Guihua City was also called Bansheng City. Anda Khan presided over the construction at that time. Later, Buhe and Hanbiji occupied the city. Finally, the city was inherited by their son Su Nangtaiji.
The richest thing in Tumut is Guihua City and the major Bansheng lands. Even Qingcheng, where the Great Khan of Tumut is located, cannot compare with this place.
In terms of wealth, Tumed Khan's Shitu was far inferior to Su Nangtaiji of Guihua City.
The Fan family's motorcade came all the way from Banshengdi to Guihua City. Because the motorcade was followed by Su Nang Taiji's armored soldiers, it was not made difficult by the Mongols along the way.
There are more Han people in Guihua City than in other places in Tumut, and most of the people in the city are Han people.
The fields in all major Bansheng lands are also farmed by Han people. Except for a small amount of grain, most of the Bansheng lands are planted with vegetables. This season is the time to harvest.
Mongolians eat a lot of meat, and vegetables and tea are very popular among Mongolians because they can remove greasiness from the body.
In the eyes of the Mongols, the Han people on the grasslands were slaves and had a low status. Any Mongolian herdsman was qualified to beat the Han people with a whip.
There were many Han merchants living in Guihua City. These people were the same as the Han people who farmed. Most of the money earned by the merchants fell into the hands of Su Nang Taiji and other Taijis in Guihua City.
Except for the Zhao family, who had been doing business for the Mongols since the time of Amada Khan, most of the other Han merchants could barely make ends meet.
Even so, it is much better than the Han people who live in Bansheng outside the city and grow vegetables. At least their wives and daughters will not be robbed and taken away by the Mongols.
The Fan family's motorcade entered Guihua City. There were some shops on both sides of the street with banners hanging on them. From the names, it was not difficult to tell that they were all shops opened by Han merchants.
The people with the Tiger Character Flag followed the convoy into Guihua City, but Wang Qifu deliberately separated from the Fan family's convoy. He sent a Fan family clerk to take the Tiger Character Flag people to their residence first, while Wang Qifu took the Fan family's clerk and The goods went elsewhere.
When they arrived at their residence, most of the soldiers in the Tiger Flag looked tired.
They first rushed from Lingqiu to Zhangjiakou, with only one day of rest in between, and then from Zhangjiakou to Guihua City. It can be said that they did not rest much along the way.
Zhang Sancha arranged the patrol team and asked the other soldiers to rest according to the team, while he and Lao Wu returned to their tents.
Sitting on the mat in the tent, Lao Wu said to Zhang Sancha: "You have many ideas. Have you figured out how to complete the things assigned by the boss?"
Zhang Sancha said: "I thought about it on the way here. We have two options. One is to contact the Mongolian nobles behind them through the shops of those Han merchants. However, the status of the Han merchants in Guihua City is too low. They treat us badly." Since I’m not familiar with it, I’m afraid it will be difficult to open up the situation in a short period of time.”
"What about the other option?" Lao Wu asked.
Unlike Zhang Sancha, as the person in charge of the Tiger Character Flag coming to the grassland this time, he was told in private that someone was already planning the Tiger Character Flag, and he needed to open up the situation on the grassland as soon as possible.
Therefore, the method Zhang Sancha just mentioned can only be used as an alternative. What he needs is a way to get the Tiger Flag to open up on the grassland as soon as possible.
Zhang Sancha continued: "Although there are many Han people in Guihua City, this is the territory of the Mongols after all, and it is the Mongols who have the power to speak. As long as we hook up with a Mongolian nobleman, I believe we will open up the situation soon."
Lao Wu thought for a while and said: "When I was in Banshengdi, I saw that the northern barbarian named Jamuhe had a conflict with the Mongols here in Guihua City. Can we take advantage of this relationship? Now the Fan family and Guihua City have conflicts. The Beilu here in Huacheng do business, and our Tiger Banner can go to Qingcheng to do business with their Khan."
