Since the troops stationed at Alashankou were defeated, they fled back to the city for fear of being unable to retreat, and the distance was only four hundred miles away in the royal city of Yili Li, and the royal court was already in chaos.

Great Khan Barizain, an old man over fifty years old, has been ill in the palace for a long time, and the eldest and second of the three sons each have military power, and they have been fighting in secret, and now they are arguing every day in front of their father's sickbed, whether to send troops to resist the Mongols or to negotiate with each other, and there has been no result in these ten days.

Only the weak third brother, Barithai, can still remember to serve the decoction to his father, but he is often driven out of Barizain's dormitory by the two elder brothers without saying anything.

As the Great Khan's minister, Ye Baoliang could only stay outside the Great Khan's palace, watching coldly as the two princes coerced the Great Khan, trying to get the scepter and the royal seal that symbolized the throne first.

The stubborn Barizain, after struggling to resist on the hospital bed for half a month, was dying, You held the scepter and Wang Xi, muttered and cursed his two good sons, closed his eyes unwillingly, and spit out the last breath of hot air.

Suddenly, the crying in the royal court sounded faintly, and the palace guards were also divided into two groups, supporting their princes, the sound of heavy footsteps with the sound of armor rubbing was loud, and the sound of swords clashing was endless.

The two princes, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, directly started inside and outside Wang Ting, and they were eager to kill each other into meat sauce for the sake of the throne, and their respective personal guards also stirred up a good and decent big city.

Fortunately, the 20,000 royal court cavalry guarding the city guarded the defense of the city and did not get involved in the palace fighting; The two captains, at the suggestion of the retainer Jebauliang, maintained their neutrality, and they were loyal to whichever prince succeeded to the throne victoriously.

Ye Baoliang's only daughter is ugly, plump to the point of being helped when she walks, and two years ago she married the handsome Barithai and became the princess of the third prince; This incident made Barithai get used to being ridiculed by his brothers in the past two years.

At this time, Ye Baoliang, the courtier, had the opportunity to exert his strength, and while the two princes were fighting to the death, he sent a family guard; The guards, armed with heavy arquebuses, lurked into the palace.

During the night's chaos, Barithai's two older brothers were mortally wounded by fire/gunfire, and the group of Assassins were all killed by swords and arrows.

The intact Barita, with the support of Ye Baoliang and other ministers, naturally ascended to the throne and obtained the blood-soaked scepter and royal seal.

The funeral of the Great Khan, the treatment of the two tyrannical brothers, the befriending of the two generals, and the rectification of the remaining abuses in the city were not capable of the weak Barithai, and they could only be handed over to the ministers and those ministers.

As for how to defend against the invading Mongols, these powerful people in the high-walled cities had no better way for a while. Time flowed like this, and after half a month, Yili did not send a decent army to camp by the Alahe River.

There were only a small number of cavalry, and they were sent out to investigate the movements of the Fear Assassin City.

Before the turmoil in the city had yet settled, the messenger sent by Simon Wangfu arrived, and the messenger without a needle on his body was a captain under Simon Wangfu's tent, Ranelt.

After taking the powerful pill and swearing allegiance to the portrait of Hou Ye, Ximen Wangfu knew the grievances between him and Hou Ye, although everyone was an opponent at that time, each for its own benefit, but now that there is a chance to let Lanelt die, he is still happy to give the opportunity.

Of course, if Lanelt had not been cut down by the Kazakhs, it would have been a credit, which Ximen Wangfu had won from Xiao Ye's military management methods.

Ranelt, who had only two retinues with him, met a squad of Kazakh cavalry shortly after crossing the river, and after some inquiry, was taken back to the city of Yili.

Ye Baoliang, who was busy in the city, learned that he was afraid that the Mongols in the city had sent a messenger, so he did not dare to slack off, hurried into the palace, and after consulting with Barithai, he personally went out of the city to meet Lanelt.

The firearms of the Mongol cavalry were so powerful, and there were iron chariots that could fly on the steppe, so the Kazakh cavalry was reluctant to send them to death, and Yebaoliang felt that negotiating was the best strategy.

