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When the convoy officially arrived at the border of Tubo, Zhang Da, the leader, jumped out of the carriage and said to Zheng Asan, the leader of the guards on the horse: "Guard Zheng, I just received a letter from our Ghanaian tribe, saying that 15 catties of cotton have been packed. After the car is finished, we can set off as soon as we arrive in Shanzhou. However, my uncle said that it is the first time for the Ghana tribe to do business with the Zheng family. Take out the cotton..."
Zheng Asan was a little angry when he heard this.
He jumped off his horse and said with a gloomy face: "Zhang Da, that's not what you said when you were in Chang'an. You clearly promised the young Patriarch that you can send out cotton as long as you get [-] yuan. Do you want to renege on your debt now?"
stab.
Zheng Asan suddenly pulled out the saber from his waist, and made gestures in front of his Zhang Da neck.
Zhang Da was so frightened that he quickly apologized: "Guard Zheng, don't get me wrong, I... I don't mean anything else, it's just that this is my uncle's meaning, and I don't dare to make decisions on my own, but I do have a solution. How about listening?"
Zheng Asan put away his saber, and said one word coldly: "Say."
Zhang Da shrank his neck and said cautiously: "Guard Zheng, how about this, I heard that Erye Zheng has set off from Chang'an with the remaining [-] guan, and will arrive in Tubo soon, so I will write a letter to my uncle, Ask him to arrange for someone to send the cotton here, and when the cotton arrives here, Mr. Zheng must also come, and when the time comes, the cotton can be sent to Chang'an immediately, what do you want?"
Zheng Asan suddenly felt doubts: "It's just that there are no villages or shops in front of this place, and there are mountains and mountains around here. I'm afraid it's not a safe place."
With [-] Guan Kaiyuan Tongbao, he was very cautious.
Zhang Da laughed and said: "Guard Zheng didn't know something. Ever since I, Tubo Zanpu, unified Tubo, the territory of Tubo has been very stable. I never close my house at night, and I don't pick up lost things on the road. And this place was originally the border with Tuyuhun. Since Tubo and Tang Dynasty Truce, here is very safe, and if you turn your head, you can see the border of Datang, even if something urgent happens, you can ask the Heavenly Army of Datang for help, right..."
Hearing this, Zheng Asan turned his head to look, only to see that in the distance, it was indeed the border of Datang.
Zheng Ahsan thought about it, and found that this method would not delay the two.
Moreover, this was on Tubo territory, so he didn't dare to be rude to Zhang Da.
Cotton matters a lot, and Zheng Asan dare not be careless.
Therefore, Zheng Asan nodded: "Since that's the case, you should quickly write to the Ghana tribe and ask them to bring the cotton to the truck..."
Zhang Dabei smiled and said: "Yes, the villain will write a letter right away."
As expected of a cautious person, Zheng Asan took Zhang Da's letter over and read it.
Unfortunately, the letter was written in Tubo, which he couldn't understand at all.
Later, Zhang Da sent someone to send the letter to Luoxie City.
The convoy is stationed here.
It takes more than ten days to go back and forth once.
The cotton convoy in Luoxi City hadn't been seen yet, but Zheng Feihu and Zheng Erye's convoy had arrived.
Zheng Feihu was also very surprised when he saw Zheng Asan and the others.
"You should have arrived in Luoxi City long ago, why did you stay here?" Zheng Feihu asked with some dissatisfaction.
Zheng Asan immediately explained the matter briefly.
Zheng Feihu nodded: "My Zheng family is doing business with the Ghana tribe for the first time. It is understandable for the Ghana tribe to do this. Zhang Da's method is also good, and there will be no delay. Now, I have arrived with the remaining [-] guns. Zhang Da, I don't know. Where is the cotton from the Ghanaian tribe?"
Zhang Da hastily stepped forward and said: "The villain pays his respects to the second master. The villain received a letter today, saying that the cotton convoy will arrive tomorrow, please rest assured..."
Then, he complimented Mr. Zheng again.
Zheng Erye was very satisfied.
He has been depressed in the Zheng family.
Now being complimented by Zhang Da, he is simply elated.
This big one looks a little wretched, but it speaks nicely, which is very rare.
Second Master Zheng said happily: "Since that's the case, let the guards take a good rest tonight, and bring cotton back to Chang'an tomorrow..."
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Chapter 355 Zhang Da's Dinner Party
Hearing that the cotton would arrive tomorrow, Zheng Erye, Zheng Asan and the others were very happy.
Immediately, Erye Zheng combined the [-] guan coins he brought with the previous [-] guan coins.
The two groups of guards added up to more than 80 people, and they camped at the original place.
At this time, Zhang Da ran over and said, "Second Lord Zheng, Zheng Huwei, I have already had people prepare Tubo delicacies, please appreciate it..."
Zheng Feihu waved his hand: "Food is fine, I'm not used to Tibetan food... Hey, how can there be such a beautiful woman here?"
Zheng Erye just saw a few beautiful women passing by not far away.
Zhang Da chuckled, and said in a low voice: "Second Master, I specially picked this up from Shanzhou City. For the past few days, I will live in our tent. Second Master, you choose first, and the rest will be given to other brothers... "
"Da Zhang, you... are fine."
Second Master Zheng rubbed his hands in excitement.
Originally, Erye Zheng was a frequent visitor to Pingkangfang, spending 30 days a month in Pingkangfang.
This time, in order to send the [-] Guan Kaiyuan Tongbao to Tubo as soon as possible, Zheng Erye was busy all the way, and he couldn't even rest well, let alone have in-depth exchanges with fairies from all over the place.
