No one seemed too worried, especially the family of four, the oldest and the youngest, the only one who was still young was a woman wearing a veil.
That child never seemed to cry! It was always quiet! It was so quiet that Lou Xiaoyi wanted to go over and lift the swaddling clothes to see what was inside.
He has little curiosity and knows that this thing is harmful to others, but he still can't figure it out. Maybe the child is mute?
I stopped in front and heard a guard say that a mountain bear attacked the donkey team and dragged away a straw donkey, along with the goods on its back. The mountain bear's scientific name is King Kong Bear. It is tall and belongs to the Congling food chain.
The top king stands one foot tall, has big shoulders and a round waist, and is covered in thick skin. When the bear paws are swung, it is beyond the power of human beings. It usually does not bite the prey directly to death, but bites the throat of the prey and drags it back, so that the prey cannot scream.
Unable to withstand its brute force, it was dragged away and disappeared into the vast forest.
There was nothing that could be done about it. The businessman could only admit that he was unlucky. No one would take the risk of hunting bears for his goods, not even brave mountain people.
Soon, the reorganized team continued to set off. Things like this would always happen every time they went on the trade route. Fortunately, the diamond bear is a solitary animal and does not stick together or get together. Otherwise, a team would be destroyed by the mountain bears.
It's not that difficult either.
When passing by the accident site, Caolu Xiaobai was a little uneasy, probably because he smelled something that annoyed him; Lou Xiaoyi could also smell it, because his six senses as a foundation-building monk were much sharper than ordinary people.
After touching Xiaobai's head, even though it didn't bring any clues, it made the donkey feel at ease; the mountain donkey is a very smart animal, and they are born with a sense of safety. Just like Xiaobai now, it feels that its owner is sitting
It is safe when you are around it, so even if you sleep at night, it will not stay with the donkeys, but will stand next to the owner's low tent.
The team continued to move forward. For the guide and the guard, they could not delay too long on the one way because they had to pick up another trip at Congling and rush back. It was winter now, and it was time for businessmen to return.
opportunity!
Many people think that a trade route like this should avoid the cold winter and choose to travel in summer and autumn. This is wrong, because in Congling, the trouble caused by melting snow in summer is far more dangerous than the severe cold.
There are so many! And in winter, the ground is always much harder. Mountain donkeys are not afraid of cold, but are afraid of mud, which will make it difficult for them to move!
They also encountered two groups of bandits. They all took money to send, and some supplies. These were prepared in advance. The wool came from the sheep, and it all came from the expensive fees of merchants and travelers. There was no surprise. This was
The ancient rules of Congling will not change in any way just because Lou Xiaoyi is in it, and then he crashes into a cave during the battle and gets a chance.
Thinking too much!
It is human nature that is revealed when faced with danger.
The journey became more and more difficult, and the lack of oxygen in the high mountains tested the physical fitness of ordinary people. To Lou Xiaoyi's surprise, several travelers were not seriously injured, whether it was the middle-aged official-like man or the two old people.
He didn't even think about the swaddled baby. It could live without crying or fussing for dozens of days. Even a fool knew that there might be something hidden in the swaddled baby.
But everyone else in the caravan remained silent, so why did he bother to get to the bottom of it?
Bandits will appear just a short distance into Congling. They will also not take root deep in Congling. They are also human beings and they also need living supplies. Those who can live deep in Congling are not bandits, they are mountain bandits. Refined!
A month has passed, and the most difficult journey has been overcome. On the whole, their route has begun to go downwards, and the merchants have relaxed their worries, and smiles have appeared on people's faces. Generally speaking, this is a great journey. It was a successful trade route, and only a few dozen mountain donkeys were lost. Some were led away by diamond bears, and some fell into mountain streams. For a caravan of more than two hundred animals, such losses were really not big.
While crossing a glacier, a long team appeared in front of them. Like them, it was also a caravan. But what surprised Lou Xiaoyi was that the guides and guards on their side immediately became nervous, and even the Golden Bear could not stop them. They were so nervous that the bandits took it easy, but when faced with the same caravan...
One of the guards galloped past the donkey, shouting: "Everyone gather together, hurry, hurry!"
The guides, guards, businessmen and their entourage moved very quickly and gathered together quickly. Lou Xiaoyi was very surprised, so he shouted to the guards,
"What are you doing? A fight? I'm just a tourist. This kind of thing has nothing to do with me, right?"
The official-like middle-aged man passed by him and said, "It has nothing to do with you? You are in this caravan, and everything has to do with you! Didn't you see that the caravan opposite was the caravan of the Liang State? The Liang State and Dai Viet are feuding. , although this is not the business of merchants, but every time we meet in Congling, we have to see each other's level. The loser will consider himself unlucky, and the winner will get an extra batch of goods..."
Lou Xiaoyi smiled heartlessly, "I have no goods..."
The middle-aged man looked down upon him and said, "Young people, don't be careless. You have money, so you think you can stay out of it?"
If you don’t stand with everyone, no one will help you when they find you!”
In the end, Lou Xiaoyi did not stand with the people in the caravan. It was not that he was unwilling to take responsibility, but that he really could not figure out how to fight back if he was attacked. He was unwilling to interfere in matters that had nothing to do with him, especially a group of thugs. Using the banner of national antagonism, they are actually just people who want to swallow the other side's goods.
Congling is huge and densely covered with ravines and mountains. Each guide has his own route, so the possibility of meeting him in Congling is very small. This time, if not for the fact that both parties happened to appear on a glacier with the same distance, It would be impossible to meet them in the mountains and forests.
To Lou Xiaoyi's surprise, there were others who chose to watch just like him, that is, the family of four. However, their choice to watch seemed understandable. There were two old men, a woman and a child, so there was no reason to participate in the killing.
Both sides are approaching consciously, but Lou Xiaoyi really can't understand the meaning of what they are doing. You can either become a bandit and rob regardless of the rules, or you can do business honestly. In this way, you will bring bandits in business, and the number of people will be reduced. Without an advantage, who can guarantee that you will take advantage?
But it is difficult to understand what happened to the mountain people. The grievances left by some ancestors slowly amplified over time through countless conflicts, and eventually became uncontrollable. This may be the way they do business, and outsiders cannot change it.
The two groups of people were fighting at one point. When Lou Xiaoyi saw it, he couldn't help but laugh. Neither side used weapons, they were just fighting with bare hands, but they punched hard and punched hard. It seemed that everyone was not stupid, and they really lost their lives.
, is it still a good idea to go to the other country to do business?
Soon, the Dai Viet side gradually became unable to support itself, and the number of people became smaller and smaller, until all those participating in the battle fell to the ground and couldn't get up. The other side still had about twenty people standing.
