"Oh, anything!"
Sure enough, after hearing this answer, the old man's face showed a look of enlightenment, but what he really thought in his heart at this time was unknown.
However, Xiao Han was too lazy to care what the old man thought.
After all, the two groups just met by chance. No matter how he thought about it, after tonight, it would be difficult for them to meet again.
The two people sitting together chatted for a while. During this period, Xiao Han did not forget to ask the old man about the situation on the road when they came, whether any of the plank roads were damaged or where the road was blocked.
And the old man didn't hide his secrets. He picked up a branch, drew a route on the ground, and informed several of the dangerous locations one by one.
Perhaps it was because he saw that Xiao Han was walking this Golden Bull Path for the first time, and he even specifically explained some of the agreed-upon rules, which greatly benefited Xiao Han. He truly felt that this bowl of meat was not given away in vain!
After saying this, the old man looked back at his camp and wanted to get up and go back to eat, but the little boy somehow got together with Xiaodong. He was in the mood for playing and refused to go back. When the old man saw this, He didn't force it, just left him here to continue playing, and returned to the camp first.
"Shopkeeper Wu! Who are those people? How dare you take that position?" Seeing the old man return to his camp and sit down, a man who looked a bit shrewd immediately surrounded him. He took a careful look at it first In the direction of Xiao Han, he quickly looked away and asked the old man: "Don't they know the tyranny of those people?"
"Shhh..." The old man picked up the soup bowl, glanced at the man who was talking, and said with an unhappy expression: "Just mind your own business! Does it have any of your business if people know that?!"
"I, am I not curious?" The boy asked for trouble. He moved back two steps angrily and muttered: "Besides, we met that family on the road! What if they are also tonight? Come out of the mountain..."
"This..." The old man's face changed when he heard what the boy said. But when he looked at the moon gradually rising above his head, he felt a little relieved: "It's so late, it shouldn't be such a coincidence!"
"Maybe, those people act very casually! Who knows if they will come here in the middle of the night?" The man rolled his eyes and said in a muffled voice, but after seeing the old man's gloomy gaze, he immediately closed it again. Mouth, he got into the tent honestly.
"Little calf! You have a bad mouth. Will I deal with you when you get back?" The old man shouted towards the tent, then picked up the soup bowl and drank it one mouthful at a time. But I don't know what he thought, but the soup bowl in his hand actually He also trembled slightly.
"Hahaha……"
There was silence in the old man's camp, but the little boy was having more and more fun with Xiaodong and others, and cheers and cheers could be heard from time to time along the night wind.
To sum it up, Xiao Han is not very old, and Xiaodong and Lengzi are even younger. It is precisely because of this that they can make the little guys have fun. Otherwise, they are just like Ren Qing. Who can play with him?
"Grandpa, look, this is dried meat! It's delicious! That big brother just gave it to me!"
A moment later, the cheering little boy ran over again. This time he carried a lot of dried black meat strips in his clothes and insisted on giving the old man a taste first.
The somewhat worried old man had no choice but to take a bite of the meat strips and put them in his mouth. But he didn't expect that when the meat strips entered, a special delicious aroma instantly filled his entire mouth.
"Is this, is this beef jerky?" Feeling the special taste of the jerky in his mouth, the old man was startled and chewed it carefully a few times before confirming that the jerky was indeed made of beef. He immediately looked at Xiao Han and others. His eyes changed again!
"Beef is actually used to make jerky. What kind of business are these people doing?! I have seen before that they are very particular about horses and food! I just took a closer look and saw that even the servants were wearing , are better than the average caravan shop owner! How much money do such a group of people have to make from the business?!"
Looking strangely at Xiao Han and others in the distance, countless thoughts emerged in the old man's mind. It's no wonder he thought so. Who would have thought that a Marquis of the Tang Dynasty and a general of the Tang Dynasty would actually run into this deep mountain? Lao Lin plays caravan? Let alone a marquis or a general, even a small seventh-grade county magistrate would not do this!
The old man went into a misunderstanding from the beginning, so he had no doubt about the identity of merchant Xiao Han!
But as for the business they want to do, in the old man's opinion, it is definitely not just some miscellaneous business as Xiao Han said. And it must be some hugely profitable business! Otherwise, the money earned will not be enough to buy their outfits!
Huge profits, still go to Shuzhong business!
Perhaps the first reaction of many people is the valuable Shu embroidery.
But the old man knew that although Shu embroidery is the first of the four famous embroideries in the world, because of its production and cost issues, the profit is actually not too big! There is only one thing in Sichuan that can truly be said to be profitable: salt!
Sichuan produces salt, and the quality of the salt is very high!
And salt, especially good green salt, is hard currency at any time! Otherwise, all the salt merchants in the past dynasties would not have been so rich!
Of course, these salt merchants were still engaged in serious business and paid more than half of the taxes to the court, yet they were so wealthy! What if it is private salt?
You don't even have to pay taxes, you just need to establish connections and find a way to transport the salt. As for selling it? Is that still a problem?
"These people are so wealthy, and they are probably planning to engage in private salt trading! And this time, they are probably here to explore the way first."
Looking at Xiao Han's camp with envy, the old man sighed silently. He also wanted to do this good and profitable business, but this business was not something he could just do if he wanted to! Without a strong backer and official protection, there is only one outcome for doing this business, and that is to get your head involved!
"Perhaps we should let Yaozi get to know them more! Even if we don't get any benefits, can we still form a good relationship?"
Thinking about it this way, the old man who was envious just now couldn't help but smile when he heard the sound of fighting not far away.
However, before he had time to be proud, there was another sound of footsteps outside the woods, and along with the footsteps came a few strange-pitched shouts! From the sound, it doesn't sound like official language.
"No, that crow's mouth! Those people are really here!"
Hearing this strange shout, the old man's smiling face instantly turned pale. He was about to get up anxiously and call his grandson back when an idea suddenly popped into his mind! An idea he had never dared to think about before!
