Good guy, this is a wipe of his mouth after the matter, he wants to turn his face and not recognize people, he thinks strangely beautiful, just this little money, and he wants to eat. Although Geldan was unhappy in his heart, he said: "What the two Great Khans said is yes, but you more than 400,000 people and horses are gathered together and don't worry about the supply problem, do I still have to worry about my men, you have enough fingers for us to eat, and we are here in case the Qing army kills a horse gun, it is easy to deal with it." ”

"Geldan Khan said with a smile, it is reported that the main force of the Qing army has indeed withdrawn to their old nest Shengjing, and the various units of our coalition army are also ready to separate and return to their own wintering pastures, you are our honored guest, but after you leave, we will start to act."

"Aren't you worried that the Qing army will break you all?" Gherdan kindly asked.

"Haha, Geldan Khan, we are not the only ones who have caused trouble caused by this heavy snow, the Qing army will also be greatly affected, even if they want to come back, they will have to wait until next spring."

"Well, since you have all decided, then I have nothing to say, you also know that I have died a lot of soldiers in the war this time, and their families need to be compensated, and my Geldan Department has withered in water and grass, and there is a shortage of cattle and sheep, so I really can't come up with so much money, and I ask you to help me a lot."

Lin Dan Khan was overjoyed when he saw that Geldan was finally relieved, and hurriedly asked, "Geldan Khan, please tell me the number." ”

Geldan looked at the treasure chest they had sent and said, "Let's have another copy as it is." ”

Lin Dan Khan and Dayan Khan glanced at each other and said goodbye to Geldan and came out.

"Lin Dan Khan, you asked him more just now, let him be here if he wants to be here, I don't have the money to give it to him anymore, let's say goodbye, I will return to the tribe."

"Dayan Khan, don't be angry yet, how about we make a decision after we go back and discuss with the other Great Khans?"

"Alas! Okay, we're afraid we're really going to lure the wolf into the house, this Geldan makes it clear that he doesn't want to leave, once the snow closes the mountain, I see him waiting here to die. ”

Lin Danhan pulled him: "Let's go back and talk about it." ”

In the Great Tent of the Coalition Army, the five Great Khans gathered again, and seeing that Dayan Khan and Lin Dan Khan had bad faces, Molun asked, "What?" Isn't Geldan still not satisfied with so much money? What he wanted. ”

"Grdan has a great appetite, and he will not leave until he asks for another one according to what we gave him." Dayan Khan said unpleasantly.

"What?! Look, I said it a long time ago, your generosity can't feed the jackal, no matter if he starves to death here, now that the Qing army has retreated, I take my leave, if I wait any longer, once the heavy snow blocks the grassland, it will be difficult for me to go back. After Mark's finished speaking, he took his leave.

Lin Dan Khan looked at Morun and Benjamin: "What do you two think?" ”

"I don't know what Dayan Khan thinks." Molun asked rhetorically.

"I don't agree to give it again, let's leave it at that, let Geldan continue to wait here, wait for the god of the snowy mountains to give him the goods." Dayan Khan said angrily.

"This is angry talk, now that the Qing Dynasty is eyeing the side, we can't tear our faces with Geerdan, after all, we are all grassland peoples."

"Aren't the Manchus of the Qing Dynasty too?" Dayan Khan said loudly.

"Don't be so angry." Lin Dan Khan comforted him: "How do you decide to lose Molun and Benjamin? ”

"I'm sorry Lin Dan Khan, our tribe still has to spend the winter, and we can't take out these goods anymore, so we will leave." Molun got up and left.

Benjamin thought about it, got up and hugged his fists and left.

"What do you think?" Dayan Khan asked Lin Dan Khan.

"I'm also alone, let's open trade with the Ming Dynasty, let's sell him war horses and exchange them for good quality swords, and the grassland is not peaceful."

"Yes, our department has prepared 20,000 war horses."

"Our department also has 30,000 war horses, 10,000 each of Molun and Benjamin, and the Mark department has been secretly trading with the Ming Dynasty, and there are also 20,000 war horses."

"A total of 90,000 horses, plus the secret trade of each department should not exceed 100,000 horses, so that the Ming army can have enough cavalry to fight the Qing army, but not so that his cavalry is too strong and threatens us."

"You're right." The two discussed for a while before they each returned to their own army, and quietly left with their headquarters.

Geldan, who had been waiting for Dayan Khan and Lin Dan Khan, snorted coldly after hearing that the grassland coalition forces had withdrawn, and also ordered the army to retreat, he was also worried that the white snow on the grassland would freeze cattle, sheep, livestock and people.

Gao Yiming heard that after the end of the war between the grassland coalition army and the Qing army, it was a pity, but the grassland departments sent people to the border to discuss the transaction of war horses, which made him overjoyed, and now he is not bad for money, what is lacking is war horses, he immediately ordered the household department to allocate funds to buy these 100,000 war horses.

In the case of sincerity on both sides, the war horse transaction was finally completed before the year, but the result was transmitted to Nanjing, Gao Yiming was not happy, because it was reported that this batch of war horses was the same as before, ninety percent of them were stallions, and now the Ming Dynasty lacked excellent mares, which was also the most strictly controlled by the various departments of the grassland, but it was gratifying that the various departments hid private goods when the horses were delivered, so that the Ming army obtained 150,000 good horses at once this time.

Thinking about it, it is understandable that winter is the time when forage is scarce, there are too many livestock, and if the materials are not enough, you can only starve to death or starve to thin people, and you will not be able to sell them at a price next year.

When the news reached Shengjing, Dolgon was angry and threw his tea bowl for a day.

Gao Yiming gave 40,000 of these purchased horses to Huang Degong and Gao Jie, and the remaining 90,000 horses were given to Li Dingguo, ordering their cavalry to be one person and two horses, and to take advantage of the winter to train quickly, in preparation for the provocation of the Qing army in the spring of next year. In this way, Huang Degong and Gao Jie each had 40,000 or 50,000 cavalry, and Li Dingguo's cavalry also had 70,000 or 80,000.

With the onset of the depths of winter, all parties have fallen into calm again. The spring and autumn corn, potatoes and sweet potatoes of the Ming Dynasty also obtained a great bumper harvest, and the people's warehouses and official warehouses were close to full.

With the gradual stabilization of commercial activities and the gradual prosperity of port trade, the tax revenue of the imperial court has increased by three or four times compared with last year, and the income of the inner government far exceeds the treasury, especially the appearance of cigarettes, which was immediately sought after by the people of the Ming Dynasty and foreign merchants, and the silver flowed into Gao Yiming's pocket like flowing water.

Zheng Chenggong, Yao Qisheng, Shi Lang, and others, with the financial support of the imperial court, also formed a powerful naval army with 500 or 600 warships and 150,000 men on the basis of the original naval army, and established a new naval base in Qiongzhou, which echoed the naval base in Xiamen from afar, and took the opportunity to recover the surrounding islands of Taiwan such as Peng and Jin, waiting for the opportunity to attack the island of Taiwan in the next step.