Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 123

Now that they have completed the construction in advance, there is no need to compete maliciously with them. Jin Yan intends to propose that Jinfu Wharf and their current wharf will not charge for parking each other after they are completed.

Liu Tao said: "This is a good idea, not only here, but also other piers can do the same."

"Let's go back and invite a table, and invite all of them who have docks in the south and west, and make an agreement together. We only need to take out a spare berth in a dock for their use."

When Jin Yan stayed in the store, he told the local people about the Shuli people. They all said that they had a bad temper and never interacted with farmers outside the stream. They only exchanged Daxi specialties with merchants when they lacked iron farm tools.

The most famous thing in Daxi is the monkey skin of two kinds of golden monkeys. Made of leather mattress and leather pants, it has a miraculous effect on curbing the recurrence of old cold legs.Since this thing is rare outside the mountain, a good one is worth 200 taels of silver.In the past, merchants from outside bullied them for not knowing the market, and often kept the price extremely low, and one iron pot could be exchanged for one. If you find a profiteer, you will be tortured to death...

These were all instigated by the traitors among the merchants outside the mountain. Because they had no information, they just trusted these traitors, and they didn't trust the merchants who were doing business properly.

In fact, these treacherous people are also a kind of merchants. They appear in front of the mature oak people with a good face, and their purpose is to obtain great profits.A large pot costs about three taels of silver, and foreign profiteers exchange one pot for a monkey skin, but they only exchange two or three pots.Compared with a monkey skin of one or two hundred silver a piece, it is also a huge profit.

There are as many as ten groups of this kind of golden monkeys in Daxi, and each group has dozens to hundreds of individuals. Golden monkeys can travel between the inside and outside of Daxi on the top of the rare mountain.They are omnivorous animals, not only eat all kinds of fruits, but also the shoots and leaves of plants, and also like to catch birds and small animals to eat.

They come and go in groups, snatching the chickens and ducks of the Shuli people for food. If the people in Shuli Daxi have no one at home and the door is not strict, they can't escape them with food, drink, clothes and utensils. The poisonous hands.Sometimes it can't be seen at a glance, and it will also snatch the infants and young children who eat the oak people.Faced with their harassment, the Shuo people are basically helpless, they can only look at the monkeys and sigh.

Golden snub-nosed monkeys are very shrewd. They are led by a leader when they act, and there are monkeys who are specially on guard. If some golden monkeys in a group accidentally fall into the trap of humans once, they will never fall into the same trap a second time in this group. Now, arrows and traps are hardly a threat to them.

On the wharf where the boat was parked and stayed at the hotel, I heard the introduction from the locals that a large mountain range towering into the sky in the distance is Shuli Daxi. As long as you follow the water to go there, you can reach the mountain pass of Daxi.

Looking at the high mountain covered by clouds and mist, Jin Hao was worried about the safety of the three of them. Although he had blowing needles in his hand, Ma Jinqiang was strong in martial arts, and Liu Tao was also good at martial arts, he was not familiar with the place here. , it is difficult to get out of the body.

Jin Li couldn't help retreating: "Tao'er, let's not get too close to it, shall we?"

"Brother Jin Yang, how can we come here for nothing?"

Ma Jinqiang also objected and persuaded: "That's right, the young master, if you come, you will be safe. Aren't you just a few barbarians, and they can turn the world around?"

"What I'm afraid of is that they will sneak attack. It's okay if they come in the open, but sneak attacks are hard to guard against." Jin Yang worried.

"No one said they would sneak attack, Brother Ma, have you heard?"

"No, I just heard that they will attack in groups!"

Jin Yan couldn't say they couldn't, so he had to rent a small boat, and he and Ma Jinqiang would row there.On the way, Jin Yan said, "The most valuable thing in Daxi is probably the fur of the golden monkey. Let's avoid mentioning this sensitive thing, lest they get suspicious."

Although the golden monkey skin is valuable, the amount is not large, and because monkeys are related to human ancestors, seeing the monkey skin makes people think of the flesh of a dead person, and makes people get goosebumps in disgust.Therefore, when he said that, the two agreed.

They set off towards Shuli Daxi in the morning of the next day, and it was misty when they came out of the pier. After rowing for half a day, it was estimated that they were about to reach the Daxi Pass, but the fog became thicker instead.

The three of them looked at both sides of the stream vigilantly, but they didn't find any danger, they only heard the chirping of birds and beasts.After walking carefully for another quarter of an hour, I heard a rooster crowing on the bank.

Suddenly a gust of wind blows away the mist, and a girl appears by the stream, washing her face by the stream, and two girls who are younger than him are serving her with towels and saponins. The little girl is now a servant girl.

The two little girls suddenly looked up and saw the boat, and immediately reminded the owner, the girl waved at the three of them, and Ma Jinqiang rowed the boat towards her.

