Chapter 397: The Price of Mercenaries

Da Ming people!

Shad chewed these three words in her heart, originally she should have hated the Ming people who disturbed the order of Timur's country, but now, the person she hated the most was Shaharu, and her life was saved by the Ming people.

"I should repay the grace of saving my life, but if it weren't for you Ming people, I wouldn't have fallen to this point." Shad said bluntly.

Saihazhi smiled, "This is just a gesture for my Da Ming." And we are doing what we are told, and we don't expect anything in return. However, concubine, if you have to say it, I still have to say that if there is no Ming Dynasty, there will be other people to get involved in Timur's affairs, and the rift already exists, which is not something that can be avoided. ”

Shad's brow furrowed fiercely, and he closed his eyes.

Seeing this, Sai Hazhi didn't say much, but said, "As a Daming person, I sincerely invite the concubine to have the opportunity to visit my Daming in the future, and the concubine will definitely like Daming." ”

Go to Daming? Although Shad did not open his eyes, he had this thought in his heart, and heard that as long as he arrived in Tacheng, there was a train that could directly lead to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

In the past, as Timur's concubine, she would not have been able to leave Timur's land without the permission of the Great Khan, but now, she has died once, and if she goes to Daming, no one can stop her steps.

When this matter is over, perhaps, she can use the power of the Ming people to leave Timur and go to that magical country to see.

As Shad's health gradually improved, she arose and wrote letters to several of her governors, suggesting that they come to Samarkand and participate in the ascension ceremony of Mahema Khan.

When the governors received the letter, they were shocked, whether they wanted it or not, at this time, they had no choice, and the identity of Shad was destined to make the event extremely unusual, so the governors came to Samarkand early.

Although they each brought their own troops, they were all stationed outside the city, and they only brought about a hundred or so retinues into the city.

Shad received them at a manor house in the suburbs, and as usual, Shad sat on the throne with a delicate and delicious wine in front of him, rippling in a luminous glass, looking mysterious and mysterious.

"Concubine, what the hell is going on? What about the Great Khan? The governor of Tashkent asked.

"The Great Khan has fled, and he may never come back!" Shad still thinks about the explosion that took place in Miyagi that night.

"Allah sent down heavenly punishment, the palace city was struck by heavenly fire and lightning, overnight, almost into ruins, countless dead and wounded in the palace, the Great Khan went to Herat, never to return."

The governor of Tashkent and others had heard about it for a long time, but it was just a rumor, and everyone was shocked to learn the truth from the mouth of the concubine at this time.

Why is that? Why does Allah send down heavenly punishment? Governor Ghazni couldn't believe it.

Shad moved his buttocks, looking a little uncomfortable, and it seemed that he was not happy to say this, "The heir to the throne designated by the Great Khan back then was not the Great Khan. Although I am his wife, I dare not deceive Allah! ”

Governor Ghazni and others saw Shad's change of position as a sign that she had been frightened by the heavenly punishment sent down by Allah, and everyone was terrified in their hearts, fearing that if they did not support Ma Heima's succession to the throne, they would incur heavenly punishment.

"If so, we will obey Allah's will!" Ghazni and the others leaned over and kowtowed.

"That's great!" Shad was fully sure that he would let these people turn with his baton, "I hope you will be united, knowing that you, like me, were once loyal to Shahru, and although we obeyed Allah's will, inconsistent behavior will not be reassuring." ”

This was a matter of doubt, and the governors expressed their intentions and prayed that Shad would take more shelter from them.

This is exactly what Shad intended, she will let her people support Ma Heima, but she will never be stupid enough to give up the power in her hands.

Ma Heima's ascension ceremony was very grand, and the Ming Dynasty sent officials to congratulate him in person to congratulate the khan of Timur on returning to orthodoxy.

The person who came was Chen Sheng, back then, after Fang Xiaoru was attacked in Yingtianfu, he went to Beiping alone in despair, and Chen Sheng went to find Fang Xiaoru to announce the decree.

At that time, Chen Sheng was just a pedestrian in the pedestrian department, and more than ten years later, he is now a Lang official in the Ministry of Rites.

In view of the strength of the Ming Dynasty, Ma Heima was very optimistic about the Ming Dynasty, and after the enthronement ceremony, he specially set up a banquet to entertain the Ming officials, and let several governors who supported him come to accompany him.

"Daming is in the place where the sun rises, I heard that there are beautiful treasures and romantic characters, before Your Excellency came, I had already dealt with the people of your country." Ma Heima, sitting on a high sweat seat, commanded, "Go and invite the fourth prince of the Ming Dynasty to come and entertain the distinguished guests with me!" ”

Suddenly, he hurriedly went to invite Zhu Gaoxian in person, he was dressed in a moon-white brocade robe and jade belt, hanging green jade on one side, with a purse of the same color on one side, a long jade body, fluttering, the jade face was shrouded in smoke clouds, at first glance it was hazy and foggy, and if you look closely, it is like the beginning of the picture scroll, bright and unique.

Chen Sheng saw the person coming clearly, stood up and wanted to bow down.

