The whole family went into exile when they crossed, and evacuated the Hou's mansion all the way

It wasn't until the few Jianghu people took advantage of the darkness to talk to the soldiers for a while at the border crossing, and saw the soldiers letting them go freely, that Zhang Hu understood instantly.

"You wait here. If possible, I will come back to find you and then call the brothers."

"it is good!"

Hu Liu readily agreed. Because he didn't have Qing Gong, he didn't dare to go up rashly. If the officers and soldiers refused to let him go and took action, Zhang Hu could still run away if he had Qing Gong. If he stayed here, he could at least rely on the people on the side. Shitou dodged one or two, not to hold Zhang Hu back.

"Brothers, we are common people living in a barbaric land. We want to enter your border town to sell some specialties. Could you please be accommodating?"

Zhang Hu didn't dare to talk nonsense. After all, there would be more than ten truckloads of goods later, and there was no way to hide it.

Upon hearing that Zhang Hu was going to sell goods, the four Dongfeng officials who were guarding him looked at each other silently, and then their eyes returned to Zhang Hu's face again.

"What are you selling?"

"Selling some fruit, I just brought some for you guys, you can try it."

With that said, Zhang Hu took out a bag of tomatoes and handed them to several guards.

The guards each took out a tomato from the bag. In the light of the surrounding fire, the color of the tomato became much redder.Such brightly colored fruit will immediately make the eyes of the officials shine!
"What kind of fruit is this? Did you grow it in the wilderness? Why have I never seen it before? People from the wilderness have come to sell specialties before, but they were all wild beasts or animal skins. This is the first time I have heard of it. The land grows fruit.”

"Yes, yes, this is our first time growing it. The fruit is delicious."

Seeing several people holding the fruit and just looking at it, even though their eyes were full of surprise, no one really dared to take a bite. After Zhang Hu finished speaking, he hurriedly picked up a fruit, put it in his mouth and took a bite.

After taking this bite, a lot of juice seeped out from the remaining fruit, which made several officers and soldiers widen their eyes.

"Oh, isn't this wild land short of water? How can such a juicy fruit be grown? It smells like it tastes pretty good? Let's try it and talk about it!"

Zhang Hu took whatever he wanted from the bag, and he dared to eat it in front of everyone. What else did these officials have to be afraid of?

After being surprised, they all took the tomatoes and bit into them.

The unique taste of tomatoes, the juice filling the lips and teeth, directly made the eyes of several officers and soldiers light up!

"This fruit tastes very strange, a little sour and a little sweet. The most important thing is that the water content of this fruit is too full. It is quite delicious. I am just thirsty."

"Yes, yes! This is my first time eating fruit with such a texture."

"Brothers like to eat, I will give you everything I have in my pocket, and with these five taels of silver, I will treat the brothers to a drink. I will trouble you brothers to put it aside tonight. We will be back in three days at most. Those fruits are not You can’t keep it for too long, if you can’t sell it within three days, it will just rot in your hands.”

Seeing that several people were eating happily, Zhang Hu took advantage of the victory and stuffed the remaining fruits into their hands. When he saw that there were still five people, he took out five small pieces of silver and handed them to them together with the cloth bag.

"I'm afraid this fruit will have to be sold for a lot of silver. I'm just thinking about it for five taels of silver. Do you look down on our brothers too much?" The official who took the silver looked down at the broken silver in his hand and weighed it in disgust. After thinking about it, an impatient look gradually appeared in his eyes, and his words were even less polite.

Seeing this, Zhang Hu took a deep breath, and as if he had made up his mind, he took out five taels of silver again and stuffed it into the hand of the official.

"Brother, we barbarian people are already poor. This time we just want to grow something to sell and improve our lives. I hope brothers can be accommodating. If our things sell well in the future, we will definitely give us more."

The man holding the silver did not show any intention of giving up when he heard Zhang Hu's words, but continued to be full of sarcasm.

"Oh, what do you have to do with us? We stand guard here and only get two taels of silver a month. Who sympathizes with us? Besides, if we let you barbarians pass without a customs clearance document, that would be an offence. Lawyer, did you send this little money to the beggar?"

Seeing that the official wanted to open his mouth, Zhang Hu took a deep breath. It was impossible to fight with him. After all, there were not one hundred thousand officers and soldiers stationed here, but only ten or twenty thousand. If this man shouted, they would not say anything about getting through in the future. He may have left all the business people in Dongfeng Kingdom and never returned.

Thinking about the consequences, Zhang Hu resisted the urge to curse and continued to laugh.

"I don't know how much my brother wants before I let him go. If it's really too much, I and we will have no choice but to go back."

"Fifty taels, ten taels of silver each of us, otherwise we won't even think about it."

The official who was holding the money didn't talk nonsense and spoke directly without any politeness.

Upon hearing this amount, Zhang Hu's face almost turned to pieces!
"50 taels is too much. We may not be able to sell these fruits. How about this? If we can sell them, we can make up for the rest when we come back?"

"Just to make up for it, when you come back, the officers on duty will be replaced next time. Where can we go to find you to get it? Don't talk nonsense. If you can't get 50 taels of silver, don't go there. If we continue to delay, we will cause trouble. If you get rid of other patrollers, don’t even think about getting past this."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hu took a deep breath and had to take out another ten taels of silver and gave it to the official.

"I only have so much on me. Can I make up for the remaining 20 taels when our motorcade passes by? I'll go back and find the brothers to join in?"

"Okay, then move quickly, we will have to change the guard in an hour."

Seeing that Zhang Hu really could no longer afford the extra money, the officials gave up and warned Zhang Hu impatiently.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Hu hurriedly thanked him and went back to call for help.

In fact, Zhang Hu still had money on him. When they were away from home, Yu Luo would naturally give them working capital. However, these officials looked like they were greedy people, and Zhang Hu couldn't get the money out of them so happily.

When leaving, Yu Luo told them that they should take proper care when clearing customs. The amount would be acceptable if it did not exceed 1000 taels. After all, it was too much. They didn't know if they could sell that much of these goods.

Zhang Hu was lucky that he had only taken out five taels of silver at the beginning. If he had taken out 50 taels all at once, he would probably not be able to survive without even three to five hundred taels today.

Finally, under the watchful eyes of a group of officers and soldiers, Zhang Hu finally passed the border with ten trucks of goods. (End of chapter)