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The Ironshoe tribe lived in a plain thirty kilometers from Almaty.

There are about 3,000 adult centaur males in the entire Ironshoe tribe, and the rest are females and children.

The Ironshoe tribe belongs to a fishing and hunting tribe. The women and children of the tribe are responsible for grazing on the grasslands around the tribe, and the adult men of the tribe go to Issyk-Kul Lake in groups to hunt and fish.

The centaur's physique determines that they eat a lot, so many centaur tribes live a very tight life. If there is some natural disaster or man-made disaster, men, women and children in the tribe have to tighten their belts to live.

There is an old saying in China, if a family is rich, those with hair are not counted.

The meaning of this sentence is that even if you have tens of thousands of cattle and sheep in your home, they are not considered reliable property until you successfully monetize them, because a snowstorm in winter is likely to make you lose everything.

For the Iron Hoof Tribes, every winter is the most difficult time for them, because the prey in winter will become more difficult to catch, and the frozen Issyk-Kul Lake can no longer provide them with any catch.

If the cattle and sheep raised by the tribe freeze to death, their life will become more difficult in the coming year.

Many people think that nomads eat meat every day, and the cattle and sheep they raise are for food.

Not so.

In fact, the staple food of nomads is all kinds of dairy products, and meat is not something that ordinary herders can eat casually. After all, the meat that a sheep can produce is very limited. If meat is the staple food every day, the herdsmen grazing There are simply not enough cattle and sheep for them.

In many cases, the herdsmen will only kill some old, weak, sick and disabled livestock as their own meat, and they will sell some of the other cattle and sheep, and then buy some food for their own consumption.

So the staple food of herdsmen is actually all kinds of dairy products and rice porridge with some meat. Those people on TV who eat meat all day long and eat a whole leg of lamb by themselves are not absent, but those people are noble class. , a very small part.

The Iron Hoof Tribe is just a slightly larger centaur tribe in Kazakhstan. The entire tribe has tens of thousands of mouths waiting to be fed. Even if the tribe's patriarch is qualified to eat meat every day, others are not.

Holly Ironhoof was thirty-five years old, and he had been the head of the Ironhoof tribe for five years.

During these five years, Holly Ironshoe deeply felt the enormous pressure of the increase in the tribe's population.

Originally, for the centaur family, increasing the number of children was a very important thing, and it was related to the racial continuation of the centaur family.

However, the resources around a centaur tribe are limited after all. Once the population of the tribe increases too rapidly, the source of food will become a big problem.

As the patriarch of the Ironshoe Tribe, the first thing that Holly Ironshoe thinks of when he opens his eyes almost every day is to go hunting there today.

As there are more and more half-sized children in the tribe, the number of cattle and sheep that the tribe grazes keeps decreasing.

In order to be able to feed the half-sized children, Holly had to sell a large number of cattle and sheep, and then buy relatively cheap food for the tribesmen in the tribe to feed their stomachs.

However, selling cattle and sheep is completely an act of drinking poison to quench thirst for the Iron Hoof Tribe, because the breeding number of cattle and sheep is proportional to the number of the population. quantity.

Once the number of cattle and sheep in the tribe drops to the warning line, if they continue to sell cattle and sheep, the entire tribe will soon fall into a huge food crisis.

Hawley also knew this, so whenever he sold part of the tribe's cattle and sheep, he would immediately stop selling them and think of other ways.

For the centaurs who are not good at farming, there are only two ways to solve the food crisis. Either go out to work to make money, or simply go to part-time horse thieves to do some unprofitable business such as road robbery.

Working for others is hard work and can’t make a lot of money. It is very likely that you will lose your life. Therefore, for Hawley, unless they are summoned by their great patriarch, they will not be able to give others in this life. Worker.

If you don't want to work for others, then the only way is to become a horse thief and do a business without capital.

As horse thieves blocking roads and looting, the centaur family has an innate advantage, because long-distance raiding and looting are their once housekeeping skills.

