Yan family strong girl

Chapter 517 Going deep into the grassland
Ying Fifteen took it for granted, except for those war madmen, normal people don't like war.

It's better to die than to live. No one would think of going to the battlefield as cannon fodder to die.

Yan Xiaowan looked quietly at the roof of the herdsmen's tent, and said slowly: "It is not these herdsmen who advocate the invasion of Da'an, but the dignitaries of the big tribes. Once a natural disaster occurs on the grassland, those dignitaries will not be able to get more from these ordinary herdsmen. supplies.

The rich and powerful people who have long been accustomed to enjoying themselves and living a luxurious life, they have no way to get more supplies from the aborigine herdsmen, so they turned their ideas on us Da'an. "

Ying Fifteen didn't know much about the centralization of power in the prairie, so he asked a very naive question: "Miss, the herdsmen on the prairie live with the water and grass, can't they hide away?"

Yan Xiaowan said solemnly: "The living conditions in the prairie are difficult. We are lucky not to encounter wolves or other beasts along the way. If there are not enough people to work together, once encountering those vicious and brutal wolves, the herdsmen They will not only lose sheep and cattle, but even wolves. Therefore, the herdsmen formed tribes and depended on each other."

She paused and continued: "Those big tribes have an extremely large number of livestock. They are large in number, occupying fertile land of water and grass, their horses are fat and their sheep are strong, and they also have iron weapons. Their combat effectiveness Very strong, if the weak tribe doesn't obey, the whole tribe will be exterminated."

Ying Fifteen didn't speak for a long time, she just didn't know much about the situation in the prairie, it wasn't that she didn't know the horror of the power struggle.

She thought for a long time, and asked the doubts in her heart: "Miss, what is the purpose of our visit this time? To unite small tribes and fight against those big tribes?"

Yan Xiaowan denied her guess, "No, the war brings more pain and death."

Ying Shiwu didn't know the purpose of this trip, and followed Yan Xiaowan all the way, with many doubts hidden in his heart.

Yan Xiaowan came here to see the living conditions of the herdsmen with her own eyes, and to find a more suitable breakthrough so that the herdsmen would be willing to do business with them.

"Fifteen, I came here to do business with these herdsmen, using our grain and salt to exchange cattle and sheep with them."

Ying Fifteen still has doubts about this: "Then why don't we go directly to those big tribes?"

In her mind, wouldn't it be over if she made deals directly with the leaders of those big tribes?Saved a lot of trouble.

Yan Xiaowan gave the answer: "Those big tribes have regular merchants to do business with, and they won't change people easily."

Those big tribes have special trading channels, if there is no great benefit, they are not willing to replace people to do the deal.

Furthermore, Da'an has a long history of hatred with the tribes on the grassland. Not only the people of Da'an are jealous of them, but the people on the grassland are also wary of them.

Ying Fifteen directly expressed her point of view: "Miss, do you want to do business directly with the people of the small tribe? But the small tribes are very scattered. We came across no less than ten small tribes along the way. They are far apart, even if We are not afraid to work hard to transport the goods, it will take a lot of time and cost, can this business make money?"

Yan Xiaowan had already made a plan. Since she wanted to do business with the herdsmen on the grassland, she must ask the imperial court to promulgate the regulations on the mutual market, and then choose a suitable place as the market for the two parties to trade.

She shook her head: "Fifteen, I didn't say that people should go to various tribes to do business. When the time is right, the imperial court will definitely choose a place with a good geographical location. Wouldn't it be over after opening a market?"

Ying Fifteen really didn't expect this, she just cut corners: "Miss, you are so smart."

Yan Xiaowan didn't answer her words, she lived two lifetimes not in vain, she has seen a lot, experienced a lot, so she will naturally think more and longer than ordinary people.

She closed her eyes and prepared to sleep: "Go to sleep, we have to hurry tomorrow, I plan to give these herdsmen on the grassland visible benefits, and it will save a lot of trouble by then."

Ying Shiwu's heart is itching, and she especially wants to know what Yan Xiaowan's "visible benefits" are, but she wants to wake Yan Xiaowan up and ask clearly.

But she is cowardly, she doesn't have the guts...

Fortunately, after driving a lot during the day, Ying Shiwu thought about it for a while, and soon fell into a sweet dreamland.

Early the next morning, Yan Xiaowan got up early and talked to the herdsman Sakya who let them stay overnight.

Sakya is a prairie man in his 40s, warm and hospitable.

Yesterday, he was grazing on the grassland, and Yan Xiaowan brought Ying Shiwu to ask for directions.

Sakya saw at a glance that the two of them were from Da'an, so he didn't want to talk to them at first.

Knowing that Yan Xiaowan would say what they said, Sakya immediately put aside his prejudice, and soon had a happy conversation with Yan Xiaowan, warmly invited them to his home, and entertained them both with the best food in his house.

Yan Xiaowan greeted Sakya, asked him a few questions, left a small bag of fine salt and left after a while.

There is a lack of salt on the grassland, especially in the Sakya family. If their family wants to use salt, they must go to the big tribes and exchange it with others for their precious cattle and sheep.

Because their tribe is very small, they will always be bullied when they go to a big tribe, and the salt they get in exchange will always be [-] to [-]% less than the actual price.

But Sakya had no choice but to admit defeat.

On the grasslands, the strong prey on the weak, and even Sakya thinks so, because they are weak, so they deserve to be bullied.

Sakya chased them out with a load of salt weighing more than a dozen catties, and there was no sign of Yan Xiaowan and Ying Shiwu on the vast grassland.

Sakya thought that his fate with Yan Xiaowan was over, but he never thought that half a month later, Yan Xiaowan and Ying Shiwu would appear in front of him again, bringing back a big bag of salt!

Sakya looked at the big bag of salt and was stunned: "Where did you get the salt?"

"It's not an exchange, Sakya."

Yan Xiaowan smiled slightly, and didn't mention her hardships along the way, only said that she had a way to get so much salt.

Relying on the memories of her previous life, she found a saltwater lake full of salt blocks, and she only needed to filter out the impurities in a simple way before eating it.

Sakya was even more shocked. He picked up a handful of salt, the salt was rough and had not been finely filtered.

"Did you discover the Yantian?"

Yan Xiaowan smiled and said nothing, she was not worried that Sakya would forget his righteousness and even kill her when he met Li.

After all, if Sakya really wanted to seek money and murder, he would definitely let her lead the way before doing it.

Sakya's complexion changed drastically, and Juanba, with the bag of salt, urged Yan Xiaowan and the two to leave quickly: "Hurry up! The farther you go, the better!"

Yan Xiaowan didn't move, she looked at Sakya and said, "Sakya, since I came to you with salt, it means I have made all kinds of preparations."

Sakya smiled bitterly: "You don't know how precious salt is in the prairie, I advise you to leave as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)