"Brother Lin, look."

Zhezheti immediately went to a high place, pointed at the distance with his horsewhip, and the two maidservants followed closely. Lin Yi came up, and Xiao Ying followed with two maidservants.

Under the blue sky, the green grassland is spread like the sea, and in the distant sky, you can see the stars and mushrooms of different sizes.

Lin Yi knew that this was what Zhezhe called the left-wing castle of Tumet. Lin Yi had lived in Weng Niute for a while, and he already had a visual experience of the scale of the castles of these nomads.

As soon as he saw this scale today, he knew from such a distance that a single right wing of Tumet was much larger than the entire Wengniu.

"Let the brethren be vigilant, and we will be in place in a few dozen miles."

After Lin Yi passed the order, he continued to walk forward with his men and horses. The castle is getting bigger and bigger, and the yurt looks closer and closer.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, the turquoise grassland, snow-white yurts are dotted, and camels and horses and wranglers can be seen everywhere, which constitute a vivid picture of the grassland.

At this time, a Mongolian cavalry flew on horseback, carrying a bow and arrows on his back, and a scimitar at his waist, like a whirlwind, and arrived near Lin Yi and them in the blink of an eye.

These Mongol Tatars surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and were incorporated into the two banners of the Qing Dynasty, and their armed forces were the Qing soldiers, who were Lin Yi's enemies.

Therefore, Lin Yi's men and horses had already been prepared, and the vehicle had stopped, Lin Yi's guards were ready to fight, and the remaining hundreds of men and horses protected the vehicles, and all 800 men and horses entered a state of high alert.

"Stop! What for? "These Mongolian Tartars surrounded Lin Yi and them while talking. Although they were not wearing armor, they all carried knives and arrows and other weapons, and they all raised their eyebrows, swords were tense, and they were murderous.

"Friends, don't get me wrong, here is a businessman from Daming, with a banner as proof." Lin Yi said and waved his finger to the banner of the Fan family of Shanxi Jin merchants.

With greedy eyes, these Mongolian Tartars looked at Lin Yi and their more than 20 cars, as well as the banner of Jin merchants waving in the wind, and finally their eyes fell on Lin Yi, and the eyes of many Tartars shook on Xiaoying and Zhezhe and several other women.

"Nanban is in business? Your Excellency's name? A Mongolian Tartar at the head, with a fierce face and round eyes, looked Lin Yi up and down several times, and pouted.

"Under Wang Ke."

"Oh Wang Gongzi, isn't it, isn't this the banner of the Fan family?" This Mongolian Tartar still knows a lot about the surnames of the Han people, and he can see the loophole at a glance.

These bugs Lin Yi had already thought of patches, and smiled indifferently: "Your Excellency doesn't know, the Wang Fan family has long been in-laws, and they often cooperate, sometimes it is the flag of our family, sometimes it is the flag of their family, this is the next worship post, I am fortunate to pass by the precious land, and I want to disturb Lord Bashan, the deputy capital."

Saying that, Lin Yi took out the prepared prayer note from his arms, and then took the sealed silver from Zhang Hua's hand, "This is 100 taels of silver, and I am tired of it." ”

Lin Yi opened the silver bag as he spoke, and the silver with white flowers was shining brightly in the sun.

As soon as they saw the silver with white flowers, the eyes of these Mongolian Tartars immediately straightened. 100 taels of silver, the purchasing power at that time was considerable, a strong man worked for a year, can earn ten taels of silver is very good, 100 taels of silver at that time can build a house, buy land, can also marry a wife, and even invest in some business, this is no problem.

Therefore, the Mongolian Tatars led by him really had a smile on his face, and felt that Lin Yi was quite generous in his move, and he deserved to be a famous Jin merchant. It's not like some people who are rich but too picky. As soon as you make a shot, it's 100 taels, that's silver!

Lin Yi knew at a glance that he was tempted, and sure enough, there was money that could make ghosts grind, and if there was no money, he would grind ghosts. Ancient and modern times are all reasonable, and things that can be settled with money are not a matter!

Lin Yi hurriedly handed these things to Zhang Hua and gave Zhang Hua a look.

Zhang Hua understood, hurriedly returned the knife to the box, took the salute and the 100 taels of silver from Lin Yi's hand, held it with both hands, gently urged the war horse, took a few steps forward, and slowly handed it over, looking respectful.

The Mongolian Tartar at the head nodded to one of the Tartars next to him, came over and took the things, and then handed them to the leader Tartar.

The leader of the Tartar took the silver bag in his hand, glanced at the post twice, "Well, it's good to say, in Xia Wuliji, since that's the case, please come with us." ”

As he spoke, the Tartars at the head led the way with this group of cavalry.

"Haha, there is labor." Lin Yi wrote down the name, smiled respectfully, and followed behind. 800 people took the guys, but they were vigilant enough to follow Lin Yi in the car......

The right-wing walled city of Tumut, inside one of the most luxurious yurts. The city lord Ba Shan is also the old chief of their wing, two years ago by Huang Tai Chi En as the deputy commander, is the highest commander of this wing, at this time he is sitting in the big tent, next to two Mongolian Tartars are also sitting in it, one is Ulihan, the other is Amur, is Bashan's two assistants, at this time the three Mongolian Tartars are all frowning.

The reason is that they have been experiencing two annoyances recently. One is that more than half a month ago, the eldest son of Huang Taiji, Haoge, came and asked them to send 8,000 strong men to follow him to quell the rebellious Wengniute City. Of course, he didn't dare not go out of the 8,000 strong, but what made him unable to swallow this breath was that the left wing of Tumet was also out of the 8,000.

