Chapter 480 - Trading at a Loss

In the Tang Dynasty, the tea and horse market on the border was in full swing, and the Hu people exchanged the horses needed in the Central Plains for tea and other necessary materials for the Han people's life. Unlike the unequal behavior of the imperial court in the middle and late Tang dynasties to subsidize the Hu people for the sake of tranquility, the mutual markets in the Tang Dynasty were basically spontaneous trade and trading for the purpose of making profits.

The grassland desert in the northeast of Liangzhou is occupied by Tielehu, and it is inhabited by the Hui people, the Fugu people, and the Tongluo people. According to the trajectory of history, these Hu people will be integrated and reorganized by the Hui leader Guli Peiluo in the next ten years to form a unified and powerful Hui Ministry. With the weakening and decline of the Tang Dynasty in the 'chaos' of Anshi, they took the opportunity to move westward to occupy Anxi and Beiting, which became the source of stiffness and poison in later generations.

In this grassland, there is also a small tea and horse market, and in the middle of the month, merchants from all over the world rush to the market with goods like a 'tide' letter. A caravan that is relatively large for this bazaar appears in this bazaar for the first time. Most of the people who attend the market are regular customers, and the arrival of unfamiliar faces will inevitably attract attention.

The large new caravans consisted of dozens of camels and dozens of pack horses, bringing with them a wide variety of goods, most of which were tea, porcelain, and silk, which were popular with the Hu people. The caravan was led by a one-eyed dragon, and at first glance, you could see the shadow of a horse bandit on his body, but if you look closely, even if he wrapped his left eye diagonally with a small piece of black cloth, it seems that he lacks a bit of domineering, but a bearded man next to him has a violent and murderous aura, and his fierce appearance betrays his identity and horse bandit!

The horse bandits are coming to ship. Everyone's first feeling is like this, on the grassland, there are countless such things.

Lu Shangqing, who was dressed as a one-eyed dragon, proudly accepted everyone's attention and felt good. In this land of pride in robbery, the identity of the vicious horse bandit is equivalent to that of the people in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and they are generally respected and yearned.

"Old Lu, did I say that we brought too many goods?" The bearded man looked around and said to Lu Shangqing. Indeed, the goods carried by dozens of camels and pack horses stood out from the rest of the caravans.

"Call me a wolf." Lu Shangqing seems to have begun to enter the horn 'color', and he is 'obsessed' with the powerful nickname.

The beard laughs, and the kind that doesn't smile at the flesh.

"Brother Wolf, how do I feel like I've become a sheep?" The beard uncomfortably swept around the surrounding merchants, especially those Hu people, their eyes were a little hot.

Lu Shangqing was enjoying the scenery, where did he notice something unusual, he casually pointed to an open space, signaled the horse team to stop there, and unloaded the goods.

These tea silks were exchanged by Lu Shangqing in Liangzhou City, and the goods he brought from Ningyuan were not suitable for 'trading' in the mutual market. Worried that it would be too shabby, Lu Shangqing also used the money to buy a large number of pack horses and goods to transport to the market.

Usually, the goods sold by the bandits are much lower than the market price because they are buying and selling without capital. Therefore, the appearance of Lu Shangqing and his entourage attracted many herdsmen, all of whom wanted to pick up a big bargain.

"What? One horse for two camels tea? Lu Shangqing was very angry, and he became a fish in the eyes of the herdsmen.

Lu Shangqing is not determined to make a profit, the purpose of his visit is to understand the local people in this land, and these sensual 'sexual' understandings cannot be obtained from the map. However, anyone who is slaughtered will feel a thorn in their heart.

Lu Shangqing categorically rejected Tie Lehu's offer, but the herdsmen were not discouraged, but formed a group to grind the price with Lu Shangqing.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" A group of strong men squeezed open a passage and stood in front of Lu Shangqing.

"You, new here? Don't know the rules? Qiang Hu's cold gaze swept Lu Shangqing and them around, his gaze stayed on Hu's body for a while, and then continued to habitually 'sexual' trajectory.

