Last night there was a heavy snowfall, which stained the earth with a layer of silver.

Zhu Qizhen stopped to look into the distance, and at the end of his gaze, the sky and the earth were connected, which was quite spectacular.

The cold morning breeze blows across the face like a knife.

At this moment, he suddenly understood the mood of Emperor Taizong Zhu Di.

Such a great river and mountain, isn't it nostalgic?

"Your Majesty, it's time to go!"

Yuan Bin waited for a long time, and finally couldn't help but come forward.

He was frightened when he drank yesterday's meal, but fortunately nothing went wrong, but that Aturu was so enthusiastic that he had to leave quickly, or he would have to stay with the emperor for dinner!

"Brother Huang, Brother Huang!"

Yuan Bin's heart tightened, and when he turned around, he saw Aturu walking quickly.

"What are you doing here on such a cold day?"

Zhu Qizhen turned around and said with a smile: "Look at the scenery!" ”

"Looking at the view?"

Aturu looked around, then shook his head and said, "What's there to see here, let's go, I'll introduce you to a few friends!" ”

Zhu Qizhen asked with interest, "What friend?" ”

Aturu said: "They are all herdsmen here, and they heard that a Han friend who has a good amount of alcohol has come to meet him!" ”

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but laugh in his heart, it seems that whether it is a Mongolian or a Han Chinese, they all like to join in the fun.

I drank wine for half a day yesterday, and this morning everyone knows it.

"It just so happens that I want to meet a few more friends, too!"

Zhu Qizhen did not shirk and followed Aturu towards the tent.

Yuan Bin hurriedly followed and whispered, "Your Majesty, we still have business!" ”

Zhu Qizhen turned sideways slightly and replied in a low voice: "What I am doing now is the right thing." ”

Yuan Bin was puzzled, but he had no choice but to let it go.

Well, you're the emperor, you're the biggest, you have the final say!

If something happens, it's a big deal...... I'll take those 20 brocade guards to accompany you on the road!

When I returned to the tent, I saw three rugged men drinking mare's milk.

Aturu was very excited, talking to a few people in Mongolian, then turned around and pointed at Zhu Qizhen:

"This is Brother Huang, he is very cheerful and drinks very well!"

He knew that Zhu Qizhen couldn't understand Mongolian, so he deliberately changed it to Chinese.

The Mongols have always admired the strong, and in their opinion, the amount of alcohol is a sign of strength.

Aturu also has a good amount of alcohol in the local area, and it must not be easy for him to drink them all.

Therefore, a few acquaintances immediately rushed to see if the warrior had three heads and six arms.

However, when they saw Zhu Qizhen, they couldn't help but be a little disappointed in their eyes.

This person looks ordinary, and even talks and behaves more like a reader.

Can he really get Aturu down?

"Brother Huang, let me introduce you, this is Tamur, this is Hulun, and my brother-in-law, Usake, by the way, he also has a Han name, called Kazakh!"

Zhu Qizhen was stunned, the Mongolian Usak gave himself a Han name, called Kazakh?

What the heck?

"This ......"

"Kazakh!"

"Yes, Kazakh, I mean ......"

Zhu Qizhen's face was tangled, and he said: "Among the Han names, the surname Ha is very rare, how did you come up with this surname?" ”

Kazakh immediately said: "How rare is it, isn't the surname Ha Ming of Beihaiwei just Ha?" ”

Zhu Qizhen was quite surprised, but he didn't expect that the word Ha Ming was quite popular in Mobei.

"Do you know Ha Ming?"

"I don't know, I've heard of it!"

Zhu Qizhen asked again: "Is this person very famous?" ”

Kazakh's face became very respectful, and said: "Sweep Mobei and kill Boyan, who doesn't know?" ”

This man's Chinese is obviously stronger than Aturu's, and it sounds much smoother.

Zhu Qizhen's heart moved, and he asked, "Isn't Boyan your Mongolian general?" ”

"So what?"

Kazakh suddenly frowned, clenched his fists, and said: "This person bullied us a lot, if Ha Ming didn't kill him, I would kill him with my own hands!" ”

Zhu Qizhen smiled again: "You have a grudge against Boyan? ”

At this time, Aturu's wife brought another large pot of mare's milk wine, and made a charcoal fire, on which she roasted a few legs of lamb, which looked fresh, as if they had just been slaughtered.

"Don't stand, let's eat and talk!" ”

Zhu Qizhen followed everyone to sit around the charcoal fire, and secretly said in his heart, he would roast mutton when he got up early in the morning, such a life...... It's really pleasant!

