284. Confrontation
The light of the fire was not very bright, but the two sides were so close that the people over there had obviously seen Luo Yong and Qiao Junlin's arrival.
I heard a Hu man over there shouted in a non-standard Chinese version: "Why are you blocking my way? What do you mean?"
These servants here were just calling and confronting those people. Since Luo Yong and Qiao Junlin had already arrived, they all followed Luo Yong and Qiao Junlin's heads. So at this time they all looked at the meaning of them and did not respond rashly.
While guarding against the tall and strong cannibals in front of him, Qiao Junlin glanced at Luo Yi with his eyes, and saw him standing up under a torch. Although his eyes were also looking at the other side, he seemed to have not heard the shouts just now.
Yes, Luo Yong, as the parent official of Changle County, is the head of a county, the boss of this city, he is here now, but the big cannibals seem to have not seen him, clearly not taking people seriously. If Luo Yong cares about them at this time, he will reduce his value.
Seeing that no one responded, the person who shouted there knew that he had hit a soft nail and didn't say anything for the time being. He also turned his attention to the leader of his caravan.
After such a quiet moment, someone finally spoke again from there: "Is the magistrate of Changle County?"
Changle County was also quiet for a long time, and then a voice responded slowly: "It's Luo."
"I don't know what the county magistrate wants? Why should I stop me from going there?" the other party asked.
"I heard someone openly offends. Luo has been serving as the magistrate of Changle County for more than half a year. This is the first time he encountered such a thing. The person who came was a guest and should follow the customs. Why did you violate the night ban of Changle County by a big food merchant?" Luo Yong's voice was not anxious or slow, but his attitude was tough. Although he was easy to talk to, the title of Luo Coffin Baner was not a waste of time after all.
"It was clearly yours who kidnapped our Kunlun slave first!" The people over there were shouting loudly when they saw Luo Yong turning around.
"If I say something lost in Changle County, can I check the bags of you Hu merchants at will?" Qiao Junlin shouted.
"The Luo County Magistrate did not want us to go to the cement workshop to find someone?" said the other leader.
"How can you search the workshops run by the official?" Luo replied with a swaying sleeve.
As soon as Luo said this, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense again. There were a few people there who seemed to be almost unable to help it. They just waited for their leader to come with a big sword and came over with a big sword.
The servants in Changle County were all nervous and gritted their teeth. Some people even sweated. Although these people were all strong men, they were still top-notch people compared with those traffickers who licked blood at the edge of the knife.
Luo Yong was also betting at this time, and he bet on these great cannibals that he would not dare to treat him as the magistrate of Changle County.
The Arabian Peninsula is now achieving unification step by step. Compared with those weak countries and even primitive tribes, Dashi is naturally a powerful country, but compared with the Tang Dynasty, there is still a gap. As long as these Dashi merchants still want to do business and make money in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, they can't afford the consequences that may occur after the terrible incident of killing Tang officials.
Just as the two sides were confronting each other, some firelight appeared not far away, and soon a group of soldiers trotted towards them from far to near.
"I have met Mingfu. I dare to ask Mingfu, is there something wrong here?"
The leading non-commissioned officer bowed to Luo Yong, and his voice was full of energy. Looking at these soldiers, they were tall and strong and dark in their skin, they must have practiced very diligently on weekdays.
Luo Yong glanced at the leader of the Great Food Caravan, smiled at the non-commissioned officer, and said, "It's nothing, it's just a misunderstanding."
The non-commissioned officer didn't say anything after hearing this. He just stood not far from Luo Yong and his group of people, and looked at the big food merchants with a warning.
After a while, the leader of the Dashi Caravan said something to the people around him, and then the people of them retreated first.
Before leaving, many people cast vicious eyes on Luo Yong and others. They were very sure that the two young Kunlun slaves in their caravan were hidden by the manager of the Kunlun slave from the cement workshop. The county magistrate of Changle County was clearly covering up his subordinates and bullying them, foreigners!
After the people of them left, Luo Yong bowed to the non-commissioned officer and said, "Thank you today! I was shocked by you in the middle of the night. Luo was really ashamed. Why don't you go to the city with us and use some hot rice?"
"The Ming Mansion doesn't have to thank you. I'll go back now." The non-commissioned officer bowed.
"Luo has grown up to such an age, and has never seen such a scene. Today, I am really scared. After these Hu Shangs return to the city, don't cause any more trouble..." Luo Yong sighed.
"So, let's go with Ming Mansion." The other party said cheerfully.
