Xiaoyao Nongjiazi

Although Fang Lu was a little unhappy about being next to such a powerful tribe, he was not too entangled.Walin Village is only a medium-sized tribe, and they have been exploited by bandits all year round. They have long been accustomed to being oppressed.In the final analysis, Han Haizhou still judges strength with fists, if you can't bear it, you can only endure it. As long as they don't drive them to a dead end, the resistance will not be strong.What's more, Fucheng seems to be relatively peaceful, and there is no habit of bullying others, so they can treat each other with courtesy, so as to establish a good relationship.

There is a clear gap between the rich and the poor in Walin Village. Some people eat sweets and drink spicy food, while others suffer from hunger. The houses are not uniformly planned. house, naturally cannot survive the winter safely.

Fortunately, Hanhai Prefecture is sparsely populated. As a major resource, people are still very precious. When the tribe is capable, they will not watch the people at the bottom starve to death and freeze to death. Not to mention how good the treatment is, at least they can guarantee their survival. needed.Every winter, the tribal people who only live in thatched huts will be moved to solid mudstone houses.

When Jian Mingyu learned of this, he couldn't feel the slightest disturbance in his heart.It's not bad that Walin Village can do this. If it weren't for the precious population of Hanhai Prefecture, who would care about the poor people's lives?Looking at the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, he had never heard of any high-ranking official who could be so benevolent.

Among this group of people, servants only account for a small half. This is actually very understandable. If the servants are not fed and clothed, they cannot play their fullest role. Of course, it is impossible for everyone to be so wise. There will always be people who only focus on At present, they are doing everything possible to squeeze every ounce of blood and sweat from the slaves, and they will not stop until the last drop of blood is squeezed out.

Fang Lu, the leader of Valin Village, is not unaware of this. Unfortunately, even if he alone has the final say in the tribe, he can't interfere with other tribesmen, especially the leaders of the tribe. Doing so will only push them to the opposite side. After all, The tribe is not owned by him alone, no one supports him, and he will be pulled down sooner or later.

Jian Mingyu and his party, a large number of people, were placed in the big stone house where the poor spend the winter.Originally, according to Fang Lu's intention, they would be arranged separately. After all, Jian Mingyu and others, as the guests of Walin Village, of course had to treat them well.He had thought it all over, the leaders Jian Mingyu and Zhong Zhengyi lived in his house, and the others were dispersed to the homes of several leaders of the tribe.

Jian Mingyu declined Fang Lu's kindness. He knows people and faces but doesn't know his heart. At first glance, Walin Village should not have bad intentions for them from any point of view, but no one can guarantee that accidents will not happen.He didn't want to cause extra problems, and it was better to gather everyone together than to scatter.

Jian Mingyu and the others settled down in the houses where the people at the bottom of Walin Village collectively spend the winter. It is conceivable that the environment will not be much better.The fact is also the same. In each room, there is nothing but a large kang that takes up half of the space. The only thing worthy of praise is that the house is very strong and airtight.

Fang Lu ordered Haosheng to entertain the caravan, how dare the person in charge disobey it?The bedding and the like were quickly prepared, and after the people were settled properly, they left with the servants.

In other people's territory, Jian Mingyu would not take it lightly, and arranged for good people to watch the night before going to bed to rest.

Silent all night.

Early the next morning, Jian Mingyu and the others were invited to Fang Lu's house after breakfast to discuss the trade of goods.Zhong Zhengyi, as the head of the caravan, was in charge of this matter, and Jian Mingyu was on the sidelines, so he didn't speak easily.

This time, the caravan brought some of the surplus items of the people of Fucheng, some of which were more or less, a total of five carts of goods were piled up in the yard, which was quite spectacular and dazzling.

It obviously takes a lot of time to check everything, and it is not realistic.Zhong Zhengyi took out a list of goods and handed it to Fang Lu. He waited for a certain item to check the quality of the goods, which would save a lot of trouble.

Jian Mingyu didn't intervene in business affairs, but he had other tasks on his shoulders. He seemed to be careless, but he listened very carefully.Soon, Fang Lu made a decision on the goods that might be purchased this time. After looking at the goods, the two sides put on a posture and started to come and go, and make the next deal in a fierce battle.

After spending a long time talking, both parties are quite satisfied with this transaction.From the corner of his eye, Jian Mingyu glanced at the remaining goods in the courtyard as if inadvertently, and frowned slightly.Walin Village is a medium-sized tribe, and the number of people is not small. It's just that the purchasing power is really disappointing. I don't know if they are too wary, or it's just financial resources.If all the tribes in Hanhai Prefecture are at this level, the prospect of the caravan is not very optimistic.

Seeing that the business has been negotiated and the sun is noon, Fang Lu warmly invited Jian Mingyu and others into the living room to chat and wait for lunch to start.

Taking advantage of this time, Jian Mingyu pretended to be extremely interested in the various tribes, and spoke quietly.From the beginning of the meeting to the end of the chat, he got a lot of mixed information.Of course, this information needs to be organized before it can be really useful.

