Quick Transmigration: Can This Kind of Scum Become the Chosen One?

Chapter 71 Cousin, Your Cousin Will Help You Manage the Family Business 10

"Young man, you must have made quite a bit of money on this trip. Come, sit down and have some tea." The innkeeper poured a cup of tea and placed it in front of Hua Wenhao.

"Shopkeeper, thank you so much for taking me along." Hua Wenhao cupped his hands in thanks, genuinely grateful to the shopkeeper for helping him make money.

“We’re all brothers, let’s make money together. This trip was a bit tough, but at least we can get some rest.” The shopkeeper picked up his teacup.

"Shopkeeper, I wonder when there will be another opportunity to make money like this?" Hua Wenhao felt that the shopkeeper was his benefactor.

I owe my success to the shopkeeper.

He needs to save his mother and sister, so he needs to earn more money.

He couldn't think of any other way to make money for the time being, and he only hoped that the shopkeeper could help him make a couple more big sums of money like this.

Upon hearing Hua Wenhao's words, the shopkeeper's lips curled into a smile, and he then drank the tea.

"You've only just made one trip, aren't you going to rest for a bit?"

Does Hua Wenhao think there's a chance after hearing this?

"Shopkeeper, to be honest, I've run into some trouble at home, which is why I want to earn more money."

The shopkeeper pondered for a moment, "Young man, opportunities to go to the capital like this are rare. However, the bodyguard is planning a trip to Lingnan soon."

Lingnan is poor, so it's not easy to transport goods there to sell. However, it's better to buy goods there and sell them for a good price in Jiangnan.

However, this trip will definitely be arduous. Moreover, the road to Lingnan is not easy to travel, so I don't want to take this trip.

"If you want to go, I can take you to find some bodyguards and have them escort you for a while."

After the shopkeeper finished speaking, he continued to leisurely sip his tea.

Reselling goods—that's what Hua Wenhao is doing now.

Yucheng and Jiangnan are close, so the price difference isn't that big.

Lingnan was poor, and prices there were obviously lower.

If he goes there to buy goods, he can indeed make a lot of money on this trip.

But it's also more dangerous over there.

The road to Beijing is mostly main roads, and it gets more and more bustling as you go.

Going to Lingnan requires traversing mountains and valleys, braving thorns and brambles, and becoming poorer the further one goes, with a greater chance of encountering bandits and robbers.

But then I thought of my mother and sister.

He has no choice but to fight for his own future.

If we lose, we'll lose everything.

They won, and returned home in glory.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, shopkeeper."

Hua Wenhao thought for a moment, then took out five hundred taels and handed them to the shopkeeper, asking him to keep them safe.

If this trip goes smoothly, then this five hundred taels can be considered a thank-you gift for the shopkeeper.

If this trip fails, he can still turn his life around with these five hundred taels.

This was his way out.

Hua Wenhao set off with the bodyguards.

At first, the roads were flat, and sometimes we would come across towns and find inns to stay in.

After that, all I knew was that we were either climbing or descending a mountain.

They spend all day in the dark, wandering through the woods.

Hua Wenhao also witnessed the bandits firsthand; it seemed that every mountain had a bandit's den.

They rushed out with knives, blocked the road, and demanded tolls from the passengers.

The guards were very experienced, and since the toll was cheap, they gave them the money to pass through.

If they demand an exorbitant amount, then we'll have no choice but to draw our swords and meet them head-on.

Amidst the flashing blades and bloodshed, Hua Wenhao witnessed firsthand how a single slash could take a person's life.

After two bandits fell, they retreated in panic.

It was as if the bandits who had blocked the road just moments before had never existed.

After the bandits left, they also hurried on their way and left.

Hua Wenhao had never seen such a scene before.

At that moment, I was so scared that I could barely stand.

The bodyguards threw him into the car; they needed to leave quickly.

Otherwise, it would be troublesome if the bandits who just left went to call their accomplices.

He knew this trip might be dangerous, but only in that he would lose all his money.

He returned penniless.

Unexpectedly, those bandits had knives; it was a real fight with real knives and guns.

He also saw a bandit being slashed down with a single blow, lying motionless on the ground.

He died just like that.

Although this time it was bandits who died.

What about next time?

What about the next time?

The guards were armed and skilled in martial arts, while he was completely defenseless.

He had never learned martial arts, nor had he ever held this weapon.

He was a scholar before, now he's a businessman.

If those bandits came after him, he wouldn't be able to escape.

To save his own life, Hua Wenhao gave five hundred taels of silver to the bodyguards.

Please make sure they take good care of themselves.

The bodyguards accepted five hundred taels of silver and promised to protect him.

If there are more thieves, he can hide at the very back and find a place to hide.

They even arranged a more comfortable spot for him in the last car.

Hua Wenhao pounded his leg, thinking that he should have paid earlier so he wouldn't have had to walk.

His legs were about to give out from climbing that mountain road.

That night, they set up camp in the woods.

Several carriages were parked nearby, where the guards were resting and making a fire.

Everyone slept on the ground.

Hua Wenhao didn't want to sleep on the rock, so he went back to the car.

The place wasn't very big; although he couldn't lie down, he could lean against the boxes on the side.

Anyway, he can rest in the car during the day, which is better than lying on the rocks.

All sorts of insects would crawl onto you from the ground. I remember last night, a snake crawled onto someone and later turned into a roasted snake.

But he was afraid; he wasn't that powerful enough to grab the snake and kill it with a single blow.

Previously, there was no other option but to lie on the ground with everyone else.

Now that he's paid, the position is his.

Hua Wenhao put his head on the box and fell asleep.

I was tired from traveling all day, so I slept soundly at night.

Just as I was sleeping soundly here, someone quietly crept over from a distance.

In an instant, flames soared into the sky, shouts of battle filled the air, and the sounds of weapons clashing echoed.

Hua Wenhao was woken up by the noise.

Then they saw someone attacking them, and the guards were already fighting with the thieves.

Several more were lying on the ground, it was unclear whether they were still unconscious or had already been hacked to death.

The number of thieves this time is very large.

The number of people is far greater than during the day.

The bodyguards were clearly at a disadvantage.

He couldn't see clearly, but he knew that more and more people were lying on the ground.

What should we do? What should we do? Will he get killed too?

Because he was in the pile of goods, he wasn't discovered at this point.

But once everyone else is dead, he won't be able to escape either.

Hua Wenhao quietly got out of the car.

At this point, it's best to run for your life.

But Hua Wenhao had only taken two steps when a knife was held to his neck.

The person who came was wearing a black face mask.

This is the mark of a mountain bandit.

All the bandits wore a black mask on their faces.

"Where do you want to run?"

Hua Wenhao looked at the knife held to his neck. The knife was reflective and looked very sharp.

Seeing how easily they were killing people with a single blow, I realized I was really going to die.

Hua Wenhao's legs went weak, and he knelt on the ground.

"My hero, please, spare me."

I'm not with them; I'm just passing by. You can see my clothes are different from theirs, and I don't have any weapons. I'm not a bodyguard.

"The goods are all here; take them all."