Outside, eating roast mutton in the yurt and drinking mare's milk wine, the small life of this group of people is more nourishing than that of me, who is an emperor!

The youngest Kazakh took the initiative to pour wine for everyone.

It's just that his face is covered with a layer of melancholy.

"Cattle and sheep are our wealth, we used to take them with us wherever we went, if there was a snowstorm in winter, the cattle and sheep froze to death, even if we didn't freeze to death, we would be starved to death!"

Aturu interrupted him: "Kazakh, what you said and what you are doing is in the past!" ”

"Brother Huang didn't ask, why did I change my surname to Ha?"

Kazakh showed a wry smile on his face and continued: "There are seven people in my family, I have three brothers and one sister, but my three brothers were all dragged to the battlefield by Boyan, fighting with you Han people, killing and killing, and in the end? ”

"My third brother was only fifteen years old, I was still young at that time, only twelve years old, and there was a snowstorm, the cattle and sheep were requisitioned, and the family had no food, and my mother left the last piece of jerky for me and my sister, and I starved to death......"

"My sister was reluctant to eat it, so she left the jerky for me, and if she hadn't met Aturu, my sister would have died."

"Later, I learned that my three elder brothers were all killed in battle, even so, Boyan did not let us go, and came to the grassland to catch strong men, there are no adults, just catch the old man and children, I am only twelve years old, I have to follow him to the battlefield to fight, to fight hard...... Why? ”

The more Kazakh spoke, the more excited he became, and he picked up the wine bowl and drank it all.

Zhu Qizhen clearly saw that tears were flashing in the corners of his eyes.

Prosperity, the people suffer, death, the people suffer.

The war between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongols lasted for a hundred years, and in the end, only these low-level people suffered.

They are no different from the Han people, who work all day and turn in the grain, while they work hard and then hand in the cattle and sheep.

Qingzhuang still has to go to the battlefield, saying that he is fighting, but in fact, he is using cannon fodder for the main forces of others.

One can imagine what kind of suffering the people at the bottom of the desert are experiencing.

Even they didn't hate the Ming Dynasty at all, they didn't hate the Han people, but hated the high-ranking commanders and generals on the grassland.

Boyan was the second-in-command of Warat, and it stands to reason that he should be respected and worshiped by the Mongols.

But I didn't expect that there was no respect, no applause, only scolding!

"So ......"

Kazakh looked at Zhu Qizhen and said: "In this world, whoever can let us eat and drink enough, so that my children will no longer be hungry and cold, and no longer have to live in fear, I will regard him as a hero!" ”

Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart, there is a problem with your logic.

It was I who took the soldiers to kill him and Boyan first, why do you only remember one Ha Ming?

So, his mind moved, and he deliberately lengthened his tone: "I heard that the emperor's surname is Zhu, why didn't you change your surname to Zhu......"

"The emperor is an immortal, an immortal!"

Kazakh waved his hand again and again, looking nervous: "We are mortals, how dare we have the same surname as Changshengtian?" ”

Aturu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Huang is here to do business, what do you say about those bitter things, come, drink!" ”

Kazakh and others raised their wine glasses one after another: "Dry!" ”

Zhu Qizhen also drank it all, and then asked, "I'm really sorry, I patronized and drank yesterday, and I haven't talked about business yet." ”

Aturu laughed and said: "It's okay, our cattle and sheep are very good, don't worry about selling, I'll take you to see them in a while, buy them if you like them, it doesn't matter if you don't like them, they have them at home, you can go and see them one by one." You can rest assured, the price is absolutely fair! ”

Zhu Qizhen smiled: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" ”

At this time, Hasar said: "In the past, cattle and sheep were mainly slaughtered for food, and most of them were taken away by the people of Boyan, but now it is different, and often the merchants from the country come here and buy them in large quantities, without worrying about selling them at all. ”

Zhu Qizhen knew better than him that the reason why there were businessmen to buy it was because the demand for cattle and sheep in the customs had increased.

Cattle are livestock and are mainly used to cultivate the land.

In the past, labor was not valuable, and even if it was a landlord's family, they were reluctant to buy cattle.

Why spend money on cattle because they can easily hire a large group of people to work, and these people eat less and work more than cattle, so why spend money on cattle?

Now the situation is different, everyone goes out to work, and labor is getting more and more expensive.

In the past, if you hire a tenant to farm the land, you will be given a maximum of 50% of the income, but now there are no 70% of the families who do not plant at all.

As labor costs continue to rise, ploughing cattle have become popular.

