The young man looked around, and the leaders all around him looked at him with a smile on his face.
He suppressed the anger in his heart and turned to look at the long stone beside the Gabutou man. He got closer to the stone and carefully looked at the cracks all over the stone. While looking at it, he forced a smile and said: "Gabutou man, this piece
What is so strange about stones?
When I looked at the cracks in the rocks, I couldn’t see the oily color of jade.”
"This is a piece of jasper stone, can't you see it?
If such a large piece of jasper material is really mined, I don't know how many cattle and sheep can be exchanged for how many pieces of Shu brocade. I will sell it to you for only fifty pieces of Shu brocade, which is a good deal." Gabu was stroking it beside him.
Beard pointed at a crack in the stone and continued to say to the young man from the caravan, "If you look from here, you can see the color of jasper."
When the young man from the caravan heard this, he had no choice but to get close to the crack in the stone and take a look.
Sure enough, I saw a faint touch of green in the cracks of the rocks.
The stone cracks extend to the depths of the stone, covering the entire stone, but the turquoise color is only less than the size of a copper coin - this stone may contain some jade, but the quality of the jade is not considered
Okay, and the jade material is definitely not as big as the cloth said, and it is not worth fifty pieces of Shu Brocade!
Now Gabu clearly wants to sell this stone to the caravan.
The young man also knew the purpose of Gabu.
He looked at the stone for a while, then said to Gabu with a smile on his face: "Gabtou man, you have done business with us many times. You should know that we don't often receive these jade materials, and we don't know how to identify such jade materials.
Good jade material.
If we accept this stone from you, wouldn't you suffer a loss if a fine jade worth fifty pieces of Shu brocade comes out?
You should keep this stone yourself, how about we just deliver the goods in the same way as before?"
"You are also friends from afar. When doing business, if you lose or make a profit, you are responsible for it. I sell this good material to my friends. If my friends make money, I will be happy. It doesn't matter if I lose some.
"Gabu said with a smile.
The young man cursed secretly in his heart but did not dare to express it on his face.
Their caravan travels out to do business, and the most important thing is to be harmonious and make money.
What's more, now that we are on someone else's territory, we naturally can't use weapons, so we should try our best to use them.
With swords and soldiers together, the disaster of war will continue.
"Then I'll go discuss it with Ma Guotou." The young man from the caravan forced a smile and responded to Garbu.
Gabu nodded: "Let's discuss it."
After saying this, he sat back on the serf's back and turned towards the Tang caravan.
The young man from the caravan turned around and hurried towards the caravan with a solemn expression.
Tenzin saw the look on the Tang man's face, turned to Su Wu and asked in a low voice: "What's going on?"
"Maybe the business has not been settled.
It's okay." Su Wu shook his head and saw the young man from the caravan walking into the caravan and whispering a few words to the leader, the leader of the caravan, Ma Guotou, who was riding the most majestic horse.
Ma Guotou glanced at the Garbutou man.
The Garbutou man looked left and right, not looking at Maguotou.
Ma Guotou, who carried a large pot on his strong horse and wore a patent leather armor, smiled, got off his horse, and walked to a carriage that was heavily protected by the horse team behind him.
He bowed slightly and whispered a few words in front of the carriage window: "Proprietor, they want to blackmail us.
There are thirty-five pieces of Shu brocade in total, but he has one head, and if he opens his mouth, they will all leave. We still owe him fifteen pieces of Shu brocade - so we bought back a broken stone."
There was silence in the carriage for a while.
A somewhat weird voice followed: "There is no way, the situation is stronger than the person...
That happened to us, and too many people died.
Let’s take out the token of ‘Lord Kanlong’ first and see if we can bluff him.”
"It's probably Kanlong's donkey who communicated with these dogs first. His token probably won't scare these people." Ma Guotou said in a low voice.
"If it doesn't work, then give it to me." The man in the carriage sighed.
"I'll discuss it with them." Ma Guotou nodded.
He turned around, stepped out of the cavalry, and walked straight towards the Garbutou man.
The black figure pressed over like an iron tower, and the shadow of the horse pot head covered the shadow of the Garbutu man. The Garbutu man raised his eyes and looked at the big black man. He felt a little scared for a while, but with a smile on his face, he looked back.
Take a step back.
The local soldiers beside him immediately came forward to protect Gabu behind him.
Gabu stood behind the many soldiers, his head held high and his chest raised, and he felt like he was winning.
"Headman, this is Lord Kanlong's token.
We came from Lord Kanlong, and he promised us that with this token, all his subordinates and leaders should provide us with convenience." Ma Guotou had a smile on his face and handed a token to Karma.
He stared at Gabu and asked gently, "I don't know the token of Lord Kanlong. Do you recognize it now or not?"
The soldier handed the token to the Garbutou man.
The other leaders from around led the local soldiers to surround him with cheers and cheers.
Ma Guotou remained unfazed.
Gabu took the token, looked at it a few times, and then ordered the soldiers to return the token to Ma Guotou. He looked at the many leaders gathered around, and the smile on his face became much thicker: "This is Kanlong
The token the lord issued to you last year.
