Under the instruction of the merchants, the soldiers guarding the gate slowly lowered the city board, and Liu Yu was about to pull the little beggar into the door. The soldier stopped Liu Yu and almost snatched the telescope from Liu Yu's hand, and the middle-aged Hu Shang with a mustache walked over and fiddled with the telescope, but he didn't know how to use it.

"What is this, young man?" Hu Shang looked at Liu Yu and asked curiously.

Liu Yu rolled up his hand and put it on his eyes for a gesture, Hu Shang immediately understood, put the telescope on his eyes to take a look, and said in surprise: "It's amazing, the things in the distance have become bigger, and you can touch them with your hand." Good stuff, good stuff, I bought this thing. ”

Hu Shang laughed there and muttered to the soldiers, who immediately let Liu Yu and the little beggar go.

The two of them finally left the city of the Tiele people and entered the territory of the country of Qiuzi.

"Young man, what are you...... Treasure. Hu Shang couldn't put it down with the binoculars, and walked over to Liu Yu and smiled, "I'll exchange two hundred sheepskins with you, what's the matter, Central Plains?" ”

Sheepskin, also regarded as the hard currency of the Western Regions property trading, a sheepskin bought from the shepherd's hand, the cost is about two or three dollars of silver, and in Chang'an City, the price of a sheepskin is more than one tael. In other words, for these two hundred sheepskins, Hu Shang is equivalent to taking out twenty or thirty taels of silver, which is already a lot.

But Liu Yue knows that the telescope is a rare thing, and it must be more than this price.

"Two hundred sheepskins are fine, but I have a request. Can't drive us back! ”

Hu Shang thought that Liu Yu would make a counteroffer, but he didn't expect him to agree so happily, and said with a smile: "No, no." Talking counts is the nature of a businessman. Haha He said he could let you in. I won't drive you back. Ah, I'm so glad to have met you, a man with a treasure, today. Haha......"

I don't know what Lu Dao is for, this Hu Shang's appearance of laughing made Liu Yu feel that this person was inappropriate, at least not as honest as he said. Liu Yue understands the principle of no business and no treachery, but this Hu Shang is obviously a little overexcited to get good things, and his performance is abnormal. Liu Yu thought about it again, it may be that the merchants of the Western Regions expressed their feelings differently from the people of the Central Plains.

Hu Shang invited Liu Yu and the little beggar to the merchant house. By the way, pay sheepskin. Along the way, Hu Shang also talked with Liu Yuyou, and also introduced himself by the way. Hu Shang spoke very enthusiastically, he said that his name was Moro, he had no hometown, he didn't even know who his parents were, he was sold to merchants by traffickers in the Western Regions since he was a child, and later he had his own business.

From a slave to a big businessman, the process during this period can only be summed up by a sentence of "hard work", and Liu Yue is even more convinced that this Moro is not simple. Originally, Liu Yu wanted to exchange sheepskin with Moro to return to the Central Plains, but it was not appropriate to think about it. I'm afraid that this guy will be sold on the way.

"Young man, this place is far, far away from the Central Plains. How did you get here? ”

Liu Yu glanced at the little beggar first, and when he saw that she also looked back at him with a cautious look, he knew that this was to let him play nonsense. In fact, in this era of war, the story is also very easy to make up, Liu Yu claims to be called Han Sheng, and said that he and his sister Han Xiaoting went to Qiuzi to escape the war. Speaking of this, Liu Yu couldn't help but think of the wife of Chang'an City thousands of miles away, as well as Han Sheng, an old friend.

Moro didn't seem to care too much about this, and didn't ask much.

Qiuzi Kingdom is one of the largest countries in the Western Regions, and the city where they are located is called Kekeguan. Liu Yu and the little beggar were invited by Moro into a merchant house specially for merchants to live, arranged a room, and brought food, which was a local green rice cake. Morro, on the other hand, said that he would go to meet his friends and see him again in the afternoon.

