On March 13th, the caravan of Shennong Baicaomen set out from Luoyang. After more than 70 days of trekking, at the end of May, the huge caravan of Shennong Baicaomen finally arrived in Ganzhou.
Looking at Ganzhou Tucheng in the distance, Huang Xiaoshi took a long breath and finally arrived.
The caravan had to travel several miles to reach the city, but Huang Xiaoshi took the lead and reached the city first.
It's still early today, and Huang Xiaoshi hopes to hand over the court's errands within today, and try not to stay overnight.
There is a saying that the night is long and the dream is many. If tomorrow, a document from the court is sent to him, asking him to deliver the goods to Jiayu, then he will have to peel off the skin.
After nearly two months of travel, Huang Xiaoshi was tired, others were tired, and his heart was even more tired.
Along the way, the most difficult road for the caravan was from Lanzhou to Wuwei.
This section is completely messed up. It is impossible to distinguish between refugees and bandits, whether they are civilians or bandits.
Coupled with the instigation and incitement of people with ulterior motives, this section of the road was simply cut with a knife.
When we arrived in Wuwei, it was easy to leave immediately, because the imperial court still had heavy troops guarding Wuwei.
There are outposts all the way near Wuwei, and there are cavalry patrols back and forth. They not only want to cut off the trade routes, but also clear out the fleeing tribes.
There are no more refugees in this area.
All the common people either waited in their villages for the imperial government to appease and distribute food to see if they could survive until then; or they went out to look for food and were killed by the imperial soldiers as bandits.
As for the passing caravans, as long as they did not follow strict procedures, they would have been blocked long before they arrived in Wuwei.
The first checkpoint is just kind words and advice. If you insist on passing, they will not forcefully stop you. As for what happens after you pass the checkpoint, you are responsible for it.
Relying on the small flag and hand letter, Shennong Baicaomen's caravan successfully passed customs, and also used the remaining load of the caravan to collect many other valuable goods.
These valuable goods were "left behind" by other caravans here. They were already ownerless and were just piled up at the pass to be exposed to the sun and rain.
The soldiers guarding the pass had no use holding these things, so Huang Xiaoshi only used a small amount of high-quality gold sore medicine and silver to collect these goods.
For these soldiers, gold medicine and silver are hard currency.
When the caravan arrived in Wuwei, as expected, all the supplies were under military control and the money was hard to use. It was Huang Xiaoshi who took the hand letter and exchanged it with the supplies in his hand, and then he got the supplies.
Although there are no worries about bandits on the road from Wuwei to Ganzhou, the food is very different along the way. Basically, people and animals eat the same thing.
We have finally arrived in Ganzhou, and we still don’t know what the situation is like in Ganzhou.
Anyway, Huang Xiaoshi made up his mind not to go any further, otherwise he would risk his life if he went in.
Not long after, Huang Xiaoshi brought back a group of officers and soldiers. As soon as the officers and soldiers arrived, they were divided into several teams and began to order goods one by one.
The goods were bundled neatly, and the officers and soldiers counted them quickly. They just roughly counted the big bags on the horses under the guidance of the doorman, and then clicked directly without even opening the big bags.
In this way, it took a full hour to finish counting the 3,000 pieces of goods from the six teams.
This is a rough test.
After counting the goods, the officers and soldiers returned to the city to resume their orders. They would come over and inform the caravan where to unload the goods.
This is the time when things are most likely to go wrong. There are ten thousand ways to mess with you, so Huang Xiaoshi quickly followed him and didn't come back until dusk. Half-public and half-private, he finally settled the matter.
Ganzhou is as its name suggests, because it is a green space on the edge of the desert and is named after the sweet spring water. This is the most important material distribution center and supply center in the east of the desert, and it is irreplaceable.
As Huang Xiaoshi guessed, they only need to unload the goods here. The subsequent distribution and scheduling are the affairs of the imperial court.
Although there will be another inspection later, the problem is not big anymore, those are just details.
Now that we are done with public matters, it’s time to talk about private matters.
Shennong Baicaomen brought a total of 6,000 pieces of goods this time, 3,000 of which were military supplies donated to the imperial court, in exchange for the imperial court's tacit approval of the caravan carrying private goods.
The imperial court's tacit approval of the inclusion of private goods did not begin with Huang Xiaoshi.
For example, the "salt introduction system" currently used in the imperial court.
Because the cost of transportation in this era was so huge that the court had no money to pay it. In fact, the biggest means of payment in the hands of the court was various customs clearance rights.
Therefore, this dynasty encouraged merchants to transport grain to the frontier fortress, and then distributed salt quotations to them as rewards.
