Chief don't slap in the face

Chapter 292 The Trip to the Acropolis
At the end of May, the road from Chaoge to Wei's territory was opened. Elena chose the most time-saving and labor-saving route, and wiped out the savage tribes along the way, trying to ensure the safety of the caravan.

On a clear sky with white clouds floating in the morning, Xia Ye set off with a caravan, because it was the first time to expand the business road, and he didn't know the effect, so Xia Ye brought all the elite.

There are not many goods on board, but they are all high-quality goods.

The main commodity is bamboo paper.

Because Mo Wuheng needed paper, he led the artisan group to work overtime. In the past few months, he had accumulated some paper.

In fact, two thirds of these papers have already been ordered by Mo Wuheng on behalf of the family. If Xia Ye didn't need some to open the door to the upper class nobles of the Wei family, Mo Wuheng could have bought them all.

The Mohists are rich, or in other words, those mechanics are rich. Once they discover the benefits of paper, they will never be stingy with money. As long as Chaoge's production capacity can keep up, they can sell as much as they have!
Xia Ye has salt, but he dare not sell it, because these businesses are controlled by the top dignitaries.

Sugar, too little, but in addition to sugar cane, Friday also helped a lot this time. He found beets among a wildling tribe and brought back some rapeseed.

Next year, after the beets are harvested, Xia Ye will have a large amount of brown sugar, which will become Chaoge's flagship product.

Xia Ye wouldn't dare to buy ironware if he was killed, otherwise he would become the target of public criticism in this era, but the Xia knives produced during this period have been put into the hands of female warriors, and each of them has one for the time being.

In addition to these, what Xia Ye wants to sell are all kinds of cooking seasonings, including soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil, and secret pickles. Among them, pickles are also sold as salt, and the price will be a bit expensive. Of course, there must be a limit.

Soybean oil is considered a sub-grade product. Xia Ye is going to popularize the common sense of cooking to those tribal aborigines, telling them that fried food is the most delicious, otherwise who will sell his soybean oil to?

The main product this time is soap, which is mainly aimed at those noble ladies. Xia Ye believes that no matter what era they are in, women's love for beauty will definitely not change!

Finally, there are some animal blood and animal bones purchased from the savage tribe. These things contain a slight vitality, and wizards often use them as materials for casting spells. As for animal skins, although they are a necessity for everyone, hunting in this era There are too many people and there is no competitiveness at all.

Bringing these is to deceive people, and to find out the people's sentiments by the way, otherwise they are all high-end products, which are too easy to be coveted by others.

Leaving Elena to look after the house, Xia Ye set off, following the chosen route, and the journey went smoothly. After more than 20 days, he entered the territory of the Wei family and arrived at the outpost tribe.

The caravan took a short rest here before heading to the Acropolis.

No matter where it is, except for the various settlements, there is no human habitation along the way.

The caravan was accompanied by Mo Wuheng, Xia Ye was still holding Zhao Lianyu's token, so he was not troubled, and finally stood outside the gate of the Acropolis on a sunny afternoon.

In this day and age, traveling in the wild is too dangerous, so there are very few traveling merchants, and some travel among the various tribes in the territory. There are only a handful of large caravans like Xia Ye.

The guards in charge of guarding the city gate did not dare to neglect, so they hurriedly informed the officer!

"Chaoge Merchant Group? Never heard of it? Whose family is it?"

The city defense officer came, and his attitude was quite friendly. After all, being able to form this kind of caravan represented a part of his strength. Before he found out the origin, even if he had any bad thoughts, he had to hold back.

"The Xia Clan of the Longque Mountain Range!"

Xia Ye took a deep breath and reported his background. This was the first time that Chaoge stood in front of other tribes as an independent individual, not a vassal of the Xia clan.

"Longque Mountains? Where is it? Isn't the Xia family in the south?"

The city defense officer frowned.

"The Longque Mountains are in the wilderness!"

Xia Ye smiled: "It's just a small tribe!"

"You are too modest!"

Although the opponent was self-effacing, the city defense officer did not dare to neglect, because in the caravan, two flags were raised, one was embroidered with a black ink character, and the other was 'Zhao'.

If it's an ordinary 'Zhao' flag, it's fine, but on this side, there is a circle of gold embroidered around the big characters. This is the color and symbol that only the royal family can use.

"How long do you have to ask?"

Mo Wuheng was getting impatient with waiting, she still had to go to the city to go to the branch of the Mo family, and notify someone to carry the bamboo paper. For a mechanism engineer, the most annoying thing was wasting time and inefficiency.

"Sorry, this is routine, and I can't help it!"

The city defense officer habitually squeezed out a smile. After taking this position, he has met too many people of all kinds. Although his position is not high, many people are respectful to him. Complaining naturally like Mo Wuheng, then Just to illustrate a problem, the status of the family is honorable.

But what the hell is this boy in the blindfold?Judging by the aura of this gesture, it seems that he is also from an extraordinary background!
"Maybe it's the children of a big family who have experienced in the wilderness?"

The city defense officer guessed.

"What is this?"

