A merchant heading to Lucheng?!

Hearing this news immediately lifted Chen Yulou's spirits.

It is important to understand the mountains, rivers and rivers of southern Yunnan.

Even if it is the Tusi Mansion that has been sitting in various places for hundreds of years, it is not as good as those horse gangs.

Thousands of years.

Forcefully stepped out of an ancient tea horse road with both feet.

Two months ago, when they crossed the Shalong Mountain in front of Nanjian City for the first time, they lost their direction several times in the vast dense forest, even if they had a map, it was useless, and finally they followed a merchant gang to successfully arrive.

Now, again, I heard the news of the Arima gang passing by.

How could Chen Yulou not be surprised?

"Have you seen their banners?"

"There is a stone ......"

Yuan Hong scratched his head and recalled carefully.

"Stone?"

Chen Yulou frowned, and then muttered to himself.

"Could it be the Shiping Merchant Gang?"

Since the Jin Dynasty and the Hui Merchants withdrew from the historical stage of the Southern Yunnan Horse Gang.

In the past 100 years, a total of four major merchant gangs have emerged, namely Shiping, Xizhou, Heqing and Tengyue, also known as the four major horse gangs.

These people are staggering and intertwined.

Not to mention the friendship with the Tusi Mansion in various places, each family has private soldiers, unless the brain is in the water, no one wants to provoke them.

Of course, there are not no ruthless people in the horse robbery gang.

But he only dares to stare at those small households, or the poor bottom.

The four major merchant gangs dared to take a second look, but they didn't know how they died.

"Is the team big?"

All ethnic groups in southern Yunnan live together, and the surname Shi is not nothing, just in case, Chen Yulou added.

"Okay."

"There have to be a hundred and ten."

This time, Yuan Hong replied extremely quickly.

Before going down the mountain, I saw from a distance that the horse team set off from the village at the bottom of the mountain, and it was estimated that it was the night I borrowed in the village last night.

Yuan Hong didn't dare to stay longer.

After a glance, he hurried back.

"One hundred and ten people, that can't be wrong, it should be the people of the Shiping Merchant Gang."

Chen Yulou nodded, no longer delayed.

"Go, go back to the camp, and let the brethren bury the pot and cook as soon as possible, catch up with the caravan as much as possible, and leave after them."

The map of the left family of Nanjian City.

It's still a legacy of decades ago.

It's okay in the general direction, but it's a lot worse in terms of details.

The horse gang is different, they just rely on this to make a fortune, and it is the ability to eat through the mountains and rivers.

Often, if you don't walk for a few days, you may be able to earn an extra amount of money, and it's right to follow them.

“…… Okay, host. ”

Yuan Hong didn't expect that he would be so decisive and agreed in a daze.

The two of them are one in front of the other.

Quickly return the way you came.

Along the way, Yuan Hong wanted to speak several times, but when he saw that his master's body was like smoke, he almost never stopped, and he had to swallow back the words that came to his mouth.

Until I entered the ancient town.

It finally had its chance.

"Master, well, freshly picked fruit."

Taking off a cloth bag, Yuan Hong carefully handed it over.

Looking at the bag of bright red wild fruits, Chen Yulou was stunned, and then suddenly came back to his senses.

In order to separate it before, it seems that it did say something.

"Okay, I'll try it."

I picked a few and threw them into my mouth, and when I bit it gently, a stream of sweet and sour juice suddenly bloomed on the tip of my tongue, a bit like the taste of cherry tomatoes, but the sweetness was better.

"It tastes okay."

I got up early in the morning to practice and explore the path, but I didn't eat much.

Now a few wild fruits are in his stomach, which makes him feel like he has an appetite.

"It's all on both sides of the valley, and if the owner likes it, I'll pick some later."

Seeing this, Yuan Hong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Grinning.

"I'll talk about it when we get down the mountain."

Chen Yulou nodded.

As he spoke, he grabbed a handful of wild fruits from his bag and walked through the ancient town, and when he arrived at the camp, people had already woken up one after another.

Let's talk a little bit about the situation.

A group of people dared to hesitate and immediately got busy.

Pack your luggage, brush the horses and feed them, and make a fire to cook.

The whole camp was filled with the smell of fireworks.

In less than half an hour, everyone who had eaten and drunk enough set foot on the trip again.

Cross the dragon pond and go all the way down the mountain along the creek.

Longtan Village is built by the mountain and lives by the water. ，

In the village, Yi and Han live together, and there are almost thirty or forty families at a glance, most of which are two-story stilted buildings.

Because there are horse gangs passing by all the year round, those mountain people are very familiar with the bartering system, and they are not too hostile to them, and warmly invite them to enter the village to exchange things.

But.

Chen Yulou was anxious to catch up with the horse gang in front.

In addition, in the team, except for the bright utensils that are food, how can there be any materials in exchange.

politely rejected their intention to dump mountain goods.

I asked about the team in the morning.

Really.

As he guessed, it was the Shiping Merchant Gang.

However, the Shiping Merchant Gang is not a family in charge, but a behemoth created by countless Shiping people who go west, relying on their shoulders and backs.

