Seeing these more than 20 carriages, Captain Jingxiong quickly cut through the mess, quickly completed the transaction with the merchant group just now, and then commanded the guards a little eagerly to pull the carriage to an open space not far away. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The goods were moved down by everyone, and the captain immediately ordered dozens of cronies and clerks to start inspecting the goods one by one.

And his eyes had long been attracted by the strong bow, and the result of the test shot made him immediately fascinated by the strong bow.

The results of the statistics came out soon, and Captain Wan said to Zhao Hu while playing with a strong bow, "Lord Zhao Hu, five refined machetes, five refined all-iron spears, ten sabers, two strong bows, one general bow, five catties of refined salt, and ten more horses, how about sending you ten thousand miles of horses?" Are you happy with the price? ”

Dio, who was calculating while listening, immediately suppressed his excited tone and said in a low voice, "My lord, two thousand machetes can be exchanged for four hundred, a thousand spears can be exchanged for two hundred, a thousand sabers can be exchanged for one hundred, five hundred strong bows can be exchanged for one thousand, one thousand bows can be exchanged for one thousand, and eight thousand catties of refined salt can be exchanged for one thousand six hundred!"

"Oh my God! That's 4,300 horses! And ten thousand horses! Earned! ”

Zhao Hu and the others were dumbfounded, especially when they heard the price of five catties of salt for a horse, their heads were almost dizzy.

Is it any wonder that the empire wants to impose a salt concession on the grasslands, and in the empire, how much does a pound of refined salt cost to sell? How much does a horse sell for?

No wonder the smuggling of salt was cracked down so harshly!

Captain Wan, who had already received the total number of his subordinates, couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he saw Zhao Hu and the others silent, and looked at the strong bow in his hand.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I misunderstood the quality of your group's strong bows, four strong bows each, and at the same time, in order to express my apologies, I will also send 10,000 catties of food, how about adding ten more horses for a total of twenty thousand miles?"

He looked at Zhao Hu nervously.

Hearing this, Zhao Hu and the others were stunned, but everyone quickly understood that although salt was the most valuable in this batch of goods, for nomads, having a strong bow was the most important thing.

It is not surprising that a common bow can be exchanged for a horse, and a strong bow can be exchanged for four horses, and it is very likely that it will be exchanged less.

Dio stepped forward and whispered: "My lord, we can now exchange 5,300 horses, and there are also 20 horses and 10,000 catties of grain and grass. ”

And Geralt also stepped forward and said, "My lord, although it may be a little more expensive, I still promise him like this, but I have to take the opportunity to ask the groom and the veterinarian, so many horses cannot be left unattended." ”

At present, the brigade has nearly 2,000 horses, all of which are taken care of by 25 logistics soldiers, and they have long been complaining about hardship, and with these more than 5,000 horses, I am afraid that they will immediately strike and rebel.

Zhao Hu looked at Captain Wan and nodded with a smile.

"Deal, however, we don't have enough grooms in our caravan to take care of so many horses, and we need a veterinarian, so if anything happens to those horses, it's a big loss.

"I wonder if Master Wan can borrow a few grooms and veterinarians?"

Captain Wan, who was originally embarrassed by the words "deal" and "but", couldn't help but say boldly when he heard that it was this request, "No problem, there is no need to say anything to borrow, I will pick five veterinarians and a hundred grooms for you from my subordinate flag slaves to send you, and I guarantee that they are all the best." ”

"My lord, this business is done, if you have the opportunity in the future, you will come here to do business again."

Dio looked excited, he didn't expect that a few weapons could be exchanged for so many horses.

Zhao Hu frowned and asked, "I heard that there will be heavy snow in a few days, what do we need to prepare?" ”

Hearing this, everyone was taken aback, although they had never seen heavy snow on the grassland, but just listening to what the captain said, it was enough to scare people to death.

After walking around the trading area, I found out that a horse can be exchanged for a thousand catties of horse food, fifty horses can be given a horsehoe to a thousand horses, ten horses can be exchanged for a large carriage, one horse can be exchanged for five sets of harness, one horse can be exchanged for ten sets of woollen clothing, one horse can be exchanged for ten sheep, and one horse can be exchanged for five hundred wooden arrows.

Then he exchanged the horses that had just been transferred for twenty large carriages, 200,000 catties of horse grain, 1,000 sets of horse harness, 2,000 sets of woollen clothes, 1,000 sheep, 100,000 wooden poles and arrows, and at the same time put horseshoes on the remaining horses.

So many things, a total of 1,500 horses were spent, especially the 200,000 catties of horse food, although 400 horses were used in exchange, everyone felt that it was worth it.

As soon as it snows, the horses can only survive on these horse food, and this 200,000 catties of horse food is enough for all the horses in the brigade to survive the winter.

As for the 100,000 wooden arrows, there are not many, according to the more than 1,000 people in Zhao Hu's team, each person is only about 100. However, with the original inventory, the number of nearly 200 pieces is enough for a period of time.

