Chapter 80: Li Maoxin Suggests that the Horqin people surrender

Li Mao didn't come back when he was summarizing the meeting, he was too busy. It's not like in the kiln gang over there, everyone has a division of labor and a stall, although there are a lot of cadres for him, but they can't get started right away, Li Mao is punching and kicking, he has to take care of everything, and he can't be busy.

Zhang Zhimu sent Emperor Chongzhen and his party to the car back to the hotel, and came to Li Mao, and the two of them held hands tightly. Zhang Zhimu said: "Brother Li has lost weight again! Don't put your old book in there! ”

"It's okay! It's much better now, and our brothers are slowly getting better. Li Mao said, "I'll just take care of them now." In addition to the cadres we sent in the past, we have also invited many local people to conduct training, and now they are all on the job. There are quite a few people studying there, and I am also planning to recruit more people to our cadre academy for good training. ”

Lu Chengxiang came over and said, "You two don't talk endlessly!" Go back and say, if you don't leave, people won't dare to clean up! ”

"Let's go!" Zhang Zhimu hurriedly said, "Let's go back and talk!" ”

Yang Jing, who participated in the ribbon-cutting, said: "Go ahead, I'm busy with myself." ”

Yan Boju said to Zhang Zhimu: "Come on! Let's leave Yang Jing alone, let's go! ”

Because Yang Jing is in charge of transportation, Yan Boju must come to the opening ceremony, and the other leaders of Yaogang don't have time to take care of this matter at this time!

The four of them didn't walk together in a car, and Li Mao asked, "Uncle Yan, I heard that you got a batch of good horses?" When will it be sold in large quantities? Li Mao is also a horse seller, and he is particularly interested in horses.

"Hey, hey! You're well-informed! Yan Boju said, I haven't done much yet, you know everything! Hearing Li Mao's question, Yan Boju squeezed his little eyes and said with a smile.

"Hey! Our internal references are all reported, can I not know? Li Mao said, "Look at you doing something, you are still like a baby at home." ”

"Haha!" Several people were amused by Li Mao's words. Because, Yan Boju treats his horse as a treasure.

"You only know about horses, I have bred a lot of good wolf dogs for Li Jing and them, you don't know, right?" Yan Boju asked.

"I know this, these dogs have the genes of our tiger race." Zhang Zhimu said the word gene smoothly.

"Zhimu! What genes have you come up with, and what are genes? Yan Boju asked incomprehensibly when he heard the new term.

At this time, Zhang Zhimu knew and said a lot, and immediately explained: "Have you seen that there are many people who are sons like fathers, that is because all animals and plants have inherited things, and this inherited thing is genes." The dogs you breed have the genes of my tiger, so they have their genes. ”

"Let you say this trouble, dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and the sons of mice will make holes, this is the gene." Yan Boju said it more vividly.

Several people came to Zhang Zhimu's office with a smile, and as soon as they entered the door, Yang Yulin greeted everyone, and said to Zhang Zhimu: "Uncle Chen called just now and said that the Chahar Mongols had sent someone to the back of the Yaogang Hotel. Also, Concubine Zhuang is coming to see you soon! ”

"Okay, it's all here!" Zhang Zhimu said.

Zhang Zhimu warmed up his body while drinking tea, and at the same time briefly introduced the matter of talking with Horqin Ren to Li Mao.

"Alas! I'm not blessed to fight across horses! Li Mao said with a sigh.

At this time, Concubine Zhuang arrived, and Yang Yulin invited Concubine Zhuang to the small conference room. Zhang Zhimu led Yan Boju, Lu Chengxiang, and Li Mao to the small conference room and introduced Li Mao to Concubine Zhuang. Zhang Zhimu said: "We just held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the long-distance bus to Beijing. This Li Mao and Li Gongzi have just returned from Hankou! ”

Li Mao said: "When will Concubine Zhuang have time to go to Hankou to see." Now it is very convenient to take a boat to go there, and there is a boat directly to Hankou in Yaogang. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Li! When things are settled down on our side of Horqin, I really want to ask Mr. Zhang for a leave of absence and go out to see this great river and mountain! Concubine Zhuang's words were very decent.

