"Master, there is a small group of cavalry ahead, what is their intention?"
As they approached Xinzheng, Shuli's carriage encountered a group of Korean cavalry blocking the road. Judging from the way they dispersed and moved slowly, it was clear that they were deliberately blocking the road to prevent anyone from passing them.
Forget it, the civilians just kept hiding far away, for fear of making these military commanders unhappy and getting into trouble in vain.
However, some merchants and dealers were rushing into the city with their goods, but they had to follow these cavalrymen and move forward little by little because of fear.
"Then let them go away."
Shuli didn't want to be bored in the carriage anymore. Even though there was no shortage of food and drink in the carriage, and the seats were very comfortable, it was still in a small, closed space.
Qinghe informed Shuli's intention to another carriage driving ahead, and the leader of the caravan was sitting inside.
Immediately, the carriage in front erected a black background [Business Alliance] flag, dark gold and crimson intertwined to outline the flag edge, and the pictographic symbols of mountains and rivers were faintly visible.
Ordinary [Business Alliance] caravans will not have such a flag, but once such a flag appears, it means that the [Business Alliance] has sent a signal to everyone along the way.
To put it nicely, say: Give me some face and get out of the way, and I will thank you profusely later.
To put it harshly, I would say: Don’t block the road and get out of the way, otherwise you won’t get a good harvest.
"The business alliance borrowed the road and asked Haihan for help. I will be grateful!"
When the vendors in front heard this, they all moved out of the way.
As businessmen, they have heard that if they meet a [Business Alliance] to 'borrow a way', as long as they give way and give way, they will get a glass bead.
As long as you take the glass bead to any store under [Business Alliance], you can exchange it for one gold.
But generally no one would do that, because even if the quality of the glass beads obtained is extremely low, once you are lucky and get one of good quality, you can resell it for up to two gold!
Simply give way, you will get at least one gold, no fool will not give in!
The merchants who backed away on both sides of the road, as well as the common people in Guizhou Province who followed the merchants and also moved away for no apparent reason, stared blankly at the two carriages approaching slowly.
The guards riding alone on the horse took a cloth bag from under the saddle, took out glass beads one by one, and then threw them to the people standing on both sides without expression.
(PS: Although Ma Saddle is more time-travelling, this is the Qin Dynasty!)
Pedestrians on the roadside looked at the round glass beads in their hands and had never seen them before. They didn't know what to do with them, so they walked towards the cheerful vendors and asked, "Brother, please ask, what is this?"
The merchant in question glanced at the poor man and said, "Do you know about the business alliance?"
The poor man nodded.
Although most of the goods in the Merchant Alliance are sky-high prices for him, he might as well know the name of the Merchant Alliance.
"This is a glass bead from the Merchant Alliance. It's very rare. It's to thank us for making way for them just now."
Suddenly, the merchant rolled his eyes, looked at the poor people in front of him, and then pretended not to care and said, "How about I exchange one or two coins for the glass beads in your hand?"
Before the poor man could answer, the kind-hearted merchant who overheard the conversation between the two said, "Hey, don't fall for his trick. You can use these glass beads to go to any [Business Alliance] shop and exchange them for a dollar.
He is bullying you and you don’t know.”
The poor people suddenly realized this and quickly thanked the kind merchant.
When the previous merchant saw that his good fortune had failed, he curled his lips, glanced at the other merchant, and left with his old carriage.
"General, the merchant alliance in the rear wants to borrow a road."
A general in fine iron armor rode his horse to a young man in silver armor and gold robes, who was exactly the general the general mentioned, and asked him in a low voice what he meant.
"Business alliance?" the young general muttered.
Everyone in the world knows the name of [Business Alliance].
Especially as a Korean general, although he has been guarding the border in recent years, he also experienced the [Blood Moon] back then, so he naturally knows how terrible the [Business Alliance] is actually.
"Well, let's get out of the way."
After much thought, the young general decided to get out of the way to avoid his sharp edge.
Although he usually behaves arrogantly, just like today he deliberately led people to block the road.
But he is not without brains, he knows who should not be messed with, who should not be messed with, and who should not be messed with.
So, the young general pulled the reins and controlled the horse under his seat to the roadside. He tried his best to show a kind expression and waited quietly for the vehicles of the [Business Alliance] to pass by.
Even the Korean soldiers and guards still took out glass beads from the bags and threw them at them without expression.
The general manager said that everyone must be treated equally, and anyone who gives way will be given Liu Li Zhu.
So the young general looked down at the glass beads in his hand that were full of impurities, and didn't know what he was thinking for a moment.
inside the carriage,
Shuli opened a corner of the car curtain.
She wanted to know who led the army since it was blocking the road.
After seeing the leader clearly, Shuli lowered the car curtain.
Forget it, a passerby I haven’t seen before.
It was at this moment that the young general raised his head and took a quick glance at Shuli's covered face as the car curtain fell.
Suddenly the young general was stunned.
At that moment, he felt his heart beating suddenly faster, and an indescribable emotion surged into his heart.
Excited? Lost? Or overwhelmed?
He didn't understand what was wrong with him.
At that moment, it was like he got what he wanted most in the world, and then saw it suddenly lost again.
"General? General? General!"
The commander's voice brought the young general's thoughts back to reality.
The young general tilted his head, frowned slightly, and said with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone, "What's the matter?"
The general was immediately frightened and saluted quickly, "This subordinate deserves to die. Please forgive me, general!"
The young general looked at the carriage going away, his frown slightly relaxed, "Forget it, tell me, what's the matter?"
"General, the prescribed time has come, do we still need to patrol again?"
"Humph, the Qin army has already begun to withdraw. Why are you still patrolling? Let's go back."
Just the startling glimpse just now could not help but resurface in the mind of the young general.
"The Merchant Alliance convoy that just passed by, do you know who was in the last car?" the young general asked the general on the side.
When Jiang Jiang heard this, his heart tightened.
How could he possibly know who was sitting in the carriage?
So he suspected that the general had not forgiven him just now, but just pretended not to care, so he found an excuse to kill him this time.
If he can't answer, his life will be at risk!
Just when the general was organizing his exquisite words, he heard his general murmuring, "I really want to see her once."
As soon as General Pian heard this, he thought about the general's question just now, and immediately thought of what to say. But he was about to open his mouth and didn't want to be interrupted again.
"Okay, let's go back." The young general rushed towards Xinzheng at the lead.
He wanted to ask his father to find out who from the Merchant Alliance arrived in Xinzheng today.