Jia Cong, Wang Shun, and Xu Hua made a detailed plan for the follow-up development.

Wang Shun was responsible for recruiting cavalry and training cavalry combat power.

Zhang Hu led a team of personal guards to stay, as Wang Shun's deputy, and that team of cavalry as the backbone, serving as the small leader of the cavalry.

Xu Hua continued to be in charge of the camp and the logistics of the cavalry.

Jia Cong was responsible for providing money, food, and materials to ensure the normal consumption of the cavalry in the camp.

In addition, the caravan will also go directly to the camp, and Xu Hua will be responsible for leading them to the various departments of the grassland to buy and sell.

Through detailed discussions with the two, Jia Cong had a more detailed understanding of the surrounding situation.

After Mongolia was driven out of the Central Plains, three major regions were gradually formed, namely Moxi Erut Mongolia, Mobei Khalkha Mongolia, and Monan Mongolia.

In southern Mongolia, there are Ordos, Naturalized City Tumut, Karaqin, Chahar, Inner Khalkha, Horqin and other departments, among which, Chahar, Inner Khalkha, and Horqin are more active.

The Nekhalkha Ministry is relatively strong and has a special geographical location.

He is Chahar Mongolia to the west, Horqin Mongolia to the north, Haixi Tuban to the east, Dachu Guangning to the south, and Jianzhou Tuban Old Slave Department, between the three families of Dachu, Chahar and Barbarian Old Slave.

The current Inner Khalkha Ministry has been split into five divisions.

They are the Zarut Division, the Bahrain Division, the Onjirat Division, the Bayue Division, and the Uziyat Division.

The entire northeastern part of Liaoning was the territory of the Mongols.

In the eastern part of Liaodong was the Jianzhou Tuban Old Slave Department, which had established its own regime and occupied Fushun, Tieling, Kaiyuan and other places in previous years.

Just last year, he defeated the Ula tribe in the north and drove the Yehe tribe to the north, which can be regarded as unifying the entire barbarian.

Since the beginning of the war, the friction with the Mongolian ministries has become greater and greater, and the Great Chu has also been frequently tested, and there is a great momentum of westward expansion.

Jia Cong knew in his heart that with the unification of the barbarian tribe by the old slaves, the great war would happen later.

The friction on Shenyang's side is estimated to gradually increase, and even cause a big war, this Great Chu's soldiers are not much stronger than the former Ming, if there is really a big war, it is really difficult to say what the result will be.

It doesn't matter so much for the time being, it's better to have a big war, I came for military merit, and only with war can there be military merit.

It is imperative to establish a foundation on this frontier and take advantage of this chaotic period to develop rapidly in case of emergency.

Jia Cong returned to Heishan Village, and Wangcai had already completed all the procedures for the title deed of the property.

With the waist card of the embroidered cloth guard Qianhu, everything has become simpler.

sent away Wangcai, Zhang Dakui came over.

"Third master, there are a lot of people who have signed up for the personal guard this time, and there are nearly three hundred people who have passed the test, and these people are unwilling to quit, what do you think should be done?"

It's actually a good thing to have a lot of soldiers, but I don't have a military position yet, so I can't have too many people around me.

This embroidered guard is just a fictitious position, but it can't be taken seriously.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Master Zhang, we only recruit 110 people in the personal guards, and those who can ride horses are given priority, as long as there are enough 200 people, not any more."

However, you can pick out the hunters and those who are better at archery and form a hunting team in Montenegro, mainly to go out hunting, this should be no problem, right?

The rest of the people should be formed into a militia first, the Black Mountain Militia Guard, and after passing the training, they can be added to other teams at any time. ”

Zhang Dakui said with a smile: "The third master has a good idea, it is equivalent to two more teams under his command, the hunting team is mainly to practice archery, we not only have a long-range attack team, but also eat wild meat every day, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone."

Third master, after this group of people is trained, I suggest sending more into Wang Shun's team, for those horse bandits, I am still not very relieved, it is safer to have our people mixed in. ”

Jia Cong said: "I have left Zhang Hu there, and I have left a team of cavalry, Wang Shun knows that we are powerful, and he should not dare to rebel, if he dares to rebel, he will destroy them directly." ”

The two came to the square together and divided the recruits who passed the test into three parts.

There were more than seventy people who were good at Orion and archery, and that Li Orion also participated, and Jia Cong directly appointed him as the captain of the hunting team.

Assist Zhang Dakui in archery training and go out for actual hunting.

A militia captain was appointed on an ad hoc basis, and the pro-soldiers waited until they were all trained and qualified.

Jia Cong rested in Heishan Village for three days, handled all the things in Zhuangzi properly, and left Steward Zhang to temporarily take care of the affairs in Zhuangzi.

After thinking about it, he wrote a letter to Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng.

