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The Yang family caravan would stay for a while in every Qiang tribe in the Hengshan Mountains, and when Zhong Hao stayed in these Qiang tribes with the Yang family caravan, he would have some understanding of the living conditions of the Qiang tribes in the Hengshan Mountains.

Most of the Qiang people in the Hengshan Mountains live by grazing, and there are also a few Qiang people living in the river valley area who cultivate the land and grow some crops. However, productivity is low here, and life for the Qiang people is very difficult.

As long as they recognized that it was the territory of the Western Xia, they did not rebel, did not cause chaos to the Western Xia, and paid some tribute, and the rest was governed and responsible by the local leaders. Of course, while delegating power and restraints, the people's livelihood there is sometimes good and bad, and the Western Xia government will not ask about it.

Like the Hengshan Mountains, although the Western Xia attached great importance to it strategically, and most of the fortresses and passes were built on the main transportation routes, they were basically indifferent to their people's livelihood.

The places where Zhong Hao passed with the Yang family caravan were mostly relatively less isolated areas in the Hengshan Mountains, and it is said that many Qiang people in the depths of the Hengshan Mountains lived by hunting and lived a more difficult life.

In fact, the Qiang people in Hengshan do not have a very specific concept of whether it is the Song State or the Xia State, they just care about their own food, and they do not care about any nation-state.

Many Qiang people joined the Western Xia army in order to be able to eat enough and not starve to death.

Many archers in the Western Army of the Great Song Dynasty were recruited from the Qiang hunters in the depths of Hengshan, and these people lived by hunting, and most of them were very good at archery, and they were very high-quality soldiers.

After his own investigation, Zhong Hao felt that as long as the Qiang people in the Hengshan Mountains could live a full life and live a better life than in the mountains, it was estimated that it would not be too difficult to recruit them to work for the Great Song Dynasty.

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Zhong Hao followed the Yang family's caravan to Hengshan very deeply. It is still a bit dangerous to break away from the Yang family's caravan and lead the people of Jingqiang Village back by yourself.

The Qiang people in the Hengshan Mountains do not rob caravans, but it does not mean that they do not rob Zhong Hao and other passers-by. Zhong Hao and they all have war horses and weapons, which are not small wealth in the eyes of the Hengshan Qiang people, who are short of any materials. Even in the Great Song Dynasty, where there are poor mountains and bad waters, there are many people who rely on robbery as a sideline, not to mention the fierce and abnormal Hengshan Qiang people, for them, robbery is as easy as drinking water and eating.

Anyway, there was nothing going on in Jingqiang Village, so Zhong Hao didn't plan to take people back alone, he decided to follow the Yang family caravan to go to Silver Star and City to have a look.

Now, Lord Taishan is about to get himself an army of beggars. In the future, it is necessary to feed them and build fortresses, which are inseparable from a lot of money and materials. Zhong Hao happened to go to Yinxinghe City to see if there was any business that could make money, and he could do it in Jingqiang Village.

Although the current domestic situation in Western Xia is turbulent, the clearance of the Yang family caravan has not been greatly affected, and after giving some soju to the guards and soldiers on the pass on the road, Zhong Hao followed the Yang family caravan all the way to the Silver Star Fort.

There were two main types of trade on the Song-Xia border: the market trade and the Heshi trade.

The scale of the market is generally relatively large, but the market transactions are mainly official transactions, and it is difficult to enter the market to do business without an official background.

There are two main places on the border of Song and Xia, one is in the Shunning village of the security army, and the other is the Gaoping village of the Zhenrong army. Both of these sites are located on Shaanxi Road, in the southern part of the Song-Xia border.

In the northern part of the Song-Xia border, the city of Heshi was the main place of exchange, and most of the private merchants traded in the city.

The cities of Songxia and the city were both in the territory of Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty. In the territory of Western Xia, Jiuliangjin, Wubao, Yinxing, Jintang, White Leopard, Shrimp and Ma, Zhejiang and other forts are set up and the city, and the city in the Great Song Dynasty is mostly located in some border fortresses in Linzhou.

