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However, local merchants in Huangzhou and some merchants who came earlier did not think so, as soon as they heard that someone was going to sell goods at a low price, they immediately bought as much as they wanted. When I heard that someone wanted to buy a specialty at a high price, I immediately started selling the in-demand goods in my hand. The left hand goes in and the right hand goes out, and people make a small sum without moving.
Other businessmen are not fools, and when they notice these unusual signs, they immediately make private noises, and then get a startling message.
Local merchants and some foreign merchants are organizing large caravans to make a fortune in Ganzhou. What is the wealth of a war-torn city? The local businessmen were not stingy and told them very clearly that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
If you want to make a fortune, follow the new army of Lord Shuaisi, and then fight in the front, let's buy it in the back, as long as it is something that the enemy has, Lord Shuai Si will sell it.
What the? What to do if you defeat it! I'm here, Lord Shuai Si is a celestial star, 100,000 Western Xia elites have been killed by 2,000 new troops, and there are still captives at that time mining in the mines. If you don't believe me, ask them to see if they're lying nonsense.
The enemy in Ganzhou can't even defeat a small Ganzhou, and Lord Shuai Si doesn't need to lead troops as long as he goes, and the enemy will immediately collapse if he recites a spell. If you want to get rich, don't have so many problems, don't take risks and want to make a lot of money, what kind of business do you do if you have such a good thing, lie at home and wait for more peace.
Regardless of whether the new merchant would believe it or not, after two or three days of preparation, the first caravan set off from Huangzhou City. There were horseback riders, camel riders, ox cart riders, and burden-bearers, all of whom looked strange.
But no matter how simple the means of transportation is, whether old or young, everyone will carry at least one straight knife sold in the Huangzhou department store. The steel mouth of this thing is good and lightweight, and there is a collar with a wooden handle on the handle, which is a simple knife with a slight change, which is the most suitable for self-defense.
Since the new army in Huangzhou was equipped with steel crossbows, the forbidden army and the army in Huangzhou began to gradually equip themselves with new weapons, and the original bows and arrows and armor were useless.
Some of them were given to Xi Luosa by Hong Tao, mainly complete sets of armor and strong crossbows, weapons and other weapons that even Xi Luosa was not willing to want.
According to the laws of Huangzhou, in addition to not owning crossbow arrows and firearms, everyone can have a set of armor and armor weapons. It's no bigger than a city in the interior, and there are wild beasts a little further from the city, and it's a must to be armed.
But these people are not armed with weapons and armor to deal with wild beasts, they say that they are caravans, and they are a bandit regiment at heart.
The new army of Huangzhou was fighting in front, and when it encountered a small group of enemy troops who were panicking, the caravan was still unambiguous, and it had to go up with knives, not in self-defense but in capturing prisoners.
Prisoners of war were allowed to be bought and sold in Huangzhou, and the price was not low, and a prisoner of war could carry several fat sheep, plus their armor and horses, which was also a large income. If you can find some gold and gems from the prisoners of war, you will be rich.
Small traders could not afford to buy and sell large quantities of livestock, booty, and slaves, and they only hoped to meet stragglers and supporters and shepherds who came with the enemy, and they could sustain months or even a year's hard work with a single penny.
This is probably the change in thinking that Hong Tao brought to the people of Huangzhou, originally they were the most afraid of encountering defeated soldiers, whether it was the enemy or their own, they were more hateful than locusts, and the gold and silver were soft everywhere they walked, and they were not left to eat, drink and wear at all, and they were all snatched away.
But now they are not afraid, and even look forward to running into them. How to suddenly jump from the lowest end of the food chain to the middle end is really not an ism, some kind of ideological change, but a living interest.
People are not born sheep, nor are they born hungry wolves, and the reason why some will become sheep and some will become vicious wolves depends largely on example and environment.
Don't think that only the caravan in Huangzhou can be bold for the sake of profit, after they crossed the wooden bridge of Wusheling Mountain, there was an equally miscellaneous and irregular team in front of them.
These people were all from the pioneers near Mawei City and Liangzhou City, and they seemed to be more professional and united than the caravans in Huangzhou.
They formed a small team based on their neighbors, with dozens of people in more than 10 households, and only more than 10 people in three or two households. But without exception, the whole family went into battle, from the gray-haired grandfather to the child who was just able to ride a horse.
Since the merchants knew that they could grab good things by following the new army, there was no reason why the pioneers should not know that they were closer to the front line.
In addition to this, they have the advantage of being aggressive. A family can live in the wilderness without being fierce, natural disasters and wild beasts can destroy their families at any time, and all their property needs to be protected by themselves. Those lands that belong to them are both the hope of life and the shackles that they cannot get out of.
The men of the family followed the new army to take advantage of it, and the women and children of the pioneers were not idle. It is rare for such a large flow of people to pass by the doorstep, and it is the right thing to take out all the goods that can be sold at home and take the opportunity to make some money to spend.
If a wealthy merchant doesn't want to sleep in the wilderness, he can also spend money to rent a pioneer home, and roast a sheep by the way, just buy a horse wine from Liangzhou City, which is also a kind of enjoyment during the journey.
However, at this time, experienced merchants will remind those who are not familiar with the situation here that they should never touch the wives and daughters of the pioneers. These people are lawless, they like to seek revenge on themselves when they encounter things, and they will be beaten half to death, and they can't get the white knife in and the red knife out.
It's not worth losing your life for a wilderness village woman, it's better to save up your strength to go to the front line in Ganzhou to earn more money, and after returning to Huangzhou, go to Fengxue Building to spend, as long as you have money, you can't find a woman who is rich.
When the chaotic caravans and pioneer teams pass through Liangzhou City, they will find that there are always groups of black knights cruising around. They weren't quite the same as Lord Shuaiji's black-clad army, they didn't have the kind of helmets like small pots, and there was an oval metal buckle made of brass in the middle of the palm-wide belt around their waists, which was carved with elaborate patterns.
In the center is a cross with a wound crossbow on it, and below it is a row of strange symbols. People with a little knowledge know that this symbol is called Arabic numerals, but Huangzhou people are used to calling it the number of horses, they don't know who Arabia is, but they know very well who the horses are.
These black-clothed knights are no strangers to everyone, since Huangzhou had an inspection department, they have appeared everywhere in and outside the city, from catching bandits to patrolling street hygiene, almost everything, and a strange name is called police.
But everyone is more accustomed to telling them to catch fast, and sometimes this thing is really stubborn, and sometimes it is very easy to change, God knows what the law is.
"Sergeant Gao, will so many people following behind Lord Shuai Si interfere with the battle of the army, if the enemy comes around to attack them, the new army will have to turn back to protect it, wouldn't it add to the chaos."
The inspection department has not been established for a long time, and most of these policemen have been eliminated from Wang Jiu's New Army reserves, plus some veterans of the New Army who have been injured and are not suitable to fight on the front line.
The recruits of the new army are all recruits who have never seen a war, but they have received longer formal training than the box soldiers, have more theoretical knowledge, and have more ideas, as if everyone is a general.
"Messing up? Do you think Lord Shuaiji will come back to save them? Jokes, if you want to get rich, you can't protect yourself, where is there such a good thing. ”
The man known as Sergeant Gao is not young, and one arm is not very good. He was the first batch of new soldiers to be transformed from box service, but unfortunately he was shot in the forearm with a bow and arrow in the battle of Wusheling, and his bones were broken into several pieces.
This time, the inspection department was established, and disabled veterans like him were notified as soon as possible that they could be given priority to join, and the salary was definitely higher than that of the logistics soldiers, and the treatment was basically the same as that of the new army.