The old man was busy with Bai Dai's wedding. He didn't pay much attention to this fatherless boy in the past. He always felt that this child would not have much future.
Things are always beyond people's expectations. The ten young people who went on a blind date in Malipo also returned to the village one after another. Without exception, their injuries were serious, and they were beaten to the point where they had no self-confidence at all. They all hide at home and don’t want to go out.
No need to guess, these people must be bullied miserably. Now the whole village knows what kind of retribution the people of Yunjia Village have received. Of course, they also know what kind of people they have lost.
Baiyunshan learned the whole process of what happened in Malipo from Bai Dai. He just sighed. Fortunately, Liang Chuan helped their village regain its face, otherwise they would be embarrassed this time!
Weddings of the Bai people usually last four days, but the busiest day is the wedding day. On this day, everyone drinks as much as they want. Liang Chuan drank too much last night and is unable to fight anymore today!
After drinking less than half a catty of soju, Liang Chuan resigned decisively and returned to Lao Baozheng's side room to fall asleep.
Logically speaking, the fourth day is Zhi'er, which is the day when the bride returns home. The newlyweds did not go back, but went to Baozheng's home. Xiang Baozheng and his wife Thanks to Liang Chuan!
Zhi'er is not stupid, he has seen Bai Dai before.
People from the two tribes fall in love based on their eyes and singing voice. Very few people will consider their wealth and background. Everyone is generally poor. No one is better than the other. The only difference is who is more capable. , can fight better.
However, there are also unreliable men who know how to fight, and he misjudged him, but this man who he thought was incompetent before came out to save him when he was in danger. This is enough!
Zhi'er already felt that something was wrong!
Liang Chuan was not the waiter at the wine stall, so why did he come to Baijiacun to be with Bai Dai. .
Did they know each other from the beginning?
Zhi'er has already passed the door. Although she has doubts in her heart, she won't think about it anymore. She may not know what kind of person Bai Dai is, but she has seen Yun Heilong without taking responsibility. Women don't necessarily have to look for heroes. As long as her husband is stable and never leaves her, what else can she choose?
A wedding is finally completed.
After Baiyunshan discovered his true identity, Liang Chuan stopped pretending. He asked the market near Nong Dayun to buy a set of Han clothes. Liang Chuan actually wore Han clothes for the first time!
Hanfu is a bit looser than the Nong and Bai clothes, and the cuffs are relatively large. Wearing it, Liang Chuan seemed to have truly integrated into this era.
Ah Yue saw that her father turned into a Han man, and the little girl's eyes turned red!
Liang Chuan originally wanted to give her a surprise, but he didn't expect it to turn into a shock!
He quickly comforted him: "Silly girl, why are you crying!"
"Dad, you lied to us, you lied to me and Anon. You are neither Miao nor Nong, nor Dong, but a Han!"
"You know that Dad was injured before. I was afraid that someone would harm me, so I hid the truth from you. Now Dad is not a good person, and I won't lie to you again!"
"Will you leave me?"
"Don't worry, Dad will take Ah Yue with him wherever he goes!"
"This... Dad, will you come back to Guangnan?"
Liang Chuan was surprised that Ah Yue would ask this question. The little girl's life in Guangnan was not good. She was like an orphan. Although she lived in a chieftain's house, only Anon would really care about her, and the others would treat her as transparent. , as if she were a slave!
Guangnan? Liang Chuan muttered it several times, sighed, and could only deal with the little girl: "I will go back, but not now..."
Maybe much later.
Liang Chuan thought for a while, and after wearing Han people's clothes several times, he changed into Nong people's clothes. After all, he had been wearing them for a long time and had long been used to them, so Ah Yue wouldn't be afraid.
Ah Yue was thinking about Anong. Before she met Liang Chuan, Anong was the person she was closest to and the only person in the world who was kind to her.
She really missed Anon after being out for so long.
Liang Chuan gave Ah Yue a lot of money, and she really wanted to use the money to buy some beautiful and fun things for Anon! Anon's family belongs to the chieftain's house. Although they are poor, they are not short of expenses! They are just used to this way of life! The emperor is like Daoguang. Although he is rich in the world, he lives a life like a beggar. This is how people live, and it has nothing to do with their family background.
Liang Chuan rested at home for a few days, and after confirming that neither Yunjia Village nor the Tubo people came to disturb him, he started preparing to sell a new batch of salt that night.
This time, the amount of ordinary purified table salt brought back from Malipo was about 1,500 kilograms, and the remaining about 700 kilograms were high-quality, adding up to about 2,000 kilograms. Liang Chuan called Lainong Danoner to discuss where to go. Selling is relatively appropriate.
After the three Nong brothers followed him, Liang Chuan no longer planned to go out to sell salt himself.
Being too ostentatious, Liang Chuan attracted attention when walking on the road. He was big and was in the salt business, so he was easily spotted.
Except for the youngest of the three Nong brothers, no one would take a second look at the other two brothers. They were of little value!
