Chapter 268: A Balance of Interests

readx;? The tribes of Lausanne had built a lookout post on the top of the hill against which they were back, because of their geographical advantage. The www.biquge.info of the Pen Fun Pavilion is surrounded by a plain, so the lookout post on the top of the hill has a very distant view with the help of a telescope.

Today's weather is crisp and visibility is excellent.

The lookout post on the hill spotted the large group of centaurs that appeared in the distance at a glance, but they could see through the binoculars what the men and horses were wearing, especially after the long procession of carriages, but they did not panic at all, but hurriedly blew a bull's horn - the tribe's rule for the sound of bull's horn: a sound indicates that a group of people are coming. And the medical bag is very thick, and Xiang Fuli and Yangjin Lanze were in that atmosphere at that time, and they only vaguely heard it, so naturally they didn't take it seriously.

Immediately, he saw a fast horse rushing towards the tribe's big Tibetan bag, and immediately reported that the "three-eyed cat" had arrived with a large group of men.

If it is placed in normal times, Lausanne doesn't care much: not to mention that the forces behind the three-eyed cat have to bring people to come at least twice a year, and among this force, the three-eyed cat comes the most, that is, the private relationship between Lausanne and the three-eyed cat, or the collusion, is enough to make him less wary of the three-eyed cat.

It's just that now it's different: the Red Army has just passed through this meadow, and everywhere is the Kuomintang cavalry and horse bandits chasing and killing lone Red Army soldiers. To put it bluntly, the atmosphere in the entire plain was extremely tense at this time, and there were four Red Army soldiers hiding in his tribe, and if this was discovered, the consequences would be extremely serious. Although he thought in his heart that the three-eyed cat would not fall out with him because of a few Red Army soldiers, but after all, this was a troublesome matter, and he was not afraid of 10,000 just in case, so why should he be slaughtered by the other party in vain? Therefore, he immediately sent his henchmen to hide Xiang Fuli, and sent Dawang to dress up Zhang Qingshan and the three of them as clansmen - the three of them had black faces and were huddled together with the clansmen, and they were absolutely clever to hide, that is, what everyone called black under the lamp.

Of course, a special reminder: he did not send someone to order the clansmen not to say Zhang Qingshan's four people. Because it's not necessary at all - the clansmen hate the devil who has come to suck blood all these years, but the other party is so powerful that everyone dares to be angry and dare not speak. Coupled with his majesty and the love of the people for him, who would, or who would dare to go to the newspaper and be a traitor?

And to talk about the relationship between the three-eyed cat and the forces behind it and the Lausanne tribe, that era is a bit far away.

If Sun Zhiping now sees the three-eyed cat in the mouth of the Lausanne people, he will definitely be surprised to find that this guy is not the commander of the cavalry battalion that he saw on that nameless hillside with hundreds of cavalry chasing and killing the Red Army everywhere...... Think about it, in the great plains where this kind of people are extremely rare, cavalry is the most normal existence, and only the cavalry of the government can come into direct contact with Luosang, which represents the Tibetan forces, so that no one will find the abnormality.

On the other hand, if the two are combined, they can definitely control a large piece of land and monopolize many ways. If there is no cooperation between the two, it will be called a strange thing.

The Lobsang tribe has lived here for generations, and is itself the largest force in the region, and is also an aristocratic territory recognized by the government and Tibetans. Although it has gradually declined in the past ten years, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse. With the support of the Tibetan aristocracy, it is naturally the first choice of the group represented by the three-eyed cat in choosing a partner to cooperate.

At that time, it was still Luosang's father who was in power, but his father was an old-fashioned figure, just stubbornly guarded, and was unwilling to contact people outside Tibet, so the evil consequences of his stubbornness were naturally obvious...... It can even be said that the horse bandits in this area are so rampant and develop so fast, there is inevitably no force like the three-eyed cat behind it, in order to deal with Lausanne's father.

Lausanne, however, was different in that he had received modern civilization and had seen the world, so he naturally knew how to make the poor people rich by taking advantage of the local advantages. To this end, he did whatever it takes, even at all costs—from the fact that he dared to openly contact the Red Army in order to obtain weapons, and was able to survive the incident unharmed, without being held accountable by the authorities—at least on the surface. From this, it can be seen that Lausanne's courage can be called bold, and his ability is obviously great.

Since Lausanne became the patriarch five years ago, the two sides have been in contact, and it can be said that they hit it off. And those horse bandits were naturally contained, just to control Lausanne, so the largest horse bandits have been staying next to the Lausanne tribe, but they have never continued to grow, of course, the proximity of the territory, and the power of the three-eyed cat have to remind Lausanne from time to time, or to control the growth of the Lausanne tribe too fast - it can be seen from the fact that they strictly control the weapon input of the Lausanne tribe. And this bandit and the Lausanne tribe naturally can't be untroubled first, but the speed of expansion naturally has to be controlled, so the Lausanne tribe will set the bottom line on the sacrificial mountain for a long time.

Lausanne knew that the tribe wanted to get rid of this situation of being controlled by people faintly and secretly, and what was most lacking now was weapons and ammunition, so he would take the risk of sending caravans to the places of the Han people to do business, so there would be caravans robbed, and even the absurd thing of blatantly not issuing road slips occurred. To put it bluntly, everyone is playing for their own interests.

