After listening to Ta Bunang's words, Fu Qingming said, "I'll discuss it later." ”

"Hmph, this is your last chance." The Han merchants did not agree on the spot, which made Tabu Nang very displeased.

Zhao and Rong bowed and said: "The villain must obey Taiji's orders, and everything is only obeyed by the orders of the Great Khan and Zhu Taiji." ”

"You still know things, and the Taiji know about you." Tabu Nang said gently: "After this time, Ah Cheng Taiji said that he would strictly control Han Shang and Han Er, and there would be your benefits when the time came." ”

Zhao and Rong's bodies were still bowed very low, and he said: "The villain is already old, and he will not be alive for a few years, so the benefits are not tight." It's just that the boys are not sensible, thinking that they can offend the majesty of the Great Khan, which makes the old man really can't see it, and this time after the fact, I hope they can understand something, know what can be done, and what can not be done. ”

"You're good!"

Tabu Nang was greatly moved, he thought that this old Han man was trying to make a profit, and contacted the powerful Han merchants in the city for him, but he didn't expect to see it like this.

The prejudice and contempt of the Han people with Tabu Nang is also impressive to Zhao and Rong.

After Tabu Nang and Lakshen left, Zhao and Rong said to Fu Qingming and the others: "What else do you have to consider?" This is a chance to survive given by the top Taiji, do you really think that Zhang Han, a businessman, can fight against the Great Khan of Mongolia? It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous! ”

Fu Qingming said with a calm face: "I also know this truth, but I am always unwilling. ”

"What's unwilling?" Zhao and Rong were stunned and said: "It's a few less money, but which one is more important than life?" ”

"Not ......"

Fu Qingming couldn't say why, but he didn't feel like he wanted to bow to the Mongols anymore.

In the past few years, due to the entry of He Yusheng, the status of the Han people in the grassland has become higher, how dare they talk to Taiji about the conditions before, any of Taiji's henchmen and cronies can blackmail the Han merchants, the Mongols drink too much and kill the Han people is nothing, no one will be punished for this, there are women and old people and children everywhere near Qingcheng, the Han people are cattle and horses and slaves here, the existence of the Han merchants is completely necessary for this, otherwise it will be eradicated in a word.

Fu Qingming is in his early fifties, his health is not very healthy, and he is often riddled with diseases, he is no longer thinking about himself, but about his children and grandchildren.

"I heard that Sun Jingting is here." Fu Qingming finally said: "I'm going to meet him and see what He Yusheng has to say." ”

"Tell them to quickly confess their sins to the Great Khan and the Taiji," Zhao and Rong said with a serene face: "Eggs can't touch stones......"

……

Sun Jingting said: "But there are more hard things to do for you." ”

Zhao Shiwu and other military people sat on the left side, on the right were members of the Chamber of Commerce and famous Han merchants in Qingcheng, Sun Jingting came, like a boulder thrown into the water, stirred up a lot of waves, he lived in the city for two days, many nearby Han businessmen from a hundred miles away rushed over after hearing the news.

"Before I speak, I want to hear what you have to say." Sun Jingting looked at Han Shang and said, "Please speak freely." ”

A Han merchant hesitated for a moment and said, "What is He Yusheng going to do?" ”

Sun Jingting said with a smile: "It depends on what the Mongols want, if everyone negotiates, everything is easy to say, now they are attacking our caravans everywhere, prohibiting us from traveling north, and making many unreasonable demands on us, and our attitude with Yusheng is to accompany us to the end." ”

Although the situation has been tense recently and it is already in a quasi-war state, Sun Jingting's words still shocked a crowd.

No one ever imagined that a group of merchants and merchants could openly challenge the Mongol Great Khan, and that it would be on the steppes that the Mongols had been crisscrossing for hundreds of years!

Fu Qingming's body had a strange feeling, as if his whole body was numb, and his hands were trembling a little.

There are really a lot of Han businessmen who feel the same way as him, and it may be difficult for others to understand their feelings...... If a person, or even a family, is forcibly plundered to the grassland, uprooted from their homeland and cannot leave, a family has been enslaved for 200 years, living under heavy pressure and horror, a person has also been abused, insulted, beaten, or has seen the slaughter and injury of foreign people to their own people, has seen women insulted, children and old people have been killed, for 200 years the Mongols and the Ming have been enemies, this is a blood feud for generations, and the national integration after hundreds of years has made everyone forget hatred, which is not wrong, the times are progressingPeople always have to forget those pasts, but as far as people in this time and space are concerned, the blood debt is in front of their eyes or on themselves, this feeling has been pressing on their heads like a nightmare, for them, this blood feud is not a text or a legend, let alone a past that can be forgotten, but a bloody reality.

The Ming Dynasty has always been tough on the outside, due to the experience of the weak Song Dynasty in the front, both the royal family and the military generals have full vigilance against Mongolia, but the Ming Dynasty can only be defensive due to the national strength, the characteristics of the Mongolian nomads are easy to attack, but also easy to defend, the vast grassland is their best defense, in addition to the Ming Dynasty in its heyday to maintain the offensive, the remaining two hundred years is passive defense, two hundred years do not know how many Han people have been robbed of property, killed relatives, or were used as slaves, plundered to the grassland, Forced to herd cattle and sheep and cultivate the land, only a lucky few could become Han merchants, selling goods and taking care of their property for the Mongols.

