After entering Diao and Yanzhou, the road passes through high mountain canyons. Most of the road sections are surrounded by mountains with thousands of tall walls on one side and surging rapids on the other, which are much more dangerous than the roads in Jiguan Mountain. Although the rivers here are not as good as in the plains

The river is wide, but very rapid and

It is bitingly cold, and the river roars and rushes down through the mountains, making a huge roaring sound. The folk customs here are fierce, and most of the villages and stockades are built in places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack. The houses are all made of stones, and there are often dozens of towers in dangerous places.

Mi Diaolou, Diaozhou and Yanzhou also got their names from this. Wu

The trading volume of the decoration caravans in the two states is not large. On the one hand, due to the war, the Qian family will do business here for a long time and there is no sales agent here. When doing business in the Yifan area, they usually sell goods to

local merchants, who then sell them to villages.

In fact, the local merchants did not make this price difference in vain, but took huge risks. In addition to the high mountains and dangerous roads and the sparse population, the bandits here are numerous and extremely cruel. Killing people and stealing goods is commonplace. This is what the Qian family caravan does most of the time.

The reason for stopping in Lizhou.

As soon as they entered the boundary between the two states, the armed caravans were constantly harassed. Seeing that the armed caravans were so numerous and overwhelming, the bandits made sneak attacks or blocked dangerous roads, but they were all frightened away by the explosions of firearms. Although these bandits could not

He succeeded, but he refused to give up easily, and followed him for a few days until there was no chance.

They dispersed in anger. This put everyone on high alert at all times and made them exhausted. Even though the caravan was careful along the way, several people were injured by stones pushed down from high places by the bandits, and the mules and horses were also killed.

Several horses were broken, and even a few folding shields were smashed. Boss Qian knew that there was no way

Unable to contend with these bandits, he ordered the march to be accelerated, and only sold goods and purchased food in the main villages along the way. The villages along these roads had only a few hundred people in the big ones and only a few dozen in the small ones. They were unable to rob the armed caravans.

Agricultural products can be exchanged for daily necessities,

Naturally, there was no thought of robbery. It was late April, spring flowers were blooming on the border between the two states, and the climate was not cold. To prevent unexpected events, the caravan did not enter the village, but camped outside the village for the night. Boss Qian ordered people again

Strengthen vigilance, so although the journey is difficult, there are only a few surprises.

Another reason why the transaction volume was not large was because Boss Qian wanted to keep the goods and went directly to Dajianlu - Kangding in later generations, and even went to the grasslands of Fan District to exchange horses. Without the middleman to make a profit, this trip brought

The goods were exchanged for horses on the grassland

The number of horses in Diao and Yanzhou is at least several times that of Diao and Yanzhou. Since the disintegration of the Tubo dynasty, the Tibetan area has been fragmented. This is especially true in the two states of Diao and Yan and the grassland areas of Fanzhou, where large and small tribes are numerous and attack each other.

Cutting down continuously. Because of the bitter cold

The low productivity of the land cannot support a standing armed force. The large tribes here only have a few hundred soldiers who can fight, and the small tribes can only fight with a hundred warriors. In a real fight, an armed caravan can still fight. This is also what supports Boss Qian.

One of the reasons for continuing to take risks. Another important reason for Boss Qian to continue to go deep into the Tibetan area to buy horses is that Nima, the leader of Dajian Lu, is his life-and-death friend and a business partner for many years. Count on it.

Come on, they haven't seen each other for more than ten years.

Dajianlu is located in a narrow valley surrounded by three mountains and two rivers. It is the choke point from the Han Dynasty to the depths of the Tibetan areas. This place name first appeared in the Shu-Han period of the Three Kingdoms, and it is the local dialect "

The transliteration of "Zhezhezhu". This place is at the junction of raw and cooked Tibetan. The Diaozhou before Dajianlu, Yanzhou is cooked Tibetan, and after Dajianlu is the raw Tibetan area of ​​the grassland. Diao, although Yanzhou is also known as Tibetan people

They are the main body, but they are deeply influenced by Han culture. They are civilized and educated people with some sense of rules. Take robbery as an example. The native officials and chiefs of Diao and Yanzhou know that openly robbing a caravan is killing the goose that lays the eggs.

