When Zhang Song heard this, he was taken aback and said, "Where did you start with what my husband said?" ”

"The Flying Dragon Thief is the Xianbei tribe under the Flying Dragon Mountain, I'm not wrong, right?" The old merchant asked, taking a breath.

"That's right, this is what I found out with Song Jun."

Zhang Song helped the old merchant into his room and asked him to sit down. Xiaolan had already obediently served the tea and handed it to the old merchant, the old merchant took it and drank it, after Xiaolan took the cup, she went out and called Fan Xin, Yuan Shi, Zhong Gui, and Xiaoli who were gathered around the door to prepare dinner. Li Shan put the load in a corner by the door, and then found a seat with Song Pei and Yu Xinzhi and sat down, waiting for the old merchant's explanation.

"The day before yesterday, my companions and I passed by the Flying Dragon Thieves' Nest, the Flying Dragon Thieves were training the team at the time, judging from their drills, there was a basis for advancing and retreating, and the order was forbidden, and it was very lawful."

"Wyvern Thieves will practice? And it's very legal? How so? "Zhang Song and Song Pei are a little incredulous, you must know that Zhang Song and Song Pei have been in the Flying Dragon Thieves' Den for so long, and they have never seen them practice.

"Yes, I also think it's very strange, a tribe of Hu people, there are not many people who can read a few big characters, and they still know how to train their own people decently, this is really unbelievable, but this is what I have seen with my own eyes, there is no doubt about it, you don't need to doubt it."

"Even if they practice very well, it can't be said that Qingsong Valley is in danger because of this, right?" Yu Xinzhi said euphemistically.

"This is only one aspect, what is even more terrifying is that the Flying Dragon Thieves not only did not take any of our goods this time, but also traded with us completely fairly, and sent people to escort us away after the transaction was completed, and before that, as long as they met the Flying Dragon Thieves' business trips, there were no goods left, even if they did not appear as the Flying Dragon Thieves, there were often forced to buy and sell."

"Isn't that great? Do you still want them to take your goods? Li Shan said suspiciously.

The old merchant glanced at Li Shan and did not speak.

"Lord, things are not good, Xianbei people may have received help from superiors, and the situation is very unfavorable for us!" Song was a little worried.

"Song Jun is very right." Of course, Zhang Song knows what this means, no matter how strong a thief is, he is still a thief after all, but when a thief knows how to buy people's hearts, the thief is transforming into a political organization, which means that the flying dragon thief has the ambition to compete for the world and establish a country, such a flying dragon thief is far more difficult for Zhang Song to deal with than a simple thief.

"What's the downside to that? In the future, Zhangye County will be too peaceful. Li Shan was still puzzled.

"Big brother, don't be in a hurry to make a conclusion, let's listen to what the old man has to say first, I think the old man's words should not be finished yet." Zhang Song said with a smile.

"I thought it was strange at the time, so I took the opportunity to sell the goods into the tribe, and I asked around, only to learn that the Wyvern Thief had a new strategist, and all the changes in the tribe were proposed by that strategist. Not only that, but the strategist also proposed that the next step was to set up a banner, get rid of the notoriety of the Flying Dragon Thieves, and make a name for himself, so as to level the other thieves in Zhangye County and take Zhangye County into his pocket. The Flying Dragon Thieves currently regard you as the biggest thieves in Zhangye County, and I am afraid that the Flying Dragon Thieves will attack you again soon, and you still let the captives go with kindness today, and it is really ridiculous and lamentable. ”

Zhang Song listened, his heart was shaken, he didn't pay much attention to the old merchant's criticism, to a certain extent, the old merchant's criticism was right. Of course, Zhang Song will not regret what he did today, but he reminded himself that he should still put preparation first in the future.

"Yu Jun, has Qingsong Valley sent people to various places to inquire about the news?" Zhang Song asked.

Only a few days have passed, and so many things have happened outside, and Zhang Song has no news about these things, which is not a good sign.

"No, in the past, we rarely sent people out to investigate, because we had to concentrate on the crops." Yu Xinzhi replied.

"Lord, we can consider organizing Fan Xin, Zhong Gui and a few other teenagers and letting them go to find out the news." Song Pei suggested.

Zhang Song nodded, this is a good idea, and it also gives them something to do, but it is not enough to have them, these teenagers have not experienced much of the world.

"Uncle, how old are you this year?" Zhang Song asked with a smile.

"It's the year of knowing your fate, and you're old." The old merchant's tone was full of emotion about the passing of the years.

"My father-in-law is still out to do business at such an old age, aren't my family worried?" I asked in my heart.

"I'm alone, so how can my family worry?" The old merchant said wistfully, and his gaze became distant.

"My husband can still walk thousands of miles at such an advanced age, it's really gratifying!" Song Pei hurriedly interrupted the old merchant's thoughts.

"Yes, I guess my father-in-law's friends are all over the world." Zhang Song was on the side to help.

