Shi Luzheng wondered, not to mention how this salt is refined? What is a candle?

He saw that the Great Qin Gongzi slapped his high-fives, and someone immediately brought a tray......

On the plate was a snow-white and delicate thing, which looked like frosting, and several light brown and pink columnar things.

"Sugar?"

"Salt!"

Shi Lu didn't believe it, so he stretched out his hand, and seeing that Daqin Gongzi didn't stop it, he tried to dip it between his fingers, put it to his mouth and sucked it, and immediately opened his eyes: "Salty ......"

"It's salty! Very clean and salty! Can. How can salt not be a little bitter? And it's even better than frosting. This is your Great Qin's salt? How come we've never heard of it. ”

Zhao Zihu didn't say a word, grabbed the scabbard of the horizontal knife, and slammed it on the bulkhead behind him a few times, and the window panels in various parts of the cabin were lowered from the outside, and the hatch door was closed.

The cabin immediately fell into a situation where he couldn't see his five fingers, Shi Lugang sighed secretly, "It seems that Gongzi still can't believe us", and saw Zhao Zihu suddenly blowing the fire fold, and quickly touched a candle and lit it.

Most of the cabin was dazzlingly bright again, the glare was just the discomfort caused by Shi Lu's dark re-sighting, and his mouth was open enough to stuff two chickens: "This is a candle?" ”

"Yes, yes."

Zhao Zihu said this, making Shi Lu feel more like a dream, looking around for a while, and even rubbing his eyes.

"It's several times brighter than an oil lamp! Just、I just don't know.,What is the price? ”

"Fifty dollars!"

These words surprised Shi again: "An oil lamp is only three dollars at most." ”

Zhao Zihu smiled even more, meaning that it was obvious that oil lamps could not be compared to candles.

Mo said that now, even in the ancient times of his previous life, candles are also properly a luxury.

For example, in "Xijing Miscellaneous Records", it is said, "The king of Minyue offered 200 honey candles to Emperor Gao, and the emperor was happy." ”

In the economically developed Song Dynasty, Kou Zhun lived a very luxurious life, and he never lit oil lamps at home, only candles.

Shi Lu was not an ignorant person, so he didn't chase after him and asked, "How long can a candle be lit?" and other stupid things.

He was good at observing, and soon figured out that if such a large candle flame could be used in all its parts, at least it would not be necessary to worry about it all night.

"Then what is the price of refined salt?"

Hit the bulkhead with the scabbard again, Zhao Zihu blew out the candle, and asked Shi Lu to come over: "Our side will be ...... as a merchant on the small island in the East China Sea."

Xiang Liyue, Fat Qing'er, and several other boatmen also walked in later, and everyone had a secret discussion.

"Good! So it was decided. Lao Lu, you go back to freshen up and rest first. For specific problems, you can adapt to them at that time! ”

After the discussion, Zhao Zihu dismissed everyone, and returned to a small cabin with Xiang Liyue alone.

There are still 300 nautical miles away from the sentence chapter of "Ningbo City" in later generations, and it takes about eight hours......

Even so, this clipper ship will have to dock early tomorrow morning, and it must find a hidden place to anchor, and only put a few small boats close to the boundary of Dongou territory.

Zhao Zihu thought that the matter had come to this point, so there was no need to be anxious, and he asked Xiangli Yue's aunt and nephew to enter Dongou with him, and he also considered that they were female dependents, and it was easier to be convincing to pretend to be merchants.

This world is not a fantasy martial arts plane of "Qin Shi Mingyue", and there is no precedent for women and children to be soldiers or assassins in Great Qin and even the Six Kingdoms......

Xiang Liyue also has a little-known high-level martial arts, which undoubtedly greatly reduces the risk of this trip.

"So, why not? A few more days than originally planned......"

Thinking like this, Zhao Zihu suddenly realized that Xiang Liyue was leaning on himself, and his beautiful index finger was drawing a small circle in his heart.

"Oh. How does the husband want to behave with Yue'er? ”

Seeing such an action, Zhao Zihu felt that he was even more of a little woman than those coquettish little women in his previous life, how could he, as a man with strong blood, be indifferent, and immediately pick up Xiang Liyue......

The next day, the clipper ship was moored in the Juzhang waterway as originally planned.

Zhao Zihu, Xiang Liyue's aunt and nephew, and the other ten sailors carefully cross-dressed, and then put down the dinghy, and under the guidance of Shi Lu, they drove towards the Dahun River.

It was a rare and sunny morning, and although the mist between the mountains and rivers was white and reckless, it looked unusually rich, but it could not stop the ten thousand rays of light spit out by the red sun.

