Don't panic when the end of the world comes, the boss of the group has a system

On the afternoon of the day when Taoyuan Town was robbed, in the backyard hall of the "Xinglong Escort Agency" in Linshui County.

Lin Baoer's grandfather, Tang Shoucheng, kept walking around the room...

Seeing his father walking around the house like an ant on a hot pot, Tang Qiubai, who was sitting in the hall, couldn't help but say, "Dad, my injuries are just superficial, not a big deal! You don't have to worry!"

"Alas! You think I'm worried about your injury, I'm worried about the dart that was lost this time.

If Boss Qian doesn't give in and asks us to compensate them in full for the lost darts, it will cost at least six thousand taels of silver. Where can we get so much silver?

We paid a compensation of silver the year before last, and have just paid off our debt.

Changping just gave me the more than one thousand taels of silver he earned this time, and I haven’t even warmed up the silver yet!

In addition to the more than one thousand taels of silver in cash, the cattle and horses in the escort agency are still worth some silver. If they were all sold at a discount, the escort agency would not be able to continue operating.

What bad luck! Originally, after paying for the escort, I could have earned nearly a thousand taels of silver, but now not only did I not earn any silver, I even had to pay back the silver. The most infuriating thing is that the escort was lost when it was already at my doorstep!"

Hearing his father say that he had bad luck, Tang Qiubai understood it very well and nodded repeatedly, saying, "It is indeed a bit unlucky! I wonder if it is because we did not worship the God of Wealth well!

More than a dozen of us escorted this convoy and walked with difficulty from Shuzhou to Yongzhou, and finally arrived at the east gate of our county.

When we arrived at the city gate, it was closed.

Liu Bantou, who was guarding the city gate, said that some refugees wanted to enter the city to cause trouble, so he did not dare to open the city gate on his own initiative. He had to report to the county magistrate and only dared to open the gate after the county magistrate gave the order.

He asked us to wait outside the city gate for a while and he immediately sent someone to report to the county magistrate.

We had no choice but to wait outside the city gate for the person who went to report to come back.

After waiting for half an hour, the person who went to report to the county magistrate still did not come back.

When more than a dozen of us escorts were waiting anxiously, suddenly several thousand refugees came outside the city gate. Without saying a word, they rushed to the escorted grain and started looting it.

At first, more than a dozen of us bodyguards tried to stop them with knives.

After trying to stop them for a while, we were powerless and could only watch as all the food and provisions were looted.

Dad, you were not there and did not see the chaotic scene.

Those refugees who were stealing food were not only numerous, but also fearless and brave, and they kept coming one after another.

Even if we, the dozen or so bodyguards, are very skilled, we cannot kill those refugees. We can only consider ourselves unlucky.

……

"Master, in the lobby of the outer courtyard, Steward Qian is here."

The father and son were chatting angrily when the old butler's voice came from outside the hall door.

"I know, here we come."

Tang Shoucheng agreed and stood up to walk out of the hall...

Tang Shoucheng arrived at the lobby door of the outer courtyard. Steward Qian, who was sitting in the lobby drinking tea, saw Tang Shoucheng and quickly stood up, bowed and said, "Master Tang."

"Butler Qian, you're welcome. Please take a seat!"

Tang Shoucheng bowed and returned the greeting.

After Tang Shoucheng greeted Butler Qian, he walked into the lobby...

After walking to the chair at the head of the hall and sitting down, Tang Shoucheng said straight to the point: "Butler Qian, are you here to discuss the matter of throwing darts?"

"Boss Tang, you and I are old acquaintances, and I won't beat around the bush with you.

This dart does not belong to our Qian family. The cost price of the dart thrown this time is six thousand taels of silver.

Your escort agency has been cooperating with the Qian family for a long time, so we have some good relations. My master is the boss, so you just need to pay the full amount according to the cost price."

"Butler Qian, we have accepted your Qian family's escort and will escort you all the way to Shuzhou to buy food. After you have bought the food in Shuzhou, we will escort you and the food back to Yongzhou.

We walked such a long way back and forth, in wind and rain, and finally managed to escort the grain to the county seat of Linshui County.

After the escorted grain arrived outside the east gate of the county town, they waited for half an hour, but the gate was not opened.

The food supplies were looted by thousands of refugees at the city gate, and the escorts were helpless. Our escort agency has not yet found a place to seek justice.

Considering that we have made no contributions but have worked hard, can you be more tolerant and let us pay less?"

"Boss Tang, you don't know what the price of the grain you lost is now!

The cost price of one thousand dan of grain in Shuzhou is six thousand taels of silver. Now the price of one thousand dan of grain in Anping Prefecture is twelve thousand taels of silver.

