Chapter 137 Business Team

On the grassland, camel bells rang. A huge caravan was moving towards the southeast.

But this caravan did not carry any goods on the horses. If it was necessary to say that they were goods, those horses were their real goods.

This caravan was composed of thousands of horses and more than a hundred camels, and those who were guarding them were twenty or thirty Han people, more than a hundred Pubu people, and several Dangxiang people, all of them seemed powerful.

Luo Dacheng sat high on the camel's back, looking back at the direction where his tribe was, with a gloomy face.

This time I was naturally a little worried about staying away from my tribe and my wife; and Meng Yilan's emotions also made him feel troubled and he didn't know what to do. The only way was to give up this matter and try not to think about it.

This time he went out, in addition to going to Xingzhou to find treasures and magical weapons that could break the qi, he also went on the road with the caravan and sent them to Songland for smuggling trade.

The so-called smuggling is a commercial activity that is not allowed by the laws of the two countries. However, he sold war horses. For the Song Dynasty, it was a good thing that he could not get. If he smuggled too much, he might even award his smuggling activities to commend him for his crime of breaking the laws.

The goods transported this time were mainly thousands of war horses. For a large rancher like Luo Dacheng, who originally had tens of thousands of horses, he was a drop in a drought. The act of making money from this war made his pasture full of horses, and he had to divide it into several pastures for grazing.

When the last war was going on, Feng Nian brought a large amount of gold to various ethnic groups to buy cattle and sheep at a low price. He had filled the cattle and sheep pens of the Hualie tribe, and built many more cattle and sheep pens for this purpose, bringing all the excess cattle and sheep of each tribe into his own pasture. After the war ended, Feng Nian ran around everywhere, and every larger tribe had visited, putting a large number of luxury goods in front of the chiefs of various ethnic groups, dazzling them.

These luxury goods were the goods of Feng Nian's caravan where he had been. He also took out a portion of the wealth and weapons that Luo Dacheng obtained from Kelu City and sold to these tribes in barter. What he wanted to exchange for was the horses in their pasture.

It turns out that during the war, few tribes were willing to sell horses to him. Because war requires war horses and consume war horses. Even if they don’t ride on war, it’s better to let the people in the tribe run on war horses and escape.

Now that the war is over, the Liao army has suffered heavy damage and fled back. For some time, it is powerless to conduct conquests. The chiefs of each tribe no longer value war horses. At this time, when they see so many luxury goods from the Han area, such as spices, tea, rhinoceros horns, ivory, suma, cloth, lacquerware, porcelain, etc., all these earthen buns who have never seen the world can't let go of them. The green and white salt he transported was also a necessary item for the grassland tribe. In order to get these goods, they had to grit their teeth and take out the horses in their own railings to exchange for these things.

As a result, there are countless horses in the pastures of Hualie. In addition to military training, the new herders also have to work hard to grazle so many horses. Fortunately, the grassland is so big that there are green grass everywhere. As long as they are driven on the grassland, they will eat it themselves and don’t have to worry about taking care of them.

Luo Dacheng had a different view on this. He ordered all tribes in the tribe to mow the grass and dry it in their spare time to store it for winter. Because the tribe lacked enough staff, they had to prepare in advance. If they wait until autumn to prepare hay, they would probably not be able to mow the grass.

The troops carried out his orders with stern execution. Although they did not understand the meaning at first, Luo Dacheng later explained that if there were hay reserves, in winter, cattle, sheep, and horses would not starve to death easily, and they understood the truth.

Thinking about the situation when winter comes, a large number of livestock die of starvation and their assets are severely lost. The herdsmen can't help but feel sad. In order to save their property, everyone goes out to mow the grass and dry it in order to prepare for livestock in winter.

But now that he has recruited so many tribes, bought so many livestock, and bought the weapons needed by the tribes, Luo Dacheng felt that he was spending money like flowing water, and he felt like he was not able to make ends meet.

It’s empty to eat the mountains. Luo Dacheng knows this truth well. Even if he really owns a mountain of gold, he will spend it sooner or later. Moreover, he also has a huge plan to move to the Han people on the grassland. In this plan, even if it’s just a small experiment at the beginning, it will cost countless money. If he really wants to implement the immigration plan on a large scale in the future, the money he spends will be even more scattered.

But if he only makes money by grazing livestock, he may not have much profit on the grassland. He is too slow to make money, and he lacks support for his implementation of his plan to strengthen the army and possible immigration plans. For this reason, besides going to Xingzhou to find the legendary treasure, he can only find ways from business.