Zhao Zihu and the others raised their eyes, and occasionally they could vaguely see wisps of white clouds, like flawless white jade, floating in the sky, there was no wind sound, no birdsong, and the beasts and human voices were all dormant.

The Great Gorge River originates from the eastern foot of Siming Mountain, high in the west and low in the east, several small boats trace the source to the source, at first the line along the river is sparsely populated, and when the dense fog gradually dissipates, you may occasionally be able to see some fishermen and mountain people......

Like beavers and wild deer that are not close to anyone, they stretched out their necks and looked at the boat, and immediately threw down their work, or fled into the mountains and forests, or supported the boat to avoid the sides......

Then, in the pleasing river water, the branches of cedar, pine, and camphor trees rustled one after another, reflecting a touch of verdant and turquoise, and the yellow warbler and bamboo pheasant chirped out.

Zhao Zihu and Xiang Liyue's intuition was extremely accurate, and suddenly, the two of them noticed the movement behind the left, and the low place of the dense mountain forest seemed to have a hidden crisis, and just a moment ago, it was almost about to burst out.

Their feeling was not wrong, just where Zhao Zihu's eyes swept over, Ah Lai, who was lying in the grass, pulled back his companion A Tie, who was about to shoot: "I want to find death......

"In broad daylight! If those guys are Qin, once they find us, you will let us run somewhere. The Qin people's archery skills are much stronger than your three-legged cat kung fu! ”

Ah Tie looked furious, he stared at two squinting eyes, his long shriveled face was bruised, he held the bow in one hand, and wanted to retrieve the arrow in the other......

The arrow was newly quenched by him last night, as long as he shot it, he would seal his throat when he saw blood, but Alai actually held down the arrow body, and with Ah Tie's strength, he couldn't twist it at all.

At this time, Ah Lai and Ah Tie were ordered by the king to sneak to the river......

Because of the news that the well-digging man Lu had stumbled and fell into the sea on the cliff one hundred miles above.

Lu Ke is an iron buddy of the two kings, and there are numbers along the Dongou coast now......

Even if you can't save the living Lu, it is a great achievement to get the dead body of this buddy and go back to the errand.

Soon after the fog cleared, they didn't notice the presence of Lu on the dinghy......

And Ah Tie is born with an almost perverted hostility towards raw faces, always ignoring it, and will kill people when he sees them.

"Alai! What are you doing? The Qin people are not better, let's shoot them all, and we can make a difference with the king when we go back. The king has a good relationship with Chu, and he is extremely disgusted with Qin! ”

Alai rolled his eyes: "Ah Tie! What you said bastardly. The king called us here to save people, not to make trouble! I can't find ...... I can't find it."

"How many of these people have you met? Let's just go back and report. Who wants you to shoot indiscriminately? Is it possible for you to take down the Qin people with a few casual shots? If that's the case......"

"Chu won't be destroyed, and the king doesn't have to take us to hide in this mountain! Are you right? Saying that, Alai was more like a child, and patted Ah Tie's head with his backhand.

Ah Tie took back the poisoned arrow, but he didn't act again, after all, the target had gone with Jiang. He only muttered, "Report then," and then tucked the arrow into the pot and scratched his head.

"That's right! He's an obedient and good guy. Alais pulled Ah Tie to his feet and patted him on the shoulder again to encourage him.

The two of them then scurried like antelopes into the denser woods.

A few small boats landed in the southwest of the Great Gorge River, where the terrain was relatively flat, and Zhao Zihu and the others did not have time to land, so they asked Su Shao to personally lead people to surround the group.

"Stop! Don't move! Wow woo woo ......"

Dozens of indigenous soldiers with copper and iron axes nearby yelled at the group, and there were only two archers, one of whom was Ah Tie, who had a fierce face.

He shook his gaze first and looked around, focusing on Xiang Liyue and Fat Qing'er, and finally stared at Zhao Zihu and Shi Lu, and asked with a sneer: "Where are you waiting?" ”

Before Zhao Zihu could speak, Shi Lu took off the straw hat and shouted: "Brother! It's us, Lu Ye! We will not die in great trouble, and we will be saved by nobles......"

"Lu? It's really Brother Lu Xian! Are you all right? That's great! You say that the nobles save each other, it is ......" and the donkey was overjoyed.

But he didn't shout excitedly, but laughed with a hint of doubt, and after looking at Shi Lu seriously, he stared at Zhao Zihu again.

"I've seen the king!"

Zhao Zihu immediately smiled, shook his hand respectfully, and Xiang Liyue and the others also bowed with him with some uneven movements.

