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    Seeing that the two of them did not refuse, Lu Yuanpeng was not polite and immediately confessed what he wanted them to do.  What Lu Yuanpeng wanted the two of them to do was very simple, that is, they would use the red and yellow oils and sake as bait and agree to sell them to those merchants at a low price.  But these people must accompany them to Pengcheng before the goods can be handed over to them.  Lu Yuanpeng's purpose was to lure out the bandits in Surabaya.  Chen Xi and Ding Fu readily agreed without much deliberation.  Wealth and wealth come from danger. These two people are obviously engaged in serious business, but their subordinates are mixed, and they are involved in the murder and smuggling of goods. Taking this risk is nothing to them.  ??The two of them are not asking for help. They each brought thirty or forty good men this time. If they can attract those businessmen to follow them, and add the guards of those people, they will be no less than four or five hundred people.  Most of the bandits in Sishui County are small groups, and it is impossible to gather too many in a hurry.  Even if there are bandits, they are not afraid.  What's more, if the Lu family brothers are like this, how can they have no backup plan?  Sure enough, the two of them talked to the merchants and said that the red and yellow oils and sake could be resold to them, ensuring that everyone would make a lot of money, but the condition was that they had to arrive in Pengcheng.  Seeing that Chen Xi and Ding Fu were willing to resell to them, most of the businessmen happily agreed.  "If you go to Pengcheng, where merchants gather and reach the capital, these rare things can be sold at a good price.  Only some people with little money knew that even if they went to Pengcheng, they might not be able to rob those big businessmen, so they gave up the idea of ??going to Pengcheng.  I just paid a deposit with Lu Ze and prepared to purchase the goods next month.  Xiang Ji and Yu Ziqi did not follow him to Pengcheng.  It¡¯s not that they don¡¯t want the red and yellow oils and sake, but it¡¯s because they listened to Zhang Liang¡¯s advice and didn¡¯t go.  Instead, he paid a deposit at Lu's house and prepared to buy goods next month.  Not to mention, these four people left Peixian County overnight and took the road to visit the prime minister.  The next day, Ji Ping and Xu Kan led the convoy to order all the tributes at the Lu family, and happily left the west of the city for Xianyang.  Chen Xi, Ding Fu and a group of merchants were warmly entertained by Lu Ze and Lu Yuanpeng, but they still refused to pay for the food and drinks.  As for the people from Peixian County who came after hearing the news, as well as the merchants who could not resist the temptation of delicious food and did not leave even though they did not go to Pengcheng, they accepted the actual price.  Even so, the Juxian building of the Lu family was still full, with dozens of waiters, and even the food inspector was sweating profusely.  If Wang Ji hadn't been sitting in the kitchen and Lu Zhi was tending the counter, there would have been chaos in Juxian Building.  For a time, Juxian Tower was bustling with activity.  If it was true as Lu Ze said, the Lu family brought out four more new dishes on the second day.  Chen Xi and Ding Fu knew what the Lu brothers were thinking, and they just wanted to give the bandits time to contact people.  The four of them knew it well, but for the sake of so much money, it was hard to say much.  Besides, they didn't want to wait for Xun Yue to eat the four new dishes.  "Besides, one day is too short. How many bandits can be gathered together, even if Chen Xun and Ding Fuxing arrive, they will not be afraid."  On the third day, at the insistence of Chen Xi and Ding Fu, they took a group of businessmen and hundreds of vehicles hired by Liu Bang on their behalf, and then left the city and headed straight for Pengcheng.  After leaving the city, Chen Xi kept urging the team to speed up.  Chen Xi was in front and Ding Fu was behind. They led dozens of people on horseback and galloped back and forth to urge them.  At first, these businessmen who were usually enjoying themselves didn¡¯t think anything of it, but after an hour of jolting in the Mercedes-Benz truck, many of them couldn¡¯t stand it anymore and clamored to slow down.  "Those who can keep up with the team will get the red and yellow oil and sake when they arrive in Pengcheng, otherwise they will get out as soon as possible." When the businessmen heard this, they had no choice but to swallow their anger and return to the car.  At noon, Chen Xi ordered the convoy to stop and rest.  But Chen Xi and Ding Fu still didn¡¯t stop and told everyone that the bandits were being followed, thinking that the bandits were eyeing this huge amount of money.  Chen Xi told everyone that everyone must work together to reach Pengcheng safely.  It was only then that these businessmen thought clearly that this trip would be dangerous.  There are millions of dollars worth of goods in this convoy, how could there not be thieves coveting them?  It¡¯s just that I want to look back now, but it¡¯s already too late.  Rather than turning back to face the bandits alone, it is better to follow the group and move forward.  In order to appease everyone, Chen Xi told these businessmen that he had already made an agreement with Lu Yuanpeng that whenever bandits attacked, Lu Yuanpeng would come to rescue them.  However, before Lu Yuanpeng and his troops arrived, they had to rely on themselves.?Hold off the bandits.  Subsequently, the merchants that Chen Xi started to follow temporarily gave their entourage and bodyguards to his unified command.  Under the auspices of Chen Xi and Ding Fu, the more than 300 guards and the drivers of more than 100 carts hired by Liu Bang began to form a unified formation.  Those coachmen hired by Peixian County seemed to know in advance, and no one was dissatisfied with Chen Xi and Ding Fu's arrangements.  It was only then that the merchants discovered that all of these coachmen were strong young men, none of them were as old and frail as before, and all of them were equipped with weapons.  A careful businessman suddenly remembered that there were also some old and weak coachmen in the convoy, but after more than ten miles out of the city, those old and weak drivers were constantly replaced by some strong men.  Some businessmen with a clear mind have realized that this matter was a trap from the beginning, a trap to lure bandits to the bait, but they were just the bait.  Although they know that they are being plotted, these people are helpless. Who allows them to be greedy for money?  No one forced them to come, whether it was brothers Lu Yuanpeng and Lu Ze, or Chen Xi and Ding Fu.  At this point, in order to protect themselves, these businessmen could only fully cooperate with Chen Xi and Ding Fu, each of them secretly praying for good fortune in their hearts.  More than 400 people were organized into eight villages by Chen Xi. Among the six villages organized by merchant guards, the temporary corps commanders, chiefs, and village commanders were all brought by Chen Xi and Ding Fu.  The two villages composed of more than one hundred cartmen, the corps commander, the chief commander, and the village chief were elected by the carters themselves.  Chen Xi then picked out more than a hundred horses from the crowd and organized them into two villages.  The people in these two villages all ride horses.  After hitting the top, Chen Xi urged the team to move forward again, but the speed was much slower than that in the morning.  At Youshi, the convoy marched to a dense reed area on the edge of Zhaoyang Daze. Chen Xi ordered to camp on the spot. The camp site was chosen a stone's throw away from the reed swamp, and the vehicles were used to form two circular formations inside and outside.  The vehicles in the inner formation are all carrying red and yellow oil and sake. These things cannot be lost.  Although Ding Fu and Chen Xi met through Lu Ze not long ago, Chen Xi commanded Ruoding in a very orderly manner, whether he was organizing escorts or commanding marches along the way, just like a battle-hardened general. Ding Fu admired this very much.  .  However, Ding Fu thought that Chen Xi¡¯s choice of camp location was quite inappropriate.
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