In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 381 The County Town Was in an Uproar

"What's there to be afraid of, thieves?"

Li Lao Er nodded his chin toward the front of the group and said, "See those people on horseback? Those are warriors sent by the prefect to guard this grain. With these warriors here, no matter how many bandits come, they'll just be throwing their lives away!"

For this grain transport mission, Zheng Qing dispatched half of the Zheng family's martial artists. Han Yue, in order to curry favor with Chen Dao, also sent some martial artists from the Suiyue Martial Arts School to help. The total number of martial artists in the team reached an astonishing 30, and each of them was equipped with horses and armor. With such a lineup, no bandit could possibly challenge them.

Not to mention, the team also includes Chen Dao, Chen Cheng, and Xiao Yuan.

"That puts my mind at ease!"

Cao Shui was completely relieved and said in a casual tone, "Li Lao Er, whose grain do you think this is? This is too extravagant!"

"It should belong to that boy."

The image of the young man chatting and laughing with the prefect when he was transporting grain flashed through Li Lao Er's mind. He gestured towards Chen Dao's direction and said, "I just saw him talking to the prefect. I'm intimidated by the prefect, so I don't know how this young man managed to chat and laugh with him so easily."

"It turns out to be him!"

Cao Shui squinted at the boy riding on horseback. The boy was handsome and dressed plainly. He didn't look like a rich man's son, but rather like a farmer's son.

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"Stop and rest!"

As the sun was about to set, a warrior from the Zheng family rode towards Cao Shui and the others on horseback, signaling that they could stop and rest for the time being.

Soon after, people began distributing rations to them.

"Is this a flatbread?"

Cao Shui, after receiving a portion of rations, looked at the flatbread in his hand and couldn't help but say something.

When the Zheng family recruited workers, they said they would provide them with food for the journey, but Cao Shui never expected that the food would be so good!

The so-called flatbread is made by kneading flour, rolling out the dough, and then baking it. Because of its lower moisture content, this type of flatbread is more suitable as dry food for travelers.

Of course, this is the food ration for slightly wealthier families.

For laborers like Cao Shui, the chance to eat flatbread was extremely rare. After all, flatbread was made from flour, and most poor people couldn't afford such a precious food as flour.

Therefore, when he saw the team giving him flatbread as rations, Cao Shui couldn't help but swallow hard.

"This employer is really generous."

Li Lao Er took a bite of the flatbread. The flatbread was a little hard, but the taste was just as good, at least much better than what Li Lao Er usually ate.

"Yeah, yeah."

Cao Shui also wolfed down the flatbread, finding it incredibly delicious.

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Two days later, the grain transport team arrived in Taiping County.

As soon as they arrived outside the city gate, they attracted the attention of the crowd outside the city.

"Who are you?"

The soldiers guarding the city swallowed hard as they looked at the endless convoy.

There were only about 20 guards at the south gate of the entire Taiping County town, and this force...

There were hundreds of laborers transporting grain, in addition to a number of imposing figures on horseback. The soldiers dared not imagine how they would defend themselves if these people harbored any ill intentions toward the county town.

Chen Dao dismounted and strode up to the soldiers guarding the city, saying, "I am Chen Dao from Chenjia Village. I am here to transport goods back to Chenjia Village. Please do me a favor."

"So it's Daoge'er."

The soldiers guarding the city were immediately relieved. Everyone in Taiping County knew the name Chen Dao. In addition, the soldier was one of Zhang He's subordinates, and Zhang He had a very good relationship with Chen Dao, so the soldier had naturally heard of Chen Dao's great name.

Therefore, the soldier breathed a sigh of relief upon learning that the person in front of him was Chen Dao.

"Brother Dao, what kind of goods are you transporting? There's way too much!"

After relaxing, the soldier asked in a casual tone.

It wasn't that he was too curious, but rather that Chen Dao's team was transporting so much cargo that the convoy, stretching as far as the eye could see, was truly awe-inspiring!

"Some goods transported from the county town."

Chen Dao didn't elaborate, but simply asked, "May I enter the city? This is my travel permit."

"No need to look at the travel permit. Brother Zhang told us that we won't stop your team, Brother Dao."

Two soldiers guarding the city waved their hands, allowing the grain transport team to enter the city.

As the grain transport team entered the city, unsurprisingly, the entire South Gate area was in an uproar.

"So many trucks, what are they transporting?"

"I feel like it's grain."

"I also think it's food."

"How much grain would that take?"

"This is the first time I've ever seen so many goods."

"..."

Many residents of the county who saw the grain transport convoy were shocked; the endless convoy was truly awe-inspiring.

Soon, more and more people gathered in the area around the South Gate. The people stood on the street watching the transport vehicles pass by as if they were witnessing a spectacle.

In the end, even Xu Zhiwen was alarmed. Xu Zhiwen, who rushed over with Li Hu, looked at the seemingly endless trucks with the same shock.

Even he, the county magistrate, had never seen such a large volume of cargo transport before!

Fortunately, at that moment, Xu Zhiwen spotted Chen Dao at the front of the transport convoy and hurriedly stepped forward, saying, "Young friend Chen, have you robbed the county town? Where did you get so many goods?"

"no!"

Chen Dao shook his head, "I robbed the Wang family, not the county town."

Xu Zhiwen: "..."

Xu Zhiwen was speechless. He never expected that his casual joke would elicit such a response: robbing the Wang family...

Is this something that humans can do?

Xu Zhiwen was well aware of the Wang family's reputation. As far as he knew, the Wang family was the largest family in the county town, without exception!

Even the Zheng family, to which the prefect resides, is slightly weaker than the Wang family, yet Chen Dao says…

He robbed the Wang family!

How amazing is this?

"Young friend Chen, did you really rob the Wang family?"

Li Hu also stared wide-eyed, asking incredulously.

"To be precise, it wasn't robbery, it was the annihilation of the Wang family!"

Chen Dao truthfully told his two allies, "The Wang family no longer exists in Taicang County."

"what?!"

Xu Zhiwen and Li Hu were stunned, their bodies jolted and they froze.

The Wang family is a large family that has thrived in Taicang County for hundreds of years. Who can destroy them? Who has the ability to destroy them?

"Young friend Chen, are you joking with me?"

Xu Zhiwen stared wide-eyed and asked, "The Wang family had been entrenched in Taicang County for hundreds of years and was one of the most powerful families in Taicang County. How could they have been wiped out?"