The market of Guzang is very large, the distinction of the functions of this market is also obvious, the jewelry stores are close to the side of the market gate, and then there is the cotton linen and silk area, after this area is divided into two pieces according to the main road, on the left is the human market, specializing in slave trading, the Hu Nu Fan Nu from the Western Regions Grassland and the Han Nu from the Central Plains are trading here, and the brothels and women's courtyards of Yongzhou in Liangzhou are all here.

On the right is some small handicrafts and tools trading area, such as carpets, bows, arrows, scimitars, etc., weapons that are officially allowed to be traded, this market is absolutely forbidden to sell crossbows, not only Gu Zang, the entire Jin Dynasty is not prohibited weapons, but crossbows are absolutely forbidden. Further inside is the livestock trading area, where cattle, sheep and horses from all over the world are located.

Zhang Meng wanted to take Liu Han to the city first, the Hu girls here are very distinctive, most of them can sing and dance, this area is not like a jewelry store, there are rooms one by one, there are tents here, the Hu girls stay in the tents, and they can't see outside.

But Liu Han didn't care much about this, Hanhai Trading Company was not allowed to trade in human beings since the day it was founded, he hated this kind of business, if it weren't for this kind of business, he would not have been able to fall into the killer camp back then, become a killer, and finally be betrayed.

Seeing that Liu Han's attitude was very resolute, Zhang Meng didn't insist anymore, and led Liu Han to the livestock area, all the livestock areas have the same place, and you can smell it from afar, if you want to say that the market is managed well, the smell here is not big, Liu Han has smelled a bigger smell in the livestock market in the Western Regions, and you can smell it from thousands of meters away.

"If this is for me, this livestock area should be moved out of the city, and the smell is too big. Liu Han shook his head and said.

"Sir said it well," Zhang Meng also nodded: "But in the eyes of the government, moving outside the city is very troublesome to manage, and besides, entering this market is to collect taxes." ”

"Isn't it the same tax outside the city? ”

"In General Qiu's opinion, one more tax collector will give you one more salary, besides, it's good to give you a place to do business, and I still care about this, they won't come here anyway. ”

Liu Han couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, in this society, the status of businessmen is too low, it is really what Zhang Meng said, it is good to be able to give you a place to do business, besides, entering the city to trade, you can also collect city tax, trading outside the city, not only is it not easy to manage, but also troublesome to collect taxes, the tax of Dajin is not high in Liu Han's view, ten taxes and one, which is much lower than the 17% in the previous life, but the problem is that every time the Jin Dynasty passes through a city, it will be income from the city tax, which is more or less uncertain, some are high, some are low, this is an important source of local financial revenue in the Dajin Dynasty。

As he was talking, a few people came out of the tent on the side, and after coming out, these people stood on the side of the road and did not move, Liu Han looked at it, these people were obviously Xianbei people from outside the Sai, wearing round-necked and missing robes, with small and narrow sleeves, which were obviously different from the wide robes of the Da Jin Shi people, wearing a mountain-shaped Xianbei hat on their heads, short boots under their feet, and a scimitar around their waists.

The Xianbei people led by him are not very old, they look only ten * years old, they are quite tall, they look very thin, their eyes are as sharp and arrogant as eagles, and their hands holding scimitars are thick and powerful. He seemed to sense Liu Han's gaze and glanced at him, Liu Han hurriedly looked away, but Liu Tie didn't care about looking at him.

The Xianbei people looked at them for a while, Liu Han glared at Liu Tie, Liu Tie retracted his gaze, followed Liu Han with low eyebrows, Xiao Qi quietly told Liu Tie, don't mess with these Xianbei people.

"These Tartars are all barbarians, and they often fight in the city, but as long as they don't die, the government can't do anything about them, Master Liu, let's not mess with them. ”

"Fight, fight, whoever is afraid of comes. Liu Tie said indifferently, and then knocked Xiao Qi's head as if he remembered something: "Boy, go back and practice hard, don't embarrass the master in the future." ”

Zhang Meng listened with some curiosity, this Guzang is an important town in Liangzhou, and the Huqiang General's Mansion is located here, and the Saiwai clans under the jurisdiction of the Huqiang General's Mansion must first go to the Huqiang General's Mansion to report and get the documents. The same is true for caravans, if you want to go to Xijing or the imperial capital, you must file in Liangzhou Mansion and get a document before you can enter.

Therefore, there are a lot of Saiwai Hu people in Guzang, these Saiwai Hu people often fight in the city because of trivial things, and the government is annoyed, not to mention, many of these Hu people are tribal nobles, if they are not handled properly, it will immediately lead to a rebellion, and the court will investigate it, and there will be many officials who are unlucky, so Liangzhou is mainly appeased for these Saiwai Hu people, as long as they don't kill people, they will turn big things into small things, and small things will turn into nothing, which also leads to the ordinary people in the city who can not offend these Hu people, but the gate valve family is different, the gate valve family has raised a large number of warriors and martial artists, and the Hu people provoke them, which is purely asking for trouble。

Xiao Qi shrunk his neck and didn't dare to say anything, Lao Huang sent twenty people in yesterday, these people are also warrior cultivators at worst, wearing pure cotton blue clothes, carrying a long knife on their waists, looking majestic and enviable. He has never practiced, let alone killed anyone, and he is not qualified to carry a knife at all, let alone wear such beautiful clothes.