Zhu Gaoxian stopped his movements with his eyes, walked over, and arched his hand towards Chen Sheng, "Lord Chen, don't come to harm!" ”

Chen Sheng hurriedly returned the salute, "Fourth Prince Zhu, I didn't expect that in a foreign country, we will meet again!" ”

They are acquaintances with each other, but they are just acquaintances, and they each play their own role.

Ma Heima saw that Zhu Gaoxian was very familiar with the officials of the Ming Rite Department, and he also knew in his heart, the energy of this fourth prince of Zhu seemed to be very great, and with him as an assistant, it should not be a problem for him to recover the entire Timurid country, and even creating an era that was more powerful than when his grandfather was alive was not a dream.

After the banquet, Ma Heima asked Ku Gangda to arrange Chen Sheng well, and he must settle the distinguished guests of the Ming Dynasty, and he left Zhu Gaoxian to speak, "Zhu Sigongzi, the matter of the mercenaries mentioned before, it just so happens that the officials of the Ming Dynasty are here, can you help match the bridge, I want to hire these people as soon as possible to resolve the conflict with Shaharu as soon as possible." ”

He wants to encroach on more land, and he is well aware that he is now relying on Shad and urgently needs a war to prove his strength and deter everyone.

"This matter, of course, is wrapped up in me. It's also very simple to say, as long as the money is in place, the mercenaries will have as many as they want. ”

Zhu Gaoxian leaned closer and whispered to Ma Heima, "I heard that there is a cavalry in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty, which was left by the Mongols back then, and the war horses under the crotches of these people are still so brave, but all the bows and arrows in their hands have been replaced with submachine guns, the speed is unimaginable, and no one can survive under the sweep." ”

Ma Heima's eyes widened when he heard this, and he was excited, "I am willing to pay as much as I want!" ”

"This cavalry is now in the hands of Zheng Heng, the governor of Uzi, and is called Duoyan Sanwei. If the Great Khan hired only cavalry, one person would have fifty taels of silver a day, and if one artillery was needed, one person would have been one hundred taels of silver a day. I suggest that the Great Khan still need artillery, the artillery of the Ming Dynasty, the range is thirty miles, first bombard it with artillery, and then the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty will rush again, and the people of the Great Khan only need to pick up prisoners in the back. ”

Ma Heima was so excited that he was about to jump up, he had seen the cannonballs of the Ming Dynasty with his own eyes, and it was just a grenade for a close-range attack, and the power was so powerful that Shaharu was driven out of Samarkand overnight, and his position was achieved.

"A hundred taels of silver a day for a man, isn't it...... Too expensive? ”

"Great Khan, this is just labor costs, bullet consumption and the like are not counted." Zhu Gaoxian said, "Of course, if the Great Khan is not at ease with this method of employment, I can coordinate and attack Herat for 20 million taels of silver." For the rest, a large city was ten million taels of silver, a medium one was eight million taels, and a smaller one was five million taels. The wool comes out of the sheep, and if the Great Khan gets these cities, the money spent will be returned overnight. ”

Zhu Gaoxian said, "The siege of the city can be done by the mercenaries, and the people of the Great Khan can only accept the city in the back, so that the people of the Great Khan can lose less." ”

In other words, now he only needs to raise 20 million taels of silver for him to get Herat, which means that he can take Shaharu further west.

"Ask Da Ming, if I want them to arrest Shaharu, what price will I have to pay?"

Zhu Gaoxian said in his heart, you are dreaming, but he still nodded on his face and said, "Yes, the Great Khan commanded, I will naturally obey, I will contact Da Ming, see what Da Ming needs from Da Khan?" ”

Back in the palace where he lived, Chen Sheng, who had been waiting for a long time, greeted him, and knelt down to salute Zhu Gaoxian, "Just now in Timur's palace, there are too many ministers, and I ask Your Highness to give me sin!" ”

"Get up, it's just a trade-off!" Zhu Gaoxian gave him a hand, and while walking inside, he asked, "You came from the capital, right, are the emperor and the queen still healthy?" ”

"Yes, the minister is from the capital, the emperor and the queen are in good health, and I only miss His Royal Highness very much. The emperor decreed, if the minister meets His Royal Highness, he must convey the emperor's will to His Highness, I miss you, fourth, you come back quickly! ”

Zhu Gaoxian hurriedly knelt down to listen to the order, and after listening, he refused to get up for a long time, and when he got up again, he was already full of tears.

After sitting in the room for a while, Zhu Gaoxian calmed down and said, "This is the matter, I really want to go back." “

"Your Highness, if there is anything you can leave to your ministers to do." Chen Sheng looked around the palace, "Your Highness has many inconveniences here, and the customs are different everywhere, how can you get used to it?" ”

Zhu Gaoxian smiled, "At first, I felt fresh, but after a long time, I was really not used to it." It is difficult to go out for a thousand days at home, and the words of the ancestors are always very reasonable. I plan to wait for Timur to split in two, and then go back. ”

As he spoke, he said the agreement he had reached with Ma Heima, and said, "What does Ma Heima mean, if Da Ming can help him capture Shaharu, what kind of price will he have to pay?" Let's talk about it! ”