Economic and Trade Song Dynasty

Qin Juan was stunned for a long time, why did he suddenly ask where he came from?

The Dali man replied: "This little brother, he caught up with us an hour ago. I saw that he hadn't eaten for many days, so I took him in."

"..." Qin Juan lowered his head silently, making himself "very pitiful".

The leader boy looked at him, and saw that although he lowered his head, he was wearing a strange mask. Looking at his clothes, he didn't look like an ordinary person.

He couldn't help frowning: "Take off the mask."

Qin Juan knew that this person would ask him to take off his mask... because he was mentally prepared, so he didn't get too entangled.

He slowly took off the mask, hoping that these people would not embarrass him too much, he really just wanted to eat.

It would be great if I could follow them to a place with a small town, if I could catch a meal along the way...

He'll find a way to give them silver.

When Qin Juan was about to take off his mask, he only heard the sound of sucking, and even the young leader was stunned.

Seeing this, Qin Juan put on the mask again...

Those people unconsciously looked away.

"Eat." The boy ordered in a cold voice, and the others bowed their heads to get their own bowls.

These people lined up neatly to get pancakes. In the end, only a handful of people dared to sit near the leader.

Qin Juan lined up to get the pancakes and meat, and planned to sit far away, but the man from Dali told him to go over.

He is almost too hungry to walk, can these people let him have a bite first, we will talk about other things later.

The Dali man asked him to sit opposite their leader, Qin Juan really had no energy to say anything more, he walked over and sat down, his body staggering.

The mask covered his face and he couldn't see the green color on his face, but their leader also understood how weak Qin Juan was at this moment, and didn't make things difficult for him. The leader let them eat.

Qin Juan started to gobble it up. Although he ate quickly, he didn't look exaggerated. He was so hungry that he didn't feel full after eating a few pieces of cake.

When the pancakes he received were finished, the Dali man gave him his pancakes.

Qin Juan thanked him, took it, buried his head and continued to eat, and after eating the cake, he began to eat the remaining meat in the bowl bit by bit.

The meat is very high-quality mutton, fat but not greasy, this kind of mutton is unusual.

He was suspicious, but didn't think much about it.

Finally, he finished eating, picked up the water bag hanging on his waist, and took a sip of water. His water was only half of the bag, if they were willing to give him water

At this moment, the leader boy suddenly put down his bowl, and Qin Juan looked at his bowl, there was still a lot of unfinished meat.

The young man looked at Qin Juan, and suddenly said, "I, Jiu Tan, what's your name?"

He spoke Sanskrit, which Qin Juan could understand.

"..." Qin Juan replied in a low voice, "Qin Juan."

The boy in front of him frowned.

Qin and Qin have the same pronunciation.

"How old are you?"

"Seventeen." Qin Juan replied.

"I'm two years older than you, you can call me Brother Jiuqin."

"..." Qin Juan said that he was not used to calling someone he just met, "big brother".

Jiu Tan asked Qin Juan many things, such as where he was from, where he was going, who he followed before the sandstorm, and where he came from...

Qin Juan felt that this was more like an interrogation than a random question, but he answered them one by one. He was afraid that they would leave him in a place surrounded by deserts...

"A fool?" Jiu Tan asked with narrowed eyes.

Qin Juan shook his head: "I am Han."

Jiu Qin said: "We came from Diermi, and there was a sandstorm on the way. There are still [-] miles away from Bancheng. If you want to go to Diermi, you can go to Bancheng with us first."

Qin Juan nodded, he had no choice but to sigh secretly, at least they were willing to take him with him.

To go to Bancheng, he can wait for Zhao Huaizhi, Zhao Huaizhi should also be on the way to Bancheng.

At night, the weather was very cold. The only tent in the caravan was given to the young leader. The others were wrapped in thick clothes and stayed outside, but the bonfire was extinguished in the middle of the night. Qin Juan’s thick clothes were lost. I can only hug myself and curl up on the horse's belly.

Ma'er disliked him being uncomfortable when pressed, turned over from lying on his side to lying on his stomach, so as not to let him nest on his stomach...

"..." Qin Juan squeezed coldly on the horse, and the horse was completely irritable, and even stood up.

"..." Qin Juan wanted to cry but had no tears, so he stood up and danced for a while with his arms around his chest.

But it was cold and sleepy...it made him very uncomfortable.

At this time, a person came out of the tent not far away, Qin Juan looked over, and the night guards also saluted that person.

The man waved his hand and walked towards Qin Juan.

"Qin Juan?" Jiu Tan looked at him.

Qin Juan knew that although this young man had bronze skin and light hair, which looked a bit weird, he was actually not bad looking...

Unexpectedly, under the lights at night, this person was a little bit evil in a weird way.

"Hmm..." Qin Juan saluted him.

Jiu Tan asked in a low voice, "Are you out of clothes?"

"No."

"Then you go into the tent." After speaking, Jiu Tan turned around, shaking the lantern in his hand.

Qin Juan didn't think about anything, he was almost frozen and couldn't help thinking about it, so he quickly followed Jiu Tan.

