In fact, since the moment Dolgon retreated into the desert, the tribes on the steppe knew that the Central Plains had risen again. If you want to talk about the relationship between the grassland and the Central Plains, it is really untidy and messy. According to the history of the Han people, there are records about the Beidi tribe in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the two sides have been fighting in a tug of war for more than 3,000 years. Therefore, when the Mongols were forced to submit to Huang Taiji, no one thought that the timing of their entry into the Central Plains was wrong.

Nowadays, the insightful people among these nomads understand that the Central Plains Dynasty, which is as powerful as the Han and Tang dynasties, has been established again, and it seems that they have to flee to the depths of the grassland in addition to being a vassal. But not to mention Dolgon's ill-intentioned re-Koubian, the surrender conditions offered by the current Central Plains Imperial Court alone make people hesitate.

The Tumut Department looked at Daqingshan on the edge of the Naturalization City with a tangled view, it was in this place that Lin Dan Khan was defeated and forced to reduce gold, and then he himself died of smallpox in Qinghai, and the Mongol Empire was completely destroyed. Then the young men of the clan followed the Manchus to the south, and at first they were quite powerful, and they made a little fortune behind the Manchus. It looks like the old events of the Song Dynasty are about to be staged. But who knew that this time the heroes of the Han people did not die like Yue Fei, but the Northern Expedition successfully drove them back to the prairie again, and even brought the warriors of the clan to death. Now that I think of how wise the Great Khan's strategy of resisting the Qing Dynasty was, his old man obviously saw that the Central Plains was not exhausted!

Now it's good, at least by trading with the Ming Dynasty before, it's still good, and the cities on the grassland are also built like a look, and now Dolgon once again harassed the Central Plains from under his nose, and the Xitu Mote Department at both ends of the rat was depressed and found that this time the Han army was not the kind of soft egg that only knew how to defend the Great Wall before, according to the quick horse report, the two big tribes on the side of Jining Haizi have surrendered, after a few days of repair, the elite of the Han people is about to kill along the Dahei River Valley, but look at the current naturalization city, In addition to the old, weak, sick and disabled, they are still old, weak, sick and disabled. Even with the city walls, they did not have the slightest confidence to defend the city.

Immediately afterwards, a rumor began to spread among the tribes, saying that this time the emperor of the Central Plains did not blame the Mongol tribes who returned to the obedience, as long as they were vassals, they could be protected by the laws of the Han people, and if anyone dared to rob this tribe, the emperor of the Han people would also send troops to crusade. Strictly speaking, this statement is still very credible, anyway, the peoples of the steppe have been repeating such stories for thousands of years. Now we just have to wait to see if Dolgon can really open Yulin City, in which case this Han cavalry will definitely go south to the rescue.

Just when they were still hesitating, another heavy news completely knocked their last bit of luck without a trace, according to the Mongolian soldiers who ran back, they originally followed thousands of Manchus to surround Yulin, but they could not attack for half a month, but they killed and injured many Mongols on the side of the Great Wall, and the Manchus fled west through the desert when they saw that the situation was not good. When the Mongols reacted, they knew that they had completely fallen for the Manchurians, and when they also wanted to run, Yulin received support from Yan'an Mansion, but instead made a counter-charge to disperse them.

A group of cavalry was scattered by a group of infantry...... The absolute black humor made no one laugh, and all the Mongols who had seen the Han people shoot in the trenches felt that attacking such a position was to send them to death, and even if the other side rushed out of cover, they did not think that they would take much advantage. They even found that the best way to survive this kind of war was to throw away the bows and arrows in their hands and pick up the new muskets of the Han Chinese instead. And the approaching Han cavalry is exactly such a force.

The danger of Yulin was temporarily lifted, no one would care too much about this, neither the attacker nor the defender thought that Yulin City would be captured, Dolgon successfully turned China's attention to the northwest grassland, and his 20,000 remnants mustered up the last courage to go around the desert north of Yinshan, all the way to rob and extort all the way to Chifeng, to Jining Haizi was occupied, the main force of the Manchu Qing Dynasty had crossed the Great Xing'an Mountains along the Yin River Valley.

