Speaking of which, Gao Pragmatic is a little suspicious himself, which may be a habit developed in his previous life, after all, he has been mixed in the system, and he is used to seeing people in front of him and behind him, so he will not easily trust a person at all.

In his opinion, the so-called loyalty is nothing more than the price of betrayal is too great. There are only a few cases when certain people develop a loyal mentality, but such people must be in the minority.

Gao Pragmatic does not feel that his current self has enough conditions to make people unconditionally stupid and loyal, so he would rather let all "loyalty" be directly linked to benefits and costs, rather than hoping that the other party's conscience will find out.

And the reason why he just specifically mentioned the selection of a group of guards from Baili Gorge is actually for two reasons:

The first is to let any faction around them see the hope of "fighting for favor" and winning, so that they can spend their minds on currying favor with their master, rather than trying to escape their control.

The second is to cultivate their own cavalry team, after all, this era is still the era of cold weapons to hot weapons, and there is no war weapon such as the Makqin machine gun to directly eliminate the cavalry, so the cavalry must be there.

What's more, the main combat objects of the Ming Dynasty are at least for the time being, and they are mainly Mongolians or a little farther away Tunguska boar skin, both of which are superior cavalry, although they can rely on some advanced tactics in later generations to gain some tactical advantages after strengthening the development of firearms, but no matter how you have a tactical advantage, the cavalry's movement and surprise capabilities are always there. Whether it is Qi Jiguang's car formation, or the hollow phalanx of lobster soldiers who made the "Eight Banners Elite" suffer enough in later generations, in essence, they are all defensive counterattacks, and it is an obvious way of playing positional warfare.

In addition, since the strength of Baili Gorge itself far exceeds Gao Pragmatic's previous prediction, he is bound to make some adjustments in his thinking for Baili Gorge.

Originally, Gao Pragmatic only planned to regard Baili Gorge as a "trading company" for Mongolian trade, although he knew that there were nearly 1,000 horses or nearly 1,000 cavalry in Baili Gorge, but at first Gao Pragmatic only regarded them as escorts on horses, with the nature of a grassland transport team.

But when Gao Pragmatic discovered that Bailixia had accumulated such wealth and strategic resources, he had the idea of using Bailixia to a greater extent. Maybe it can become the cradle of cavalry training in the future.

Helping Bailixia open the Datong trade route is not a high-level pragmatic nonsense, Xuanda is one, but Bailixia was limited to identity at the beginning, and only found an outlet for foreign trade in Xuanfu. That is still relying on Ma Fang, the Ming Dynasty, which is extremely rare to insist on "riding by horseman", the general soldier has too much demand for horses, and official transactions are not allowed.

But the Ming Dynasty is always a country lacking horses, and the gap is not easy to estimate, if you can let the town of Datong, which is close to the high arch, also quietly open such an opening, then not only the business of Baili Gorge will definitely go to the next level, but also the Mongolian advocate from economic penetration to economic control, from economic control to political control, isn't it a step forward?

Of course, this matter can't just rely on Gao Gong's face, not that Gao Gong's face is not enough - as long as Emperor Longqing is still in power, Gao Pragmatic believes that Gao Gong's face is good enough in a mere Datong Town.

But again, loyalty without profit must be unstable. Today, you have the power of the old cabinet and the world, and if I don't listen to you, I may die a miserable death, then of course I am loyal, maybe a hundred times more loyal than your watchdog. But I can't get any benefits from you, you sit down and eat meat, I work hard to help you do things but I don't even get a bite of soup, can I be convinced? When the situation changes in the future, can I not come out and bite back?

If you pay, you must be rewarded, and people are not your parents, why do you expect people to make you cattle and horses without asking for anything in return?

So Gao pragmatic explained to Cao Gan again: "You have to remember, although I will think of ways to help you contact Datong, whether it is Wang Jianchuangong, the governor of Xuanda, or Zhao Qi, the general soldier of Datong, I will help you to contact, but you must remember to leave a copy for them...... I don't know if you left a benefit for the border army in Xuanfu, but in the future, all this money must be spent: if we eat meat, we must leave soup for others, and if we eat alone, something will definitely happen, understand? ”

Who knows that Cao Gan smiled and said: "Young master, don't worry, these things for trading, the little ones understand." But he frowned again, and asked tentatively: "But there is one thing that needs to be told to the young master, Wang Chonggu, the governor of Xuanda, and Zhao Qi, the general soldier of Yansui, were originally transferred from Shaanxi, and the little one has never dealt with them before. ”

Gao pragmatic nodded and said, "This is easy, after I return to Beijing, I will contact them first, and then I will naturally write two letters of worship and hand them to you as a door opening brick." ”

Wang Chonggu was only transferred from the governor of Shaanxi to the governor of Xuanda this year, and Gao Pragmatic not only knew about this matter, but also knew what accidents might occur here: because in history, Wang Chonggu seemed to be transferred in April this year, but now he was transferred three months ahead of schedule.

Shaanxi, Xuanda, Jiliao, these three important positions, in the Longqing period can be said to be a gathering of famous ministers, famous generals gathered, high pragmatism sometimes even wonder if the ability of Emperor Longqing is seriously underestimated by later generations of scholars, not to mention anything else, just this ability to employ people, it can be completely called the level of Mingjun.

Shaanxi is a little far away, let's not mention it first, just look at what kind of people are in Xuanda and Jiliao:

Wang Chonggu, the governor of Xuanda, and Ma Fang, the chief soldier of Xuanfu, the general of Datong and Zhao Qi, under his command; Tan Lun, the governor of Jiliao, Qi Jiguang, the chief soldier of Jizhen, Wang Zhidao, the chief soldier of Liaodong, and Li Chengliang, the deputy chief soldier.

Here, such as Wang Chonggu and Tan Lun, they are typical "military civilian officials", and they have been in war for a long time, and their ability to command troops is needless to say; For example, Ma Fang, Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang, etc., are all famous in later generations, and their military exploits can testify to them.

Wang Zhidao was killed in this year's battle in history, and Gao Pragmatic couldn't interfere in this matter, and he had no interest in interfering. The main concern in his heart was Zhao Ke, the general soldier of Datong.

Zhao Ke is not famous in later generations, and he has not even been listed separately in the history books, so he should seem to be a side general with average ability. But Gao Pragmatic remembered that when he watched Mu Zong's book, there was a sentence in it: In the first month of the spring of the third year, Zhao Qi, the chief military officer of Datong, was defeated and replied to Hongci Fort.

In this year, the prestige of the Ming army can be said to be unparalleled, the Ming army here is more than a few people who see the flag of the answer and turn around, and the stronger ones only dare to hold on to the city in the face of the answer. That is, Qi Jiguang, Ma Fang and other extravagant figures, only then did they dare to hear that I was coming, and they would do it without saying a word.

And this Zhao Ke can actually defeat me to answer Hongci Fort, no matter how you say it, he should be a person with some ability under his hands.