What gives Ouyang Xuan and others a headache is how to enter the village of Liuliba. Because the Jiguan Mountain area has deep forests and dangerous roads, it has been a place where Han and Tibetan people have lived together since the Tang Dynasty. In the more than 20 years since Kuoduan invaded Shu, the Southern Song Dynasty official

Without effective governance here, it has always been a place outside the mountains. Because bandits are rampant, few people from outside the mountains reach the mountains. Liuliba is located deep in the Jiguan Mountain area, and the roads here are more remote. Among the grain collection teams

No one has been here before. Zhu Tiaozi, a new member of the team, went to the mountains once when he was working as a traveler a few years ago. That time he carried some needles and threads to try his luck in the mountains. These things are in short supply in the mountainous areas. As a result, he just arrived at 10,000

Jiaping, the bandits from Wanjiazhai robbed all the goods under the pretext of taxation. Fortunately, his life was not injured, but he did not dare to set foot in the mountains again after that.

Ouyang Xuan often hiked in Jiguan Mountain before crossing, but the scenery he saw was not consistent with what he remembered. Fortunately, the topography did not change much, but even so, he made two mistakes in guiding the way.

After Jiaping, Ouyang Xuan relied on his memories of previous hiking trips, tried hard to identify the direction of mountains, rivers, and estimated the itinerary, and finally found Liuliba. When he saw the village gate of Liuliba from a distance, Ouyang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief.

, I sighed that I finally didn’t go the wrong way this time.

Just as everyone was getting ready to march towards the village, Zhu Tiaozi extinguished everyone's enthusiasm with one sentence: "Sir Ouyang, most of the mountain people here are Qiang and Fan. They are arrogant and unyielding by nature. They have never interacted with the government, let alone

When the official army arrived, we went to knock on the gate of the village with such great fanfare, but instead of opening the gate to welcome the villagers, they greeted us with swords and arrows."

Just before Cao Ergou came back, Ouyang Xuan proposed that he and Zhu Tiaozi disguise themselves as a monk and a salesman respectively and go to the village to explore the road. It had only been a few days since time travel, and Ouyang Xuan's hair was still very short, and his attire was also different from ordinary people.

It seems that he can hide it from the guards at the village gate. As for Zhu Tiaozi, he was a traveling businessman before he was exiled, so there is no problem with pretending. But his idea of ​​taking risks with his own life was opposed by the fire chiefs.

Just before Cao Ergou came back, Ouyang Xuan proposed that he and Zhu Tiaozi disguise themselves as a monk and a salesman respectively and go to the village to explore the road. It had only been a few days since time travel, and Ouyang Xuan's hair was still very short, and his attire was also different from ordinary people.

It seems that he can hide it from the guards at the village gate. As for Zhu Tiaozi, he was a traveling businessman before he was exiled, so there is no problem with pretending. But his idea of ​​taking risks with his own life was opposed by the fire chiefs.

After Cao Ergou returned to the team, everyone discussed for a while, but still had no good idea. Seeing the sky getting darker and darker, and looking at Yu Zhu who was lying on a temporary stretcher due to high fever and talking nonsense, Ouyang Xuan made an immediate decision despite everyone's objections.

He and Zhu Tiaozi will go to explore the stronghold first, while the rest of the team will wait for news a mile away. If anything happens to him, the whole team will follow Huang Dagen's order.

The gate of Liuliba Village is also erected at a dangerous point on the mountain road and is made of two-foot-high logs. When the villagers guarding the village gate saw Ouyang Xuan and his men coming with weapons, they did not panic and just closed the gate from a distance.

He opened the door, stopped the two of them and stood there asking questions, their words full of vigilance. When they learned that Ouyang Xuan was a wandering monk, the mountain people were surprised and confused. After all, there is no temple here and there has never been a monk.

They came here, but when they asked Zhu Tiaozi that he was a salesman, they all cheered in surprise. They got off the village wall, opened the door of the village, walked to the two of them, and asked Zhu Tiaozi to bring out the goods he was selling. The sudden enthusiasm and demands of the mountain people,

Zhu Tiaozi did not panic. Due to the war, production was destroyed, the roads in the mountainous area where Liuliba is located are difficult, and bandits cut the trails, so few outsiders can get here, so the supplies here are extremely scarce. Fortunately, Zhu Tiaozi's goods

Before it was confiscated, he secretly hid a few things on his body. Under the gaze of several mountain people, Zhu Tiaozi took out a small cloth bag in his arms and opened it to reveal some fragmentary items, including shiny sewing clothes.

There are needles, jelly beans, wedding powder, silk headband...

When they learned that the goods they brought were only the contents of cloth bags, several mountain residents could not hide their disappointment. Zhu Tiaozi was also a little embarrassed. As a salesman, the goods he brought were really too little. But as a chief,

As a businessman for many years, Zhu Tiaozi is not only good at observing the psychological changes of customers, but also cleverly guiding customers' needs. He took out an oil paper bag from his arms, opened it, dipped some of the white powder inside with his index finger, and put it in his mouth.

, and then handed the oil paper bag to the mountain people. After several mountain people tasted it, their faces showed happy expressions - this is the salt that is in short supply in the village.

Although there was little salt and groceries, Zhu Tiaozi used his clever words from many years of selling goods to transfer the incident where bandits robbed his goods a few years ago to this time. He also described the bandits' evil deeds, which not only won the sympathy of the mountain people, but also made him

The mountain man was convinced of the identity of the two people. "It's a pity that this is the order. Other groceries don't matter. It would be nice if there was more salt!" A thick and sturdy mountain man sighed, and he learned from the conversation.

This person's name is Shi Zhongshu, and he is a small leader among the mountain people who guard the village gate.

"There will be more in the future. Bring more salt into the mountains in the future." Zhu Tiaozi sneered while getting close to Shi Zhongshu.

"The salt is carried by the companions walking behind." Ouyang Xuan continued, and gave out a whistle, and the team hidden at the bend of the mountain road came out of the hiding place one after another, led by Huang Dagen and walked towards the gate of the cottage. This made Shi Zhong

Shu's face changed drastically. He took a few steps back, then ran back quickly with a few other mountain people. After closing the village gate, he rang the big iron bell at the entrance of the village. The loud bell echoed throughout the small town.
Chapter completed!