Although they were eager to return home, the Manchu cavalry, who were temporarily resting in Chifeng, did not dare to continue to the east, but waited for the news that China had officially sent troops to Mongolia, and continued to march northeast along the river. Because after Zhang Qian led the army to conquer Shengjing, limited by the military strength and national strength at that time, so far the Chinese Dynasty only controlled the territory from Shenyang in the Northeast Plain to the surrounding area of the Liaodong Peninsula, and the farthest to the north was not more than Tieling. That's why Dolgon ventured back to his hometown in a vain attempt to gather his old forces in an attempt to make a comeback.

His abacus is very shrewd, since China's main task at present is to regain control of Mongolia, then it may not notice the entire Songhua River basin north of Changchun for a long time, so that in addition to the Manchus can have a respite, they can bargain with the Central Plains after regaining a certain strength, and if they can be submissive again, maybe they will have the opportunity to kill the Han people again by surprise.

That's right, by now, Dolgon no longer thought that he would be able to fight under the city of Beijing in his lifetime, after seeing the elite combat effectiveness of the Han people, he knew very well that if the Manchu country wanted to survive, the only hope was to drag it out until Zhang Tao died, and then talk to the new emperor about the bargaining chips of the ministers, in case the only prince of China really studied stupidly, and believed that he could surrender without a fight, then the Qing Dynasty's national glory could not only continue, but also take the opportunity to kill back to the Mongolian steppe and regain strength.

With this idea, Dolgon fled to the northeast by starry night, and Jiang Tian, who was far away in North China to build roads, was much more depressed, the siege of Yulin was lifted, and Jining was also in hand, and it seemed that there was no decent enemy in the future Baotou line from Naturalization City to the future, and the land south of Yinshan Mountain would return to the jurisdiction of the Central Plains again in a year or two. Under this success, the entire court was filled with an atmosphere of victory. Regardless of whether those officials opposed the Northern Expedition in the past, at least now they have to touch the light of this military exploit. However, Jiang Tian found that although the elite cavalry that was the first to change their outfits was like no one, they had hardly encountered many tough battles, but the reports requesting supplies still flew like snowflakes.

The most fatal thing is not the consumption of ammunition, but because of the rapid progress, the construction of the fortress, which was originally expected to be carried out in the spring of next year, has been advanced, and what is even worse is that a large number of Mongolian herders who cannot leave are nominally considered Chinese atomic people, and the reason why they are left behind is naturally that they cannot carry out long-distance migration. Then feeding these people is also an important task of the imperial court. Therefore, the recent mountain of ammunition has not consumed much, but the supply of building materials, tools, and food has simply doubled.

"Give priority to transporting food, our military food reserves and those war readiness food are only provided to the troops, as for the so-called disaster victims' rations, we will use dried potatoes and corn to deal with them!" After checking the list of warehouses, Jiang Tian decided to use some fine food prepared for the military horses to deal with the old and weak Mongolians who were deliberately shed.

What he didn't know was that his seemingly non-human rights order had the opposite meaning in the eyes of those Mongols, although they were nominally obedient to China, they didn't expect people to be able to control their own life and death at first, don't look at those big tribes who had the ability to escape very fast, but the winter had not yet passed, such a mighty migration to the north and west, not necessarily able to withstand the cold wind of winter, they stayed and waited for death, not only got relief rations, but also sold their weak livestock to the Han army, you can also get a lot of hard currency such as iron and tea.

An inferior tea brick is not worth much in the Central Plains, but in the grassland, it is sometimes more important than human life, and a complete iron pot even represents the wealth of a family. As for important livestock such as horses, the Chinese army did not refuse to come. And also because of the continuous fighting, the ratio of men and women in the Mongolian tribes is also seriously imbalanced, and the price of women drops again and again in the grassland, this kind of trade is even more popular with the troops, but in order to maintain military discipline, Zhang Tao specially ordered the front finger that only veterans who have joined the army for five years or are over 30 years old can officially report and get married. And if you are not caught messing around by the pickets for the purpose of getting married, whether you want it or not, you will be dealt with according to military discipline.

