Yan Shupeng said: "I heard from those merchants of the Baiyi people that the Baiyi people are not all a nation. The Baiyi people are the names we gave to them by Dachu, in fact, they have many tribes there, and their writings, accents, and beliefs are also different. However, there are six largest tribes, and the population is the most powerful. The other tribes were their affiliates. These six tribes are the Yi people, the Miao people, the Dai people, the Bai people, the Lan people, and the Teng people. These six tribes took turns to sit in the city of Guangzhou, ruling the Lingnan territory of the Baiyi people. ”

This Chen Wenhui has heard a little, but it is not so detailed.

Yan Shupeng continued: "The internal struggle of the Baiyi people is also very strong. Now the most powerful are the Bai and Teng tribes. Among them, the Teng tribe is the most powerful, and it is married to the Bai tribe. The husband of the queen of the vine tribe is from the Bai tribe. Now the queen and the queen's husband govern the city of Canton together. This queen pays great attention to trade with Da Chu. You pretending to be a merchant should be welcome. ”

Chen Wenhui mentioned it and said with interest: "How is it the queen? ”

Yan Shupeng said: "The vine tribe is the most peculiar tribe of all tribes. Their entire tribe is headed by women, and the children are born only knowing the mother's family, not knowing who the father is? The women of the clan have always been unmarried, and they will let whoever they like marry them. ”

Chen Wenhui felt familiar, as if it was the same custom as a certain ethnic group in Yunnan in the previous life. She could understand. On the contrary, Zhao Chongyi felt very curious, and pulled Yan Shupeng to ask a lot of questions. Listening to Yan Shupeng's answer, Chen Wenhui felt more and more that the living habits of this tribe were the same as those of the Yunnan minority in the previous life. It may be the predecessor of that minority. However, she was now in a place of temporal disarray. In the previous life, the great Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty did not appear, but there was one more Great Chu.

This may be the influence of the last traverser, Fusu. Maybe it's a parallel time and space from the previous life. Anyway, the experience of the previous life is not good to apply here.

Chen Wenhui couldn't help but laugh when she listened to their conversation. It seems that this trip to Lingnan should see a lot of anecdotes.

Yan Shupeng said that his mouth was dry, but he had never been to Lingnan, so he didn't know much about it. Just hearsay about something. Now, whether it is useful or not, I will say it again to Chen Wenhui and his wife. From his intelligence, Chen Wenhui learned about some customs and habits of the Teng tribe. Some fierce infighting among the Baiyi people.

In order to consolidate the hegemony of the Teng clan, this powerful Teng queen also made an exception to marry a prince of the Bai clan. The marriage of two people. This makes the Bai the most powerful allies of the Tengs. Thus achieving the goal of the hegemony of the vine clan. After the Teng clan became the hegemon, the queen of the Teng clan entered the city of Guangzhou according to the custom and became the queen of the city. There is an Council of Elders composed of the elders of the six major tribes. Jointly manage the territory of the Baiyi people. Deal with the disputes of various tribes and manage the city of Guangzhou.

In addition to day-to-day management, this queen also proposed a path to business and prosperity. Encourage business in the area of the Baiyi people, support the caravans that travel between the territory of the Great Chu and the Baiyi people, coordinate the various tribes on the trade route, formulate common regulations, and protect the caravans, so that the goods of the Baiyi people and the goods of the Central Plains Dachu can be circulated with the efforts of the caravans. It has brought great changes to the lives of Baiyi people. Therefore, in the minds of the Baiyi people, the queen of the vine tribe has won their respect. In this way, this queen is really a talent.

Chen Wenhui couldn't help but have the idea of getting acquainted. However, considering that he was operating secretly this time, it was better not to alarm this powerful person.

Thinking like this, time passed quickly, and Yan Shupeng saw that it was getting late, so he said goodbye and went back.

Chen Wenhui and his wife sent Yan Shupeng away, and the two of them had dinner together, after the meal, Chen Wenhui looked at Zhao Chongyi and suddenly laughed and said, "Did you hear that?" The rattan clan is a woman in charge, and the queen is the most powerful, you go to Guangzhou City, don't be caught by the queen and become a concubine in the queen's harem? ”

Zhao Chongyi laughed and said, "It turns out that you will also be jealous." But what's the point of eating this flying vinegar? Don't say that we are going to act quietly, we don't want to alarm the queen, even if we really see the queen, what kind of fairy she is, I will only guard you. ”

Chen Wenhui looked at Zhao Chongyi and couldn't help but blush.

As soon as they were ready, Chen Wenhui and Zhao Chongyi took a caravan dressed as elite guards to buy some Jiangnan specialties and hit the road. Of course, this time they were still on the waterway. This waterway can go all the way to the vicinity of the Lingnan Mountains. When I got there, I got into a carriage and started walking by land. After all, the Lingnan Mountain Range is a natural danger, and you have to climb over it to reach the territory of the Baiyi people.

