Chapter 178: The Thief Guards
Champa was independent from Rinan County by the Cham people in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and began to be called Xianglinyi, with the capital in Pan Lang, which is close to the southernmost seaside and is known as Rinan. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
To solve the problem of Yumazhou, Liu Chen sent 200 of the 2,000 people to stay in charge of the shops and forest farms here, but he planned to start the invasion from the economy.
At the same time, he also wrote a letter and sent it to Yin Xiang in Shudu, he needed to bring many things from Shudu here, the most important thing was the restaurant.
As the saying goes, if you want to tie a man's heart, you must first tie his stomach.
Liu Chen also thinks so, eating in places outside the Central Plains is too rough and sloppy, as long as Liu Chen brings the delicious food in Shuzhong, I don't believe that those people will not be attracted to it.
In fact, Liu Chen has been struggling with the issue of nationality before, and recently he has figured it out.
A person who eats Han food, speaks Han dialect, and wears Han clothes, he is a Han person!
By this time, they had crossed Hue and entered the land of Xianglinyi, where the people were collectively called the Cham people, the state religion was Brahmanism, and the discourse was mainly Nantianzhu.
Although the language of the Central Plains is very different here, it cannot hinder the Han merchants who come to look for gold and silver, so in Quepancheng, the second largest city in the north of Xianglinyi, you can also see many Han people speaking broken local dialect.
When he came here, Liu Chen found that Champa rice was everywhere, worthy of being a country with developed grains, and there was no famine or lack of food at all.
The price of millet is less than half of that of Shudu, and when he saw Mi Zhaodu's eyes lit up, he hurriedly shouted:
"Why don't we transport the grain from here to Shuzhong to buy it, and we will definitely make a lot of money."
Hearing this, Liu Chen just smiled speechlessly, not to mention that the road south of Shuzhong is narrow and dangerous, but the thieves along the way are enough for them to drink a pot.
"Let's go, you accompany Gu to the fields outside the city to have a look, Gu must find the best grain seeds, otherwise it will be in vain to waste all this effort."
Walking to the countryside, Liu Chen was satisfied, although the food here is sufficient, but it is still a traditional planting method, digging pits to plant rice, and even not irrigating yet, looking at the green seedlings that grow very well, Liu Chen sighed speechlessly:
"The south of the orange mountain is the orange, the north of the mountain is the orange, and the name is well deserved, the people of the Han country are diligent and sweaty, but unfortunately the harvest is still not high, but the technology here is so simple, and the harvest can be harvested, why is it unfair?"
Mi Zhao and Jiang Jian couldn't answer this, and Liu Chen didn't expect them to answer.
But the Han man who followed behind, and only revered him very much, said:
"Who says it's not, and there are many wars in the Central Plains, which has destroyed the foundation of farming, and the people's lives are becoming more and more difficult!"
This is the person Liu Chen hired to act as an interpreter, and it is said that he has been here for 30 years, and he wanted to come soon after the establishment of the Three Kingdoms.
"The war will soon pass, it will pass!"
Liu Chen said secretly in his heart, as if he was alerting himself.
Soon he found a village that seemed to be quiet and peaceful, and when he saw the largest family, he came up and knocked on the door.
When Liu Chen expressed that he wanted to buy a large number of local rice seeds, the owner was very happy, for them, the grain accumulated for too long would only cheapen rats and other insects and beasts, so it was better to sell them to these outsiders.
Of course, only people like Liu Chen would buy rice seeds.
It cost three hundred taels of silver, a full fifteen carts of rice seeds, or the new harvest last year, and Liu Chen was very happy to see that the grains were full.
Of course, he asked for a lot of money, so he had to keep running, running through five villages, and a total of nearly 100 carts of rice seeds were bought, looking at the long convoy and the honest and simple smile of the seller, although his whole body was sore, he was still very happy.
"Your Highness, the country of Xianglinyi is a few hundred miles to the south, should we continue to the south?"
