Chapter 301: A Trip to the Acropolis
At the end of May, the road to Wei's territory was opened, and Elena chose the most time-saving route and cleared the savage tribes along the way to keep the caravan as safe as possible.
In the early morning of a clear sky and white clouds, Xia Ye set off with a caravan, because it was the first time to expand the trade route, and I didn't know what the effect was, so Xia Ye brought all the elite.
There are not many goods on board, but they are all high-quality products.
The main cargo is bamboo paper.
Since Mo Wulu needs paper, he has worked overtime with the craftsman team, and in the past few months, he has accumulated some paper.
In fact, two-thirds of these papers had already been ordered by Mo Wu Yu on behalf of the family, and if Xia Ye hadn't needed some to open the door to the upper nobles of the Wei family, Mo Wu Yu would have been able to buy them all.
The Mo family is rich, or rather, those mechanics are rich, once they discover the benefits of paper, they will definitely not be stingy with money, as long as the production capacity of Chaoge can keep up, how many can be sold!
Salt, Xia Ye has, but he doesn't dare to sell it, because these businesses are controlled by top elites.
Sugar, in small quantities, but in addition to sugar cane, Friday also helped a lot this time, he found sugar beets in a wild tribe and brought back some rapeseeds.
By the time the beets are harvested next year, Natsuno will have a lot of brown sugar, which will become the fist product of Asaka.
Iron tools, he didn't dare to buy Xia Ye to death, otherwise he would become the target of public criticism in this era, but the summer knives produced during this time have been installed in the hands of female warriors, and each person has one for the time being.
In addition to these, what Xia Ye wants to sell is a variety of cooking seasonings, including soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, and secret pickles, among which pickles can be regarded as selling salt, and the price will be a little expensive, of course, there must be a degree.
Soybean oil is a second-class product, Xia Ye plans to popularize cooking knowledge to those tribesmen and natives, telling them that fried food is the most delicious, otherwise who will sell his soybean oil to?
This time, the main product is soap, mainly for those ladies and nobles, Xia Ye believes that no matter what era, women's love for beauty will definitely not change!
Finally, there are some beast blood and beast bones purchased from the savage tribe, these things contain a slight vitality, and wizards often use them as spellcasting materials, as for animal skins, although they are a necessity that everyone needs, there are too many hunters in this era, and they are completely uncompetitive.
Bringing these is to hide people's eyes and ears, and by the way, to inquire about the people's feelings, otherwise they are all high-end goods, and they are too easy to be coveted.
Leaving Elena to look after the house, Xia Ye set off, followed the chosen route, and had a smooth journey, and after more than twenty days, he entered the territory of the Wei clan and arrived at the outpost tribe.
The caravan took a short rest here before heading for the Acropolis.
It's the same everywhere, except for the various settlements, there is not a single populace along the way.
The caravan was accompanied by Mo Wuyu, and Xia Ye was still holding Zhao Lianyu's token, so he was not troubled much, and finally stood outside the gate of the Acropolis on a sunny afternoon.
In this year, wild travel is too dangerous, so there are few foot merchants, and some also travel between the various tribes in the territory, and there are only a handful of large caravans like Xia Ye.
The guards in charge of guarding the city gate did not dare to slack off, and hurried to inform the chief!
"Haven't you heard of it?"
The city defense officer came, and his attitude was quite friendly, after all, being able to form this kind of caravan represented a part of his strength, and before he figured out the origin, even if he had any bad thoughts, he had to hold back.
"Dragon Bird Mountain Range Xia Clan!"
Xia Ye took a deep breath and reported the origin, this was the first time that Chaoge stood in front of other tribes as an independent individual, not a vassal of the Xia clan.
"Where is the Dragon Bird Mountain Range? Isn't the Xia clan in the south?"
The city guard frowned.
"The Dragon Sparrow Mountains are in the wasteland!"
Xia Ye smiled: "It's just a small tribe!"
"You're too modest!"
Although the other party was humble, the city defense officer did not dare to slack off, because in the caravan, two flags were raised, one side was embroidered with a black ink character, and the other side was 'Zhao'.
If it is a general 'Zhao' flag, forget it, but on this side, there is also a circle of gold edges embroidered around the big characters, which is only the royal family, can use the color and symbol.
"How long will it take?"
Mo Wuxuan was impatient, she had to go to the branch of the Mo family in the city to inform someone to carry the bamboo paper, for a mechanic, the most annoying thing is to waste time, and the efficiency is low.
"Sorry, it's routine, and I can't help it!"
The city defense officer habitually squeezed out a smile, after taking this position, he has seen too many people of all kinds, don't look at his position is not high, but many people are respectful to themselves, like Mo Wuxuan has such a natural attitude to complain, that shows a problem, the status of the person is noble.
But what the hell is this young man wearing an eye patch? Looking at the momentum of this gesture, it seems that he is also from an extraordinary background!
"Maybe it's the children of a big family who are training in the wasteland, right?"
The city guard guessed.
