Huang Yi knew the importance of logistics and transportation, so he spared no effort to invest in four-wheeled carriages to expand the transportation team.
There will be no shortage of coachmen. The Mongolian population in the base area's sphere of influence is as high as eighty or ninety thousand, and the population of Dingkou is twenty to thirty thousand.
These people don’t know how to farm and don’t have the patience to do so.
In order to prevent problems before they occur, the workers who produce muskets, artillery, and steel must come from the Juche ethnic group.
Therefore, being a carriage driver for transportation work is most suitable for Mongolian veteran cavalrymen over forty years old.
Huang Yi's plan is that by the end of the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, the base area will have at least 5,000 freight carriages and 10,000 workers engaged in the transportation industry.
Of course, the purpose of doing business is to make a profit. The transportation team in the base area does not choose the place to receive business. It can go to the customs or Liaodong.
The main purpose of enhancing transportation power is not only to increase employment and earn profits, but also to prepare for war.
The base will continue to fight, and both sides of the war will inevitably compete for logistical support.
Huang Yi can deliver troops and military supplies to the battlefield more quickly, which of course can improve his chances of winning!
The transport team is not picky about the territory. It first plans to cover Xuanda and Gyeonggi, and then strives to cover the entire north of the Yellow River. Ten years later, it plans to cover the whole world.
The clandestine workers mixed in with the transport team can certainly draw relatively accurate maps and recommend experienced guides.
Huang Yi has already begun to train secret workers. The supervisor is Wang Jinbao, and there have been more than 100 team members.
At present, we only have secret workers lurking in Zhangjiakou, Xuanfu, Datong, and Taiyuan.
Huang Yi hasn't thought of a name for this spy organization so far?
CIA? KGB? Gestapo? Jinyiwei? Dongchang? Underground party? Blood drops? Sticky rod?
It is far from enough for the transportation team of the eight imperial merchants to transport grain to Liaodong. It is far from enough. They must also strive to form a monopoly within two or three years.
What is the final purpose? well known by all people.
In mid-July, Zhang Dong, Huang Dayong and others, who had been fighting the epidemic at the Hedanbaatar Department for three months, returned.
Not only them, but also Hedanbaatar, Karitu, Morigen, Huhru, Jebirge and more than a dozen big leaders, as well as the 800 armored cavalry led by them.
Hedanbaat'er, Karitu and others learned that Huang Yi was about to get married, and deliberately led the most elite cavalry to welcome the bride.
Except for Karitu, the other leaders had never been to the base area, and when they saw Xinghe City, they all seemed to be dumbfounded.
Hedanbaat'er asked Karitu: "Is this the newly built city in the base area? It looks bigger than Guihua City!"
"The last time I came here, I was also frightened by this city. Later I found out that it was not repaired and it was just not visible from the outside."
Mo Rigen said: "How can we not see that the city is not repaired? I think the city is tall and strong and has been repaired long ago."
Ka Letu was too stupid to explain, so he muttered: "I'll go to the city later and you'll know for yourself when you go see it!"
Huang Yi learned that Hedanbaat'er, led by Karitu, Morigen and other big leaders, came to attend the wedding banquet, so of course he came to the city gate to greet him in person.
When Hedanbaatar saw Huang Yi and Zhang Dong from a distance, they immediately dismounted and rode on foot. Ka Leitu and other eight hundred armored cavalry also dismounted.
Hedanbaat'er has always been grateful to Huang Yi, knowing that he was able to become the Ujimqin Bu Taiji with a population of ten thousand because of Huang Yi's assistance.
This time, after the smallpox plague was discovered in his tribe, one or two thousand people fell ill not long after. At this rate of infection, the entire tribe might be infected.
If Huang Yi hadn't promptly dispatched Zhang Dong and Huang Dayong to bring people and medicine to use magical rescue and prevention methods, he might have lost one-fifth of his population.
Therefore, Hedanbaat'er's oath of surrender to Huang Yi and his loyalty to the base came from the bottom of his heart. It was not forced by the situation at all, nor was it Zhang Dong's instigation.
To be honest, when Zhang Dong, Huang Dayong and others first arrived at the camp, Hedanbaatar didn't quite believe that they had learned Huang Yi's magic.
Because he has always wanted to learn, but has not learned so far.
However, facts speak louder than words. Zhang Dong, Huang Dayong and others were not afraid of being infected at all. They went to treat patients with smallpox plague on the day they arrived at the camp.
At that time, dozens of people in the camp were already infected, probably one-tenth of the total population of the camp still remaining.
In order not to be infected, Hedanbaatar gathered these people into an area and left them to fend for themselves!
It’s not that we ignore them completely. After all, the infected are all relatives. Someone delivers water and food every day. Those with milder symptoms are responsible for distributing food and warm water.
The area where dozens of patients live is a restricted area, and no one dares to go there. In order not to infect their relatives, the patients also refuse to come out.
Ran Zhangdong, Huang Dayong and others went in without hesitation, and the big leaders such as Hedanbaat'er, Agush and others who sent them here were stunned.
Next, Zhang Dong and Huang Dayong also adopted the method of doing it directly without explaining.
They called the relatives of the patients and performed magical spells on their arms.
Then he ordered these people to take care of their sick relatives with confidence and boldness, telling everyone that the gods would never let those who swore allegiance be infected with smallpox.
Karitu's two sons were infected and in critical condition.
Zhang Dong personally inoculated Kaletu with cowpox, and instructed Kaletu to use physical cooling methods to reduce the fever of his two sons, and to feed him a bowl of heat-clearing and detoxifying traditional Chinese medicine every three hours.
The result was very good. Karitu, who took care of his son regardless of the risk, was not infected. The fever of his two sons subsided, and the chickenpox on their bodies began to scab...
Seven days later, most of the people in the camp discovered that none of Huang Yi's people or those who had been enchanted were infected, but another twenty or thirty people in the camp were infected.
Wow! Huang Yi really has magical power!
As a result, more people asked Zhang Dong and Huang Dayong to cast spells on them, and they all swore a poisonous oath to be loyal to Huang Yi and to the base area.
Hedanbaatar was shocked by the magical power again. He drank with Zhang Dong and talked about everything.
Outsiders cannot know exactly what was said. Anyway, Hedanbaatar swore allegiance and was vaccinated with cowpox the next day.
When he learned that Huang Yi was about to get married, he prepared generous gifts and selected the strongest eight hundred armored knights to come to congratulate him.
Although Hedanbaatar was illiterate and could not recognize either Chinese or Mongolian characters, this did not mean that he was barbaric and ignorant.
He actually likes to think!
He accepted the canonization of the Ming Dynasty and became the Taiji of the Ujumqin tribe. He did not voluntarily pledge allegiance to the Ming Dynasty court, but wanted a status.
The most important reason is actually that Huang Yi felt that he should accept the canonization of Ming Dynasty.
In order to show his strength and support Huang Yi, Hedan Battelle came with the strongest troops.
After meeting Huang Yi, he made it clear that he would lead his troops to show off their power in front of the civilian and military generals under the command of Governor Xuanda.
