Bao Qing nodded, very curious about this dragon.

"Zhang Long followed the last general three years ago, and when he went to the battlefield, he wore heavy armor and held a Mo sword, which was very brave." Li Qing said again.

"Good!" Bao Qing said, "We will determine the contact point, and the official will arrange someone at the contact point to be responsible for contacting the news." ”

Bao Qing looked at the map on the desk, stretched out his hand to draw a circle in the northern part of the besieged site of Cao Xi, and said: "This official left people in this location, we don't have much time, there is no need to explore too far, as soon as we find the location of the grain road, we will come to report." Finally, everyone needs to be safe. ”

"Yes, sir!" Zhan Zhao and Jin Wandao responded in unison.

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In the winter grassland, the grass withered, perhaps because of the cold, there were no people or animals in this grassland. At this time, a burst of sand and dust rose in the distance, and more than a hundred horsemen galloped over, led by Bao Qing.

"My lord, everything is normal ahead!" A detective came to report.

Everything is normal, and the 100 cavalry can run away. But the one hundred and ten people galloped together, and the dust raised was too big, and it was easy to be exposed, so Bao Qing spread three waves of scout horses and kept scouting ahead.

"My lord, there is a supply point not far ahead, called Croton Village, which is a Han village, and my subordinates have been here once. Shall we go in and have a look? Zhang Long asked.

Bao Qing nodded, and instructed the generals of the dynasty to rest in place for the time being, while he took Zhang Long and Cao Yun, with two horse-drawn carriage attendants, and ran to Croton Village together.

Bao Qing was dressed as a dusty business traveler at this time, and Cao Yun on the side was like a little daughter-in-law, followed by a coolie Zhang Long.

The village of Croton is not large, about 20 households, and most of the villagers who come and go are fierce and brave, and even the children who are playing are playing with a wooden knife.

"This brother, are you here to buy croton? I still have some stock at home, let's go, follow me to have a look! A middle-aged man saw Bao Qing looking around from time to time, so he stepped forward to talk.

"Croton? Sorry, we don't! Thank you! Bao Qing then remembered that this village is called Croton Village, is it that every family grows Croton and sells it?

"Oh! That brother is here to supply water and food? If you don't sit at my house, it's windy outside! "The man was very enthusiastic.

Bao Qing also wanted to find someone to understand the situation, so he followed the man into the house.

Bao Qing looked around, it seems that this person's family is not bad, there is still pickled mutton hanging under the eaves, the lid of the rice tank is a little broken, and you can see that there is half a pot of rice below.

"Heh, my mother-in-law came to the door with her children, and no one boiled hot water. Brother, you are a merchant from the Song realm, right? ”

Bao Qing was a little vigilant, not knowing the purpose of this man's question, so he said: "We are indeed a business trip from the Song realm, and we originally wanted to rush to Yizhou to pour some valuable goods back to trade." Who knows, there are a lot of soldiers and horses along the road, and I am really a little afraid. ”

"Brother, don't be afraid, as long as you have the identity of a businessman, you will be welcomed everywhere in this Liao realm. It's winter now, and there is a shortage of all kinds of goods in Liaojing, so I don't know what goods my brother has brought? Maybe I can help sell it! I'm familiar with this Yizhou, and there is an older brother who runs a shop there. ”

Bao Qing really didn't know that the villagers in such a small village were so keen on business. I couldn't help but ask curiously, "Big brother, let me ask something." In your croton village, are you all growing croton? But as I remember, croton doesn't seem to be easy to grow in the north. ”

"Haha, what my brother said is that there is a big medicine store in Yizhou called Baicaopu, and we specially planted it and sold it. Their medicinal herbs are very complete, even more complete than those of your Great Song Dynasty. There are basically no villages around here where you can grow croton, only we can, because there is a spring in the east of our village, and it is very warm there. We grind croton into powder and sell it to them at a high price. ”

Bao Qing nodded when he heard this, I see.

"Brother, did you bring any goods with you this time? Can you take it out and take a look? ”

Bao Qing had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, if he didn't have any ideas, he dragged Bao Qing into the house like this, Bao Qing really thought of the word, he was courteous and courteous, and he was either annihilated or stolen. Therefore, Bao Qing has been thinking about it for a long time.

"Tea, can you take a look?" After Bao Qing finished speaking, he took out two bags of tea from his pocket and put them in front of the man.

"Tea?" The man's eyes were shining, this tea was only owned by nobles and wealthy merchants in Liaojing.

"The general's tea in the Bao Tea House?" The man was taken aback, and estimated the weight of the two bags of tea with his hand, which looked about a catty.

