"Qingtang is at least a little popular, I feel like I've come to another planet in this place, can you tell me how the people here live? Ordinary people who have no water sources, lack of living materials, and no farming. Lu Ziyun looked at the endless Gobi and asked the guide beside him.

The guide's name was Arabi, and he seemed to be surprised by such a question from the guest, and without much thought in his mind, he said: "The Hui people and the Dangxiang people are different from the Qingtang people, and the Dangxiang people and the Qingtang people also grow some crops, but this place is all desert, and it is too difficult to grow food, so here, you can only see the shepherds." ”

Before leaving, Yan Zijing replaced all the horses in the team with camels, Lu Ziyun was not happy about this, his horses were all war horses from Liao, and a good war horse could be exchanged for five or six camels, this kind of loss-making business Lu Ziyun would not do.

Then when he arrived at Huangtou Hui, he knew how correct Yan Zijing's decision was, first of all, the load-bearing capacity of camels is not comparable to that of horses, and then a camel can survive in the desert without eating or drinking for half a month, and the water saved is an astronomical amount.

"My Second Young Master Lu, how do you feel, do you know where everything you enjoy at home came about now?"

Lu Ziyun pouted and said, "Don't arrange me there, I enjoy it as if you don't enjoy it, don't you also have caravans here at home?" Find them! Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't live to see them. ”

Yan Zijing said: "Those who pioneer business are still far away? If I'm not mistaken, they should be near Qilian Mountain, and you have to cross a basin in the middle, and then go to Jinshankou, so that you can enjoy half of Qingtang. ”

Arabi said, "You have been back and forth before? I know as much as I know as much as I am from Qingtang. ”

Yan Zijing smiled and said: "I also know that the Huangtou Uighurs are a side branch of the Xizhou Uighurs, they all have a common ancestor, and now the Uighurs should be the Tatars, and the gods you believe in are still immortal, the descendants of the Turks, and they retain the wolf nature in their bloodline." ”

"Childe is erudite, and it's the first time I've seen such a talented person running a business."

Lu Ziyun said: "Your eye saw that we were running merchants, have you ever seen a merchant without goods?" ”

Arabi said: "Who came from the Central Plains, who came to this place without doing business!" If it weren't for the money you gave several times that of others, I wouldn't want to come, and my life here could be lost at any time, and no one would come without a heart-warming price. ”

Two days later, Yan Zijing finally arrived at the Lop Nur in the mouth of Mr. Yan, and the clear lake water clearly reflected everyone's face, even the hairs on the face could be seen clearly.

"Sir is really a god, even if he has never been here, but he knows the situation here well, combined with the literature I found before I came, it is very likely that what Mr. said is right."

Lu Zifei just mentioned it casually at the beginning, but he didn't expect it to be recorded by Yan Zijing, and he didn't see the legendary ancient city of Loulan, and now Yan Zijing really wants to measure the area of Lop Nur, whether it is the same as what Mr. said, he is gradually getting smaller, and whether all this is closely related to vegetation.

Arabi urged, "Fill it with water and go!" There is such a water source nearby, which is owned by both humans and animals, and it is too dangerous to camp here at night, and we are not enough to stuff his teeth when we meet wolves. ”

Lu Ziyun buried his head in the lake, his dry skin finally nourished a little moisture, and he felt that no one would recognize him when he returned to Bianjing or Luoyang, including his parents.

He wasn't worried about the wolves that Arabi said, these twenty guards were added after arriving in Qingtang, they were familiar with the desert march, and with the equipment armed to the teeth, Lu Zifei believed that there would be no big problem in dealing with hundreds of wolves.

Arabi, who was drinking water, suddenly fell to the ground, his ears were close to the ground, and before everyone could react from their surprise, Arabi got up and said in a panic: "Hurry up, it's a horse thief, they should have seen the footprints we left." ”

Yan Zijing gently wiped the water droplets on her face, and said unhurriedly: "Be calm, the horse thief is riding a horse, and we are riding a camel, do you think it's too late to run now?" All hands on their weapons and get ready for battle! ”

The guards put down the masks on their helmets, lined up in a staggered manner, and stood in front of Lu Ziyun and Yan Zijing, half of them drew the scimitars at their waists, and the other half took out the steel crossbow from their backs, a crossbow, and three arrows, and waited for the arrival of the horse thieves.

There are a lot of horse thieves, one by one riding on horses to show off their horse skills, constantly circling around Lu Ziyun and them, and the last one with a small braid combed and a bearded face laughed: "Today, these fat sheep are a little different!" Brothers, do you see that people are ready to resist? Are you afraid? ”

In response to this leader, there were bursts of ghosts crying and wolf howls, and it seemed that they didn't take Lu Ziyun and his party seriously.

