Chapter 19: The Caravan Heads for the Prairie
Another month passed, about the summer in the south, and the goods transported from Zhao State also arrived, and Bai Gui and his party were ready to leave for the nomadic concentrated residence in the depths of the grassland.
At this time, it has been determined that Xuelian and her four sisters are pregnant with a baby.
Bai Gui didn't want Xuelian and the others to accompany him, worried that they were all pregnant people, and they couldn't stand the long bumps and flashed the baby in their stomachs. But Xuelian and the others all laughed and said that they were not so squeamish. The women of the steppe grew up on horseback, and if they were so squeamish, they would not be laughed at.
"Even if the caravan encounters wolves at night, Snow Lotus can kill a few hungry wolves with a knife." Xue Lian said.
The other sisters laughed when they heard this.
The mother-in-law, Duanmu Tattoo, didn't take pregnancy seriously, thinking that Xuelian and others were not so squeamish.
"Snow Lotus runs back and forth on the grassland all year round, and she is familiar with the people there and knows how to walk. If she doesn't go, you won't be able to walk in a year without them leading the way. Duanmu Tattoo said.
Bai Gui's original intention was to take Tiannan or Tianbei to go, and these two brothers-in-law had followed his sister many times. Furthermore! These two brothers-in-law are not afraid of heaven and earth, and they don't know how thick the sky is, and he wants to take them to experience experience.
Of course! Only one of the brothers-in-law can be brought to avoid accidents.
In the memory of Bai Gui's predecessors, once you reach the depths of the grassland, danger is everywhere, and accidents may occur at any time, so as not to lose your brother-in-law when you get it, and it is difficult to explain when you come back.
You can lose your own life, but you can't lose your brother-in-law's life. Not only the brother-in-law, but all those who follow it, their lives are more important than their own lives.
It is precisely because of this that there are many people who are willing to follow Bai Gui's predecessors, and they are also desperate. They all have the same idea, they would rather die themselves than save the lives of the white officials. Only the white officials survived, and their families were taken care of when they died.
If the white official died, then? Everyone will lose hope of life!
In this troubled world, only Bai Gui Bai Guanren is a trustworthy person. The Son of Heaven and the King are all human beings, and they only use all of us as tools of their slavery to achieve their selfish ends.
That's all I can do, take the snow lotus with them. No! It was Snow Lotus who took them on this trip. Snow Lotus is familiar with the road, which is more convenient. With Snow Lotus as a guide, many things will be done much more smoothly.
In the past, Xue Lian and others went to live among the nomads in the depths of the grassland, and the caravan was very small, only three or five carriages and seven or eight horses. Don't bring a lot of horses, just in case. When you get to a nomadic settlement, you can have any good horses you want. There are not many people, only about ten or twenty people.
When they first entered the grassland, they rarely rode horses, and they all led their horses. Once you meet a herding steppe people, you can exchange the goods for food with the other party as a backup, which can also reduce the burden. More often than not, it's about giving gifts to others and building relationships with them.
Most of the people on the grassland are still interesting enough, and they will stand by you after getting your benefits. If you meet the bad guys, they will help you. Snow Lotus used to do business on the grassland, relying on this. Once she arrived on the grassland, there were many people who knew her, and the goods were shipped quickly. Sometimes! Before reaching the place where the nomads lived with the greatest concentration, the trade was already completed.
Most of the caravans prepared by Bai Gui this time are large. There were more than 20 carriages and more than 100 horses. There were also correspondingly many escorts, nearly two hundred. The caravan is large and has few escorts, so it is easy to be targeted by the bad guys of the steppe, who will snatch your carriage in the depths of the steppe where there are no people. You have a team of more than 200 people, and generally dozens of bad guys will not dare to fight your idea.
So! Doing business on the steppe, the larger the caravan, the safer it is.
This was the first time to go directly to the nomadic settlements to do business, and Bai Gui did not dare to form a larger caravan, just in case. Once this business route is opened, his caravan will be even larger. What is forty or fifty carriages? One or two hundred carriages and horses plus three or four hundred horse teams, seven or eight hundred thousand escort teams are possible.
It's still the same sentence! The larger the caravan, the safer.
You have a team of seven or eight hundred or thousands of people, and the average little robber will not dare to attack your idea. There may also be snatching, but it is only a sneak attack by the other party.
In order to ensure safety, Bai Gui asked his mother-in-law to recruit local young and strong male workers for him. Other than that! And they dare to fight and kill. Otherwise! When you go to the grassland, you are easily bullied by the bad people on the grassland.
When you go to the grassland, once you meet a robber or something, everyone has to participate in the battle. In this case, it is useless not to participate in the battle you have as many escorts as possible.
When they reached the grassland, as soon as they spotted a horseback team rushing in the distance, the caravan would stop, draw their weapons and prepare for battle. Wait until the opponent's team has passed, not to rob the caravan, and then let down your vigilance.
Otherwise! The man on horseback came, and with the speed of the horse, he waved his saber and swept it away, which could kill and injure many people. By the time you react, it's too late. So! You have to be ready at all times.
For the sake of safety, all operations are carried out in secret. The goods transported from Zhao Guo's side, the people of Yinshan Town thought that they were transported to the warehouse of Duanmu Tattoo Qing's family, and they didn't know that they went directly to the prairie.
The personnel were also secretly recruited, and they were not informed when they were going to go, but only promised them a good pay, how much money they would pay in a day, and how much they would be paid according to the number of days after a business trip.
Everything was ready to end, and it was not until the dead of night that the caravan set out from Yinshan Town and traveled all night until dawn.
In order to prevent someone from following him, or to report to the robbers in the depths of the steppe in advance, Bai Gui decided to start a day or two of a rapid march. Wait until you reach the depths of the grassland, and then take a detour, so that the people who follow Yinshan Town to follow or report to the wicked will not find your trace.
If the bad guys can't find your trace, they can't rob effectively. By the time they reacted, the caravan had already arrived at its intended destination and was safe.
And then! Then secretly set off from this place, go to the next destination, and so on.
"White officials! You're too cautious! Xue Lian didn't understand it very much, thinking that Bai Gui was too much. said: "On the grassland, no matter where I go, no one will rob it!" They all know me! Those bad guys may still be defeated by my men! ”
"Yes! Oh, yes! The other four sisters also chimed in: "Sister Xuelian beat them so hard that they couldn't find their front teeth!" ”
"Giggles! The grassland is so big, I don't know where it fell when my front teeth were knocked out? ”
"Giggles! ……”
Unicorns and others are accompanied by Bai Gui, protecting the safety of their masters.
The caravan dragged its long tail, like a long dragon, and walked happily on the steppe amid the laughter of five beautiful women.