"What rules?" Lu Shangqing was very curious, although he was from Liangzhou, but the habit of the Hu people was black.

Perhaps because he was afraid that the other party had a certain amount of force, Qiang Hu was unwilling to tear his face, and said: "In this bazaar, all newcomers must sell their goods to my servant and Gu Ministry, and half of the market price. ”

"What if not?" Beard reached for the scimitar at his waist.

The murderous aura suddenly rose and enveloped the corner of the bazaar. Fights are commonplace for the Hu people, and bloodshed in ordinary markets due to bargaining is not unusual. The herdsmen did not hide, but stopped to watch, pointing at the contradictions, and even coaxing, lest the world would not be 'chaotic', and 'chaos' and 'chaos' were the happy moments for them to 'touch' the fish in troubled waters.

The confrontation lasted for a while, Qiang Hu didn't make a move, and the other party had a lot of people, fifty people, and it seemed that they were all ruthless 'sex' that was not easy to mess with.

Qianghu left, leaving behind a hateful hostility.

"I said, you shouldn't offend the servants, selling goods at half price is paying protection money in disguise, otherwise, you won't be able to gain a foothold here." A well-wisher reminded Lu Shangqing.

Lu Shangqing talked with the surrounding businessmen and learned some information. The market was controlled by the servants, and the merchants had to endure their exploitation in order to make a living, and although the profits were small, they were guaranteed security.

"You'd better leave as soon as possible, it's better to throw the goods here than to lose your life." Well-wishers are kind words and persuasions.

The reminder is not unfounded, according to the usual experience, the strong Hu will not retreat in the face of difficulties, and must go back to find his accomplices.

As if to verify the prophecy of the well-wisher, as soon as the words fell, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves came from the east side of the bazaar, and there were probably as many as a thousand horsemen.

Heroes don't suffer immediate losses. Lu Shangqing and Hu Zi looked at each other and reached an agreement.

"'Milk' 'milk', next time we bring wine, and the wine is 'medicine'!" While fleeing in panic, Hu Zi was obsessed with the discarded goods, and actually ignored Hu Qi, who was chasing after him.

Lu Shangqing shouted with a wry smile: "Let's run away, 'milk' and 'milk', they want to wrap us up!" ”

The servants were well prepared, and another team of cavalry outflanked them, fighting with the idea of total annihilation. On the grassland, the most ferocious is the wolf, the most difficult to entangle is the wolf, the most grudge is still the wolf, and the horse bandit is no different from the wolf.

"Turn left!" The beards are confident, and their mounts are large eaters, which have a speed advantage over the short warhorses of the servants.

Unexpectedly, there was also an ambush on the left, with more than 100 people, forming a flanking attack with the cavalry on the right.

"'Bastard'! Want to kill them all? The beard was furious, "Shoot the arrows and kill them!" ”

It was Izis the servant who laid the net, the bazaar was under his jurisdiction, and the normal trade was the source of his wealth, and he would not move, but the caravan disguised as a horse bandit had always been regarded by him as an extra meal. It was rare that the horse bandits did not understand the rules and found an excuse for him to use force, and he couldn't wait to launch an offensive of annihilation.

The opponent's war horse was unexpectedly fast, and the pursuit from behind became farther and farther. Fortunately, ambushes were set up on both flanks in advance.

"Hehe, a 'fat' sheep is a 'fat' sheep after all!" Seeing that his opponent couldn't escape from his palm, Ezis breathed a sigh of relief. The opponent is only fifty people, and his side ambush has a hundred horsemen, the advantage is self-evident, and there are reinforcements that are about to be killed, even if the hundred horsemen are not defeated by those bandits, as long as they slow down their speed, they will lead the main force to arrive and fight down.

However, Izis was surprised again, the horse bandits actually took their bows and released arrows, and the accuracy was amazing, and the hundred horsemen who were blocking the way fell more than a dozen horses in an instant, and a big 'hole' appeared in the "fishing net". Along the broken 'hole', the fish slipped away..... please remember the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon