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inside the tent.

Xue Poye touched his nose with a stern expression: "Little Stone, I think the situation will be extremely difficult and dangerous to go to Sumayou's tribe this time. I don't want you to take risks. Can you promise the master to wait here? Just say you If you don’t feel well, stay here. If I don’t come back within three days, you can rush back to Dachu by yourself.”

"Master, is it more difficult and dangerous than the swamp at Hanshuigudu?" Little Stone asked earnestly.

"It's much more dangerous!"

"Is it more dangerous than the Qilin Valley?"

"Well, it's more dangerous than that!"

"It's more dangerous than those Northern Hu cavalrymen chasing us?"

"Those are nothing."

Xiao Shitou sighed, and asked again: "Is it more dangerous than my almost dying?"

"Maybe I will die this time." Xue Poye shook his head: "Sumayou invited us to her tribe to meet Yingtu Shuai, good and bad. If we are not spies, we will be treated very well .If they find out that we are really spies, hehe...the two of us are likely to be fed to prairie wolves!"

Little Shitou curled his lips, and said disdainfully: "Master, we are really going to be thrown to the prairie wolves. Let's take off the wolf's skin and eat the wolf's meat."

Xue Poye smiled and said: "Little guy, you have really developed your courage, then you can go with the master to see how powerful the prairie wolf den is."

Xiaoshi took a big gulp of the goat's milk next to him. Although the goat's milk in the grassland had a strong smell, it was very mellow when he drank it. He suddenly asked, "Master, what do you think of sister Sumayou?" Are you really trying to deal with us by taking us to her tribe? I think...I don’t think Sister Sumayou would be that kind of person.”

Xue Poye took Xiao Shitou's hand, sat beside him, and said in a low voice: "Su Mayo is not a bad person, and she has no intention of hurting us, but she is from Beihu after all, and she has already become suspicious of us. If It is a last resort, in order to protect her own people, she will be forced to do some things that she does not even want to do, such as hurting us to protect her people, or to protect Yingtu Shuai." Pause , wryly smiled and said: "If it is a last resort, we may hurt her in order to protect ourselves. These are very realistic things and we cannot avoid them. Little stone, you will encounter many persecutions in the future." Due to helpless things, at that time you have to make a choice. The basis of the choice is to protect yourself and the majority of people. For this purpose, you can sacrifice a certain person or a small number of people. This is the choice. Difficult."

Little Shitou nodded half-understanding, and asked again: "Master, what do you see in those tin cars?"

This is also the question Xue Poye wanted to know the answer to the most. He shook his head and said, "I don't know. But these goods packed in iron carts must be very complicated and expensive, otherwise they wouldn't be so secretive." .”

"And it's very heavy." Little Stone blinked his eyes and said, "I see those horses and coachmen who pull the carts. They work very hard when pulling the carts, and the wheels of the iron carts are sunken very deep. Once the ground is uneven The place where the guards next to it have to push forward, so the goods inside must be very heavy.”

Xue Poye praised: "Little guy, you have good observation skills, you have noticed all these details, hehe, you have a future." He thought for a while, and then whispered: "We have to see what is in there. I always feel that there is something wrong with some goods."

"Not right?"

"That's right." Xue Poye frowned and said, "It's not uncommon for our Great Chu Kingdom to trade with Beihu, but both parties understand the goods traded very well. Our Great Chu is nothing more than exporting silk, porcelain, etc. Beihu is nothing more than horse fur, these are goods on the table, and these goods are hidden and sneaky, there must be problems in the middle." Xue Poye spent a period of time in Hangzhou shopping malls, so for the two The business transactions between countries are also quite familiar.

Following Xue Poye's example, Xiao Shitou also touched his nose and asked softly, "Master, Sister Sumayou said that these goods will be transported to Dayin Mountain. Do you know where Dayin Mountain is?"

Xue Poye squinted his eyes. He was teaching at Demeng Han Mo Zhuang in Hangzhou, and knew a little about the geographical environment of this era. He remembered that Han Mo Zhuang also mentioned the name of Dayin Mountain at that time, but he said it very simply, and he didn't seem to understand it very well.

Dayin Mountain, according to Han Mozhuang, is located in the north of Beihu. It is the most towering mountain group in the Beihu prairie. "The Tuli tribe, although there are not many people, less than 2 people, but their combat effectiveness is second to none on the grassland. Their duty is to guard the Dayin Mountain. It is said that the distant ancestors of the Beihu tribes came from the Dayin Mountain There are very few foreigners who have come out and can reach that place. The people of the Great Chu Kingdom in the Central Plains can only understand Dayin Mountain from a few words, but they are unable to understand the real mystery of it.