"You don't need to ask me for leave for this matter, when you have time, you can leave when you want. Now that Fu Lin is in school, there is a school to manage, so you don't have to worry about anything! Zhang Zhimu said this, which is also to remind Concubine Zhuang that you are free.

"Good! I'm ready to get ready and go out and have a good look! Concubine Zhuang said.

Zhang Zhimu knew that it was time to get down to business, drank some tea and asked, "I heard that the conversation didn't go well yesterday!" ”

"Hey! It's not just that it didn't go well, but the conversation was very Xinjiang, and I persuaded it to continue. ”

"Huh! I believe that with where Concubine Zhuang is, it won't be a big problem! ”

Zhang Zhimu's words were already very high for Concubine Zhuang, and Concubine Zhuang also felt this, and her face flushed slightly, "Mr. Zhang has won the award!" All I can do is persuade you. But the gap between the two sides is too great. When they went back yesterday, they had a lot of quarrels. Some people want to go back right away and feel that they can't talk anymore. ”

"Oh! It seems that there is a lot of anger. Zhang Zhimu said.

"No, I advise them to think about it calmly." Concubine Zhuang said, "Some of them told me, let me study it with you, there are some conditions that they really can't accept." Letting them abandon the steppe is almost the same as killing them. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Actually, I also understand what they are thinking. As long as they are not allowed to give up the grassland, they can agree to any conditions. With the grassland, they can accumulate strength again, and when they recover, any conditions can be overturned. Concubine Zhuang, do you think we will leave them this chance? ”

Concubine Zhuang smiled and said, "I know that this time we must completely solve this matter, and we must never suffer in the future." But I don't know how to convince them! ”

"Concubine Zhuang, you have done your best, you are worthy of the Immortal Heaven and the people on the grassland. For the rest, let it be. "You can tell them that instead of fighting for things that are impossible to change, it is better to earn some practical benefits." When they get to the kiln, they can do a lot of things. It's better to think more about these things. While they can still put forward conditions, there is still some practical interest in fighting over this. Otherwise, like the ten thousand households and thousands of households in Ordos, they have to rely on our help for everything, isn't it very passive. ”

Listening to Zhang Zhimu's words, Concubine Zhuang's eyes lit up, and she said in her heart: This Zhang Zhimu is simply like a devil. When you force them to the point where they have no way out, give them some hope and lead them to go.

Concubine Zhuang knew better at this time that these Horqin princes Baylor had long lost their confidence to fight against Yaogang now, and what they urgently needed was to have a reason to get by to accept the conditions of Yaogang people.

Concubine Zhuang said: "I will go back and bring your words to them, and they still believe you!" ”

"Concubine Zhuang, there is one more thing I want to tell you, the Chahar people have also sent people. They lived in the back building of the Yaogang Hotel. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Good! I hope that the whole steppe will not bleed. The people on the grassland can live the life of the people in Ordos. ”

"Actually, I have another suggestion, you can let the guests of Horqin go and meet the people in Ordos. You might as well go and invite them for a drink. You don't have to worry about all the costs. I know you've spent a lot of money during this time. We will cover all these costs. We can't let you spend money on it. Zhang Zhimu said.

"Oops! It's nothing, they're all my relatives on the prairie. When I got here, I entertained them as they should. ”

Lu Chengxiang smiled and said, "Hehe! Concubine Zhuang is not polite. In the kiln, no amount of silver you have is enough. Besides, we have a clear distinction between public and private. You've done so much work that you can't afford it anymore. As he spoke, he handed over a silver ticket and said, "Refund more and make up less." ”

"Good! You're welcome! I can be more generous that way, hehe! Concubine Zhuang took the silver ticket and said with a smile, "In the evening, I will invite my friends in Ordos to drink together." When we Mongolians hear about drinking, we don't shirk it. ”

"Haha! I want to drink with my Mongolian friends, but I'm afraid to drink with you. Zhang Zhimu said with a smile.

"The next time I drink, I'll tell them that I'm not going to persuade you to drink!" Concubine Zhuang said.

