Chapter 1345, Silk Road Caravan

Savage February 25, 38

When the war in the East Yindu area was in full swing, a Chinese caravan of nearly a thousand people embarked on its way back to China from Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, loaded with all kinds of precious jewelry and spices.

This Chinese caravan is called the Silk Road Caravan. A few months ago, they set out from XJ, China, and followed the route of the ancient Chinese Silk Road to Ashgabat.

Originally, the Silk Road caravan's destination this time was Damascus on the Mediterranean coast. They wanted to sell the exquisite silk they carried there at a high price, and then purchase some jewelry, medicinal materials and spices from there and bring them back to China for sale.

However, when traveling to the Iranian plateau, they were directly stopped by Iranian players.

Iranian players refused entry to the Silk Road caravan, which was composed entirely of Chinese players, on the grounds that they suspected that they were spies.

In desperation, the players of the Silk Road Caravan could only temporarily stay in the city of Ashgabat in Turkmenistan.

After opening a road through money, the Silk Road Caravan players successfully sold the silk they brought and entrusted some merchant players in Turkmenistan to help them collect various precious jewelry and spices.

Since the players of the Silk Road Caravan were very generous, it didn't take long for them to purchase enough goods.

When setting off from China, the Silk Road caravan drove 500 trucks. By the time they left Ashgabat, the size of the convoy had increased to nearly a thousand trucks.

It is said that money attracts people's hearts, and the size of the fleet has more than doubled. It is impossible for them not to be targeted.

When the silk caravan convoy left the city and drove into the wilderness, the local natives who collected tolls soon appeared in front of the convoy.

On the way to Ashgabat, the Silk Road caravan had already encountered many natives collecting tolls.

A strong dragon does not overwhelm local snakes. Even if there are thousands of people in the caravan, but there are only a few dozen local natives who come to collect tolls, the Chinese players in the caravan do not choose to use force to drive them away, but are very friendly. meet the other party's requirements.

The Chinese players who saw the caravan were all very knowledgeable. Neither the players nor the aboriginals who came to collect tolls made it too difficult for them. After receiving the money, they directly let the Silk Road caravan's convoy pass.

In this way, after paying tolls along the way, the Silk Road caravan arrived in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan very smoothly.

When I met the group of local natives collecting tolls again on my way back,

The players of the Silk Road Caravan did not have any surprises, and soon a player handed over a prepared money bag to the other party.

Just when the players in the caravan would let them go soon after the other party collected the money, an accident happened.

After a Turkmen player who looked like a leader carefully checked the gold coins in his wallet, he suddenly said: "When you came here, your fleet had 500 trucks, but now the number of trucks has doubled, so after that... Travel expenses will also be doubled.

In order to take care of you when you came, we exempted you from the poll tax.

Now that you have returned, the head tax can no longer be reduced, so the head tax of fifty silver coins per person must also be paid.

If you don't want to pay, that's fine, just keep your heads. "

After seeing the unabashed greed on the faces of the Turkmenistan players in front, a leader-looking Chinese player emerged from the crowd. He came to the opponent and said with a smile:

"Hello, brother from Turkmenistan, my name is Ximen Lieyang, and I am the chamber president of this Silk Road caravan.

This is our first time here for business, and we will definitely come again in the future, so we ask for your understanding.

This is a bit trivial and not respectful, so please accept it. "

After saying that, Ximen Lieyang threw a bigger-looking money bag to the other party.

After opening the money bag and weighing its weight, the Turkmen player sneered and shook his head: "This money is only enough for the extra carriages, and your head tax must be paid.

I don't care if you come here again in the future, but if you don't pay enough head tax today, then I will make it difficult for you to move forward. "

Seeing that the Turkmenistan player in front of him was not giving face, Ximen Lieyang took a few steps forward, and then whispered: "Brother, do you really think we are an ordinary Chinese caravan?

To tell you the truth, we are the royal caravan of the Condor Empire. We were ordered by Boss Ningyuan to go to Damascus to purchase jewelry and spices.

Do you really think that the truck behind me is just filled with ordinary jewelry and spices?

It would scare you to death to tell you that in addition to jewelry and spices, the truck also contained a pure gold crown inlaid with various precious stones, as well as many sky-high gold and silver jewelry.

The pure gold crown was customized for Boss Ningyuan, and the expensive gold and silver jewelry was for the concubines in Boss Ningyuan's harem.

If we make any mistakes with you, the consequences will probably be beyond your imagination.

Brothers, just accept it as soon as you see fit. If you really make our boss anxious, it will be easy for you to destroy the country.

Now our boss is worried that he has no reason to attack you. Are you sure you want to give him this reason? "

With that said, Ximen Lieyang walked up to the other party, and then gently patted the other party on the shoulder: "Whether you want to take the money and leave, or bring disaster to your country, think about it carefully."

After patting the opponent's shoulder again, Ximen Lieyang returned to the convoy with confidence, and then loudly announced: "The convoy continues to move forward."

After receiving Ximen Lieyang's order, the leading Chinese players immediately began to drive the carriage forward.

Seeing the Chinese convoy in front of him slowly approaching him, the face of the leading Turkmen player suddenly turned blue and white.

After a fierce psychological struggle, the Turkmen players finally did not dare to take action forcefully.

As he turned sideways to clear the road, the Silk Road Caravan convoy began to slowly pass by him.

Looking at the caravans passing by, the Turkmen players sighed and turned around to leave.

Like the shadow of a famous tree, the name Ningyuan brought huge psychological pressure to him.

Even though he knew that the caravan carriages were all loaded with valuable treasures, he still restrained his desires very well.

For one, he had received more tolls from the caravans than before.

Secondly, he did not want to bring disaster to his country because of his greed.

Even if the Condor Empire would eventually invade his country, he didn't want to be the trigger.