However, the reputation of Linzhou's Heshi is not obvious, mainly because the Heshi in Linzhou is not as profitable as going to Xixia. Because the demand for Western Xia products in the Great Song Dynasty was far less than the demand of the Western Xia people for the products of the Great Song Dynasty, it was not as profitable to trade in the Great Song Dynasty as it was to go to the Western Xia to trade.

It is precisely because the Great Song Dynasty did not have a very large demand for Western Xia commodities, so whenever Xia launched an attack and disputes with the border people, the Song Dynasty threatened to close the field and ban traffic and the city, so as to force the Western Xia to succumb.

Because, the Great Song Dynasty could tolerate the absence of Western Xia products, but the Western Xia had many necessities of life that had to be obtained from the Great Song Dynasty. If the Great Song Dynasty really severed trade with Western Xia,

Silver Star Fort is located at the western foot of the northern part of Hengshan, next to the important nomadic areas of Western Xia such as Jinze and Anqingze in the west, and there are many nomadic tribes who have traded with the city since the silver star, which has also caused the prosperity of the silver star and the city. In terms of scale and trading volume, Silver Star and City are the largest of several places and cities in Western Xia.

The Yang family caravan has been going back and forth to Silver Star and City for many years, and there is a fixed warehouse in Silver Star and City, Zhong Hao followed the Yang family caravan to the Silver Star Castle, and directly entered the Yang family caravan's warehouse in Silver Star Fort.

The Yang family caravan needs to sell the goods in Silver Star Fort and then purchase the goods for the return trip before returning to Linzhou, so they will stay at Silver Star Fort for some time.

Zhong Hao had to stay patiently in the Yang family's warehouse in Silver Star Castle and wait for the Yang family's caravan to return together.

With a lot of free time, Zhong Hao plans to take a good look at the exotic scenery, and by the way, there is no suitable business to do.

In the next few days, Zhong Hao took Wang San and Zhong Cheng to eat, drink and have fun in Silver Star Castle, and of course, he did not forget the task of inspecting the market by the way.

However, until the Yang family's caravan set off and returned, Zhong Hao did not find a better business than soju.

After Zhong Hao saw the popularity of Jingqiang Village's soju in Western Xia, he felt that going back and massively increasing the production of soju was the best way to make money. This soju is not sold at all in the Silver Star and the market, and as many of them can be sold here.

Zhong Hao saw a lot of herdsmen who came to trade in the Jinze and Anqingze areas, and many times they directly exchanged a sheep for a jar of soju, so that they could exchange it for soju, and they were happy as if they had picked up a treasure.

Can this soju not make money?!

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Zhong Hao didn't find any new ways of wealth in Silver Star Castle, but he spent a lot of money on the silver he brought. He has been wandering around the market these days, and he has really bought a lot of Xixia specialties.

There are many Tan sheep grazing in the Dijinze area near Yinxing Fort, these Tan sheep are not only of good meat quality, but also the best fur for making fur, and Tan sheep fur is very popular in the Great Song Dynasty.

The hair of the sheep is fine and soft, white as snow, luster as jade, the hair spike is naturally curved, and some are as many as nine ways, so it is called "nine bends". If you shake it gently, it is like the wind swinging the flower spikes, and it is like water ripples. The fur made of Tan sheepskin is the famous "light fur", this kind of fur is both soft and warm, beautiful and generous, and also has a very good decorative effect, whether it is really in the Western Xia, or in the Great Song Dynasty, it is very popular for dignitaries, wealthy businessmen and gentry.

In addition to the Tan sheepskin, the meat quality of the Tan sheep is also very good, its meat color is bright red, the texture is clear and dense, very tough and elastic, it is a rare delicacy. The wool fiber is slender and uniform, and the fluffy is light and fluffy, and it is elastic. Shawls or carpets made of beach wool are very exquisite, and the jacquard blankets of Western Xia are also very popular in the Great Song Dynasty.

Dijinze is very close to Yinxinghe City, so there are many Qiang nomadic tribes in the Dijinze area who come to Yinxinghe City to sell Tan sheep and furs. Every time the Yang family caravan came to Yinxinghe City, this beach of wool was bound to be purchased in large quantities.