So when it was almost impossible to open the pot, Hawley would lead the men of the Ironshoe tribe to go out to loot, and then use the looted money to buy enough food to help the tribe survive the long winter.

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Horse thieves are the most hated thing for caravans in business, because once they encounter horse thieves, it is likely to lose both human and wealth, so each caravan will bring a large number of guards when setting out to ensure the safety of the road.

For the caravans doing business in Central Asia, the centaur thieves are the most feared by the businessmen, because the centaurs are all soldiers, and they are natural cavalry.

Once the centaur thieves are looted, if the opponent insists on killing them, then few caravans will escape from the centaur thieves.

The best way to deal with marauding centaur thieves is to hire an **** of centaur warriors.

Centaur thief vs. centaur guard, most of the time it is the centaur guard who will win the final victory.

However, the price of hiring centaur guards is too high, and ordinary small business guilds cannot afford to hire them. Therefore, many times, those caravans will choose some routes that can pay protection fees to conduct business.

The Holly of the Ironshoe Tribe is even a long-running truth, so as long as the caravans in the past pay them enough protection fees, they will not only not loot the caravans, but will also **** them safely out of the coverage of the Ironshoe Tribe.

When the Silk Road Caravan came, Ximen Lieyang paid enough tolls to Hao Li, and then passed the area covered by the Iron Hoof Tribe safely.

This time, if there is no accident, as long as they pay enough tolls to the Ironshoe Tribe again, then Holly will definitely not make it difficult for them.

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On February 30, 1938, under the **** of two hundred Kazakh players, the Silk Road Caravan's convoy slowly drove into the sphere of influence of the Ironshoe Tribe.

The moment the convoy just appeared, Hao Li led a centaur army of 2,000 people to stop in front of the convoy.

After seeing the centaur army of the Iron Hoof Tribe, the Kazakh player headed immediately signaled Ximen Lieyang to pay the protection fee to the other party.

Along the way, under the tip of Kazakh players, Kazakhs kept charging tolls from the Silk Road Caravan.

Kazakh players know that the Silk Road Caravan has money, so almost every wave who comes to collect protection fees will open their mouths.

Facing the greedy Kazakh players, Ximen Lieyang tried his best to satisfy each other's requirements every time.

After clearing the way through non-stop money, no Kazakh players deliberately made things difficult for them.

This time, facing the centaur army of the Iron Hoof Tribe, after receiving the Kazakh player's instruction, Ximen Lieyang immediately sent two heavy money bags to Hao Li.

After opening the purse and seeing the silver exposed inside, Holly's face immediately sank. He looked at Ximen Lieyang and rebuked loudly:

"Shouldn't it be two bags of gold coins?

What do you mean by giving me two bags of silver coins? "

It turned out that the purse that Ximen Lieyang handed to Huo Li was full of silver coins.

Seeing Haoli's anger, Ximen Lieyang immediately smiled and said: "Patriarch Haoli, every few kilometers we walk on this road, we will encounter a wave of tolls.

Most of the money we brought has been used to buy goods, and the rest has been taken away by the big and small kings along the way.

Now we only have these silver coins left, and we really can't get any more money.

Please also ask Patriarch Haoli to take a look at me because it is very difficult for us on this journey. When we pass by the noble tribe next time, we will definitely pay more homage to your old man. "

Ximen Lieyang looked at Holly with a pitiful look on his face, hoping that the other party could open up to him.

After hearing Ximen Lieyang's remarks, Huo Li's face became even more ugly, he looked at Ximen Lieyang and said coldly, "What do you mean, President Ximen?

Why, you have money to honor others, but no money to honor us?

I tell you, if you don't take out your double gold today, you won't be able to pass through the territory of our Ironshoe tribe.

Don't say I'm embarrassing you. If you really can't get the money, then you should keep all the goods, and then come back to redeem the goods when you go back and get the money. "

"Patriarch Haoli, can't you really be accommodating?"

