Chapter 167: A Merchant
The caravan was extremely large, consisting of two hundred horses, seven hundred men, two hundred and eighty carts and two gorgeous carriages, and there were only a handful of such caravans in the entire land of Zhongzhou.
The horses are good horses, with slender limbs, thick pectoral muscles, and most of them are uncastrated stallions, with a thick mane that shines in the sun and long hoof hairs that cover the hooves. The knights on horseback were also very strong, they wore armor without any identification, and their backs were draped with blood-red stalks, and the helmets on their helmets were also blood-red, and when they marched, they looked like a sea of blood. Two hundred of the seven hundred were such knights, some with halberds, some with iron swords, and with every step they took, the iron swords flapped against their skirts. The knight at the front of the line carries a flag embroidered with an ancient paulownia tree and a blazing sun.
Tongri flag.
No wonder they can come and go at will between the war-torn Chen State and the Zhao State, it turned out to be the caravan of Yongguo, and it was also a caravan directly belonging to Yonggong. This is not surprising, because princes also need money.
A huge caravan arrived at Returnwind Town, filling the small Returnwind Town to the brim. The cart was full of all kinds of goods, such as the pearls of Qi, the brocade of Southern Chu, the armor of Yong, the weapons of Yan, the musical instruments of Cai, and many other gadgets. The merchants put their goods on the ground, and soon the street of the bazaar was full, and there was no place left, so some people simply opened the thick plates on the carts and sold them on the street.
"Take a walk and see where ......"
"Come and see, where is the old ginseng that is rare to see in ...... thousand years"
"Don't go, don't go, the price is negotiable, and bartering is okay."
The bazaar was in chaos, and the streets outside the bazaar were the same, where had the people in Huifeng Town seen such a scene, at first there were people carrying mountain goods and salted fish to run to join in the fun, but they were dumbfounded, those goods knew that they were worth a lot of money at a glance, and a large part of them had never even heard of it, not to mention anything else, just said that the set of incomparably exquisite Cai Guo chimes sounded really good, like a spring dingdong, but the copper and gold used in the chimes could make several chariots, and there was not a chariot in the entire Huifeng Town. The dumbfounded townsfolk went into the house with their heads bowed again, and closed the windows tightly. It's too weird, things are abnormal and must be demons, this is something that the simple townspeople still know. As a result, the streets were full of shouting and selling, but there was not a single person who bought goods. On the contrary, the soldiers of the town became nervous, some of them stood guard on the city walls, and some patrolled the streets with their spears.
In the blacksmith shop, the little blackbird quietly pushed open the window, and secretly looked at the gorgeous carriage on the street, she had never seen such a beautiful carriage, the canopy was blood red, and there was a layer of fluff floating on it, and when she looked closely, the fluff was actually woven from expensive silk, and it was gently swaying in the breeze, and the windows were carved with intricate patterns, and there were clouds and sun, and the same was true on the wheels. The horses pulling the cart were very powerful, also blood-red, and there was not a single stray hair on his body, and one of the horses was still watching her.
"The person in the carriage must be a beautiful sister, maybe even better looking than Sister Tonghua."
The little blackbird looked at the carriage in a daze, pouting, and looking a little unhappy. Since Tonghua left Huifeng Town, she has become the first beauty in Huifeng Town, of course, this is her self-style. She has a little secret, that is, to marry the lord, the reason is very simple, I heard that the lord can fly to the sky on a big firebird, she also wants to fly on a big firebird, but the big firebird refuses to let her ride, so she thinks that as long as she marries the lord, she can fulfill her wish.
At this moment, a knight rode up to the ornate carriage and bowed his head and said a few words. A very nice voice came from the carriage: "What day is it?" ”
"July 15, Midyear Day."
The knight replied that the omnipotent Haotian Great God had many doppelgangers, the most famous of which was the three-element clone, one for the upper yuan, the second for the middle yuan, and the third for the lower yuan. The birthdays are January 15, July 15, and October 15, and there are great sacrifices on these three days. The Shangyuan Festival is to sacrifice the heavens and the earth, make lanterns, the Zhongyuan Festival is to sacrifice ghosts and gods, play fire shows, and the Xiayuan Festival is to sacrifice the ancestors and eat bean bags.
The sacrifices are solemn, but the festivals are cheerful.
Soon, the caravan changed, and someone took out a large number of things from the cart, which the little blackbird had never seen before. Someone lifted the gong, and the bell rang out. Immediately afterwards, the shirtless man lit a circle and tossed it around, but he was not hurt in the slightest.
The gong striker pulled his neck and shouted: "Come and see, come and see, play with fire......"
"Come and see, the big stone in your chest is broken......"
"Come and see, a once-in-a-century acrobatic show, stepping on the fire lamp......"
Suddenly, the whole Huifeng Town was boiling, the sound of pushing the windows was endless, all the townspeople looked blankly at the place where the gong was struck, even the soldiers on the city wall were probing their heads with iron halberds, and the soldiers patrolling the city also gathered to the stall with a big stone on their chest, and the little black bird went directly out of the window, and ran towards the big man dancing in the fire ring.
"Wow, that's amazing."
"Bang Bang!"
