Zhao Yongqi was stunned when he heard what he said, and Li Zhien covered his small mouth and said with wide eyes: "Frog Oba, you are so powerful, you can see so many things in such a little time?"

"It's not that I'm good. Zhao Yongqi waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's their appearance that is too strange." Normally, in a desert like this, either caravans travel in groups or the local natives. But they are a four-like, so I was suspicious of them from the beginning. Since you are suspicious, you will definitely look more closely and pay more attention to their flaws. ”

"Brother Qi, what do you mean, those sand thieves want to trick us into staying away from the barracks, and then take the opportunity to rob us again?"

After Zhao Yongqi was silent for a while, he nodded and said, "This possibility is very likely, but I don't know if it's or not." In short, the only thing we can be sure of now is that this is already within the scope of the border army's patrol, and these sand thieves dare not be too arrogant here, so they want to trick us into leaving this area. As for whether we have taken a fancy to our goods or whether there is something else, that's two words. ”

"But, Xiao Qi, although what you said is very reasonable, this is your guess after all. If it's wrong, then aren't we just throwing ourselves into the net and sending out the goods that we managed to get back?" Deng Chao looked down and thought for a while, then looked up and said with a little worry.

Blinking a few times, the corners of Zhao Yongqi's mouth turned up, and he said calmly with his hands: "It's really all my guess." But ~~~"

The handsome man with a long voice, with a somewhat evil smile, stared at Deng Chao and said, "However, I think it is a safe route to go to the barracks to find the border army." After all, it's now equal to a multiple-choice question, either A or B. Brother Chao, why don't you take the detour route, so that at least we won't be wiped out, how about it?"

"This, this ......" Deng Chao, whose face stiffened in an instant, said with a wry smile: "Hahaha, Xiao Qi will never say anything wrong, let's go, hurry up and find the barracks!"

"Hahaha......" In the laughter of everyone, Deng Chao could only smile awkwardly. Just kidding, no matter what Zhao Yongqi said is true or false, at least everyone has a response when they are together, this is really separated, in case only he is unlucky in the end, isn't it a loss?

Now that the decision had been decided, there was nothing to hesitate about, and in less than an hour, the whole caravan followed the predetermined route shown on the map, and went around a sand dune to see the military camp near a small oasis in the distance.

The barracks are not large, and they look very dilapidated, and the perimeter is a two-meter-high wall built with stone materials, and there are several soldiers standing on the wall of the main entrance, which is considered a barracks.

Seeing the caravan arrive, those soldiers were not afraid, until all the members of the brotherhood group walked to the main gate, and saw a few strong men holding spears and wearing Han Dynasty soldier clothes walking slowly.

The leader was dressed in a general's fish-scale armor, and he clenched his fists at the people who had just gotten off the camel, and then said, "You have come from afar, but you want to go out of the customs and trade?"

"General Lao asked, we came from the Central Plains, carrying a large amount of silk and other things, to the Western Regions to do business. Zhao Yongqi saw that everyone else was looking at him, and immediately walked out and replied with his fists.

When the general heard that it was silk, he didn't have any special expression on his face, he just nodded very casually, and then sighed and said, "If you can come here, you are already a great blessing." ”

"Why did the general say this?" Zhao Yongqi seemed to expect the other party to say this, so he immediately opened his mouth to ask.

The general sighed again, and then said honestly: "Recently, there have been a large number of sand thieves and horse thieves in the area under the jurisdiction of this general. Although Ben also tried to clean it up, these thieves were cunning and were escaped by them several times. It's a pity that the generals have few soldiers in their hands, and they have the heavy responsibility of guarding the gates, so they can't deal with these thieves in a new way. In just ten days, the passing merchants were robbed of their goods, and there were not a few who killed the merchants. If you can go to the jurisdiction of this general, you will already have good luck. ”

When everyone heard this, they understood why Zhao Yongqi insisted on coming here. It seems that at the beginning, he had already decided that finding this military camp and obtaining the assistance of the border army was the key to passing the level. Otherwise, even if you can escape once, I am afraid that sooner or later you will fall into the hands of those sand thieves.

The people of the Brotherhood knew better that now their mission had come. Whether it's to clear customs or protect those goods, you must first destroy those sand pirates.

Seeing the thoughtful expressions on the faces of the group, the general waved his hand heroically, and then said with a smile: "Those annoying things, let's put them away first, everyone is far away, it is not too early today, and rest in the barracks, and then it is not too late for you to stay and discuss." ”

When they heard this, they beckoned their camels and went into the barracks accompanied by the general.

Zhao Yongqi, who was walking beside the general, thought about it and said with a smile: "May I ask the general, if our goods are sold to you, how much will they be worth?"

The general was not ambiguous, and said very directly: "If it is a first-class high-grade silk in the Central Plains, it can be sold for five hundred taels here." ”

"What if it is sold further away?" Zhao Yongqi was stunned for a moment, thought about it and continued to ask.

The general touched his fake beard and said with a smile: "Even if it is the extreme west, it is estimated to be seven or eight hundred taels." ”

Hearing this answer, Zhao Yongqi lowered his head and was silent for a moment. The amount of money they earned was 20,000 taels, and if each person carried twenty horses of silk, the average was at least 1,000 taels. But listening to the meaning of the current general, the maximum horizontal and vertical is 800 taels, and it will not be enough to reach the figure of 20,000. In other words, if it goes on like this, no one will be able to pass unless it is coaxed by their own people.

After entering the barracks, the general did not say anything more, bowed his hand to everyone, beckoned his men to snort the brotherhood, and then strode away.

Zhao Yongqi didn't leave his mind on the camel anymore, waved his hand to the others, beckoned them all to follow him into a small wooden house, dragged a few cushions at random, motioned for everyone to sit down, and told the general what he had just asked the general about the price.

After saying this, Cheng He was the first to jump up, glanced at everyone with a somewhat wary look, and said, "No, so let's not kill each other again?"