Khan finished his expression with a relaxed attitude, for the rich Shengjing City, the silver deposit is enough for the Chahar Department to squander for twenty years, this is definitely not the optimism estimated by Ezhe Khan, after all, the Chahar Department is just a Mongolian tribe, even if the tribe is large, the population is only more than 300,000, Shengjing City as a full of people to accompany the capital, the treasury of gold and silver grain is naturally a lot, not to mention, the five battalions of silver are from the customs to here to distribute, according to Ezhe Khan's estimates, there are at least five million taels of gold and silver deposited here, even if it is divided into half, For the Chahabu, which is not rich, it is definitely an astronomical amount.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi sat aside and desperately endured his anger, he mobilized 200,000 people, and did his best, but in the end, this Han envoy has not promised to give him a benefit, which is not only a deep shame for him, after all, for him, sending people under the fence and selling for glory for a long time have consumed his last trace of shame, but if there is not even a little benefit, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi is afraid that he will only wait to lift the table and scatter in two. Although he knew that if this was the case, it would cause serious consequences, and even the Great Ming hooked his fingers to make Tokugawa Tsunayoshi die without a place to be buried, but Tokugawa Tsunayoshi couldn't scruple about it so much.

"Your Excellency." Tokugawa Tsunayoshi tried to calm down, his patience was almost exhausted: "My men have 200,000 men, they lack clothing and clothing, they have fought in this snow for several months, and have lost nearly 50,000 people, I don't need much booty, at least I need a sum of silver to comfort my warriors and give some shelter to the warriors who died in battle." ”

Tokugawa Tsunyoshi's words were still very polite, and although the murderous aura in his eyes was faint from time to time, in the end, his tone even began to plead.

Kang Chengdong seemed to notice that Tokugawa Tsunayoshi slowly turned his head sideways and glanced at Tokugawa Tsunayoshi: "You know, the beneficiary of this capture of Liaodong is you, Your Highness Tokugawa, since this is the case, then I will settle accounts with you." ”

Kang Chengdong paused here, stretched out his finger and counted the accounts seriously, his tone was extremely soft, and he spit out bytes from his mouth with a kind expression: "The emperor has decreed that once Liaodong is captured, then the Ming Dynasty will build a railway track in Liaodong to transport the raw ore mined by your country Only through these railroad tracks, your country can transport those completely worthless ores to the Guannei, and for the Ming Dynasty, building a railway track outside the sparsely populated customs is really a money-losing business, you must also know, In order to open up a road for trade and trade, the railroad track that the Ming Dynasty needs to build is entirely for the original ore of your country, and His Royal Highness Chuan should not have any objection to this. ”

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi couldn't help but be stunned, he had heard some say that it was a road paved by the Ming Dynasty with steel, from Korea to Beiting, or from Beiting to Kannai, such a thousand-mile road, the cost of silver is probably amazing, the price of steel alone is astronomical, not to mention the price of hired labor.

"Your Royal Highness Tokugawa, according to statistics, even if the railroad tracks are paved from the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate to Shengjing, the silver required by the imperial court is nearly 10 million taels of silver, and these are all ordered by the emperor to be prepared for laying because of the impassability of your country's raw mines, in the imperial court, there have been many voices of opposition, if His Royal Highness feels that it is not necessary, he can persuade the emperor to cancel this plan after the envoy returns."

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi is still very kind, hearing nearly 10,000 taels of silver, his heart immediately jumped suddenly, but think about it carefully, if he can't build the passage road, so many raw ores and logs dug by the Japanese people are no longer marketable, for him, the loss is more than 10 million, Fang Cai is still angry, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi gradually became a little ashamed, the people Ming built the railroad tracks for himself, and he was embarrassed to reach out to them to ask for money, this is indeed a little unkind.

"Your Excellency." Tokugawa Tsunyoshi's tone was very small: "It's just that my soldiers and laborers are moving, and there should be some compassionate compensation, after all, ......"

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi said this. I'm embarrassed to say any more here. Honestly. He needed the money so badly. Let's just talk about the other day. The army buys grain from Korean merchants. Tokugawa Tsunayoshi is all IOUs written in black and white. Those Ming merchants were landlords who ate people and did not spit out bones. Seeing that more than 200,000 Japanese people are scarce. In particular, there is a lack of food and grass. They have even joined forces to raise food prices. Purchased a stone of rice from North Korea for a tael of silver. Arrived in Liaodong. The price is three taels of silver. No discounts. If ~ owed, you will be counted interest. You have to buy it. Don't buy it. Then go hungry.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi could only be slaughtered by these hateful merchants. But if you owe money, you have to pay it back. After all, they are all merchants of the Great Ming Land. If you dare not to return it. I'm afraid that the Ming court will also come forward. Not to mention dragging on like this. When is this rolling interest going to be a head? You can't go to Daming Royal Money Bank to borrow again, right?

