Chapter 121 Earn while walking
All this is thanks to many Mo family members, who have the habit of recording mountains, rivers, rivers and seas when they walk around.
When I heard the news that Juzi was in Bashu, the Mojiazi from all over the world traveled thousands of miles to Bashu, and basically walked the road to Bashu in various countries.
Bashu is far away from Zhao, about 1400 kilometers. The king of Qin ordered reinforcements to Fencheng, a distance of about 1,000 kilometers.
According to the calculation of 30 miles a day for an ordinary army, it will take 2 months to arrive.
The Qin soldiers' individual ration reserves were 50 days, so they were destined to replenish supplies for the journeys they passed.
The king of Qin slammed the door, and even the Shu soldiers had to bring their own food, so they couldn't count on him at all.
So......
"Lady!" Meng Shu suppressed the excitement in his heart and saluted respectfully to many fish.
Many fish looked at Meng Shu's sparkling eyes, but they understood the excitement in his heart very well: "The army will only camp here for one night, and when it reaches the big city ahead, it will stay for a day. ”
"Thank you, lady!" Meng Shu almost jumped up, and hurriedly went out of the camp to tell the people of the Chamber of Commerce about it, and hurried to sell the goods.
That's right, many fish allow caravans in the Chamber of Commerce to follow them all the way.
What is this concept? It is equivalent to the trip of the Chamber of Commerce, as long as you don't encounter enemy troops, you will be safe and worry-free!
Of course, it's not for nothing, you have to pay protection money......
This is also more suitable than hiring someone yourself, the caravan is the lady's own business, and it will not be embezzled. Not necessarily, if you hire someone......
"Great! Hurry up and sell! ”
"There are some small villages around here, and they can take out practical things, cloth and salt in wells and so on."
"But, my lord, if it touches the interests of the local tycoon......
Some members suffer from it, and sometimes the goods brought over the mountains and mountains are obviously extremely high in the local price, and once they sell them at a reduced price, they will be forced to sell them to Haoqiang at a low price.
A companion next to him poked his head: "Who dares to make trouble with us?" Look how many troops this is? ”
"The Qin people naturally didn't dare. But this way will rub the border between Chu and Wei, and they are now forming an anti-Qin coalition army. ”
Meng Huo chuckled: "You know a lot." It's okay, they are more afraid of us entering the country. ”
During the day, caravans followed the army. The speed of the army is not fast, they can keep up.
When the army stopped camping, the caravan was reluctant to waste time, and immediately took out the goods and scattered them to sell, until the sun completely set, and then returned with torches.
Sometimes I was too lazy to set up camp, so I slept with my clothes.
With so many people in them, the beast naturally didn't dare to attack.
"How do you sell this pheasant?" Some soldiers were really greedy, so they asked the caravan for a price.
"Hey, I exchanged it with the villagers. If you want to eat, I'll give it to you. The people from the Chamber of Commerce smiled and complimented.
When the soldier heard this, he turned around and ran away like a merchant who was a beast of prey.
The people of the Chamber of Commerce...... What's the situation? I didn't hear the drums of the emergency assembly.
It's just that the soldier really couldn't bear this meat, and after standing eight hundred meters away from the merchant for a long time, he stomped his foot and went into the shack to pull Wu Chang back.
The merchant's heart beat a drum: "My lord, I didn't offer a high price. ”
Wu Changheng glanced at his subordinates, and his subordinates smiled flatteringly.
It's just that they all came out of a stockade, who doesn't know his virtue?
Wu Chang said in a rough voice: "I already know what happened. There are eight disciplines in the army that do not allow us to take other people's property for personal gain. You just make the normal offer. ”
The businessman was stunned, eight disciplines?
"3 money."
Wu Chang's eyebrows were erect, and the merchant instantly knew what Wu Chang meant, and hurriedly explained: "This pheasant was given by the villagers as an additive. It's really not expensive. ”
Although coins are widely used, bartering is still customary in many regions. The salt of the caravan was urgently needed by the villagers, and it was much cheaper than official salt, so it was naturally very popular.
As for whether it is private salt, if you don't say it, I don't say it, everyone doesn't say it, who can know?
If you are in a hurry, it's a big deal to cover up a roll and flee to another country.
When the soldier heard that it was only three coins, he did not hesitate to take out a small sack from his belt and count out three copper coins and put them in the merchant's hand.
The merchant looked at the soldier carrying a pheasant, was scolded all the way by the Wu Chang, and then looked at the coin in his hand, and didn't know what it was like.
"What's wrong? Bullied by the soldiers? The companion asked worriedly.
The little money that small businessmen make is really hard to earn.
The merchant looked confused, and his tone wandered: "Not yet." He gave money, and there were eight disciplines in the army. ”
The merchant looked at his companion with heat: "You say, in this world, is there really a soldier who does not rob?" ”
For ordinary people, natural disasters are disasters, wars are disasters, and soldiers are disasters.
Sometimes, the soldiers themselves are more terrible than the death of war.
But the companion didn't believe it: "Our caravan is the caravan of the female monarch!" Which of them doesn't know this? ”
A glimmer of light flashed in the merchant's eyes: "It's been so long on the road, don't you know if you look all the way?" ”
"You're not stationed in the next town?" The caravan will not follow many fish to Fencheng, but will leave a group of people to do business when it arrives in a large city.
After selling the goods, you can choose whether to return by yourself or with the army. Most of them will choose to return on their own.
The merchant said categorically: "No, I want to follow the female monarch to Fencheng!" ”
The army marched slowly, and green corn seedlings had grown in the fields next to Qianmo.
The sparse peasants bent over the fields, straightened up to rest for a while, but saw an army approaching from afar.
The peasants were stunned, and as if they had seen ghosts, they hurried back to the village.
On the rest of the way, the gates of several villages passed by the army were closed.
The peasants hid in their huts, opened a small slit, and looked at the soldiers in strange armor with horror and horror through the cracks.
I was afraid that they would trample through the fields, but no one dared to come out to stop them.
This is the reaction of ordinary people when they see Qin Jun, and there is no such thing as a welcome in the middle of the road. Although the Qin army was very strict in inspecting the head, all actions were given priority to the convenience of marching.
Trampling on the fields is a common thing.
But unexpectedly, this group of Qin soldiers would rather go around the distance than trample on the fields.
When a baggage truck drove by and accidentally overpowered the seedlings, a few soldiers would stay behind and carefully lift the seedlings up.
Whew!
A group of soldiers drew their swords and walked cautiously towards the small mud pit in the field.
"Come out! Who is it?! ”
Although the Ba people speak Qin, they have a thick accent, and it is difficult for unfamiliar people to understand what they are saying.
"Boom." Two children, covered in yellow mud, hugged each other tightly and looked at the fierce and vicious pawns in fear.
"My son ......" A peasant couple clenched their lips and teeth and burst into tears.
At that time, the two children were playing in the field, and when they ran away, they were nowhere to be seen, thinking that they were hiding in a neighbor's house, but they fell into a mud pit?
The peasant woman closed her eyes in despair, she was over 30 years old, gave birth to 7 children, 4 boys and 3 girls, 3 died of illness, 2 died of starvation, and there were only two seedlings left in the family......