"Silver ingot......" Zhang Han has only called his name, and even the word Taiji has been saved, he looked at the items in the hand of the silver ingot, and said with a smile: "This is a thing, will you get it, what do you buy blindly." ”

The silver ingots in their hands were indeed a treasure from the Wa Kingdom, which was very rare in the northern horse market, and could be seen in the capital and some large cities further south, and there were not many people who ate it.

These are dried seafood such as sea cucumbers, sea urchins, abalones, etc., packed in straw bags, and the prices are not cheap, most of them are sold from coastal areas or even Japan, and the people who buy them want to be fresh.

"Isn't it you?" Silver Ingot smiled cheekily. He wants to go back to Qingcheng, there are a lot of people to meet, these nobles on the grassland actually lack nothing, even if ordinary herdsmen rarely see the best green tea, all kinds of pastries, fruits, these nobles can also replenish a batch every once in a while, these shops selling luxury goods here in Zhangjiakou are these large and small Taiji people on the grassland to live, ordinary herdsmen can have a black tea brick in winter, how can they buy those good green tea and white tea? There are also those fruits and vegetables in season, which ordinary herdsmen consume less, and most of them are delicacies on the table of nobles.

"These hairpins are good, wrap them up."

Silver Ingot has cooperated with Zhang Han for so long, it seems that he has made a fortune, entered a goldsmith's shop, and took a fancy to more than a dozen pieces of jewelry, which add up to a dozen taels of gold.

It's no wonder that Ah Cheng Taiji is so friendly to Zhang Han, the Shoukou Taiji like the silver ingot is only a lower middle level in the tribe, and the Mongolian Taiji is as many as cattle hair, and the important Taiji may hold important positions in the tribe, and he has hundreds of accounts and thousands of accounts directly under the herdsmen's subordinates, and the cattle, sheep and horses are calculated in tens of thousands, so of course there is a lot of Taiji's wealth. But this kind of rich Taiji is a minority after all, the Mongols now respect the Yellow Religion and the Red Religion, a lot of horn temples have been built on the grassland, until the northwest and other places, the Mongolians worship more and more horns, the grassland originally did not have too much wealth left, after the expenses became larger, many Taiji have been poor even the small landlords of the Han people are not as good, if it is not for the herdsmen and cattle and sheep to support them, I am afraid that even the clothing is very problematic.

Such a luxury measure as silver ingots is rare in Xiaotaiji.

"These are the ones I bought for Jin Lian...... "The silver ingot blushed rarely.

Li Jinlian's matter was already talked about by the two, it was a little joke made by Zhang Han at the beginning, and the woman who bought the house without a round house said that it was her concubine, and the silver ingot was not a good product, so she accepted the house herself without being polite. For the Mongols, the appearance of the golden lotus with a big face and big chest on a silver plate is just the right thing to eat, and I think that this golden lotus did not suffer much on the grassland.

In the evening, everyone was tired of shopping, and the things that should be bought were almost done, and after thinking about it, everyone did not plan to delay another night in Zhangjiakou, and took advantage of the road that could still walk for an hour, so they simply left the fort on the road.

Following the silver ingots, everyone went out of the military fort without effort, crossed the Great Wall, the team of people and horses behind, Zhang Han with a large number of goods, loaded six four-wheeled carriages, the load is not large, on the grass over the knee grass or walking very smoothly, Zhang Han and silver ingots and others rode horses in front, because the light riding on the road, and the first time to go deep into the grassland, everyone's mood is a little strange, some brisk, some expectation, but also some worry and panic, only the silver ingot, the Mongolian Taiji, has no heart, riding a horse and whip in the front, after running for a while, Sun Jingting had a dispute with the Tartars, and began to speed up the chase, Zhang Han and others also rode horses to catch up, the sun set, they rushed to the northwest, and everyone's figures quickly blended into the gorgeous sunset.

For an hour, the fast horse galloping on the gentle and soft grass was enough to make people go far away, and when the sky turned dark and Zhang Han and the others stopped, the convoy behind them had been thrown far away.

Just cross the Great Wall defense line to the north for dozens of miles, the evening breeze seems to have become a lot cooler, the gentle breeze gradually turns into a cool wind, the eye is far away, everywhere are gentle meadows and undulating hills, grass from, shrubs, hills, and then grass from, shrubs, hills, the green grassland can hardly see the edge at a glance, this situation, this scene, when you first enter the feeling fresh and even shocking, but also make people novel and interesting, after a long time, it is inevitable that there is some monotony and boring.

After stopping, the silver ingot ran to fight the yellow sheep, Liang Xing and others began to compose and sketch on the cardboard, Zhang Han knew that they were handy, fortunately, someone taught, he also ran over to study together, Sun Jingting was also interested in this matter, and also stood aside and watched, Liang Xing's map in his hand has the part of the Ming Dynasty, and there are also the main points of the map obtained by the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia for many years, such as the Hanhai in the far north, the location is in the middle of Zhangjiakou to the northeast, and there are also the locations of Hangai Mountain and Qingcheng, There are also several locations in the Great Gobi Desert on the grassland, but except for important mountain ranges, such as the location of the Daqing Mountains and the approximate location of Chahanhot, large areas are blank, Zhang Han brought Liang Xing and Li Dongxue and others out this time, just to draw some maps as much as possible.