Jiang Tian has a different opinion on this, it is already commendable to be able to do nothing to his own people in this year, there is no need to be so rigid. Besides, the Mongolian people at that time also had a weak concept of chastity, as long as it was voluntary, do you care if he wants to ask for a wife or spend money to buy @春? And Zhang Tao choked Jiang Tian with a sentence and had nothing to say: "Since he is obedient, no matter what nationality he is, he is a member of China, and if they are not proud that they are Chinese, how can they guarantee that they will not rebel again?" ”

Well, as an old-timer with a firm belief in no-@production@order@level@revolution@life, Jiang Tian knows that his ideological realm is far from that of others. However, it was also because of these constraints that the speed of the troops' advance was greatly slowed down, and this matter reached a small high @ tide after the defenders of Naturalization City surrendered without a fight. The original plan to attack Baotou before the beginning of spring had to be dragged down by various supply requirements, and it seems that Dolgon's strategy was successful, and it was only necessary to recover the south of Yinshan, which could not be completed in less than a year and a half. What's more, with the extension of the distance, the original road construction plan had to be extended at the same time, and even the Datong to Jining highway and Yulin to Guihua highway had to be added.

After discovering this problem, there was no joy at all about the approaching Spring Festival, and the worried Jiang Tian hurriedly ran back from the construction site to freshen up, and after tidying up, he rushed to the Forbidden City non-stop: "If it goes on like this, let alone sweeping the Mongolian Plateau in three or five years, even if you can cross the Yin Mountain, it will be considered a rapid progress." ”

Zhang Tao, who was contemplating the map, raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Tian, only to see that the young scholar had two dark circles under his eyes, and said his guess anxiously, but after listening to it, he just sighed: "It seems that Jin Shang is going to reappear again!" ”

Jiang Tian was stunned by Zhang Tao's statement at first, and then understood what he meant. After pondering for a moment, he asked, "Shouldn't you want me to take the lead this time?" ”

Jin merchants, anyone familiar with the history of the Ming and Qing dynasties can not ignore a force, whether it is the late Ming Dynasty "betraying the country for glory" or the late Qing Dynasty "connecting the world", whether they like or despise, no one can deny what kind of business empire these Shanxi merchants have created with their own unique shrewdness. No one dared to ignore the ability of these people to move, and Zhang Tao's ban on Jin Shang at the beginning actually meant to prevent them from infiltrating and corrupting the nascent regime.

But he knew very well in his heart that unless a national economy was established, as long as the profession of merchant still existed, it would be impossible to forcibly arrange a profession for a group of people until they were old. His original intention was only to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, so that those who vainly tried to engage in power and money trading in the new dynasty would have a wake-up call, so when the pace of the Northern Expedition was smoother than he expected, this man who had fought all his life knew that in order to consolidate the fruits of victory, the supply capacity of logistics was crucial, and if the need to restore local rule was taken into account, then the level of transportation would determine how far the Chinese regime could extend.

As a result, in the newspaper of the Central Mansion on the 29th day of the Lunar New Year, a piece of news was published that the merchants of the whole world were excited, to the effect that all merchants who sold and transported the materials designated by the central government to the recently recovered areas could receive the corresponding salt introduction according to their transportation volume! And this policy applies to everyone in Putian House, even if you are a foreigner!

Familiar, right? This is just a copy of the same policy in history, because the salt monopoly system has always been in the hands of the state, so if private businessmen want to get involved, unless they are selling illegal salt, but after obtaining the salt introduction, anyone can obtain a certain number of legal salt distribution rights, this temptation for businessmen can be called like an addict seeing a drug @ product. Even in this Chinese dynasty, the quality and price of official salt are on par with private salt, and the profit is much lower than that of the same period in history, it will still make many people take risks.

