Five days later, he collected 67,000 taels of gold and contacted the Statistical Office of the Heaven and Earth Society to have the gold taken away.

Zhuo Liktu also asked people to talk and wanted to meet Wei Bao in person, but he was now with Nurhachi, and it was difficult to separate, and the farthest was between Karaqin and the Jiannu and Mongol mixed camps on the outskirts of Shanhaiguan.

So, Zorictu wanted Wei Bao to come and meet him in person, so that he could get on Wei Bao's ship alone.

The people from the Statistics Office quickly brought the gold and the words of Zhuo Li Ketu to Shanhaiguan.

The treasure army controls the waterways, and many things are easy to do, such as transporting supplies, such as passing messages, and even meeting people.

"These Mongolians are really inching, what is the identity of the president, do they say they will meet when they meet? Do you have to go to see him in person, what if there is a trap? Wu Xuexia said distressedly: "Moreover, it is already midwinter weather, and sometimes I feel a little cold when I sit in the house and bake the fire, let alone go to sea by boat, and I have to run to the frozen Xiaoling River." ”

"The Mongols are very trustworthy, I didn't expect them to send the gold so quickly, but they didn't sign a long-term order agreement, I guess they still have deep concerns, so it's understandable that they want to meet me in person." Wei Bao said: "It's inconvenient for them to come, so I'll go over." If the mountain doesn't come to me, I'll go to the mountain, hehe. It is true that the area around the Xiaoling River is not under our control, but Zhuo Li Ketuken is already very sincere when he gets on the boat alone, what risks can there be in the river? ”

"But most of the river is frozen, and if the cavalry raids, there is a chance to cut off the way back." Wu Xuexia reminded.

"It's not that exaggerated, we will go to at least 2,000 sailors to protect it, and besides, the intelligence network of the Statistics Bureau is all over that area, if there is an ambush, we will call the police in advance." Wei Bao Road.

Wu Xuexia nodded, and didn't say anything more, indeed, the strength of the Statistics Office is getting stronger and stronger, and with the normal operation of the Statistics Office, Baojun and the president are like clairing eyes and ears.

"Moreover, just to meet, as long as I don't have a long time to go, they don't have a chance to do whatever they want." It's not that Wei Bao didn't worry about someone making a fuss out of him.

Capture the thief and capture the king first, and he is the king.

Wei Bao said that he would go, and the next day he asked Lin Wenbiao to contact Zhuo Liktu, saying that he would go to the appointment, and let them agree on a specific time.

"Wei Bao is really a hero, whether he is fifteen or fifty years old, he dares to meet me, and he is near the Xiaoling River, he is a hero." Zhuo Liktu sighed: "It is really a hero who comes out of a young man. ”

"What's wrong with meeting us next to the Xiaoling River? They have ships, although this piece is infested with Jin people, and there is also Lin Dan Khan's territory, but there is no way for others to keep him. Ulan Tu Yaqiqi said puzzled.

"It's different, it's already the middle of winter, most of the Xiaoling River is frozen, and the ship has to break the ice in many places, and it is easy to be raided by cavalry. This shows that Weibao attaches great importance to us! Zhuo Li Ketu said: "The Ming Dynasty is going to rise again, the foundation of the Ming Dynasty is still there, and the land is huge, the population is large, and there is that foundation, but there has been a lack of a powerful person in power." Although Sun Chengzong is very powerful, but did not pay attention to our Mongolian tribes, in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty, Mongolia is Lin Dan Khan, but Lin Dan Khan is still difficult to protect himself, how much strength can he have? Although our tribes are forced to attach themselves to the Jinren, their strength is still there! Wei Bao wants to use us to balance the Jinren, and the starting point is right. From this point of view, Wei Bao is stronger than his teacher Sun Chengzong. What's more, Wei Bao still wants to use us to make money, historically, we have interacted with the Ming people, we have taken advantage, or the first time that the Ming people want to take advantage of us, this point, he is stronger than any border officer from the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the present, and even Li Chengliang back then could not catch up with Wei Bao. ”

Ulan Tuyaqige was persuaded by his father, so he couldn't help but nodded, and then said: "It's not necessarily that Wei Bao is powerful, maybe there are some powerful people around him." ”

"Then Wei Bao has to obey, Wei Bao is the leader, the leader doesn't obey, what's the use of the people below? Besides, if it's really like you said, there are very powerful people who are willing to drive Wei Bao, doesn't it also mean that Wei Bao is powerful? Otherwise, who is willing to be subordinated to others? Zorictu said.