Fang Lu and other people in charge of Walin Village were not prepared for this. It wasn't that they lacked vigilance. In fact, there was nothing that should not be said about this information. If you go to any tribe and inquire about it, you can easily learn it. Instead of hiding it So, it's better to say it out loud, so that you can sell favors to your partners.Knowing this, they didn't bother to think about whether Jian Mingyu and the others had other purposes.

Before the end of the banquet, Jian Mingyu asked very seriously: "Boss Fang, you have also seen that the caravan still has a lot of goods, but we are not familiar with other tribes, so I wonder if we can borrow a guide from your village for a visit?" Use? Don't worry, the work that has been delayed in the past few days can be replaced by rewards."

Hearing this, Fang Lu only hesitated for a moment, then readily agreed, as for the reward, he didn't mention a word, it seems that he didn't plan to accept it.

I'm sorry for human feelings, and Jian Mingyu didn't have the idea of ​​taking advantage of others. He took out a delicate wooden box from his arms and pushed it in front of Fang Lu: "Boss Fang, I appreciate your kindness. I hope you will accept it. Thank you for your hospitality these two days.”

There are a lot of caravans, and the city guards all have a big appetite. Three meals a day need to consume a lot of food, which is not a small burden for Valin Village, which has a population of less than [-].If the bandits in Hanhai Prefecture hadn't been wiped out last year, the tribes would no longer have to offer offerings, and the food reserves had never been more abundant, and Fang Lu would not have been so generous.

In fact, Jian Mingyu never thought that the group of them would be entertained so warmly. After all, the number of people was there. For this reason, each of them brought a lot of dry food.However, since the leader of Valin Village made such an arrangement, there was no need for him to refuse, so he ate and drank at ease, and at worst would make up for it afterwards.

Although Hanhai Prefecture is relatively barren, the upper strata of the tribe are not poor at all. If even the leader is worried about food and drink all day long, this tribe is not far from extinction. Obviously, Walin Village is not so miserable.

In some parts of this world, it is no different from modern times, women and children are still the best earners.Fucheng and Walin Village have communicated before, and Jian Mingyu is not worried that the pearl hair accessories given away will be unpopular.

The fact is also the same. When Fang Lu opened the wooden box and saw the items inside, the smile on his face became even bigger. The gift is very satisfactory.

Pearls are rare items. Even in Valin Village, they go to the vast sea almost every year, and the pearls they harvest are pitifully few.It can be said that there are very few pearls circulating in the tribes of Hanhai Prefecture, and most of them come from a large tribe located in the southwest of Hanhai Prefecture near the sea.Although few people in the small and medium-sized tribes were able to buy it, many people in the big tribes could afford it. Even if Fanglu and the others didn't use it for themselves and sold it to the big tribe, they could get back a lot of supplies.

Although Fucheng is adjacent to the vast sea, there are not many pearls harvested.On the one hand, there are no professional pearl divers, and the income is very limited only by catching the sea. On the other hand, the people of Fucheng have been busy reclamation and construction, and have no time to go to the sea, resulting in too low production.Therefore, pearls were not included in the caravan trading goods this time, and these items that Jian Mingyu brought out belonged to the Zhong family, which could be regarded as Zhong Qingran's contribution to Fucheng.

In the afternoon, after a short break, the caravan set off again.This time, their target is the Moxi tribe. Like Walin Village, it is a medium-sized tribe, but its scale is much larger than that of Walin Village. I believe that if it develops well, it will be able to become a large tribe in another 20 years. a row.

The tribes in Hanhai Prefecture are not close to each other, so they should have no direct interest relationship, but it is not the case.If the neighboring tribes are too strong, it will become a deterrent to themselves. No one wants to be inferior, so while developing themselves, they will not hesitate to suppress their opponents.

Direct use of force is not the best choice. After all, doing so is easy to cause damage to one thousand enemies and eight hundred losses. Such a situation of losing both sides will instead allow other tribes to pick up ready-made bargains. Usually, they are making decisions on the necessities of life, such as It's not that medicinal materials such as salt and iron are not sold, but the price is extremely high.

Although there are undercurrents among the tribes in Hanhai Prefecture, they are relatively peaceful on the surface. If the local tribes have taken root for many years, as long as they are not attacked by wild beasts in the grassland, there is not much danger in their exchanges.Fucheng suffers because they are foreigners, and they are relatively rich, which is not much different from the fat lambs in the eyes of hungry wolves. But if any tribe who knows Fucheng is not tempted at all, it is impossible, but if they can't make a move, It depends on the conscience of the leaders of the major tribes.

With Fang Lu's hand letter and the guide Li Liang as a bridge of communication, the Huaxia caravan entered the Moxi tribe smoothly, but this time, the caravan was not treated as well as it was in Walin Village. More than half of the city guards were left outside the tribe.

There were not a lot of leftover goods in the caravan, and there were almost no merchants who could eat them all at once. This was not because the goods were valuable, but because there were too many varieties and fragments, and no merchant was willing to accept them all.