customs clearance base

Chapter 1325 Pretending to be a Chamber of Commerce (6)

Seeing these more than twenty carriages, Mr. Jingxiong Wan quickly cut through the mess, and quickly completed the transaction with the business group just now, and then commanded the guards a little eagerly, and pulled the carriage to an open space not far away.

The goods were moved down by everyone, and Mrs. Wan immediately ordered dozens of cronies and documents to inspect the goods one by one.

And his eyes have long been attracted by the strong bow, and the result of the trial shooting made him immediately fascinated by the strong bow.

The results of the statistics came out soon, and Chief Wan said to Zhao Hu while playing with a strong bow, "Master Zhao Hu, five refined machetes, five refined full-iron spears, and ten sabers each. two strong bows, one ordinary bow, five catties of refined table salt, and ten thousand-mile horses, how about it? Are you satisfied with the price?"

Dio, who was listening and calculating, immediately suppressed his excited tone, and said in a low voice, "My lord, two thousand machetes can be exchanged for four hundred horses, one thousand spears can be exchanged for two hundred horses, and one thousand sabers can be exchanged for one hundred horses." , Five hundred strong bows can be exchanged for one thousand horses, one thousand common bows can be exchanged for one thousand horses, and eight thousand catties of refined table salt can be exchanged for one thousand six hundred horses!

"My God! There are [-] horses in total! There are still ten thousand-mile horses! It's a big profit!"

Zhao Hu and the others were dumbfounded, especially when they heard the price of five catties of salt for a horse, their heads almost fainted.

No wonder the empire wants to grant a salt concession to the grasslands. In the empire, how much does a catty of refined salt sell for?How much does a horse sell for?

No wonder the crackdown on salt smuggling is so severe!

Chief Wan, who had already received the total number reported by his subordinates, couldn't help being a little embarrassed when he saw Zhao Hu and the others were silent, and then looked at the strong bow in his hand that he couldn't put it down.

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I misread the quality of your group's strong bows. Each strong bow has four horses. At the same time, to express my apology, I will also give you [-] catties of food and add ten horses for a total of twenty horses. ?”

He looked at Zhao Hu nervously.

Hearing this, Zhao Hu and the others were taken aback, but they soon realized that although the salt was the most valuable in this batch, for the nomads, having a strong bow was the most important thing.

It is not surprising that one ordinary bow can be exchanged for one horse, and one strong bow can be exchanged for four horses, and it is very likely that there will be fewer exchanges.

Dio came forward and whispered: "Master, we can exchange [-] horses now, and we still have [-] thousand-mile horses and [-] catties of grain and grass. To avoid long nights and dreams, agree?"

And Geralt also stepped forward and said, "My lord, although the price may be increased, I still agree to him like this, but I have to take the opportunity to ask the groom and veterinarian. There are so many horses that cannot be left alone."

Now there are nearly 25 horses in the brigade, all of which are taken care of by 5000 logistics soldiers.

Zhao Hu looked at Chief Wan and nodded with a smile.

"Deal, but the number of grooms in our caravan is insufficient. We can't take care of so many horses, and we also need veterinarians. If something happens to those horses, it will be a big loss.

"I wonder if Master Wan can borrow a few grooms and veterinarians?"

Mrs. Wan, who had been so annoyed by the words "deal" and "but", couldn't help saying boldly when he heard the request, "No problem, there is no need to borrow anything. I will give it to you from my banner slave." You pick five veterinarians and a hundred grooms to send you, and they are guaranteed to be the best."

"My lord, this business is doing well. If there is a chance in the future, come here to do business again."

Dio looked excited. He didn't expect that so many horses could be exchanged for a little weapon.

Zhao Hu frowned and asked, "I heard that there will be heavy snow in a few days, what do we need to prepare?"

Hearing this, everyone was taken aback. Although they had never seen heavy snow on the grassland, just listening to Mr. Wan's words was enough to scare people to death.

I walked around the trading area and found out that one horse can be exchanged for a thousand catties of horse food, fifty horses can be exchanged for a thousand horseshoes, ten horses can be exchanged for a large carriage, and one horse can be exchanged for five sets For harness, one horse can be exchanged for ten sets of woolen clothes, one horse can be exchanged for ten sheep, and one horse can be exchanged for five hundred wooden arrows.

Then exchange the newly transferred horses for 20 large carriages, [-] catties of horse food, [-] sets of harnesses, [-] sets of woolen clothes, [-] sheep, and [-] wooden arrows. horseshoeed.

So many things cost a total of 20 horses, especially the [-] catties of horse food. Although [-] horses were used in exchange, everyone thought it was worth it.

When it snows, the horses can only rely on these horse rations to survive, and the 20 catties of horse rations are enough for all the horses in the brigade to survive the winter.

