After walking for two days, on the third day they saw the grass on the edge of the desert. The team immediately cheered. The further they walked, the more grass on the ground. Although it was short, it was still grass, right
Man Bao lay on the car window and watched for a long time. Bai Shan rode a horse and ran over with her horse in his hand, inviting her: "They said there are wild rabbits ahead, do you want to go hunting?"
Man Bao's eyes lit up, he took the bow and arrow and they left the convoy and ran away first.
Daji followed with his guards.
Heavy Rain rolled his eyes and beckoned his brothers to follow.
There are really not many rabbits on the grass, but it is rare to see green, so the mood of horse racing will be much better. The land here is very hard, and the Gobi and grassland are not very clear. Man Bao thought that it must be very difficult to farm here.
"Look, that's the river!"
Everyone immediately stretched their necks to look, it was blue, it was really a river, and it was not a small river, everyone got excited, they rode their horses and ran towards the river, a meandering river, the grass saw that there was a river on the ground Three roads with traces, everyone can't help but look at the heavy rain.
Da Yu identified the direction and pointed to the north: "It should be over there."
It was also the direction where the river came from. Everyone ran forward along the direction of the river, and the convoy behind also accelerated, and followed them not far behind.
Moving forward along the river, Man Bao and the others first saw scattered herdsmen grazing and herds of cattle and sheep, and then they saw farmland not far from the river.
Seeing the farmland, everyone cheered up. The place where most people live is not too far from the farmland. Sure enough, but after a while, everyone saw the house made of yellow mud, and there was a curl of cooking smoke rising in the air. Manbao subconsciously looked at it. Looking at the sun in the sky, he wondered: "It's not too early and not too late, why is there smoke from the kitchen?"
Da Yu said: "This is dinner, they only eat two meals a day, some people drink some goat milk in the morning, and only eat in the afternoon, which is equivalent to eating one meal a day."
"Didn't you say that there will be many merchants passing by here?"
Da Yu grinned and said, "So even when there is no war, they can still have a full meal in the afternoon. Otherwise, in such a cold weather, and no war, most people would just make some naan cakes with milk tea in the afternoon and pass by." .”
Bai Shan pointed to the farmland by the river and asked, "Don't they grow food? The yield is very low?"
How would he know that the rain has never been planted
"Anyway, they are very poor, much poorer than the people in our small town."
It's also like this, they feel that any place in the town is good, and they don't want to move if they are killed.
While talking, their horses approached the village, let's call it a village, because there are not many houses and there are not many people.
The people in the village found them, and then they heard the yelling and cheering, and many people ran out of the house. Before they could move, the children and teenagers in the village had already rushed towards them.
They ran up to them, put their hands together and performed a Buddhist ceremony, whispered something to them, and then stretched out their hands to pull their horses.
Man Bao's eyes widened, he turned his head and said to Bai Shan, "I don't understand what they are saying."
Bai Shan didn't understand either, but he could see the enthusiasm and smiles on their faces, so he didn't resist, but touched Baoli's neck and let him follow them.
Da Yu leisurely let them lead the horse for him, and said: "I don't understand, but I know they are soliciting customers, let's go, there are so many people in our caravan, and this village is so small, it is estimated that every household has You have to vacate the room to live in it, and there is no need to compete for guests.”
Man Bao was quite curious, "Didn't you live in this village when you passed by before?"
"I didn't have this village at all when I left," Da Yu said, "It seems that this house was built during this time."
Yeah
A few people from Manbao went to look at the yellow mud houses on both sides of the road, only to find that although they were not very good, they didn't seem to have many traces of use, and they did seem to be newly built.
Entering the entrance of the village, the adults also came out to welcome them, and saluted them with smiles on their faces, all of which were Buddhist rituals.
Da Yu said: "Gaochang believes in Buddhism, this area is very close to Gaochang, these people may have escaped after the destruction of Gaochang Kingdom."
For the person who gave the smile, Man Bao and the others subconsciously smiled back, then got off the horse and returned the salute in a Confucian manner.
The villagers became more enthusiastic, and they were about to go in when they crowded together. There was even a quarrel among the crowded people. Two strong women squeezed in by taking advantage of their sex, holding Man Bao and Zhou Liru's horses, and pointing at them. The family kept making gestures, wanting to take them home to rest.
Man Bao smiled slightly, pointed outside the village entrance and said, "There are still people outside, so many, so many people."
Although they couldn't speak the language, everyone understood her gestures. They subconsciously looked in the direction she was pointing. It just so happened that the carriage appeared faintly within their line of sight.
The villagers' eyes widened immediately.
At first, I was puzzled, why did these guests only ride horses without any luggage
But now when they see the carriage, they understand that this is a caravan, and it looks like a big caravan!
Honorable guest!
As a result, the villagers became even more enthusiastic. The person who had grabbed Man Bao's horse first did not let go, but yelled back a few times, while the people who were squeezed behind and couldn't grab them had already spread their feet and ran towards the convoy.
The people who were called out of the house by them saw them, didn't ask them why, and ran out with their feet loose. Man Bao and the others were vacant in an instant, only the person who was still holding their horse tightly was still there.
Man Bao and the others were not in a hurry, so they walked slowly along the road to the village. The man who led their horse wanted to invite them to the house to rest first, but they declined.
They didn't dare to force them, for fear that they would be snatched away, so they could only follow along step by step.
When the people from the convoy arrived, the people who followed them around and came back were startled, looked at the number of people, then at Zhou Man and the others, and they were not in a hurry.
There are so many people, it's their turn to come to their house without robbing at all, and these people seem to belong to the same group.
The villagers enthusiastically surrounded the convoy into the village, because no house could accommodate so many people, and there were no shops or anything, so everyone was stuck on the road.
Finally, an old man came out and shouted, telling everyone to be quiet, and then stepped forward to look at them, as if he was looking for the person in charge.
Manager Li took the initiative to negotiate, but he didn't understand Hu, and these people couldn't understand Chinese either.
So the two pedestrians stood up, Wei Xingren interpreted for them, Man Bao and the others also came up to listen curiously.
Gold and silver are rarely seen here, and copper coins are rarely used. They prefer silk cloth and tea, which are the hard currency in the Western Regions.