Chapter 151: Summoned
This is really good news, the last time Zhang Han tried to send a letter home was in Khalkha, called the herdsmen to try to go to the front line of the Great Wall, find a smuggling merchant and then send it to Datong from the direction of Jizhen, although it cost a lot of silver, the letter may not be able to be sent back, as for receiving the news, it was still in Qingcheng, Zhou Fengji and Liang Hong and others jointly wrote a letter, talking about the situation at home and shops, so that Zhang Han can rest assured, even if he can't get through the message, it has been really a long time.
"Thank you, thank you." Zhang Han poured wine from the pot and toasted Li Yongfang.
Li Yongfang joked: "Don't thank me, the master is here, if the master doesn't agree, I won't help with this." β
Zhang Han thanked the emperor to the extreme, the emperor smiled and drank a cup, and after putting down the cup, he said to Zhang Han: "Zhang Han, when I met you two days ago, you looked at me and Kurtang's eyes with some hostility, I don't know if it was my illusion, or did you really treat us as enemies in your heart at that time?" β
The atmosphere in the room froze suddenly, Li Yongfang smiled and did not speak, but his eyes became extremely sharp, he was originally just an ordinary guerrilla in Guancheng, he had presided over Houjin's intelligence work for nearly a year, and he dealt with some spies every day, and all of them were secret and obscure, the most important thing was to understand and peek into people's hearts, even if he didn't know anything after a long time, he gradually became a veteran, and there were few people who were calm under Li Yongfang's gaze.
Of course, Huang Taiji also did it on purpose, he already knew Zhang Han's origin and experience, and he felt that there was no problem, the only thing to worry about was that Zhang Han did not understand when he was in Horqin.
Zhang Han first felt that his body was tight, his throat was dry, and he was extremely nervous.
The situation of the people who had just been beaten and killed from outside the house suddenly came up, and the person who had his feet cut off and his nose shaved appeared in front of him.
On the grassland, he only needs to guard against horse thieves and wolves, after all, all the ministries have to give face to Bu Shitu Khan and Namur, with the endorsement of these two allies, all the ministries can pass easily, and the more tribes he passes through and marries, the less likely it is that other tribes want to move him, even when he passes through the Chahar department, Lin Dan Khan also has to consider the perception of the rest of the Mongolian tribes, and will not attack Zhang Hanming. conAd1();
Later Jin was completely different here, Huang Taiji and Li Yongfang killed him at this time, and the loss was nothing more than a future commercial ally and trade opportunity, of course, it was a pity, but it was completely different from the situation when he was in the territory of the Mongols.
Zhang Han only felt the real crisis at this time, since the crossing, he has been like a fish in water, many ambushes and distress, but almost all of them are easily resolved, there has never been a time when he can feel the real danger, this danger is not a child's imagination, one of the two people in front of him has a kind smile on his face, and the other is also full of spring breeze, but Zhang Han knows that if his answer is not satisfactory, these two people will hardly have any psychological burden if they turn their faces and kill themselves, The danger and brutality of the Jurchens are not the imagination of the so-called national integration of later generations, when they have no mercy on the enemy, a very real number is that the Jurchens ruled Liaodong before entering the customs, the Han people in Liaodong dropped from seven million to five or six hundred thousand, and more than six million of them are not a simple number, that is countless families, there are old people, there are children, men, women, before the rise of the Later Jin, they may be poor military households, just seeking a mouthful of food and clothing, may be landed gentry, privileged students, The families of the generals, ordinary people, and industrious and shrewd merchants, all of whom had their own trajectories of life, but at the same time, all the families were dissolved, the old man and the child died first, then the man and the woman, whether they died by the knife or died of hard labor after being captured, or they died in wars, famine and disease, in short, they all died within ten years.
Zhang Han's answer was a little slow and cautious: "Sibeile said that he laughed, how could there be hostility in the future?" I thought about it, and if I was nervous, I was a little nervous. β
Huang Taiji smiled: "Why is Zhang Dongzhu nervous? β
"In the next eastward journey, all the Mongolian tribes have really been dealt with, but Dajin has no foundation on this side, and the two sides are among the swordsmen, in the next businessman, life and death are only between your thoughts, if you are not nervous in this situation, you really do not have such courage in the next place."
Huang Taiji restrained his smile and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Dongzhu is a person who likes to plan and move, and taking risks is also within his control, right?" β
Zhang Han was a little surprised by Huang Taiji's acumen, he thought about it carefully, and replied: "What Si Beile said is that he is such a person in Xia. conAd2(); A businessman can't make a fortune if he doesn't take risks, but he doesn't take his life at will, after all, he is not afraid of losing money in business, and if he loses his life, everything will be over. β
Zhang Han said very frankly, Huang Taiji smiled and said, "It seems that I am a little suspicious." β
Li Yongfang said with a smile at this time: "Now the two sides are still enemy countries, and when Lao Khan wins the world in the future, Zhang Dongzhu also shaved his head, and when he called Sibeile the master, everyone is like a family, and there is naturally no such thing as nervousness and panic." β
Huang Taiji and Zhang Han laughed together when they heard this.
