Chapter 298: Summoned
Just as Shaoyang was chatting with Xu Shu, Cao Chong, the object of their topic, came in with a stack of official documents, and after seeing Shaoyang here, he saluted respectfully, and then walked to Xu Shu's side and put the official documents in front of Xu Shu.
"Teacher, this is an official document from several villages applying to form a joint caravan to enter the orc tribe for trade. ”
"Oh!" Xu Shu was slightly surprised, this was the task he arranged for Cao Chong, but he didn't expect it to be completed in less than two days, so he picked up the official document and quickly flipped through it.
Shaoyang on the side was also surprised, the biggest trade with the orc tribe was naturally the transaction between Songhai City and the orc royal family, and with the tacit consent of both of them, there were also many caravans entering the orc tribe in private, these were all caravans approved by Songhai City, they were all nobles or a small number of big merchants from the four cities under Shaoyang's command, and it was never the case that a caravan was formed by the people of the village.
"Yes, but the formation of a caravan is not just a success with this application, you have to supervise the establishment of the caravan in the future, if you enter the orc tribe without preparation, it will only harm them in the end. In front of Cao Chong, Xu Shu would not praise Shaoyang like he did when he told him, although his tone was easy-going, he was also a strict teacher.
After Cao Chong left, Xu Shu explained in Shaoyang's curious gaze, "These are villages on the outskirts of Songhai City, they don't own much farmland, and they usually don't have much income, so I asked Cangshu to find a way to help them, but I didn't expect it to be only two days, not only to come up with attention, but also to convince those villagers, but it was beyond my expectations." ”
Shaoyang has more confidence in Cao Chong than Xu Shu, but he is still a little worried about the villagers forming caravans to trade with the orc tribe, mainly because it is impossible for them to form a large caravan, the escort force is limited, and after entering the orc tribe, no one dares to guarantee that nothing will happen.
Don't look at the current Songhai City and the orc tribe has a good relationship, in fact, not all orcs are willing to trade with humans, the caravan in the past was strong, even if it was attacked by a small opposition orc, it could be easily dealt with, under the suppression of the lion clan, no tribe dared to blatantly move those caravans.
Not to mention anything else, it's the nearest werewolf tribe, there is no good intention, there are many caravans who encounter werewolf difficulties, fortunately, most of them are just asking for money, sending some money can break the fortune and avoid disasters, in the end, it's just a small part of the income, and they can still accept it.
Songhai City can't do anything about this, small army clashes often occur, and there is no idea of making a big fuss, because once it does, it will seriously affect the trade between the two clans, and the losses will be even greater.
After this, the arrival of the caravan can not only exchange the surplus cattle, sheep, and animal skins for many more useful things, but the high-level tribes can also receive a lot of gifts, and the attitude of those small and medium-sized werewolf tribes towards the human caravan is becoming more and more kind, in addition to almost forming a mortal enmity with the Golden Horde tribe that cannot be resolved, the other three large tribes have eased a lot.
Cangshu wouldn't have thought of this, presumably he would handle it properly, otherwise those villagers wouldn't believe him. Xu Shu didn't care, now with the strength of Songhai City, not to mention the entire orc tribe to contend with, it is only a werewolf tribe, or only part of the strength, he doesn't care about it.
Shaoyang thought about it, so he didn't say more, he came here to see how Xu Shu and Cao Chong got along, and when the goal was achieved, he didn't stay longer, otherwise he would just watch the play on the sidelines, and if he didn't go up to deal with government affairs, he would be an eyesore in front of Xu Shu, so he just found an excuse and left quickly.
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The sun was setting in the west, and when he saw the towering city walls of Songhai City, Pulit believed that he would come to Songhai City in only half a day, and he missed the hour on the way to stay in the wilderness, and he urged Blaise to speed up from time to time, but he didn't expect that even if he hurried slowly and leisurely, he still arrived at Songhai City before sunset.
"What's the matter, they all say that there is no need to worry, since there is a cement road, a certain said to arrive in half a day, if you ride a horse and whip it quickly, you can arrive in two hours. The last time I came to Songhai City, I heard from the Ministry of Industry that His Royal Highness was going to build a road directly from Wilderness City to Yangguan City on the border, and then there was no need to borrow it to Songhai City, and he could reach the border in one day. ”
"Grandma is a bear, and the caravans in the city that go to trade with the orc tribes are a day or two shorter, so this business is even better. It's a pity that I didn't have the courage to do this business at the beginning, and now I can't make as much money as they can get involved in it. Forget it, let's not talk about it, it's not early now, go to one of my courtyards in the city and stay there, and then go to see Your Highness early tomorrow morning. ”
Plitt didn't have any opinion on Blaize's arrangement, anyway, he had already made up his mind, everything was done according to Blaitze's will, and it was better than bumping into it blindly.
Since Wilderness City is the closest to Songhai City, Plait's arrival made Blaise set off early, and the next morning, he became the first city lord to meet Shaoyang, and their arrival surprised Shaoyang.
The nearest city lord and the farthest city lord would not arrive so early, but they didn't expect to be the first to arrive, and they were two people together.
In fact, there is no need for Shaoyang to meet these city lords one by one.
But these two were the first to arrive, and Blaise had already taken refuge in himself, and Shaoyang was not good for them to chill, but fortunately he didn't have anything to do, so he ordered his subordinates to invite them to the hall to wait.
After a while, Shaoyang was late, the two saw him coming, and quickly got up to say hello, the corners of Shaoyang's mouth twitched, I don't know why, every time he saw Blaize's face, he couldn't help but want to laugh, and as the fat on his face increased, it became more and more funny.
"Okay, Blaize, you are also a lonely old man, there is no need to be so polite, sit down. Shaoyang held back a smile and let them sit down, took a sip of tea and suppressed the shock before he couldn't hold back his laughter completely.
"Your Highness Xie!" Blaise smiled and secretly gave Pullet a hint of a look, "You see, I also have a certain status in front of His Highness. ”
However, they didn't dare to be as polite as Shaoyang said, and only slowly sat down after Shaoyang took a seat, only daring to sit on the chair with half of their bodies, and leaned sideways to face Shaoyang respectfully.
No, I can't help it, Shaoyang finally held back his smile, and when he saw Blaize's fat body sitting on only half a chair, he almost didn't squirt out directly.
"You better sit down for me, don't break a good chair. ”
Blaise writhed a few times as if he had been amnestied, and the whole person sat firmly in the chair, which not only saved himself, but also saved Shaoyang.