Although the Tibetan antelope has an astonishing speed of 80 kilometers per hour, they tend to gather in groups when faced with wolves that are not as fast as them, and their long, pointed horns are pointed outwards, forming a solid and reliable protective array, and only the Tibetan antelope will choose to flee if it is lonely. This habit makes the Tibetan antelope repeatedly do not flee in time when the hunter approaches, and the result is that the hunter has collected 90 Tibetan antelope's cashmere in three days, and it is said that the cashmere of three Tibetan antelope can weave a Shatush shawl, and the hunter's vote is equivalent to running for the business volume of 30 intermediate cars, as the first pot of gold, it should be enough.

Now, the hunter has three large sheepskin baggage, one for mutton and two for cashmere. When he was done, he headed in the direction of Lhasa. When you are hungry, you cut the lamb into small pieces and cook it with the light waves of the separator, and when you are thirsty, you drink a small amount of distilled water obtained from dehumidification.

To preserve this distilled water, he also made a rough porcelain jug. That's when he found a piece of clay, although the quality is very average, but after the processing of the separator, the extracted clay zuò a porcelain pot is enough. The universal separator can vitrify the porcelain clay at 1400 degrees Celsius, and due to the high purity of the clay, the white porcelain produced is actually quite white.

Of course, this was done when he found a small source of water, and there are many small lakes in the uninhabited area of northern Tibet, which are beautiful blue and clear, especially beautiful when they reflect the sky, but this beautiful lake often represents death, because most of the lakes are saline. For the average person in this era, salt water is not drinkable, but it is good news for the happy traveler with a molecular separator, table salt is readily available, it is the most important condiment in the world, and with it, every meal is a good meal.

All the way to the south, these days, he will hunt some wild horses, wild donkeys, wild yaks from time to time, and live a life according to his taste. His direction was not straight to the south, but to the southeast, because on the map he saw a national highway on the right, and I don't know if this national highway meant that there was a road, but I would give it a try. He really tried to get it right, that national highway was built along the Tangbo Ancient Road, after 3 days of trekking, he finally saw this ancient road, which means that it is possible to see human beings, of course, he has not been able to see people on this road for many days, it is really desolate.

It is a good thing to have a road, he no longer has to hold the locator to find the direction from time to time, as long as he follows this ancient road, he will one day come to Lhasa. According to his 40-kilometer journey every day, he can reach Nagqu, a town on the ancient road, in another week.

During the long journey, he finally met some Tibetans, but unfortunately they were unable to communicate due to language barriers.

Approaching Nagqu, he saw herdsmen on pilgrimage to Lhasa, groups of lamas, and people from the interior who came in and out of Lhasa. When the lamas walked on the road, the green grass on the ground lined their robes very brightly, and from a distance they looked like big cockscomb flowers, and the rosary wrapped around their wrists shimmered in the sunlight, like the light of a mysterious Buddha.

Nagqu, an important transportation fortress since the Tibetan Dynasty, was expected to be a lively place, but apart from the Xiaodeng Monastery in the center of the town, there were hardly any decent buildings, and dilapidated Tibetan houses and some tents were scattered on the north bank of the Xeni River. The town is unhygienic, littered with human and animal droppings, mixed with flying dust, and smoke from burning pine branches and ghee, which make up a special smell of northern Tibetan pastoral areas.

When they arrived at the bazaar, the traveler began to look for Chinese vendors and asked them if they wanted to buy cashmere from Tibetan antelopes. When he met someone who spoke Chinese better, he would talk a few more words, ask about the time, and ask about the exchange rate.

The traveler was tall, white, strangely dressed, and had a calm expression, and at first glance he was not an ordinary man, and the merchants were willing to talk to him. One of the Jin merchants, who had come to ** to buy leather goods and Tibetan medicine, was full of Beijing and seemed to have some linguistic talents, and the traveler who called himself "Tangning" asked him about the whereabouts of Indian merchants, because he had discovered that Chinese merchants did not understand the preciousness of Tibetan antelope cashmere, and could not sell them to these people.

