reborn on the happy hall

The commercial roads in the Western Regions are not so easy to navigate. Thousands of miles of Gobi and thousands of miles of yellow sand, even if there are no horse thieves roaring around to steal people's lives, but such a harsh natural environment is enough to deter most people.

It was the first time for Lin Yun and Xia Han to embark on this road, but they had lived in Xinzhou for a long time, and they had heard many times from businessmen that the business roads in the Western Regions were difficult.A well-read book, he also knew the general situation of the Western Regions from the travel notes of his ancestors.Therefore, when walking among the yellow sand in the Gobi, the two of them did not feel surprised or disappointed.

Life is still long, the world is so big, there is nothing wrong with looking around...

"Bah, bah, what the hell kind of place is this? How could anyone live in such a place?!" Lin Yun climbed into Xia Han's carriage, and hastily closed the curtain behind him, only then did he have the time to shake off his eyes. □□ the yellow sand on the ground, and could not help complaining at the same time.

Lin Yun, who had been prepared for a long time, knew that the business roads in the Western Regions were difficult, and he also roughly knew what he would encounter on the road.But in fact, knowing and experiencing it are two different things. After all, others say that the Western Regions are full of wind and sand, and walking on the road and eating a mouth full of sand are definitely two kinds of experiences. They just set foot in the desert from the Gobi yesterday. Some can't stand the wind and sand outside.

Xia Han was very self-aware and didn't go outside to join in the fun. She obediently stayed in the carriage, and sure enough, she didn't even pass the whole morning, and she just waited for her disgraced daughter-in-law.

The corners of her lips could not help evoking a slight smile. Xia Han got up and walked to Lin Yun to help her tidy up. At the same time, she casually replied: "The wind and sand in the desert is a different kind of scenery. It's just that we outsiders can't get used to it for a while."

Lin Yun pursed his lips, glanced at her, and suddenly shook his head a few times, shaking off another cloud of dust from his long hair.

Xia Han was getting close to her, and was caught off guard by the dust all over her face. The next moment, she turned her head and covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, and sneezed several times in a row.When she turned around again, her eye circles were red, and she couldn't help but raised her hand to pinch Lin Yun's ear in anger, and said with tears in her eyes, "You did it on purpose, right? I came to help you with good intentions, but you still made fun of me on purpose!"

Lin Yun was just joking, so he quickly raised his hands to cover his ears, and said with a smile, "Where is it, I know Ah Han's well, it was just an accident just now. Look, my head is full of sand , of course it needs to be cleaned up.”

Xia Han was speechless, and had no choice but to pinch her earlobe and tug, as a warning.

The young couple reconciled quickly, Lin Yun cleaned up the dust on his body, and didn't want to go outside to eat dirt anymore, so he obediently stayed in the carriage to accompany Xia Han.The two read books, drank tea, chatted and flirted, the time passed quickly, and they didn't feel that the road to the Western Regions was difficult.

Of course, such leisure will not last long.Today's caravan has just set foot in the desert, it is still on the edge of the desert, and what really needs to travel in the desert is not a horse-drawn carriage, but a camel.At that time, the entire caravan will be transported by camels, and they will not even bring more horses. This thing of hiding in the carriage to drink tea and talk about love will no longer exist.

But this is something for the time being, the time to rush is passing quickly, and it will be sunset in a blink of an eye.

There is a saying that "the solitary smoke in the desert is straight, and the sun sets in the long river". The sunset in the desert seems to be extraordinarily magnificent and sparse.Even Xia Han, who had been hiding in the carriage for a whole day, couldn't help opening the curtain at dusk to enjoy the sunset in the distance.

The golden light is reflected on the golden land, the rolling sand dunes are nearby, and the golden red sky is in the distance.The sky and the earth seem to be infinitely magnified in this piece of gold, and one glance makes people feel that their hearts have become much wider... The beauty of the desert is beginning to emerge. Not only Xia Han is reflected by the setting sun, but even Lin Lin Yun looked at the scenery outside the car and lost his mind for a moment.

But basically only the two of them enjoyed the scenery, and the caravan did not stop to rest because of the sunset.In fact, the Wang family caravan rushed to set off at this time because the weather had just warmed up and the temperature in the desert was suitable, so the caravan's walking would become much easier.The power of the desert will not be truly revealed until summer comes into the next two or three months. The scorching heat will force people to give up walking during the day and walk at night instead.

Almost all the royal caravans are used to going out at night. Although they don’t need to do this now, they habitually want to travel more. In a place like the desert, there are too many variables and dangers. OK

Lin Yun and his party were all newcomers, so they followed the Wang family's caravan all the way.So this walk went until midnight, and the temperature dropped so suddenly that it was hard to resist, so they set up camp and lit a fire to rest.

A group of people gathered around the fire, drinking hot water and eating dry food, talking about what they had and what they didn't.

Lin Yun and Xia Han finally got out of the carriage, and they got together with the steward of the Wang family's caravan by a fire.They are treated a little better than the others. In addition to dry food, they also have soup made of dried meat, which is steaming in a small pot on the fire.

