Chapter 239: Infiltration
At this time, Yuan Bao'er, who was remembered by everyone, had already joined his five hundred soldiers and went straight to the border.
At night, the border pass is very quiet, and the dozens of miles of flat land outside the pass are endless.
Yuan Bao'er carried the grain on his back, and under the cover of the night, he slowly climbed over from the ravine not far from the border pass.
This is a secret passage that Master Sun told her when he was escorted away.
That's where they crawled in the first place.
Yuan Bao'er can't sell iron ore and provide Tuman with blades, but she can sell salt.
This is also one of the most important supplies, and it is still a necessity.
Yuan Bao'er believes that as long as there is this thing, even if you can't find the person who handed over to Master Sun, you can also find a little clue.
The war between Tuman and Great Xia was about to break out, and Yuan Bao'er didn't want the army to beware of the hidden arrows in his back when he was fighting with the enemy.
So she had to find the person behind it before that.
These 500 people have been selected by Zhou Changjiang at all levels, and their physical fitness and quality are extremely high.
On the contrary, Yuan Baoer was lazy every day and was left behind by everyone.
The ravine is not very fast, and Yuan Bao'er, the size of a wheelbarrow, can only climb all the way, deeply suspecting that this ditch is man-made.
Because of him, this ditch is too flat, although there are also concave and convex, but it is much smoother than ordinary soil pits.
It took a whole night of climbing before the crowd left the ravine.
Sure that they would not be discovered, everyone leaned against the earthen wall to recover their strength.
Yuan Bao'er bit the cake, looked at the people who had become mud monkeys, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work." ”
Everyone shook their heads, and everyone knew in their hearts that they had been selected to carry out special tasks.
Now, together with their follower Yuan Bao'er, they are undoubtedly carrying out this special task.
Although they didn't know the destination and didn't know what was going on, they believed in Yuan Bao'er.
A general who can provide them with enough food and clothing without food and soldiers is worthy of their trust.
After a pause, they felt that they had regained some strength, and then they continued.
But this time, they didn't have to crawl anymore, but a veteran from a local area led them forward.
In addition to the border pass, the road slowly turns from loess to yellow sand.
The grass in the field gradually turned bare.
"How is this place like this?"
Some of the soldiers from the Southland had never seen such a situation and could not help but be amazed.
The veteran snorted, "What is this, if we catch the sandstorm, a wind can sweep us all up." ”
Everyone was amazed, Yuan Baoer squinted at the yellow patch in front of her, "How long will there be someone?" ”
"It's not good," said the veteran, "it's like this here, look at the weather, look at it, we have to walk for a while." ”
"We're not on the wrong side, are we?"
Obviously, Master Sun said that those people in the Sun family only walked for two days before they handed over to others.
"That's right," the veteran looked at the dry roots of the tree as he picked up the sand, "in previous years, there should have been people gathered here, but this year's drought should have moved away a long time ago." ”
Yuan Bao'er's face was slightly gloomy, and the drought meant that the cattle and sheep would be greatly reduced.
At a glance, both Tuman and Yaku live on cattle and sheep, and once the cattle and sheep are reduced in large quantities, they will come to Daxia to plunder for the sake of life and the stability of the tribe.
However, according to Meng Shuai, since the beginning of this year, Tuman has not launched a large-scale war, which is really unreasonable.
She remembered the mastermind behind the two sides, and wondered what role he played in it.
Yuan Bao'er followed the veteran and walked silently all the way.
After walking like this for three days, I finally saw a moving tent.
Yuan Bao'er motioned for everyone to stop and let the veteran go over to investigate.
The veteran walked over with a little salt, and asked the tent owner if he needed it in an authentic Tuman accent.
The owner of the tent was initially on guard, but when he saw the gray salt, he rushed over.
Yuan Bao'er and the others watched from a distance, and saw that the two had been talking for a while, and the veteran waved at them.
Yuan Bao'er kept an eye on it, and only brought a few dozen people over, leaving the rest behind.
The veteran waited for Yuan Bao'er to come over, and then said with a look of surprise: "The shopkeeper, this is from Xia Guo, he accepts these things." ”
"Great," Yuan Bao'er came over with a look of surprise.
Everyone climbed the pit and ate sand, all of them were disgraced, and with a burden on their backs, they looked like dealers who secretly sold illicit salt.
The man nodded in satisfaction after looking at the salt they had brought out again.
"I'll take all of these," said the man, boldly, "how about giving you ten carts of sheepskins?" ”
Yuan Bao'er smiled, "You really haven't seen the world before, we took our lives to go this way, and you just dealt with that thing?" ”
"And what do you want?"
The man's face turned cold.
Yuan Bao'er smiled, "Gold and precious stones." ”
The man snorted, a look of neurosis on his face.
The veteran was also a little apprehensive, but Yuan Bao'er accepted the salt bag with a cold face, "I only need this, if you don't have it, I'll go and trade with someone else." ”
"I dare to take it, no one dares to do business with you," the man said, "They will never do business with the people of Great Xia." ”
Yuan Bao'er smiled, "I don't believe it, they don't eat salt if they have the ability." ”
She beckoned the crowd to move on.
When the man saw that she insisted, he only received, "I will give you ten taels of gold." ”
"Then a pound of salt," Yuan Bao'er didn't give in.
"You're too black-hearted, you used to be ten pounds."|
"It used to be before, and now the two countries are at war, and no one dares to do business, do you want to give a happy word."
"Five pounds."
"Two pounds."
"Four pounds,"
"Two and a half pounds, no more bargaining."
Yuan Bao'er made the final decision.
The man shrugged, "Okay, I'll take as many of you as you want." ”
Yuan Bao'er looked miscalculated, and the man smiled proudly, "The words have been spoken, you can't go back." ”
Yuan Bao'er snorted, "I will spit and nail when I speak, since I agreed, I will do so, but I have one condition." ”
"On what terms?"
The man was immediately alarmed.
"I'll go to your market first, can you help me lead the way?"
After Yuan Bao'er finished speaking, seeing that the man was not angry, he said: "You don't have to be nervous, I'm just curious, I want to wander around, if you have other needs, bring something else over next time." ”
The veteran had already put the salt in place, and after the man traded with Yuan Bao'er, he said, "I can lead the way, but you have to promise that you will trade with me next time." ”
"Yes," Yuan Baoer swore with him a high-five.
So he took the camels and led them to the west.
With people familiar with the terrain and locals leading the way, the rest of the trip went much smoother.
Yuan Bao'er followed him to the bazaar, pretending to look east and west without seeing the world.
The man saw that she really had a relationship with the quantity and price of the goods, so he was relieved.