In addition to farming, villagers near the county seat will be relocated to the county seat, and after the autumn harvest, every grain will be transported into the city.

Once the barbarians invade, they will lock the city and fight a war of attrition until the barbarians run out of food and have to retreat.

Relying on the city, they have stood for generations in this not very fertile land, and have been wrestling with their uneasy neighbors for hundreds of years.

When Lu Xu entered the city, he couldn't help but look around at the inner and outer city walls, unlike Qinglong City, there was not so much coercion here, but it gave people a more vicissitudes than Qinglong City.

The people of Hongxian County are optimistic, as long as they are Daqi faces, they are very enthusiastic, especially when they come to business travel.

They Hongxian County except for buckwheat, wheat, beans, almost nothing, there is only basic handicraft industry in the city, everything has to go to Qinglong City to buy, usually there are no big caravans, in and out of the south gate is only their local three or five small caravans.

Yonggu County in the north is even worse than them, and they have to come to their Hong County to buy goods.

As soon as Lu Xu's mighty men and horses entered the city, they were surrounded by the people at the city gate.

The more he walked into the city, the more difficult it was to move an inch, which made Lu Xu very nervous, for fear that someone would take advantage of the chaos to steal things and grab things.

When the people of Hongxian County heard that he was going to Yonggu County, they didn't say anything, so they smiled and stopped the car and didn't let it pass.

Lu Xu thought, it is really sweet and helpless to have such a guest in the city.

After continuing to travel north for five or six days, they finally arrived at Yonggu County.

Looking at Yonggu County, which looks similar to Hong County, Lu Xu burst into tears, the sky, it's finally coming!

Liang Shanbao laughed and teased him: "Yonggu County has arrived, and it is still far from our camp!" ”

After resting for the night, buying and exchanging some buckwheat, wheat and beans, Lu Xu sent away several waves of people who wanted him to stay in Yonggu County and not venture north.

The magistrate in charge of resettling the military households also personally came to persuade them to stay in Yonggu County for a few more days, and then go north with them when the army escorted the military households to the north arrived.

It's a pity that the top team left two days ago, and the next team will have to wait for another eight days.

It's all in Yonggu County, where is Lu Xu willing to wait.

He asked Lu Qing and Chen Lian if they could travel north on their own.

Lu Qing: "We didn't plan to rely on others to protect us. ”

Chen Lian: "So many veterans, enough. ”

Lu Xu put his mind at ease.

He spent half a day at Yamen to thank him, and politely exchanged names with local businessmen and large households who had found him, and reached a verbal agreement on cooperation amicably.

Regardless of whether the other party takes a fancy to his goods or is purely kind, Lu Xu wants to be friendly with the Yonggu people.

This is the terminus of his trade route, the most important link in the whole road.

After finishing his interpersonal work, Lu Xu also raced against time to inquire about the housing prices in Yonggu County.

It's a big market!

Nearly one-third of the people in the county live in the county, who doesn't need food, clothing, housing and transportation?

They set out from Yonggu County, crossed the Qianjiao Mountains, and went to Qiu Hu's camp.

As soon as they crossed Qianjiaoling, Lu Qing and Chen Lian, who had been very calm all the way, quickly strengthened their vigilance.

Lu Qing even sent someone to the front to explore the way, looking like he was a scout.

The people who had come with him before were skilled in business and began to act, Lu Xu saw them gesticulating to each other a few times, and the five of them ran away in different directions.

Lu Xu: "......"

He is worthy of being a veteran who has been disarmed and returned to the field, and he is so proficient in business.

Lu Qing reloaded the whole team, compressing the distance between the front and rear, he and Liang Shanbao opened the road in front, Chen Lian and Luo Chun pressed the formation in the rear, Lu Xu was thrown back into the middle of the convoy, in order to prevent him from being shot by bows and arrows, Lu Qing did not let him sit in the mule cart, but let him walk in two mule workshops to ensure that he was covered in all directions.