Wu Jinxian was afraid that he would investigate him by himself, and teamed up with Wu Jinxiao to buy the horse bandits, intercept and kill himself, as well as the matter of killing the Wu family and raiding the house, and talked about it in general.

Enclosed with the letter was a list of copying the house, and Wu Jinxian's income from the copying was recorded in it.

These things are at his disposal for the time being, and he will settle them with him when he returns.

At the same time, let him send another steward to manage the Zhuangzi here.

also wrote a letter to Ping'er, telling him that he was now in Heishan Village, and asked her to also send a steward to manage the fields in Heishan Village.

Steward Zhang is good at business, so it's a pity to stay here.

After hesitating for a moment, he picked up the pen and wrote a letter to Lin Daiyu.

Told him that he was already in Zhuangzi in Montenegro, and that he had gone to Montenegro to hunt, hunt pheasants, shoot roe deer, hunt wild boars, and hunt black bears.

Finally, tell her that she will miss her, let her not forget herself, and say hello to a few sisters by the way.

After taking care of everything, Zhang Dakui was left behind to train recruits, and a hundred sets of swords and armor were left in Black Mountain Village.

He took Qingwen and others, as well as ninety personal guards, to protect the caravan and hit the road again.

Originally, it was planned to let Han Nianci and her medical team stay.

But Han Nianci resolutely disagreed, saying that it would not drag everyone down, and you could also use a knife to fight at a critical moment, and if someone was injured, you could also treat it at any time.

After thinking about it, I agreed.

These people have all taken strong pills, and their strength is no worse than that of men, and they have also trained for a period of time, and there is no problem in self-preservation.

Besides, I still have a grenade, so I don't have to be afraid even if I face some small troubles.

Two hours later, the convoy entered Wang Shun's camp.

After a day's rest here, the convoy set off again early the next morning.

Wang Shun and Xu Hua led a hundred cavalry to accompany them, leaving a hundred people to guard the camp.

After passing through the passage on the north side, I walked for more than two hours and entered the grassland area.

The faint scent of grass greets you, which makes people feel refreshed.

From a distance, the vast and boundless prairie is like a huge green carpet woven by heaven, endless and connected to the sky.

Xu Hua urged Ma to Dao Jia Cong's side, pointed to the front and said: "Third master, if you go a few dozen miles further, it will be the sphere of influence of the Mongols, where there are some small tribes, and even some medium-sized tribes.

Let's go to these medium-sized tribes first, and then go to those large tribes, the goods you brought this time are some high-end goods, and the small tribes can't afford it directly, so it's best to go to those super tribes to trade. ”

Jia Cong nodded and said: "Well, this trip is up to you, you can arrange it, this time, we will give priority to exchanging war horses, I still need more than a hundred war horses on my side, and you need more on your side." ”

Wang Shun said with a smile: "Third master, these people are also unwilling to trade, the following tribes don't matter, the key is that the above is not allowed, Mongolian war horses, like the iron of Dachu, are controlled goods, and they are not allowed to be smuggled abroad."

The amount of smuggling allowed each year is limited, and if we want, we can only secretly trade with these small tribes, or directly rob them, with our strength, it is easy to rob these small tribes.

In addition, if the third master has a hundred armored cavalry, it is those medium-sized tribes, and we can take them down if we raid, as long as we take a medium-sized tribe, we will not lack war horses. ”

This guy is worthy of being a horse bandit, and when he opens his mouth, he robs, but this is indeed a good way, he has both a war horse and a trained soldier, which is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

Now that the caravans are out, let's trade them first, if they don't give them the horses, then we can only rob them.

I don't blame myself, the opportunities are given to them, who makes them not sell?

"What you said is also very reasonable, this time we will do business first, if they really don't sell, after this transaction is over, we will come out and rob them again."

"The Sword Comes"

Xu Hua criticized in his heart, this little master and Wang Shun really hit it off, when it comes to murder and robbery, there is no psychological burden at all, what a person all the way.

"Third Master, if you want to continue to keep this trade route, these tribes can't move, and these tribes we are familiar with can't move, stay and continue to do business, if you really want to rob it, you have to go to a distant place to rob it."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Well, what you said is also reasonable, if you really want to rob it, we will go to a distant place to rob it, how about you say that we recruit troops directly from their tribe?" Will anyone attend? ”

Wang Shun said: "If you pay the army every month, there must be people who are willing, many tribes are very poor, there are fewer livestock, they will starve in winter, if they catch up with the snow disaster, many people will starve to death on the grassland." ”

This is true, the poor are everywhere, and the prairie is no exception.

Slavery is still practiced in the steppe, and those slaves at the lowest level live in even greater poverty.

"You can try to recruit some, let them bring their own war horses, and then we can give them horse money, so that it will not be considered to buy and sell war horses."

