Chapter 5 The Horse Ranch

After Zhao completed the transaction, the caravan rested for two days, and Bai Gui asked them to return to Wei with the goods exchanged.

He does not need to come forward to comfort the family of the deceased, someone else does not need to come forward. There is no need for him to speak in person, everyone will give a reasonable figure. It is not a one-size-fits-all approach, but according to the actual situation of the other party's family, give more or less.

There is a basic number of compensation for the deceased, and no matter how little, this number cannot be less. And then! On top of this basic number, more is given and less is given. In short! It is necessary to ensure the survival of the families of the deceased.

It is precisely because of working for Bai Gui that he can support his family and ensure his survival, so everyone is willing to follow him. Even if it's death, I'm willing. Die for Bai Gui to do things, die well, die worthwhile. The family is taken care of and has no worries.

And doing things for Wei Jun and others, dying is like dying a brute. Even! In order not to compensate, I will also give you a crime. So! No one wants to do things for kings and others.

"I'm going!" The unicorn Bai Jiao shoved a bag of Zhao Guo coins into Bai Gui's arms and demanded.

This is always the case: he is in charge of keeping the coins that have been exchanged. After returning to the Wei State, it was handed over to the person in charge of foreign exchange speculation.

"I'm going too!" The one-eyed beast Bai Shun didn't want to go back either, and wanted to follow Bai Gui to Zhongshan Kingdom. "There are no guards around Bai Guanren, I don't worry!"

"I'm going too! White officials! I don't worry about you! There are a lot of Hu people in Zhongshan country, and I don't feel at ease. The one-clawed beast Wei Zhongyi said.

Before! Bai Gui always had a dozen personal guards by his side. These people, like unicorns, are all people saved by Bai Gui. In order to repay the kindness, they swore to protect the safety of their benefactors. I'd rather die than protect the safety of my benefactor.

In the last battle, nine of the dozen escorts died, and the others were wounded. So! None of these people can follow Bai Gui to Zhongshan Kingdom.

In any case, Bai Gui needs a few guards around him, and without guards, no one can rest assured. Without Baekyu, everyone felt that they had no support.

Especially when you go to Zhongshan, which is the country where the Hu people live the most, you need more guards.

Zhongshan was a country where the Zhou and Hu people lived together, and it was also a country where the Great Zhou traded with the Hu people. The number of Hu people is so large that you can imagine it.

In normal times, Bai Gui arranged those guards to the caravan, leaving only a few people to follow him and serve as personal bodyguards for him. When there is no business to do, there will be more than a dozen bodyguards by your side. When you go with the caravan, there are more guards.

Furthermore! Usually travel in secret, ordinary identity travel, do not need too many guards. Too many guards can easily attract the attention of others and cause unnecessary trouble.

This time he went to Zhongshan Kingdom, Bai Gui wanted to travel secretly, and he didn't want to alarm the high-level officials of Zhongshan Kingdom, so that he could reduce some of the entertainment on the scene. Then go to the Hu people and look for a partner.

This sudden attack by Wei Jun killed nine of his personal guards, and his own safety was indeed a problem. But! It is precisely because there are fewer guards and fewer people in the caravan that escorting the goods back to Wei is as important as escorting.

Although the materials returned to Wei were less, the number of people was correspondingly less. When there are fewer people, the caravan is not safe. The bigger the caravan, the safer it is, because! Ordinary gangs of small bandits dare not attack you. Their numbers were not as large as the number of caravans, and they were about the same as death.

Especially when doing business with the Hu people and places with a high risk factor, the caravan will be larger.

In the past, the Silk Road was all traveled in groups. If foreign robbers and bandits want to rob caravans, they simply can't do it if the number is small. Unless! Use the military.

"That's good! You come with me to Zhongshan Kingdom. There were not enough people to return to Wei this time, so I asked the people from Zhao to hire some people to escort them. ”

Seeing that there were not a few guards around, Bai Gui had no choice but to agree to the request of the unicorn, one-eyed beast, and one-clawed beast.

Now him! It's not Bai Gui, but Bai Gui! He died once in that world, and now he cherishes this hard-won life. If you want to live well, safety is important.

The one-eyed and one-clawed beasts, though middle-aged and disabled, are the most loyal. Because of my age, I have experienced a lot of things, and I am calmer and look at problems more comprehensively. Furthermore! The two are about the same age as Baekyu, and Baekyu prefers to take them.

As a businessman, although he travels secretly, he still has to take the caravan with him. On the Zhongshan side, what is most lacking is grain, which is rice, wheat and beans and other foods of the Great Zhou. And also! Because of the quality of the soil, there is a shortage of pottery supplies, copper, iron and other utensils. The cloth and silk of the Great Zhou Dynasty are high-end items, which are favored by the Zhongshan people and the Hu people.

Copper and iron are strategic goods, and it is possible to export copper and ironware, but they must be subject to huge customs duties. And pottery supplies, with low tariffs, are a major part of foreign trade products.

On Cho's side, Baekyu also has his own business partners. They were centered on the Zhao state, and mainly through the Zhongshan state, they did business with the Hu people and other northern nomads. Collect the goods from all over the world of the Great Zhou all the year round, and wait until a certain amount, and at the right time, form a caravan and transport it to Zhongshan Kingdom.

On the side of Zhongshan Country, there is its own warehouse. Then the buyer will be contacted by the warehouse. As soon as the goods come, the transaction is made.

For the sake of safety, Bai Gui and the others did not follow the caravan together, but! Go ahead or trail behind.

When I arrived in the territory of Zhongshan Kingdom, my vision was much broader. Although it is a long stretch of yellow sand and barren people, it can give people a feeling of release and make people feel very comfortable. Zhongshan is not exactly a desert, and there is some green on the yellow sand. Sometimes! There are also hills and forests, and rivers flow in between, giving you the feeling of Gangnam.

"Drive! Drive! Drive! ……”

Every time he reached a wide area, Bai Gui would whip his horse and gallop on the grassland.

"Drive! Drive! Drive! ...... "Unicorns, one-eyed beasts, and one-clawed beasts, among others, will follow closely behind.

No, no day! Arrive at his ranch, at the foot of a large mountain near the border.

What the mountain is called, he doesn't know. Anyway! Over this mountain, the outside is the territory of the Hu people.

This ranch is the family property of one of his partners. When he first came to Zhongshan to do business, he inadvertently rescued the hereditary son. Outcome! The two became inseparable friends. Because of the loss of power, the hereditary son of Zhongshan Kingdom had almost nothing but this pasture. It's a blessing to be able to survive.

So! In order to thank Baekyu for saving his life, he gave this ranch to Baekyu.

Bai Gui bought fine mares and ponies from the Hu people, bred them here, and since then this has become his horse farm.