"I'm leaving!"

The little beggar had a full meal and burped, "There will be a time later." ”

Liu Yuxin said that after these two times of breaking through together, the little beggar was finally not so rude and said that he was a thief. Liu Yu smiled and said, "Don't send it." ”

The little beggar seemed to be very dissatisfied with Liu Yu's coldness, and asked, "Don't you want to know what I'm doing in Qiuzi?" ”

"You take your Yangguan Road, I cross my single-plank bridge, why do I have so much idleness?" Liu Yue leaned back on the bed, sleeping in the open for so many days, and lifting the soft pillow of the high bed again made him moan comfortably.

The little beggar pondered the meaning of Liu Yu's first half of the sentence first, although she was fluent in the original language, she was exposed to too few colloquialisms, and she didn't understand it too well.

"I'm here to visit my family, do you believe it or not?"

Liu Yuxin said, the ghost believes that you are here to visit relatives. A weak daughter's family, who is a beggar and a passer, in order to come to Qiuzi to visit relatives across borders? I thought it was two thousand years later, where did you want to go with the development of transportation? Staying at home is the characteristic of people in this era.

"Oh, your relatives are here?" Liu Yu pillowed his hands, closed his eyes, and asked coldly.

"Yes, my grandfather is in Kankan City in the country of Qiuzi, can you help me ask the next road, by the way, give me your horse?"

Liu Yu didn't expect the little beggar to still be thinking about his things, and when he opened his eyes, he said angrily: "I said little beggar, we met in Pingshui, and now I don't know which onion you are, and you don't know which stone I jumped out of." How far can you go to Kankan City, which is in the country of Qiuzi? I'm going to go back to the Central Plains thousands of miles away, do you think I'm crazy and broke my leg to give you the horse? ”

Liu Yu said this very quickly, and said "quoting scriptures" with a hammer in the east and a mallet in the west, and the little beggar digested it for a long time before he understood that Liu Yue didn't want to give him the horse.

"Then you will give me fifty sheepskins...... It's always okay, right? The little beggar retreated.

Liu Yu probably understood a little, and now there are only a few copper plates left on the little beggar's body, which can be regarded as a poor egg. She was afraid that she would starve to death on the road before she could find her relatives.

"Okay, then I'm afraid you're going to set off late, I'll get the sheepskin, give you a hundred pieces, the first pass you enter with gems, the second pass I pass with treasures, let's be despicable and shameless in the Central Plains after the fact!"

The little beggar was a little angry, and he probably felt that Liu Yu was too resentful, and he still remembered what he had said before. Then she sat on the bench, closed her eyes and leaned against the wall and fell asleep, when Liu Yue was also sleeping in a daze, there was a bang, Liu Yu opened his eyes, it turned out that the bench had fallen, and the little beggar fell to the ground, rubbing his ass and sulking there.

"If you don't sleep well, you can come to the bed and squeeze it, if you don't mind!"

The little beggar twisted his nose. Very backbone: "No." You Central Plains people have a saying. Men and women do not kiss each other. Thank you for your kindness! He turned his head, lay down on the mud floor, and went back to sleep.

After noon, Moro finally returned, and before he could get close to the room, Liu Yue heard Moro's trademark treacherous laughter.

"Haha......ha

Even the little beggar couldn't help but plug his ears.

Liu Yu came out with the little beggar and saw that Moro was not alone, but with him a tall Westerner with a big beard. This surprised Liu Yu. It is important to know that shipping was not developed in this era, and Western merchants rarely came to Asia, or in Central Asia, where transportation was extremely underdeveloped.

"Young man, introduce you to a friend, this Jason from the Kingdom of Britain. You may not know where the road is in Britain, it is a far away country, and Brother Jason is very interested in your telescope, so he will bring him to see you this time. Make one more friend. ”

Liu Yu stretched out his hand in a friendly manner and said, "Mr. Jensen, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

Liu Yu's reaction surprised Moro and Jason very much, and they wanted to know about it. Oriental people do not have the habit of shaking hands, and Liu Yu speaks in an attitude and tone. and the simple English pronunciation of a cold sentence, the standard is incomparable.

