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Luo Yong's conversation with these big cannibals took place in the hall of a guest house not far away.

On the other side, Qiao Junlin got the news and hurried over with 30 people.

After entering the inn, I saw the cannibals that surrounded most of the hall, and there was only one servant beside Luo Yong. The servant was already sweating, but Luo Yong sat there with a smile on his face. Drink milk tea with others.

Just now, the two guards met Luo Yong on the street, saw their county walking alone on the street, and saw these big cannibals talking to him, so one of them immediately went to Qiao Junlin, and the other followed him. Luo uses his side.

He was also very nervous at first, but when he saw Qiao Junlin bringing almost all the guards in his county over in a mighty manner, his heart immediately felt at ease. It felt like meeting his own father.

"Why are you here?" Luo Yong asked him.

"I'll also come over for a cup of tea." Qiao Junlin replied.

"There are so many people in this hall, it's really too crowded." Luo Yong said with a smile to the cannibal opposite him.

And the big cannibal sitting opposite him was already full of doubts at this moment.

When he first met Luo Yong on the street just now, he felt that this person was a good old man. After talking to him and seeing the change in the other person's attitude, he felt that this person was not simple, and then he dared to be so big with them Cannibals sit in the same guest house and have tea, this courage and courage, even these Hu merchants who lick blood on their knife edge, have to admire.

I heard that in the Central Plains, there are many rich families who have taught their children to study classics and history collections since they were young, and learn the six arts of gentlemen. Many young talents have become famous all over the world at a young age. , it was the literati who praised each other, and now they believe Luo Sanlang, those people may really have real talents and learning.

Although Luo Sanlang is also a scholar, he doesn't seem to come from those high-ranking families. I don't know what kind of education he has received since he was a child. How can he possess such extraordinary wisdom and courage at such a young age?

"Hassan." A big cannibal next to him softly called out to him.

"Yeah." The big cannibal named Hassan said: "There are too many people here, let them go out first, just keep a few people."

With so many people present, it is indeed inconvenient to speak. If you think that the reason why these big cannibals gathered together today is just because of the two Kunlun slave boys, you would be too stupid and naive.

Not all of their cannibals are slave traders. Besides, those people escaped and died during the slave trade, which is a relatively common occurrence, and it is not worth making a big fuss about it. It's not good for big food merchants like them.

On this side, many big cannibals came out of the guest house one after another. The first ones to come out were naturally the weakest caravans, and then some insignificant members of other caravans. The team will naturally have more members left behind.

On the other side, Qiao Junlin also asked most of the servants he brought to wait outside the guest house, leaving only a few highly skilled and quick-response in the hall.

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In the end, outsiders have no way of knowing what exactly Luo Yong and these big cannibals talked about, but they can probably guess that they should have reached an agreement.

In the following days, those big cannibals even brought a lot of spices and silk from Dunhuang, Jinchang and other places, and it seemed that they wanted to buy tea.

What outsiders don't even know is that the night after Luo Yong talked with those people, Hassan sent one of his followers to secretly go to Qiao Junlin and handed him a piece of parchment.

In the early morning of the second day, a caravan of more than thirty people left Changle County at Tianweiming. Many people heard the sound of their departure, but only a few people knew that in this caravan, With a few blacks.

Luo Yong used to meet and drink with Hu merchants in the city on a daily basis. When he met many people, he would naturally have some judgments and comparisons in his mind, which ones were trustworthy, and which ones could only eat and drink together.

This caravan of more than 30 people, Luo Yong has a good impression of them. After weighing it in his heart many times, he revealed a little information to the other party in a more cryptic way, saying that as long as they are willing to bring Apu and others on their way west this time, People, Luo can give them a considerable discount on the prices of tea and liquor.

After all, these Hu merchants are fierce people who dare to walk across the desert in order to make money. They are very courageous. They are naturally very excited about Luo Yong's proposal.

And if they can have such a cooperation with Luo Yong, their relationship with the Changle County Magistrate will no longer be just drinking friends. The Changle County Magistrate has already accomplished a lot at a young age, and his future is unlimited. This level of relationship, the future harvest may exceed their imagination.

Before the large amount of tea from the south arrived, Luo Yong sold all the remaining tea in his space to the caravan, so they set off early that day.

Starting from when the sky was not yet clear, until the sky was completely clear, the group of people was already quite far away from Changle County.

Three or forty people and more than 40 camels formed a long team on the post road in the border town. The camels carried a lot of goods on their backs, including tea, liquor, money, food and water.

The vast Gobi Desert is empty without any human habitation, the blue sky is wide and far-reaching, without a single white cloud, the morning breeze blows, bringing a bit of coolness, and the camel bells gently blow on this long post road. ringing.

Apu looked back at Liangzhou City, but only saw a vast expanse of heaven and earth.

From the day they met Luo Yong until today, they have lived with peace of mind, because all the dangers seemed to be the wind and rain outside with the spread wings of the Central Plains boy, and they lived in a firm and firm environment. In the big house.

Now he has to get out of that big house to face the wind and rain outside, and he also has to open his arms to protect his clansmen and all those who follow him and support him under his wings under.

The road ahead was full of difficulties and obstacles, but he knew that the young man from the Central Plains had already paved a road for them with money and wisdom.

About ten days later, after more than two months of long-distance travel, the batch of tea leaves that everyone was looking forward to finally arrived in Changle County, and the small town burst into joy...

Far away in the Taiji Palace in Chang'an City, Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty asked him to take out the map of the Western Regions to take a closer look at him this day.

After the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took over the Hexi Corridor, he named one of the four Hexi counties Zhangye, which meant to open his arms. In the following years, Hexi and other places often fell, and the arms sometimes opened. , and sometimes together, it is very difficult to defend this political and military fortress. No emperor has been able to touch the Western Regions other than Hexi.

This time, he placed a chess piece near the westernmost position of Hexi. This chess piece seemed to have great energy, but he wondered if he could really surprise himself.