As for [-] wooden arrows, there are not many. According to Zhao Hu's team of more than [-] people, each person has no more than [-] arrows.However, with the original inventory, the quantity of nearly [-] pieces is enough for a period of time.

If it hadn't almost wiped out all the private stocks in the trading area, I am afraid Zhao Hu would be willing to exchange 100 million sticks.

After bidding farewell to Mrs. Jingxiong Wan, Zhao Hu and others took a hundred grooms and veterinarians, escorted forty large carriages, a thousand fat sheep for the winter for themselves and others, 20 catties of horse rations, [-] catties of With a total of more than [-] horses riding, they left the gathering place in a mighty way.

Zhao Hu didn't go to the horse robber market immediately, because it was getting late, and it was better to go to the horse robber market at dawn.

Back at the carriage assembly point, everyone began to prepare dinner. At this moment, Diou found Zhao Hu to propose.

"My lord, did we sell the branded horses at the horse thief market? In this way, we can eliminate the accident of revealing our identity. Anyway, the black market is a place to trade stolen goods, and the horse thief itself is an enemy of the shepherd flag. Don’t be afraid of them tipping off the news.”

Diou felt that the title of "Master" sounded better than "Sir", so he also called Zhao Hu "Master" when he came back.

Zhao Hu also thought this method was good, but when he was about to agree, Geralt objected.

"This won't work! Sir! This subordinate thinks that in order to completely eliminate the traces, it is the safest way to kill the branded horses!"

Hearing this, everyone around was dumbfounded, and Zhou Wen immediately said in disgust, "Cruel! Your mount is your companion for many years!"

Several cavalry captains also voiced their support for Zhou Wen. Geralt turned cold and shouted loudly, "Shut up! Don't forget that horse robbers are also prairie people! Can you guarantee that they will not be enemies of the empire? Can you guarantee that?" Won't they attack us when they discover our imperial military horses?

"Who are we? We are soldiers! Imperial soldiers who will not hesitate to sacrifice for the mission! And our mission now is to return to the country safely! Those who hinder us from completing the mission are the enemies, and we should wipe them out cleanly!

"Now our mounts, our cavalry companions, have hindered the completion of this mission, so we have to sacrifice them! In order not to accidentally expose our identities, we can only be cruel!"

Geralt's words immediately caused everyone to fall into deep thought. After a long time, a cavalryman said, "I support Chief Geralt."

Following the cavalryman's words, more and more people agreed with Geralt's proposal.Only Zhou Wen kept pouting.

That night, there were bursts of dying horses neighing, and the cavalry killed his mount with tears in his eyes.

Zhao Hu, who came out to watch the night at night, accidentally saw Geralt hiding in a secluded place, affectionately stroking the mount that had not been killed by him, Zhao Hu did not go forward, stood there quietly, listening Snippet of Geralt and his mount telling about the old days.

It wasn't until he saw Geralt touching the saber that Zhao Hu turned around and looked up at the starry sky.

After a while, there was a trembling voice in my ear: "I'm sorry."

With a low neighing sound, Zhao Hu sighed and walked away gently.

The next day, Geralt proposed to make bacon from the dead war horses, and this time Zhao Hu was the first to agree to the proposal.Later, this batch of bacon was consumed by the servant soldiers, and none of the imperial soldiers had a bite.

This time, the whole team was dispatched, bypassing the gathering place of the crystal flags in a mighty way, along the river, and came to the location of the horse thief market.

Before approaching the camp that covers a vast area and consists of about a hundred large herding flag packs, bursts of noise can already be heard from inside.

In addition to dozens of cavalrymen on horseback, lazily taking a sip from a wine bag from time to time, there are about six men with wretched appearances and dressed in scribes' attire. They are gathering together and talking about What.

Seeing Zhao Hu's large group of troops, the cavalry didn't react much, while the five or six scribes jumped up as if they had taken a stimulant. He took off his clothes, glanced at Zhao Hu and the others, stepped forward a few steps, put on a respectful demeanor, and saluted Zhao Hu.

"Welcome, my lords, I am my personal guide—Weitang."

Dio, who knew the situation from Geralt, immediately asked, "How much does your guide cost?"

Without these guides, I'm afraid you won't be able to buy anything in this black market, Wei Tang rubbed his hands.

"Our guides are calculated according to the transaction price, that is, if you trade a hundred horses, you only need to give the next horse."

There is no tax in the black market of horse robbers, and the fees for these guides are equivalent to taxes.Knowing this, Dio immediately nodded in agreement.

Zhao Hu gave an order, and more than [-] people who had been selected earlier left the brigade with Zhao Hu. The convoy drove aside to rest, and Zhou Wen did not follow as usual.

"So, what do you adults need?"

Wei Tang quickly turned over and mounted a horse, pulled the rein, and easily came to Zhao Hu's side.

"Playing? Food? We have everything here."

(End of this chapter)