After Liu Dingchen sent an envoy to the Tushetu Khan Department, Burhan was not idle. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIn addition to urging the four major cavalry armies to integrate the formation and training, they also have to deal with the daily affairs of the tribe. No, one day, the great steward Uliji found Burhan and pointed out a problem that everyone had overlooked, and this problem might affect the implementation of the Hechitibu Loop's strategy.

"Great Khan! Sweat! Burhan was busy with his business when he heard Uliji's voice outside the door. I thought to myself, what is the important thing that makes Uliji rush like this?

"Oh? It's Uliji! How? What's the matter? "Because each thousand households are now equipped with clerks, and the major events that occur in the thousand households are reported in writing, so Burhan has to deal with too many official documents every day, so he doesn't care about Uliji.

I only heard Uliji say, "Great Khan! The minister has something to report! Uliji was so anxious that he forgot the etiquette, and Burhan did not emphasize it too much, he continued, "Great Khan! Now that winter is about to begin, the old people know that autumn grass is fat, and war horses have to store fat for winter. However, this time the fat line came down after the winter. Didn't the Great Khan say that he would attack the Sleeve next spring? Shouldn't we stock up on some fat-growing food to ensure that our war horses don't lose fat? ”

Hearing this, Burhan suddenly put down the pen in his hand, and it was only then that he realized that this was a big problem. The idea was to take things by surprise, and the Mongol battles were often fought in the autumn. In the spring, the horses lost weight badly and could not support them for a long time. It is precisely because of this that Burhan decided to take the set of troops by surprise, the idea is to keep the war horses of the Hechi Ti Department in good condition, while the set of troops is not, and the battle will be won, but he ignores the current reserves.

"Uliji! We have enough pasture, can't we guarantee that we won't lose fat? ”

"The Great Khan didn't know anything. This horse eats a lot of food in the autumn so it gains fat quickly, after a winter itself loses fat, not to mention, and in spring, the amount of food decreases greatly, and eating grass alone does not play a role. ”

"Shhh When Burhan heard this, he couldn't help but think about it carefully. "Is there any way to keep the war horse from losing fat in winter?"

"Great Khan! That's what the minister is here to do. You can use food to ensure that you don't lose fat, but this is not a long-term solution after all! You said that one or two horses can still do it, this time there are tens of thousands of war horses, and we can't afford it no matter how rich we are! Besides, if they are always fed food, the war horses are also prone to illness. However, I heard that the court fed some oil residue bean cakes and other things to the war horses, which were not only cheap but also very effective in protecting fat, so the minister thought that we should buy some? ”

It's good if there is a way, Uliji is also a diligent person, and letting him manage the logistics warehouse of the Hechiti Department is really doing his best! "It just so happens that I'm going to Ningxia Town in a few days to buy these things by the way. By the way, if there is anything else to buy in Uliji, make a list together, and buy them together this time. ”

I heard that Burhan said that he would go to Ningxia Town Wuliji in person, after all, now that Burhan's identity is different, what if something happens to him! "Great Khan! Everything else is there, but you personally go to Ningxia Zhenchen to worry... Do you want to do it for your subordinates...? ”

Burhan shook his head with a smile and said, "You don't have to worry about this, I'm going to meet an old acquaintance, it's safe!" Moreover, the matter of this negotiation is very large, and you will not be able to show sincerity. ”

Of course, Uligi knew who the old acquaintance in Burhan's mouth was, so he didn't ask any more.

A few days later, Burhan really took people to Ningxia Town, and before leaving, he handed over the tribal affairs to Dugan, Manggao, and Aditya, but he himself had important matters to discuss with Pixiu.

As soon as they arrived in Ningxia Town, Burhan and his entourage were invited by Pixiu to Saixiang Mansion for a banquet. When I entered the main hall of Saixiang Mansion, I thought it was an ordinary restaurant, but I didn't expect it to be a brilliant beauty, and I had to fight with **. When I arrived at the agreed private room, I found that Pi Wu was completely silent between the tender breasts of those warblers and swallows.

