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âLuo brother, just wait a bit longer, it should be soonâ¦â
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Tang Jian swallowed his saliva, wiped the large beads of sweat seeping from his forehead, and spoke with less certainty than he would have liked.
So, under the glaring sun and the warm rays of lightâ¦
Barely half an hour had passed.
But at this momentâ¦
The Tang Familyâs merchant convoy that Tang Jian had anticipated still hadnât appeared.
âHissâ¦â
âDamn, could I have calculated it wrong?â
âThat shouldnât beâ¦â
This was an outcome Tang Jian had surmised after multiple calculations.
There shouldnât have been any mistakes.
But why, with the time almost right,
Had the convoy not yet appeared?
âGeneral, it looks like someone is comingâ¦â
Just when Tang Jian was increasingly uncertain, a deputy general by Luo Yongâs side spoke out excitedly.
Hearing this, Tang Jian and Luo Yong looked towards the front.
Indeed, not far ahead,
a merchant convoy flying the Tang Familyâs flag was slowly making its way towards them.
And visibly so,
this convoy seemed to be carrying a substantial amount of grain.
âLuo brother, the Tang Familyâs convoy⦠has arrived!!!â
After taking a deep breath of relief, Tang Jian squeezed out a smile and excitedly said to Luo Yong beside him.
âI see it,â
Luo Yong responded quietly with a nod.
Afterward, he focused all his attention on the approaching convoy.
What followed was a calculated move against the unprepared.
With the element of surprise, taking down the entire guard of the Tang Familyâs merchant convoy
was not a difficult task for Luo Yong.
The real challenge for Luo Yong was how to transport the enormous amount of grain back to the Luo Familyâs granary in Qingshi Town.
Still, it wasnât entirely unsolvable.
â¦
After laboring for a full five hours,
Luo Yong and his three thousand elite soldiers
finally managed to quietly transport this batch of grain close to Qingshi Town.
In the process, they had encountered some people from the Tang Family.
Fortunately, those from the Tang Family were few in number and none had a cultivation level exceeding the Intermediate Stage of Bone Refinement.
Dealing with those Tang Family patrols
was not particularly difficult.
â¦
âSo, these grains were all snatched from the Tang Familyâs hands?â
Outside a now cram-full grain warehouse of the Luo Family in Qingshi Town,
Luo Ping looked on in astonishment.
âWhat snatched? This is called borrowingâ¦â
Luo Yong glanced at his elder brother Luo Ping with a hint of resignation.
âFine, borrowing it is,â
Luo Ping nodded silently, and then with renewed excitement, asked Luo Yong, âAfter âborrowingâ this batch of grain, can we continue to âborrowâ from the Tang Family?â
âIf we could get another batch of this sizeâ¦
Our Luo Family wouldnât be short on grain for a while,â
âEven to last until the next harvest.â
âThat shouldnât be a problem, I suppose.â
âDifficult!â Luo Yong shook his head with a somewhat helpless expression and said, âAfter this batch is âborrowedâ by us, the Tang Family will surely be more cautious and vigilant.
âItâs probably not possible to act againâ¦â
As he spoke, Luo Yong appeared to recall something, then he patted Tang Jian on the shoulder and smiled, âBeing able to âborrowâ the grain so smoothly from the Tang Family this time, the main credit goes to Old Brother Tang. Without him, we probably couldnât have âborrowedâ this batchâ¦â
âOh?â Luo Ping turned his head in surprise.
He glanced at Tang Jian standing next to Luo Yong; disbelief flashed across his eyes.
That so-called Tang Jian, in his memory,
was nothing but a big talker, highly sociable, and good at speaking.
Apart from offering up aâ¦
No, to be precise, apart from offering up half a Low-grade Spirit Stone,
he didnât have any other notable qualities.
And now, to his surpriseâ¦
the main contributor to this event turned out to be the big talker.
âAlright, I understand the situation now,â
Luo Ping nodded and took another look at Tang Jian beside him.
He then turned and quietly left the place.
There were still a pile of matters waiting for him to handle within the Luo Family.
This brief departure was already a respite from his busy schedule.
â¦
âBrother Tang, your contributions will be remembered by the Luo Family,â
âAnd do remember, if there are more good opportunities like this in the future, make sure to come find me,â
âI must go now, some matters need attending to in the campâ¦â
Luo Yong patted Tang Jianâs shoulder once more.
After saying that, he left with a hearty laugh.
The current Family Head of the small Old Tang Family, being Tang Jian,
watched Luo Yong leave before lowering his head thoughtfully.
Where had the problem occurred?
Tang Jian still hadnât figured it out.
According to his calculations, the Tang Familyâs convoy should have appeared at high noon, right when the sun was blazing.
But it seemed he had miscalculated the time of the convoyâs appearance.
Thankfully, he had only miscalculated the time and not the place of the convoyâs arrival.
Otherwiseâ¦
Given the initial circumstances,
he really wasnât sure how he would have explained it to Luo Yong.
âIn the future, I must be more accurate with such matters,â
âEven a minor error could lead to a completely different outcome in any event.â
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