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In June and July, the sun is blazing and the sky is cloudless.

The heavy rain in May seemed to drain all the rain from the sky, and the surrounding areas of the Monan grassland returned to its previous rhythm, and the water level of the Tumao River in the deep mountains also dropped a lot.

At this time, the catastrophe in Shanxi this year was a foregone conclusion, and Zhang Tinggong, the governor of Shanxi, was worried about the recurrence of the Shaanxi civil uprising in Shanxi, so he prepared for disaster relief in advance. The price of grain in the northern part of the Ming Dynasty has soared, and the price of rice and millet has risen to nearly four taels of silver and one stone.

Since the Wanli period, the drawbacks of the "one whip" law implemented by Zhang Juzheng in the Ming Dynasty have begun to appear.

The "one whip" law changed the annual payment of "field tax" and "ding tax" by the people into silver, exempting the people from endless labor that they had to bear in the past, and the government hired people with silver to carry it out. But there are advantages and disadvantages, no matter what kind of policy, the ordinary people will never be able to get rid of being oppressed.

Every autumn harvest, the peasants would sell the harvested grain to the merchants in exchange for silver and hand it over to the government, at which time the grain merchants partnered to lower the price of grain, and rice and millet were the cheapest. In the spring of the following year, when the spring seedlings of the peasants are planted in the fields, the summer grain is far away, and many peasants who have failed in the harvest need to buy grain to survive, and the price of grain is the most expensive at this time. In a good year, the peasants still have surplus grain to make ends meet after selling and paying taxes, and the fluctuation of grain prices is not very obvious; if there is a disaster year, the grain merchants will raise the grain price in the spring, and the families who have run out of rations will have to sell their sons and daughters.

Now it is not only the people who are trapped, but even the imperial court and the government are trapped in it and cannot extricate themselves.

Xuanda Town in the north of the Ming Dynasty and Shaanxi were hit by drought in succession, and the government only had silver in their hands and no food, so if they wanted to provide disaster relief, they had to buy grain in the market first. But now that the price of food has skyrocketed, what used to be two stones can now be bought only one. The Jin Prefecture government summoned the proprietors of various businesses for several days to ask the merchants for help, but how could the merchants help in vain?

In the past year, the most active businessman in Jin was the Dongkou Eight Families, Fan Yongdou seized the opportunity to expand his influence on the border, took the food and material purchase and supply of the border army in Xuanda Town, and established branches in various places.

To the north of Helinger, the Tuoketo grassland is located between the city of Guihua and the Yellow River, and the large and small rivers that originate in the northern forests pass through it, which is a rare good pasture. Since the drought worsened, there has been a steady influx of Chahar herders in this grassland, which was originally used to imprison the remnants of Tumut.

The influx of Chahar herdsmen occupied the pastures with fertile water and grass, and at the worst seized the livestock of the Tumuts, and the patrolling Chahar cavalry watched from the sidelines, and the Tumerts dared not speak out in anger and silently retreated to the barren mountains of Holinger.

Princess Ulan on the Sky Ridge was restless and personally descended the mountain to appease the expelled tribal herdsmen.

In the grassland, it takes about twenty or thirty animals to feed a person, and the nomadic herders need to move all the time and change to better pastures in order to maintain the survival of livestock. Places like Helinger simply can't support the many Mert herders.

The Chahar herdsmen are now scurrying around in the south of the desert like headless flies, looking for pastures with water sources, and the changes in the surrounding grasslands certainly cannot escape Zhai Zhe's ears and eyes, and he ordered Xiao Zhiyan and Meng Kang to reduce the space and retreat into the mountains to avoid conflicts with Chahar's lives. Even the Hanzhai cavalry changed their training methods, fearing that the sound of the horn would attract the attention of the Chahars.

The pastures of the Tuoketo steppe were almost completely robbed, and almost all the Tumut herdsmen fled into the mountains, and Princess Ulan summoned Zhai Zhe by order.

In the meadow between the two mountains, beside the slow-flowing spring of the mountain stream, Zhai Zhe met countless yurts along the way, and the originally active birds and beasts were so frightened that they didn't know where to hide.

Not far from Motianling, Zhai Zhe met the Wuliji family, a Mongolian he had come into contact with when he entered the grassland.