"When my father saw Wei Bao, should I be by my side?" Ulan Tuya Qiqige suddenly wiped a layer of red clouds on his pink face.

"Of course, this is your meeting, and the two of you are the main thing." Zhuo Liktu smiled: "If Wei Bao marries you very much, I will no longer have to worry about it, even if I give up the fertile pastures of the grassland, it doesn't matter, for the safety of the people, even if I don't like the way of life of the Han people, I can only endure it." And I believe that as long as Wei Bao is there, even if the Jin people are not defeated, they will not have the strength to compete with the Ming Dynasty. ”

"My father's evaluation of Wei Bao is so high, I want to see Wei Bao a little." Ulan Tuya Qiqige smiled: "I don't know if he is as tall as me." ”

Ulan Tu Yaqiqi is quite tall, but it is only about one meter six or five, not as tall as Zhang Meiyuan and Princess Zhenming, but it is tall among women at this time.

Although Mongolian men are rough, most of them are not tall, and they basically grow horizontally, and they are sturdy like sandbags.

Under the two or three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty's blows and divisions, the Mongols were no longer the Mongols that dominated the world during the Genghis Khan period, and they could not even pose a threat to the weak Ming Dynasty in the 17th century.

Mongolia at the end of the Ming Dynasty was divided, and the strongest Lin Dan Khan in Monan was known as the Great Khan of Mongolia, but it was only recognized in Monan.

The Korqin, Nekhalkha, Tumut, and Ordos ministries have long been independent, and even dependent on the Houjin.

The Mongol Great Khan could only control the Chahar tribe of Liaohetao, which was divided into eight Etoks, namely Haoqit, Naiman, Keshiketeng, Uzhumuqin, Sunit, Aohan, Alakzhuot and Zhuxiti, and was only regarded as the nominal co-lord by the Monan tribes.

Mobei and Moxi didn't recognize him.

The strongest Lin Dan Khan was only twenty or thirty thousand cavalry, and first of all, he had a great disadvantage in terms of strength.

Moreover, under the economic blow of the Ming Dynasty, the equipment was backward, and it was far less than the Houjin that could continue to obtain supplies from the Ming Dynasty.

Historically, Lin Dan Khan was also beaten by Houjin, and finally was beaten to escape from Mo Nan and died of grievance.

After his son Ezhe surrendered the following year, the Mongol Empire was also robbed by the Later Jin.

Huang Taiji flexibly used the method of "razing to control razing", won over some Mongolian tribes, gave full play to the advantages of the "Eight Banners System", and slowly controlled Mongolia.

In terms of economic structure, most of the Mongolian tribes in Mobei were still nomadic, and the Jianzhou Jurchens and Haixi Jurchens at that time were no longer pure fishing and hunting peoples, but semi-agricultural and semi-hunting peoples who could live in walled cities.

This is related to the geographical environment in which the two are located, the northeast has been reclaimed for farming very early, and the Mongolian plateau is only suitable for large-scale cultivation in the south of the desert, and the economic base determines the superstructure.

Even if the various tribes of the Mongolian Plateau at that time were not divided, they would not be able to gather an army of hundreds of thousands.

Even the era of Genghis Khan was the most prosperous era on the Mongolian Plateau, with only 50,000 or 60,000 registered households.

The Mongols made four expeditions to the west, each time with tens of thousands of troops.

In terms of organizational structure, the regime established around the ancient Central Plains is divided into two types, one is dominated by the inner tribe, the outer tribe is the servant, and the tribal aggregate composed of many nomadic tribes.

Later generations generally used to call it a "nomadic khanate".

Their chieftain, usually called "khan" or "shan yu", was directly elected by the chiefs of the inner tribes, which was an early military democracy, but in practice it was often unruly and hereditary.

And this can easily lead to internal friction caused by inheritance issues, such as the "rebellion of the younger brothers" and so on.

When the strength of the inner tribe in the grassland declines in internal friction, the newly rising strong tribe will take its place as the new grassland overlord and establish its own inner surname tribal group to dominate the grassland again.

Such purely nomadic regimes, such as the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Rouran, Turkic, Tuyuhun, Xue Yantuo, Hui, Hui, Huangjiasi, etc., and even the Northern Yuan in the early Ming Dynasty was a nomadic khanate with the empty shell packaging of the Yuan Dynasty system.

