If the Mongolian horse team did not invade, there would be no need for the caravan to camp overnight. There are several large car shops of good size at this node. It is said that there are also the Zheng family's operations, but after this disaster, everything was destroyed. This is also the reason why Li Xiu's caravan took the risk of joining the caravan. If they don't join, they are very dangerous to go on the road, and the risk of camping is even greater.

Although the two caravans were on the road and were clearly distinguished after camping, Li Xiu was a good person. He came here early with wine and meat and wanted to have supper with Zhu Da and the others.

"The people who farmed twice a day, but the people in our businessmen were not good. If they didn't eat a meal, they would lose their energy. They might be delayed at any time. If they go out, they can't save money on eating here. Brother Zhu, you are generous, and you will not be able to do it in the future." Li Xiu is much more skilled in human relationships than Wei Daibei. After being familiar with each other, he became very close to him. He put himself in the position of an elderly person. This not only did not make Zhu Da feel negligent, but was free.

After Li Xiu came here, he saw that the food of the hired workers was full of food, and the stewed mutton in the big pot was better than what he ate there, so he sighed.

At this time, there was no need for Zhu Da to be too tight. He drank half a bowl of wine with the other party. He had a very good alcohol tolerance, so the little wine made his body slightly hot. However, after Li Xiu took a few sips of wine, the conversation became excited.

"I'm going to tell you that when you were Zhu Da, the old man thought you had a great future and had to make friends with you. Even if the old man couldn't use this friendship, there would always be benefits for his children and grandchildren. Not to mention anything else, this felt is not a bargain. It can be sold at a price everywhere in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty. If you use it for your friends, it will be changed to normal. The old man only thought he was a fool, but if he was so smart in business, how could he be a fool? Brother Zhu, you have great ambitions, great, amazing!"

After talking a lot, Zhu Da knew that Li Xiu was drinking normally. He said this in front of him a lot and said it a little vaguely, and he didn't seem to be pretending. He had just drunk more than a tael. Seeing the guy who came with him smiling awkwardly, his alcohol tolerance was not good and much more real.

If Li Xiu's caravan had any abnormal movements, he would not hide it here, even if he was not relaxed at dinner, Zhu Da liked this state of chatter and replied with a smile: "I guess this felt is not worth much on the ground of the Tartars. It was only after traveling to the Ming Dynasty to sell it, which was similar to the thick profits we could get when we sold cotton cloth there. The wool was available everywhere. It was nothing more than manual labor, and it would be valuable to us."

Li Xiu's eyes were already a little confused, and he shook his head and said, "Brother Zhu, you're not saying it's bad. Felt is not cheap on the Tartars. It's not a laborious thing. I went to the grassland to run. Oh, at that time, more than a dozen fellow villagers were about the same age, and now there is only one old man left... When the old man drinks, he has to talk about the past. Not to mention this, this felt..."

Zhu Da was interested in everything the old man said, and he had only one person left in the businessman and made felt. However, Li Xiu was not completely confused and talked about making felt very detailed. He collected the camel hair and wool on the grassland and sorted it out. Then he folded the layers of wool flat, and then stabbed them with a fine needle with a hook continuously. Then he beat them with a wooden hammer, folded the camel hair and wool and then pulled them with a fine needle. In addition to interweaving horizontally and vertically, the wool can also be intertwined up and down. The wool is bonded and connected to each other to become a whole. Beating is equivalent to increasing the adhesion of layers, so that the felt can be made.

The grassland is already sparsely populated, and it takes manpower and time to make felt. This takes time and cannot be used to grazing and hunting. This invisibly increases the labor price a lot. Moreover, making felt is equivalent to compacting the fluffy wool camel wool, and the camel wool and wool used must be cleaned. A piece of felt consumes a lot of camel wool, not to mention that camel wool and wool shaving are also labor-intensive. The layers of labor and raw materials are superimposed to make the felt even cheaper.

"...that group of people are willing to exchange it with Brother Zhu. This felt can be sold at a price but not very easy to sell. After all, there are limited people to use it, and the goods you sell to them can make a lot of money. If the old man didn't just run inside, I would like to fight for your goods..."

