"Ahh General Zhao! The little head man of Bai Shiqiang smiled like a trumpet flower on the grassland, his expression was bright, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "General Zhao hasn't seen you for a long time......

This is a distribution point in Baishiqiang. The person in charge of this place is a small tribe leader from Baishiqiang, who has also been to Pingyang, so he knows Zhao Yun somewhat.

Although there is a large market in Pingyang, not all Hu people are willing to climb mountains and wade to Pingyang to trade, so the small distribution center provided by the Baishiqiang tribe has become the first choice for these Hu people.

This trade distribution center supplied the daily necessities of most of the Hu people, including the Gaonu, in the entire northern part of Shangjun.

Zhao Yun glanced at the Baishi Qiangtou man, and said lightly: "A certain captain is a captain, not a general." ”

The Baishi Qiangtou man hurriedly bent down and added, "Yes, yes...... Captain Zhao...... However, according to Captain Zhao's ability, sooner or later he will also be a general......"

Zhao Yun couldn't deny it, and there was no joy or sorrow on his face, he sat down with a golden knife and said, "Do you have salt here?" ”

"Huh? Yes, some ......" Baishi Qiangtou hurriedly asked someone to fetch a jar of refined salt and personally delivered it to Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun stretched out his fingers, picked out a yellowed piece of salt from the salt shaker, and threw it into his mouth. The bitter saltiness melts in the mouth......

The so-called refined salt poured over by Baishiqiang is probably the salt collected from Qinghai Zuo. Although it is said to be refined salt, it is not actually a snow-white salinization like in later generations, but a plate-like body similar to Northwest rock salt. Broken pieces of different sizes, more yellow, less white, a little astringent and bitter in the mouth.

It's like this kind of salt, which was already considered a first-class salt in the Han Dynasty. The salt eaten by ordinary people is not only yellow, but even black, and the bitterness is even more irresistible. 、

As for the snowflake salt sold in the Huang Workshop in Pingyang, one or two salts and one or two gold, and even there is no market, and it may not be possible to buy it, but those scholars buy some of it, and ordinary people can't afford it.

"How many more?" Zhao Yun pointed to the salt shaker.

The Baishi Qiangtou man bent down and said respectfully: "There are about five jars of ......" Salt is a necessity for people and large animals, and although it will not kill immediately without salt, it will also greatly affect physical strength and endurance. Therefore, on the grassland, salt is also a common commodity. It's just that this is a small gathering place, the warehouse is naturally not large, the number of goods in reserve is not much, and there are other materials to be stored, and there are five cans of refined salt is already a lot.

"It's all there!" Zhao Yun frowned slightly and said, "How much coarse salt is there?" ”

"Coarse salt, coarse salt has some, but coarse salt ......" Baishi Qiangtou was a little surprised, and said suspiciously, "Coarse salt is not as good as this......" This Zhao Yun's appearance here is already confusing enough, but I didn't expect why he suddenly came to buy salt, and even coarse salt?

Zhao Yun waved his hand a little impatiently and said, "Go get it all, you want it!" As many as you want! ”

"Huh? Yes, it's ......" Baishi Qiangtou was stunned for a moment, and then reacted under Zhao Yun's face, and hurriedly asked people to prepare, laughing together, and cautiously wanted to ask why Zhao Yun suddenly wanted so much salt, but Zhao Yun glanced sideways, and retreated, so he had to give the Baishi Qiang people around him a color, and after muttering twice in Qiang language on the ground, he let people serve some mare's milk wine, dried fruits or something, laughing, and waiting carefully.

Zhao Yun had a calm face, although there was a lot of dried meat and wine in front of him, he didn't eat at all, just urged people to load salt, and then got up and went to Baishiqiang's big tent that served as a warehouse, and after repeatedly confirming that all the salt had been loaded, he dropped a bag of Zhengxi Tongbao and escorted the car away......

The Baishi Qiangtou man shook his hand, and after the back of Zhao Yun and his party disappeared, the smile on his face came down, and he poured out the Zhengxi Tongbao in the bag.

I didn't make much, but I didn't lose much, so I guess it's okay.

"What are these Han people doing here? Suddenly asking for so much salt? What did you ask? The Baishi Qiangtou man turned his head and asked the clansman beside him.

Zhao Yun refused to say, so he found an opportunity to ask other Han soldiers......

As a person in charge of Baishi Qiangtou who can be the person in charge here, such a strange thing happened, how can you relax and sleep without figuring it out?

"Asked...... The Han people didn't say it very clearly......" said the Baishiqiang clansman, "I just knew that General Zhengxi led the troops to the north and prepared to go to Yinshan, but I didn't pay attention to the salt I brought on the way, and it was drenched by the rain a lot, and it was too late to make temporary deployments, so I came to us to buy salt......

