The caravan goes south and transports goods north. The fastest and safest way is to rent the ship of the Governor of the Canal to go south along the canal. There is no need to worry about horse thieves robbing, and it is also the fastest and fastest and largest cargo capacity. However, renting the Governor of the Canal to transport goods requires a lot of money and also a lot of money is needed to open up the relationship between each link.

Since I can't walk on the water, I have to take the risk of going on the land.

Now Gao Yingxiang, Wang Jiayin, Wang Ziyong and others have not yet entered Henan, but the road to Henan is not peaceful. Along the way, there are countless big and small bandits and small bandits. The Ming Dynasty, which has entered the Little Ice Age, has suffered many droughts from the Central Plains to Shaanxi for years, and the people cannot survive, so they have to occupy the mountain and become king.

Although the caravan guards did not have an official position, they also received the tacit approval of Sun Chengzong. They could legally possess weapons such as bows, arrows, crossbows and armor. They also worked part-time to eliminate bandits and bandits. They could ask for credit from the government for their heads.

Next, Wang Quan distributed weapons to 453 caravan guards, including Wu Biao. Among them, 300 caravan guards who had served as Minzhuang in Tongzhou, selected 150 sword cards. One of them gave a shield and a straight sword, and another 150 crossbowmen, sent 100 bows and arrows and fifty crossbow machines. And the 153 untrained guards fired a spear, and Wang Quan and Wu Biao conducted simple training on them in the area of ​​Shifo Temple.

While training 153 spearmen, Wang Quan also asked people to cut down wood and build a large truck for transportation.

The goods shipped to the south are mainly fur and cattle and sheep. The profits of these goods are of course not as profitable as those produced in Liaodong such as ginseng, deer antler, bear paw, Dongzhu, sea cucumber, etc., but Li Guodong firmly prohibited his caravan from trading with the Jurchens, so he would rather not have a richer profit than purchase goods from the Jurchens.

However, the profits that the caravan can make when traveling to Jiangnan are actually not low. If fox fur produced on the grassland is transported to Jiangnan, a fox fur can be sold for more than 200 taels of silver. Even if a sheepskin is transported to Jiangnan, you can earn more than 10 taels of silver after being transported to Jiangnan. Live cattle and sheep can make a huge difference.

The purchase price of tea and grain purchased from Jiangnan is much lower than that in the north. If you transport it to the Mongolians, you can get several times the profit; the Mongolians can do not need iron tools, but they must not do not want grain and tea.

After more than a month of simple training and preparation, the Dadewang caravan finally set off and set out on his itinerary to Jiangnan.

Besides, Li Guodong's side, because his Dadongyugou can hardly accommodate so many people, he will be preparing to absorb a group of refugees from the west entrance area, so Li Guodong needs to build a new city.

Based on his memory, Li Guodong knew that at the west side of the Khahukou, a river flowed into the Yellow River. There was a place called Shabeigou, which was backed by the river and surrounded by mountains on three sides. Although it was outside the pass, the terrain here was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Relying on the river, not only would the water source be cut off when it was besieged by the Later Jin Dynasty, the river also provided convenient transportation and could be transported by ships in summer. There was no need to worry about sleds driving on the ice surface in winter, and there was no need to worry about not snowing in winter.

The Dadongyugou Village is a solid castle that has been in operation for many years. There is no need to worry about the attack of the Later Jin army. However, to build a new city, Li Guodong did not have so much time to operate it, so he could only build it in a quick and simple way.

The river was later called Cangtou River, which was called Rabbit Mao River in this era. It was called Rabbit Mao River during the Song Dynasty. The Song army and the Western Xia army once fought bloody battles here.

A simple and fast-built city can only be built on topography, and it is impossible to consume a lot of stone, bricks, lime and various building materials like the construction of the Dadongyugou city.

Li Guodong personally took a hundred elite soldiers and went to the Shabeigou area to survey the terrain.

In the village of Dadongyugou, the dungeon at the bottom of the castle was a cell where two hundred Tumote prisoners were imprisoned. Originally, there were a group of Korchin prisoners in the cell, all of which had been sent to Lin Danhan. Now there are only two hundred Tumote people left here.

"General Li!" The soldiers guarding the gate saw Li Hong coming in and quickly saluted.

"I'll take a look at these prisoners and see how they are now. After all, my elder brother has asked, so there can't be any mistakes. We need these people to win over the Tumots." Li Hong said.

The soldiers hurriedly opened the door and let Li Hong enter the dungeon.

"Okay, you guys are outside to guard the door. I'll go inside and chat with them to see if they are willing to join us."

"Yes! General!" Two soldiers closed the Akigi gate and walked out of the dungeon.

Li Hong walked into the dungeon, and he stood outside the wooden fence, looking around the Tumot captives who were imprisoned inside.

"Han Dog! Let us go out!" A large Mongolian man with a beard in the dungeon shook his beard violently and shouted, "If we don't let us go out, we will fight hard, and none of you will survive!"

"Shh!" Li Hong made a gesture and signaled to make the Mongolians to whisper. Then he lowered his voice and said in Mongolian: "Dear Tumot brothers, I am actually a Tumot, my original name is Subud. When I was very young, the damn Chahars killed my parents! So I fell here and became a horse thief. You are also Tumot, and we are all Tumot brothers. I can't bear to see you suffer here, so I want to save you."

"Save us?" The Mongolian man with a beard on his face asked skeptically.

"Shh, whisper, don't let the people outside hear it."

"Is it true or false?" The bearded man still didn't believe his ears.

Another Mongolian attached himself to the bearded man's ear and whispered: "I believe this brother. During this period, he often secretly brought roasted lamb to our brothers for some. The roasted lamb is really a delicious food that I have never eaten in my life!"

"Be careful of the cunning Han people. I'm afraid that this guy will no longer regard us as brothers after following the Han people for a long time, but he will collude with the Han people and make some conspiracies!" The big man bearded snorted coldly.

"I really want to save you! We are all Mongolians. The boss is not in the parody these days, so he took all the elites away. This is an excellent opportunity. If the boss comes back, we will have no chance."

"When can we be saved?" asked another Mongolian.

"Tomorrow night, I will do it tomorrow night. I will get all the guards drunk, and then open the dungeon and let you out."

The next day, Li Hong asked someone to slaughter a few sheep. In the evening, bonfires were lit in the city. Li Hong imitated Li Guodong's method and roasted lamb. He also asked someone to take out the spirits he had treasured for many years and drink the soldiers in the city.
Chapter completed!