On April 20, our five large ships and twenty medium-sized ships slowly sailed out of Liuyin Harbor.
The Battle of Tsugaru Strait is only ten days away, but the reality is almost unbearable. Considering the salary and rewards and pensions, I, the young city lord, can only go into battle, carrying a boatload of various supplies, and sail towards the due west. Cutting through the mountains.
After our experience in doing business several times, as well as the continuous progress of ship voyages and the increase in manpower, now we go to the Zongduan Mountains and can reach it in five days by rowing the ship with all our strength day and night. It was a huge leap from the stable fifteen days before.
But therefore, each of our boats carries a very large number of rowing men. There are 300 people dedicated to rowing on medium-sized boats, and as many as 600 on large boats.
The ones who went to the Zongduan Mountains with me were naturally my eleven friends including Mintaro, and the three hundred Rakshasa Guards Banner were indispensable. Finally, I also brought Xiao Yiner with me.
Yes.
Xiao Yin'er also came.
Nearly all the people she cared about were dead.
He wanted to avenge his relatives and friends, but all the helpers he found were killed, leaving only the old, weak, sick and disabled like widows, who are now exiled near the Wusuli River.
As the main person who instigated this incident - at least that's what the former Queen of Daliao thought of herself. She felt that not only was she asking her husband to help take care of this group of people, but she had to go there herself, both emotionally and rationally.
As for how she can get my permission to get on the boat and go with me ahem. This painful experience is really because I have no experience. Who knew that she would burst into the room where my sister, Mi Yanhuan, I, and Mi Yan were staying after I challenged her, and then force me to get hard again and have sex with her? After turning Luan Feng upside down, he finally failed and signed this unequal contract!
Of course, this is also one of the most important aspects. Chen Xiaoxuan and Helen greatly appreciated her daring to take responsibility and finish things off by herself. In addition, the arrangements for going there this time were very thorough, so they also agreed that their daughter-in-law should go out with their son.
As the leader of a caravan alone, I naturally cannot lead my three wives around the room like last time. There are a lot of things I need to do. For example, inspecting ship conditions, boosting morale, handling emergencies, etc., so even if you return to your room at night. I am also very tired and have no energy to have fun with the cold and beautiful young woman.
Xiao Yin'er looked distressed, and gradually helped me deal with some groceries. With Sister Meiren'er's ability to command the harem, she was absolutely familiar with this little matter, and she helped me share a lot of things.
The weather at the end of April is already early summer in the north, and the spring storm has long passed. Even if we encounter a storm along the way, it will come and go very quickly. As long as we stop moving forward and let the storm hit us for about half an hour, the sky will immediately turn clear again and we can continue moving forward.
Storms have little impact on people. But it has some impact on the cargo inside the cabin.
Fortunately, Father Lauren and Ba Ye studied for a long time and finally wrapped the inside of the cabin with various water-proof objects. By the way, each piece of goods should be wrapped well if it can be wrapped, and covered with a layer of cloth coated with tung oil, so that it can be kept moisture-free for a long time.
After all, most of our goods are afraid of moisture.
Yi tea, refined salt, spices, "Drunk Immortal Brew" and "Hero's Blood", these are the five most important goods. Except for wine, the rest will be very troublesome when encountering water. This is probably one of the worries of doing business on the far sea. Come on.
Fortunately, our sailing time was only five days. This short time passed by in a blink of an eye. On the night of the fifth day, we could see the light from the huge lighthouse outside the Sobu Grassland.
The mountain chain stretches for thousands of miles, and there are three places where we do business, located at the upper, middle and lower parts of the mountain range. Among them, the Sobu grassland above us is closest to us. Naturally, first come first served basis is the closest to the water. Every time You can get a better deal.
Because of this, we asked three places to build lighthouses for finding the direction at night. Zhebaizan, the Jurchen leader of the Sobu Grassland, built a huge one on the edge of the original forest without any hesitation. The lighthouse is larger than the other two.
Anyway, in the grasslands and plains of different sizes around the Zongduan Mountains, the most indispensable thing is oil. Animal oil is often used and discarded. Now it is used in lighthouses, which is also waste recycling.
Although the sky is already dark, this small harbor, which is similar to a shady harbor, can still allow us all to hide in the inner harbor sandwiched between two cliffs.??The cold wind at night.
"Dang, clang, clang"
The ship had just entered the harbor and had not anchored yet. The sound of a gong being struck violently was heard on the beach not far away, and we could hear it from a distance.
Almost as soon as our flagship docked at the simple dock, several Jurchens tied ropes to the stone bolts, and more torches came from the distance like coiling dragons. When I took Xiao Yiner and A group of friends got off the boat and walked to the beach, and happened to hear Zhebaizan's hearty laughter.
