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Chapter 10 The Caravan Going North (3)

When the guide saw the men, he looked happy and said to Meng Shu: "They are Sumoji people." After that, he walked over and said to several people for a while. A Sumoji man nodded. The guide walked back and said to Meng Shu: "You are lucky. When you met the leader of the Sumoji people, he suddenly cried and asked you to come over."

Meng Shuti went over, got off the horse, and said, "I am Meng Shu, a businessman from Central China. I think of buying ginseng here, and we also brought some tea and cloth." Meng Shu said one, and the guide translated it.

The leader of the small tribe of Sumo Mohe, Meng Shu, was the black-clad rider that Hou Dayong met when he first arrived on the grassland. On that day, after Hou Dayong traveled south, the Sumo Mohe tribe moved northward and met the Heishui Mohe people on the northern foot of Changbai Mountain. The Heishui Mohe people and Sumo Mohe people have been resentful for generations and have been fighting for many years, which is also an important reason why the Liao people were able to destroy the Bohai Kingdom. Obstructed by the Heishui Mohe, Tudiji took the Sumo Mohe tribe back to the southern foot of Changbai Mountain, occupied a piece of land in the forest, hunting, collecting herbs, and gradually gaining a foothold.

Tudiji was a general of the Bohai Kingdom. His clan lived in the Daliao River area and had a lot of contact with people from the Central Plains. Many of the clans understood the Central Plains dialect. The Zhongyuan dialect that Hou Dayong first learned was from what his clans learned. Today, he met a merchant from the Central Plains. Tudiji was very happy. There are a large number of mountain goods in the tribe. He was worried that there was no place to take action. Tudiji said to the guide: "We Sumo Miche are the most hospitable. Everyone comes from afar. Please go to the camp to have a good rest and let you see our goods."

Meng Shu said: "I just thank you for your life-saving kindness. If it weren't for you, my friend would have died."

Suddenly, the guide translated, "Ha, ha" laughed and said, "Hei Yanzi was alarmed by us. There is no need to thank us, we should also shock you."

Meng Shu, Wu Erlang and others, led by Tu Diji, walked for an hour and entered a hidden forest. The camp of the Sumo Mohe people was settled in the forest. In more than a year, the Tu Diji tribe took in many helpless Sumo Mohe people. Now the number of tribes has increased to more than 400, and there are more than 180 string control warriors. Their strength has been continuously strengthened and they have defeated the Liao people many times. Many nearby small tribes have seen the power of Tu Diji have become stronger and have put forward the demand for alliance with them.

When the tribe saw guests coming, and they came from the distant Central Plains, the tribe surrounded Meng Shu and his group in the middle. Both sides had no language, but they were all talking and it was quite lively. After Meng Shu and others brought out the last bit of tea, silk and linen, the woman of Sumo Miche gestured on her body with cloth, with her face full of excitement.

A middle-aged man from Sumo and Marin said in the Central Plains: "These goods are good things, but there are too few. You can come here a few times a year. There are quite a few mountain products here."

Meng Shu said: "I can come here every year from now on, I don't know what you all want."

The middle-aged man said: "There are many precious medicinal materials in the mountains, ginseng, marten, and deer antlers. These things are very valuable in the Central Plains, and only the price is fair. You have as much as you want. Our tribe mainly needs daily necessities, cloth, iron and salt."

Meng Shu originally thought that Sumo and Mohist people had never seen the world and did not understand the market conditions. After a middle-aged man's words, he gave up Meng Shu's idea of ​​buying mountain goods at a low price. So he negotiated the exchange method with the middle-aged man according to the same market conditions, which was of course much lower than the price in An Bian Mansion. After the exchange, everyone was happy.

