Chapter 211: Leading the team to trade the grassland
The will is very simple, that is, let Jia Yi regain the position of ranger general, and protect the merchants to go to the grassland for the first trade with the grassland.
This time he went to the grassland, except for Hou Jun's gathering to receive Jia Yi on the grassland, he was the supreme commander along the way, and no one would give him any help, everything had to rely on himself, which made Jia Yi, who had just calmed down, lift his heart again.
This time to the grassland, there will be countless businessmen, if they have any problems, then it will inevitably affect the businessmen's enthusiasm for trading with the grassland people, and ultimately affect Li Er's strategic purpose, so, Jia Yi feels that this mission is much more difficult than all the previous tasks, at least there is a tall and mighty figure who is sheltering himself from the wind and rain no matter what he did before, and now he is left alone, if he is not fully materially prepared, God knows if this matter will be messed up.
In order to ensure the successful completion of the task, Jia Yi needs to prepare something, otherwise he will go to the grassland this time, and he really has no bottom in his heart.
The next day, he returned to the manor to check the growth of cotton, and it seemed that when he came back from the grassland, he should have been able to blossom and bear fruit, and he was just right to take it to Li Jing to repay his merits.
Find Shen Qingyun and ask him to hurry up and make canned food, while also preparing to let him be the treasurer of the Jia family this time, after all, he was appointed as a ranger general, and he didn't dare to do business blatantly anymore.
Making money has always been something that Shen Qingyun is very keen on, so he didn't hesitate and agreed directly.
Salted duck eggs and tea have all been prepared, and the goods on Jia Yi's side are ready, just waiting for the day to start as soon as the day comes.
Two days before departure, Jia Yi came to the right Wuwei camp to report, this time his men will have 10,000 soldiers and horses with many merchants, in order to ensure the safety of everyone's lives, Jia Yi like Li Jing asked for 100,000 burst arrows.
When they arrived that day, Jia Yi's spy team opened the way ahead, and the soldiers were divided into two columns, standing on both sides, and in the middle were the merchants and their carriages.
The road of doing business this time is unprecedentedly huge, and there will be some smaller merchants on the march, which will make the already very large team even bigger.
In order to ensure the safety of this road, Jia Yi ordered the merchants and soldiers to eat separately, and of course, the vigilance was naturally carried out by the soldiers.
Walking out of the Guanzhong area, the spies who opened the way in front of them all dispersed, although the last time the army marched here, the Qiang people had already been wiped out by Li Jing's army, however, God knows if there are still a small number of Qiang people surviving, in order not to have any accidents, the work of the spies can only be a little more tedious.
Jia Er was left at home by Jia Yi, like this kind of thing is a bit dangerous, under normal circumstances, Jia Yi will not let their brothers appear together at the same time, there must always be one who stays at home, and Shen Qingyun's location completely depends on where it is needed, and now the grassland trip needs his management, so he can only come to the grassland with Jia Yi.
The food of the merchants is naturally heaven and earth compared with the food of the soldiers, and the people of the merchants pay attention to enjoying life, even on the way to the army, they do not forget to cook the most delicious food, feast, as for those poor soldiers, this can only eat this pimple soup, bite the scallion pancake, and make the barbecue roll in the pie.
As if he knew that Jia Yi couldn't eat well, Shen Qingyun came to Jia Yi's tent with a few stir-fried vegetables, he felt that he was so familiar with Jia Yi, just go directly into the tent and put the dishes down, who knew that he was stopped by someone as soon as he walked to the door of the tent.
"Those who trespass into the tent of the Chinese army without permission will be killed."
The rules of the army, where does Shen Qingyun understand this, when he heard from the two people standing guard and hearing that there is no forgiveness, his whole body suddenly shuddered, the weather that was originally quite hot suddenly became cold, standing in place and shivering, but he couldn't say a word.
"Who's making a noise outside?"
"General Qiyu, there is a businessman who wants to break into the account of the Chinese army, but he was stopped by us."
"Bring him in."
"Whoa"
When the trembling Shen Qingyun was brought into the tent, Jia Yi waved his hand to let the two people go out, came to Shen Qingyun and said with a smile: "Brother Shen, why did you remember to bring me food." ”
"Jia Yi, you are so damn majestic."
Putting the tray in his hand on the table, looking at Jia Yi who was covered in armor, Shen Qingyun's eyes suddenly became bright, as a man in the Tang Dynasty, no one is not full of blood in his bones, no one wants to go to the battlefield to make contributions, but sometimes many things are not something you can achieve if you want to.
