Xiaobei and others have a good idea. They serve the people. They can’t wait, they have to take the initiative to go out.

Since I just arrived in Kunming and did not have any contact with the locals immediately, I built a camp next to Dianchi Lake.

When the nine people walked out by guards, they heard the inner courtyard beside them that they would walk to the southeast and walk along Dianchi Lake for about ten miles and see people.

When Xiaobei and others heard Shili, they first observed the terrain. Shili heard it not far away. The horse riding said it was a moment ago, but it was a place next to Dianchi Lake, and the mountains, and is there a road, and there is a road that vaguely passes by people or animals.

The weather is good and the plants are growing lushly. There is a little difference between the grass on this road and the grass next to it. It is mainly small and relatively sparse, but you must not ride a horse and run.

The nine little guys estimated that it would take about half an hour to get to the place. What if they run? It won’t take three quarters of an hour, but it’s easy to fall.

"Is there a lot of people going to?" Xiao Bei asked, don't go to the place, it took a long time, but in the end, you met dozens of people, which was not cost-effective.

The inner courtyard seemed to have learned a lot about this before coming here, and immediately replied: "Now, there was a tribe. The chief's surname was Cuan, and he was named Cuan Moa. Of course, the entire tribe's surname was Cuan."

"Are there any other surnames around?" Xiao Bei asked again.

"Yes, some people have surnames Meng. In the past, language communication was not very smooth and needed translation. The most important thing is that etiquette is different from ours."

"Oh, don't you understand what you say? What else is around?" Xiao Bei didn't understand this at all.

"Further west is Liuzhao."

"What? So close? I have to go west. If my brothers and sisters remembered that they and Japan had too many people to harm us, they couldn't help but kill them for a while, and it would be easy to destroy them first, then... Is it safe here now?"

Xiao Bei has always heard of Liuzhao. He never thought that one day he would be so close. He vaguely felt that the situation was different from what he imagined. Perhaps the locals would not treat him like the people in Yizhou.

The inner courtyard showed a gentle smile and said, "Everywhere is safe. As long as you want to go, it will be safe. If someone dares to make you unsafe, we will make them incomplete."

"Oh, I believe you. I mean, are we safe when you don't protect me?" Xiao Bei was depressed. We are here to investigate people's livelihood. You are planning to start a war. There are two things.

"The area of ​​the Cuan surname is safe, almost the same. They will not hurt you, they have a good impression of you, and belong to the farming tribe; the Meng surname is the animal husbandry tribe. It is a bit safer to go to the Meng surname, but I believe that if they do not intend to be exterminated, they will know how to choose the way to treat you.

Before, the Meng surname was ruler in this generation, and the Cu surname was naturally ruled. Normally, the farming people like peace and struggle with nature because they can obtain more food; the nation is more offensive. They do not build, but more follow the laws of nature to plunder.

So, I suggest that we should go to the Cuan tribe, which is convenient for communication. Even if you write, there are different people who know each other, and many of the habits are the same as us."

The introduction of the inner courtyard is also a kind of knowledge indoctrination. It is not enough to be with you, but also to explain when the little guys have questions.

Xiaobei and the nine people listened very seriously. They cherished the words said in their daily lives. Every sentence seemed to be very simple and contained countless connotations. They could not find a second one.

"It means that people with the surname Cuan are bullied, right? It's so pitiful!" Xiao Bei began to feel sad for others.

The inner court replied: "It used to be, but now it is not. Since my Tang Dynasty began to support the surname Cuan and pushed the surname Cuan to the position of a vassal king many years ago, people with the surname Cuan have no longer been bullied, and no one dares to bully them now, because the local regime is composed of them.

Another purpose of the young master and the young lady came here this time was to build several projects. One of the Dianchi Lake is a dam and the other is an artificial river. Otherwise, the local area will always be flooded, and the water inlet volume of Dianchi Lake is greater than the water outflow almost every year. The consequence is that the water overflows and destroys the fields and houses of the people surnamed Cuan.

Another purpose is to leave behind 200 people and add them to the local regime, so that people with the surname Cuan will not rule forever. Now there is no need to use barbarians to control barbarians."

After hearing this, Xiaobei and his friends began to walk in the direction they were talking to the inner courtyard, thinking while walking, and discussing with each other.

After a while, Xiao Bei looked at the scenery of Dianchi Lake and said, "We understand. We really can't give them too much power. They were bullied before, but now they have power, they must think about bullying them back. It's okay to bully them, but they are a livestock tribe and are good at fighting.

