With Qiao Feng by his side, an expert who walks the rivers and lakes, Zhao Ji naturally raised his doubts.

Regarding this question, Qiao Feng also pondered for a while before giving his own opinion: "The so-called martial arts is not much different from the hundreds of industries in this world, and martial arts is just the strength of a skill." Those who are obsessed may regard it as the whole of their lives, but all sober martial arts people also know that martial arts are not too mysterious, but just a skill to strengthen the body and establish a life. If you can speak reasonably, you always need truth to speak, and martial arts cannot be used to deal with all the problems in the world after all. If you rely on your courage and do not reason with others, today you will insult others with your fists and feet, and tomorrow you will die under the sword of others. ”

Although Qiao Feng did not give an answer positively, Zhao Ji could probably figure it out by himself. The so-called martial arts people are just one more skill than others, and they are essentially no different from ordinary people, and they also have to dress and eat, and they also have troubles in the world. Martial arts is just an unconventional way to solve problems, and it is not necessary to use it as a last resort. Therefore, these martial arts people are no different from ordinary people. Maybe a master like Qiao Feng can see who has martial arts, but Zhao Ji himself can't see it, so even if he encounters it, most of them can't recognize it. For example, Qiao Feng next to him, if Zhao Ji didn't know his identity and bumped into him on the road, all he saw was a burly man in his prime, but he couldn't see that this person was the leader of the beggar gang who was famous all over the world.

With this understanding, Zhao Ji no longer learned from any martial arts masters he encountered, but turned to love the mountains and rivers. It is also quite fun to enter the mountains and wade in the water. Although it is always inappropriate to leave the mission for such a long time, this is also a condition for the emperor to allow Zhao Ji to go to the mission, and the rest of the scholars in the mission are not very peaceful, and there is no need to criticize each other. After all, in the minds of the current Song people, there is no important stake in diplomatic relations with Dali, so there is no need to pay attention to it.

As long as you keep going, no matter how long the road is, there will be a time when it will come to an end. After nearly four months, the mission went all the way south, from Huguang to Shuzhong, and then to Dali. Therefore, the mission stayed in Chengdu for ten days to rest, and while discussing the path to enter Dali, it sent people to Dali to inform the lord of Dali to prepare to welcome the angels.

In this era, there are usually two roads to Dali, one is the Shu body poison road, although the road is closer, but Shu is mountainous, this road is a dangerous road opened up in the mountains, the history is enough to go back to the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, because the Great Song Dynasty and Dali have not been in contact for many years, so the road has not been repaired and maintained, and it is more dangerous, and it is difficult to let the brigade pass guò.

As for the other road, it is the Ancient Tea Horse Road. This road is a commercial road opened by the people, so it is farther to detour, but it is smoother and safer than the poison road. Although there are many southwestern barbarians or cameo bandits along the road, Di Qing, a famous general of the Renzong Dynasty, quelled the rebellion of Nong Zhigao in the southwest a few decades ago, which is very prestigious, so the Great Song Dynasty is still quite majestic in this southwest territory, and the mission will not be afraid of those little barbarians.

These two roads don't need to be chosen, and the tea horse road is directly finalized, anyway, everyone is not in a hurry.

When continuing on the road, the atmosphere of the mission was solemn, and everyone was no longer in a posture of an outing, but a little more solemn in order to prohibit. And the civil officials and envoys who like the wind and the snow and the moon have also put away their thoughts of having fun, and their bearings are like that. If they went further, they would go out of the Song Realm, and they naturally couldn't lose the system of the Heavenly Empire's envoys in front of these southwestern barbarians.

Seeing that everyone began to restrain themselves, Zhao Ji naturally didn't want to wander outside every day, so he joined the mission with Qiao Feng, going out regularly every day and staying at a regular time.

It's spring in fashion to go out of Beijing, and now it's the height of summer. In the southwest, the damp heat and miasma are rampant, and poisonous insects and mosquitoes are in groups. As the mission went further south, the symptoms became more pronounced, and even Cai Jing, the envoy, suffered from fever, fatigue and weakness, and stayed in the carriage every day.

However, Zhao Ji didn't feel uncomfortable, all thanks to Qiao Feng's willingness to consume internal strength to relieve his blood and invigorate his blood a few years ago, and now he is physically strong, which is stronger than those elite soldiers in the forbidden army. He was full of energy, and when he saw that these inconspicuous poisonous insects in the south could put down the elite and strong men at will, he couldn't help but feel that this place was blessed with unique resources, and it was indeed a good place to practice poisonous skills. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask Qiao Feng if there were any extremely famous martial arts sects and masters in the southwest martial arts, such as the Five Poisons Sect and the like. However, although Qiao Feng has traveled all over the world, most of them are in the Central Plains martial arts, but he does not have a deep understanding of this southwestern place, and he only knows the Dali Duan family.

The Tea Horse Road is an extremely important trade route in the southwest, although the Great Song Dynasty does not attach importance to the interaction with Dali, but the private business activities are not prohibited, so the travel on this road is very frequent, and it is a very prosperous trade road. The silk porcelain and all kinds of exquisite commodities from Shu and even the Central Plains were transported to the south one by one, and the medicinal materials, fine felt, Yunnan horses and other products cherished in the southwest were also transported to the north in an endless stream.

