Chapter 576: Tribal Situation
There are a lot of vehicles in the team of more than 500 people, and they have been swinging for a long time when they are parked on the side, and if there are people who know how to arrange troops, they can see that the position where the convoy is parked is very special.
The front of the car is facing outward, and if it does not move, it can be used as a barrier if it is besieged by horse thieves, and if it escapes, they can take the convoy away as soon as possible.
The vanguard fought the Turks many times, and it was not uncommon to use convoys as a barrier.
There are a lot of goods on the outermost car, all of which are from the trade and seizures of the Castle, and the oddities are carefully selected, most of them are ornament pendants, some are produced by the workshop and some are carved by themselves.
In addition to these, there are also grains, spices, spices, tea, and salt that are all needed in the tribe, such as salt tea.
In addition, the unique commodities of the merchants of the Western Regions also brought a lot of glass ornaments, and basically all the military cities that could be thought of were brought, and there were some satin cloths, which were commonly used trade items.
When the convoy stopped, the people of the tribe gathered a large number of onlookers, and when they heard that it was the caravan, they were very curious, and they all came to watch, and the number soon reached more than 300 people to surround the caravan.
Li De was not worried that he would be exposed at all, anyway, they couldn't understand the language of the Western Regions, but they still didn't take the initiative to speak, and the team put out all the goods.
The people of the tribe seem to see these things for the first time, and they are very curious about what they see, Li De is in charge of a glass stall, which is not a special big one, but a thumb-sized glass ornament, which is vivid, and each of them is exquisite and suffocating.
At least in this day and age, as beautiful as Swarovski crystals.
He was accompanied by a translator, and it didn't matter if he didn't understand the translation, he had already let the scouts temporarily learn the basic words of selling things, and they all knew the quantity.
It's just that the people of these tribes don't seem to be interested in this kind of delicate thing, but they all go to see salt and tea, and Li De brings a lot of salt, which is a sought-after commodity, and it is the most valuable everywhere.
Li De took advantage of the fact that no one came to watch what he showed and went directly back to the carriage to hide, don't look at the vanguard convoy is very scattered, but the people close to the car are very alert.
Li De's purpose in sitting back in the car was to rest, but to listen to the scout's report.
"Grand Duke, our men have gone." Shi Huaiyi muttered softly beside the carriage.
Salt and tea can't be bought too much, but people like rice and noodles who buy a bag of vanguards are all enthusiastic about delivery, and they don't speak if they don't understand the language, and the scouts just rely on their eyesight.
Business is not very good, but there are still people who buy rice and grain.
Their usual food is not these, most of them are game, captive livestock, they have all heard of rice and noodles, and some people have exchanged them for supplies.
But it is expensive, and it is not something that ordinary people can afford.
However, the vanguard naturally would not do that, if it was too expensive, how could it be sold, and if it was not sold, how could it go to the tribe to find out the situation, so it was on the grounds that it was the first time to arrive in your land, and the price was reduced to a very low price.
It is so low that they will get a lot of benefits by letting them buy and sell it, and those who are rich will naturally not let go of this profitable business, and there are also merchants in the tribe.
Most of the things they were selling were the skins of their cattle and the game of the mountains, and according to the chats of the scouts, the merchants were on their side, small in size, with two or three wagons at most.
Wherever they go, they trade there, and not many merchants will pick a suitable time to come over in exchange for mountain goods, bringing a lot of grain to the local people****** they can not afford to enjoy rice and fine noodles, the best is rice noodles, the rest are corn and the like, and the most is all kinds of cereals.
To put it simply, it's whole grains.
The scouts know everything in great detail, and they can easily understand the terrain, population, and combat strength of the tribe in one day.
Li De sat in the carriage and looked at the information gathered back by the scouts, the population was six thousand, but they lived in several small gathering places.
Most of them live in simple wooden huts, and many people's livelihood is to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, hunting mainly to exchange supplies for food, it is understood that there are three tribes like them, and the number is basically the same.
Most of them belong to some side branches of the northern Liaobei tribe, and belong to this kind of ethnic group that likes to be comfortable.
And the main purpose of their gathering here is for comfort, their tranquility is not priceless, and the people of the Tiele tribe will come to collect taxes and fees during the winter of each year.
Li De looked at all the information, and learned from chatting with the people of this tribe that the number of soldiers and horses gathered by the Tiele tribe was at least 100,000.
They are the overlords of this generation, there is no tribe disobedient, once they are conquered, they will also be out, and if they want to go out, it is very simple to dedicate a lot of materials.
"Governor, should we do it now that it's dark?" Shi Huaiyi asked.
Li De thought about it, taking advantage of the dark night to act, although the vanguard was only five hundred, it was a very simple matter for an unsuspecting tribe and a few thousand people.
They can add something to their food that makes them sleep so they don't have to worry about these people rebelling at all.
Because they don't have such an opportunity at all, night raids are a very good way for them, and they have a lot of experience.
Li De shook his head, he is not a war maniac, there are many ways to solve problems, not necessarily by force, it is better to say that these people want a stable life.
After statistics, the three tribes in this vicinity can add up to nearly 30,000 people, and the situation is the same as that the scouts have known, they have been exploited and oppressed by the Tiele tribe for many years.
And the tribes that can endure it all the time have no ambition at all, otherwise with the ability of each of them to be a good hunter, even in the face of thousands of soldiers and horses, or even tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, they will not end up in such a field.
If you can't beat it, you can run, and choosing this place means that they won't resist.
Even if there is no way out, just because he has learned so much that he has given up using force against this tribe, the military city is now short of population, and tens of thousands of people are not a small number.
The five hundred of them can't fight against it, and once they do it, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of the surrounding tribes, so Li De doesn't need to attract so much hatred.
thought that the two sides themselves had no grievances.
"Find out a little more about the situation, it seems that the Tiele tribe is our enemy now, and after the transaction is done here, we will go to the other two tribes to investigate the situation." Li De said.
During the day, the trade was carried out again, and when there were more people in exchange for things, more people were busy for three days in a row before leaving.