The general nodded solemnly, "Of course it's true. The trading market is open in the city. After the leader pays a visit to the commander and allocates pastures, he can go to the trading market."
"Divide, divide pasture?" Ahachu couldn't believe what he heard. He was overjoyed that Daming could accept them. He didn't expect that Daming would even give them pasture.
The general nodded, "Of course, as long as you sincerely join the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will give you a way to survive. Not only will it open up mutual markets for you, but it will also give you a dedicated pasture for your grazing life."
"The benevolence and righteousness of the Ming Dynasty are kept in mind, but why did the Ming Dynasty put the mutual trade inside the customs instead of outside the customs? If it were outside the customs, it would be more convenient to trade with the Ming, right?" Aha asked in confusion.
It would be convenient for you to leave it outside the customs when you watch Aha go out...but what if the mutual market is robbed by you? The Mongolians were robbing people. This mutual trade had just opened. How could it be left outside the customs?
"The leader should go and see the commander first. As for the mutual trading, the leader will know by himself."
Ahachu reacted suddenly. He was busy talking and forgot that the Ming army commander was still waiting. He, the leader of a small tribe, did not dare to keep the Ming army commander waiting for too long.
"Yes, yes, I don't dare to let the commander-in-chief stay for a long time. Please ask the general to lead the way."
General Pian took Aha out to Fu Youde's commander's camp and asked him to wait at the door for a while. He walked into the commander's tent alone to report.
After a while, the general came out, tilted his head towards Aha and said, "Please, the commander-in-chief agrees to see you."
"Thank you, General." Aha didn't ask for help, and kept his posture very low.
After thanking the general, he followed him into the handsome tent.
I saw an old man who was not angry and was wearing armor, his body was as straight as a flagpole sitting behind the desk.
"Commander, we have arrived." General Pian stood up for a moment and immediately clasped his fists and said respectfully.
Fu Youde's face was serious, and he gently moved the fingers of his left hand twice. General Pian immediately straightened up and stood aside.
When Aha saw this, he quickly stepped forward and took the spear with the wolf tail in his hand. He put his right hand on his chest and knelt down on one knee, "Aha from the Gulun tribe came out to pay homage to the Ming Dynasty Marshal. Today Aha led his troops to surrender." , please also ask Ming Dynasty not to give up and take it in."
Fu Youde raised his hand to stroke his beard and said, "I am Fu Youde, Duke of Ying Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty."
Ahachu was shocked when he heard this, and suddenly raised his head to look at the majestic generalissimo in front of him in surprise. Fu Youde has been fighting against the Mongolian people at the border for many years. His reputation among the Mongolian people can stop children from crying.
Ahachu also grew up listening to Fu Youde's reputation. Now that he saw the person he had been afraid of since he was young, his aura instantly dropped by a few percent and he became submissive.
"Aha went out to pay homage to Duke Ying of the Ming Dynasty, and begged the Ming Dynasty to give the Gulun tribe a place to stand. Aha from the Gulun tribe swore by the Changsheng Heaven to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and never betray him! If he disobeys, he will let the Changsheng Heaven The plague was sent to dry up the water sources in the Gulun region, wither the water plants, and kill the cattle and sheep!"
"Hahaha, it's easy to talk," Fu Youde stood up happily and stepped forward to help Aha up personally. "As long as you sincerely surrender to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will definitely not treat you badly."
It seemed that Fu Youde was very generous, but before Aha Chu could stand up, he glanced at the general on the side.
There are polite words to be said, but since Aha insists on swearing by the Immortal Heaven to show his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty, how can such a thing be ignored simply by raising his hand and swearing?
For such a solemn event, of course, an incense burner and a sacrifice must be presented, and the oath must be solemnly made in public, preferably in full view of his tribe.
Just now, Fu Youde gave the general a wink, asking him to prepare these things.
In a square, the people of the Gu Lun tribe were gathered together. Aha stood in front of the incense table and solemnly made an oath in front of his tribe in the name of Changshengtian!
General Aha took the oath he swore in front of Fu Youde and re-swore it in front of his tribe. At Fu Youde's request, he asked his tribe to follow him in taking the oath.