Although Changle County is not a border fortress, it is still close to the border. There are also garrisons in the local area, and each post station has soldiers guarding and beacon towers.
Luo Yong did not deal much with these soldiers, especially the county station had detained his official documents. Later, the soldiers from Guazhou came over and took away many people in the station. This matter was not Luo Yong's responsibility, but there was always some gap between the two sides.
Many of the soldiers were from local military farming households. Luo Yong had some contact with them when he was busy with spring plowing earlier.
During that time, he went to the countryside every day and solved many practical problems for the local people, which to a certain extent won the favor of military households.
In a blink of an eye, Luo has been used in Changle County for half a year. Over the past period of time, farmers' production, whether it is the sheep raised at home, the vegetables grown in the fields, and the grain harvested in summer, can be sold at a relatively good price, while the price of salt is much cheaper than before.
The public vegetable shop in the county bought salt directly from the salt farm in Dunhuang. The owners of the salt farm there gave a very favorable price for their County Magistrate Luo. After adding some salt to some porter money, they sold it in the shop at a cost price. Most of the people in Changle are buying salt there now.
Because of Luo Yong's actions over the past few days, although he had not had much contact with these soldiers and had even had some gaps before, the local soldiers and corpses generally had a good impression of the new Luo County Magistrate.
The group returned to the city and something like this happened. The county magistrate and clerk in the county government also got up at this time.
Because of those cannibals, the situation in the city was a little nervous, so they didn't dare to leave the county government. They just asked to put torches everywhere in the government government, and blocked several side and back doors tightly. Most of them were guarding the main gate.
When Luo Yong and others came back, the people quickly opened the gate and welcomed the people in. Seeing that they had brought back so many soldiers, everyone felt a little more at ease.
Nowadays, it is not surprising that you can encounter such a thing when traveling around to officials. If you go to some poor and bad places, some people die in a mess or go to the office, and the government cannot even find out what the matter is, and in the end it will often be left alone.
"I'll ask for some food to prepare."
After walking around in the middle of the night, the atmosphere just now was so critical. When he returned to the county government, he relaxed in one breath. Only then did Luo Yong feel a little tired.
"Here." The county magistrate and others received the order and hurriedly went to work.
In such a situation today, Luo Yong really dared to go out to confront those great cannibals, which was beyond their expectations and made them admire him. Li Shi Luo Sanlang was indeed not a false reputation.
"Those great cannibals are afraid they can't let it go." The non-commissioned officer said to Luo Yong.
"Look at them, do you dare to demolish my county government?" Luo Yong took a sip of hot water handed over by someone else and said with a smile.
"That's not possible." The non-commissioned officer laughed as he said.
It’s just that the cement workshop manager named Apu, these big cannibals must not let him go easily.
According to the news obtained by their military, the great cannibals did lose two Kunlun slave boys. The two boys were probably related to Apu. If you want to say that this matter has nothing to do with Apu, I am afraid that few people will believe it.
The county magistrate Luo obviously wanted to protect Apu, but he could protect him for a while, but he could not protect him for a lifetime. Now the cement workshop has been targeted by the big cannibals, and these big cannibals have always been the most together. Even if they dare not touch the county magistrate Changle, wouldn’t they dare to touch a small manager who was born as a Kunlun slave?
The meal came soon. First, I brought a large pot of cucumbers, mixed with three shreds of shreds, and then a large pot of brine. Then I brought three pots of stewed pork, and finally several large plates of bacon.
When it comes to this group of food and treatment, those who served in the army envied the people in Changle County who were in the same county. Many people were familiar with each other. At this time, they sat in groups of three or five and had a happy meal.
"There is still bacon in your county. I heard that the shop can no longer buy it."
"There are not much left, and I will not take it out and eat it with us on weekdays."
"The words are to be used to entertain the guests."
"Then we are VIP today?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Sometimes, relatives from Dunhuang came to me, and I asked me to help buy some bacon. I said that there is no bacon at this time. I asked him to wait until the weather is cold, but I didn't expect it to be true."
"The merchants in Dunhuang bought bacon from us earlier, and I heard that they have been very expensive recently."
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"Oh, I'll make another bowl of ginger."
“There is no more squid.”
"Why is it gone so soon?"
"Boss, the monks are gone, these military households are not full yet."
"Hey hey! You are such a person!"
"I'll ask me to spread some pancakes."
"Ao!!!"
"I'll ask you to taste the three-silk burrito, plus one or two pieces of bacon, that taste..."
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That night, the torches in Changle County Government lit all night, and no one could have a good time.
Chapter completed!