When Concubine Zhuang was leaving, Zhang Zhimu said to him: "No matter what we talk about, they came from afar. We left ten tickets for this year's Spring Festival Gala. In this way, one person from each of their flags can participate in the Spring Festival Gala. ”

"Oops! I thank Mr. Zhang for them. I've heard that you can't buy such a ticket for any amount of money. Thank you so much! ”

"Yes! It's not easy to get out ten tickets, and they have set aside them for you and Fulin tickets! It's worth checking out! ”

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for still thinking of us! They sent a lot of New Year's goods to our family. Oops, there's so much stuff we haven't seen before, it's so rich! ”

After Concubine Zhuang left, Li Mao gave a thumbs up and said, "This woman is this!" ”

Yan Boju also smiled and said, "Zhimu, you have to be careful with this woman!" Not a good stubble! ”

"Uncle Yan, don't worry! None of the people in my family are good at stubble, and they see me strictly! Zhang Zhimu joked.

Li Mao was also in this small conference room, and he talked about the things on his side. After that, Li Mao said: "I couldn't come back this year, but there are a few things that I can't do if I don't come back." As he spoke, he took out a roll of drawings from his bag, spread them out on the table, pointed to the vicinity of Hankou and said, "I have been with Mr. Lu Bingyi for a few days to study the people who built the bridge on the Yangtze River. My idea is to build two bridges like Tongguan on the Yangtze River and the Han River at the same time. Because the railway must be built as soon as possible. We are building a railway from Tongguan to Kaifeng, and my return this time is to suggest that we build the railway from Zhengzhou to Hankou as soon as possible. ”

"Huh!" Zhang Zhimu smiled bitterly and said: "The railways we will build this year include the railway from Datong to Zhangjiakou, the railway from Tongguan to Kaifeng, and the railway from Tianshui to Lanzhou in the spring of next year. Emperor Chongzhen also asked us to build a railway from Zhangjiakou to Beijing. Our front is stretched too long all of a sudden, and there are not enough technicians? ”

"To be honest, the railway from Zhangjiakou to Beijing is not in a hurry. But the railway from Zhengzhou to Hankou was too much needed. I know that the railway from Tongguan to Kaifeng will be completed in two years, and the construction of this section of the railway will be too difficult. However, the construction of the railway from Zhengzhou to Hankou is not so difficult. As long as the railway is designed here, we will organize people to repair the roadbed. The human resources over there are sufficient, and we will start construction on the whole line, strive to repair the railway from Tongguan to Kaifeng, and complete the roadbed from Zhengzhou to Hankou on our side. As soon as the traffic is opened over there, we can lay tracks here. Li Mao said very eagerly, it seems that he is really anxious. After speaking, he looked at Lu Chengxiang and Zhang Zhimu.

Lu Chengxiang hurriedly said: "Li Gongzi doesn't need to look at me, the matter of silver is not a problem." I fully support the construction of the railway. Besides, this railroad construction is a matter of making money, and if you put one into it, you can come out with two. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "You see that I am useless, I can't build a road for you." The point is that there are no people, and building railways is not the same as building roads, and technicians are needed. ”

"Mr. Zhang, can you be like Hexi? I asked Mr. Lu to send someone to do a good job of the design for us, and then train some of the officers and soldiers of the army, who will be responsible for organizing and inspecting the construction quality. The whole construction is employed, and we will solve it ourselves. In addition, I can also go to the west side of the river to ask General Ningde for help, and ask them to support some officers and soldiers with construction experience to come and support us. "It seems that Li Mao will not stop if he has not achieved his goal.

Li Mao's words have come to this, and Zhang Zhimu can't refuse anymore, "Let's study this matter with Mr. Lu Bingyi." Ay! Again, this is something that makes it difficult for him. The last time I told him about the railway from Zhangjiakou to Beijing, he was very embarrassed! ”

"I can't help it! How many people are waiting for news from me over there! Li Mao said, "Besides, we really need a railway over there." The construction of the Hankou Iron and Steel Plant and the Hankou Shipyard will be started immediately next year, and it is really inconvenient to have no railway. With the railway, the traffic from our side to Yaogang can avoid the Kaiyuan New River. The ability to cross ships there is no longer enough for our needs. ”

Lu Chengxiang also said: "There is no railway from Tongguan to Kaifeng that is more anxious than me." Open source new river that block! Every day the boat was discharged far away. It's really hard to transport some goods, and if there are more ships in Weishui, it will be even more troublesome! Lu Chengxiang pointed out that after the water is diverted from Qinling South, there will be more boats on the Weishui River, and the bottleneck of the Kaiyuan New River will be greater at that time.