However, the profits from official salt are actually very slim, because a large amount of profits are turned into salt taxes, so there is a tacit rule that private goods are included.
These private goods are the real profits of merchants when trafficking, and the amount of private goods usually has an agreed-upon ratio. As long as you don't go too far, the court will turn a blind eye or even acquiesce.
Therefore, there are also reasons why illegal salt is banned repeatedly.
They are also all private salt. Who can tell whether this package of private salt is compliant or non-compliant?
Since Shennong Baicaomen is donating medicines, it is completely normal for them to bring some of their own medicines to sell.
It should be said that it is reasonable for Shennong Baicaomen to bring private goods. It would be abnormal if they brought nothing.
When Huang Xiaoshi returned to the caravan, he saw densely packed heads.
What's going on?
After Huang Xiaoshi passed by, he asked a doorman and found out that these were all businessmen from all walks of life who had come after seeing the caravan.
The fierce battle between the imperial court and the tribes did not scare away those businessmen who were interested in making money. They had been gathering in Ganzhou, waiting for the road to Wuwei to be opened.
At this time, whoever can pass the test first will just have to bend down and pick up the money.
The appearance of Shennong Baicaomen's caravan attracted everyone's attention, and everyone ran over to inquire about the news.
The caravan from Shennong Baicaomen was the first caravan to come from Wuwei in this period of time.
When these people learned that the caravan was transporting extremely precious medicines, the entire Ganzhou was about to explode.
What are you waiting for to clear customs? Isn’t this ready stock?
Now, the team leaders were surrounded by groups of people, and some people thought they were trying to lure their son-in-law. Huang Xiaoshi, who always had a low profile, slipped past quietly.
The official business is not over yet, specifically, there is one more thing.
Huang Xiaoshi found Ji Wushuang.
"I can only send you here." Huang Xiaoshi said to Ji Wushuang.
It was thanks to the imperial court's conquest of Ganzhou that Huang Xiaoshi could run to Ganzhou with the letter. If Wuwei was stopped, Huang Xiaoshi would have to find a way to get the 800 pieces of goods ordered by Ji Wushuang.
Send it over.
In short, the order given by the Dragon King to Huang Xiaoshi was to transport 800 pieces of goods to Ganzhou, and he had already completed it.
Ji Wushuang was brushing his horse with a horse brush and cleaning the sand and dust from the horse's body, while looking at the dim sunset in the distance in trance.
Huang Xiaoshi knew that Ji Wushuang was not looking at the sunset, she was looking at the desert under the setting sun, and she was thinking about her hometown beyond the desert.
"What are you going to do next?" Huang Xiaoshi asked after walking up to Ji Wushuang.
Ji Wushuang didn't speak, and she didn't know what to do. Then, Ji Wushuang asked Huang Xiaoshi, "What about you?"
"I'm going to dispose of the goods here, see what specialties I can buy, and then return to Luoyang." Huang Xiaoshi said to Ji Wushuang, "How about I help you sell the goods together?
, I will break it into gold and silver for you, so that you can go west more easily."
To the west is the desert. Not only is crossing the desert a narrow escape, it is also full of difficulties and obstacles.
It is impossible to carry these 800 pieces of goods across the desert without certain organizational skills, experienced guides, and without paying some casualties.
Ji Wushuang does not have these conditions now, and she does not have the ability to transport these medicines across the desert.
But facing the beauty, Huang Xiaoshi had no intention of holding her back. He knew Ji Wushuang's temperament and she would not give up if she could not find a teacher. All he could do was to help her as much as he could.
Years of life experience have made Huang Xiaoshi understand that if you want to be good to others, you have to let go of your need to help others.
Huang Xiaoshi's suggestion was against the original intention of the order, because in this part of the Western Region, elixirs were more valuable than gold and silver at any time.
Ji Wushuang thought for a while and nodded.
At this point, I have no choice.
Unlike the Central Plains, in Ganzhou there were many Hu merchants from the west. In order to minimize the burden when crossing the desert, gold and silver were usually used as currency.
Money is not gold and silver, but gold and silver are naturally money.
Compared with gold and silver, there are other things of higher value, such as gems or jade.
But this kind of thing has certain cultural attributes. When the region changes, the price plummets.
Worldwide, only gold and silver are the most stable universal currencies.
No matter how much money you make by converting elixirs that are inconvenient to transport into gold and silver, the transportation difficulty will be much easier. If it is gold cakes with higher purity, a few more horses will be enough.
Ji Wushuang asked Huang Xiaoshi: "If you sell those 800 items here, how much money can you make?"
Huang Xiaoshi slapped Ji Wushuang.
"Ah? You can actually earn five times as much!" Ji Wushuang was surprised.
