: the man who led the team to recapture the war horses from the bandits was named Zhang Liao.

Recalling his memories from his previous life, Ye Feng could be sure that this Zhang Liao was the leader of the five best generals who first followed Lu Bu and then followed Cao Cao.

Ye Feng, who didn't want to take action personally, was instantly moved.

"Mother, why don't I go to Mayi myself?"

"The Zhang family has expressed their willingness to negotiate because they want to get a piece of our business."

"As long as we give up some interests, this matter will not be difficult to solve."

Zhen was stunned, with a hint of surprise in her eyes: "Feng'er thinks so?"

"I thought those things couldn't be leaked, so I didn't dare to agree to their request."

Ye Feng smiled and said, "The world is about to be in chaos. How many days of peace can we have?"

"If we can find partners all over the world and give up some of their profits, we can at least avoid this kind of robbery from happening again."

"As long as the secret method is not leaked, we will not have any risk if we let them purchase the goods."

Zhen has been running the Ye Family Chamber of Commerce's business for many years, how could she not understand this truth?
He nodded repeatedly and said happily: "If we only produce and not take charge of transportation, our scale will expand faster. Although the profits will be divided, we can make more money with less profit."

Ye Feng nodded. He was obviously not particularly interested in doing business. He worked out the strategy for the next stage of the Chamber of Commerce expansion with Zhen, asked him to prepare "Thousand Day Drunk", refined salt, fine paper and other dry goods, and then sent Zhen away.

The next day, early in the morning.

Ye Feng brought Zhao Yun, Zhang He and two hundred private soldiers to the warehouse.

After loading the car, he waved to his mother and set off directly, leading the convoy towards Bingzhou.

Five days later, on the road to Mayi.

Ye Feng led dozens of caravan carriages heading north in a mighty procession.

The journey was boring, but seeing that it was a sunny day, Ye Feng said with interest: "Zilong, Junyi, how about we have a horse race?"

"I've been so frustrated these past few days."

"race?"

If it were before, they would naturally not refuse. After all, they were crushed by Ye Feng in all aspects, and they also had a spirit of not wanting to admit defeat in their hearts.

But thinking of the competition they had just had when they left Zhongshan City two days ago, they shook their heads again and again: "Lord, please let us go!"

"We both cooked for the team for two days, but we don't want to be cooks anymore." "Otherwise, how can we still have the authority to lead them in the future?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang He rolled his eyes and said, "How about Zilong play with the lord?"

"I've noticed that your horsemanship has improved over the past two days. Do you think you can make a comeback?"

"How about I be your referee?"

Zhao Yun's eyes showed a hint of resentment: "Jun Yi, you are going too far."

"If we're going to die together, how can we leave you out?"

Zhang He was about to refuse, but Ye Feng at the side said with a smile: "We are not going to bet today, we are just going to relax our muscles."

"Don't worry about this!"

Zhang He and Zhao Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Under the watchful eyes of a group of private soldiers, the three men on horseback flew out like an arrow from a bow.

The horses of the three men were all top-quality horses, one in a thousand. In just a moment, they were more than a hundred feet ahead of the convoy.

A quarter of an hour later, the three had run several miles.

Looking at Ye Feng who was far ahead, the cautious Zhao Yun said loudly: "My lord, you have already won, don't go any further."

"This place is too close to the grassland. There are often bandits, robbers, and even Huns who rob the grassland. We are certainly not afraid, but there is a caravan behind us."

After hearing Zhao Yun's reminder, Ye Feng, who had already run several miles and stretched his muscles, also pulled the reins.

“Help! Help!!”

Ye Feng, who had just stopped, heard a clear cry for help from afar.

Looking up into the distance, I saw a dozen horse thieves holding big swords and with fierce faces chasing a carriage.

After all, a carriage was no match for a horse. Soon, more than ten people caught up and surrounded the carriage.

"Old bastard, why don't you run away?"

"I told you to be obedient and leave the beauty in the car, but you just wouldn't listen."

"You're not running away now?"

"Ha ha!!"

"Why don't you just wash yourself and wait for us to favor you?"

A wild laugh sounded, and the vulgar words made Ye Feng frown slightly.

Since learning martial arts, Ye Feng has not had the opportunity to test his skills except for his daily fights with Zhao Yun, Zhang He, Gao Lan and others. These horse thieves who happened to be in his hands are just right for him to practice.

Thinking of this, he squeezed his legs hard, and the horse under his crotch galloped out, shouting as he ran wildly, "Don't be so arrogant, I'll chop you alive."

The horse thieves were startled by the sudden noise.

But when he saw Ye Feng was alone, his eyes suddenly became fierce and mean.

"Boy, are you looking for death? There is a road to heaven but you don't take it, there is no door to hell but you come here anyway."

"Get out of here now!"

Before he finished speaking, Ye Feng took out the strong bow from the horse's belly, bent the bow and put an arrow on it.

"Whoosh!!"

The feather arrow was like a meteor, mixed with strong murderous intent, drawing a graceful arc in the air and shooting towards the horse thief.

How could the horse thief who was speaking have thought that Ye Feng would dare to attack alone?
He quickly swung the big knife in his hand.

But as soon as he raised his sword, a silver light flashed before his eyes.

"what!"

A scream was heard as a feather arrow pierced his throat. His eyes opened wide and his face was filled with fear and disbelief.

Then everything went black before his eyes and his body fell heavily to the ground.

(End of this chapter)