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. Both 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, which 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, you look like this. People who don't know better would think you are a merchant." Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo's look and couldn't help but said.

"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 these Xianbei people, why are there women?"

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

"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 commodities, 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 in the military, I have only heard of Han women marrying the Xiongnu or Xianbei, but very few Xiongnu or Xianbei women have married. Some people may not understand this, but in fact, it is not surprising if they know the situation of the Xiongnu.

It’s not that others don’t want to, it’s that one’s own side 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, but prairie women have been exposed to the sun and wind since they were young. 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 his wife and concubine with such looks. He came to the grassland and looked at these barbarian women again. What a shame.

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 her abilities are greater than ordinary women, and even many men who are called warriors by the Hu 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 would he want ugly ones when there are good-looking ones?

"Some tribal leaders prefer daughters. These women usually have a higher status in the tribe, but they are also usually good at martial arts. Sometimes their leaders will choose warriors for their daughters. If they can show bravery, they will not only betroth their daughters to

You, and you will also give a lot of dowry. I think brother Dian is very capable, so 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 when he heard this 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 said dissatisfied.

"I know several gathering places of tribes with thousands of people, and 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 a 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 in the future, when you come here, remember not to be left alone. Not only will these barbarians try to trick you, but our caravan will also 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 anymore, 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 of luck, and sometimes the Han people are blacker than the Xianbei people. The Xianbei people are somewhat wary of offending anyone, but the Han people themselves know better, so they are not taboo about meat and vegetables at that time. The weak Hu tribes and them

They dared to kill and rob Han merchants who were left alone. In the Yunzhong area, there were several groups of hundreds of Han bandits.

"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 will be 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, had several people working together to sell one cart.

"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.

Bingzhou was fine, but if it were a vendor from other places, Chen Mo would have been slapped even harder here.

"Who says it isn't?" 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 talent and an extraordinary conversation, you might be attracted by it. Even being a county official is worse than making money with your head on your head like we do."

"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 feel that the other person was flattering or being polite. It felt... it seemed good, and he couldn't help but ask: "In this world today, is there still a place for it?

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.

Guanxi 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 looked curiously at the people who started to set up tents outside and asked doubtfully.

"To spend one night in the city, with so many of us, we would 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 all reserved for those wealthy businessmen. It is much cheaper for them to live there, even for free. We ordinary businessmen can go in and peel off our skin. If Brother Chen wants to enter the city,

Let’s go and see, let’s go together 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, he asked people to set up a tent, 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 said with a smile: "Is my boss writing a book?"

"Not really. Let me first record what I saw along the way. Although there is no written language in this grassland, judging from these days, there is knowledge belonging 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 overtaken by others. What our generation of scholars have to do is not only pass on the learning of our ancestors, but also have something that belongs to us. In this way, our Han culture can last through hundreds of generations!" Chen Mo said with a smile as he wrote:

"Besides, although Uncle Wang has never read a book, ordinary scholars are not as good as Uncle Wang when it comes to how to interact with people. Reading is just to know more, not something to show off to others. Besides, reading is not difficult, but

It only makes sense to be able to write your own book.”
Chapter completed!