Chapter 122: The Storm in Mongolia (8)
According to Li Zixin's request, the Bailixia caravan left most of the guards to rest outside the city, and only brought the 100 guards to trade with the caravan in the city. However, the main destination of Cao Gan's trip was not Dabansheng City, so naturally he would not bring the entire caravan in, and in fact, he brought one-third of the goods into the city.
After entering the city, Li Zixin didn't seem to have much interest in them, leaving only twenty people to scatter and follow, so as not to make trouble with these people, and he went back to his residence.
Cao Gan, according to Li Zixin's instructions, first sent people to Dacheng Taiji, who was banqueting guests in the city, that is, to contact Hannaji, and first pay homage according to the Central Plains etiquette. The reason why the etiquette of the Central Plains is based is because Hannaji has always been close to Ming and likes some etiquette in the Central Plains, so Cao Gan is also favored by him at this time.
At the same time as sending someone to contact Han Naji, Cao Gan, as the current treasurer in charge of Mo Nan trade under Gao Shishi, naturally still had to go to Yaxing to do business, so he and Gao Mo went to Yaxing - Gao Ming stayed outside the city to lead the troops.
As he walked, Cao Gan explained to Gao Mo: "This person just now is Li Zixin, the number two person in the White Lotus remnants who threw himself into Monan, who is second only to Zhao Quan, and this person can only rank in the top five among the White Lotus Sect members who fled north, but he has studied for a few years in his early years, and his ability is stronger than others, and his strength has increased a lot over the years...... Among the big board ascending to the city, except for Zhao Quan, he is the strongest. ”
Gao Mo asked, "What is the power of these White Lotus remnants in Dabansheng City, can Shopkeeper Cao know?" ”
Cao Gan replied: "As far as I know, Zhao Quan has 30,000 people, 50,000 horses, 30,000 cattle, and more than 20,000 grains. Li Zixin has 6,000, Zhou Yuan has 3,000, and horses, cattle and sheep are second; The rest of the chiefs were more than a thousand men each. ”
Gao Mo nodded and said, "It seems that the White Lotus Sect Leader Zhao Quan is really still the strongest, and he is stronger than the leaders under his command." Then he paused and said: "This Li Zixin is not bad, although it is much worse than Zhao Quan's sect leader, but it is also much stronger than the rest of the leaders." He seemed to be a little hostile to you just now, and you had a holiday with each other? ”
"There is a little bit of a bend for the ......festival," Cao Gan said: "Gao Tuanzuo, you know that I entered the Baili Gorge, and I actually entered it at the earliest, and the original Xiangma of the Baili Gorge was set on fire by the people I brought from Bazhou and lost most of it. My holiday with Li Zixin is here......"
He sighed and said: "The big boss of the old Baili Gorge and Li Zixin are old friends, Li Zixin had already voted for Mongolia at that time, but he still has a network in the Guannei, and Baili Gorge is also one of them. At that time, the imperial court had been guarding against me, Xuanfu, Datong and even Shuntian were gathered nearby, and Bailixia did not dare to go out to cause trouble casually, so it was a little difficult to make a living. Who knows, but without waiting for them to act, I will start with the Bailixia nest first...... Therefore, there is such a layer of festivals. ”
"It turns out that there are such old grievances, no wonder this guy is half-lukewarm and unpleasant, like a raw meal." Gao Mo said, frowned again, and asked, "He shouldn't have any idea of beating you, right?" This place is his territory after all......"
When Cao Gan heard this, he sneered, revealing the prestige of the original leader of Bailixia, and said proudly: "I borrowed ten guts from him, and he didn't dare to touch a single hair of my hair when I didn't say anything - Gao Tuanzuo, you will know that no one in Mongolia dares not to sell my face, if there is anyone else who dares to say goodbye to me, it is only Woerdusi - they are nominally subordinates of Meda, but in fact, I can only win them over." ”
Gao Mo was surprised: "Wo'er Dusi is so powerful? Even I can only restrain such grassland lords as I? ”
"This ...... How so...... It is true that the strength of Vordusi is not weak, but it is not necessarily true to say that the Tomo River Department of I have answered is simply because they are strong and can only be restrained. Cao Gan explained: "Gao Tuanzuo can know the origin and role of this Wo'er Dusi? ”
Gao Mo shook his head: "You want to ask me about the Wako, I still know a little about the Japanese Kou, but this is beyond the ...... I don't know much about it, and I have to ask the shopkeeper Cao for advice. ”
"Don't dare, don't dare." Cao Gan saw that he didn't seem to be polite, so he explained briefly and said: "The Wo'er Du Division used to be called the 'Aimak' Department, which was originally from the Great Mongolian period, and the 10,000 households and thousands of households, that is, the most loyal personnel to Genghis Khan selected by the heads of the 10,000 households and thousands of households. This elite guard was for Genghis Khan's four major Wo'er, and some of them served for Genghis Khan's mother, Erlun, and Genghis Khan's younger brothers and sons. For hundreds of years, the descendants of this guard, inheriting the profession of their ancestors from generation to generation, have been gathered around the god of Genghis Khan, forming a tribe that guards many palaces, this newly formed tribe, and later renamed itself 'Wo'er Dusi', our Ming sometimes called them 'Ear', 'Uriduo', 'Uruddo' and so on. ”
Gao Mo suddenly realized and said, "I understand when you say this, this is like our filial piety guard?" ”
Xiaoling Wei is a guard that has been stationed near Zhu Yuanzhang's filial piety for two hundred years to guard Zhu Yuanzhang's spirit, Gao Mo's analogy is very appropriate in nature.
Cao Gan laughed: "It's almost, but our filial piety guard...... I'm afraid that I can't fight anymore, but Wo'er Dusi is different, their strength is still relatively strong, even if I want to take them now, it is estimated that it will be difficult to have such a good tooth, just like two tigers fighting, even if they can win, they are afraid that they will have to fight for a serious injury. ”
The two of them had already arrived at the market area of Dabanshengcheng while talking, and Cao Gan instructed his subordinates to go to Yalang to discuss business, but he didn't bother to ask - his subordinates were already familiar with the Mongolian tribes and the Yalang in Dabanshengcheng, and he didn't need to ask too much about it personally.
Cao Gan had already found out that Gao Mo and Gao Jue did not know enough about Mongolia at this time, and was planning to take advantage of this gap time to make up for Gao Mo, but before he could say a few words, the subordinates who had been sent to Han Naji to pay homage had returned, and told him that Dacheng Taiji was very happy when he heard that the Bailixia caravan had arrived and asked to see him, and asked Cao Gan to meet him immediately with the "best goods".
Cao Gan had no choice but to suspend the "Tumut Current Situation Analysis Class" and said to Gao Mo: "Gao Tuanzuo, since the eldest young master has an order, let us get closer to this Dacheng Taiji, I see that you will also go with me, and I will ask you to be a big one later, pretending that you are my deputy, do you think it is good?" ”
"That's how it should be, and ask Shopkeeper Cao to lead the way." Gao Mo replied with a smile.