Huang Taiji patiently explained the march of the Eight Banners in Siberia.

They had indeed made contact with the armies of Tsarist Russia, and had made tentative attacks on each other, and both sides were afraid of each other.

Of course, what made Huang Taiji jealous was that the Tsar's military horse was a hard bone.

But there is also something that makes Huang Taiji excited, because the military horses of Tsarist Russia have been operating in Siberia and west of Siberia for decades, and they have invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.

This means that land from and west of Siberia may be more valuable.

And their supply depots, supply lines, forts, some fields that have been reclaimed, and mines, all of which are ready-made.

There are even places that barely call towns and bazaars.

You must know that the places that were originally attacked were all barren land, and the barren land was of course the easiest to capture, as long as you conquered the local tribes, it was easy to relax.

But once there were many traces of civilization there...... This means that a lot of infrastructure is given away for nothing.

Whether such a barren land can generate much value is actually not the most important thing, the difficulty is how to start from scratch!

A barren land, thousands of miles of uninhabited, want to occupy there, to suppliers and craftsmen and garrison troops, one of the most difficult is the initial stage, but once there is a rather rudimentary supply line or supply stations all over the place, then it is equivalent to the most difficult life two problems solved, followed by two to three, three to three life infinite things.

And Huang Taiji is not stupid, he has vaguely felt that the people who can spend a lot of manpower and material resources to build so many supply bases in places such as Siberia must be a big country that is beginning to take shape, and its scale is only afraid that it is not under the national strength when the Jiannu people occupied most of Liaodong.

Because without such national strength, it would not be able to support so many supply depots in Siberia, and there would be no way to project the pioneering army to Siberia.

Therefore, Huang Taiji's judgment was that further west of Siberia, there must be a country of no small size, and this country ...... There are many cities and towns, and there must be plenty of fertile land.

Fertile land, countless forests and mines, what does that mean?

What does that mean?

At this time, the Jiannu Eight Banners, the combat effectiveness is more powerful than before, you know, this is the strongest period of the Eight Banners soldiers, can bear hardships and stand hard work, and the battle is not afraid of death.

And now, the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners has reached a new level, which is completely funded by the Zhang family, they occupy the land, the Zhang family owns, and the Zhang family gives a large amount of silver, as the cost of buying the land, and gets the silver, which not only improves the lives of women and children, but most importantly, can purchase more sophisticated weapons and armor from the Zhang family.

Although it can't be as armed to the teeth as the Donglin Army.

After all, the advantage of the Eight Banners is cavalry, but excellent war horses, sharp weapons, and light but not low protection of steel armor, including black powder artillery with siege weapons, can be purchased at will.

Coupled with the stimulation of silver, the entire Eight Banners has rejuvenated its fighting spirit.

At this time, Huang Taiji said: "I heard that the tsar, there is a cavalry, known as the Cossacks, the combat power is not small, their firearms, but they are still far inferior to the ordinary artillery we are equipped with, in the perennial snow-covered forest, the cavalry is the key to victory, the sinner's Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, but to try the edge with the Cossack cavalry." ”

I think that at the beginning, when Huang Taiji was captured, the whole person was depressed, and there was a feeling of lifelessness.

But now, he seems to be full of vitality, which is a feeling after returning to the mountain.

Naturally, his impression of Zhang Jingyi is very complicated, on the one hand, he thinks that the Eight Banners have a deep blood feud with the Ming Dynasty, and now, the Eight Banners are defeated, even if the Eight Banners were killed by the Ming Dynasty, there is nothing to say.

But Zhang Jingyi left his and the Eight Banners alive, not only that, but also gave them a way to live, so that the Eight Banners soldiers had another place to use, even he would not think that his current life and choices would be worse than when he was entrenched in Liaodong.

Everyone is desperate, but they just want to live a good life, as long as there is a head and hope, then who to kill is not to kill?

On the other hand, it is the fear of Zhang Jingyi, the Zhang family dares to use him and the Eight Banners, to a certain extent, it actually proves that the other party doesn't care at all that he and these Eight Banners soldiers dare to make mistakes, and they have enough confidence. He could have imagined that if he made a mess, the other party would be able to wipe him out with his backhand.

Zhang Jing said: "The matter of the strategy, this king doesn't understand, and he doesn't bother to ask, as long as the result of this king, you take the land, this king will reward you, these lands have a lord from now on, surnamed Zhang, and you get silver, your wife and children can wear silk and satin, you can wear brocade clothes and jade food, this is good." Other...... It's your business! ”

"You are a person with a strategy, in Siberia, or in other places, no matter what strong enemies you encounter, I don't point fingers at them, you really encounter difficulties, you can tell this king, this king will not teach you to suffer."

