Chapter 199 The culprit
Although Yancheng had been besieged by rebels before, it was a rich city after all, and the cost of living was naturally higher than elsewhere. It was impossible to stay in Yancheng without a profitable livelihood.

But most of these people are farmers, and the best ones are just like Zhou Yang's family who own a little bit of land. They have no idea what business to do.

"Sister, what are your family's plans?" The person asking the question was Zhou Yang's wife, Da Zhou.

Yang Xianglian answered without thinking: "Of course I followed the caravan."

"Sister Zhou, you have seen that my family is old and young. If we had not followed the Baijiabao caravan all the way, we would have died long ago."

Yang Xianglian is not stupid. In this world, not to mention women, even men can easily lose their lives if they walk outside.

She fled with her parents-in-law and children, and had no relatives to protect her. If she had not been lucky enough to follow the Baijiabao caravan, she would have been kidnapped and sold to a brothel, and would have been unable to live or die.

Therefore, rather than taking the risk of staying in Yancheng and being targeted by local bullies and losing their lives, it is better to continue following the Baijiabao caravan.

Although Dongzhou is a lawless area, the Baijiabao caravan must have their reasons for going there.

Da Zhou nodded and asked, "That's Dongzhou, it's said to be a no-man's land, aren't you afraid?"

Yang Xianglian smiled and said, "For people like us, the longer we live, the better." If we can survive in Dongzhou, that would be great, but if we can't, that's fate.

Upon hearing this, Da Zhou patted the back of Yang Xianglian's hand and comforted her, "Don't think like that."

Da Zhou lowered her voice and said, "Think about it, has the Baijiabao caravan made any wrong decisions along the way?"

Yang Xianglian shook her head.

"So, it's right to follow the caravan." Da Zhou: "We are lucky to meet the Baijiabao caravan."

Hearing this, Yang Xianglian nodded: "Yes."

The Baijiabao caravan is capable. They can fight bandits and rebels, but they won't take advantage of others. Occasionally, they will hire people to do work for them with money and food.

If it were any other caravan, they wouldn’t care about other people’s lives.

Da Zhou: "My family is also going to Dongzhou with the caravan. We are all acquaintances, so it's a good opportunity for us to take care of each other on the way."

Yang Xianglian became even happier when she heard this. The fact that there were many people continuing to follow the Baijiabao caravan meant that her decision was right.

Except for a small number of more than 20 people who decided to stay in Yancheng to look for opportunities, the rest planned to continue following the Baijiabao caravan.

Some people couldn't make up their minds, so they thought about going to Dongzhou first to have a look, and if that didn't work, they would just go back.

No one knows what the situation is like in Dongzhou, so try to buy some things in Yancheng during these three days.

Yancheng had been under siege for a long time, so naturally there were many shortages, especially food, oil and salt.

Bai Tao had a lot of salt and millet in his hands. Seeing this, he asked the villagers to disguise themselves and sell some of them.

The people in Yancheng didn't know, but Lu Xiaohao and his servant, who were following Taohua Village, knew what was going on as soon as they saw the soft and delicate white salt and the golden corn.

Yang Song was full of admiration: "The Baijiabao caravan is truly a righteous merchant. Not only did they not raise prices, they also signed contracts with merchants stipulating that they cannot hoard goods, thus resolving the temporary shortage of food, oil and salt in Yancheng."

Lu Xiaohao nodded: "It's not surprising. If the Baijiabao caravan put profit first, Miss Bai would not have saved the two of us."

"All along the way, they have been taking care of the people following the caravan. And the White Feather Army has issued an iron order not to take a single needle or thread from the people..."

The two exchanged a few words, and the topic soon returned to the theft of the treasure house.

"Have you found any news?"

Yang Song shook his head, frowning tightly: "Sir, all the subordinates in the pawnshops in Yancheng have secretly checked, and have not found anything." With so many things, not a single one appeared in the pawnshop, which is very strange in itself.

Lu Xiaohao snorted coldly and said, "It seems that the people who did it also knew that these things could be easily traced, so they were very cautious."

"But the fox's tail will always show up."

Yang Song also nodded: "Yes, don't worry, sir, I will keep a close eye on it."

Little did the two know that it wasn't that the people who robbed the treasury didn't sell the items, but that they sold them to other worlds.

At this time, the culprit Bai Tao was eating taro cake and bargaining with the mall.

"This is kesi, which is the most sacred weaving even in ancient times and the essence of traditional silk art. If you give me this price, don't you feel guilty?"

Mall: "Beep, the system doesn't have a heart." I don't know who just said that doing business is not about conscience, and brothers should settle accounts clearly, but now they are asking it again.

Bai Tao continued: "Think about our revolutionary friendship of making extra money together..."

Upon hearing this, Shang Cheng couldn't help but roll his eyes. The revolutionary friendship that was used to earn extra money was almost used up by her.

Seeing that the mall didn't say anything, Bai Tao put down the taro cake and said seriously: "How about this, we both take a step back, 88,888 coins per meter."

"It's definitely not okay if you give 76,000 coins per meter. 88,888 coins is much more auspicious. If you give it, I will give it too."

As if she knew what the mall's reaction would be, Bai Tao said in a childish voice, "Don't disbelieve me. You know, getting rich is a very metaphysical thing."

"You have to believe, firmly believe, and be sure... you must be absolutely certain that you will become rich, and then the magnetic field will draw wealth to you..."

Although she thought Bai Tao was talking nonsense, Shang Cheng had been very persistent in this regard ever since he met Bai Tao.

As time went by, it gradually accepted her ideas even though it did not agree with them at first.

"I really want to get rich anyway." Bai Tao said, shrugging her shoulders and saying, "If you don't want to, forget it."

Who wouldn't want to? The mall took a look at Bai Tao's balance, and the series of numbers made it envious.

Is it because she has always wanted to get rich that she makes so much money? !
In this way, relying on her eloquence, Bai Tao successfully got the price she wanted and sold several pieces of kesi silk.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Knowing that the Baijiabao caravan was about to leave, Lu Xiaohao and Yang Song were waiting at Shili Pavilion outside Yancheng early in the morning.

Bai Dashan, who was riding on a horse, saw the two men from afar and couldn't help but want to curse.

He heard from Bai Qi and Bai Xiaocao that these two five-pound crayfish actually took their aunt to crawl through a dog hole.

What a ungrateful and ungrateful person he is. This time, no matter what he says, he will not agree to let the two of them follow him.

"Everyone speed up and try to walk four more miles today."

Bai Dashan had just ordered the team to speed up when Lu Xiaohao spoke to the convoy that had no intention of stopping: "Miss Bai."

When the sleepy Bai Tao heard the voice, she suddenly opened her eyes.

It’s over. Could this person be coming to question her about the theft of the treasure house?

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