In Jiu Tan's camp, he was dumbfounded, this caravan brought all the best things to the boss, right?

It's windy outside so it's cold, but not so cold this season that you need to light the stove.

Jiu Tan handed him the blanket, and said to him, "Sleep on the carpet over there."

Qin Juan nodded, embraced the blanket, lay down on the carpet without saying anything, wrapped the blanket and fell asleep as soon as he lay down.

Jiu Tan didn't expect Qin Juan to be so powerful that he could fall asleep. He found it novel, and sat on the bed with his chin propped up and looked at Qin Juan for a while.

They all tacitly think that Qin Juan is wearing a mask because he is so good-looking...

Masks are also very common in Guo Bai, and they also have the custom of wearing masks.

Fortunately, Qin Juan doesn't snore, and Jiu Tan has a good impression of him.

After sitting for a while, Jiu Tan lay down, but because he couldn't sleep, he kept his eyes open, and any disturbance outside would wake him up, which caused him a headache.

The next day, when Qin Juan woke up, Jiu Tan had just fallen asleep, and he didn't wake him up, so he folded the blanket and went out.

After Qin Juan walked out of the camp, he was surprised to find that it was quiet outside. The night watchmen had changed a few times, and the others were still sleeping, including the manager of Dali.

Do you all get up so late?

Qin Juan didn't dare to ask, didn't dare to make a sound, and was even considering whether to return to the tent and continue to sleep...

Qin Juan sat outside the tent until the sun was high and the sand was scalding hot, only then did he see the people inside the tent wake up.

It was also after the manager of Dali entered the camp that the people outside started to wake up one after another. The cook who prepared the breakfast began to boil water and heat up the meat.

Only then did Qin Juan learn that Jiu Tan suffered from severe insomnia, that is to say, last night he was jumping around outside and making noise to Jiu Tan, so Jiu Tan would lead him into the camp.

Thinking of this, Qin Juan was a little embarrassed.

After the breakfast was ready, Jiu Tan, who was dressed neatly, came out of the tent, and those people saluted and greeted him one by one.

Qin Juan slightly lowered his eyebrows, looking at this posture, Jiu Qin didn't look like the boss of the caravan, but more like a young master.

Or maybe Guo Bai's caravans are all like this custom?Respectful to the boss?

Qin Juan followed those people to get milk and pancakes.

He didn't like drinking milk at first, but this time he found goat's milk to be particularly delicious... Maybe it was because he hadn't had it for a long time.

No, this is not milk, tea is actually put in the milk.

Tea is the inheritance condensed in the blood of the Han people, and drinking tea has almost become their symbol, so he thinks the milk this time is delicious.

Because it was delicious, he drank several large bowls.

At this time, he also vaguely heard that those people seemed to be talking about him. He didn't understand, and he tried to translate it from Sanskrit, but he couldn't understand it.

In an unfamiliar environment, people are always very sensitive, and he knew that those people must be talking about him.

Qin Juan blushed and thought, is it because he eats too much, or is it because of something else?

He didn't want Jiu Tan's caravan to drive him away because he had too much food.

Jiu Qin put down the bowl suddenly, the milk in the bowl rippled out, Qin Juan raised his head to look at him.

Jiu Tan's complexion was not good-looking, Qin Juan's heart tightened, and he pursed his lips slightly.

He heard Jiu Tan yell in Sanskrit: "If you think there are too few things to do and too much energy, you can free up the horses. You can go to Bancheng on foot, so as not to eat too much and gossip."

Those people no longer dared to say a word, and went to do their own things.

Qin Juan realized that it shouldn't be about his appetite, otherwise those people wouldn't have offended this master.

that would be...

Could it be that the fact that he stayed in Jiu Tan's tent last night was misunderstood.

Thinking of this, Qin Juan's face darkened, the milk in his hand suddenly tasted bad, and the uneaten pancake didn't taste good anymore...

What are these people thinking!

After noon, they continued on their way, and this time they did not rest.

It should be because of Jiu Tan's poor health. They walked very slowly. It is estimated that the distance of twenty miles will not be completed until tomorrow...

Qin Juan could have left earlier, so that he could reach Bancheng at night.

But this is not good. After all, it is not good to abandon others halfway after receiving the favor of others.

It's just that they didn't expect to walk two or three miles before they encountered robbers.

This should be composed of bad guys in Bancheng, who specially hijacked the business travelers who were left behind.

There were around thirty of them, which was equivalent to the number of Jiu Tan's caravan.

When the robbers appeared and yelled loudly at them, the person in the carriage sneered and said in Guo Bai's words: "Blind idiot, even dare to rob me."

Jiu Tan's words angered the robber, and the robber swung a knife and rode his horse towards the carriage.

Qin Juan was close, and his body instinctively reacted before his brain. He flew up on the horse, jumped in the air, and kicked off the knife in the man's hand.

This kind of ease, graceful like a frightened bird, graceful like a dragon, directly stunned everyone.

Those robbers were also shocked. With such a powerful person in this caravan, is this still a robbery?

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