Shen Peng had no choice but to lead the caravan to follow Tuhuan forward, while walking, he muttered in his heart, and said in his heart: These Mongolian Tatars are usually rough and abnormal, and this Tuhuan obviously has a noble status among the Oirat tribes, and he actually treated me as a merchant very respectfully, and personally led the crowd to greet him, as if he had a plan.

The convoy traveled slowly, and after traveling for more than an hour, they came to the camp of Dehuan, and Zhu Quan and Xu Ying looked at the tent camp that had gathered continuously on the plain and could accommodate tens of thousands of cavalry, and their hearts sank.

Zhu Quan frowned, and whispered to Xu Ying: "It seems that Marshal Feng Sheng stationed our army in Tongzhou, and only dispatched Lan Yu to lead 30,000 horses to make a tentative attack, which is completely correct. "When he was in the sky, he saw the sharpness of the Ming Dynasty's firearms, bows and crossbows and other ordnance, and the fierce combat power of Lan Yu's soldiers, he was quite confident in this expedition, but after the Mobei royal court's Xiao General Hailanda attacked Lan Yu's department at night, at this time, I saw that the "Forest Mongolia" to which Dehuan belonged actually sent tens of thousands of elites to Liaodong, and there was a great potential to reinforce Nahachu, and I was unconsciously worried about this expedition.

On an ox cart in the caravan, Jin Yiwei and Jiang Xian looked at the place where the tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry were stationed with flickering eyes, and thought in his heart: It seems that Feng Sheng and Fu Youde led an expedition of 200,000 troops to Nahachu, and they are afraid that they may not be able to gain the upper hand in terms of military strength. It turned out that he was a fellow of the Jinyi Wei, and this time he came to Liaodong to rebel against Nahachu's subordinates under the secret order of Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Hongwu, and did some investigations on the Mongolian tribes in Mobei, knowing that this is known as the "people in the forest" Oirat tribe, although the current strength is not as good as the "Qierjis" tribe, and the "Asut" tribe, it still has considerable combat power, and these tens of thousands of cavalry came to Liaodong, undoubtedly for the expedition of the Ming Dynasty, adding great danger.

When Dehuan led Shen Peng's convoy to the camp, his sister, the girl in white, had already increased the price to five hundred sheep and five hundred cattle, but she still couldn't move Xu Ying's heart, she couldn't help but frown, sullen, and said in a rather jerky Chinese dialect: "Don't you Han people say that men should let women?" Why are you so stingy as a man? A horse is reluctant to give away? ”

When Zhu Quan heard her say this, he smiled secretly in his heart: The little girl has nothing to do, and she actually uses the radical method.

Xu Ying entangled her with ridicule along the way, and she couldn't bear it anymore, so she said in a female voice in the ear of the girl in white: "I'm also a woman, why do I have to let you?" It turned out that she pretended to be a man, and she had been pretending to be a man to speak, and at this time the girl was so entangled that she simply let her know the identity of her daughter's family, and cut off her idea of asking for a horse.

The girl in white was innocent, and at this time she knew that Xu Ying was the same as herself, she was also a girl, her bright big eyes turned twice, and she suddenly had an idea, reached out and grabbed Xu Ying's sleeve, and said softly: "Then invite my sister and this big brother to my tent as guests." More on the deal. As he said this, he secretly thought in his heart: "When I invite you to drink two glasses of wine, you and I become familiar with each other, make friends, and I ask for a trade again, then the chances will be much greater." With a smug look in his heart, he continued: "My name is Sulan, because my brother and I like your Han culture, so I chose another name Sulan." Our father, Mahamu, was the leader of the Oirat tribe. ”

Zhu Quan heard her say this, and secretly laughed in his heart, and said in his heart: "These Mongolians are really completely different from our Han people, obviously they are father and daughter, the father is called Mahamu, the son is called Tuhuan, and the daughter is called Su Lan, the name is not at all, if it is such a name, it is a big joke in our Han family."

Xu Ying saw that this Su Lan was a woman, and she thought that it would be much easier for her to go to her camp by herself, so she agreed and followed Su Lan with Zhu Quan.