After all the ceremonies were completed, Ahab looked at Fu Youde without saying anything.
Frankly speaking, Ahachu certainly didn't want to lead his tribe to make such an oath. But now the situation is stronger than the people. If he doesn't swear allegiance to the Ming Dynasty, he doesn't know whether his people can survive.
Even if Ming Dynasty became angry and killed them all on the spot, it was not impossible.
But now, he has surrendered to Ming Dynasty, and the oath he should have made has been made. It is time for Ming Dynasty to fulfill his promise.
Fu Youde never thought of tricking Aha Chu. Seeing Aha Chu's look, he knew what he was thinking. Without being secretive, Fu Youde waved his hand and shouted: "Bring up the map."
Two soldiers came forward carrying a map that had been prepared hanging on a wooden frame and placed it next to Fu Youde.
Fu Youde pointed at the map, looked at Aha and said: "Your Gulun tribe was the first to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. There has not been anyone selected on this map. You can choose a pasture on this map as your Gulun tribe." The headquarters of the Ministry.”
Ahachu looked at the map, which was densely packed and divided into grasslands of similar sizes, and was suddenly surprised and delighted. The ranches on this map look about the same size, but there are also good and bad ones, and there is even a big gap between the good and the bad.
After all, some places have abundant water and grass and can easily feed a large number of cattle and sheep. It is enough for most of the 10,000 people, or even a tribe of tens of thousands of people, to survive.
But some places are so barren that they may not even be able to feed the hundreds of people in his clan.
Small tribes like the Gulun tribe, which lived close to the Ming Dynasty, were no strangers to the Ming Dynasty. For some daily Chinese, not only everyone understands it, but at least a few people understand it.
After hearing Fu Youde's words, they explained to the clan members that the Gu Lun clan members couldn't stand immediately.
Regardless of the fact that he was still in the Ming army, he shouted to Aha, commanding him, hoping that he would choose that pasture.
At the same time, Ahachu and his tribe set their sights on a pasture, where there was abundant rainfall every year and lush vegetation. The most important thing is that this place is just south of a mountain range that stretches hundreds of miles. In winter, it can block the cold wind from the north.
When the cold wind from the north hits in winter, finding a shelter from the wind is the top priority on the grassland. Because as long as you find a place like this, you can minimize the losses of cattle and sheep in winter.
This ranch originally belonged to Beiyuan Khan. In the past, not to mention small tribes like the Gulun tribe, even the Oara tribe and the Tatar tribe they wanted to seek refuge in did not dare to take advantage of this ranch.
This kind of pasture can also be owned by his Gu Lun tribe?
Aha was not as excited as the tribesmen. Instead, he asked Fu Youde tentatively: "May I ask Duke Ying, is it really the Gu Lun tribe's choice on the pastures on this map?"
Ahachu really couldn't believe that Daming would let them choose the pasture that they regarded as a treasure.
Fu Youde laughed loudly and waved his hand suddenly: "Don't worry, these pastures are prepared for you tribes who have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. And your Gulun tribe is the first to submit to the Ming Dynasty, so of course you can choose the pastures first. The pastures on this map, It’s your choice.”
Aha Chu couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart. He tentatively pointed to the one he thought was the best, turned around and asked, "If the Gu Lun tribe chooses this pasture, will the Ming Dynasty really give this pasture to the Gu Lun tribe?"
"Of course." Fu Youde said nonchalantly, and then asked Aha Chu, "Do you want this pasture?"
"Yes, I beg the Ming Dynasty to grant the Gu Lun tribe." Aha couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and bowed respectfully to Fu Youde, his longing for this pasture was beyond words.
Fu Youde nodded with a smile, and without blabbering with Aha, he directly ordered: "Someone comes and presents the seal."
Then he said to Aha Chu: "Your Gu Lun tribe only has a few hundred people, so you can only be granted the title of a hundred households. However, since you are the first to join the Ming Dynasty, I will grant you the title of a thousand households."
"Thank you Duke Ying, thank you Ming Dynasty." Aha Chu didn't have any doubts in his heart anymore, and he took the seal and the conferment book with both hands with great surprise.