Xu Hua said: "The third master's method is not bad, you can try it, so that there are both people and horses, and it will be safer to let them escort the caravan over in the future." ”

Half an hour later, the caravan entered a medium-sized tribe.

After communicating with the head of the tribe, the leader took a look at the goods.

The eyes of the tribal leaders lit up when they saw the fine porcelain, the beautiful silks, the fine tea leaves, and the clear and transparent wine.

I heard that this fine wine is a tribute wine that can only be drunk by the Emperor of Great Chu, and I am even more interested.

Jia Cong directly opened a jar and poured him a bowl, and after this guy drank it, he shouted in a loud voice.

Xu Hua said: "Third master, he said that this wine is too delicious, he wants more, and asks how to trade?" ”

Jia Cong said: "This wine is sold for five taels of silver a jar in the capital, and it will at least be doubled several times when it is pulled here, I heard that the horses here can be bought for three or four taels of silver, is it true?" ”

Xu Hua said: "Third master, three or four taels of silver can be bought, but they are all pack horses, and the minimum that can be used as a war horse is five taels of silver, and the better one will cost six or seven taels of silver." ”

"Tell him, this is the emperor's wine, the best wine in the world, there is nothing better than this, if you exchange it for a war horse, you can get a discount, a jar of wine for five war horses, and there will be no discount if you exchange it for other things."

Xu Hua nodded, and talked to the tribal leader for a long time.

In the end, for the price of one jar of wine for four war horses, you got forty war horses, which is already very good.

The leader of the tribe exchanged cattle, sheepskins, cowskins, and other goods for some other goods.

Other herders also exchanged cattle and sheep, cowhides and sheepskins for something.

He stopped in one tribe for most of the hour, and then went to the next.

When I arrived at the tribe, it was almost dark, and after the transaction, I stayed in the tribe for the night.

This time there are a lot of goods and the grade is relatively high, and the purchasing power of these tribes is too low.

Early the next morning, I went directly to those big tribes.

The harvest here is not bad, the cattle, sheep and horses have changed a lot, but there are too many cattle and sheep living creatures, and it is too inconvenient to carry.

Several people discussed it, and also gave the head of the tribe, Zarim, a lot of things, and lived directly in the tribe.

Zarim was also very enthusiastic, and sent his herdsmen to deliver messages to the surrounding tribes and ask them to come and trade.

The tribes within a radius of two or three hundred miles were all notified.

From the next day, there were people who came to trade with goods, and more people came in the next few days, and the business was very hot.

Some people were not prepared enough, so they went back to the tribe and pulled a batch of things.

Looking at the harvest of the past ten days, Jia Cong was also very happy.

At this moment, there was a noise in front of me, and another tribe came to trade.

A young man in his twenties, with more than 100 people and five or six carts, came to the front.

The young man's eyes lit up as he looked at these high-grade porcelain, fine silk, and tea leaves.

It's really rare to see such a good product, so you must exchange it for more this time.

Pointing to the goods on the stall, he said, "These, these, I want them all, and those over there." ”

When I looked up, I suddenly saw Qingwen beside Jia Cong, and my eyes suddenly widened.

walked forward and said with an obsessive face: "What a beautiful little beauty, I want this too, little beauty, my father is the head of a big tribe, follow the uncle back to live a good life." ”

Qingwen glanced at him with disdain when she heard this, and shouted angrily: "Blind your dog eyes, just rely on your sassy son, and dare to provoke your aunt and grandmother, you really ate the gall of a bear heart and a leopard, and I will teach you a good lesson for your father and mother today." ”

He took a step forward, raised his leg and kicked the kid out.

Seeing that his young master was kicked to the ground, everyone hurriedly surrounded him and helped him up.

"Young Master, are you alright?"

The young man was helped up, rubbed his chest and said, "It's not a big deal, I didn't expect this little beauty to be quite spicy, but the young master likes it, go, grab her for me, bring her back to the tribe, I want to take care of her." ”

"Young master, don't worry, the little ones are going to arrest people for you."

Dozens of people surrounded Qingwen.

Seeing this, Jia Cong's personal guards quickly greeted him and stopped the other party, and the conflict was about to break out.

Seeing this, the young man said disapprovingly: "This is the steppe, the territory of our Mongols, you small caravan dare to be presumptuous, obediently hand over the people to me, otherwise none of them will want to leave alive." ”

Hearing that kid's arrogant words, Qingwen was completely angry.

This bastard still wants to capture himself back to the tribe, and he still wants to rectify himself well?

It's really a toad yawning, what a big breath, you don't have to be in such a hurry if you want to die.

If you are a person of the third master, if you dare to be disrespectful to yourself, you will be disrespectful to the third master, and if you dare to be disrespectful to the third master, die!

turned to Jia Cong and said, "Third Master, I want to kill someone." ”