This time the departure was secret, and none of the Jiangnan officials knew about it. Chen Wenhui also left Shui Han and Shui Liu to assist Yan Shupeng in dealing with all matters in Jiangnan.

Chen Wenhui took Shui Hong, Shui Lian, and some silver tickets, and some goods purchased by Jiangnan, escorted by five stewards and more than 100 guards, and Zhao Chongyi leisurely marched to Lingnan.

At this time in the south of the Yangtze River, it was already early winter, and it was already snowing heavily in the capital, but the further south, the warmer the weather became, and when the waterway was finished and he began to take the carriage to the Lingnan Mountains, Chen Wenhui could no longer wear the jacket and began to wear the jacket.

The road in the Lingnan Mountains was not easy to walk, so the speed of the procession was very slow, and on the way, they also encountered two caravans, one was a caravan of the Baiyi people and the other was a caravan from Jiangnan. The three caravans joined together and headed for the mountains.

When they camped at night, both caravans told them that the mountain road was not easy to walk, not only was it steep, but also infested with bandits, and they only dared to cross it with a few caravans. Hearing this, Zhao Chongyi couldn't help but think of the horse thieves in the northwest, and he didn't know which of these thieves was more powerful than the horse thieves in the northwest.

The guards brought by Zhao Chongyi were all veterans who had been baptized by the Northwest War, not only had good skills, but were also very experienced in dealing with horse thieves in the Northwest. So, don't be afraid. Chen Wenhui saw that his side was strong and strong, and there were many people, so he was not afraid, but became interested in the ancient bandits.

did not disappoint Chen Wenhui, on the third day of entering the mountain, they encountered bandits, but there were only more than 30 people, disheveled, and at first glance, they were poor people who went up the mountain to become bandits. How are these rabble the opponents of those guards brought by Zhao Chongyi?

Zhao Chongyi's guards were a few streets stronger than these rabble bandits in terms of numbers, weapons, temperament, and skills, so before the battle began, these bandits fled.

The two caravans were also a little flustered when the bandits appeared, but they were very happy to see that Zhao Chongyi's guards had defeated the bandits so easily, and they came to thank them one after another. In this way, these three caravans marched to the depths of the mountains on the next trip, led by Zhao Chongyi's caravan.

In the next trip, I could meet twenty or seventy or eighty bandits every day, and every time they were beaten by Zhao Chongyi's guards.

The two caravans were overjoyed. Chen Wenhui was also a little strange, and asked: "This mountain road, so many bandits, how did you do business in previous years?" ”

Among them, the principal of the caravan in Jiangnan was surnamed Xiang, and he hurriedly said: "There have always been many bandits on this mountain road. However, they rarely do anything to exterminate caravans. Every time, we took the initiative to pay tribute to them, leaving some money and goods to get through. Therefore, although this trade route is profitable, a large part of it has to be thrown on the road. We also prepared a lot of tribute for the bandits this time, but we didn't expect that your caravan had too many guards, and they were so powerful that we broke them up without waiting for the bandits to open conditions. We've saved a lot. ”

The leader of the caravan of the Baiyi people was a Miao man, whose name was Accardo, and he also said: "Our caravan is traveling, even if there are more bandits in this Lingnan Mountain Range, the rest of the area is under the management of the queen, and there is no danger. Even the bandits in the Lingnan Mountains have been combed by Her Majesty's army, and the notorious bandit gangs that exterminated the caravan have all been wiped out. As for these thieves who didn't threaten the caravan, but just asked for money, Her Majesty the Queen didn't care. After all, most of these are mountain people, and they are also the people under the queen's rule. So, the benevolent queen gave them a way to survive and acquiesced in this way. ”

It turned out that this was the case, Chen Wenhui was speechless. It turned out that his side was too strong, and the guide thieves had already started to do it before they finished reading the opening remarks, which saved a lot of trouble. It seems that there are unspoken rules for everything. It's just that his strong dragon has broken up the unspoken rules. This queen is also an eclectic person, strictly suppressing the bandits who threaten the smooth flow of trade routes, and letting the bandits who do not threaten the smooth flow of trade routes laissez-faire, what an interesting person.

In the next trip, Chen Wenhui put down his heart, and the thieves blocked the road every day, because there was no danger, Chen Wenhui just used it as an opportunity for his guards to practice their hands, and staged the plot every day, blocking the road, and breaking up.

Chen Wenhui is very happy to watch it. It didn't take long for these three caravans to leave the Lingnan Mountains, and according to the two caravans, they were about to enter the sphere of influence of the Baiyi people, where the law and order were still good. Although each tribe had to trade, pay taxes to the local tribes, and give gifts, the danger was gone, and it was possible to make money through guò trading.

Chen Wenhui is very curious about how their transaction is completed, and Chen Wenhui always has great enthusiasm for doing business. Therefore, Chen Wenhui is looking forward to getting out of this mountain road soon. However, God did not let Chen Wenhui get her wish, and when they were about to walk out of the mountain range, they encountered an incident. (To be continued......)