Since the opening of the Royal Bank. Tokugawa Tsunayoshi has always been a big borrower of money. It is trivial to borrow hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a month. And that's not all. The same was true of the vassal kings of Nanyang and Joseon. Although these feudal lords were not short of money. But it's not too much. After all, they started by selling raw materials. Although the profit is much better than farming. But it's still very meager compared to the Ming Dynasty. And the luxury goods produced by Daming are full of dazzling. All of them are worth a lot of money. The vassal kings always had to build palaces

It is the place where I want to satisfy one's luxurious life as much as possible. Treasury and local silver office? If in the past. Naturally, it is still the oldest land method. But it's risky. Pushed people into a hurry. What should I do if someone rebels? At last. The vassal kings set their sights on the royal bank.

The royal money is very easy to borrow land. As long as you have a mortgage. People dare to borrow. The vassal kings naturally had more collateral. What kind of veins, land, cities, etc., can be taken out at will. It is trivial to borrow a few million taels of silver. Thereupon. First of all, in order to build a palace, a vassal king began to borrow 200,000 taels of silver from the subway mines in the territory. This vassal king is not a fool. The royal money is not a conjured land. The interest rate on this loan is not outrageous. But it can be regarded as equivalent to letting the money bank cut a knife. 200,000 taels lent out. After a year, the land was returned to two hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver. Therefore, he had made up his mind to save the urgent land first, and it was not too much. His palace was built within the limits of his land. By next year. Tighten your belt yourself. Return the money as soon as possible.

In fact. Many 'shrewd' vassal kings have decided to have this idea in the first place. A year passed. It's the same when you return it. The palace was repaired, the necessary luxuries were used, and the financial holes were blocked. Wait until the next year. Tighten your belt and make up for the loss of more money by borrowing money. It's a joy for all. But I want to think about it. That's not the case when it comes to operation. When you borrow money for something for the first time. But in the coming year, will you give up your luxurious life to tighten your belt? By the second year. Maybe someone can't help but think about it. Let's pay it back next year, don't rush it. Recently, this palace in the northeast corner should also be repaired, and the king of Zhenla. That palace can be built to be magnificent. The maids in the palace wear silk and satin. The utensils were of gold and silver. Thereupon. The money was not returned. Old debts are not paid. New debts have arisen again.

After all, it is easy for a person to make up his mind to tighten his belt, but if he really wants to tighten his belt, then things are not like this, people are inert, always want to enjoy the present, and push all the difficult things to tomorrow or next year, the so-called tomorrow and tomorrow, tomorrow is how much is this truth, borrowed the first time, there is a second time, the first few times, maybe still a little shy, some worried about the future, but borrowed more, but raised a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water hot mind, today mortgage pulse, tomorrow will mortgage the land, some people are even more ruthless, and simply resist the customs office, of course, this is a later story.

And the problems faced by Tokugawa Tsunayoshi are obviously much more severe than those of the feudal kings, if there is no silver turnover, I am afraid that he will really be finished, therefore, although what Kang Chengdong said about laying the railroad tracks is very reasonable, but Tokugawa Tsunayoshi still hopes to get some silver, no matter how much, it will be done.

Kang Chengdong touched the newly grown slag under his lips, and then said: "The emperor means that the Manchurians in the city are all managed by His Royal Highness Tokugawa, and when laying railroad tracks in the future, they can be used as laborers, cough cough ......" Kang Chengdong is obviously not suitable for saying some **naked words, and at this moment he deliberately coughed twice, and organized the language before saying: "The property of the rich and noble families in the city is naturally confiscated by the Ming Dynasty to use it as construction costs, as for the other ordinary Manchurians, then please ask His Royal Highness Tokugawa to do it himself." ”

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi's eyes lit up, Kang Chengdong said tactfully, but he immediately knew Kang Chengdong's intentions, obviously, these Manchus were under his management, and this number was at least 300,000, so many people, even if they were not rich or wealthy, but the Manchus had always had preferential treatment in the Qing court, and it was naturally not a problem for a person to pick three or four taels of silver, and this income was at least one million taels of silver, which was enough for him Tokugawa Tsunayoshi to support for some time. The ore was also bought and sold, and in this way, at least for Tokugawa Tsunyoshi, his life was better.

At this time, I heard Kang Chengdong say that there are still rich and wealthy families in the city, and I can't help but regret it, after all, these are also silver, I only blame myself for agreeing too quickly, and I forgot about this stubble, but although I regret it in my heart, I don't dare to turn my face easily, outside this pass, although the power of the Han people has not touched here, but several strong people outside the entire pass are inextricably linked to the Ming Dynasty, Not to mention the Tokugawa Tsunayoshi who bowed down to the Ming Dynasty, as well as the North Korea that confronted the Manchus on the Yalu River, and the Junggar Ministry united with the Ming Dynasty, these huge forces, none of which he Ezhe Khan and a Chahar Department could deal with, once he turned his face, he Chahar Department may not be able to take much advantage, even if the Han people do not send the Japanese and Koreans, they only need to give enough support to the Dzungar Ministry, and then incite one or two, the Dzungar people can take the stainless steel saber produced by the Ming Dynasty and step on the pure steel stirrups, With advanced artillery, the Chahars could not find the north.

