It was not easy to get used to the smell that everyone noticed the layout inside. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The top of the flag bags are in groups of three or five, six or nine piles to form a piece of land, and these flag bags are fixed shop fronts, and the open space between them is the stalls for open-air sales.

Although the flow of people in the gathering place is not crowded, it is also a continuous stream, in addition to the noisy noise, more is the noise of selling and calling for father and mother.

Zhao Hu and his gang paid great attention to Geralt's reminders, not paying attention to the women around them, and focusing on the goods.

People from the pastoral flag looked left and right with great interest, everything felt fresh, and every booth had to leave an eye.

And those from the Imperial Army ran to watch it with great interest at first, but after looking at the goods, all of them became boring.

Locke and Luo Fei, who found that there was no food selling in the stalls around them, were the first among them to lose interest.

There's no way around it.

The goods here are really poor, and they sell either sheep and horses, or some leather goods, or some daily necessities, and the most remarkable thing is some weapons.

They were disappointed by the horses and weapons that the Imperial soldiers were interested in, the horses were all inferior horses, not as good as the horses drawn in the cart in the brigade, and the weapons were shoddy wooden poles and arrows and soft bows, and as for the other leather goods and the like, of course, they would not look at them.

Originally, Zhao Hu was a little tempted by those wooden arrows, after all, they were arrows anyway, but Geralt's sentence "There is a better one ahead" made Zhao Hu dispel the idea of buying them on the spot.

The guide was also a clever person, and when he saw the expressions of Zhao Hu and the others, he said with a smile, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is an area where ordinary flag people trade items, they are all bad horses and rotten skins, and there are no good goods, let's walk a few steps quickly, and in front of us is the trading area of the Banner Merchant Group." ”

Sun Jie immediately shouted with joy.

"I see, I thought such a big market would sell these things."

Dio stepped forward and asked enthusiastically: "This brother, don't you know what kind of goods are generally in front of you?" You must know that we adults have a very high vision, and we can't look at ordinary things. ”

The guide glanced at Zhao Hu, and when he saw this adult, who had been calm all the way and had not been attracted by anything at all, he immediately nodded.

"There are majestic horses and fine leather ...... inside"

Speaking of this, the guide was stunned for a moment, because there were only these two kinds of goods on the grassland, but he also quickly continued, "These goods are guaranteed to be the best, and they can be sold for a large amount of gold coins when they are transported out of the grassland." ”

Dio raised an eyebrow.

"That's all? We're still interested in horses, but we're not interested in leather goods.

"Alas, it's a pity that we brought thousands of catties of refined salt to exchange for something."

"Thousands of pounds of salt!" The guide was immediately dumbfounded.

If there is one thing that the grasslands need most, it is salt and tea, you must know that these are the necessities of life, without which people will be doomed!

"You're bringing salt! Great, we are in need of salt, so I'll let you know. ”

As he spoke, he immediately summoned a cavalryman who was patrolling the bazaar, muttered a few words, and the cavalry immediately galloped towards the center of the gathering place.

And the guide immediately greeted him warmly after finishing these things.

Soon, Zhao Hu and his entourage left the messy trading area and entered the business group trading area.

There are fewer people here, but the space it occupies is several times larger, and from time to time there are dusty, long-distance journeys, and heavily loaded convoys of sealed carriages, escorted by a strong cavalry, into this trading area, and at the same time hundreds of horses, and vehicles full of leather goods, leaving in an endless stream.

The guide pointed to the convoys and said proudly, "Our crystal flag is the largest herding flag in this grassland, with countless horses and horses, not to mention the merchant groups of other countries, even other herding flags in the same grassland, will also come to us to trade horses." ”

"That is, if we didn't know that the Crystal Banner Ranch is the largest here, we wouldn't have traveled all the way here." Dio hurriedly responded.

Geralt looked at the herd of horses passing by and whispered to Zhao Hu, "My lord, these are all trained war horses, and they can be used in battle with a saddle. ”

Zhao Hu and the others have already discussed the name, otherwise a chief can make people suspicious.

The guide with the tip of his ear actually heard this, and immediately interjected, "Hey, I believe you also know that in addition to being good at raising horses, the most powerful thing in our crystal flag is horse training."

"The horses in the whole ranch, except for the underage young horses, are all trained war horses, just like this adult said, with a saddle and a horse nail, you can go to the battlefield."

"How's the horses?"

Sun Jie asked the old knife beside him, and before the old knife could speak, several people from the cavalry squadron beside him were already swallowing saliva.

