842, Life and Death Grass (2/2)
The young man looked around, and the leaders around him all looked at him with a fake smile.
He suppressed his anger and turned to look at the long stone beside the headman Gabu. He moved closer to the stone and carefully looked at the cracks all over the stone. While looking, he forced a smile and said, "Headman Gabu, what's so special about this stone?
I looked in the cracks of the stone, and I didn't see the oily color of jade."
"This is a piece of jasper, can't you see it?
If such a large piece of jasper is really opened, I don't know how many cattle and sheep, how many Shu brocades it can be exchanged for. I will sell it to you for only fifty Shu brocades, which is very cost-effective." Gabu stroked his beard and pointed to a crack in the stone. He continued to say to the young man of the caravan, "You can see the color of jasper from here."
The young man of the caravan had to move closer to the crack to look.
As expected, he saw a faint green in the crack.
The cracks extended deep into the stone, covering the entire stone, but the emerald green color was only a dot less than the size of a copper coin. This stone might contain some jade, but the quality of the jade was not good, and the jade was definitely not as big as Gabu said, and it was not worth fifty pieces of Shu brocade at all!
Now Gabu was clearly going to force the stone to be sold to the caravan.
The young man also knew Gabu's purpose.
He studied the stone for a while, and said to Gabu with a smile: "Headmaster Gabu, you have done business with us many times, you should know that we don't often collect these jade materials, and we don't know how to identify such good jade materials.
If we accept your stone, what if you open it and find good jade worth fifty pieces of Shu brocade from the Far East, wouldn't you lose money?
You should keep this stone yourself, and we will deliver the goods in the same way as before, how about it?"
"You are also friends who have come from afar. When doing business, whether you make a profit or a loss, you are responsible for it. I will sell this good material to you friends. If you make a profit, I will be happy in my heart. It doesn't matter if you lose a little." Gabu said with a smile.
The young man cursed in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it on his face.
When their caravan travels outside to do business, they attach the most importance to making money in harmony.
What's more, now they are on someone else's territory, so naturally they will try their best not to use swords.
If swords start, the war will continue.
"Then I'll go and discuss it with Ma Guotou." The young man of the caravan forced a smile and responded to Gabu.
Gabu nodded: "Let's discuss it."
After saying that, he sat back on the serf's back and looked sideways towards the Tang merchant caravan.
The young man of the caravan turned around and hurried towards the caravan with a serious face.
Danzeng saw the look on the face of the Tang man, and turned to Su Wu and whispered: "What's the matter?"
"Maybe the business was not settled.
It's okay." Su Wu shook his head and saw the young man of the caravan walked into the caravan and whispered a few words to the leader of the caravan, Ma Guotou, who was leading the caravan and riding on the most majestic horse.
Ma Guotou glanced at Gabu's leader.
Gabu looked around and didn't look at Ma Guotou.
Ma Guotou, who was carrying a big pot on his horse and wearing a patent leather armor, smiled, turned over and got off the horse, and walked to a carriage heavily protected by the horse team behind him.
He bowed slightly and whispered a few words in front of the carriage window: "Boss, they want to blackmail us.
There are 35 pieces of Shu brocade in total, and he, a leader, wants to take all of them. We still owe him 15 pieces of Shu brocade - just to buy a broken stone."
The carriage was silent for a while.
A strange voice followed: "There is no way, the situation is stronger than people...
We suffered that incident, and too many people died.
First take out the token of "Lord Kanlong" and see if you can scare him."
"Most likely it's something from Kanlong's donkey. He first informed these dogs. His token probably can't scare these people." Ma Guotou said in a low voice.
"If it doesn't work, then give it to him." The people in the carriage sighed.
"I'll discuss it with them." Ma Guotou nodded.
He turned around, walked out of the horse team, and walked straight to the Gabu leader.
The dark figure pressed over like an iron tower. The shadow of Ma Guotou covered the shadow of Gabu. Gabu looked up at the black man and felt a little scared. With a smile on his face, he took a step back.
The soldiers beside him immediately came forward and protected Gabu behind him.
Gabu stood behind many soldiers and immediately raised his head and chest, with a sense of victory.
"Head, this is the token of Lord Kanlong.
We came from Lord Kanlong. He promised us that with this token, all his subordinates and heads should give us convenience." Ma Guotou smiled and handed a token to Gabu's soldiers. He stared at Gabu and asked gently, "I don't know if you recognize Lord Kanlong's token or not?"
The soldiers handed the token to Gabu.
The other heads led the soldiers to gather around.
Ma Guotou was not afraid.
Gabu took the token, looked at it for a few seconds, and ordered the soldiers to return it to Ma Guotou. He looked at the many leaders who gathered around him, and his smile became even more intense: "This is the token that Lord Kanlong gave you last year.
We also provided you with many conveniences last year."
When he said this, the implication was already obvious.
