The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 408 Four Hundred One: North Coast Caravan Changing Horses

An hour later, the caravan arrived at a residential area called Shawo Town. This place is not too big, it is a small town with a population of 3 to [-].

The people in this residential area live relatively scattered, unlike the cities and towns of the Great Sui Kingdom, where the population is so concentrated and the streets are so neat.

Instead, there are dozens of families living scattered here in such a small cluster. With such a small population, the place to live is very open!

The caravan found an open place and set up tents. They slaughtered a cow for dinner, and people began to enter the tents to rest.

These guards are divided into three shifts and take turns on duty at night!

I don't know why, but the dawn in the north is very late, but it gets dark very early!

The whole sky looked gray, and the snow on the ground was more than a foot thick, not to mention the coldness of the weather.

Except for the twenty or so guards on duty who had no way to be on duty outside, the rest of the staff were huddled in tents.

Duan Wuji looked at Yelu Hengtong and said: "Brother Yelu, hurry up tomorrow and deal with the porcelain and tea we brought.

Let's go back after the business is over!This ghostly place can really freeze people to death! "

"Don't worry, brother, you can just wait in peace, within two days, I will finish dealing with these things for you, this place lacks that exquisite porcelain!

You must know that places like Beihai do not produce tea at all. Occasionally, some tea is also brought over from our Monan. The quantity is very small, and ordinary people simply cannot afford to drink it.

You said we brought these precious things, can we not make a lot of money? "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "If that's the case, that would be great!

Brother Yelu, then you will suffer tomorrow!

If we make more money this time, your benefits will be indispensable!

Although I promised to give you twenty carts of porcelain for free, if we earn more, I can give you some more as appropriate.

Don't worry, I will not treat my friends badly. "

"Well, that's good! Brother, I've been waiting for your words. Now that you said that, I'm relieved.

Brother, I hope that we buddies will cooperate more in the future! "

"That's, that's, if you have money, do you all earn it together!
Alright, let's take a rest! "

The next morning, Yelu Hengtong went out early, and at noon, Yelu Hengtong led fifty or sixty Turkic people over.

After entering the tent, Yeluheng talked with these Turkic people in Turkic language, and laughed at the same time.

After talking for a long time, Yelu Hengtong said to Yelu Hengxing: "Brother, take ten or twenty pieces of fine porcelain from our cart and bring them into the tent, and let them see our goods.

Put the same tea leaves in a one-pound-two-pound one, boil some water and let them taste it. They will only buy it if they think it is good. "

After hearing this, Yelu Hengxing waved at several guards, who followed them out after seeing them. In a short time, more than ten pieces of exquisite porcelain were brought into the tent.

Yelu Hengtong said with a smile: "Everyone, take a look! This is the porcelain we brought this time.

You see how beautiful this thing is.

It is as white as jade, and there are exquisite patterns on it. This is a rare work of art.

Using this thing is a symbol of that identity.

Isn't this much better than the clay pottery you use?Let me tell you!After you have used this fine china, you will never want to use that pottery again, how rustic that thing looks.

Say it yourself, is there any comparison with this thing?
This tea is another commodity we brought. If this thing is good, boil the water in a while, let's brew some and you will know.

It's useless to say anything about this thing, everyone has a taste for everyone.

Wait a while, the water boils, let's all try it.

If you like it, please buy more.

Let me tell you that this place is far away from ours, and we come here once or twice a year at most.

It is impossible for too many people to come. We can say: After this village, there is no such shop.

If you all don't buy it, we'll get it sold somewhere else. "

Before long, the guards boiled the water, and Yelu Hengtong grabbed two handfuls of different tea leaves and put them in two pots respectively.

Then it was filled with hot water and placed on the ground.

Yelu Hengtong said: "Everyone, since you're here, it doesn't matter if you buy it or not? Everyone, please try this tea. If you think it's good, you can buy some.

If you feel bad, pull it down. "

As soon as the group of people who came heard that there was tea to drink, they immediately brought tea bowls over, poured some tea, and immediately began to taste it seriously.

The time is not long, and the pot of tea is finished.

Seeing Yelu Henghang, he ran out immediately.Filled with boiling water from the outside again, and brought it back.

People who didn't touch the first pot of tea, now took tea bowls and began to drink the second pot of tea, waiting for everyone to finish tasting the tea.

Everyone nodded and applauded.

"Well, good! Good tea! Why is it so delicious!

This porcelain is also good, it looks beautiful!

In our land of Beihai, there really isn't such a good thing.

If you buy three or five pieces and put them in the house, it will really add a lot of fun to our life.

Hey, brother Yelu, what do you exchange for the tea and porcelain?

