The meeting place of the guard was in the open space near the residence. Ouyang Xuan and Huang Dagen arrived at the place early the next day. While waiting for the arrival of the personnel, the two had a heart-to-heart conversation. The guard was set up and deployed.

When the whole team was fighting against the strongest member, Huang Dagen vaguely knew Ouyang Xuan's intentions and knew that this was something like a personal guard. If the whole team was a sword, the guard team was the strongest.

A sharp tip. But during today's conversation, Huang Dagen fully understood Ouyang Xuan's intentions. It turned out that Ouyang Xuan wanted the guard to serve not only as a personal soldier, but also as a special operations force to conduct reconnaissance behind enemy lines.

The most dangerous missions such as sabotage and raids, which is why he asked the guards to participate in hunting. In addition to enhancing their actual combat capabilities through hunting, they also need to select outstanding soldiers from the hunters.

After the people arrived one after another, Huang Dagen ordered everyone to stop making noise. Ouyang Xuan looked around and found that except for Huang Dagen's firemen, there were only a few tall and strong hunters in the village. Although there was no shortage of food in the mountains, the villagers

They are generally taller than the army soldiers, but these hunters are much stronger than Huang Dagen and other soldiers. It seems that there is an abundance of prey in the mountains and there is no shortage of meat. Looking at the scene in front of him, Ouyang Xuan felt something in his heart.

There were also emotions and puzzlements: I was lamenting that there were such strong people in Liuliba but they were afraid of the Wanjiaping bandits. I was puzzled because Lu Dezhi once told him that there were dozens of hunters in the village, so why only a few came? That's right.

When he was puzzled, Huang Dagen, who had counted the number of people, reported to him that except for the elderly hunters, 39 people were supposed to come this time, but 8 people actually came, because many hunters had already gone into the mountains to hunt at the time of notification, and it would take several days or even longer to come back.

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This time the guard said it was a meeting, but it was better to say that they were listening to the hunters talk about their hunting experiences. Everyone listened to the thrilling hunting stories with gusto. Through the hunters' stories, Ouyang Xuan learned that there are many beasts in the mountains. In addition to pheasants,

In addition to rabbits, wild sheep, deer, bison, takin and other large animals, there are also

There are many ferocious beasts, such as wild boars, jackals, bears, tigers, and black and white bears. When talking about the black and white bears, Ouyang Xuan knew that this thing was a panda, so he ordered not to hunt it as long as it does not hurt anyone. Of course the hunters did not know this.

The cute thing became a national treasure after a thousand years. Although he was puzzled by Ouyang Xuan's request, he agreed.

Hunting large prey often requires a team of several or even more than ten people. The hunting process is also extremely dangerous, but once successful, you will gain a lot. For example, if you hunt a bison, you can harvest hundreds of kilograms of meat. But the life of a hunter is very difficult.

It's hard work. I often go out for ten and a half days, sleeping in the open air.

One of them, a hunter named Dong Hu, said that he once pursued an injured wild boar with his hunting dog. He followed the blood trail for three days before catching it. From the high mountain where the wild boar collapsed from exhaustion, he could faintly see the plains in the distance.

House. When Ouyang Xuan heard this, his heart moved, and when everyone left, he

Dong Hu stayed and asked carefully about the road conditions when he was chasing wild boars, but Dong Hu couldn't remember it clearly after a long time. Ouyang Xuan did not give up, and told Huang Dagen on the spot to pick two more capable people to go with Dong Hu to find the road.

It must not be leaked to the outside world. This is the most important task of the current guard.

Ouyang Xuan's idea is that if a secret path can be opened to the outside of the mountain, it will not only bypass the blockade of the Wanjiaping bandits, establish connections with Hengyuan Town, Chongqing Mansion and even further places, but also buy salt.

, medicines and other urgently needed supplies are also of great military significance.

Lu Dezhi also participated in the discussion of the trade team, which shows the mountain people's desire for external supplies. Ouyang Xuan and the others were able to enter the village because they carried things that the villagers urgently needed. The trade team consisted of several teams.

The least among them, except Wang You

Except for the people from Fukumoto Huo, there were only three people participating in the village. Lu Dezhi explained that since the villagers had no business talent and experience, it was very difficult to select people. If the trade team needed porters and transporters in the future, they could be temporarily transferred. Because

The road is impassable and everyone is talking about it

There were only plans for the future, but his enthusiasm remained undiminished. Lu Dezhi suggested that the trade team's financial accounts should be managed first. Zhu Tiaozi, based on his own experience, suggested stocking up on mountain goods in advance, such as precious Chinese herbal medicines and animal skins that are popular outside the mountains.

, as well as specialties such as wild peak honey

As for grain, iron and other bulk items, it will be difficult to transport without horses, donkeys and other livestock. Wang Youfu proposed that the trade team members should also be trained, and at the same time, people need to be armed to protect the safety of the caravan. Ouyang Xuan told everyone

All suggestions were agreed to.

During the discussion, Ouyang Xuan asked someone to go back to his residence to get his backpack. The backpack contained a jacket, an engineer shovel, a headlamp, a climbing rope, and two empty beverage bottles. He planned to maximize the value of these items.

The shovels and climbing ropes were given to the guards. The headlamps were left with them for thoughts after they ran out of power. The jackets, pants and two empty beverage bottles were given to the merchants.

The trade team wanted to see if they could exchange some money for the start-up capital of the trade team. Everyone stared intently at the items Ouyang Xuan took out. When they saw that the jackets and pants did not get wet when exposed to water, and the drink bottles were light, transparent and could hold water.

Finally, they were all surprised by the strange properties of the item. Even the well-informed Zhu Tiaozi took it and took a closer look. After a long while, he raised his head and said to Ouyang Xuan: "

Brother Xuan, are these magical artifacts really from the Far West? As far as I know, although there are frequent wars today, the overseas trade of the Song Dynasty has never been cut off, and items from the Far West were occasionally exported to Chongqing.

Jiading Prefecture, Chongqing Prefecture and other places, but I have never heard of such items. If they are sold in Shu, they will be priceless and have no market. It is better to keep the items and wait for the right time to send them to Lin'an for sale. They will be high-ranking officials.

People will flock to them like birds." After listening to Zhu Tiaozi's words, Ouyang Xuan's heart moved, and he understood that these things of his may not be valuable in the 21st century, but things are rare and valuable, and they may be worth a lot in the late Southern Song Dynasty. What he can be sure of is that

The emperor and prime minister of Lin'an had never seen these items, so they immediately asked Zhu Tiaozi to put away the items and make plans when the time was right.
Chapter completed!