The caravan arrived near the place where Ma Tianming and the others were robbed last time. Looking at this memorable place, the expressions of the Ma family brothers became obviously different.
"Brother, should we leave here directly, or should we stay here for two days?" Ma Tianhai approached the brother and asked what he meant. Frankly speaking, he was a little afraid of this place until now.
"Stay a day or two and go to nearby Aobao to do business for two days before leaving."
"Brother, what should I do if I meet those guys again?"
"Do business with them as usual, now they can't come to snatch our goods again, right?" Ma Tianming knew that even though his strength had skyrocketed, he still had no qualifications to seek revenge, and he was still nothing in the vast grassland.
The caravan stopped at nearby Aobao and lit a bonfire. Aobao is a unique existence on the grassland. Some places are built with stones and some are built with wood. The tribes in the grassland build this thing to mark their territory.
Also for the purpose of being a landmark, Aobao is equivalent to a positioning point on the grassland. After a bonfire is lit near Aobao, it won’t take long for herders from nearby tribes to come over to check the situation. The caravan lights a bonfire here, and the herdsmen smell it.
Once the situation is known, this place will soon turn into a market and a lively place for commercial exchanges.
Soon after the bonfire was lit, several waves of herdsmen came here on horseback to inquire about the situation. When they saw a large caravan, they quickly turned around and returned to their tribes to report the news.
That night, several small Mongolian tribes appeared around the caravan and came to camp.
Usually there is no trading on the first night. The herdsmen will light a bonfire, kill sheep, buy wine, and have a party with the caravan people. Singing, dancing, drinking, and eating meat are the main activities of the day. Like Ma Tianming
The caravan leaders are naturally the most popular ones. They drink and eat meat in each tribe's tents and campfires one by one to bond with each other and lay the foundation of mutual trust for the upcoming commercial exchange activities.
When Ma Tianming was working as a single gang, he had participated in several such activities with other business gangs. Unexpectedly, one day, he would have the opportunity to launch such a large activity independently. Ma Tianming's face was particularly bright and red when illuminated by the bonfire.
Letting his brother carry the wine jar, Ma Tianming arrived at the barracks of a small tribe. When he was about to toast to the tribe leader, he found that he ran into an old acquaintance.
It was hard to find anywhere, and it took no effort to find it. It turned out that the thief who robbed him was the small tribe in front of him. He had a deep memory of the big face of their leader.
The two sides looked at each other, and the leader was also stunned. Apparently he also remembered who the person in front of him was. Isn't this the small businessman who ran a single gang with a few younger brothers a few days ago? How did he suddenly become a member of the big business gang?
Is there a boss? Is there anyone who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger? The boss’s head is about to explode at this time, and he is extremely angry and embarrassed.
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"Haha, what a rare fate. Unexpectedly, I met Ma's benefactor today. How is my benefactor doing these days? Tianhai, fill up the wine for our benefactor, and Ma proposes a toast to our benefactor!" He was stunned for a while.
After that, Ma Tianming reacted and asked his brother to pour the wine quickly!
"Master Ma, I..." The tribal leader was overwhelmed by Ma Tianming's attitude. He opened his mouth to say a few words, but ended up not being able to say a complete sentence for a long time.
"My lord, I had a life-saving grace with Ma a few days ago. If my lord hadn't done a favor to Ma and left a valuable horse, Ma might never have the chance to come to the grassland again. Can you please give me some face and let's have a drink together?"
Does this bowl of wine reveal what happened before?"
"Does Master Ma really want to expose our previous affairs?"
"How can it be natural? Ma will have to beg for food on this grassland in the future. There are many brothers and many roads. I wonder if you can make Ma a friend?"
"Ma Dong's family is a big businessman, and he is indeed very generous. Artur is a rough man, and he has offended many people before. If Ma Dong's family doesn't give up on him, of course he can make him a friend."
After the two chatted for a few words, they drank three bowls of wine from enamel bowls before stopping. As soon as they finished drinking, the two talked more. Artur led Ma Tianming and the others to the tribe's bonfire to drink and eat.
They talked a lot about each other. Judging from the familiarity between them, it didn't look like they had a big feud a few days ago.
After drinking several large bowls of wine until late at night, Ma Tianming wandered back to the caravan's camp with the support of his brothers.
"Brother, why did you have a drink with our enemy and say that he is our benefactor and wipe out all the previous grudges." When they arrived at the tent, Ma Tianhai complained about his brother. He didn't understand his brother's behavior.
Behavior.
"Tian Hai! We are businessmen. The principle of business is that there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. The guy I saw today looks like the leader of a run-down tribe. This kind of person is the one we need to make friends with most now.
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"Why are we friends with Yi Po settled down?"
"Tianhai, our Ma family has just started to gain a foothold. It can be said that we are nothing on the grassland. Our situation is exactly in the middle of neither top nor bottom. Compared with single businessmen, we are a big business gang.
, but compared with the real big business gangs, we have no foundation and channels. In our current situation, if we go up the pole to make friends with the big forces on the grassland, they will not pay attention to us at all. So it is best for us now to make friends with the big forces on the grassland.
By establishing good relationships with some down-and-out small forces, our Ma family will slowly be able to truly establish a name on the grassland."
"Brother, I think other business gangs don't seem to do business this way. Is your method feasible?"
"Our family's situation is different from other families. It's useless for other families' business to be friendly with poor people. For example, Atul's tribe, such a large Obo society, only killed one sheep to entertain guests. Compared with ten people like them,
Being friends with several tribes is not as profitable as being friends with a big tribe. But our family is different. Our main business is flint, and other businesses are done incidentally. Picking up stones, whether it is a big tribe or a small tribe, is actually the same.
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"Brother, why don't we just make good friends with the Aihui tribe? Why are we dealing with other poor people?"
"Eggs cannot be put in one basket. If we rely on the Aihui tribe, wouldn't it be possible for us to be pinched by them? In addition, the flint business is not a serious big business after all. In the future, our Ma family will still have to make wool, furs, etc. on the grassland.
Mainstream business. Taking advantage of the opportunity for our family to make a living independently, we have formed many good relationships and gathered a small number to become a large number. If there are dozens of small tribes like this that have good relations with our family, will they be able to compete with a big power?
Really? And the prosperity of these tribes is also related to my Ma family. Do you think our family will have a greater say in the future?" Because of drinking, Ma Tianming talked a lot more than usual.
While he was drunk, he told his brother about his business ambitions. People's ambitions change with opportunities. Because he caught up with the exclusive business of Flint and what the manager of Gubei Supply and Marketing Cooperative said to him,