"Isn't it majestic?"
Jia Yi sat on the edge of the table, looked at the food brought by Shen Qingyun, his saliva suddenly flowed, and without saying a word, he took a big bite and ate it, showing off to Shen Qingyun while eating.
"It's very majestic, but it looks like I can't wear it, before I came in just now, those two soldiers yelled and died, you don't know that I was almost half dead, fortunately you opened your mouth, otherwise I wouldn't have seen you."
For Shen Qingyun's experience, Jia Yi expressed sympathy, although he has the right to let this kind of thing happen again, but he did not do so, you must know that soon they will be able to come to the edge of the grassland, and then I don't know what emergencies will occur, if it is because of such a small thing, let the military discipline be slack, then when waiting to meet the enemy, this army will not have any combat ability, and no matter if there is any problem, Jia Yi will not be able to escape the blame.
After eating and wiping it clean, Jia put the tray in Shen Qingyun's hand, and said with a smile: "Brother Shen, now that I am the highest commander in the army, I can eat this kind of small stove once, but I can't eat it a second time, I want to maintain the morale of the army, so you can eat it yourself in the future, and after we return to Chang'an after we finish the transaction with the Lakers, it is not too late to drink and talk." ”
"Okay, I see." Shen Qingyun is smart and smart, and he will never act recklessly because of his relationship with Jia Yi, he can always know when to take and when to give up, and it is not too much to never cross the line.
When they came to Longyou, the marching speed of the army slowed down, on the one hand, because Longyou was hilly and the carriage was not easy to travel, which was bound to delay the speed of the march.
Even so, the time to come to Shuofang this time is much less than the time it took to come to Shuofang last time, after all, the last time I came to Shuofang, I also sniped the Qiang people along the way, and the time delayed was more.
Due to the weather, the grass on the Shuofang grassland has begun to turn slightly yellow, autumn has quietly come, the Hu people on the grassland are about to usher in the most difficult time of the year again, if the livestock in their hands can grow enough fat before the winter, they can survive this winter, if not, then it will eventually become the food in their mouths.
With the arrival of Jia Yi, these Hu people had another choice, that is, to exchange cattle, horses and sheep that were not able to be fat enough for food and some necessities of life.
A few days after Jia Yi came to Shuofang, the Yinan Khan from Xue Yantuo brought a letter to Jia Yi, first of all, to welcome the arrival of Jia Yi and lead a large number of merchants, and secondly, to set the time of commercial sales the day after tomorrow, during this period, he would contact the Hu people in the entire grassland, and whoever was willing to come to exchange could come directly.
Although the Yi Nan Khan had surrendered to Li Er's feet before Li Jing captured Jie Li, and was also made an official, it was just that their wild nature growing up on the grassland greatly reduced the credibility of their words, God knows how much the Central Plains Emperor had to restrain them, for the sake of safety, Jia Yi still ordered people to prepare for the war, if there was any problem on the day the transaction began, he could solve it as soon as possible.
Due to the unprecedented huge scene of this transaction, Jia Yi directly chose the site of the transaction on the grassland, and set aside a piece of land in all directions, as the place of trading, surrounded by soldiers, and there was an ambush of Tanma in the distance.
Everyone is equipped with two Burst Arrows, and Jia is 100% confident that this transaction will not be completed calmly, and there will be some waves, so it is necessary to prepare in advance.
The time for the big trade is getting closer and closer, and there are already tents of the Hu people around the big trading place, regardless of whether they are far or near, some of the slightly smaller Hu tribes, in order to be able to get the goods they want, have to come early to occupy a favorable position, and when the trade starts, it is better to buy the goods they need as soon as possible.
As the tents of the Hu people gathered more and more, the big trading ground began to become more and more lively, although the formal transaction has not yet begun, but the small-scale transaction has begun to be carried out in private, Jia Yi has no words for this, just chose to turn a blind eye, as long as it does not affect the normal progress of the big transaction, this kind of small operation, Jia Yi did not bother to pay attention to it.
Finally, under the common expectation of the Hu people and the Tang people, the big trading day has arrived, with all kinds of noisy shouts, the big trading hall suddenly became lively, and the Hu people were let in and began to allow them to buy goods.
At this moment, a whistling suddenly sounded from all around, and the unique sound of Hu Ren Xiangma made Jia Yi's eyes turn cold instantly, no matter when there are people who break the rules, but today these people who break the rules are destined to end well.