The girl was very beautiful, and she smiled gently at them. When she saw the boat stop in front of her, she suddenly turned around and took out a scratching hook from behind a big rock. Tell the two maids to run and call for someone.

The three of them turned pale with fright, Ma Jinqiang grabbed the scratching hook vigorously, the girl looked weak but not weak, the space in the boat was small, it would be a disaster if all Shuo people came to besiege.Jin Yan immediately jumped off the boat, took out a silver needle dipped in anesthetic and stuck it on the girl's neck. He hoped that the drug would work on the brain along with the blood flow.Ma Jinqiang was even tougher, and when she started to feel weak, he dragged her and captured her into the cabin.

There was an emergency knocking of the gong on the shore, and Ma Jinqiang took advantage of the mist to row the boat into the stream again. The shouts on the shore continued, and several canoes went into the water one after another, waving their knives and guns and chasing in the direction of their boat. .

At this time, the girl was already unconscious. Ma Jinqiang grabbed her arm and was about to throw her into the stream. It was to reduce the weight of the boat and facilitate a quick escape. This action was immediately stopped by the two of them.

At this time, a dense fog filled the area, and Jin Yan immediately said: "Brother Ma, step aside, hide quickly, and then talk about the escape..."

There happened to be a patch of cattail grass on the other nearby bank. Ma Jinqiang took off the oars and hid in it. He bowed his body and did not dare to look up at the pursuers. He heard them yelling and cursing, and walked towards the way they came. Row away.

After a while, the girl woke up leisurely, Liu Tao covered her mouth with one hand, took out a dagger and stuck it to his face and said: "We are here to talk business with the chieftain, and we don't want to have any trouble with you." For any conflict, although we are merchants, we are not profiteers. If you don’t yell, I will let you go. The little hurt I did to you just now was a last resort. I sincerely apologize to you. You little face It’s pretty nice, but it’s not good if it gets scratched…”

The girl watched the dagger move away slowly, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but immediately became tough.

"You say you are not a bad person, why are you carrying vicious weapons?"

"Our weapons are for self-defense, but they made you unconscious for half an hour, and you chose to puncture your neck. You plan to let us puncture you. Is it your face or your body?" Jin Yan teased. He stared at her up and down, left and right, and the girl who looked at her was hairy all over.

"You say you are a good person, but I think you are bad enough!"

"Hehe, girl, he is really a good person. He is my brother Jinzhang, he is my brother Ma, and I am Liu Tao. What is your name and how old are you?"

"I'm 16 years old, and my name is Guoer."

Liu Tao pretended to be surprised and said: "Then you are my sister, I thought you were younger than me just now?"

Guoer took a liking to this Bai Jian's younger sister, sat up straight and said, "Well, Liu Tao? Hehe, what are you doing shopping here?"

"We are here to buy fruit. You can't eat so much fruit, and if you don't take it out, isn't it a waste? We will ship it back and make fruit wine. The monkey skin of the golden monkey, we don't want it!"

"My father has the final say on these things, and he has to agree."

"Well, your father should be anxious if he can't see you. Let's send you back."

At this time, the mist had thinned, and the three of them were spotted by people on the shore just as they stood up from the rushes. They were all women and children, and some were male elders. When they saw them, they immediately yelled.

Even the old man who is a mature oak is good at fighting. He picked up sticks, scratching hooks and other things at the same time, and rushed towards them.Guo'er hurriedly stopped them and explained to them.

Guo'er called the chieftain as father, and only then did the three know that Guo'er was the chieftain's daughter, a princess of Shuli Daxi.

Although Guo'er is pure and cute, the chieftain has a gloomy face and is indifferent to several people.Hearing that several people came here to do business, he said: "I don't need them, we already have honest partners, we don't need them..."

"Father, they are good people!"

"I have lived at such an advanced age and know more than you. They first pay more money to win our favor, and at the same time squeeze other merchants away, and then lower the price of fruits and monkey skins. I know such a trick. .”

"Master Chieftain, what we want is only fruit. It is useless for us to ask for monkey fur. How can we convince you?" Liu Tao asked.

"Unless you can solve the big problem that plagues us!" A young woman next to the toast rushed to say.

"Okay then, can you tell us what is difficult to solve, is it for food or for use?"

"Even if it is not eaten or used, it is climbed on the tree..."

Guo'er interrupted: "Liu Tao, what my stepmother is talking about is the golden monkey. The stepmother's child, that is, my little brother, was snatched away and eaten by the golden monkey. She only wants revenge."

"Where is the golden monkey?"

"They will come in half an hour. The dried figs we dry are the favorite of golden monkeys. They will come every day, and they will run away when they grab them. They will harass them if they can't. These dried figs are processed Alkaline flour, vinegar, and boiled water to remove the skin are much more delicious than the naturally dried fig tree, so the monkeys often come to snatch it."

　There are two more chapters today, and the next chapter will be uploaded in the afternoon.

　　
　
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