Chapter 309

For the situation on the grassland, you have to ask Fan Lihua to know. The dragons in the clouds have never been to the grassland, and as for Fudler, although he is a Rong clan, the Northern Barbarian Department is 108,000 miles away from here, and he is also blind.

According to Fan Lihua, there are more than a dozen tribes distributed in this grassland, some large and some small, and the largest is the Xirong tribe.

The Rong have no writing, no currency, and no so-called power structure, so it is no wonder that the empire regards them as barbarians. They don't recognize the copper coins of the empire, of course, gold and silver are hard currency at all times, but the price is too low.

People here are more accustomed to bartering and are still in the very early stages of business.

Fan Lihua told Cheng Dalei that it was not easy for these tribes to find them as they migrated with the water and grass, but in this grassland, there was a fixed trading location, which was a market, where the tribes regularly traded their supplies every month.

The goods traded included cattle, sheep, horses, hunting dogs, weapons, ironware, tea, and of course, slaves.

Counting that tomorrow is the day of the transaction, Cheng Dalei left the large army, and himself, Fan Lihua, and Fudler each carried some goods to the trading market, which can be regarded as exploring the way in advance.

On the way, Cheng Dalei asked some more about the customs of the Rong people, and Fan Lihua could be said to understand, but Faudler was silent.

No one can figure out what this kid is thinking in his heart, and sometimes he may not be able to answer three questions, and Cheng Dalei is not very willing to talk to him.

The three of them rode three horses and immediately carried the goods, bringing some medicinal herbs, tea, and salt.

At dusk, rushed to the market. This is a mangrove forest located in the grassland, and tomorrow is the official opening day of the market. But many people have come one after another, and Cheng Dalei saw that in the mangrove forest, a group of people nested together, with goods piled up in front of them.

Silverware, jade, herbs, flocks of lambs, vicious hounds, and so on, were not greeted, and whoever needed them came forward to negotiate the price themselves.

When Cheng Dalei and the three appeared, they all cast unkind eyes, like jackals staring at their prey.

With the deep hatred of the empire and the Rong people, they were already very friendly if they didn't draw their swords on the spot. Cheng Dalei couldn't help but beat a little drum in his heart, if everyone rushed up, the three of them could only flee quickly.

Fan Lihua behaved very calmly, she really looked at it casually as if she was here to go shopping.

"The Rong people worship the strong, and as long as you are stronger than them, they respect you. What hatred or hatred is not important to them. Fan Lihua said casually: "There are often wars between various tribes, and if you carefully calculate it, every family has the hatred of killing their father and taking their wife, and it is not clear." As long as you are better than them, even if you rob their wives, they are still willing to be your slaves. ”

Saying that, Fan Lihua glanced at Cheng Dalei: "Of course, you can't do this kind of thing." ”

Fan Lihua taunted Cheng Dalei a little, and Cheng Dalei snorted.

"That's, that's, are we civilized? ”

Hearing Fan Lihua's words, Cheng Dalei no longer had any psychological burden. also accompanied Fan Lihua to visit the market, someone looked at him with a fierce face, Cheng Dalei also looked back viciously, and finally looked at each other, and the other party avoided it with interest.

Ha, it's really a different culture, different customs.

Fan Lihua is right, the Rong people do worship the strong, and it is not uncommon for various tribes to rob each other of women. In this place, as long as your fist is big enough and your ability is strong enough, there is no shortage of people who worship you as king, even if you kill his father and sleep with his mother.

There are a lot of strange goods sold in the market, the fur of some strange animal, the stones picked up from the river beach, and some things that Cheng Dalei has never seen or heard of.

Cheng Dalei's eyes lit up, and he suddenly noticed a thing, a monocular, brass texture, and a strange pattern of rust.

This is supposed to be a European-style telescope.

The seller was a Rong man, who was thinner than the common Rong people. Staring at Cheng Dalei's eyes like a vicious mouse. Cheng Dalei ignored him and asked Fudler to ask him for a price.

Eventually, the monoculars were bought with a packet of salt, and salt could be used as currency in the grasslands. The mouse-like Rong man's gaze immediately softened, and wrinkles piled up, as if he wanted to laugh.

Cheng Dalei looked into the distance through the telescope, in fact, the effect was not good, it was said to be a clairvoyant, but how could he see a thousand miles. Cheng Dalei's eyesight is okay, and this clairvoyant mirror can't play much role.

What really made Cheng Dalei interested was the origin of this clairvoyant mirror, the thirteen states of the empire are bordered by the Canghai Sea in the east, and the Rong people in the northwest, so what is there to the west?

Cheng Dalei turned the mirror tube and saw the mountains in the west undulating, the sky high and the clouds far away.

The terrain of the empire is not exactly the same as Cheng Dalei in his previous life, and as for the structure of the entire world, Cheng Dalei also knows nothing. The world should be more than an empire, and there should be more than the Rong people.

What is the West?

A pretty face that can break through the snow and jade slip appeared in the lens barrel, standing too close to each other, and even the blood vessels under the other party's skin could be seen clearly.

Fan Lihua frowned: "What are you looking at, can you see clearly?"

"Ah, you can see clearly, you can see clearly. ”

Cheng Dalei put away the clairvoyant mirror, waved his hand and said, "Come, come, put our goods out too." ”

This time, the three of them only brought a small amount of medicinal herbs, tea leaves, and salt. The three burdens were opened, and Cheng Dalei squatted under the big tree, feeling like he had left the floor in his previous life.

Originally, the Rong people here did not look at the three people well, and they were going to kill the three people at any time. didn't do anything for the time being, and I just couldn't figure out where the three of them came from.

It wasn't until Cheng Dalei put the goods out that the eyes of the people around him lit up obviously, and someone held the weapon. Cheng Dalei also put the axe on it, and sure enough, the greedy eyes around him dimmed.

Someone who could use such a heavy axe as a weapon might be a good stubble, and there were obvious blood marks on the axe.

Sure enough, soon the first person came over and asked Cheng Dalei what he wanted to change.

In this era, the situation of trading is probably like this: first ask the other party what they need, and then exchange it for the other party with their own things, and if they don't have it, they need to exchange it from another place first.

After all, it is the most primitive stage of commerce, and things like salt, tea, and medicinal herbs are hard currencies that can be used as currency.

There were more and more people around Cheng Dalei in front of him, and soon Cheng Dalei realized the bold enthusiasm of the Rong clan, and the matter of exchanging a bag of salt for a horse also appeared.

Cheng Dalei prefers easy-to-carry things like beautiful stones and jades, and these things are easier to sell in the empire. Some of the herbs that are special to the Rong people are also what Cheng Dalei needs.