Chapter 2248
Chapter 2248
After walking for two days, on the third day, they saw the grass on the edge of the desert. The team immediately cheered. The more they walked forward, the more grass on the ground. Although it was very short, it was grass at least, wasn't it?
Man Bao looked at it from the window for a long time. Bai Shan rode his horse and ran from the front with her horse in his hand. He invited her to say, "they say there are wild rabbits ahead. Do you want to go hunting?"
Man Bao's eyes brightened, took the bow and arrow and left the team and ran first.
Daji followed with the guards.
The heavy rain turned a few eyes and asked several brothers to follow up.
There aren't many rabbits on the grassland, but it's rare to see green, so the mood of horse racing will be much better. The land here is very hard, and the Gobi and grassland are not very clear. Man Bao thinks it must be very difficult to farm here.
"Look, that's the river!"
Everyone immediately stretched their necks and looked. It was really a river. It was not a small river. They got excited and ran towards the river. It was a winding river. When they saw that there were three marked roads on the ground, they couldn't help looking at the heavy rain.
The heavy rain identified the direction and pointed north, "it should be over there."
There was also the direction of the river. Everyone ran forward along the direction of the river, and the team behind accelerated and ran not far behind them.
Moving along the river, man Bao first saw scattered herdsmen and flocks of cattle and sheep, and then saw farmland not far from the river.
As soon as they saw the farmland, everyone was refreshed. Ordinary people would not live too far away from the farmland. Sure enough, after a while, they saw the house built of yellow mud. There was a curl of cooking smoke rising in the air. Man Bao subconsciously looked at the sun in the sky and said, "why is there cooking smoke when it's not early or late?"
The heavy rain said, "this is evening food. They eat twice a day. Some people drink some sheep's milk in the morning and eat in the afternoon, which is equivalent to one meal a day."
"Didn't you say there would be many merchants passing by?"
The heavy rain grinned and said, "so they can eat in the afternoon when there is no war. Otherwise, many people will make do with milk tea and Nang cakes in the afternoon when it is not cold and there is no war."
Bai Shan pointed to the farmland by the river and asked, "don't they grow food? Low production? "
Where does he know that the rain has not been planted?
"Anyway, they are very poor. They are much poorer than the people in our town."
It's the same. They think the town is good everywhere. They don't want to move.
As they spoke, their horses came close to the village. It was a village for the time being, because there were not many houses and people.
The people in the village found them, and then they heard shouts and cheers. Many people ran out of the house. Before they could move, the children and teenagers in the village had rushed towards them.
They ran up to them, made a Buddha salute with their hands together, whispered to them, and then stretched out their hands to pull their horses.
Man Bao widened his eyes, turned his head and said to Bai Shan, "I can't understand them."
Bai Shan couldn't understand, but he could see the enthusiasm and smile on their faces, so he didn't resist. Instead, he touched the thief Li's neck and asked it to follow them.
The heavy rain slowly let them lead his horse and said, "I don't understand, but I know they're soliciting customers. Let's go. There are so many people in our team and the village is so small. It's estimated that every family has to make room to live, so there's no need to rob customers."
Man Bao was very curious. "Didn't you live in this village when you passed before?"
"I didn't have this village when I left," said the heavy rain. "It seems that this house was built only this time."
Is it?
Manbao several people went to look at the yellow mud houses on both sides of the road. They found that although they were not very good, they didn't seem to have many traces of use. They really looked like new buildings.
At the entrance of the village, the adults also welcomed them out and saluted them with a smile. All they did were Buddhist rites.
The heavy rain said, "Gaochang believes in Buddhism. This area is very close to Gaochang. These people may have escaped after the collapse of Gaochang."
For those who give a smile, man Bao subconsciously smiles back, then dismounts and salutes back to Confucianism.
The villagers became more enthusiastic. They were about to go in, and the people crowded together even had a quarrel. Two strong women crowded in with the advantage of gender, took man Bao and Zhou Liru's horse, pointed to their home, and wanted to take them home to have a rest.
Man Bao smiled, pointed to the outside of the village and said, "there are still people outside, so many, so many people."
Although she didn't understand the language, everyone understood her gestures. Everyone subconsciously looked in the direction she pointed. It happened that the carriage appeared in their sight.
The villagers immediately brightened their eyes.
At first, I wondered why these guests only rode horses and didn't even have a bag?
But now they understand when they see the carriage. This is a caravan. It looks like a big caravan!
Distinguished guest!
So the villagers became more enthusiastic. The people who had taken the lead in holding man Bao's horses did not let go, but shouted back a few times, and the people who were crowded behind but robbed them had spread their feet and ran to the team.
When the people who were called out of the house saw them, they didn't ask them why. They spread their feet and ran out. Manbao was suddenly empty around them, and only the people who were still holding their horses were still there.
Man Bao didn't worry, so he walked slowly down the road to the village. The man who led their horse wanted to invite them into the house to have a rest first. Several people declined.
They also dare not force, for fear that they will be robbed, they can only follow step by step.
When the motorcade arrived, they followed them around, and the people who came back were stunned. They looked at the number of people, and then looked at Zhou man. They were not in a hurry.
There are so many people that it's their turn to go home without robbing, and these people look like a group.
The villagers enthusiastically surrounded the motorcade into the village, because no family can hold so many people, and there are no shops here, so everyone is blocked on the road.
At last an old man came out and shouted to calm everyone down. Then he came up and looked at them as if he was looking for the principal.
Manager Li took the initiative to negotiate, but he didn't understand Hu language, and these people didn't understand Chinese.
So the two pedestrians stood up and Wei pedestrian translated for them. Manbao also listened curiously.
Gold and silver are rare here, and copper money is less used. They prefer silk cloth and tea, which are hard currency in the western regions.
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