Chapter 48: Exchange
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From afternoon to night, although there was no tension under the city of Hequ, there was also a tense atmosphere. Wang Jiayin ordered the pro-military barracks of all departments to immediately enter the city and garrison it, and close the north city gate.
The people in the city were turbulent, Xiao Zhiyan had only brought his clan brothers to Hequ City the day before yesterday, and he was thinking about how to get out, and he soon knew the situation outside the city. But now that the city was heavily guarded, he did not dare to act rashly.
The government office in the middle of Hequ City is now the meeting place of the people's rebellion army, and Wang Jiayin sits on the seat of the prefect.
"Displaced people change war horses! Kill two birds with one stone! Gao Yingxiang said: "Now the displaced people from all over Shaanxi are pouring into the river meander, we can't support these people at all, besides, the recent officers and soldiers have attacked and killed fiercely, in case the river meander can't hold it, the cavalry can be transferred more quickly, and everyone has seen the strength of the Guanning iron cavalry." ”
"I always feel that something is wrong with the Mongolian cavalry outside the city," Wang Jiayin frowned, "How can you trade with us with the strength of the Mongols!" ”
Sitting under Wang Jiayin was his brother Wang Ziyong, who interjected: "If the Mongols really cooperate with the imperial court, we will be attacked on our backs!" ”
"The battalions are prepared tonight, and I will go tomorrow to discuss the deal, and see what medicine is sold in the gourd of the Mongols!" Wang Jiayin has made up his mind.
Night slowly fell, Zhai Zhe led his troops to retreat to the edge of the ravine, arranged sentry posts, and stationed men and horses in the camp.
Both sides spent the night in care.
Early in the morning, when the morning sun first rose, Zhai Zhe led two hundred sweat tent cavalry to gallop straight to the city.
After Wang Jiayin got the report, he also ordered 500 people to go out of the city
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The Mongol cavalry galloped back and forth ten miles away from the city, waving their scimitars in the air and making strange cries, and a battle-hardened person like Wang Jiayin could see at a glance that this cavalry was not comparable to ordinary horse thieves.
Zhai Zhe urged the big black horse to rush out of the cavalry and shouted, "What is the big boss thinking about?" ”
Wang Jiayin urged the horse to come out of the ranks, saying: "One horse can only be exchanged for five homeless people, and there can be no more!" ”
"Ten, if it's a craftsman, you can exchange one for one!"
"Deal!"
A horse for fifty homeless people is just Zhai Zhe's words, the two sides bargained and reached a deal, the current embarrassment of the Tumut tribe can not support so many people, but the craftsman he really needs. The Ming Dynasty had strict management of craftsmen, and the craftsmen could not escape from generation to generation, but later the government had heavy labor and craftsmen kept fleeing, so many people flowed into the people.
In the past two days, Zhai Zhe has been showing off his martial arts under Hequ City, and what he saw was that the black smoke in the northeast corner of Hequ City went straight into the sky, all day long, and there was a strange disgusting smell in the air. It was a homeless person burning corpses. But these are troubled times, and there is nothing he can do.
Once the deal was confirmed, the two sides began to discuss the details.
"I only need homeless people under the age of forty, if it is a family, five people can bring an old man!"
Business is business, Zhai Zhe couldn't imagine that one day such a cold-blooded word would spit out of his mouth, but he couldn't feed such a Han people, and the Tumut people would never accept the old Han slaves.
"No problem! We'll drive the outcasts to the northeast corner of the city, and you'll take them with you!" ”
"Four hundred horses, four thousand outcasts! Trade early tomorrow morning! ”
"We can exchange more!" Gao Yingxiang, who came to negotiate on behalf of Wang Jiayin, was still not enough.
Zhai Zhe snorted coldly and said, "At present, we only need so much, if we still want war horses, we can buy them with silver!" ”
Gao Yingxiang was a little surprised, Mongolians usually do not trade in silver, most of them are bartered, and then he thought that the person who negotiated the transaction with him was also a Han person, and asked: "How much silver is a horse?" ”
Zhai Zhe stretched out four fingers, and the price he sold to the Killing Hukou Neide Xiang Pavilion was twenty-five taels of silver each.
"Thirty-five, I want two hundred more, but I want good horses!" Gao Yingxiang hesitated for a moment and made up his mind. Ever since he saw the power of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, he was so obsessed with the power of the heavy cavalry that he couldn't extricate himself.
Zhai Zhe didn't expect that a poor thief could have such silver, and while nodding in agreement, he suddenly asked: "A few days ago, there was a Xiao Zhiyan who entered Hequ City, do you know?" This is the sentence he has been planning for a long time.