In the evening, because of the arrival of the guests, Sumo-Mi-Hai people were burning a bonfire by the river. Everyone sat together, sing, dancing, drinking, and eating meat. Suddenly Diji took the lead and ran into a bowl of wine with Meng Shu and the others. Then, some old people from the clan also came to meet the wine. After a few rounds, the caravans were already dizzy. Meng Shu drank six or seven bowls and said, "No, no, if you drink it, you will be drunk." The middle-aged man translated Meng Shu's words to Suddenly Diji, and suddenly smiled and said a few people. Only those who were about to come to toast were given up.

When the wine was enough, the men of Sumo and Marinate invited each other to start competing for horn sacral on the grass. This is a repertoire of every bonfire activity. The contestants on the stage were all good horn sacral players in the tribe. They went back and forth, and each move was clean and neat, which was extremely exciting.

After the third game, a young man came to the caravan and said to the guide: "I want to invite the hero of the caravan to come to Koksac. If that hero dares to come." This person is Qu Youngu who had lost to Hou Dayong. Qu Youngu was in the tribe and only lost to two people. In addition to the sudden censor, the other one is Hou Dayong. After losing to Hou Dayong, he was ridiculed by his wife for a long time. Today, he saw that the caravans were all carrying weapons and guessed that they should have some skills, otherwise they would not dare to run so far to sell goods, so they stood up to challenge.

Meng Shu and Wu Erlang looked at each other. Wu Erlang also liked the horns and sacral technique. He often competed with his friends when he was free in his daily life. When he heard Qu You Ngu's challenge, he stood up to face him. Wu Erlang took off his shoes and cloth shirt, took off his legs, and stood up to face Qu You Ngu.

Qu YouNugu saw that Wu Erlang was strong and did not dare to underestimate him. The two of them tried each other for a few times. Qu YouNugu took the lead in exerting force, grabbed Wu Erlang's left hand, and inserted his right foot into Wu Erlang's feet as fast as lightning. Wu Erlang could not allow him to succeed, so he took a step back and avoided his right foot, leaving him nowhere to exert force. At the same time, he turned his left hand slightly to get rid of Qu YouNugu's control, took a step forward, and inserted his right hand into Qu YouNugu's interception.

The two of them were evenly matched, and everyone had already started to cheer.

After Qu Yougu lost to Hou Dayong, Hou Dayong passed the "Dehele" trick to him. Qu Yougu saw that Wu Erlang was unable to win a few moves, so he used this trick. When Qu Yougu twisted his hands with Wu Erlang, he suddenly pulled him hard. Wu Erlang instinctively tried hard, Qu Yougu took the opportunity to push forward, inserted his right leg into Wu Erlang's crotch, and hooked his left leg to the right rear. Wu Erlang was hit and fell to the ground.

After Qu You Niaogu won, the children of the tribe all jumped up in excitement. His wife came forward and handed a bowl of wine to Wu Erlang, and at the same time gave him a thumbs up to express his praise. Wu Erlang pointed at Qu You Niaogu and also gave him a thumbs up.

Although Wu Erlang lost to Qu YouNugu, the two of them had a close strength and it was not ugly to lose. Seeing that Wu Erlang was very good, everyone around him toasted. Wu Erlang was a cheerful man, and he refused everyone and finally got drunk.

When the Sumo-Mihe tribe suddenly heard that Meng Shu could not drink it anymore, he did not persuade Meng Shu much. Meng Shu was eating meat on his own, and a young woman holding a baby came to her side, handed a bowl of wine, and said hard in the words of Zhongyuan: "His father, yes, yes, people from Zhongyuan." After the woman finished speaking, she looked at the sleeping child lovingly, with tenderness in her eyes.

This woman is Ajige. Shortly after Hou Dayong traveled south, Ajige felt pregnant and gave birth to a fat boy last year. The Sumo-Mihe tribe was not rich in population, and Ajige gave birth to a son. The tribe was very happy and everyone took good care of it. The little guy was so handsome that he looked up and was healthy and strong.

Ajige begged the middle-aged man who could speak Central Plains to give the little guy a name according to the habits of the Central Plains: Hou Hu, and according to the habits of the Sumo and Mohist people, he named it Wanyan Hu.

(End of Chapter 10)
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