"Brother Zhai, I haven't seen you for a long time!" Uligi shouted and rode on

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Immediately swing the long horsewhip to drive the livestock. He can still remember Zhai Zhe, who has been working together for more than a month at the beginning of the year, and he has a good impression of the Han people.

"Brother Uligi!" Zhai Zhe was pleasantly surprised, urging the big dark horse to lean over.

"Have you been in the mountains with Lingle? Why didn't you come to the grassland to look for me again? Ulgi was smiling and seemed to be in a good mood, completely unaffected by the drought.

"When I'm free, I'll go to you for a drink again!" Zhai Zhe waved at him.

"I'll wait for you!"

Uliji actually sang a pastoral song, and the song echoed in the mountains, what a young man who couldn't hide his sorrow in his heart!

On the Sky Ridge, Princess Wulan didn't have such thoughts, she frowned, and waited until Zhai Zhe came up the mountain.

Zhai Zhe bowed as usual, and peeked at Princess Wulan wearing the headdress he had given.

The current predicament made Princess Wulan anxious, and after sitting down, she spoke straight to the point: "I have discussed with Ge Ri Letu that I want to move some herdsmen to the Hetao grassland!" ”

Zhai Zhe pondered for a moment and said, "That's fine, these livestock can't be raised in the mountains!" ”

Princess Ulan was still worried, and said, "I am worried that the drought will last for a long time, and I want you to buy some food from Daming to ensure that you can survive the current crisis." ”

"Daming Shanxi is also a thousand miles of red land!" Zhai Zhe was very embarrassed.

"We have war horses, and we can't raise so many horses now, so it's better to exchange them for food!"

Without enough pasture, livestock lose weight and even die, and the situation of the Tumuts is not the same as it was two months ago.

"I, I want to find a way!" Zhai Zhe gritted his teeth, he was mentally prepared before he came, and he had to help the Tumut people survive, otherwise his previous efforts would be wasted.

"How many herders are there among the Tumuts?"

This was the second time Zhai Zhe had asked this question, and he wanted to know how much grain he needed to buy to get out of the jam.

"There are more than 10,000 people in Tuoketuo, and more than 10,000 people in the Hetao grassland!" Princess Ulan bit her lip lightly, "But the situation in the Hetao is not much better, only the oases along the Yellow River can be grazed, barely supporting the herdsmen's livelihood!" ”

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ooMore than 20,000 people! Zhai Zhe really didn't expect it.

Two years ago, the Tumut tribe was the largest tribe in Mongolia after Chahar, with more than 100,000 people, and if you add Han Nu, even the Chahar people are not comparable, and now there are only more than 20,000 people left.

The small number of people also relieved Zhai Zhe's pressure, and the Tumut people still had livestock, and they did not need to rely on buying food to survive.

"20,000 stone of grain, is it enough?" Zhai Zhe asked tentatively. Daming is also a disaster year! His head is as big as a fight, and he has to go to kill Hu Kou himself.

"The more the merrier! It's all up to you! Princess Ulan looked at Zhai Zhe with wistful eyes.

The Han Chinese have now become the dependence of the Tumuts! Zhai Zhe smiled bitterly in his heart, I hope they can remember this kindness!

With the name of Princess Khanhor, the Tumuts were finally able to support each other, and half of the herdsmen in Lingel reluctantly went to the Hetao. The Yellow River is so turbulent that some of the young animals that could not cross the river were left in the mountains.

On the banks of the Yellow River, Ulan told Geriltu that great changes in the grasslands were imminent, and that it was necessary to speed up the organization of the Tumut people in the Hetao grassland.

This drought is a torture for the Tumuts, but not for the Chahars!

Reports of damage to herders from all over the country continue to reach the Chahar Khan's tent, and livestock have died in areas where water is scarce.

Moving further west was difficult for Lin Dan Khan to accept, and in desperation, he once again set his sights on Daming, which was separated by a wall.

At the beginning of August, the Chahar Mongols sent an envoy to Zhangjiakou to ask for a grain and horse market with the Ming Dynasty, and Lin Dan Khan described in detail the drought suffered by Monan Mongolia to Zhang Zongheng, the governor of Xuanda, and begged the Ming to come to his rescue. Writing such a letter was a disgrace to Lin Dan Khan, who had always regarded himself as the Great Khan of the Mongols, but after the invasion of Datong in March, he knew that he would not be able to get help if he did not change his attitude to satisfy the Ming emperor.