Chapter 1376: Running Business
White Sun Gate, west of the city.
Outside the west gate of the city, the streets are lined with greenery, bringing a touch of life to this hot summer.
Occasionally, a cool breeze blows, and being in it only feels extraordinarily refreshing.
There was a crisp sound of horses' hooves from the bluestone paved road outside the side gate, and a caravan should have passed by.
Normally, most of the caravans departing from the White Sun Gate are in the morning or early morning, and few caravans depart from noon.
Usually there is only one possibility that the owner of the caravan is too lazy or inexperienced. You know, it's dark when they go out of the city at this time, and they have to spend the night in the suburbs, which will greatly increase the risk.
Of course, it is not excluded that people are bold and strong, and they don't care about staying for one or two nights at all.
Fortunately, in the past two years, Bairimen City has been renewed, just those large caravans in the city, there are hundreds of long-term fixed ones, and medium-sized and small caravans are not counted, these caravans' footprints are all over the Shenmin Continent, they are like veins extending in all directions, and the wealth of the entire Shenmin Continent is transported to Bairimen City.
The dark monsters in the wild have already been cleaned up, and it is rare to have a chance to encounter them, and there were some bandits and bandits before, but they have all been wiped out. You must know that those ruthless people in the White Sun Gate are originally the most ferocious and vicious bandits, and they are very clear about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and it is not too easy to suppress the bandits.
The caravan passing in front of him seemed to be a medium-sized caravan, with a number of about three hundred, and it was composed of the main body of the Great Wei merchants from Fashen City, and then gathered some small caravans along the way.
Such joint caravans are very common in Bairimen, and some small-scale merchants can sell their goods farther and at a higher price by merging their teams into the big merchant houses and paying a certain protection fee to accept the protection of the large merchant houses' escort group.
In the process of escorting small caravans, those big trading houses can not only receive a high amount of protection money, but also have the opportunity to buy some sought-after goods directly from them and complete some profitable transactions. And this is a profitable thing for both parties.
The Great Wei caravan set the departure time in the afternoon, probably to facilitate the gathering of those small caravans, or it is likely that the quota for their trip is not full, and they hope to accept more small caravans when they leave.
Among the more than 300 people in this joint trading bank, the merchants of the Great Wei Commercial Bank accounted for about half, and there was also a fierce escort team, all of them were martial artists above level 36, and their strength should not be underestimated.
And the rest of the dozens of people are from various small caravans, except for the members of the Great Wei Commercial Bank, whether it is from equipment or consciousness, there is unity, the other small business houses are all messy, colorful, all colors.
The caravan slowly left the city gate, and at this time, several small caravans came over, probably wanting to join them, and were discussing with the stewards about joining.
Maybe they think they will join after leaving the city, saying that they can't protect the money can be a little cheaper, and they can get a discount!
At the end of this Great Wei caravan, there was an inconspicuous pony carriage.
There were no markings on the body, and at first glance it was the cheapest frame material used, but the two horses pulling the cart looked good and were worth a few bucks.
The one who drove the car was a young man, he looked very energetic, with a slender figure, and he looked like a good skin, but unfortunately the breath on his body was weaker, and from the outside, he only had about thirty-one or two levels of strength.
As the wheels jolted all the way, the neat boxes of medicinal herbs in the carriage shook one after another, and the positions became uneven, and the woman sitting in the carriage stretched out her hand from time to time to reorganize the crooked medicinal herbs and place them neatly together.
The car kept jolting, and the boxes of medicinal herbs were always changing directions, but the woman in the car frowned, and again and again, tirelessly put the position right, striving for everything in the carriage to be square and square, even if there was a little bit of misalignment, she would never allow it.
The carriage kept shaking, and the woman in the car kept fighting with these boxes of medicinal herbs again and again, as if these boxes were enemies and must be defeated!
At this time, someone who was sitting in the seat of the car to catch the car whispered.
"Don't clean it up, you're so bored!"
The woman in the carriage snorted lightly, and said with a smile: "You're more boring, okay! You don't need a good teleportation array, you have to learn from other people's micro-services for private interviews, what an honor it is for the little woman to be able to sit in the car of Master Wuhao himself, and there is no regret even if she dies!"
"However, you have a decent posture in driving the car, why are you so smart? You can learn everything, even the car!" said the woman in the car, with a smile in her tone.
