In any era when bandits were rampant, any gentry family would be bound to protect the house. A situation like Meng Guiming who raised three or four hundred gentry and guard the house was considered to be rare among the gentry family.

Zhang Daojun of Qinshui was just a commander-in-chief of the Jinyiwei who was demoted to Yanmen Pass, but his family raised thousands of soldiers to protect the courtyard. When the bandits attacked Qinshui, they brought 300 elite soldiers and Douzhuang Township bravely forced thousands of bandits to retreat.

After Gansu Governor Mei Zhihuan was dismissed from office and returned home, he trained tens of thousands of Chenzhuang troops in Macheng, Huguang, and defeated the bandits and bandits in Huguang. The court always wanted to recruit Chenzhuang troops but failed. Until Mei Zhihuan died of illness, the tens of thousands of Chenzhuang troops eventually dispersed.

As one of the eight major Shanxi merchants, Fan Yongdou traffics countless grain, iron tools, cloth and other goods every year. Every time he goes out of the frontier, there are endless large chariots, and there are as few as hundreds as many as thousands.

There are naturally many people in his house guards.

However, Qin Chuan didn't expect that there would be so many people, five or six hundred people. Is Fan Yongdou going to stay with him forever?

But it's just five thousand stones of grain and seven thousand taels of silver, so there's no need to do this.

If the situation is so big, aren’t you afraid of attracting the attention of the government?

You know, Taiyuan is only 160 miles away from Loufan, and Song Chuanyin has stationed tens of thousands of troops there.

Fan Yongdou was not afraid that Song Tongyin would lead his troops to kill him, and would destroy him for the crime of treason, and would he run to Zhangjiakou to confiscate his home?

I had miscalculated it. If I had known to send someone to Taiyuan to inform Song Tongyin, I would say that Fan Yongdou would raise the flag and rebel.

Now, he has privately stored his family and attacked the villagers' houses for no reason. He has counted as rebellion.

Thinking of this, Qin Chuan called out two village men recruited from the mine without hesitation, and asked them to climb up the back mountain from behind the village, run to the mine to pick up two horses by one, and hurry to Taiyuan to report the news.

Just say that there was another bandit in Loufan, about five or six hundred people, who were besieging Mengjiazhuang.

The reason why he did not send the old bandits in Jiujishan was because Mengjiazhuang was facing a critical moment of life and death, and he had to concentrate his most elite forces and defend Mengjiazhuang.

The other party only has five or six hundred guards, and he also has three hundred newly trained townsmen. There are hundreds of newly taken refugees in the village, which is enough for Fan Yongdou to drink a pot.

After the hundreds of people from the Fan family arrived a hundred steps away from the village, they stopped. Fan Yongdou and Fan Sanba rode their horses forward a few more steps, looking at the gatehouse.

Qin Chuan also looked at them quietly.

With a hundred steps, the bird gun can barely hit that far, but at such a long distance, not to mention whether it can hit it, even if it hits, the soft lead will probably not be able to wear the other party's clothes.

It’s better to save gunpowder and lead.

"Is Mr. Qin upstairs?"

While both sides were looking at each other, Fan Yongdou spoke first and bowed to the gatehouse, his voice and expression seemed very polite.

Qin Chuan also bowed and smiled, "Mr. Fan has such a good eye, Qin admires it."

"Hahaha, Mr. Qin is polite."

Fan Yongdou laughed cheerfully: "Mr. Qin, the old man came from afar to make the money and food that the Fan family had temporarily existed in Mengjiazhuang. I heard that the things are all in Mr. Qin's hands."

"The young man dares to return Mr. Qin as soon as possible. The Fan family will thank him very much and will remember Mr. Qin's great kindness for generations. In the future, when Mr. Qin walks in western Shanxi or outside the border, he only needs to report the name of the Fan family, which will make Mr. Qin unimpeded. If any difficult things happen, the Fan family will also help him."

"Haha, Mr. Fan is so happy."

Qin Chuan also smiled heartily and said, "Mr. Fan, this trip will probably be in vain."

"What does Mr. Qin mean?" Fan Yongdou was not angry, but just asked in confusion.

