The 50,000 taels of silver that Fan Sanba and his party obtained from the iron trade with the Manchus this time could only hand over 30,000 taels as a ransom, so Fang Yuan opened the net and let them leave the tavern in disgrace.

Disposed of Fan Sanba, the next thing is this group of Mongolian mercenaries.

Fang Yuan had the bound Chigutai captured.

Chigutai fell to his knees with his legs on the ground and said dejectedly, "You are really a shaman messenger, I lose, you will punish you!" ”

Fang Yuan had a good impression of this upright Mongolian warrior, in the face of the aggressive invasion of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Mongolia was a brother country with the same hatred and hatred as the Ming Dynasty, and there was no need to kill him, so he loosened his ties, "Chigutai, the shaman god has forgiven you, let's go!" ”

Chigutai couldn't believe his ears, looked at him in amazement and asked, "Just let me go?" Don't need me to pay the ransom? ”

It was the common rule of the prairie for the loser to pay the ransom to the winner, but Fang Yuan didn't understand these rules, and laughed and shook his hand, telling him to hurry up.

Chigutai had been completely impressed by Fang Yuan, and bowed to him repeatedly, and then honestly led one or two hundred Mongolian mercenaries to leave.

The battle in the tavern was over, and Jing Jie led all the brocade guards to the courtyard.

Fang Yuan asked Jing Jie in a low voice, "How many rounds were triggered by a salvo?" ”

Thunderbolts are fired with flint without the need for an arquebus, but due to the technical defects of the trigger and wheel breech, not every flintlock can be triggered 100%.

Jing Jie counted the twenty thunderbolts one by one and reported to him, "Ten rounds, half of which have not been triggered. ”

Ordinary flintlock pistols only have a 30-40% chance of triggering, but this time the Francophone machine will sell about 50% of the chance of triggering, which is indeed a high-quality flintlock pistol.

Li Zongze came to the two, he was the firearms battalion of the Tianxiong Army, and he was very obsessed with firearms, looking at the flintlock pistol with a half-meter-long bayonet in Jing Jie's hand, his eyes flashed with fine light, "This is the thunderbolt firecracker?" Can you show me? ”

Jing Jie gave him a thunderbolt, Li Zongze took it, and he couldn't put it down, and said in his mouth, "Wonderful, really wonderful, can fight from afar and in close combat, ingenious!" If the Tianxiong Army could be equipped with this kind of firecracker, it would not be beaten passively on a one-sided basis. ”

Fang Yuan saw that he had studied firearms very well, so he struck while the iron was hot, and said, "If the old department of the Tianxiong Army is willing to follow our Fang Yuan, as my private soldier, the Thunderbolt Fire Gun is equipped with two guns, and I can also hand over you a few of the latest Franc medium guns." ”

Li Zongze regarded this thunderbolt as a treasure, and after listening to Fang Yuan's promise, as well as the latest Western artillery, he was even more moved, "Lord Fang, what is the benefit of being your private soldier?" ”

He even changed his title to a respectful Lord Fang, Fang Yuan smiled and said, "At present, I only need you to familiarize yourself with the combat methods of cavalry combat with thunderbolt firearms, as well as the use of Franc medium artillery, and when you are familiar with it, I will deploy it myself." ”

Li Zongze asked hesitantly, "Usually it's just training soldiers, what do you rely on to make a living?" ”

Fang Yuan said, "Brother Li, now that you have offended the Fan family, you can't continue your smuggling business!" During the training period, I can pay each of you five taels of silver per month, and when there is a war, the loot rewards will be settled separately. ”

There is a monthly salary in his spare time, and he can also share the war profits in wartime, and ensure the harvest in drought and flood, how to see how cost-effective this kind of business is, Li Zongze was greatly moved when he heard it, and asked Fang Yuan to wait for a while, and then went to discuss with the old department of the Tianxiong Army who accompanied him.

Fang Yuan took advantage of their discussion and whispered to Jing Jie, "Third brother, you don't have to go back to the capital with me, stay here and train with them." I will leave all the ransom of 30,000 taels paid by the Fan family to you, and you can go and purchase Mongolian war horses. ”

"I will leave you another twenty thunderbolts, gunpowder, and lead bullets, but these thunderbolts and gunpowder must be strictly managed, sealed in warehouses in peacetime, and can only be distributed in wartime and training."

"When the medium artillery arrives, I will also have people send it to Xiangyang Village along with the drone."

"Third brother, from now on, you are the staff division of this private army, the commander of the part-time cavalry battalion and the drone team, and I will entrust it all to you here."

Fang Yuan had unreserved trust in Jing Jie, and explained it clearly one by one.

Jing Jie promised, "Don't worry, boss, I will train an elite soldier in the shortest possible time for the boss to drive." ”

Fang Yuan patted him on the shoulder with satisfaction to show his trust.

While the two were talking, Li Zongze came over with a group of brothers from the old department of the Tianxiong Army, and bowed down in unison to salute the Tianxiong Army, "In the future, we are willing to follow Lord Fang to serve the dogs and horses." ”

Fang Yuan said loudly, "Li Zongze, from this moment on, you are the commander of the artillery battalion of this new-style army, enjoying the treatment of 100 households, and you have full authority to allocate materials in the artillery battalion, and only personnel appointments need to be reported to Jingjie for approval. ”

Li Zongze hurriedly saluted him, "Yes!" ”

The goal of this trip to Datong has been achieved, and Fang Yuan wants to return to the capital in a hurry, and he cannot delay it any longer.