Ezhe Khan does not want to be an enemy of the Han people, at least not before becoming the overlord of the steppe, on the contrary, the current Ezhe Khan in a sense, still needs to be attached to the Ming Dynasty, and if the Ming wants to contain Galdan in the future, he also needs the thug of Ezhe Khan

After Kang Chengdong finished talking to Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, he looked at Ezhe Khan and bowed, and still expressed some respect for this former Mongolian 'co-master': "Great Khan, my Ming court has revised the national letter of your ministry and deleted some contents. ”

Kang Chengdong said while handing over the herbal copy of the Ming National Book, after all, it is not a formal alliance, so in terms of rules, there are naturally not so many cumbersome procedures, in fact, this time is the process of behind-the-scenes operation, everyone can reach a consensus behind the scenes, and hold a grand ceremony and banquet to announce it to the world.

Ezhe Khan took the credentials and nodded his head: "Please rest assured, the envoy, the Chahar people and the Ming have always been brothers, as early as decades ago, my father was still here with the Ming to resist the iron hooves of the Manchus, as long as the conditions of the Ming are not harsh, they hope to conclude an alliance immediately."

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The two sides exchanged pleasantries for a while, Kang Chengdong only went out of the account with a tired face to rest for a few days, and kept hurrying, his spirit was naturally not much better, and he chatted with these people for a while, and he was already tired before he hurriedly ended the conversation, led by a few waiters, packed up the tent and rested. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

That night, Ezhe Khan's tent was still brightly lit, and it was not easy for Ezhe Khan to talk with Azhislan when there were many people, and at this moment, in the dead of night, Ezhe Khan sat on the tiger skin chair of the Golden Horde, and listened carefully to what Azheslan saw and heard in the pass.

What makes Ezhe Khan the most concerned, the strength of the natural Ming Dynasty, speaking of which Ezhe Khan raised troops this time, there are some risky factors, and now the Manchus and the Han people are fighting in the Guannei, and the victory is not divided, he Ezhe Khan will take advantage of the situation to raise troops, but if the winner of the battle in the Guannai is the Manchurians, and the Manchus stabilize the situation in the Guannai, I am afraid that the life of Ezhe Khan is not easy.

"What is the Ming army like? Azhislan, how do they compare to the strength of the five battalions of the Manchurians? After Arislan briefly explained the back and forth, Ezhehan immediately asked about his most important questions.

"King of the Prairie, I can't directly infer the strength of the Ming army, in fact, I haven't watched the battle between them and the Manchus, but there are some legends that I have heard a little about. Azhislan paused: "They don't have cavalry, even if they are war horses with the army, they are just for pulling and a small number of scouts, their foot soldiers don't wear armor, and even leather armor is very little, only a small number of key parts are equipped with protective gear, but they have the most powerful cymbals and artillery, King Khan, this is not the firearms of Liaodong thirty years ago, these firearms can kill the enemy hundreds of steps away, and they are powerful, their artillery can make the mountain collapse and the ground crack, maybe the rumors are exaggerated, but I heard, Before the Great War, there had been more than a dozen wars between the Han and the Manchus, some of which were large and some were small, but without exception, the Han won with their weapons. ”

After listening to Arislan's description, Zhehan finally breathed a sigh of relief, although these news also spread from the customs to the Chahar Department, but this kind of rumors for Ezhe Khan, can not be fully believed, but Arislan's words are equivalent to an insurance for those rumors, and Arislan is also very sure when he talks about these things, obviously after this trip to the customs, he has more confidence in the Han people.

Speaking of this, Ehan naturally has no experience entangled in Arislan, no matter what, the top priority now is to conclude an alliance with Daming as soon as possible, he took out the Ming national letter herb, beckoned, and let Arislan start to explain.

The first is naturally about the issue of title, the Great Edict enshrined Ezhe Khan as Ezhe Baturu Khan, although Baturu is a Manchu title, but it has always been prevalent in Mongolia, when Lin Dan Khan had self-proclaimed Lin Dan Baturu Khan, this is not a big problem, and in return, Ezhe Khan must respect the Ming Emperor as the Heavenly Khan, both recognize the Ming Emperor as the co-lord of the world.

Seeing this, Ezhe Khan couldn't help but chuckle: "The Han people are forever entangled in some completely useless titles, since this is the case, then we will temporarily call this emperor the Heavenly Khan." ”

Ajislan agreed, but he had come up with the idea.

The next content will make Ezhe Khan interested, first of all, the Ming decided to trade with the Chahar people after recovering the customs in the future, which is naturally beneficial to the Chahar people, the most exciting thing for Ezhe Khan is that the Ming actually agreed to sell a batch of artillery, although the high asking price of these artillery makes Ezhe Khan, who has just made a fortune, feel unacceptable, but the artillery is an excellent treasure, about this, Azhislan has repeatedly described it many times, and strongly encouraged Ezhe Khan to buy a batch, Forming an artillery battalion of appropriate size, although Chahar is a horse nation, but when fighting with Dzungar in the future, if it can bombard the charging Dzungar cavalry in the rear, it will not only be able to kill a group of enemies at the time of contact, but will also have a great impact on the morale of the enemy. Convenient for next visit