Chapter 1372: Impersonating the Chamber of Commerce (4)
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He glanced at Jingxiong, and then had a polite look with Zhao Hu and the others, and left in a hurry.
Captain Wan, who knew the details of the businessman, thought that Zhao Hu's group in front of him was indeed from the Freedom Alliance, and immediately said enthusiastically, "Welcome, please come in and drink some milk tea." ”
With that, he dragged Zhao Hu into the tent, and the imperial officers and eight centurions also followed, while the others stayed outside the door.
"Uncle, you are so powerful, you actually know the situation in Mante Port." Sun Jie whispered.
"That guy is an Imperial, he knows a fart? Didn't you see me make up a few random sentences, and let him run away? ”
Dio looked proud, and Geralt, who heard these words, couldn't help muttering to himself.
"This chief is not only powerful himself, but his personal guards are also powerful, just now I am afraid that he has been exposed......"
There were dozens of low tables in the huge tent, and after some politeness, the guests sat down, and five or six beautiful maids brought hot milk tea to everyone.
In addition to these handmaidens, there were also two clerk-like people sitting behind the captain.
Except for the eight flag soldiers, everyone else just tasted a sip of milk tea and put it down, and they couldn't get used to the milky taste.
Of course, except for Locke and Luo Fei, they drank bowl after bowl and didn't stop until their stomachs were bigger.
Seeing the frowning look of these people, Captain Wan smiled and said loudly, "I heard from my subordinates, your group has brought thousands of catties of salt, I hope to trade all of them to us, don't worry about the price, we will give the best price......
"As for other goods, I also hope that you can trade with us, because we are the largest gathering place within a radius of thousands of miles, although the price of other goods may be low, but we have enough goods here to fully meet your needs, I don't know what your group thinks?"
Hearing this, Zhao Hu hesitated for a moment, "Since there are some goods that are inconvenient to decide, please wait a while." ”
With that, he pulled Dio and the five logistics captains out of the tent, while the others remained where they were.
Captain Wan knew that ordinary merchant groups would not do business with just one Muqi, and maybe some goods had already been booked, so he was not surprised to say to Zhao Hu that he needed to discuss, but just shouted when Zhao Hu left.
"No problem at all in terms of price, definitely give you the best price!"
After leaving the tent, the servant soldiers immediately surrounded Zhao Hu to guard, and Zhao Hu asked a few logistics managers.
"What to do? What should we sell for? ”
Unexpectedly, in order to get arrows and maps, he actually had to make a cameo appearance as a businessman, and the five logistics captains all set their eyes on Dio.
This guy Dior is more like a logistics officer than a personal guard, and the logistics of the brigade are all managed by him, and only he knows which of the goods he brought can be sold and which ones can't.
"My lord, we now have one hundred and eight packs of salt, two thousand five hundred machetes, one thousand five hundred iron guns, one thousand three hundred sabers, seven hundred and twenty strong bows, and one thousand one hundred general bows.
Originally, a brigade didn't have so much inventory, but Zhao Hu was afraid of the invasion of Muqi, so he exchanged the excess money department for weapons in the bazaar, plus the previous seizures, it became so much.
Zhao Hu and the five captains were all taken aback, this was almost equivalent to emptying the inventory of the entire brigade, seeing everyone's solemn expressions, Dio didn't care.
"It's okay, there are hundreds of machetes and hundreds of bows, enough for us to use for a long time. And if we don't make such a big bet, I'm afraid we won't get a map or arrow supplement at all.
"Also, this will also reduce the load of our carriage, so we can easily run."
There are now more than a thousand people, and the remaining weapons must be enough to replace, and nearly a thousand people use bows and arrows, and arrows are in great demand, and in this steppe, if you want to get the supply of arrows, only these big bazaars have them.
After this village, there will be no such shop, and no one knows when the next battle will break out, knowing that the number of arrows can determine life and death.
Also, after losing so much weight, it is indeed faster to escape, thinking of this, Zhao Hu agreed.
What goods to exchange?
Now is the time to run, what else can you change for a horse that is good for speeding up the escape?
"Salt can't be sold so much, we need at least 20 bags to keep the bottom!"
A captain reminded.
Zhao Hu asked, "How long can these twenty packs last?" ”
In this prairie, you are not afraid of not having food or drink, but you are afraid of not having salt, which is a very important thing.
"That's enough for us people for a year and a half." Wu Chang thought for a moment and replied.
"Okay, twenty-eight packets of salt will be left, the rest will be sold, and the strong bow will be sold for five hundred." Zhao Hu came to a conclusion.
The strong bow is a remote sharp weapon, or it is better to leave more points for backup, and some of the weapons in it are ordnance, especially the strong bow, which is strictly forbidden to flow out of the army.
