Chapter 75 Return to the Merchant Group
It was still bright in the afternoon when Hua Fu stopped the entire caravan.
He sent someone to patrol the surroundings with a team of slaves. In the past few days, there have been small groups of horse bandits appearing on the grassland. Slave Team 1 has always been the main force of the Hua family caravan.
At this time, several knights seemed to appear behind the caravan. As soon as Hua Fu found them, a team member rode over on horseback.
"Butler, it's the head of the family... The head of the family, the fifth master, and Yu Shusheng are back!" A team member reported to Hua Fu.
Based on Xiaoqiang's position, Hua Kai rode 300 miles in less than three hours in the afternoon and finally caught up with the Hua family caravan. Xiaoqiang sensed his master's return, jumped off the carriage, and ran towards Hua Kai.
Seeing someone from the caravan riding a horse, Xiaoqiang also ran over and ran around in front of the horse, and Hua Kai and his men stopped their horses.
"You started to disobey me after I left. I'll deal with you later. I think your wound will never heal, right?" Hua Kai watched Xiao Qiang excitedly wag his tail in front of his horse. When he heard that he was criticized, he lowered his front legs to the ground and made a "woohoo" sound, as if he was admitting his mistake.
Xiao Qiang seemed to have grown up all of a sudden after the last battle with the prairie wolf. Although his size has not changed much, he already has a hint of the powerful aura that a spiritual beast should have.
Golden Mastiff (Spirit Beast): Level 3 (78%)
Strength: 25 (28)
Agility: 31
Intelligence: 36
Talents: Tracking, Rage, Canine King's Aura, Vision Sharing
Master: Hua Kai
Loyalty: 100
Skills: Slightly
Status: Slightly Injured
Sure enough, Xiao Qiang is still injured. Many of the claw marks on his body should have been added in the past few days. This Xiao Qiang is desperate to fight with the wolf pack.
Back at the caravan, Hua Fu reported to Hua Kai about the recent caravan affairs. Apart from the occasional appearance of some bandits, nothing special happened. Every two days, a patrol cavalry team from the Huhan tribe would appear, so the safety of the caravan was guaranteed.
Hua Kai took a special look at the situation of the slave team. The loyalty of the slave team has increased well in the past few days, with an average increase of about 5 or 6 points. There are already 8 people in the first slave team with a loyalty value of more than 70, and the one with the highest loyalty value is:
Qing Geertai: Kaiyuan Realm 9th level
Qualification: B+
Constitution: 34
Strength: 29
Will: 37
Loyalty: 73
Hua Kai remembered that he was the first slave he bought in the Ordos tribe. At that time, his loyalty value was only 9 points, but after more than 20 days, his loyalty value increased by 64 points.
Moreover, Qing Geertai's qualifications and strength are very good, and it is worth the Hua family to focus on training.
At night, the Hua family caravan ate roasted horse meat. Steamed bread was rare on the grassland, and the most common food was barley and meat. The Hua family members don't like the taste of barley, so most of the caravan's main meals are barbecue.
Hua Kai gathered all the 12 slaves with loyalty points over 70 points in the slave team, and in front of all the Hua family members and the slave team, officially announced that the 12 people had left their slave status and became a servant of the Hua family.
The 12 people knelt in front of Hua Kai and swore to be loyal to the Hua family forever. At this moment, the Hua family members were extremely proud. Many slaves cast envious eyes, but only those 12 people had firm eyes and were reborn from then on.
Among these 12 people, 8 belonged to the first slave team, 1 belonged to the second slave team, 2 teenagers belonged to the sixth slave team, and the last slave was the only A+ girl among all the slaves. After Hua Xuan, they became new members of the Hua family.
At night, when it was almost time to rest, Hua Kai saw the system prompt that the family's luck value had quietly increased by more than 20 points, most of which were provided by the 12 newly added family heads.
On the second day, the atmosphere of the Hua family caravan suddenly felt different.
Many people could not help but become more active and positive in their work. The slaves who used to feel inferior and lacked confidence increased their loyalty by more than ten points overnight. Hua Kai found that several people in the slave team had a loyalty value of more than 70 points, but he was not in a hurry to take them into the Hua family now.
Hua Kai loaded some less expensive furs, animal bones, and herbs in his personal space onto the carriage. A small half of the personal space was vacant.
After all the goods were gathered together, the Hua family caravan could now vacate up to 7 carriages, so all the slaves could only walk behind the carriages.
If the female slaves and young slaves brought by the Hua family caravan only walked on foot, they would probably reach the Huhan tribe the day after tomorrow.
What Hua Kai had to do now was to bring the slaves and dried spirit cattle obtained from the Ordos tribe back to the Huhan tribe within three days.
Seven Kaiyuan slaves with a loyalty value of more than 60 points were selected from the first slave team. Hua Kai planned to focus on training them in the future. Taking Qing Geertai and Yu Jun, Hua Kai left his uncle in the caravan, and the group rode back north with 7 empty carriages.
Because the carriage can only travel about 50 miles in an hour, the Hua family took turns pulling the carriage with two horses. It was not until the afternoon when the sun set that Hua Kai saw the figures of his grandfather and other members of the Hua family.
Knowing that the caravan was fine, Hua Xing and others were relieved. Hua Kai told his grandfather that he had taken in 12 slaves to become servants of the Hua family. Grandpa said that Hua Kai could make the decision on these matters.