Sun Jingting's words, in the ears of these people, the effect is subversive.

Zhang Ziming said excitedly: "I don't want to go back to living like before, and any poor herdsman dares to point at my nose and scold or even beat me." ”

The Han merchants all had the same expressions...... No one wants to go back in time.

Some things are fine if you don't get them, and if you get them, you don't want to lose them.

Fu Qingming forced himself to calm down, and he asked, "Can He Yusheng be sure to defeat the Great Khan and Zhutaiji?" ”

Sun Jingting said: "Yes." ”

The crowd was in an uproar, and no one dared to believe it.

Fu Qingming couldn't believe it, even Zhang Ziming felt that Sun Jingting's words were too full, and they felt that the best result was to build a military fort with Yusheng, but they were trapped by the Mongols and couldn't get out, and there was no supply, so they could only spend it miserably in the end, and then use the method of delaying time to make peace.

Sun Jingting smiled indifferently and said: "Although there are less than 10,000 soldiers in our merchant group, all of them are armored soldiers, and the only one who wants to fight with us in the north is the Tumut Department, plus Tumut, Tuxietu, and Halashen, at most only 150,000 ding, or even the old and the young and even the herdsmen, the real armor soldiers will not exceed 20,000, but there are not even 5,000 elite soldiers, and the left-wing Mongolia has not fought a major battle for forty years, they are not the opponents of the right wing at all, and they cannot be the opponents of the Yusheng soldiers. Our disadvantage is that we fight with them on the grassland, the supply line is long, and the northern captives are all cavalry, and our cavalry is scarce, so we use fortress tactics to cut the grassland, separating the grassland into small pieces of territory, in addition to ensuring our logistics, it is also to limit the mobility of the northern cavalry. It's ridiculous that there is no one in the north, you can't see this layer at all, and the harassment so far is only a small fight, waiting for the beginning of the summer to gather troops, and then our military fort and auxiliary facilities have been repaired, and we can fight! ”

Fu Qingming said movingly: "It turns out that you have already investigated the situation on the grassland clearly, and only when you know the other side can you dare to have the confidence you have now." ”

Sun Jingting nodded and said: "Our army is too poor in mobility, but we have very strong firepower and artillery, and we will not recruit a large number of soldiers this year, but as a supplement and auxiliary to the soldiers, we will recruit tens of thousands of people at once!" In addition, the training of officers will not stop, the cavalry and artillery will not stop, and by the next year there will be enough officers, the military fort will be built, and the financial and manpower will be tilted towards the infantry, and then the time will come for us to win. ”

A Han businessman asked: "Can Yusheng's financial resources support such a large project?" ”

"And manpower, materials, can?"

Sun Jingting said with a smile: "What kind of person is our Lord Zhang, you still don't know?" What does Tian Jitang eat? All of our initiatives this year are budgeted according to the estimated financial resources, and you can rest assured that not only is it enough, but there will definitely be some surplus......"

In fact, there is no surplus, Tian Jitang's budget is almost at the top, and if there is a little bit of trouble, it can only be a deficit.

Fortunately, Heyusheng has an account bureau, and the deficit can be tolerated below 600,000 taels, which will not hinder turnover and reputation, and if it is more, it may lead to bad consequences.

Fighting the Mongols, Zhang Han was also prepared for an almost pure loss.

By the time of the northward advance, several small tribes had already moved their pastures, driven away their horses, cattle and sheep, and once the yurts were pulled, large tracts of turf were left in the area.

How difficult it is for the infantry to pursue the cavalry on the steppe, even if it is the herdsmen who are in transition, it is difficult to catch up, the Mongols are poor to death, only cattle, sheep and horses are their only property, and they can still make profits by slowly trading, if they start a war, the cattle, sheep and horses are easy to die, and it is also very difficult to rob the herd, I am afraid that this battle will make He Yusheng poor.

Sun Jingting said: "The situation will be very difficult, but fortunately, the east road can be slightly supplemented, as far as I know, before and after the recent Guangning War, the grain on the Dongyu side rose to the most expensive twenty taels and one stones, and the cloth was ten taels and one horses, but it is estimated that it is not the norm, even if the Donglu can get a lot of supplements under Guangning, they are still very short of food and cloth, and the hope of our adults is to earn back the losses on the Dongyu......

Fu Qingming stood up suddenly and said, "I am willing to advance and retreat with He Yusheng." ”

In addition, many grain merchants and cloth merchants also got up and said: "In the lower body of the Chamber of Commerce, the matter of He Yusheng is the matter of the next, and he should advance and retreat with He Yusheng." ”

Zhang Ziming said: "There is still some small property in the bottom, and I am willing to donate it to the Chamber of Commerce." ”

Fu Qingming was stunned, and hurriedly followed: "I am also willing to donate property in the future." ”