If you can't beat others, you can get them to fight them. The Tang Dynasty still has to send troops. After pacifying, the dead will not survive. How sad it would be? Moreover, the people with the Meng surname are also part of the Tang Dynasty and know how to know animal husbandry. Isn't it better to unite the two? Each of them needs.

The elder brother and sister arranged for people to stay and become officials, with the purpose of making the two surnames merge into one, and the role played by them is greater than that of two. Also, we do not believe that King Cuan Gui would be better than ours in all aspects.

The people we stayed behind will quickly understand the local resources and use them to help the locals develop as quickly as possible, because the older brothers and sisters will continue to use troops to the west, and the local area will become a rear very close to the front line, right?"

In the inner courtyard, he squatted on Xiao Bei's face and kissed hard.

He praised: "Our family's Beckham is so amazing."

"Hehe, what we thought about together is that we have achieved a little bit of results, and it is also under your guidance every moment, the care of brothers and sisters, the expectations of our parents, and the protection of our guards. Oh, what should we do if Liuzhao do? They are closer to the front line in the future."

Xiao Bei was humble and treated her diplomatic practice as her thoughts on Liuzhao again. At that time, his brother and sister left a lot of retreat for Liuzhao, saying that he would first get more food, then deal with Silla and Japan, and finally pointed the finger at Liuzhao.

Moreover, the early strategy is to assistive plunder, which can be said to be a kindness. Aidable plunder can change at any time. If Liuzhao sees the result of others and wakes up, then it is the real follow-up method to cooperate with the previous method to help. If you are still obsessed with it, the follow-up method will be another, which will immediately make Liuzhao fall into a place of doom.

"It depends on Zhen La's actions, whether it is war or harmony, and when it is war, it will be destroyed, and when it is harmonious, it will be passed. If it is harmonious, we will pass on Liuzhao, and when we see the leader of Liuzhao, we will warn us, and at the same time let the caravan follow us. We enter India from the north of the Piao Kingdom. We will go there to seek fighter opportunities. No matter how we choose, it will be difficult to get off before the arrival of next summer and go home."

The inner court explained its strategic intentions. It is impossible to make perfect arrangements for this surprise soldier on its own side because the soldiers are inconsistent.

Because she didn't understand the local situation, Xiao Bei went back to go with the others while discussing. When she could see smoke rising in front of her from afar, Xiao Bei and others also discussed the results.

"We just concluded. We felt that transporting materials from now on is not cost-effective, the distance is long, and the terrain is complex, so we should transport them from Yizhou and further north."

Xiaobei said to the inner courtyard.

This inner courtyard smiled and didn't say anything, and another one spoke.

"Yes, it's far away, and the consumption on the road is high, but it can be transported from here. At that time, the things that can be transported include dried sea fish, canned food, salt, various cloth, medicine, and arms."

Xiao Bei nodded as he listened: "There are also convenient musical instruments, drawing paper brushes, cooking tools and seasonings, as they are for the army. There is no need to worry about the quality.

So many good things are blatantly transported from Liuzhao's territory. They look at them. They hope to have them. Is this the last chance they will give them?"

"About the same." The inner courtyard replied.

Xiao Bei breathed out: "Okay, when things are transported in my Tang Dynasty, people along the way will find ways to repair the road, and provide some porridge, hot soup, tea and pickles. When it comes to Liuzhao, if they want to live the same life as the people of the Tang Dynasty in the future, they don't need to learn, as long as they don't rob it.

Just like the small bridge in front of my village, good and evil are from the heart, a thought of heaven, and a thought of hell. Not everyone has this opportunity, there is no more food, nor does Japan or Silla."

After saying that, everyone continued to rush forward. What made Xiaobei and others unable to understand was why their brothers and sisters showed mercy.

"Wow, look, look, there is a big furry head growing on the tree. It's so interesting. How come it looks familiar?" As the tribe in front got closer and closer, the big man and the little man shouted at the same time in a sympathetic manner, no word was wrong.

Everyone looked up the tree and saw an oak tree in front of them, with a furry group at a height of one person.

Someone went to the inner courtyard to cut off the things and showed them to Xiaobei and the others. Now the older man recognized them. No wonder he looked familiar. He had eaten the monkey head mushroom, but he didn't know that it grew on the tree.

"How did it climb up?" Xiaoyuan wondered, thought about it, and then said, "How did it grow on the trunk? There are monkey erectus here? It's so amazing."

"There are the most monkey erectus mushrooms in this area, and there are other mushrooms. Due to the climate, there are also some to the south, next to the area in Zhenla Kingdom. The two hundred people who stayed behind will specifically help the locals grow these things. The young master and the young lady said that this can be grown, unlike red mushrooms, which are pine mushrooms, which cannot be fully cultivated manually, and the semi-artificial yield is not high.