Steward Wang warmly greeted the two of them—under the circumstances that he had to sell the face of the General's Mansion, as a businessman, Steward Wang would naturally not be coldly disgusted with the two of them. , This is the compromise he made on this trip-the three of them sat around the fire, drank hot soup and chatted.

Lin Yun took a sip from the soup bowl and asked first, "Guard Wang, we have entered the desert now, how will we go next?"

Guanshi Wang didn't hide it from her, he smiled, and then said intentionally or unintentionally: "The road is still long, Mr. Lin, don't worry." He pointed to the west, and then said: "Let's go here Going west, you have to walk through the desert for three days before you reach a small town called Shimen. Where it is close to the oasis, it is the place of supply. There are many merchants from south to north, and the scenery of the Western Regions can be seen for the first time. .”

Of course, Shimen Town is still too close to the customs. If the merchants only come here, the caravan's income will be very little.The farther west you go, the more valuable the goods in the Central Plains will be, and it will be easier to find good things to bring back to the Central Plains.

Wealth and honor have always been found in danger, and the Wang family's caravan will definitely not stop at Shimen Town, and Lin Yunzi will not be willing to go home just like that.

Seeing that Lin Yun didn't express anything, Wang Guanshi didn't take it seriously.He felt that Lin Yun took his daughter-in-law on the road, and what he did along the way, it didn't look like a serious businessman, but more like taking his daughter-in-law out for fun.In this way, he doesn't have to worry about the interests of the Wang family's merchants being divided up. He only needs to walk in the desert for a few days. The young couple will know that the road will be difficult, and they will naturally have the intention to quit.

Without mentioning Shimen Town, Wang Guanshi continued: "Shimen Town will also be a desert in the future. The trade route we took was opened up by the predecessors, and it is still easy to travel. Every three to five days, we can meet people big and small. The oasis in the desert, as long as you don’t get lost in the desert or encounter a storm, it’s probably not in danger. If you walk like this for a month, you will be able to reach Shale, the first small country in the Western Regions, where many caravans will make their move goods."

Lin Yun nodded and asked, "Did the Wang family's caravan only go to Shale?"

Steward Wang didn't hide from her, and replied with a smile: "No. The farther the caravan travels, the higher the income will be. My caravan has only traveled to the Western Regions in a year, and I still have to go west. Well, it’s much farther than others.”

The Wang family's caravan was not limited to this one, but this one traveled the farthest, and Lin Yun and the others just happened to be there.

But Lin Yun didn't care. From the moment she brought the Qiang people with her, the purpose of her trip was more for profit.At this time, I was naturally not afraid of traveling far, but thought that it would be good if I could make enough money in one trip.So regardless of Wang Guanshi's thoughts, he followed his words and said, "In this case, the whole journey will depend on Wang Guanshi's care."

Guanshi Wang still didn't care about it. After all, everyone knew that it would be more profitable to go far, but there were very few companies that could really go down this business route.In his opinion, this spoiled young couple will definitely not be able to bear the suffering of the desert.

Lin Yun saw his contempt, and also didn't care.She finished drinking the broth in the bowl, and ate the soft boiled jerky in the bowl, and felt her body, which was still cold before, warm up in an instant.Turning to look at his daughter-in-law, Xia Han was still holding the soup bowl and sipping soup, but his body shrank slightly, apparently still unable to bear the coldness of the desert night.

Raising his hand, he embraced the whole person in his arms. Lin Yun shielded Xia Han from the cold night wind with his body, not caring about the eyes of others.

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The next day the caravan transferred to camels, and walked unhurriedly in the desert accompanied by the "jingling" of camel bells.

The two were running side by side, and the originally mighty caravan, now all the goods pulled by the horse-drawn carts were carried by camels, which made the caravan lengthen by more than half invisibly.Walking at the head of the team and looking back, you can see that the long team behind you is like a long snake swimming in the desert, winding and long, and it is difficult to see the end at a glance.

On this day, Lin Yun and Xia Han rode together again, and the young couple had to experience the wind and sand in the desert once again—both of them put on hoods and veils this time, but the yellow sand in the desert seemed like All-pervasive.

On this day, Lin Yun and Xia Han saw for the first time the legendary horse thieves on the commercial roads of the Western Regions—a mighty team of horse thieves with nearly a thousand people. Manager Wang paid the road money calmly, and there was no conflict between the two sides. By mistake.However, Lin Yun and Xia Han were still very surprised, because this was the starting point of the Western Regions trade route, and they had just set foot in the desert for only two days!

Lin Yun looked jealously at the team of horse thieves leaving with the money to buy the road, and whispered in his daughter-in-law's ear: "This business without capital is really profitable. Steward Wang said that the caravan did not go far and made little profit, and most of them were fed to them." Sand bandits and bandits!"

Steward Wang gave a lot of money to buy the road. Adding up the two teams, the money paid was almost one-tenth of the value of the goods.This is the first horse thief, and there are many places where they need to buy road money. It is no wonder that the value of these goods will double after they are shipped to the Western Regions, and the same is true for the goods from the Western Regions when they are shipped back to the Central Plains.

After hearing this, Xia Han turned around and pinched her cheek, and said with a slight warning: "Don't think about it."