Unlike the cold snow in the north, the afternoon in Guangzhou was still hot.
Leaves looked listless, and Old Yellow was lying in the yard. Through the fence, one of its eyes was slightly open as it watched the people walking around outside.
People pushing wheelbarrows filled with freshly picked grapefruits walked slowly, and winter geese circled in the sky, looking for a suitable place.
The officials of the Yan family and those who colluded with them were still trying to bully the barbarians at the docks.
The villagers' lives were getting better, and the Winged Knights went into the mountains to help with hunting.
The Winged Knights took half of the game they hunted, and the other half was left for the villagers.
Guangzhou had many mountains and many wild animals, so there were always casualties when the villagers went hunting.
When they were not hunting, they would be killed by wild animals if they were not careful.
The Winged Knights swept through the forest with guns, knives, and long hooks.
When they encountered carnivorous animals, they attacked them, caught poisonous snakes with hooks, and ignored the herbivores.
The herbivores were left for the villagers to catch later, and they were good stuff.
The Winged Knights were not worried about killing all the wild animals in Guangzhou, and Li Yi did not ask them to control them.
The wild animals in Guangzhou during the Tang dynasty were not rare, and they were not rare.
After a few years, if the number of herbivores in the mountains increased, there would still be other carnivorous animals coming from other places.
Hunters were not the ones who really affected the number of wild animals. After large-scale wars and population growth, industries, buildings, and the disorderly use of pesticides and fertilizers were the real reasons for the decrease of wild animals.
The wild animals in Guangzhou affected the safety of the people. When the number of wild animals decreased, the hunters would leave some behind.
Moreover, there was a limit to the hunters' needs and abilities.
The Winged Knights helped to clean up. In the next few years, the villagers' lives would be stable, and the roads would be repaired. They would build more places to rest, and there would be a balance with the wild animals.
"Here, a batch of fur for you to exchange for money."
A leader of the villagers dealt with half of the wild animal skins that the Winged Knights had hunted, and handed them to the Winged Knights who came again.
They did not want the skins, so they left the meat to eat. They wanted to exchange it for money and coupons.
The roads were almost repaired, and the number of merchants increased.
Not all merchants would trade with barbarians, and the barbarians brought a limited amount of goods.
The merchants were willing to trade with the local aboriginals, and the aboriginals were quite happy at first.
Later on, he found out that the price offered by the merchants was much, much lower.
Then, he would look for the Winged Knights to exchange for money, then use the money to buy the Merchant's items.
Merchants would always nitpick when exchanging things and lower the price.
Now that there was nothing to exchange, how could the redemption coupon be picky? Say it's old?
The Li Family Zhuangzi would recycle the old ones and replace them for free.
When the aboriginals realized the benefits, they ran down the mountain and asked the officials for the approximate price of the items. When the merchants came over and wanted to sell them for more money, the aboriginals refused.
If other merchants came to cause trouble and raised the price to buy mountain goods, the merchants who came later would definitely hire servants to ambush them.
When the Winged Knights accepted them, the merchants could only stare.
The success rate of a sneak attack was too low. Even if they had the advantage in numbers, if one of the Winged Knights escaped and reported the news, all the bandits and bandits would be wiped out.
"A total of 293 carvings. I'll give you 300 carvings. Also, bring us some fruits and other food."
The Winged Knights estimated the price and counted it out to be 300 carvings.
When this batch of goods was sent back to the Li Family Zhuangzi, the Li Family Zhuangzi received a 40% discount, which was lower than what other merchants sent to the Li Family Zhuangzi.
The Li Family Zhuangzi didn't have to use these things to make money. They could make clothes, boots, and other things and send them to the front lines.
"Good, there's smoked meat." The chief counted the redemption coupons and happily put them away.
With the redemption coupons, they had the confidence to bring people down the mountain to buy salt, grain, and oil. Dried salted fish was the cheapest and could be bought in bulk.
