"The Sun Family Caravan in Shanggu borrows the road and passes by, and the Erlong cousins ​​take care of him!" In the valley, a caravan composed of hundreds of carriages slowly moved slowly. The guards of the caravan were holding the spears and swords in their hands, and were cautious and nervous... Although the Sun Family Caravan in Shanggu has been following this business road for many years, they are not unfamiliar with the green forest heroes entrenched in the nearby Tiger League Second Dragon Hall. The Sun Family Caravan has to hand over a big gift to the Erlong Hall every year in exchange for safe passage on the Erlong Hall territory. This has been a practice for several years. The last tribute is once a year, and every time the caravan passes by, they will take out tens of thousands of dollars as a little money for wine.

Sun Ping is the son of the Sun family's butler. He has been the leader of the Sun family's escort caravan for three years. He is familiar with this path, but today Sun Ping always looks a little restless. He pulled his throat and shouted again and again, calling out a name, but his throat was almost dumb and he didn't see anyone respond.

No one responded, this was definitely not as simple as saving ten cents of tolls. Sun Ping was secretly panicked. A few days ago, he heard that the Tiger Alliance seemed to have had an internal strife, and Erlongtang also changed the head of the house. The Sun family couldn't figure it out for a while. But Sun Ping was worried that if he really changed the head of the house, it would be absolutely not a good thing for him. If the head of the Erlongtang was changed, then the agreement between the Sun family and Erlongtang might not be recognized by the new head. No one can guarantee whether the new head would recognize their previous agreement. If the new head is a big appetite, it would be a big trouble.

It is always very prosperous to go outside the border. A piece of celadon that costs one tael of silver for a piece of celadon from the south of the Yangtze River and transport it to the grassland. It can be exchanged for a good foal. Even if it is just an ordinary horse-bearing foal, it can be transported to the south of the Yangtze River. It can also be several times the profit. An ordinary porcelain bowl can be exchanged for a sheep and a tea brick, and it can be exchanged for a few good foals. The deeper the grassland, the goods brought by the Central Plains can be exchanged for more valuable prairie fur animals. However, although this transaction makes money, it also has many risks.

The biggest risk comes from these green forest bandits and horse bandits.

The Sun family is a large caravan, and every year they have to organize some merchant groups to run outside the border. They are familiar with the bandits along the way. After spending a lot of money, they have made an agreement with these green forests. In addition to the fixed filial piety once a year, they will charge some tolls according to the order. The Sun family gives money, so the heroes can save trouble. Everyone cooperates with each other and does not make things difficult. In this way, although the Sun family spends a lot of money to manage each mountain and village, as long as there is no accident in the people and goods, they can still maintain a large profit every time.

I am afraid that those people are unwilling to collect money, or they are unwilling to count after collecting money.

After Sun Ping shouted for so much time, he couldn't even see a ghost. He was gradually feeling uneasy.

In the past, as soon as they left the army, they just entered the gate. As soon as their Sun family caravan came out, they would immediately have a hero from Erlongtang coming out, smilingly came to collect the travel fee, and then took them some wine and meat and left. It was not a bad rule. But now, he has been out of the south entrance and passed the Erlong Opera Mountain Pass. He was about to leave the Erlongtang territory, but no one appeared. He was so panicked.

"Brother, why are you frowning?" asked Sun Ping's third brother.

"The people from Erlongtang have not appeared yet."

"If it doesn't appear, it doesn't appear. It saves ten tons of money for alcohol. It's not that we don't give it to you, but that they don't come and get it." Sun Bao, the third son of the Sun family, smiled and didn't care.

Sun Ping shook his head, "It seems that the rumors of internal strife in the Tiger Alliance are true, and the Second Dragon Hall will probably be the leader."

"No, this Tiger Alliance is the largest green forest in the Yanshan area. I heard that there are thousands of people."

"What do you know? The Tiger Alliance was not only the boss in Yanshan back then, but even ordered Yinshan and Taihang. More than a thousand parishes were obeyed by their orders, but a few years ago, there were only more than a hundred parishes left.:

‘What should we do then?”

Sun Ping shook his head, what else can he do? Of course, he continued. This trip was actually because of the head of the Sun family, and came to find out the specific news about the Tiger Alliance. For big merchants like the Sun family who often travel outside the border, the situation of the Tiger Alliance is closely related to them. Once the Tiger Alliance is in a civil turmoil, this trade route may not be easy in the future. If you just change the head, even if you increase some protection fee, it will not be a big deal. If you are afraid, you will no longer buy their accounts after changing people, or if you are unrestrained in this green forest and you will rob them when you see money. That is the problem.