The implication of this is that if you can't get mixed up, you can go back to Liaodong to recuperate, or if you really can't beat it, Liaodong will give other support.

But for the rest, as soon as Zhang Jing completely delegated power, he just wanted the land.

Huang Taiji is really convinced, to be honest, this is the best way to cooperate with Huang Taiji.

If Zhang Jingyi interfered in the internal affairs of the Eight Banners, the Jiannu people were afraid of the Zhang family now, but after all, the Zhang family did not understand the affairs of the Eight Banners, and there was a gap between them.

But in this world, who doesn't like to point fingers? Being able to endure letting Huang Taiji handle the interior on his own is a huge trust.

Huang Taiji said: "Your Highness, rest assured, sinners will not cause trouble to Your Highness." ”

Zhang Jingyi said again: "Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are also here, and they also want to follow the example of the Eight Banners and organize a militia, this matter...... The king thought about it for a while, and after thinking about it, let them go, they will do theirs, you will fight yours, and you will not interfere with each other. It's just that...... It is better not to breed dislikement among yourselves. ”

Huang Taiji saw Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong come out of the Zhang family lobby with satisfaction, but he didn't expect it to be for this matter, and obviously Zhang Jingyi had already made a decision, so he had to say at this time: "Sinners know the severity." ”

Zhang Jingyi nodded with satisfaction, he likes Huang Taiji, in people's cognition, Jiannu started in the frontier and used force as a thing, but people like Huang Taiji are few people who are proficient in politics, not the kind of person who only knows how to kill.

The biggest characteristic of a person who is proficient in politics is that he knows what it means to be willing to give, and he knows when to give in and where to insist.

Zhang Jing said: "In this case, then let's be strong, the workshop here in Lushun, you can find a way to place an order for them according to your combat situation." You can even customize the weapons you need, depending on the situation. I've heard that you prefer to use short guns to long guns? ”

Huang Taiji said: "The best thing for the Eight Banners is to ride a horse, and it is more convenient to have a short gun on the horse, and a long gun is suitable for foot soldiers." ”

As he spoke, he said, "There is one more thing...... In fact, now all the banner owners and sinners have also saved some money over the years, and I heard that now Liaodong is now prosperous, and they can use silver to make silver! Now that I see that there is a lot of money piled up at home, but it has been piled up, I still feel that I am at a loss after all, can Your Highness allow us to also go to learn from businessmen and buy some stocks for profit? ”

Zhang Jingyi was a little surprised.

Zhang Jing: "This is risky. ”

This is indeed true.

Huang Taiji licked his lips, and then said: "This, sinners actually know a little bit about this, of course they know that there are losses to earn...... But the silver is in Liaodong, and it has been depreciating in the past few years, so it ......"

Zhang Jingyi smiled again, but understood Huang Taiji's psychology, so he said: "You, the banner masters, and other people, how much money do you have in store now?" ”

Huang Taiji didn't hide it, and said truthfully: "Actually, it's a lot, in the past few years, I have been selling land, so many people, adding up, I'm afraid that the silver deposit is more than 10 million taels." ”

Ten million taels is definitely an astronomical amount, but this amount of silver is obviously the income of hundreds of thousands of households in the entire Eight Banners, in fact, it is not much.

The essence of the Eight Banners is slavery, and the owners of each banner are the largest slave owners, and the others are all large and small slaves, which are personal dependence.

Zhang Jing pondered for a moment and said, "It's better to be like this...... This king set up a Liaodong development fund, you will deposit the silver in, this king for you to invest, a come, you usually go out to fight, do not understand these, was deceived by someone, but it is very likely, if you can trust this king, this king anyway also intends to clean up this Liaodong well, indeed in the place of money, you and I kill two birds with one stone. ”

Take it to Zhang Jingyi to invest?

Huang Taiji didn't think about it, so he said: "How dare sinners distrust His Highness, sinners will go back and explain to them, when His Highness wants silver, sinners can be drawn at any time." ”

Zhang Jingyi's lips couldn't help but show a slight smile, he had to admire Huang Taiji's emotional intelligence, to a certain extent, Eight Banners is still in the present, just because there is such a number one person!

If their leader is another reckless man who has no emotional intelligence at all, I am afraid that Zhang Jingyi will not dare to stay.

And Huang Taiji is obviously very aware of current affairs, he not only cooperates obediently, but also has been trying to find a way to let the Eight Banners and the Zhang family be tied.

It can even be said that behind all this, we are trying our best to make Eight Flags transform.

It is really rare to have such a mindset.

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