Volume 8 Chapter 248 I want to be a contractor
The leaders of the Chahar tribes have all lived in Datong New Town for pleasure, but they are not defenseless, and their heirs have not been brought into the city to live, but stay on the grassland to exercise, that is to say, even if Zhang Bin suddenly makes a move and takes them all hostage, their tribe will not be finished because of this.
They were also pleasantly surprised to find that after having money, the herdsmen of the tribe began to frantically give birth to offspring, and now, almost every mother-in-law has a big belly, so if it continues, I am afraid that within ten years, the number of people in their respective tribes will double, and within twenty years, their strength will also double.
This really made them excited, this mine, they estimated that it would be dug in twenty or thirty years at most, and then this natural disaster should also pass, and then they have people, money, and strength, I don't know how strong it is, Daming is simply lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot.
They don't realize that the herdsmen under their command have slowly adapted to the current life, and even if the natural disaster passes, they may not be willing to go back to the old life of herding around, and even if they are willing to live a nomadic life again, the things produced on the grassland simply cannot feed so many people, and the more people there are, the more they can't feed them!
They can only feed so many people by relying on the food delivered by the Ming Dynasty, and as soon as the Ming Dynasty runs out of food, they will have to go hungry.
They can only live a good life by relying on the various living materials provided by the Ming Dynasty, once the Ming Dynasty cuts off the supply of living materials, they will soon return to the backward life before, even if they have money, it is difficult to buy things.
The Chahar tribes have been slowly determined by Zhang Bin to be unable to move in the large and small cities, and it will be the turn of the Horqin tribe next.
Although the Dacha Railway has not yet reached the junction of Chahar and Horqin, Zhang Bin's infiltration of the Horqin Department has been a long time coming, and he has sent many elite scouts to wander around the various tribes of Horqin under the guise of traveling merchants on the grassland to promote Chahar's wealth.
They also enthusiastically helped the herdsmen of the Horqin tribe to find their relatives in the Chahar tribe, so as to convince more people of the wealth of the Chahar tribe.
They even sent all kinds of food and daily necessities to the relatives of the Horqin tribe for the herdsmen of the Chahar tribe for free, so as to confirm the fact that the Chahar tribe was rich and flowed oil.
The wealth of the Chahar tribe slowly spread in the Horqin tribe, and the herdsmen of the Horqin tribe began to entrust the grassland merchants to find relatives in the Chahar tribe, and most of them got in touch with relatives who had not been seen for a long time or even had no news, and most of them received food and living materials from the wealthy relatives of the Chahar tribe.
Many herdsmen in the Korqin tribe began to yearn for the life of the Chahar tribe, and they began to frantically inquire about everything in the Chahar tribe.
Why is the Chahar Ministry so rich?
It's very simple, because they are friendly with the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty happens to lack coal and iron mines, and the mountains around the Chahar grassland happen to find a lot of coal mines and iron mines, so they get rich, and where the legendary railway is built, the herdsmen can live a rich life.
I heard that the Ming Dynasty was about to build the railway to the junction of the Chahar Grassland and the Horqin Grassland.
I heard that there is still a shortage of coal and iron mines in Daming.
I heard that the Ministry of Industry of Daming has sent people to search for coal mines and iron mines in the mountainous areas south of the Horqin Ministry, and they have found a lot.
One by one, the news continued to spread in the Horqin tribes, and many herdsmen began to look forward to it, hoping that the Ming Dynasty could repair the railway to the Horqin grassland as soon as possible, and invite them to mine, so that they could also live a rich life like the Chahar tribe, because they also suffered disasters, and most of their lives were unsustainable!
Even the herdsmen knew about these news, and the leaders of the Horqin tribes naturally knew about it, and they even knew that the leaders of the Chahar tribes were living a fairy-like life, asking for money, food, and beauty, and they would lie in the luxurious mansion every day and count the money, and they were about to cramp when they counted.
At this time, there were serious disagreements within them, and many tribal leaders wanted to take the initiative to contact the Ming and make friends with the Ming, so that the Horqin tribes could live a prosperous life like the Chahar tribes, so that they could also live a fairy life like the leaders of the Chahar tribes.
However, the largest tribal leader of the Korqin tribes, Borzigit. Bu He strongly objected, because he was Huang Taiji's father-in-law, and Hou Jin designated Horqin Beyler, that is, the lord of the Horqin grassland, but since Hou Jin was conquered by the Ming Dynasty, his sovereignty over Horqin has been declining day by day, and he hates it because of this, how can he agree to be friendly with the Ming Dynasty.
His reason is that this is Daming using money to tempt everyone to cheat, as long as they are trapped, everyone will be equivalent to cutting off their hands and feet, and from then on they can only be led by Daming's nose.
This reason seems to be very good and powerful, this kind of thing, he, the "Lord of Horqin", does not nod, it seems unlikely, so after several fruitless discussions, the leaders of the Horqin tribes did not mention this issue again.
Will they do so?
Of course not, you Borzigit. Buhe disagrees that it's your business, you don't want to get rich It's our business, we still want to get rich, you really want to be the lord of Horqin!
The Chahar tribes are all in order, why are our Horqin tribes still stubborn, the Horqin tribe is just a big tribe under Mengyuan, is it okay, their Chahar tribe is the orthodoxy of Mengyuan, the boss is good friends with Daming, why can't we who are younger brothers be good friends with Daming?
The leaders of many tribes began to send envoys to contact Da Ming secretly, Da Ming did not refuse, wanted to make friends with Da Ming, no problem, wanted to mine, wanted to make money, no problem, afraid of Borzigit. Cloth and revenge, we cover you!
As a result, the railway has not yet been repaired to the edge of the Horqin grassland, but the Guanning iron cavalry of the Ming Dynasty suddenly appeared on the edge of the Horqin grassland, and the leaders of the Horqin tribes not only did not organize a large army to resist, but secretly took their relatives to the Ming army camp.
Soon, they signed an agreement with the first assistant of the cabinet of the Ming Empire, Taishi Weiguogong, and the Horqin Ministries sent people to mine, and the Ming Dynasty paid for the purchase of ores, all according to the practice of the Chahar Ministry.
The drama of the Ming Dynasty inviting people to mine was staged again, the leaders of the Horqin tribes also became contractors, the Chaco Railway began to enter the preparatory stage, and large and small cities also began to enter the planning.
Borzigit. Buhe twisted for a while, and finally joined the army of the contractor, everyone else is making money, and he is carrying it alone as a poor ghost, isn't that a stupid hat!
In other words, Daming is really so short of coal and iron mines, it is not enough for the Chahar Department to dig hard, but also to pull over and dig together with the Horqin Department.
Zhang Bin really didn't lie to this point, Daming's demand for iron ore and coal mines is indeed getting bigger and bigger, because Dongshengtang is building a railway network in various parts of Daming, promoting various steam power equipment, and the demand for iron ore and coal mines is indeed exploding.
More importantly, the five northwest provinces, Liaodong, Guangdong, grain and cash crops are bumper harvests, and they urgently need to be sold.