Soon, three months passed. While everyone was waiting for the stars and the moon, the caravan returned. To everyone's surprise, it was the caravan led by his father Zhang San who came back first, and I heard them say that the caravan led by Zhang Maolin was still behind. For a while, the Cheng family was stunned and felt incredible. Zhang San sold all the goods he had brought with him, and also brought back a large number of exotic goods. It can be said that this mission went very smoothly and there were no mistakes.

Puzzled people surrounded Cheng Ziquan and asked him to make an explanation. Cheng Ziquan smiled faintly and told everyone that the reason why he chose Zhang San as the leader was because he took a fancy to his identity as Zhang Maolin's father. And I have known Zhang Maolin too well for many years, and one of his biggest characteristics is filial piety.

Because of this, Cheng Ziquan was relieved to hand over the camel team to Zhang San. Along the way, although the road is difficult and dangerous, the son knows that his father is following him, and of course he doesn't want him to have any accidents. Therefore, no matter what route he takes, the son will quietly make special marks along the way and leave them to his father, so that the father can lead the team all the way in the direction he is taking. Therefore, where there is water and where the forage can be replenished, Zhang San does not need to worry at all. In addition to this, Zhang San is old and experienced, and he asked people to divide the flock into two groups, with the ewes in a flock, and the head sheep and the ram behind. Once you encounter a sandstorm or other unexpected situation on the road, you just need to watch the ewe team, even if the sheep behind are scattered, they will chase after the ewe according to the smell of the ewe, and it will not take too much time. In this way, you will save some time.

In addition, Cheng Ziquan usually likes to raise dog trainers, and his family has a large group of well-trained dog trainers, which are fast runners and have strong memory, and are often used to deliver messages. Zhang San led the team to walk behind, and the dog trainer had already passed the news to the business at the destination, and the goods listed on the list were packed early, and the package was waiting. In this way, it saved several days, so that Zhang San's caravan would not be a problem to come back early.

When the Liu family learned of this fact, Liu Sheng was so angry that he stomped his feet and vowed to give Cheng Ziquan a look.

The opportunity soon came, and the camel city was not only a place of commerce, but also a military fortress. There are a large number of soldiers on the border areas, and the provision of food alone is not a small amount. In order to seize this business opportunity, the Liu family and the Cheng family sent people to the military camp to lobby. But the general of the garrison was unmoved, but invited Liu Shengsheng and Cheng Ziquan separately, and told them that they were having a rather troublesome thing at the moment, that is, because many of these soldiers were from the land of fish and rice, and it was difficult for these soldiers to adapt to the life here after they arrived in the north. The general proposed: Whether it is the Liu family or the Cheng family, who can help him solve this problem, which one will he consider!

With the words of the general, the two families have their own tricks. Liu Sheng made careful preparations at home, and then went to the barracks to send many gifts to the soldiers, such as scarves, leather boots, piggybackers, and fresh beef and mutton, hoping to impress these soldiers with these things and let them stay at ease.

But the Cheng family didn't give any gifts, Cheng Ziquan just sent his son Cheng Yuan to the barracks, and after getting acquainted with a few soldiers with good relationships, he got together to drink, hunt, roll dice, and even lead the dog to have fun when he had nothing to do. After a while, the gang disappeared together, and needless to say, they all became deserters. The general was very angry, and ordered his men to ride fast horses to chase after him, and his men came back after chasing for a long time, and reported to the general that the gang had taken a desperate step and took the dead road in the desert. It turned out that there were several roads to cross the desert to the interior, including a dead end, all the way to the Gobi Desert, and I heard that no one could safely get out of it. Everyone knows that this road is half as close as the others, and no one dares to take this risk.

Two months later, the group actually returned, led by Cheng Yuan, and they also brought back a large bag of things. After arriving at the barracks, Cheng Yuan asked those people to distribute these things to the soldiers. The general who learned the news rushed over to check, only to find that almost everyone in the hands of all the soldiers was holding a letter in their hands, and some of them were still in tears. After some inquiry, the general learned that what the soldiers were holding in their hands turned out to be extremely precious family letters! At this moment, the general was surprised, he called Cheng Yuan to ask carefully, and Cheng Yuan excitedly told the general that all this was the idea of his father Cheng Ziquan.

Cheng Ziquan analyzed that the reason why the soldiers on the border became deserters was because they were homesick. If they can communicate with their families and keep in touch with each other, then this homesickness should be alleviated by half. But how can we help them fulfill this wish? Cheng Ziquan thought about it and decided to let his son find a few like-minded and bold friends in the military camp, and break through the desert dead end with them.

After Cheng Yuan and the others broke into this dead end, they also brought a lot of dog trainers, and after walking to one or two hundred miles, they marked them and put another dog trainer back to report the news. When they crossed the terrible Gobi, they found a guide who lived nearby, and learned that the reason why the Gobi was terrible was that many places were soft and muddy that could not be climbed if they accidentally fell. Fortunately, before going on the road, Cheng Yuan brought several large bags of sheepskins according to his father's request, and they blew them up to make something similar to a sheepskin raft, and tied two to each person. Then tie two wide and thin birch bark planks to the soles of each person's shoes, and everyone leads each other with ropes to explore the way, and if anyone falls into the mud, with the sheepskin and the planks under their feet, they will not sink too deep and can be easily pulled out. In this way, after groping all the way and going through difficulties, this road was finally explored. When they returned to the mainland, they went to their respective hometowns in several groups, and wrote letters to the families of the soldiers, which they brought back. From then on, soldiers could be sent every month to deliver letters along the signs along the way. With these letters, the soldiers will never again be deserters.

The general listened again and again and was convinced. sighed: "It's still the shopkeeper Cheng's thoughtfulness, this is really a letter from home worth 10,000 dollars!" It also solved my urgent need! ”