Right now, in the eyes of Second Master Zheng, even sows are pretty, let alone these women.
Second Master Zheng patted Zhang Da on the shoulder, stopped the women, pointed at three of them, turned and left.
Zhang Da stepped forward and asked the three women to serve in Zheng Erye's tent.
Seeing this, Zheng Asan also ordered two.
In a short time, the dozen or so women Zhang Da called were divided up by Zheng Erye, Zheng Ahsan and others.
Zhang Da asked someone to prepare delicious food and wine to entertain Zheng Erye and others.
Second Master Zheng thought that Zhang Da wanted to get closer to Zheng Shi, so he didn't take it to heart. After eating and drinking enough, he dragged the three beauties to climb onto the bed.
outside the tent.
The guards on guard were all well fed.
It was late at night.
A cold wind blows.
The guards suddenly felt dizzy, and after a while the world was spinning.
puff puff.
The guards fell to the ground one by one, and their personnel were unknown.
Afterwards, dozens of men in black came out from the nearby mountain stream.
These people came forward, regardless of the fainted guards, went straight forward, took the carriages with Kaiyuan Tongbao with them, and walked out.
In a short time, the convoy was looted.
Seeing this, Zhang Da greeted several of his confidantes, then rode on a fast horse and disappeared quickly.
The next day.
Its daybreak.
Zheng Erye saw himself hugging from left to right, gnawing on a beautiful woman, but he gnawed a mouthful of sand without thinking about it.
He was startled.
He opened his eyes and saw that he was holding a boot, and what he had just gnawed on was a boot covered in sand.
Looking at himself again, he was completely naked, his clothes were missing, and he was sleeping on the sand.
Not far away is Zheng Asan, the bodyguard of the Zheng family, also naked.
Around, the tents were gone, and all of Zheng's people were naked.
"what……"
Zheng Feihu roared.
Zheng Ahsan and the others woke up one after another.
After everyone got up, their eyes widened and their eyes narrowed, each of them was stunned.
Who am I and where am I?
At this moment, Zheng Asan walked up to Second Master Zheng, glanced at him, and said reverently, "Second Master, you are really great..."
Zheng Erye can spend ten times a night in Pingkangfang, Chang'an City, so he naturally has his own unique capital.
Snapped.
However, Zheng Asan had just finished boasting when he was slapped by Zheng Erye.
"Second Master..."
Zheng Asan looked aggrieved.
Second Master Zheng clutched his things, jumped to his feet and said, "Waste, what time is it, take a look, where is this?"
Zheng Ahsan looked around and said, "Second Master, this is where we camp."
There was a black hill not far away, which Zheng Asan always remembered.
Zheng Erye's complexion changed drastically: "Where's Zhang Da? Where's our 15 guan?"
what?
Only then did Zheng Asan and the others come to their senses.
The huge convoy supplies are all gone.
There was a mess around.
15 guan, this is the money Zheng used to buy cotton.
Before departure, Zheng Chengdong and Zheng Feiyuan urged that there should be no mistakes in the purchase of cotton, because this is Zheng's best chance to defeat the West Datang Company, and it is also Zheng's last stand. Once this opportunity is missed, Cheng will have nothing.
But now, 15 coins have disappeared.
Zheng Erye was dumbfounded.
Zheng Asan hurriedly sent people to investigate around, then ran over panting, and said, "Second Lord, Zhang Da is gone, our 15 guan, and everything else is gone, we have searched the surrounding area, There is not even a piece of cloth left... Zhang Dagan must have done it, last night's food and drink contained drugs..."
This means that everyone can't even find clothing to cover them in this wasteland.
Second Master Zheng stood still in place for a while.
"Second Master..."
"Second Master!"
Snapped.
Second Master Zheng came to his senses and slapped Zheng Asan again.
"waste……"
"As a guard, you don't even know about that big conspiracy."
"You just wait to commit suicide and apologize."
Second Master Zheng paced back and forth, roaring.
Zheng Ahsan covered her face and said, "Second Master, a minor crime deserves death, but the most urgent thing is to catch Zhang Da and get the money back..."
"Catch, how to catch? Now I don't even have a pair of shoes." Zheng Erye has never seen such a scene, he used to be only in charge of drinking and drinking.
Zheng Asan looked at the distance, it was the border of Datang.
His eyes lit up, and he said: "Yes, Second Master, we can go to the border and ask the army of Datang for help... Now, Li Ji, the general manager of the Hexi Road Marching, lives in Shanzhou. For the face of our Zheng family, Li Ji I can't refuse to give him the grades, and if he asks him for help, he will definitely catch Zhang Da, and then the money will be recovered..."
Zheng Erye looked dignified and nodded: "That's the only way..."
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Jinshui Pass.
This pass was originally the pass of Tuyuhun, bordering Tubo.
After Tuyuhun was destroyed, it naturally belonged to Datang.
Today, Jinshui Pass seems to be the busiest pass in the west, because there is an endless stream of people traveling between Tubo and Shanzhou.
Li Ji, who lives in Shanzhou, will visit Jinshuiguan every now and then.On the one hand, Jinshuiguan is indeed very important. On the other hand, the Li family's transport brigade is stationed nearby. In this era mainly relying on manpower, machines are rarely used. Therefore, the Li family can earn unimaginable money just by moving the brigade.
Today, Li Ji arrived at Jinshuiguan as usual after going around to the transportation brigade.
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