At this time, the attendant Zhou Rui came in and said to Zhang Han: "My lord, the Russians are in a hurry. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"Okay, got it." Zhang Han patted Ma Wu on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Good life and recuperation, we are leaving, after determining the trade city, I will lead my troops south to return to Qingcheng, you can stay here to recuperate with peace of mind, in addition to your original two squadrons of cavalry, add two more lancer squadrons and a chaser squadron for you, set up a trade point garrison camp, you are the battalion commander, and when the new officers come up with the troops, you all return to Qingcheng and return to Lizhuang in batches to rest." ”

Zhang Han showed a sad look on his face, and he said slowly: "Of course, the bodies of the fallen soldiers have been burned, they don't wait for the beginning of spring, I will bring them back when I return to Qingcheng this time." ”

Ma Wu and the others were speechless, and their faces showed grief.

Even at this moment, they are lying in the house with a fire, lying in the thick fur bedding, and even sweating hot, but they still think of the ice and snow, the snow, and the comrades who fell on the way.

This kind of cold and those whites that can't see the edges are estimated to remain in their memories for the rest of their lives.

……

Zhang Han continued to march north with the Russians and his subordinates, as well as the three Khans of Mobei.

The ranks are getting bigger and bigger, and the number of people is much larger now than when they set out from Qingcheng.

After a hundred and fifty miles north from Kulen, it took three days to reach the pre-selected address.

"The site of the city was built right here." Zhang Han is very satisfied with this place.

One hundred and fifty miles from Kulun, all of them are flat steppe landscapes, and chariots and horses can easily walk.

Nearly 400 miles to the north is the new settlement built by the Russians on the Hanhai Sea, from which they can easily enter the estuaries of several large rivers into the Hanhai, and before arriving in Tomsk, they can effectively use the river capacity, saving a lot of manpower and time.

Tushetu Khan Gunbu also praised: "To the west is the Khusugul Lake, and to the east of the lake is the Sayan Mountains, surrounded by mountains and lakes, this is a good place. ”

Now that they surrendered, the Mongols also sought to gain considerable benefits from the establishment of this trade route.

Obviously, once the route was established, the goods of the Han people continued to come in, and the landlords and forces around the Mongols had a natural advantage in the supply of goods.

The Tushetu Khan is certainly the biggest beneficiary.

At this time, the Chechen Khan and Zasaktu Khan faintly regretted that since the northward route with Yusheng did not pass through their tribes, the main line of the trade route was of course also in the Tushetu Khan Department.

They regretted it a little at this time, and did not try to fight for the route through their own tribe.

Although there may be a branch line, and the herdsmen of the two tribes can also trade here, the two tribal leaders can already imagine the complaints and grievances they will face.

Petrin was also very satisfied, and he became very energetic!

No matter what the cost, even after walking back and forth for the past few months, he has lost at least ten kilograms, but it is still worth it to get the current results!

This trade point is only 400 miles away from the new settlement that the Russians have built on the territory of the Mongols in Buryatia, and the carts can run back and forth every half a month, which is already very close for this level of trade.

Although the Russians were able to cross the Ural Mountains and bring special goods from Asia back to Europe, it did not mean that they liked to run long-distance trade, time was profit, and there were risks and losses on the way.

"There are a lot of concessions with Yusheng." Madoff said with some suspicion: "At first, they were reluctant to come to Mobei, but now they have not only arrived in Mobei, but they have also built military platforms all the way to protect trade routes, and they have also built trade cities here." That's a lot of investment, why? ”

Petrin pondered, "There are two reasons, the first is that they want to control Mobei. Second, they are very satisfied with our naval talent, which can be seen as a kind of feedback. ”

"Zhang Hanxiang is such a generous person?"

Petrin bowed his head and thought for a long time before gritting his teeth and saying, "Of course not, if it's not profitable, he's the kind of person who can wipe his ass with a treaty of straw." ”

"There's only one reason for that." Madoff said: "They have a very strong interest in controlling Mobei. ”

The two Russians looked at each other, both feeling that they were too slow to react.

……

Liu Peng, deputy director of the Quartermaster Department, said to Zhang Han: "Please give a name to this trade city." ”

Everyone looked at Zhang Han.

Of course, this kind of power is only available to Zhang Han, and no one else is qualified.

Several Mongol khans glanced at each other, and they all saw the bitterness in each other's eyes.

In any case, this piece of land must belong to He Yusheng.

"Let's call it the City of Trading." Zhang Han looked around, a white snowy field, but faintly could see the grass roots under the snow, in late spring and summer, the sky here must be very blue, the grass is endless, everywhere is green.

