Chapter 14 Acting

　　The merchant fleet is Chu Huo let Han Bao send people to rob, but Chu Huo's intention is only to get Zhang Quan these stewards to death, the others he is still prepared to keep, otherwise the merchant fleet has no one, what is the meaning of this merchant fleet of his? 　　And in fact they didn't die many people, but the rest of these people seem to have been scared out of their wits, and didn't dare to continue to go, this makes Chu Huo heart laugh coldly, his cheap old dad is really not on the Chu family's things ah, this gang of subordinates have been spoiled into this kind of appearance, he actually also doesn't care about the management. 　　Looking at the crowd present, Chu Huo coldly said: ''Recuperate for a while? Thinking of a countermeasure? It's simply a joke! 　　The dead ones are not you guys, you guys didn't even suffer a single injury, what are you recuperating from? 　　As for countermeasures, North and South Gotham Mang Mountain bandits have been a scourge for decades, even the Wei County government North Yan court can not control, you still want countermeasures? A bunch of losers, if you're afraid, just say so, what excuses are you looking for!" 　　Those members of the merchant team all had angry faces, but Chu Huo was also the second son of the Chu family, they weren't even stewards and didn't dare to call Chu Huo's bluff, they just remained silent there with an angry face. 　　Chu Huo coldly laughed: ''Think it's over if you don't speak? With so many businesses in the Chu Family, the merchant team's treatment is the highest. 　　The other miscellaneous subordinates only get one or two and two taels per month, your merchant team is at least ten taels, and the stewards can even reach a hundred taels! 　　The Chu family gives you so much monthly money, it's not for you to come and be a lord, you are afraid of death and don't want to go, there are plenty of people who want to go! Gao Bei!" 　　Chu Huo shouted, Gao Bei immediately walked out and said, "Little man is here." 　　Chu Huo said indifferently, "Go, tell those subordinates in the Chu Family's handyman room, if any of them dare to fight for their lives, my merchant team will dare to ask for it, the monthly money will be a minimum of ten taels, as long as they return smoothly every time, half a percent of the merchant team's proceeds will be used as their reward money." 　　Chu Huo again turned his gaze to the rest of the people within the merchant fleet, faintly said, "As for you guys, it doesn't matter if you don't want to fight for your lives in the merchant fleet, go and find Liu Butler, let him re-assign a place for you guys, of course Liu Butler is still in bed right now, so I guess he doesn't have the time to care about you guys either." 　　Those people in the merchant team's face changed instantly, they also didn't expect Chu Huo to do so absolutely, unexpectedly they were going to kick them all out of the merchant team in one go. 　　Truth be told, within the Chu Family's many businesses, the merchant team's treatment was indeed the highest, and they had traveled continuously for several years without encountering any great risks, only this time were they frightened. 　　Just because of this one time they gave up such a good position, the people who were still determined immediately hesitated. 　　Moreover, compared to the past when Zhang Quan was in charge of the merchant fleet, the second prince was very generous, and was even willing to take out half of the merchant fleet's earnings as reward money. 　　Don't look at this half a percent seems to be very little, spread in the hands of hundreds of people is even less, but every time the caravan's revenue can be thousands of taels, the average calculation they can also share a few taels of silver, which is already quite a lot for them. 　　At this moment, the person who first jumped out to question Chu Huo was the first one to turn against him, and hurriedly begged, "Second Duke, just now it was a small person who was blinded by lard, the Chu family treats me and others well, please give me a chance." 　　Chu Huo didn't know anything about the merchant fleet, now that those few stewards were dead, he naturally couldn't really kick them all out of the merchant fleet. 　　So Chu Huo just faintly said, "There is only one chance, if you guys don't grasp it again, then don't blame me for being unsympathetic. Now those who are willing to continue staying in the merchant team, all follow me." 　　There were more than seventy members of the merchant team, only more than ten people were really scared out of their wits, and would rather not have the treatment of the merchant team also want to leave, as for the rest of them, all obediently followed Chu Huo to go with the preparations, and restarted the journey. 　　The constitution of the caravan is not too difficult, is nothing more than the exchange of goods, the Wei County specialties sold to the Yan country to go, earn a fortune, and then from the Yan country side to bring some specialties back to the Wei County. 　　However, if one were to go by the main road, although it was safe, it would take too long, and one month's time would not be able to bypass Mt. Mang in Gotham. 　　While directly crossing Mt. Mang, if it was fast, it would be able to go two round trips in a month. 　　This time, Chu Huo was leading the team, he had already greeted Han Bao, and had Han Bao's men cooperate with him to put on a show, for the Chu family, and also for the other bandits within Mount Mang. 　　After entering Mt. Mang, Chu Huo took another merchant road that Zhang Quan and his men had once traveled, and along the way, the merchants' subordinates all seemed to be birds of prey, fearing that there would be bandits again. 　　However, the reality is that what is feared is what comes, just at this moment, a big laugh came suddenly: "Little ones, all come out, business has come! Kill the people, leave the stuff behind!" 　　The words fell, hundreds of bandits from the dense forest scurried out, the merchant group surrounded. 　　At this time, those people within the merchant team were already dying of regret. 　　