The grassland people outside the city of Datong have sad faces, like a defeated rooster, hanging their heads, but on the city wall of Datong, the city pass is cheering, victory always makes people happy, and the wine and food are even more fascinating.

In today's battle, they achieved an unprecedented major victory, not only successfully repelled the attack of the steppe army, but also left a dense and difficult to count corpse at the foot of the city wall.

Because it was too late, they didn't even clean and clean up the battlefield, so we don't know an exact number yet, but up and down the city pass, there were people everywhere who drank wine and ate meat and boasted about where they were.

Like what Ye stood on the city wall today and stabbed three steppe wolves to death with his own hands, it was as easy as killing chickens, and he only needed to stab the spear hard, and he could easily stab the steppe wolves who were about to go to the city to death.

What else is like today's master shoots arrows to kill at least ten grassland people, there is an arrow that is amazing, and it actually shot directly at the little prince Yunyun, this is obviously a bit too much, his arrows are estimated to not even know what the little prince is looking for, but today's archers are indeed very brave, and they are also the most sacrificed, and the archers of the steppe people have been shooting from morning to evening, and the archers have died thousands, and it seems that it is not too much to brag.

It was a noisy night, even the commander-in-chief Liu Yu and his generals were dazed, and they were not even in a hurry to write the battle report today, and were ready to wait for tomorrow after cleaning up the battlefield, and then write about today's tragic battle.

Early the next morning, when the north wind was still whistling, the sky was just bright, the heavy city gate slowly opened, and a team of Ming troops rushed out excitedly, and it was time to enjoy the fruits of victory.

In addition to these Ming soldiers who cleaned up the battlefield, there were also a large number of businessmen who rushed to hear the news, and they also took the opportunity to come here to make a fortune, and Qiao Yong was one of the many businessmen.

The businessmen who can come to Chengguan to do business and dare to come to Chengguan to do business are all very powerful businessmen, and they are also businessmen with deep backgrounds.

Qiao Yong is from the Qiao family in Shanxi, and is a famous family here in Shanxi, although the Shanxi Jin merchants at this time are far from being compared with the Jin merchants in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, and they are not comparable to the Hui merchants who started with salt, grain and tea.

However, because of its proximity to the border area, the Jin merchants also had their own ways to make a fortune, such as smuggling ironware, salt, and tea to the grassland, and selling horses from the grassland, which was extremely rewarding.

Of course, this business is not something that ordinary people can do, this is a brain-killing business, not only to be bold enough, but also to have a strong relationship, but also to know how to share profits to be able to do this business.

At this time, Qiao Yong looked at the corpses all over the ground in front of him, and the whole person was slightly dumbfounded, he was very familiar with the border army and the grassland people, the border army was in ruins, the military supply was in short supply, the military discipline was lax, from the general system to the ordinary generals, etc., all of them were insatiable guys.

The army on the steppe is like a pack of wolves, advancing and retreating in an orderly and fierce manner, and the little prince is known as the male lord of medium-sized Mongolia, repeatedly going south, and returning with a full load again and again.

But everything I saw in front of me was full of extremely miserable death of grassland soldiers, under the city wall, the corpses were piled up several feet high, and the blood flowed, so that the color of the land changed, and the thick smell of blood accompanied by gusts of cold wind came to the face.

Qiao Yong was a little hard to believe all this in front of him, the Ming army actually won the battle incredibly, or a big victory, I am afraid that there are tens of thousands of corpses under the city pass in front of him, when will the Ming army be able to wipe out tens of thousands of grassland troops at one time?

It is estimated that it can be traced back to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, the founding of the country, when the Ming army swept the world, expelled the Northern Yuan, swept the grassland, and killed many tribes surrendered.

Qiao Yong shook his head slightly, thinking about what to do with these things, he is a businessman, he is here to make money, as for other things, it is not something that he should care about as a businessman.

Many people will ask, what money does he have to make as a businessman with this corpse all over the ground?

Qiao Yong will definitely say that there are many places to make money, the sheep jacket worn by the grassland people, he can take it, and when he turns around, it is several times the profit, although the sheep jacket is ugly, and there is a sheep smell, but keep warm, now the weather is cold, a lot of people are willing to buy.

There are also weapons in the hands of the grassland people, the grassland scimitar is extremely sharp, and the quality of the weapons in the hands of the Ming army is much better.

There are also injured war horses, just buy them back for a few taels of silver, go back to heal their injuries, and sell them for at least a hundred taels of silver when they change hands, after all, they are all good war horses.

It can be said that there are many places to make a fortune, and the profits are also very amazing, which is why these businessmen rushed over early in the morning, because they came late, and they may not be able to make anything.