Shi Lu also made an introduction: "Brother Xian! They are the nobles who rescued us, the maritime merchants from the Ryukyu Island in the East China Sea. This is the proprietor tide tiger! ”

"Chaohu" is the name of Zhao Zihu's trip, Xiangliyue is named "Chaoyue", Fat Qinger is "Chaoqing", and the rest are all nicknamed.

Zhao Zihu was about to wave his hand again and say something, but when he saw that he shook his brows slightly, his smile became more and more natural, he strode forward, spread his hands and beckoned: "Virtuous brother!" Honorable guests! Please ......"

Zhao Zihu was frank and swaying, went ashore with Shi Lu, and shook his hands with the three of them.

"King!"

"Thank you for saving our brother's life!" The deeper he bowed this time, the more choked his voice became.

Zhao Zihu smiled: "The king's words are serious!" This is not enough to worry about. This is the inner son, this is the inner nephew! ”

He took the opportunity to briefly introduce the people in Xiangliyue, but when he saw that he was shaken, he also saw them one by one, and there was no slightest.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Virtuous brother! Let's move to the dormitory for a while......"

Even, when he saw the two big boxes moving off the boat, he subconsciously stopped and looked back: "Honored guest!" This is ......"

"Back to the king! It is a certain cargo also. ”

After listening to Zhao Zihu's answer, Fu Shao only nodded and did not ask again.

But as soon as Shi Lu pondered it, he knew that this virtuous brother cared more, he didn't know a trace, and glanced at Zhao Zihu.

Zhao Zihu actually noticed it, and he also felt that he had a good chance of winning.

Along the way, the bamboo forest spreads out left and right, the bamboo rats leap in the meantime, the butterflies and birds flutter, the sound of chickens and dogs is heard in the distance, the bamboo hut is pleasant, and several waterwheels can be seen in the "click", irrigating in the stream water.

At first glance, it seems almost the same as a paradise, but in fact, the people you meet are all skinny and bone-like, and some of them look young, but they have half gray hair.

When he arrived in front of a central square and a row house, Zhao Zihu initially estimated that there were about five or six hundred households and thousands of people in this tribe.

As for how many other scattered ones there are, it is not known.

"King!"

"The king is a good ......"

"Hello Mr. Lu!"

Although the mountain people smiled and greeted each other, and even some children ran close to chase and fight, but those eyes were dull and wary.

He summoned all the men, women, and children to the square and introduced them, "Folks! Lu, he's back. He was saved by nobles......"

"And this one standing beside us is the noble man of Lu, the noble guest of this king, and the proprietor of a maritime caravan! Folks. Everyone said, what should we do in the face of distinguished guests? ”

Under his appeal, many mountain people shouted loudly with even brighter smiles.

"The distinguished guest is here, there is good wine and good food......"

"There are singing and dancing, there are competitions!"

"Be sure to let your guests feel our enthusiasm!"

Su Shao planned to ask the mountain people to hurry up and prepare.

Zhao Zihu suddenly stopped him: "Slow! King. Something to help ......"

"Fun? Don't laugh. How can we have a reason to bother the guests! ”

Su Shao's first reaction was to smile and say so.

"Don't worry, the king. Listen to something! In fact, this thing is also a certain person who wants to give some to the king, and hopes to promote friendly exchanges. ”

Su Shao was originally curious about Zhao Zihu's two boxes of goods, and when he heard that there were actually some to give to him, he was both surprised and delighted.

But immediately, he humbly said, "No, no, no! Honorable guests. You saved this brother Wang Xian, it should be us who thank you and give gifts......"

"Why don't you see what things are before you make a decision?"

Zhao Zihu's suggestion made him even more tired, thinking to himself, this guest is really confused!

If you present things, how can this king refuse......

If we refuse, doesn't that seem to be too rude?

Su Shao also understands that if he pushes it back, it will be even more rude, and he is busy agreeing.

Zhao Zihu ordered his subordinates to open the first big box and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, please see, this is the first meeting gift from a certain person to you - refined salt!" ”

Su Shao, as well as the mountain people of the whole square, all called that big box of snow and bright salt flowers, and they were fascinated, and everyone's breathing suddenly became short.

The refined salts are not only packed in large wooden boxes, but also wrapped and covered with special moisture-proof whale skin, so that they look well-grained and pleasant at first sight.

"Fine, salt? Is this salt? Did you hear that? ”

"Uh-huh! I heard it. This guest said they were salt! ”

"Impossible! How can there be such a beautiful salt in this world? ”

(End of chapter)