After two more days of walking without danger, I could finally see a group of white yurts with flowers in the distance. Outside, there are children and teenagers who are not afraid of the cold, playing and fighting, jousting, and wrestling.

In the crowd watching from the sidelines, someone saw a large group of people, horses, and carts coming slowly towards them in the distance, and shouted loudly: "Look! There were a lot of cars and people coming there! ”

The children and teenagers stopped their movements when they heard the shouting and ran boldly towards the convoy. In the distance, someone blew a long, long horn sound, and the herdsmen who heard the horn came out of their yurts. Because the sound of the horn is not an urgent warning, everyone stands at the door and looks around leisurely to know why the horn sounds.

When they saw a convoy slowly approaching in the distance, they immediately knew that it was a caravan from the Great Republic of China in the south, and those herdsmen screamed excitedly.

Because they had held the merchants of Damin hostage once, there were no caravans to trade for two years after that, and they thought that the merchants of Damin were frightened at first and did not dare to come. Later, news came that there was a nationwide drought over there, so there would be no merchants for the time being.

There are few trading opportunities in the steppes, especially in the north, where merchants come even less. Every time there is a caravan from the south to the grassland, for them, it is like the Chinese New Year in the mainland, full of festive and lively atmosphere. All the family's savings will be taken out to buy salt, tea, etc., which the family will need for a year or two, and if there is any surplus property, they will exchange it for some more luxurious porcelain, silk, etc.

Children and teenagers ran to the caravan, excitedly guessing what was in the wagons. Some guess the goods covered by the tarpaulin are tea, some are salt, some are beautiful silk, and some are beautiful and smooth porcelain.

Some of the older children recognized Li Darttou, Xiaohu, Dahong, and Xiangzi and them, so they happily jumped back and forth around them. Some proudly hugged Xiaohu's waist, jumping and jumping laughing, some shyly pulled the hem of Li Dart's clothes, raised their heads and grinned at Li Dart, and some held Dahong's hand. Ask in words that Dahong doesn't understand, why haven't they come for a long time?

Followed by a group of children screaming and making noise, and greeted by a large group of herdsmen, the horse team was finally welcomed into the central open space surrounded by yurts.

As soon as Buhe, Bayar, and Batu came up, they gave Xiaohu, Dahong, and Xiangzi a bear hug, turned up and threw them down, and the three brothers of Xiaohu didn't react, so they were dumped. The herdsmen laughed as they watched the three brothers being knocked to pieces. Li Darttou stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, blaming himself for not telling the brothers of the Wang family in advance, this herdsman expressed his enthusiasm and missed something different!

The three brothers who got up, one of them gave the cloth and the three of them a fist, and they stopped fighting. Xiaohu, Dahong, and Xiangzi first brought out the peanut candy, Hong cake, black cut, square cake, Huantuan, ginger candy and so on that they brought out from home for the children to eat. Dragged out of the car.

Xiaohu said to Li Darthead: "Big brother! You tell them that this is for the children, and let the children of the family come forward, and I will give them a little. ”

Li Darttou stumbled to tell the herdsmen, and the children rushed forward excitedly and surrounded Xiaohu. The young, short children, holding their hands high, waited for the little tiger to bring them candy. The adults laughed happily. Watch your own children follow the crowd, hip-hop and wait to distribute candy.

Batu, Buhe, and Bayar stood aside and chatted with Li Darttou. Fortunately, although Li Dart's head did not speak fluently. But in listening, they understand very quickly, and they can talk comfortably.

When the children got the candy, they ran back to their mother happily with their clothes filled with several kinds of candy, and happily invited their mother to eat candy, sharing the child's unique joy and happiness.

Leader Zhao opened his mouth. looked at Xiaohu and Dahong who were surrounded by children in surprise, and said secretly: "! What is this Wang family doing? Do business, do business! Is it so big that you have to drag a cart of candy for the child? What about when this is a walk to relatives?! ”

Li Darttou saw that the candy had been distributed. He began to ask everyone to take out the goods they had brought to trade and put them on the ground.

He said to the merchants, "Put your things out first and put them in front of you." If someone among the herdsmen wants to trade with you, and you don't understand the meaning, call me, and I will help you communicate. If you don't know the value of the transaction, you can also ask me, and I will give you a price from the previous transaction. ”

Then he turned around and stumbled, pointing and pointing to the herdsmen: "What we put out first are some small quantities of bulk goods, and they all came with us at the risk of death, just to earn a little more money to support their families, and please take care of them!" ”

The goods brought by these retail merchants include silk, porcelain, iron pots, hanging pots, copper mirrors, combs, wooden basins, tile pots, salt and tea, most of which are practical items for living at home.

These things that were originally worthless in the mainland are rare and difficult here, but they are really useful, so the transaction is very fast. The least of the cargo belts can be replaced with two horses, and the more one can be replaced by five or six horses. These retail merchants who traded all the things couldn't keep their mouths together, touching the Malaysia they exchanged for back and forth, and they couldn't wait to kiss it! Li Dangtou looked at all the horses, these herdsmen were very kind, and the horses they gave were very good, and the worst ones could be sold for seventy or eighty taels of silver.

After those retail merchants finished trading, they pulled aside the horses they had traded, and it was time for the Chen family, the Wang family, and the Zhao family to ship.

The Chen family only had tea leaves, and nothing else was brought, leaving two hundred catties for the southern herdsmen, and taking out all the rest.

In addition to tea, the Wang family also had 200 catties of salt that Zhao gave to the four Xiaohu brothers, and Xiaohu took out more than half of the tea leaves to trade and 100 catties of salt to distribute to the poor herdsmen.

