The three people walked along the street and saw a flag with a huge creature on it. Its long nose sprayed clouds into the sky. There were two long horns on both sides of the nose, like two swords out of the body.
Guifang looked at it for a long time, but no one came out to see what was drawn on the flag. He couldn't help but curious: "What is this?"
The elder took one look and said with a smile: "This is the totem of the Elephant Kingdom, the saber-toothed elephant!"
Ji Yun took a look at the plaque on the door of the shop, and sure enough, the word "Xiang Guo" was written on it.
"Xiang Kingdom is located in the southwest wilderness, southwest of Zhujuan Kingdom, adjacent to the West Sea. There is a big river flowing through it. It is said that the river originates from a volcano that often erupts, the Huaijiang Mountain. So the river is called Huaijiang, Huaijiang.
There are many ocher and realgar stones in the river, so the Xiang Kingdom is rich in ocher and realgar stones. At the same time, it also produces a small amount of mutton fat," the elder said.
Ji Yun nodded. Along the way, there were only ocher, realgar stone and fertilizer powder left. After listening to the elder's words, he glanced at the sign in front of Xiangguo's gate and found that only mutton fat was left.
With a little inventory, I couldn't help but be surprised: "The ocher and realgar stones are gone?"
Behind the stone platform in the Xiang Kingdom, a man had an animal skin wrapped around his head, with several colorful bird feathers stuck on it. He was dressed in animal skin clothes, with some colorful shells hanging around his neck, and two crystal clear pearls hanging from his ears. Under the light of candlelight
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The young woman with the colorful little fish said a little apologetically: "Sorry, all the ocher and realgar stones have just been ordered by a merchant at once. Merchant, if you need it, you can reserve it for next year. We can help you first.
preparation."
"But I need it this year, and it's urgent. Does your country's middle school have no stock? Can it be allocated now?" Ji Yun asked.
"The stock of the country's middle school has also been ordered by the merchant just now. The harvest season is about to come, and it will not be until the spring of next year at the earliest." The woman said.
"What's the harvest season?" Ji Yun looked puzzled.
"The rest season is the time to stop mining. In order to protect the resources within their own tribes, some tribes will not mine endlessly for a year, but will take a break at a certain season, such as the fishing moratorium of the Arowana tribe. But there are still male characters in this flow of ocher.
When did Huangshi become so in demand? In the past, as the New Year approached, the Xiangguo treasury would always have some inventory, but this year, even their domestic inventory has been ordered out," the elder said.
"Should we discuss with the merchant and ask them to give us some slack?" Gui Fangyan said.
"I wonder which country the previous merchant you mentioned is from?" Ji Yun asked the woman from the Female Elephant Kingdom.
"The shopkeeper of Zhujuan Kingdom!" said the woman from Xiang Kingdom, pointing to a shop not far away.
When Guifang heard this, he couldn't help but feel angry. He picked up his sword and was about to go to Zhu Juanguo's shop to argue, but Ji Yun quickly stopped him.
Ji Yun asked the woman from the Xiang Kingdom sincerely: "Is there really no other way? We really need this batch of materials. If possible, we are willing to sell all the silk produced next year to your country.
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Seeing that the merchant was very sincere, and hearing that he actually had a supply of silk, the woman from the Xiang Kingdom thought for a moment and said, "You wait here first, I'll go ask our shopkeeper."
The woman said and entered the store.
Ji Yun and others stood outside for a while and saw the woman who had just entered, followed by a woman with a colorful bird golden walking stick on her head, two strings of colorful bird feathers hanging on her ears, and a green silk skirt.
Walked out.
The green silk skirt was dotted with many colorful patterns, and the skirt underneath swayed gently as she walked, like a flowing river.
The woman glanced at the elder and said with a smile: "It turns out to be the shopkeeper of Xiling. No wonder there is a supply of silk. It's just such a big thing. Are you in charge?"
"This dress looks really beautiful on a girl. I wonder who cut and designed it?" Ji Yun asked.
"Who is this?" The woman glanced at Ji Yun and asked with a smile.
"This is the king of our Xuanyuan tribe!" Elder Xiling quickly introduced.
"That's it!" The woman smiled lightly.
"If I exclusively entrust all the silk distribution rights for next year to your country, I wonder if your country can help provide an emergency batch of ocher and realgar stones?" Ji Yun said straight to the point.
"What Cai'er said just now is right. It is indeed the off-harvest season in Xiang Country, and it has been in practice for many years," the woman said.
"Then there is no other way?" Guifang asked.
"There is no way, but the two old ghosts on Huaijiang Mountain are not so easy to convince. If King Xuanyuan can convince them, our Xiang Kingdom can send manpower to help King Xuanyuan mine ocher and realgar stone.
"The woman said.
Seeing that things had turned around, Ji Yun couldn't help but said with joy: "I wonder who the two old ghosts the shopkeeper mentioned are?"
"One is called Li Lun and the other is called Li Kun. They were the gods who guarded the nursery under the tent of Our Lady of the West. Later, there were frequent eruptions of earth fire lava in Huaijiang Mountain, so they were assigned to guard the volcano in Huaijiang Mountain."
The woman spoke.
Ji Yun thought for a while, and roughly understood the reason for Xiucai, and said with a smile: "When the material trade negotiation conference in Chengdu Zaitian is over, I want to follow your caravan to the Xiang Kingdom, and then to the Huaijiang River.
If we visit these two gods on the mountain, whether it succeeds or not, next year's silk business will be exclusively supplied to your country. What does the shopkeeper think?"
"In that case, let's make it an agreement." The woman smiled.
"It's settled, let's say goodbye!" Ji Yun said and left Xiangguo's shop with a smile.
"In these extraordinary times, Your Majesty really shouldn't have allowed Shopkeeper Cai Luan to go to the Xiang Kingdom. The Xiang Kingdom is no better than the tribes in the north. After all, the Northern Wilderness has become a land without one after the Battle of Kuruye. The Southwest Wilderness is different.
, that place has always been the territory of Ba Kingdom and Si Zhi Kingdom." After leaving Xiang Kingdom's shop, Elder Xiling couldn't help but remind him.
"It can be said that it was Ba who provoked us first. He robbed and killed our caravan in Chaoyang Valley, and encouraged subordinate tribes to rush to buy ocher and realgar stones." Guifang said with some anger.
"How much does the elder know about the Southwest Wilderness? Can you tell me about it?" Ji Yun asked.
"In the entire Western Wilderness, and even the Southwest Wilderness, there are nearly a hundred tribes, large and small, forming large tribal alliances and being crowned kings. There are three tribal alliances. One is the Quanfeng Tribe Alliance; the other is the Sihe Tribe Alliance.
Third, the tribal alliance of the Ba Kingdom. Among them, the Quanfeng Tribal Alliance is the most powerful. It once reached Sanwei Mountain, but later gradually declined due to rebellion.
The second is the Ba Tribal Alliance, which emerged after the decline of the Quanfeng Kingdom. It was created by the three gods under the Queen of the West in order to suppress the rebellion. The third is the Si She Tribal Alliance, which only emerged in recent years.
Tribal alliance. In addition to these three large tribal alliances, there are also Guanxiong tribe, Chaoyun tribe, Longyu tribe, Wuxian tribe and some smaller tribes." The elder said.
When Ji Yun heard this, he was thoughtful and said after a long while: "So these scattered tribes are the direction we want to win over. I don't think it's hard for Ba to say anything."