Under the instructions of the merchants, the soldiers guarding the pass slowly lowered the city board. Liu Yu was about to pull the little beggar into the door. The soldier stopped Liu Yu and almost snatched the telescope from Liu Yu's hand. The middle-aged Hu Shang with a mustache came over and fiddled with the telescope, but he didn't know how to use it.

"Young man, what is this?" Hu Shang looked at Liu Yu and asked curiously.

Liu Yu rolled up his hand and put it on his eyes and gestured for a while. Hu Shang immediately understood. He put the telescope on his eyes and looked at it. He said in surprise: "It's so magical. The thing in the distance has become bigger and you can touch it with your hand. Good things, good things, I bought this thing."

While smiling there, Hu Shang said to the soldiers, and the soldiers immediately let Liu Yu and the little beggar go.

The two finally left the Tiel people's city and entered the territory of Kucha.

"Young man, you are... a treasure." Hu Shang couldn't put it down with his telescope and walked over to Liu Yu and smiled, "I'll exchange it for you with two hundred sheepskins. How about it, the people of Central Plains?"

Sheepskin is also a hard currency for the sale of goods in the Western Regions. A piece of sheepskin bought from a shepherd costs about two or three cents of silver. In Chang'an City, the price of a piece of sheepskin is more than one or three taels. In other words, Hu Shang took out twenty or thirty taels of silver for these two hundred pieces of sheepskin, which is already a lot.

But Liu Yu knew that telescopes were rare things, and they were definitely more than this price.

"Two hundred sheepskins are OK, but I have a request. I can't rush us back!"

Hu Shang thought Liu Yu could bargain, but he agreed so happily, and smiled and said, "No, no. Keeping your word is the true nature of a merchant. Hahaha. He said he could let you in. He wouldn't drive you back. Ah, I was so happy today that I actually met you, the person who cared for treasures. Hahaha..."

For some reason, the smile of Hu Shang made Liu Yu feel that this person was inappropriate, at least not as honest as he said. Liu Yu understood the truth that all businessmen were not treacherous, but Hu Shang was obviously overly excited to get good things and showed abnormality. Liu Yu thought again that it might be that the merchants in the Western Regions and the Central Plains expressed their feelings differently.

Hu Shang invited Liu Yu and the little beggar to visit the store and paid the sheepskin. Hu Shang also talked to Liu Yu along the way and introduced himself. Hu Shang spoke very enthusiastically. He said that his name was Moro and had no hometown. He didn't even know who his parents were. He was sold to merchants by human traffickers in the Western Regions since he was a child, and later he had his own business.

From a slave to a big merchant, the process can be summarized by just one sentence "hard work hard" and Liu Yu is more convinced that Moro is not simple. Originally, Liu Yu wanted to exchange her with Moro back to the Central Plains with her, but he thought it was not suitable. He was afraid that he would be sold by this guy on the way.

"Young man, this place is very far from the Central Plains. How did you come here?"

Liu Yu looked at the little beggar first, and looked back at him with a cautious look when he saw her, knowing that this was to let him use his nonsense. In fact, in this era of war, the story was easy to make up. Liu Yu called himself Han Sheng and said that he and his sister Han Xiaoting went to Kucha to avoid the war. Speaking of this, Liu Yu couldn't help but think of his beautiful wife, Han Sheng, who was thousands of miles away in Chang'an City, and his old friend.

Moro didn't seem to care much about this and didn't ask much.

Kucha is one of the best countries in the Western Regions, and the city they are located is called Cocoguan. Liu Yu and the little beggar were invited by Moro to a store specially for merchants to live in. They arranged a room and sent food, which was a unique local green rice cake. Moro said that they would meet friends and meet again in the afternoon.

"I'm leaving!"

The little beggar had a full meal and burped, "There will be a date later."

Liu Yuxin said that after passing the barriers together these two times, the little beggar finally said that he was a thief. Liu Yu smiled and said, "I won't give it away."

The little beggar seemed very dissatisfied with Liu Yu's indifference and asked, "Don't you want to know what I'm doing in Kucha?"

"You walk on your Yangguan Road, I cross my single-plank bridge, why do I have so much leisure?" Liu Yu leaned on the bed, slept in the open for so many days, and once again, he was relieved until the soft pillow of the high bed made him moan comfortably.

The little beggar first thought about the meaning of Liu Yu's first half of the sentence. Although she was fluent in her primitives, she had too few common sayings and didn't understand them very well.

"I'm here to visit relatives, do you believe it?"

Liu Yuxin said, "You are here to visit relatives." A weak daughter's house is a beggar and passes the barriers. She is to come to Kucha to visit transnational relatives. She thought that the transportation was developed in two thousand years and wanted to go wherever she wanted to go. Not leaving her home is the characteristic of people in this era.

"Oh, your relative is here?" Liu Yu asked coldly with his hands on his pillow, closed his eyes.

"Yes, my grandfather is in Kankan City, Kucha. Please help me ask the bottom lane, can you give me your horse?"

Liu Yu didn't expect that the little beggar was still thinking about his things. He opened his eyes and said angrily: "I said little beggar, we met by chance. Until now, I don't know which onion you are, and you don't know which stone I jumped out of. You go to Kankan City, just in Kucha Country, how far can it be? I'm going to travel thousands of miles back to the Central Plains. Do you think I'm crazy and ran off my legs and gave you the horse?"

Liu Yu said this very quickly, and he said "quoting the classics" and "shoulder beggars eat the horses in the east for a long time before he realized that Liu Yu didn't want to give him the horse.

