Hanbo

Chapter 136 Fruit
25 Early in the morning, the army started to set off. After a day of boring and boring journey, they arrived at the Wanqi tribe in the evening.

The army rested ten miles away from the tribe, and Huo Shan brought Sun Shang to the tribe's location.

Huo Shan saw a piece of scorched earth from a distance. Many old people, women and children gathered around the scorched earth, standing outside under the obstruction of the army.

Huo Shan came to the edge and got off his horse. Looking at his feet, if he took another step forward, he would enter the hell on earth created by his light words.

Huo Shan raised his head, because the distance was too far, Huo Shan couldn't see their expressions clearly, but Huo Shan knew that they were absolutely desperate at the moment.

Just like the Han people before the city of the Han family was about to be slaughtered by the Huns.

And they at least have a way out, Huo Shan left them.

But in the past 200 years, the Han people in the north, have the Huns ever given them a way to survive?
If Huo Shan felt uncomfortable seeing this scene, he didn't feel comfortable either.

But this is war!
But if Huo Shan can accept it, he accepts it frankly, and he will do it again next time!
He just gave back to their descendants everything that the Han people in the north had endured, and it was just a cycle of cause and effect.

'I, Huo Shan, am the enemy of your Xiongnu, Qiu Kou.

But I, Huo Zihou, are my role model for a big man, a hero! '

"withdraw!"

Huo Shan gave an order, the horn sounded, and the surrounding soldiers began to drive the cattle and sheep back.

Those old women and children were crying and shouting to get back their cattle and sheep, but the flashing sharp weapon forced them to stop.

Huo Shan rode on Li Yu and walked ten miles away to rest without even looking at them.

Early in the morning of the second day, the whole army started to set off, burning, killing and looting all the way to the Zuoxian King's army.

In one day, another medium-sized tribe and six small tribes were wiped out.

Why is it so easy for him to find the Xiongnu tribe that everyone can't touch?

Huo Shan couldn't help being a little skeptical. Could it be that what those old Huns said was that they offended the Longevity Heaven, and that Champion Hou was a god sent by the heavens to clean up the evils in the world?
Huo Shan was not willing to believe this statement at all.

Rather than saying that he was sent by the Changshengtian, it is better to say that he was sent by the Chinese Heaven to help the Han people clean up the scourge of the Huns. This statement is more credible.

Huo Shan didn't believe this before, but now, he half-believes it!
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At noon on the 27th, the army had arrived seventy miles southwest of King Zuoxian's tribe at noon today after traveling for the past few days.

Huo Shan ordered the army to rest for a day and attack Zuo Xianwang's department tomorrow. There was no need to make any preparations. He rushed in and killed them randomly and then collected the spoils. It was the last fire.

This is much easier, simpler, and more enjoyable than previous combat strategies.

Huo Shan is sitting at the entrance of the big tent, eating a bunch of mutton skewers, and commenting from time to time:
"Sun Shang!"

"what?"

Sun Shang, who was grilling mutton kebabs, was a little confused and looked back at Huo Shan.

"Your craftsmanship is getting better and better. In the past, the skewers you baked were salty and light. Now you can open a small stall to sell skewers. It will definitely become popular in Chang'an."

With a smile on his face, Huo Shan teased Sun Shang.

Hearing Huo Shan's praise, Sun Shang smiled embarrassedly:
"My lord, didn't you just say that what makes perfect? ​​It's been more than three months since I left Chang'an, and it's been more than two months since I entered the grassland. It's time for me to practice my skills."

Huo Shan nodded with a smile, and reminded by the way:
"Not bad, not too busy chatting, flipping through the skewers, it's burnt."

Sun Shang quickly picked up a dozen skewers, turned them over, and then showed a silly smile.

Huo Shan shook his head with a helpless smile. Fighting a war is a very boring thing, so we can only chat and find joy in the bitterness.

Suddenly remembering the sound of footsteps, Huo Shan looked over and raised his eyebrows.

I saw Shangguan Jie with a happy face, running over with something in his arms.

Shangguan Jie ran up to him, bowed his waist and saluted with a smile on his face, still holding his hands in his arms:

"Lord."

"Well, what are you holding in your arms?"

Huo Shan pointed to his arms with an iron stick.

Shangguan Jie looked around furiously, then approached Huo Shan mysteriously, then let go of his arms, and there was a package in his arms.

Shangguan Jie opened the package and gently lifted one side. Huo Shan's eyes lit up instantly, he reached into the package to feel it, and took out a plum and a cucumber.

"Where do you get the nài fruit and courgette?"

Cucumbers are naturally cucumbers, and Nai, a fruit that Huo Shan ate, discovered that he was a plum, which is also known as the Jade Emperor Fruit in the population of Gansu in later generations.

But Huo Shan has a question, this season, this thing is not yet familiar, where did it come from?

"Returning to my lord, the last general just captured a small caravan of more than [-] people and searched it from them."

"The nuts are not ripe yet, are they?"

Shangguan Jie began to explain to Huo Shan:

"My lord, it's almost May now, and the early ones are almost ripe, but these are not long-ripe ones, but over-ripe ones."

Huo Shan suddenly realized and nodded. He knew the plums were ripe, but the plums ripen in May. Is there such a variety in this era?Why is he so unbelievable?

