Chapter 1060: Chapter 1054: There are Bandits
Madam Luo was a tea rchant in Jinxiu City. When she was young, her husband died, leaving her to raise their son alone and manage their extensive family business. She grew the Luo Family’s tea business even larger.
Unfortunately, when her son grew up, he was frail and sickly. With no other choice and despite her age, she continued to travel to conduct business.
The journeys were incredibly tiring but for the sake of her large household, she endured.
Miss Du greatly admired Madam Luo and during a break, she had Cuiya, the maid, deliver so snacks to Madam Luo.
Madam Luo was very generous in return, having her own maid send back so fruit to Miss Du.
Their group consisted of five or six firms. Xining was vast and sparsely populated so by the ti they reached a suitable inn for a mid-journey rest around lunchti, everyone started to eat sothing quickly before preparing to set off again.
On the low hills, dust filled the air, causing Miss Du to slightly frown as she ate.
“Madam Luo, what’s that over there?” asked Miss Du.
This was Miss Du’s first trip far from ho, and she was unfamiliar with many things along the way, always asking Madam Luo for guidance.
Madam Luo glanced over, set down her water skin, and said, “I’m afraid it might be bandits.”
“Bandits?” Miss Du’s face paled, but seeing that everyone just glanced and did not treat the possible arrival of bandits as a serious matter, she gradually relaxed.
The area was desolate, a common spot for bandits, and it was Miss Du’s bad luck to encounter them.
Miss Du, puzzled, asked, “If there are bandits coming, why isn’t everyone running?”
Madam Luo, unfazed, replied, “It’s quite normal for bandits to be here, but Miss Du doesn’t need to worry. We just need to pay them so money, and they won’t trouble us.”
“Bandits can be reasoned with like that?” Miss Du incredulously looked towards the approaching dust cloud.
Madam Luo explained, “Bandits are after wealth, not lives. There’s no need for them to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. They collect so money each ti, allow the rchants to go, and can collect again next ti. If they rob rchants to ruin all at once, there won’t be a next ti. Nowadays, bandits have also gotten smarter.”
Miss Du, “…”
“How much money should we give them then?”
“It depends. Their leader will decide based on the actual situation of the rchants. Miss Du, since you do substantial business, it will likely be more.”
“Ah…?”
Miss Du had never encountered such a bizarre situation in her life.
She had never encountered bandits either and was sowhat worried.
She pulled her cloak over her head and called out to Cuiya, who was boiling tea water behind her, “Cuiya, stop boiling the water; the bandits are here.”
Cuiya, also having never faced bandits and imagining them as ruthless, was scared out of her wits. The tea water she was about to boil spilled onto the ground. Without needing further instructions from Miss Du, the tea didn’t need to be made anymore.
Cuiya quickly tidied up and gathered everything onto the wagon, frantically rushing about when the bandits had already crossed the nearby low hills and were fast approaching on horseback.
“Miss,” facing the bandits, Cuiya was terrified but positioned herself in front of Miss Du to protect her.
Miss Du said, “Cuiya, step aside, go prepare so money.”
Madam Luo and the others did not act as if they were facing a great enemy, appearing unsurprised and naturally took out the boxes filled with silver.
It seed as though they were prepared beforehand.
Miss Du breathed a sigh of relief, just hoping the bandits wouldn’t be excessively greedy but from what Madam Luo hinted, it seed they wouldn’t be too unreasonable since they were after a steady source of inco.
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