"Yo! I didn't expect the famous Grandpa Pi Wu to be like this? ”

Seeing that Burhan was coming, he naturally had to be more serious. Hurriedly patted the hand of the beautiful woman and said, "Get out!" Get out! All out! The fifth master will play with you again in a while! ”

The women here are all the same, dancing with long sleeves and bewitching posture.

Burhan sat down: "How could you choose such a place to meet?" ”

Pi Wu poured himself a glass of wine, drank it happily, and said, "This place is the safest. Since I delivered that food to you, I don't know why I was targeted by the Jinyi Guard. I have nothing to do, but the Zhenwei Dart Line was killed overnight, even the Yuelai Inn where you are staying. Since then, there have been more Jinyi guards in this Ningxia Town, and I have taken down this Saixiang Mansion. You know I like to have fun, and I'm slowly changing from a restaurant to this look, but I'll tell you! You can't find a safer place in the whole town of Ningxia than here. ”

He just needs to find a safe place, and he doesn't care what place it is. Burhan still likes to get straight to the point, and he said to his guards, "Wait outside, there are no outsiders within a radius of 50 steps!" ”

The guards clenched their fists and said, "Yes!" And he left.

"Brother Burhan, don't keep your face so tight all the time, come and have some food! I wonder what you're looking for me this time? ”

"I want to see your godfather!" Burhan put it bluntly.

Pi Wu was a little incredulous: "It's that simple? ”

"Yes, it's that simple, can you arrange it?"

Pi Wu didn't understand, Burhan came so cautiously just to see his godfather? No! There must be something that he doesn't want him to know or that only people at the level of his godfather can easily understand, that is, big things that Pi Wu dare not delay.

"You stay in this Saixiang Mansion, and I will arrange for someone to pick you up at night."

After that, he went out to work.

At night, Pi Wu arranged for Burhan to hide in an incense cart and take him to Pifu, and sharing a room with several bewitching women made Burhan uncomfortable, but this was the only way to avoid the surveillance of the Jinyi guards. Pi Wu is a well-known swinger, and he will always take a few beautiful and famous prostitutes to come over, and after a long time, people will become accustomed to it, of course, they will not know that Burhan has come.

Entering the mansion, there was an elderly man drinking tea in the lobby. Tall but slightly withered, but fortunately, his complexion is spirited. I think it's Liu Xing, the eunuch of Ningxia Town, right?

Pi Wu entered the door and said, "Godfather! Someone has been invited. This is the prince of Burhan, the leader of the Hechiti tribe. Brother Burhan, this is my godfather, Liu Xing, the town guard of Ningxia. ”

After the introduction, Pi Wu stepped aside very interestingly.

Liu Xing took a sip of tea and said in a eunuch's unique tone: "Hehe! I often hear my monkey say that the leader of the Hechiti tribe, Burhan, is a hero, and today I see it really extraordinary. ”

When you meet for the first time, you always have to be polite, and Burhan does not show weakness. "Haha! My father-in-law is not an ordinary family. In recent years, this Ningxia town has become more and more prosperous under the care of his father-in-law, but I am afraid that no one in these nine sides can stand out, and Saijiangnan said that this is indeed the case. ”

"Huh! The leader is really joking, if it weren't for the help of the Hechi Ti Division, my head would have already moved. ”

"Where is the father-in-law, we are communicating with each other and taking what we need. In the future, I will ask my father-in-law to take care of one or two. ”

"That's nature. Come on, our family is also a happy person, just say anything important! ”

Borkand nodded silently, and Pi Wu was very interested and ready to walk away, but was stopped by Burhan.

"Brother Pi stays! You're not an outsider, and this matter has something to do with you, so it's okay to hear about it. ”

Liu Xing also said, "Little monkey! Since the chief of Burhan does not treat you as an outsider, you should not despise yourself, and it is better to stay and listen! ”

Both of them said, how dare Pi Wu refuse, he can only find a chair to sit next to, and occasionally make a cameo appearance as a waiter to do some work of serving tea and pouring water.