As for sheep, it is mainly used to eat meat, and now that everyone has money, the consumption power has risen, and the demand has naturally increased.

If there is a demand, there will be an attack, the inside of the customs needs cattle and sheep, and the Mongolians outside the customs will raise cattle and sheep, and both sides will take what they need, mutual benefit and win-win.

In addition, there are countless mines and workshops outside the border, and manpower is being recruited everywhere, so if you don't want to graze, you can go out to work.

As long as people are full, who has the leisure to fight and kill?

Whether it is a Mongolian or a Han Chinese, everyone comes out of their mother's womb, just wanting to live a good life in peace and stability.

In the past, they had no choice but to rely on robbery, so they would take risks.

Now it's different, since you can make yourself food and clothing worry-free by engaging in production, who would take a huge risk to rob?

Zhu Qizhen bowed his head: "Since you are so fated, I will buy all the cattle and sheep in your family, and I will give you a good price." ”

Aturu ordered the other party to be so refreshing, and immediately smiled: "I'll give you a discount, according to the market price, minus one percent!" ”

He has hundreds of cows and 500 sheep at home, and he has a direct litter, which is not a small business!

For this reason, he also showed the greatest sincerity and gave a nine-percent discount.

Yuan Bin was listening to the straight-toothed flowers, what, you want it all?

Let's not talk about what to do with buying these cattle and sheep back, did you bring money?

Zhu Qizhen didn't seem to care, and said to Yuan Bin: "You go to Erhun City today and get a silver ticket!" ”

Yuan Bin frowned, and said in his heart that I am leaving, and you will stay here by yourself?

But at this moment, I heard hurried footsteps outside.

Immediately afterwards, the curtain of the door was lifted, and I saw a Mongolian man hurriedly walking in and saying a few words to Aturu.

When Aturu heard this, he immediately stood up, answered in Mongolian, and then walked to the tent and took out a pair of bows and arrows.

Yuan Bin immediately became nervous and guarded carefully.

But I saw that Kazakh and others also got up one after another, looking for weapons to take advantage of.

Zhu Qizhen couldn't figure out the situation either, so he asked, "Aturu, what are you going to do?" ”

Aturu turned his head and said, "Let's go out on some errands, you keep drinking and wait for us to come back." ”

Zhu Qizhen frowned and couldn't help but say, "What happened?" ”

Kazakh said angrily: "Damn, there is a group of thieves who have come to steal sheep again, and we are going to hunt them down." ”

After saying that, several people left in a hurry.

Only Zhu Qizhen and Yuan Bin were left in the tent, as well as steaming roast leg of lamb.

Zhu Qizhen redid it, cut off a piece with a knife, and looked at Yuan Bin: "Eat some, don't stand!" ”

Yuan Bin was in no mood to eat meat at this time, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you better follow me into the city first!" ”

Zhu Qizhen didn't pay attention to it, and asked instead: "Who are the sheep thieves they are talking about?" ”

Yuan Bin thought for a while and said: "After Mobei was subsumed into the Ming Dynasty, not everyone was sincerely attached, especially the former aristocratic class, who could not accept the same status as the low-level people like Aturu. ”

Zhu Qizhen ate another piece of lamb shank, chewed it carefully, and asked, "I ask you a question, do you think the estrangement between Mongolia and Han can be eliminated?" ”

Yuan Bin thought for a while, and then said: "The Mongols are actually the same as the Han people, but because of the harsh conditions, they have become the confidants of my Ming Dynasty, and now it seems that as Aturu, Kazakh and others said, they are not willing to live the previous life, and the minister thinks that the gap between Mongolia and Han will only get smaller and smaller, until it completely disappears." ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "The past two days have been really fruitful, and we should also prepare." ”

Yuan Bin hurriedly asked, "When is the emperor going to enter the city?" ”

"There are still two days left in the agreed time with Qi Qike, you release these twenty people around you now, I am going to start the layout!"

"Your Majesty, please command!"

"First of all...... Calculate how many cattle and sheep he has in his house, and bring the silver, but he can't let other people's pigeons go, right? ”

Yuan Bin frowned, and said suspiciously: "The emperor still wants to buy pigeons?" ”

"What kind of pigeons to buy!"

Zhu Qizhen shook his head helplessly and said, "Anyway, go get the money, I have reached an agreement with Aturu, and all his cattle and sheep are gone!" ”

Yuan Bin nodded, and asked again: "The minister will do it!" ”

"Okay, ...... next"

Zhu Qizhen kept giving orders, and a big net was being quietly spread.