Jumping goods is the general name of the smugglers in the border passes around Qinfeng Road and Yongxing Army, no matter what you are smuggling, as long as you secretly avoid the border field, and the city's tax collection and investigation, it is called a jumping merchant.

There are not many such businessmen, such as the Song Kingdom, the Xia Kingdom, and the Tubo Kingdom, but most of them are petty fights, mainly to secretly exchange daily necessities, such as tea, green salt, cattle and sheep, furs, grain, and so on.

The concept of border is very vague for border people, and they can't even tell where the border line is, but only know which country it belongs to after a certain mountain, a certain river, and a certain desert. In fact, as long as the ruler is not excessively exploitative, it has nothing to do with which country they belong to, and who they live with is not the same word in the end, live!

But there are also more professional smuggling gangs, they are not just border people exchanging daily necessities, the purpose is more pure, the exchange is basically forbidden goods, and the goods that are not forbidden are not so profitable.

This kind of gang is very mysterious and fierce, and there is financial support behind it, and when it encounters trouble, it can be bought if it can be bought, and if it can't be discussed, it will show the knife. It doesn't matter how many times you fail, as long as you succeed once, you can make up for all the previous losses, and there is still a profit.

And the more tense the border is, the more active the team of this kind of jumpers, they earn this kind of money for playing with their lives, and they are all outlaws.

But then again, this is only the situation on the side of the Song Kingdom, and the attitudes of the Western Xia and Tubo ethnic groups towards the jumping merchant are completely different, and it cannot be said that they are regarded as guests and distinguished guests.

Because as long as the jumper crossed the border of the Song Kingdom and came to the tribe, it meant that it was time for the New Year. The goods they bring are the most valuable and needed here, and who will have trouble with money.

As for the imperial decree or something, of course you have to admit it verbally, but you have to live the same life. No leader can ignore the opinions of the tribe, and he must not let the tribesmen have no tea to drink all day, no silk to wear for the New Year, and no food to eat in the winter because of the observance of the law.

Old border soldiers like Shi Tong and the Jiang brothers have not only seen the team of the jumping merchants, but also chased and suppressed them more than once. Of course, even if you catch up, you usually won't get people back, for the simple reason that the cost is too high.

The jumpers are all outlaws, and the goods are their lifeblood, and they are really unlucky to meet the border army, and they are also copper coins in one hand and knives in the other. Choose, take the money and leave, everyone will treat it as if no one sees anyone, and if you don't want money, you will use the knife and fight hard.

If there is a real fight, the border army will not dare to say that they can catch people unharmed, whose life is not life, and it is not enough to fight with the enemy, and no one will be more serious with these smugglers without deep hatred and hatred.

If you come into contact with these people, you will naturally know how profitable their business is. I do it three or five times a year, and as long as I succeed twice, I basically don't have to do anything.

This kind of work of licking blood on the knife edge is really impossible for ordinary people, it's not that they don't want to have that ability, and they have to be scared out of the problem if they come twice. But for veterans who have been on the battlefield, it is nothing, and it can't be harder than fighting.

And they also have the advantage that they have many acquaintances in the places where they once served, not only border soldiers, but also local officials.

People who have played together are called the Four Great Iron in later generations, and the friendship is not generally deep, and it is the same in ancient times. It's not a rebellion, a blind eye and money, who will embarrass these former robes.

Speaking of which, some people will ask, so many veterans, won't they go to be a jumper themselves? Why don't you go to other people's ranks to be exploited, and you can earn all your own money. A veteran like Shi Tong, just a few reliable comrades-in-arms, can't organize a team.

You can't think like this, Shi Tong has everyone, but they have no brains and no capital, these two conditions are common to any business and are indispensable.

Smuggling is also buying and selling, when to bring what goods, which tribe to trade with the most profitable, and how to solve the troubles, all of which need to have a brain.

Capital is more important, some people have brains, and it is useless to buy goods without money. The jumping merchant plays a large transaction, and he has to carry dozens of goods in one trip, and it is not worth taking the risk of running away, and he can't feed the trading partner.

The tribes of Xia and Tubo don't stay in one place all year round, and if they don't do the business all at once, they will come back in two months and everyone will leave, who will they trade with?

Of course, they can't go to the company to apply for a job, this kind of organization is very mysterious, coming and going like electricity, outsiders can't know their details, let alone find the company's address. Once these things are known to outsiders, it basically means that they are almost over.

This time, he inadvertently took over Fuki's work, and the three of them saw a glimmer of hope. Kaifeng City is a living grave for veterans like them, not to starve to death, but to die of sorrow. If you have the opportunity to join the flower shopkeeper's business, it is really worth looking forward to.

It's just that this matter can't be mentioned yet, so I have to find out what the shopkeeper is and then talk about it. Fortunately, there is a long way to go, and there is no mobile TV to watch, so there is time to observe, figure out, and test.

The master and apprentice were four people...... No, it is the employer and the bodyguard who are a group of four people along the official road all the way to the west, and they are not in a hurry to rush every day, with a limit of 60 miles, and they will hit the tip when they meet a suitable inn, and there is no inn with a temple to spend the night.

Regarding Fu Ji's performance, Shi Tong and the three of them still recognize it. The women in the city, who looked white and pure, were not as weak as expected in enduring hardships and standing hard work. In addition to being reluctant to sleep in the wild, he should walk and stop every day, and rarely complain even if he is in a hurry in the rain.

What the three of them admire the most is the sleek way of dealing with the shopkeeper, which is really a ghost talk about people, not only can you talk to the innkeeper through and be taken care of, even the monks in the temple are willing to talk to her about Buddhism, drink tea, and arrange the food, drink, housing and transportation on the road in an orderly and very planned manner.

What Shi Tong and the three of them need to do is to take care of the goods, recognize the path, and distribute their physical strength. In Jiang Dalang's words, although there is no wine to drink when he goes out with the shopkeeper of flowers, he is extremely worry-free and neat.

There is only one official road from Tokyo Bianliang to Yan'an Mansion, first westward to Jingzhao Mansion, more than 100 miles, and then more than 600 miles north. The luck of Jiang Dalang's brothers was really good, they only encountered a light rain along the way, and basically did not delay time because of the weather, and it only took 19 days to enter Jingzhao Mansion.

At this time, it shows Fuki's advantages in receiving people and things, and the delicacy of her woman's nature. First of all, I found a relatively high-end inn, and in the words of later generations, I lived in a five-star hotel and rested well. In the evening, I found a big restaurant to pay for a treat, the kind of food and drink and singers.

After a full meal, Fu Ji went back to the hotel alone, and when she left, she put down a sentence, and the other expenses of the night were recorded on her head, and she asked people to go to the hotel front desk to withdraw money tomorrow morning. It means that the three of you can have fun by yourself, women can't be accompanied, but it's still my treat!

Employers are generous and considerate, and as employees, they naturally have a good impression, not only their inner thoughts, but also their external performance.

After resting for a day in Jingzhao Mansion, the four of them continued to hurry, still on the official road, but the speed has improved, from 60 li to 70 li per day.

In Shi Tong's words, the shopkeeper is not stingy for his righteousness, and he has to repay the favor as an employee. If you can't give anything else, it's okay to save the employer a few days.