The three people met and finally came up with three plans.
The first is to go back to Guangnan West Road.
At this time, Guangnan was fighting fiercely with the Li Dynasty of South Vietnam. The battle lines were spread across Guangnan, which was equivalent to a direct war between South Vietnam and the Song Dynasty. Except that there was no movement from the Song court, the people were already fighting extremely fiercely with the South Vietnamese.
This is the time when it is difficult to make money for the country. The various laws and regulations of the court are weakened, so you can take advantage of them. Without the government's crackdown on private people, you can go all the way but to your disadvantages!
The second plan proposed by Nongda University was to go northeast to Dongchuan County in Shicheng and cross the Beipanjiang River to reach Guizhou. Once there, the price of salt was sky-high. Not to mention the government who came out to cause trouble, the profits were also considerable.
But the risk is that there are so many bandits on this road. We are not afraid of officials but of bandits!
The third plan was proposed by Nong Er, which was to sell salt to South Vietnam!
Liang Chuan and Nong Da were extremely surprised when they heard Nong Er's suggestion.
Such an idea is quite bold!
The most dangerous place is the safest place! Nong Er said it very hard, and it was an idea that he came up with after careful consideration!
The South Vietnamese soldiers have been chasing Liang Chuan and others, and they also guessed that Liang Chuan might flee to Dali. Dali is a neutral country, with Tibet behind it, so it is safer than the Song Dynasty! The South Vietnamese would never have imagined that the person they tried so hard to get would run back and end up in their own backyard.
Is South Vietnam short of salt? They are also short of salt.
At this time, apart from being shorter and darker, South Vietnam was no different from the people of the Song Dynasty in all aspects. They were even closer to the Han culture than the various ethnic minorities in Guangnan!
Starting from the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains dynasty regarded this land as their own. The channels and straight roads dug by the Qin Dynasty were also to strengthen their rule over this fertile land. However, after the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Central Plains was in chaos and the south gradually lost control. , by the Tang and Song Dynasties, not to mention Nanyue, even Nanzhao and the others were unable to do anything.
South Vietnam inherited various cultural customs from the Central Plains. Even the writing and language are the same, and the methods of governance are exactly the same. The salt policy is a good way to control the people in the Central Plains, and it works equally well here in South Vietnam!
Even though South Vietnam is also a coastal area, the altitude difference here is huge. Not far inland, you may reach the high mountains and lush forest areas. The people here cannot obtain cheap salt. Every year, just one salt is smuggled from Tubo to Dali. Astronomical figures! Because of a pinch of salt, the common people's lifeline is tightly held in the hands of others, and their lives will never get better even if they think about it!
As soon as this idea was brought up, both of them's eyes lit up!
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Liang Chuan directly rejected the second idea.
As soon as the war started, only the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty have not arrived yet. When the large troops arrive and are enriched in the hands of the chieftains of the various states, they will have a lot of power to clean up the spies and traitors hiding among the people and control the people's traffic. It will also be strengthened. Salt is an important strategic material. It may be very popular in the black market, but these are definitely controlled by local people. If they want to combat competition, they will definitely collude with the government to attack outsiders like themselves!
So it seems that Guangnan is the best place to do business, but in fact it is not.
The same principle also applies to the Song Dynasty.
When fighting starts in the south, the Song Dynasty will start to take precautions. They have to guard against the Tubo and Dali people on the western plateau. Although the chance of a head-on conflict between them is very small, the possibility cannot be ruled out! Xixia will have to face the threats of Khitan and Song Dynasty!
The control of the Song Dynasty will also be very strict. To prevent salt from flowing into South Vietnam, they will also strengthen the management of salt. Therefore, salt was not easy to sell at that time. In the past, the government may not have wanted to control it, but now it must have to control it. If not, They are tantamount to funding the enemy! And Liang Chuan also knows that since ancient times, there have been many bandits in this area of Yunnan, Guizhou and Xiangxi. Unless you have a pair of wings, you will never come back!
The three people finalized a plan, and finally decided to disguise themselves as Bai people and sneak into South Vietnam with salt.
There is also an ancient tea ceremony here in South Vietnam.
Go west from Suining Prefecture through Xiushan County, and go south through Bu Ribu in Weichu Prefecture. When you reach Jinglong State, you can go to the west of Nanyue, which is the predecessor of today's Laos, and then go to Jiangcheng and go down the Li Xian River , and finally you can reach Laizhou. This road is also one of the ancient tea horse roads that enter the sea in the south.
A detour into South Vietnam from here would leave no one in doubt.
Many supplies from South Vietnam were transported from the north through this road, smuggled from the Song Dynasty in disguise!
After the outbreak of the Song Dynasty, the first method of sanctions against any force was to ban trade and embargo! All goods from the world came out of the Song Dynasty, including tea, porcelain, silk, etc. All forces were jealous. South Vietnam was also afraid that the Song Dynasty would cut off business, so they had a tradition of secretly importing goods from Dali!