In addition, Shiping goes to the west, because the goods are different.

As a result, the four major portals of the Tea Gang, the Salt Gang, the Tobacco Gang and the Department Store Gang were formed, and these people were collectively referred to as the Shiping Business Gang.

According to the meaning of the villagers of the village, that team was engaged in the tea business.

In various parts of southern Yunnan, they sold wild mountain tea and returned to Zhenyue, that is, the ancestral land of the Shiping merchant gang, and processed it into tea cakes, and then sold them to local toasts along the ancient tea horse road.

It is worth mentioning.

The world-famous Pu'er tea was cultivated by the people of the Shiping Shang Gang.

It has also made Zhenyue the core production area of the six major tea mountains of Pu'er tea.

Thanks to the mountain people of Longtan Village.

Chen Yulou and his party hurried along the road they pointed out all the way to the east.

Follow the map route.

From Longtanzhai to Lucheng, you need to bypass a large section of the route, and it takes about three or five days before and after.

But.

Follow the words of these people.

The trip is estimated to be cut in half, to say the least.

galloped all the way, and finally caught up with the caravan after more than two hours.

The horses' hooves are thundering in the mountain road.

The team ahead had already noticed it.

Especially seeing that they were strong and strong, and they were full of gangsterism, they stopped their defenses early, and one by one they were like facing a great enemy, carrying knives and guns, thinking of using the natural dangers in the mountains to block them.

Seeing this situation, Chen Yulou didn't understand.

This is clearly treating them as robbers.

Immediately waved the team to stop.

Then ride forward yourself.

He is dressed in a green shirt, plus he is in a high position, and he has an outstanding temperament.

He also has the ability to spit lotus flowers.

After negotiating for less than a moment, he had already gained the trust of the tea gang.

This tea gang does belong to Shiping.

I heard them say that the shopkeeper's surname is Che.

Chen Yulou immediately understood that Cheshun Tea House was a big merchant who had been famous in southern Yunnan since the former Qing Dynasty.

It is said that the person who founded Che Shun was both civil and military.

In the following year, he entered Beijing to catch the examination, obtained a degree of tribute, in order to repay the court's kindness, he specially served the homemade tea of Che Shun, it is said that the Emperor Daoguang drank the dragon face and gave a golden plaque, and at the same time named him as an example of a tribute jinshi, and gave the official clothes and hats.

I asked.

Sure enough, the man who handed over to him nodded again and again.

The little vigilance that was left has vanished.

"Brother Chen is planning to go to Lucheng?"

Che Hancheng is the leader in charge of this tea gang.

It is also the old man of the Che family today.

This mountain road is he led people to open up, originally it took five or six days to walk Lucheng, he was young and skilled, bold and big, with a few porters dared to break into the mountain.

To know.

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The Tuzhai people have always been hostile to outsiders.

A few people dare to climb over the reckless mountain, how many people can compare to this courage?

The key is that he really did it in the end.

Not only to find a shortcut.

Along the way, various cottages were also opened by him.

It is because of so many that the mountain people in this area almost only recognize the signboard of Cheshun.

"Immortal Lake, to be exact."

Hearing him ask, Chen Yulou smiled.

"Our brother was in Nanjian City before, and I heard that the scenery in the lake was wonderful, the best in the world, and there were immortal ruins, so I thought about going over and having a look."

"The view of the fairy lake is really good."

Che Hancheng is in his fifties, and he is playing with a snuffbox in his hand at the moment.

"However, the lake has not been peaceful in the past few years, Brother Chen, you have to go, it is best to see the situation and decide whether to go into the water or not."

"Not peaceful?"

Keen to catch the word.

Chen Yulou's eyes lit up, but a different color flashed, and he was just curious.

"There are also people in the Shiping Gang who go over there, I heard that in the past few years, there were often lightning and thunder on the lake, the waves were like mountains, some people drove boats across the lake, and saw an ancient city, and there were even people living in it."

"Of course......"

Two clouds of smoke floated out of Che Hancheng's nose.

Under the guise of a pretense, he waved his hand.

"Although this matter is in an uproar, no one knows whether it is true or not, anyway, Brother Chen, what about you, just listen to me."

"Thanks for the handlebar reminder."

Chen Yulou also shook his head with a smile.

But there was a little doubt in my heart.

The ancient city of Xianren Lake, this rumor did not happen overnight, it has existed since ancient times.

If memory serves.

In later generations, a scientific expedition team went to the lake and indeed found a lot of ruins and broken walls, which are said to be traced back to the ancient Dian period.

It's just that......

They went to Fuxian Lake this time, not for the ancient city under the lake.

Instead, he ran for the dragon.

I don't know if it's good or bad?

Because the people of the tea gang were also in a hurry to go to Lucheng to collect tea, the group simply rested for a while, and then continued on the road without delay.

And with them leading the way.

The time has been cut by more than half.

On the third day, two converging teams, with nearly 200 people, crossed the mountain, and suddenly opened up in front of them, the Yuanjiang River, the Yuxi River and the Naxi River, where several major rivers converged.

An ancient city also appeared in everyone's sight.

