……

"What's the use?" Guan Qi also wanted to know what was different about this ordinary-looking skin.

The Hu man hurriedly picked up a piece of skin and tore it for a while and said, "Look at this skin, it's strong, right?" ”

Guan Qi's face was black: "Are you joking?" What's not the skin that's strong?"

The bearded man continued: "Not only is it strong, but it is also very elastic, you see ......" said and pulled a few times, and sure enough, the skin moved slightly to the sides of the pull.

Guan Qi was a little speechless, but as a businessman who has been a businessman for generations, he still put on a smiling face to greet him: "This master, I still don't see what makes this leather different, if you don't buy it, don't delay doing business here." ”

The Hu man was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper, this skin is waterproof, easy to use, don't believe it!" ”

As he spoke, the Hu man took off the huge kettle bag around his waist, opened it, poured the whole pot on one of the skins, and then folded it, and sure enough, not a drop seeped.

However, Guan Qi still shook his head: "What is this?" Isn't it true of cowhide and sheepskin? ”

The Hu man said: "It's different, the cowhide is cowhide, it will still seep water after soaking for a long time, I am a blood wolf skin on the grassland, and it will not leak for more than ten days. ”

"Blood wolf?"

Guan Qiyi was stunned, of course he knew that the beast of the blood wolf was extremely ferocious, because of its large size, rough skin and thick flesh, even the tiger had to avoid three points when he saw it, if the seven or eight skins in front of him were really the skin of the blood wolf, then what this Hu man said was true.

However, he still has doubts, after all, what are these skins for?

"Well, let's take it first, the general also asked me to look around for some available exotic animal furs, maybe this is the fur he is looking for." Guan Qi thought about it, and decided to accept these blood wolf skins......

"Five tea bricks, no more, or take these skins back."

In line with the nature of a businessman, Guan Qi threw a wolf skin in his hand in front of him with a look that could not be refused, meaning that it was like this, whether he loved to buy it or not.

In fact, according to the price of the Central Plains, not to mention ten tea bricks, a hundred tea bricks may not be able to exchange for a wolf skin.

"Okay, just five pieces!"

When the Hu man heard this, he hurriedly nodded and said, originally he wanted ten tea bricks is a lion's mouth, but now he can get five tea bricks, which is simply a profit, and his face suddenly bloomed.

Guan Qi put away the wolf skin, and then glanced at the guard next to him, who immediately took out five packets of tea bricks wrapped in yellow paper from a wrapped box.

Each of these tea bricks weighs four taels, and they are all made of tea foam, which can be said to be the most garbage tea, and basically no one will drink it except for the poor in the Central Plains.

But this is extremely valuable to foreigners, and it can even be used as a dowry.

It is with the help of this that merchants everywhere collect tea foam and sell it to this group of Hu people at sky-high prices, which is basically in short supply, including Guan Qi.

You must know that Jiang Xun explicitly forbade Far Eastern merchants from doing business with the Saiwaihu people, but the interests involved in this are too tempting, and the families need a lot of money to maintain, although Jiang Xun has repeatedly ordered and reclaimed, but with little effect, and over time he can only close his eyes.

The Hu man looked at the weighed stone cautiously, and after making sure that there was no shortage of catties, he carefully put the tea bricks into the cloth bag he carried with him, and left happily......

"Hehe......"

Seeing the bearded man leaving, Guan Qi laughed disdainfully, then picked up a box of tobacco leaves in the car, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, come and see, the best southern tobacco, Governor Jiang Xun smoked it and applauded, hurry up and buy it, if you miss it, it will be gone......"

……

Just when Guan Qi's caravan was still shouting and buying and selling on the street, Zuo Shuo had quietly come to a river in Yancheng.

I saw all kinds of domestic garbage floating on the river, and a few Hu people dumped excrement into the river not far away, and the whole river emitted an unpleasant stench.

Zuo Shuo has become accustomed to the clean and tidy scene in the Han Tomb, and has also developed a good habit of "fixed-point excretion", and he is extremely disgusted by the scene in the river in front of him.

In fact, not only Jizhou, which is occupied by foreign races, is not much better even in the territory of Dazhou, but fortunately, there are special people in the towns of Dazhou who are responsible for cleaning up the river, barely ensuring that the river surface is clean and tidy, as for what the bottom of the river is like, it is unknown.

Under Liu Ce's rule, whether it was the forts in the Hanling Tombs, or the newly occupied Yong'an, Yunxian and other places, the first thing was to ensure hygiene and cleanliness. If someone dares to throw garbage into the river, the penalty is quite heavy, ranging from a fine to a prison sentence of several days.

Whether it's Hanling or Yong'an, whether it's new or later, you have to do it if you understand, and if you don't understand, you have to do it, and if you don't accept it, you'll be punished! After several treatments, even those loose Hu people can only obediently obey the arrangement.

When Zuo Shuo saw a Yancheng common man scooping up a bucket of water from the river as if to make drinking water, his stomach was churning, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he resisted the urge to vomit.

"Plague ......"

At this time, this terrible word flashed through Zuo Shuo's mind, recalling that Liu Ce told them why they attached so much importance to hygiene, not only a matter of personal image, but also directly related to the lives of others.