This will directly cut off their own tax sources and the sources of necessities in their jurisdictions. Apart from asking for more money to buy roads, the local officials in these two states did not do too much and even cracked down on their jurisdictions.

Boss Qian doesn't care about the bandits in the area. He simply uses his money to open the way for peace and lay the foundation for future business. But the grassland area is different. The living environment here is even worse, and people who believe in naked

According to the law of the jungle, there are so many bandits that there are even some tribes that are both civilians and bandits. The chief is the leader of the bandits. This place is extremely remote and has a vast territory.

The population is sparse, and even during the period when Tubo was powerful, law and order did not take root here. The only outcome for Han caravans who dared to do business here was destruction, and even local Tibetan merchants often lost their lives and goods. Because there were few

When caravans go to the grasslands, nomadic tribes want to trade with farming areas, usually in relatively safe places such as Dajianlu or Diao, Yanzhou, and even in Lizhou.

After arriving at Dajianluo, Boss Qian ordered Qian Laosan to choose a flat place to camp, and then he went to the village to meet his leader friend. Li Gangzi, who was accompanying him, took the members of his platoon and carried the gifts for Nima and the villagers.

Gifts - silk, tea, salt and fine china.

Like most of the villages in Fan District, the residents of Dajianlu did not build the village in a river valley with convenient transportation, but on a platform halfway up the mountain. In addition to defending against enemies, the village was also prone to frequent floods and mudslides.

, and even earthquakes may occur.

The air in the high and cold land of Fan District is thin, and people from the plains are not used to it. They will feel depressed and short of breath if they move a little. However, people from armed caravans often come and go here, and they travel through mountains and rivers all year round. Boss Qian meets an old friend.

eager, forward

He walked a little hastily towards the village. When he approached the village gate halfway up the mountain, he was out of breath. After bending down to catch his breath, he straightened up and found that the village gate in front of him was still closed. He didn't know when the village wall was full of people.

The soldiers were armed with swords and sticks. The formation in front of them made Qian

The boss was very angry: "Hey, you damn boy, I came all the way to see you, but you were turned away." He immediately shouted loudly to the wall in native dialect, asking him to come out and see him. After shouting for a long time, there was no reply from the villagers.

, the soldiers on the wall were stunned.

He looked at him. At this time, Li Ganzi and others had already arrived in front of the village carrying gifts. Boss Qian pointed at the gifts and shouted to the wall in native language: "Man Nima, I brought you gifts and some business."

Aren’t you going to do business in salt and tea goods now?”

The luster of porcelain and silk made the soldiers on the wall shine with greed in their eyes, and Boss Qian's words made them even more commotion. What started as a few people talking among each other gradually turned into a buzzing discussion on the entire wall, and finally turned into a buzzing discussion among the entire wall.

became a loud noise

Wow, the array also became skewed and scattered. The loud noise of the soldiers did not last long. As a thin man in rich clothes walked up the wall of the village, the soldiers automatically moved out of the way, and their longing eyes turned into

Cringing, Boss Qian took a closer look at the big picture.

Overjoyed, the person who came was Nima's housekeeper, Adang, and he called out, "A'Dang, how are you, Nima?" This Adang didn't understand Boss Qian, so he first coldly swept away the visitor under the wall.

After walking around, he squinted and took a closer look at the gifts carried by Li Zhanzi and others.

, then fixed his gaze on Boss Qian and said: "The leader of Nima passed away due to illness a few years ago, and Master Zelang also has no idea what happened to him. I am now the leader of this village. There is no business in the arrow furnace now."
Chapter completed!