They have a common characteristic, most of them seem to be very strong, but in fact they are not very good, and they fall apart as soon as they fight, especially in the face of the large-scale and powerful infantry of the Han people, only with sufficient logistical supplies and a large army with a numerical advantage, the infantry of the Han people is not lost to the cavalry in the north.

The Han Chinese compensate for the natural disadvantages of this class in many ways.

Therefore, President Wei has never focused on the large-scale construction of cavalry, and he has surplus food, which he is willing to give to the common people to eat, and it is impossible to raise a large number of war horses with a lot of food.

War horses are very edible, just like the labor force in people, which eats several times more than ploughing oxen.

The domination of the steppe by the inner tribe relied on prestige, and this prestige was based on the strength and influence of the inner tribe.

Therefore, as long as you stare at the decisive battle of the tribe with the surname of the inner surname, consume its vital power or extinguish its prestige, the grassland will naturally change the dynasty.

Therefore, the Han Dynasty stared at the decisive battle of the Xiongnu, hating to attack in multiple ways like a shotgun, and would rather a bunch of people get lost in the vast grassland and Gobi to return in vain, as long as there is a way to find the core tribe of the Xiongnu and force it to fight a decisive battle, it can beat the Xiongnu to collapse.

The Tang Dynasty also stared at the decisive battle of the Eastern Turks, and then beat the Turks to the point of losing ground and retreating in Monan, and Xue Yantuo took the opportunity to rise and occupy Mobei.

Then the decisive battle severely weakened Xue Yantuo's power, and Hui Khan Tudu Mi took the opportunity to surrender to the Tang Dynasty and joined forces to destroy Xue Yantuo, and then asked the Tang Dynasty to govern Mobei, which was all protected in Yanran.

Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty made five expeditions to Mobei, and chased the Taishi Alutai three times to fight, and probably killed and injured thousands of people in total.

However, Arutai's prestige in the steppe was so beaten that it quickly declined.

Soon, the detachment of the Warat tribe became the macho man of the grassland, defeated the Arutai forces, and the Warat temporarily unified the grassland.

And his son is the little fan brother of Ming Yingzong "Ye Xian".

The other regime is more terrifying.

Its system is basically copied from the Central Plains Dynasty.

In the territory of the Han people's farming, the Central Plains Dynasty ruled in the local area to set up prefecture and county governors, festival envoys, put an end to bandits, persuade farmers and mulberries, and set up schools.

However, in the nomadic areas of the grasslands, the households are organized and the people are organized and the pastoral areas of each ministry are rationally allocated according to the hierarchical division of labor.

Their rulers are generally called emperors or kings, and they all have a hereditary succession system.

Compared with the former nomadic khanate, this kind of regime has a more stable organizational structure, stronger national cohesion, and is less prone to internal contradictions.

Even if it is beaten to the death of a foreign country, it may have a second spring.

For example, the Liao Dynasty and the Western Liao, Goguryeo, the Jin Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty, the Western Xia Dynasty, the Wuhu and Sixteen Kingdoms, the Great Mongolia during the Genghis Khan period, and the Later Jin.

It is absolutely impossible for this kind of regime to be defeated by a few decisive battles, on the contrary, it will continue to grow and absorb the essence of various civilizations of the Han people in the ascending period, and achieve the trend of great unification.

As a reborn giant, President Wei naturally understands this general trend, so President Wei's enemy is only Jiannu.

Even if President Wei wants to engage in production for a few years with peace of mind for the sake of internal food and clothing, he seeks perfection from the Jiannu Committee and negotiates peace privately, but President Wei's major policy has never changed, that is, to suppress Jiannu.

A few days later, Webb's fleet arrived at its designated position.

This is the time and place agreed upon by Zorictu.

Zorictu also waited here in advance, except for his daughter Ulantu Yaqiqige, he only brought two retinues.

Wei Bao personally got off the boat to greet him, and in order to show his trust, he only brought a dozen or so guards with him.

This is already very good for President Wei.

Otherwise, President Wei will be dispatched, and there will be a huge security system composed of 500 guards in the open and in the dark.

Even if Wei Bao goes out for a walk, it is also this specification.

It's not that it's a score, but President Wei is really afraid of death.