If it weren't for the fact that almost all the private stock in the trading area was exhausted, I'm afraid that one million Zhao Hu would be willing to change it.

After saying goodbye to Captain Jingxiong, Zhao Hu and the others took a hundred horsemen and veterinarians, 40 large carriages, 1,000 fat sheep ready to spend the winter for these people, 200,000 catties of horse food, 10,000 catties of food, plus a total of more than 4,000 war horses that were ridden, and left the gathering place in a mighty manner.

Zhao Hu didn't go to the horse thieves market immediately, because it was getting late, and it was better to go to the horse thieves market at dawn.

Back at the carriage assembly site, everyone began to prepare dinner, and at this moment Dio found Zhao Hu to propose.

"My lord, did we sell the branded horses at the horse thieves' market? In this way, we can eliminate the accident of revealing our identity. Anyway, the black market is a place where stolen goods are traded, and the horse thieves themselves are enemies of the herding flags, so they are not afraid of them to report the news. ”

Dio felt that the title of adult was better than that of the chief, and when he came back, he also called Zhao Hu an adult.

Zhao Hu also thought that this method was good, but when he was about to agree, Geralt spoke out against it.

"It doesn't work! Sir! The subordinates thought that in order to completely eliminate the traces, it was better to kill the branded war horse, which was the safest way! ”

Hearing this, all the people around him were stupid, and Zhou Wen immediately said in disgust, "Cruel! Your mount has been your companion for years! ”

Several cavalry squad leaders also spoke out in support of Zhou Wen, Geralt's face turned cold, and he shouted, "Shut up!" Don't forget that horse thieves are also steppe people! Can you guarantee that they will not become enemies of the Empire? Can you guarantee that they won't attack us when they discover our Imperial horses?

"Who are we? We are soldiers! Imperial soldiers who will not hesitate to sacrifice for the sake of the mission! And our task now is to get back home safely! It's the enemy who stands in our way, and we should just wipe them out!

"Now our mounts, our cavalry companions, have hindered the completion of this mission, so we have to sacrifice them! In order not to accidentally reveal our identities, we can only be cruel! ”

Gerat's words immediately caused everyone to fall into deep thought, and after a long time, one of the horsemen said, "I support Commander Gerat. ”

With the words of this cavalryman, more and more people agreed to Gerat's proposal. Only Zhou Wen was the only one who kept pouting.

That night, the neighing of the dying horses sounded, and the cavalry killed his mount in tears.

Zhao Hu, who came out to patrol the night at night, unexpectedly saw Geralt hiding alone in a secluded place, affectionately stroking the mount that had not been killed by him, Zhao Hu did not step forward, stood there quietly, listening to Geralt and the mount talk about the past time.

It wasn't until he saw Geralt touch his hand towards the saber that Zhao Hu turned around and looked up at the starry sky.

After a while, a tremor came from his ears: "I'm sorry. ”

With a low hiss, Zhao Hu sighed and walked away gently.

The next day, Geralt proposed to make bacon from the dead horses, and this time Zhao Hu was the first to agree to the proposal. Later, this batch of bacon was consumed by the servant soldiers, and none of the imperial soldiers ate a bite.

This time, the whole team set out, and they went around the gathering place of the crystal flag, along the river, and came to the location of the horse thief market.

Before they got close to the camp that covered a large area and consisted of nearly a hundred large shepherd banner bags, a commotion was already coming from inside.

Around the camp, in addition to dozens of horsemen on horseback, lazy and occasionally taking a sip of a wine bag, there were six men in lewd appearance and dressed in scribe's clothes, and they were gathering together, laughing and talking about something.

Seeing Zhao Hu's large team, the cavalry did not react, and the five or six scribes jumped up violently as if they had taken stimulants, and after a few people gathered around for a while, a scribe triumphantly sorted out his clothes, glanced at Zhao Hu and others, took a few steps forward, put on a respectful demeanor, and saluted Zhao Hu.

"Welcome, my lords, I'm my personal guide—Wei Tang."

Dio, who knew the situation from Gerat, immediately asked, "I don't know how much your guide costs?" ”

If it weren't for these guides, I am afraid that I would not be able to buy anything in this black market, Wei Tang rubbed his hands.

"Our guides are based on the transaction price, which means that you trade a hundred horses and only give them to the next one."

There is no tax on the black market for horse thieves, and these guide fees are equivalent to taxes. Dio, who understood this, immediately nodded in agreement.

As soon as Zhao Hu gave the order, more than 200 people who had been selected long ago followed Zhao Hu out of the brigade, and the convoy drove to the side to rest, but Zhou Wen did not follow as usual.

"So, I wonder what you need?"

Wei Tang turned over and rode a horse neatly, pulled the reins, and easily came to Zhao Hu's side.

"Playing? Food? We've got it all here. ”