355: C355 Flaws and Blockages

C355 Flaws and Blockages

Get out of this plain.

He had reached the third major pass of the Sun Moon Country.

Flawless Elm Pass.

This was the artery in the southwest of the Sun Moon Country.

A moment ago, it was still a desolate place. However, when they arrived near the pass, it immediately became lively beside the official road.

People spontaneously built markets and business areas there.

It was convenient for guests to come and go, and they could sell goods nearby.

Of course, there was also a market three hundred miles away from the Flawless Elm Pass.

As the owners of the Triple Ignorance Zones, they were a group of barbarians, but their level of civilization was not low.

They also knew the benefits of trading.

More importantly, their ideas were very good.

It was once a barren land.

Many caravans would encounter bandits when they went there.

Ten merchant caravans were more than enough for six of them, and they were all considered good years.

This also made the merchant caravans extremely dangerous.

And danger, in exchange for huge benefits.

Through this, the price of the goods would increase by several times or even dozens of times.

But once the goods were too expensive, the market would be small.

The scale of the merchant group here was not very large.

The barbarians thought of a way to build a city there.

The city could trade freely.

It could also accommodate some people from the pugilistic world and hire them as merchants to protect them.

Of course, the ones that provided the most protection were the guards formed by the barbarians.

It was precisely because of this that it was a place that formed its own system.

Sun Moon Country was a vested interest, so they couldn't be bothered with it.

In general, the Barbarian Shangzhao played a huge role in the prosperity of the Flawless Yu Pass.

Xiao Yun stood at a high place and looked at the magnificent fortress from afar.

He could vaguely see that there were more than a thousand soldiers stationed at the entrance. The tents were all built at the last minute.

It was very likely that they had come specifically to wait for him.

"Were there so many guards here in the past?"

Xiao Yun asked Old Man Ma, who was beside him.

When Old Man Ma went to Qin Country, he had actually taken the same path.

Of course, he didn't use the name of Molan Country, but used the path of a small country next to it to lead him there.

Old Man Ma said, "There have been many guards here, but they are all stationed in the pass. I have never seen someone like this who is stationed outside."

Xiao Yun nodded and said, "It seems like they are really waiting for me."

He smiled bitterly and said, "There are other routes. Can we go there?"

Old Man Ma shook his head with a bitter face.

The Flawless Elm Pass was built in the mountains.

This gate was not just a city gate building.

It was an entire cluster of buildings.

There was a huge city gate between the two mountains.

On the left and right mountain peaks, there were city walls similar to the Great Wall that extended for an unknown number of miles.

If he wanted to go around it, he didn't know how many days he would have to walk.

Actually, Xiao Yun had also wanted to go around earlier. After all, he hadn't taken the main road, so it was relatively easy to go around.

Then, they saw the waterway, mountain path, and especially the steep mountain forest. It was likely that less than ten percent of the hundred people would be able to pass through.

If he were to die there as well, the loss would outweigh the gain.

After thinking for a while, Xiao Yun said, "What do you think about going through the checkpoint?"

Old Man Ma said with a bitter face, "Back then, I spent a large sum of money to get the road guides from other countries, and because I brought a group of women, I didn't suffer any difficulties."

Xiao Yun turned his head to look at the group of burly men and said with a bitter smile, "We can't let them all disguise as women, right? I'm afraid they will scare people to death."

Old Man Ma also did not know whether to laugh or cry.

He could not guess what Xiao Yun was thinking.

He took a deep breath and said, "Let's go first. Shangguan Dao will talk later. The soldiers won't chase us here."

Old Man Ma also understood that this was the border of Sun Moon Country. Rather than chasing them, it was better to stop them here. Sun Moon Country had obviously chosen the latter.

As long as they waited for a rabbit to fall, it would be fine.

The convoy quickly walked onto the main road.

The surrounding environment immediately became lively.

Gua was originally serving Xiao Yun in the carriage all day long. When she saw the bustle outside, she could not help but jump down from the carriage. She looked left and right on the road, her face full of curiosity and excitement.

The people in front and behind were not surprised by Xiao Yun's sudden appearance on the official road.

They were not even vigilant enough.

Xiao Yun also got off the carriage and leisurely walked to the side of a caravan.

He first touched the horse of the caravan, then smiled and asked, "How long have you been waiting here?"

He saw that the horse was a little tired, so he used this method to talk to them.

Hostler smiled bitterly. Seeing that Xiao Yun was dressed well, he could not help but say a few more words.

"I saw young master walk over from the side just now. He should not know the current situation of the checkpoint, right?"

Xiao Yun said, "We missed the accommodation earlier. The goods we brought were very valuable, so we set up camp next door."

" Oh! "

Hostler expressed his understanding.

It was true that the relay station belonged to the government.

But what kind of place was this?

The sky was high and the emperor was far away.

Anyone with a knife in their hand is in danger.

The merchants were not wary of bandits, but the soldiers themselves.

The bandits were a matter of probability, while the soldiers were skinned.

No matter how hard they tried, they could not avoid it.

Hostler said, "Young Master, you must not have been here for a long time. Just a few days ago. He said that a group of bandits entered our Sun Moon Country and killed the Patrol Officer. We are still searching, and we haven't caught them yet! That's why the General borrowed a few thousand soldiers from somewhere else. Guard here."

" What a huge formation. Could it be that there are a lot of bandits here? "

"I don't know about that... Sigh, but those bandits really deserve to die!"

"What do you mean?"

"It's none of our business whether he kills the military officer or not, said Wang Yao. But after what they did, the security at the entrance became tighter."

Hostler looked around and saw that no one was listening. He then said in a low voice, "If it were any other time, we could have waited for half a day at most. But now, it has already been three or four days, and we are still stuck here! Look at the long line in front of us? I don't know when we'll be able to get there. Sigh... But Young Master, you guys have cut the line. It's better to be careful of people who are dissatisfied."

Xiao Yun suddenly understood.

He said, "I'm really sorry about that. I didn't pay much attention to it when I came out. I saw that there was a lot of empty space here, so I came over."

Speaking up to this point, he changed the topic. "But since we are lining up to come out of seclusion, why did we leave such a big gap here?"

Hostler looked left and right before saying, "Young Master, there is something you don't know. Our old master is a man who has seen the world. Whenever the checkpoints are harsh, those generals will definitely take the opportunity to cut off their flesh and pluck their feathers! If we don't get in touch with them, this batch of goods will probably be deducted by them before they can leave the city. The harvest this year will be lesser."

"Oh, so that's how it is."

"Now, the old master has sent people to go around to mediate. Don't let those generals take advantage of us!"

Xiao Yun inadvertently nodded his head.

Indeed!

It was the same as what he had guessed!

The Great Guardian General was originally a fat man.

Especially since the Sun Moon Country was too big, the management was definitely not as detailed as the Qin Country.2

There would definitely be many things that needed to be done at the checkpoints.

This merchant group was obviously in the middle of the group, but they were not in a hurry to move forward. Instead, they stopped at the side and let another merchant group pass.

Obviously, they were waiting for something.

What could they wait for?

He naturally had to arrange things up and down to make it easier for him to exit seclusion.

This was an opportunity!

Xiao Yun smiled and said, "So that's how it is. I really don't know about this... Sigh, this is my first time in business. My family wants me to train. They chose a safe path for me to walk on, but who would have thought that this would be my first time going out? It's really unlucky to run into such a thing."

"Who said that!?"

Xiao Yun seemed a little embarrassed. He took a step forward and stuffed a silver ingot into hostler's hand without any anger.

"I still don't know what your master is capable of. It would be great if he could cut off the meat and pluck the feathers."

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