Huo Shan reopened the package on Shangguan Jie's lap and counted seven plums and three cucumbers.

"Just like that?"

Shangguan Jie nodded:

"They mainly sell tea and salt, which they eat themselves, and they only find so much."

"Which caravan, where are the people?"

"It's from a place called Gumo in the Western Regions. Don't worry, my lord, they've all been arrested. They will be watched."

Huo Shan is sure that there is definitely something wrong with this thing, the caravan from the Western Regions, they can get here within five or six months at the fastest?
It's six months old, and it's cooked. It can only be obtained from other places. He dare not eat it unless he knows it.

"Read more in the future. Gumo is a small country under the Kucha Kingdom in the central Western Regions."

"Hey, my lord knows more than me!"

Shangguan Jie smiled foolishly, but Huo Shan rolled his eyes.

"Put this thing here, go get Jiang Chong for me!"

Shangguan Jie was a little dissatisfied:

"What are you calling him for? Let's just eat it. By the way, there is also Sun Shang."

Huo Shan slapped Shangguan Jie directly on the head:

"Pig brains, I haven't eaten green vegetables for a few days, are you so greedy?"

"Green vegetables are a bit wild, but the general hasn't eaten this fruit for more than half a year!"

Huo Shan was a little speechless, what he said was really true, there was no way to refute it, there were no out-of-season fruits at this time.

"Qiuci is thousands of miles away from here. With the footsteps of the caravan, you can count the time. Can your fruit trees bear fruit in winter? Hurry up, what a waste of time."

Shangguan Jie frowned and thought for a while:
"My lord is right, I'll call him."

Looking at Shangguan Jie going away, Huo Shan shook his head:
"A person who is usually very smart, but he can't walk when he encounters something to eat. It's really..."

Just at this time, Sun Shang's meat skewers were grilled, and Huo Shan was just about to take them. After thinking about it, he better wash his hands. If the fruit is poisonous, his life is at stake.

Not long after, Shangguan Jie called Jiang Chong over.

"My lord, you are looking for me."

"Well, the young uncle caught a caravan, you go and check, see where they came from, where they are going, and ask them where this thing came from!"

After finishing speaking, Huo Shan opened the package, revealing the red fruit and green courgette inside.

Jiang Chong's eyes widened instantly when he saw the brightly colored fruit. The impact was too great, but he returned to normal in the next instant.

"promise."

After Jiang Chong replied, he picked up the package and went to find the caravan led by Shangguan Jie.

Half an hour later, the two came running happily.

Huo Shan was holding a cup of milk tea after eating, staring at the distance in a daze, and came back to his senses after hearing the footsteps of the two.

"My lord, I have already found out that they are not from Gumo. Gumo's southern city is just a passing place for them. These people are all from Daxia on the side of Congling in the Western Regions."

Huo Shan gave Shangguan Jie a disgusted look, and Shangguan Jie smiled embarrassedly.

Huo Shan squinted his eyes, Congling is the Pamir Plateau, it is far enough, more than [-] miles.

"A caravan of more than [-] people has come here. It's really courageous. By the way, how did they come here?"

This time is not modern. It is not an easy task to do business at this time. Huo Shan has some admiration for them. They are really capable.

"Returning to my lord, they set off from Daxia five years ago, and then traveled while doing business, crossing the Western Regions, and then crossing Hexi to Chang'an.

In the end, I wandered around in Dahan and arrived at Shanggu. I entered the grassland early last year and headed north all the way. I just came out of Zuo Xianwang's department the day before yesterday. "

Huo Shan was very surprised:

"Oh, this is a long way!"

Shangguan Jie also nodded his head in agreement.

Huo Shan leaned forward, lowered his voice and asked with interest:
"How much did they make along the way?"

"Back to my lord, it's more than 700 gold."

Huo Shan was a little disappointed: "It's only this little?"

Shangguan Jie and Jiang Chong were speechless, even Sun Shang who was secretly listening to them.

You think that everyone is like your Champion Hou, and you have to consider whether it is worth doing a business with a profit of hundreds of thousands of gold.

After coming out for five years, it cost nearly ten thousand gold. If you really succeed in going back, you will not have to worry about eating and drinking for ten lifetimes.

"By the way, my lord, their fruit was also brought from King Zuoxian's department. According to them, they still stole it."

Huo Shan nodded, he didn't care if he was stealing or not, the ones brought out from Zuo Xian Wang's department were normal, so good that they were also a royal court, a little bit of fruit was not normal.

King Zuogu Li was very poor, he had nothing but money.

But he doesn't want to eat this kind of thing, who knows if there is any problem, if Zuo Xian Wangting is destroyed tomorrow, he will naturally have everything, um, don't worry about eating the captured ones.

To tell the truth, Huo Shan really wanted to meet this caravan. Talented people, who have traveled tens of thousands of miles, must have great abilities.

Don't talk about other places, just talk about big men, if they can come out with all their beards and tails, and make money, then they are not simple people.

This legendary experience could write a novel.

"My Journey in Business in BC"?
But don't be in a hurry to see them, let's talk about it in a few days, anyway, they are all in hand, and they can be seen at any time!
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