royal robes

Chapter 691 The Priest Is Seriously Ill
Like the others, Zong Xin went straight into the camp and found a place on the edge for Youyun Eighteen Cavalry to set up camp.Soon, words like 'silk 50 taels of silver a piece' were inserted everywhere. Some people were lazy to make signs and wrote directly on the car with ink.

Everyone was waiting impatiently, but after seeing Zong Xin arrive, they felt much more at ease in their hearts.This time the Uighurs will be out of luck, because they have provoked the big devil Zong Xin... You must know that Zong Xin was the big devil who killed [-] soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty with one move. It's going to suffer.

After Zong Xin and his party packed up, everyone was looking forward to the reaction from Uighur.Zong Xin also led Youyun Eighteen Riders and the masters of Leiwang's Mansion to patrol around.These merchants are veterans, well-prepared, and healthy. After all, it is such a difficult task to re-walk the Silk Road. Even if the merchants with a little physical problem are tempted, they dare not act.

After walking around, Zong Xin suddenly asked curiously: "Zhao, do you think Uyghurs can understand what we wrote?"

From the point of view of Zong Xin's words, this is a very serious problem. What if the Uighurs can't understand it?Although some Uighurs understand Chinese, they may not understand Chinese characters.It is written on the car like this, maybe others can't understand it at all, and think it is some kind of decorative pattern in the Central Plains.

If the Uyghurs can't read Chinese characters, it won't work to use the Taiwan price to make the other party surrender.After all, after arriving in Xizhou, there will even be some communication problems. This situation has already happened in Illinois.Not all Uyghurs understand Chinese, and there are always a few Uyghurs who understand Chinese as translators, otherwise many businesses cannot be done.

"What if they understand it?" Zhao Kuangyin said, "Can you find a Uighur who understands Chinese and write something in Hui language?"

Zong Xin shook his head and said: "This seems a little fake. Such a good idea can't be implemented because of the language barrier... and this kind of thing must be cut quickly, so if you find Uyghurs and write them in Hui language I will react, and this method will not be applicable at that time."

"How can the same method not be applicable?" Tianya asked curiously, "Master, what you said is a bit contradictory. As long as it is a good method, why not use another condition?"

Zong Dao: "So, attacking the heart is the most important thing, and attacking the city and attacking the brain are low-level tactics. In fact, this method has many loopholes, but if such a sign is suddenly displayed, the opponent will be anxious and can't think of what will happen next. I will only find a way to deal with this matter. Just like the current situation, if the other party can understand Chinese characters, the city guard will of course be anxious, because this will greatly affect the price of Xizhou, and they will negotiate with us at that time. Talk about it, and the matter will be resolved. But if you ask the Uighurs to write the same words in Hui language at this time, this will give the city guard part of the time to think about this problem, and he will not be so anxious as if he saw it directly. In fact, the other party There are many ways to deal with it, such as not selling food and water to the Central Plains merchants, or they also sell food and water at a higher price, and within a few days all the money from the Central Plains merchants will go into the bags of the Uighurs.”

With Zong Xin's explanation, everyone understood.In fact, this method is not as effective as expected, but if such a move is made suddenly, the other party will not be able to react, fearing that the local prices will be disturbed, so they will immediately take countermeasures.In fact, when they calm down, this method can be easily cracked.

When the plan failed, Zong Xin came up with another plan, and then said: "Order everyone to prepare to move out of the camp. Isn't there a small town nearby? Let's go to the small town. A strong dragon will not overwhelm a snake, and no matter how good your martial arts are, you can't see people." Just fight, and in someone else's territory, it's best not to be too arrogant. We leave like this, these merchants are anxious, and the people in Xizhou are also anxious. There are countless people in this world who want to make money, and naturally some people will come to the small town to buy silk and porcelain, no need to go to town at all.”

"Master, if these people originally wanted to buy the silk and porcelain here, why didn't they go directly to the city to trade?"

Zong Xin chuckled and said, "Of course I'm afraid of being seen by the city guards. These people should not be allowed to trade directly outside the city, so as long as they change places, merchants in the Western Zhou City will naturally come to trade secretly. Buying silk or It is selling jade. So as long as we have the intention to turn around, the guards of Xizhou City will definitely die in a hurry. There is no way to do this... If it was in the Central Plains, I would rush in and beat him hard, and then Just bring these merchants into the city."

Tian Ya said helplessly: "Hey~ Let's avoid going here in the future. It's good to live in the Central Plains. Why do you want to come to the Western Regions? I always feel uncomfortable."

"I can't help it... let's do something." Zong Xin asked Tian Ya to convey his meaning, and Youyun Shibaqi also had to order, and immediately conveyed Zong Xin's words to every merchant.After getting this information, the merchants also felt that it made sense, and immediately pulled out their camps and prepared to leave the city of Xizhou.