"You, what did you say?" The Baishi Qiang man was stunned for a moment, and then asked hurriedly.

“…… I said that the salt of the Han people was drenched by the rain, so I came to buy salt...... Touren, you said that this Han people are stupid enough, and the salt is rained on this rainy day, haha......" The Baishi Qiang people laughed a little gloatingly.

"Laugh at, laugh! I mean the previous one! The Baishi Qiangtou man snapped and slapped the back of the head of this unobtrusive clansman.

“…… Before, the previous sentence? General Zhengxi went north to Yinshan? The clansman said, covering his head.

"Yes, General Zhengxi is here? Why did he go to Yinshan? What happened to Yinshan? The Huns rebelled again? Or are the Xianbei people coming again? "The Baishi Qiangtou people threw out a series of cannon-like questions.

"Huh? This one...... This ...... "These questions, where can the people of Baishiqiang know?" Besides, there is no time to ask in detail, let alone ask, no one will necessarily say.

"Idiot! Rubbish! Damn the guys! Bai Shiqiang scolded while spinning in circles, muttering in his mouth that he didn't know what to read, and his face turned blue and white.

Going to war?

This is no joke!

"Leave now? Or wait? The Baishi Qiangtou man was a little undecided, and suddenly his footsteps stopped, staring at the Zhengxi Tongbao in his hand, stunned for a while, and then immediately pulled his legs and walked back, shouting as he walked, "Come on, go to the big tent and take out that black bear skin!" Wrap it up and bring it on! Prepare some horses and follow me to visit General Zhengxi! ”

The Han army goes north! General Zhengxi is going to Yinshan!

If there really is any war to fight, he must move immediately! Otherwise, if you are really affected by the war, there is no place to cry!

But the problem is that the expedition to the west is just a routine patrol, and if there is no war, he will transfer so rashly, not only will he lose this trading point, but there will also be a lot of losses on the way......

Baishiqiang is basically a middleman now, and what is the most important thing about a middleman?

Nature is the credibility of business.

In this era, it is not like the later generations, hanging a sign can notify those Hu people who come to trade, the store has moved to a certain street, turn right one hundred and fifty meters from here, etc., you can let these Hu people find a new trading place, once relocated, it is equivalent to the original trade to be cut off, and then want to re-establish the habit and credit of trade, it is equivalent to starting from scratch in general.

How does this make the Baishi Qiangtou people willing to give up?

At the moment, since General Zhengxi is still in the mood to buy treasures, it means that the problem is not very big, but no matter what, he still has to listen clearly, and he is relieved in his heart......

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Although the clan concept of the Hu people is not as strong as that of the Han people, and they do not emphasize where their ancestral home is at every turn, it is not completely without surname differences, just like the four surnames of Huyan, Xubu, Qiulin, and Lan, which are the famous clans among the Xiongnu.

However, now, the Qiu Lin clan has long existed in name only, and the Lan clan has basically been exhausted on the battlefield with the division of the previous Southern Xiongnu royal court.

The rest of the Huyan clan followed Yu Fu Luo in Yinshan, while the Su Bu clan knew that they were not very well treated by Fu Luo, so they stayed away from Yin Mountain and settled in Gaonu.

After all, after the death of Luan Ti Qiang Qu Shan Yu, the Xu Bu clan was elected as the successor to the position of Luan Ti Qiang Qu Shan Yu, although it was also coerced, but it was difficult to ensure that Yu Fu Luo had nothing in his heart, so he simply stayed away from Yu Fu Luo, and it was better to be out of sight for purity.

Hu Chuquan failed to raise troops, and the news of being captured also spread to Gao Nuzuo, knowing that Hu Chuquan was detained in Yinshan to be dealt with, the people of the tribe directly under Hu Chuquan were naturally like frost, and the Xu Bu clan was relieved, and he laughed at it for a few days.

After all, Hu Chu Quan did not make it difficult for the Subu tribe at the beginning, and now the cattle and sheep that were taken away by those people of the Hu Chu Spring tribe were either taken away, or admitted their mistakes, or lost, and now most of them are back again, of course, Su Bu Dil Jin also controlled the emotions of the clan a little, and did not oppress the remnants of Hu Chu Spring too much in one go, after all, Hu Chu Spring has not been officially dealt with......

As time went by, Su Bu Dieerjin also began to mumble a little, after all, Hu Chuquan has not been punished for a long time, which means that the possibility of turning big things into small things is getting higher and higher.

"Could it be that this Hu Chu Spring can be turned over again?"

Subdil Jin turned the jade wrench in his hand and groaned. The jade wrench in his hand was left to him by his father Xu Bu Gu Du Hou before his death, and it can be regarded as a symbol of the Su Bu clan, or a token.