So even though he knew very well that as long as he robbed the caravan in front of him, he would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life, he did not dare to attack the caravan in the end.

...

"Boss Ximen, all those guys have left."

After seeing all the Turkmen players who came to collect tolls leave, a player immediately reported to Ximen Lieyang.

After glancing back at the Turkmenistan players who had left, Ximen Lieyang sneered with disdain and said: "A bunch of idiots.

But that’s fine, we can leave the opportunity to the players of Kazakhstan. "

...

Taraz is a city located on the banks of the Talas River in southern Kazakhstan, adjacent to Kyrgyzstan. In the Tang Dynasty, it also had a very famous name - Hengrus. The famous Battle of Hengrus took place near Taraz. .

Taraz is the only place on the northernmost route of the ancient Silk Road. After passing Taraz, Suiye and Almaty, caravans returning from the west can enter XJ Ili along the Ili River.

The Silk Road caravans took this route when they came. At that time, they were severely charged a large amount of tolls by Kazakh players and indigenous people in Kazakhstan.

On the return trip, Ximen Lieyang still chose the route of Henglus-Almaty-XJ Ili.

As soon as the Silk Road Caravan convoy entered Kazakhstan, a cavalry team composed of Kazakhstani players appeared in front of them.

This is a cavalry team of two thousand people. They have been waiting on the only way for the Silk Road caravan to enter Kazakhstan.

They waited again for two main purposes.

One of the purposes is to harvest wool from the Silk Road caravan again, and the other purpose is to escort the Silk Road caravan safely through the Taraz area.

Ever since the Silk Road caravan appeared on the Silk Road, Kazakhstani players have paid enough attention to this caravan of Chinese players with unknown purposes.

They first tested the authenticity of the Silk Road caravan by asking for tolls.

After failing to find out the details of the Silk Road caravans, they revealed the information that they could obtain high tolls from the Silk Road caravans to players from other countries along the way, and at the same time sent some spies to secretly monitor the Silk Road merchants. Every move of the team.

When the Silk Road caravan left Ashgabat, spies from Kazakhstan quietly followed the caravan. Those spies witnessed the previous negotiations between the caravan and Turkmen players.

As the caravan left, the Kazakh player spies quickly found the Turkmen player who had just negotiated with Ximen Lieyang, and then successfully learned all the information from the other party.

When they learned that this so-called Silk Road caravan was actually the official caravan of the Condor Empire that came to buy crowns and gold and silver jewelry for Ning, they were immediately frightened because some people in Kazakhstan had tasted the sweetness. The people had decided to loot the caravan when it returned.

If it is an ordinary Chinese player caravan, then if they loot it, it will be looted. No one can do anything to them.

But if this caravan is really doing something for Ning Yuan, the result will be completely different.

If Ningyuan gets angry and directly sends troops to attack Kazakhstan, then they will become the sinners of Kazakhstan.

Although the Kazakhstani players are not afraid of Ning Yuan, which can be seen from the fact that they did not pay tribute to the Condor Empire, they do not want to face the attack of the Condor Empire alone. After all, the strength of the Condor Empire There it is.

Therefore, before the Anti-Condor Alliance determines the specific time to attack the Condor Empire, it is better not to offend Ning Yuan, because Ning Yuan is too moody. If he goes to war because of this matter, then they will lose more than they gain. .

Therefore, after sensing the seriousness of the matter, several spies immediately returned to Taraz on fast horses.

When the Kazakhstani players in Taraz learned the ins and outs of the matter, in line with the principle of preferring to believe that they have it and doing more than doing less, they finally decided to continue to collect tolls from the Silk Road caravan while escorting the Silk Road caravan. Safe passage through Taraz.

As long as the Silk Road caravan is in Kazakhstan, they will ensure its safety to avoid irritating Ning Yuan for some money.

Facing the enthusiastic escort of Kazakhstani players, Ximen Lieyang immediately felt worried, because their mission this time was not to purchase crowns and gold and silver jewelry for Ningyuan at all, but to prevent the caravan from being attacked in Kazakhstan. Looting and thus gaining a legitimate reason to attack Kazakhstan.

If they continue to be escorted by Kazakhstani players like this, then they will not be able to complete the mission assigned to them by Ningyuan!

Thinking of this, Ximen Lieyang knew that timid Kazakhstani players would definitely have no hope, so after entering Broken Leaf City, he began to fight against a centaur tribe living in the north of Lake Isak. Notice.

When heading to Ashgabat, they once passed by the Centaur tribe. At that time, they paid a large amount of gold coins to the Centaur tribe before being released.

The Centaur tribe has a population of more than 10,000, which is considered a relatively large Centaur tribe near Lake Isaac.

The entire Centaur clan is a soldier. If they had a conflict with that Centaur tribe, the other party would be able to dispatch at least eight thousand Centaur troops.

There were only a few hundred Kazakhstani players escorting them, and including all the players in the Silk Road Caravan, there were less than 2,000.

In the wilderness, there is no way that more than a thousand of them can be an opponent of a powerful centaur tribe that can dispatch an army of seven or eight thousand centaurs at any time.

So as long as they can seduce the centaur tribe to attack them, they can successfully complete the task assigned to them by Ning Yuan.

Because there is only one chance, if they cannot succeed this time, the Kazakhstani players will not give them any more chances, so Ximen Lieyang specially purchased a large amount of fine wine and cloth from Suiye City to express his gratitude. given to the Kazakhstani players who escorted them all the way.

In line with the principle of taking nothing for nothing, the Kazakhstani players accepted Ximen Lieyang's gift with peace of mind. They specially assigned about 200 people to escort the materials back to Taraz.

As a result, the number of Kazakhstani players escorting the Silk Road caravan changed from more than 400 to more than 200.