The head of the family should be decisive as the head of the family. No matter right or wrong, as long as the decision is made, it must be done resolutely.
In the evening, Hua Kai decomposed the dried spirit cattle into four large pieces and put them into the portable space. Although the dried spirit cattle was very heavy, it was less than one cubic meter in the portable space.
On June 28, there were still three days before the Guangxian merchant group agreed to leave the Huhan tribe, and Hua Kai was still rushing on the grassland 400 miles away from the Huhan tribe.
The members of the slave teams 4, 5 and 10 all got on war horses. Each of them led a horse to change horses, and the 7 carriages were filled with tents and food.
The carriage brought back from the Ordos tribe was thrown away by Hua Kai. After riding in the Hua family carriages for a long time, he felt that the carriages were too slow, and the road was bumpy and wasted.
The 7 carriages pulled hundreds of slaves and drove fast on the prairie. They could travel about 20 miles per hour.
From the first day to the night when they stopped, they had traveled 220 miles. This place was not far from where Hua Kai met the caravan yesterday.
At noon the next day, they finally caught up with the caravan, and everyone in the Hua family was relieved.
The entire Hua family caravan now has 65 official members (including Han Jinsheng, Hua Xuan and 12 new slaves), 563 slaves, 11 BMWs, 419 horses, 443 strong horses, and 18 carriages. The whole caravan walking on the grassland was a huge scene.
Hua Kai rode on horseback behind the caravan. Now the 100 slaves obtained from the Ordos tribe have been added to the 10 slave teams. Seven carriages were vacated and some weak female slaves and teenagers could ride in the carriages. In order to make room for the slaves, Hua Kai has now ridden as much as possible.
Because the caravan was too large, the first was a team of more than 50 slaves in the third team, led by a caravan member. Then 18 carriages followed, which were the main protection objects of the caravan, and then the female slaves and young slaves who followed on foot.
At the end of the caravan were the fourth, fifth and tenth slave teams on horseback, responsible for taking care of more than 300 horses.
The first slave team was responsible for patrolling and warning the caravan, and the second slave team was responsible for cleaning up at the end of the caravan.
Such an arrangement was also forced. The Hua family must now reuse slaves, otherwise, let alone going home, it is not certain whether they can leave the Xiongnu Kingdom.
The caravan members were all smiling when they saw that they had a lot of harvest this time. This time they must have at least 10 gold income! At that time, not only can the family buy what they want, the children can get better training resources, and even consider hiring a few servants at home.
But the faces of the core members of the Hua family were frowning. The way home was much more difficult than the way here. It was too difficult for the Hua family to bring so many slaves and horses back to Guang County.
"Kai'er, we should be able to reach the Huhan tribe before dark. The caravan will stay for another day tomorrow. We'd better sell some of the slaves and horses of the caravan." Hua Xing came to Hua Kai and said worriedly.
"We have four Qi training masters to protect us on the grassland, so there shouldn't be any big problems. After joining the caravan, we may be able to discuss with other caravans. These female slaves and teenagers are the future of the Hua family. Most of them are loyal and can be trusted. Finally, we may be able to trade with other caravans for the hundred slaves of the Ordos tribe." Hua Kai thought for a while and said.
He actually had an idea in his mind, but that could only be considered after he arrived in Jinan. Now most of these slaves have a loyalty value of more than 30 points, and nearly 200 slaves have a loyalty value of more than 50 points. This is the biggest reason why Hua Kai dared to bring so many goods.
Seeing that Hua Kai had no intention of selling a large number of slaves and horses from the caravan, Hua Xing said no more. Since he had handed over the position of the head of the family to Hua Kai, he would listen to him in everything.
On the evening of June 29th, when night fell, a large caravan from the north of the Huhan tribe slowly drove into the Huhan tribe. The Huhan tribe sent a thousand-man cavalry to block their way a kilometer away from the tribe. After a period of strict inspection, the Hua family caravan entered the Huhan tribe.
Returning to the Huhan tribe trading market, the Hua family caravan saw that all 11 caravans from the Guangxian merchant group had returned. They saw that the Hua family caravan had brought back such a large number of horses and slaves. At night, they all went to the main account of the Hua family and returned the borrowed horses. Hua Kai talked with them about the caravan's experience of leaving the Huhan tribe. Everyone said that if they could bring back so many goods, the Hua family would surely become prosperous.
Only the leader of the Jia family told Hua Kai tactfully that he should be very careful on the way home. The grassland in July was too hot at noon, so the caravan must travel at full speed in the morning and evening. The distance between all the caravans was very far, and the caravan might not be able to take care of them when they encountered danger.
Hua Kai thanked the Jia family for their kindness. He asked about the Jia family's gains this time. The leader of the Jia family did not hide anything and told them all the gains of his caravan, which showed that they were sincere in forming an alliance with the Hua family.
"I will not hide it from the Jia family. Now our housekeeper has also broken through the Qi training realm, and there are nine people in the caravan in the Qi dynamic realm. Many of the slaves here are loyal to the Hua family, so we are still confident that we can solve the crisis on the road. The Hua family brought a lot of horses, slaves, furs, and animal bones this time. If the Jia family needs it, the Hua family is willing to share some of it." Hua Kai also sincerely hopes to make friends with the Jia family. After all, the Jia family is now the only family ally of the Hua family in Guang County.