On the newly built city wall of Yangcheng, a majestic gate slowly opened, and this gate was many times better than the old city gate before.

A group of gray and short men hurried in through the open gap in the city gate.

Lin Yuan and everyone had already greeted him.

"How's it going?"

Before Lin Yuan could come to him, he asked anxiously.

A short man at the head, after slightly bending his knees and saluting, threw the heavy animal skin bag behind his back on the ground, and the dozen or so short silver lake people behind him also put the backpack on the ground behind him and opened it in turn.

The people around took a look and let out exclamations.

The bags were filled with all sorts of food, fist-sized plant stems that looked a little like taro, a lot of beans that hadn't been sifted, and more grains.

"You've made it!"

Lin Yuan asked happily, this group of people was the expedition he had sent out to find trading partners before, and it seemed that they had gained a lot from this trip.

"Hui Dawang ......" led by a silver lake man lowered his head and said slowly, his speech was not fast, and his speech was unhurried, just like their style of behavior and behavior.

“…… We followed the king's instructions, and we were cautious all the way, without disturbing the barbarians in the mountains, and successfully crossed the Maiji Mountain, and then found the Central Plains tribes you mentioned......"

Hearing this, Tongyu suddenly took a step forward, she looked at Lin Yuan in surprise and said, "Wait a minute! You sent all my people to the Central Plains? You let them climb over the Maijishan?? You know they're ......."

Lin Yuan waved his hand calmly in the face of Tongyu's questioning, he didn't move, because he knew that Tongyu was just sorry for his people, not really dissatisfied with Lin Yuan.

"Tongyu, it's okay, you see, they haven't all come back, although it's a little hard...... However, this task is only capable of being accomplished by them! Only they can sneak under the noses of the barbarians and climb over Maiji Mountain. ”

"Over Maijishan?? You mean, they were almost captured by the barbarians? You know, these people of mine are not good at fighting! Once it's ......"

Tongyu said angrily.

Lin Yuan smiled slightly, gently patted Tongyu's fragrant shoulder, and said:

"Yes, they're not good at fighting, but they're good at stealth! You know this best, and after many years of fugitive career, they are all very good at hiding and concealing, you know this, don't you? ”

"The current situation, you know best, we now urgently need to get in touch with the tribes who are willing to trade with us, however, the barbarians on Maijishan have become the biggest obstacle to our eastward advance, which is also the situation that the Huang people are happy to see, so they have not attacked immediately, they have seen our predicament, so, they are waiting for us to attack Maijishan, once we take the bait, then they are taking advantage of the situation to attack us."

Tongyu stared at Lin Yuan with big eyes, as if he didn't understand.

"So......" Lin Yuan continued, "Tongyu...... Your Yinhu people are our heroes, you see, this time, it is by relying on them that we have not alarmed the Maijishan clans, but have made preliminary contact with the Central Plains clans in the east, look, these grains are the evidence! Well...... What's your name? Lin Yuan pointed to the Yinhu people led by Lin Yuan and asked.

"Under Anonymous, everyone calls me Grit."

"Well, okay, gritty, come on, tell everyone about your success, start with how these things came to be......"

Lin Yuan ordered someone to hand water to the dusty Silver Lake people, let them rest for a while, and then Grit began to tell them about their adventures in the past few days:

"Well, we started, according to the king's request, all the way east from here...... Soon, we arrived at the territory of the Maijishan clans, and not long after we began to climb the desolate stone, as the king expected, we found some signs of barbarian vassals belonging to the Huang clan, and they were all wearing old leather armor given by the Huang clan. ”

"We immediately did as the king asked, and did not meet them head-on, we tried all the way to find caves and cliffs to hide in, and in this way, we hid all the way, and after about 7 or 8 days, we finally crossed the mountain, and the vegetation around us gradually increased, and the sand became less and less......

"And then later, when we were completely down the hill, well...... We came to a green land...... I don't know if you've seen it, but honestly, it's the first time I've stepped on ground other than sand...... We're all excited...... We were also nervous, but thanks to the king, who told us a detailed trade plan, each of us had enough salt with us, and our task was to sell it. ”

"We followed the king's plan, not long after walking, we met the first relatively large group, their name seems to be what the grass tribe, we followed the king's suggestion, went straight in, showed the salt to everyone, and then let them taste it for free, and finally waited for the most powerful seller of their tribe to appear, and then sold the salt to them, everyone is very, very new to the salt, in addition to the beginning of let them understand this thing is more time-consuming, once they like salt, It was so sought-after that two nobles fought for my last bag of salt, and gave me a lot of things......"

Speaking of this, the grit took a few breaths, Lin Yuan listened very seriously, he clapped his hands happily, and said:

"At this point, you should leave as soon as possible......"

"Yes! King! Grit continued:

"When I realized that the effect here was enough, I took my brothers and immediately took advantage of the night to sneak out of the camp, with this trading experience, I asked more than a dozen of them, scattered in all directions, each carrying a small bag of salt, and began to wander around the Central Plains tribes, bringing as much salt as possible to the new tribe, and I, I have been staying in the tribe closest to Maijishan, waiting for everyone's news......"

"Half a month passed quickly, and the days of waiting were very boring, but fortunately, the remaining salt in my hand was enough for me to have food and clothing in that tribe, and later, when it finally came the day of the agreed meeting, when everyone returned with a full load, I realized that it was time to come back and report to you......" (To be continued. )