"Last brother, the caravan stops camping in front. You are responsible for staying behind. I will go down the mountain in person." Sun Ping said helplessly. Although it is dangerous to go up the mountain, it will have bad effects. The caravan will not go up the mountain to contact you directly, but in the current situation, he has to do so. If he doesn't understand the situation, after leaving Daning and passing the Great Wall, it will be even more dangerous.

While I was talking, I suddenly heard a scream, and the next moment, a long arrow was shot in front of the horse.

The restless person stood up and hissed.

Sun Ping's face changed slightly, and he was calm. "Don't panic, put the carriage in a circle, and hold the guys behind the carriage."

After the arrow, there were several whistles, and the sharp whistle echoed between the mountains and forests, making Sun Ping's heart directly raise his throat at this moment.

The sound of horse hooves sounded, and several horses suddenly ran out of the forest, all of which were tall and big, extremely fierce. However, when Sun Ping saw a familiar face among the visitors, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He quickly turned over and dismounted, stepped forward two steps, and bowed, "I have seen Brother Duan. After I left the army, I have been thinking that when I see Brother Duan, I must pull Brother Duan to have a good drink. Who are these brothers? Brother Duan introduces one or two."

He was really nervous, but he could only pretend to be calm. He had long seen that Duan Zhian was the lowest among the people who came here today, which made Sun Ping secretly strange. In the past, Duan Zhiping was just a little bit of money to collect passing money. As far as he knew, Duan Zhian was just a small mountain patrol team in Erlong Hall.

Duan Zhian smiled at him, not as familiar as before, natural, "Why did Captain Sun go out at this time? But it happened that someone came to introduce you to me."

Sun Ping listened to Duan Zhian's introduction, and the more he heard it, he became more and more surprised. Those people were the Lord of the Second Dragon Hall, the city lord and the guards, etc. The Lord of the Second Dragon Hall was previously Tyrannosaurus Zhou Fang and the Xiaomeng Hu Xue Liang. He had met both of them before, but he had never seen the three people in front of him. However, he had heard of the name of the Lord of the Lord of the Hall, Wang Bao. If he remembered correctly, Wang Bao, also known as Wu Wanwan Bao, was the number one general of the eighteen cavalry of Yan Yun, the leader of the Ninth Head of the Tiger League, the White Horse and Silver Spear, under Yi Sanlang of the Tiger League. However, he did not expect that he would become the Lord of the Second Dragon Hall now. It seems that the news that the internal strife in the Tiger League was true. But isn't there only the Lord of the Second Dragon Hall? When did the Lord of the Second Dragon Hall have another Lord of the Tiger League? What was that?

Wang Bao seemed to see through Sun Ping's doubts and said with a smile: "Brother Sun came sooner than he was a coincidence. Recently, the Tiger Alliance has changed a few times, so you probably don't know it yet. To be honest, the Tiger Alliance is different now. Since the past few days, the Tiger Alliance has officially changed its career and is no longer a green forest."

Sun Ping was shocked. Has the Tiger Alliance been recruited?

Wang Bao's words confirmed his speculation, "Now, under the leadership of the new leader Yi Feng, the Tiger Alliance has accepted the invitation from King Yang Guang of Jin. The leader of the Yi League is now the champion general of the imperial court, Jia Yi and the Sansi, and was appointed as the military officer of the King of Jin. In addition, our Tiger Alliance has undergone great changes now. The most important thing is that from now on, the Tiger Alliance will no longer eat green forest meals and no longer charge tolls."

"No tolls are charged?" Sun Ping couldn't believe it, "Is it possible that the Yimeng will lead you to the Central Plains and be placed by the court?"

"Well, no, we don't have this plan for the time being, and we will still stay here."

"Then?" Sun Ping didn't say it. What he wanted to say was that you were originally a group of green forests, making a living by robbing and collecting tolls. If you don't go south or rob, what will you do to live?

"We are starting to do business now." Wang Bao said seriously, but in Sun Ping's ears, he felt extremely unpredictable. You group of green forests are robbing and having a bright future, so what are you learning to do business? He doesn't believe Wang Bao's words at all, and it's hard to believe them.

