"General, if you can release my father and my people, I will do with you. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Ingmar's answer was crisp.

Li Xiao's heart moved, he couldn't imagine that this Mongolian girl was quite courageous and responsible when she spoke.

"Who is your father?"

Ingmar took a step back, and his fingers were still fainting on the ground, and he whispered, "This is my father, the Great Khan Dabur of the Tumer Special Division. ”

Seeing Tumut Khan, who was lying on the ground like a dead pig, Li Xiao was overjoyed, he didn't expect that this small-scale ambush battle actually captured a big fish!

"Ingmar, remember your identity, you are not qualified to negotiate conditions with Ben!" Li Xiao replied coldly, then he turned around and ordered his subordinates: "Escort these Tartars who have invaded my Daming Realm, even men and horses, into Jinjiazhuang Fort!" ”

"Order!"

The anxious girl Ingmar followed Li Xiaojun back to Jinjiazhuang Fort, thinking that she would be imprisoned, but she didn't expect that Li Xiao only locked up all the uninjured Tartars in an empty room, and his father Dabur and other injured Tartars were even arranged to go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment.

What's going on?

Why did this young and handsome Ming general treat his captives so favorably?

She heard from a distance that the general of the Ming Kingdom had confessed a few words to a medical officer, as if he wanted him to wake up the fainting Tumerhan Dabur as soon as possible.

Then, the Ming general found a chair and sat beside her.

"General, how is my father doing?" Ingmar asked in a low and anxious voice.

"Don't worry, a little injury is not a big deal." Li Xiao said lightly: "Ben General is quite interested in your tribe, tell Ben General about the situation of your Tumut Department." ”

Li Xiao's voice was calm but full of coercion, Ingmar didn't dare to look directly into his sharp eyes, she lowered her head, and whispered to Li Xiao about the miserable situation that had deteriorated in the Tumut Department over the years.

Hearing that the current situation in Xitumut is so miserable, Li Xiao is also secretly surprised in his heart, this Tatar chieftain Taiji, the means of integrating and controlling the Mongolian tribes, is really ruthless.

However, Li Xiao soon thought that the more miserable the situation in Situmert, the easier it would be for him to control it.

After all, the icing on the cake is far worse than sending charcoal in the snow.

"Ingmar, your father miscalculated! The person who made him rebel and leave his relatives and his subordinates was not my Daming, but a Jurchen Tartar. Your father, Dabur, did not dare to take revenge on the Jurchens, but wanted to rob my Daming, which is really despicable and cowardly, ridiculous and pathetic. If it weren't for Ben's generosity, he would have cut off his dog's head with a knife! Li Xiao looked disdainful.

Seeing Li Xiao's sarcasm of her father like this, Ingmar's face turned red, she lowered her head, she was very angry in her heart, but she didn't dare to say anything.

"However, this official has the virtue of a good life, and he doesn't want to do it. Ingmar, this official has a suggestion, but I can talk to you first, and when your father wakes up, you can talk to him first. ”

Li Xiao's calm words made Ingmar's eyes light up.

"General, you can speak as bluntly!"

Li Xiao smiled and told Ingmar about his desire to establish a trade with the Tumut Ministry and buy wool.

"As far as I know, you Mongolians have to shear wool twice a year, but because no one buys it, you can only weave it into rough wool felt, but is it a fact?"

"Exactly."

"Oh, then you listen, now, this official will give your tribe a way to make money." Li Xiao said with a smile: "Our army plans to buy a large amount of wool from your tribe, so that the wool that you originally had no use for can be turned into treasure." ”

"Oh, really?"

"Ingmar, not a word of what this official said was a joke on you. According to the intention of this official, your department can transport the packaged wool to our Jintang City for trading twice a year, and according to the quality of the wool, it will be divided into upper, middle and lower grades, and our army will send people to accept it. Calculated as 120 catties of wool, the inferior goods are counted as 4 yuan of silver per load, the medium goods are 6 yuan of silver per load, and the high-class goods are 8 yuan of silver per load. ”

Seeing the light in Ingmar's eyes, Li Xiao knew that this girl was tempted, and he said meaningfully: "In this way, the wool that was originally on your side, which is basically similar to waste, will bring huge profits to your tribe!" If you don't catch such a good thing, but after this village, there will be no such shop. ”

Li Xiao's price, to be honest, is really very low. You must know that in modern China, the price of a pound of good wool is 50 yuan.

That's the advantage of a monopoly business, you can keep the price as low as possible without worrying about the other party not selling you.

