Chapter 395: Expanding the Land
The convoy gradually came over, all of them were the Mongols from Qinu and Horqin sent out a while ago, Daishan they rode forward, and greeted those Mongolian leaders, and Ming'an Taiji of Horqin also came, Daishan led this Taiji to Nurhachi's side, Nurhachi had already dismounted, ready to meet Ming'an Taiji.
The trolley is difficult to push, it is difficult to move forward in the snow, more is the climbing plough pulled by dogs, in the territory of the Jurchens, the use of this climbing plow is very common, in winter, whether it is to transport materials or people's movements are very convenient, only when the number of climbing plows is not enough, it is necessary to mobilize a large number of people to push the trolley.
Everyone looked at these wheelbarrows, and the top of each cart was sweating, and on both sides of the wheels were heavy pockets, which were filled with wheat and millet and other grains, and the faces of the Jurchens were full of joy when they saw these grains passing by them endlessly.
After hearing that the food was delivered, Nurhachi had already made a general distribution plan for people, and each of them had it, of course, all of them were distributed to the Jurchens, from the Belles to Taiji to the elder brother, and then the ministers, Gushan Ezhen, Melle Zhangjing, Niu Lu Ezhen, Zhang Jing, ordinary subordinates must also have a share, but most of them will take out a small part to distribute to their cronies after these people divide up, and most of the ordinary soldiers and bannermen have no share, only when more food comes in, These talents will have a share.
Of course, it is impossible for the Baoyi and Han people to divide the grain, but after the Qi people's own grain is sufficient, the exploitation of them will be reduced a lot, and the pressure on the market will be greatly reduced, and the price of grain in the entire Jurchen ruled area will fall.
And these grains are not given for free, how much Dajin pays Zhang Han, each subordinate has to pay the price of grain at the same price, and there is no negotiation.
Even so, it is much more cost-effective than buying grain for each banner itself, and Huang Taiji also knows that many banner owners Baylor are doing grain trading, and has plundered a lot of wealth from his subordinates and Han people by holding the power of grain.
The first batch is more than 17,000 stone grains, one stone grain is one hundred and twenty catties, a small cart just pushes one stone, if it is a strong man in summer, a wheelbarrow can push two stones or even three stones, but at this time the snow is long, pushing a stone of grain has made these tired only half a life.
The plough can pull three stones of grain, and the person who sets up the plough can only run on one side, telling the dogs not to run blindly.
The cart can pull more than a dozen stones, and the ruts press black and deep rut marks on the snow-covered road.
More than 17,000 stones of grain, nearly 2 million catties, more than 1,000 plows and carts were mobilized, thousands of wheelbarrows were mobilized, and more people rushed over to take turns to relay the relay.
Huang Taiji groaned, and the scene in front of him made his heart shake a little.
This is also the first time that the Jurchens have carried such large-scale materials, the battle of Fushun, there are not many captures, only Dingkou and cattle and sheep were driven back to Hetuala, and then down to the battle of Kaiyuan Tieling, which was also slaughtered after pulling out the city, and did not grab too many things.
Conquered Liaozhong and Liaonan, because they had decided to move the capital to Liaoyang, and did not move materials on a large scale, but ordered the rich Han people from all over Liaoyang to donate clothes, and the entire Liaoyang city was piled up with Han robes, and those flags who had no clothes and boots happily rummaged through the clothes pile to pick up the clothes that fit, and the entire Eight Banners were very excited that day.
Then come down to the front of this time, nearly two million catties of grain, mobilized so many people to carry it, of course the loss will not be small, Huang Taiji estimates that when these grains enter Liaoyang and other places, at least one percent will be consumed.
He was a little strange in his heart, Zhang Han's horse convoy was really so magical? 40,000 stone grain, as well as a large amount of cloth and groceries, were sent to the five Khalkha places from the north of Shanxi, at least 3,000 miles away!
"Tan Tai, Shu Mu, give you wine." Huang Taiji smiled gently, he took the wine bag prepared in advance from the hand of a white-armored guard, handed it to Tan Tai and Shu Mu, and told them to drink it now.
Tan Tai and Shu Mu knew that this was an honor, and the two of them took it on their knees, Tan Tai took a sip with a smile, and then handed it to Shu Mu.
The gloomy aura on Shu Mu's face was also much less, and he also took a big sip.
"Tan Tai, tell me, is that team really that magical?" Huang Taiji said with a smile: "I said that hundreds of carts sent so much food, and the fifth brother and they all laughed at me for not knowing it, saying that it must be impossible." ”
Tan Tai smiled: "Forgive the slave for being bold, Sanbeile's words are wrong!" If it weren't possible, so much food would have fallen from the sky? Zhang Han has the ability to do it, can he ask someone to use a small cart to push these grains from the Ming Kingdom thousands of miles over? If this is pushed, more food will be eaten along the way than it will be delivered. ”
Huang Taiji nodded and said, "That's exactly the reason, but even if it's a big car, they will have losses on the road, right?" ”
"The minions heard that they have built supplementary stations along the way to Karashen, which can repair vehicles, change horses, and replenish attrition, and these stations are ...... every dozens of miles."
