The land of the north is very cold, although it is not the far north, but it also makes people have to tighten their necks.

In fact, the negotiations during the day did not have any practical results, and the two sides only spoke some official plain words. Huang Taiji knew that he was not enough, but he didn't care. In the evening, in a yurt prepared by Mungendurak for Zhang Fan's envoys.

"You've seen everything around?" Zhang Fan asked Wang Meng who came in.

"Back to my lord, I have personally investigated the surroundings, and there is no suspicious person. I sent a few brothers to patrol the area, and absolutely no one could come near it. Wang Meng said.

Zhang Fan was relieved when he heard this, but Wang Xilie, who was sitting opposite, was a little confused, and he didn't know what Zhang Fan called him in the middle of the night. Zhang Fan didn't want to hang his appetite, and told him the news he got during the day. As soon as Wang Xilie heard this, he guessed the reason for the matter in his heart, and whispered: "No wonder this answer is so anxious to negotiate a mutual market with us." ”

"What did you talk to them about today?" Zhang Fan asked.

"It's all official's words, but there is no substance." Wang Xilie said, "If I don't come, it's useless to talk about it; Second, although this Huang Taiji is the first heir to the throne, the weight is still lighter, and he can't make decisions about many things. ”

"I replied that he had already arrived." Zhang Fan said.

"This ......" Wang Xilie was very surprised when he heard his words!

"After all, the adults are civil officials of the Ministry of Rites, but they don't pay attention to our Jinyi Guard." Zhang Fan said, "I wonder if you can notice the old guard behind Huang Taiji?" ”

"What does Master Zhang mean ......" Wang Xilie recalled the appearance of the old guard in his mind, patted his thigh, and said, "This is an old fox, actually playing this trick, thanks to Lord Zhang's discernment, otherwise we would still be kept in the dark!" ”

Zhang Fan smiled casually and thought: "Of course you can't imagine that I have seen too many bloody TV series like this in my last life." ”

"In this way, I can negotiate with Huang Taiji tomorrow to have something substantial, and I have to make plans in advance." Wang Xilie said, "Now that he has a request for our Daming, he must not take this opportunity to a disadvantage, if he doesn't squeeze out a few catties of oil and water, my waiter in the Ministry of Rites will be in vain!" Eyebrows fluttered between the words.

Zhang Fan looked at him like this, a little funny, and then said seriously: "The adult is just wrong, he should be able to hold him up." ”

"Why is that?" Wang Xilie had some questions, and then he also understood what Zhang Fan meant, and said with some embarrassment, "Thanks to Lord Zhang's reminder, the old man is a little Meng Lang." ”

"Adults don't have to be presumptuous, this news is really exciting, and it is inevitable that it will not be considered in a hurry." Zhang Fan said.

Both of them understood a little that since Wang Chonggu passed the news, he did not ask them to bargain with Meda, but asked them to hold Meda. Wang Chonggu wanted to destroy the Tatars from a psychological side, since this method has not been done in the entire Ming Dynasty for more than a century, then another method is that its power has been greatly weakened. Wang Chonggu must have already played the imperial court and asked Longqing to surrender Hannaji. As a result, Alta's prestige in Tatar plummeted, and the Tatar nobles, who were already dissatisfied with Alta, would openly oppose him. Tatar will inevitably fall into civil strife again. In this way, the Tatars have no time to look south, even if the Tartars are strong and strong, Wang Chonggu can destroy several of them under the surprise attack, in that way, the Ming frontier is even more stable, wouldn't it be very good. And Zhang Fan believes that his teacher Zhang Juzheng will support this setback. Wang Xilie, as Zhang Juzheng's deputy, how could he not understand the actions of his boss!

Zhang Fan said to him again: "I still have to have Master Lao go back and discuss it with my colleagues, but it's not this material for the lower officials." ”

"Lord Zhang is polite." Wang Xilie said with a smile. After saying that, he went out of the tent and consulted with his men.

Zhang Fan watched him leave and didn't say anything more.

Early in the morning of the second day, there were more herdsmen who came to Yijinai to catch the market, and the herdsmen who were a little closer around received the news that there was a caravan from the Ming Dynasty here, and they heard that those who were far away were also coming.

The city is very lively, and Zhang Fan and Wang Meng are also walking around the street. He didn't listen to Wang Xilie and other people from the Ministry of Rites talking to Huang Taiji and his father who was pretending to be a guard, but just sent Zhao Ming to keep an eye on it, and he began to go shopping.

