In March, the grasslands of the north also entered spring, and the whole northern land began to make noise.

Since more than ten years ago, the two most powerful nomadic states in the north, the Xiongnu and Donghu, have sent large armies to invade the Yan and Zhao countries in the Central Plains, and both have suffered heavy losses and returned with heavy losses.

The sound of the entire grassland land, attacking the south of the Great Wall of the Central Plains, calmed down all of a sudden.

All the upper echelons of the steppe tribes understood one thing. Don't look at the fierce fighting of the countries in the Central Plains, but, relying on their strength, if you want to step into the Central Plains at the southern end of the Great Wall, there is no door.

The three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Qin, which are adjacent to the Xiongnu and Donghu, are undoubtedly the three most powerful countries in the Central Plains.

For hundreds of years, in the war with these three countries, the steppe tribes have never taken any advantage, but have been repeatedly encroached upon by these three countries.

Under these circumstances, the Xiongnu, Donghu and other grassland countries all adopted the national policy of trade and reconciliation with the Central Plains.

Closer to the borders of the three kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, and Yan, some towns began to be established.

These towns served as cities for mutual trade and trade with the three countries of the Central Plains.

The concept of hierarchy on the steppe is more rigid than that of the current Central Plains countries.

In Ji Kang's view, it is still in the period of slavery.

The tribal nobles all sat on luxurious tents, with good horses and slaves, and enjoyed wine and meat every day, and lived a luxurious life. The herdsmen of the tribes can only survive by grazing.

The tribes of the steppe often kill and plunder each other.

The grasslands are growing, but compared with the Central Plains countries, poverty is a true portrayal of the various tribes in the grasslands.

The country with the largest area adjacent to Yan was Donghu, and the Xiongnu bordered Yan only in Shanggu County.

In the past ten years, because the Xiongnu and Donghu did not dare to invade Yan again, the trade between Yan and Xiongnu and Donghu began to flourish year by year.

After the Yan State killed the Donghu Yuanshan Yu Kubida, these grassland tribes bordering the Yan State no longer carried out the slightest act of "threshing grass" against the Yan State.

For more than a decade, these steppe tribes have been quite peaceful.

These steppe tribes used their horses, cattle, sheep and other livestock to exchange grain, salt, cloth and other commodities with the Yan State.

Life was much better and richer than that of the brother tribes in the north.

Although they still coveted the prosperity and wealth of the Yan Kingdom, no tribe dared to invade the Yan Kingdom casually.

Because the king in the south who killed Donghu Danyu is now the real ruler of the Yan Kingdom.

He clearly told the tribes of the grassland that if they dared to kill one Yan people, they dared to let one Yan person be enslaved, as long as Yan Guo knew about it, Yan Guo would completely destroy this tribe and leave no one behind.

And Yan Wangkang, who is only nineteen years old, has become a demon with a hideous face in the depictions of these grassland tribes, and wants to eat the hearts of three people every day.

Most of the people in the Central Plains believe in their ancestors, and even the legendary Haotian Emperor and other gods.

The tribes of the steppe believe in the immortal heaven and the totem of their respective tribes.

With the advent of spring, the trade activities between the merchants of Yan and the northern tribes also increased all of a sudden.

Whether it is the Xiongnu or the Donghu. The royal courts of both countries decreed that the tribes should not interfere with trade with the Central Plains.

Starting from the country of Yan and going to the northern grasslands to do business, it is also a little risky.

After all, there are many horse thieves on the grassland.

The people on the grassland are fierce, and the ordinary herdsmen live a poor life, and the most stingy thing is their own lives.

Once organized, these herders can immediately become horse thieves with bows on horseback.

On the grassland, there is no shortage of horses, cattle, sheep, and animal skins and herbs. What is lacking is grain, salt, cloth from the Central Plains, as well as wine, tea, porcelain, etc., which are liked by many grassland nobles.

With the permission and organization of the government, the various chambers of commerce under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Commerce of Yan State also organized caravans to travel between the grassland tribes.

In the commercial field that people are not familiar with, the Yan State official has been unified. The various caravans of foreign trade can be said to have official characteristics.

It's just that these caravans are just secretive about it.

From the Yan Kingdom bringing the things needed by ordinary people for their daily lives, to the grassland tribes in exchange for their characteristic items. Between the coming and going, the profit of the commodity is at least several times or more than ten times, which can be described as a rich anomaly.

Trading between trading towns on the border is much less profitable.

If you want to make higher profits, you have to go deep into the grasslands.

The caravans that set out from the Yan Kingdom to the depths of the grassland were obviously different from those of Qin, Zhao and other Central Plains countries, and each caravan had more than 100 well-equipped guards to prevent all kinds of accidents.

The Maosheng trading house that went to the Xiongnu was one of the trading houses that the Yan State allowed to trade with the Xiongnu.

Maosheng Commercial Bank is headquartered in Xiangping and was founded eight or nine years ago.

Every year, they will go to the Xiongnu and go back and forth several times.

The proprietor of the Maosheng Commercial Bank is also very mysterious, even the people in Xiangping City, and they don't know who it is.

The caravan of this lush trading house walking on the grassland had been walking for more than a month on the way to the Xiongnu from the branch of Zaoyang City in Shanggu County, Yan Kingdom.

The destination is the head of the Xiongnu royal court (now Inner Mongolia Urad Zhongqi Deling Mountain area).

The grasslands in March, although also a little cold, have blocked the breath of spring.

The sky is high and the earth is wide, and the water and plants are abundant, which makes people look very intoxicated.

One of the caravan guards, an eighteen or nineteen young guard, pointed to the goshawk soaring in the sky on his horse.

He said to an older guard next to him: "Brother Wu Yong, the goshawk on this grassland doesn't know how to be afraid, and in the face of our caravan of more than 200 people, he actually wants to pounce on food." Isn't it afraid of dying? ”

The guard, who was called Brother Wu, smiled and said to the young guard: "Liu Feng, the goshawk on the grassland is like this. If you go out two more times, it's not uncommon. ”

The young guard, known as Liu Feng, leaned in front of Wu Yong and whispered:

"Brother Wu Yong, why do you think I'm so unlucky? Just graduated, didn't catch up with the attack on Qidi. Instead, he was assigned to the Ministry of Commerce and became a second lieutenant chief of guard. When will this be? It's the head! ”

Wu Yong glared at Liu Feng, looked at a van in the middle of the caravan not far away, and whispered to Liu Feng:

"You just graduated last year, what do you know? Our responsibility is also great. This time to go to the Xiongnu court, our responsibility is very heavy. There are some things that you will understand later. Don't talk nonsense here, let people hear, it's not good for you. ”