Xue Poye's understanding of Dayin Mountain is nothing more than that, but he is very sure that although the convoys of big merchants transport goods to Dayin Mountain, these drivers may not be able to enter Dayin Mountain after escorting them. It's just outside the mountain.

He recalled the figure of the big businessman again, and the more he thought about it, the more he remembered it, but he just couldn't remember who it was.

"Could it be that Xiao Shitou was given too much blood this time, and his mind became confused?" Xue Poye shook his head and sighed. How could his mind, which was originally extremely shrewd, become confused now.

The status of this big businessman must be very unusual, Xue Poye is very sure of this, but as a well-known figure in the Jiangnan business circle, Xue Poye has never heard that there are such powerful figures in the three states of Jiangnan who can directly compete with him. Beihu executives do business.

"I want to know what's in the tin car." Xue Poye touched his nose, with a faint smile on his lips: "Perhaps when you see the goods, you will know who this masked businessman is."

Little Shitou blinked and said in a low voice, "Master, what should we do?"

"I'll do it." Xue Poye smiled and said, "When it gets dark, I'll go and admire the goods in the car."

"It's a tin car, and there are people guarding it. Can you open it?" Little Stone said softly, "Those cars are all welded together by pyrotechnics."

Xue Poye took out the cold blade leisurely, and the cold light stood out. He gently blew on this iron-cut treasure, and said triumphantly: "Don't forget, master still has this thing. So far, I really can't find it." out what it can't open."

The little stone thief smiled and said: "Master, leave this job to me." Looking around, he said in a low voice: "I got hurt a lot, and I want to see if I'm still alive. And if I'm caught by them If you catch them, they won't care, a child went the wrong way, this reason can be explained, if you are caught, master, then... hehe, that is not easy to explain."

Xue Poye patted Xiao Shitou's head lightly: "You brat, can master be arrested? You underestimate your master too much." But after thinking about it, although the possibility of being caught is extremely low, But if it is really caught by a large group of people as thieves, the road ahead will be difficult. Xiaoshi was caught by a child, but it is much easier to explain, so he nodded and said: "You can go, as long as you take out a little Goods are fine, let’s figure out what’s inside?”

The calculation was settled, and not long after, Su Mayo delivered the dinner in person. For the past two days, Su Mayo took care of Xue Poye and Xiao Shitou personally. Favorable.

"Brother Choushi, the big businessman's convoy will leave early tomorrow morning. They will go to Dayin Mountain and pass through my tribe." Su Mayou cut off a piece of raised meat and handed it to Xue Poye, and continued: "So I am going to meet with you. Their convoy will go back together, do you think it’s okay?”

Xue Poye said: "Of course that's fine, there are so many people to take care of."

After dinner, Xue Poye and Xiao Shitou rested alone. The life of grassland people is very regular. Except for some special days, they will sing and dance at night and hold parties. Usually, they come out at sunset and rest at sunset. Life is not much different, quiet and down-to-earth.

The big businessman just showed his face when he first arrived, and he stayed in the tent after that, and never saw him come out again, but his convoy was extremely guarded, with bright torches, Hongjila warriors and several convoy guards patrolling around , full of vigilance.

Throughout the first half of the night, under the protection of warriors and guards, the convoy was considered airtight, with no gaps or opportunities to approach.

Xue Poye knows very well that a person can maintain a high degree of vigilance in the first half of the night, but in the second half of the night, when the hundred miles are lonely and the night is dark and windy, even the mighty Beihu warriors cannot concentrate. To slack off.

So in the first half of the night, Xue Poye and Xiaoshitou had a good sleep, and when they woke up full of energy, it was already the middle of the night. Xue Poye confessed a few words, handed the cold blade to Xiaoshitou, and let him go to pick up the goods , but he waited in the tent.

The night on the prairie has a feeling of desolation. Xue Poye sat quietly in the tent, but he listened carefully to the movement outside the tent. Because of "Ecstasy", his hearing was better than that of Xiao Shitou. Ordinary people are much more sensitive, and can hear movements from far away.

As long as he heard the noise, Xue Poye would go out to have a look, lest it was a small stone found.

After waiting for half a day, Xue Poye was worried. The tent was opened, and a small stone sneaked in like a monkey. Said: "Master, I got it."

"No one saw it?"