"What is this?"
"I don't know!"
"I've learned a hundred words, and I don't think I'm illiterate, but after hearing the names of these goods, I feel like I'm not even as good as a savage native!"
The guards were all huddled together, muttering, and they didn't even bother to guard the city gates.
"What for?"
The city defense officer was embarrassed for a while, the quality of the guards, didn't he say that his commander had no way to do it?
"Sir, we almost don't know each other about these goods, what should we do?"
The captain of the guard looked confused.
If it was usual, just check it casually, and it would be released, but today this caravan brought completely different goods, it was too rare, and they didn't know what to do?
"We're all new goods from the Great South, and it's normal for you not to know!"
Xia Ye gestured to Jiaduo.
Jiaduo immediately brought over a small clay pot the size of a fist.
"This is soy sauce, so if you add a little bit when you boil something or steam eggs, it will be delicious!"
Xia Ye prepared some small clay pots in advance, just for gifts, and in order to increase the force, there were two lines of poetry missing from the small clay pots.
Songhua brewing, spring water sencha!
"Soy sauce?"
The city defense officer usually receives gifts, and all the movements are natural and casual, but after seeing the eight characters burned on the clay pot, his spirit suddenly perked up, and he immediately changed from holding it with one hand to holding it with both hands.
These eight words alone make this clay pot twice as valuable.
"Wow, Uncle Xiao is still a reader!"
Woad amazed.
"Haha!"
was slapped on the back by a little girl, and the city defense officer was in a good mood: "This, it's a poem, right?
With the level of the city defense officer, this evaluation can only be said.
"What is the other stuff?"
The city guard was a little curious, and inquired in detail about the purpose of soy sauce.
Xia Ye reported his name one by one.
"What?"
The city defense officer was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly had the same emotion as his subordinates, is he illiterate?
"It's all spices from the Great South, which can make the food even more delicious!"
Xia Ye smiled: "As for the bamboo paper, it is the goods that the Mo family needs!"
"Yes, yes!"
The city defense officer nodded, after saying this, if he is no longer interested in interrogation, it will be asking for hardship, the Mo family's goods, can you manage it?
"I'm going to start the trial sale tomorrow in the Acropolis, I don't know where the best lot is, and I don't know if there's anything to pay attention to?"
Xia Ye heard these words through the Mo family's organ master, but in order to contact the city defense officer, he asked casually.
The city defense officer was idle and bored, and he also took the opportunity to inquire about Xia Ye's origin.
The Wei tribe has a weaker overall strength than the Xia clan, but the people of this tribe have always been cautious in their words and deeds and do not like to fight, so they have an excellent reputation, and there are more vassal clans.
Relying on so many vassal clans, the Wei clan is also living a nourishing life, but the wolf-like Zhongshan clan looks down on these soft eggs of the Wei clan the most, and always troubles them.
Between the two tribes, it can be regarded as mortal enemies, and in the overall situation, the Wei clan defends more and attacks less, and often suffers some dark losses, but the benefits of popularity have made the Wei clan a commercial turnover center.
These tribes in the north are willing to come to Wei to sell goods, after all, here, there is no need to worry about being killed, and both people and money are empty.
After Xia Ye said goodbye to the city defense officer, a Mo family master had been waiting for a long time and took them to the Mo family's mansion.
"You are guarding the gates!"
This was a big deal, and the city defense officer immediately went to his boss to report it.
"The people of the Acropolis are very nice!"
He smacked his lips, and even people he didn't know would smile and nod as long as his eyes met, instead of being stared at with wary eyes like in other tribes.
"It's also a way to survive!"
Mo Wu pouted, Wei's combat effectiveness is relatively weak, the surrounding resources are relatively few, there are no large ore veins, the soil is also hilly and mountainous, the temperature is slightly lower, not suitable for crop planting, if it were not for the prosperous business, Wei's people would have starved to death.
"There is always a reason for the formation of a local folk custom!"
Natsuno smiled.
There are many pedestrians on the Acropolis Road, and there are people from all tribes, unlike Xia Cheng, almost all of them are people of the same race.
"The one with two big mouths painted on his forehead is a person from the Lu family!"
"It's the Zhou people who are still wearing long-sleeved robes that big summer!"
"Eh, don't stare at that man's face lines, and don't touch your nose with your left hand in front of him, he is a Leshi person, and your action will be mistaken for a provocation!"
Looking at this group of hillbillies looking left and right, Mo Wuxuan spoke very quickly to popularize science, afraid that if they didn't pay attention, they would offend the taboos of other people's tribes and get into trouble.
"Can't I touch my nose on the street?"
Friday was depressed.
"If you're strong enough, you can ignore it!"
Mo Wuxuan rolled his eyes: "Tell you, some tribes and natives, if you eat a bite of meat in front of others, people can beat out your dog brains!"
"So ruthless?"
The ghost master was surprised.
"It's okay to go to the stalls, but try not to move, if you do, you have to buy them!"
Mo Wuxuan reminded.