There are no shops here, and most of the herders who want to get what they need are waiting on the street with the goods they want to exchange, so the primitive and backward barter method is the main theme here. Zhang Fan saw many herdsmen exchanging goods with Ming merchants with their own unique goods, such as furs, ginseng, deer antler velvet and other things that were relatively rare in the Central Plains. Seeing the antler velvet, Zhang Fan remembered the aphrodisiac that Longqing asked him to find, and this time in order to purchase this thing, Zhang Fan bought all the 100,000 taels of silver that Longqing allocated to him from his inner treasury to buy tea bricks, cloths and other things, and shipped them together.

Zhang Fan was about to ask a herdsman with a lot of medicinal herbs when Wang Meng stopped him. Zhang Fan followed his gaze and saw that someone in front of him was arguing with the people of the caravan. Zhang Fan walked over and found that there were four people on the other side, one old man, two young people and one child.

"Why do you want me two catties of ginseng for this piece of flower cloth!" It was one of the older men who spoke, and he spoke fluently, "This is not an ordinary product here, I picked it from Mt. Paektu." ”

Baitou Mountain is Changbai Mountain, Zhang Fan listened to his words, and looked at the four of them, all of whom had shaved foreheads and long whips on their backs. "Jurchen!" Zhang Fan was not surprised, he was a little surprised to see the Jurchens here.

"You just blow it, Baitou Mountain is far away from here, and the four of you are dressed like Jurchens, and I don't believe it." This Ming merchant actually recognized that the best ginseng in his hand was indeed the best ginseng in the middle of the mountain, but he just wanted to make more money, so he said so.

The man's face was full of shame, as if he had been greatly wronged, but because he was not good at words, he couldn't speak, but the child opened his mouth: "You businessman is so rude, we Jurchen people are upright, how can we come to deceive you, but although your cloth is beautiful, where is it worth it." "Although the child's voice is childish, the words are sharp.

Zhang Fan suddenly became interested in a few people, and commanded in Wang Meng's ear. Wang Meng understood and said a few words to the merchant, and the merchant was very flattering and respectful to Zhang Fan, and no longer embarrassed these people, and exchanged the cloth for them at a very low price, and gave them more.

When the four of them saw this, they knew that Zhang Fan was a big man, and they all came over to thank him after taking their things.

"This lord, the old man Jue Chang'an, a native of the Jurchen Department of Jianzhou, and a descendant of Timur." The old man spoke first, and when he said of Timur, he was proud and proud, "I have brought my two younger sons and grandsons here this time to let them see the world. ”

"Timur is my Ming Alliance, and he has sent troops to repel the remnants of the Yuan and Mongolian tribes, and he is really a hero." Zhang Fan said that he never mentioned Timur's detention and abuse of the Ming Dynasty envoys.

Jue Chang'an was also very happy to hear Zhang Fan's praise, and pointed to the middle-aged man who had quarreled with Ming Shang just now, and introduced: "This is my fourth son, Takshi." ”

Tucker Shi saluted Zhang Fan, and Zhang Fan returned the salute.

Jue Chang'an pointed to the younger man and said, "This is the old man's fifth son, Tacha Gu. ”

Tacha Zhanggu and Zhang Fan also greeted each other.

Jue Chang'an was about to introduce his grandson, but the child came to Zhang Fan and said: "The lord of the Ming Dynasty, my name is Aixin Jueluo Nurhachi, and I am the eldest son of my Ama Aixin Jueluo Takshi, and I will be ten years old in a month!" ”

Zhang Fan didn't wonder this kid's straightforwardness, Fan'er admired him very much, and was about to meet him too, but he was suddenly stunned. "Aisin Jueluo...... Nurhachi! It's a familiar name, it's not ...... Isn't it Qing Taizu! "There are huge waves surging in Zhang Fan's heart!

Looking at the child in front of him, who was less than ten years old, Zhang Fan really didn't know what to do. It was also a few days back in the Ming Dynasty, and I saw a lot of historical celebrities, and the founding emperor saw it for the first time. In an instant, a lot of thoughts poured out of Zhang Fan's heart, he didn't think Nurhachi was lying, after all, although Nurhachi showed an unusual mind at this time, he was always a child, and he didn't hide himself. Zhang Fan even wanted to order Wang Meng to kill him immediately, in that case...... "No, history will not change because of this, wouldn't it be more troublesome to kill him if there is a Nurhahei or something!" Zhang Fan thought in his heart, so he didn't do anything.