Even if the barbarians sneak attack, he can crouch down and drag something from the car as a shield to block it.

This formation made Lu Xu also scared.

At night, Lu Qing patrolled according to the arrangement of the army.

Lu Xu was not in the mood to cook well this night, so he found a baked cake to fill his stomach and slept with his clothes.

The next day they saw the sheep from afar, and the barbarian herdsmen in the midst of the flock also looked at them from afar.

The large meadow north of Qianjiaoling was originally a place for their grazing, but now it belongs to Daqi.

Lu Xu didn't want to make trouble, and the other party didn't seem to want to make trouble either, the two sides looked at each other from a distance and remained vigilant, and the caravan moved forward at full speed.

Just in case, Lu Qing sent more people to suppress the formation.

Fortunately, a day has passed, and it is still safe.

At noon on the third day, a large cloud of smoke and dust rose in the distance, and a troop of cavalry rushed from the north.

The caravan stopped in place and set up a defensive position, and everyone drew their weapons and began to stand guard until they could see the armor on the horseback, and Oki's red armor gleamed in the dazzling sunlight.

Lu Xu saw the size of the leader from a distance, and he and Liang Shanbao spoke out almost at the same time: "Brother Tiger! "It's Brother Tiger!"

Chapter 143: Camp

Qiu Hu and his entourage galloped over, rushed to Lu Xu's caravan without slowing down, and ran around the caravan twice before getting off the horse with a smile.

"Brother Lu, long time no see!"

"Xiao Lu, have you grown taller again?"

"Oh no, I didn't even look at him the first lap."

A group of people laughed and teased Lu Xu.

Lu Xu said angrily: "Of course I can't see the mule covering me, could it be that I want to grow taller than the mule?!" ”

"We're going to catch the mules with stones!" Uncle Tan was not ashamed.

Lu Xu heard the sound and searched for someone, almost didn't recognize it.

Uncle Tan, who used to be black and thin, turned out to be stronger than when he was separated last time.

Lu Xu blurted out: "What did you eat?" Did you steal and eat other people's sheep? ”

Uncle Tan laughed, "I can't even eat!" ”

Qiu Hu and Lu Qing, who was standing at the front of the team, finished greeting each other, and walked towards Lu Xu, and the calloused big hand slapped Lu Xu on the shoulder, and Lu Xu was almost photographed, "Brother, long time no see!" ”

"Brother Tiger!" Lu Xu didn't see it, went up to a bear hug, touched Qiu Hu's armor, his eyes lit up and swallowed, "This is so handsome!" Brother Tiger, you look more heroic! ”

Qiu Hu's old face turned red, he was very unaccustomed to Lu Xu's unsubtle enthusiasm, he also hugged Lu Xu awkwardly and patted Lu Xu on the back, "Let's go, it's not safe here, let's talk while walking." ”

"Good!"

The caravan was escorted by cavalry, and the atmosphere was relaxed.

The guys who took turns to be scouts also returned to the team, chatting with Qiu Hu's cavalry while walking, asking about the situation here, and chatting about the situation in Guanyang.

Qiu Hu didn't ride a horse anymore, and led the horse to accompany Lu Xu and Lu Qing on foot, "A few days ago, the new military family in the village said that they met a caravan from Guanyang on the road, I guess it's you, you should have arrived a long time ago, why is it so slow, but what trouble did you encounter on the way?" ”

"No, no, it's me who delayed in Dengzhou." Lu Xu said crackling as he walked, briefly talking about how to open a tea shed and buy a shop in Dengzhou all the way, and the only beautification was to meet Chen Lian to suppress the bandits.

In Lu Xu's mouth, the bandits are persecuted by life, Chen Lian is meritorious in suppressing bandits, and now the former prodigal son does not change his money, and the latter persuades people to improve their merits, anyway, they are all very good people, and everyone will be a family in the future.