The nearest place in the northwest is Kusugul Lake, which is second only to Hanhai Lake, with an area of more than 2,000 square kilometers, and on the northeast side of the lake is the mountain range of Hangai Mountain, surrounded on all sides.

From a military point of view, it is quite safe, with mountains to the east and large lakes to the west, backed by Kulen and directly facing the Russians who came to trade.

"Since it's a business, it's simply called a buying and selling city." Zhang Han looked around and said in a decisive tone: "It's simple and clear, so that the shepherds also know what they are doing here." ”

"Your Excellency has a very good name." Liu Peng hurriedly said: "Then the military division will record the location of the city by buying and selling it, and plan to build the city." Our initial plan was to divide the Hutchison Company's trading area into a trading area for the Hutchison Company, which was of course the largest, followed by the company's storage area, living area, entertainment area, garrison barracks area, and marching division's office area, and so on. There will also be some places set aside as free trade zones, which can allow Han merchants, Mongolian merchants, and Russian merchants to come to free trade, and we will be responsible for security, daily management and tax collection. ”

"Well, this matter is led by the Military Orders Department, and the Military Administration and Quartermaster Department follow up." Zhang Han nodded in agreement.

Everyone looked at this land and felt a little disbelieving.

Even Petrin felt that the plan proposed by Heyusheng was very huge, with a radius of eight miles, much larger than the Zhangjiakou Fort he had visited, of course, the outer trade area of Zhangjiakou Fort was larger, and the road was full of commercial houses and shops, Petrin was a little skeptical that it could be as large as Zhangjiakou.

"Your Excellency doesn't know much about the Chinese's trade talent." Zhang Han seemed to see Petrin's doubts, and said with a smile: "There used to be horse markets in Fushun and Kuandian in eastern Liaodong, and among the deep mountains and high mountains, there were horse markets within a radius of more than ten miles, and all kinds of Liaodong native products and goods from Guannai were traded with the Jurchens and Koreans, in that kind of place, the horse markets with insufficient economic vitality had such a large scale, and now what we want to establish is trade between the two countries, don't worry, I feel that this scale may not be enough." ”

The early development of the Russians in Asia was mainly to make profits, so far, a considerable amount of gold coins in their treasury are earned by the special products of the Asian region, especially at the beginning of the establishment of the Romanov dynasty, negotiations with Poland and Sweden, the redemption of occupied cities, the improvement of the equipment of the army, the suppression of domestic rebellions, according to Russia's own judgment, the Far East accounted for a considerable share of the income.

Goods from the Far East were sent to the European part of the Russians, traded with the Dutch and the British, and were traded for huge profits.

One can imagine how attractive a large number of Chinese goods will be to Russian businessmen without going to Europe through the South Sea route, but from the Russian side.

Not to mention the European market, the internal market of the Russians alone will probably fill this buying and selling city.

"It's going to be interesting in the next few years." Petrin's confidence was stirred up by Zhang Han, and his bull's-eyed blue eyes were full of antiquity.

Zhang Han once again focused his attention on the vast snowy fields.

……

"This is Mr. José." The interpreter at the Military Command Bureau translated the name of the middle-aged man with brown hair in a mouthful of Portuguese.

"It's a weird name." An officer of the Military Orders Department said with a smile.

Sun Jingting glared at the official fiercely, and then turned his head, stretched out his hand, and smiled at the other party: "Welcome, Mr. Jose." ”

José was in his thirties, dressed in the robes typical of the Jesus-Order, and had a large silver cross on his chest.

This is the standard dress of a missionary, and since the founding of the Jesus, this church organization determined to spread the gospel of the Lord throughout the world has greater ambitions and stronger missionary desires than the Catholic Church and the traditional Protestant sects, and its organizational structure is also very advanced, attracting a large number of zealous believers who are interested in mission.

At a time like this, there are not only fanatical clergy in the Jesus, but also a considerable number of poor and bankrupt Europeans joining them, and the mission is just a pretext and an excuse to build a church and then make money and live a very comfortable life.

In addition to churches, there are also many church schools.

It is fair to say that most of the missionaries in the Ming and Qing dynasties were outstanding talents, and there were a few scum, but more of them had a sense of religious responsibility, and in the two matters of civil welfare and church schools, they played a considerable role in promoting China, which was very backward at that time.

In China, a few hundred years later, many of the best universities are church schools, which many people may not know.

The preacher in front of him should be more focused on gold than on preaching, and his dress is more like a guarantee of identity and status than piety.

José said in Portuguese, "Thank you, and thank the Lord for bringing all the machines you need." ”

Sun Jingting took the list and said, "Thirty bore beds, twenty lathes, and a number of metal parts and appliances. Great, we'll pay the full amount when Mr. Jose returns. ”