Just when the Haw Par Army began an unprecedented large-scale transfer of officials, an unprecedented salt shortage in the territory of Houjin was spreading step by step, and it was developing in an increasingly violent direction......

If it had been a few decades ago, when the Tartars were still a pure hunter-gatherer people, the rock salt they obtained from the mountains and forests alone was enough for the consumption of the entire nation.

However, as the Tartars became more and more powerful, more and more clansmen began to walk out of the mountains, and the production of rock salt was negligible, which was far from meeting the needs of the entire Houjin.

Under such circumstances, Houjin needs to buy a large amount of sea salt from Liaodong and even Guannei every year......

However, with the beginning of the economic blockade of the Haw Par Army, the channel for Houjin to buy sea salt from Houjin was directly cut off.

As a result, smuggling became an important way for Tartars to obtain sea salt.

Of course, Huang Taiji did not pin all his hopes on smuggling.

In addition to spending much more than the normal price to smuggle sea salt from the Han Chinese. Huang Taiji also sent a team of horses over the mountains to buy sea salt from the coast of Siberia.

However, the long and cold mountain road doomed the horse team to not have a few months, and it was impossible to return to Houjin.

As a result, the Houjin Tatars had to rely on the sea salt smuggled from the Han people in a short period of time to maintain the stability of the entire country......

The smuggling of Shun Lì twice not only allowed Huang Taiji to obtain enough sea salt, but also allowed Houjin Tatar to avoid the occurrence of salt shortages. It also allowed Huang Taiji to obtain a large number of weapons and military supplies that had not been able to be bought before.

So, in the third smuggling, Huang Taiji directly asked his subordinates to bring an extra 200,000 taels of silver. It was used to expand the scale of smuggling with the Han people.

But. As time passes, day by day. It has been 10 days since the 1,000-strong team that went to the border to smuggle has still not received any news.

You know, judging by the time of the first two smugglings; Ten days was enough for the 1,000-strong team to complete the transaction with the Han and bring back the smuggled materials......

As a result, a very bad premonition immediately appeared in Huang Taiji's heart......

The thousand-strong team that went to the border to trade with the Han must have had an accident......

Then. Without thinking about it, he sent a large number of cavalry to the border pass to search for this thousand-man team that had disappeared without a trace.

The subordinates have disappeared, and they can send someone to find them.

However, when the salt was gone, he did not have the slightest way to conjure salt out of thin air and distribute it to the various tribes.

To watch the time pass day by day, when Huang Taiji promised to distribute the salt to everyone, there is still no news.

A very disturbing sentiment and rumor quickly spread among the various tribes of the Later Jin......

Because of the economic blockade of Houjin by the Haw Par Army, Houjin no longer had the means to obtain any supplies, including salt, from Guannai.

No table salt. People will have no strength. Not only that, but after the golden tartar endured to survive cattle and sheep livestock. They will also slowly lose weight because of the lack of table salt, and finally die little by little......

It can be said that table salt is fatal for today's Houjin......

Therefore, as the rumors continued to spread, more and more Tartar tribes began to fall into panic.

In order to solve this problem, these Tatar tribal leaders had to find Huang Taiji and ask Huang Taiji for the sea salt that was supposed to fly to everyone......

Facing the constant harassment of the leaders of the major tribes, and facing the thousand-man team that still has no news. Huang Taiji's mood at this moment was even more troubled than when he was pursued by the Tiger and Leopard Army......

Half a year ago, although Houjin was at a critical juncture of life and death, Houjin at that time still had a way out after all.

And now, unless you have salt in your hands, there is no way back.

Just when Huang Taiji was tired and dealing with the tribal leaders who were constantly rushing here, the scouts who searched for the Thousand People finally sent back the news about the Thousand People......

Although this news was already expected by him, when he really confirmed the news, he was still angry and killed several Han slaves in a row before he slowly calmed down the anger in his heart.

Since there was an accident in the thousand-man team, not only did they not get the materials that Houjin urgently needed, but they also wiped out the whole army, and even lost the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver that they were going to trade. Then I can only think of other ways to solve the salt shortage that Houjin is about to face......

At this time, Fan Wencheng, who was Huang Taiji's most trusted, was invited by Huang Taiji without accident.

Faced with this problem, Fan Wencheng was also helpless......

However, when he saw Huang Taiji's longing gaze at him, he still asked: "Great Khan, as far as the minions know, the Great Khan has also hoarded a batch of sea salt in his hands, I don't know how much this batch of sea salt is......"

After a short hesitation, Huang Taiji replied without the slightest concealment: "If you save a little, you can meet the needs of Houjin for a month...... After all, the population of Houjin is only so many ......"

Hearing this, Fan Wencheng breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly replied: "Since this is the case, the slave thinks that the Great Khan should divide these sea salts immediately...... In any case, we can't mess with it ourselves...... If you are all messed up, then the entire Houjin will be completely hopeless......"

Seeing that Huang Taiji nodded, Fan Wencheng continued to speak: "After ensuring that Houjin is stable, we will find a way to solve the problem of opening the way in Haiyan......"

"Judging from the news from the scouts, there must be something wrong with the smuggling between us and the Han Chinese...... However, no matter what the problem is, we will not be able to smuggle the sea salt in guò for a short time, at least for a short time......" "Therefore, we must find a way to open up other channels to obtain salt ......"

Huang Taiji's eyes lit up, and he asked with an urgent face: "What passage...... Strategist, do you already have a way......

"One word, grab the ......" Under Huang Taiji's gaze, Fan Wencheng replied without thinking about it......

"During the economic blockade imposed by the Haw Par Army on us, there was absolutely no way to obtain salt by normal means...... In this way, we can only get salt by robbing, and only by robbing Liaodong and North Korea, we can get salt ......"

"Compared to Kannai, Liaodong and Korea do not have a long wall to protect, which is very advantageous for us......

"In addition, Liaodong and North Korea have just experienced war, and there will be many defense holes, which provides us with an excellent opportunity to loot......"

"However, in order to avoid surprises, the whole operation must meet one word, and that is fast...... After grabbing the salt, they quickly retreated, and could not engage in any love battles. Otherwise, once the Haw Par Army is allowed to stick, our looting troops will face the danger of annihilation......" (To be continued......