There are 20,000 cavalry in Yili, plus 10,000 in Alimatu City, and then counting the grassland tribes, the Manchu total is less than 50,000, how did this small country located in the Yilie River valley attract the attention of the Mongols?

The terrain of two mountains and one river, the reason why the pastures are not so rich, is that the climate here, which is cold and cold for half a year, allows the Kazakhs to guard this small territory, and is not peeped at by the Watt tribe and the Tatar Mongols, and now everything has changed.

The small royal palace, in the eyes of Ranelte, was just a slightly larger manor, and standing in the council chamber, facing the pale young Khan on the throne, he took out the cowhide scroll.

"The Kazakh cavalry went east out of the Alashan Pass for no reason, killing and plundering my Mongolian tribes, and my steppe Jinong was merciful, first, to seek justice for the unjustly killed tribesmen, and second, to lease the city for two years,"

"However, we are here with sincerity, otherwise, the army of 100,000 would not have stopped in the city of fear of assassination," the meaning of this hypocritical word is not reliable at all, so that Lanelt himself does not believe it. It's still the Han people who are cunning.

"My Jinong wants to have a good relationship with the Great Khan, otherwise, hum, I am afraid of the consequences of assassinating the city, but you can see it clearly," Lanelt, who was kind and smiling, said a threatening meaning in his words.

Afraid of the nearly 20,000 cavalry in the city, the number of people who can escape back to Yili Licheng, Ye Baoliang knows much better than Barithai, and now he has finally put this soft goods on the throne, and he doesn't want to have other accidents.

That's an army of 100,000, and Ye Baoliang's spies have already figured it out.

As for the cavalry at Alashankou, Ye Baoliang knew their temperament, so he couldn't figure out the true content of Lanelt's words, so he could only touch the beard on his chin and refuse to speak rashly.

He didn't speak, and Barritai and a few civil officials couldn't open their mouths, so they could only silence the hall.

Well, what is that? Lanelte said for a long time, in exchange for people's non-answers, his face suddenly darkened, sneered twice and sat on the side of the short side, his buttocks twisted on the slippery soft cushion, and he drank water from the teacup, and he didn't say anything.

This is strength, with strength in hand, he is not worried that these people have the courage to take him, just with the 100,000 iron cavalry who are afraid of the assassination city, he is still more than fifty percent sure.

Ye Baoliang saw this imposing messenger, very impatient, thought about it, and blinked a few times at a civil official on the side, the civil official wearing an embroidered silk brocade robe could only stand up.

"This envoy, I don't know how much you want my royal court to compensate for what you said is fair? My Kazakh territory is small, the climate is cold, and the pastures and fields are barren."

didn't take care of this poor civil official, the corners of Lanelte's mouth twitched, "Compensation for 10,000 taels of gold, 100,000 cattle and sheep,"

"Si, there are so many, how is it possible," several civil officials suddenly took a breath and exclaimed; Even Ye Baoliang, the richest minister in the city, also frowned.

Only Barithai's hands on the throne were slightly loosened, as long as the throne was not lost, these compensations had to be shared by those tribes outside the city, and it didn't matter if he didn't lose anything.

"Many?" Lanelt laughed, put down the teacup, and swept his eyes brightly, feeling that he was really comfortable, and the focus on this face was on his own, happy.

"How? On the east bank of the Ala River, there are 100,000 of my Mongolian army, people eat horses and chew horses, how much consumption a day, say it and scare you to death," stretched out his slap and spread five stubby fingers, Lanelt shook it, "Ten thousand taels of silver, and a thousand taels of gold,"

"The compensation of 10,000 taels of gold is just the consumption of the army for ten days, you should be those soldiers and eat food, they want slaves and women, and they want countless cattle and sheep, it is not easy to restrain them,"

"My family Jinong has an order, there is no reply today, tomorrow the compensation will rise to 20,000 taels, cattle and sheep doubled, double in a day, you look at it,"

In the face of Lanelte's strength, Ye Baoliang had to come forward, he now has the bottom in his heart, as long as he is not here to grab the territory, then it is good, it is nothing more than to let the tribes outside the city have more blood, and the tribes he controls are not his own decision.

