Zhu Jun was secretly frightened, but his face was silent, he laughed dryly and said to the elder of the Black Karen clan: "Elder at such an age, how can he climb that peak, although he is a descendant, he has some strength to ask himself, and he will never dare to let out such wild words, it is better not to make this kind of joke." ”

Toulon glanced at Zhu Jun with contempt: "Later, you will go with me, I Toulon has lived for more than sixty years, what do you do with a little doll, you Han people only know how to play treachery, depress the native products of our people, sail across the sea to sell at a high price elsewhere, but they are not the opponent of our brave Hekren warriors." ”

In Tuwacheng, most of the maritime merchants are Han Chinese, they bought local products, and then went overseas to sell at a high price, unexpectedly caused the contempt of the elder, this trade was originally to take risks, since it is a business, naturally it is to buy at a high price, sell at a low price, these natives themselves have no ability to do business, but blame others. But thinking about it, the politeness on the face is still needed, Zhu Jun still has a smile on his face, and said: "No matter where people are, there are loyal and treacherous, both kind people and cunning people. Do the elders dare to say that the Karen must all be good people? ”

Toulon blushed slightly, and said with a squeak: "I can't argue with you Han people, your tongue is too powerful, do you want these iron filings, if you want, go with us." ”

Zhu Jun didn't want to argue with him on this issue, and said: "You have to let me bring some silver taels to make some preparations, you wait here, and when my partner comes, we will go together." ”

"Okay, then wait." Toulon glared at Zhu Jun, obviously still a little unhappy, but he endured it at the thought that he could exchange those useless iron filings for silver in exchange for the daily necessities in the cottage, and he was not polite, and said a few words to a few clansmen around him, and more than a dozen people sat cross-legged on the side of the road, looking comfortable.

Soon, the guard came with thirty or forty soldiers, and in their hands there was a large urn, and everyone saluted Zhu Jun before placing the large urn in front of the people of the Hekren tribe who were sitting cross-legged on the side of the road.

Zhu Jun couldn't help frowning and said to the guard: "I just asked you to call a few more people, why did you call so many?" With such fanfare, I'm afraid everyone in the village already knows about it. ”

The guard said: "This is also to ensure the emperor's safety, and the small one who went to command Zhang only said that the emperor needed a few stout soldiers to do some work, and did not say that he wanted to travel far." ”

Zhu Jun nodded, the Black Karen people on the other side had already opened the porcelain urn in front of him, and a pungent aroma of porridge overflowed, and the Black Karen people wanted to eat it, but they were stopped by the Toulon elders' chattering, and the man glanced at the rice porridge in the porcelain urn with a regretful face, and forced his head to turn his head away and stop looking at it.

"Since the elder is here, he has prepared some light breakfast, why don't you eat it?" Zhu Jun was a little annoyed, he originally saw these natives rushing the mountain road all night, and kindly invited them to eat porridge, but he didn't expect to get their white eyes, but he was a serious person, but he didn't want to tear his face, so he only asked lightly.

Toulon turned his face away, not daring to look directly into Zhu Jun's awe-inspiring eyes, and responded, "We are not hungry. ”

Zhu Jun saw that the guards around him had shown a look of dissatisfaction, and hurriedly said: "Since you don't eat, take us to your tribe, business is important." ”

Toulon nodded, said a few words to the people sitting on the ground, and everyone stood up together, led by a few naked strong Karen men, and marched along the path.

After walking for half an hour, the group arrived at the foot of the mountain, and the Karen people who led the way in front turned back to Toulon and chirped a few words, Toulon nodded, and turned to Zhu Jun in Chinese: "You should be careful, although there is a trail to climb this mountain, it is still dangerous and abnormal, you should be careful, if it is broken, it has nothing to do with us." ”

Zhu Jun nodded, raised his eyes and looked at the peak, the peak actually penetrated the sky, the dense woods on the peak were layered, like a sea of clouds, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

"The emperor's precious body, let's go back for the time being, and the little ones can go and see the goods." The guards on the side quietly attached to Zhu Jun's ears and whispered.

Zhu Jun wanted to nod, but suddenly caught a glimpse of Toulon on the side looking at him with contempt, and couldn't help but arouse his ambition, this group of Karen people can go, why can't they go, life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky, what is there to be afraid of.

"No need, I have given orders to the heavens, how can I care about these small mountains, Elder Toulon, you let your people lead the way first, let's hurry up."

Toulon glanced at Zhu Jun strangely, turned his head and commanded the leading clansman, who nodded and led the way first.

The slope at the foot of the mountain is not steep, but this so-called mountain road does make Zhu Jun and others suffer, the weeds along the road are more than one person high, the Karen people in front of them are walking while waving long sticks and constantly hitting the grass on both sides, in order to frighten the insects and snakes hiding in the grass, the huge dead trees on both sides stretch their branches, and if they are not careful, they will cross the bodies of Zhu Jun and others, and go straight for half an hour, the mountain road is getting steeper and steeper, and the road that originally only needs to be walked with feet is gradually replaced by limbs, making Zhu Jun discouraged.

However, those people of the Karen tribe walked very fast, as if walking on flat ground, and left Zhu Jun and others behind in a moment, they were still mocking Zhu Jun at first for not walking on the mountain road, and gradually later, seeing that Zhu Jun and others were clumsy and heavy, they still gritted their teeth and insisted, and they couldn't help but go a little contempt, and they would be willing to take a hand when they encountered some steep places.

After walking like this for an hour, Zhu Jun was already tired and out of breath, and the guards on the side said to Na Toulon: "My master needs to rest, everyone wait here for a while, and then leave, how about it?" ”

Toulon was not embarrassed this time, and nodded: "It's hard for you to last so long, okay, let's rest with your master." ”

Everyone sat down cross-legged, and the guard brought a smooth stone to help Zhu Jun rest, and then rested on the side. After that, several guards took out some dry food from their arms and sent it to Zhu Jun, which was originally a food that must be brought on a long journey, including fried rice, dried beef and other foods.

Zhu Jun waved his hand and said, "Eat by yourself, I'm not hungry, but I'm a little thirsty." ”

At this time, a guard shouted: "Your Majesty, stay away, and the little one will go to the vicinity to find a clear spring." So he took his skin and went away.

The rest of the guards were obviously hungry, and each enjoyed the dry food they had brought, and the Karen people on the side saw that the guards were eating with relish, and they did not turn their heads away.

Zhu Jun's heart moved, and said to the Toulon elder: "If you don't think that this food has been poisoned by our Han people, then come over and eat it together, I see that you are really hungry, how can you eat after walking so many miles all the way?" ”

Toulon wanted to refuse, his throat couldn't help but stir a few times, only to feel that the liquid at the corner of his lips couldn't help but want to drip out, so he discussed with the tribesmen for a while, and the tribesmen just nodded, and Toulon said: "Okay, I won't tell you, we haven't eaten for a whole day, just waiting to be able to sell you some iron filings and silver to exchange for some food, since you want to invite us to eat, then you are welcome, from now on we will treat you as a friend and be a guest of our tribe." ”

I haven't eaten for a day, and I'm still walking so fast on the mountain road. Zhu Jun was greatly impressed, he gave the guards on the side a look, and the guards understood, and they took the extra dry food and sent it to the feet of Toulon.

Toulon shouted, his people gathered around him, each picked up the dry food and devoured it, like a wind and clouds, a moment of effort, the food was eaten clean, Toulon licked his lips unsatisfied, and was polite to Zhu Jun a lot: "Distinguished friend, I feel your generosity, from now on you will always be the most noble guest of our Black Karen tribe,"