At the border between the northern grasslands and the Central Plains, a group of displaced people are sitting on the edge of the Shenmu River, next to a bonfire that has been raised.

It is located on the northern border of the Wang Consortium, bordering the grassland, but it is already inhabited here, and the Wang Clan's troops rarely even patrol here.

A group of people gathered around the campfire to keep warm, the clothes they were wearing obviously had many patches, they were not often washed, and they still carried homemade earthen guns in their arms, and they looked like horse bandits who had been wandering in the wilderness all year round.

A middle-aged man with sharp-beaked monkey cheeks said, "Big brother, do you think they will come, the day agreed before has long passed." ”

"I don't know," a sturdy middle-aged man rubbed his hands: "Who knows what the situation is on the grassland, I heard that there is also a lot of chaos over there, and some small tribes say that they will be wiped out." ”

"Then let's continue to wait, we've been waiting for two days," the middle-aged man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks scolded and said, "If the goods they bring are not as good as they say, we will run for nothing." ”

"Wang Ergou, I said that you kid can stop for a while, I have listened to you chattering here for the past two days, if you don't want to wait, just go back by yourself," a man spat on the ground after speaking.

The leader of the horse bandits stopped talking, and the reason why he waited here for two days was not because he had integrity or anything, but because the family was about to be unable to open the pot......

They live on the road from the Central Plains to the Northwest, but the trade routes between the Northwest and the Central Plains have long been cut off for I don't know how many years.

Although they heard that the trade route was about to be reopened, it was not that it had not yet been opened? They had encountered a few caravans before, and they wanted to rob them, but now the caravans that could travel between the northwest and the Central Plains were all big merchants, and their weapons were much better than theirs.

Moreover, he was also a smart man, who was this man who opened the trade route? But 178 Fortress!

This 178 fortress is different from the consortium, they will not open their eyes to loot the caravan in the future, and the group of slaughterers in the 178 fortress will probably send troops to level them regardless of it.

The leader of the horse bandits thought to himself, since being a horse bandit is risky, can he take advantage of this wind and do some business?

But what kind of business can I do, and I don't have the goods in my hands......

So, in the previous paragraph, a herdsman came from the north on horseback and said that he wanted to do business with them, and the leader of the horse bandits named Sulei was immediately tempted.

The herdsman rode very tall horses and said that they had a lot of skins for the game of the steppe, as well as beef and mutton to trade.

These things, whether they are in the Northwest or the Central Plains, are scarce!

Fur, in particular, is one of the favorite things of the nobles in the fort, and if you can wear a beautiful fur from the wilderness, then you are the most dazzling presence at the dinner party.

Of course, Su Lei also heard from others, and he had never seen it with his own eyes.

But in the market town of Zong's fortress, it is true that there are grocery store owners who buy furs all year round.

No, those ramparts are now part of Fortress 178.

The Shenmu River is shallow, and now it has all frozen into ice due to the cold weather.

Part of the reason why nomads always choose to go south in winter is that rivers can be navigated.

Just as the leader of the horse bandits, Su Lei, was pondering, there was a faint sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and he looked up and saw a group of men and horses coming from the frozen river, led by a teenager.

Su Lei stood up: "I'm Su Lei, you're late. ”

The young man sitting on horseback smiled: "Good things always come later, the furs we brought, a lot of furs, and they look very good, what we want, did you bring them?"

At this time, Su Lei remembered a very strange thing, according to his thoughts, the things that the northern nomads wanted to trade should be salt or weapons or the like, but the other party was very strange, and actually asked for tea, Chinese cabbage, coriander, green onions, ginger, garlic, pepper, pepper and other seasonings......

Of course, I also needed antibiotics and some iron tools, but the iron tools also needed pots and pans, not knives and swords......

"Our goods are just a few kilometers away, and we have to make sure of your sincerity before we can take you to pick them up," said Sulei. ”

The dozens of people behind Su Lei silently looked at the young man, as well as the hundreds of light and strong men behind the young man, all of whom rode tall horses and followed closely behind the young man.

The young man listened to Su Lei's words and smiled: "Send someone to inspect the goods." ”

Su Lei glanced at the middle-aged man with the sharp-beaked monkey's cheeks, and the other party shrank back.

On the contrary, the man who had reprimanded this middle-aged man before took the initiative to walk towards the herdsmen.

The young man looked at the man and approvingly: "You are quite bold, what's your name?"

Su Lei suddenly felt that this young man had a kind of self-confidence in his superiors, and the man didn't mind, so he replied in a muffled voice: "Cui Qiang!"

As he spoke, the man had already walked among the herdsmen, and he was surprised to see that these people were carrying stacks of furs on their horses.

Cui Qiang stretched out his hand and checked it, these furs were so well preserved that even the best hunters in the Central Plains couldn't do it, there were no gun holes, only two small holes like tooth marks, as if they had been bitten to death by a wolf.

If the furs here are sold to the northwest or the Central Plains, they will make a fortune.

It's better to sell it to the Central Plains, where people are richer!

Cui Qiang checked for half an hour before it was finally over, and he turned around and shouted to Su Lei: "There is no problem. ”

Su Lei took a deep breath and said to the young man: "Come with me, I will take you to the place where the goods are placed, vegetables, iron tools, medicines, we have all brought." ”

The young man laughed happily: "When I saw that there were no goods around you, I thought that you were planning to empty the gloves of the white wolf, since you sincerely want to trade with our tribe, then you have made a very correct decision." ”

Between the words, Su Lei found that the young man on the other side didn't seem to be afraid of their earthen guns, but this group of herdsmen obviously didn't have any hot weapons, why were they so confident?

You know, no matter how dirty a gun is, it's also a gun.

Su Lei wondered as he led the way: "Why don't you buy weapons or something, why do you buy so many daily necessities?"

The boy laughed, "It's like if I want a weapon, you can get it for me." ”

There was a hint of sarcasm in his words, but Su Lei really couldn't refute it, if he could get a better weapon, they wouldn't have to run around with a gun themselves.

The young man glanced at Su Lei and smiled: "Don't mind, I'm just stating some facts, after this transaction is done, you will slowly become rich, and when the time comes, it will not be too late for us to trade other commodities." ”

Su Lei was stunned for a moment, he found that this young man actually wanted long-term cooperation in the future.

The other party does not buy guns now because the other party sees it very clearly: they can't get Su Lei.

But just because you can't get it now doesn't mean you won't be able to get it in the future.