"do not know!"

"I've already learned a hundred or so characters, and I don't think I'm illiterate, but after hearing the names of these goods, I feel that I'm not even as good as a savage aborigine!"

The guards were all huddled together, muttering to themselves, and they didn't even care about guarding the city gate.

"What are you doing?"

The city defense officer was embarrassed for a while, the quality of the guards, doesn't it mean that this officer is helpless?

"Sir, we hardly know these goods, what should we do?"

The captain of the guard looked confused.

If it was normal, they would let it go after a random inspection, but today the caravan brought completely different goods, it was too rare, and they didn't know what to do?
"We are all new goods shipped from the Great South, it's normal if you don't know!"

Xia Ye motioned to Jia Duo.

Jia Duo immediately brought over a small clay pot the size of a fist.

"The thing in this is soy sauce, add a little when cooking or steaming eggs, it will be very delicious!"

Xia Ye prepared some small pots in advance, just for gift giving, and in order to increase the style, there were two poems missing on the small pots.

Brewing wine with pine flowers, brewing tea with spring water!
"soy sauce?"

The city defense officer usually accepts gifts, and all his movements are natural and casual, but after seeing the eight characters burned on the pot, his spirits were lifted immediately, and he immediately changed from holding it with one hand to holding it with both hands.

These eight characters alone doubled the value of this clay pot.

"Wow, little uncle is still a scholar!"

Song Guo was amazed.

"Ha ha!"

Being flattered by a little girl, the city defense officer was in a good mood: "This, is it a poem? It's very charming when you read it!"

With the level of a city defense officer, that's all he can say.

"What are the other things?"

The city defense officer was a little curious, and asked about the purpose of soy sauce in detail.

Xia Ye reported the names one by one.

"what?"

The city defense officer was dumbfounded, and suddenly felt the same emotion as his subordinates, could he be illiterate?
"They are all seasonings passed down from the Great South, which can make food more delicious!"

Xia Ye smiled: "As for the bamboo paper, that is what the Mo family needs!"

"I know! I know!"

The city defense officer nodded. After he said this, if he questioned him ignorantly, he would be asking for trouble. Can you control the goods of the Mo family?

"I will start a trial sale in the Acropolis tomorrow. I don't know where the location is the best, and I don't know what needs to be paid attention to?"

Xia Ye inquired about these words through the mechanism engineer of the Mo family, but in order to get in touch with the city defense officer, he asked casually.

The city defense officer was idle and bored, so he took advantage of the opportunity to inquire about Xia Ye's origin.

The Wei clan's overall strength is weaker than that of the Xia clan, but people in this tribe have always been cautious in their words and deeds, and they don't like fighting, so they have a good reputation and there are more vassal clans.

Relying on so many vassals, the Wei family can live a prosperous life, but what the wolf-like Zhongshan family despises most are Wei's softies, always making trouble for them.

The two tribes are mortal enemies. The overall situation is that Wei's defends more than attacks, and often suffers some hidden losses. However, the benefits of popularity make Wei's a business turnover center.

These tribes in the north are willing to come to Wei's to sell goods. After all, here, they don't have to worry about being killed and losing money and people.

After Xia Ye bid farewell to the city defense officer, a Mohist mechanism engineer had been waiting for a long time, and took them to the Mohist mansion.

"You guard the city gate!"

This is a big deal, and the city defense officer immediately ran to his immediate superior to report.

"The people in Acropolis are very nice!"

Song Guo smacked her lips, even if she didn't know someone, as long as they met their eyes, they would smile and nod their heads, instead of being watched with vigilant eyes like in other tribes.

"This is also a way of survival!"

Mo Wuheng curled his lips. Wei's combat effectiveness is relatively weak, and the surrounding resources are relatively small. There are no large mineral veins, and the soil is also full of hills and mountains. The temperature is slightly low, which is not suitable for planting crops. If it is not for the prosperous business, Wei's people have starved to death.

"The formation of folk customs in a place always has its reasons!"

Xia Ye smiled.

There are many pedestrians on the Acropolis Road, and there are people from various tribes. Unlike Xiacheng, almost all of them are from the same tribe.

"The one with the two big mouths drawn on his forehead is from the Lu family!"

"The people who still wore long-sleeved gowns in that summer were from the Zhou family!"

"Hey, don't stare at that man's facial lines, and don't touch your nose with your left hand in front of him. He is from Leshi. Your actions will be mistaken for provocation!"

Looking at this group of country bumpkins looking left and right, Mo Wuheng spoke very quickly, fearing that if they didn't pay attention, they would offend the taboos of other tribes and cause trouble.

"Can I touch my nose on the street?"

Depressed Friday.

"If you are strong enough, you can ignore it!"

Mo Wuheng rolled his eyes: "Tell you, some tribes are natives, if you eat a bite of meat in front of them, they will beat your dog's brains out!"

"So cruel?"

Ghost Lord was surprised.

"It's okay to go shopping at the street stalls, but try not to move around, you have to buy some if they move!"

Mo Wuheng reminded.

(End of this chapter)