Chapter 233: Meeting (Part I) (Guaranteed Subscription 2)
Li Ji still didn't get any news from the mouth of this shopkeeper in the end, this Liang San made it clear that he didn't want to communicate with him, Li Ji was not reluctant, but he could see that this Liang San must not be an ordinary person, at least he is not a reckless man in this conversation, he must have seen the world.
Liang San didn't want to talk to Li Ji, but there were actually a lot of people in this city who wanted to find a chat, and Li Ji quickly got what he wanted to know, such as the Huo Ci River that flowed from the south side of Akcheng City, which was indeed not available before!
According to the words of these people in Ake City, it was caused by Huo Gang's divine power, Li Ji actually didn't believe in the immortals, although he didn't know the reason, but he didn't want to believe that it was caused by divine power, but anyway, this river did appear because of Huo Gang's appearance.
And it also appeared because of Huo Gang, and the grasslands on both sides of the river also grew up after Huo Gang appeared.
In addition, all the more than 100,000 people in the entire Tongluo tribe have migrated to the upper reaches of the Huoci River, not only the Tongluo tribe, but also Yiwu City and Loulan City, at least 10,000 or 20,000 people have migrated here, including these Turkic people to distribute cattle and sheep, and he inquired about the fields.
To tell the truth, after listening to these measures, Li Ji was really impressed, not to mention anything else, even if this Huo Gang was above the court of the Tang Dynasty, this must be the talent of the prime minister! It can be said that it is the pillar of a country! These measures can be implemented in many places in Datang.
Of course, Datang is rich and rich, and the implementation is certainly not as easy to operate as he is, but you can't deny the excellence of these policies themselves.
After getting what he wanted, Li Ji left here directly, and he couldn't go back too late, now that Huo Gang had opened the Huoci River Valley, their caravans could go directly to the Huoci River Valley, and he would probably be able to estimate Huo Gang's potential after seeing the Huoci River Valley.
But even now, from what he knew, he knew that Huo Gang's strength was far stronger than what Longxi Li and An Xinggui had reported!
There was nothing to say all night, and as soon as it was dawn the next day, the people of the caravan got up, and they soon began to continue to set off, the Black Mountain checkpoint that was originally on the edge of this Ake City has been revoked, and this is all within Huo Gang's territory, so it is useless to keep this Montenegrin checkpoint.
But as they continued to walk, the land on both sides of the river had completely changed, to be precise, the pastures on both sides had changed, and the grasslands they had seen were the most common ones, and there were all kinds of wild grasses on them.
But now, all the obvious growth on either side of them had small lilac flowers, and these grasses, which were more than a foot high, were all alfalfa grass.
Li Ji knows alfalfa grass, as an excellent pasture grass for cattle, sheep and horses, alfalfa grass has sprouted throughout the middle and native roots since the Han Dynasty, but Li Ji has never seen so much alfalfa grass! What's more, such a large area, a large area of endless alfalfa grass, so Li Ji doesn't know how to describe it.
It is true that these alfalfa grasses are not food, but in reality, this alfalfa grass is no different from food! Because they are excellent pastures, for the Turks, this is food! Because having good pasture means that they have more sheep, more people, and stronger horses!
Li Ji immediately thought of the excellent war horses that Huo Gang sold to Datang, I am afraid that it is because of these alfalfa grasses that Huo Gang can cultivate so many excellent war horses.
Unlike the roads they had taken before, there were almost all these alfalfa grasses on both sides of their roads now, and even Li Ji noticed that some alfalfa grasses had even grown on their paths, if it weren't for the fact that there seemed to be people walking on this road, these alfalfa grasses would have grown long ago.
But although there was no alfalfa grass, there were a lot of weeds on the road they walked on, so the road they walked on was green even where the ruts had been pressed.
After another half a day, there was finally a crowd ahead, and at an intersection they passed, a simple wooden sign was set on the side of the road, which said that next to it was a village called Tianfu Village, and continuing in the direction of Black Mountain City.
"In this way, let's go to this Tianfu Village to exchange it first, if there are also food stamps here, and they are willing to exchange it for us, then we will divide the villages behind us into different convoys and go to different villages to exchange them." Zhao Qi quickly made a decision.
Naturally, the others had no opinion, and all of them turned to this village called Tianfu Village, in fact, they didn't go far to see Tianfu Village from a distance, because there were no crops around, and they saw a large piece of felt tent built there from a long distance.
