Lantau Island isolates the north and the south and is a famous mountain in the south of Vietnam.
Going south from here is Nanxiong Mansion in Nanhai County; going north is Luling Mansion in Yuzhang County.
The two counties and two prefectures are separated by a big mountain, which not only separates the administrative geography, but also separates the cultural customs.
The simplest point.
Yuzhang County is still under development and densely populated, making it a famous land of plenty. Nanhai County, on the other hand, is located in a wild and sparsely populated area, and has always been a famous place of exile.
Separated by just a mountain, for people from the south and the north, it's like two worlds.
"So what the Lantau Island Arrow God does has anything to do with me, Yuzhang Lu Yuan?"
In the south of Lantau Island, it took half a month to finally cross the mountains and cross the Lantau Island and arrive at Lu Yuan in Nanxiong Mansion, Nanhai County. Looking at the county seat at the foot of the mountain in the distance, a smile appeared.
Since he wanted to sell valuable furs, of course he had to choose a good place.
Lu Yuan had already found out.
Luling Mansion is the territory of Tiejianmen, and it has eighteen counties under its jurisdiction, all of which belong to the other party. Local gangs like the Black Wolf Gang in Dayu County are the peripheral forces of the Iron Sword Sect.
In this area, it is basically impossible to sell furs yourself and avoid the eyes of the Black Wolf Gang.
So if you want to sell furs without anyone noticing, then you have to find a foreign county to do business, far away from the boundaries of Luling Prefecture.
And no prefecture or county is safer than one a county away.
Therefore, when Lu Yuan made up his mind to avoid the Black Wolf Gang and no longer wanted to be exploited by them, he chose Nanxiong Mansion as his sales channel.
As for the gangs in Nanxiong Mansion, what should we do?
"I'm not in business for a long time. After entering the county, I avoided the gangs. After selling the goods, I ran away directly from the city. Who knows who I am?" Lu Yuan smiled.
One shot, another shot, this is a tested truth.
…
He found a hidden place and buried the iron bow and arrows he carried with him in an area five miles away from the county seat.
After making safety preparations.
Lu Yuan carried a basket on his back and paid twenty copper coins to the city gate tax collector before entering the city of Nan'an County, which is under the jurisdiction of Nanxiong Mansion.
Looking at this county, which has many fewer people than Lantau County, he couldn't help but sigh.
As the same county seat, Nan'an County is obviously much poorer than Dayu County. Similarly, the city entry tax here is also much lower.
'Of course, it may be that the petty officials here are not as greedy as those in Dayu County. '
Lu Yuan thought to himself, looked at the flow of people on the street, found a bun shop, bought two buns, asked the stall owner about it, and then went to a shop in the west market of the city.
During the short journey, he walked very cautiously, trying his best to avoid or distract the other person's attention from any suspicious person who looked like he might be a gang member.
Try your best to prevent these people from finding out that you are selling fur.
Maybe it was because Lu Yuan looked unfamiliar, or maybe it was because the measures taken on the road had an effect.
When they arrived at the only fur shop in the city, no one noticed that he was selling fur goods.
Lu Yuan safely entered the shop called Tonghai Trading Company.
"Does the guest look strange?"
The shopkeeper was an old man who looked a bit thin and shrewd. When he saw Lu Yuan entering the shop, he narrowed his eyes and asked.
"Really come less often."
Lu Yuan responded and didn't want to say more. He put down his backpack, opened the lid and said to the shopkeeper: "I have some skin, do you want to take it?"
The old shopkeeper came over and turned over the skins in the basket. When he saw the large number of wolf skins, leopard skins, and tiger skins inside, his eyes could not help but show a hint of surprise.
He had never seen so many good products, all made by the same person.
"These leathers I have are all of high quality, and they are also rare goods. Can the shopkeeper eat them?" Lu Yuan stared at the old shopkeeper's every move and said with burning eyes.
"Yes, of course."
The old shopkeeper looked away, looked up at Lu Yuan, and said with a bit of excitement.
Those wolf and leopard skins were nothing more than rare, they were of good quality, not much damaged, and a little eye-catching.
But the tiger skin is different.
The tiger is the king of the mountains and has always been extremely fierce.
