When Hu Jinqiu, who had a full beard and looked similar to a local, took a sip of the good wine Qi Zhen brought, his eyes instantly lit up.
There are few businessmen who are not good at drinking, let alone the merchants from the Western Regions who travel between the Central Plains and the northwest all year round.
This kind of long-distance trade is completely different from the small businessmen like Zhang Dacai. These independent businessmen often gather together to sell goods. But I absolutely dare not go on this trade route alone, and slowly gather together. Merchants became caravans, and often a caravan consisted of a dozen or even dozens of merchants carrying goods at one time.
Some caravans also form chambers of commerce after their business matures. Relying on the chambers of commerce behind them, everyone is more closely connected. They purchase and sell goods according to the division of labor. At most, they can even form a business group with hundreds of horses and merchants.
On the one hand, in ancient times when transportation was not developed, merchants needed to rely on this method to take care of each other. On the other hand, it just illustrates the natural and man-made disasters and hardships of long-distance travel.
But corresponding to this, the oil and water of this trade route is extremely huge. As the saying goes, if you don't open for three years, if you open for three years, you can have a safe and worry-free life for a long time. That's why so many businessmen know this clearly. Even though the journey was difficult and dangerous, I still came here one after another.
And it is precisely because of this that the Western Regions and the Central Plains can exchange goods and supplies, forming the prosperity of this huge trade road.
In the world that belongs to the team, this road is also called the Silk Road.
The difficult and dangerous journey often means sleeping in the open air, which can take as short as a few months or as long as a year. Being away from home for a long time makes these businessmen often miss their hometown extremely, and they often rely on good wine to express this longing.
It has been some time since Hu Jinqiu drank good wine from his hometown.
I never thought that today's effort could actually bring me such unexpected joy.
"My daughter is red, it's been a long time!" Hu Jinqiu raised his head and took another sip, laughing. The wine soaked his beard, and he looked quite bold.
Qi Zhen did not immediately get to the point and talk to Hu Jinqiu about serious matters such as Buzhou Mountain. Instead, she started chatting about Hu Jinqiu's anecdotes along the way.
Anecdotes are different from strange stories. They do not involve ghosts and gods, and naturally there is no exploration of business secrets. They are really like two friends who hit it off and chatted about everything.
Businessmen are talkative by nature, not to mention meeting old friends in a foreign country and being accompanied by fine wine. Naturally, Hu Jinqiu became happier as he drank, and in the end he actually drank too much.
At Qi Zhen's strong request, Yu Liang reluctantly took out two jars and one kilogram of Nuerhong. Of course, the vintages were all under ten years, and he would not part with a truly good wine.
In addition, the drinking capacity of everyone in the team can be called Bacchus for ordinary people. In the end, Hu Jinqiu's tongue was a little big, and Qi Zhen only blushed slightly.
Others didn't drink. They drank milk tea, which was salty and tasted good.
The dishes here are actually quite monotonous. Everyone in the team has eaten them more or less in other worlds, but in this era and this place, the food still tastes a little different.
It's more of a meat style than a dish. A table full of meat is probably because there aren't really any crops here.
But eating too much meat can be very harmful, so the team was already full without eating much. The rest of the time they watched Qi Zhen and Hu Jinqiu changing cups, chatting, and bragging.
Hu Jin drank too much, and Qi Zhen finally brought the chat to the point.
"Brother Hu, have you heard of Buzhou Mountain?"
As soon as Qi Zhen said this, everyone in the team pricked up their ears, knowing that the topic was coming.
"That's a legendary place. Brother Qi, where did you hear about it?" Hu Jinqiu asked with his eyes half drunk and his tongue hanging out.
"I also heard what others said. Isn't this a question for you?" Qi Zhen said with a smile.
"It is said that I also heard from the local elders that that place is so evil that ordinary people can't find it. Only by believing in some god and being extremely pious can you find it." Hu Jinqiu continued.
"Do you know the approximate location?" Qi Zhen asked again.
"From here, go northwest, and you can see the Kunlun Mountains in about ten and a half days' walk. The foothills of the Kunlun Mountains are divided into two roads. The one on the left goes to the Western Regions, and the one on the right is said to be the road leading to Buzhou Mountain."
Hu Jinqiu seemed to have really drunk too much. He thought about it carefully for a long time before speaking slowly.
"Has anyone been there?" Qi Zhen asked next.
"Yes, the old people in the town said that there are often townspeople who are looking for immortality and medicine. Because they have incurable diseases, they go there to seek medicine." Hu Jinqiu said.
"What's so evil about that? It seems to be quite effective." Qi Zhen asked doubtfully.
"Hey! What do you know? Nine out of ten people who go to ask for medicine will never come back. The remaining two out of ten can't remember what happened inside after they came out, but there is one section. All diseases will go away, and the sick ones will go in and come out alive and kicking. Do you think the evil nature is not evil?" Hu Jinqiu continued.
