There are three blue birds, with red heads and black eyes. One is called Da (the second tone of li), one is called Shao, and the other is called Blue Bird. They are all sent by the Queen Mother of the West!
Big, small, and blue birds are all legendary divine birds. They travel towards the North Sea and are as fast as the eight wild birds.
Although today's Blue Bird Envoys are not as good as their ancestors, they can easily travel thousands of miles in a day. The Xi Kingdom did not pay much tribute to the princes of Zhuxia, so the Blue Bird Envoys traveled lightly and traveled at lightning speed.
Halfway through, the blue bird turned back and flew to other vassal states in the south. It seemed that the nearby vassal states had also prepared tributes and were calling the blue bird to go.
The blue bird's eyes turned, and a mist rose up and flowed all over the body. Then the wooden box of tribute from the Xi Kingdom rose into the air and floated in the sky. The blue bird made a clear cry, and then swallowed it skillfully.
As the envoy of the Son of Heaven, the Blue Bird Envoy naturally cannot bear the tributes of other vassal states openly, as that would make him look like a transporter of labor rather than a noble envoy.
The Xi Kingdom and the surrounding vassal states are located in the land of the Southern Barbarians. They are one of the most remote vassal states. They are a legendary wilderness with long distances and ferocious beasts and monsters running rampant.
In order to sympathize with the vassal states that guarded the four directions and expanded the territory for the Xia Dynasty, the princes of the Xia Dynasty sent Qingniao as envoys to collect tributes. As for the other vassal states surrounding the central land of the Xia Dynasty, they had to send their own personnel to pay tribute.
Although the blue bird envoy of Zhu Xiazi is not as elegant as the divine bird of his ancestors, he is still a first-class super spiritual bird in the world. He spread his wings and soared along the way, passing by more than a dozen vassal states, collecting tributes one by one.
It was almost over, and the Blue Bird Envoy set off on his way back.
Three days later, the Imperial Capital.
The large and small caravans are now very famous in the imperial capital, especially the little guy named Funeren Sanba, who is loved and hated by the nobles of the imperial capital.
That winter, large and small caravans brought a very rare salt, which suddenly attracted the attention of the nobles in the entire imperial capital. The salt was whiter than snow in winter, more moist than jade, and purer than crystal...
This is naturally a slightly exaggerated statement, but in any case, noble people think that this kind of fine salt deserves such praise. According to people who have eaten snowflake salt, this salt is not bitter, not sour, has no peculiar smell, and only has a pure salty taste.
, truly a delicacy on earth….
The nobles in the imperial capitals of the Xia Dynasty were born noble, with gold spoons in their mouths. Their food and clothing were the best in the world. They had never seen anything delicious, but this snowflake salt was the first time they had seen it in their lives.
Salt is a necessity, and people cannot do without it. It is very common that ordinary people and nobles eat the same. Most common people eat coarse salt, and nobles eat cleaner coarse salt. There is not much difference in essence.
However, as the top nobleman who was the first to get the snowflake salt entertained the guests, he sprinkled a handful of crystal snowflake salt in front of the guests. After the guests exclaimed the miracle, their identities were suddenly separated. Coarse salt is ordinary.
It is eaten by common people, and real noble people should eat this kind of snowflake salt.
This was the first reaction of the distinguished guests!
Showing off wealth and comparing is human nature and no one is exempt from it.
The same is true for this group of nobles. If they can stand out in the circle of nobles and earn face, they will definitely enjoy it. The most obsessed with it are the noble ladies and dandy boys.
The large and small caravans suddenly became the guests of the nobles in the imperial capital. The nobles rushed to buy snowflake salt from the large and small fungus people, waving various treasures and even heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
Junren Sanba is a shrewd person and knows how to find a good place to buy rare goods. In addition to selling a large amount of snowflake salt at the beginning, there was a steady stream of sales later and he was reluctant to sell.
In just one winter, the large and small caravans only sold half of the snowflake refined salt and earned an amount they had never dared to imagine. The harvest in a few months was as much as in the past year.
If the snowflake refined salt behind is being sold, then I can’t believe it…
The most important thing is that the fungus 38 feels that they have found a great trade route. If they master this trade route, their large and small 38 caravans will earn countless treasures and even heavenly materials and earthly treasures. They will become all
Sir, the object of worship of the fungi!
The fungus Sanba became more and more excited as he thought about it. Now he was considering randomly selecting a few pieces from the treasures harvested this time, and then exchanging them with the stupid and destitute little prince king for a large amount of snowflake salt.
"Hey, what a stupid and pitiful little vassal king. He has such a treasure but has no ability to dig it out. He can only take advantage of our big and small 38 caravans. Tsk tsk, don't fool this King Xi next time. How much?
Give him some benefits, no, no, stupid people don’t deserve treasures!”
Fungus Man Sanba was talking to himself, but not long after, other fungus people from large and small caravans rushed over.
"Boss, something bad has happened. The tribute list of princes has been released!"
Junren Sanba was confused. He had never heard of any tribute list from princes.
"What's the tribute list from the princes?"
It is no wonder that although the large and small caravans are well-known in the Xia Dynasty and are spread all over the world, they have never been able to blend into the upper circles of the Xia Dynasty before. This time, they slowly and closely interacted with the nobles of the imperial capital through snowflakes and salt.
"Boss of Sanba, the princes from all over the Xia Dynasty presented tributes to the emperor of Xia. The emperor made the tributes public, so someone took into consideration the value, cherishment, novelty and other aspects of the tributes, and finally ranked them in a list, which was generally circulated in the circle of nobles.
, others don’t know!”
The fungus man was greatly enlightened after hearing this, but at the same time he was confused as to what this had to do with their large and small 38 caravans. That was a matter for the nobles of the Xia Dynasty!
"Don't fuss. What does the list of tributes from the princes have to do with us? It's not a big deal. Don't make a fuss. What's so great about the tribute? Isn't the tribute just sent by the princes..."
Speaking of the princes, Junren Sanba suddenly lost his temper. He had just thought of the poor and stupid little prince king. At this time, he suddenly heard the tribute, princes, and he felt bad all over.
Feelings rise in my heart.
"The tribute...couldn't it be that snowflake salt appears in the tribute?"
The shrewd fungus man Sanba was trembling all over, shivering, looking like he was mourning for his heir.
At this time, the other fungi shed tears: "That's right, snowflake salt is ranked sixth in the tribute list of the princes, five stones of snowflake salt!"
Five stones of refined salt!
Boom!
It was as if a giant hammer hit Sanba's body, knocking him out of breath. Soon he fell straight to the ground, his whole body paralyzed.
"Did King Xi of Xi Kingdom pay tribute?" Fungus Sanba thought of something and stood up again and asked.
"That's right, it's Xiguo Xiyunnan. It's over. Snowflake salt is hard to sell. Five stones of snowflake salt. One stone of snowflake salt is more than a hundred kilograms. The snowflake salt we have is suddenly cheap, let alone one or two.
Salt can be exchanged for a treasure of heaven and earth, but even one tael of gold cannot be exchanged for it!"
The fungus Sanba didn't speak, and he didn't have the strength to speak. Not only was the snowflakes and salt in his hands cheap, but more importantly, a great trade route was gone!
Thinking of this, Junren Sanba's heart was like a knife cutting him, and he was in pain and wanted to live.
Suddenly, a thought flashed through Junren Sanba's mind: "Did King Xi have a plan a long time ago and wanted to let us businessmen, big and small, test the road for him!