Chapter 163: Golden Grass
The chief's tent, bone wood carvings, knives, axes, bows and arrows, are decorated in a national style. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
"You are a brave adventurer who has helped us a lot, so the Wild Bull Warriors did not treat you like ordinary Chinese people!" A burly figure in the center of the big tent stood up, and the sheep bone bowl in his hand was directly shattered, "But you don't cherish the friendship of the Battle Song Warriors, and you actually brought other Chinese monkeys to the sacred Yanzhi Mountain without authorization!"
This brute is the chief Yu Zhan, who is two meters five meters tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a big waist and a round waist, bronze skin like copper water pouring, and a tattoo-like totem when he is angry at this moment, all of which flow like lava, releasing a powerful energy breath flowing all over his body.
Chief Yu Zhan is a fifty-year-old elder, although he is a little old, but he is still extremely strong, ten years ago he was the most outstanding warrior in the tribe, and now compared to the peak, there is no slip in the slightest, this is a powerful Yueshi warrior who has cultivated the totem battle technique to the ninth level.
The chief was aggressive, and he looked like he was going to eat Zhang Qian alive.
"The heroic and great chief, Zhang Qian cherished the friendship from the war song very much, and did not dare to defile the sacred and pure Yanzhi Mountain. I came to the prairie this time, not out of selfish interests, but to present three items from Huaxia to Zhan Ge, so that the Zhan Ge tribe will definitely gain great benefits from it!"
After Zhang Qian finished speaking, he took out three items.
The first is a finest chili pepper ground into a powder, the second is a distillation technique to produce spirits, and the third box shows some rough-processed dried tobacco.
Zhang Qian directly explained: "This chili pepper is an unprecedented new type of spice, if mixed and smeared with barbecue, it can greatly increase the taste, the fiery feeling is hearty and fascinating, and if you use high-quality chili pepper for a long time, it has the effect of expelling impurities from the meridians and blood." ”
The chief was a little skeptical.
Zhang Qian continued: "This wine is the latest method of Chinese brewing of the best spirits, the grassland sheep blood wine is like a faint clear water, only such a superb spirit can be matched with the bold and brave bull warriors." ”
Spiced spirits in China?
Yu Zhan and several barbarians all showed interested expressions.
In fact, the Yueshi has always been very interested in Huaxia's things, but Huaxia and the Yueshi have never opened commerce, so these items can rarely be spread to Hexi, and can only be obtained through plunder, but the very limited number makes them often a luxury.
When did Zhang Qian, an adventurer, start a business?
However, if the two things are really said so well, if the Yueshi warriors who can conquer the grasslands can definitely exchange for a large number of cattle, sheep and wealth, and can also exchange a large amount of treasures and gold through the Western Regions.
"The Golden Tobacco that was grandly introduced to the Chief at the end!"
The tobacco silk brought by Zhang Qian was produced from the earliest horse in Qin Ge's small courtyard.
These tobaccos are simply dried, and their color is not like ordinary tobacco shriveling, but has a dark golden color, without any added spices, and even contains an attractive dark aroma.
Zhang Qian picked up a dry tobacco stick and demonstrated the process of smoking to several barbarians present.
Yu Zhan lit the dry smoke and inhaled it fiercely, only to feel an extremely spicy and choking breath, which instantly spurted into his lungs.
Because of the time relationship, in fact, these tobacco silks are actually rough processing, they are not even completely fermented, let alone add any spices, ordinary people can't bear it at all, but the brute cow has a special physique, and Yu Zhan is one of the best, when after the initial discomfort, he immediately adapts to this intensity of stimulation.
A sense of being in the clouds, and one feels extremely relaxed.
Yu Zhan felt that his brain was trapped in a short period of ethereal, every muscle, every tendon and vein, all relaxed, this state of extreme relaxation is usually difficult to do, and in such a state, it is conducive to the repair and treatment of physical fitness.
This world is clearly different from the earth.
Although it has a certain addictive nature, it is not uncontrollable, and in addition, the tobacco here belongs to the spirit grass, which has a certain healing and healing effect, and when it is cultivated by the peasant monks, its effect becomes more intense, and it has a huge temptation that is difficult to resist for the wild cow.
Qin Ge had never smoked in his previous life and in this life, but it could not be denied that this kind of thing had huge economic value, because the output was not very high, so it was mainly intended to be sold as a luxury product to the powerful of other races, and used to exchange for the resources he needed.
Several brute bulls with three big and five thick cows all swallowed the clouds and spit out fog.
Yu Zhan was very satisfied: "How much golden grass is there?" The War Song Tribe wants it all, you can open whatever you want!"
Zhang Qian didn't expect tobacco to be so popular here in the Yueshi people, "This golden grass is very difficult to grow, it takes about ten years to grow and it needs to be made in secret methods for several years, even in China, it is rare, we only brought so much this time." ”
Yu Zhan looked at the small bag of tobacco, and his eyes lit up: "I'll exchange five hundred high-grade tiger skins and white fox skins for these golden grass!"
Zhang Qian's heart twitched.
Two ordinary complete tiger skins in the Central Plains can be sold for one gold, and the tiger skins and fox skins in the Hexi Corridor are generally produced in the Qilian Mountains, and their quality is much higher than that in the Central Plains, each of which can be sold for at least one or two gold, and if the quality is high, its value is even higher.