Seeing Moro and Jason looking at him curiously, Liu Yue realized that he was out of line, and smiled ashamedly: "My father used to deal with Westerners, and these were taught to me by my father. ”

"I see." Jason was relieved, spoke non-standard Chinese, stretched out his hand and shook Liu Yuyi, "I've been to the Central Plains, but no one can talk to me, you ...... It's not easy. What would you say about us? ”

"Just one or two sentences, my father taught me back then, and I basically forgot them."

Jason and Moro were relieved, and Moro smiled: "I will say a lot, go all over the world, talk about the world." The meaning of the Central Plains people, probably so. ”

This Moro Chinese is also very ordinary, but he seems to like to show off his knowledge of the Central Plains language.

Moro asked people to prepare good wine, entertaining Liu Yu's brothers and sisters and Jason, the wine banquet of the people of the Western Regions is nothing more than all kinds of roast meat, placed in a mud bowl like leftovers, the taste is also very light, obviously salt is very valuable in places like the Western Regions.

Liu Yuxin said that this was probably also because he saw a lot of gray hair in the city when he came.

The little beggar didn't know what politeness was, she had eaten a meal in the morning, and now there are so many delicacies, she is eating there without regard to her manners, Liu Yu originally guessed that this little beggar was from everyone's beautiful background, and when she saw her eating appearance, she knew that she thought too much.

Moro's attention was basically not on Liu Yu and the little beggar, Jason was his honored guest, and the two rarely touched the dishes on the table, and kept talking, Liu Yue was a little bored, so he picked up the barbecue and ate two pieces.

Moro and Jason talked about the sale of telescopes, as if they didn't want Liu Yue to understand, speaking English, Moro directly offered "one hundred gold coins", which made Liu Yue almost choke on his breath.

"Young man, is it okay?" Both Moro and Jason looked at Liu Yu, who was coughing.

Liu Yu looked for a cloth to wipe his mouth and said: "It's okay, it's okay, I've been hungry for several days, and I'm choking on food." ”

Moro and Jason continued to negotiate the price, and Jason felt that the price of a hundred gold coins was too high, and he hoped that it would be eighty gold coins. The two sides could not agree on the price, and neither wanted to make concessions, so the business of the telescope at the table was not negotiated.

When he returned to the room, it was already dusk, and the little beggar was very satisfied, and sat down on the bench with satisfaction, and said, "Moro is really a good man, didn't you say that you would discuss with him and take you back to the Central Plains?" Why didn't you say that? ”

Liu Yu said disdainfully: "Do you really think Moro is a good person? ”

"Isn't it, he has been so hospitable to us."

Liu Yu sighed and said: "Now I have to teach you well, in the Central Plains, there is a saying called no business, no traitor, this Moro is the profiteer among the profiteers." Do you know how much he's going to sell my baby for Jason just now? A full hundred gold coins. I'm afraid that if I ask him to return to the Central Plains in exchange, he will immediately turn his face and deny anyone. ”

The little beggar looked disappreciative and said, "So what? Something is already someone else's! People helped us enter the country of Qiuzi, and entertained us, what does it matter to you how much money you sell. What are Gold Coins? ”

"I'm just explaining to you the truth that there is no business and no treachery." Liu Yu gestured, "Such a big piece of gold, a hundred." You do the math. ”

"Huh!?"

The little beggar was startled and jumped up from the stool, "How much sheepskin can you change?" You Central Plains people are really treacherous......" probably thinking that it was not appropriate for this matter to involve the Central Plains people, the little beggar added, "Moro is more treacherous than you Central Plains people!" ”

Liu Yu suddenly felt that the little beggar was obviously discriminated against. (To be continued......)