Huang Taiji was even more surprised in his heart, and couldn't help but say: "He is a businessman, can he do such a thing?" ”
Tan Tai shook his head and said, "The slave can't figure it out......"
Tan Tai and Shu Mu have already discussed this matter, with their knowledge and experience, how can they possibly figure out what is going on here? Zhang Han, a merchant of the Ming Kingdom, was able to organize such a huge convoy on the land of the Mongols, and there were supply stations along the way, and he was able to beat away the minister sent by Su Nang, the Da Taiji, and Bu Nang, Lin Dan Khan, to the left-wing Mongolia, how strange is this? With the current national strength of Dajinguo, I am afraid that such a thing will not be possible......
Of course, such a statement can only be understood, not spoken, although Tan Tai is a rough man, he also knows that such words must not be spoken.
Huang Taiji felt extremely shocked in his heart, if so many food and materials were passed over by the Mongolian tribes, or from Jizhen, and passed from the Khalkha and Horqin tribes to Liaodong, he would not feel too much...... Historically, the smuggling of Jin merchants is like this, from Jizhen to the border, through Horqin to Liaodong, and the scale of smuggling of Jin merchants has always been small, just a little to alleviate the shortage of materials in Houjin, and did not solve too big a problem, the massacre caused by the Liaodong disaster during the Apocalypse is proof.
But Zhang Han's transportation of materials on such a scale has far exceeded the ability of Jin merchants in history, and Huang Taiji's shock is also deserved. Nurhachi and the others were only amazed at the amount of food transported, and they did not think of anything more.
"The minions have something to say." Shu Mu said at this time: "The convoy is not enough, the soldiers and horses trained by Zhang Han can be called elite, in terms of slaves, not only the Ming army is not comparable, even our ordinary armor can't be compared, only the white armor and the Ming army's family can be compared." ”
Huang Taiji nodded lightly and said: "I also heard that Zhang Han's subordinates called the merchant group guards, but there were more than 300 people, and they beat away more than 5,000 Mongolians, and they took the initiative to attack on foot. ”
He waved his hand and told Tan Tai and Shu Mu to stand down, looking at the lively scene in front of him, an indescribable feeling surged in Huang Taiji's heart.
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"My lord, the ice is starting to be chiseled down there."
Chen Jisheng helped the iron helmet on top of his head, his hands felt as if they had been cut by a knife, he quickly retracted his hands into the cuffs, shook both hands, and rubbed them a few times in a row, only then did he feel that his hands were back to normal.
Hearing Chen Jisheng's words, Mao Wenlong woke up from his contemplation, he looked at the dense crowd of ants on the coast, and let out a cold snort of unknown meaning in his nose.
The sea breeze was unusually strong, and the wind from the north kept blowing on this desolate island, and it snowed many times in a row, and there was no trace of green in sight on the already desolate Phi Island, and there was snow everywhere.
Dongjiang Island originally had only a very small number of fishermen living in temporary houses, because the land is barren, it can almost be said that there is no grass, even if the lack of land of the common people can not be able to reclaim farmland on this island on a large scale, in the normal season, most of the fishermen live here, the number of fixed residents on the whole island is very small, and because it is very close to North Korea, only a river mouth, so about 30% of the residents on the island are Koreans.
Mao Wenlong crossed the sea at the behest of Wang Huazhen in early autumn, opened up a foundation in the rear, and looked for fighters. Because of the weakness of the Houjin power at sea, Mao Wenlong almost did not have any hindrance to recover many islands, and later Mao Wenlong found a fighter, and the Houjin Zhenjiang army Chen, Liangce as the internal response, more than 100 people raided Zhenjiang, captured the Houjin guerrilla Tong Yangzhen, with the dispatch of Chen Zhong to attack Shuangshan, captured the Houjin guerrillas, after successive victories, Kuandian, Tang Station, and the dangerous mountain forts were attached, and temporarily recovered 2,000 miles of sea and hundreds of miles of lost land!
Although Mao Wenlong did not have any beheading, and later fled first when the Houjin army came to Zhenjiang, and made a large number of soldiers and civilians in the city be slaughtered by the Houjin army in vain, but no matter what, he recovered the island, recovered Zhenjiang, Kuandian and other places, and established a foundation on Phi Island, and recovered the Han people who did not want to be ruled by the Houjin, just these few things are enough to become the biggest highlight of the first year of the Apocalypse!
At that time, the Ming army was defeated in successive battles, fighting a battle and losing a battle, even if Mao Wenlong did not fight a tough battle, he just led 200 people to sail on the sea, went deep behind the enemy, and recovered the lost territory, but the credit of these articles was a real hard achievement, and no one could erase it!
Since the beginning of winter, the main force of Houjin has retreated to rest, and Mao Wenlong has also gained a good opportunity for development.
During this time, he began to send generals to be stationed on various islands, and tried to cultivate land as much as possible on the big islands that could farm, and also gathered a large number of fleeing Liao people in Yizhou and other places, and Mao Wenlong began to select strong people among them to enrich his direct subordinates.