Nurhachi didn't know what Zhang Fan was thinking, and seeing that he didn't respond to himself, he thought that he was looking down on his age, and his gratitude to Zhang Fan suddenly turned into disappointment. Zhang Fan came back to his senses and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I heard your name just now, I didn't understand what it meant, I neglected my little brother, and I apologized to you." ”

Nurhachi listened to his words, and then he was relieved and smiled again.

Zhang Fan continued: "I am an official who came here with the envoys of the Ming Dynasty to discuss the mutual market, and my name is Zhang Fan. ”

After hearing this, several people respectfully called Zhang Fan an adult. Wang Meng was very puzzled on the side, not knowing why Zhang Fan looked like this to a child.

Through the conversation, Zhang Fan knew that Jue Changan had a certain status in the ministry. Now that the other Jurchen tribes in Jianzhou are dissatisfied with the rule of the Ming Dynasty and want to rebel, Zhang Fan guessed that Jue Chang'an neither wanted to wade into this troubled water, nor could he let go of the tribal feelings to report to the Ming Dynasty, so he took a few young sons and grandsons out to take refuge. However, Zhang Fan did not intend to solve this matter, everyone has their own difficulties, not to mention that there is a famous general Li Chengliang stationed in the northeast, and the Jurchens of Jianzhou can't make any big waves with their current power.

"The old man has gone far, and Nu'er Gandusi is probably thousands of miles away from here!" Zhang Fan said as if casually.

Jue Chang'an said helplessly: "Our ancestors and grandchildren have been traveling abroad for more than a year, and this is the last stop, and we will go back tomorrow." ”

"The old man should be careful along the way, and now this Tatar is not stable." Zhang Fan kindly reminded.

"Lord Xie cares." Jue Changan said.

Zhang Fan smiled at Nurhachi again and said, "If there is any trouble in the future, as long as you don't put up a big banner to rebel, just come to the capital to find me." I'm also a bit famous in the capital, and you can find it by just saying my name. "That expression is like that of a human trafficker in later generations.

Nurhachi didn't know why Zhang Fan would say this to him, but he still said kindly: "Lord Xie, Nurhachi will definitely remember the words of the adult." ”

"By the way, does the old man know a medicinal herb called Cistanche?" Zhang Fan thought to himself that they were often walking around and asked.

"What are you talking about?" Apparently none of these people had heard of it.

"Or it's called Da Yun, Cun Yun." Zhang Fan didn't bring it with him, so he had to describe the appearance of Cistanche.

The four of them still shook their heads, and Jue Changan said: "My lord, there are many similarities to this thing you said here, but some of them are poisonous. Lao Er also knows about this place, but he doesn't know what adults want. I would also like to ask my lord, what is this cistanche for? ”

Zhang Fan was a little embarrassed to speak, so he had to call Jue Chang'an and whispered in his ear: "This thing has a miraculous effect on aphrodisiac." ”

Jue Chang'an understood as soon as he heard it, and said, "What the adults said is this, this thing is called Cistanche in your place?" ”

Zhang Fan nodded a little whitely, and Jue Changan said with a smile: "This thing is called Chagan Suya here, although it is a little expensive, it is not difficult to find. As long as the adults say this name, these herders will surely find a lot of them. ”

Only then did Zhang Fan understand that this thing still had a name, but he didn't blame the unlucky imperial doctor for not telling him that he knew that Zhang Fan was coming to Tartary to find this thing!

After saying goodbye to these four people, especially Nurhachi, Jue Changan also wondered why Zhang Fan cared so much about his grandson. Zhang Fan was about to ask the herdsmen about Cistanche, but Wang Meng, who had been very silent, spoke.

"My lord, why do you care so much about that Nurhachi, but it's only a nine-year-old child......" Wang Meng said the doubts in his heart.

"Hehe, the secret of heaven must not be revealed, you just need to remember that he will be a generation of fierce men in the future." Zhang Fan said something rather mysteriously and turned to leave.

"Fierce man, why didn't I see that this kid was a fierce man! Could it be that adults can tell fortunes? Wang Meng had a big question in his heart, and when he saw that Zhang Fan didn't say it clearly, he had to leave this matter behind him and follow Zhang Fan to continue to accompany him shopping.