Even if a hunter wants to hunt tigers, he can't even think about it unless he gathers a dozen people and is prepared to kill a few people.
But even then, after a fight, even if the tiger is captured, its skin will have been badly damaged.
And a nearly intact tiger skin like the one in front of you is a rare item wherever you put it.
If he could make this deal, he would be able to double his profit in the blink of an eye. Even if you find the right customer, the value you earn can be doubled tenfold.
So of course the old shopkeeper would not let go of this big business.
"Five wolf skins, of high quality, can be sold for one tael of silver each. Ten fox skins, of high quality, can be sold for three taels of silver each. Three leopard skins, of high quality, can be sold for five taels of silver each. One tiger skin Leather, high quality, priced..."
When the old shopkeeper said this, he glanced at Lu Yuan, as if he thought that if the price was too low, he would probably turn around and leave, so he pondered and said, "The price of the tiger skin is eighty taels of silver, can you?"
"Okay." Lu Yuan nodded.
His original mental expectation was sixty taels of silver, but now he can get an extra twenty taels of silver, which is already very good.
Seeing that the price was agreed upon, the old shopkeeper felt relieved, and then continued to count: "So there are nineteen furs in total, with a total price of one hundred and thirty taels of silver. Does the guest want a banknote or cash?"
"I want cash." Lu Yuan said directly.
The banknotes of the Yue Kingdom were issued by various large banks. The bank collects the customer's cash and then issues a check. With this, the bank can withdraw cash from the merchant's bank. The bank charges a certain handling fee.
This set of procedures not only requires a lot more procedures, but also may leave traces when withdrawing money, increasing the risk of exposure.
Therefore, even though he knew that banknotes were more convenient, he still chose cash.
However, after hearing this choice, the old shopkeeper looked embarrassed: "There is not so much cash in the shop now. If the customer chooses cash, he will need to go get it, which may take a while."
Lu Yuan's eyes were fixed on the other person, but the old man's face was still troubled and he couldn't tell anything.
His eyes flickered twice, he nodded and said: "Okay, but I won't wait for long, a quarter of an hour at most."
A quarter of an hour is almost fifteen minutes.
There is a silver shop next to the fur shop. It only takes two or three minutes to get there. If you get some cash, a quarter of an hour is enough.
"OK."
The old shopkeeper nodded quickly, then called the waiter, took out a few banknotes, handed them to the waiter, whispered a few instructions, and then let him go.
Lu Yuan watched this scene the whole time, waiting quietly without saying a word.
After a while, the guy came back with a large bag of cash.
"Guest, here's the payment." The old shopkeeper opened the package and pushed the money in front of Lu Yuan. The bright luster is dazzling.
Lu Yuan picked up a silver ingot and weighed it. These were large ingots worth one ingot or ten taels. He felt that there was no difference in weight. He nodded and said, "Okay, so the money and goods are clear."
The large silver ingot of thirteen yuan and ten taels weighs more than eight kilograms. For ordinary people, it is quite a burden.
Perhaps this is one of the reasons why banknotes circulate.
But his physical fitness now is not the same as when he first crossed over. There is also an increase in internal strength. Holding an eight-pound weight in your hand is not much heavier than holding an egg.
…
After leaving the shop, he looked around.
The market was crowded with people. Today seemed to be a local market day, and many people from outside gathered in the city.
The vendors selling goods and the villagers going to the market made the market very noisy.
However, Lu Yuan's keen hunter's intuition still made him aware of a few prying eyes.
This look was very familiar to him, it was the look a hunter would give when looking at his prey.
Someone is staring at me.
"It seems that the old guy secretly tipped off the news while he was going to withdraw cash."
Lu Yuan quickly understood this, but he did not panic because he had expected this and was not too surprised.
He didn't do anything unusual, so as not to alarm the other party, he walked towards the city gate quietly, just like an ordinary hunter who had just made a fortune, was excited and worried, and wanted to go home anxiously.
He quickly passed through the crowd, left the market, and walked two more streets, the city gate was right in front of him.
Along the way, the sight hidden in the dark still existed, but the other party just kept staring closely and did not make a move.
Obviously, in this city, people in the dark still have some scruples. Don't dare to kill and rob directly in broad daylight.