Ximen Lieyang asked again without giving up.

"Either pay the money, then leave the goods, there is no third option."

Hawley replied coldly.

Seeing that Holly's oil and salt did not enter, Ximen Lieyang immediately turned around and came to the Kazakhstan player.

"Your Excellency Sanji, we have used up all the money we have with us. Now Patriarch Haoli wants to detain our goods. See if you can talk to us."

"Are you really out of money?"

Hearing that Ximen Lieyang said that the Silk Road Caravan was out of money, Sanji suddenly looked different.

"It's not like you haven't seen it along the way, those people in your country..."

Halfway through speaking, Ximen Lieyang stopped, and then looked straight at Sanji.

Being stared at by Ximen Lieyang like this, Sanji rubbed his nose in embarrassment.

He saw how the Silk Road Caravan was exploited by their domestic players, because many teams were recruited by him, and he received a lot of benefits from them.

He thought that Ximen Lieyang didn't want to make a statement, and just wanted to buy peace with money, so he wanted to exploit as much money as possible from Ximen Lieyang before the Silk Road Caravan left Kazakhstan.

Unexpectedly, before this arrived in Almaty, the money carried by the Silk Road Caravan had already been exploited by them.

As for the money already in their pockets, they would definitely not take it out and return it to Ximen Lieyang, so Sanji could only bite the bullet and come to Haoli.

"Patriarch Haoli, my name is Sanji, I am the commander of the Taraz City Defense Army, and at the order of the city owner, we must **** the Silk Road caravan out of the country safely, so I also ask Patriarch Haoli to make it easy for you to arrive. When the time comes, I will definitely speak a lot for the patriarch in front of the city lord."

Glancing at Sanji on the horse, Holly said with a look of disdain: "You TMD is here with me, I don't know any Taraz City Lord, and I don't need you to speak kindly in front of him for me. Not familiar with him.

All I know is that the money that should have belonged to us was extorted in front of you greedy guys.

You know that our Ironshoe Tribe desperately needs this money for emergencies, yet you dare to give away the share that belongs to us. I think you look down on our Ironshoe Tribe at all.

Since you don't give us the face of the iron-hoofed tribe, even if the king is here today, you have to pay enough tolls in the past.

If there is one less copper, you will not want to leave alone today. "

The centaurs have always looked down on greedy humans like Sanji, so Hawley doesn't save Sanji any face.

After being choked by Hawley, Sanji's face immediately became extremely difficult to see.

He wanted to have a seizure, but after taking a look at the centaur warriors behind Hawley, he finally turned around silently and returned to Ximen Lieyang's side.

Glancing at Ximen Lieyang, who was full of earnestness, Sanji shook his head and smiled bitterly: "President Ximen, you have seen it, I have tried my best, but that guy Haoli insists on asking for money, and he won't do anything less.

If you really can't, you should leave a carload of goods as collateral for them, and you can redeem them after you go back and get the money. "

"Oh, that's the only way to go."

Ximen Lieyang shook his head helplessly~www.readwn.com~ Come on, hand over a hundred carts of the most valuable spices to Patriarch Haoli, and we will redeem it when we go back to get the money. "

After speaking, Ximen Lieyang winked at a player.

After receiving Ximen Lieyang's instructions, the Huaxia players in the convoy immediately took action. They drove out a hundred carriages full of goods from the convoy and slowly drove towards the centaur army not far away.

Just when Sanji and the others thought that everything would go smoothly, a moving carriage suddenly rolled over, and then accidentally hit a carriage parked next to it.

Seeing a carriage overturned, everyone's eyes were immediately drawn to it, and then under everyone's attention, the carriage that was affected by Chiyu suddenly showed a golden yellow after it overturned.

"not good."

After seeing the goods on the carriage spilled out, Sanji and Ximen Lieyang exclaimed in unison.