Of course, in this Ming Dynasty China, when the wool market was still asleep, Li Xiao could give this price, which can be called a gift.

Ingmar heard Li Xiao's story, and quickly made calculations in his heart.

Generally speaking, a sheep can produce 8 to 10 catties of wool at a time, and now there are more than 60,000 sheep in the tribe, so that the total amount of wool that can be produced in a year is more than 1 million catties, and a total of nearly 8,500 quintals of wool can be produced, if only the price of medium wool is calculated, it is 5,100 taels of silver!

5,100 taels of silver, which is a huge amount of money for the now impoverished Tumut Ministry!

What's more, this is exchanged for basically useless wool, which is equivalent to a pure bargain for the Tumut Ministry.

With such a huge sum of money in front of her, Ingmar felt her heart beat very hard.

"What's the matter, the official's price is good enough. Ingmar, think about it first, and when your father wakes up, you can discuss it with him in detail. Li Xiao said with a smile.

Before Ingmar could answer, Li Xiao had already gotten up and left.

"Wait a minute, the general dares to ask the general's name?" Seeing Li Xiao leaving, Ingmar suddenly remembered that he didn't know what the name of this Ming general was.

"This official's surname is Li Mingxiao, and he is the commander of the Ming Chifengwei." Naming will turn around and give her a warm smile.

Looking at the young and handsome Li Xiao's uplifted figure, Ingmar suddenly felt that there was a soft place in her heart, as if she had been gently touched by this Li commander, and an indescribable emotion permeated her heart.

More than an hour later, under Chen Mazi's conditioning, Tumuthan Dapur finally woke up.

Seeing her father wake up, Ingmar was extremely happy in her heart, and while she fed Dabur the decoction, she relayed what Li Xiao had said to her to Dabur.

Dabur's eyes immediately flashed with fine light.

"Did you promise to come down?" Dabur said hurriedly.

"Commander Li said, let me discuss it with you first, father." Ingmar replied.

"Then you go and tell that Li Xiao that Ben Khan wants to see him and talk to him about the terms of cooperation." Dabur's expression was very excited.

He couldn't help but get excited.

Li Xiao's willingness to buy wool from the Tumut Department is simply a great good deed in the snow.

Unlike what others imagined, the Mongol tribes on the steppe were not all willing to be smuggled by Han Chinese merchants. Those smuggling Han merchants are also very picky, and will only be interested in such large wealthy tribes as Horqin, Karaqin, and the former Han tribe, after all, these tribes are either rich or have furs, war horses and other scarce materials, so that they can afford to buy grain, cloth, and medicinal materials in the hands of smuggled Han merchants.

And poor third-rate tribes like Situmert, who are now lacking even war horses, are avoided by smugglers and merchants. After all, no one likes to do business with an IOU, not to mention that the IOU probably doesn't know when it will be repaid.

What's more, these poor and crazy Mongolian tribes will also take the opportunity to rob passing merchants and loot them. Such a vicious act will only make the smugglers avoid these Mongol tribes even more.

When Li Xiao sat in front of Dabur with a smile, Dabur's first words were: "Commander Li, when will our first batch of wool be delivered?" ”

After this sentence was translated by Ingmar, the smile on Li Xiao's face became even brighter.

"Tumut Khan is really a cheerful man, alas, we don't know each other even if we don't fight." Li Xiao said with a smile: "That's it, wait for two months, our army will build this golden soup city, and this batch of wool will be sent over." ”

Dabur was very happy in his heart, and this batch of wool was sent over, which was 2,550 taels of silver.

With this amount of silver, it was possible to buy the scarce goods needed for the tribe's life from the smugglers. This is crucial for the tribe to survive the winter safely.

However, his heart was darkened, the life of the Tumut tribe was too difficult now, all kinds of materials were in short supply, and if he had to wait until two months later to get this money, Dabur felt a little inexplicably lost in his heart.

"Commander Li, my tribe is in urgent need of silver, can you advance the money in advance?" Dabur asked hesitantly.

"You don't have to make an advance." Li Xiao replied: "The official will give you 3,000 taels of silver in exchange for 800 intact war horses." It was a little welcome gift to the Khan. ”

As soon as Li Xiao finished saying this, Tian Wei, the chief of General A next to him, was anxious, and he shouted: "Lord Li, how can this make these war horses all captured by our army, how can they be exchanged for silver!" ”

Li Xiao's eyes widened, and he feigned anger and said: "That's right, King Tumut Khan is a guest of our army, and he is not a prisoner of our army, is it possible that King Khan left so many horses for us, and he still has to go back empty-handed?" ”

Seeing Li Xiao speak like this, Tumut Khan's heart was mixed.