In order to have a good relationship with the northern herdsmen in the future, Leader Zhao took out two-thirds of the salt, but the northern herdsmen asked for it!

On the herdsmen's side, because the little tiger is full of goods, and the little tiger wants to rest here for a few days, so that the injured horses and the wounded can be well maintained, and they are not in a hurry in both aspects, so. Trading is not so rushed.

That night, the herdsmen made a bonfire in the middle of the large open space, slaughtered sheep and cattle, and entertained the caravans.

Buhe, Bayar, and Batu are good friends of Xiaohu, Dahong, and Xiangzi. They must drink, dance, and wrestle, and the three brothers couldn't screw it, so they had to accompany them to wrestling performances. Although they have martial arts, they are really not as good as Batu in wrestling. Fortunately, they are not weak, and they are not thrown like when they met.

Batu and Xiaohu wrestling. Every time Batu felt that he had successfully thrown Xiaohu out, but every time Xiaohu did a somersault and stood firmly on the ground. The herdsmen who watched would stand up and scream, cheer, and gesticulate and praise when the little tiger made that fly-like movement.

When it comes to the time of the cloth and the big takeover. Dahong is more, holding on to the cloth and not letting go, the cloth and no matter how he falls, he can't fall out, and it's useless to sweat profusely in a hurry. And Dahong doesn't do the action of wrestling, it's not that he's polite but he doesn't know it at all, he doesn't have that skill!

When Bayar wants to wrestle with Xiangzi, he can't catch anyone at all, and the whole game is in the middle of a fight between you chasing me and dodging. Annoyance to the people watching. Laughing crookedly. Bayard was so tired that he stuck out his tongue, and finally had no choice but to give up. But life and death are unwilling to admit defeat.

Buhe's brother Burigood knew that Laizi was Xiaohu's brother, so he wanted to drink with Laizi, but Laizi didn't understand them at all, so he had to watch him raise a glass and drink, and he also raised a glass and drank. I drank too much. The gang of little brothers who followed Břigood were going to dance backwards in a way that no one could tell what they were. I've returned to my seat. looked straight and covered his face, and chanted vigorously: "That's not my brother." That's not my brother! ”

The people from the Zhao family were having a good time, the girls on the grassland were very cheerful, and these men from the south followed behind, twisting their butts and shaking their heads to play with treasures, not only did they not get angry, but they smiled and played with them, and taught them how to dance like them.

After all, I have been walking for many days, and I have never had a good rest. Those herdsmen were having fun, but the tired Chen Dagongzi couldn't resist it. Fortunately, the herders, although enthusiastic, do not force them to spend there. Buhe, Batu, and Bayar took them with them, and settled them in tents that had been set up for them in the morning.

The Chen family and the Wang family all slept in a big tent, and before resting, Xiaohu asked Li Darttou: "Big brother!" I want to release the harrier I brought to send a letter to my daughter-in-law, is that possible? ”

"You put it! It should be fine, it usually knows to fly back. If it doesn't know how to send a letter home, it's fine, I've already sent a letter back, and your daughter-in-law should get the news, and if anything happens to her, we'll send it to me. ”

Xiaohu thought about it and felt that he should try to put it once, so he said: "Then I'll write a few words, try to let it fly and see, when we were at home, we have been trained many times, and nine times out of ten, it can send letters back and forth." ”

Li Darttou smiled: "You still train this at home?" If this harrier has been trained, then it should be no problem to send the message, you can let it go back now, and it is estimated that it will be back tomorrow night. It flies fast! ”

"Then I'll write a letter!" Xiaohu took out the paper in the backpack and processed the second girl into a small slender ink core with ink strips, and wrapped it in a polished very smooth hollow log with an ink core hard pen. This kind of pen is more suitable for use when you are away from home, or when you are in a hurry, and you don't have time to sharpen the ink.

Xiaohu soaked the ink core that came out of the nib of the pen with water slightly, and then wrote. When you can't write the blot, soak it a little and continue writing. Li Darttou and Chen Dagongzi watched from the side, and even said that this kind of pen is very good, and it is good to use it when you go out. Go back and get some for them too, Xiaohu nodded in agreement as he wrote.

The next day, Buhe, Bayar, Batu, and all the families with whom they had made deals, all came and led them to their stables to pick horses! They chose according to the number of good horses and bad horses agreed on yesterday, not randomly!

The Zhao family was chosen by the leader of Zhao himself, and there was no need for Li Darthead to interfere with whether it was good or bad, and the horses of the Wang family and the Chen family were handled by Li Darthead.

Li Darttou first had to choose the best horse for Xiaohu, which Xiaohu exchanged for ten catties of good tea and Buhe's father, which was a thank you gift to the eldest prince of Qin! Bu He didn't hide it for his father, opened his father's private horse pen, and took Xiaohu and Li Darthead in, which were selected by Li Darthead.

Entering the horse circle of Bu and his father, Li Darttou and Xiaohu's eyes were straight, worthy of being the king's property, but they were different. Good boy! It's all super good horses that can't be seen outside, black, white, red, flower, gray, no matter what color it is, all of them are shiny, strong and strong, with bright eyes, and eyes full of arrogance and arrogance when looking at people.

Xiaohu joked with Li Daotou: "Big brother! How can I look at these horses and more princely aura?! ”

Li Darttou looked at the arrogant horses and looked at the very casual cloth, and felt that Xiaohu was really not wrong, and couldn't help but be happy! (Want to know more?) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner, select Add Friends to add an official account, search for "wang", follow the official account, and never miss every update again! (To be continued)