Further south to cross the Dadu River, it is considered to be the territory of Dali, but in fact, Dali also lacks effective control over this place, entrenched here is the barbarian tribe of various names in the southwest. Because of the old rebellion of Nong Zhigao, the Great Song Dynasty also had some thoughts about the southwest, although there was no official writing in the imperial court, but successive local officials also paid attention to sorting out the relationship between these barbarian tribes. Therefore, the influence of the Great Song Dynasty here is stronger than that of the Dali Kingdom, and there are many Song people who have been here for a long time and have been doing business in this place. But because it is not a formal jurisdiction after all, this place is still a three-way realm, the law is broken, and the world is a little chaotic. On the road, you will frequently encounter travelers with knives and guns, and the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes is full.

After Zhao Ji saw these situations, his mood became restless again, and it was really boring to be trapped in this mission every day. Therefore, he broke away from the team again, disguised as a guest brigade with Qiao Feng and several guards, and only followed behind the mission team. This doesn't have any special purpose, just just to experience the life and mentality of the Jianghu people.

Because the Great Song Dynasty mission passed through this place, all the barbarians entrenched here also carefully restrained their deployment and did not dare to offend. Occasionally, there are some barbarian leaders who are interested in the Great Song Dynasty bring their specialties to visit the Great Song Angels along the way, and the missions are also in accordance with the status and power of these barbarians to send people to receive them, although it is not the official name of the comfort, but as a great country, there is always a need for gifts that come and go. Zhao Ji was originally curious about why the envoy to Dali brought so many people and goods, but after seeing this frequent scene, he finally understood. Seeing the happy appearance of those barbarians after receiving the reward, Zhao Ji was also faintly worried that the mission would not be able to carry hundreds of carts of gifts, and when he arrived in Dali, he saw that there was only a bunch of southwest native products left in the team to give to the lord of Dali.

At this time, the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty is leading, and it is the existence of the world. The excitement of those barbarians to get the goods produced by the Great Song Dynasty was especially better than those apple who lined up all night to buy kidneys6 in the later generations, especially the gifts carried by the mission were far beyond the level of private commerce, and they were well-deserved treasures. Along the road, the barbarian tribes who wanted to visit the Great Song Dynasty mission lined up almost on both sides of the road, and as far as the eye could see, the ground could not be seen by the black pressure.

After appreciating the enthusiasm of these barbarian tribes, Cai Jing also seemed to realize that the envoy was still a little insufficient, and immediately decided not to receive these barbarian tribes, and the mission rushed to Dali. This can't help but disappoint those barbarians who heard the news from afar but couldn't catch up, and they could only spend several times or even ten times the price from those barbarians who got the first to buy the treasures of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Ji and Qiao Feng followed the mission all the way, and when they saw these situations, they were not lacking in pride.

There are those who are happy, and naturally there are those who are depressed and dissatisfied because of the arrival of the Great Song Dynasty. Many northland merchant groups trafficked a large number of Song goods to the southwest, and they wanted to make a lot of money, but they didn't want the Song Dynasty mission to pass by, and suddenly forced the taste of these people in the southwest to be high.

On this day, Zhao Ji and Qiao Feng followed the mission through a large cargo village on the dam, the mission was stationed outside the cargo village, and Zhao Ji and they entered the cargo village to play.

In this piece of land, there are very few towns with real barriers, and at most they are simply walled by this kind of village. It is usually managed by several local barbarian tribes, receiving merchants, buying and selling goods, and the flow of people in and out is also very prosperous.

Zhao Ji and they entered the restaurant that looked to be of a relatively high grade in the village, ordered some local dishes and Dali's special Ailao wine, and when they were eating, they suddenly heard a few guests on the seat next to them quarrel and quarrel.

"Huo Santai, when I came out, I obviously negotiated the price with you, and one piece of goods cost fifty yuan. Now that I have returned from the Northland with the goods, you have only paid thirty cents, and you are trying to trick me!" shouted a strangely good-looking horse-faced man as he drew a steel knife hanging from his waist and slapped it on the table.

Sitting opposite was a middle-aged barbarian dressed in local clothes, who was not moved by the horse-faced man's shouting, but smiled and said: "Brother Zhong, we are also old friends who have come and gone, if I want to play with you, I will wait until today?" The goods you brought with you were considered good in the past, but they were really inferior compared to those treasures. I'm willing to accept it, it's already given you a lot of face, if you don't agree, then please. ”

Hearing this, the horse-faced man became annoyed, and swung his knife to slam off the corner of the solid table. Sitting beside him, a girl in a scarlet shirt screamed in fright, jumped up and walked sideways.

Zhao Ji saw that there was a bustle to see, so he simply put down his chopsticks and looked over with his arms crossed.

"Huo Santai, others don't know what your background is, but my Zhong Wanqiu is clear! If you don't give me a satisfactory explanation today, don't think about walking out of the door neatly!"

After that, the horse-faced man said to the slightly frightened girl next to him: "Ling'er, stay aside, and watch Daddy teach this untrustworthy profiteer!"

――――――――――――――――――

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I sorted out the plot of Dali in the afternoon, checked the information again, and updated late...... In addition, continue to ask for recommendation votes with affection......

Tips: The new domain name "biquge.info" has been launched by Biquge, and the original domain name is about to be discontinued. Please tell each other, thank you!