After clasping his fists in respect, Burhan said: "I have come here to talk about three things!" ”

Liu Xing suddenly became interested. Previously, he benefited a lot from only one purchase of grain from the Hechi Ti Ministry, and this time Burhan wants to talk about three major things, isn't it...?

"Presumably, my father-in-law already knows about my father, the first Khan Alet, right?"

The thing about Alett? As the eunuch of Ningxia, an important town on the nine borders, how could Liu Xing not care about the major events that happened to the surrounding Mongolian tribes? Moreover, this incident had a great impact, setting off a bloody storm on the entire grassland, and he couldn't ignore it. First, the leader of the Hechiti tribe, Alert, was assassinated on the way home to welcome his son, and then his son, the current leader of the Hechiti tribe, Burhan, avenged his father and destroyed the suzerain, the Tuerhut tribe, in one fell swoop. broke off a large arm of the Oirat Mongols, but gave birth to the newly rising Hechiti tribe. Although the Hechi Ti tribe has always maintained friendly relations with the imperial court, the alien race is a foreign race after all, how can he not be concerned?

Liu Xing nodded silently and said, "I already know about your father Alet, and I am very sad to hear that he was killed. Your father and the court are quick to be friendly, and I hope that the leader of Burhan will uphold his father's will, and do not use swords and soldiers for you and my people. ”

"Father-in-law, rest assured. Burhan's mother is Han, the Ming court and I are like relatives, how can I treat my uncle like a mother? Liu Xing could see that Burhan was not hypocritical, so he was relieved, "It's so good!" That's great! Boss, please continue. ”

"Father-in-law! The first thing Burhan said was to tell the court that Burhan wanted to avenge his father and attack the two tribes of the Mongolian Huoluochi and the Rabbit. ”

Liu Xing was very surprised when he heard this. "Chieftain of Burhan! Isn't the man who slew your father Alett the Todo of Turgot? Why are you attacking the Mongols? ”

"My father-in-law doesn't know that there is more than one person who attacked and killed my father. The Deduo temporarily sent to the Dzungar Department of Burhan is beyond the reach of the whip, but fortunately, this set of departments is close. To tell you the truth, I'm here to prepare for the attack on the two parts. ”

As soon as he said this, Liu Xing understood, and at the same time looked at Bourhan with an admiring gaze. "Hmmm! ... Father's revenge is not worthy of being a son? ”

Burhan continued: "This second thing requires the help of my father-in-law. ”

"Oh? The leader said that it didn't matter, as long as it was within the scope of Liu's authority, he would definitely help. ”

Can you not help? Attacking the Mongols is equivalent to indirectly weakening the Tumut Department and alleviating the military pressure on the Xuanda front, which is beneficial to the imperial court, why not help? As for the grievances and hatreds of the Mongols' own internal fighting, Liu Xingcai is too lazy to care, the worse you fight, the better, it is better to die together!

Getting Liu Xing's reply, Borkhan was much more relieved. "Haha! When my father-in-law said this, Burhan had a bottom in his heart. Attacking the set is not an overnight thing, the Han people say: the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved. Burhan has prepared tens of thousands of war horses at the three passes this time, I wonder if my father-in-law can make it convenient to prepare 200,000 stone of grain for the next pass? ”

200,000 stone grain is a trivial matter, and Liu Xing is most concerned about the tens of thousands of war horses.

"The leader is joking, right? 10,000 war horses can't buy 200,000 stone of grain! ”

"Haha! Slow down, slow down. Burhan also needed a large amount of soybean cakes and oil residues, all of which were traded in horses, and all the horses were worth 15 taels of silver, whether good or bad. ”

"Shhh Liu Xing couldn't help but be shocked by Burhan's generosity. It is said that the Hechi Ti Department is rich, but it hasn't reached such an extent, right? The transaction of tens of thousands of horses does not seem to be all, which makes Liu Xing both happy and shocked.

