The old demon of Montenegro wants to practice Taoism

Hearing Shan Yangze ask this topic, Boss Qi’s expression was a little unnatural, and he said: "Businessmen have a big family and a great career. If you say that you have not offended anyone, then I am lying to you, but..." Boss Qi hesitated for a moment, As if suddenly made up his mind, he said: "You see, our group of people are not blind, and those who offend... can't be turned over."

In other words, it's not offending, it's bullying, it's killing them all.

Shan Yangze said: "Anyway, your brother can't do it alone. Even if your brother died in some treasure cave of heaven and earth, or had any adventures during his lifetime, it wouldn't happen in just a few months. This skill. Moreover, he has become a living corpse and still retains his sanity, this is the first time in the history of my Xuanming Sect."

The history of the Xuanming sect was less than twenty months old, but Boss Qi didn’t know that the Xuanming sect in his impression began in the pre-Qin period. Being frightened by Shan Yangze’s seriousness, Boss Qi was a little panicked. Said: "You can save me, you are also a member of my business alliance!"

Hearing the word Shangmeng, Shan Yangze recalled his experience of being lured into the Montenegro Chamber of Commerce when he was still a little out of touch with the world.If now, a businessman who apparently only has a rice shop business occupies the top spot in a business alliance, and has an undercover agent from Jinyiwei's hundreds of households under him, he must be cautious no matter what.

"This time, the entire business alliance has been affected. Think carefully, is it because you have robbed other people's business and cut off their livelihood." Shan Yangze immediately opened his mouth to defend himself when he saw Boss Qi, saying: "Think clearly , this is different from your old man last time. That time it was only a drop of corpse oil, and now this time..."

Boss Qi lowered his head and squinted his eyes to think about something, while Shan Yangze said on the sidelines: "What kind of business does the Black Mountain Merchant Alliance do? I didn't ask earlier, but it doesn't mean I don't care. It's definitely not as simple as doing business on the tea-horse road! "

For a while, the car was quiet, except for the sound of the horseshoes thumping forward.

Boss Qi thought for a long time, finally raised his head, and said, "We are doing business on the tea-horse road, but... what we trade is horses!"

Shan Yangze was puzzled. The name Tea-Horse Road was made up of the two main commodities on this trade road, tea and mules and horses.

Boss Qi shook his head, first pointed to the west, and said: "The horses coming over there are taller, more durable, and faster than those over there—" He pointed to the north again. quick."

"On the surface, we transported tea, salt, cloth, etc. over the snow-capped mountains, and then brought back fur, medicinal materials, and a small amount of mules and horses, but in fact, the mules and horses when we went were not the same as when we came back. The same batch. When they went there, they were old, weak, sick and disabled mules and horses. When they came back, they were all strong new horses from over there."

Shan Yangze thought that the Ming Dynasty actually did not restrict common people from raising horses, and even stipulated that several households must raise a horse. If this is the case, why did they go to great lengths to buy and sell horses from Tibetan areas?

Hearing Shan Yangze's doubts, Boss Qi smiled, and his voice became softer, and said: "This is close to the fiefdom of the King of Shu. Our business alliance is doing business for the King of Shu. From the first generation of the King of Shu to the present The throne has been passed down for seven generations, and we bring them no less than a hundred horses every year, and most of them are mares."

King of Shu?King!

Thinking about the original Emperor Taizong Zhu Di, it is not difficult to guess what the King of Shu was thinking.Cavalry is the most lethal of all arms. There are two thousand cavalry, which can repel tens of thousands of infantry.

It's no wonder that Boss Qi has a Jin Yiwei named Zhang San under his command!However, according to the history that Shan Yangze knew, since the Ming Dynasty defeated Zhu Di, the rights of the vassal kings were strictly restricted, and there was never any news that the king of Shu would raise troops.

Don't worry about this for the time being, what does the Tea Horse Road have to do with the person that Boss Qi offended?

Boss Qi stretched out his left arm, rolled up his sleeve, put his arm in front of Shan Yangze, and said, "Look."

I saw a two-inch-wide scar on the inside of Boss Qi's arm from the elbow to the wrist. One can imagine how tragic it was when he was injured.

Boss Qi put down his sleeves again, and said: "That year, it was the first time I followed the caravan on the tea-horse road. To say that I offended someone, this was the most impressive time in my memory."

Boss Qi followed the caravan on the tea-horse road for the first time in the spring of that year.The biggest rule of walking the tea-horse road is that you must avoid the scorching summer when you climb the snow-capped mountains. The snow on the snow-capped mountains is not very stable in this season, and there are frequent avalanches, or there will be no bones left.

Their caravans usually set off in February or March every year, and stay there for about two months after crossing the snow-capped mountains.

But coming back in autumn after spring is not without danger. The climate in the snow-capped mountains is unpredictable. Sometimes it will snow in April, or they will also encounter heavy snow when they return.

