"Meet the Patriarch!"

Cao Yi soon came to the camp where Sakchi was located, and saluted according to the Jurchen faction, as if he was really a general under Sakqi.

"Come, come, sit down, this time fortunately your plan is well done, otherwise it will be sealed by the old fox Dolgon."

As soon as Sackchi saw Cao Yi now, he couldn't say how affectionate he was, but he felt a pity in his heart, such a talent was not his own Jurchen son.

"It's all the brave sons and daughters in our army, and the wise leadership of your old man, the patriarch, how can the soldiers take advantage of Dolgon's house!"

Cao Yi did not take credit, but patted a horse of Sack.

After following Sakqi's side for a long time, Cao Yi, who was born in the Zongheng family, didn't dare to say that he had a thorough understanding of Sakqi's character, but he still had a little understanding.

"Hahaha, it's still inseparable from the plan you made!"

Sackchi was very happy by Cao Yi's sycophants, and with the earlier war, they made Dolgon lose a little snack, but now Sacki is in a good mood.

"But Mr. Cao, our army's grain and grass are about to bottom out, I don't know when the next batch of materials will be in place for the master of Hongmen Limen?"

As the war entered a stalemate stage, the army of the Yitong Department in the early stage was still able to feed the war by plundering the livestock and materials of the tribes along the way, but now no tribe is willing to stay more than a hundred miles away from the area where they are fighting, and they have long fled from the east and west, wandering and fleeing from this battlefield.

The Yitong Department has been suppressed and exploited by the Qing Dynasty over the years, and the clansmen are already poor, which is also an important reason why Cao Yi was able to persuade Sakchi to send troops against the Qing Dynasty. And the population of the army they carried along the way is getting bigger and bigger, and as far as their tribe's meager reserves and looting income are concerned, where they can withstand such consumption, they still have to rely more on supplies from Hongmen.

Of course, except for the initial supply, which was a condition provided by Hongmen to the Yitong Ministry, most of the grain transported during these days was bartered and exchanged for the grain and grass supplies of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and Qixintang with the materials and livestock and other Northeast specialties that Sakchi and the others plundered.

Relying on Hongmen to provide food and grass by themselves is obviously unrealistic, Hongmen itself has a heavy burden, and tens of thousands of soldiers of Wu Jie's army outside the Northeast Pass, as well as the people they settled in the Northeast, is a great problem for Hongmen, where can it continue to support Sakqi.

Therefore, in order to implement his plan smoothly, and at the same time to give a cake to the proprietors of many businesses of the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce who support him, Li Tianyang simply asked the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and Qixintang to do business with Sakechi.

It was a seller's market anyway, and it was a good deal for them to sell the war catch they had looted in exchange for much-needed food; The Nanyang Chamber of Commerce used low-priced grain, cotton and linen and other materials on Nanyang and Dayuan Island in exchange for high-value commodities such as cattle, sheep and livestock outside the Northeast Pass, and the profits were extremely good.

"This ......"

Cao Yi was a little embarrassed, now they are gradually in a stalemate on the battlefield, and they are gradually forced back to the Sakchi section of the Yitong River in the northeast by Dolgon, and if they want to get supplies from Hongmen, they need the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce to make a huge circle from the sea, land after bypassing the Korean Peninsula, and then transport it, which consumes a long time on the road. In addition, it has not been long since spring, the snow is still there, and there are a lot of delays on the way, and even Cao Yi himself can't estimate where this batch of supplies has arrived.

Leaving the matter of transporting supplies to a non-governmental organization such as the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce certainly saved Hongmen a lot of trouble, but the businessmen's nature of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages made them take a detour to reduce great risks, and they also tried to avoid approaching the battlefield of battle, so as to increase their risks.

"It should be on the way, I'll go back and send someone to confirm this later."

"Okay, by the way, I will bring a word for this king, thank you for your support over time."

Sackqi looked satisfied, and at the same time very confident in Hongmen's efficiency and credibility, after Cao Yi gave an answer, he did not pursue it anymore.

"But this time we don't have many supplies, cattle, sheep and livestock in our hands, I don't know if we can ask Master Li Men for leniency, and after defeating Dolgon's children, we should return the full amount."

"This ......"

Cao Yi's face was embarrassed, as if he was contemplative, but in fact, he was reminiscing about the scene when he went north as a liaison officer, and his supervisor Wu Jie told him.

"The Yeheyi Tongbu sent troops today, it will be a heavy force for us to deal with the Great Qing Kingdom, as long as the other party can hold on, you can meet the other party as much as possible if it has any needs."

Wu Jie relayed Li Tianyang's opinion from Dayuan Island, but when Cao Yi was negotiating in the north, with his three-inch tongue, he was stunned to save a lot of benefits for Hongmen, such as the exchange of materials and so on.

"Okay, I'll take our sect master with me today and agree to the request of the patriarch this time."

"It's just that this matter can only be done once, otherwise we can't explain it to the Nanyang merchants, after all, it is extremely difficult for people to pay for and deliver goods."

After a long silence, Cao Yi made a difficult but determined expression, nodded and agreed to Sakchi's embarrassing request.

"Good, good!"

"Don't take it as an example, don't take it as an example!!"

In order to make a deal with the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce, since the beginning of the war, Sakchi did not dare to let go of any of the tribes that appeared around him, so as to scavenge materials for the grain and weapons they needed.

This time, Sakchi really couldn't do it, although he had scavenged a lot of materials in his hands, it was actually enough to deal with this transaction. It's just that with the stalemate of the war, the territory previously occupied by their Itong tribe was gradually recaptured by the army led by Dolgon, and it became more and more difficult to capture.

For the sake of the next war, Sakchi naturally hopes to raise more supplies and grass through credit.

With Sackkey's request, Cao Yi quickly walked out of Sakchi's camp and turned to report to Phoenix.

And it didn't take long for the Nanyang Chamber of Commerce and Qixintang to escort this batch of materials to the army of the Yitong headquarters in the rear, and they were transported to the headquarters of their army in Sakchi, which was also a piece of their heart and made full preparations for the next war.

Later, in the northeast, it gradually entered deep spring, and after the ice and snow gradually melted, the battle between the two Jurchen groups of Ye He and Aixin Jueluo became more and more intense.

The foundation of the Qing Dynasty gradually lost the hegemonic posture they had just shown in this war that continued and developed towards a stalemate stage.

(End of chapter)