The same Tumut, there are tens of thousands of households, unlike other tribes to set up Zasak, even if they set up Zasak, their left and right wings set up official positions are also different, the left wing has a commander, a deputy commander, a leader, a leader, they only have a deputy commander and a leader, and the people's commanders and vice-commanders are hereditary, and they are far from having this kind of treatment.

Don't look at the different official positions set up by the two wings, but when paying tribute to Shengjing and serving in the military every year, both wings are the same, why? It's so unfair.

General Uliji, Ulihan and Amur and others were privately looking for him at that time to shout, these years of continuous war, the number of people has decreased greatly, after the annexation of the Qing Dynasty, every year to select a large number of strong to follow the Manchus to fight in the north and south, each one strong, the clan has to support the strong food, clothing, armor and other expenses. Now that they want so much strength, they have to prepare so much money for their food and grass, how can they get it if they go on like this?

As the head of a wing, Ba Shan put the overall situation first, suppressed the anger of the people, prepared for several days, and finally scraped together enough 8,000 strong men and a batch of food, and let the staff lead to follow Haoge away.

But Ba Shan's heart has not been calm in the past few days, this is too unfair compared to the left, and these Manchus are too casual, saying that they want people and people, and they want money, so they will really be overwhelmed if they go on like this.

In addition, what he didn't understand was that a small city of Wengniute, the land of projectiles, had a total of only thirty or forty thousand people, and there were only four or five thousand soldiers, so would it take so many soldiers and horses to destroy them? The emperor's eldest son, Haoge, personally sent out his horses, and all tribes were sending troops, and I heard that seventy or eighty thousand horses had been gathered.

The excuse turned out to be that Da Ming would definitely send troops to intervene, and he had to make all preparations. It's a joke. Ba Shan knows too much about the situation of the Ming Dynasty in recent years, this great empire is already in the twilight, with internal and external troubles, and he can't take care of himself. Where will there be soldiers? Otherwise, can they sit back and watch the kingdom and be conquered by Huang Taiji? Otherwise, would they have allowed Lin Dan Khan to perish?

To put it bluntly, aren't you just worried about that Lin Yi? A small border army general, although he has won several battles, is not a big deal, how can he become a big problem for Huang Taiji's father and son? In Ba Shan's view, this move is just an excuse for Huang Taiji's father and son to take the opportunity to extort money, and these people are the cannon fodder for their father and son to expand their territory everywhere.

It's a pity that the eagle on our Mongolian steppe can't fly, and now Mongolia is divided, like a plate of scattered sand, each of them is doing their own thing, each fighting for itself, and they only take care of themselves, which gives Huang Taiji and his son a chance, each of them is broken, driven by others, slaughtered by others, and people are under the eaves, how can they not bow their heads!

The second annoying thing made them even more breathless. Thousands of acres of abundant water and grass to the west of the Juliu River are now being fought over by the left wing of Tumote. Relying on their large numbers and large officials, their right flank camels, horses, cattle and sheep, as long as they cross the mighty river, they will detain people and livestock.

Because of this incident, there was a clash between the two sides just now, and fifteen people were killed and more than 30 wounded on the right wing, and only a dozen people were injured on the left wing.

However, the Dutong Ulanto on the left side had a tough attitude, was arrogant and unreasonable, and brought people to ask them for their guilt.

He didn't accept this vice-president, but the official level crushed people to death, and now it is the world of the Qing Dynasty, if the subordinates do not obey the superiors, and the trouble goes to the emperor Taiji, it will be a big deal, Ba Shan had to swallow his anger, but apologized to them for the ceremony.

But Ulanto did not relent, no one cared about the dead on their side, and more than a dozen people were injured on the left wing, so they had to hand over the murderer and act according to the clan rules, that is, they tied up the people and threw them into the river, and gave them a three-day period.

This incident caused a lot of complaints within the clan.

Ba Shan thought about this, and sighed for a long time, and his two assistants were also at a loss.

"My lord, what should I do about this?"

"How do I know, you two will think of ideas for me?" Ba Shan had a bitter face.

"My lord, I beg your pardon." "Why do they ride on our right flank on their left flank?" They have 120,000 people, and we have 100,000 people, and they have four high-ranking officials on their wings, and we only have two wings, but there are the same amount of tribute and tax and military service, so can we just endure it for the rest of our lives? ”

Amr also stood up angrily when he heard this, "Yes, my lord, I really want to hand over people to them, they will be even worse in the future, and I can't get used to them!" ”

Bashan shook his head, "Pondu doesn't want to do this either, but if this is not the case, the conflict between our two wings will intensify, who can be the opponent of Dharmahan?" They already have a lot of people, and we are the ones who suffer, and when they get to the top, they are one level bigger, can they have our advantage? ”

"Hey!" Ulihan and Alimu sighed heavily.

At this moment, Wu Liji came in, and after saluting the three of Bashan, he said that the prince of the Ming and Jin Dynasty merchants had come to see him, and he presented a prayer post.

Ba Shan was stunned, why did the Jin merchants of the Ming Dynasty come here? Shouldn't you go directly to Shengjing to meet Huang Taiji father and son?

Ba Shan had only heard of what the Ming and Jin merchants were doing, but he rarely dealt with them.

Ba Shan took this post and looked at it, and the beautiful small block font on it read: Wang Jiake, a merchant in the Ming and Jin Dynasty, worshiped the deputy capital lord Ba Shan, and today it is raging, the wolf smoke is not extinguished, and the difficulty of business is difficult to go to the sky. Today, I came to the precious land, and I came to ask for trouble, and I had important things to discuss.

After reading the post, Ba Shan put it on the table, and walked around the tent twice with his hands behind his back.

Considering the unique status of Jin Shang, Ba Shan was not easy to offend, so he had to make an invitation.