The city is a large military city, the circumference of the city is 20 miles wide, two zhang high, the city wall is wide and strong, the residents in the city are about 20,000 people, most of them are merchants of various nationalities, or engaged in related service industries, many people are from Fengzhou.

Although the Xue Yantuo cavalry often invaded and harassed Lingzhou and Fengzhou, because the Sogdians had a great influence on Qarluq, under the pressure of the Sogdians, the Xue Yantuo people also adopted a tacit attitude towards the existence of the surrendered city in the west and never came to harass.

The city in the west is under the jurisdiction of Shuofang Jiedu Mansion, Shuofang Jiedu Mansion set up a tribal pacification envoy here, in addition, the imperial court set up a mutual market supervisor here, in charge of trade taxation, to ensure the orderly prosperity of trade.

Everyone enters the city from the south city gate, a noisy and lively atmosphere will come to the face, the shops on both sides are dense, all kinds of commodities are dazzling, the cries of selling, shouting one after another, a team of camels full of goods swaggering through the street, you can see the faces of various nationalities, one by one is full of enthusiasm.

Guo Song was dazzled, turned around and smiled at Li An: "Uncle An, your goods can be sold here!" No more trekking thousands of miles to the depths of the prairie. ”

Li An shook his head and smiled: "It's just ordinary goods here, you can't buy really good things, such as sheepskins, all sheepskins are sold here for a year or two, if you want to buy old sheepskins that are more than ten years old, you can't buy them here, you have to go to the location of the tooth tent of the big tribe, and you have to take out the goods that can't be bought here." Only people are willing to exchange, and there are medicinal materials that have grown for a hundred years, and they can only be bought by going to the dental tent. ”

"What goods did Uncle An bring this time?"

"Guo Gongzi, I'm sorry, this kind of information can't be leaked, I can only tell you one of them, there is Shu brocade in the goods."

Guo Song nodded, he could understand how trade secrets could be easily leaked.

At this time, there was a commotion behind him, Guo Song turned around, only to see a large group of people surrounding their cart, letting out a burst of exclamations, Guo Song suddenly remembered that the cart was holding the body of the wolf king.

Guo Song turned his horse back, and a guy pointed at Guo Song and said, "It's this son's thing, you ask him!" ”

More than a dozen Tang Dynasty merchants immediately surrounded Guo Song and shouted: "This son, can this white wolf be sold, I am willing to pay five hundred yuan to buy it!" ”

"I'll go out of 600!"

"I'm out a thousand!"

Guo Song saw that their eyes were full of eagerness, and he knew that this wolf king was probably extraordinary, he hugged his fists and smiled: "Everyone, I want to bring the wolf skin back to Chang'an, forgive me for not selling it!" ”

At this time, Li Ang came over and said to the merchants, "Let's disperse!" It's just an ordinary white wolf, it's just a little bigger, and the steppe people are not so easy to fool. ”

Li An is also a businessman, he understands the psychology of businessmen, of course these businessmen will not think that this is the white wolf king, but think that it is just an ordinary white wolf, and after they buy it back, they can pretend to be the white wolf king to fool the grassland nobles, and then sell it for a high price.

"If it's the White Wolf King, can we still get out of Wolf Mountain alive?"

It makes sense for the merchants to think about it, they circled around the wolf corpse again, and estimated in their hearts that this was a giant wolf with a dyed head, and this caravan was also ready to be transported to fool the steppe tribes, since it was determined that it was a fake, everyone lost interest and went their separate ways.

"Uncle An, this wolf king is very precious?" Guo Song asked with a smile.

Li An said in a low voice: "Actually, it's the first time I've walked this road, I just heard the guide say that this wolf may be the legendary White Wolf King, but I don't know what kind of noble method it is, just now I just fooled them, in your words, it's just pounding paste." ”

Guo Song nodded and said, "Uncle An is going to find the inn?" ”

Li An pointed forward, "The guide said, there is a Xinping Inn ahead, we will stay there, you can come over later!" ”

At this time, the curtain of the carriage opened, and the young man in the carriage smiled at Guo Song and said, "Guo Gongzi, sell this white wolf king to me!" I'll pay 5,000 yuan. ”

Guo Song looked at him and said with a smile: "I haven't asked Gongzi for his surname yet!" ”

The young man smiled apologetically, "It's me who was rude, my name is Li Jinyang, a native of Chang'an, I remember Guo Gongzi's life-saving grace last night." ”

Li An explained beside him: "Li Gongzi is one of the owners of our caravan, he fell ill on the road, and the doctor of Jiuyuan County said that he could not see the wind, and we stayed in the west for two or three days, also to recuperate and heal. ”

"I see, if Gongzi Li likes it, this white wolf king will be given to you, but you need Gongzi to find a place to nitrate it himself."