"How?" Bao Qing said with a smile.

The man had some suspicion in his eyes, looked at Bao Qing again, and couldn't help asking, "Brother, what are you doing?" How can there be so much general tea, this general tea is measured in gold in our place. ”

Bao Qing didn't expect that his general's tea was so expensive, and he couldn't help but secretly hate in his heart, whether he was selling it cheaply in Bianjing, so that the businessmen who came and went here made a lot of money.

"Let's tell you the truth to my eldest brother, brother, I can do such a single business, and here is all my belongings. Would you believe me if I had exchanged this tea for something? Bao Qing said a little mysteriously.

"Something? What can I get for this general tea? How did I hear my brother say that it was difficult to buy this general tea even in Bianjing in the Song Realm! ”

"Food! It's food! ”

The man was a little puzzled.

"I'll tell you the truth! I resold some grain in exchange for it. ”

"Swap it with whom?"

Bao Qing was silent.

"Brother, my name is Jia Dahu. I know that this is the first fellowship, and I'm afraid my brother doesn't want to believe it easily. It's just that brother, I want to ask, if you need help, can you bring your brother. You see, if this tea goes to Yizhou, it will definitely be sold at a good price. But I see that brother, you don't seem to be familiar with the Liao Realm. If you need it, I'll be happy to sell it for you. ”

Bao Qing pondered, this Jia Dahu is not stupid at all, he actually thought of being a second-class dealer, which does not match this burly appearance at all.

So Bao Qing pretended to be mysterious and said: "Actually, Brother Jia can get food, I'll take it and change it, and there is still a lot of general tea." You know, now Song Liao is at war, and there is a shortage of food over there. ”

"This, this is a head-killing deal." Najia Dahu hesitated.

Bao Qing quickly put the tea in his hand, immediately got up and hugged his fists and said: "Thank you, Brother Jia, you have a lot of money, and you have the opportunity to cooperate again." After saying that, he pretended to leave.

"Hey, Brother Qian! Wait, wait a moment, and let me think again. Jia Dahu said.

Cao Yun on the side was about to laugh when she heard it, there was a lot of money, and it was also a loss to Brother Bao to think about it.

This Jia Dahu is afraid that he lacks a mobile phone, otherwise he immediately contacted his brother to discuss it.

"Brother Qian, do you think this is good? You have the right to stay in my house for a few days, and I'll go to my brother to discuss! ”

Sure enough, this Jia Dahu really wanted to discuss with his brother.

Bao Qing shook his head and said dissatisfiedly: "I came to talk to Brother Jia, so I said that it was you, Brother Jia, who welcomed us into the house." We don't have time to wait, so let's talk about it next time. ”

Najia Dahu was obviously a little anxious, and said: "Brother Qian, you don't know, now the grain is really very difficult to handle, this is already winter, the grain in Liao is already small, plus the Liao army is fighting, and it keeps transporting grain from Yizhou, if we collect grain in Yizhou, we are afraid that we will be arrested immediately." ”

"It's up to you how you do it." After Bao Qing finished speaking, he muttered in Jia Dahu's ear.

"Is that really okay?" Jia Dahu is a little skeptical?

"The world is as black as a crow, who is not greedy for money! If you don't believe me, you go and ask your brother who is a businessman. ”

"In this way, grain for tea. By the way, you see, can you sell me some more croton powder? ”

"Brother Qian wants it, even if you take it, what else can you talk about whether to sell it or not!" Jia Dahu said with a smile.

Bao Qing got supplies from Jia Dahu, took a large bag of croton powder, and left Croton Village, he made an agreement with Jia Dahu to leave two entourages at his house for communication.

"Brother Bao, why do you want to exchange tea for food! What did you say to Najia Dahu? ”

Bao Qing smiled and said: "Actually, it's very simple, I asked him to buy the Liao officers, and when he escorted the grain along the way, he leaked some grain to us on the way." I'll exchange it for a certain amount of general tea. ”

"Huh? That Liao officer dares? ”

"Why don't you dare, it is said that in the Great Song Dynasty, in order to make money, some people dare to make some armor that is torn apart and Pu knives that are broken when they are knocked out and sold to the border army. Isn't it okay? ”

"Brother Bao, you are talking nonsense!" Cao Yun said urgently.

Bao Qing didn't argue with her, maybe she really couldn't remember clearly, there seemed to be such a thing in the Song Dynasty. However, everyone is the same, no matter which country, as long as there are officials, there is [***]. Therefore, whether the strategy he set for Jia Dahu is successful is really exciting.

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