Just when Lausanne was about to hang himself in a hurry for weapons, the Red Army came, and Lausanne received the Red Army in a desperate manner......

The cooperation between Lausanne and the forces behind the Three-Eyed Cat is naturally for the sake of profit.

This plain is deserted, although the land is fertile, but the weather is weird, storms and hail, it is difficult to grow anything, that is, the place where the Lausanne tribe is located, because of the climate, it is rare to encounter bad weather such as storms and rains, but it is a good place to grow barley or even wheat, but also because the surrounding water and grass are abundant, so animal husbandry is very developed.

Everyone knows that smuggling is to avoid crowded places to be safe, but don't look at the remote location of the Lausanne tribe, it is the place where his tribe is located, which is naturally the paradise road of smuggling. And the tribe of Lausanne is too important, an absolute transit point: in addition to the northwest, it extends in all directions, and the distance is still suitable. There is a group of its own people here, which can not only crack down on the smuggling of hostile forces, but also ensure the smooth passage of their own smuggling...... This is destined that those smuggling groups need a group of people to be stationed here, but this is in a remote area, how can ordinary people bear this suffering, and the army is stationed without any name, and forcibly drive out the Lausanne tribe, will be hated and retaliated by the Tibetans, which makes them unable to send people to stay here for a long time, so after Lausanne takes the initiative to send goodwill to them, it is doomed that the Lausanne tribe is not allowed to be exterminated by others.

Lobsang is not only a nobleman, but also a local representative of the Tibetan people, and it can be said that it is also an official force, which is much stronger in any way than a group of people coming here.

At the same time, the Lausanne tribe had to provide cattle and sheep for the army, and especially to train Tibetan mastiffs for those dignitaries, plus they had to cooperate with other forces...... With all these interests entangled, coupled with the fact that various forces are pulling each other and checking and balancing each other, no one dares to easily and openly eat the tribe of Lausanne. Otherwise, would you really treat everyone else as if they were blind and would let you go if they could openly let you come into contact with the Red Army, and then charge you a little favor? Lao Chiang's famous sentence "It is better to kill 3,000 by mistake than to let go of one" was paved with bloody human heads. Of course, this can also be seen from this, how much energy and courage the forces that cooperate with the Lausanne tribe are.

"Lao Peng, you have brought so many brothers here, you sincerely want to eat me! I can tell you, when I am eaten by you, I will take my clansmen to your command as a company commander, and when the time comes, don't say that you don't know your third brother. ”

As soon as the other party approached, Lausanne stepped forward with Tawang and a few guards, learned the greeting of the Han people, and greeted them with fists...... From this title, it can be heard that the two are very familiar.

Battalion Commander Peng, who was known as the three-eyed cat, was not polite to Luosang, threw the horsewhip to his guards, and after dismounting, he also clenched his fists, and laughed as he walked over: "Ha! Third brother, you are still so fond of making fun of brothers, brother, I am here to give you a gift." ”

As he spoke, the two hugged warmly - it seemed that this was a personal relationship, but in fact, this was a signal that they could start trading, and everyone knew it.

Without the orders of the two leaders, his subordinates were already familiar with the situation: Tawang immediately took a large number of people to inspect the goods. And the same is true for the other party, when the two sides meet, they still say something affectionately, pat each other's shoulders, or hand each other a few sips of the wine on their bodies...... Of course, in the middle is to inspect the goods, and on both sides is the guards of each side - in case the other side eats black?

This is also the reason why the forces behind the three-eyed cat come to the Lausanne tribe at least twice a year: in order to hand over the goods to be smuggled and some supplies such as salt and medicine to the Lausanne tribe, and then wait for those smuggling caravans to come here, Lausanne will be responsible for the transaction, and then the smugglers will smuggle the goods to various places.

When they go back, they will settle the goods that Lausanne wants to smuggle through their channels and the money from the last transaction, and there are some things to offer, such as Tibetan mastiffs or other things that some big people have named and asked for. Of course, it's autumn, and it's time to harvest the cattle and sheep, so naturally you have to bring them back.

In order to prevent the other party from cheating or eating black, it must be counted in person, and the two have been standing aside and chatting, for this reason, neither of them said anything like sitting down to drink tea and eating a banquet, which shows how fake this enthusiasm is, mixed with too many interest factors.

After standing for two hours, waiting for their respective henchmen to report and make sure that the number was clear, the two of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and immediately resumed their previous exaggerated laughter.

"Lao Peng, let's go, let's go in and eat and talk...... The last time I saw you was more than two months ago, and you don't know how much the third brother misses you after you leave...... This time, if you want to give your third brother face, don't say anything, you have to live with him for a few days first, and get drunk with your third brother for three days and three nights......"

As he spoke, Lobsang laughed and dragged him into the village, not forgetting to turn around and shout to Tawang for the brothers to eat and drink. The three-eyed cat nodded with a smile, and was about to say something, but suddenly remembered something, stopped his steps, and said with a smile to Lausanne: "Look at my memory, I almost forgot it." By the way, third brother, I have to bother you with this matter......"

Lausanne was shocked: it's coming!