But Wang Bao said to him enthusiastically: "I know you don't believe me if you say that. You can go up the mountain together and take a look. It just so it's getting late, so you can go to the mountain to rest for a night and make up for supplies."

Sun Ping felt a little bit in his heart, and he felt like he was in big trouble now. I guess he was so nice to say that he was actually trying to coax us up the mountain. This was really a ruthless person. He didn't even look down on his word. He wanted to swallow all their convoys. He might not finish it and even blackmail them the guards as meat tickets and blackmailed the Sun family. He wanted to refuse, but when he saw Wang Bao's enthusiastic appearance, he couldn't say anything in the end, so he had to wave to let the caravan go up the mountain with him. He thought to himself, for the sake of not hurting their lives, forget it, this way, he could understand the situation.

With this feeling, he was very confused along the way.

However, when he came to Erlong Castle City, he was still surprised. He had been to Erlong Castle, more than once. But the Erlong Castle in front of him was not the Erlong Castle in the past. The original Erlong Castle was actually a parody, not much. But now this place is still in its original place, but it is not twice as big as before. The tall stone city walls, wide roads, suspension bridges, city gates, and even fugu, city gate tower, corner tower, etc. It seems that a new castle has emerged on the flat ground.

Duan Zhian smiled and introduced: "According to the instructions of our Alliance Leader Yi, we will withdraw the village and build the city. Now the population of the villages outside the pass has been moved here. Erlong Village has also been expanded on the original basis. Erlong Village has become an inner castle. The circle of expansion outside is an outer city. All kinds of defenses are complete and very safe. In addition, there are also streets, alleys, warehouses, restaurants, hotels, and inns in the city. Passing by caravans can rest here, or even directly place the goods here for sale, or buy a lot of commercial goods here. According to the instructions of our Alliance Leader, there are now thirteen such castles in our Tiger League, distributed on the outskirts of Huaihuang City. The original parcels have all become small supply points on the road. The original headquarter is about to become the largest market on the border of the northern border, and merchants from the Central Plains can trade there..."

Duan Zhian kept talking there, but Sun Ping was already stunned. Ren Ma, who was free from the horse, took him into the city. Looking at the neatly planned streets in front of him, the brand new shops on both sides of the street, and the merchants in groups of three or three on the street, he felt like he was in a dream.

Yi Sanlang of the White Horse and Silver Spear became the new leader of the Tiger Alliance. He was not going to be the largest green forest leader in the north, nor to conquer other parodies, but was actually recruited by King Jin, and changed his career to be a businessman. He also changed the branch parodies of the Tiger Alliance into commercial towns and commercial road transit stations and supply stations, and turned Huaihuang Town into a border trade market? Why did he feel so unreal? Is this true?

But looking at all in front of him, he couldn't think of any other possibilities?

After the initial shock and suspicion, out of the merchant's keenness, he immediately thought of a question. If this is true, then this is definitely good news for a big businessman like the Sun family!

Erlong City was obviously newly built, and there was a new smell everywhere. Although there were still many places under construction in the city defense and neighborhoods, the two main roads that converged from the south to the north of the city, east to west of the city, formed a cross have been completed. Both main roads are twenty steps wide, and they are all covered with flat bluestone slabs. On both sides of the wide road, there are all the shops that were first repaired. Most of these shops were still closed at this time, but after Duan Zhian's introduction, these shops will be divided according to different market areas and will be rented and sold to merchants for business in the future, and divided into different markets.

However, on this trunk road, some shops have already opened. He looked carefully and found that there were basically hotels, inns, restaurants, and even brothels, teahouses, gambling houses, warehouses and other shops.

"Well, what kind of shop is that?" At the intersection where two main roads meet, there is a newly opened shop, and many people gathered outside to queue, which aroused Sun Ping's curiosity.

Duan Zhian smiled and said, "Oh, you said that shop, that's the newly opened salt shop."

"Salt?" Sun Ping was a little surprised, but soon he was a little distracted. Selling salt here is not a good business.

"Brother Sun, don't go and see it?" Duan Zhian asked.

"What's the best thing about salt? Isn't it all that?" Sun Ping was a little surprised.

"This is not ordinary salt. What is sold here is snow salt and ice salt. One is as white as snowflakes, as delicate as fine powder, the other is as crystal clear as ice, and as beautiful as gems. It does not contain any impurities, and there is no bitterness. It can be said to be an unprecedented treasure among salt."
Chapter completed!