Downing's words made the Jin merchant's heart like a deer: "Because the Kashmir region of India will collect Tibetan antelope cashmere to make a shawl of Shatush, and a shawl sold to French and Italian ladies is worth 400 pounds." ”

400 pounds is about 1480 taels of silver, you know, among the leather goods purchased by the Imperial Palace, the most expensive first-class sea dragon skin is only 50 taels (sea dragon is a sea otter), compared to the yak and sheepskin purchased by the Jin merchants, it is simply worthless.

"Really?" Jin Shang felt that the God of Wealth was beckoning to him.

Downing: "Europeans have money!" However, the Indians don't teach you how to make shatoosh, and you have to sell it to European ladies to make money, so I'll see if there are any Indian merchants who take my Tibetan antelope cashmere, and I'll sell it a little bit at a price that suits me, and then I'll go to India to learn how they do it, and then I'll go to Europe to sell it myself. It's not a good road. ”

Jin Shang was surprised: "You still want to go to Europe in person?" Do you understand their words? ”

Downing: "I know English, French and German have a lot of words in common, I can get started very quickly, I have time when I stay in India, and now India is occupied by the British, and the upper class Indians speak English, no problem." ”

If what this person said is true, then going to Europe to sell Shatush is really a profitable business, better than doing a low-profit business in Qiangtang by yourself.

"I can...... Would you like to visit India? The Jin Shang was a little shy, but he still said it.

Downing: "Yes, the main point of this business is to learn that craft, and then sell it to Europe, if you learn to make shatoosh, you can sell it to my company in the future, and I will be responsible for selling in Europe." ”

Jin Shang liked to say: "Yes, yes, that's what I mean, I can't go to Europe anyway." ”

This Jin merchant is Qi Taiyu, the young owner of Qi Ji Leather Goods Store, few businessmen will run to **, the adventurous Boss Qi and two guys came to this wild land to open up the source of goods, but he caught an opportunity, "English" This matter is not simple, this year is 1850, only ten years have passed since the First Opium War, the Qing Dynasty that was beaten in the face still regards itself as the Celestial Empire, disdainful of learning the language of foreigners, there are few Chinese who can speak English under the sky, just by virtue of this ability, he is willing to believe this stranger once.

However, Qi Taiyu is also very curious, where did this Han man without braids come from? Because the Qing Dynasty implemented a divide-and-rule strategy for all ethnic groups in China, the Han people could only live in the eighteen provinces of the Han Dynasty, and were not allowed to live in **, Qinghai, Mongolia, and Manchuria (the three northeastern provinces), and Qi Taiyu also dared to cross the border because he had relatives on errands under the minister in Tibet.

Downing, you see his name, this is a London street, 9 Downing Street, which is the entrance to the Privy Council's office in Downing Street, and the office of the party whip. （http：／／.）。 10 Downing Street was once the official residence of the First Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position that is now held by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. 11 Downing Street is the official residence of the Second Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 12 Downing Street used to be the Office of the Party Whip, but now it is the Prime Minister's Press Office, Policy Liaison Unit and Information and Research Unit.

Downing was tempted to say that he was British, but a Chinese-looking international mixed-race youth was rare in Victorian England, and there had always been a small number of Chinese on the West Coast of the United States, so it was better to call himself an American. The place he wants to go to is Britain, and it may be more convenient to go to Britain from India than anywhere in China, if Britain is too xenophobic, then go to the United States, anyway, he can't stay in China, not to mention that he is a commoner who has no status and no opportunity in a rotten privileged society, and even his dress without braids, he is afraid that he will be caught and killed in the eighteen provinces of Han China.

"You're American!" Qi Taiyu was surprised.

Downing smiled, no longer justified, you can still pretend to be an American without a document, and when the time comes, when you go to the U.S. embassy or consulate, you can learn the standard American language when you go to school at MIT, and the officials have to admit it, and besides, in this era, it is not too easy to forge a document.

Because he is of mixed race, if you insist on saying that he looks like a white man, then it is really a bit like it, Qi Taiyu was shocked.