Therefore, Huang Yi urgently needed gunpowder, matchlocks, and steel of decent quality to build several miniguns.
The first thing after completing the transaction was to persuade Hedanbaatar to choose a small and medium-sized tribe that had become a slave. This would definitely save many Han people.
Born in sorrow, died in happiness!
There are no more than two possibilities for gaining a foothold among powerful enemies.
One possibility is that Huang Yi died in battle, and the few men and horses were wiped out in ashes.
There is another possibility: the more you fight, the stronger you become, and you can build a strong army that can fight a hundred battles.
Li Chengliang's slave Ye Bohskin raised an army with only thirteen pieces of armor. He was not a powerful enemy. How could he create a post-Jin regime?
Huang Yi is a time traveler, why not?
Moreover, the total number of iron armor, leather armor, and cotton armor in his hand far exceeds thirteen pairs. He also has a powerful crossbow, night vision scope, and telescope.
It can be concluded that Jian Nu has no time to care about anything else at this time, and it can also be judged that when he leaves Zhangjiakou, he will not encounter Jian Nu's large army.
Because Huang Yi clearly remembered that Jiannu invaded the pass at Da'ankou and Longjing Pass.
Those passes are all near Zunhua, far away from Zhangjiakou!
Make a time difference and try to double the strength of Hedanbaat'er's department and recruit hundreds more Han people.
At this time, Huang Yi was full of confidence, because he had concluded that he could get at least three hundred stones of wheat in exchange for his head. When he arrived in Zhangjiakou, he could also buy a lot of grain.
Of course, more food can feed more people. There are many basins outside the Great Wall in Zhangjiakou, and there are many with fertile land and sufficient water resources.
With a population of several hundred and a large livestock of one to two hundred, why not occupy a basin and cultivate it?
Huang Yi has known the spirit of Nanniwan since he was a child.
Why can't he lead hundreds of Han people to work hard and become self-reliant outside Zhangjiakou?
The lack of chemical fertilizers and improved seeds should not be a problem. Back then, Nanniwan also had no chemical fertilizers and improved seeds, but it was able to achieve "two plows and one more" or even "one plow and one more".
What does "one cultivated and one left behind" mean?
This means that the total grain output of one year of farming can satisfy the farming population for two years.
Huang Yi does not just rely on farming to make a living. He also has dozens of Mongolians who are responsible for grazing and can produce cattle, sheep and horses.
It is foreseeable that Huang Yi's family members can regularly eat beef and mutton, dairy products, and eggs, and their physical fitness is definitely better than that of ordinary people who cannot eat meat a few times a year.
Moreover, he was also prepared to continuously attack the small tribes that surrendered and established slaves to gain population, cattle, sheep, and supplies.
If Huang Yi fails to develop, theoretically, all the Mongolian tribes in Monan will surrender to Hou Jin and become accomplices in establishing slaves.
Therefore, it can be considered that every time Huang Yi killed a Mongolian knight or surrendered a young Mongolian man, he was weakening the slaves.
Huang Yi realized that it would be more difficult to establish a foothold outside the Great Wall.
But the prairie at this time is actually equivalent to a warlord melee, and there should be a chance to survive in the cracks.
Moreover, Huang Yi knew that the Jiannu would conquer the entire Monan Mongolia, and he knew that the small population was the shortcoming of the Jiannu.
Shenyang, the hometown of Jiannu, is really far to the north of Zhangjiakou.
The road conditions in ancient times were not comparable to those in later generations. On the map, it looked like one or two thousand miles, but in reality it was probably no less than three or four thousand miles.
Jiannu's army bypassed the Yanshan Mountains and reached at least three thousand miles north of Zhangjiakou.
The territory outside the mouth is too big, how can the slaves manage it?
Huang Yi developed quietly outside the border wall of Zhangjiakou, trying his best not to provoke the slaves when his strength was weak.
Being far away from your most powerful enemy is an advantage.
Being close to Daming Pass is also an advantage.
Those Mongolian tribes that had been beaten by the slaves and lost their courage were the targets of Huang Yi and the Hedanbaatar tribe to attack and annex.
The idea is wonderful, but it must be difficult to complete. I don’t know how many people will die!
No matter what, how will you know if you don’t try?
If you want to gain a foothold, you must store food. The Han people are very particular about not panicking if they have food at home.
Huang Yi had thought about it, not only to exchange his head for as many weapons and food as possible, but also to use all the gold and silver in his hands to purchase supplies.
Merchants doing business outside the mouth must have force, and there are many swordsmen in the caravan.
The Li family's caravan is no exception. They have dozens of swordsmen and hundreds of swordsmen who carry weapons with them, and at least half of the weapons are blunderbuss, three-eyed blunderbuss, grooms, and handymen.
In addition, Huang Yi brought a total of 80 people, 180 horses, camels, and 30 carts. The force of the caravan should not be underestimated. A small group of horse thieves and a small tribe could not defeat such a team.
Foreign merchants have connections with well-known large tribes on the grassland.
The tribes on the grassland are in urgent need of merchants to communicate with each other and will not rob caravans under normal circumstances.
The most important thing to guard against are horse thieves! Horse thieves are public enemies on the prairie, and anyone can find them and punish them.
The vast majority of the handymen and horsemen in this caravan are from the same hometown, clan, and village. A high proportion of them are willing to resist when encountering horse thieves, and their combat effectiveness is no worse than that of the Ming army.
All in all, those who can do business outside the mouth these days are not good at it.
Since there were more than a hundred carts carrying goods, the caravan could only move at a speed of thirty to forty miles a day.
Huang Yi needed to practice his riding skills hard, so he took the two boys Hu Xiaochuan and Huang Dazhi to the front.
Not only did he often climb high to search with binoculars, he also deviated from the road and searched within a radius of thirty miles.
During this period, snoopers were spotted many times, but the caravan was not attacked.
Huang Yi was able to discover the sentry first and was fully capable of commanding Hu Xiaochuan, Huang Dazhi, and Cha Lahe to surround the knights.
But he didn't want to cause trouble and gave up.
Unfamiliar place. Who knows which tribe or gang of horse thieves those sentinels came from.
Encirclement and interception will inevitably lead to killings. If you kill someone else's knight, you will definitely have an enemy, and they may retaliate.
Getting food and supplies and transporting them back safely is a top priority.
Huang Yi chose to just watch and never take the initiative to cause trouble!
This place is not deserted.
Some Mongolian tribes can be found in low mountains and hilly areas, and one or two sparse families in the mountains have also been found when searching at high altitudes.
Although you can see it through a telescope, you have to climb mountains and ridges to get there.
Since he had to do business, Huang Yi didn't want to waste time and didn't go to see who lived in those thatched houses.
I guess those should be mountain people.
Ancient times are completely different from later generations. No dynasty or generation can really calculate a basically accurate total population.
In ancient times, too many mountain people did not have hukou at all.
God knows how many mountain residents without household registration there were in the mountains outside Zhangjiakou in the late Ming Dynasty.
Huang Yi suddenly thought of an ancient article he learned when he was young - Harsh government is fiercer than a tiger.
The living conditions in the mountains outside the mouth are harsh. Not only do you have to encounter jackals, tigers and leopards, you may also be robbed and killed.
Those who live in the mountains must be precarious. What is the reason why they do not choose a safe and orderly place to live?
This can only be explained by exorbitant taxes and excessive exploitation by landlords and wealthy people.
