It has been five or six days since Fan Yongdou arrived in Karaqin Mongolia, and every day is like a year.

The Zhangjiabao warehouse was raided, and the foundation of 20 years of hard work was lost, and I am afraid that even the property and family of Jiexiu's hometown will not be saved. Now Fan Yongdou has lost everything.

The greatest hope was to mobilize the Mongols to launch an attack on Zhangjiakou, preferably by breaking through the border wall and plundering it, coupled with the instigated Xuanfu rebellion, to force the emperor to remove Hong Chengchou and stop the persecution of the Jin merchants. At that point, you may be able to resume your old career.

However, it was very good to think about it, it was not easy to convince the Mongols, and in the days when he came to Mongolia, Karaqin Khan was not there, and he couldn't even convince the Mongolian Taijibuyan Ahai. If it weren't for the fact that he had traded with the Karaqin tribe for many years, was familiar with each other, and gave Buyan Ahai a lot of gifts, he might have been driven out of the Mongol tribe long ago.

"Stupid Mongols, you deserve to be torn apart!" In the tent, Fan Yongdou scolded hatefully.

His son Fan Sanba was silent, silently boiling tea.

"Fan Yongdou, the Great Khan wants to see you!" At this moment, a Mongolian soldier came in and said to Fan Yongdou.

Fan Yongdou was overjoyed, and hurriedly followed him to the sweat tent, knelt down from a distance, and said loudly: "Fan Yongdou meets the Great Khan!" ”

Karaqin Khan asked, "Fan Yongdou, did you say that the Ming Emperor wanted to cancel the tribute trade?" ”

Fan Yongdou hurriedly said: "Yes, Great Khan." In this month, the Ming Emperor came to Xuanfu Town and sent a governor named Hong Chengchou to be the governor of Xuanfu, that is, Hong Chengchou said that the emperor wanted to cancel trade, Hong Chengchou had already arrived in Zhangjiabao and seized all the warehouses in Zhangjiabao. ”

Karaqin Khan looked at Buyan Ahai: "Is what he said true?" ”

Now the management of Zhangjiabao is not as strict as when the tribute was just sealed, in order to listen to the news of the Ming Dynasty, the Karaqin Mongols in Zhangjiakou faction have a detailed work, can spread the news to the mouth.

Buyan Ahai nodded: "It's true." But I heard that it was because the merchants sold fine iron gunpowder that made the Ming Emperor angry, so he ordered a thorough investigation. ”

In the horse market trade, the Ming Dynasty had strict restrictions on the goods traded, and even the number of iron pots bought to Mongolia each year was stipulated, not to mention the fine iron, for fear that the Mongols would use the purchased iron to build weapons and use them to attack the Ming Dynasty. The Mongols, on the other hand, did not know how to smelt iron and needed iron tools, so they could only secretly buy it from Ming Dynasty merchants at a high price, and for decades, the Karaqin tribe did not do such a thing.

"The emperor just ordered a thorough investigation, and did not ban the horse trade, right?" Karaqin Khan said suspiciously.

Fan Yongdou hurriedly said: "It hasn't been announced yet, but it's not far off." Great Khan, you don't know the Ming Emperor, he was a ruthless man, he just ascended the throne and raided the house of his uncle King Fu, went to northern Shaanxi to suppress the civil unrest, and killed all the gentry and rich families in northern Shaanxi, in order to take away their wealth. Now the emperor has taken a fancy to the wealth of Zhangjiakou again, and wants to kill all the merchants and take away everyone's hard-earned wealth. Great Khan, if there are no merchants, who will transport all kinds of goods to Zhangjiakou, and how will the horse market trade be carried out? So the cancellation of the horse market trade is not far off. ”

Karaqin Khan thought for a while: "There seems to be some truth. So what did you want to do when you came to find Ben Khan? ”

Fan Yongdou said: "At present, the emperor is harming not only the interests of our merchants, but also the interests of the Great Khan. So we should stop this together. ”