These war horses, as the last combat strength of the Tumut Ministry, are placed in peacetime, and Tumut Khan Dapur cannot be sold even if they are killed.

Now to sell these 800 horses to Li Xiao at such a low price, Dabur's heart is really painful.

It's just that now as a captive, what choice can he have?

Li Xiao's cheap and obedient words are ostensibly to give him a step, but in fact, I am afraid it is more of a kind of teasing and sarcasm.

Dabur also thought that the reason why Li Xiao wanted to take these 800 horses was because he had an unspoken thought. That is, to further weaken the combat power of the Tumut Ministry, so that they will not dare to have the bad idea of robbing the wealth of Jinjiazhuang Fort.

This Li Xiao is scheming.

Can you refuse?

Dabur was sure that if he dared to refuse Li Xiao's request, then he would definitely not leave this Jinjiazhuang Fort alive.

People are under the eaves and have to bow their heads.

"Commander Li's request, Ben Khan agreed." Dabur coughed twice and said softly.

"Very good, King Khan is really a smart person who knows the current affairs, and I hope that your ministry and our army will be friendly from now on and can cooperate for a win-win situation for a long time." The smile on Li Xiao's face became brighter and brighter.

Two stout right hands, clasped tightly together.

Then, Li Xiao left the Mongolian Tatars to rest in the fort for one night, and arranged a banquet to entertain them.

During the banquet, Li Xiao and Dabur persuaded each other to drink, and they were happy, as if they had been old friends for many years, and they couldn't see that they were still fighting to the death in the afternoon.

Perhaps, this is what people say, the world is bustling, all for profit, the world is bustling, all for profit.

There are no eternal friends and foes, only eternal interests.

Li Xiao noticed that the sixteen-year-old Mongolian girl Ingmar had been looking at herself with a hero-worshipping gaze.

Of course, Li Xiao understood the deep meaning behind this gaze.

However, at this time, he deliberately turned a blind eye to the hot gaze of this Mongolian girl.

Although he also has a good impression of this smart and clever Mongolian woman, Li Xiao has not yet reached the point where he gets carried away when he sees beauty.

After dawn the next day, Li Xiao took out 3,000 taels of silver, handed it to Tumuthan Dadapur, and sent cavalry to escort them away.

After Ingmar got on the horse, she also received a special gift from Li Xiao personally.

It is a delicate velvet box with gold threads.

She opened the box, almost screaming with joy.

In the box, there is a huge and radiant Dongzhu worth hundreds of taels!

Ingmar suddenly felt that her face was burning in a panic, she lowered her head, and quickly put away Li Xiao's gift, but her heart was as sweet as drinking honey.

"Be careful on the road." Li Xiao instructed gently.

Ingmar nodded vigorously, her face was as red as an apple, and she quickly slammed the horse's belly and escaped from Li Xiao's sight.

Although Li Xiao exchanged 3,000 taels of silver for 800 horses, nearly 100 of these Tartars died, and the remaining horses were barely enough for them to ride back, and only a few people needed one person and two horses to ride.

Seeing the Mongolian Tatars disappear outside the border mountain, Deputy Director Guan Yi leaned over and whispered: "My lord, you are so gentle with these Mongols, but you don't know if these ruthless and righteous Tatars will have trouble with our army in the future." ”

"If our army weakens in the future, then these Tartars will surely turn their faces." Li Xiao replied lightly: "However, now that our army is strong, it can lure them to their advantage and give them a win-win opportunity. As long as that Dabur is not stupid, there is no reason for him to continue to be an enemy of our army. ”

"My lord, our army will build a wool weaving workshop in Jintang City in the future, and there are only 60,000 sheep in the Tumut Department, but the wool that can be provided is still less." Wei Zhen soothed An Qian and interjected on the side.

"Hehe, don't worry. This Tumut Department is just an introduction. Li Xiao said with a smile: "If the Tumut Department can make a lot of money in the transaction with our army, then the other Mongolian tribes, driven by interests, will come to cooperate and trade with our army. ”

Everyone laughed, and everyone's face had a look of relief and yearning.

"The preparations for Jintangcheng have been completed, and the commander should also return to Shandong to make good plans for the relevant matters of Chifengwei." Bathed in the rather cold morning breeze, looking at the bright red morning sun rising in the east, Li Xiao, with complicated eyes, said to himself in his heart.

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