Liu Han snorted softly, Liu Tie hurriedly stopped his mouth, didn't dare to speak casually, and followed Liu Han honestly. To Liu Han's surprise, those Xianbei people also followed, and kept talking in Xianbei in a low voice, on the contrary, the ten-year-old young man who led the way rarely spoke, just watched silently.

Although the young man didn't talk much, Liu Han felt threatened by him, and he seemed to be tense all the time, on the verge of explosion at any time, and the scimitar was unsheathed at any time and bloodthirsty to fight. Liu Tie obviously noticed it too, and the knife on his waist quietly moved to a lower position, and it was faster to draw the knife in this position.

There were quite a lot of horses in the horse market, but Liu Han took a rough look, and there were no four or five hundred, so he couldn't help frowning slightly. From the Western Regions, there are more than 200 camels, a camel transports about half a car, and now to the imperial capital, you need to change to a big car, and the big car needs mules and horses, according to two mules and horses per car, at least two hundred mules and horses are needed, but Liu Han felt that horses are also a popular commodity in the imperial capital, so he wants to bring hundreds of horses along the way.

Since you want to pretend to be a businessman, then pretend to be successful, cover yourself as much as possible, and try not to alarm that person.

"Guest, guest, do you want to buy a horse? Look at our horse, the best Hequ horse, exactly five years old. ”

As soon as Liu Han and his party stopped, someone immediately came up to pick up the guests, Liu Han circled around the horse, and said casually: "How many horses do you have?"

"We have thirty horses here, what do the guest want?"

There are not many people watching the horses around, they are the biggest buyers in the market, the horse dealers are watching, Liu Han walks around the market at will, looking at them one by one, what makes him very disappointed is that the quality of this horse is really not very good, not to mention his black cone, even ordinary war horses can't catch up.

"The imperial court guards the Saiwai Hu tribe, and it is strictly forbidden for iron to go out of the Saiwai Hu people, and the Saiwai Hu people also guard against our Dajin, and the war horses of all tribes are not sold to the Dajin, and most of the war horses of our Dajin are raised by our own horse farms. ”

Zhang Meng saw Liu Han's dissatisfaction and explained in a low voice on the side, Liu Han nodded slightly, the war between the Great Jin and the Saiwai Hu clan was intermittent, and there were few calm times, the two sides always guarded against each other, since the suppression of the Xianbei rebellion, the Great Jin Dynasty had a great advantage over the Saiwai Hu clan, and the Hu clan who dared to openly confront the Great Jin was gone, and only dared to play some small tricks secretly, such as sending some people out to be horse thieves, just like the golden wolf, Liu Han suspected that he was sent by a certain tribe, otherwise how could he be a horse thief with a master of cultivation.

In fact, it's nothing if the horse is not good, Liu Han didn't think about selling war horses to the imperial capital, you must know that war horses are also prohibited commodities in Dajin, you can only sell them to the military, private people dare to buy them, especially large quantities, one or two don't matter, large quantities, no one dares to buy them.

In order to solve the problem of war horses, the Great Jin Dynasty has horse farms in various frontiers, such as this Liangzhou, there are three large horse farms, there are special horse breeding institutions, and a large number of war horses are provided to the army every year, which solves the army's demand for war horses.

Those Xianbei people also wandered around the horse market, and a few people talked about the horses here in a contemptuous tone, in the eyes of these fierce Xianbei people, these horses could not be called war horses at all, and they were just cripples on their side.

Liu Han can understand Xianbei words, so he can naturally understand their words, these Xianbei people's tone is not good, but what they can say is the truth, as for Dajin, what does it matter to him.

Just as he was about to turn to the other side, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, there was a strange smell in the air, and this smell was very faint, and only those who had experienced the brutal training like the killer battalion could feel it.

In the blink of an eye, the internal breath flowed all over his body, pushed the horse dealer who was still chattering to the side, and pulled Zhang Meng back five steps, but he did not retreat into the stable; the situation in the horse shed was unknown, and he couldn't tell whether the other party was ambushed inside, so he pulled Zhang Meng to retreat between the two horses, and used the horse's body to cover himself.

Just as he started, Liu Tie also moved, he shouted violently, knocked over a horse dealer with a felt hat next to him with a punch, and with a big hand, he pushed Xiao Qi to the back, Xiao Qi staggered backwards, hit the manger, and his body turned over the manger, lying on the ground for a long time and couldn't get up.

Liu Tie knocked over the horse dealer, drew his sword out of the sheath and was about to rush out to fight, Liu Han shouted behind him: "Come back!"

Liu Tie's figure froze, and quickly turned back, without the slightest stagnation between the turns, and at the same time his eyes were still vigilantly staring in all directions. When he got to Liu Han's side, he found out that those people were not targeting Liu Han, let alone him.

It's a long time, but the actual time is very short, but between one or two breaths, there was already chaos in the field, and just when Liu Han pulled Zhang Meng back, the eagle-like Xianbei man reacted, but he had time to call out two words: "Enemy attack!"