Xia Bangxing is a Han man, although he was forced to flee the country because of the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, he still has a lot of feelings for the Ming Dynasty in his heart. Especially for the ordinary people, ordinary officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, etc., he sincerely wanted to give them some help. On the other hand, the Tatars took him in when he was in trouble, and Bu Lost Rabbit treated him very respectfully, and the Tatar herdsmen around him also gave him a lot of warmth, so he also had a deep affection for the Tatars.

Such a dual identity, so that Xia Bangxing very much did not want to see the Ming and Tatar enemies, as he himself said, in the past, he also often advised Bu Lost Rabbit not to invade the Ming realm, to live in harmony with the Ming Dynasty, to avoid the sword soldiers.

This time, Bu Shitu led a large army to fight against Su Hao, and in Xia Bangxing's mind, the party that felt at fault was Su Hao, because Su Hao led the army into the grassland and offended the Tatar sphere of influence. Of course, he also thought about the ordinary Tatar invasion of the Ming border, but this was something he could not stop. In Xia Bangxing's view, it is impossible for the Tatars to occasionally invade the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty can resist. Now that Da Ming actually took the initiative to hit the grassland, isn't it nothing to cause trouble?

However, after Su Hao and Li Zhen's statement, Xia Bangxing's thoughts began to waver a little. He began to reflect on such a question: If the Ming army did not invade the Tatars, could it guarantee that the Tatars would not invade the Ming Dynasty as well? Since the leaders of the Tatar tribes could not consciously abide by the peace agreement between the two sides, would it be a good solution to let the Ming army in and promote peace by force?

In particular, Su Hao and Chen Guanyu have repeatedly mentioned the joint development of the grassland with the Tatars, and if this matter is true, it will definitely be good news for the Tatars. Li Zhen was right, the Central Plains Dynasty had never bullied or tortured the nomadic tribes in the north, and compared with the Tatars, the promises of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be more credible. The Ming promised to jointly develop the steppe with the Tatars, which was equivalent to adding a financial route to the Tatars.

Xia Bangxing is very clear about the current situation in Tatar. Don't look at Bu Lost's 100,000 troops, it seems that his power is not small, but his economic situation is worrying. It costs money to raise soldiers, and if Bu Lost Rabbit doesn't have a lot of money to use to entrap those tribal leaders, who wants to die for him? Bu Lost Rabbit wants to compete for the Khan position after a hundred years of Pullik Khan, and he can't do it without silver in his hand.

In this sense, what Su Hao did can be said to be a relief for Bu Lost Rabbit.

"Sir, do you think that if the prince of Bu Lost Rabbit cooperates with General Su, he can really make the Tatars richer?" Xia Bangxing asked Li Zhen hesitantly.

Li Zhen pointed at Su Hao and said, "Changing it is indeed a bit of a talent to turn stone into gold, and the old man is ashamed of himself." During his tenure in Ningxiawei, he explored mines and wells for Ningxia Wei, and promoted vegetable greenhouses, so that Ningxia restored the rich scene in the south of the Yangtze River, which many people know. If Shang Zhong doesn't believe it, he can take a look with his own eyes and find out. ”

Su Hao waved his hand and said, "Mr. Li is overrated, where is the credit of mine alone." Mr. Xia, if the prince of Bu Lost Rabbit is willing to cooperate with Daming, we can both open mines on the grassland and share the income equally. At the same time, we can also build water conservancy and reclaim the wasteland around the Hetao, so that the Hetao can become the granary of Saibei. When the time comes, will the herders still have a hard time? ”

"It would be great if that could happen." Xia Bangxing said longingly, "The lifelong ambition of the students is to see the Tatars and the Ming Dynasty never fight again and share peace...... However, General Su, the students have one more question, don't be surprised. ”

"Mr. Xia, please speak." Su Hao said.

Xia Bangxing said: "This mining, water conservancy, tuntian, are all things that the Ming people are good at, if these projects are rolled out, there will be more and more Han people on the grassland, if the Han people attack the Tatars, how can the Tatars protect themselves?" ”

"What good is it for the Han people to attack the Tatars?" Su Hao asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Xia Bangxing was dumbfounded, and he couldn't think of any benefit for the Han people to attack the Tatars. If the two parties cooperate, they can jointly obtain various benefits. If a fight breaks out, not to mention the losses of the two sides, the mining area and the reclamation area will no longer be able to continue production, and the losses caused will be unparalleled. In this case, why did the Han people have to attack the Tatars?

"If there is only one big pie in this world, everyone will fight for each other, all in order to get a bigger piece. If we can make the pie 10 times bigger, and everyone can get a piece that is 10 times bigger than the original without having to fight, wouldn't that be more valuable than grabbing? Su Hao began to sell his flatbread theory, and people in the Ming Dynasty ate cakes from time to time, so he could only use the flatbread as an analogy.

"It's true that this is the ......, but ......, but ......" Xia Bangxing hesitated for a long time, and couldn't find a better reason to refute Su Hao, but it seemed too rash to let him accept Su Hao's point of view like this.

"Shangzhong, I know you can't figure it out for a while, but if you think about it again, you will naturally figure it out. If you really don't worry, you can go to the surrounding herdsmen to find out and see how the Ming army has treated them during this period after they entered. Li Zhen said thoughtfully.