Tan sheepskin is divided into two hairs and sand wool, and the coat color is pure white, pure black, light brown and variegated, and most of them are pure white. The white fur is white in color, shiny like jade, and the leather plate is as thin as thick paper, but the texture is tough, soft and plump. Black skin, also known as purple lambskin, is the most precious because it is the least.

Zhong Hao planned to buy a few Tan sheepskins and give them to Fu Ruozhu to make a coat. Daughter-in-law, you still have to coax more, especially unmarried daughter-in-law!

Since he wanted to give it to Fu Ruozhu, Zhong Hao naturally wanted to buy the best. Although purple lamb skins are scarce, Zhong Hao has been wandering around the market for a few days, but he has also bought three.

As for the price, it's really not cheap to say it's cheap, and it's not expensive to say it's expensive, these purple lamb skins cost Zhong Hao ten jars of soju to get them. Although these ten jars of soju can be sold for at least more than 100 yuan on the side of Silver Star Castle, the cost of making liquor in Jingqiang Village is not very high, so the price of these few beach sheepskins is really not expensive or cheap for Zhong Hao.

Zhong Hao bought a few more white Tan sheepskins and planned to take them back to Ke Yao. Although this white one is not as precious as the purple lambskin, Zhong Hao personally thinks that the white beach sheepskin looks white and shiny like jade, but it is better than the purple lambskin.

Zhong Hao also bought a few woolen shawls from those shepherds, and planned to give them to Fu Ruozhu and Ke Yao when he returned.

In addition to Tan sheepskin, Zhong Hao also bought two good Helan inkstones and a few Helan stone rough stones with good color and texture, which he planned to use to please his father-in-law.

Helan inkstone is made of Helan stone. Helan stone is produced on the cliff of Helan Mountain, its stone structure is uniform, the texture is delicate, and the rigidity and softness are suitable. Helan stone rough stone is natural deep purple and bean green two colors, some also skillfully sandwiched jade belt, moire, eyebrows, silver line, stone eyes and other structures, like clouds, like the moon, like water, like the national case of the mountain, elegant and natural, carved by skilled craftsmen carved Helan inkstone, with ink, ink, protection, durable, after the cover of the inkstone in the remaining ink for several days do not dry and do not smell and other miraculous effects.

Helan stone naturally forms deep purple and bean green, reflecting each other, the color is bright, the purple background is green, the form is many and wonderful, as if the flat soft purple velvet is inlaid with all kinds of jadeite. In addition to the purple and green colors, Helan stone also has three colors, colorful, some have "stone eye", "jade belt", "silver line", "moire" and other special structures, wonderful.

The carving artists of the Western Xia Dynasty carved the Helan inkstone in a variety of postures due to the stone conditions and carefully used the materials. During the Tang Dynasty, Helan inkstone was as famous as Duan Yan and She Yan, and was known as "one end, two She, and three Helan".

Helan inkstone is not only a practical product of the "Four Treasures of Study", but also a precious collection of crafts. In the Great Song Dynasty, the Helan inkstone of Western Xia was deeply loved by the literati and was recognized as one of the best inkstones. In addition to carving inkstones, Helan stone is also used to carve seals, paperweights, pen holders, etc., which are elegant treasures of the study.

Zhong Hao has been wandering around the city all day these days, in addition to the gifts he gave to Fu Ruozhu, Ke Yao and Fu Bi, he also found a Xia Ren sword.

The Xia Ren Sword, also known as the Xia State Sword, is a very sharp sword made in Western Xia. Xia Guojian and Khitan saddle and Goryeo secret color are called the first in the world. The Xia Ren Sword also enjoyed a high reputation in the Song Dynasty, and the dignitaries and scholars of the Great Song Dynasty were often proud to get the sword. However, although the Xia Ren sword is sharp, it is mostly used for accessories in the Great Song Dynasty, not on the battlefield. Of course, the sword itself is not suitable for use on the battlefield.

Zhong Haotao changed this Xia Ren sword, not because he wanted to use it to wear a costume~ force, but because he wanted to go back and use this Xia Ren sword to try the fineness of his Jingqiang Village horse chopping knife, and see if it could compare to the color of the steel used in this Xia Ren sword. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.