"There are gunshots ahead, sir." A patrol of the Qin Army happened to pass by and heard intensive gunfire. A private said nervously.

"Yeah. Got it." A leading lieutenant nodded and said.

"Everyone, take a rest. We'll be heading that way soon." After saying that, the lieutenant asked people to get down. The cavalry consisted of thirty-two people, each equipped with three horses, and there were also several camels carrying their cavalry.

Materials.

"But, sir, there's gunfire over there," the private continued.

"Dismount and rest." The lieutenant gave a serious order.

"Yes, sir." The private nodded. After the private dismounted, a corporal came over and said to him.

"There's nothing wrong with following your commander's orders. You don't need to be so nervous about this place." The corporal said nonchalantly. Then he found a shady place to eat. Some soldiers sat around and drank something together. It looked like it should be

Wine, the private guessed.

Some cavalrymen left quietly, for they were on guard, while the lieutenant sat in a shady corner, listening to the intensive gunfire in the distance.

After a while, the gunfire slowly stopped.

"Mount the horse, hurry up." The lieutenant shouted loudly at this time. The other soldiers quickly mounted the horse at this time, while the private was a little in a hurry.

"Hurry up," the lieutenant urged loudly.

The private quickly mounted his horse and did not even have time to carry some of his belongings.

"Hurry up. If you are slow, you won't be able to catch up with anything." The lieutenant shouted loudly. Then he took the lead and rushed out. The soldiers behind him followed crazily. They chased crazily as if they had seen something good.

The privates could only follow these people forward.

Soon, they arrived at the Gobi Desert. The private saw that the ground was full of corpses, and these corpses were all dressed in the style of Westerners.

"It's Chief Zuo." A bearded cowboy said with a smile.

"Well, how's the business going?" the lieutenant asked on his horse.

"It's not bad. Business is doing pretty well these days," the cowboy said with a smile.

"Yeah." The lieutenant said with a smile.

"I heard quite a lot of gunfire around here. Was it our caravan that was robbed? Or those people from the Western Regions were robbed." The lieutenant said, looking into the distance.

"I don't know what the superiors' attitude is towards these Western Region merchants. Robbery is a serious crime for Qin Fa," the lieutenant said, looking into the distance.

"It depends on what you said, Mr. Zuo. We are all serious businessmen. These Westerners attacked us, and we were just defending ourselves. It was just self-defense." The bearded cowboy said. As the cowboy waved, one of the cowboys

A man came forward with a parcel and stuffed it into the lieutenant's horse parcel.

"Really?" The lieutenant had already seen several empty boxes in the distance. He only gave himself such a package when he saw it. The lieutenant seemed very dissatisfied.

"Yes. It's true." The cowboy continued to say with a smile.

"Well, how about I check it out. Anyway, this is our patrol's business. If something bad happens, we have to bear a lot of responsibility after all." The lieutenant said.

"No, no need." The cowboy waved his hand and said.

"Let's check it out. The situation here is indeed the same. You must know that these Western Region merchants are the most likely to cause conflicts with us. If they are not handled well, it will cause a bigger war. Neither you nor I can bear the responsibility." Lieutenant

Said with a smile.

"No, no, no." The cowboy said with a wry smile to dissuade the other party from dismounting. Then he motioned to his men to deliver something.

In desperation, two cowboys carried a box of things and delivered it. The corporal came with a soldier to collect the box.

"Yeah." The lieutenant nodded.

"That's right. The situation has been tense recently. Everyone should be careful. The higher-ups don't want a big mess to happen. If a big mess happens, no one can afford it," the lieutenant said seriously.

"That's. That's." said the cowboy.

"These people have been dealt with. Don't cause any trouble. When the time comes, it will be difficult for you and me to deal with it. These are all things that can provoke a war. If you find out," the lieutenant lowered his body and said to the cowboy.

"I know you are brave. But if the higher ups find out what we are doing, both you and I will suffer." As he spoke, the lieutenant made a shooting motion.

"Okay, brother, let's go. This is a matter of self-defense." After the lieutenant said that, he turned and left.

"Huh." The cowboy breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

After these Qin army patrols left, the cowboy breathed a sigh of relief.

"Damn these soldiers," a cowboy cursed angrily.

"Okay." The bearded cowboy said impatiently at this time.

"What we are doing is a business without capital. This is also illegal." Chang Huzi said.

"Something happened. We simply can't afford it," Chang Beard said.

"Hurry up. Get rid of all these corpses and let others know. We will lose our heads." Long Beard said.

The Qin army patrols. The soldiers are distributing their trophies. Countries in the Western Regions have a large number of gold objects. These gold objects have become additional trophies for the soldiers and an important income for the soldiers in addition to their military pay. Unfortunately, the Qin army did not continue to launch a large-scale war.

Large-scale offensive operations, as a result, the soldiers' income was reduced a lot. So these officers and soldiers began to think about how to increase their income.

During the patrol, they discovered some merchants who were doing business without capital. They contacted the people from the Western Regions and agreed to sell their Qin products, including arms. The people from the Western Regions had a particularly large demand for arms. This was

It was the result of constant fighting during the process of the various tribes in the Western Regions moving westward.

The purchase of arms is often carried out at any cost. In this way, these people from the Western Regions have a large amount of money in their hands, and this money naturally becomes the target of some unscrupulous businessmen.

In the name of selling arms, they tricked the other party into buying arms. In fact, they had no arms at all. During the transaction, they laid an ambush in advance, lured the other party into the ambush, and then launched an attack, killing the other party and robbing the other party.

Property, this is a kind of business without capital. This kind of business without capital made Qin officers and soldiers aware of it. Some officials

The soldiers did not report this kind of thing, and they themselves had no law enforcement power. Without the power of law enforcement, some other officers and soldiers engaged in such an unprofitable business. In the name of discovering and reporting, they extorted money from the other party.

They share the spoils with each other and finally achieve the goal of consistent mutual interests. It is not new that such things happen frequently on the border of Qin.

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