Dio asked aloud, "Sir Gerat, what did you just say about the Freedom Caravan?" ”

"The free caravan is a caravan that does not belong to any pastoral banner, and is generally formed by foreign caravans, or the upper echelons of the pastoral banner who were lucky to survive after the failure of the grassland hegemony. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Except for horse bandits or offending Mu Qi, Mu Qi generally won't attack these caravans, after all, the materials on the grassland need to be transported in by these caravans."

"You're so familiar with the grasslands, tell us about the way of trading, taxes, and what you need to pay attention to, right?"

Dio said, and Geralt explained. "The trade on the steppe is generally barter, gold coins are of little use, of course, there is also a common currency on the steppe, that is, sheepskins, wolf skins, slaves, sheep, horses, these things, as long as the quantity and quality meet the requirements, then you can exchange for anything.

"In terms of taxes, they are generally collected according to the volume of transactions, and ten horses are taxed for one horse, so you don't have to think about tax evasion, and you will register when you enter and exit.

"But if you exchange salt, iron, weapons, and other necessities for things like horses and sheep, not only will you not be taxed, but you will even be rewarded by the banner owner."

"Hey, wouldn't that be the same as no tax for the caravans in the field? Hee-hee, I was still worried about what goods should be traded just now, why didn't I think of this thing as salt? It's stupid.

"Well, we brought hundreds of packs of 100 catties of military salt, we should be able to take out dozens of packs and exchange something with them, right?"

Dio calculated with joy on his face, he knew very well that even within the empire, salt was an important material, and he could imagine what salt represented in the salt-deficient grassland.

From this point of view, although the empire did not suppress the steppe in weapons, it was extremely treacherous in formulating a salt monopoly to enter the steppe to suppress the steppe.

Man does not die without weapons, but without salt it is over.

As for this special sale, even those with a slightly smaller power can't interfere, and don't even think about smuggling.

You know, it's all for high-ranking officials and dignitaries to monopolize, and they grab money to make money?

Is it long?

As for Zhao Hu, how can he have hundreds of bags of salt?

You must know that the empire is very generous in terms of the ration of materials for the garrisons on the border, especially food and salt.

Zhao Hu's wing didn't know how to do it, and the food was tightly restricted, but a large amount of salt was transported at one time. Zhao Hu's station has not received salt for several years, but after many years of use, there are still hundreds of packets, from which you can know how much salt has been transported before.

Geralt didn't know what Dio was pleased about, and continued, "As for the things to be aware of, in the gathering place, don't say anything related to any of the flag owners, including the local flag owners, otherwise you will be arrested;

"When trading with an open-air vendor, never bargain, otherwise the other party will think that you look down on him and will refuse to do business with you; Also, if there is no sign of the transaction at the door, you must not go in, otherwise you will die in vain if you are hacked to death. ”

"Why do you say that?"

Sun Jie looked curious.

"Because although the level of the flag is strict, but the treatment is very simple, an inconspicuous flag bag, it is very likely that the flag owner's family lived, you broke in for no reason, of course, it was upside down."

"Aren't there guards in such an important place?"

Sun Jie was full of surprise, he had never heard of it, he could casually break into such an important place as the residence of the flag owner's family, you must know that it is equivalent to a harem.

"The women here are just tools used to breed offspring, and they have no status, even if they are the wives of the banner master, they are not as good as a centurion, except for being very favored, otherwise there will be no guards at all."

Of course, Geralt knew that his words had made everyone open their mouths and continue to sell knowledge.

"Also, don't talk to women you don't know, if you talk to a strange woman, it's either considered a bad intention, or it's considered courtship."

Seeing that his colleagues were all obscene, he couldn't help but say angrily. "Don't say I didn't remind you, it's a seventy-year-old grandmother, as long as you answer to her and she replies in a friendly manner, even if the courtship is successful, then you will be upset.

"After courting and refusing, will be chased and killed by the woman's family, I remember a foreigner once accosted a ten-year-old girl, the girl replied to him to know the truth, and then immediately refused, and then was chased and killed by the woman's brother, I heard that until the girl is seventy or eighty, this chase is not over."

Hearing this, everyone shuddered, and the captain of the squad said disapprerovingly, "As long as you agree, you'll be fine?" Amazing to take her away. ”

Geralt sneered.

"You're going to make sure they're going to answer amicably? Know what will happen to you if the other person yells? ”

"What's going on?"

"Hehe, as long as the other party is angry at you, no one present can beat you up, and you will not be compensated if you are killed, it is okay to be killed on the spot, if you don't die, your little brother will be cut off."

