Night fell. Following Su Ren's arrangement, Gou Tianming personally arranged the manpower for the night watch, and then got into Su Ren's tent. Inside the simple tent, Huo Laosi, Huo Jin and dozens of Nobuna's team leaders were all there.
"Okay, everything has been arranged. Even if a large army comes, they can be discovered in time." Gou Tianming spoke and sat on the seat to the right of Su Ren in the front row.
Su Ren nodded: "We will enter Yelang territory tomorrow. We must be careful in everything. You know how to deal with people who have unknown origins. I won't say more. Another point is that we must be better to those people.
They cannot make a loss-making business by relying on them to digest these goods, do you understand?"
"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed.
Su Ren also laughed twice: "The road ahead is dangerous, everyone must be mentally prepared. Let's all go down and prepare. Team Gou and Fourth Brother will stay."
After dismissing everyone, Su Ren told Gou Tianming and Huo Laosi about what happened to him and Hawking when they saw the knight: "Do you think there is anything wrong?"
Gou Tianming frowned: "It shouldn't be. The big man and Yelang have never been in contact. If you enter Yelang alone, you are going to die. Who is so ignorant of life and death?"
"Could it be Liu Wen's people?" Huo Laosi asked: "It is said that Liu Wen has contact with Yelang. Knowing that we went to Yelang, did he send someone to contact Yelang?"
Su Rendao: "It's not impossible."
Gou Tianming was anxious: "Although our departure this time is not a secret march, Liu Wen would not be so quick if he wanted to know. Let's go in front, and he will send people on the back. The turtle son must be those people who tipped Liu Wen off."
Got it!"
Gou Tianming stood up, holding his sword and going to find trouble.
Su Ren quickly stopped: "Don't get excited, no one knows whether that person is Liu Wen's person, don't draw conclusions too early, even if he is Liu Wen's person, if someone denies it, it will chill the hearts of the brothers.
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"What should we do? With these idiots here, we don't have any secrets. It would be very risky to enter Yelang Country like this."
"So I'm going to divide the troops into two groups." Su Ren called Gou Tianming and Huo Laosi to him and whispered in their ears for a long time. The two were stunned and couldn't say a word for a long time.
Before Su Ren could finish speaking, Gou Tianming hurriedly objected: "This is too dangerous. There are dozens of people around you, sir. If you are in danger, we won't be able to rescue you in time. No, no, no."
"Don't worry, mother-in-law. I'm not good at killing people, but I am good at running away. It's settled that tomorrow morning you two will go first, and Huo Jin and I will come back. We'll meet back in Wuyang."
"This..." Gou Tianming wanted to persuade him again, but Huo Laosi said: "Since Brother Ren has made this decision, we have nothing to say. I will go and tell that kid Huo Jin to ensure that Brother Ren is safe no matter what."
The bridge is a simple pontoon bridge, and not too many people can walk on it at a time. The water of the Minjiang River pours down, and it is surging. Walking on the pontoon bridge, my heart keeps beating. Early in the morning, Gou Tianming and Huo Laosi set off with their people.
As the vanguard, they armed all the 100 sets of armored soldiers, and the team of more than 300 people marched, looking really majestic and high-spirited.
Hawking supported Su Ren and stepped on the pontoon bridge to the other side with three shaking steps. His feet landed on the ground, and his hanging heart was completely relieved. This bridge is too simple, even worse than a shoddy project.
Yelang is not a country in the true sense. The vastness of Yelang is because King Yelang controls more than a dozen surrounding small countries, which together form a powerful Yelang Kingdom. According to historical records, Yelang is extremely rich and has one hundred thousand soldiers.
.For such a federal country, having 100,000 standing troops shows how wealthy it is.
Su Ren breathed a sigh of relief. He was smuggling across the country, and he brought hundreds of people with him. After checking the goods he brought, he found that the loss was within his expectation. He gave a command, and the carriages and horses started moving towards the interior of Yelang.
Move forward slowly.
Yelang is indeed a good place, with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and fertile land. Although it is not as flat as the Chengdu Plain, the climate is more suitable for growing crops than in Sichuan. Rice fields of various sizes can be seen everywhere along the way. The rice grains are as tall as a person and are full of grains.
Swinging from side to side, you will unconsciously feel the joy of harvest.
The locals were quite friendly. They looked at such a huge convoy like Su Ren's from a distance, then continued to do their own business without saying a word. The clothes of the Yelang people were different from those of the Han people, with bright colors and tighter styles.
Various decorative patterns cover the entire dress. The hair accessories on the top of the head are even more unique. The long hair is coiled on the head, which is very novel. When working, many people also dress up like this.
Hawking's eyes were not enough. Look here, look there. Especially the strange costumes of those Yelang girls made Hawking's eyes shine: "Brother, these people's clothes are so strange, they are so colorful and beautiful.
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A guard next to him chuckled: "Xiao Jinzi has fallen in love with this girl, right? Hahaha..."
"No!" Hawking was told the central issue and quickly defended himself.
Su Ren laughed twice: "If you like her, you can just take one with you when you go back. Instead of being a wife, you can just be a concubine."
