In the early morning, a mighty group of people left Mopan City, and the people walked along the road to see them off.
There were more than a hundred people in this caravan heading to Jiyuan City, all on horseback. There were three two-horse carts sandwiched in the middle of the team. The wooden boxes were stacked to three stories high, filled with papers, books, telescopes, compasses, etc.
Zhang Yi personally led the team, and Xiao Han, the son of the former lord of Jiyuan City, would definitely go with him. Songjiazhai sent Song Shan to accompany him. He had gone to Jiyuan City to exchange grain for iron. In addition, Qiao Dayou, who had performed well in the Ministry of Commerce, Zhang Yi was interested Train this young man to be the head of the commercial department.
Niu Ben led an escort of 100 cavalry, all dressed in civilian clothes. Steel knives and bows and arrows were placed in cloth bags hanging under the saddle. Each cavalry carried enough dried meat and water for seven days, as well as blankets for sleeping in the wild. .
Xiaolong and Shi Gandang guard Mopan City.
It is more than 200 miles away from Jiyuan City and passes through Songjiazhai. This road is safe. In order to prepare for unexpected situations, Jiang Hua led 100 cavalry to station in Songjiazhai in advance. Once the caravan encounters an emergency, they will quickly Can go to support.
After the team rested for half an hour at Songjiazhai, they continued on their way and might be attacked by bandits from all walks of life at any time.
But Zhang Yi, Niu Ben, Xiao Han and others deliberately led three carriages ahead, with the cavalry following at a distance, just to attract the gangsters.
After walking for more than ten miles, a dozen bandits rushed down from a hill next to the dirt road. The leader was riding a big horse, and the others were holding steel forks and spears in a menacing manner.
"Are you from Songjiazhai?" The leader looked at Zhang Yi arrogantly, "It's been a long time since I've seen you guys exchanging grain for iron. You guys are going to starve to death."
Song Shan knew this leader, so he patted his horse and walked to the front and said, "Pangolin, it's not easy for anyone these days. Why can't you go farm a piece of land and raise a sheep or something like that? Do you have to pay for the journey?"
"Hey, Mr. Song, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you getting arrogant?" The pangolin glared and said, "Just because of your words, I will give you 500 kilograms of food, otherwise I will kill you."
"Who are you trying to scare? Have you ever killed anyone?" Zhang Yi asked with a smile.
"You won't kill many, just a few dozen," the pangolin said proudly, "You have a pretty good horse, let me keep it for you."
Niu Ben, Xiao Han and others laughed. This thief dared to ask for his sworn brother's horse. He was really asking for death.
"You're laughing, I'll kill you!" The pangolin was furious and raised his spear, intending to call on the minions to attack.
"Wait a minute, stupid thief, do you know who he is?" Niu Ben shouted.
"Who?" the pangolin couldn't help but ask.
"Heroes advocate justice!" Niu Ben shouted.
The pangolin was so frightened that he almost fell off the horse. He wanted to run away, but saw several people riding around behind him.
"I, I don't believe it," the pangolin trembled. "Zhang Yi is the new king of Mopan City. What is he doing in this damn place? He goes out with hundreds of people, and how many of you are there?"
"A few people are enough to kill you." Zhang Yi said with a smile.
These words were an order. Niu Ben put on his iron fist, slapped his horse and rushed forward. The pangolin raised his spear to stab, but Niu Ben blocked it with his left fist. He hit hard with his right fist and knocked the pangolin off his horse.
"Iron Fist Bull Run!?"
The minions had already heard of the names of Zhang Yi's brothers, Zhuge Canglong, Yi Jian Xiao Han, Iron Fist Niu Ben and Zhen San Shan Shi Gan Dang. They had long been famous, not to mention the righteousness of the hero's theory, and they were immediately frightened to death. , Kneel down and beg for mercy.
Zhang Yi asked about the situation of these gangsters. They were all villagers from nearby mountain villages. When they were busy farming, they were picked out by pangolins to fish for some oil and water in their spare time. So he forgave these guys and brought the mountain village under the governance of Songjiazhai to support the mountain village. To develop, it is strictly forbidden to do all kinds of evil deeds.
The villagers were extremely grateful and swore to the heavens and the earth.
In this way, Zhang Yi and others walked along, killing or subduing the bandits along the way. They killed 53 of the leading bandits, surrendered more than 300 people, and integrated more than a dozen small villages scattered in the mountains. The population was about a thousand people, and they returned home. Song Laohei is in charge.
The banditry that had been rampant on this trade road for many years was completely eradicated by Zhang Yi.
As long as they have food to eat and a stable life, most people will not do evil. It is always a minority who actually do evil.
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It was a day and a half journey and took three days.
On the morning of October 13, the caravan arrived in Jiyuan City.
Zhang Yi, Xiao Han and more than a dozen people brought goods into the city. Niu Ben and the cavalry team were broken into pieces and scattered several miles outside the city to avoid attracting attention.
A flag of the sun, moon and stars was flying above the city of Jiyuan. Zhang Yi saw that this flag was also designed by educated people. It originated from the Sanchen flag of ancient China. On a blue background, there is a small yellow circle embedded in the red sun. The moon and the red sun are surrounded by a circle of white stars.
This is the flag of Liu Kai's kingdom. At first glance, it seems that it pursues a retro policy. This is probably why it is called old China.
One thing that is good about old China is that it opened the border town of Jiyuan and allowed merchants from all directions to do business. However, Greater China and Little China currently do not have open trade channels to the Mopan City area.
Zhang Yi thought that the biggest reason was that Liu Kai's influence had penetrated into the Mopan City area, providing trading opportunities for various cottages.
It seems that this is a bustling border town.
Nomads from the northern grasslands rode short but strong Mongolian horses and drove their herds, bringing their furs in exchange for salt, tea and iron. Merchants from the south drove donkey carts loaded with bricks and tea to exchange for horses and grain. .Farmers from the mountains brought grain, cattle and sheep in exchange for salt, iron and daily necessities.
Not bad, Zhang Yi thinks, not to mention that the scale is many times larger than Mopan City, the materials are also extremely rich, and the wasteland world is becoming more and more vibrant.
Jiyuan is the place where the northwest king Liu Kai started. He ascended to the throne after defeating General Cao in this city. Therefore, he attached great importance to Jiyuan City and sent heavy troops to guard it, providing security for the development of trade.
Zhang Yi lined up outside the city gate to register the number of people and types of goods.
"Paper? Book? Telescope? Compass?" The clerk in charge of registration asked in surprise, "Where did the paper and books, telescope and compass come from? Where did you come from?"
It's definitely not okay to tell lies, and it's also not okay to tell the truth.
So Zhang Yi said: "We are from Songjiazhai, a hundred miles away, and we made these things ourselves."
The school captain guarding the city gate stood aside and asked Zhang Yi and others to open the wooden box on the carriage for inspection. Inside were piles of paper, printed "One Hundred Tang Poems", "Hundred Schools of Famous Quotations" and so on. There are also books written by Li Yi, hundreds of telescopes and countless compasses.
The captain and the clerk were dumbfounded. These things were extremely rare and rare items, and only the rich and powerful could afford them. Unexpectedly, a small cottage was built, which made them unbelievable and stunned to the point of speechlessness!