Geralt's gaze was aimed at the squad leader's lower body, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Mom, doesn't it mean that the status of grassland women is very low, why is it so terrifyingly protected?" Sun Jie had palpitations, and suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but immediately ask: "By the way, doesn't it mean that people who don't have a marriage match will also have contact with the maid?" So what about the children born to these maids? ”

"The children born to the maids, both male and female, are the slaves of the banner owner, and their fate is completely decided by the banner owner.

"Those who don't know their parents and are raised by the unified are called flag slaves, and those children born after marriage by the flag owner are the real flag people, and these flag people who have parents are ten masters when they become adults."

Hearing this, Sun Jie nodded suddenly.

The women who can run out and wander around are all banner people, and their families are at least officers with more than ten commanders, and if they are provoked, of course, they will be retaliated against.

With Geralt's reminder, everyone made up their minds not to provoke women after entering the gathering place, so as not to provoke hemp lanterns.

You must know that these people have cut down the young master of the wooden flag, and if they provoke the crystal flag again, it will really be a big frieze.

While they were talking, a group of people had approached the gathering area, and it was only at this moment that everyone realized how huge this gathering area was arranged by a shallow river, and the endless herding flag bags almost reached the sky.

Among them, the smallest flag bag is five or six meters in diameter, about three meters high, this kind of flag bag accounts for almost seventy or eighty percent of the whole flag bag, almost every such flag bag next to a large or small carriage.

The medium-sized ones are about ten meters in diameter and four or five meters in height, with thousands or so of them.

And even larger, that is, placed in the center of the gathering place, there are nearly 1,000 giant pastoral flag bags with a diameter of 20 or 30 meters and a height of 7 or 8 meters.

The largest of them is not known in diameter, but it can be seen that it is at least ten meters high, and the top of the bag is golden.

Needless to say, that is the Golden Horde camp of the Crystal Word Shepherd Banner Lord.

This gathering area was surrounded by a shallow river on one side, and a row of rudimentary fences on the other three sides, and there was a wide entrance facing Zhao Hu, where two hundred cavalry blocked the entrance.

When these guards saw Zhao Hu's group, they immediately put themselves on alert, and the two cavalrymen who looked like leaders took a few steps forward, and one of them shouted.

"Sign up!"

Geralt immediately said to Zhao Hu: "Sir, quick, what is the name of our caravan?" ”

He really regretted that he hadn't thought through these things himself. Although he can talk nonsense, Hu Yi is not capable of him as a sergeant, and there is a second lieutenant on it.

Zhao Hu didn't know why, but suddenly remembered the ring that was tied around his neck, and said subconsciously.

"Jiuding."

Everyone who heard this was stunned, and although Geralt didn't know why Zhao Hu came up with such a strange name, he still shouted.

"We are the Jiuding Free Caravan."

"Please."

The leader of the shouting waved his hand, and the cavalry behind him immediately dodged to both sides, and at this time, a table and a paperwork middle-aged man on the side of the door were exposed to everyone.

Geralt, who was riding his horse forward, was shocked suddenly, and immediately whispered to Zhao Hu, "It's not good, sir, I actually forgot that the caravan needs to show the caravan token when entering and leaving such a gathering place of flag masters!" ”

"Tokens? Worst! Where do we have it? Dio panicked.

"What token?"

Zhao Hu was puzzled, and Dio hurriedly explained, "It's a token representing the caravan, just like their crystal flags, our imperial noble coats of arms and the like!" What to do? If you don't, you'll be suspicious! Now turn around and go...... No, it will be even more suspicious! ”

Speaking of the back, he was already panicking, Zhao Hu stretched out his right hand and showed the ring that cleared the base change.

"Is this okay?"

Dio and Geralt were immediately dumbfounded when they saw the unusually dazzling ring, and after a while, Dio stammered, "This, of course you can." ”

Zhao Hu showed the ring to the paperwork.

The clerk's eyes flashed, and he seemed to be a knowledgeable person, and then quickly wrote down the name of Zhao Hu's caravan and the description of the token, and finally wrote the number of Zhao Hu's voters, and then let him go.

Seeing that the document used the Augustian Empire script, Zhao Hu was sure that the grassland did not have its own script.

In this way, the grassland civilization is very backward.

I don't know if it's the effect of Zhao Hu's ring, the clerk and the two centurions muttered a few words, and a middle-aged guide was assigned to Zhao Hu.

Under the leadership of the middle-aged guide, Zhao Hu and the others entered the gathering place.

As soon as you enter the gathering place, the strong smell of livestock and feces immediately hits your nose, followed by a lively and boiling atmosphere.