Zhang Zhimu said: "Yes! It's time to solve the bottleneck of Kaiyuan Xinhe. ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that this was a very difficult matter, but in any case, a man-made disaster like the construction of the Sanmen Reservoir must not happen again. After the Sanmenxia Dam raised the water level, the sediment at the bottom of the Tongguan River rose too high, causing the sediment to accumulate at the mouth of the Weishui River, and the water level rose, causing a large amount of saline-alkali land, and the disaster caused to the 800-mile Qinchuan River must not be repeated again. However, without the construction of reservoirs, the Yellow River will not be able to be navigated smoothly, and this matter must be seriously studied.

It seems that Lu Bingyi and Tang Jingyao should study this matter together and come up with a reasonable solution. However, Zhang Zhimu also knew that due to the limitations of their knowledge, it was impossible for them to come up with a more clever method. Fortunately, in the past few years, we have seen some results in controlling soil erosion, and the sediment flowing into the Yellow River has been reduced to a certain extent, and I hope the effect is getting better and better.

Zhang Zhimu was thinking about governing the Yellow River here, but the group of people facing Concubine Zhuang were all depressed and stopped talking.

When they came back from the negotiations yesterday, they quarreled for a long time, and then they all got drunk. After sobering up, they felt that there was still a glimmer of hope, and they asked Concubine Zhuang to beg Zhang Zhimu. Concubine Zhuang was very clear in her heart, all this was arranged by the Zhang Dong family, and she didn't ask for it, but Concubine Zhuang couldn't help but agree, "I can go and ask the Zhang Dong family, but have you thought about it, what they have to face is not our Horqin, but the entire grassland and the entire territory of the Ming Dynasty, they want to implement a unified approach, can the Zhang Dong family set a precedent for us in Horqin?" ”

"Do they do the same to their good friends, the Tumuts?" Someone asked.

"I don't know about it, but we can't compare it to the Tumuts. They and the kiln people are in a life-and-death relationship. When Tumut was in danger, the people of Yaogang sent troops to help, what was the relationship. Now they also built the railroad until the naturalization of the Tumuts. This is something we can't compare. ”

Wu Keshan said: "You can beg Zhang Dongjia for us!" We really can't afford to lose the steppe! That's our lifeline! ”

Concubine Zhuang had no choice but to call Zhang Zhimu's office and said that she asked to see Zhang Zhimu.

When Concubine Zhuang came back after seeing Zhang Zhimu, these people were waiting with their necks stretched. But the news I heard was that Zhang Zhimu said that there was no room for talking about such a thing. Including Wu Keshan, they were extremely depressed one by one, and Concubine Zhuang said: "I also tell you a piece of news, the Chahar people are also here. ”

Wu Keshan asked: "They also came to peace talks?" ”

"Humph! If they don't make peace, do they have any other way out? Concubine Zhuang snorted and said. In fact, this is also spoken to them.

Everyone stopped talking again, and Concubine Zhuang said: "Actually, Zhang Dongjia has another suggestion, I think it is to talk about it at home." Listen to it! ”

"Bumu Butai, what time is it! If you have something to say, just say it! Wu Keshan said anxiously.

"Zhang Dongjia said, you might as well think about it now and talk about some practical things, such as the treatment you will receive after you go to the kiln! And what are you going to do when you get to the kiln, etc. It is much better than those thousands of households in Ordos, who have not been killed, and are empty-handed, and have to be given by kiln workers for anything? After speaking, Concubine Zhuang glanced at them. These people all lowered their heads again, but Concubine Zhuang knew that such words had already made them tempted.

After speaking, Concubine Zhuang didn't care about them, picked up the phone, and called Ordos Wanhu. When they were in a meeting, they toasted each other at the banquet, which can be regarded as familiar, and Concubine Zhuang said: "Respect the prince, I am Bumu Butai, your sister!" ”

"Oh! Thank you, Lord Wang, for remembering me. As you know, there are a lot of relatives in my hometown. I'd like to invite you to have a drink together, I wonder if I can enjoy it? ”

"Oh! Thank you, then please ask the prince to come for me and invite those thousands of adults from Ordos to come. We'll see you at the Mongolian Hotel in the evening! ”

"Okay! See you or leave you! ”

