Chapter 122: The Storm in Mongolia (4)
Gao Mo was surprised: "Take Hannaji like this...... Favored? ”
"In fact, this kid is generally called Dacheng Taiji, this is his title in Mongolia, let's pay attention here." Cao Gan casually "corrected" before continuing: "What do you say...... This guy's father and mother died early, and it is normal for grandparents to hurt harder. Moreover, although Xin Ai Huang Taiji is the eldest son of Alaba, this person is at most barely able to lead troops to fight, and what other aspects...... It's not good, so his position is not very stable. Compared with Dacheng Taiji, who is favored by Yike Hatun, the weight of his words is indeed not heavy, but Gao Tuanzuo, Gao Tuan Deputy, you two should not underestimate Xin Ai because of this, after all, this person is the eldest son of Meda, and in the entire Tumut Department, he actually has some prestige. ”
Gao Mo thought for a while, and before he could speak, Gao Jue spoke for the first time: "Is he in charge of the army?" ”
Cao Gan nodded and said: "He is in charge of the army, but his headquarters is not very many, I replied that this person has a very tight grasp of military power, and it is unlikely that the military power will be too dispersed in normal times." Although due to Mongolian conventions, Xin Ai also has his own headquarters, but its strength is far inferior to that of Meda. It is said that Jinzhou used the method taught by Qi Zongrong to concentrate a large number of thunderbolt cannons - the thing that the eldest young master called grenades, which gave a lot of blows to Xin Ai's troops who were besieging the city. ”
Gao Jue was trained under Qi Jiguang and was personally instructed by Qi Jiguang, and he had also seen the weapon atlas that Gao Pragmatic gave to Qi Jiguang, of course he knew the power of the grenade after Gao Pragmatic's improvement, but he still frowned a little and asked: "Didn't you say that Xin loves to fight and still has a set?" His 'one set' is to take the cavalry to besiege Jinzhou City? ”
Well, the cavalry besieged the city, that is really too good, probably in Gao Jue's opinion, this eldest prince of Alta can be regarded as a model of the way to take death.
However, Cao Gan cleared Xin Ai's name, and Cao Gan said: "It's not to use cavalry to besiege Jinzhou...... They knew that they couldn't take it, because before Xin Ai sent out the army, in addition to the soldiers and horses of the headquarters, I gave him less than 10,000 people, he was looking for a place near Jinzhou to plunder, it seems that he was in a tunbao to eat a defeat, was killed by a grenade nearly 100 people, retreated in a hurry, even the corpse capital was left by the border army more than 80 bodies, Qi Zongrong was also rewarded by the military department for 30 taels of silver. ”
Speaking of the reward of the Ministry of War, even Gao Jue pouted a little - he is now under the command of Gao Shiji, with a monthly salary of sixty taels of silver, and this time he directly took two hundred taels of silver for the "travel expenses", and Qi Jiguang, as the chief soldier of a dignified town, won the merit of repelling the prince of the Tumut Department, which is worth thirty taels...... Fortunately, I, Gao Jue, followed the right person.
At this time, Cao Gan saw that Gao Jue didn't say much, and turned his gaze to Gao Mo, who was really in charge, and asked, "Gao Tuanzuo, you haven't said the specific instructions of the eldest young master?" ”
Gao Mo frowned and said, "The news you told me seems to be a little different from what the eldest young master said...... But that's okay, let's take our time. He paused, sighed a little embarrassed, and said, "Actually, it's not that I don't want to say it, it's really that the eldest young master is different from usual this time, and the instructions he gave are very vague...... He told us to keep a close eye on the recent movements of Hannaji, that is, the Daesung Taiji, you said, and it was best to make friends with him, and if possible, make sure that he felt that we were very trustworthy people, and that if something happened, he could follow us with confidence. ”
Cao Gan opened his mouth wide, closed it after a while, swallowed a mouthful of spit vigorously, and asked in disbelief: "Something happened?" And after something happens, do you want Dacheng Taiji to rest assured that he will go with us? ”
He stretched out his hand and rubbed his big bald head: "This kid is the most favored of my grandchildren, what can happen to him?" Will he still make his grandfather's rebellion? This is impossible, he is favored and favored, but in my position, why can't it be his turn to sit as a kid, how can he do this? Crazy? ”
Gao Mo glanced at Gao Jue before asking, "Shopkeeper Cao, how much do you know about this Dacheng Taiji, have you heard that he is going to marry a wife or take a concubine or something like that in the near future?" ”
"In the near future?" Cao Gan frowned, and thought: "As far as I know, Dacheng Taiji, this kid got married very early, and he married a wife when he was twelve years old, what is his real name, I have no way of knowing as an outsider, and ordinary Mongolians don't dare to call her indiscriminately, I only know that everyone calls her Dacheng Biji - Biji is not a name, but a title, which is roughly equivalent to our Daming's 'lady'." ”
Marrying a wife at the age of twelve is of course a desolate talk in later generations, and it is not even common in the Ming Dynasty, but it is still quite common in Mongolia, especially among Mongolian nobles, so Gao Mo and Gao Jue have no position on this. On the contrary, after hearing that Dacheng Taiji married his wife at the age of twelve, the two frowned and looked at each other, and finally Gao Mo asked: "He married a wife at the age of twelve...... How old is it now? ”
"Probably seventeen or eighteen." Cao Gan obviously didn't explicitly inquire about this news, but he had seen this person, so it didn't hurt to look at it visually, and he was confident that the error here would not be too big.
Gao Mo asked again: "So, I asked the third lady of Shopkeeper Cao before, how much does Shopkeeper Cao know about her?" ”
Cao Gan laughed and said, "The one you are talking about, our businessmen in the Ming Dynasty call her Sanniangzi, and the Mongolians here call her Zhongjin Hatun." ”
Gao Jue interjected at this time and asked, "Hatun, I know that in our Daming, it is roughly equivalent to a princess and the like, but what does this 'Zhong Jin' mean?" Is that her real name? ”
"No, no, no." Cao Gan shook his head again and again: "How can anyone put his real name in front of the title?" Even if the Mongols don't understand etiquette, they won't be so vulgar. The meaning of 'jong gold', huh...... I want to think about what to say......"
Gao Moqi said: "Just these two words, is it very complicated?" ”
"How do you say this......" Cao Gan touched his big bald head and explained simply: "In Mongolian, this Zhong Jin means very, very noble, and it is not just a Mongolian nobleman who can use 'Zhong Jin' to express his dignity. ”
Gao Mo was a little confused and asked, "Then why can she use it?" Because of marrying Meda? ”
"Of course not, otherwise why wouldn't a gram of Hatun be called Zhongjin Hatun?" When Cao Gan said this, he seemed to have suddenly realized, and suddenly slapped his thigh: "Oh! I remembered that I had to be a descendant of the Golden Family to be named 'Jong Jin'! But...... I forgot if the word could only be used by women. ”
Gao Mo was taken aback: "Isn't she my granddaughter?" How can the maternal line be the origin of the Golden Family, and it can be directly counted as the descendants of the Golden Family? ”
Unexpectedly, Cao Gan was more surprised than him, and his eyes widened and said, "Who said that she is my granddaughter?" Where did this ridiculous rumor come from? This Zhong Jin Hatun is the daughter of the Wo'er Du Division's gangster Taiji! He was stunned for a moment, then remembered something, and suddenly laughed and said, "Have you heard that Shen Taiji is my son-in-law, so Zhong Jin Hatun is my granddaughter?" No, no, when Shen Taiji married my daughter, Zhong Jin Hatun was born early - she was the daughter of the first Biji of Shen Taiji, and her mother had already died. ”