"...The Tartars can only buy our cloth, otherwise they can only use leather to make robes and jackets, and only our cotton and silk can make them..."

Zhu Da listened very carefully, but he felt that Li Xiu's words were a little wrong. Only cotton thread and silk can weave cotton and silk. But in his more than 20 years of life, he knew that the concept of "wool spinning" was found. He studied food processing major, which was a light industrial system. The school he was in is a large and complete old university. There is a textile college on campus, so he could hear more or less related concepts. If it comes to life, sweaters and wool suits are very common.

Thinking of this, Zhu Da felt that he had vaguely caught something, but outsiders seemed to be talking nonsense. The young man was annoyed by the fact that the young man who came with Li Xiutong couldn't help but whisper a reminder. Zhu Da vaguely listened, "...Uncle, you're endless again...", and Zhu Da didn't care.

Of course, I can't tell the life and memories of more than 20 years. But Li Xiu was confused and sober. He put down the wine bowl and drank the hot soup and got better. His eyes were clear and clear. Both sides had nothing to say for a moment, looking at the hired workers who were patrolling not far away.

"Old man, I'm a question for you, Brother Zhu, what ambition do you have? You are so extraordinary in your teenage years. In a few years, you will have a bright future. I just don't know what you want to do by yourself, Brother Zhu?" When he said this, Li Xiu looked at Zhu Da very seriously.

Not only Li Xiu looked at Zhu Da, but Li He, who had just finished the inspection, and the young man who accompanied Li Xiu, all came over. If you usually have casual chats and chats, asking about ambition is nothing more than empty to empty, and no one will be serious, especially when asking a 16 or 17-year-old boy, the answer is often not important, and the elders' advice and education are important, but the answer of such a 15-year-old boy who can do business and kill people is very interesting.

Li Xiu and his nephews saw that Zhu Da could make money and fight, while Li He knew more. He knew that the small team had been together for less than twenty days and was about to collapse several times. Now that they could maintain their own wealth, they would gain great gains in wealth. What they would do in the future is important for his family in the next ten, twenty or even decades.

Regarding Li Xiu's question, Zhu Da originally wanted to make a joke and vaguely pass, but before he could speak, he pondered. He did not notice the attitude of the people around him, but fell into his own thoughts.

The small circle where they were in was quiet for a moment, and there were noisy and laughter everywhere else. After a while, Zhu Da said, "Mr. Li, you know my origin. I can probably infer that my brothers and my parents and elders were both dead in this disaster. There were only a few of my fellow villagers who survived. My hometown was completely destroyed, let alone the small situation of Hebian Xincun and Dachuan. All of this was gone."

Asking for it was an ambition, but I didn't expect that Zhu Da would say such a heavy topic, and everyone was solemn for a moment, while Li He was the key to the point.

Zhu Da looked straight in the darkness, but his eyes were not focused on somewhere. He slowly said: "What I want now is to take revenge. If I kill my family and relatives, I will kill all their family and relatives. If I destroy my hometown, I will destroy their hometown. No, this is far from enough. I will take revenge hundreds or thousands of times, so that I can comfort my parents and elders, and all my relatives in heaven."

The tone of saying this was very calm, but the person who listened to it felt a chill, while Li He and others, who were consistent with Zhu Da's attitude, had their faces flushed and gritted their teeth and clenched their fists.

"Maybe after doing this, I will consider my ambitions and then think about the future." Zhu Da slightly slowed down and ended.

The few people sitting on this felt didn't know what to say for a while. The old man Li Xiu, who was originally excited, also put down his wine bowl and looked at Zhu Da in the light of the bonfire not far away. He looked very carefully, as if he was confirming whether what he said just now was true or false. At the end, he just sighed.

After sighing, he shook his head again, and then he spoke, his words full of vicissitudes: "Brother Zhu, you and I meet by chance, so you shouldn't say too much, but the old man really has to rely on his seniority to say a few words. You are so young, have such skills, and have a great life for decades. Why bother with such blood feuds? This parents and family members really have to avenge their great feuds, but those who have killed the Tartars, you can't avenge you, let it go! How good is it to live well!"

