customs clearance base

Chapter 1322 Pretending to be a Chamber of Commerce (3)

After finally getting used to the smell, everyone noticed the layout inside.

A pile of pastoral flag bags are piled up in threes, fives, or sixty-nine piles to form a site, and these pastoral flag bags are fixed shop fronts, and the open spaces between them are open-air stalls.

Although the flow of people in the gathering place is not crowded, it is still a constant flow. Apart from the noisy noise, there are more noises of hawking and calling for parents and mothers.

Zhao Hu and his group paid great attention to Geralt's reminders, not paying attention to the women around them, but focusing on the goods.

People from Muqi looked left and right with great interest, feeling that everything was new, and kept their eyes on each stall.

As for those from the Imperial Army, they ran to watch it with great interest at first, but after looking at the goods, everything became dull.

Locke and Luo Fei, who found no food sold in the surrounding stalls, were the first to lose interest.

This is also impossible.

The commodities here are really poor. They sell either sheep and horses, or some leather goods, or some daily necessities, and the most remarkable thing is some weapons.

The horses and weapons that the imperial soldiers were interested in disappointed them. The horses were all inferior horses, not as good as the horses in the brigade, and the weapons were crude wooden arrows and soft bows. As for other leather goods and the like Things, of course, will not be seen in the eyes.

Originally, Zhao Hu was a little moved by those wooden arrows, after all, they were arrows anyway, but Geralt said "There are better ones ahead", which made Zhao Hu give up the idea of ​​buying them on the spot.

The guide was also a smart person. Seeing the expressions of Zhao Hu and the others, he said with a smile, "My lords, this is the area where ordinary bannermen trade goods. They are all rotten horses and rotten skins. There is nothing good to buy. Let's go for a few minutes." The front is the trading area of ​​the Muqi Merchant Group."

Sun Jie immediately cheered.

"So it's like this. I thought that such a big market only sells these things."

And Dio came forward and asked enthusiastically: "Brother, I don't know what kind of goods are there in front of you? You must know that we adults have very high vision, and we don't look down on ordinary things."

The guide glanced at Zhao Hu, and nodded immediately when he saw this adult who had been calm all the way and had never been attracted by anything.

"There are majestic horses and exquisite leather goods inside..."

Speaking of this, the guide was stunned for a moment, because these two kinds of goods were available on the grassland, but he quickly continued, "These goods are guaranteed to be the best, and they can be sold for a lot of money when they are transported out of the grassland. Where are the gold coins?"

Dio frowned.

"Just these two things? We are still interested in horses, but we are not interested in fur goods.

"Oh, it's a pity that we brought thousands of catties of refined table salt in exchange for something."

"Thousands of catties of salt!" The guide was immediately dumbfounded.

If the grasslands need what they need most, it is salt and tea. You must know that these are the necessities of life. Without these, people will be finished!

"You brought salt! That's great, we, Muqi, are in need of salt, so I'll send someone to notify you."

As he spoke, he immediately called a cavalry patrolling the market, muttered a few words, and the cavalry galloped towards the center of the gathering place.

After the guide finished these tasks, he immediately greeted them enthusiastically.

Soon, Zhao Hu and his party left the messy trading area and entered the business group trading area.

There are relatively few people here, but the space it occupies is several times larger, and from time to time, heavy-duty convoys with long journeys and sealed carriages drive into this trading area under the escort of a group of sturdy cavalry. Hundreds of horses and vehicles loaded with leather goods left in an endless stream.

The guide pointed to those convoys and said proudly, "Our Jingzi flag is the largest herding flag in this grassland, with countless horses and foals. Not to mention business groups from other countries, even other herding flags in the same grassland will also Come to us and trade horses."

"That's right, if we didn't know that Jingziqi's ranch is the largest here, we wouldn't have traveled all the way here." Dio quickly responded.

Geralt looked at the horses passing by, and whispered to Zhao Hu, "My lord, these are all well-trained war horses, and they can go into battle with saddles."

Zhao Hu and the others had already discussed the title, otherwise the word "Sir" would make people suspicious.

The sharp-eared guide unexpectedly heard this, and immediately interjected, "Hey, I believe you also know that our Jingziqi is not only good at raising horses, but also training horses.

"The horses in the entire ranch, except for the juvenile pups, are all well-trained war horses. Just like the adult said, they can go to the battlefield with saddles and nails."

"How are the horses?"

Sun Jie asked Lao Dao beside him. Before Lao Dao could make a sound, several people from the cavalry squadron beside him were already swallowing their saliva.