"HahahaBrother Bao!"
Zhebaizan laughed and gave me a bear hug, he was so happy.
Not only him, but a group of Jurchen tribesmen behind him also kept smiling on their faces. Looking at the unclearly visible dock not far away, they naturally felt excited and happy.
Since September and October last year, due to the ice-covered sea, the Three Kingdoms City fleet has never been to the Zongduan Mountains. The Sorbu tribe, which has received too many benefits in the past six months, suddenly became uncomfortable. Although it is Because there was a lot of trade, I became rich, and I had no worries about eating and drinking in the winter, but I always looked forward to seeing the big ships in the Three Kingdoms City again so that I could get better and more things.
Originally we agreed that the caravan would arrive at the end of March, but now it is already the end of April and the fleet has just arrived. Zhebaizan and the others have not studied poetry, but they also understand the meaning of "seeing through the autumn water" in a practical sense. .
Dozens of torches surrounded us, allowing Zhebaizan to see clearly the cold and beautiful young woman standing beside me.
Hearing my introduction, he was slightly startled, and then he took out a piece of green stuff from his arms and handed it over with both hands, "Come on, brother and sister, this is a meeting gift from my brother. We don't have anything good here, and you don't want it either." Do you mind!"
"Thank you, Patriarch!"
Looking at me and nodding, Xiao Yiner thanked me and took it in his hand. He felt that the thing was very heavy, but when he took a closer look, he saw that it was a beautiful jade with a very thick green color.
Although the beautiful jade is not pure emerald green, the jade green color is also very pure, and there is an overflowing light flowing around it. You can tell that it is an expensive product at a glance.
Sister Meiren'er's knowledge is far beyond what I can compare with. When I saw this treasure that should have appeared in the inner courtyard of the palace, and was casually given as a meeting gift, I couldn't help but sigh at this treasure that cuts across the mountains. There are so many.
Of course, this thing is not a beautiful jade that can be seen everywhere. If it can be picked up by Zhe Baizhan and given away, it is at least a high-quality jade from the Jurchen tribe.
A group of us were walking in front, and there were naturally thousands of strong men from the Jurchen tribe over there. Together with the three of us, we moved the goods out of the cabin and loaded them to the Sobu grassland later.
"Brother Bao, why are you here almost a month late? I thought something had gone wrong, but I was extremely anxious." Riding on his horse, Zhebaizan asked seemingly casually.
"It's nothing. At the beginning of this month, we fought a battle with the big names in the south and finally wiped them out. In this sea area, no one can stop our business from going smoothly." I smiled. replied.
"Oh, then I really have to congratulate Brother Bao!"
Zhebaizan was overjoyed, as long as he didn't abandon him and find someone else to do business with.
I sighed, "It's just that it consumes a lot of money, and there are many dead and wounded soldiers at home, so I have a long way to go on this trip."
Zhebaizan laughed and said, "What's so difficult about this? Our tribe here has been holding it back for half a year. I guarantee you will buy good things and make a lot of money when you go out!"
It has to be said that these people in the Zongduan Mountains are very simple. Even though they know that we will earn more, because we are much kinder than the previous traveling businessmen, they can't help but lean towards us. Anyway, as long as they can get Just enough stuff.
What Zhe Byzan said is exactly what we thought. The tribe in the Zongduan Mountains, which has accumulated supplies for half a year, must be the best trading partner.
Whether you are buying or selling something, the transaction volume is absolutely surprisingly huge.
¡°I need to trouble Brother Zhebyzhan to tell the nearby tribes that we can start trading in the next few days. There are still many important things on this trip, so we can¡¯t delay for too long.¡± I did not forget to remind him.
"Hey, there is no need for me to remind them. Their people have been here a long time ago. They have been eating and drinking for me for free for a month. These hard days are finally over!" Zhebaizan said proudly.
"What, they are already here?"
"Didn't you say you came here at the beginning of April? They sent people over at the end of March to inquire. Once your fleetWhen they arrive, after seeing the goods, they will immediately notify people in their clan to come and buy things. An eagle came to deliver the message very quickly, arriving in a day or two. "Zhe Baizhan sighed and said, "You haven't been here for so long. It's not just us who are worried. A group of them are also worried. It's no different from my dead mother. "
While we were talking along the way, we had already passed through the forest, and across a small river was a wide grassland.
At this time, the sound of "hooves clattering" came quickly. Looking at the torches in the hands of the knights, Zhebyzan smiled, "Look, tell them, they are here."
The people who came were indeed the elders of twenty or thirty nearby tribes. There were fifty or sixty of them. They looked at me on horseback and galloped towards me. Their hearty and cheerful laughter instantly spread throughout the quiet night. By the river