This matter is not easy, Zhang Han does not understand the map, Liang Xing and Li Dongxue They are not with Zhang Han, it is Zhang Han who invited a map master named Wang Anping and an apprentice from Beijing, plus Liang Xing and others, while laying a good foundation for map and surveying and mapping, while strengthening the study of arithmetic and geometry, China's map level is actually not bad, the gap is that the current Chinese cartographers have not yet used the angle cylindrical projection method to draw, in addition to the level and details of the cartograph, China's cartographic level has also begun to be pulled down by the West, In fact, from the Western Jin Dynasty to the Song and Ming dynasties, during this period, the level of cartography in China was much higher than that of medieval Europe, and the rest of the world was even more wild.

"The six methods of cartography, the score, the quasi-hope, the Tao, the superior, the evil, the straight, if you master these, it is roughly not bad."

Wang Anping squinted, and while teaching his apprentices, he also carefully taught Liang Xing and others.

He said while slowly drawing out the surrounding geographical environment according to the method of cartography, each map is about a radius of 100 miles, important peaks, rivers, including river directions, important tributaries, and mountain roads in the ups and downs of mountain peaks, etc., Chinese cartography actually has a response, some maps drawn in the Ming and Qing dynasties, later generations compared the maps of the world, and found that although the maps drawn by the ancients looked simple, they basically went from mountains to rivers, as well as major roads, cities, towns, villages, and almost no mistakes. The important thing is whether he has the heart to do such a thing, Zhang Han's consideration is that in the future, at least within ten years, his caravan will travel back and forth between the Mongolian steppe and Liaodong, and may also encounter many unexpected situations.

"If I wait for this, it will take at least ten years to paint Liaodong."

After dark, Wang Anping and others collected the tools, tonight time was too short, almost did not have time to draw anything, Zhang Han promised to tomorrow morning, sooner or later, half an hour, and asked them to complete the drawing around here.

This way to Qingcheng, it is estimated that a very small part of the map will be drawn, if you want to draw the whole map of Zhangjiakou to Qingcheng and Datong passes, with these few people, I am afraid it will really take ten years.

Zhang Han said: "Master Wang, this trip first record the map along the way, you can draw a simple map, after returning to Xinping Fort in the future, please Master Wang stay in the fort, for me to bring out some more apprentices, so that they can continue to carry out this matter in the future." ”

"It's okay for proprietor Zhang's plan," Wang Anping was a little surprised at first, and then said calmly: "Anyway, if you eat this bowl of rice, you can draw pictures or teach people, it's up to you, the proprietor." ”

Sun Jingting knew that Zhang Han's decision may be an investment of tens of thousands of taels of silver, and at that time, all prefectures and counties would draw, which was the power of the government, spending a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, and drawing with a merchant, and it was a map of the grassland from Datong to the border of eastern Liaodong, and the cost would never be in a few, a businessman was actually determined to do such a thing, and such a mind was no longer comparable to ordinary officials and gentry.

"All right," the silver ingot had already led people to raise a bonfire, and the tempting aroma came from afar, and the whole yellow sheep was roasted on the iron frame, and the silver ingot shouted: "You Han people are really stupid, you don't care if you don't eat meat, you just draw some ghost pictures." ”

Zhang Han listened and smiled, stepped forward, and everyone else followed, everyone whispered and laughed, forming a small circle, at this time, there was no distinction between the front team and the back team, the home team, more than thirty people gathered together, divided into small groups to talk, the time to get along was still short, the night and the dart masters still did not look at each other, Sun Jingting and other people in Lingqiu were not familiar with the people of Xinpingbao, Wang Anping and others were far behind, only Chang Wei had no heart and lungs, running happily on the grassland, fifteen-year-old boy, he was already a good hand at business when he was at home, you have to learn to be steady when you see people and say things, and here, it can be regarded as releasing the last bit of nature.

In the crowd, Zhang Han faintly heard the laughter like silver bells, he shook his head, there were no half women in the team, including silver ingots, how could there be girls' laughter?

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In the early morning of the next day, everyone continued to hurry, Zhang Han's team was obviously much more rigorous and obedient than the people of the silver ingot, as usual, Duo'er and the others still served as sharp sentinels, scattered around the sentry to ensure safety, the people of the silver ingot and himself were lazy, he did not have Etok to bring him, and finally there were only about twenty subordinates, most of them did not even have armor, or did not wear it, only five or six guards around the silver ingots wore lint armor, and wore iron petal helmets on their heads, and followed around the silver ingots with a lazy expression.

In the words of the silver ingot, in addition to the danger of wolves on the grassland, that is, the horse bandits close to the border of the Han people should be careful, the further east they go, the more they go, here, that is, when camping at night, be careful of the wolf sneak attack, you need to make the bonfire prosperous, in addition, the heart is about to be cold, the tent should be firmly and sturdy when camping, the fur mattress should be brought more, be careful of the wind and cold, and in addition, there is nothing to be careful about.

"Look, this is the great Qingcheng!" The silver ingot rode in front of him, whipping and shouting.

Exit from Zhangjiakou, first go all the way north, then turn to the west, after walking in the grassland and hilly areas for seven days, "Qingcheng" is finally in sight