When he heard that Liu Ce had popularized the problems about the formation of the plague to the soldiers and the so-called germs, Zuo Shuo was shocked, he and everyone thought that the plague was completely caused by a disaster from heaven, but they didn't expect it to be completely man-made. Since then, Zuo Shuo has cleaned himself up every day, drinking boiled water even if he is thirsty on a hot day, so as not to be infected by the so-called germs......

"Left Banner General ......"

Just as Zuo Shuo was still thinking about Liu Ce's words, a young man dressed as a businessman behind him called out.

Zuo Shuo turned his head and said, "Xu Zhi, what instructions does Su Si have?"

The merchant was a member of the Intelligence Division, and this time he was also mixed in the caravan to explore the intelligence of various places in northern Hebei, and made all preparations for the Jingwei battalion to occupy the entire Jizhou.

Xu Zhi said: "Su Situo told the general manager of the left banner that all parts of northern Hebei have been well defended all the way, and as for how to decide, the general manager of the left banner will be fully responsible." ”

"The opportunity is here......" Zuo Shuo was excited when he heard this, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, once he has made this great achievement, he will definitely stand out, and it will not be a problem to be named a camp envoy in the future.

But he still had some concerns, and asked Xu Zhi again: "Is there any news from the military division?" ”

Xu Zhi said: "The military advisor said, this time it will be handled by the Zuo Qi Commander, and our Intelligence Department will fully cooperate with the Zuo Banner Commander, if there is no opportunity, then return to Yong'an as soon as possible." ”

Zuo Shuo nodded, in the past few months, he has stayed by Xu Wenjing's side, and he has learned a lot from his place, plus he has stayed in the Jingwei camp all the year round, and he also knows a lot about combat methods, so he can't help but be eager to try.

After thinking about it, Zuo Shuo said again: "Then trouble Brother Xu to find out for me how many Hu soldiers and horses there are around Yancheng, I have prepared early." ”

"It's already been investigated." Xu Zhi said, "There are only two Hu people in the cavalry camp outside the city, about 3,000 people, as for the city, they are still investigating, but it is estimated that there will be no more than 2,000 people, and there are only five or six hundred people in Hulan headquarters, but there are 20,000 Hu ......people guarding the Yuyang Pass."

When Zuo Shuo heard this, his eyes lit up, and his mind spun quickly: "Three thousand? Five or six hundred Hulan people? Less than two thousand defenders? Damn, why don't I do it? I'll give him a big one this time! Let them know my name! ”

After speaking, he immediately said to Xu Zhi: "You hurry up and listen to the news clearly, and by the way, order someone to turn back to Yong'an to inform the military division, and let him send troops to Yancheng......"

"Hiss......" Xu Zhi was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Zuoqi, what do you want to do?" Don't you really want to fight Yancheng's idea, Yancheng is more than 900 miles away from Yong'an, and there are many walled cities along the way, you think about it carefully, and besides, there are only 500 soldiers in my Jingwei battalion in this caravan, plus the Guanqi caravan, it is only more than 1,000 in total, think twice......"

Zuo Shuo said with a wicked smile: "You can do what I say and tell the military advisor what I said, and the rest of him and the general will know how to do it." ”

"This ......," Xu Zhi wanted to persuade again, "Although the defense inside and outside Yancheng is lax, if the enemy troops in Yuyang and the surrounding cities learn of this news and come to attack the city, how can they resist?"

Zuo Shuo said confidently: "One month, I can withstand it for a month, you can do it as soon as possible." ”

Seeing that Xu Zhi was still embarrassed, Zuo Shuo immediately said, "Didn't you say that you would cooperate with my actions?" Mother-in-law and mother seem to be people who do big things! Hurry up, I'll take care of it! ”

"Yes!" Seeing Zuo Shuo say this, Xu Zhi could only take the order and leave.

"Hehe......" Seeing Xu Zhi leaving, Zuo Shuo's face was full of smiles, and he said secretly, "If you want to do it, you can do it, and you won't come here in vain." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the filthy river again, frowned, shook his head and sighed, "It's disgusting......" and then turned around and walked towards the caravan.

And Zuo Shuo would not have thought that after his decision was known by Xu Wenjing, he was angry and scolded, and then a series of things happened, which directly made Jizhou completely jump, and the development of southern Hebei was completely disrupted because of Zuo Shuo's move.

"Guan Qi, our general Abulu wants to see you......"

Just as Guan Qi was standing in the car, holding an agate cup in his hand, a Hu soldier stopped him.

Guan Qi hurriedly jumped out of the car, handed the cup in his hand to a guy on the side, and then took a bag and followed the Hu soldiers to the city lord's mansion in Abulu.

As soon as he entered the hall of the City Lord's Mansion, Guan Qi saw a dark-faced and rude alien who was drinking wine and eating meat with two women in his arms.

As soon as he saw Guan Qi coming in, Abulu pushed away the two women and stretched out their arms and shouted: "Guan Qi, my friend, we meet again, thank you Mother Earth, hahahaha......"

Guan Qi hurriedly stepped forward and knelt on the ground, and said with a respectful face: "God bless, General, your body is still so strong, I, Guan Qi, miss you every day, and now I am so happy to see you again......" said and squeezed out a few tears from the corners of his eyes.

Abulu laughed and said: "Hahaha, Guan Qi, no need to be polite, get up and speak, come here, give my distinguished friend a seat, and serve wine!" ”