While ordering his guards to place Shen Peng's caravan in the camp, Tuhuan smiled at Shen Peng and said, "Please sir come to the tent with me, there is still something to work for, and give me a helping hand." ”

Shen Peng smiled on his face, but in his heart, he looked at the caravan of more than 1,000 people who followed him, and said in his heart: Look at your posture, if I don't agree to help you, I'm afraid it will be difficult to leave here alive. In the current situation, we can only take one step at a time. With a little apprehension in his heart, he followed Dehuan and came to the big tent where he lived.

After Tuhuan instructed his subordinates to serve tea according to the rules of the Han people, he retreated. At this time, in the wide tent, only Shen Peng, who was dejoying and drinking tea leisurely, was left.

As a businessman, Shen Peng's heart is naturally bright, and at this moment, the other party is asking for himself, so he can sit on the ground and start the price, so he naturally will not ask the other party in a hurry.

Tuhuan sighed softly and continued: "This time, my father led six thousand Oirat cavalry to come to Liaodong, which was ordered by His Majesty the Emperor of the Mobei Yuan Dynasty. Turning his head to look at Shen Peng, who had nothing to do with himself and was leisurely, he had no choice but to answer: "Our Oirat tribe from my father down, we don't want to have unwarranted grudges with the Ming court, Mr. Shen has been doing business in Liaodong for several years, and I want to come to the vanguard general of the Ming army, General Lan Yu, who is responsible for guarding Liaodong, is an old friend, and I want to ask Mr. to tell General Lan Yu on my behalf that my Oirat tribe does not want to get involved in the dispute between the Ming court and the Taiwei Nahachu, as long as Marshal Feng Sheng and General Lan do not lead the army to attack our "Oirat" tribe, We would like to watch from the wall. ”

Shen Peng couldn't help but be secretly frightened when he heard his words and demeanor, for some reason, this dejoyous demeanor was polite, but his speech was quite like reading some Han books, which made him more vigilant, and after a moment of silence, he said: "The villain and General Lanyu are indeed familiar with each other. Speaking of this, his voice changed and he asked: "As far as I can see, there are tens of thousands of troops stationed outside, but I don't know where the rest belong except for your "Oirat" tribe?" Is the attitude of their leader the same as that of your Highness? "He has been in Liaodong for a long time, and his vision is very poisonous, and before he arrived at the camp, he already saw that this Yuan army had more than 30,000 people.

Tuohuan's eyes flashed, and he said in a deep voice: "The rest of the people and horses are led by Gui Lichi, the leader of the Qiergis tribe, and Arutai, the leader of the Asut tribe, and they don't want to meet the swords and soldiers of the Ming court. If the Ming Dynasty is willing to make friends with our tribes and open mutual market transactions, then I can try my best to maneuver in front of Gui Lichi and Lord Arutai. ”

Shen Peng heard the words "open the mutual market" in his ears, and couldn't help but be excited.

"As long as the gentleman agrees to help, these little meanings, please laugh." After that, he clapped his hands, and the two waiters walked out of the back tent with plates full of gold and silver, which were obviously quite heavy.

Shen Peng stretched out his hand and picked up the two pieces of gold and silver on the plate, weighed the weight, but put it down again, smiled, and said softly: "Although these things are valuable, they are troublesome to carry, and the villain only wants a thing that is easy to carry, and if he can open a mutual market transaction with your ministry in the future, he will only exchange this kind of thing." ”

Seeing that he didn't want gold and silver, Tuhuan couldn't help but wonder: "I don't know what Mr. wants?" ”

"Horses, well-bred horses, small ones only need this kind of thing." Shen Peng said with a grin.

Tuhuan was stunned for a moment, and immediately smiled: "The horse can be traded to Mr., but in the future, in addition to tea, salt, and silk, can you sell some of the iron tools to my Oirat Department?" ”

When Shen Peng heard this, he frowned, his face showed an extremely embarrassed look, and he said in a low voice: "Your Highness doesn't know, since General Lan Yu has been guarding Liaodong, it is strictly forbidden for merchants to carry any iron weapons, even if it is a caravan I bring, the team must also inspect the goods before leaving the customs. ”