Lu Meng didn't look back, smiled slightly, and said: "That's because I'm not paranoid! Unlike some people, if the position is not correct, they will not be forgiven, and the burden in their hearts is heavy, people will not be easy, and the kind of people who are too tired to live will naturally not learn things so quickly! Also, let's talk about it first, when we get to the Fashen City, you are not allowed to cause trouble for me!"
The woman in the carriage chuckled, "Trouble? There is probably no one in the world who is more troublesome than Master Wuhao, right? Compared to you, what kind of beard on the onion am I? I have read all the information about you, and I have found a very interesting thing. ”
"Wu Haoqi people, born in Red Willow City, became famous in the Tianzun Divine City Seed Competition, before that, I went to Bairimen to explore treasures, what was the result? Hongliu City was turned into Hongliufu by you, and became your private territory, Bairimen was also secretly controlled by your forces, and now Tianzun Divine City is also under your control, Michong Divine Emperor obeys your words, and you even kidnapped the Divine Emperor Concubine, hehe! You still say that you won't cause trouble?"
The woman who spoke was the Divine Emperor Concubine Duanmu Qingyi of Tianzun Divine City, but now she was dressed in cloth, with a wooden hairpin with the most simple style on her head, and the original peerless face of the country and the city had also been disguised, and now she looks like an ordinary woman, at most she can only be called pretty.
Duanmu Qingyi didn't expect that Master Wuhao would still have such a Yaxing, in her opinion, it was just a matter of turning a few teleportation arrays, but in Master Wuhao, it has become much more complicated, and people are obviously tired, she doesn't understand why Master Wuhao wants to go to Fashen City, which is an unreasonable thing in itself.
Right now, whether it is the God of War City or the Law God City, they are all eyeing the Tianzun Divine City, especially the Demon Formation Technology of Master Wuhao, as well as the human civilization he masters, they are still vigilant.
If they knew that Master Wuhao had left Tianzun Divine City, they would definitely try their best to capture this person, because as long as they caught Master Wuhao, they would immediately be able to enrich the country and strengthen the people, and have the strength to surpass the other two Great Divine Cities.
Why did Master Wu Hao go to Fashen City? This is a matter worth exploring, and it has also successfully aroused Duanmu Qingyi's curiosity.
However, this trip is indeed a bit interesting, because this is the first time that Duanmu Qingyi has left Tianzun Divine City since marrying into the prince's mansion, and not only came to the legendary famous Bairimen, but also saw the customs of Bairimen. 400
After that, he had to follow Master Wuhao and follow the caravan in front of him to prepare to leave the territory of Tianzun Divine City and go to Fashen City, which was something that Imperial Concubine Duanmu Qingyi didn't even dare to think about before.
Before you know it, the caravan has left the outskirts of Bairimen City and officially entered the wilderness area.
After walking for a few hours along the way, seeing that the sun was about to set and it was getting late, this Great Wei caravan simply found a place near the water source and set up camp.
When you are near the White Sun Gate, it is relatively safe, and after leaving the White Sun Gate area, the journey to the border is not so peaceful.
Because of the border between Tianzun Divine City and Fashen City, there is an area of three things, also known as the buffer zone, in this buffer zone, there are often monsters of the dark race, and there are also some fugitives and bandits in the god race, they will rob those lonely merchants in this area, and sometimes even assemble to attack the caravan and extort high tolls from them.
In the early years, these vicious people were gathered in the White Gate City, and later Master Wu Hao unified the White Gate City and turned the White Gate into his own private land, so that the people in the city lived a prosperous life, and the merchants made a lot of money at the same time, but also made those vicious sinners lose their hiding place.
The more the Bairimen talks about the rules, the more they can't stay, which has nothing to do with wealth and power, it's entirely because some people just want to kill and take pleasure in it, or they themselves want to find excitement and don't care about killing at all, so they can only fall into the grass and continue to do those black and black businesses without capital.
In the past, the White Sun Gate City was mixed with many gangs, but now all the gang elites have been incorporated into their own army by the master of martial arts.
They only have one banner, that is, the Bairimen Army, this is a well-disciplined army, brave in battle and well-equipped, with the rich resources of the Red Moon Canyon in their hands, and has already become one of the strongest soldiers in the territory of Tianzun Divine City.
Under the supervision of the Bairimen army, even those villains who consider themselves to be strong in force do not dare to be too arrogant.