After Concubine Zhuang finished calling, Wu Keshan said: "Bumu Butai, how can we have the heart to drink with them now!" Besides, don't spend money there, it's too expensive! ”

"Huh!" Concubine Zhuang smiled and said, "Brother, you don't have to worry about the silver. The money that the kiln people gave us was not exhausted. I saw that you couldn't hold your heads up, and I felt sorry for you, so I invited you to go and drink together. Besides, when we come to Yaogang, we should also invite those people from Ordos. It might be good for everyone to talk together! ”

In fact, none of them don't like that Mongolian restaurant, besides, it's also a good idea to talk to the Ordos people who have been in Yaogang for so many years!

A prince said: "Bumu Butai, you are up and down the kiln gang, you know so many people, you must speak more for our Horqin people!" ”

"Lord Wang, it is because I came to the kiln a few days earlier than you and I have seen a lot of things clearly, that I invited you over. But there are some things that I say now, and you can't accept them. I'm in a hurry, too, but you'll have to see for yourself. In fact, the people of Yaogang can see it very clearly, you just want to stay on the grassland and wait for the opportunity to ease up. Can they not see clearly? ”

Everyone also understood the meaning of Concubine Zhuang's words, but they were really unwilling to give up their grassland like this, which meant nothing.

In the evening, when these Horqin people and these Ordos people drink, they are much more enjoyable. Although their language is also different, they can probably understand it, unlike talking to Zhang Zhimu and them, and they have to be translated.

When the wine was almost drunk, the Wanhu of Ordos told the story of how he lost Ordos. It made these Korqin people sigh too.

Looking at the painful appearance of the prince of Ordos, Wu Keshan asked, "How are you doing in Yaogang?" Do you hate this Zhang Dongjia? ”

"I am the master of the grassland in Ordos, and I live like a fairy. But under the fence here, all the expenses must be rewarded, do you think you can live well? Erdos took a sip of wine, put down the wine bowl and said, "However, I don't hate Zhang Dongjia!" ”

"Why?" A prince of Horqin asked. All Korqin people want to know the answer.

"Huh!" Wan Hu smiled and asked, "If you are from Yaogang, can you leave us people to feed?" ”

"Hmm!" Wu Keshan somewhat understood, "If we had killed you all a long time ago, now, you would be wolves on the grassland gnawing the remaining bones." ”

"So! We can live to this day, shouldn't we thank Zhang Dongjia? ”

"Yes! But their steppe was also taken away from you? Korqin a Baylor said.

"Huh! That's it! After Ordos Wanhu finished speaking, he looked at Wu Keshan and said, "If we can't beat others, we have to listen to others, there is no way." However, the treatment given to us by the kiln people is quite good. We children don't have to spend money to read. One of the good things about it here is that you don't have to worry about it. Hehe! ”

"Didn't you think about running back to the prairie?" Someone asked.

"I can't go back," said Ordos Wanhu, "and now those guys on the grassland, who are living a good life, have long forgotten that they are." When I go back, they don't necessarily listen to me. Still, I know they're doing well. To say this, we are still too bad at the kiln gang. Those people, as long as they live well, will follow the kiln people. ”

Wu Keshan sighed and said, "Alas! That's the result if we can't get it right. ”

"No, no! You are not like us, we are taken prisoner, you are here to negotiate, at least you can bring your own property. With silver, it is difficult for you to make a fortune in the kiln! Unlike us, we don't have real money in our hands, we can only watch others get rich! ”

Ordos Wanhu's words really hit the point of the Horqin people. The two results were clearly placed in front of them.

Concubine Zhuang was happy, and said in her heart: "This Wanhu said such a sentence, even if this wine is not in vain!" ”

What made Concubine Zhuang admire Zhang Zhimu very much was that after drinking this wine, the next day these Horqin people agreed to the conditions of the Yaogang people. Of course, during the second negotiation, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He also made some concessions, that is, they agreed to leave a piece of land on the grassland for them to be their big tent. It is also possible to leave a few people to guard the big tent.

Chen Yufeng knew that after the army and officials in Yaogang passed, it was useless for them to leave anyone behind.

A few years ago, a contract was signed for the peaceful annexation of the Horqin people into the Ming Dynasty, which was a successful end to the year.

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