"What else? All of them are good horses, better than most of our horses! ”

Sun Jie turned his head and was immediately startled, because these guys all looked at the herd of horses walking by with red eyes.

In the midst of the chatter, the group came to a stop not far from a large herd banner with hundreds of strong men guarding, and the guide asked them to get off their horses and wait, while he walked forward to prepare the report.

Just at this moment, several people came out of it, a middle-aged strong man who looked like an owner, talking to a middle-aged businessman with two guards, and the voice was so loud that Zhao Hu could hear it clearly.

"Haha, don't worry, we don't have anything else here, but there are countless war horses, as long as you bring us what we need in an endless stream, then you can pull away our war horses endlessly."

The merchant whispered something, and the strong man patted the merchant on the shoulder and smiled, "Don't worry, you will never be in danger in this prairie, there are orders from above, no one dares to touch you in the entire prairie, even those damned horse thieves will not see you when they see you......

"However, you should be careful not to be discovered by your Imperial Intelligence Department, then we can't guarantee your safety."

Hearing this, Zhao Hu and the others were shocked.

Except for the Augustus Empire, there is no one in the country near the steppe who has such titles as "Empire" and "Ministry of Intelligence", and the merchant also turned his head nervously, and when he saw Zhao Hu and the others, his face immediately changed.

Seeing this scene, Geralt immediately whispered: "Quick, everyone pretend to be arrogant." ”

Although Sun Jie's imperial army didn't know what was going on, they all put on a slanted look at people.

They already look down on these nomadic civilizations, especially when they see the goods traded by the nomads, so this arrogant look is really too bad.

As for Zhao Hu, although he didn't deliberately pretend to be arrogant, his indifferent appearance was enough to show that he didn't take the surrounding situation seriously.

The servant soldiers did not follow the order—because it was not ordered by Zhao Hu, they were now looking bowed and pleasing to the eyes, and after entering this trade area, they automatically became restrained.

When the merchant saw the expressions of Zhao Hu and the others, and then saw the appearance of the hundred or so servant soldiers, the vigilant look in his eyes was slightly soothed, but he still muttered a few words to the strong man.

The strong man nodded and glanced at Zhao Hu and the others, and took a few steps forward, while the guide took the opportunity to introduce each other, "Lord Jingxiong, they are the Jiuding Business Group."

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the younger brother of the owner of the Banner of this Mu Banner, Master Jingxiong Wanfu."

After saluting Zhao Hu and them, Captain Wan said loudly, "The crystal flag welcomes your arrival, I don't know where the guests are from?" ”

Geralt whispered to Zhao Hu, "Let's just say that we are from the Freedom Alliance." ”

Zhao Hu knew this kind of ringleader's greeting, and it was unreasonable for his own leader not to come forward, so he stepped forward and learned to salute Jingxiong Wanfu.

"We are from the Freedom Alliance, and I am Zhao Hu."

A look of surprise immediately appeared on Captain Akio's face, and then he returned to his normal demeanor.

"It's rare, Lord Zhao Hu is actually a merchant group from the Freedom Alliance, and we haven't met a guest from the Freedom Alliance for many years.

"By the way, have you heard of the Weiss merchant group in Port Mante?"

Zhao Hu was a little hesitant, he didn't know if this business group was famous, he said that he had heard of it, maybe there was no business group at all, he said that he had not heard of it, maybe this business group was famous, and at this moment, Dio walked out openly.

"I'm sorry, Master Wan, we haven't heard of this merchant group you are talking about, but if you have a message for us to deliver, we will be happy to oblige."

The merchant suddenly saluted without smiling.

"I'm sorry, I'm from the Weiss Business Group, but I haven't heard of your Jiuding Business Group, which province are you registered in?"

Zhao Hu and the others immediately understood what was going on, if they hadn't heard the words of Captain Wan just now, "Your Imperial Intelligence Department", these impostors would definitely be scared to death, Dio immediately saluted apologetically.

"Ah, I'm really sorry just now, but I really didn't expect to meet my compatriots in this vast grassland, it's really a coincidence.

"We are from the port of Zhuqiao, and there are so many merchant groups registered there, and it is not surprising that you have not heard of a merchant group like ours...... The last time we passed through the port of Mante, the port was expanding, I wonder if the expansion has been successful now? Daddy, who manages the supply of the port, is still in good health, right? ”

The businessman who was originally smiling Mimi flashed a trace of panic in his eyes and sighed, "We've been out for more than half a year, and it's not clear what has become of our hometown, and the port should still be expanding, right?" After all, a big project is not so easy to complete.