In fact, the wealth of the Hechi Tibu was far greater than he imagined. The annual trade with the surrounding tribes caused a large number of war horses to flow into the Hechiti tribe. Otherwise, Burhan would not have been able to take out tens of thousands of horses for trading at one time, and even the formation of the four major cavalry armies would have known how rich the Hechiti tribe was.

"Chieftain of Burhan, if a horse is worth 15 taels of silver, isn't it a big loss for the Hechiti tribe?"

"Haha! Anyway! One of the price difference rights when Burhan first met to honor your father-in-law! ”

Hearing what Burhan said, Liu Xing happily pinched the orchid finger to his lips and smiled, "Haha!" Since the leader is so generous, then our family will laugh at it. ”

This means that the deal has been negotiated, and the second thing has been done, but Bulhan is not in a hurry, but talks and laughs with Pi Wuyou, and young people have more common topics, which can make Liu Xing's heart itch.

"Oops! Chieftains of Burhan, don't you play any fun, aren't there three things? This has just finished talking about the second thing, let's talk about the third thing, our family is old and not as energetic as you young people. ”

Burhan took a sip of tea and thought: Old fellow, I'm not afraid that you won't worry about the sweetness! Put down the tea bowl and accused, "It's because Burhan didn't think it through, and he was offended, so please take care of your father-in-law." ”

Liu Xing glanced at Bourhan, twisted his ass and said, "Forget it, hurry up!" After that, let's rest! ”

"Father-in-law! Actually, it's not a big deal! It is that there are too few Han people in the clan, and Bohan has the heart to expand. This mother's family sleeps peacefully at night. ”

"What did the chief of Burhan say about this?" Liu Xing really didn't understand, and he still needed a good explanation from Bourhan.

"Father-in-law said so! Three young girls or four young men can change horses, two young women or three men can change horses, preferably small children, but adult men and women can barely do it. ”

Burhan was happy, but the two were dumbfounded. Isn't this human trafficking? Liu Xing immediately took the case: "Boss of Burhan! Before, you said that you treated me like my uncle, but now you compare your mother's family to animals, but what do you mean? Could it be that the lives of the people of my big country are so cheap? ”

"Father-in-law! Don't say it so intimidatingly. Isn't this the price of Ming people's lives now? I'm only high, not low. ”

"You! ... You! Liu Xingzheng wanted to educate Borkand well, but when he thought about it, this person was a Tatar and a leader, if he was provoked, he would not attack the set but waved his army south!

"Father-in-law! I don't want to argue with my father-in-law about anything, and I don't want my father-in-law to reply as soon as possible. I believe that if my father-in-law doesn't do it, some people will rush to do it, and the reason why I looked for my father-in-law for the first time is because I value your person. For those who really can't survive, my father-in-law might as well sell them to the Hechi Ti Department, don't worry! How could the mother's family be treated badly? ”

After speaking, he asked Pi Wu to arrange for someone to send him back, and Pi Wu took a look at his godfather. I saw that Liu Xing was so angry that he couldn't do it, but he waved his hand helplessly, and then sat weakly on the Taishi chair.

According to Wang Chonggu's records, at that time, a high-grade Mongolian horse only cost eight taels of silver, seven taels of medium, and six taels of inferior, while a folk horse was discounted by twenty-four taels. With the rise of the Jurchens and the interruption of trade in the border markets, the price of war horses soared. Often Mongolian war horses are discounted by 12 taels, and when equipping the Ming army, they need 50 taels.

: Regarding the price of servants in the late Ming Dynasty, because of the limited information, this book refers to the story in the long vernacular novel "The Legend of Marriage in the Awakening World" by the novelist Xi Zhousheng in the last years of the Ming Dynasty. An eleven or twelve-year-old maid, with a dignified appearance, is already a full price of 4 taels. If there is also a skill, such as: full stove, embroidery, singing and dancing are worth about twenty taels of silver, and boys were much lower than women in ancient times.

PC: I'm late to come back today, so I'm guilty of one or two! Thank you for your unremitting support, and recently reissued another chapter, I hope you will have a good time, if there is a redundant recommendation, please don't hesitate to give advice!