For the pastor, why pay an extra sum of money to get their cooperation? This is what Zhiwen thinks about.

If a great shepherd like Surut refuses to cooperate, then the wool harvest will be constrained everywhere as this time, and it will be difficult for him to carry out smoothly.

If confrontation is adopted, Zhiwen and the Dalin Taibu are far from enough, and it is difficult to say that they will win, and it is not conducive to a quick and large-scale exchange of wool if they blindly confront.

And if these herdsmen, or even tribal leaders, are assassinated indiscriminately for the sake of wool, with their status, it will definitely cause chaos, which is inconsistent with the purpose of Zhiwen'an to collect wool steadily and wholeheartedly seek development.

Of course, there is another way, which is to ignore the herdsmen and exchange grain for wool directly from the herdsmen, as long as these herdsmen are not as black-hearted as Don Keith and ask for a sky-high price, this transaction actually has to be done, and the money and grain paid are likely to be less than the ideal model of Zhiwen.

It's just this way, but Zhiwen is unwilling.

You must know that the money and food that Zhiwen intends to pay to these shepherds on a regular basis will make them feel excited, but it will never be too much, who knows what these people think in their hearts, too much money and food will only increase their strength and fuel their ambitions.

The benefits obtained by the subordinate herdsmen in the wool trade all depend on the personal character and intentions of these herdsmen, even if the herdsmen are free people, but under the pressure of life, the personal dependence with the herdsman will be stronger.

In the past, the reason why the northern nomads frequently invaded the Central Plains, in the final analysis, was that they were poor, lacking food and clothing, and if they wanted to survive, they could only rely on robbery.

If the leaders and herdsmen of the Mongolian tribes have money and food, plus the poor herdsmen who have to rely on them, not only can they easily drive the herdsmen to work for them, but the abundant money and grain can also enhance their war ability, which will not only threaten the Central Plains, but also the Zhiwen as the financier, I am afraid that they will also be coerced by them in turn, which is a danger of raising tigers.

In exchange for wool, Zhiwen or the agent Lin Yuan distributed the grain to the herdsmen, and even if the herdsmen were still in the tribe, they knew who their rice class owner was, and their personal dependence on the tribal leaders and herdsmen naturally weakened.

In the future, the herdsmen will be able to obtain food by shearing their sheep and basically solve the problem of food and clothing, which is the main source of income, and has nothing to do with the herdsmen, and it will be very difficult for the tribal leaders and herdsmen to drive the herdsmen to work hard.

In this way, even if the tribal leaders and herdsmen have ambitions because of the little money and food given to them by Zhiwen, it is difficult to drive the herdsmen to work for them again, and people are often the most willing to work hard when they are barefoot.

Of course, in addition to poverty, wealth can also move people's hearts, but with the wealth of these tribal leaders and herdsmen, even with the money and food paid to them by Zhiwen, it is difficult to mobilize all the herdsmen for their use as before.

The reason is that most of these people are unwilling, even if they are willing to spend money, they lack enough money and food to mobilize herders.

As for Lin Yuan's Dalin Taibu, Zhiwen felt that there was nothing to worry about.

Dalintai was originally a small tribe, even if it has the support of Zhiwen now, if it wants to develop and grow, it will not be achieved overnight, and in addition to the tribal leader Lin Yuan, most of the other upper classes such as Tang Hezhi are also Han Chinese, so they can rest assured to a certain extent.

Besides, it is more people from other tribes who deal with them, and even if they have money and food, they do not necessarily make people work for them.

Of course, in order to prevent the Darin Taibu family from becoming dominant, when the wool purchase reaches a certain scale, Zhiwen plans to make another arrangement, which he is already considering.

Therefore, Zhiwen went to Sulut tonight, first of all, he had to "have a good talk", if Sulut was well-behaved and interesting, it would naturally be the best, if he was stubborn and untamable, I am afraid he would have to get rid of him, but this follow-up means had to keep up.

The four Mongolian boys listened to the conversation between Zhiwen and Tang Hezhi in a daze, obviously not understanding what they were talking about, Meng Gen took the lead, hugged the ebony and was about to walk out.

"Wait a minute." Zhiwen stopped the four of them, "Let you go to the bottom, do you know what to touch?" ”

Meng Gen scratched his head, "I think it's to see where Surut lives, and how the guards are doing." ”

Hearing Zhiwen ask this, and then thinking about his conversation with Tang Hezhi just now, what Zhiwen wanted to do, Meng Gen guessed a little bit.

Umug said with some hesitation, "If it's just to find out, then you don't have to go, I... I know. ”

Bagan slapped Umug on the shoulder, "Okay, Umug, save us another run..."

"It's not enough," Zhiwen interrupted Bagan, "we still need to find out who Surut's favorite son is, who he intends to let inherit his family business, where this son lives, who his favorite concubine is, and where he likes to spend the night the most." ”

"Anything else? Son. Meng Gen held his head and asked, he had a headache, these things are not something that can be asked clearly for a while.

Zhiwen thought for a while, "Let's inquire about these things for the time being, it's almost enough." ”

"That's... Childe," Eugugh gestured with a raised hand, "or... No need to go, these... I know that too. ”

Bagen was overjoyed and put an ebony grid on his shoulder, "Brother Ebony, do you know all this?" Yan Bi winked at him.

Eugmuge was a little embarrassed, knowing that Bagan was sarcastically mocking him for liking to inquire about people's privacy, and hurriedly explained, "These things are not secrets, I grew up here, even if I don't deliberately inquire, someone will say it when they are chatting." ”

Zhiwen was also a little surprised, he thought that it would take two or three days to listen to these things, "Wu Muge, are you sure you know all these things?" ”

Umug nodded affirmatively, "Childe, these things in Surut are really no secret. ”

"Alright, let's do it tonight." Zhiwen said with a smile, Sulut must have taken a lot of grain from the herdsmen today, and it was when he got carried away, and he was caught off guard tonight.

"I'm going, Childe, you can't pull me down." Bagan enthusiastically asked.

"Okay." Zhiwen nodded in agreement, and took the remaining three Mongolian boys, as well as Mo Rigen, of course, Umuge can't be left behind, he is the guide.

Except for Zhiwen himself, the others are Mongolians, and it is not easy to show flaws along the way.

"Brother Zheng, there are fewer people, do you want to bring a few more?" Tang Hezhi was not at ease, there were still a few people in him, all of whom were warriors of the Dalin Terrace, and they also met the requirements of Zhiwen to the Mongols.

"Enough, Brother Tang, people are not expensive, and besides, guards are needed here." Zhiwen replied that Xue Ping was not there, and his strength was still much thinner.