Chapter 200: Sign

After this panic, the few people lost the interest in sleeping, and gathered together in Xie Li's marching tent to brag and beat farts. It was not until the latter half of the night that they lied indiscriminately for a while. Fortunately, the beast was also frightened by the gunshots, and did not dare to trouble them again in the middle of the night.
In the early morning of the next day, the team packed up their things and continued on the road. Because one mule was missing, the weight on its body had to be evenly distributed to the remaining heads. Now the other heads seemed to be struggling, and they were all over after a while. It was sweaty, and because of the tiger's harassment at night, most of the people in the team did not sleep well, and the marching speed was much slower than the previous two days.
In this situation, Xie Li had nothing to do, so he had to move forward step by step while cheering on the team. Before going far, he heard the roar of tigers from the place where the camp was set up last night!
When everyone heard the sound, they all looked back and vaguely, Xie Li saw two colorful figures hovering in the forest. It turned out that there was more than one tiger here!
Fortunately, it is already daytime, and everyone is armed to their teeth. At this moment, the sword is out of the sheath and the gun is loaded. Naturally, it is not as nervous as last night. Lin Shuangxi also smiled and said: "Captain, we have the advantage at this time. If they dare to come, I will kill it one by one, take its bones to drink, and help you take revenge on the last night."
Xie Li rolled his eyes: "Can you not mention this? It's too shameful. Besides, is your marksmanship better than me? If you want revenge, I will do it myself!"
Everyone laughed, the laughter actually overwhelmed the tiger's roar, and the sound shook the woods, starting a nest of birds and flew into the blue sky.
After a daytime trek, the expedition team finally reached a well-known village near Wansala in the evening. This village is close to the east bank of the Salween River. The boatmen and papaya boats in the village are neither Lack, it is convenient for their next move, it is Xie Li that they originally planned to settle in the stockade. They want to rest here for the whole night and supplement some supplies, and then they will requisition their boats and boatmen tomorrow, go down the river and head straight for Mawlamyine.
This is a typical Shan village that still retains the customs of the original matrilineal society. The head of the village is also an elderly grandmother. When Xie Li saw her, she was feeding a group of her own family. The chicken, a big red-crowned black-feathered rooster stands proudly on the fence and looks down at his harem. A group of hens and chicks bow their heads and struggle for food-in northern Myanmar, they can afford it. Such a group of chickens is definitely a well-off home.
The Shan people have a tradition of hospitality. Although Xie Li is a group of people with hideous looks and live ammunition, they are not really good people at first sight. The old lady greeted them warmly—just kidding, you have the ability to find a few in northern Myanmar. Good guys come out and try?
After hearing about Xie Li’s request, the grandmother did not refuse. This village occupies a geographical position close to the Salween River, with a radius of 100 miles. Whether it is crossing the river or transporting goods along the river, this is the only way to go. The annual boat money is a large amount of income, which is why this stockade is relatively rich in northern Myanmar.
Xie Li promised the chief grandmother to pay the bill in US dollars, which made her overjoyed. As mentioned above, in northern Myanmar, the generally accepted currency is actually "opium", or refined "yellow arsenic". There are really very few who are willing to pay in US dollars.
However, Xie Li couldn’t do anything about it. He agreed to Tan Zhenhua’s
anti-drug
condition in Wenzhou, and when he said back to Bao Qixia, Bao Qixia agreed immediately. In fact, even if they now accept some opium, There is no way to turn it into a much-needed substance. It is better to take a gamble and see if the magical child Xie Li said can fulfill his promise.
In addition, after negotiating with Kunza, it was agreed that Kunza would never touch "opium" as a condition for the temporary truce between the Kunza department and this side.
However, Bao Qixia is really a man. He really did what he promised. He gathered all the "opium" and "yellow arsenic" in the team, burned it in front of everyone, and stood in public. Swear an oath that he will never touch such harmful things again in this life.
Of course Xie Li carried US dollars on this trip. This was the last bit of wealth in the team. Except for today's ship capital, others would not dare to use it until the critical moment.
Since the client is so generous, of course the host has to show it, so after the business talks, the grandmother of the head enthusiastically invited all members of Xie Li’s team to the evening bonfire party and declared that this is a tradition in the stockade. When the merchants negotiated a big deal with them, they must hold such a party and invite the other party to participate, which is also a kind of gratitude to the merchants.
Xie Li secretly praised the grandmother of this chief man who would do business. She did not ask what the background of these merchants was and what they did. As long as they used the ship to take the business, it would ensure that For the security of the stockade, after all, no one with no brains would just like this gang of rough boatmen. Otherwise, what if he comes to Jiangxin and asks you to eat wonton noodles or ban dao noodles?
Besides, sailing in the Salween River is a technical job. Not everyone can do it. Everyone has to leave a way for themselves, right? So it seems that this stockade can continue to thrive for a long time.
The grandmother was kindly invited, and Xie Li readily accepted. The two agreed on a time. Xie Li left and went back to a stilt building specially arranged for him in the stockade. The so-called stilt building was actually a wooden or bamboo two-story building. The small building, the lower floor is generally used to raise your own livestock and poultry, and the second floor is for people.
Don’t look at the tourist attractions of the later generations, the Diaojiaolou is beautifully built. The furnishings inside are comparable to a five-star hotel. There is no shortage of air conditioning, TV, and WIFI. The room rate for one night is quite expensive, but if you are in If you really live in a stilted building of primitive dwellings, you will have to flee within ten minutes of keeping it.
why?
Think about it, downstairs is the livestock and poultry shed, the floor is not sealed, how many people can bear the sour taste?
Xie Li called some of the backbone of the team, that is, some of his irons, and talked about the invitation of the old man in the stilt building. Everyone was very happy. After all, after three days of marching with high load, the nerves were very nervous all the way. Everyone is very happy to have such a chance to relax. Moreover, this place is located on the east bank of the Salween River and belongs to northern Myanmar. It is a traditionally active area of ​​armed forces of various ethnic groups. Although the Burmese army has some military facilities, it is actually weak, and there will be no major troubles.
However, having said that, Xie Li has always been cautiously arranged to double the sentry post, and instructed everyone not to relax their vigilance, and specially added one to prohibit drinking. Although the glutinous rice wine of the Shan family is not high, it will still be drunk if you drink too much. He doesn't believe that the trousers under his gang can do it in moderation, so he should just stick their mouths.
The atmosphere of the bonfire party in the evening was warm, not only the traditional Shan glutinous rice plantain rice, but also the fire-boiled fish and marinated ox head that only appeared on major festivals. The trousers were full of oil.
The girls of the Shan family were all enthusiastic and unrestrained. They kept reaching out and dancing around the fire with their thankful team members. These team members were all vigorous and strong boys. How could they stand up to this scene? After pulling off the stage, even Xie Li was dragged to dance with a girl who seemed to be only sixteen or seventeen years old, seeing the eyes of the rotating sentry fire, and secretly sighing that he was bad luck.
Why is the hand so stinky today that I was drawn to the sign of standing guard at this time!