"Then you can share my fifty sheepskins... Is this okay?" the little beggar retreated and said.

Liu Yu probably understood one thing. Now the little beggar has only a few copper coins from the Central Plains left, and she is considered a pauper. She is afraid that she will starve to death on the road before she finds her relatives.

"Okay, then I'm afraid you'll set off later. I'll get the sheepskin and divide you with a hundred pieces. The first level you used the gems to enter, the second level I passed with the treasures. We will be despicable and shameless after we separate from each other!"

The little beggar was a little angry, probably thinking that Liu Yu was too revenge, and he still remembered what he said before. Then she sat on the bench, closed her eyes and leaned against the wall and fell asleep. When Liu Yu was sleeping in a daze, a sound exploded. Liu Yu opened his eyes and found that the bench had fallen. The little beggar fell to the ground, rubbing his butt and sulking.

"So it's so uncomfortable to sleep, you can squeeze in the bed, if you don't mind!"

The little beggar twisted his nose and said with a backbone: "No need. You people from Central Plains have a saying: Men and women will not be close to each other. Thank you for your kindness!" He turned his head and lay directly on the mud and continued to sleep.

After noon, Moro finally came back. Before he could get close to the room on this side, Liu Yu heard Moro's iconic traitorous laughter from afar.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Even the little beggar couldn't help but block his ears.

Liu Yu and the little beggar came out and saw that Moro was not alone. He was also a tall and bearded Westerner who was walking with him. This surprised Liu Yu. You should know that shipping was underdeveloped in this era, and Western merchants rarely came to Asia, or in Central Asia, where transportation was extremely underdeveloped.

"Young man, let me introduce you to a friend, Jason from the Kingdom of Britain. You may not know where Britain is. It is a very distant country. Brother Jason is very interested in your long mirror. This time I bring him to see you. Let me know more friends."

Liu Yu stretched out his hand friendly and said, "Mr. Jansen, I'm glad to see you."

Liu Yu's reaction surprised Moro and Jason very much. You should know that Orientals do not have the habit of shaking hands, and Liu Yu's speaking attitude and tone, and a simple English pronunciation are extremely standard.

Seeing that Moro and Jason looked at him curiously, Liu Yu realized his extraordinary nature and smiled ashamedly: "My father had dealt with Westerners, and these were taught to me by my father."

"So that's it." Jason then felt relieved, speaking in a non-standard Chinese, and reached out to shake Liu Yu and said, "I have been to the Central Plains, but no one can talk to me. It's not easy for you. Can you say our words?"

"Just one or two sentences, my father taught me back then, and I basically forgot about it."

Jason and Moro were relieved, and Moro smiled and said, "I can only say a lot, go to the world and speak the world. The meaning of the people in the Central Plains is probably that."

This Moro speaks very ordinary Chinese, but it seems that he likes to show off his understanding of the Central Plains language.

Moro made good wine and welcomed Liu Yu and Jason. The banquets for the Western Regions were nothing more than various roasted pork. They were placed in mud bowls like leftovers and the taste was also very light. Obviously, salt was very valuable in places like the Western Regions.

Liu Yuxin said that this was probably because he saw soldiers in the city with a lot of white hair when he came.

The little beggar didn't know what kind of politeness meant. She had eaten a meal in the morning. Now there are so many delicious foods, she is feasting without regard for her demeanor. Liu Yu originally guessed that the little beggar was a lady from a noble family. Seeing her eating habits, he knew that she was thinking too much.

Moro's attention was basically not on Liu Yu and the little beggar. Jason was his distinguished guest. The two of them rarely touched the dishes on the table and kept talking. Liu Yu was a little bored, so he picked up the barbecue and ate two pieces.

Moro and Jason talked about the transaction of telescopes, and seemed to specifically not want Liu Yu to understand. He spoke English. Moro directly offered "one hundred gold coins", which made Liu Yu almost choked.

"Young man, is it okay?" Moro and Jason both looked at Liu Yu who was coughing.

Liu Yu asked Bu to wipe his mouth and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I've been hungry for several days and I'm choking when I eat."

Moro and Jason continued to negotiate the price. Jason felt that the price of 100 gold coins was high. He hoped that eighty gold coins would be sold. Both parties could not reach an agreement on the price and did not want to give in, so the telescope business on the table was not completed.

It was already dusk when I returned to the room. The little beggar was full of food. He sat on the bench with satisfaction and said, "Moro is such a good person. Didn't you say you want to discuss with him to take you back to the Central Plains? Why didn't you say that?"

Liu Yu said disdainfully: "Do you really think Moro is a good person?"

"Isn't it? He welcomed us so enthusiastically."

Liu Yu sighed and said, "Now I will teach you well. There is a saying in the Central Plains that there is no businessman without traitors. This Moro is the profiteer among the profiteering merchants. Do you know that he just told Jason, how much is going to sell my treasure? It costs a hundred gold coins. I am afraid that he will immediately turn around and refuse to recognize others when he proposes an exchange for returning to the Central Plains."

The little beggar said disapprovingly: "So what? The thing belongs to me! They helped us into Kucha and entertained us. What does it have to do with you for how much money is sold? What are gold coins?"

"I'm just explaining to you the truth that there is no business or evil." Liu Yu gestured, "This big piece of gold is one hundred yuan. You can do it."

"ah!?"

The little beggar was startled and jumped up from the stool, "How many sheepskin can you change? You Central Plains people are really treacherous..." Maybe it was not suitable for this matter to involve Central Plains people, the little beggar added, "Moro is more treacherous than you Central Plains people!"
Chapter completed!