Huang Taiji didn't follow when Zhang Han left, but just asked a man in armor to send Zhang Han back to Tan Tai's residence, and after Zhang Han left, Huang Taiji looked at Li Yongfang and said, "Fushun is attached to see if this person is credible?" β
Li Yongfang said: "Back to the master's words, this Zhang Han's experience must be true, when it comes to those business things, people who have not experienced it can't say those insider words, and they can't pretend to be like it, the important thing is that this person must be the person in charge of the house, and that kind of atmosphere can't be pretended by ordinary people." If the Ming Kingdom sent a fine work, it was also a mountain man who pretended to be a ginseng picker, how could he have such a big stroke. β
Huang Taiji chuckled and said: "I never doubted that he was a meticulous work of the Ming Kingdom, if the Ming State had such a method, it would be better for us to descend as soon as possible." Yang Hao's man is so happy, he is careless, everything is taken for granted, it is difficult for a person like him to control, and he can buy so many Mongolian tribes to install such a person? The military department of the Ming State is a group of incompetent nerds, in the past two years, we have a lot of information about the upper echelons of the Ming Kingdom, from their first assistant to the ministers of the Ministry are in general situation, I Dajin are ignorant and ignorant, the center and the border ministers are incompetent, and the emperor is too lazy to ask about government affairs, Khan Ama said, if it was the Ming Kingdom twenty years ago, I Zhushen must not use swords and soldiers to the Ming Dynasty, now, the situation is completely different. β
After Huang Taiji finished speaking, he was silent for a while, and finally said: "I know, when he just looked at you and me, he saw the top of our heads and braided hair, as well as clothes, I know what I saw that day, after all, this person is from the Ming Kingdom, he looks at our hairstyle and clothes with disgust and discomfort in his heart, and what Zhang Han didn't say is here, he looks at us and thinks we are ugly barbarians." β
Li Yongfang said: "If that's the case, the slave will arrest him." conAd3(); β
Huang Taiji shook his head and said, "How can it be like this? In the future, our Zhushen occupies Liaodong, and there will be many Han people under the rule, not only to restrain Zhushen not to kill people at will, but also to support them in the words of Khan Ama, the Han people's clothing and hairstyle are indeed more beautiful than my Zhushen, but the more so, the more they have to shave their hair and make it easy to wear, my Zhushen is the master, and the Han people are all slaves, how can there be a slave who does not follow the master's hairstyle and clothing? It's a pity that this Zhang Han has to go back to Mingguo, otherwise I will shave his hair and change his clothes, and the last block in his heart will naturally disappear. β
Li Yongfang has lived in the border pass for a long time, and he has seen too many Jurchens since he was a child, and the robes of his military attachΓ©s are also very compact, and the arrow robes that the Jurchens love to wear were originally modified according to the costumes of the Ming warriors, so he didn't think it was a big deal to shave his hair and change clothes, and he realized at this time that the clothes and hairstyles of the country were originally inherited by the ancestors, which was different from the beauty of other races, and the Jurchens wanted to conquer the Han people, control and enslave the Han people, and the dress and hairstyle were originally a very important part.
Huang Taiji wanted to understand this, but his mood was much more relaxed, Zhang Han's awkwardness and strangeness was actually nothing, in the process of conquering and conquering Liaodong in the future, he would probably encounter many such situations, but it was a pity that the means that ordinary Ming people could use could not be used on Zhang Han.
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Zhang Han and the others were finally summoned by Nurhachi after staying idle for more than ten days.
It's already December, and it's been a heavy snowfall almost every other day for half a month, and Hetuara is covered with snow all around the city, except for ice fishing and fishing, all daily activities have stopped, only in a school field in the city, the armor and the tooth swingers are still insisting on drawing bows and arrows every day, and some people are fighting each other to practice some basic fighting skills.
Ordinary flag-bearers seldom went out, and the men and women shrank in their houses, trying to stay on top of the fire pit, using the heating on the pit to keep them warm.
Only people who can wear thick fur will go out in such weather, and many people ride sleds pulled by dogs instead of riding horses, horses are the most cherished wealth of the Jurchens, and in seasons like winter, the war horses begin to be tired, and they are fed as much as possible to reduce the fatigue of the war horses after the beginning of spring.
When Zhang Han and others rushed to the Khan Palace, someone in the house on the side of the road stretched out their heads to look at them from time to time, this is the junction of the inner and outer cities, and most of the people living in them are people with identities from various banners, and many people know that there is a very powerful Ming businessman, and everyone has an obvious look of surprise in their eyes when they observe Zhang Han, probably no one can imagine that this Ming businessman is so young.
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