The Nameless of the Common Clans

The Xianbei cavalry did not take action. They stopped a stone's throw away from them. The big man led a few people who could speak some Xianbei dialect to meet them. The two sides kept talking and shouting for a long time. After a while, everyone When he came back, he also brought back some war horses.

"Brother, what are they..." Chen Mo asked curiously as he watched the big man happily take out a bag of salt from the car. It should weigh more than ten kilograms.

"Oh, they are here to buy things. Well, these horses have settled the money. Hehe, this trip is not a loss!" The big man said with a grin.

"Then I..." Chen Mo leaned forward and said.

"Small tribesmen, they mainly exchange food and salt, and at most some coarse cloth. They generally don't dare to wear silk cloth for fear of being robbed." The big man shook his head.

Chen Mo nodded with some disappointment and rode back.

"My lord, with your look like this, people who don't know better would really think you are a merchant." Dian Wei couldn't help but said after seeing Chen Mo's look.

"What else?" Chen Mo glared at him and said, "How about I tell everyone that I am the governor of Bingzhou and come here to spy on the enemy?"

Dian Wei coughed, looked at the group of Xianbei people and said with a smile: "My boss, look at this group of Xianbei people, why are there women?"

There were about a hundred people from Xianbei, and among them there were indeed a dozen strong women.

"This brother doesn't know something." The big man sent the goods that the other party wanted. When he came back, he heard Dian Wei's words and explained with a smile: "Whether the Xiongnu or the Xianbei people, their women can also mount horses and shoot arrows, and they have been able to shoot arrows since they were young. Just practice this, the women in this grassland are like goods, and they are not expensive, but do you think how many Han family members are willing to buy them? "

Since the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu militarily, I have only heard of Han women marrying Xiongnu or Xianbei women, but very few Xiongnu or Xianbei women have married. Some people may not understand this, but in fact, it is not surprising that they know the situation of the Huns.

It’s not that others don’t want to, it’s that one’s own family doesn’t want to. For scholars, not to mention Xiongnu women, even Han women must be clean. The next best thing is that Yun Si is also clean and has some talents. , looking across the grassland, it is not easy to find someone like Yun Si, who is so picky about Han women, let alone Hu women who are illiterate.

Ordinary people are not so particular about it, but prairie women have been exposed to the sun and wind since childhood. Even the children of large tribesmen rarely have skin as delicate as that of Han women, let alone the skin that has been honed since childhood on this vast prairie. Even if you ask for your heroic temperament, ordinary people may not be able to control it.

"It makes some sense." Chen Mo groped his chin and tasted the product carefully. He quite agreed with this statement. He was used to seeing the appearance of his wife and concubine. He ran to the grassland and took another look at these barbarian women. What a Majestic, but in this case, my plan to attract a large number of prairie women seems to be unworkable.

"Master, why don't you buy two for me?" Dian Wei suddenly looked at Chen Mo and said.

"Uh..." Chen Mo looked at Dian Wei, did his taste differ from that of ordinary people?

But after all, he is his favorite general. Chen Mo will naturally not refuse these requests. He nodded and said: "Okay, I will find two good ones for you, Uncle Wang and Uncle Zheng?"

Wang Biao and Zheng Tu quickly shook their heads. With their looks and abilities, there was no problem in suppressing these Xiongnu women, but in comparison, they still preferred Han women.

"If Brother Dian likes it, I have a place to go." The man had just made a lot of money. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "Most of the women sold for sale are ugly, but the children of the tribal leaders on the grassland At least she looks good, and she looks cleaner than this ordinary grassland woman. Even in this way, she is more capable than ordinary women. Even many men who are called warriors by the Nahu people may not be able to defeat her. "

"Oh?" Dian Wei's eyes lit up when he heard this. He likes women who are strong but have no problem with their aesthetics. Why bother with ugly ones when there are good-looking ones.

"Some tribal leaders prefer daughters. These women usually have a higher status in the tribe, but their martial arts skills are also usually high. Sometimes their leaders will choose warriors for their daughters. If they can show bravery, they will not only betroth their daughters to You will also give a lot of dowry. I think brother Dian is very capable. If you encounter such a thing, you can give it a try." The man said with a smile.

"My boss?" Dian Wei's eyes lit up and he looked at Chen Mo.

"Brother, I wonder where such a thing can happen?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.

"This all depends on luck. The tribes on the grassland have no fixed settlements. Even if you know which tribe has such a thing, it is difficult to find it." The big man laughed.

"Then you still say you know where to go?" Dian Wei asked dissatisfied.

"I know several gathering places of tribes with thousands of people. Brother Chen's goods can be easily sold there." The big man chuckled and said, "If Brother Chen is interested, we might as well..."

"Okay." Chen Mo nodded and said: "If brother can solve this matter for Lao Dian, just as brother said, I will give you 30% profit!"

"Happy!" The man was overjoyed when he heard this. Chen Mo brought three carts of goods, half of which were silk cloth. The remaining porcelain could also be sold in such a tribe of thousands of people. The 30% profit was quite a lot. At the same time, he also took a high look at Chen Mo. This little brother is very good at winning people's hearts!

Soon, after the group of Xianbei people exchanged what they wanted, they left like a gust of wind. Zheng Tu looked at the smoke and dust in the sky and said: "Isn't it just to exchange some things? For such a big battle, I thought They are here to rob the Tao!"