Fu Youde smiled and corrected him, "You should not thank me, you should thank the emperor for his great kindness."
"Yes, yes, Aha Chu thanked the Ming Emperor for his kindness in taking in the Gu Lun tribe. The Gu Lun tribe will always be loyal to His Majesty the Ming Emperor." A Ha Chu quickly corrected himself, turned around and bowed respectfully towards the south.
"It's done~"
After Ahachu straightened up, he looked at the seal and the certificate document of the ranch in his hand, and couldn't help but feel uneasy in his heart.
"I would like to ask Duke Ying, although Xiaobu has been gifted by His Majesty the Ming Emperor to have this pasture, what should we do if someone wants to seize it in the future?"
Fu Youde gave him a comforting look, "Don't worry, since you have joined the Ming Dynasty, you are a member of the Ming Dynasty. As long as you keep your peace, if someone tries to seize your pasture, the Ming Dynasty will not sit idly by. Anyone who joins the Ming Dynasty will not do anything. The tribes all need to graze in their own pastures and must not attack each other."
"Then, our guild will send a young man to follow you to the ranch. With him watching, if anyone dares to seize your ranch, Daming will definitely seek justice for you."
With Fu Youde's promise, Ahachu's last worry was resolved. He was overjoyed and kept bowing to Fu Youde, "Thank you, Duke Ying, and thank you, His Majesty the Ming Emperor, for your gift."
As for whether the people sent by Daming were spying on him... Aha had never thought about it. After all, he was just a small tribe before. How could he think of such a complicated problem?
Besides, even if he knew that Daming was spying on him, he didn't care. He only cares that if there are people from the Ming Dynasty in his tribe, other tribes that will join the Ming Dynasty will definitely not dare to attack him without authorization.
"Go ahead, go check out the trade market that you have been thinking about, and see what you can exchange for it." Fu Youde saw that things were over, and said with a smile, "The pasture is now given to you. After the trade trade, you will take your people to the pasture to settle down." Come down."
"Thank you so much, Duke Ying." Ahachu thanked him again.
At the same time, when he heard the word "mutual trading", his mood couldn't help but become enthusiastic.
After bidding farewell to Duke Ying, Aha led his tribe to the mutual market.
Although this place was quite primitive in Ming Dynasty, in the eyes of Ahachu and others, it was considered very good.
Entering the market, Ahachu and his tribe saw piles of various goods. The first thing that caught their eyes was flour, and the purpose of Aha Chu and others was also to hope that they could exchange for some food in the mutual market so that his tribe could get through this year.
"How do you sell this grain?" Aha pretended to be sophisticated, reaching out and pinching a handful of flour, and asked the grain seller. The guy was recruited by the Ming Dynasty Royal Grain Industry. He has been here for almost half a month and there is no business at all. If it had been a merchant, he would have become impatient, packed up his things and left.
But he was only employed by the Ming Dynasty Royal Grain Industry, and the supervisor didn't tell him to leave. He couldn't go anywhere, so he could only stay here honestly.
Fortunately, the wages would not cost him a penny, and the leisurely days made him very satisfied.
After finally seeing a Mongolian person walking into the stock market for the first time, the clerk immediately became energetic. He was not afraid of these rumored Mongolian people. Instead, he smiled and replied: "This person has good objective eyesight. This is from Henan Province." A big fat sheep can exchange for two hundred pounds of flour."
Although the Meng Yuan people were as terrifying as gods and demons in the eyes of people in the past. But since the Ming Dynasty drove Bei Yuan to the grassland and even completely destroyed the Bei Yuan Imperial Court, the people of the Ming Dynasty's view of the Meng Yuan people has changed.
Definitely, these brave and ferocious Meng Yuan people who were boasted were nothing more than this, and the fear in their hearts slowly disappeared and became indifferent. After all, when Meng Yuan fought against the Ming Dynasty, he almost always won with more troops and less troops.
It is difficult to make the people of the Ming Dynasty fear a defeated general!
Aha Chu was shocked when he heard this and asked quickly: "Is it a live sheep?"
