Chapter 90: Salt is hard to water
"Oh, there's such a thing. I've been walking in the pass all the time, and I haven't heard of this matter yet. But since it is a regular customer, it is convenient to have any requirements. But that's the price...... I'm afraid I can't negotiate, for the sake of this receipt of the goods, I have already increased the price of the receipt by two percent, if it is higher, I am afraid that there is no way to go back to explain to my brother. ”
Lu Sheng said with some embarrassment, and peeked at Qing Jianu as he spoke.
"Oh, not the price. It's a matter of quantity, and there are a lot of mountain goods and skins stored in the stockade. Without those slaves, there is a shortage of manpower now, and I don't know if Mr. Lu can go to the stockade to buy them. It would save me a lot of trouble......"
"The headman's trouble is saved, but my trouble is coming again. Your prudent people's stockades are all in the mountains, and it is not easy to transport. The big head doesn't have the manpower to carry the goods out of the mountain, so do I have the hands to carry the things in? ”
Lu Sheng tried his best to stall for time, waiting for the arrival of the little bear. For fear of letting go of this culprit, looking for the origin and this Qingjianu mushroom.
"Oh, what Mr. Lu means is that this business is not going to be done. So Qing Jianu had no choice but to say goodbye, please! Qing Jianu seemed to sense something, and was about to leave as soon as he gave his hand.
"Uh...... Wait! Big head, it is indeed difficult for you to let you transport things into the mountains. The first time I walked on this Yin Stage, I really wanted to do this business with the big head. Otherwise, we will all step back, and I will carry the things to the edge of the woods. You also transport the mountain furs to the salt water, where we trade. Wouldn't it be better if you walked half the way and I walked half the way? ”
Lu Sheng saw that Qing Jianu was leaving. Hurriedly came up with a compromise plan. Qing Jianu thought about it carefully and felt that this plan was feasible. After all, there are still more than 30 miles away from this Shangyintai, and their tribe lacks horses to cross the river, so it is not easy to walk for 30 miles.
"Okay, let's see you at this hour in three days. Mr. Lu, please! As soon as Qing Jianu gave up his hand, he left with his entourage. Lu Sheng wanted to keep it anymore but had no excuse, he wanted to send someone to follow but was afraid of startling the snake. can only watch Qing Jianu leave, without the slightest solution.
As soon as Qing Jianu's figure disappeared from the corner of the street, the bear's strong figure flashed. looked at the direction in which Qing Jianu left, and did not speak.
"Little Bear. Where you went, I sent someone to find you. You didn't find it. Hurry up and send someone to chase after Mo to let this Qing Jianu escape. Lu Sheng pointed to the direction in which Qing Jianu disappeared and said eagerly.
"Why are you chasing him, didn't you say that after three days you would trade by the salt and water? When the time comes, let's give him a spoonful of stew. Hehe, people also want money, we also want it. Come. Notify Dai Ye that three days later, the salt is hard to water. Let's catch this stupid roe deer! ”
"No"
Lu Sheng only knew. The Yun family is not only going to kill Qing Jianu. And it is to kill the western tribe of Qing Jianu in the sea. If Xiao Xiong and Dai Yu robbed this batch of mountain furs. He also killed the young man brought out by Qing Jianu. This is a catastrophe for the Haixi village, and the old and young women and children in the mountains will starve to death because there are not enough men to hunt.
You can't offend the Yun family in the future. These people do things. Either don't do it or never do it.
The weather in Liaodong in September was almost sunny every day, and three days later it was a sunny day. The blazing sun hung high in the sky, so white that people didn't dare to look up. However, it was already the end of September, and the weather was much cooler, and even under the big sun, it didn't feel hot.
Qing Jianu was dressed in a leather robe, a hat decorated with precious stones, and a pair of boots made of deerskin. He looked at the sun with his head held high, and the appointed time was almost up, but there was still no shadow of Lu Sheng.
Suddenly, a red flag shook on the tree in the distance, and the chief steward next to Qing Jianu hurriedly pointed to the red flag and said, "Leader, look at someone over there." ”
"These Han people are really stuck, let people prepare for a while, let's trade. This time, the grain cloth and the dumb iron pot were changed, and the village could survive a peaceful winter. Qing Jianu said as he looked at the convoy that turned out at the foot of the mountain.