The tents were clearly set up in a very regular manner, and as soon as they approached, some Turks rushed out of the village on horseback.
"Who are you?" The Turk who took the lead asked.
"We're a caravan, and we're here to exchange for some food stamps." Zhao Qi hurriedly spoke, he can be considered to have figured it out now, just say what the purpose is.
"Oh, that's right, then you come in, how do you exchange it? I heard that it is 3 yuan a kilogram of grain? The Turkic man who took the lead asked.
"This brother, to tell you the truth, this price is like this for us near Yiwu City, but we are transporting grain from Yiwu City so far, so we really can't exchange it at this price, and we are now 7 yuan and two kilograms." Zhao Qi hurriedly began to complain.
"Hey, I said that you are not open at all, do you have to pay attention to fairness in business, you said that you are 6 yuan and 2 kilograms over there, and 7 yuan and 2 kilograms here, you are not fair. You're not fair, if we don't redeem it, will you have to pull it back? ”
"If you pull this grain back, it won't be a loss of more money, so you will have 6 yuan and 2 kilograms, and we will exchange it with you. We have a lot of food stamps at home. The Turkic man spoke directly.
Zhao Qi: "......"
Zhao Qi was a little speechless, he had done business with the Turks, but when did the Turks become so shrewd? It's just that what this man said is right, Zhao Qi thought about it, 6 yuan is 6 yuan, relative to their profits, this price is naturally acceptable.
"Good! This strong man is happy enough, then 6 yuan and 2 kilograms! Zhao Qi simply agreed.
The next thing was simpler, much smoother than Zhao Qi imagined, not only the grain, but also some of the salt they carried and so on were exchanged a lot.
After coming out of Tianfu Village, looking at the food stamps in his hand, Zhao Qi was a little excited, the number of these food stamps exceeded his imagination, which meant that their harvest this time would be very large, and it was estimated that they could receive a lot of food stamps.
All the food they brought out this time was all exchanged, and it shouldn't be a problem.
The distance of the next village is not far, but this time they did not all go to the next village, but the entire convoy was completely separated, according to the previous village, Zhao Qi arranged enough convoys to go to different villages, and explained that they would go directly forward after the exchange, and gather in Hewan Town in front.
Zhao Qi had already inquired that there was a town in front of them, called Hewan Town, because the Huo Ci River formed a huge bay in that place, so it was named so. Leaving the rest thoroughly, Zhao Qi himself went directly to Hewan Town, in his opinion, there should be more people in Hewan Town, and he brought so much food over, it should be basically exchanged in Hewan Town.
Almost in the evening, Hewan Town had already appeared in Zhao Qi's sight, but Zhao Qi was a little disappointed, looking from a distance, although Hewan Town is said to be a town, the population seems to be no different from those villages, and it is basically composed of felt tents, which is different from the town he imagined.
But thinking about it, Zhao Qi was quickly relieved, after all, this place had just been formed not long ago, and these Turks couldn't build houses, they must all be felt tents, which was nothing bad.
It's getting late today, and although the town of Riverbend can't be redeemed, it can also rest here. But just as they were heading to Riverbend, there was a dull sound of horses' hooves ahead.
"The shopkeeper is a cavalryman, a large number of cavalry." Li Ji reacted as soon as he heard these voices, and he immediately spoke.
"Everybody stop, pull over." Zhao Qi hurriedly spoke, he didn't let the caravan do anything like defense, because he knew that there were no horse thieves here, but there were no horse thieves, but there were cavalry, which must be cavalry belonging to Huo Gang.
Therefore it was better for them to get out of the way, and all the men who were driving the carriage immediately stopped the carriage and pulled aside, and they all dismounted themselves and held the reins of their horses, lest the pack horses be startled by the running of the horses.
Soon, a neat column of cavalry in the distance appeared in their sight, and when they saw those cavalry, Li Ji had already prepared in his heart, but he still couldn't help but take a deep breath.
All-over white horse and white armor! It's really like Gongsun Ce's white horse Yicong during the Three Kingdoms period, those war horses are all top war horses, and it can be seen from the speed of the opponent's horses that these cavalry obviously belong to light cavalry, they carry at least two pots of arrows, carry Turkic bows, have long knives around their waists, and are also wearing white Mingguang armor.
I just don't know how they dyed this color, and how much does it cost?
The speed of the other party is too fast, so fast that Li Ji has an unacceptable feeling, you must know that the cavalry wearing Mingguang armor is not light, but these war horses ...... It's really good horses...... You can do whatever you want!