"Great Patriarch!" Just as he was thinking about it, a clansman suddenly stepped forward and reported, "Great Patriarch, we have eaten all the salt we have saved......

"Huh? Ran out of salt? Why do you say it now? He stood up, followed his people to the place where the supplies were kept, picked up the black round clay pot used to store the salt, stretched out his head to look at it, and touched it again, except for some salt residue powder, it was indeed finished.

"Didn't you have it the other day?" Sub Dierkin said with some confusion.

The clansmen on the side said respectfully: "Yesterday, the patriarch ordered that he should add some salt to the cattle and horses......

People eat salt to have strength, large livestock also need to eat salt, raised a winter of cattle and horses to re-raise fat in the spring, in addition to eating a lot of fresh grass, also need to add some salt to cattle and horses, otherwise cattle and horses are also prone to disease.

"The Qiang people in the south have moved away? Didn't you go buy some? Sub Dier Jin handed the salt shaker to the people on the side, told them to put it away, and then asked.

The Huns will not produce their own salt, most of this salt is sold by the Qiang people who run to the Western Regions, especially the Baishiqiang people, who have basically become a big middleman now.

"Go to ......," replied the clansmen, "but the Qiang people say...... They all say......"

"Say what?" At first, he didn't pay attention to it, and while asking, he turned his head to look at the person on the other side of Huchuquan, and said, "It's okay to say anything else, salt is always needed...... What did you say? It's still not the warriors of the Immortal Heaven! ”

"The Qiang people say very strangely...... "and when there is no salt in the morning, we will go to the Qiang...... We told the Qiang people to buy some salt, and the people also wanted cattle and horses to eat...... As a result, the Qiang people said, saying that our cattle and horses are almost gone, what do we need to buy salt for...... He said he wouldn't buy us salt, but he wanted to buy our cattle and horses......"

Subdir was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at the clansman and said, "...... What do you mean? ”

The clansman who went out to trade with the Qiang people shook his head and said, "I don't know, anyway, the Qiang people are weird...... We emphasized that we wanted to buy salt, but the Qiang people asked for a lot more than that...... We said that we should not give some credit first, but the Qiang people said that they could not take credit and said that they would not sell our salt......"

"Why can't you take credit?" Subdiljin's eyes widened, "No! Why did you give us a markup? What bastard, where did you have the guts to increase our price? Is it new? You didn't say it was the salt we wanted, not those little tribes of mess! ”

The clansman shook his head timidly and said, "It's the Qiang tribe in the south......"

"Idiot! Rubbish! Damn the guys! Sulvadel roared angrily, and then with a dozen or so guards, he got on his horse, and galloped out of the big tent like a whirlwind, galloping towards Baishiqiang.

When the sun was setting in the west, Sulpdyr came back with a small jar of coarse salt with a calm face.

After throwing a small jar of salt to the clansmen, he paced back and forth in the tent for a long time, and then came out, gritting his teeth and shouting, "Someone! Gather the good hands of the clansmen, let's go to Yinshan! ”

"Great Patriarch? What's so urgent? ”

"General Zhengxi has gone north! The Han people are going to Yinshan! Sulpdier Jin roared in a low voice, "Damn the Kitchen Spring! What will he do with the cattle and men of the high slaves...... What ......"

Su Bu Diljin suddenly froze, as if he had forgotten how to say the proper noun, and only said after a long time: "...... Anyway, he wants to take the people and cattle of the high slaves and go to Zhengxi to offset his guilt! The Han general went north to conquer the west, and he went for this matter! ”

"If you are guilty, you will be guilty......" The people of the Subu clan had not yet reacted, "What does it matter to us that the tribe of Huchuquan is guilty of the crime?" ”

"Are you deaf!" Sub Dierjin yelled, "Did you say that it was from the Huchuquan tribe?!" It's the whole high slave! It's the whole place! Damn, damn it! ”

"What!" The people of the Subu clan also jumped up, "What are we doing about the sin of Hu Chuquan?" ”

"We know, how do the Han people know? Besides, the Han people don't care about this! The Han people just knew that it was a soldier from Gaonu! Of course, it is for the people here to make amends! Like a wild wolf trapped in a cage, baring his teeth, "So those wild dogs of Baishiqiang have come to fight our idea!" These damn brutes! ”

“…… Patriarch, why don't we run away? ”

"Run? Where to flee? The south is Baishiqiang, and then it is the territory of the Han people, and the east is also the territory of the Han people, the north is the Yin Mountain, and the west is ......" Sub Dieerjin laughed miserably and said, "The west, to go to the west is to find the ...... of death" The west is a desert land, a combination of the Gobi Desert and the desert, although there is also a little bit of vegetation, but it is really only a little bit.

"Only go to Yin Mountain!" Sub Dier's eyes were gloomy, "If you want to atone for your sins, you must also be redeemed!" ”