We also provided you with a lot of convenience last year."
When he said this, the implication was already clear.
"We came to you this time mainly to purchase a rare medicinal herb - 'Herb of Life and Death'.
If the leader can find us the grass of life and death, we will be willing to give him any amount of Shu brocade." Ma Guotou said.
"I have the grass of life and death - but that is another business." Gabu pointed to the stone beside him and continued, "This stone of mine is fifty pieces of Shu brocade."
"Not that much." Ma Guotou shook his head, "If you really want us to buy this stone from you - I can only give you ten pieces of Shu brocade."
"no!
Must——" The Gabutou man didn't finish his words!
Ma Guotou, who was a few steps away, suddenly pulled out the knife from his waist!
The broad-backed sword with a ringed head and broad back flashed a cold light in the sun!
As Ma Guotou suddenly drew the knife, there was a rustling sound of the blade rubbing against the leather sheath!
All kinds of weapons shine with dazzling cold light!
The caravan members scattered and surrounded all the leaders, soldiers and civilians in the surroundings!
The horse pot head was surrounded by many soldiers, and he looked around the whole place, and finally his eyes fell on the timid Garbu head man: "You and I are only five steps apart -
Within five steps, I can die.
You will die too!"
In a matter of seconds, the enemy will be wiped out!
The Garbutou man turned pale with fright at these words!
"If you and other leaders kill me today, although my brothers cannot completely destroy you and others, they will definitely cause you serious losses. If most of the men you bring with you are killed or injured, you can still protect your family property, your wives and concubines.
Children?" Ma Guotou looked around and spoke loudly, his voice like a bell.
The leaders around him all hesitated.
They had no intention of going to war with the Tang caravan.
They just wanted to work together to steal dozens of pieces of Sichuan brocade from the caravan.
But now that the opponent was determined to fight to the death, they were forced to retreat.
However, they were quite unwilling to retreat like this.
Ma Guotou said again: "Dear friends, our horse gang is willing to give each of you a piece of Shu Brocade!"
The eyes of people around him suddenly lit up.
He turned to look at the Garbutou man: "Headman, I am willing to buy this stone from you with twenty pieces of Shu brocade. What do you think?"
Gabu looked at the eyes of the people around him, pretending to be in deep thought.
After pondering for only a few breaths, he nodded in agreement.
"good!"
Ma Guotou sheathed his knife.
The leaders shouted a few times and ordered their men to put away their swords.
Guotou turned around and walked into the cavalry.
Not long after, twenty pieces of Shu brocade were delivered to Gabu.
Seven or eight pieces of Shu brocade were distributed to the remaining leaders.
Everyone seemed happy at the moment, but when the other leaders looked at the Sichuan brocade piled up on a hill beside Gabu, and then looked at the piece of Shu brocade in their hands, their eyes suddenly changed slightly.
Gabu happily looked at the wealth he had obtained. With a wave of his hand, several servants moved the long stone as tall as a person into the caravan.
The caravan then opened boxes of goods and traded with many people present.
The caravan members stood in front of the boxes of goods and shouted loudly in poor Tibetan language: "Fine ironware, tea, cloth, and grain!"
"You can exchange whatever you have in your hands!"
"We mainly harvest the 'Herb of Life and Death'. This herb is shaped like a ginseng leaf and its root is like a worm. In winter, the leaves wither and the root system dies, but it will grow again in summer. The seven-leaf Grass of Life and Death can be exchanged for a piece of Shu brocade!"
One leaf of the Grass of Life and Death can be exchanged for many tea leaves, ironware, grain seeds, and cloth!
If you have the grass of life and death in your hands, you can come and trade with us!"
The civilians and serfs who had just dispersed and wanted to escape were now gathered in front of the boxes of goods, negotiating with the merchants from the caravan. Those civilians who came with goods that were not valuable could negotiate with the merchants on the spot.
trade.
Some civilians, serfs, or those who really had rare things in their hands communicated with the caravan merchants through gestures.
The merchant took him to a deserted corner to discuss business.
Not long after.
There is a caravan of merchants turning around in a convoy.
It illuminates a dried plant.
The herb has two leaves. The lower leaves are a little withered, and the root system of the herb is like a dried meat worm.
It is exactly a ‘two-leaf grass of life and death’.
"This is the grass of life and death!
If you have seen this kind of medicinal herb, you can dig it out, dry it carefully and store it. When we come back here, we can trade with you again!" The caravan merchant carefully displayed the grass of life and death in his hand, with a somewhat excited look on his face.
Several leaders led the soldiers to push through the crowd, shouting loudly:
"I have such medicinal herbs in my hand. I'll exchange them for Shu Brocade!"
"We want silver!"
The crowd consciously stayed away from the leader.
Su Wu and Tenzin's family squeezed into the crowd and grabbed a caravan businessman.
He spoke: "I want to buy some good weapons."
The caravan businessman was dealing with other people. When he heard what Su Wu said, he was slightly startled. He turned to look at Su Wu, his eyes suddenly lit up: "You can actually speak Chinese?"