Feng Nian was originally the deputy general manager of the caravan and had a lot of experience in doing business between the grassland and the Han area. Since he followed him, he has been reliable in his work and looks loyal. It would be a waste not to use such talents.

So Luo Dacheng brought the remaining caravan guards out twenty or thirty, and asked Brother Su to bring fifty or sixty cavalry to follow them. While protecting the caravan, he also had to monitor these Han people, so as not to have evil intentions and run away after stealing the war horses.

In order to make them work faithfully, Luo Dacheng also had to lure them for profit. In addition to giving these people twice as much salary as the original caravan, he also promised them to distribute 10% of the profit to them, Feng Nian took half of the profit himself, and the caravan guards shared half of the profit together.

Although thousands of war horses were not too amazing on the grassland, if they could be smuggled to the Song realm, it would be a sky-high wealth. Feng Nian was so happy that he tilted his mouth, he knelt down on the ground and kowtowed desperately, swearing to do his best to do things diligently and never let the leader down.

This is just the first time that a smuggling horse was trafficked. Luo Dacheng just regarded it as a way of exploration and did not bring too many war horses. Feng Nian knew very well that such horse trading operations would continue in the future, increasing the number of war horses smuggling again and again, so that the money he could make would be rich enough to rival a country. If he gave up such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make money, he would be the number one fool in Tianzi!

Under his detailed explanation, the caravan guards gradually understood the opportunity to make money in front of them. Although they were jealous of him being able to enjoy half a profit, they were ultimately a veteran in the mall and could not compare with him. As long as they could get a little of the profit, they would be enough to become a rich man. Therefore, they were all full of energy and waited for the money to fall into their hands. Then they had been tucked in their belts for a long time to take risks as guards for others, and they would have value!

In fact, these thousands of horses are not good horses, most of them are the most despised bad horses on the grassland. However, for the poor Song people who have never seen the world, these bad horses are enough to make them cry. Such a caravan composed of bad horses is enough to build an excellent cavalry, so that they will not be able to raise their heads in front of the Khitans. They can only rely on vigorous development of archers to protect their land.

Luo Dacheng led this army to the southeast, out of the grassland, and marched on the edge of the desert and the wilderness, heading far toward the junction of the Song, Liao and Dangxiang people controlled areas.

Sometimes, they also have to pass through small deserts. However, Feng Nian is more familiar with the journey, and the Dangxiang people originally made a living in this desert, so they can always choose the shortest desert route to cross, so they will not get lost in the desert and turn into mummies.

Along the way, there were also some thieves who were not eyebrowed. The idea of ​​attacking this caravan was defeated by Luo Dacheng and his subordinates. The caravan guards also learned riding and shooting with their subordinates for a long time in Hualie's army. Now they have improved their riding skills and archery skills, which are almost the same as those of grassland herders. They kill bandits without blinking, and they show their evil spirits. They never tolerate these thieves who dare to stop themselves from getting rich. They will be executed when they are caught and will never leave a living mouth.

Finally, we arrived not far from the border between the Dangxiang people and the Khitans, on the border between the Song and Liao countries, one team was divided into two teams, separated from the caravan led by Su Ge.

Before breaking up, Luo Dacheng pulled Brother Su and carefully told him to be careful and not make any mistakes. The secret of the Golden Breakup Art that he had extorted from the Song Dynasty palace had long been passed on to him, asking him to speed up his practice. Although he did not get the full book, as long as he practiced, he would be a famous warrior on the grassland and rarely had an opponent.

When you go to Song Realm, you have so many expensive war horses, and the road is full of dangers. If you can have martial arts skills, you can be safer. Brother Su is a rare talent under his command. If you lose to Song Realm because of these war horses, it would be more than worth the loss.

Su Ge was grateful for his grace, threw himself to the ground, cried and kowtowed, and vowed not to let down the leader's expectations, even if he had to sleep, he would not let anyone steal these expensive bad horses.

The team was divided into two groups. Luo Dacheng led dozens of subordinates including Timur, and Feng Nian to lead nearly a hundred people, and drove the horses through the wilderness into the Song realm. Until their figures disappeared, they rode the horses and whips and turned their heads westward, heading towards Xingzhou occupied by Dangxiang, Li Deming and his son.

Along the way, the wind and sand were everywhere. After crossing the desert oasis and crossing the long area, they finally crossed the Yellow River by boat, approaching the place that would be called "Yinchuan" in a thousand years.
Chapter completed!