However, the most dangerous thing on this commercial road is not the weather and the harsh environment, but the people. At the end of the journey, there are bandits on both sides of the road who are waiting for the empty-handed white wolves while the merchants are tired. , that is, there are no bones left, completely disappearing in the depths of the mountain.

In short, some people can make a fortune after walking the tea-horse road, and some people die in a foreign land without a trace.

Boss Qi walked the tea-horse road for the first time, and let them meet once when he was about to reach the destination.Boss Qi no longer wants to recall the specific tragic experience. Although he was lucky enough to escape the murderous hands of the bandits, [-]% of the bodyguards hired by the caravan died, less than half of his companions died, and most of the goods were damaged. The King of Shu handed them over to them. The salt and tea used to exchange horses were also being robbed. In order not to take advantage of the bandits, the desperate companions cut open the sacks and sprinkled them all on the snow-capped mountains.

If they are ordinary caravans, then they can only go on in this way. They will spend two months in the market on the plateau for merchants to trade. They can exchange as many things as they can, and then wait until the summer is over before returning. It's my hometown, but this time I walk the tea horse road, there may be nothing left for the income.

But they are not ordinary caravans. Although the goods they use to deceive people are their own, the tea and salt that are mainly used to exchange horses are provided by the King of Shu.

There is no tea produced in Tibetan areas, and the brick tea they drink is transported along the tea-horse road.As for salt, it has been firmly controlled by the imperial court since ancient times. The king of Shu's salt did not fall from the sky. If they return empty-handed, what will happen to them...you can imagine.

So during the two months at the market, they had nowhere to go, and they discussed another way, grab it!

After making up their minds, in the remaining two months, they will exchange the remaining goods for various supplies for the return journey, and secondly, carefully observe several pastures that are relatively close to the snow-capped mountains.

Looking at it this way, let them find a more suitable one.

The leader of the grazing is an old man, and there are about seven or eight people with him, and two dogs.The dogs here are different from the dogs in the mainland. They can almost kill them with one bite, but they will die when they go back. Instead of doing this, it is better to fight.

Two months passed, Boss Qi and the others got ready, picked a day when no one was on the road, first drove the remaining mules and horses into the mountain, pretended to leave, and then took advantage of the dark Sneaking back.

This time on the tea-horse road, when they left home, there were 53 people, ten bodyguards, and 29 animals. After meeting the bandits, there were [-] people and [-] animals. Nine people went.

After a lot of fighting, they finally managed to get the winning horse, and opened the stables while they were in chaos, so that those people could not worry about them. In the end, there were a total of twelve horses that followed the winning horse all the way into the mountain, although the number was very different from the number requested by the King of Shu. Big, but with a winning horse, it must be possible to say the past.

It's a pity that they missed a little bit, they didn't expect those serfs to come after them like this.

The other side of the mountain is very different from them, where the head of the house is the chieftain and the monks, and the serfs who guard the horses and graze are worth less than the horses.If a horse is injured, it will lose its head, not to mention that all the horses in this ranch are lost.

Although Boss Qi and the others have lived on the plateau for two months, and they are all young lads, after all, they are not comparable to those serfs who have adapted to the environment since they were young. , and then it was another desperate fight.

Boss Qi fell off the cliff when he was in a panic, and his arm was cut long by the ice, but it was the ice that saved his life, and followed the remaining thirteen people, with The remaining horses and goods, after two months of walking, finally arrived home.

The king of Shu was very satisfied with the majestic leading horse, and later rewarded a lot of gold and silver treasures, but it is said that the horse died of illness within two years.

Speaking of this, Boss Qi sighed deeply, "That was the first time I walked the tea-horse road, and it was also the last time. My old man said that there are gods in that mountain, and I was stained with their blood, which has offended the gods. Can't go anymore."

"I always remember the old man who watched the horse back then, and he was the only one left in the end, with the despair and anger in his eyes." Boss Qi sighed, and said: "In the end, seeing that he was powerless to take back the horse, he sang loudly about unknown scriptures, crashed to death on an icicle on the side of the mountain.”

"It's his curse!" Boss Qi whispered, "It took two years for my arm to heal." Boss Qi lifted up the clothes on his arm again, "Do you think it's starting to turn red! From the second When I came back, it started to turn red and hot!"

As soon as Boss Qi finished speaking, the carriage stopped, and the little boy guarding the door of the gambling house raised the curtain.Shan Yangze was the first to jump out of the carriage, and said: "It will take a while for him to know. But no matter whether it is or not, foreign monks can't act wildly on my territory, and it has affected so many innocent people."

After being told by Shan Yangze, Boss Qi also regained some confidence, jumped down, and entered the casino with Guo Qian and the other three.

Qi Lao Er was in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, with a lot of silver ingots in front of him. When he saw Qi Boss bringing someone in, he smiled slightly and said, "Brother, I hope the help you found this time is not so useless."

Shan Yangze sat down opposite him and said, "You will know after you try it."