Chapter 95 She Still Has to Come
Hearing this, Bai Dashan's face darkened and he sneered, "You are accusing our caravan of colluding with bandits without any evidence. Do you think you are the county magistrate?"
If he had encountered such a situation before fleeing, Bai Dashan would probably have been so anxious that he would have been speechless.
However, after Bai Tao's subtle teaching during this period, Bai Dashan is no longer Bai Dashan, he is Bai-Niuhulu-Dashan.
It's not just Bai Dashan, other villagers are the same.
Others are timid because of alcohol, but the people in Taohua Village are brave because they think of Bai Tao behind them. With such a lady, it is hard for them to be timid.
"Oh, you still don't admit it? Let me ask you, where did the silk in your Baijiabao caravan come from?" The person who spoke was the manager of a caravan of more than thirty people, named Zhao Dong.
Ever since they met on the official road, Zhao Dong has been looking down on the Baijiabao caravan.
Bai Dashan: "Why should I tell you? The purchasing channels of the caravan have always been secret. Will you tell others the purchasing channels and prices of your caravan?"
He muttered to himself that it was fortunate that Taohua Village decided to set up a caravan and escort company. He and his fellow villagers had heard a lot from his aunt about the various things and rules in the caravan, otherwise they would have been exposed now.
Zhao Dong laughed: "Hahaha, see, you feel guilty, right? You can't even explain where you came from."
"But I can show you that the silk in your cart is mine."
"Everyone, please look, this is the receipt of our caravan purchasing silk from Libao Trading Company. Libao Trading Company can testify for us, and everyone knows that the goods of Libao Trading Company are marked."
At this point, Zhao Dong raised the paper in his hand, looked at Bai Dashan, and said smugly, "You said the silk belongs to your caravan, then show us the evidence."
Bai Tao got up late and took her time to wash up. Now she was not far behind, holding a brown sugar rice cake, blowing on it twice, and then taking a bite.
Her arms and legs were short, and if she hadn't been standing on the sedan chair, she could only see the villagers' backs while watching the fun.
"Auntie, it's a mess out front, you should go back to the tent first." Seeing this, Bai Xiaocao ran over hurriedly.
"Well, no." Bai Tao bit the glutinous rice cake in her mouth and said as a matter of course: "I have to watch the fun while eating."
After saying this, she seemed to feel that this was not a good thing to say, and she quickly made up for it: "Ahem, I have to watch, otherwise what will you do if you can't win the argument with others."
Bai Xiaocao hesitated: "But, auntie, what if later..." Auntie is standing so high, what if she falls down later?
At this time, Bai Tao stuffed the half-bitten glutinous rice cake in her little hand into Bai Xiaocao's hand, jumped off the sedan chair, and ran towards Bai Dashan.
Judging from the situation, Xiaoshanzi is obviously no match for him, so she has to do it.
"Hey, auntie, you..."
Bai Tao ran a few steps, thought for a moment, then stopped, turned around and waved to Bai Xiaocao: "Come here, I have a task for you."
When Bai Xiaocao heard this, she immediately ran up to it, her face full of solemnity: "Auntie, please tell me."
"This thing is a headset. Take it and tell Dashan to wear it on his ears. I will teach him how to fight back later." Bai Tao said, and told her how to wear it.
Bai Xiaocao's eyes widened. She didn't have time to be surprised. She carefully took out the thing that looked like a cashew nut and hurriedly assured her, "Auntie, don't worry. I will definitely get it done."
"If you can produce evidence to prove that this batch of silk and satin does not belong to Libao Company, I will believe that you are not colluding with the bandits."
Are there marks on the satin?
Bai Dashan was slightly stunned and didn't notice it.
As for the paper bills used for purchase, let alone the silk, the silk was originally seized by Taohua Village from a bandit’s lair.
If you have the guts, go find the bandits, why are you looking for us? Do you think we in Taohua Village are soft persimmons? !
No matter what time it is, there are always "enthusiastic" people watching the excitement.
The onlookers all spoke up at once: "Yes, Shopkeeper Bai, just take out the paper money."
"Look at what Manager Zhao said, it seems like it's true. Could it be that the Baijiabao caravan is really colluding with the bandits?"
"Bullshit, do you believe this?" Zhou Yang was also among the crowd watching. He shouted, "These days, it was the Baijiabao Caravan that has been selling us food at a low price."
"If they are bandits, or colluding with bandits, why don't they raise the price of food like other caravans?"
"Yes, yes, I also think that the Baijiabao caravan is a good group of people. I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding here."
Other caravans sold their grain at high prices, but only the Baijiabao caravan understood how difficult it was for everyone. How could such a conscientious caravan be bandits?
"Maybe not. They might have done it on purpose, selling everyone some food to win everyone's goodwill..."
"Can't we prove it by showing you the paper receipt for the goods?"
"..."
At this time, seeing that Bai Dashan had not taken out the paper money, Zhao Dong's smile deepened and his voice became louder and louder.
"Everyone, please judge for us. Should the Baijiabao caravan return the goods to us and compensate us for our losses?"
"Yes, hand it over quickly!"
"The food we lost must have been stolen by you..."
"Bullshit!" Bai Dashan shouted angrily, "If it was your cargo, why didn't you take good care of it? You started to blame others when the cargo was lost..."
After all, he didn't have much experience, and being pointed at and forced by others, Bai Dashan became so anxious that he swore.
Zhao Dong was very proud and spoke word by word: "I can produce the paper money, but you can't. What else can we say?"
"That's right. Now the evidence is irrefutable. Don't even think about denying it."
"If you don't get the things out for us, we'll go in and get them ourselves!"
As he said that, Zhao Dong was about to lead his men to rush into the camp of Taohua Village.
"Swish~" A crossbow arrow happened to hit the open space between both sides, and immediately, the scene became quiet.
When the people in Taohua Village saw it, they immediately understood that this was undoubtedly the work of Bai Chunhua.
Some villagers also looked back and soon saw Bai Tao standing on the frame of a cart, and next to him was Bai Chunhua who had just put away her crossbow.
Seeing this, Bai Xiaocao took the opportunity to squeeze to the front by virtue of her small stature. She stepped forward and pulled Bai Dashan: "Village... Shopkeeper."
She almost slipped up, but she stopped herself. After the silence, there was a burst of angry shouting, saying that the Baijiabao caravan was going too far and wanted to use weapons to hurt people... so no one noticed.
"Boss, I have something for you. Put it on quickly. It's from my aunt."
Bai Dashan was pulled by Bai Xiaocao and was about to send her back to the camp and not make trouble, but he didn't know that Bai Xiaocao brought something given by her aunt, and he was instantly overjoyed.
(End of this chapter)