In years of famine and drought, their village even rejected fatty meat.

Chapter 892 Reserved

"Yes! I used to think that it was easy for businessmen to make money, but I only realized how difficult it is to make money no matter what you do!"

"I've had enough of this lousy official road! It's full of potholes, and my wheels have gotten stuck in the ground five or six times along the way!"

"The official roads in our Taiping County are much better. They're made of brick and stone, and they're much more comfortable to walk on than these dirt roads! If only all the official roads in the world could be like those in Taiping County."

"Haha! You're dreaming. Even mountains of gold and silver couldn't cover all the official roads in the world with bricks and stones, could they?"

"..."

As they approached Shaman Town, the men in the caravan relaxed considerably, because once they arrived, they no longer needed to worry about bandits or robbers who might appear at any moment, nor did they need to eat the unpalatable dry rations anymore.

"Stop talking and get into the city immediately!"

At Zhang He's command, the men accompanying him immediately perked up and quickened their pace. About half an hour later, the caravan successfully entered the town of Shaman.

"Where did this caravan come from? There are so many people!"

"There's a lot of cargo too!"

What's on this truck?

"They look like chickens and ducks to me. With so many trucks like this, how many chickens and ducks must there be?"

"I heard a rooster clucking! Slurp, I wish I could have one of those chickens!"

"I haven't eaten meat in ages!"

"..."

As expected, Zhang He's caravan immediately attracted the attention of the people of Shaman Town after entering the town.

Previously, due to the Lu family's restriction on all merchants doing business with the Great Wall Army, very few merchants came to Shaman Town to do business. Even those merchants who did business with the Great Wall Army mostly did so in secret, and rarely entered the city in such a grand manner as Zhang He.

So when they saw Zhang He's caravan, many people in Shaman Town had a strange look in their eyes. Especially after they noticed that the caravan's wagons were carrying chickens and ducks, their surprise intensified.

Towns like Shaman Town, located behind the Great Wall, are extremely short of food, let alone meat.

It is no exaggeration to say that at least 90% of the people in Shaman Town do not eat meat all year round.

"Wow, so many chickens and ducks! Could this merchant be here to sell chickens and ducks in our town?"

"Impossible! Do you know how much a chicken costs in Youzhou right now?"

"I don't know!"

"A chicken in Youzhou now costs several hundred coins! Can you afford it?"

"Sorry to bother you! I really can't afford it!"

"I do have a few hundred coins in savings, but I can't use them all to buy chickens and ducks!"

"..."

The townspeople of Shaman Town were abuzz with discussion upon seeing the caravan.

Zhang He, who was under everyone's gaze, did not stop for a moment and led the caravan towards the Tian residence.

A quarter of an hour later, the caravan arrived outside the Tian residence. Tian Yu, who was personally leading his wife and adjutant Chang Yong to wait outside, broke into a bright smile the moment he saw the caravan arrive.

Tian Yu quickly stepped forward, grasped Zhang He's hand, and said enthusiastically, "This must be Mr. Zhang He?"

"Uh……"

Zhang He was flattered and his whole body tensed up when Tian Yu grasped his hand. Although he had never met Tian Yu before, the powerful aura emanating from Tian Yu had undoubtedly told him who the person in front of him was.

It was none other than General Tian Yutian, the commander of the Great Wall Army, who guarded the region, protected the peace of the Nine Provinces, and prevented the barbarians from advancing an inch!

Such an important figure personally greeted him, a lowly merchant, at the door with such enthusiasm. How could Zhang He not be flattered?

"General Tian, ​​just call me Zhang He!"

Zhang He responded with a stiff expression.

Seeing this, Tian Yu patted Zhang He on the shoulder and said, "This general won't eat people, just relax and don't be nervous!"

Hearing this, Zhang He couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself. He wanted to relax, but he couldn't relax when facing someone like Tian Yu.

Fortunately, after taking a couple of deep breaths, Zhang He's tense body finally relaxed a bit, and he turned to Tian Yu and said, "General Tian, ​​I have come here on behalf of Mr. Chen to deliver ten thousand chickens and ducks to the Great Wall Army!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tian Yu's smile widened, and he said, "Thank you for your trouble, Mr. Zhang."

Chang Yong quickly walked over and asked, "Are all these trucks loaded with chickens and ducks? Are there really ten thousand of them?"

"General Chang, I checked the number before we set off, and it is indeed ten thousand without a doubt!"

As Zhang He answered, he gestured to the skinny monkey with his eyes.

The skinny monkey understood, walked over to a truck, and lifted the tarpaulin covering the truck, revealing a truck full of chicken and duck cages, with chickens and ducks squawking inside.

Chang Yong strode over to the truck and looked at the chickens and ducks in the cages, which were somewhat listless but still plump, with a look of surprise in his eyes.

"Mr. Chen is truly a trustworthy person! He not only sent chickens and ducks, but they also look quite plump!"

Chang Yong said with a smile that exchanging 10 dragon beard grasses for 10,000 chickens and ducks might be a losing deal for others, but for the Great Wall Army, it was an extremely worthwhile deal.

Although dragon's beard grass is precious, it is not very useful to the Great Wall Army. First, no one in the Great Wall Army needs to use it. Second, it is difficult to find a sales channel to exchange it for gold and silver. Even if it were exchanged for gold and silver, the strategic materials that gold and silver can buy in this chaotic world are quite limited.

On the contrary, 10,000 chickens and ducks could alleviate the Great Wall Army's immediate crisis, allowing the soldiers to have some meat, thereby boosting their morale and confidence...

In short, Chang Yong not only didn't feel he lost out by exchanging 10 dragon's beard grass stalks for 10,000 chickens and ducks, but actually felt he made a profit.

Chang Yong was even considering whether to have the Great Wall Army collect more dragon's beard grass in the future and exchange it for more chickens and ducks from Chen Dao.

It's no wonder Chang Yong thought this way, because meat was extremely scarce for the Great Wall Army, and throughout the entire Kyushu, apart from Chen Dao, no one could provide such a large quantity of chickens and ducks.

Upon seeing Chang Yong's smiling face, Zhang He said, "A total of 1 chickens and ducks have been transported this time, including 5000 chickens and 5000 ducks. Apart from a few that died on the way, the number of those still alive should be over 9900. General Tian and General Chang can check them later."

"No need, we trust you!"

Tian Yu waved his hand and said that he trusted Chen Dao completely.

Since Chen Dao entrusted the transportation of chickens and ducks to Zhang He, it proved that Chen Dao trusted Zhang He, and Tian Yu naturally had no reason to suspect that Zhang He was lining his own pockets.

As for the damage along the way...

To be honest, Zhang He's journey from Taiping County to Shaman Town, carrying 10,000 chickens and ducks, was such a long distance that the fact that less than 100 chickens and ducks died was far beyond Tian Yu's expectations.