Chapter 440: You Can Do Anything
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The people escorting the goods all had sabers with them. They looked like they were from the armed escort agency.
Hiring people from the armed escort agency was not cheap. The fact that they could hire people from the armed escort agency proved that this batch of goods was very valuable.
Su Ying thought for a moment and then urged her horse closer.
To her surprise, just as she got closer, the people from the escort agency glared at her warily.
Su Ying smiled and said, “Brother, what do you do for a living? Why do I detect such a strong smell from this batch of goods?
The man who had just spoken had a beard that extended to his sideburns and he glanced at Su Ying. Although she was dressed in green and looked skinny and small-sized, the man did not let his guard down. “Kid, don’t snoop around for no reason.”
“If it’s livestock, I can buy some to reduce some of your losses, brother,” Su
Ying said.
Naturally, if they were transporting it so brazenly in the open, it couldn’t be human flesh. With so much blood dripping along the way, Su Ying guessed that there was a high possibility that the horse carriage was carrying raw meat.
A look of doubt flashed across the bearded man’s eyes when he heard Su Ying’s words. “You don’t even know what’s inside yet you want to buy it?”
“It’s nothing more than meat. If you are willing to sell it, I am prepared to buy
it, brother.”
Su Ying’s guess was correct. These carriages were indeed filled with raw meat.
The bearded man did not know how many days the border gate would remain closed. If it was more than three days, he could forget about keeping this batch of goods. Instead of taking the risk to wait, he might as well sell some to recover some of his losses.
As he thought of this, the bearded man looked at Su Ying and said, “How much can you buy?”
“I want as much as you are willing to sell.”
“Alright. Let’s talk at the inn in the border city.”
Su Ying followed the group all the way into the border city.
The Jin State was a kingdom that had a high tolerance for people of all races. This was already evident in Duo City. Now, in the border city, there were even more foreigners, and most of them were businessmen who came to do business.
The bearded man led Su Ying to an inn.
From the way the waiter came out of the inn and chatted with the bearded man with familiarity, it could be deduced that they had met many times before.
The bearded man’s men pulled the goods carriage to the backyard of the inn, and Su Ying followed them.
The bearded man brought Su Ying to a horse carriage and lifted the canvas to reveal the goods inside.
This horse carriage was loaded with chilled fish. These fish were all frozen in ice blocks, but the external layer of exposed ice blocks had already begun to melt. If the goods were not dealt with in time, the fish would not take long to become spoiled.
“Young Master, what is your name?”
‘■Surname Su.” Su Ying looked at all the fish. Every single one of them was intact.
“These fish were transported from the sea all the way here by our leader. We were going to deliver them to the Chu State. But now the border gates are closed. The cost of adding ice will be high. If you want them, I can sell them to you at a lower price.”
The fishing techniques in this era were still relatively primitive, so when Su Ying looked at some of the deep-sea fish in the ice blocks, she couldn’t help but admire the courage of those fishermen. They were literally using their lives to exchange this silver.
“What is your price? If the price is right, I’ll take them all.
When the bearded man heard that Su Ying really wanted the goods, he took out a price list. “Young Master Su, if you don’t understand, I can read it aloud.
“No need.” Su Ying took the price list from his hand and read through it. Other than a few deep-sea tuna, the prices of the other fish were acceptable.
Su Ying remembered that Ji and Ling had never been to the beach before, and it was rare for them to eat such fresh seafood. After bargaining down the price, she bought all the goods.
When she handed over the silver, the bearded man was still a little astonished. It was as if he did not expect this transaction to be completed so easily!
Su Ying also bought over their horse carriage to avoid arousing suspicion. “Young Master Su, where do you do business? If there are any excellent goods in the future, I can inform you.”
-I don’t do business. I am buying this for my own consumption. You can leave me your contact address. I’ll send someone to send you a message in the future if I need anything.”
“Alright.” The bearded man left Su Ying an address and went off with his men. He had thought that it would be a money-losing deal this time, yet surprisingly, he was able to conclude his business early and go home.
After they left, no one knew what was in the carriage. Su Ying planned to wait until nighttime before putting all the fish in the carriage into her interspatial store.
The backyard of this inn was very large, and it was parked full of horse carriages. Su Ying was alone, and in order to prevent the goods from being stolen, she could only stand guard near the carriage and wait for the sky to turn dark.
Fortunately, it was already afternoon when they arrived at the border city. The sky darkened after she sat down for less than an hour.
When the sky had just turned dark, the inn’s staff wouldn’t be able to light the lamps so quickly. Su Ying planned to take advantage of this window to move the goods in the carriage into the interspatial store. In the interspatial store, even if there were no ice blocks, the fish wouldn’t spoil.
She got up and lifted the canvas. After putting the carriage full of fish into the interspatial store, she walked to the second horse carriage. Just as she was about to start moving the goods, she suddenly heard a slight movement from the carriage.
Su Ying’s eyes darkened. She took out her night-vision goggles and put them on. A figure took advantage of the moment when Su Ying backed away to quickly jump down from the carriage. He then turned around to flee.
“Fish thief, you can’t escape!” Su Ying took a step forward and went in pursuit.
Not surprisingly, the other party was not her match. Before he could run out of the backyard, he was caught by her.
“Young Master, please spare my life. Please spare my life. I won’t do it again.” Su Ying yanked hard, and a pair of big round eyes appeared in front of her.
Su Ying’s expression froze, and with a twist of her wrist, she grabbed the other party’s neck.
That fellow didn’t seem to expect Su Ying to be so ruthless and not give her a chance to beg for mercy. Her eyes gradually rolled back when the hand squeezed on her neck. Soon, she was on the verge of passing out.
Thump!
just as the fellow was about to stop breathing, Su Ying released her grip and threw that fellow to the ground.
“Cough! Cough, cough, cough!”
The woman coughed violently a few times before she finally caught her breath with much difficulty.
Su Ying walked toward her and looked down at her from above. The clothes on her body seemed to have been soaked by the water and clung tightly to her body, perfectly outlining the curves of her body. Coupled with those pitiful big eyes, she really looked like a harmless little white rabbit.
“Young Master, please spare my life. I was forced to hide in the carriage. I had no intention of stealing your fish.”
Su Ying looked at her icily. “I don’t believe you.”
The woman pursed her lips. Her eyes were filled with grievance as she looked at Su Ying with a face full of accusatory resentment. If she had met a fellow who knew how to take pity on the fairer sex, that fellow’s heart would most likely have softened. Unfortunately, Su Ying wasn’t a woman who would take pity on the fairer sex.
“Do you want me to hand you over to the soldiers of the Jin State, or do you want to tell me the truth?”
Upon hearing this, the woman’s expression changed slightly, but she quickly recovered herself.
“Young Master, I just don’t have any clearance documents but want to go through the border pass. Why must you be so heartless? If Young Master agrees to let me go, I will definitely repay you, no matter what you want to do to me!” After she finished speaking, she glanced at Su Ying bashfully.
Su Ying raised her eyebrows. “I can do anything to you?”
The woman nodded, “Yes. I only request that you spare me this time.”
“Alright..”