It's just that compared to the richness of Bairimen City in the past two years, on the other side of the border, in the territory of Fashen City, it is a completely different situation.
Just as Lu Menglu was sitting in the carriage and quietly thinking about these things alone, three caravan guards walked in front of the carriage.
One of them stretched out his hand and knocked on the board of the car, and said, "Assemble! The chief steward of the caravan will have a meeting with you, and you will also send someone to attend." All groups that join the caravan are to send someone to participate. After a quarter of an hour, assemble at the campfire. ”
Lu Menglan didn't say anything, and nodded to indicate that he knew.
The three guards didn't bother him, and left after giving him a notice.
"I'm going to have a meeting, do you want to come along?" Lu Menglan asked Duanmu Qingyi in the carriage.
Duanmu Qingyi blinked his big beautiful eyes, nodded, and said with a smile, "Okay, okay! I haven't been to the bonfire party! Do you think I want to change into a beautiful dress and go again?"
Lu Menglan remained silent, glanced at the car window, and said lightly: "Whatever you want." ”
After a while, the carriage door opened, and Duanmu Qingyi jumped out of the carriage.
Naturally, she didn't change her clothes, but instead wore a thin layer of green veil on her face to cover her beautiful face.
She looked like an innocent little girl, and she seemed a little excited.
"Just listen to it after you go, don't be too troublesome. ”
"Okay, got it, master!" Duanmu Qingyi obediently lowered his head and followed behind Lu Menglan.
She is full of curiosity about everything in the outside world, especially these things on the rivers and lakes, for the princess who has been sitting in the imperial city for the first half of her life, it is like the scene in the book.
After a while, the two came to the campfire.
The Great Wei caravan lit a huge bonfire by the river, and dozens of people gathered around the bonfire, all of whom were representatives of various small caravans.
"Everyone, I am Fu Boyuan, and I am the general manager of the Dawei Commercial Bank this time, so it's good for everyone to call me Lao Fu. An old man with a red face arched his hand to everyone and said to everyone.
There was a burst of goodwill cheers from the surrounding crowd, and they all returned the salute.
"This time, we are from the White Sun Gate City back to the Law God City, the road is long, passing through four areas, namely the White Sun Gate Wasteland, the buffer zone, the eagle's beak plain, and finally arrived at the outskirts of the Law God City. ”
"Now, we are on the Bairimen Wasteland, and this road has been easy to walk in the past two years, and there is no big problem. However, this time, I called everyone here to remind you in advance that when you have passed through the wasteland, you will enter the buffer zone. Be careful, there are likely to be changes recently. According to the latest information obtained by our Great Wei Trading Bank, it is said that there are several more powerful bandits in the buffer zone, and just two days ago, a caravan of the Red Sun Trading Bank was ambushed by a large group of bandits when passing through the buffer zone, suffering heavy casualties and losing all the goods. ”
"For this reason, on behalf of the Great Wei Commercial Bank, I will call everyone over to discuss this matter, if we encounter a brigade of bandits, what should we do?"
The representatives of the small caravan around looked at each other, you look at me, I look at you, everyone's faces are full of melancholy.
One of the middle-aged businessmen in the prime of life said loudly: "We have already paid protection money to the Great Wei Trading Bank! Isn't this a problem that should be solved by you? What can we do? ”
The Fu steward of the Great Wei Commercial Bank nodded and continued: "This benevolent brother is right, you have all paid protection fees, and our guards of the Great Wei Commercial Bank will try their best to take you to Fashen City. However, this is only a prerequisite, and the actual situation now is that we have obtained accurate information, and a large number of bandits have already appeared in the buffer zone, and it is very likely that they will find us! If we encounter a large number of bandits, I am afraid that it will be difficult to protect everyone with the escort of our Great Wei Trading House alone. That's why I'm convening this meeting to hear your opinions. ”
Everyone was flustered again, and the middle-aged merchant who spoke before was silent, what the Great Wei Commercial Bank said was right, they collected the money to do something, but the plan did not change quickly, from the buffer zone to the Fashen City, there were still more than ten days in the middle, in case they encountered those large bandits on the road, even a large caravan like the Red Sun Commercial Bank was not spared, they followed a medium-sized caravan like the Great Wei Commercial Bank, and it was almost impossible to win against those bandits.
"Steward Fu, can you tell me what you can do?" someone in the crowd couldn't help but ask.