The Silk Road, which has been extended for nearly a thousand years, is full of opportunities and dangers, bandits are rampant, and the Silk Road is full of corpses, but it is the only major artery that communicates between the Central Plains and the outside world for thousands of years, and this artery is not only blood and gold, but also the culture and products of neighboring countries and the Central Plains also rely on this road to transmit and exchange and integrate.

A hundred years of people, a thousand years of road, after the years have been washed, can stand scrutiny.

The Silk Road has existed for thousands of years, and it naturally can withstand scrutiny, but it is a pity that this road is too difficult and bloody, so that even the goods that are exchanged have a little smell of rust and blood.

The Silk Road is long, and the most difficult thing is not the loneliness and hardship of the journey, but the unpredictable dangers that may be encountered at any time on the road, such as the bandits lurking on the Silk Road for thousands of miles.

The bandits on the Silk Road are not a product of the Tang Dynasty, from the opening of the Silk Road by Zhang Qian of the Western Han Dynasty to the beginning of Ban Chaodingding in the Western Regions, the bandits on the Silk Road have never been cut off.

Bandits are naturally not born bandits, and they all have a background after all. Some are nomadic tribes who have been scattered or directly destroyed by the armies of various countries and have been exiled to foreign lands, some are small groups of herdsmen who have suffered from black and white disasters and cannot survive, and some are armies of small countries in the Western Regions who covet the wealth of the Silk Road, pretending to be bandits to plunder passing caravans.

In short, the Silk Road was not peaceful, and the safety of the Silk Road became the biggest concern of the merchants, but the interests were moving, although the merchants were afraid, but the interests drove them to risk being plundered, crossing the desert again and again, dumping the products of various countries to another country.

Li Su now proposed that the Tang Dynasty cavalry camp protect the caravan, and I have to say that this sentence hit the G of the merchants just right, no matter the strength or angle...... Itchy spots.

As soon as the words were spoken, the merchants froze again. looked at Li Su in a daze, and the surprise in his eyes gradually turned into surprise.

Li Su said with a smile: "In the territory of Datang, on the road from Yumen Pass to Xizhou, bandits are frequent, and most of them are outlaws, including Turks. There are also Gaochang people, there are more or less some of the thirty-six small countries in the Western Regions, but their number is not large, most of them only have dozens or hundreds of people, and it is rare to see bandits with more than a few hundred people, and they go their own way, do not interact with each other, and make a living by plundering past caravans, presumably you also suffer from it, right? Right now. I am willing to send the soldiers of the Tang Cavalry Battalion to protect you, the protection distance is not long, you can only go from Yumen Pass to Xizhou......"

Pointing to the cavalry battalion soldiers who were still practicing in a neat queue not far away, Li Su smiled and said, "Look, is this army mighty?" They are all the right military guards of the Tang Taiji Palace, - the meaning of 'forbidden army', everyone understands, right? ”

Completely contrary to the look of fear when he entered the camp just now, look at this army that is training at this moment. The merchants' eyes lit up and they nodded busily.

Li Su smiled kindly. Squinted his eyes and said: "You businessmen pay attention to every penny and every penny, then, let's talk about this matter as a deal, everyone, I have high-end goods in my hands......"

The merchants turned their heads in unison, touched their chins, and began to comment on the trained cavalry soldiers. Without blinking his eyes, he watched the soldiers wield their halberds, and then, look at the head, look at the muscles, and look at the teeth......

Li Su's cheeks twitched a few times. Secretly gritted his teeth.

It seems that it is not unreasonable for businessmen to be despised by the world from ancient times to the present, and their eyes are very annoying at this moment.

"Show me another look like this, and I'll gouge out all your eyes." Li Su's cold voice interrupted the businessmen's infinite reverie for a better future.

Everyone hurriedly turned their heads and apologized to Li Su with a panicked expression.

"Don't, I'm a very honest person, you don't have to make amends for your rude behavior just now, just cash it out...... From Yumen Pass to Xizhou, I originally only charged you 1,000 taels of silver cakes all the way, but now the price has risen, 1,100 taels, and the extra 100 taels are used to reward the hard work of the soldiers......"

As soon as Li Su's words fell, it was the turn of the businessmen's cheeks twitched.

One thousand one hundred taels ...... This price is really wonderful, the wonder is that there is no trade-off between the dilemma, Li Su has a very accurate grasp of the psychology of the businessmen, and the price proposed not only makes everyone feel painful, but also reluctant to give up, hesitate and hesitate, and no one answers for a long time.

Li Su was not in a hurry, picked up the lacquer ear cup and took a slow sip of wine, and then smacked his lips.

Although the five steps were created by him, he never liked it, but it was the faint grape brewing that was quite his taste, but the things he didn't like were sought after by countless people, and he, the founder of the wine industry that changed the world, drank the lackluster grape wine leisurely, and watched others fascinated by his spirits, this realm...... It's called "life is as lonely as snow".

"You don't speak, it seems that you are not very satisfied with this price, it doesn't matter, the transaction is not lovely, I haven't said this matter, it's ......" Li Su smiled kindly.