"No, I don't like it!" Hawking was hysterical, trying his best to hide his completely exposed thoughts, which made the people around him laugh even more.
The first small village he met was nameless. Su Ren stopped the goods and people at the entrance of the village, set up a tent, and planned to do his first business here.
A dazzling array of products were displayed, including specialties from Shu, pottery, silk, cloth, as well as small benches, small tables and chairs modified by Su Ren, Han Dynasty accessories, clothing, and bamboo products. The most indispensable thing is salt, snow-white salt.
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"Take a look and take a look! The best things of the Han Dynasty are sold cheaply. The price is not expensive, affordable and easy to use. If you don't buy it, you will be cheated. If you don't buy it, you will suffer a loss. I guarantee that everything is useful and exquisite. Beautiful clothes are easy to use.
The tables and chairs and the clean pottery pots are all carefully selected and unique in the world. Come and take a look and buy them at a cheap price..."
Su Ren stepped on the small stool, held a piece of silk in his arms, and put it on his shoulders. He instantly turned into an out-and-out second-class dealer, speaking in thick Shu dialect, shouting, attracting people from far and wide.
Yelang people watching.
He kept shouting until his mouth was dry, but the dull-eyed people still stood far away, with no intention of getting closer. Su Ren took a big gulp of water, and his confident hawking had no effect, which made him very unhappy.
He made a gesture towards Hawking, who nodded and left.
The two parties stood opposite each other with clear boundaries, like two armies fighting. After a long time, a young young man suddenly appeared from the side. He was tall and had an upright appearance. He looked Su Ren up and down, and said with a bad Han Dynasty
He asked: "Is there any salt?"
Su Ren immediately became energetic: "Yes, of course there is. Look here, brother, this is the best cloth bag salt. It is white in color and has no bitter taste. A bag of salt only costs 100 yuan. It is definitely worth the money...
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"I-I don't have any money! I-can I use it in exchange for something?"
"Replace? Replace with what?"
As soon as the young man heard this, he quickly threw the baggage on his back to the ground, revealing a whole tiger skin. Su Ren followed the example of an expert and looked at the tiger skin carefully. There was no scratch on the whole tiger skin.
The whole thing is unified down to the feet, and it looks like it was done by a master.
Su Ren hesitated. The young man immediately said: "Not much, I will just exchange this tiger skin for two bags of salt."
Su Ren was still hesitating: "Although the things are good, they are not very valuable. Forget it, you are the first to open, even if you get a jackpot, the deal is done!"
Hawking quickly rolled up the tiger skin and put it away, grabbed two bags of salt and threw them to the young man. A smile appeared on the young man's face and he walked back happily.
Every time there is a first time, there is a second time. The success of young people is a great encouragement to others. For ordinary people, salt is always the first. Although Yelang is close to Shu, it is more
Starting from the well salt in Shu, Yelang people eat mineral salt. The purification of mineral salt requires more technology. No one has ever seen such snow-white salt.
The first to take action were the women. The Yelang people did not say that men were the masters outside and women were the masters inside. When a village worked together, both men and women could get the corresponding products. In fact, women received more things than men. They had more possessions.
Women with the ability to carry on the family line are highly valued in the village. In exchange for two bags of salt, the young man just now might win the heart of a woman.
Su Ren never refuses anything, medicinal materials, furs, and even homemade jewelry, as long as he feels like it, he will exchange them. From the beginning of salt, it gradually evolved into pottery, tea, silk, tables and chairs...
The consumption of a village is limited. Su Ren did not wait in one place. He changed places every day and shouted for his products every day. Even though his voice became hoarse, he still persisted, leading the guards around him to shout with him. They
It has truly become a standard private businessman traveling throughout China and Yelang.
"Where did you come from? Did you get the city lord's permission?"
The further he went into Yelang territory, the fewer people spoke Chinese. Su Ren simply hired two interpreters to follow him all day long, responsible for translating his words into Yelang dialect. He peddled in a small village called Wu Bazhai.
While selling merchandise, Su Ren was interrupted by several shirtless men carrying knives. They were actually speaking in Chinese, which surprised Su Ren.
Hawking glared and was about to steal the guy, but was stopped by Su Ren.
The interpreter quickly said: "These are the defenders of Wuyang City. They are all slaves of the city lord. They rarely come out. Why are they here today?"
The appearance of this group of people immediately silenced the bustling crowd. Everyone quickly retreated and left Su Ren's stall to make way for those people.
These are Yelang's soldiers, soldiers who are like monkeys. They are naked and thin. If a large army of such people enters the Central Plains and is rushed by a formation of chariots, as many as they come will die! This is Yelang's one hundred thousand
Su Ren had seen a large army today. No wonder the Yelang Kingdom, which stretched thousands of miles across, was destroyed as soon as it was said to be destroyed and disappeared without a trace.
Su Ren held back his contempt and bowed and saluted: "I have come all the way to bring goods from the Han Dynasty and hope to sell them here. I will prepare enough gifts to meet the city lord." (To be continued)