"What else? They're all good horses, better than most of our horses!"

Sun Jie turned his head to look, and was startled immediately, because these guys all looked at the horses passing by with red eyes.

While chatting, everyone stopped not far from a big shepherd flag bag with hundreds of strong men guarding it. The guide asked them to get off their horses and wait, while he walked forward to prepare to report.

Just at this moment, several people came out from the inside, a middle-aged strong man like a master, talking to a middle-aged businessman with two guards, the voice was so loud that even Zhao Hu could hear it clearly clearly.

"Haha, don't worry, we don't have anything else here, but we have countless war horses. As long as you bring what we need in an endless stream, then you can take away our war horses in an endless stream."

The businessman whispered something, and the strong man slapped the businessman on the shoulder and smiled, "Don't worry, you will never be in danger on this prairie. There are orders from above, and no one in the entire prairie dares to touch you." , even if those damned horse thieves saw you, they would pretend they didn't see you...

"However, you have to be careful not to be discovered by your Imperial Intelligence Department, then we can't guarantee your safety."

Hearing this, Zhao Hu and others were shocked.

Except for the Augustus Empire, no country near the prairie has titles like "Empire" or "Intelligence Department". The businessman turned his head around nervously. When he saw Zhao Hu and the others, his expression immediately changed. A change.

Seeing this scene, Geralt immediately whispered: "Quick, everyone pretend to be a little more arrogant."

Although Sun Jie and the imperial army didn't know what was going on, they all put on a look of squinting at people.

They looked down on these nomadic civilizations, especially the goods traded by the nomads, so this arrogant look really seemed out of place.

As for Zhao Hu, although he didn't pretend to be arrogant, his indifferent look was enough to show that he didn't take the surrounding situation seriously.

The servants didn't follow the order - because Zhao Hu didn't order them, they were now looking downcast, and after entering the trading area of ​​the merchant group, they automatically became cautious.

Seeing the expressions of Zhao Hu and the others dressed up, and seeing the appearance of the hundred or so servants, the merchant's vigilant expression eased a little, but he still murmured a few words to the strong man.

The brawny man nodded and glanced at Zhao Hu and the others, then took a few steps forward, and the guide took the opportunity to introduce each other, "Master Jingxiong, they are the Jiuding Merchant Group.

"My lords, this is the younger brother of the owner of the Mu Banner—Master Jingxiong Wan."

Mrs. Wan saluted Zhao Hu and the others, and said loudly, "Welcome to everyone with the Jingzi Banner. I wonder where the guests are from?"

Geralt whispered to Zhao Hu, "Just say we are from the Liberty League."

Zhao Hu knew this kind of greeting from the leader, and it was unjustifiable for him not to show up, so he took a step forward and imitated Master Jingxiong Wan to salute.

"We are from the Liberty Alliance, and I am Zhao Hu."

Immediately a look of surprise appeared on the face of Mr. Jingxiong Wanfu, and then he returned to his normal demeanor.

"It's rare, Mr. Zhao Hu is actually a business group from the Freedom Alliance, and our Crystal Flag has not met any guests from the Freedom Alliance for many years.

"By the way, have you heard of the Wess Merchant Group in Port Mante?"

Zhao Hu was a little hesitant, he didn't know whether this business group was famous or not, he said he had heard of it, maybe it didn't exist at all, he said he hadn't heard of it, maybe this business group was famous, at this moment, Dio Come out in an open and aboveboard manner.

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Wan, we have never heard of the business group you mentioned, but if you need us to pass on a message, we will be happy to help you."

The businessman suddenly smiled and saluted.

"Sorry, I belong to the Weiss Merchant Group, but I have never heard of your Jiuding Merchant Group. Which province are you registered in?"

Zhao Hu and the others immediately understood what was going on. If they hadn't heard what Commander Wan said just now, "Your Imperial Intelligence Department", these fakes would have been scared to death. Dio immediately saluted with an apologetic face.

"Ah, I'm really sorry just now, but I really didn't expect to meet my compatriots on this vast grassland, what a coincidence.

"We are from the Port of Helmet, and there are so many registered business groups there. It's not surprising that you haven't heard of a business group like ours... When we passed by the Port of Mante last time, the port was being expanded. I don't know that the expansion is successful now. Is it? The old man who manages the supply in the port is still in good health, right?"

The businessman, who was smiling at Mimi, had a flash of panic in his eyes, and sighed, "We have been out for more than half a year, and we don't know what happened to our hometown. The port should still be expanding, right? After all, a big project is not so easy to complete. .

(End of this chapter)