I didn't expect it to be so easy to buy rice seeds, and Jiang Jian was very happy to play with the string of rhinoceros horn beads with a unique flavor in his hand.
Look at the others, and the mood is good.
Liu Chen also smiled helplessly when he saw this, feeling that these people all regard this road as a tour, but there is nothing to do at this time, and there is nothing to be forced to be vigilant and strictly guarded.
Many people were stunned when they saw the cart of rice seeds entering Que Pan City, but when they saw the guards and Liu Chen and his party on horseback, all of whom were black-haired and yellow-skinned, they were relieved.
In their cognition, that is, the Han people from the north will be short of food, but they have heard that there are jewels everywhere, and there is countless gold and silver.
The general of the city was closing his eyes and quietly enjoying the mild spring sunshine on the city, when he suddenly heard movement, he looked down and found the long convoy.
"This is just coming to Quepan City? It's really rude, don't you know where to worship the mountain? ”
The guards on the side also saw the dissatisfaction in the guard's eyes, and hurriedly said flatteringly.
Hearing this, the guard's eyes flashed, and then a wave of heat swelled, and he said in a low voice:
"That's okay, since they are not interested, it just so happens that they will have nothing to do today, and there are fat sheep sent to the door, how can they let it go?"
Hearing this, the eyes of the people around them lit up, they served as guards in the city, and they naturally didn't have to worry about food and clothing, but no one would complain that they had too much money, and people's greed was like a bottomless pit, which could not be filled.
"Tell the brothers to prepare, we have work to do again tonight, let's make the tricks brighter, and eat and drink spicy food after we are done."
"Yes!"
With this good opportunity, the guards were naturally very excited, and they were ready to make a big move.
Liu Chen, who was walking under the city, suddenly tightened his heart, looked at the long horse team in front and behind, and a wave of doubt rose in his eyes, and there was vigilance.
The first thing he noticed was Mi Zhao who was wrong, and as soon as he saw his gaze, he began to look serious, and then approached and asked softly:
"Your Highness, what's wrong?"
There are very few Han people here, and even fewer people know Chinese, so Liu Chen also plans to hide his identity.
"Mr. Gu thinks that we are so swaggering that we may attract some cats that smell fishy."
As soon as Liu Chen said this, Mi Zhao also nodded solemnly, and then whispered something to the guards beside him, and saw the guards go out to announce it.
Instead of renting a storefront this time, they occupied a floor at the inn to house all the people and goods.
"Be careful tonight, we are new to the city, I'm afraid it will attract some people's greed, so you have to pay attention, once there is a stir, remember to form a formation to meet the enemy."
"Yes!"
That night, Liu Chen didn't go to bed early, even though he was very tired, he still didn't sleep, and his feeling told him that something big happened tonight.
Just now, he had sent a message to the thousand soldiers hidden outside the city, and once there was a change in the city, he would calm it down by thunder.
This is the northern city of Xianglinyi, probably to guard against the army of the governor of Jiaozhou in Wu State, the city is more than high, and the garrison has 5,000 troops.
Liu Chen is not stupid enough to fight against the local officials and soldiers, he just wants to let people escort things here to the north when he can't do anything.
As long as he enters Yuma Prefecture, it will be safe, not only is it the territory of Wu State, but there is also a Ruan County Decree who accepted a bribe from Liu Chen, which will be his best way back.
Click, click, click!
"Quick, surround the station, quick!"
Hearing the movement outside the door, Liu Chen's eyes suddenly opened, the corners of his mouth lifted, and he muttered:
"There are really fish hooked, not bad, not in vain, stay up alone in the middle of the night."
And Mi Zhao Jiang Jian also noticed the movement, and hurriedly ran to Liu Chen's room, and saw Liu Chen sitting on the bed like that, both of them were a little surprised.
"There are some eye-opening things tonight, it looks like they should be in the city, let's scare them away in the spirit of not killing people!"
Hearing Liu Chen's words, both of them opened their mouths and smiled, and they didn't panic when they were surrounded, and they couldn't see who the real thief was......