Li Jinyang was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled slightly: "That's it!" I will accept this white wolf king first, and I will also give Guo Gongzi a gift when I turn around, it is my honor to know a warrior with high martial arts like Guo Gongzi. ”

Guo Song smiled faintly, "Each other!" ”

Li Jinyang saluted Guo Song with a fist and closed the curtain again, this is not rude, but he is sick and can't see the wind, Guo Song also understands.

At this time, Li An ordered someone to call Wei Ping and Zhang Quanyong, pointed to the wolf corpse and ordered: "You two go to the inn and skin the wolf, be careful, it is something that the master wants, and then hand it over to Lao Wutou, he will nitrate, what materials do you need, let him buy it in the surrendered city." ”

The two of them agreed, and carried the wolf corpse to the final carriage.

Guo Song saw that they would clean up by themselves, so he said goodbye to Li An and went to the city by himself.

There are all kinds of goods in the city, basically they are things he has never seen, he originally planned to buy some expensive souvenirs, but Li Ang told him that the goods sold here are all big road goods, so he is not interested.

Then he saw a fur shop nearby, and went in, and there were all kinds of animal skins hanging on the walls, and even the head of an antelope with long sharp horns.

But the most are sheepskins and cowhides, piled high on a few wooden couches in the middle of the store, which are the bulk goods purchased by Tang Dynasty merchants.

The shopkeeper is a Tiele people, and the Tiele people are the collective name of the steppe peoples outside the Turks, such as Huifu, Sijie, Xue Yantuo, Qixin, Servant Gu, Bayegu, Huanggasi, and so on.

He greeted him warmly and asked in fluent Chinese, "What goods does Childe want to buy?" ”

"Do you have sheepskins that are more than 10 years old?" Guo Song asked.

The shopkeeper smiled, "If Childe only buys a few, I have it, but if I want to buy a large number of them, I will be out of stock, and the current market is two years of sheepskins at most, and a little better is three to five years." ”

"What's the benefit of sheepskin over ten years?" Guo Song suddenly asked.

The shopkeeper scratched his head, someone actually asked such a common-sense question, but seeing that Guo Song was rare and had an extraordinary appearance, he still asked seriously: "The old sheepskin is the best for the elderly, and if you wrap your legs in a ten-year-old sheepskin in winter, you won't suffer from cold leg pain all winter." ”

Guo Song nodded, "I understand, in addition, I want to ask again, we encountered a group of wolves in Wolf Mountain last night, the wolf king seems to be a white giant wolf, has the shopkeeper heard of it?" ”

The shopkeeper burst out laughing, "Young man, you're dazzled!" If you really met the White Wolf King, you would still be standing here, and you would have been torn to shreds a long time ago. ”

"Is the White Wolf King famous?"

"Of course, the mountain range in front was originally called Xiaoqingshan, it was renamed Wolf Mountain because of the White Wolf King, the white wolf has been the king of Wolf Mountain for generations, we call it the silver wolf, the golden wolf is the god of the Khan, the silver wolf is the god of the Great Chief, I have been in and out of the wolf mountain for twenty years, and I have never seen it, but the people who have seen it have died, so it only exists in legends."

Guo Song suddenly realized that he was afraid that he was in big trouble, and actually killed the god of the grassland.

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Guo Song walked around the city again, and then came to the inn, the skin of the white wolf king has been peeled, the wolf corpse has been buried deeply, and an old coachman is processing the wolf skin in the courtyard, which needs to be soaked in water for two or three days to make the skin soft, and then nitrated.

Guo Song's room was ready, and as soon as he entered the house and sat down to drink water, there was a knock on the door, "Guo Gongzi, it's me!" ”

It was the voice of the team leader Li An, Guo Song hurriedly stepped forward and opened the door, and it was really Li An outside.

"Uncle An looking for me?"

Li An said with a smile: "Guo Gongzi, I inquired just now, this white wolf king is really a rare thing, an average of fifty years will only appear one, known as the king of wolf mountain, my master is willing to give you a house in Chang'an, I hope you can accept it." ”

"Uncle An, please come in and talk about it!"

Guo Song invited Li An into the house and sat down, poured him another glass of water, and said to him: "I also know a little bit about the origin of the White Wolf King, it is said that it is the god of the grassland, I suggest that it is best not to bring it to the grassland, I am worried that it will cause trouble to you." ”

Li An smiled, "It seems that Gongzi still doesn't know much about the grassland, the wolf is indeed the god worshiped by the tribes of the grassland, but at the same time it is also their biggest enemy, the herdsmen will never be merciful when killing wolves, otherwise they will not be able to survive, this is two different things from worshipping wolves, Sijie people will only worship when they see the white wolf skin, and will never complain that you killed it." ”

"I understand that the steppe tribes only worship the spirit and soul of wolves, not their flesh."

Ang Lee laughed, "Well said, that's it!" ”

Li An took out a folded piece of yellow paper from his arms and put it on the table, and pushed it to Guo Song, "This is the deed of a three-acre mansion in Xuanyangfang, and I will give it to my son as a thank you gift!" ”