"This is normal on the grassland. You think these people are here to exchange things. That's because there are many of us and they don't want to suffer losses. If there are less than half of our people here, they will kill them directly. The man smiled and said: "So when you come here, remember not to be alone. Not only these barbarians will try to trick you, but our caravan will do the same."

This is a land outside the law. Although Yunzhong and Dingxiang are still the territory of the Han Dynasty in name, there is no official government, so there is no way to talk about the law. If someone loses their capital here, they naturally want to make money from others. A stroke, and sometimes Han people are darker than Xianbei people, Xianbei people People were more or less afraid of offending others, but because the Han people knew better, they were not afraid of meat and vegetables at that time. They dared to kill the weak Hu tribesmen, and they could not rob the lone Han merchants. No, there are several Han bandits of hundreds of people in the Yunzhong area.

"It's really a mess." Chen Mo said with emotion.

"But it is precisely because of chaos that we can make a lot of money." The man chuckled and said: "Brother Chen, if you can sell all these goods this time, I will take 30% of it. The quality of your goods is enough." You go back to earn a manor, and then recruit dozens more guards, and then you will have more capital when you come back here."

After saying that, he looked at Chen Mo's three carts of goods with some envy. Most of them, traveling merchants, were just a few people putting together one cart to sell.

"In that case, there will be a lot of taxes collected at the border." Chen Mo said with a smile. Nowadays, commerce is encouraged in Bingzhou, but the commercial tax is higher than the agricultural tax. Even if Chen Mo relaxes many policies, it is still not low. It's okay in Bingzhou. If it were a vendor from other places, Chen Mo would be slapped even harder here.

"Who says it's not?" The man chuckled and said, "But we are mostly traders from the Hedong area, and the newly appointed envoy is a rare good official. The taxes here are half lower than yours."

Chen Mo's Huainan accent is similar to that of Dian and Wei, and his external identity is also that of a merchant from Huainan.

"Let me tell you." Another man said to Chen Mo: "Brother Chen is young and promising. Why don't you find a way to find a way to stay in Bingzhou after returning this time? Our envoy is thirsty for talents. Brother Chen If you have a talented person and an extraordinary conversation, you might be attracted by him. Even being a county official is worse than making money with your head in front of us. "

"Think about it." Chen Mo felt a little strange. It was the first time that someone praised him in front of him, and he didn't think that the other person was flattering or being polite. It felt... it seemed good, and he couldn't help but ask: "In today's world, is it still possible? Are there such officials?”

"Of course there is." Several vendors became interested and began to tell Chen Mo about how wise and powerful the new governor of Bingzhou was. Anyway, for most people, whether an official is a good official or not has nothing to do with his character. Relationships can bring benefits to everyone and make everyone live better, that is a good official.

Except for Chen Mo's group, most people sold a lot of goods. Everyone was in high spirits, talking and laughing all the way, and arrived in Wucheng in the evening.

"Why don't you go into the city?" Chen Mo asked curiously as he looked at the people who were starting to set up tents outside.

"To spend one night in the city, with so many of us, we need at least ten sheep. It's not worth it." The big man shook his head and said.

"So expensive?" Chen Mo looked around and saw that there were indeed many caravans stationed outside. He stared in surprise and said, "Everyone lives outside, how do those inns make money?"

"Of course there are people who want to live there. The inns in the city are reserved for those wealthy businessmen. It's much cheaper for them to live there, and they don't even have to pay. We ordinary businessmen can go in and peel off our skin. If Brother Chen wants to enter the city, Let’s go and see it tomorrow. There are still a lot of good things for sale in the market.”

Chen Mo nodded. After returning, Dian Wei and others came up to him and said, "Master, how about we go into the city?"

"Why are you going to the city?" Chen Mo shook his head and said, "Don't forget my current status, just stay here for one night. I'm not that rich."

After saying that, the camp was set up, and Chen Mo took out bamboo slips to record what he saw along the way.

When Dian Wei saw Chen Mo taking out the bamboo slips, he ran away. Wang Biao sat next to Chen Mo and smiled and said, "Is your boss writing a book?"

"Not really. Let's record what we have seen along the way. Although there is no written language in this grassland, judging from these days, there is knowledge that belongs to them."

"My master has learned from ancient times to the present, how can our culture of the Han Dynasty be comparable to those of other countries?" Zheng Tu sat down and said.

"That's not necessarily the case. There was no knowledge at all in this world at the beginning. The so-called knowledge is what the ancestors saw in their lifetimes and was recorded and passed down in books. This thing, regardless of high or low, if you think that my big man's is the best, it will be lost in the sea. His courage will eventually be surpassed by others. What our generation of scholars should do is not only inherit the learning of our ancestors, but also have our own Things, like this, my Han culture can endure for hundreds of generations!" Chen Mo said with a smile while writing: "Besides, although Uncle Wang has never read a book, when it comes to how to interact with people, ordinary scholars are not as good as Uncle Wang. It’s just about knowing more, not something to show off to others. Besides, it’s not difficult to read, but it’s meaningful to be able to write your own book.”

After chatting with Uncle Wang for a while, Chen Mo wrote what he saw today on a bamboo slip. After drying the ink and sorting it out, he went to worship the gods and rest. This trip to the fortress opened up a new world for Chen Mo.

I haven’t resumed the third update yet. I had time yesterday so I wrote an extra chapter. Anyway, I will write more when I have time these days. Please forgive me.