Chapter 970: Tricks
Xingyang!
With the construction of the brick road, the trade route of Xingyang was unblocked, which can be described as extremely prosperous, and even became an important commercial and trade center on the Longhai line, with an important position second only to Chang'an Luoyang.
Although the five wangqi surnames surrounded and suppressed the Mo family, they lost the largest source of goods, making this important place of commerce and trade a little less prosperous, but it was still a caravan coming and going.
A long convoy of transports attracted the idea of the Xingyang officials, each of which was drawn by four horses, and it was slow, apparently full of goods, and more importantly, the direction they came from was Luoyang.
"Head catcher, the top has already said hello, the big caravan coming from the west must pay attention!" An errand officer whispered.
"Hmm!" A messenger dressed as a headcatcher nodded and said, they naturally knew that the task of this trip was to intercept the goods from Mojia Village, and they all got up at the moment.
"Stop, get checked!" The catcher stepped forward and said viciously, the Zheng family had already made it clear before, but as long as the convoy carrying the goods of Mojia Village was stopped, even if they lost their official duties because of this, the Zheng family would keep them.
On one side is the Mojia Village, which is thousands of miles away, and on the other side is the Zheng family of the Emperor Taishang in Xingyang, these headhunters naturally know how to choose.
"Smack!"
With a violent sound of horsewhip, the horsewhip almost slapped the head catcher in the face, but fortunately, the head catcher was agile and narrowly dodged.
"Blind your dogs, you dare to intercept the convoy of the British government!" A cold shout suddenly left the angry headhunter there.
"English Princess!" The head catcher's heart trembled, the British prince is not comparable to the Mo family, who has no real power, that is the founding father of the Tang Dynasty.
"How don't you believe it! This is the token and guide of the British public, I think no one in Datang has dared to pretend to be my British public flag! The knight on the horse said proudly.
The head catcher carefully checked the token, and then he was sure that it was true, and hurriedly apologized: "It's the villain who has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and collided with the convoy of the British public, come on, let it go quickly!" ”
The knight snorted coldly, and did not have the same knowledge as the head catcher, so he waved his hand and left.
The head catcher breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, but before he could rest for a while, he saw a luxurious motorcade coming.
"Kui Guogong's convoy!" The head catcher was shocked, but he didn't expect to encounter two national convoys in a row.
The head catcher cautiously stepped forward to ask, and the housekeeper of Kui Guogong was not embarrassed, but generously showed the token and road guide, and after the head catcher checked that there was no hindrance, he was immediately released.
However, this is not the end of the world, and then the convoys of Jiang Guogong, E Guogong, and Yu Guogong are endless.
"Something is wrong, you go and check out their cargo." Normally, it is difficult for them to see the convoy of a Guogong Mansion, but now they have seen five in a row, and the road guides and tokens of each one are accurate, and more importantly, these Guogongs are all from Chang'an, and the Mojia Village they intercepted is from the same place.
An errand man went over and looked for an opportunity to scout the convoy's cargo.
"You thief, you dare to steal the property of my Yiguo Mansion!" Soon, accompanied by the sound of soldiers, a loud shout came.
"Catch your head and save me!" A familiar voice shouted in horror.
The head catcher trembled in his heart, and hurried over, only to see a sturdy old soldier holding a knife on the neck of the servant he had just sent out.
"It's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, there's something to discuss!" The headcatcher hurriedly persuaded.
"I didn't expect a court official to be willing to be a rat and learn to steal." The old pawn sneered.
The messenger exclaimed: "I didn't steal, catch the head, they are carrying the goods of Mojia Village." ”
Only then did the head catcher suddenly realize, and he immediately knew that the convoy of these Guogong Mansions was probably the same today, and he didn't expect that the Mo family would be able to invite these Guogong Mansions to help them.
"Please also forgive me, what we are serving is the order of the Zheng family, but all goods from Mojia Village are not allowed to pass." The head catcher directly moved the Zheng family out and said, he knew that with his status and status, he could not stop the convoy of these national mansions at all, and he could only hope that they could act conveniently in the face of the Zheng family.
The old pawn sneered: "I don't care what the Zheng family Fang family is, the one we are transporting is not contraband, the other is not stolen goods, all the formalities are innocent, I see who dares to stop me and others, do you think that the Zheng family can suppress my Yiguo Mansion!" ”
The head catcher looked at the old man's cold eyes, and immediately knew that this matter was no longer up to him, and at that moment the bachelor said softly: "Offended!" ”
The head catcher stretched out his hand and waved it, signaling for the front to let go.
The old pawn sneered, stretched out his hand and threw aside the frightened servant, and sneered: "It's the old man who is wrong, you are not willing to be a mouse, but willing to be a dog!" ”
The head catcher suddenly turned pale with anger, but when he thought that neither the Zheng family nor the Guogong Mansion could be offended by him, he couldn't help but be deflated, and waved his hand weakly and said, "Go!" Tell the Zheng family about this matter, this matter is no longer beyond our control. ”
"The convoy of the Guogong Mansion!" The father and son of the Zheng family couldn't help but be shocked when they heard the report of the Xingyang errand officer.
"The Mo family was able to invite a group of princes to help?" Zheng Chang said incredulously.
The head of the Zheng family shook his head and said: "The Mo family has not yet had such a big face, and our attitude towards the five hopes and seven surnames is already very clear, and those princes will definitely not be so unwise." ”
"I know, it must be Qin Huaiyu's group of bastards, they were originally friendly with the Mo family, and they must be helping the Mo family." Zheng Chang gritted his teeth and said.
"The Mo family is really difficult, and they actually use these family sons to fake tigers." The head of the Zheng family frowned.
"Father, what then? If the Mo family uses the convoys of these national governments to transport goods, I'm afraid our plan will become a joke. Zheng Chang frowned and said, what they rely on is the power of the government, maybe these officials can intercept the convoy of Mojia Village in their face, but they definitely dare not intercept the convoy of the Guogong Mansion that can determine their official position in the court, if these convoys of the Guogong Mansion are allowed to run rampant, their plan to encircle and suppress Mojia Village will completely fail.
"It seems that we want to share some benefits for these national mansions!" The head of the Zheng family said with heartache.
For ordinary officials, they can easily command, but for high-ranking and powerful princes, if they want to come to the door for help, I am afraid they will have to pay a lot of price, but fortunately, these benefits are not from the Zheng family, but from the seven families.
"Mo Jiazi is really calculating!" At this moment, he really realized the Mo family's strategy, and lured these gentlemen to each other, not only could he take the opportunity to empty the inventory of the Mo family's village, but also let them make a big amount of blood.
"But you're just dying!" The head of the Zheng family sneered.