Had they known this, they wouldn't have continued to find death with Chu Huo, as a result, now the money hadn't been gotten, but their lives were almost gone! 　　But right at this moment, Chu Huo was suddenly turning to Gao Bei and said, "Take the kerosene, prepare to light a fire!" 　　Gao Bei nodded and directly lifted off the carriage containing the goods and opened a clay pot on the top of the carriage, which emitted a pungent odor, it was clearly a pot of kerosene, and Gao Bei also took out a piece of flint from his bosom at this time, ready to ignite the kerosene. 　　Chu Huo pointed at the clay pot and said in a deep voice: ''Gentlemen, there can be such a jar of kerosene on every carriage, you guys are seeking wealth and harming your lives, but the people of my Chu family won't be left to be slaughtered either! The big deal is that I'll burn the goods with a fire and then fight you guys to the death, and you guys won't be able to get anything!" 　　Those people from the merchant caravan looked at Chu Huo, and a look of surprise appeared in their eyes, obviously not expecting that this Second Duke would even have such a hand. 　　Just in case they ran into a bandit with an explosive temper, who would rather not have this thing than kill them, what should they do? 　　Among the bandits, a strong man carrying a mountain knife walked out, this person Chu Huo recognized, is one of Han Bao's men beloved, has the strength of the body-hardening realm, his name is unknown, but the other bandits called him Feng Yidao, which means that his knife skill is very fast, and often kills people with only one knife. 　　Feng Yidao pretended that he didn't recognize Chu Huo, as he sneered, "Playing this with master me is still a bit young, do you believe that master I would rather not have these things, but also want to kill you guys?" 　　Chu Huo shook his head and said, "What is the point of this? This good man, why don't we do it this way, you and I will have a match, and if I lose, I'll let you do whatever you want. If I win, you all will let us leave, how about this?" 　　Feng Yidao laughed out loud, "A defenseless male wants to fight me too? Since you want to seek death, then I will fulfill you!" 　　The other members of the merchant team were all frowning tightly, not blaming them for being worried, it was really because this Second Duke had never been known for his strength within the Chu Family. 　　In the entire Chu Family, there was only the Grand Duke who was recognized as having a great talent for martial arts, and had now reached the Blood Condensation Realm. 　　Chu Huo dismounted his horse, took out the short sword in his own hand, arched his hand at that Feng Yidao, and directly attacked towards Feng Yidao. 　　Chu Huo was good at the art of fast knife, that Feng Yidao was also not an ordinary bandit, the 36 giant bandits in the northern land originated from his martial arts inheritance was not inferior to the disciples of the sects and families, but what he was good at was also fast knife. 　　But now the two of them are acting, naturally not possible to use that kind of one move to kill the enemy of the fast knife art, so it is with the ordinary martial artists, you to and from the fight. 　　There were almost no real martial artists among those underlings of the Chu family, most of them had only learned some shallow boxing and kicking skills, so in their opinion, the two sides were fighting fiercely. 　　After exchanging dozens of moves, Feng Yidao deliberately let go of the water, and Chu Huo directly chopped away the Mountain Opening Knife in his hand with a single slash, arching his hand and saying, "I'm sorry." 　　Feng Yidao's acting skills were not bad, he revealed a depressed look and said, "Alright, alright, you guys go, I didn't think that you, this male, still has some strength, it's me who took it lightly." 　　Upon hearing this, the people on the merchant team's side immediately let out a sigh of relief and let out a collective cheer. 　　However, at this time, Chu Huo said, "This good man wait." 　　Feng Yidao frowned, "What else is going on with you kid?" 　　The people on the merchant team's side were also very puzzled, they couldn't wait to get as far away from these bandits as possible, what was the second son doing in front of the other side? 　　Chu Huo arched his hand and said, "I am looking for you, good man, to talk about a business deal." 　　Feng Yidao pointed at himself and said, "Did I hear you right? You're looking for me, a bandit, to talk business?" 　　Chu Huo nodded and said, "That's right, it's to talk about business. 　　My merchant fleet transported this batch of goods to Yan and could sell them for a few thousand taels in turn, but in reality, if this batch of goods were to fall into your hands, with your abilities you could only turn them into a few hundred taels. 　　This is a tenfold difference, I am now willing to take out a thousand taels of silver, and ask you good men to escort my caravan away from Mt. Mang in Gotham, so that when you calculate it, you good men are considered not to have traveled in vain, and even more silver than the silver earned from unusual killings and robbing of goods." 　　Feng Yidao's eyes immediately lit up, "You kid this idea is good, interesting, grandpa I promise!" 　　Those merchants present all looked at each other, they had been traveling this Gotham Mang Mountain for more than ten years, it was the first time they had seen this kind of practice, but when they thought about it more carefully, they were not really at too much of a disadvantage. 　　One thousand taels of silver although more, but before they need to hide to avoid bandits, but now is directly escorted by these bandits to leave Gotham Mang Mountain, with the time is also much shorter. 　　Until this moment the crowd seemed to recognize that the second son seemed to have really changed, and their impression of the second son was simply a different person. 　　Chu Huo's play was very successful, his side had completely established his prestige within the merchant team, while Han Bao's side could also spread this matter out, letting the other bandits know the feasibility of their making such rules.