Although Ji Wushuang has traveled around with the Tianlong Sect since she was a child, she has never been involved in business.
Because she does not need to master this knowledge.
Seeing the five fingers stretched out by Huang Xiaoshi, Ji Wushuang felt that the hard work along the way was so worth it.
Huang Xiaoshi faced Ji Wushuang and said with a mocking look: "Miss, what is your plan?
It’s only five fucking times. I haven’t eaten enough, and I’ve made such a trip.”
Huang Xiaoshi said seriously to Ji Wushuang: "It's fifty times."
"Ah! This!" Ji Wushuang was truly shocked.
"Medicine is never for the poor." Huang Xiaoshi said to Ji Wushuang, "There is only one disease in the world that cannot be cured, and that is poverty. Because you are poor, you cannot get medicine."
"This..." Ji Wushuang took a breath, not that what Huang Xiaoshi said was wrong, but that what he said was too right.
It was only when she was a child that she saw too much misery in the world that Ji Wushuang once considered the Tianlong Sect as her lifelong ideal.
"Although I can't say that everyone will have enough food and clothing, we can't let children starve to death like this, let young people die of illness like this, and let old people die in extreme pain after losing all their dignity."
Yasha was in a trance for a moment, that person was no longer there.
He is the kind of person who forgets when you are happy and remembers when you are in pain.
Just when Ji Wushuang felt sad, a voice sounded behind them.
"Yaksha, you're here."
After hearing these words, Huang Xiaoshi turned his head and looked at the voice. Suddenly, a chill rose from his feet and went straight to his back.
…
Standing behind Huang Xiaoshi and Ji Wushuang is an extremely tall, but rather thin man. He is dressed in loose black clothes, and he seems to be blown away by the next strong wind at any time.
However, he stood extremely stable, and his posture, movements, and the expression on his face all gave people an uncomfortable feeling.
Huang Xiaoshi has seen several top-notch masters.
The flawless son is like the ocean, whose breadth is unknown.
Jiang Tianxiong is like a mountain, which makes people look up.
Shang Jingzhong is like a gentle giant.
And here he is an eagle, sharp, wild, domineering, and arrogant.
Huang Xiaoshi resisted the urge to commit suicide in his heart, and tried his best to use a calm tone, saluted the man and said: "Huang Xiaoshi."
The man nodded and there was no need for him to sign up again.
This man is the leader of the Tianlong Sect, Dragon King Li Canglong.
Once upon a time, in Huang Xiaoshi's mind, all the natives were Loubi, and no one could look down upon them.
After years of hard work, although Huang Xiaoshi's vision is still so high, his spirit has become much lower.
What Huang Xiaoshi had to admit was that any person who stood at the top, no matter who he was, could be regarded as an outstanding person. Only by possessing the two points of [traveler] and [player] could he be on an equal footing with them in terms of mentality.
If the above factors are put aside, Huang Xiaoshi may not be able to surpass Gong Guangjie in all fairness.
Don't underestimate Old Nong Gong. His courage to take the lead and move forward, his attitude of trusting others, and his spirit of sharing wealth and wealth after sharing adversities are unmatched by most people.
There have been many peasant uprisings in history, and if the leader was of Gong Guangjie's level, they would have probably succeeded.
On the contrary, many leaders of the six major sects are conservatives.
If the world is peaceful, these people will be able to survive. Once the world is in chaos, they alone will not be able to withstand it.
…
Li Cangtian has never been one to take the ordinary path. When everyone thought he had lost all his chips and was kicked off the table, he hit him with a backhand.
Yes, the tribes in the Western Region were defeated and they fled.
The Tianlong Sect was severely damaged and had to follow the tribes of the Western Regions to the west.
But the Dragon King did not leave.
The Dragon King stayed alone in Ganzhou. On the one hand, he gave orders to his subordinates, and he was willing to wait here.
On the other hand, although the Tianlong Sect suffered heavy losses, the Eight Heavenly Dragons are still there, and so is the Dragon King.
As long as the Dragon King is here, the Tianlong Sect will be here.
As long as the Dragon King does not fall, the Tianlong Sect will not lose.
The imperial court forced the Dragon King to commit suicide himself, leaving him in a state of embarrassment and extremely disgraceful.
Youdao is:
When a tiger falls on the plains, it is bullied by dogs; when a dragon travels in shallow water, it is teased by shrimps.
It's pure fart.
Wherever a tiger is, it is a tiger, and wherever a dragon is, it is a dragon, unless it is a fake tiger or a dragon.
The Dragon King is like the last boss in the game. He is forced to leave his lair early.
No one knows where this boss will go next, but no matter what the Dragon King wants to do, it will definitely be a storm.
