Wandao long distance

Chapter 92 Hiring
Li Qi cupped his hands, very politely: "Excuse me?"

He is now dressed as an ordinary person, wearing cotton clothes embellished with satin, and holding a long knife wrapped in coarse cloth. At first glance, he is just an ordinary passerby with a stick wrapped in cloth, and he does not seem to have any skills.

However, there are always people who know the goods.

The businessman rushed up: "I see that the strong man has been wandering around here for a long time, as if he was looking for an errand. It just so happens that the caravan below is short of a capable expert. I wonder if the strong man is willing to help me?"

He recognized Li Qi as a master at a glance, and it seems that his vision is not bad, maybe he is a person in the practice, but he is not a master.

"This journey will only take four or five days, and I would like to pay one gold a day." He immediately added the reward.

One gold a day, this price is already quite generous, but...willing to pay this price shows that there are tasks and dangers worth the price.

It is impossible for others to give money in vain.

Therefore, Li Qi did not take it hastily, but asked: "Where do you want to go? If you don't go along the way, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to obey."

Merchants are also good people, so they can naturally hear the meaning behind the words, so they looked around and found that there was a lot of people, so they didn't say much, but invited Li Qi: "There are too many people here, it's not suitable to speak, it's better for a strong man to come to my caravan to discuss in detail?"

"Alright, please." Li Qi stretched out his hand to let the other party lead the way.

The merchant immediately went forward to lead the way.

The caravan was not too far away, and within a minute of walking, they came to a commercial inn.

This kind of inn is rented to merchants. There are yards, stables, and warehouses inside, where goods can be stacked, vehicles can be parked, and there is a place for cattle to rest.

Of course, there is no carriage. Spirit horses are too expensive and not suitable for pulling carts. Bullock carts are mostly used. After all, old oxen are strong and stable, and they pull a lot of goods. It doesn't matter if they walk slowly, as long as they walk steadily.

When Li Qi came here, he found that the caravan was quite large, a total of five or sixty people, including men and women, with more than 60 ox carts, each of which was fully loaded with goods from White Snake Mountain.

But it's normal, for many small caravans, the profit is estimated to be only two or three gold after a trip, and only a large caravan of this level can offer such a price as one gold a day.

Everyone greeted the merchant and Li Qi, and Li Qi also nodded.

The merchant led Li Qi to the guest room, closed the doors and windows, and then said to Li Qi: "If the little old man is not mistaken, a strong man is the ninth rank of martial arts, right?"

"I thought you would call me a congenital warrior." Li Qi joked with a smile.

"Rural natives use that title and have formally embarked on the road of cultivation. How can they not use the Nine-Rank System? Without this, they can't even compare the strengths of different orthodoxy." The old merchant answered the words and told Li Qi by the way I drank a cup of tea and took out a plate of fruit.

Li Qi looked at the fruit brought out in surprise.

Not fresh, but dried fruit, and he was familiar with it.

The whole is shriveled, green in color, and covered with a layer of hoarfrost. There are not many on this plate, only a few dozen grains.

Seeing Li Qi's surprised gaze, the merchant introduced: "Don't think too few strong men. This item comes from the Western Regions. It is a special product in Chechnya. It is more than a hundred thousand miles away from the Great Deer Kingdom? Here, at least one piece can be sold for one piece. money, and you may not be able to buy it, such a small dish can cost more than a hundred dollars."

More than a hundred dollars is enough to buy meat, and these dozens of dried fruits are not enough for a handful.

Li Qi, on the other hand, looked at those dried fruits in surprise and nostalgia.

After all, it is a dried fruit, and it is no longer full when harvested, but after special treatment, the sugar is condensed in the shriveled body, and the air is also filled with that sweet smell.

Li Qi couldn't help picking up one, put it in his mouth, and said: "I know, this thing is called a grape."

Raisins, there are also in this world...

"The strong man is really well-informed, and he can even recognize this exotic specialty." The merchant praised Li Qi's knowledge in surprise.

Li Qi was not very proud, and while thinking about it, he also felt a trace of panic.

Why are there so many similarities between this world... and my original world?
Don't talk about all kinds of myths, characters, languages, things like the Tang Dynasty, and now even things like the Western Regions and grapes, which made him feel anxious.

It's just that it's useless to worry about it. He has no right to worry about it at all. For a small Jiupin, these things are as meaningless as the universe.

He quickly suppressed these distracting thoughts and smiled at the merchant: "It's just that I have read more books. Why don't you tell us about our destination and see if we are on the way?"

"Okay, let's not hide it from the strong man. Our caravan wants to go to the ferry at the source of Lishui this time, board a ship there, and then transport the goods from Lishui to Songguo." The merchants explained their course of action.

"Then... do you need me to take you to the ferry?" Li Qi asked.

"Exactly." The merchant replied.

"From Shewei County to Ferry, the road is smooth and smooth. There are many people traveling along the way, and the journey is only two or three days away. Why do you need me to protect you?" Li Qi immediately sensed something was wrong.

"Ahem, to tell you the truth, our caravan may not be able to walk on the main road... we can only travel through the mountain trails, so I said, it may take four or five days." The merchant coughed dryly and explained to Li Qi.

"What's going on?" Li Qi frowned, lowered his voice, and asked again.

"The little old man accidentally touched the bad luck of the Shewei county magistrate, and was targeted by him, so if you go down this road, the little old man who can be pumped by the commercial tax alone will take off a layer of skin and take a small road. It's really helpless..." The merchant cupped his hands and smiled wryly, his face full of helplessness.

This is a plausible reason, otherwise merchants are seeking stability, so why bother to take a detour and take more risks for no reason.

Then, the merchant said: "But don't worry, my business is a big deal this time, so there is another ninth-rank martial arts monk guarding it, but I am still a little worried about having her alone, so it happens to be fate , I bumped into a strong man again, and now there are two masters who have entered the rank, this journey is considered to be sure."

"It turns out that there is one more person. It is indeed safer. Then I will take over. When are we going to leave?" Li Qi asked.

"It's not too late. After all, in Shewei County... it's still their territory, so we hope to set off this afternoon. Does the strong man have other things to deal with? If we want to postpone it, we can wait." Li Qi said.

"I have nothing else to do, but I have a companion, I hope I can bring it with me, I don't know..." Li Qi proposed to bring another person.

"It's okay, it's just a matter of adding more chopsticks, so it's settled." The merchant naturally agreed and reached an agreement.

(The eyes are swollen today, there is only one update for the time being, and it will recover tomorrow)

(End of this chapter)