Qin Chuan smiled and said, "First, this batch of grain is my thing when I get to my hands. Mr. Fan and the Meng family have nothing to do with me. You can ask Mr. Meng to go."

"Secondly, Mr. Fan has been doing business with the Tartars and Jiannu for many years, and this batch of food must be sold to them. The Tartars and Jiannu have been entering the pass for many years to plunder the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they also want to use the stolen gold and silver to buy the food of the people of the Ming Dynasty. How can such a good thing be done in the world?"

Hearing his words, Fan Yongdou was still not angry and just smiled kindly: "Mr. Qin said very well, but since ancient times, merchants have been pursuing profits and are familiar with all kinds of business. The young man just wanted to do business and earn money. Without Mr. Qin's understanding of justice, I am really ashamed, but..."

"Master Fan." Qin Chuan interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "I heard that all you Shanxi merchants worship Mr. Guan Er, right?"

"That is, Mr. Guan Er is the God of Wealth. He rode alone thousands of miles away, and passed five passes and killed six generals. Whenever we traveled, we prayed Mr. Guan Er to protect the safety of our wealth."

"Haha, Mr. Guan Er is loyal and brave, and is righteous and has no righteousness. You profit-seeking merchants ignore the national crisis and ignore the dilemma of the people. When the Central Plains is hungry, they sell all the food that the people need most urgently and the pig iron that can be used to control troops to foreign enemies. What is the difference between you unfaithful and unrighteous people? You are worthy of being protected by Mr. Guan Er? Haha."

"I'll tell you this. As long as I, Qin Chuan, are there, you traitors, don't think about peace. Even if you don't think about taking back all the money and food, you can't take back one."

When Fan Yongdou heard this, he frowned and his face looked a little ugly.

After a moment of silence, Fan Yongdou bowed to Qin Chuan again and said indifferently: "Since that's the case, then you and I can only meet each other. Please ask Mr. Qin to do it yourself."

"Hahaha……"

Qin Chuan raised his head and laughed, "Okay, I want to see how much is Mr. Fan, who is as quiet as a guest in Jiannu, is worth a pound."

Fan Yongdou looked at Qin Chuan expressionlessly, then turned his horse's head and rode his horse back.

Fan Sanba around him said angrily: "A man surnamed Qin, when the day of the Pozhuangzi, don't cry, just ask your parents to kneel down and beg for mercy. At that time, I will peel you and get cramps and tear you into pieces!"

After saying that, Fan Sanbu also retreated.

Next, the five or six hundred people from the Fan family not only did not fight towards Mengjiazhuang, but retreated one after another and retreated to the distant ridge.

"I want to play Fan Sanba again? Fan Yongdou isn't that stupid, right? How dare hundreds of people be so tired?"

Looking at their backs as they were leaving, Qin Chuan frowned and muttered to himself.

He could see that Fan Yongdou was not that stupid. He brought hundreds of people from Zhangjiakou, not to waste time with him. That guy must have a backup plan.

What is it?

About half an hour later, Qin Chuan's doubts were resolved.

Fan Yongdou's back-up was a man, with thousands of men and horses, and he was so powerful that he came from the north.

When Qin Chuan saw the man, he felt a thud. It was not very good now.

He was confident that he could resist Fan Yongdou's five or six hundred men, but he was determined not to stop 1,500 men.

If Fan Yongdou had five or six hundred clans guarding the hospital, he believed that he would temporarily hire some gangsters or small bandits to gather a team of 1,500 people.

But if Fan Yongdou dared to pull 1,500 men from Zhangjiakou here, he would definitely not believe it.

The Fan family is just a mere merchant. They have neither the chief officials of the court nor the generals from the frontier. They have violated the taboos of the court if they blatantly pull these soldiers and horses thousands of miles away, they will have been destroyed by the imperial army.

What's more, Fan Yongdou brought so many people to him, what should he do if his warehouse in Zhangjiakou? There must be a lot of money and food hidden there, and he will not let the heavy troops go, so he dares to come out?

It can be seen from this that the newly arrived thousand people should not be his people, but the people he hired.

He dared to march with great fanfare, and no one except bandits and the army dared to do so.

It seems that this group of people was the imperial army in the north, and the guards, who worked hard for Fan Yongdou for money.
Chapter completed!