Zong Xin stared back at Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

"Are you sure you understand?"

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Sneak in secretly and follow the city guard to whom to report. The person who reports is the key."

"Recently, your IQ is getting better..." Zong Xin admired: "But you guessed wrong, I asked you to wear Uyghur clothes, and hold a piece of silk on the streets of Xizhou City. Cover your face Don’t let anyone know who you are, just let the Uyghurs see the fine silk.”

Zhao Kuangyin nodded and said, "So that's what it means, or you are worse than me."

"Go."

This move really frightened the people in Xizhou City, including the city guard.If the merchants from the Central Plains leave here, then the silk and porcelain they were looking forward to would be gone, as would the precious spices and tea leaves from the Central Plains, that would be impossible... It’s hard to see such a large caravan coming to Xizhou, but this The business has never been done, and now they don't want to give money, and they are going to leave directly... This is not okay.

Zong Xin and the others didn't care, and if they couldn't do it, they just left the territory of the Uyghurs. As long as these things left the Central Plains, they would cost sky-high prices. Where would they sell them?Why do you have to sell it to people in Xizhou City?
The main reason why these merchants want to go to Xizhou is the jade in Xizhou. If you buy jade here and sell it back to the Central Plains, it will also be expensive.Why not earn sky-high prices twice?Moreover, Xizhou is not too far away. It will take at most a few months to return to the Central Plains from here, and it will be almost as long as walking here.Therefore, most merchants only regard Xizhou as their destination.

The hardships of the past few months have been enough. Ordinary merchants do not enjoy life as much as Zong Xin and others. They are almost exhausted all the way here. The hot weather alone can make the Central Plains people shy away from it.They are not martial arts practitioners. If they don't eat well or sleep well, their physical strength has long been exhausted. There is no way these people can move forward.

Some of the caravans were originally Uyghurs. They only need to pay ordinary taxes to enter Xizhou City and sell their silk and porcelain.Among the entire caravan, there were only two people who hoped to continue westward with Zong Xin, one was the priest and the other was the priest's bodyguard.

Just as they were about to start camp, the priest's bodyguards found Zong Xin.But this Westerner could only stare at Zong Xin with big eyes, not knowing what to say at all.

"What?"

"IT's. True. You Can Speak Engilsh."

"Yes. Ido."

"I. need. you. help. The. priest. is. sick."

Zong Xin nodded and said, "Let.me.See."

"Master, what are you talking about?"

"The priest was ill and had no other choice, so he asked me for help." Zong Xin said, "It's not easy... This Westerner came all the way to China to preach. He is simply full."

A group of people followed the Westerner all the way to their carriage, and a very ordinary blanket was placed under the shadow of the carriage. The priest was lying on the blanket with a pale face. It seemed that he was really seriously ill. Out of breath but not in, it feels like he may meet his God at any time.

At this moment, the priest had no awareness, and he didn't even know that a group of people as big as Zong Xin had come.Zong Xin feels that this priest is quite pitiful. He is not young. He probably brought some people to the Central Plains to do business and preach preaching when he was very young. Not many people know him anymore.

The power of Western religions far exceeds that of the emperor.The firmness of faith of these missionaries in the West is by no means comprehensible to ordinary people.This priest almost devoted his whole life to his church, and the church benefited from him indefinitely, but in the end he became a priest of a monastery and retired there.

However, the church still had a conscience and sent a bodyguard.This bodyguard is also very responsible. It seems that he has suffered a lot, but he still tries his best to protect the priest.

Zong Xin slowly squatted beside the priest, stretching out his hand to feel his pulse.The originally calm face became more and more ugly. Although the bodyguard did not understand Chinese, he was not a fool. From Zong Xin's expression, it could be seen that the disease was indeed serious, and maybe even he couldn't help it.

"Oh, my medical skills are not good, Yaoyao, you should come here."

A group of people looked at Zong Xin very depressed, thinking that the priest was going to die, but it turned out that Zong Xin didn't know medical skills and was stubborn, but the situation was too embarrassing and his face was ugly.

After taking the pulse, Yaoyao immediately said: "Small problem, malnutrition along the way, this old man's body is too weak to withstand such a long journey. He is not sick, but his body is too tired and his nutrition can't keep up. Go. Instill a little zhenqi in him, let him eat a few good meals, and he will recover in a few days."

"Oh~~ Come here, Tianya." Zong said: "You just need to exercise a bit, the more you output, the more you will get."

Tianya knew that he would have to do most of the things on this trip, but he was used to it. Now was the time when his skills grew the fastest, and he deserved to die from exhaustion.

(End of this chapter)