Compared with the Amizhou, Nanjian City and Duyun Cave seen along the way, Lucheng is definitely a rare big city.

The city wall of several zhang high, like the green mountain daiwai, riding on horseback and looking into the distance, countless private houses are lined up one after another, there are both Han-style halls in the city, and there are tantric pagodas again.

It is worthy of being one of the important cities on the Ancient Tea Horse Road.

Lucheng has absorbed the styles of various ethnic groups.

But the integration is excellent.

There is no sense of abruptness and incongruity.

At the city gate, most of them were merchants and horse gangs, but it was completely different from the south stream, and everyone entered and exited in an orderly manner, and there was no sign of blocking the robbery.

"It's okay here in Lucheng."

"The taxes collected from us businessmen every year are enough to support, so Yu Xiaomin doesn't have too many demands."

seemed to see the surprise of Chen Yulou and his party.

Cha Hancheng explained.

In these years, salt, tea, and iron are the focus of taxation.

And the Shiping Horse Gang is doing this kind of business.

The tax paid to the cities along the route every year is a sky-high figure.

He said it with ease, but his heart was dripping blood.

But it can't be helped.

To do business on other people's turf, you have to abide by other people's rules.

This is a no-brainer.

No matter how distressed you are, you don't have a choice.

"I see."

Chen Yulou nodded.

Then it was as if something had come to mind.

"Oh yes, handlebar head, thanks to you all the way, so how about I invite you to drink a thin wine today?"

"Brother Chen is polite."

Cha Hancheng shook his head.

"I'm afraid this trip won't work, we still have to go to the states and counties below to collect tea, the time is urgent, and it is estimated that we will have to leave soon."

"In such a hurry?"

Chen Yulou, who was still looking at the ancient city on the other side of the river, looked incredulous.

Along the way, the Cheshun horse gang hardly rested.

I thought that when I arrived in Lucheng, I would have to stay all night.

"Summer tea will last for a month or two, and when the rainy season comes, you can't go into the mountains to pick it, you can only rot on the trees."

Cha Hancheng shook his head.

Although there are four seasons tea in southern Yunnan.

But in fact, spring tea and summer tea can be sold at a price, and autumn and winter tea are too old, except for making loose tea dumpling cakes and selling them to those mountain people, there is hardly much market.

He wanted to rest, too.

But the family is urging tightly.

Since coming out in May, more than a dozen horse gangs have to travel all over southern Yunnan, and there is no room for sloppiness.

"Then take a sip of tea......

"It's really unnecessary, Brother Chen's mind I know, they are all Han Chinese, it's not easy to go out, if you have the opportunity, Che Mou sits in the village, and you must not get drunk and not return!"

"That'...... Listen to the handlebar head. ”

The words have come to this, and Chen Yulou can't say anything more.

I could only watch a group of people bypass Lucheng.

Go south along the Yuxi River.

Although it has only been a few days, Chen Yulou can be regarded as having seen the hard work of the Shiping Merchants Gang, which is worthy of replacing the Jin Merchants and Hui Merchants in just one hundred years.

There is a ruthlessness in his bones.

I went out in May and came back in August.

Wandering for months at every turn.

The key is that this is only the tea gang, but also the salt gang, the tobacco gang and the goods gang.

In the past few hundred years, he has traveled all over southern Yunnan step by step.

"Shopkeeper, are you still going into the city?"

Seeing him standing by the river, just silently watching the river roll down, looking preoccupied, the red girl couldn't help but catch up, and a trace of worry flashed in her eyes.

"No need."

"Send a few brothers to replenish the supplies, and the rest rest on the spot.

"Also, go to the docks and look for boats going to Immortal Lake."

Chen Yulou shook his head.

From the ancient city to Xianren Lake, it is less than 100 miles.

And compared to the rugged mountain road, this boat trip is much easier.

"Okay."

The Red Maiden took the order and left.

A few people were found to go into the city, and the rest rested in place, and in less than half an hour, the men rushed back.

At the dock, the Red Girl has also found a boat.

It is also a three-story nine-masted zygote ship.

Drive the horse to the bottom layer.

They went to the second floor to rest.

When the sails are raised, the big ship carries the team across the blue river.

I ran around for several days in a row.

The guys have already gone to rest in the cabin.

Only Chen Yulou was alone, standing at the bow of the deck with his hands in his hands.

Holding a phalanx in his hand.

It was the dragon molt found from the Jiaolong Cave Mansion.

These days, he has been pondering, since it is a dragon, it must contain dragon energy, and the dragons in the world are crazy when they hear it.

And the Fuxian Lake they went to on this trip.

According to Bhamo's description, combined with the black Jiao suppressed under the ancient scripture building, it is speculated that there is a high probability that the time limit for taking the water dragon has arrived.

Over the years, the lake has been making waves and flooding in all directions, and maybe it is trying to walk through the water.

So.

There is no one possibility.

Use Aoki Gongzhong Beast Control Technique to subdue it, and then use this dragon as a guide to help it turn into a dragon.

And then......

Isn't there a dragon and a phoenix around you?!

(End of chapter)

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