"Of course it's a live sheep." The man nodded with a smile.
A big fat sheep is exchanged for 200 kilograms of grain. It seems that Aha will be at a disadvantage and make a fortune, but this is not the case.
Every time the Central Plains Dynasty opened trade to the grassland tribes, it was a completely condescending sales method, similar to hunger marketing.
The fundamental reason for this situation is that the Central Plains’ demand for grassland cattle and sheep is not essential. The people in the Central Plains bought cattle and sheep, and at most they ate the meat.
But in the past, most people could not afford beef and mutton. Therefore, the grasslands sell more or less cattle and sheep to the Central Plains, or even cut off mutual trade, and do not sell any cattle and sheep to the Central Plains. The people of the Central Plains lived exactly the same kind of life as they had changed.
But conversely, goods from the Central Plains are completely different to the grasslands. Which of the iron pots, salt, and tea is not necessary for the grassland people?
You can cook beef and mutton in an iron pot instead of roasting it on the fire and cutting it with a knife when it is half-cooked. Among the grassland people, if they have an iron pot, it is really a treasure worthy of heirloom.
As the saying goes, one pot is passed down to three generations, and the pot remains when people leave.
The role of tea cannot be ignored. People in the grasslands mainly eat meat and dairy products. If they eat too much of these things, they will lack vitamins. Once people are deficient in vitamins, they will develop all kinds of weird diseases. Tea can very well make up for the lack of vitamins. Drinking a little tea from time to time can even cure their illnesses without medicine.
Therefore, tea is also regarded as a magical medicine on the grassland. Because it can treat so many diseases, each of which can make people miserable.
These materials of the Ming Dynasty are necessities for the grassland people, and the cattle and sheep of the grassland are dispensable for the Ming Dynasty. As a result, an inversion of trade is formed.
Therefore, after the Meng Yuan people learned about the opening of mutual markets in the Ming Dynasty, they risked their lives and wanted to give it a try.
Therefore, the price that Ming Dynasty sold to the grassland tribes in the mutual market was very high. Take food for example. Food is not considered a necessity for grassland people, but those merchants who secretly sell food to grassland tribes offer a price of one big fat sheep for fifty kilograms of food.
At first glance, it seems impossible for the grassland people to agree to such an outrageous price. After all, meat is also food. Eating a pound of meat can also fill you up, and the effect is even better than eating a pound of grain.
But that's not how the account is calculated. Take sheep as an example. After a live sheep is slaughtered, except for the fur, blood, and internal organs, the meat and bones are only half the weight of the live sheep. If the bones were removed, it would only weigh 30 to 40%.
If it is cooked in water, the final cooked meat will only be 2.5% of the weight of the live sheep.
If a live sheep weighs 100 kilograms, the cooked meat that can be obtained in the end is only 25 kilograms.
And this live sheep can be exchanged for fifty pounds of grain. Just think of it as flour. One pound of flour plus water can make at least two pounds of paste. In this way, fifty kilograms of grain can be turned into one hundred kilograms.
The same food weighs twenty-five kilograms and one hundred kilograms. How can the grassland people not change it?
What's more, after eating too much meat, the need for food will become very strong. This also prompted the grassland people to be willing to exchange even if they had to exchange two pounds of live sheep for one pound of grain.
And now the price offered to them by the Ming Dynasty Mutual Market is one sheep for two hundred kilograms of grain, which is directly four times that of those private traders. How can this not surprise Aha so much that he can't believe his ears?
"A fat sheep is exchanged for two hundred kilograms of grain, are you sure you're right?" This price frightened Aha so much that he couldn't believe it. After all, he had just sworn allegiance to the Ming Dynasty to Changshengtian. It would be bad if the person in front of him misquoted the price and made him suffer a loss.
The boy nodded again affirmatively, "You heard that right, and it's not that I misquoted the price. It's just a fat sheep for two hundred kilograms of grain."
Aha was overjoyed. Just when he was about to nod his head and change a batch of food, he was suddenly disturbed by the voice of a tribesman next to him.
"Look, patriarch, there is an iron pot here."
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