Xia Bangxing said: "Sir, it's not that the students themselves can't figure it out, but the students are worried that the prince of Bu Lost Rabbit won't be able to figure it out." The Han and Mongolian families jointly developed the grassland, which was unprecedented, and the students were only afraid that they would be clumsy and could not convince the prince. ”

Li Zhen thought for a while and said, "This is also simple, the old man will accompany you to see the lost rabbit." ”

"How can this work!" Su Hao and Xia Bangxing blurted out at the same time, and after finishing speaking, the two of them glanced at each other, waiting for the other party to say the reason first.

"This ......" Xia Bangxing didn't have Su Hao's confidence in the end, he was silent for a while, and then spoke first, "Mr. is going to see the prince of Bu Lost Rabbit, and the student can guarantee that the prince will not be disrespectful to Mr., but what the rabbit thinks, the student does not dare to guarantee it." Mr. is a golden body, if there is a little mistake, how can the student afford it. ”

Su Hao said: "My thoughts are similar to Mr. Xia's. The Tatars have just suffered my loss, and even if the prince of Bu Lost Rabbit doesn't care about us, the tribal leaders below may not be able to accept it. In case a reckless man wants to avenge us for burying mines and burning grain, isn't the gentleman going here? ”

Li Zhen laughed and said, "You guys are too worried." Bu Lost Rabbit is a person who wants to do big things, how can he be so rat-bellied? When Altan Khan signed an agreement with the imperial court, the old man was an official in the Nanjing Criminal Department, and he was ordered to send an envoy to Tatar, and he had a relationship with Altan Khan. Even if Bu Lost Rabbit doesn't give us face to Daming, he always has to remember that I am a friend of his ancestor and give his ancestor a face, right? ”

"It's too risky." Su Hao said sneeringly, in his heart, he really didn't think that Bu Lost Rabbit would treat Li Zhen special because of the friendship between Li Zhen and Altan Khan. Not to mention that Altan Khan is just the ancestor of Bu Lost Rabbit, even if it is his own father, he can't be polite to everyone who knows his own father.

Li Zhen said: "The old man Meng Su has taken care of him for a long time, so he has to pay something back, right?" Entering the grassland is related to the peace of my Ming Dynasty for thousands of generations in the future, and even if the old man takes a little risk, it is worth it. Don't worry, the old man won't take the initiative to provoke Bu Lost Rabbit, just reason with him. Old man's mouth, can't you believe it? ”

"Alright, Mr. Yi." Su Hao was helpless, so he had to nod. It is impossible for the two sides not to negotiate such a big matter, and if they want to negotiate, they must send enough people to do it. Li Zhen is a well-known Confucian in the Central Plains, he has an identity, but he is not as sensitive as a military general, so it is really a good choice to send him. As for the danger, Li Zhen himself doesn't care, so forget it. Anyone's life is fate, and there is no reason to say that Li Zhen can't take risks.

Then, everyone sat down and seriously discussed the various details of the cooperation between the Ming army and Bu Lost Rabbit, and Xia Bangxing no longer hid anything, and put out Bu Lost Rabbit's thoughts. Su Hao spread out the map and explained to Xia Bangxing in detail the areas where he intended to cooperate with Tatars, including where there were what kind of mineral deposits, etc., were all introduced in 1510. Of course, what he said was only a general direction, and without his personal guidance, it would have been impossible for Bu Lost Rabbit to find these veins.

Xia Bangxing listened to Su Hao's description of the distribution of minerals in various parts of the grassland, and he felt extremely shocked in his heart. He knew that Su Hao would definitely not have had the opportunity to go to these places, and there were some places where even the Tatars rarely set foot in them. And in such a situation, Su Hao can actually say what mineral deposits are distributed in these places, if it is not empty words, then it can only show that Su Hao's Taoism is high, which is unimaginable.

"How much manpower and financial resources do you need to develop so many mines, can General Su raise so many manpower and silver?" Xia Bangxing couldn't help but feel sorry for Su Hao.

Su Hao said with a smile: "Mr. Xia doesn't have to worry, the development of the grassland is not Su alone's business, and many officials in the imperial court are involved." I'm not afraid you know, even the first assistant to apply for a bachelor's degree has become a shareholder, this is not an ordinary child's play. There are already hundreds of merchants waiting there in Ningxia City, and as soon as the prince of Bu Lost Rabbit opens the ban, everyone will rush to take the silver and throw it on the grassland. ”

"In this way, Xia is completely relieved." Xia Bangxing was relieved, the news provided by Su Hao was indeed very important, if it was the court officials who invested in the grassland, then they would be even more taboo about all kinds of moral matters, and it should be impossible to easily start a war against the Tatars. With so many people investing, even if not a pound of ore is mined in the end, the Tatars will not suffer, and how much silver they have to earn just to provide meat supplies for the owners and miners of these mines.

After solving all the problems, Xia Bangxing was in a hurry to go back and report the news. Su Hao resolutely kept him, invited him to eat a good meal for two days, and took him to Helan Fort and the surrounding mining areas to go around a few times, and then sent soldiers to escort him and Li Zhen and others on their return journey. (To be continued.) )