At this time, Beishan's brows were tightly locked, and Wang Beibei on the side was even more squeaky with his fists.

Seeing this, Beishan hurriedly glanced at the other party quietly.

Just when Beishan was about to explain directly to Zhao Ming with a smile, Zhao Ming took the lead in smiling and patting him on the shoulder.

"Haha! The owner of Beishan Villa is joking, they are all his own brothers, and I can still trust them. ”

"Uh.... Ha ha! yes, yes! Sir Zhao, you really like to joke. ”

Beishan also hurriedly squeezed out a smile, and the tense atmosphere was fleeting.

The two of them walked forward and chatted casually, all of which were some unnutritious questions. The brethren on both sides were all surrounded by each other, and it was completely like a great leader who came up to inspect.

"Oh yes, Chief Zhao, it's cold now, why don't we go into the camp tent and eat something to warm up, and leave the matter of picking horses and horses to the people below?"

Beishan smiled and proposed, with a serious attitude of thinking about Zhao Ming, the chief officer.

Hearing this, Zhao Ming glanced at the few herdsmen next to him who were staring at him with a slightly nervous expression, and nodded with a smile, "Okay!" I just don't know what good things this North Mountain Villa owner has prepared for me. ”

"Haha! Sir Zhao, don't worry, I specially got a stove, and I heard that many people in the Central Plains like to eat beef and mutton.

Sir, you're from the Central Plains, but I don't know if it's to your taste? ”

"Oh! And this goodies! ”

The old and the young entered the camp together.

At a dinner, there was almost no substantive talk about anything, Zhao Ming lamented the beautiful scenery and food on the grassland, and occasionally mentioned the difference between this side and the Central Plains.

The old man of Beishan is also a good person, obviously he has never been out of the grassland in his life, but he is quite long-sleeved and good at dancing, and when Zhao Ming has no topic, he can always throw out a new topic.

The enthusiastic gesture of the two, I don't know, I think it's an old friend who hasn't seen each other for many years.

It's just that they were full of wine and food, and they chatted for two hours, and when the two came out, they seemed to have talked a lot, as if they hadn't talked about anything.

"What do you see?"

"Uh.... Master Zhao, we didn't see anything. ”

On the way back at this time, the monkey scratched his head with some shame.

"It's okay, I can let you see something, then hell."

Zhao Ming shook his head, and he didn't feel strange about it.

"Then Master Zhao, wouldn't our trip come in vain?" The monkey was a little frustrated.

"Who said that? Didn't we bring back a lot of good horses, cattle and sheep? And the seeds have been planted. ”

Zhao Ming's words made the monkey confused.

"Seeds? What seeds? ”

"Hehe, you don't have to think about it, tomorrow you will take someone to buy some cattle and sheep."

"Still going? But that's enough for now. This ....." the monkey was a little puzzled.

It's about to go through the winter, and if you don't eat so many cattle and sheep, you'll lose your fat for nothing!

Zhao Ming shook his head and instructed again, "Don't care, just keep buying." Remember to have more tomorrow.

Today I bought 30 cows and sheep and 100 horses. Tomorrow I will buy two hundred head of cattle and sheep. ”

"Do we have enough money now?" The monkey was somewhat incomprehensible.

Buying so much, this grazing is also a problem. Money is a big problem.

These cattle and sheep are not cheap, although it is cheaper to buy on the grassland, but a cow also needs three oceans, and a sheep needs two oceans.

At first glance, it looks quite cheap, at least compared to the cities in the south, or in the coastal areas.

But the cattle and sheep they bought were already more than 300, not to mention the horses, and with the addition of 100 horses this time, it was just over 200 horses, which completed the task of replacing all the horses.

But the horse is a precious thing, eight oceans! This is still in the grassland, and in other places, let alone ten oceans, it is not necessarily a good horse.

And a small yellow croaker can be exchanged for forty oceans.

Zhao Ming brought a total of 100 small yellow croakers this time, which is converted into a total of 4,000 oceans.

Coupled with the cost of purchasing food and drink to come here, Zhao Ming has now spent nearly three thousand oceans.

Of course, the monkey doesn't know how many families he has now, but Zhao Ming knows it very well.

I was a little worried, but I had to do it for the sake of planning.

"Don't worry about the money, continue to buy it for me the day after tomorrow, but the day after tomorrow from Pingqiantun to bring some board cars over, and the day after tomorrow to buy manure, according to a ton of five oceans.

However, when you drag it back, you should cover it with a cloth. "

Zhao Ming's instructions made the monkey very puzzled, but since it was Zhao Ye's orders, he could only write them down and do them.

For money, Zhao Ming is also very worried.

However, he was not so worried, and he was going to send a brother to Zhangjiakou to borrow a telegram from there and send a telegram to Xi'an.

Fengjiazhuang also has some industries in Xi'an (mentioned above).

Before leaving, Zhao Ming also instructed Feng Yunyun to let the shopkeepers over there pay attention to the telegraph office every day.

It's not that the telegraph can only be used for military purposes in these years, and commerce has long been popularized.

It's the equivalent of sending a letter at the post office, but it's much faster than sending a letter, but it's a per-word fee, and it's extremely expensive.

Generally speaking, the cost of sending a report from Zhangjiakou to Xi'an Mansion is enough for ordinary people to eat twenty or thirty catties of pork.

Secondly, the civil telegraphs are all in clear code, and the military department is in cipher, which can be regarded as a distinction.

When I returned to the camp, I saw a group of people coming quickly on horseback in the distance, and many brothers in the camp became vigilant.

Having been attacked, the brothers were a little sensitive, and immediately went into a state of readiness at the slightest disturbance.

However, as the other party approached, everyone was relieved.

The person at the head is none other than Batu, the guide who has been gone for many days.

"Haha! My friend Batu sees you again! ”

Batu first got off the horse and hugged Zhao Ming, but the smell of wine and sweat on the other party's body was really pungent, which made Zhao Ming frown.

"Brother Batu, got something?"

For Batu, Zhao Ming is still quite worried, because he paid the full amount.

The main reason is that Batu has no money and doesn't do things, but he wants to pay half of it.

However, at this time, seeing twenty or thirty grassland men behind him, as well as a few carts pulled by horses and covered with cloth, Zhao Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

There are a lot of robbers in the grassland, and these twenty or thirty people are all fully armed, with spears on their backs, and these people are also nervous, as if this way is not very good.

"I've brought something, and of course I've brought a friend who would love to meet you generously."

As he spoke, Batu moved out of the way, revealing a man behind him who was a head taller than him.

"This is Guo Degang Guo Brother! It's a big businessman who is often active in the grasslands, and he would love to get to know you! ”