As for whether it will break the law, then there is no need to worry, the border army can share the benefits from here, and now it has won a big victory, just to deal with the spoils on the battlefield, the court will not pursue it at all, for the imperial court, it is already a great joy to be able to win the battle, where is there time to worry about this trivial matter.

"Collect the sheep jacket, collect the sheep jacket~ The price is fair, and the child is not bullied!"

"Collect the dead horses, collect the dead horses, as long as the dead ones are dead, don't live them~"

"Collect the broken copper and rotten iron~ Collect the broken copper and rotten iron~"

A team of businessmen set up a stall directly at the gate of the city, and their men also opened their throats and kept shouting, whenever a military master came with a lot of sheep jackets and weapons, he would immediately come forward to talk, negotiate the price, calculate the quantity, and give cash on the spot.

Qiao Yong carefully observed the entire battlefield, yesterday's battle, the grassland army left too many things, too much, the Ming army one by one as if they had entered Baoshan, carefully scraped.

"Haha~ Brothers, there's still a living one here~"

Suddenly, in a pile of dead corpses, a grassland man with a weapon in his hand looked at the surrounding Ming army in horror, and the whole person was like a trapped beast.

As soon as the surrounding Ming army saw it, they immediately surrounded it, and dealt with the lone and injured grassland soldiers, they were very good at it, and the spears were used to deal with a frame, and the grassland soldiers were cleaned up after a few efforts, and they were tied with ropes.

The number of grassland soldiers who were injured and did not die is quite large, and from time to time they can meet some grassland soldiers who are not dead, and if the injury is too serious, they will be directly stabbed happily, and those who are slightly injured will be pressed to the capital to be dedicated to Emperor Hongzhi.

"Ma Dan, these Tartars are so hard, they don't die like this, it's okay to die, we can also pick up their clothes and sell them for a few pennies for wine and drink, this is not dead, it's not even worth a penny, what can you do if you send it to the capital, it's not cheap for those birdmen above."

At the gate of the city, a team of Ming soldiers pressed these prisoners to the city pass, and they were also scolding in their mouths.

"Worthless?"

Qiao Yong looked at these sturdy grassland captives in front of him, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, if these captives were sold as slaves to the workshops and factories here in the capital, they should be very popular, right?

Qiao Yong, as a businessman, traveled south and north, well-informed, he has been to the capital, and has seen the prosperity of the capital, where there are many large and small coal factories and cement factories, and there are also a lot of people employed.

Because Liu Jin Xishan Coal Industry took the lead, the treatment is basically not bad, three meals a day, and at least dozens of wages a day.

But even so, because there are too many workshops and factories in Beijing and Tianjin, and people in this era are still based on the ideology of agriculture, they are always inseparable from the one-third of an acre, so there is often a labor shortage, especially in the busy farming season, many workers will choose to go back to farming.

Qiao Yong's mind suddenly thought that if these captives were sold to these factories and workshops, there would definitely be a lot of people who wanted them.

These are all captives, who can be used as slaves, who only need to be fed, and do not need to be paid at all, and these are all steppe people, without the care of the fields, and can work in factories and workshops throughout the year.

Thinking of this, Qiao Yong's eyes lit up, and then he took a closer look at the battlefield, there were quite a few injured and captured grassland soldiers, there were thousands, and the serious injuries were all refreshed, and the rest were lightly injured.

These steppe people have grown up eating meat, they are very strong, and they are definitely good slaves.

Thinking of this, Qiao Yong hurriedly found Liu Yu, the chief producer, and expressed his intention to buy prisoners.

"You want to buy these captives?"

Liu Yu looked at Qiao Yong and asked very suspiciously, "What's the use of these captives?" What did you buy for? ”

"Lord Liu, we are also old friends, the Ming people don't say secret words, I am going to buy these captives and transport them to the capital, and sell them as slaves to those factories and workshops in the capital."

Qiao Yong and Liu Yu have not cooperated once or twice, and Liu Yu's private horse market is naturally indispensable to businessmen like Qiao Yong.

"When slaves are sold~ how much silver can you give?"

When Liu Yu heard this, he nodded slightly, he also knew about the factories and workshops in the capital, and now the most profitable ones are all kinds of cement factories and coal plants.

Originally, he planned to dedicate these captives to Emperor Hongzhi, but if this captives could be sold for money, of course, it would be good, after all, he still needed silver very much, and if he wanted to go up, it would not work without silver.

"I can give twenty taels of silver for one~"

Qiao Yong thought silently in his heart and quoted a price.

"Twenty taels of silver?"

When Liu Yu heard this, his eyes widened slightly, this trade is okay, a captive can be sold for twenty taels of silver, and his eyes suddenly turned slightly red.