Although he sent the old gentleman away, Qin Ze was still a little hesitant in his heart. He didn't know how determined Tang Jian was to himself, maybe he was just coming to save himself by the way, or maybe he was really just collecting intelligence for the future attack of the Great Tang Dynasty.

So he can only bet, bet that Tang Jian is smart enough, and bet that Tang Jian can think of a side that others can't think of. Otherwise, if he thinks the same way as the old gentleman, he will be in danger.

But Qin Ze thinks highly of Tang Jian after all, in fact, no matter who it seems now, Qin Ze is working for Jieli, no matter what his purpose is, in short, he has greatly reduced the number of herdsmen who freeze to death in the winter on the grassland.

The height of vision determines the height of a person's thinking, and obviously Tang Jian cannot reach this height. But his obsession with Li Er is enough to make up for this height.

As he continued to swing his sword, he was going to carry it out with all his might......

Su Yi personally led the team to the border pass, preparing to trade with the merchants of the Tang Dynasty. And the matter of trading with Hu Shang was handed over to Qin Ze.

In fact, the name "Hu" used to refer specifically to the ethnic minorities in the northern border areas of the Central Plains Dynasty, that is, the "Hu people". However, in the Tang Dynasty, "Hu" was mainly used to refer to Westerners, especially to refer to Persians, Great Cannibals, Tianzhu people, and Romans.

It also includes ethnic minorities and countries in the Western Regions. Merchants from these countries and regions are collectively referred to as "Hu merchants". It was a relative designation, which not only showed the difference from the local merchants of the Tang Dynasty, but also reflected the contemptuous attitude of the Tang people towards these merchants.

Like this time, the caravan that Qin Ze was going to trade was from the Great Food. These Arabs lived in an area that had a dry climate but was rich in spices. This is particularly important for the Turks, a famous people who basically eat only meat.

Of course, the old gentleman was going to follow, not because the old gentleman still understood Arabic, but because the Great Food Caravan had learned Turkic.

Therefore, if you take the old gentleman to go, you can also act as a translator between Qin Ze and the other party. There is an opportunity to go out and hang out, and the young people are also happy to keep up.

At first, the old gentleman was a little reluctant, because he already knew the resentment between Qin Ze and Qing Xiao, for fear that he would show something. But he was persuaded by Qin Ze, even if he didn't let Qingxiao follow, there would be someone who would follow them, since this was the case, it was better to choose Qingxiao.

With several large boxes of silver and a large amount of jerky, Qin Ze went to the Hannar grassland. It's only fifty miles away, but it's not easy.

The snow barely stopped, and it was all leg-deep snow, making it very difficult for horses and people to walk. Especially if you have to carry various items, it is even more difficult.

There is no way that Jieli is now in the Watur grassland, so there are people other than those who have his permission. Outsiders have no right to enter here, so these Hu merchants can only stay on the Hannaer grassland next to the Watur grassland.

Every year when winter comes, these guys will appear here, and they also know that most of the people in the Watur grassland are powerful people of the Ashina tribe. Only here will their goods sell faster.

And Qin Ze's task this time is to use the lowest price to sell enough goods.

And he brought with him five thousand taels of silver, and thirty wagons full of dried meat and sheepskins. In this way, the group walked more slowly in the snow.

In fact, Qin Ze has some ways to speed up transportation, such as making a simple sleigh out of wooden planks. In the soft snow, the wheels are inferior to the planks.

But Qin Ze naturally wouldn't really take this out, this time it was not only the old gentleman and the young man who came with them, but also the hundred or so people from the Plain Clothes Chamber of Commerce. After all, so many goods can get stuck in the snow if you are not careful, and you will need manpower to help when the time comes.

Since this is the case, Qin Ze is also willing to pretend to be confused, if the sleigh is revealed, then for the Turks, it can also quickly transport supplies in winter, which is more tricky.

If you ride a horse for 50 miles, you can reach it in two days. But now Qin Ze and the others have been walking for nearly ten days, and the happiest person in these ten days is the young man.

It's impossible for a green slave to pull goods, this guy is arrogant in his heart. In fact, if it weren't for the beginning, Qin Ze sent the gods to feed it lamb wine. It is estimated that even Qin Ze will not be able to get close to it.

This is Qin Ze's strategy, if he wants to please the young man, it is useless to be good to him, this will only make him suspicious. But if you try to please the green slaves first, it will be much simpler.

It is precisely for this reason that Qingxiao and Qin Ze get along so well. Especially when no one could spy on him, Qin Ze also let go of the restrictions on his drinking. From four taels a day at the beginning, it has become six taels a day.

In fact, Qin Ze didn't want to do this, but this guy was also very smart. pestered the old gentleman every day, but made the old gentleman drink less every day. In the end, there was no way, so Qin Ze made an agreement with him for three chapters, replacing four taels a day with six taels.

Qin Ze originally thought that the young man would be the same as before, and he still gave the young slave two taels a day and drank four taels himself. But he didn't want him to divide it again after he got six taels of lamb wine, and three taels of young slaves each. As for the friendship between the young man and the green slave, Qin Ze felt that his idea of pleasing the green slave was very correct.