Compared with Zhang Sancha, who has mastered seven or six of the Mongolian language, Lao Wu, who stayed overnight, is better at Mongolian. He can already understand some Mongolian, but he is still a little behind in speaking.
"It's not that I haven't considered what you said." Zhang Sancha said, "On the way here, I asked the Fan family guy that the Great Khan of Qingcheng once competed with Su Nangtaiji of Guihua City for the position of Great Khan. , and we came to the grassland with the Fan family’s caravan, so it is difficult to gain the trust of Qingcheng. Once we leave Guihua City and contact Qingcheng, it will be easy to offend Su Nangtaiji of Guihua City."
Lao Wu said: "It's a pity that Wang Qifu has been preventing us from contacting the Mongols along the way."
Zhang Sancha sneered: "The Fan family can sell things on the grassland, and our Tiger Character Banner can do the same. Moreover, we also have Lingqiu Jintie, which the Fan family does not have. Naturally, they are afraid that our Tiger Character Banner will rob the Fan family." Business on the prairie.”
"By the way, you haven't said what your second choice is yet?" Lao Wu asked.
Zhang Sancha looked around and said in a low voice: "On the way here, I secretly bribed a Fan family guy. He told me that he had a way to help us contact the Mongolian nobles."
Hearing this, Lao Wu was not as happy as he expected. Instead, he said worriedly: "Could it be that Wang Qifu deliberately set up a trap to deceive us?"
"No." Zhang Sancha shook his head slightly and said, "On the way here, Wang Qifu ate a lot of our meat and wine, but most of the Fan family's guys ate dry pancakes. There were many Fans along the way. Everyone in the family is dissatisfied with Wang Qifu. You must know that not everyone is willing to share the joys and sorrows with us like our boss."
Seeing that Zhang Sancha was so sure, Lao Wu said: "As long as you are sure, and it doesn't matter even if you fail this time, didn't the boss give us several opportunities to come to the grassland? I believe that sooner or later we will have the opportunity to get in touch with the Mongols. .”
Zhang Sancha shook his head slightly and said, "If we can't seize the opportunity this time, it will be even more difficult for us if the Fan family is on guard in the future."
Lao Wu thought for a moment and said, "Just go ahead and do it. I will fully support you."
Zhang Sancha nodded and said: "Let the Fan family guy help us contact the Mongolian noble tonight, and I'm worried that Wang Qifu won't stay in Guihua City for too long."
When he arrived, he noticed that the goods transported by the Fan family to Guihua City were all grain, tea, and cloth. These items were in short supply on the grasslands and were easy to get rid of. The Fan family's caravan would inevitably return to Zhangjiakou.
At night.
A clerk from the Fan family took Zhang Sancha and Chen Wu to a tent in Guihua City secretly.
There are many such camps in Guihua City, and most of them are Mongolian nobles living in houses with courtyards. On the contrary, most of them are Han people, and most ordinary herders live outside the city.
Zhang Sancha, led by the Fan family's clerk, walked into the camp.
As soon as he entered, he found that the Mongolian sitting cross-legged in the tent was the Mongolian general named Wo Lunkuo whom they met in Banshengdi during the day.
"I have met Mr. Wo Lunkuo." The Fan family member greeted him skillfully in Mongolian.
Zhang Sancha couldn't understand Mongolian, but that didn't stop him from saluting with the Fan family man next to him.
Wo Lunkuo was sitting cross-legged on a leather cushion with a low table in front of him. On the left was a silver bowl filled with kumiss, and on the right was a silver plate with sliced mutton in it.
Wo Lunkuo used a meat-cutting dagger to cut a piece of mutton into his mouth, and asked: "Are you the Nanbarbarians who want to see me?"
The Fan family member introduced him: "Sir, these two people are from Datong Prefecture and are members of the Tiger Flag."
"I'm not interested in what you're talking about." There was a hint of dissatisfaction on Wo Lunkuo's face, as if the arrival of Zhang Sancha and the others had disturbed him from eating mutton.
There was a hint of embarrassment on Fan's boy's face.