As for the fear of Thorn City, it is that people are worried that the cavalry here will go out of the mountain pass to make trouble, and it is helpless to lease it for two years, and there is no way to feel uncomfortable without the handle, I heard that I am afraid that Thorn City will be burned to the ground.

One side is a soft and rigid counteroffer, the other side is arrogant and refusal, and after half an hour of verbal exchange, the two sides reached an agreement.

The Kazakh royal court compensated the Mongolian army with 10,000 taels of gold, 5,000 cattle and sheep, and leased the city for one year.

The so-called rent, Ye Baoliang did not expect it at all, and the two sides wrote a peace agreement on the leather scroll.

Of course, this and the letter Ranelt had to be taken back and Jinong stamped it before it could take effect.

After obtaining the peace agreement stamped with the king's seal, Ranelt changed his strength just now, and demanded that Yili make it possible for the city to trade with the tribes of Jinong, and no force should hinder it.

"What kind of goods do you have there, aren't they just cattle, sheep, horses, and a bit of Han slaves, but we don't lack them here," a civil official said with disdain.

Yili regarded the city as a big city on the trade route, but there were many caravans and caravans that came and went, and even if they collected taxes and provided supplies, they could feed half of the population, and all kinds of goods were expensive but varied. This is the reason why Yili has kept the city alive for a hundred years.

Lanelt didn't argue, turned over and took out a small iron box, "This is a muscle-building pill, which can quickly heal wounds and improve personal strength, let's try it with our own eyes,"

With his hand, Ye Baoliang, who was as cunning as a fox, stood up quickly, "This is the end of the discussion, let's wait for the others to step down,"

Under the resentful gaze of several civil officials, Jebalian affectionately invited Lanelt to the back garden of the palace, where there was a warm study and fine fragrant tea.

Barithai is not stupid, he can get in touch with the powerful Mongols, but the deal can't be done, and the friendship will come out, and he followed his father-in-law, and he also went to the back garden.

One of the leaders of the palace guards happened to be seriously injured in the arm, and he was summoned from his home to the palace.

Seeing that the wound on the arm of this leader of the guards quickly healed, and the next day he was able to lift a hundred catties of copper cauldron, and his strength increased significantly, Ye Baoliang personally went to the largest inn in the city, and invited Lanelt, who was still asleep, to the palace for breakfast.

Seeing is believing, Ye Baoliang and Barithai are old and weak, and their desire for this kind of muscle-building pill is self-evident; After eating a delicious breakfast slowly, Ranellet took out two pills with satisfaction.

After a stick of incense, in the quiet study, looking at the two obviously vigorous kings and ministers with a smile, Lanelt took out a scroll from his arms and shook it open, "Come, meet our marquis,"

The next day, Lanelt handed over the remaining eight powerful pills to Ye Bao Liang along with the painting scroll, and Ye Bao Liang's confidant civil official, and returned to the city of Fear of Thorns.

Since the Kazakh royal court headed by Ye Baoliang and Barithai has become his own people, Xue Zilong also let go of the resentment in his heart, and met with Ye Baoliang's henchmen with Ximen Wangfu and exchanged peace proposals.

Five days later, Yili issued a royal decree to the city of Liwangcheng, and the tribes under his rule moved to the Zabkhan River valley, where people were frozen to death in winter, and cattle and sheep could eat enough pasture.

The defender of Alimatu City also received a letter from Ye Baoliang, and rushed back to the royal city with his personal guards to enjoy the incomparably precious powerful pill.

Since December, tribes of different sizes have appeared at the western end of the Alashan Pass, and at this time, not only Mongolian cavalry but also Kazakh cavalry brigades were stationed outside the pass, each occupying both sides of the mountain pass and camping.

Ranelt's henchman Haoge, with 10,000 taels of gold, stood outside the mountain pass, buying cattle and sheep, cheese, milk wine, and sand wheat at a high price for the army, but it benefited the migrated Kazakh tribes and made Ximen Wangfu's military rations sufficient.

Until the beginning of February 1516, the Kazakh tribes scattered in the Yilie River valley basically passed through the Alashan Pass, taking away their cattle and sheep, and there were also groups of horse gangs and caravans from the Western Regions, following these tribes, and went to the camp in Zuoshi without dying.