"Are you still hunting this time? Like before, we'll ask someone to lead the way for you. "The chief didn't mind having more money.
"We're collecting pomelos. You can grow them or get wild ones." The Winged Knights didn't hunt and wanted to buy fruits.
Pomelos had a long shelf life and didn't have them in Chang 'an. In the past, they had to transport them back from other places and the price was high.
Usually, only Shu County could provide them. It was more expensive to transport them from further south.
Now that the roads were paved and carriages could travel, they could take their time.
"Yes, we have pomelos. We'll choose the big ones and then plant them again." The chief was happy when he heard that they were going to buy pomelos.
They had pomelos now and there would be more in two months.
He had already planned to build a kiln this year and prepare to burn bricks and tiles to build houses for the village.
He had to pay to find a craftsman at the foot of the mountain to teach him.
He also had to buy a lot of ironware, such as kitchen knives, long spear heads, large knives, shovels, picks, hoes, and so on.
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"Let's do it. Let's settle the matter before we leave," Zhang Jiuling said to Pang Kuang in the office of the Department of Transportation.
The Yan family had committed enough crimes. Or rather, they had enough money.
Recently, the people of the Yan family had become even worse. They had gone crazy.
According to the number of things they had taken and converted into money, it was more than 200,000 yuan.
Since three days ago, the people of the Yan family had started to plot against the merchants of the Tang dynasty.
Then, they got into a conflict. The merchants of the Tang dynasty didn't like their problems.
The merchants had brought along guards along the way. How many people could the Yan family mobilize? They couldn't win against so many guards.
The guards were more restrained. They only used their fists and feet and didn't beat them to death.
The people of the Yan family had knives, but they didn't dare to draw them. If they did, the guards would use their knives.
The people of the Yan family looked for Zhang Jiuling and said that they had been beaten up by unruly people during work. They wanted the Winged Knights to arrest them.
Zhang Jiuling told them to go back and recuperate first. He said that he would give them a result.
Now, there was a large batch of goods to follow Zhang Jiuling to Chang 'an. They had to leave in a few days. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to arrive before the New Year.
He wanted to settle the matter of the Yan family and not leave any traces behind.
Pang Kuang went out with Tan Shui. She had people to help. If the Yan family escaped, she would call people to stop them.
"Let me tell you, don't be arrogant. I'm investigating you to uphold the laws of the imperial court. How can you not abide by them?"
When Pang Kuang arrived with people, Yan Jie was shouting at the merchants who were surrounded.
He had hired people again. The people he hired were all armed with crossbows.
The merchants were dumbfounded. They also went to look for Zhang Jiuling, but Zhang Jiuling said to wait for two days.
In the end, more people from the Yan family arrived. They even had crossbows.
When Pang Kuang saw the crossbows, he signaled the 300 Winged Knights to stop 200 steps away and prepare to reload.
"Do you see it? The Winged Knights are here to arrest you. "Yan Jie continued to shout when he saw the people stopping in the distance.
Pang Kuang shouted, "Yan Jie, put down your weapons and surrender. Patrol Inspector Zhang Jiuling has requested the assistance of the Winged Knights. Kill anyone who dares to resist or escape."
"Come on, surround the area. Bring bows and wooden shields. Don't let anyone escape." Tan Shui also shouted.
Footsteps were heard. The people she brought were obedient. Even if they were under attack, they would still charge forward, let alone arrest people.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!" The people who were hired took down the crossbows and stopped playing.
They knew what the Winged Knights were holding. It was a flintlock. When the Winged Knights were hunting, there were people who went to watch.
The range was long and powerful. The crossbows couldn't hit that spot.
Would they dare to shoot if they could? Killing the emperor's private army was considered a rebellion.
"Tie them up. Go and tie them up. They don't dare to move."
A merchant found an opportunity and shouted to charge forward. The guards behind him ran to tie them up.
"Wrong. Zhang Jiuling promised me. You are wrong." Yan Jie shouted unwillingly.
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