"Chief, look at the big carts that look like a lot of goods. I don't know if we've brought enough to change. The chief steward set up the pergola and watched as the long convoy dragged in.
"Isn't there still the three hundred yuan I earned last time! Eight villages are divided, and there are so many of us left. I knew that I wouldn't do that business with that guy, and I really lost money, and I didn't come back from any of the two thousand war slaves. I really didn't expect the Yun family to be so powerful, hey! What a mistake! Qing Jianu regretted the rash promise of the business.
The wagons were all four-wheeled carriages from far to near. Qing Jianu knew that the Han people had the most powerful carriage capacity. I can't help but sigh that I had the foresight to bring the three hundred yuan. It seems that the things of this transaction, the tribe does not have to worry about wintering. After the winter, buy more war slaves in the spring slave market, and Haixi will still be strong again.
Qing Jianu was thinking that the convoy had arrived in front of him. Qing Jianu personally came out to greet him, standing in front of the salt and water and waiting for the arrival of the convoy. His servants followed behind him, looking at the four-wheeled carriages with joy.
But no one noticed that the tree that had just raised the red flag. The man holding the red flag had fallen under the tree with the red flag attached, and a long riding spear was thrown with the wind, nailing him straight to the tree. The cautious man still waved his hands and struggled.
The carriage stopped dozens of paces away from Qing Jianu, but it stopped strangely. Instead of parking one after another vertically, it stopped horizontally opposite Qing Jianu.
Qing Jianu was wondering, and suddenly the roof on the car opened. A row of crossbow arrows shot out like locusts, and the cautious people standing in the front row were shot one after another. Those crossbow arrows are so powerful that they can shoot people through even when they are nailed to their heads. The cautious people were unguarded, and suddenly fell into a large area.
Obviously, these crossbow arrows avoided Qing Jianu when they were fired. The people around him fell down, but Qingjianu was uncovered.
"Big head, the Han people are coming to rob our mountain goods." The chief steward was also clever, and opened his mouth to speak. It is not uncommon for black to eat black and snatch goods in this place where the Han and Su Shen meet. Therefore, people choose to trade in Shangyintai, where the security is relatively good, and Qingjianu has a strong self-sustaining power. This time, I brought out the sturdy men of nearly a thousand tribes, thinking that it would be fine. But he never thought that the Han people would be so bold.
"Shoot the arrows, hurry up and release the arrows." The people of Qingjianu are all hunters who hunt in the mountains all year round, and they are quick to react. Seeing that the momentum was not right, they looked for cover. Qing Jianu's bodyguards even found several wooden shields and blocked them in front of Qing Jianu
The cautious men who were hiding behind the goods drew their bows and arrows, and one by one they opened their bows and arrows and shot at the Han people in the carriage. It's a pity that those Han people are all veterans. Not only were they wearing pitch-black armor, but they were also wearing hideous armor on their faces.
Most of the bows and arrows of the Prudent people were arrows made of animal bones. There are only a few bronze arrowheads, and as for the extravagant iron arrowheads, it is simply unimaginable. Those arrows shot into the bodies of those black-armored warriors, and the sound of "bells" was endless, and they were all bounced away without exception. In front of the Yun family's iron armor, the bone arrows looked pale and weak.
Those black-armored warriors shot a round of crossbow arrows and threw away the crossbow in their hands. Grab the bow and arrows that have been prepared for a long time, and shoot one after the other.
The bows and arrows of these black-armored warriors were no worse than those of these cautious hunters. Many of the cautious men who were hiding were hit by arrows, and they didn't have the Yun family's armor to protect them. The bronze arrowhead pierced into the flesh "poof" and "poof" sounded endlessly, and the screams of the cautious man came and went.
"Don't panic, let the war slaves rush. Damn, organize the war slaves to rush. Qingjianu roared. Watching the cautious men fall to the ground one after another, his eyes were bloodshot.
It is not easy to raise a child in the mountains, and the loss of every adult hunter means the decline of the clan's strength. (To be continued......)