The Hannar Grassland and the Watur Grassland are close to each other, and all the Hu merchants can only stay here. When Qin Ze came over, the Hu merchants here had already set up tents.

The Hu merchant who traded with Qin Ze was called Harry, and Qin Ze confirmed his identity at the first glance when he saw him. With a high nose and a big beard, he is typical of Arabs.

I don't know how these guys survived the cold winter of the grassland and still managed to get here. But looking at their appearance, they are also cold enough.

Hu Shang may not be taken seriously in the Tang Dynasty, but it is different when it comes to the grassland. After all, no one would dare to trek here to trade in such cold weather except for these crazy guys.

The Turkic people are inseparable from spices, and the Great Food Country has always had a close connection with spices since ancient times. The Great Cannibal is also known for its expertise in growing, making, and using spices.

The body odor of the big cannibals is relatively heavy, but these people are a people who pay great attention to cleanliness. Therefore, they usually use spices to smoke their bodies, and if they encounter such major events as the addition of a family member, the death of an old man, the marriage of a girl, or the arrival of a distinguished guest, they will also use spices to smoke the whole house.

Like cinnamon, cloves, bay leaves, cumin, etc., these guys are almost like dead leaves, but once they reach the Tang Dynasty or the Turks, their value can skyrocket.

In particular, parrot green cardamom, light as ping-pong pong dried lime, lemon-like cocoon tannins, pine fragrant frankincense and precious saffron are even more famous for one or two spices and one tael of gold.

Harry was a more enthusiastic man, with a beard frozen with ice on it, and a black face shivering from the cold. It's just that when I saw the old gentleman, I still hugged him enthusiastically.

"Wise man of the steppe, we have brought a large amount of spices this time, and we will definitely not disappoint you."

Unlike Harry's enthusiasm, the old gentleman's face was a little flat. Since ancient times, scholars have looked down on merchants, regardless of whether they are Hu merchants or Tang merchants.

"Harry, the matter of this transaction has been handed over to my students." As he spoke, the old gentleman broke free from Harry's arms and pulled out Qin Ze behind him.

It can be seen that the old gentleman doesn't like to come into contact with Harry, so he directly showed Qin Ze.

Harry saw that he didn't know the person who came to trade this time, and when he heard that it was a student of the old gentleman, he also enthusiastically wanted to come up and hug him.

The Arabs are hospitable, and he didn't give the old gentleman a face, he already took care of the old gentleman's feelings.

Qin Ze is also a businessman, and he is not afraid of hypocrisy. So he enthusiastically opened his arms and greeted him, and even forcibly stuck his face on it.

It hurts a little!

Especially when it comes to ice ballast on Harry's beard.

However, the effect is also extremely significant, at least by virtue of this one. Qin Ze completely confused Harry, and the whole person looked at Qin Ze with some doubts.

"Distinguished guest, I don't know what to call it?"

Qin Ze had been on the grassland for a long time, and he had heard a rough idea of the simple words, knowing that he was asking about his identity, so he said in an inauthentic Turkic language: "I am Liu Ze of the Suyi Chamber of Commerce, and I am also a student of this old gentleman. ”

"Okay Harry, if you have something to talk to me about, he doesn't know Turkic very well yet." The old gentleman interrupted Harry's question with a wave of his hand.

Hu Shang is indeed cunning, these spices are simply worthless in their country. But when it came out of his mouth, it was as if this thing bloomed every five hundred years and bore fruit every thousand years.

None of them, old man, have ever been to the Great Food Country, and they have never seen a spice tree, so they are naturally very easy to fool. But Qin Ze is different, he knows the value of spices in the big food, so it is not so easy to fool him.

Although Qin Ze didn't know what Jieli meant this time, since he had already come to trade with Hu Shang, he had to do the best he could.

After all, fishing is such a thing, but you have to keep tightening the hook, as long as you can catch big fish step by step......

"The kid once went to the big food country and found that spices were everywhere. People will also use spices to smoke the house, and some old women who have no firewood will also grab a handful of cardamom to burn, and in the end they will dislike the smell of this thing. Although you have brought spices all the way to the grasslands, you cannot be so greedy. A pound of spices is only given at most five taels of silver. Qin Ze looked at Harry and said unhurriedly.

Although the old gentleman on the side was also stunned when he heard this, he still translated it word by word.

You must know that in ordinary transactions, it is one or two spices and one or two silver, but now the price offered by Qin Ze has been fully reduced to one-third of the original.

Harry has a dark complexion and a large beard. So Qin Ze couldn't tell what this guy's expression was, but looking at the shock in his eyes, he knew that he must be very surprised in his heart now.

Seeing him like this, Qin Ze smiled again, and then opened his mouth and said four more words: "Muhammad." ”

These four words are transliteration, so he can understand them without the old gentleman translating them. It's just that when he heard these four words, Harry's whole face instantly became extremely weird, and he looked at Qin Ze for a long time without saying a word.