Come on, let me have some first! "

"Second brother, why are you in a hurry! Can you still lose your things!

Let my brother come first! "

"You come first? Do you have horns on your head? If you have horns on your head, I can give them to you.

If you don't have horns on your head, why should I give them to you?

Why don't you step back for me!Don't bother me here. "

Yelu Hengtong laughed and said, "Everyone, don't argue, we have a lot of goods, don't you see, the goods we transported are dozens of carts in total, and ordinary people can touch them!

We use the method of barter for these goods, this time we come here, we only accept those one or two year olds, we don't want anything else!Everyone go back and get ready.

Although there are a lot of goods, they will be exchanged until supplies last!

I think you should go home and get ready to go, we will start trading in the afternoon. "

"Hey, brother Yelu, how many catties of tea are you getting for this horse? Tell us, we have a good idea!"

Duan Wuji stretched out a hand when he heard this, and Yelu Hengtong immediately understood when he saw it.

"Five catties of tea leaves per horse, the price is fair enough.

All right, go back and get ready.

It's late and it's gone. "

After hearing this, the Turks said cheerfully: "What do you want those worthless bastards for? Those things can't be ponyed up. We are thinking about dealing with them!
You want them just right, so they won't eat our grass again. "

Yelu Hengxing laughed and said: "We will take them back and slaughter them for meat, the mare can still breed horses, so we don't want them.

All we want are those ponies, and of course, if they're willing to give us the mare, then we'll take it too! "

"You want a baby horse, we give you a mare? Do you think we are fools!

Don't have that dream either!Unless you are willing to double the price. "

Yelu Hengxing laughed and said, "You don't want to give us a mare, and we don't want to have this mare, it's called unwillingness.

Alright, let's stop talking nonsense, get ready to go, the transaction is over, let's go back quickly. "

The Turks left cheerfully.

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "Brother Yelu, how many horses can we get in exchange for these goods?

Can I get five thousand horses in exchange? "

"Five thousand horses? What's wrong with five thousand horses!

Brother, don't worry about it, just look at my brother, I am also a good hand in business!

Don't worry about this! "

"Hey, Brother Yelu Hengtong, have you ever been to the North Sea? How big is that North Sea!"

"Oh, the North Sea! That place is two or three hundred miles away from here. It is said that the North Sea is as long as it is from north to south, and as wide as it is from east to west.

The width from east to west is also three to four hundred miles wide, and the length from north to south is said to be two thousand miles long. How big is it, do you know?

I didn't turn around it again!
However, looking at the current ice and snow, the sea must have been frozen long ago.

If it is June and July, then Beihai is indeed a fun place!

If you want to go now, I'm afraid there is no point in it!

how?Brother, do you also want to go to the North Sea to see it?

If you want to go, go again in June or July this year!

There are many beautiful flowers growing on the shore of the North Sea.

It's really beautiful, and it's really a good place to travel! "

When Duan Wuji heard that it was like this now, he was immediately discouraged.

He shook his head and stopped talking.

In the afternoon, the Turks came with their horses.

The tense transaction started immediately. The tea brought by Duan Wuji was exchanged for a total of 950 horses, and the fifty carts of porcelain were exchanged for a total of [-] horses.

During this trip to Beihai, we got a total of more than 8000 horses!

Duan Wuji and Tieniu were all overjoyed.

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "The business is good this time, I guess we will make a lot of money again.

Let's rest for one night today, and tomorrow morning we will set off early, the time for this trip is really not short, if we don't go back again, I guess the family should be in a hurry again.

Sigh, Brother Yelu, why don't you follow us back to the Great Sui Kingdom, and when you go to the Taiyuan Mansion, you two will have a good time playing for a few days, and when the twenty carts of porcelain are picked up, you two will also make a good profit Pay him a fortune! "

The two laughed out loud.

"Brother, let it go if you say so, we brothers will listen to you, you won't cheat us brothers, will you?"

Duan Wuji looked at all the car owners and said: "The business is good this time, don't worry! I will definitely not treat you badly when I go back, so that you will come to Beihai with me to do business next time!"

When Duan Wuji said this, all the car owners laughed happily.

"Duantouer, we will only listen to your words. Once you say this, we will be completely relieved."

Duan Wuji said to Tie Niu and his brothers: "Now that the horses have been exchanged, you have to keep an eye on them today!

Tomorrow morning, we will hit the road on time. "

"Brother, don't worry.

Absolutely no mistakes can be made. Tonight, I personally lead the team on duty. If there is a problem, you can ask me. "

"Well, brothers, you have to be more careful. We will be safer when we leave this crowded land of the North Sea!

Well, there's nothing else to do now, eat something, let's rest quickly! "

(End of this chapter)