The value of this batch of materials in Yu Zhan is about 500 gold to 1,000 gold, which is a huge amount of money in the Central Plains, and even this business alone can maintain the salary expenditure of the Mo family's workshop, which is not enough to describe Qin II, who is very short of money.
Most importantly.
This tobacco is nothing.
Whether it is quality or quantity, it is far inferior to Kongtong Mountain Lingtian, but a few old farmers take less than ten days to produce, and then after a small half a month of simple processing, its cost is so low that it is almost not worth mentioning.
Windfall!
Huge profits!
Zhang Qian did not rush to agree, but hesitated.
A few barbarian cattle people were a little anxious when they saw this, they knew very well the value of this golden grass, if they could monopolize the golden grass, they could easily exchange countless cattle, sheep and slaves from other tribes, and they could also exchange all kinds of treasures, gold, gems, and weapons from the Western Regions, which was an extremely important opportunity for the declining war song tribe.
The king of the Yue clan is old and faint.
The four major tribes are all ready to move.
The situation in the Hexi grassland may change, and it is urgent to accumulate sufficient strength to cope with the next changes.
Yu Zhan once again raised his chips and said: "I will give you 800 tiger skins and white fox skins, plus 5,000 high-grade sheepskins, in exchange for these golden grass, chili powder, and spirits, you can only trade with the war song tribe in the future, and the generous war song warriors will not treat you badly!"
Zhang Qian felt that if the price started from the ground, there was still some room for growth, but the vision must be long-term, and there was no need to compete for such a small profit, "Although we are very willing to trade with the Zhan Ge tribe, but my friend and I are Chinese after all, walking on the Hexi grassland, if we are targeted by people from other tribes, I am afraid it will cause huge risks to the transaction." ”
"What's so difficult about this?" Yu Zhan said in a rough voice: "As long as you can provide us with enough golden grass, chili powder, and spirits, I will send five thousand cavalry to build a temporary transit camp for you in Hexi, as long as there is the protection of the warriors of War Song, no one dares to attack you!"
Zhang Qian was overjoyed.
Whether it is the caravan of the Western Regions, or Qin II.
Now they all need a foothold in Hexi.
Chief Warsong actually took the initiative to mention it, which was really a bit unexpected.
Qin Ge would never be satisfied with the by-products of animal husbandry such as leather, what he wanted was the war horses of Hexi, and he wanted to build the top cavalry, but how easy was the smuggling of war horses? If the caravan could have a legal site in Hexi as a transit place, it would be of great help to smuggle war horses from Hexi.
Zhang Qian only needs to hand over tobacco, chili peppers, and spirits, the three most profitable businesses to the Zhan Ge tribe. He then made a little more connection, took out other Chinese specialties, did business with his small and medium-sized tribes, and quietly exchanged them for a large number of war horses, and it was difficult for these small and medium-sized tribes to resist the goods from China.
Although the Yue clan strictly forbade the smuggling of war horses to Huaxia, Hexi was in a very sensitive state, and the position of the Yue clan king had been loosened, and no one would delve too deeply into this matter.
"I believe in the generous Warsong tribe, so I'm bound to try to convince my two friends. When Zhang Qian said this, his voice suddenly changed: "My two friends came to Hexi, but they didn't sell these things, because the precious spiritual grass like Golden Grass can be sold at a price even in Huaxia, and there is no need to worry about selling it at all." ”
Chief Yu Zhan was very confused: "Then what is the purpose?"
Zhang Qian replied, "My two brothers have learned that the Prophet is the most learned man in the steppe, and they wish to visit the Prophet to answer their doubts, and I think they will be grateful if the chief can be accommodating." ”
"No way!"
"How can an outsider meet a prophet casually?"
"The Zhan Ge clan has abided by the ancestral teachings and defended Yanzhi Mountain for a hundred years, and it must not be easily made an exception. ”
"Even the top warriors of the Warsong Tribe are qualified to climb Yanzhi Mountain, if you want to go up to meet the Prophet, unless you are recognized by everyone in the Warsong Tribe, no matter how much benefit you can bring, the warriors of Warsong will not let you get half a step closer to Yanzhi Mountain!"
Several tribal elders in the chief's tent stood up.
Their eyes are obviously very unkind, the status of Yanzhi Mountain in the hearts of the Yueshi people is like the status of Wolf Mountain in the hearts of the Huns, so it must not be easily opened, let alone a few Chinese people?
"If you have such a purpose, then please go back, the War Song Tribe will not accept the request of the weak to visit Yanzhi Mountain, how can a Chinese person like you be recognized by the warriors of the Yue Clan?" Yu Zhan spoke, but he seemed to hear something: "Why is it so noisy outside!"
Several people walked directly out of the chieftain's station.
Just a scene appeared in front of them, leaving everyone stunned.
Dozens of fierce warriors fell to the ground and groaned.
These warriors are all well-known elites of the tribe, and at this moment there is a tribe that is known as a warrior, carrying two big iron axes, is frantically slashing a Huaxia man with a silver spear, but no matter how fierce and powerful the attack is, the Huaxia people are like a nimble silver dragon that can always dodge in time.
Suddenly.
A little chill flashed.
Both axes shattered.
Zhao Yun knocked the Yue warrior to the ground with a single shot.
"Next!"
Zhao Yun calmly swept over the onlookers.