After this news was released, Jiang Tian knew that according to the efficiency of this era, in order to achieve satisfactory results, it was necessary to spread the news more widely, and it would take a certain amount of time, so when he went home for the New Year, in addition to continuing to monitor the entire logistics system, he also asked Zhao Zhi to arrange some small paragraphs about trafficking materials in the north, he knew that many people had been wandering in the teahouse on Boss Zhao's side, just to get the internal information of his side, so fortunately, he used these people.

The result did not disappoint Jiang Tian and Zhang Tao, Jin Shang with his unique business acumen keenly realized that this was an excellent time to turn over, after all, they were the people who took this route at the beginning, but at that time, selling materials outside the customs was called betrayal, but now it has become a response to the call of the country! So I didn't wait for the end of the New Year, just on the third day of the Lunar New Year, a person came to visit, and said: New Year's greetings!

This person is none other than Qiu Tian, who was later sent out to investigate agriculture in the north when he was in the pedestrian division, and it stands to reason that he was promoted by a new official, so it is also considered that he came to visit in person during the New Year, but after Jiang Tian and he didn't say a word or three, he listened to the other party lead the conversation in another direction.

"Speaking of which, Xia Guan was entrusted by the emperor to inspect the countryside north of the Yellow River, and although he presented some of his thoughts and thoughts to the monarch after coming back, he found that his original thoughts were naïve."

Hearing him say this, Jiang Tian naturally asked, "Oh? Does Brother Qiu have any new insights? ”

Qiu Tian took a deep breath and sorted out his thoughts before saying: "When I was studying in my hometown, I didn't think deeply about things such as industry, agriculture, business, and learning, I just felt that reading the sage books well, and I would be an official in the future. Xia Guan thought that the last time he went on patrol, he was already a glimpse of the corner of the world, but then looked at the changes in the situation in the past few years, first opened the sea to trade, foreign grain, commodities flooded the streets, it seemed to be competing with the people for profit, but the scholar's mouth in the scene of a hundred industries withering not only did not appear, but the market was prosperous, that is, the most affected agriculture, but because the imperial court used the protective price to collect grain, it made it impossible for grain merchants to collude with the big landlords to depreciate the price of grain, in the event of natural disasters, there is no need to worry about someone hoarding, there is grain waiting to be sold on the wharf, Now the foolish brother understands what His Majesty said, there is food in his hands, and he is not panicked! ”

Listening to Qiu Tian's eloquent talk, at first Jiang Tian really thought that this was a traditional literati who began to realize the positive role of the market economy, but after listening to it, he heard something else.

Hearing what he said, Jiang Tian interjected at the right time: "So Brother Tai thinks that if there are also these foreign businessmen in the inland, then the inland market and economy will also be revitalized and mobilized?" ”

Because there are too many fresh words in the mouth of the emperor of the current dynasty, the officialdom of this year naturally began to use new words for upward and downward effects, and Qiu Tian is naturally familiar with this: "Yes, in terms of the north recovered a year ago, if a group of merchants had accompanied him, the results would have been even greater!" ”

Bigger? Jiang Tian had already heard his voice, he had recovered the south of Yinshan in a month or two, and now he was even more forced into the rich land of Hetao, this speed was too slow? Or should it be said that the people behind Qiu Tian thought that this business opportunity came too late, right?

"Your Majesty also made it clear, didn't you say it in the newspaper a year ago!" Jiang Tian resisted the urge to complain and continued to pretend to be stupid.

Qiu Tian didn't know that his performance had been put into play, and he was still there with a strong voice of the advocate: "But the foolish brother thinks that the mountains and rivers outside the Great Wall are dangerous, if the merchants who are not familiar with the north intervene, no matter the terrain along the way or the preparation of manpower, or even wait for the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River to get everything on the road, it will not be possible to make the trip without half a year, is it possible that the army will wait for them outside the pass for half a year?" Not to mention that the unfamiliar place is very likely to cause greater loss. ”

"Then, in my brother's opinion, who should be entrusted with this matter?" Jiang Tian thought to himself, the main owner is finally going to make a move.

"Foolish brother is not talented, after thinking about it, I feel that non-Jin merchants can't see immediate results!"