After the rainstorm came to an end at noon on the second day, the caravan repaired for a while, hoisted the "Shenghe" flag, and walked on the muddy road to Yufengguan.

Yufeng Pass is the largest pass of the "Three Passes" in Bingzhou, there are 5,000 Zhenbei troops stationed all the year round, and the guards are heavily guarded, and the caravans that want to go out of the customs need to go through strict and meticulous inspections, and there are even a few prohibited items to be imprisoned and examined.

Tea and silk are the most lucrative businesses in Beimeng, but if ordinary people want to go out of the customs to do business, it is impossible without a strong relationship.

The caravan leader Gu Baichuan was able to work from scratch for more than ten years, relying on persistence and hard work, and to this day, Gu Baichuan, who was not cared about back then, and even refused to give gifts, has now called some lieutenants in Yu Fengguan brothers.

Arrived at Yufengguan is already evening, Yufengguan is located in the gap between two steep mountains, in the dark like two giants guarding the country, the area is not large, only the size of a town, although there are people living in it, but the people are not as many as the army, the implementation of military management, there is no chief executive.

Entering the pass, there was a person riding a horse with several entourage, Chu Zhao looked at the line, it was a school captain.

Gu Baichuan saw the visitor, smiled, and first came to a big hug, it seemed that the two of them were very concerned.

Chu Zhao couldn't help but treat Gu Baichuan differently, and he was able to bother the captain of the border pass to greet him, this person's energy in this place should not be underestimated.

The lieutenant of the border pass cannot be compared with the lieutenant of the state and county, the rights and treatment are extremely high, and the lieutenant of the prefecture and county cannot beat him, and if he goes down to the locality, at least the officer will be promoted by one level.

"I'm tired of Brother Sun. ”

"Old friend, I heard that the eldest niece is here, let me see if it is as good as you said?"

"Shuangshuang has seen Uncle Sun. ”

Although Gu Shuangshuang had never met Captain Sun, he had heard his father mention that he had been friends with his father for more than ten years, and he was very polite.

Captain Sun looked Gu Shuangshuang up and down, and said regretfully: "It's over, it's over, I originally thought about asking for a daughter-in-law for that kid in my family, but I didn't expect that the eldest niece to be so smart, that kid doesn't have this blessing." ”

"Huh"

"Brother Sun's words are too modest, Ling Lang has been a ranger for many years, but he has slaughtered a lot of Northern Mongolian barbarians, and his future is immeasurable, so my girl is not blessed. ”

Seeing Gu Baichuan praising his children, although Captain Sun waved his hand modestly, he still couldn't hide his pride.

The ranger is a sentinel, roaming the border to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, doing the most dangerous work, as long as he survives, which one is not promising?

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Captain Sun said, "Leave tonight?"

"Leave tonight, you know that the weather is too hot during the day, and you can only go out at night. ”

Captain Sun nodded, and then led everyone to continue to the exit gate.

When they arrived at the gate, the soldiers guarding the gate simply checked the goods and let them go.

Walking out of the pass, Gu Baichuan hugged his fists and said, "Brother Sun, you and I will have a good drink when we come back." ”

Captain Sun laughed and said, "It should be like this." ”

Yufeng Guanwai and Guannei are completely two worlds in Chu Zhao's eyes, although Guannei is not as beautiful as the southern mountains and rivers, green trees, green trees and green mountains can still be seen, but the wind and sand are bigger, outside the Guanxi is different, it is completely a Gobi with no end in sight, except for the sand is craggy and strange rocks, especially under the illumination of the moonlight, it looks particularly desolate and cold.

One level apart, a world of difference.

The temperature in the Gobi was very low at night, but fortunately, the caravan had already prepared, and after Gu Baichuan and Captain Sun said goodbye, the team lit torches and hurried away at night.

The Gobi in this place is called the Gobi Desert of Tota Banner, with an area of 500 miles, belonging to the territory of the Tota Banner tribe, but in fact it is a three-regardless zone, because the climate here is too bad, the temperature difference between day and night is very large, the sun is directly exposed during the day, and it will be dehydrated in less than two or three hours, and it needs to be wrapped in cotton clothes at night to barely drive away the cold.

In addition to the terrible climate, this place is full of vicious insects and poisonous snakes, if a bite can not be treated in time, it is enough to kill in an hour, not to mention that there are thousands of horse bandits and robbers in the Gobi Desert of 500 miles, most of them are refugees, deserters, wandering outlaws, criminals and other people gathered, and they do all kinds of evil in these three areas.

The Gobi Desert in Tota Banner can be described as a "natural and man-made disaster".

Such harsh environmental conditions represent "high risk and high profit".

Gu Baichuan has made two trips a year, and the profits of the two trips together are a hundred times that of the Central Plains, and such a high return is enough to make any businessman with the word "profit" risk his life.

The harsh climate environment made Gu Shuangshuang, who was going out for the first time, very uncomfortable, and after being excited, the whole person was relieved, his spirit was sluggish, and he shrank in the carriage all day long, for his daughter's situation, Gu Baichuan had no good way, he could only grit his teeth and persevere, and he would get better when he arrived at the destination.

And what surprised Gu Baichuan in the middle was that Chu Zhao, who looked weak and had fine skin and tender meat, was not affected by the surrounding environment, especially after observation, Gu Baichuan found that Chu Zhao didn't even sweat during the day, and many years of experience told him that he had looked away before, and the young man in front of him who was more handsome than his own daughter was not a simple person.

Gu Baichuan was observing Chu Zhao, and the same Chu Zhao was also observing this kind-hearted caravan leader.

Gu Baichuan has official relations in Yufengguan, and in this Gobi Desert, he has an incomprehensible network of relationships.

The Gobi Desert in Tota Banner is a three-regardless zone, horse bandits are in trouble, and the main source of livelihood for horse bandits is those caravans who trek through mountains and rivers to do business in Northern Mongolia, but they encountered several waves of horse bandits along the way, but Gu Baichuan easily dealt with and resolved them, almost no major losses, and even during the conversation, some horse bandits had a bit of incomprehensible respect for Gu Baichuan.

A caravan leader who eats both black and white.

The rest of the team knew Gu Baichuan very well, and it was not surprising that Chu Zhao was not easy to speak as an outsider, but his daughter Gu Shuangshuang couldn't help but open her mouth to ask the reason.

Gu Baichuan explained with a smile: " You may not believe it, ten years ago I had saved a person in this Gobi Desert, this person only had one breath left, I was soft-hearted, others said that it was not enough, no need to save, I wanted to try, so I took him, this guy was also hard all the way, but he did not lose his breath to Taqi Town, and finally came back to life after recuperation in the place, and learned that this person was actually an exiled nobleman of the Tota Banner tribe, this person was named Tuobai, because he was exiled, he ran to the Gobi Desert of Tota Banner. ”

"This person said that he wanted to repay me, but at that time he didn't even have the whereabouts of the next meal, and I didn't take it seriously, and when he left, he left a hundred taels of silver to do his best, but who would have thought that this person was really capable, and in just one year, he actually became the leader of the largest horse bandit gang in the Gobi Desert, and in order to repay the life-saving grace of the year, he said that as long as I took Sheng and the firm, I could be unimpeded in the Gobi Desert in Tota Banner, which is why the owner has let me run this line for so many years. ”

When Chu Zhao heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: This is the so-called good people have good rewards, right?