Striding out of the city gate, several officials guarding the city just glanced at Lu Yuan, and then lost interest after seeing the layer of quilt used to cover up the backpack.
A poor guy like this who just bought a quilt for the winter during the Chinese New Year is not worthy of a second glance from the gentlemen.
"Come on, come on."
After leaving the city gate, Lu Yuan looked back. Compared to the dense flow of people in the city, although there were some people leaving the city at the door, the figures were much sparse.
With just one glance, he saw two figures in gray clothes inside, and a sense of familiarity instantly came over him. It was these two people who had been following him just now.
And those two people seemed to have noticed that they had been discovered.
But instead of running away in panic, they stopped covering up and looked directly over.
The look in his eyes was unscrupulous, just like the look Lu Yuan used to look at his prey before it was about to die.
Seeing this, he couldn't help but sneered: "Soon you will know that not only you want to hunt me, but I also want to hunt you."
After saying that, he turned around and left, disappearing at the intersection without any delay.
The bait has been put out, now let's see how many fish we can catch.
…
Just after Lu Yuan left, within a moment, five more figures hurriedly arrived at the city gate.
The leader was a burly man with a muscular body and fierce eyes. He looked like a man-eating beast.
"Brother."
The two men in gray who had been staring at Lu Yuan saw the strong man arriving and hurried forward to join him.
"Where is that man?" The strong man looked at his men and asked roughly.
"He walked towards the official road, probably trying to escape back to the mountains." A man in gray pointed at the official road with no end in sight and mocked: "He thought he had discovered us and wanted to escape.
Little did he know that Zhao Er and the others had already led people to guard the road, cutting off his retreat early.
This time it was hard to escape. "
Another person next to him laughed and said: "This person should be from out of town. He wanted to avoid exploitation, so he came to our Nan'an County to do business. But I don't know whether he can avoid the exploitation over there, but not here.
But this is fine, one hundred and thirty taels of silver is a free advantage for us. "
Although I know that it is impossible to give all the money to them, and most of it will be handed over to the gang.
But as a person who takes action directly, he can get three to five taels of silver no matter what he does, which is enough to live happily for a while.
"You come to my Qingzhu Gang's land to do mountain goods business, and you dare not pay the tribute, which breaks the rules here."
The leading strong man sneered: "This time we will teach him a lesson. However, as tuition, I will accept his money and life."
When the boys next to me heard it, they all started laughing.
They have done it many times to kill those who do not obey the rules, and they will not show any hesitation or mercy at all.
He even regarded it as fun.
At this time, I was thinking, don't be cruel later, otherwise I will kill the person too early, which will not be fun.
"Come on, let's catch up. There are only three people on Zhao Er's side, and the manpower is a bit short. Don't let the duck fly away."
The strong man waved his hand, led a group of men, and hurriedly chased towards the road into the mountain.
…
At the same time, five miles away from the county seat, under a bush, Lu Yuan bent down, dug twice in the soil with his hands, and took out the iron bow and arrows he had buried.
He looked back in the direction of the county seat. The distance was already blurry, but he could vaguely see a dark shadow. He was sure that the county seat was over there.
"Calculating the time, those guys should have just left the city and are chasing them this way."
There were only two people staring at Lu Yuan just now. Although there were still more people than him, considering his identity as a hunter, he was a ruthless man who fought with ferocious beasts in the mountains.
Therefore, the other party would probably not dare to catch up.
During the previous transaction in the store, he only gave the shopkeeper a quarter of an hour. This time may be enough to inform the news, but it is not enough to gather manpower for the gangs in the city.
So at this time, those local gangs must have just received the news and rushed out of the city anxiously.
"I still have time."
Lu Yuan thought silently in his mind, then took out the silver, put it close to his body, threw down the basket on his back, turned around and walked towards the mountain.
Compared with the broad plains at the foot of the mountains, the complex dense forests in the mountains are his home field.
Holding the cold and heavy iron bow in his hand, touching the quiver stuffed in his waist, a little excitement and strong self-confidence suddenly rose from his heart.
Perfect archery brings strong confidence, and the internal force swimming in the body enhances one's speed and agility.
With these two things present, he is the king in the mountains and forests.
Those guys chasing behind are just prey waiting to be slaughtered.
The hunt has begun.