The ring of fire flew up and down in the sky, and then it swirled along the giant's bare shoulder, and fluttered around his neck. The little blackbird was so excited that his eyes widened and his little palms were red. After a while, she squeezed through the crowd and made her way to the vaudeville stall. It was a strange thing, like a big wooden barrel, and there was a man standing behind the barrel turning a piece of wood, and the little blackbird knew that this wood was called a bearing, and that it was told to her by the shy organ. The division organ can make a lot of magical toys, such as a small wooden bird that can fly, a small wooden dog that can walk but can't bark, and a wooden cow that can pull a cart.
"Little girl, come, come closer, face that hole, and you can see it when you get closer."
The man who spinners the barrel grinned and tempted the little blackbird.
The little blackbird bit his fingers, hesitantly walked to the barrel, and looked into the small round hole: "Wow, it's amazing, the lord is inside." ”
The little blackbird's eyes were so wide that she couldn't stare anymore, and she looked at the picture that was turning inside for a moment, and the lord flew into the sky on a big firebird, and the blizzard also came, engulfing a terrible-looking town, and then, the lord flew to the wall of a very large city on a big firebird, jumped high, and thrust down with his sword.
Seeing this, the little black bird didn't dare to look at it, she closed her eyes, but her mouth exclaimed, "It's amazing, it's amazing." ”
"Is it pretty?"
An unusually nice voice sounded, and the little blackbird looked back, and a knight was on a horse, wearing armor and a big coat, and an iron helmet on his head, and the face armor covered his face, and he could not see it, but only a pair of clear eyes.
'She's a beautiful big sister. The little blackbird lowered her head in frustration, although she couldn't see it, but she just knew that this was a beautiful big sister, prettier than her, and maybe she would marry the lord.
"Why don't you speak, isn't it beautiful?"
The knight flipped off the horse, the movement was very light, and a middle-aged knight also dismounted, the middle-aged knight did not wear armor, but wore a leather armor, he looked very majestic, his eyes were very cold, and there was a very long sword hanging on the sword bag, and the tip of the sword hanging down reached the calf.
'Such a long sword could pierce me from head to toe. The little blackbird still had his head down, but his eyes were purring, and there were very few people in the stall, and most of the townspeople were gathered around the strong men dancing in the fire ring and the stall that was stepping on the fire lamps and breaking the boulders.
"What's your name?"
The knight, who spoke very nicely, walked up to the little black bird and squatted down, took the little black bird's hand, and looked at the little black bird kindly. The middle-aged knight followed closely. The little blackbird didn't speak, and glanced at the knight's visor.
The knight smiled gently, and the little blackbird was sure that she was smiling, and her eyes were smiling, very beautiful, like crescent moons. Immediately after, the knight lifted his visor, revealing his face.
"Alas......"
Looking at that face, the little black bird let out a long sigh, before Tonghua came, the little blackbird thought he was the most beautiful, after Tonghua came, Tonghua's sister was the most beautiful, but now, this sister is here, she is the most beautiful, and no one in the world will be more beautiful than her.
"What's wrong?" The knight laughed again.
Looking at that smile, the little black bird felt very small, compared to her, he was like a real little black bird, no, a dirty little mouse.
"My name is Jiang Li, what's your name?" The knight straightened the little black bird's messy hair.
"My name is Little Blackbird, you, you're a sister." The little black bird whispered.
"Huh?"
The knight was visibly stunned.
The little black bird said, "You're a sister, aren't you?" Your eyes are even better than Sister Tonghua's, you, you look good at everything. ”
"Sister Tonghua?"
The knight frowned.
In the eyes of the little black bird, she even frowned so good-looking, indescribably good-looking.
The knight thought for a while and smiled, "Little Black Bird, tell me, where is that Tonghua sister?" ”
"Gone, chased away by the lord." Xiao Hei said indignantly, although she was a little jealous of Tonghua, however, Tonghua was very good to her, and she should be grateful for the picture.
"Then he's not too stupid."
The knight stood up and looked around, surrounded by a lively crowd, separated from the previous coldness and vigilance, the knight was very satisfied with this situation, took the little black bird's hand and walked towards the carriage, and said as he went: "The name of the little black bird is not good, I, well, sister will give you another one, okay?" ”
"It's not good, the lord said, the name needs to go through the merchant, and you are not the merchant."
"You already have a businessman?"
"Yes, my father is a merchant, he can also make iron, hunt, and fish. The lord said that now is a waste to be rebuilt, and anyone who can read can be reused. What a beautiful and beautiful sister, what is a waste to be revived? ”
The little blackbird paused, looked up at the knight, her eyes full of questions, she had already asked her father, and he couldn't tell why.
"A hundred wastes are waiting to be revived, a hundred wastes are waiting to be revived, this is what it is now."
The knight blushed.
The little black bird was happy, she thought, it turns out that you don't know, Haotian God is fair, although you are more beautiful than me, but you are not as smart as me, and everything is waiting to be done, there was only the king here before, and now there is only the lord here.
When he was about to reach the carriage, the knight squatted down again, took the little black bird's hands, and said solemnly: "Little black bird, can you keep a secret for me?" ”
"What's the secret?" The little blackbird was on guard.
"I'm not a sister."
"What's that?" The little blackbird was even more vigilant.
"A businessman."