When everyone in the team heard this, they thought, it seems that things are not going smoothly this time. It must be either a lot of dangers, or the story has twists and turns, and maybe even a narrow escape.
Everyone in the team now has experience. Whenever they encounter such nonsense, nine times out of ten, it is indeed true. They would rather believe it or not, because the system will not give the team useless clues.
The reason why Qi Zhen became so passionate about Hu Jinqiu was truly revealed at this time.
"Brother Hu, a few of us are here to visit the immortals and seek medicine. Do you think there are any shortcuts here?" Qi Zhen asked.
"You also asked for medicine, what's wrong with you?" Hu Jinqiu glanced at the team with confused eyes and asked in confusion.
Qi Zhen patted Yu Liang on the shoulder, tapped her forehead with the other hand, and whispered: "To tell you the truth, my brother had a fever before and his brain was burned out. All the famous doctors in China have been searched. No one sees it well, and now he is just like a fool. Why don’t we just bring the brothers and sisters at home to treat him and think of other ways to treat him?”
Hu Jinqiu suddenly realized.
If Li Qiang hadn't been holding him down hard from below, Yu Liang was so angry that he almost flipped the table.
The ones who suffered the most were Meng Ran and Jiang Yan. They didn't dare to be happy or speak out, for fear of affecting Qi Zhen's plan to deceive others.
It turns out that Qi Zhen never just wanted to ask where Buzhou Mountain was, but from the beginning, he wanted to find someone to find out if there was any easy way to clear the customs.
As for why Hu Jinqiu must know, it is still the same four words - game thinking. When the team is clearing the game, any NPC will not appear in front of everyone for no reason. There must be the logic of his system design, and what Qi Zhen has to do is to go with the flow and take advantage of the situation.
"Then you let this stupid brother of yours control the wine, aren't you afraid that he will drink it as water when he is happy?" Hu Jinqiu asked with a smile.
"Although this brother of mine is stupid, he is very good after being stupid. He is single-minded. No matter what job is given to him, as long as you don't tell him to stop, no one else can stop him without making any mistakes, so I put the things on him. We can all rest assured there. Right?" Qi Zhen pursed her lips at Li Qiang, Jiang Yan and Meng Ran.
"Yes, yes, yes," several people said while holding back laughter.
Yu Liang's teeth gritted.
"What's the sound?" Hu Jinqiu asked.
"My brother, he is gritting his teeth. You see, he was not happy when I asked him to get the wine just now. Let me tell you, don't talk about you now. Even if I dare to ask him to get the wine again, he will have to worry about me. I This little brother can bite someone when he's anxious, it hurts." Qi Zhen said with a serious face.
"Then you have to try your luck. It will be terrible if this continues." Hu Jinqiu frowned, looking at Yu Liang's face with a hint of pity.
Yu Liangliang said, "Just wait until I'm free."
"So, isn't this asking you to see if there is any good solution? We brothers and sisters are really anxious." Qi Zhen said.
"Since I'm so anxious, let me ask the local elders for you, what do you think?" Hu Jinqiu suggested.
"The relationship is good, so I would like to thank Brother Hu first." Qi Zhen said with a grateful face.
"You're welcome, brother, it's just a little effort." Hu Jinqiu said with a smile.
Smiling, he leaned on the table, completely drunk, and murmured: "What god is it? Bamboo God? That seems to be the name."
Bamboo God? Several people were stunned. What kind of god is the Bamboo God? How come they have never heard of such a god in the legend?
"Qi Zhen, your uncle." Yu Liang could hardly hold on any longer. When he saw Hu Jinqiu drunk, he finally cursed Qi Zhen.
"Calm down your anger and use strategy." Qi Zhen said.
"Then why didn't you talk about the three of them?" Yu Liang asked.
"We don't look alike either." Meng Ran interrupted.
"I look like a fool for co-writing, right?" Yu Liang said angrily.
"Have you ever heard of the Bamboo God?" Qi Zhen asked.
Several people shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know.
"It seems that we can only wait until he wakes up and then ask questions." Qi Zhen said.
This is the only restaurant in the town. If you can be a top-notch restaurant, you can also stay in the hotel. The team settled here.
Waiting for Hu Jinqiu to wake up.
Hu Jinqiu was quite interesting. He kept muttering in his sleep: "What a good boy, but he is a fool, a fool..."
Yu Liang said how about I help him wake up directly instead of letting him wake up naturally, which is too slow.
Qi Zhen quickly stopped him and said, "No, no, no, why are you arguing with a kind person?"
Yu Liang said, can I compete with you?
Qi Zhen said that she would sacrifice herself a little bit, all for the mission.
Yu Liang said, get lost.
Time always flies by with laughter and yelling. It’s not dark yet, and everyone in the team is not hungry yet, Hu Jinqiu wakes up.
