Chapter 224 The ancient version of the soft rice man 9
"What the old lady said is wrong. The little girl has no time to practice martial arts because she wants to learn how to do business."
The corners of Wanyang's eyes flickered in a place where the old woman couldn't see.
The old woman heard Wanyang's answer and nodded: "I see, I think the girl is a hard-working girl. Let's do this, girl... The old woman will follow your caravan for a few days and teach the girl some self-defense techniques. If the girl can
If you become interested in martial arts within half a month, it won’t be too late for the old woman to accept you as her disciple!"
"This..." After hearing the old woman's conditions, Wan Yang deliberately hesitated. She could see that the old woman's martial arts skills were unpredictable, and it would be great if she could stay and protect the caravan.
As for practicing martial arts, we need to see what special skills she has. As the saying goes, "live until you are old and learn until you are old." The more she learns the skills in each world, the less she will suffer in the future world.
Under the expectant look in the old woman's eyes, Wanyang nodded, clasped his hands in his fists and bent down slightly, saying, "Okay, it's up to you. I don't know how to address you, senior."
"The old woman's surname is Chen." The old woman replied, "The old woman has been following your caravan for three days. Please call me Granny Chen."
"Grandma Chen, please."
After Wanyang finished speaking, she walked towards a yurt, with the old woman walking behind her.
After settling down Granny Chen, Wanyang also went to take a nap.
The next day, before dawn, Wanyang got up and saw the old woman fully dressed and waiting in front of her. Wanyang saluted her and then began her own practice.
Under the guidance of Granny Chen, Wanyang first practiced a set of soft and powerful boxing techniques for about an hour. The old woman looked at Wanyang and nodded with satisfaction. This girl is good. She has mastered this technique so quickly.
Boxing.
"Girl, you have good qualifications. This set of boxing skills is a set of basic boxing skills taught by the old woman. However, the old woman sees that your bones are not particularly strong, so you should practice some other boxing skills." Granny Chen said.
"Thank you very much, mother-in-law. Do you have any other training methods?"
Granny Chen shook her head.
"Since my mother-in-law has no other training methods, I will continue to practice boxing."
Granny Chen nodded: "If you need anything, just call me." After saying that, Granny Chen left the yurt.
After Granny Chen left, Wanyang also began to practice swordsmanship. Swordsmanship was her most important practice during this period. The more powerful the swordsmanship, the safer she would be.
Wanyang's sword skills are not difficult to practice, but because she can't have any luck during practice, the sword skills are a little slower, but she already feels very satisfied.
When it gets brighter, Wan Ye gets up and washes up.
During the meal, Wanyang told him about Granny Chen.
Wan Ye felt that it would be a good thing if his daughter could practice martial arts, so he enthusiastically expressed his goodwill to Granny Chen.
After the meal, the caravan continued to move forward. The weather in the desert was unpredictable, but luckily they entered the city where the merchants from the Western Regions were staying before dark.
Wan Ye took the caravan people to find an inn to rest. Originally, Wan Yang wanted to help unload the goods, but Wan Ye said that he would take her for a walk around the city early the next morning, and by the way, she would familiarize herself with how to exchange items with the Western Regions.
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Have a good night's sleep.
The father and daughter were having breakfast when a guard suddenly ran outside the door.
"Master, there are two carriages parked at the door, saying they want to exchange goods for our caravan." The guard said to Wan Ye respectfully.
"oh?"
"I see that those two carriages are luxuriously decorated and they don't look like ordinary people. They may really want to buy our things." the guard added.
"Oh? That's it. Then let them come in."
"Yes, sir."
A middle-aged man stepped out of the carriage outside the inn. He was wearing a brocade robe, with thin cheeks, slightly squinted eyes, slightly thin lips, and prominent cheekbones. He looked very sinister. A maid followed closely behind him.
Wanyang and Wan Ye looked out the door one after another, and then looked at each other, with a tacit understanding that this business was not easy to do.
"You two, I am an envoy from the Kingdom of the Western Regions. I heard that the goods of your merchant group are all high-quality goods shipped back from the Central Plains, so I want to trade with you. I hope your merchant group can part with me!" The man looked confident.
The speaking speed is also relatively slow, giving people a very relaxed feeling.
"It turns out that the envoy is coming to my humble residence. I am sorry for the delay in greeting you from afar." When Wan Ye heard that the other party was the envoy from the Western Regions, he quickly stood up and held his hands in his arms.
The envoy discussed with Wan Ye the exchange of salt.
Wanyang listened for a while, then walked out of the inn and took a look at their goods, and found that there were only four horses. These horses were all first-class foals, which were relatively healthy. Although they were not top-notch, they were still considered difficult. But this kind of horses only
It is suitable for running on land or on the prairie, but in the Western Regions, the value of horses is not high, especially this first-class foal.
Then their worst foal is like the most difficult salt in the world, which is really a beautiful idea. Besides, there is a risk of death of the foal on the road, and it may be a loss-making business.
Wanyang shook his head at Wan Ye who was in the inn. Wan Ye immediately made his ideal request to the envoy who came: "Your Majesty, the salt in my hand is just for some winter furs. If your Excellency,
If you want to change it, you have to bring animal skins."
Wan Ye originally thought this business would be difficult to do, but unexpectedly the other party agreed happily.
But Wanyang always felt that something was not right here.
Sure enough, that night, a group of men in black with scimitars in their hands came to the inn where they were staying. Wan Yang's martial arts skills were still weak and he could only protect himself. Fortunately, Wan San and Granny Chen were there, so the entire caravan was considered helpless.
Shockingly safe.
Another day later, Wan Ye and Wan Yang handed over all their goods to old acquaintances in the Western Regions for exchange, and left the city that day.
However, halfway through the journey, they were chased by cavalry from the Western Regions.
Wan Ye looked at Wanyang beside him and said to her: "Daughter, if something unexpected happens later, let Granny Chen take you away first."
Wanyang would never abandon her original father and run for her own life, and she had already begun to think of a way to deal with it.
Grandma Chen, who was riding a white pony beside her, said calmly: "You and your daughter don't need to worry. The old woman will definitely keep you and your daughter safe, but you have to be prepared to discard the goods."
After Granny Chen finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves behind her became closer and closer. Wanyang and Wan Ye looked at each other, and then turned their eyes to the crowd behind them.
These cavalrymen from the Western Regions were all ordinary men, with rough and burly figures. They wielded a scimitar in their hands, and the blade shone with a silver-white light.
These cavalry seem to be fierce, but their marching pace is very scattered, and they are obviously using guerrilla tactics. These people from the Western Regions are obviously just a tentative attack, and do not really want to encircle and suppress them. They just want to rob things.
That's fine, wealth and life are just external things, but you must not show weakness when you should resist.