"yes!" Gao Yingxiang's heart hung up, thinking that Xiao Zhiyan had done something to offend the Tumut people in the grassland, you must know that Xiao Zhiyan robbed the Tumert three years ago and was killed, and there are rumors among the horse thieves in Shaanxi.
"You let him out of the city to see me!"
Gao Yingxiang wanted to speak and stopped, Xiao Zhiyan now seems to be under his command, if he betrays his subordinates for no reason, the brothers will not be able to return to their hearts in the future.
"Tell him my message, and if he doesn't want to, forget it!" Zhai Zhe deliberately made his words unclear.
"Okay, I'll bring the words!" Gao Yingxiang led his own soldiers to leave.
Taking advantage of his free time, Zhai Zhe asked Ge Ri Letu to send people back to the Tumut tribe of the Hetao grassland to borrow horses, but fortunately, he borrowed horses and furs on credit to quickly deliver the goods to the Tumut herdsmen, leaving a good reputation.
An hour later, Xiao Zhiyan rode out of the city alone and went straight to the Mongol camp.
"There are more than 400 people in my brother and clan, all of whom are in Hequ City!" Xiao Zhiyan's demeanor was a little nervous, and the casualness of the past was completely gone.
"Will Wang Jiayin let you out of the city?"
Xiao Zhiyan raised his head, and the sun was shining in the sky, which was a little dazzling.
"I don't know!"
"When you trade early tomorrow morning, you will find an opportunity to force the city, okay?"
Xiao Zhiyan smiled bitterly and said, "Yulinwei's brothers are fine, but not all of my family are in the prime of life!" ”
It was rare for Zhai Zhe to see Xiao Zhiyan so embarrassed, patted his chest and said, "Brother Xiao, don't worry, it's all left to me!" ”
"Thank you!" This is still his first time against Zhai Zhe
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Say thanks, let someone like him say thank you, it will be an incomparably grand kindness.
On that day, the two sides made their own preparations, and Gao Yingxiang personally led people to select people from among the refugees outside the city and drove them to the northeast camp outside Hequ City. The outcasts are ignorant and don't know that their fate has been traded, but in fact, it is not necessarily a bad thing for them to get out of the jam.
The Tumuts drove 600 horses into the mountain overnight, and Zhai Zhe was worried that Wang Jiayin was secretly using methods, so he pulled 300 horses to the camp first.
According to the agreement, the Tumut cavalry rushed to the camp in the northeast corner before dawn, and waved their long horse whips everywhere to drive away the refugees, and under the threat of swords and arrows, the refugees were driven into the mountains crying and shouting.
The people in Hequ City could hear it clearly, Wang Jiayin ordered Gao Yingxiang to go out of the city to pick up the horse, and the others were not allowed to act rashly. It is not advisable to make a big deal about selling the exiles to the Mongols, so as not to ruin their reputation.
After the two teams met, Zhai Zhe ordered Che Feng to drive the war horse over.
"There are 300 horses here, and when the homeless people have entered the mountains, I will send another 300 horses!"
Gao Yingxiang personally inspected, the horses were sturdy, their fur was shiny, and the grassland horses were far superior to the Ming Dynasty. After confirming that it was correct, Gao Yingxiang was satisfied, pointed to the two large packages on the back of his own soldiers behind him, and said, "That's seven thousand taels of silver!" ”
Zhai Zhe urged the horse to approach, and said in a low voice: "Xiao Zhiyan is kind to me, now his brothers and families are in Hequ City, I want to take them to the grassland, if you do this, these two hundred horses, I will give them to you!" ”
"What?" Gao Yingxiang was stunned and asked, "Is this what he meant?" ”
Zhai Zhe nodded and said: "I am in charge of the Han Department in Tumut, and most of the transactions must go through my hands, if you still want a good horse on the grassland in the future, just look for me!" ”
"He has just entered Hequ City, and the Yulin Border Army under his command still has some combat strength, and the commander will definitely not let him go!" Gao Yingxiang was very embarrassed, thought about it for a long time, and said: "It's done, I'll take this risk, I won't bring back this silver, you can find me two hundred horses from the grassland." Xiao Zhiyan belongs to his subordinates, and Wang Jiayin will definitely be unhappy after letting him go, but he will not blame him heavily.
"Deal!" Zhai Zhe stretched out his right hand.
"If there is a chance in the future, I hope to cooperate with Brother Zhai!" Gao Yingxiang also stretched out his rough hand. Selling a favor to Xiao Zhiyan can leave a gap for him to get good horses from the grassland, and even if he is really forced to a desperate situation by the officers and soldiers in the future, he may have to wander outside the Saiwai.