There, they would walk into the long "little dark room,"

Under Jinong's instructions, Ye Baoliang ordered Yili to move the nobles in the city with their families, and also crossed the Alashan Pass, so many tribes went to the Zabhan River valley, and they needed someone to manage it.

Ximen Wangfu's army, also at the invitation of the Kazakh royal court, left 3,000 defenders in the city of Fear of Thorns, crossed the Alaa River, followed the Kazakh cavalry who left the mountain pass, and went straight to the city of Alimathu.

The Kazakh defenders there will be incorporated into the Kazakh barracks under Jinong's tent, and it is necessary to be a snake and cannon fodder.

Yili transferred the Kazakh cavalry in the city, in addition to the remaining 2,000 defenders, to Alimatu City to enrich the Kazakh barracks. Under the promise of Ximen Wangfu not to garrison the army in Yili, Ye Baoliang agreed.

When the good news came, Xiao Ye, who couldn't help but be overjoyed, sent a letter to Ximen Wangfu, and the reward was rich, either between the west bank of the Yilie River and the Chuchui River, to appreciate the grassland of 10,000 acres, or to reward 1,000 fire/guns, five machine guns, and a number of supplies, you look at it.

Naturally, Ximen Wangfu's choice did not disappoint Xiao Ye, and he got three truckloads of arms and supplies. His ambition made Xiao Ye breathe a sigh of relief, and the disaster basically moved westward.

Judging from the map, as long as you pass the area of Atami, further west is a large expanse of endless plains and deserts, where there are vast fields and rich seizures, and I believe that the eyes of Ximen Wangfu disdain to look further back.

After spending a stable Spring Festival in Ximen Stone Fort, Xiao Ye took his family and generals to Shiguantun, worshiped the brothers in the land temple, and worshiped his parents from afar, and then began to pay attention to the displaced people.

Somehow, Gansu Town has opened its door to the displaced people who have fled from the interior and let them go out of the customs, but it has allowed those merchants who have a small stone fort to take advantage of it.

Most of the homeless people were lured by the merchants to go to the small stone forts everywhere, which saved him food.

In the face of the depleted resources in the processing center, Xiao Ye was honest for a month, and after the Spring Festival, he once again wanted to start the auction of Kunzi stone mill.

Along the southern foot of the Altai Mountains, the ore veins that were barely explored, Xiao Ye chose five points, and the westernmost small stone fort was already installed not far from the eastern exit of Alashankou.

Next month, as long as Shang Shetian's prospecting results are timely, the five Kunzi stone mills will let the "little black house" in charge of Zuo Shi extend forward and build in Alimatu City, no longer suffering in the cold wilderness.

As for the "little black house" on the bank of the Chijin River, Xiao Ye didn't want to touch it, it was a treasure that collected gold, and it could bring him a few catties to a dozen catties of gold every day, and it was secretly handed over to the account by Kang Hongyuan; It was protected by the cavalry of Chijin City and Sichihe, and it was safe and sound.

However, Wang Dali, who knew the rumor, hurriedly found Xiao Ye.

"My lord, the little old man has something to ask for," In the study, Wang Dali knelt down in front of Xiao Ye with a face full of shame, which surprised Xiao Ye, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the old craftsman.

"Uncle Wang, what are you doing, we have something to say, you want to break my life," helping Wang Dali, Xiao Ye sat on the chair with him.

"Don't say it's one thing, it's ten things, let's discuss it, don't do this in the future," Listening to Xiao Ye's anger, Wang Dali nodded again and again.

"That's the case, my old brothers, who have also accumulated some merit over the years, and can make up some money, and their bodies and bones are not as good as a year, and I want a group of people to exchange them together, and exchange them for mill hired workers to do it themselves," Wang Dali said as he looked at Xiao Ye uneasily.

"That's it, this is a good thing, Uncle Wang, you don't have to think too much," After thinking for a while, Xiao Ye smiled heartily, the population in the logistics team is increasing, and he is under a lot of pressure now, since someone wants to leave, he will not be embarrassed.

