Chapter 7: The War Horse Arrives
Wang Gang came to the city wall with 19 people.
Looking at the sky full of snow, the mountains in the distance were covered with a layer of silver light.
It's been three months since I came to this world, and the memories of staying in that world are slowly fading. It's time to plan how you're going to survive in this world.
looked at the people around him, all of them looked resolute, but their eyes were blank. But Wang Gang looked at them with a hint of affection, maybe they didn't belong to this world in the first place.
It's just that I came here for some reason, and my identity is different.
Wang Gang turned his head to look at the people in front of him.
"We are the same"
The people seemed to understand Wang Gang's words, and his confused eyes had a little more determination.
After speaking, he glanced back at the valley outside Yanmen Pass, and took the people to the wooden house in the pass.
On snowy days, the people rest in their huts.
Seeing Wang Gang bringing more than a dozen people, they were all surprised. These people are very fresh, and they don't look like they are from Mayi County.
"Lao Li Tou, these are the villagers from Taiyuan County, the heavy snow covers the mountains and can't hurry, you take them to find a wooden house to settle down"
"Yes, it's the little general"
Although the people were puzzled, they didn't dare to ask more.
Heavy snow fell for three days and three nights.
Everywhere is white.
The snow stopped.
Wang Gang commanded the people to clean up the snow in the pass.
Suddenly, the soldiers of the city walls rang the gong.
A soldier hurriedly ran to Wang Gang's side and said.
"The general has a situation, the Huns are coming"
Wang Gang was shocked when he heard this.
"Let's go, let's see"
After speaking, he followed the soldiers to the city wall.
Looking from the city wall, in the valley in the distance, a group of men and horses came towards the Yanmen Pass. In less than a moment, he came to a stop more than fifty steps outside the city wall.
Wang Gang roughly counted them, and there were sixty or seventy people.
The leading general rode his horse and took two more steps forward.
Looking at Yanmen Pass from afar, he did not give the order to attack.
Although Wang Gang and the others only had twenty soldiers, now that the weather is freezing and the snow is covering the mountains, it is not a wise choice to attack the city, and Wang Gang is not worried.
The Hun leader came closer. Said in broken Chinese.
"The general in the city, it is snowing heavily, and many cattle and sheep in the clan are freezing to death, can you borrow some food for the winter?"
Wang Gang was stunned for a moment after hearing this, is this here to borrow grain, or is it a trick. Besides, he didn't have much food, it was quite sufficient, but it wasn't a few days ago that he got a dozen people.
He's a little stretched himself.
"There is no surplus food to lend to the leader in the pass, and the leader still chooses another way"
Wang Gang replied.
The Hun generals were disappointed for a moment, apparently expected. A few days ago, you were a mortal enemy, but now you want to borrow food, how can it be.
"I don't know if the general can be accommodating and let our people go to Mayi County to buy some food"
After speaking, the leader of the Huns arched his hand at Wang Gang.
Wang Gang secretly scolded a bad pen, you are stupid to me. Who doesn't know about the fake way to kill the tiger.
"It's a matter of the safety of Mayi County, I can't agree, you should retreat as soon as possible, otherwise don't blame the sword for having no eyes" Wang Gang's tone was cold.
The Hun general's face was gloomy but helpless, there was no difference between ordering an attack and sending him to death, and the life of the whole clan was between his thoughts.
"We are willing to exchange twenty war horses for twenty thousand catties of grain"
The Hun leader gritted his teeth and said.
The Hun soldier next to him hurriedly dissuaded, but he waved his hand.
Wang Gang was also stunned when he heard this.
A Hun war horse can be sold for 100,000 yuan.
Twenty horses is 2 million Wen, and there is still no market.
20,000 catties of grain is only 300,000 yuan.
"I was impressed by the price offered by the leader, but now that the snow is closing the mountains and the roads are difficult, there is no way to buy food."
Wang Gang thought about it but refused.
"Twenty-five," said the leader.
"Deal."
There's no reason to say no.
Although the mountains are covered by heavy snow, it is difficult to go to Mayi County to buy grain and transport it.
But he has a redemption device.
It's just that cutting wood in the snow is a bit laborious. I can't care about that much now.
He wants to quickly accumulate strength, and next year the world will be in chaos. It's about how to trade, both sides don't trust each other.
"I don't know how long it will take the general to buy food, but it's not a secret, there is no food in the clan anymore."
"Now the snow is heavy and the mountains are closed, and it takes three days to go back and forth." Wang Gang was also not sure whether this was the trajectory of the Huns, and subconsciously postponed the time.
The leader of the Huns was a little worried when he heard that the three days.
"Can the general get some grain out of the pass first, I'm afraid the grain in the clan won't last for three days?"
Wang Gang pretended to ponder for a while before slowly speaking.
"Yes, but at most 5,000 catties of grain, the leader must give 15 war horses first."
Wang Gang deliberately said harshly, so as to test the Huns.
"Okay, I promise you, I don't know how the general is going to trade"
The leader of the Huns was also refreshed.
Wang Gang was also worried about this matter, how to trade, Yanmen Pass was obviously a short silence, only the whistling sound of the north passing through the valley.
"You put your horses outside the gate, retreat three miles, and come in an hour to get food."
The Xiongnu soldiers hurriedly dissuaded them, and if the Han did not keep their promise, they lost 15 horses in vain.
The leader of the Huns thought for a while.
Said a good word. He left 15 horses and left with the Huns.
He had to gamble or hundreds of his people would starve to death.
Wang Gang was also stunned when he saw the Huns leaving happily. It seems that the Huns really ran out of food.
Watching the Huns go away, he arranged for someone to open the city gate and bring the horses back to the pass. Wang Gang also wanted to get these 15 war horses for nothing, but later thought that it was unnecessary.
Maybe you can buy war horses from the Huns in the future. Besides, if the Huns are in a hurry, the net will be broken, and the soldiers in the customs will inevitably be injured.
Later, he arranged for someone to pull out 5,000 catties of grain from the warehouse and put it outside the customs.
Half an hour later, the Huns came from afar. Seeing the grain placed outside the gate, he thanked Wang Gang who was facing the city wall.
It was agreed that the rest of the grain would be taken after three days. Wang Gang's heart was relieved.
All we have to do now is to find a way to gather 15,000 catties of food. There are less than 10,000 catties of grain in the customs.
The only way is to redeem it. Then Wang Gang arranged for all the people to continue the logging.
I wanted them to take a break, but it seemed impossible.
Although the mountain is covered by heavy snow, there are many people, so it is no problem to clear a road slowly. Now there are nearly 70 people, and the efficiency of logging is a little faster than before.
More than 60 units of wood were cut down in three days, and Wang Gang sold the timber and bought 4 units of grain
barely scraped together 15,000 catties of grain.
handed over to the Huns, and exchanged for 10 war horses. The grain in the warehouse is less than 1,000 catties.
It can only be eaten by everyone for a few days. Wang Gang had no choice but to continue to let the people continue to cut wood. Fortunately, there are now more than a dozen people who have exchanged their own money.
Wang Gang put them in charge of transporting the timber, and the others were in charge of cutting it, and for a while the people had no doubts.
Besides, as long as you can eat enough every day. They didn't care what Wang Gang was doing with so much wood. In this way, more than ten days passed, and Wang Gang successively exchanged more than a dozen units of grain from the exchanger.
The previous deficit was made up. On this day, the weather was fine, and Wang Gang took two people to ride war horses and returned to Mayi County.
Wang Gang rode a horse for the first time, and he didn't dare to gallop, but just let the war horse go slowly.
Fortunately, the war horse is relatively docile.