novelslam Chapter 777: Grab It
Chapter 777: Grab It
The herdsman's family just now watched Xu Qing express his gratitude in prairie dialect.
Xu Qing looked at him and nodded slightly, then, together with Xiao Ye and a group of people, walked behind the slightly dressed man to the tent where the tribal leader was.
This leader is not the original leader anymore, the native leader had already died in battle when he rebelled against the Wanyan tribe.
The current leader is sent by the Ministry of Bone.
In the hearts of these herdsmen, where is the leader?
This is clearly the Devil who sucks human blood.
No, worse than Devil!
The rescued Chaolu family is all grateful to Cai and his group.
While others were lamenting the good luck of Chaolu's family, they were also secretly glad.
They left, and they passed by in a few days.
At the same time, these people dared not speak out. Although they were extremely angry with this leader, they were helpless.
Because these people no longer have horses or even weapons, so what if they are resentful?
Even if they rebel, with only four hundred of them, Shugubu will soon send people to suppress them, and they will soon be able to suppress them. The result is nothing more than their small tribe disappearing from now on, and they will not turn up a little bit on this grassland spray.
It is even more impossible to run. Where tribes gather, there is still food that is insignificant but can survive. If they go to other places, they may only starve to death on this vast grassland.
What's more, the herdsmen around the family have to sit together and supervise each other after they run away.
At this time, everyone in this small tribe is already in danger.
While walking, Xu Qing observed the herdsmen's expressions. Although they were all daring to speak out, Xu Qing knew that this was enough.
The oppressed people in the original Qin Dynasty also started with daring to be angry, and then rebelled after daring to be angry. I am afraid that people have become so numb that they can't even be angry.
Xiao Ye followed Xu Qing into the leader's big tent, and saw the tribal leader sitting on the ground in the tent, gnawing on the leg of lamb, slightly startled.
See you now?
It's still so close.
The middle-aged man in front of Xiao Ye who was gnawing on the leg of lamb was naturally the leader of this small tribe, Aradan.
He is a member of the Counting Bones, and the elders have quite a status in the Counting Bones, so he was sent to be the leader of this tribe.
The prairie man next to Xu Qing respectfully said: "Chief Aradan, they are merchants from the Central Plains, they have a lot of fine salt and tea, and their salt is very good, they want to discuss business with the leader. "
Aladan, who was eating in the tent with a greasy face, put down the lamb leg after hearing the sound, rubbed his hands on his robe indiscriminately, stood up, looked at Xu Qing and asked, "Are you Zhong Yuan?" businessman?"
Xu Qing nodded and said: "Yes, I came here this time to discuss business with Khan."
Aradan asked, "What kind of business?"
Xu Qing said: "As the leader's subordinates said, we have a lot of salt and tea in our hands, which can be sold to the leader."
Aradan's eyes suddenly lit up and said, "Oh? Really?"
Since the war between the grassland and the Central Plains, such rare items have become less and less, even if there are merchants who want money and life to smuggle them, they can no longer be transported in large quantities like before.
They can only be sold a little at a time, and there is no way to sell more.
But if a large amount of tea and salt are brought in and the transaction is completed through his hands, that would be a great achievement!
This tribe is too poor, and even if it is squeezed dry, it will not be able to get much oil and water. If he has such a great achievement, he may be able to send him to other tribes to fish.
That was much more comfortable than living in this small tribe of 400 people.
Thinking of this, Aradan asked: "You came here empty-handed, I don't know where the salt and tea you mentioned are?"
Xu Qing said: "We are resting not far from the tribe. The shopkeeper first sent us over to discuss the price with the leader."
Aradan said, "I don't know how your goods are?"
Xu Qing first signaled Xiao Ye to hand over a small bag of salt and a small bag of tea to Aradan, and then said: "This is a sample, the leader may as well take a look first."
Aradan opened it to look at the quality, nodded unhurriedly and said, "Well, they are all high-quality tea and salt, how much do you want?"
Xu Qing said: "One pack of cigarettes, one sheep."
Aradan shook his head and said, "No, no, this is too expensive. In the past, a bag of salt was needed to exchange for a sheep on our grassland. Yours is too expensive."
Xu Qing said: "The leader must also understand that now the Central Plains imperial court has strictly prohibited us merchants from trading with the grasslands. Look, besides us, we still have this kind of fine salt and good tea. Where else? The good tea smuggled by us has been sold very cheaply, you can go and ask about other merchants who smuggled salt tea, they are much more expensive than us!"
Aradan asked, "Is your tea and salt enough?"
Xu Qing said: "Does the leader want it or not?"
Alatan said, "If you have a large quantity of salt and tea, the leader will definitely want it."
Xu Qing said: "We still have five horse-drawn carts for such tea and salt, which are parked not far from the tribe. Should the leader also let us see if the leader has enough cattle and sheep to buy us? What about the salt and tea?"
Aradan said: "It just so happens that the leader's cattle and sheep are all in the pasture now, so I'll show you to see them."
As he spoke, Aradan secretly gestured to the people around him, and then led Xu Qing Xiaoye, including the ten men dressed as entourages, to his pasture.
His pasture was not far from the tent, and Xu Qing and his group soon followed Aradan to the pasture.
There are a large number of cattle and sheep collected in the pasture.
Xu Qing wondered: "Didn't you say that the Wanyan Department expropriated cattle and sheep? I see that the herdsmen outside have no cattle and sheep to graze. Why do the leaders still have so many?"
Aladan laughed and said: "That's because the leader is extremely loyal to our Khan. When the Khan spoke, the leader had already collected the cattle and sheep that need to be handed over to the Khan for the fifth time! Be ready at any time." Khan's next order!"
Xu Qing glanced at Xiao Ye who couldn't understand the grassland dialect at all, and said with a laugh: "So that's it, the leader's loyal Khan will definitely appreciate the leader."
Aradan smiled very usefully and said: "This leader's loyalty can be learned from the sun and the moon! By the way, does your caravan have any business dealings with the Wanyan Department?"
Xu Qing shook his head and said, "No."
Alatan asked again, "What about the protruding part of the pan?"
Xu Qing shook his head and said, "No."
Aradan asked again, "Where's Dalaibu?"
Xu Qing shook his head and said, "Leader, this is the first time we have come to the grassland to do business, and we have no business relationship with any tribe. You are our first customer."
After learning that Xu Qing and his group had no background in the grassland, Aradan waved his hand in relief and said, "Come on! Catch them who sneaked into our grassland! Hurry up and search for their supplies!"