With the passage of time, the logistics team, which is already very bloated, is bound to carry out a certain rectification, and the withdrawal of those old people and women from the logistics team can also ensure the strong vitality of the logistics team; Otherwise, relying on Xiao Ye's prestige to maintain the logistics team, there will be more and more people who are lazy and slippery.

After all, it is not normal for young people and old women to receive the same salary, except for the reward for going out.

Moreover, as long as the territory is under control, once something happens to him, who will these people help him, the officials in the mainland? Perhaps, it is better to hand over the hard-earned mill to the family and the government, and it is better to kill them.

"Well, Uncle Wang, you go back and tell those old craftsmen that if you want to quit the logistics team, Ben Hou will not stop you, you can exchange credit for them, and this time all five mills will be exchanged for them at a low price,"

"But a hundred garrisons in Xiaoshi Fort are dead rules, and the food and salary will be paid by the Hou Mansion Ledger, and they are also allowed to buy a certain amount of fire/guns for self-defense,"

"But their status as a military household is inevitable, and if something happens in the future, in order to protect their own stone fort, they must be called to help,"

"You don't need them to go far away, they just guard the stone fort on the spot, and the stone fort can install the fort gate by itself," Xiao Ye rubbed the corners of his eyebrows and said patiently; The war battalion in his own hands is bound to continue to recruit in the future.

"That's natural, Lord Hou has an order, all military households must be out," Wang vigorously patted his chest and promised. His words are believed by Xiao Ye, but this article must be made by the official office, so that all military households can understand it.

Soon, the official office sent a notice/notice to each stone fort that men and women over the age of forty in the logistics team would be given priority to take care of the retired logistics team, and the status of the military household would remain unchanged, and they could choose to work in any stone fort by themselves; Once the Hou Ye's Mansion has an order to summon each other, all military households must be summoned to hear the order and pay their salaries on a daily basis.

Of course, if you don't work in the logistics team, you can't take the salary, this time it's to take care of, and after a year or two, the logistics team will have to clean up people strongly. After all, there are so many things that the logistics team does to do physical work, and no one wants to support people who can't do it.

For a while, the shopkeepers in charge of recruiting workers in each shop had a smile on their faces, you know, the older craftsmen in the logistics team are experienced and can't be recruited at ordinary times; If it weren't for the increase in the military affairs sent by the logistics team, perhaps these craftsmen would not have been willing to quit.

Of course, if there is something to call for something in the official office temporarily, these craftsmen who quit must be released, and this is the duty of military households.

At the end of March, the official office of the Hou Ye's Mansion issued a notice, and a big notice/notice was posted on the wall of the outer fort of Ximen Stone Fort, stamped with the big seal of the Hou Ye and the signature of Xin Rulin.

The crowd of onlookers at the gate of the fort increased, and the literate nature was reading aloud, and also explained, "From today onwards, merchants, military households, artisan households, and peasant households can apply to the Shijia shop to purchase a mill, which will be determined by the official office of the Hou Ye's mansion."

"Then doesn't that mean that we, small merchants, can also line up with a deposit?" There were traders pulling mules and horses, with a suspicious face.

"The mill must be built in a stone fort, and the money to build a stone fort is not ordinary, and there must be soldiers stationed in it," said someone who also shook his head.

"Hmph, there is no capital to make up a few families, no matter how small a stone fort is, it can ensure safety, put a tent and see where anyone is willing to go,"

"Yes, I heard that the stone forts of the big merchants are about to be completed, and the homeless people who came from Qingfeng Valley couldn't even get here, so they were all called away,"

Those deep into the depths of the grassland between the small stone forts, the Hou Yefu is merciful, five days to open a transport vehicle, specially to transport people, a circle down to three days, as long as the consistent copper coin of the joint silver ticket, you can go to the Zabhan River to open the eyes.

In the chaotic crowd, there was everything, but there were also clever vendors, turned around and entered the fort gate, and after registering the weapons on their bodies from the sergeant, they hurried straight to the Shi family's shop.

If you can't afford it, you pay a deposit and line up, even if you sell this license plate in a reposition, it's a small fortune.