Yan Zijing took over the jurisdiction of the guards at this time, and said calmly to the guards: "We don't have their mobility, just hold the position, if it doesn't work, use explosives, a group of wild dogs actually dare to provoke the majesty of the tiger, since they have chosen, then they have to pay the price for their actions." ”

Arabi couldn't wait to bury his head in the sand, seeing him like this, Lu Ziyun scolded with hatred: "No wonder you can only be a guide for people all your life, we are not afraid of what you have to be afraid of, your life is worth more than me." ”

The horse thieves are really a little bit troubled when they see this group of people calm and comfortable, they usually bully the weak and fear the hard, looking at the dress of these people is obviously not ordinary people, but they have a big advantage in numbers.

Just like Arabi said, the temptation is too great, in the vast Gobi, a team like Lu Ziyun may not be able to meet one in a month, it is not easy to feed hundreds of people, and it is even more difficult to be the boss of hundreds of people.

The ideal is very beautiful, the reality is very backbone, after two rounds of continuous crossbows in the hands of ten people, the horse thieves are no longer attacking, and it is less than a cup of tea, and three or four people are gone, if they come a few more times, I am afraid that they will have to explain here today.

The horse thief looked at Yan Zijing, who was surrounded by guards, viciously, drove his horse forward a few steps, signaled his subordinates not to act rashly, he came to the front of the formation single-handedly and said, "Can you leave a number?" ”

Yan Zijing actually thought in his heart that he would let someone shoot this horse thief leader with one arrow, and a rabble like them would not be considered a plate of loose sand if they lost their leader, but he still held back.

A horse thief was not enough to frighten him, for the road behind, he also took a few steps forward, but not out of the protection of the guards, the gentleman did not stand under the dangerous wall, this is what the gentleman taught himself, saving his life is the first priority.

Lu Ziyun muttered, "Do you think you'll be like a hero?" As a result, I am still afraid of death. ”

"You're not afraid of death, you're coming" Seeing Lu Ziyun close his mouth, he looked at the leader of the horse thieves again and said: "This is not necessary, if you are not convinced, you can come to us at any time, but next time I think you may not have such good luck." ”

"The armor you wear and the weapons you use can prove that you are Han people from the Central Plains, and only they can make such sophisticated equipment, we are just a group of horse thieves, the further you go, the more powerful horse thieves you will encounter, without acquaintances to lead the way, you can't get to where you want to go."

"Thank you for your concern, we have our own guide, and he knows how to go."

"Are you talking about the Qingtang man? You think too highly of him, the people who can let the guide take him over are poor ghosts, and the horse thieves don't even have the desire to rob them, a team like yours, if you can successfully reach Qilian Mountain, I will cut off your head and kick you as a ball, believe me, I didn't lie to you. ”

It is difficult to deal with a person who has no desire, but if you have a desire and what you want, it is much simpler, whether it is false and wrongful or above board, this is not difficult for Yan Zijing.

"Oh, then you want to reconcile with us? It seems that now the initiative is in my hands. ”

The leader of the horse thieves said: "I swear in the name of Immortal Heaven that I want to cooperate with you, I have money, don't you Han people like gold?" I have, I have more gold than you can imagine, and I can give it to you. ”

The requirement to make a horse thief willing to take out his treasure is definitely not a small request, Yan Zijing is interested in this, in such an environment, the only people who are willing to exchange gold for these weapons in their hands are probably the only ones in their hands.

"Let's talk about your chips first, if it's just gold, we're really not unusual, in the distant sea, we Han people have an inexhaustible supply of gold there, you also know that scarcity is expensive, and if you have more, it may not be worth much."

Bibixi hesitated for a while and then said, "In addition to gold, there are cattle and sheep, I don't think these are rare for you!" ”

Yan Zijing said with a smile: "You are the descendants of the Turks, and you have been in contact with Khotan for generations, and the most important thing you lack should be war horses!" That's where the sweaty BMW comes from, and you must have cultivated a lot of it yourself! ”

Bibixi said: "Even if I give you a war horse, can you bring it back yourself?" Is there a Qingtang and the party in between? Then there is a wrong question in Childe, there are too few sweat and blood BMWs, if you want to use them to form a team of cavalry, I'm afraid it's impossible, even if we can't make up that much ourselves. ”

"Of course, I know this, but your chips determine the weight of the trade with us, can you understand?"

Bibi Dong said: "Since we both want to talk, I will find a place for a few distinguished guests and we will talk slowly, how about it, does Childe have the guts?" ”

Yan Zijing also smiled: "I don't have anything else, and the gall is all over my body." ”

When they arrived at a pasture, it was difficult for Yan Zijing and Lu Ziyun to connect the group of horse thieves with the herdsmen, and Alabi said: "I told you all, there are two kinds of people here, one is the horse thief and the other is the herdsman. ”