I don’t know who will send winter away, but it is another spring.

Soon the New Year came with firecrackers, offering three animals. After drinking the wine of the door, the border officially opened. The crowds of people waiting on both sides finally gathered together again. Chu Xunyu and the other two led their horses and carried goods and drove to the southern border. Along the way, there were endless streams of aliens walking with them. Mu Yuan asked: "Yan Zhong, where are we going?"

Chu Xunyu took out another map from his sleeve to check it out. Mu Yuan asked in surprise: "Ah? Ye Langzhong, I have found you a lot of maps along the way. Where did you get it?"

"Meng Qing gave it to me." Chu Xun replied without raising his head, "The one in Bashu was given by the Shushan people. Meng Qing made me a southern border from the court. After the southern border was returned to the Ming Dynasty, some Han officials also entered the prefectural Daotai Yamen, so the court had some approximate geographical locations, but they were not detailed enough, because the more difficult it was to go, the more mountains there were, the more jungles there were dense, evil deeds, and many barbarians did not return to the king. We must be careful."

After identifying the direction, Chu Xunyu put away the map and pointed to the south: "After walking for three or four days, you can reach the first big city, Wuning Mansion, where the prefect is a Han official sent by the court."

"Then let's go." The three of them turned over and went south. There were many villages along the way to Wuning Mansion. They had already made up their minds and asked about the details of the ancient songs while walking, using the goods they brought in as exchange, and also wanted to see if they could find a Miao or Dai guide who could speak Chinese. After only half a day, the three of them saw a village from a distance. The tall wooden gate tower blocked outsiders, and there were people guarding the way into the village, so they got off the horse and walked closer.

This is a village of Miao people. Seeing Chu Xunyu and the other two dressed up in Han people, they stopped them in order to be a middle-aged man. They stroked the feather crown on their heads back, stopped and asked, "Who are you?"

"It's a businessman." Chu Xunyu hurriedly stepped forward and answered.

"Where is the goods?"

Mu Yuan quickly lifted the cover, and several Miao people approached to check the horses one by one. Suddenly, Wangchen turned to Chu Xunyu. Chu Xunyu turned around and saw the long sword on his back. He felt tight, so he immediately waved his hand and set up a layer of scheming, which looked like a shoulder pole. Fortunately, these people were all ordinary people and could not be broken. After several Miao people confirmed that there was no problem with the goods, the middle-aged man turned around and said, "Don't bring... Huh? Where is your weapon?"

"No weapons." Chu Xunyu quickly pointed behind his back and said, "It's a shoulder pole, the one who carries the goods."

Several Miao people looked at each other strangely, but still raised their hands. Chu Xunyu understood this gesture very well, and all races were all used, so he had to raise his hands and walked over. Under Mu Yuan and Wangchen's surprise gaze, a Miao people touched them from head to toe. It turned out that they were searching their bodies and did not allow Han people to enter with weapons.

After Chu Xunyu searched, it was naturally Mu Yuan and Wangchen's turn. Mu Yuan was fine, but Wangchen had a very despairing expression on his face. He was highly respected in the world and was actually touched by a group of ordinary people. It was difficult for him to accept it psychologically for a while. Chu Xunyu winked behind him and then got away.

"Welcome to you, Han friends in the Central Plains." After searching, the middle-aged man said enthusiastically, "I hope you will return with a full load."

"Thank you, thank you." Chu Xunyu bowed his hands to thank you repeatedly and walked in slowly with his horse.

"Why do you need to search?" Mu Yuan turned around and looked at the door whistle that was far away, and then asked Chu Xunyu in a low voice.

Chu Xunyu quietly replied: "There are many rules here, and it is difficult to explain clearly for a while. It was all Meng Qing asked the soldiers who had fought in the south and told me. This village is not far from the Central Plains. It is a village of Han Miao. We are lucky. They are willing to accept trade with the Han people, but they are not allowed to bring weapons in. For fear of us causing trouble, they will not allow us to stay overnight. Don't walk around and talk randomly, let alone enter their house at will, so as not to cause trouble."

The three of them didn't walk far, and suddenly they saw the Miao people around them looking at them with anticipation, and the more they followed, Mu Yuan felt a little worried and asked, "What does this mean? Are you going to fight?"

"It's not like it." Chu Xunyu looked around and found a corner to stand, and bowed and said, "Dear fellow villagers, we came to Guizhai today and brought some silk, brocade and salt. The prices are fair and the only ones are indestructible. I hope you can support me and thank you in advance."

"What did you collect?" asked the Miao people.

"Specially collecting medicinal materials and silverware." Chu Xunyu shouted loudly, and some Miao people left with disappointment, but some people with goods stayed.

"There are still tea!" Mu Yuan immediately added.

Chu Xunyu quickly stepped on him: "What kind of tea leaves are collected?"

Mu Yuan asked annoyedly: "What's wrong? I don't even know Pu'er tea?"

"Nonsense." Chu Xunyu whispered, "If you have nothing to do, read more. The Miao people don't have Pu'er here, it was built by the Yi people and Dai people."

"Ah?" Mu Yuan then slapped his head in disappointment and quickly bowed and shouted: "I'm sorry, friends who have medicinal materials and silverware come on. We have the best brocade here."

The crowds around came up to take out their own mountain goods first. Not to mention, there were really many good things. The southern Xinjiang region was full of rain and mountains. The medicinal materials and wild goods were really different from the Central Plains. In a short while, Chu Xunyu received more than 20 red-headed centipedes. Mu Yuan asked disgustedly: "What can this thing do?"

"It's a big effect." Chu Xunyu bent down and took salt to them, and answered, "If you have time, go and have a copy of "Compendium of Materia Medica". This thing can dispel wind and heat, detoxify and reduce swelling. When you have time, I'll make it into medicine and you can try it to ensure that the medicine will be cured."

"Ph, ph, ph..." Mu Yuan spat a few times, "Crow's mouth, you're sick."

In this way, Chu Xunyu collected medicinal materials and Muyuan cash registers. Wangchen naturally held his hands and watched them. The two were very busy and soon became a group of people around him. The Han Miao here was not opposed to the Han people. It seemed that people often came to trade in this village, but Muyuan looked annoyed, because he received many beautiful silverware, which was much better than what he bought at the beginning. He vaguely felt that he had bought a hairpin and was cheated by someone else.

After working hard for more than an hour, he finally stopped. Mu Yuan wiped his sweat, held the silverware in his hand and said, "Don't say, the things are OK. Go back and pick a few good ones for Junior Sister Shang Qian."

Chu Xunyu packed up the goods scattered all over the ground, and Wangchen handed the water bags to the two of them: "After having a rest and getting familiar with them, we can find some old people to find out the whereabouts of "Records of the Grand Historian". Here, "Records of the Grand Historian" was specially used instead of the title of ancient songs, for fear of arousing suspicion from the locals.

"But there is not much time." Chu Xunyu looked up at the sky, "It's already afternoon. The sun is about to set in more than an hour, so we can't stay here."

"It's a wilderness outside?" Mu Yuan asked in surprise, "Are we going to sleep in the wild forest? If we are bitten by poisonous snakes, poisonous insects, etc., that's nonsense."

"This is also impossible. We can only come in tomorrow to inquire." Chu Xunyu was also embarrassed for a while, "It takes too much time to travel in the morning, and the Miao people will drive us out in the evening."
Chapter completed!