Everyone was in a hurry, a caravan from east to west, through the vast desert, may encounter too many dangers, and where the caravan set off, the Tang Dynasty exquisite porcelain, cloud-like beautiful and delicate silk, Chang'an's Lantian jade, as well as a variety of wonderful effects of precious medicinal materials, etc., these goods are sold to various countries after the profit is huge, of course, the cost of goods is often very huge, the goods on the back of a camel are often tens of thousands of taels or even tens of thousands of taels, if you encounter bandits, bad luck, Often the goods of the entire caravan will be looted, and now it only takes more than 1,000 taels to hire the elite forbidden army of the Tang Dynasty to escort it...... More and more heartbeat and pain.

Gong Hu took the lead again, and said with a hesitant and struggling face: "The county wants to protect our businessmen, which is a great merit, and we all celebrate with the crown, but this is the price...... The price, can it be ......"

"Cheaper?" Li Su asked with a smile very knowingly.

Everyone nodded hurriedly.

Who knew that Li Su shook his head very resolutely: "This price is the price of jumping off the building and waving tears, it can't be less at all, buying and selling, it's a matter of your love and me, you think this price is not suitable, you can ignore it, hire your own guards as before, our forbidden army cavalry camp will find a caravan that can afford the price, we can afford this price, our cavalry camp can ensure the safety of his caravan from Yumen Pass to Xizhou, not at this price, even if the caravan is looted on the road, we will turn a blind eye, since it is a deal, It can't involve human feelings and morality, I think, you businessmen should be able to understand this idea of mine, right? ”

Yes, of course I can understand, buying and selling has nothing to do with human feelings and morality, this is the most basic quality that a qualified businessman should have, but ...... You're not a businessman, you're an official! Talking about business with our businessmen, do you have the consciousness of being an official?

Everyone looked at each other, still hesitating and struggling, and their expressions were bitter.

After a long time, Gong Hu suddenly gritted his teeth fiercely: "Li Xianzi, the villain is willing to make this deal with the county!" ”

Someone took the lead, and the other businessmen were suddenly anxious, and the stalemate was suddenly broken, and everyone agreed one after Gong Hu.

Li Su smiled more and more happily, this time he was really happy, squinting at Gong Hu, well, how do you look like a nursery,...... Who invited it? The cavalry camp hasn't had this expense lately.

After the deal was negotiated, Li Su generously ordered someone to bring up the five steps again, poured it and raised the wine glass flatly, and said with a smile: "Li and you are all new acquaintances, maybe you don't know me as a person, it doesn't matter, the coming day will be long, and we will wait for it together." ”

The merchants drank it all in one gulp.

After chatting with everyone for a few words, the banquet was almost over, Li Su clapped his hands, and planned to order someone to send off the guests.

The merchants immediately panicked, hurriedly and cautiously stopped in front of Li Su, and then trembled and glanced at the murderous soldiers not far away.

Li Su frowned, it is not a good habit to block the road, especially businessmen, who dare to block the road of officials, in this Tang Dynasty, where the rules of the class hierarchy are strict, they deserve to be killed.

"Li Xianzi, forgive the villain for being rude......" Gong Hu cried with a sad face, looking sad and complaining.

"Anything else?" Li Su said with a pleasant face.

"Indeed, there is indeed something...... Gong Hu looked at Li Su's face carefully, and saw that he did not mean to call the sword and axe hand with a summoning technique, so he plucked up his courage and said: "The villain's caravan set off from Shazhou and traveled thousands of miles of desert to Xizhou, and the caravan did not bring other goods, it was full of bricks and stones and mud tiles used to build houses, these masonry and mud tiles...... I don't know if Li Xianzi still wants it? ”

"Of course, without them, would I live in a tent every day?"

"So I don't know what money is...... Who should the villain charge of? ”

Li Su was stunned: "Bricks, stones, mud and tiles basically don't need money in Chang'an, you ...... Do you still want money? ”

The merchants gasped suddenly, and their faces became extremely ugly.

Thousands of miles to transport bricks and stones to you, without charging money? Are you a living Lei Feng when we are? You don't know each other well, right?

"Li Xianzi, villain......" Gong Hu's mouth was deflated, and he was about to cry.

"Oh, okay, okay, I'll give you money......" Li Su sighed, pretending to be stupid, but he still couldn't fool the past and create evil......

Then Li Su's eyes turned and looked at the Qiuzi merchant who was desperately cowering in the crowd but was still so bright and outstanding, his eyes kept blinking, very cute.

Na Yan trembled, looked up to the sky desolate and sighed, the feeling at this moment is very similar to Li Su, pretending to be stupid and still not being able to fool the past, he is the real evil......

"Masonry money, I'll give it to ......" said weakly.

The merchants were very happy, and they all breathed a sigh of relief, and when they were happy, they inevitably looked at Na Yan with a little strangeness, as if they saw a big man who could only pant and speak and walk upright......

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PS: There is one more ...... (To be continued......)