Chen Lianhe and the bandits from Menliang County, who were still in the team, listened silently, no matter what Qiu Hu felt after hearing it, they were so ashamed that they felt uncomfortable anyway.

As a result, Qiu Hu actually bowed his hand to them after hearing this, "You are Lu Xu's friends are my Qiu Hu's friends, and cooperating with Lu Xu is cooperating with my Qiu Hu, don't dare to say it elsewhere, if you encounter any trouble in Qianjiao Lingbei, come to me Qiu Hu at any time!" ”

Everyone hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, Qiu Baihu is polite." "We all rely on Boss Lu to take care of us all the way." "Once upon a time...... Once upon a time...... Uh......"

Lu Xu said thoughtfully: "The hero doesn't mention the courage of the year, look forward from now on!" ”

Qiu Hu nodded approvingly.

All the "heroes" burst into tears, and they all wanted to get into the cracks in the ground.

Chen Lian hurriedly changed the subject, "Qiu Baihu, you said that the road is not safe, but the barbarians have moved?" ”

Qiu Hu smiled: "They don't dare, but they can harass and rob military households and small traders passing by." Sometimes lone soldiers will also be harassed, they are fast, skilled in horsemanship, familiar with the terrain of Qianjiaoling, some stubborn hatred of our Daqi people, will secretly release cold arrows. ”

Lu Xu asked, "Can't you care?" ”

Qiu Hu shook his head, "Unless they are caught red-handed, they will not recognize it, and they will forcibly go to their camp to arrest people, and if they don't do it, there will be conflicts." Shangfeng makes us value harmony. ”

Lu Xu silently guessed whether the imperial court wanted to adopt a soft policy towards the barbarians or was afraid of pulling the whole body, so he accidentally started fighting again.

However, Qiu Hu's hundred households are not easy to do.

Even if they are willing to value peace, if there is a conflict, and their own people are wronged, the soldiers below will definitely not do it.

Daqi finally won the battle, is it difficult to let his subordinates lose?

When he finally arrived at the camp, Lu Xu found that his mouth was like a light, good and bad spirits, a group of Daqi people were scolding the barbarian herdsmen, each side was holding weapons, respectively, hoes, hammers and other agricultural tools and grazing tools such as horse poles and whips, and they were spitting in two languages, and the Daqi soldiers who were pulling in the middle were obviously pulling the shelf, and from time to time they yelled threateningly at the barbarian herdsmen.

In the middle, the translator is also impressively Tan Shishi, who has grown half a head taller.

Before Lu Xu could hear what was going on, the two sides started fighting with a roar from the translator.

Lu Xu: "......"

Hey, it's worthy of the north, and the folk customs are really fierce!

When the soldiers on duty in the battalion saw that the fight had started, they walked over in a strange way, stepped forward in a hurry, knocked them with wooden sticks, and scolded them in two languages: "Don't do it!" Whoever fights will be locked up as coolies! ”

Lu Xu asked, "What are they doing here?" ”

Qiu Hu's expression was vicissitudes: "Either the barbarians' sheep ate our seedlings, or we ate the sheep that ran to the farming area, or they lost their cattle, or their cattle abducted our cattle, or else...... Trade miscalculated yesterday? ”

Lu Xu: ???

He didn't understand, and he was shocked.

He pointed to the crowd over there who had been beaten and moved to the battlefield and insisted on dividing the winner: "Just adjust like this? ”

Lu Qing said a fair word for Qiu Hu: "Just adjust it like this, this is the Lunlan clan, the Lunlan clan respects the strong, and when it is unreasonable, as long as you can win, the winning side is the truth." ”

Lu Xu: "......"

Lu Xu was amazed, seeing that group of people were coming in their direction while fighting, Lu Xu panicked, and hurriedly asked, "Do we need to get out of the way?" ”

He didn't want to be implicated in the goods he had worked so hard to ship, and if it was really damaged, wouldn't it be possible that he would also fight and ask for compensation?