Walking in the infinite world

Chapter 37 Come with us!

Li Guangyin is a Hu, but following the local customs, he now regards himself as a real Han.

But although it has been sinicized, his business is still that of the Hu people.Spices, pigments, jewelry, medicinal herbs.He's not that big of a businessman.But it can also organize a caravan of thirty or forty camels to travel to and from the Western Regions, earning a lot of profit.

Li Guangyin inherited this business from his father and has been doing it for more than ten years.However, in recent years, business has not been doing well.Because the Central Plains are not peaceful, the borders of the Western Regions are even more bandits.Their trade routes have been changed over and over again.It will take half a month now.

Li Guangyin was very uncomfortable, but there was nothing he could do.Even those big caravans with the support of the imperial court behind them can only change their routes. For a small and medium-sized business group like him, there is no room for bargaining.

It was another business trip. This time, Li Guangyin brought a lot of silk, porcelain, and tea from the Central Plains to the Western Regions.These are the goods that are always in short supply in the Western Regions. As long as they go back and forth successfully, it will be a huge profit.

Now that it is close to the border, Li Guangyin has begun to mention it.He doesn't have many guards, although that doesn't sound very reasonable.But that's what it is.He is only a small and medium-sized caravan.It has been difficult to do business in recent years, and his profits have not been as good as before.

Traveling to and from the Western Regions requires huge costs.It's not just road consumption.In fact, he took this trade route, although there were fewer horse bandits.However, the few cities passing by have to pay extremely high city entrance taxes.The original high profits, after being exploited layer by layer, are actually not much left.

The only advantage is that as long as the money is paid, there is no danger to life.In Li Guangyin's view, this is no different from horse bandits.One is one size fits all, the other is just a long stream of water.

In this case, Li Guangyin can only compress the cost as much as possible.In order to save money, he even bypassed a small town where he was supposed to rest.Saved an entry tax.

But in this way, caravan-style meals and sleeping in the open are considered to be suffering.Fortunately, he knew in his heart that the profits would be much higher.The suffering is worth it.

This is also impossible.If he is rich, he can naturally hire hundreds or eighty guards, and struttingly approach the Western Regions directly.After all, there is still no money! !

However, despite Li Guangyin's caution, disaster still found him.Li Guangyin, who was camping and preparing to rest, suddenly heard the sound of hooves.

Not one, but a group.He jumped to his feet and shouted for the few guards to be on guard.In fact, they are not guards at all.It's just his buddy who chooses the strong ones and pretends to be a guard to fool people.The business is difficult to do, and for the meager profit, Li Guangyin has been working hard.

Several guards listened to the sound of horses' hooves in the distance. Before anyone could see them, their hands had already started shaking.

"What are you shaking? You have a head between your two arms. What are you afraid of? Stand up for me, if this pass is over. Go back and double your wages." Li Guangyin shouted at the guards, hoping that they would be able to cheer.

Under the temptation of money, several 'guards' barely stood up.Hold a knife in front of the caravan.At this time, the sound of hooves approached.Li Guangyin's last fantasy was also shattered.

More than 20 people, all on fast horses and armed with knives.There is no doubt that this is a group of horse bandits.This group of people is vicious, and the evil spirit on their bodies can be felt from a long distance away.On the other hand, the few 'guards' on my side have already started to shrink back.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Guangyin could only stand up by himself.

"What are you doing here, gentlemen?"

However, the young horse bandit at the head ignored him and directly passed him.The other party jumped off the horse, walked to the front of his cargo, drew his knife and ripped off the raincloth of one of his cargoes.The bright china inside made him nodded with satisfaction.

This action made Li Guangyin feel terrified for a while, for fear that the opponent would kill him in the next second.

On the other side, Li Guangyin desperately winked at his 'guard'.You can resist anyway and let them know that the cost of hard work is more likely to survive.But no matter how he made his face, the guards would only retreat.These horse bandits are strong and strong, with sharp eyes, and they look like professionals.They are such amateurs, how dare they go up.

"The horse bandits, I'll fight with you!" Suddenly a loud shout, startling everyone.Li Guangyin raised his head and looked up, and he thought for a while, and nearly fell to the ground.

But it was his guards who didn't have the guts to do anything, and his own son who was hiding in the crowd, Li Guangwu, rushed out.He also held a long knife in his hand, which he obtained from nowhere, and slashed at the horse bandit standing in front of the goods.

"Good man spare your life."

Li Guangyin still doesn't know how much his son weighs.Those horse bandits are full of suffocation, and at first glance they are the kind that kill people without blinking an eye.His son couldn't even beat a goose twice, so he still wanted to kill a horse bandit?

Li Guangyin rushed over and crawled, trying to block the knife for his son.But that horse bandit's knife is approaching the extreme.As soon as he moved here, he heard the sound of a knife being drawn.Then came the screams of his son Li Guangwu.

Li Guangyin rushed over, but was surprised to find that his son seemed to be okay?After Li Guangwu, who fell to the ground, shouted for a while, he finally realized that he didn't seem to be in pain.It's just that the knife in his hand didn't know where it flew.

When I opened my eyes, I saw my father standing in front of me, staring at me.Before Li Guangwu could speak, Li Guangyin turned his head and kowtowed at the young horse bandit.

"Thank you for not killing the hero. If the hero likes these goods, you can take them away. Just please don't hurt my family."

Li Guangyin was very shrewd, the horse bandit didn't kill anyone with the knife just now.It must be seeking money. Since it is seeking money, there is room for manoeuvre.It's a big deal.As long as people live, they can do whatever they want.

At this time, the young horse bandit finally spoke up.

"Where are you going?"

"Go back to the hero, go west, and collect some spices or something. It's a small business, a small business."

"Why go far?"

This question stopped Li Guangyin.It's not because there are too many horses and bandits that I go far.But the person who has no choice but to ask this question is a horse bandit.How does this make him answer?

"This, the little old man doesn't know either. Just follow the flow and get used to it."

"Haha, I'm afraid that there will be horse bandits going south."

"this."

"I know you think of us as horse bandits. Don't be afraid, we're not horse bandits. It's just that someone wants to meet you. So, come with us."

(End of this chapter)