"I don't dare to say that my friends are all over the world, but even if I travel the world empty-handed, I won't starve to death." The old merchant quickly eliminated his melancholy, "Zhang Jun doesn't need to deliberately comfort me, I've been used to being home all over the world over the years." ”

"If my husband doesn't dislike it, he will treat this place as his home, and if he is bitter and tired outside, he will come back here to rest, and he dare not say anything else, a cup of hot water and a bowl of wheat rice are still available." Zhang Song said sincerely to the old merchant.

When the old merchant heard Zhang Song's words, he looked at Zhang Song in surprise and said, "Is this true?" ”

"It's true!"

"You don't need me to plow the fields, you don't need me to farm, let me do business everywhere, travel the world?"

"Nothing!"

Yu Xinzhi, Song Pei and Li Shan were all surprised, I don't know why Zhang Song values the old merchant so much.

The old merchant was silent, just staring at Zhang Song with blazing eyes, as if to check whether Zhang Song was lying. After a while, the old merchant said, "It's okay to let me stay, but you better give me something to do." ”

"You don't need to do anything." Zhang Song insisted.

The old merchant didn't speak, but stood up, walked to the cargo load, and said, "Then I won't stay, let's go." ”

Zhang Song was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab the old merchant, and said, "Boss, why is this?" But is there something offended? ”

"There's nothing to offend, it's just that if you don't let me do something, I don't dare to make a home here." As he spoke, the old merchant had already stepped out of the door.

"If my husband insists on doing something for me, then please let me know when you receive news like the Wyvern Thief has made a change."

The old merchant stopped, turned around slowly, and asked, "Is it true this time?" ”

"It's true!" Zhang Song said a little embarrassed.

As soon as Zhang Song's words fell, the old merchant burst out laughing.

Song Pei, Yu Xinzhi and Li Shan looked at each other, and I don't know why the old merchant laughed.

Zhang Song stood with an embarrassed face, thinking in his heart, who said that the ancients were kind and simple, and the ones he encountered were no less cunning than the modern people in his previous life.

"Shan Lao Dao said that you have a seven-trick exquisite heart, this is really true, no wonder he will be worried about letting me come to see you. Okay, Zhang Jun thinks so highly of me, I'll stay for the time being, and I'll see if I find out the news in the future. ”

"It turned out to be the old man of the single road chief, what a disrespect!" Song Pei and Zhang Song saluted the old merchant together.

"Don't be polite, and don't ask me about Shan Laodao's whereabouts, I don't know. Having said so much, my stomach is also hungry. Little girl, is the rice cooked? Hurry up and bring it up! As soon as Xiaolan walked to the door, the old merchant saw it, and he opened his mouth and shouted at Xiaolan.

"Then we'll talk after feeding. Xiaolan brought the rice. ”

The meal was no different from usual, the only thing was that there was an extra plate of bamboo shoots.

"I'm sorry, I just arrived in Green Pine Valley, and I don't have anything to entertain." Zhang Song apologized to the old merchant.

"It doesn't matter." The old merchant said while holding the wheat rice into his mouth, "I don't know what Zhang Jun thinks about the news?" It's relatively easy to get a message, but how to deliver it in a timely manner is a big problem. ”

"It's a really big problem, and sometimes it's even a missed time when the news arrives." Song said.

"In the short term there may not be a good solution, but in the long term it will be easy to do, just have pigeons." Zhang Song remembered that "The Legacy of Kaiyuan Tianbao" contained: Zhang Jiuling was a teenager, raising a flock of pigeons, and every time he exchanged letters with new knowledge, he only used the book pigeon foot, and flew to cast it according to the place he taught, and Jiuling was a flying slave. Everyone at the time was amazed. The Tang Dynasty was a few hundred years late, but the history of raising pigeons in China is very long, and it stands to reason that there were pigeons at this time.

"There are pigeons, but what does that have to do with delivering the message?" Yu Xinzhi asked suspiciously.

The old merchant, Li Shan, and Song Pei also looked at Zhang Song curiously. Zhang Song talked about the training of carrier pigeons for communication in his previous life, and finally said: "After training, the carrier pigeon transmission is very reliable, unless it is hunted halfway. ”

Song Pei, Yu Xinzhi, and Li Shan were dumbfounded when they heard it, and they couldn't believe it.

"When I was in the Western Regions, I heard that the Persians used pigeons to spread the message, and I wanted to learn it secretly, but I didn't succeed. I didn't expect you to do the same, with this method, there is no problem in finding out the news. "The old merchant was calm and not too surprised.

"According to the lord, the person who carries the book must be literate." Song Pei found the problem.

"This Song Jun can rest assured, I can read and write." The old merchant said.

"That's good, let's go buy some pigeons tomorrow and come back and let Zhang Jun train." Yu Xinzhi said excitedly.

"I'm here to train, I'm here to raise, I love pigeons, I've fed people before." Yuan Shi shouted.

"I'm going to raise it too, I'm going to raise it too!" Xiaoli shouted from the side.

Xiaolan, Fan Xin, and Zhong Gui stood aside, without speaking, but also with a yearning face.

"Okay, tomorrow we will go to Yongping County to buy pigeons." The way of the heart.

"Okay!"

Looking at the cheering few people, it is indeed time to set up an information agency, but there are more important things to do tomorrow, Zhang Song thought.