Karaqin Khan said: "What should Ben Khan do to prevent the Ming Emperor from canceling the tribute trade?" ”

Fan Yongdou said: "It's very simple. At present, tens of thousands of military households in Xuanfu have risen up because of this matter and are attacking Zhangjiabao City, as long as the Great Khan you send troops to attack the side wall, let the emperor know your anger, internal and external difficulties, the emperor can only choose to give up canceling trade. ”

Before Karaqin Khan could answer, Buyan Ahai hurriedly said, "Great Khan. At present, the Ming Dynasty has not officially announced the cancellation of trade after all, and if it angers the Ming Emperor, I am afraid that it will really be canceled. ”

Karaqin Khan thought for a moment: "You are right. It is not possible to provoke Akato. ”

At present, the biggest threat to Karaqin comes from the Chahar Department that moved westward, and it is too late to obtain the support of the Ming Dynasty, so how can it be possible to do anything to the Ming people again?

Buyan Ahai glanced at Fan Yongdou and suggested: "Great Khan, if you tie up this person and return it to the Ming Emperor, maybe you can get some rewards." ”

Fan Yongdou suddenly trembled with fright, and hurriedly shouted: "Great Khan, my Fan family and the Karaqin Department have traded every year over the years, and I have sent you a lot of goods that can't be bought in the horse market, we are friends!" ”

Karaqin Khan laughed: "Forget it, the Fan family has really helped us a lot over the years." However, Fan Yongdou, it is true that he can't do it for you and Daming to be the enemy of Ben Khan, but you can stay in the Karaqin Department. ”

Fan Yongdou returned to the tent dejectedly, he didn't expect the seemingly stupid Mongols to be so difficult. Unable to persuade the Mongols to attack the Ming Dynasty, they could not return to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so they could only temporarily stay in the Karaqin tribe.

In the following days, Fan Yongdou gave up on convincing the Qalaqin Khan to buy off the leaders of the small tribes belonging to the Karaqin, trying to gather some Mongols to attack the border wall and create chaos and pressure on the emperor, but with little success. The little heads of those Mongolian tribes smiled happily when they took the property, and they called Fan Yongdou brothers, and when they heard that they were going to raid the border wall, they shook their heads like rattles.

The Mongolian Taiji Buyan Ahai noticed Fan Yongdou's actions and told the Karaqin Khan, who angrily reprimanded Fan Yongdou, beat Fan Yongdou with twenty lashes, and threatened to send him back to Daming if he dared to mess around again.

Fan Yongdou could only give up helplessly. At this time, the news from inside the border wall came from time to time, and when he heard the news that the rebellious army was easily pacified and Hong Chengchou announced the establishment of a royal business, Fan Yongdou sighed, knowing that he might never have a chance again.

The tribute trade would not be canceled, and the Qalaqin Khan was too cowardly, and he was only thinking about dealing with the Chahar tribe that moved westward, and it was almost impossible to take advantage of the Mongols' momentum.

"I'm afraid I won't have a chance to return to Daming in this life, let's settle down in Mongolia." Fan Yongdou said to his son Fan San.

When he escaped from the side wall, he brought a lot of gold and silver, and dozens of followers, bought some cattle and sheep to graze, and then cultivated the land, and his life could always go on.

However, just when Fan Yongdou was desperate, the opportunity came again.

Ten days later, the combined forces of Karaqin, Tumut and Ordos fought with the Chahar tribe on the Abugai River, but were defeated by Lin Dan Khan, and the tribes were scattered, and the Karaqin Khan fled back with the remnants of the army.

"This time, I must persuade the Qalaqin Khan to attack Zhangjiakou, not to restore the previous career, but to take revenge!" Fan Yongdou said to his son Fan San.

Zhangjiabao has stabilized, the Fan family's warehouse has been completely gone, the Fan family has become a traitor who sells state assets, and the family in Jiexiu's hometown is no longer happy, and now Fan Yongdou only has hatred in his eyes.