After lunch, Fang Yuan took Xiao Yuan and the twenty brocade guards who accompanied him to prepare to leave the market.

Jing Jie sent him to the market entrance, but saw Chigutai leading a hundred Mongolians waiting at the market entrance.

Fang Yuan and Jing Jie looked at each other, could it be that these Mongolians were not popular, and they were ready to come to the group fight?

Jing Jie ordered Jinyiwei to take out the thunderbolt fire gun and be on guard.

Chigutai's single-handedly longitudinal horse arrived in front of Fang Yuan and Jing Jie, turned over and dismounted, half-knelt on the ground, and put his hand on his chest, expressing his submission to Fang Yuan, "We have left the Fan family and have no livelihood, and we ask the shaman messenger to give us a livelihood." ”

Fang Yuan's eyes lit up, it turned out that this group of Mongolian mercenaries had come to join him.

He thought to himself that the training of cavalry was by no means effective overnight. When it comes to the ability to fight on horseback, who can beat the Mongols who grew up on horseback? If you can subdue this group of Mongols to join, training this musket cavalry team will be twice the result with half the effort.

The Ming Dynasty's Duoyan Sanwei was composed of a group of Mongol mercenaries.

Fang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "If you want to join me, you can." However, we are a battalion of musketeers, we can't just shoot on horseback, use brute force, we must learn to use muskets, and you are willing to learn how to fight with muskets? ”

Chigutai hurriedly said, "Yes! ”

Fang Yuan asked again, "You must also teach the Han soldiers the method of cavalry warfare of the Mongols, are you willing?" ”

Chigutai said again, "Yes! ”

Fang Yuan asked again, "If you follow us, you are not mercenaries, but our original pro-army, and you must follow the military regulations of the pro-army." Can you abide by military rules, live in peace with Han Chinese sergeants, and respect each other's living customs? ”

Chigutai said loudly, "Yes! I will restrain my subordinates and will never take the initiative to make trouble! ”

Fang Yuan glanced sideways at Jing Jie and asked in a low voice, "What do you think?" ”

Jing Jie said with an unmoved face, "With the addition of the Mongols, although the management is a difficult problem, the advantage is that the combat power is enhanced, and the tactical tactics can also learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and there are improvements, I think you can give it a try!" ”

"Good!"

Fang Yuan also got off the horse, walked to Chigutai, and helped him up, "How much money does the Fan family give you in January?" ”

Chigutai said truthfully, "Five taels of silver, take care of food and housing." ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "This is also the treatment here for me, if there is a war, there will be a commission for the spoils of war." ”

Chigutai secretly estimated that he only received a monthly salary as a thug in the Fan family, but he could not share the spoils. With Fang Yuan, not only did he receive the slightest amount of treatment, but he could also participate in the distribution of the spoils of war, and a fool could see that this account was making a lot of money.

He hurriedly promised, "Thank you Shaman's messenger for rewarding us with a way to live!" ”

Chigutai stood up suddenly, brandished his fine iron saber, and shouted in Mongolian, "Shaman God Messenger!" Shamanic messenger! ”

The Mongols under his command all raised their swords in unison, and their morale was high.

Fang Yuan said loudly, "From this moment on, Chigutai, you are the commander of the cavalry battalion of my pro-army, and you have full authority to decide all the materials, and only personnel appointments need to be reported to Jingjie for approval." ”

Chigutai said loudly, "Yes! ”

Fang Yuan secretly pulled him into the distance and took out a bottle of perfume from his arms, "Chigutai, take a look, is there a market for this in the Mongolian grassland?" ”

Fang Yuan's trip to Datong also came with the idea of exchanging perfume for military horses, and he also brought a few bottles of perfume with him.

Chigutai looked at the small pale yellow bottle in his hand and asked in amazement, "What is this?" ”

Fang Yuan unscrewed the cap of the perfume bottle, and a fragrance spread.

Chigutai got closer and sniffed it, frowned slightly and said, "I'm afraid the people on the prairie are not used to this smell, I don't think anyone buys it." ”

Fang Yuan still believes in Chigutai's understanding of Mongolian habits, since even Mongolian men don't like this smell, what do women buy this perfume for?

It seems that the business of exchanging perfumes for military horses is not going to work.

His face was full of disappointment, and he was about to put the perfume bottle in his arms, when Chigutai suddenly said, "However, the scented bottle of the shaman's messenger is dazzling, and I think it will be marketable." ”

Fang Yuan was slightly stunned, Chigutai didn't fancy the perfume, but only the perfume bottle, is this considered buying a pearl?

However, Fang Yuan didn't care about these details, since the scented bottles were marketable, then sell the bottles!

Fang Yuan handed him all three samples of perfume and told him to find a Mongolian merchant, if he was willing to exchange the military horse for the perfume bottle, or buy it directly with silver, he could directly bring it to the capital and discuss business with Fang Yuan.