Even if you compensate our master with six thousand taels of silver, our master will still suffer heavy losses.

This time, the Qian family and several other grain merchants pooled their money to go to Shuzhou to buy grain. It was initiated by Lord Zhao, the prefect of Anping Prefecture.

Several grain merchants bought a total of 10,000 shi of grain from Shuzhou and escorted it back to Yongzhou by ten escort teams.

This escort of yours is specially assigned to the grain shop in Linshui County.

Even if the other nine convoys successfully transported their grain to Yongzhou, there would not be enough grain to be distributed to Linshui County.

The city of Anping Prefecture and other counties under the jurisdiction of Anping Prefecture were all craning their necks waiting for this batch of grain. There were even more refugees in those counties and the city, and the government granaries had long been empty.

Besides, the nine darts are still on the way, and we don’t know what will happen next!

If those grain shipments were damaged on the way, not only would the grain merchants lose all their money, but Anping Prefecture and the entire Yongzhou would probably be in chaos."

After saying this, Steward Qian picked up the teacup on the tea table, took two sips of tea, and then continued, "Boss Tang, our master said that if you really don't want to pay silver, no matter whether it's coarse grain or fine grain, as long as you get another 1,000 dan of grain for us, it's fine."

"Butler Qian, you just said that grain is now 12 taels of silver per dan (120 dan is 100 jin, equivalent to wen per jin). How can our escort agency get you a thousand dan of grain?"

"Boss Tang, please think of another way! Our master is in a difficult situation too. Something happened to your escort, and we don't know what the situation is with the other nine escorts on the road. My master has been so anxious these days that he is almost vomiting blood."

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After seeing off Butler Qian, Tang Shoucheng returned to the backyard hall.

Seeing his old father returning to the backyard hall dejected and listless, Tang Qiubai had a bad feeling in his heart.

"Dad, what did Butler Qian say?"

"Butler Qian said: Either pay six thousand taels of silver or pay one thousand dan of grain."

"With the current grain prices, it's easier to pay six thousand taels of silver!"

"Even if it's easy, I have to sell my cattle and horses. I'm afraid the escort agency can't continue. I've been doing this for so many years, and now not only have I not made any money, but I've also lost all my family assets.

Forget it! It’s not easy to make money running an escort agency. If you’re not careful, you’ll end up losing money. It’s better to just close it and farm.”

"Dad, why don't we pay the silver, close the shop, pack up and go to Linjia Village! Yongzhou will be in chaos if we can't buy food. Linshui County has already been in chaos once. We can't live in this city anymore."

"Yeah! Boss, you are right. I heard that the army is running out of food at the border. This city is totally uninhabitable. Let your wife clean up first.

Oh! Tell Yu'er and Jin'er not to go to school. Once we have settled the matter with the Qian family, we will go to your sister's house as a family."

"Dad, you said it's so dangerous now. Before we leave, should we go tell Mr. Chen?"

"Oh! If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten. We must tell Mr. Chen that his family will go with us, so we can help him carry some things. Go quickly! Go now!"

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A ray of sunlight shines through a small hole the size of a bowl into a dark cave.

Li Wenxuan, who was thrown into a secret room by the men in black, slowly regained consciousness.

"Mother, mother..."

Li Wenxuan, lying on his back in the weeds on the ground in the cave, slowly opened his eyes...

Li Wenxuan opened his eyes and regained consciousness. He looked at the small hole on the top of the cave through which light was coming through, and subconsciously called out to his mother.

After Li Wenxuan called his mother, he moved on the haystack and turned his head to look around...

When he looked at the unfamiliar environment around him, he was suddenly awakened by the shock and quickly climbed out of the weeds...

Li Wenxuan walked in the secret room, looking at this unfamiliar environment with doubt...

This is a cave as big as a house.

There was a pile of weeds on the ground of the cave, a toilet in the corner, and a small hole the size of a bowl on the top of the cave.

The walls of the cave are all bare stone, with nothing on them.

The more Li Wenxuan looked at the environment, the more shocked he felt!

What's going on? Where is this? Why am I alone? Where's my mother? Why am I in a closed cave?

After asking himself these questions several times, Li Wenxuan slowly calmed down.

After his eyes slowly adjusted to the light in the cave, Li Wenxuan looked carefully at the walls around the cave again...

After looking around several times, I still couldn't see any door on the cave wall.

Li Wenxuan, unwilling to give up, slowly felt around the cave walls with his hands...

After searching for several times, I couldn't find any gap in the door or any mechanism to open the door.

Could it be that those refugees brought me here?