Taqi Town, one of the destinations of the "Shenghe" caravan.

Taqi is a very small town, originally an oasis, because of the water source to gather into a small town.

This town is a place where dragons and snakes are mixed, there are all kinds of people from all over the world, the most are merchants, there are thousands of shops in the small town, not counting some of the traders who do small business, in this place you can almost buy special goods from various countries, and even have enough money, even military contraband can be bought.

Nominally under the control of the Tota Banner tribe, the actual control is not in their hands.

The "Shenghe" caravan on the five-hundred-mile road from Yufengguan to Taqi Town walked for ten days, and there was no danger all the way because of Gu Baichuan's black-and-white relationship, and there was no loss.

However, there was a small episode in the middle, which caused Gu Baichuan's father and daughter to have a dispute, and Gu Shuangshuang ignored his father for two days.

The reason is that when they were close to Taqi Town, they met the horse bandits who were plundering a small caravan, and the small caravan resisted, and there were casualties on both sides, but the horse bandits were ruthless and cruel, and there were many people, and they quickly killed the guards hired by the caravan, and the next scene Needless to say, the horse bandits carried out cruel slaughter and plunder in order to vent.

Gu Baichuan and other caravan elders have long been surprised by this kind of thing, originally the horse bandits saw that there was a big fat sheep coming, and they wanted to attack, but when they saw the name of "Shenghe", they didn't make a move, but threatened to let them leave quickly.

Gu Baichuan led the team away without saying a word, turning a blind eye to the small caravan that was attacked, which caused Gu Shuangshuang's strong dissatisfaction, thinking that his father could have saved the small caravan by virtue of his relationship here, but he was indifferent, thinking that his father would not save him when he saw death, and he was alone, which was not the work of the eldest husband.

Fortunately, Chu Zhao, who couldn't bear the blood flowing, made a move to deter the horse bandits, so that the few remaining people in the small caravan were spared, which not only impressed Gu Shuangshuang, but also shocked the "Shenghe" caravan, it turned out that this "little white face" was a real master, and a little respect rose in his heart.

Most of the people in the caravan have been doing business here for many years, and they have seen a lot, and they also have a lot of understanding of cultivators, although the methods used by Chu Zhao are not the most powerful ones they have seen in their lives, they can also be called "masters".

With such ability at such a young age, everyone was very curious about Chu Zhao's identity, but Chu Zhao didn't say it, and everyone was embarrassed to ask, so as not to cause unhappiness.

After this incident, Gu Shuangshuang admired Chu Zhao and at the same time put a cold face on his father, Gu Baichuan had his own difficulties, and his daughter said it in vain when she was angry, so the father and daughter fell into a cold war, and there was no easing until Taqi Town.

Regarding this matter, Chu Zhao completely understood Gu Baichuan.

With the ability shown by Gu Baichuan, relying on the support of Tuobai behind him, he naturally had the ability to stop the plundering and slaughter of the small caravan by the horse bandits, but doing this kind of thing would only bring trouble to Tuobai.

The horse bandits in the Gobi Desert in Tota Banner rely on businessmen to survive, and you rely on someone behind you to meddle with idle people, if you manage more of these things, how can the horse bandits survive?

Seeing it once and for all, the horse bandits may have scruples at first, but after a long time, sooner or later, sooner or later, the butcher's knife of the horse bandits will fall on the head of the "Shenghe" caravan.

How much power to manage how much things.

Because of a life-saving grace, Gu Baichuan has been doing business here for more than ten years without danger, if this kindness is diluted because of his misconduct, how will he do business in the future?

Businessmen, even if they are kind-hearted businessmen like Gu Baichuan, actually take "profit" as their code of conduct.

Good things can be done, but only if they do not harm the interests of others.

For example, bringing Chu Zhao here, by the way, is also kind.

But you must not cross the line, every place has its own rules of survival, Gu Baichuan just found a single-plank bridge to walk, where can he have the ability to meddle in things?

The most important thing for a person to recognize their own abilities is to recognize them.

Chu Zhao has a very good impression of Gu Baichuan, not only because he helped him, but also because he has a very bottom line in dealing with people, and he knows how many catties and taels he has, so that such a person can go far and live a long time.

Chu Zhao also wants to be such a person, but it's a pity that he has been doing things like "hitting stones with eggs" all his life, and he is very tired of living, but he has to do it, because there are some things in this world that he knows he can't do.

This is the bottom line of being a son of man.

When they arrived in Taqi Town, Chu Zhao should also be separated from Gu Baichuan and his party, because the roads after that were different, they had to continue to the northwest after selling a batch of goods in Taqi Town, heading to the second destination, Tosheri City.

Tosheri City is one of the main towns of the Totaqi tribe, and Gu Baichuan wants to sell the best goods directly to the nobles to make the greatest profit.

Chu Zhao's destination was the Tianshan Mountains, so he had to go straight north, but he didn't tell them.

Originally, Gu Baichuan wanted to take Chu Zhao to take a safe trip to see the bad situation here, so that he would retreat, and finally returned to Dafeng with them, but two days ago, Chu Zhao tried his skills, so that Gu Baichuan put his previous thoughts behind, and this young man who couldn't see the depth obviously had no need to worry.

After resting overnight in Taqi Town, Chu Zhao said goodbye and left, because Gu Baichuan wanted to contact some old customers who had cooperated for many years, so he did not come to see him off, only Gu Shuangshuang, who had an awkward quarrel with his father, and two guards accompanied Chu Zhao to the north gate of the town.

"Thank you three for sending each other, let's say goodbye. ”

Chu Zhao led the horse to stand at the gate of the town and thanked Gu Shuangshuang and the three of them.

The two guards had seen Chu Zhao's strength, and they had a lot of respect for Chu Zhao, and solemnly said goodbye, while Gu Shuangshuang was a little reluctant, looking at Chu Zhao nostalgically and said, "Can't you stay for a few more days?"

The two guards smiled when they heard this, along the way, as long as they were not blind, they could see that Gu Shuangshuang liked Chu Zhao, but Chu Zhao had always kept a distance between friends, which made Gu Shuangshuang very disappointed.

For their own young lady likes Chu Zhao, the caravan is also very understanding, in terms of appearance, the people who have traveled south and north for many years have really never seen anyone more optimistic than Chu Zhao, even the old men underestimate it in private, envy and jealousy, not to mention that Chu Zhao not only has a good skin, but also extraordinary skills, personable demeanor, and talent.

Let's not mention the future for the time being, but for a girl like Gu Shuangshuang, the lethality is absolutely fatal.

"This time the teacher focuses on traveling, and there are some important things on the body, but they can't be delayed. Chu Zhao refused with a smile, and then said something for Gu Baichuan.

"Miss Gu also has to understand Uncle Gu's hardships, it is not easy to wander outside, you can be a good person, but you can't be a bad person, what you can do is the way of life. ”

Gu Shuangshuang was a little uncomfortable when he heard this, not that what Chu Zhao said was wrong, but because Chu Zhao was two years younger than her, it was inevitable to be embarrassed to let someone younger than him preach.

"I knew my father's distress, and I didn't get angry anymore. ”

Gu Shuangshuang lowered his head and muttered.

Chu Zhao smiled, and was about to ride his horse to say goodbye, when suddenly there was a thunderclap in the distance, the earth shook, and at a glance, he saw dust flying in the distance, raising an earth dragon, and a large group of people and horses went straight to Taqi Town unscrupulously.