Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo' Chapter 1170 583: Out Selling Yourself Again?

Loess Bridge South Bridge, Yanghuitai Coal Mine.

Back when Loess Bridge was still a legitimate territory, Yanghuitai was a large coal yard, supporting dozens of coal merchants and over ten thousand workers.

Later, when Deathgate Star took over Loess Bridge, Yanghuitai Coal Mine had dozens of accidents in succession, several mine shafts collapsed, and many workers died or were injured, making the coal merchants afraid to do business here, causing the coal yard to gradually become desolate.

Ma Wu, somewhat superstitious, never managed to revitalize Yanghuitai Coal Mine after taking over Loess Bridge, and now this coal yard has been occupied by this group of coachmen.

The coachmen parked their cars next to the coal yard and picked up some coal chunks to throw into the car shelters.

These coals had been sitting here for many years and were already weathered. Although they didn't burn well, his car shelter wasn't picky.

In fact, these weathered coals were considered good stuff for these foreign cars. When there was no coal to burn, they could burn wood, and if there wasn't even wood, they'd gather scraps of cloth, waste paper, or leaves to make do.

Two coachmen counted heads, finding they had eighty-five people in total. When fighting against Li Banfeng, they lost eighteen people, leaving them with more than sixty.

Losing people was not a worry; they could make up for it. Getting back all the cars was what mattered.

The driver leader revealed a smile, and his subordinate coachmen also laughed.

After the laughter, the subordinates each began loading coal into their cars, taking turns to add water at the well. After more than an hour of burning, the steam pressure in the cars reached optimal levels.

The coachmen simultaneously looked up, facing the sky, their mouths opened wide, emitting long whistles like steam whistles, releasing white mist.

Tang Zhenjiang was very familiar with steam engines, knowing this was to release excess steam and maintain stable pressure.

But this process was hard to understand; why would the coachmen release steam when burning coal on foreign cars?

After the steam pressure was released, the driver leader entered his foreign car and fell asleep.

The rest of the coachmen also got into their foreign cars and slept, leaving the coal yard silent, with only a few coachmen pulling their cars on patrol around the area.

Though not many in number, their patrol methods were very meticulous. The first layer of sentries patrolled around the coal yard, the second layer patrolled between the residential houses surrounding the coal yard, and the third layer patrolled the main streets leading to the coal yard, reinforced with three layers of scouts, leaving almost no loopholes.

After a brief rest, the driver leader suddenly awoke, seeing a coachman pulling a foreign car to the coal yard, stopping in front of him.

The coachman pointed into the distance, seemingly delivering a message to the driver leader.

The driver leader said nothing.

The coachman waited for a moment before simply speaking up: "A villain just came, stole a brother's car, guessing this villain is from the North Bridge."

"Villain? Brother?" The driver leader laughed.

Laughter spread from all the foreign cars around.

The reporting coachman lowered his voice: "Seems like it's not working."

Indeed, it wasn't working. These coachmen had a special form of communication that didn't use gestures or language. His previous actions clearly had flaws.

"If it's not working, then it's not working. Anyway, we're already here!" As the words fell, Li Banfeng jumped out of the car shelter.

This car had been snatched by Li Banfeng.

The one pulling the car was Tang Shijiang, who used craftsmanship methods to alter his appearance.

Sitting in the car was Li Banfeng. At this place, it was indeed time to make a move. From this distance, he could directly use techniques against the driver leader.

But the surrounding coachmen also awoke, without a word from the leader, they simultaneously emerged from the cars, pushing them to form a ring formation, quickly surrounding Li Banfeng.

As Li Banfeng fought with a group of coachmen, Tang Shijiang approached the driver leader.

The driver leader eyed Tang Shijiang for a moment, seeing through his disguise: "Senior Brother, when I went to Black Stone Slope to discuss the Loess Bridge with you, asking for your help, you seemed troubled at the time, so I didn't press further,

I know you have ties with Li Qi, so whether you help me or not is fine, I don't insist. But coming to trouble me today, that's crossing a line. Before our master, we must discuss this thoroughly."

Tang Shijiang stretched his muscles, his initially curled-up tall frame gradually stretching out: "What you just said, I didn't quite understand. I do have a junior brother, pulling cars in Medicine King Valley, and frankly, I look down on him. Still, being from the same master's sect, I can't completely ignore this bond,

but as for which master's sect you're from, that I can't see. If your master wants to reason with me, have him come to Black Stone Slope. I greatly wish to meet him, and he might as well collect your corpse while he's at it."

The driver leader's eyes twitched: "With words spoken this far, we may as well sever all ties!"

Tang Shijiang impatiently replied: "How is your skin so thick? Originally, there was no bond between us anyway!"

With that, the driver leader pulled the foreign car close, striking out with a "Trample Over Thousands of Rivers" kick at Tang Shijiang.

In front of Tang Shijiang appeared an iron shield, effortlessly blocking the strike: "I must say, the quality of this 'Trample Over Thousands of Rivers' isn't too different from my junior brother's."

The driver leader was somewhat surprised, having not seen where Tang Shijiang produced the iron shield from. For a craftsman cultivator to act so swiftly, it was indeed rare.

The driver leader used the "Riding the Wind and Clouds" technique, pulling the car into the air, scattering a series of throwing darts from the car, targeting Tang Shijiang's head.

From above Tang Shijiang's head emerged a bag, collecting all the throwing darts, from which a long spear emerged, thrusting toward the driver leader's foreign car.

The driver leader turned the car handle, dodging the long spear, as the axle spewed fire, aiming to burn Tang Shijiang.