If it is said that it is artificially cultivated by monkey erectus, it tastes slightly worse than the wild ones. People who are not always eating can't taste it. It is an extra benefit for the locals. If you sell it in the future, the price will be not low."

The inner courtyard continued to explain to the little guys.

Xiao Bei and others have already started to fantasize that in the future, with the help of their families, local people will grow a lot of erectus mushrooms, which can be sold directly to restaurants at home. When the cultivation technology is mature, ordinary people can eat it even if they want to.

"Local monkey erectus mushrooms, so... the tribe we are going to must have inventory, right?" Xiao Bei licked his lips and asked with a slanderous look.

"Yes, occasionally merchants come to collect them, and the price given is fair. People with the surname Cuan will save them when they find good things. When they exchange them with merchants, I have brought gifts so that they can exchange their things for you to taste."

The inner courtyard said to Xiao Bei, which was also another purpose for coming here.

But Xiao Bei could hear the keyword in his speech: "Is it fair?"

"Yes, when priced for local people, it was one-third of the normal price. When exchanged for local people, it was three times the normal price, and when trading was nine times."

"It's not considered bullying. It used to be even lower. You can't imagine what a pound of salt can be exchanged for. You can change to various mushrooms, just seventy kilograms of mushrooms, dry goods, and eighty to ninety horns of snake gallbladder, a hundred times the profit.

Three years ago, our caravan took a trip, and since then it has only been nine times the profit. Because the journey is long, this ratio is quite good and has not been too much. After returning, the profit is about three times."

"That's called 300%. It turns out that this is the case with backwardness. If my caravan doesn't come, the locals will be even more sad. I guess many merchants who walk this way will hate my family. Haha, I'll just settle the price once. When the locals saw it, it turned out that it was too cheap before. Is there no salt here? I have to transport it from another place?"

Xiao Bei immediately realized that he had become a villain at home, but fortunately he left three times the profit margin for others.

The inner courtyard replied: "Yes, the young master and the young lady said there were, and there were quite a few, enough for the locals to eat hard, but the locals could not find it, and there was no means to deal with the salt mine. The people we stayed behind would help detect and mine.

The merchants who come here later don’t want to exchange salt for things, and have to transport goods that are not available in other places to improve the quality of life of local people. This time we brought a lot of salt, which is half exchanged and half gifted, and we don’t expect much profit.”

"No wonder you said it's safer for us to come here. The efforts three years ago had a role at this moment." Xiao Bei knew where the confidence in the inner courtyard came from.

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When the team came close to the tribe, many people appeared in the tribe, holding swords of average quality, bows and arrows and pure bamboo and wooden spears, without the kind of iron spearhead.

Obviously, some people in the tribe have seen a large group of people coming over in advance, gathering together to deter and alert without knowing their enemies.

Xiao Bei looked at the other party's bow and arrow and bamboo spear, and shrank back. She could not estimate the range of attacks of the other party's long-range weapons.

The team stopped, and someone ran over to negotiate. After some communication, the people in the tribe threw their weapons directly to the ground, looking almost like surrender.

Then the people in the tribe changed into small faces, and some people ran back and brought the basin out to sprinkle it on the ground. Normally, they did not have such etiquette.

I probably want to learn the behavior of officials who have reached a certain level of status in the Tang Dynasty when traveling, but I don’t learn it completely because there is no yellow sand paving the way.

Xiao Bei and his friends are already very satisfied with this. It’s okay if they don’t learn well enough, as long as they really have that kind of heart. They all know that it is difficult to get ethnic minorities to recognize you. It’s not that people deliberately have estrangements, but mainly because of the knowledge they come into contact with. Many businessmen want to take advantage of others. When they find out later, they will naturally be vigilant.

When you are not sure whether you are really trustworthy, you will not have more contact with you, otherwise you should be deceived. It is better to say that it is a means of self-protection than to say that it is alienation.

At this time, the four people stood up, put one hand on the gun handle next to the leg, and the other hand on the firing device of the revolver.

"Don't be impulsive, don't fire at 0:3 or 0:50 seconds, you can have time to judge." Xiao Bei hurriedly told the four people that these four people were the most powerful fast gunmen in the Tang Dynasty today, and they were specifically protecting them, not even the brothers and sisters.

Immediately, Xiao Bei asked the inner courtyard: "I'm going to talk later. How should I introduce myself?"

"Zhang Xiaobei among the water and clouds." said the inner courtyard.

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