"We came to you this time mainly to purchase a rare medicinal herb - 'Herb of Life and Death'.
If the leader can find us the grass of life and death, we will be willing to give him any amount of Shu brocade. "Ma Guotou said.
"I have the grass of life and death - but that is another business." Gabu pointed to the stone beside him and continued, "This stone of mine is fifty pieces of Shu brocade."
"Not that much." Ma Guotou shook his head, "If you really want us to buy this stone from you - I can only give you ten pieces of Shu Brocade."
"no!
Must—" The Garbutou man didn't finish his words!
Ma Guotou, who was a few steps away, suddenly pulled out the knife from his waist!
The broad-backed sword with a ringed head and broad back flashed a cold light in the sun!
As Ma Guotou suddenly drew the knife, there was a rustling sound of the blade rubbing against the leather sheath!
All kinds of weapons shine with dazzling cold light!
The caravan members scattered and surrounded all the leaders, soldiers and civilians in the surroundings!
The horse pot head was surrounded by many soldiers, and he looked around the whole place, and his eyes finally fell on the timid Gabu head man: "You and I are only five steps apart -
Within five steps, I could die.
You will die too! "
Within a short distance, everyone is wiped out!
The Garbutou man turned pale with fright at these words!
"If you and other leaders kill me today, although my brothers cannot completely destroy you and others, they will definitely cause serious losses to you. If most of the men you brought with you are killed or injured, you can still protect your family property, your wives and concubines. Children?" Ma Guotou looked around and spoke loudly, like a bell.
The leaders around him all hesitated.
They had no intention of going to war with the Tang caravan.
They just wanted to work together to steal dozens of pieces of Shu brocade from the caravan.
But now that the other party was determined to fight to the death, they were forced to retreat.
However, they were quite unwilling to retreat like this.
Ma Guotou said again: "Dear friends, our horse gang is willing to give each of you a piece of Shu brocade!"
The eyes of the people around suddenly lit up.
He turned to look at the Garbutou man: "Headman, I am willing to buy this stone from you with twenty pieces of Shu brocade. What do you think?"
Gabu looked at the eyes of the people around him, pretending to be thoughtful.
After pondering for only a few breaths, he nodded in agreement.
"good!"
Ma Guotou sheathed his knife.
The leaders shouted a few times and ordered their men to put away their weapons.
Guotou turned around and walked into the cavalry.
Not long after, twenty pieces of Shu brocade were delivered to Gabu.
Seven or eight pieces of Shu brocade were distributed to the other leaders.
Everyone seemed happy at the moment, but when the other leaders looked at the Sichuan brocade piled up on a hill beside Gabu, and then looked at the piece of Shu brocade in their hands, their eyes suddenly changed slightly.
Gabu happily looked at the wealth he had obtained. With a wave of his hand, several servants moved the long stone as tall as a person into the caravan.
The caravan then opened boxes of goods and traded with many people present.
The caravan members stood in front of the boxes of goods and shouted loudly in the poor Tibetan language: "Fine ironware, tea, cloth, and grain!"
"You can exchange whatever you have in your hands!"
"We mainly harvest the 'Herb of Life and Death'. This herb is shaped like a ginseng leaf and its root is like a worm. In winter, the leaves wither and the root system dies, but it will grow again in summer. The seven-leaf Grass of Life and Death can be exchanged for a piece of Shu brocade!"
One leaf of the Grass of Life and Death can be exchanged for many tea leaves, ironware, grain seeds, and cloth!
If you have the grass of life and death in your hands, you can come and trade with us! "
The civilians and serfs who had just dispersed and wanted to escape were now gathered in front of the boxes of goods, negotiating with the merchants from the caravan. Those civilians who came with goods that were not valuable could negotiate with the merchants on the spot. trade.
Some civilians, serfs, or those who really had rare things in their hands communicated with the caravan merchants through gestures.
The merchant took him to a deserted corner to discuss business.
Not long after.
There are caravans of merchants turning around in convoys.
It highlights a dried plant.
The medicinal herb has two leaves. The leaves are a little withered now, and the root system of the medicinal herb is like a dried meat insect.
It is exactly a ‘two-leaf grass of life and death’.
"This is the grass of life and death!
If you have seen this kind of medicinal herb, you can dig it out, dry it carefully and store it. When we come back here, we can trade with you! "The caravan businessman carefully displayed the grass of life and death in his hand, looking a little excited.
Several leaders led the soldiers to push through the crowd, shouting loudly:
"I have such medicinal herbs in my hand. I'll exchange them for Shu Brocade!"
"We want silver!"
The crowd consciously stayed away from the leader.
Su Wu and Tenzin's family squeezed into the crowd and grabbed a caravan businessman.
He spoke: "I want to buy some good weapons."
The caravan businessman was dealing with other people. Hearing what Su Wu said, he was slightly startled. He turned to look at Su Wu, his eyes suddenly lit up: "You can actually speak Chinese?"