Zhao Hu and the others didn't realize that their actions were smuggling weapons, which was a felony.
Back in the tent, Zhao Hu pointed to Dio and introduced it to Captain Wan.
"This is Dio, the steward of our merchant group, let him introduce the goods we brought to your lordship."
Dio saluted.
"Master Wanfu, although we brought nearly a hundred carriages, but because this is a tentative commercial activity, we didn't bring many supplies, only eighty bags of refined salt, two thousand delicate machetes, one thousand all-iron spears, one thousand swords, five hundred strong bows, and one thousand ordinary bows, but unfortunately, there were no arrows."
Hearing this, Captain Jingxiong looked surprised, and the captains and logistics soldiers who knew about a little bit of the inventory situation all changed their faces, and Sun Jie couldn't help but pull Laladio's sleeves, but seeing Zhao Hu and several logistics captains looking as usual, they understood that this was a decision after discussion, so they put their minds at ease.
They also did not pay attention to the fact that such smuggling of weapons was wrong, but even if someone asked for the guilt, the sentence "was robbed by the enemy" would shirk responsibility.
"Haha, it doesn't matter if you don't have arrows, we are reluctant to use those arrows with metal rods......"
Before Wanfu could finish speaking, a clerk came forward and muttered, and he immediately changed his words, "...... Since we all have the intention to trade, let's take a look at the goods? ”
"Don't worry, the price hasn't been negotiated yet, I don't know if you can explain to us the price given by your banner?"
Dio said with a smile, and the captain thought for a moment and instructed the clerk beside him.
"Tell a few people to bring the comparison items."
Hearing this, he knew that this captain was not stupid, and knew that he would use the comparison to determine the price, Sun Jie immediately became anxious, stood up and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Geralt beside him in time.
"What do you want to do? We can't act casually as we are! Geralt exclaimed.
Sun Jie hurriedly replied in a low voice, "I want to remind Uncle Dio that we should first find out the price of their original goods, otherwise they will casually offer the price, and we will not suffer?" ”
Geralt looked angry, "Stupid! I don't know what you think! He is the captain of Wanshu, and he bids on behalf of the crystal word pastoral flag!
"For the sake of the credibility of the shepherd, he will not deliberately falsely report the price, otherwise the matter will spread, will the crystal muqi still be mixed on the grassland? Not even an idiot would do such a thing! ”
Hearing this, Sun Jie was full of suspicion and nodded reluctantly.
The clerk soon returned with a few guards, and in the center of the tent lay a spear, a machete, a saber, a bow, and a bow, as well as a small bowl of yellow coarse salt, which the captain said.
"Let's quote with a horse, this kind of spear is ten for a horse, the same is true for machetes and sabers, the strong bow is two for one, the common bow is five for one, and the salt is fifty pounds for a horse, you can compare it and see if this price is satisfactory."
Zhao Hu signaled, and Dio, the logistics captain, as well as Gerat, Sun Jie and several others immediately walked up to check the weapons, and everyone laughed at a glance.
Dio looked up, "Excuse me, my lord, if our goods are better than these, then how will the price be calculated?" ”
Captain Wan's eyes lit up: "For every grade of quality, the price doubles!" ”
Dio nodded with satisfaction, turned to Zhao Hu and said, "My lord, my subordinates are going to pull the goods over, right?" ”
Zhao Hu nodded, and Dio immediately took half of the people away.
There is no way, to use these unbranded horses to pull the carriage.
Zhao Hu and the others chatted with Captain Jingxiong without a word, and Captain Wanfu looked envious, "...... Don't look at the bright spring during this time, but we are all clear that the weather in early spring can change, and the sky is clear in the morning, and the snow will fall all over the sky in the afternoon...... Has Steward Dior returned?
“…… Tell you, once it starts to snow, it's endless, and it won't stop until next month and a half!
"Alas, when the time comes, those of us in the gathering place will be better, and the food and grass will be prepared for a long time, and those who leave the gathering place to herd will be miserable, and a large number of people will freeze to death every year.
"Not to mention the livestock...... By the way, hasn't that Dio steward come back yet?
“…… You're here at the right time, if it's at night when the snow is falling for a month, the snow will bury you!
"Haha, don't worry, it won't snow for ten days and a half during this time, enough for you to leave the grassland, or why don't you just wait on our side until the heavy snow passes?
"We prairie people are very hospitable! Unlimited lamb and milk tea...... Come! Go to the gate of the gathering place and guard it, and only come back after receiving Dio's steward. ”
Seeing Jingxiong Wanhuo's impatience from time to time to ask if the carriage had arrived, Zhao Hu could understand very well.