When we meet by chance, we have a simple and profound conversation. We are indeed enlightened by being able to say this. For more than a hundred years, we have attached great importance to filial piety. Even in the laws of the Ming Dynasty, children can be punished lightly for killing their parents for blood feuds. If they know the whereabouts of their enemies, their children will be ridiculed and rejected by the world and cannot raise their heads.

But human feelings and legal principles cannot be compared with the general trend. The Ming Dynasty has ten thousand miles away, the Western Regions, Mongolians, Jurchens, and even the Japanese pirates in the east, Siam, Myanmar and Jiaozhi in the south. The deep blood hatred caused by the invasion and killing of these enemy countries is hundreds of times more cruel than the ordinary world's revenge. But how can such hatred be revenged? The laws of heaven and human feelings, no one will think that it is unfilial to give up such hatred.

The Ming Dynasty was captured and killed by invaders so many times, and retaliated several times. Such a huge empire is like this, let alone individuals in border towns.

Zhu Da did not answer immediately. He just lowered his head, and Li He, who was sitting beside him, became a little at a loss. The old man Li Xiu said something reasonable. Can this big revenge be avenged? If he can't repay him, he will think about it all day long, and his life will be ruined. His parents and brothers will definitely not want to see this, but they will not repay him...

Without mentioning the thoughts in Li He, Zhu Da took a deep breath and said in a muffled voice: "Think about it carefully, I may not really want to avenge this."

The words mean a little strange, but Li Xiu nodded with a little relief. Just let it go. Zhu Da continued, "But if I don't kill all these people, I feel uneasy. Now when I think about it, I feel like my heart is cut. If I don't do it, I will definitely go crazy in the future. So, I must kill them all and avenge this great revenge!"

Li Xiu was stunned. The young man sitting next to him widened his eyes and his expression was very excited. Li Xiu shook his head, but picked up the wine bowl and took a big sip. He was a little confused when he sipped in small sips. He was very awake when he drank such a large sip. The old man seemed to have sunk into memories first, and then said sadly: "How can you avenge this? I can't avenge? The old man was young and was more loving than the sky. He came out to make a fortune with the brothers in the tribe. But he met a horse thief. The old man and two legitimate brothers escaped. My elder brother and third brother thought about avenging every day, and finally left the old man to take care of his parents. They went to the border to join the army..."

Speaking of this, Li Xiu's voice became hoarse: "The second year of joining the army, they died in the border. They didn't even go out of the border wall. They were attacked by the Tartars and killed. The old man's younger brother left a whole body. I pity my brother was trampled by the Tartar cavalry and could not even find his clothes. At that time, the old man hated him. He was like being burned by fire every day, and he wanted to go to the grassland to kill him. But at the end, I thought about my parents, my widowed sister-in-law and nephew, and I still have to endure it. What can I do if I can't bear it? But I have to live this life and live!"

Zhu Da did not respond to this earnest warning, but just shook his head firmly.

The old man Li Xiu did not continue to say it, but stood up and shook his head and said, "Young people don't listen to advice. I'll talk a few words to prevent you from suffering the old man's losses, but the old man was like that back then. How could the old man have ever heard of advice from him? He had to suffer losses..."

By this time, everyone can confirm that the old man was indeed drunk too much. The young man who followed the old man quickly stood up and helped him, and said to Zhu Da, "My uncle will talk about the past after drinking, so don't blame Mr. Zhu."

Zhu Da waved his hand with a smile, and the young man nodded and helped Li Xiu leave. When he met like this, the young man looked a bit similar to Li Xiu, and his face was very square. I think Li Xiu was also handsome when he was young, but this young man looked at Zhu Da very seriously, but no one cared about it.

After a brief hustle and bustle of supper, Li Xiu's caravan quickly entered the rest. Zhu Da's caravan also had some rules and habits. The on-duty person continued to be on guard and did not have the turn to rest.

Zhu Da was not in a hurry to rest. He just lay in the cart. Zhou Qingyun looked around vigilantly and stood beside him. Li He was not asleep. He wanted to come over and say a few words, but he was not tactful.

"Go to sleep. You can't relax even if you return to the county town. You can raise your spirits for yourself." Zhou Qingyun said in a muffled voice.
Chapter completed!