"Don't worry!" Xiao Shitou said confidently: "Several guys are asleep, only a few warriors from the Hongjila Department are patrolling. I waited for a long time, found a gap, got under the iron car, and used The knife hugged a small hole."

"The one hugging underneath?"

"Yeah!" Little Stone rubbed his nose and said softly: "Those guys can easily see holes in other parts of the iron sheet, and they know that someone has moved the goods, and there will be trouble. Under the car, everyone Can't find it."

Xue Poye touched Xiaoshitou's small head, hehe laughed and said, "Smart!"

The little stone returned the cold blade to Xue Poye, stuck out his tongue and said: "Master, this thing is really powerful, not only the iron sheet becomes like tofu, but also this stone can chip off a piece with just one swipe, it is really sharp very."

"Stone?" Xue Poye put away the cold blade, frowned and asked in surprise, "What stone?"

Xiao Shitou took out a small black stone from his bosom, handed it to Xue Poye and said, "Master, these are the goods in the tin cart, all of these strange stones, look, it's still shiny."

Xue Poye held the small black stone in his palm, and saw that the color of the stone was extremely black, but the material was extremely hard. Although it was a small stone, it was much heavier than ordinary stones. Under the dim light, the small stones glowed faintly, as if the stones were inlaid with shining gems.

"Master, isn't this very precious?" Xiao Shitou looked at the shining stone and whispered, "Is there any jewelry on this stone? Otherwise, why don't they let people see it?"

Xue Poye frowned and stared for a long time, then shook his head and said: "This is not jewelry, but it is more terrifying than jewelry."

"horrible?"

Xue Poye nodded and said, "At first, I also thought that the stone might be a diamond. Otherwise, how could the big merchant exchange these stones for a large number of Beihu BMWs? Now it seems that I was wrong at the beginning."

"Master, what is the top?" Little Shitou also frowned: "Why do you say it is more scary than jewelry? What's so scary about a stone?"

Xue Poye stared at the black stone with a stern expression, and said slowly, "If I'm not mistaken, this is ore, a high-grade iron ore."

"Iron ore?" Xiao Shitou was young after all, and hadn't figured out the key to it for a while: "Master, what is iron ore? It...is it scary?"

"It's just a stone, so it's not scary." Xue Poye said softly, "But the human heart behind the stone is too scary."

Xiao Shitou touched his head, still at a loss.

"Little stone, iron ore is a kind of metal product, no matter which country it is in, it is a very important mineral." Xue Poye explained in a low voice: "Iron ore can be extracted from iron, and this kind of fine Iron ore, if refined, will produce extremely high-purity iron. What can iron do, you should understand?"

"Iron?" Little Shitou blinked, and suddenly said in surprise: "Master, iron can be used... as a weapon!"

Xue Poye nodded and said: "Yes, the purpose of transporting these iron ores to Beihu must be to make a large number of weapons. Beihu also produces iron ore, but the quality is very poor, and the mineral resources are extremely limited. There are many mines, and there are mines in many prefectures of the Great Chu State, not only rich in minerals, but also of very good quality, so the quality of our weapons in the Great Chu State has always been higher than that of Beihu."

Xiao Shitou was startled when he heard that, although he was small, he gradually understood the key point: "Master, then...then Beihu wants to exchange Huma for iron ore?"

Xue Poye said sternly: "That's right, Beihu people are short of ore, so they exchanged it with Huma. This masked businessman is a traitor of our Great Chu Kingdom, and he trades with Beihu for their most scarce iron ore. The iron ore will become a hard and sharp weapon in the future, and it will be used to attack me, Dachu. Damn, who is this big businessman? He is so courageous that he colludes internally and externally."

He was suddenly a little excited. The purpose of this trip was to find the missing spies and find a chance to assassinate Ying Tushuai. Who knows that by mistake, he discovered this huge conspiracy of internal and external collusion. The importance of this matter is no less than the assassination Eagle suddenly handsome.

But amidst the excitement, he quickly calmed down.

Although he is not very clear about the system of the Great Chu State, but in the Ministry of Households, he also understands that all kinds of minerals in the Great Chu State must be approved by the Ministry of Households before they can be mined. The ore is invisible to ordinary merchants. Even if it is an official merchant, if they want to transport such a quantity of iron ore, they can only be transported under the guard of state soldiers, and only in the territory of Dachu.

