"My subordinate will accompany the deputy director to Qingcheng." Shao Wen said.
Li Shuheng thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Okay, you can bring a few riders from the cavalry team to accompany me to Qingcheng. If something happens, with you here, the news can be spread out in time."
Wu Jingyan said, "The deputy director still needs to have more guards around him. Now some herdsmen in Qingcheng are being instigated and have a very bad attitude towards our tiger-character flag. Herdsmen often throw rubbish at the people who bear our tiger-character flag. Some Taiji The armored soldiers under my command even come to make trouble from time to time."
"Don't worry, as long as our cavalry team is here, no one can do anything to the deputy director." Shao Wen promised, patting his chest.
Li Shuheng glanced at the front of the convoy and saw several Mongolian armored cavalry there, and asked, "Who are those Mongolian armored cavalry in front?"
Wu Jingyan explained, "Zamuka, the guard general next to Bu Shitu, was worried that herdsmen would be harmful to his subordinates, so he sent several armored soldiers from the Khan's tent to protect his subordinates."
Li Shuheng nodded.
The conflict on the grassland was more serious than he expected. The storekeepers who left the tiger-character flag in Qingcheng needed to be protected. It can be seen that the cooperation between Su Nang and Fanji Chamber of Commerce has forced the people who left the tiger-character flag on the grassland. What situation has it reached.
Shao Wen on the side said, "We won't need the protection of these Mongolian armored soldiers in the future. This time the master sent a large group of soldiers and fifty riders from our cavalry team."
"With the presence of these armored soldiers under the Khan's tent, other Mongolians will not dare to go too far, which can reduce a lot of trouble." Wu Jingyan explained.
"Let's go, go back to Qingcheng first." Li Shuheng said, then turned around and said to Zhang Sancha, "I'll leave the motorcade and the soldier brigade to you, and take them back to our warehouse on the grassland."
"Yes." Zhang Sancha agreed.
Shao Wen brought a war horse to serve as Li Shuheng's mount, and selected twenty riders to accompany him to Qingcheng.
The cold wind was biting, and there were still a lot of unmelted snow on the withered grass. Some of them were already covered with a thin layer of ice. The setting sun shone on them, reflecting scattered white light.
Riding on horseback, Li Shuheng was wrapped in a thick leather jacket, but he still didn't feel warm. His face exposed to the air seemed to have been blown by wind knives. The tip of his nose had already turned red from the cold, and his whole face was frozen. He was numb, and the snot flowing out of his nostrils froze into two flat icicles.
The situation of some other people was not much better, and the horses under their crotches did not dare to let go and run.
The group entered Qingcheng, the horse speed slowed down, there was less cold wind shaving their faces, and everyone's faces were no longer so stiff.
Due to the cold weather, there were not many pedestrians on the road. The few pedestrians who walked by were all wearing thick leather jackets and felt hats that covered their ears. Only a round face under the hat was exposed. .
"Bah, Han dog"
When Li Shuheng and others passed by several herdsmen, each of them showed vicious eyes.
"Bu He, stand back. They are all Han Chinese from Tiger Character Banner. If you dare to mess around, don't blame me for being rude."
A Mongolian armored cavalryman following Li Shuheng's team raised his hand and pointed the whip in his hand at the herdsman who was speaking.
The herdsman named Bu He took a step back without saying anything, but looked at Li Shuheng and the others with increasingly unkind eyes.
When the Mongolian armored cavalry saw the herdsmen retreating, he turned around and said to Wu Jingyan with a cold face, "You should hurry up and return to your shop. Now the herdsmen hate your tiger-character flag for defrauding their cattle, sheep and skins. You guys The longer the Han people stay outside, maybe some herdsmen will be tempted to take action, and I won’t be able to stop them."
Wu Jingyan frowned and said in a deep voice, "The transactions between our Tiger Flag and the herdsmen are conducted fairly. There has never been any forced buying or selling. These herdsmen should not hate our Tiger Flag even if they want to."
"Whenever you sell things to herders at the same price as Fanji Chamber of Commerce, then you can say this again." The Mongolian armored knight sneered at the corner of his mouth.
Obviously, he is also one of the Mongolians who are dissatisfied with the Tiger Flag.
Wu Jingyan said with an ugly face, "Nairentai, you have to understand that you were sent by General Jamuka to protect me, and you are not here to make sarcastic remarks."
"Humph, you are Han people and I am Mongolian. Do you still want me to speak to you Han people?" The Mongolian armored knight named Nairentai snorted coldly.
Li Shuheng, who was riding horseback in the middle of the team, was already familiar with the Mongolian language. He heard clearly the conversation between Wu Jingyan and the Mongolian armored rider.
At this time, I heard him say, "Shopkeeper Wu, speed up, let's go back to the shop."
"Yes." Wu Jingyan agreed.
He quickened his horse speed and let the war horse trot towards Tiger Flag's shop in Qingcheng.
Qingcheng is the pearl on the grassland. Even though it is not as big as the slightly larger county town in the Ming Dynasty, it is the pride of the Mongols.
Soon, Li Shuheng and his party arrived in front of Tiger Flag's shop in Qingcheng.
When everyone got off the horse, Nairentai stood on the horse and said condescendingly, "You Han people have returned to your own shops. If anything happens again, it has nothing to do with us."
After speaking, he called to several other Mongolian armored riders and rode away together.
"It seems that not only the herdsmen are hostile to our Tiger Flag, but even the armored cavalry under Bu Shitu are also hostile to our Tiger Flag."
Li Shuheng stood in front of the door, looking at the Mongolian armored cavalry who were gradually retreating.
Wu Jingyan said, "People from the Fanji Chamber of Commerce are spreading rumors about our Tiger Flag everywhere. They have the support of Da Taiji like Su Nang. Now not only the herdsmen are deeply hostile to us, but even the people in Qingcheng under the Khan's tent are deeply hostile to us." Among the armored soldiers, there are also many people who think that we, Tiger Character Banner, defrauded the herdsmen of their cattle, sheep and skins before."
"Bu Shitu's sweat is really useless. Su Nang even bullied him, but he didn't dare to say a harsh word." Li Shuheng said in an indifferent tone.
Wu Jingyan said, "Bu Shitu is indeed useless. If Du'er Taiji, the fifth-party commander, had not expressed his position, he would not only suppress our Tiger Flag, but he would have taken action against us long ago."
"These Mongolians are all a bunch of white-eyed wolves. They usually take advantage of us, but now they see us fighting with the Fanji Chamber of Commerce. They don't want to help us, and they all add insult to injury." Shao Wen said angrily.
The Tiger Banner opened shops on the grassland and opened up business routes among the tribes on the grassland. Part of the profits earned were given to the fortune tellers and some powerful Taijis in exchange for their support.
Now the Fanji Chamber of Commerce has joined forces with Su Nang to suppress the Tiger Character Banner, but the Khan and Taiji who have benefited are standing by and watching without asking, and Taiji is even adding insult to injury. This makes many people like Shao Wen in the Tiger Character Banner Very dissatisfied.
"Deputy Director, it's cold outside, let's go inside and talk." Wu Jingyan invited Li Shuheng into the shop.
Li Shuheng wrapped himself in a fur coat and walked into the shop.