It is said that it is for the common people in the jurisdiction under the rule of the Heaven and Earth Society to have a peaceful and stable development environment and space, and to seek perfection for the construction of slaves.

In fact, President Wei wants to upgrade the technology tree as soon as possible, especially in medicine.

Only with money, overall cultural quality, and scientific and technological quality can we promote the development of medicine, at least we must first get all kinds of antibiotics.

"Your Excellency." When he saw a very young man with red lips and white teeth, and thick black hair, and saw that this young man was magnificent, he was not an ordinary person at first glance, so he guessed that Wei Bao had arrived in person.

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "The leader of Zhuoliktu is polite, although it is the first time we have met, I have admired the leader of Zhuoliktu for a long time, so we can be regarded as friends made by the gods." ”

Zhuo Liktu smiled, his Chinese was not good, he could only understand the general meaning, and knew that Wei Bao was saying polite words.

Fortunately, Ulan Tu Yaqiqige's Chinese is very good, and after saluting, Ulan Tu Yaqiqige said: "Good sir, my father also admires him." ”

Wei Bao didn't know what the relationship between this ruddy-faced, very healthy girl was with Zhuo Liktu, guessed that it was Zhuo Liktu's daughter, and said with a smile: "Dare to ask if it is the leader's daughter?" ”

"Yes." Ulan Tu Yaqiqi Ge learned from the Han people, hugged his fists and said: "My name is Ulan Tu Ya Qi Qige." ”

Wei Bao smiled: "Hello Miss, you speak Chinese very well, it's rare." ”

"There are a lot of Han people in our tribe, I will talk to them if I have nothing to do, understand the customs and culture of the Han people, I am also familiar with literature and ink, it should be no problem to take the test for a child in your Ming Dynasty." Ulan Tuya Qiqi smiled cheerfully, and she could see that she was a little proud.

Wei Bao was secretly amused, it seemed that the women outside the gate liked to go to the Ming Dynasty to test their level, and the same was true of Cong Gulen Gege.

However, they seem to think that the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty is too simple.

"It's cold and windy outside, so please get on board and talk." Wei Bao Road.

Drorictu nodded, handed the whip and reins to the guards, and then took Ulantu Yaqiqige aboard.

Wei Bao saw that Zhuo Liktu didn't even bring a guard on the boat, and he also admired the other party's courage, which was to show his heart to himself.

If you don't bring the guards on board, it's obviously impossible to do anything unfavorable to yourself.

Because if he dares to disadvantage himself, the heads of Zoriktu and his daughter must first fall to the ground.

After Zhuo Liktu took his seat, he didn't say much and went straight to the point, "Dear lord, I admire your talent, it is foreseeable that under the control of the lord, the situation outside the Daming Pass will soon be reversed." I invited the lord to come over this time, mainly to say two points, one is that your weapons are too expensive, we can't afford to use them at all, at least a large number of them will definitely not be able to use them, if you use them less, they will have no effect, and they will be a waste of gold. Secondly, I can't believe the Han people, it's not the first time that you have gone back on your word, even if you sign a document, you can't do it accurately, you people with prominent status, you will turn your face when you say it, a piece of paper, no binding effect. ”

Driktu spoke Mongolian, which was then translated by Ulantu Yaqiqige to Wei Bao.

After hearing this, Wei Bao smiled and said, "I can't solve these two things for the leader. You get what you pay for, our weapons are powerful, and research and development costs a huge amount of gold and silver, and they don't come out of nowhere. If you are too expensive, you can gradually increase the number, and I told Drotmur before that you can change your weapons and earn gold from other tribes! I'm sure you'll see that you're using it well, and more and more tribes will use our weapons. As for the second point you just said, you can't trust me, and I can't change it, so I can only see how the leader of Zorictu chooses. ”

"I want to strengthen cooperation with you, and I am also willing to become an ally of the lord." "But trust takes time to accumulate, and if the lord wants to speed up the trust between the two parties, he can only marry my daughter Ulan Tuyaqige." ”

Ulan Tuyaqige bit his lip and translated his father's words, and when he said that he was marrying himself, his face was red and his voice was lowered.

Lord Wei was stunned, why did this come out with another person who wanted to kiss?

I haven't married Nurhachi's daughter yet, so how many women are you planning to add to me?

Wei Bao is not very interested in this kind of political marriage, Wei Bao feels that this kind of political marriage has little practical use.

If you want to fight, it's not like you're going to fight.