But this big businessman not only has such a large amount of iron ore, but also transported it out of the customs, and even sent it to Dayin Mountain in Beihu several times. How did they pass the customs?If it came out of Yanmen Pass, would Ouyang Dexiu, the guard of Yanmen Pass, allow such a huge iron ore to go out to Beihu?It is almost impossible to avoid the search of Yanmen Pass and transport a large amount of iron ore, unless the entire Yanmen Pass is blind.

Thinking deeper, this big businessman can have so many ore resources, so he is naturally a man of great skill in the country of Dachu. If he can avoid many obstacles and send iron ore to Beihu, there must be a huge man behind him Such a power group can never be a non-governmental organization, but can only be a court power. In other words, the big businessman's backer or himself is a member of the court.

Thinking of this, cold sweat broke out on Xue Poye's forehead. He understood that it is absolutely impossible for a person with such superb skills to be an ordinary official. Such a person must have a prominent status. That would be an event that shocked the entire Great Chu Kingdom.

Xue Poye really didn't want to believe that in the capital, in the political center of the Great Chu State, someone would do such a frantic thing, give weapons to the Hu people, and then the Hu people would use the weapons sent by the Chu people to massacre Chu people.

He clenched his fists tightly. In any case, in terms of national sentiment, Xue Poye already hated this traitor to the bone.

"Even if you can't find the spy, and you can't kill Yingdu Shuai, but the identity of this big businessman must be found out, and the master behind him must also be found out." Xue Poye secretly made up his mind that he would never allow the black sheep to remain in Dachu. active in the political center of the country.

He passed through his mind the officials he knew one by one like a movie, but this short and fat masked man was not among the familiar officials.

Xue Poye even had an urge to visit the masked man at night, take off his mask, and recognize his true face, but he also knew that this was definitely a stupid decision. He and Xiaoshitou are facing great danger, and I am afraid that there will be no chance to find out who this masked man is in the future.

"Little Shitou, we have to be more careful in the future." Xue Poye whispered: "Adding a big businessman in the middle of the game will make the game more exciting and dangerous."

Little Stone nodded half-understanding.

Since Xue Poye is very familiar with this masked businessman, there is no guarantee that the other party will also recognize his own details. Now that the other party is a traitor who is collaborating with the enemy and traitor, if he realizes that Xue Poye sees through the mystery, he will definitely treat Xue Poye. Painfully kill the killer at night, so as not to expose the matter.

So Xue Poye had to be more careful on his trip to the grassland.

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In the early morning of the next day, Su Mayou came over and woke up Xue Poye and Xiao Shitou outside the tent, ready to set off on the road.

The convoy of the masked businessman has already started to gather and is ready to leave. Xue Poye and Xiao Shitou tidied up. After Sumayou left the tent, Chinatai will not continue to follow this trip, so Chinatai will be there early in the morning. Wait outside and bid farewell to Xue Poye and the others.

After some courteous words, Chinatai finally said: "Brother Choushi, no matter who you are, Chinatai wishes you to get what you want, and I will keep your kindness in my heart, may Changshengtian bless you. "

Xue Poye nodded with a smile, it means that Su Mayou followed the convoy of the big businessman.

Xue Poye and others took advantage of the horse to follow the convoy, and the convoy didn't find it surprising, because in addition to Su Mayou and others, the Hongjila Department also sent more than 20 warriors to accompany the convoy. For the sake of safety, the Hongjila tribe made such an arrangement, Xue Poye and others were with this group of Hongjila warriors.

Fortunately, Su Mayou's status is special, and these warriors are very respectful, walking along the way, but also very comfortable.

It's just that Xue Poye never saw the masked businessman again on the way. He knew that the masked businessman must be in the motorcade and the tightly closed carriage, but no matter whether he ate or drank water along the way, I saw people being sent in through the window, and the masked businessman didn't even stretch out his hand. I'm afraid he himself was worried about being recognized.

The tin cars of the convoy were extremely heavy. It was very difficult for the tall horses and the driver to pull together, and the guards were often required to help push them. On the ground of the grassland, long and deep wheel marks were left.

This time, it was even more certain that the entire convoy was transporting iron ore.

The convoy is always windy, so from these words, Xue Poye is finally sure that he is going to the Balkhut Division. Sumayou is indeed a member of the Balkhut Division and is of the same family as Ulachi. No wonder she will Meet Urrachi.

Although the Balhut tribe is adjacent to the Hongjila tribe, the Hongjila tribe is a large tribe in the grassland, covering a large area on the grassland. They traveled all the way north and walked for a whole day without leaving the territory of the Hongjila tribe.

This is certainly because the convoy of the masked merchant is moving extremely slowly, but it is also related to the vastness of the grassland.