"Master, the people from the armored cavalry battalion have brought us here." A soldier came in from outside the camp and informed.
The entire Mongolian camp fell into the hands of the Tiger Banner, and many yurts were cleared out to hold captive Mongolian soldiers. The Tiger Banner army set up two camps around it.
On the one hand, the captured Mongols were supervised, and on the other hand, the seizures were liquidated.
"Bring it in!" Chen Xunping told the soldier.
The soldier retreated from the camp.
Soon, two strange-looking red-haired ghosts were brought in by Tu Sha.
"Subordinates, please see Master Zheng."
After entering the camp, Tusha stood at attention and saluted.
Chen Xunping took a look at the two tall red-haired ghosts in front of him, and then said to Tu Sha: "Are they the red-haired ghosts who claim to be doing business with our Tiger Flag?"
"It's them." Tu Sha glanced at Kudryash and Ivanov, and then nodded to Chen Xunping.
Chen Xunping looked at the two strange-looking red-haired ghosts in front of him and said to Tu Sha: "Can they understand what we are saying? I heard from our Tiger Flag people who came back from the south that what these red-haired ghosts said is not the same as what we said. The words are different.”
"The two of them understand Mongolian and speak better Mongolian than many of us in the Tiger Banner." Tu Sha said from the side.
The Tiger Banner has been dealing with various Mongolian ministries on the grasslands over the years. In order to facilitate communication, many people within the Tiger Banner can speak Mongolian fluently.
Chen Xunping heard that the two red-haired ghosts in front of him could understand Mongolian, so he said in Mongolian: "If you don't do good business at sea, what are you doing in the grasslands to the north?"
Kudryash and Ivanov, who were standing in front of him, were stunned when they heard this.
They understood the words, but the two of them didn't understand why the noble man in front of them, who held tens of thousands of troops, said that they came here from the sea.
Their Tsarist Russia had inland lakes, but no offshore seaports.
"Can these two really understand Mongolian?" Seeing that the two red-haired ghosts did not respond, Chen Xunping frowned and said to Tu Sha beside him.
Tu Sha hurriedly explained: "I guarantee that they can understand. I have talked to them in Mongolian before."
After explaining to Chen Xunping, he said to Kudryash and Ivanov: "Our teacher is asking you something. Why don't you answer? Weren't you quite able to speak in front of me before?"
"Dear Sir, I'm really sorry. I lost my temper just now." Kudryash bowed respectfully to Chen Xun.
In his eyes, a general who can command an army of tens of thousands is at least a powerful lord with a noble noble status.
"Our division is asking you, why did you come to the grassland if you didn't stay at sea?" Tu Sha said to Kudryash in a not so good tone.
In front of him before, this red-haired ghost was not as respectful as he was now.
After listening to Tusha's words, Kudryash turned to look at Chen Xunping and said with a smile: "You may have misunderstood. We don't have a sea connected to the outside world. You should be talking about Dutch people from Europe. We are From Tsarist Russia further north of you.”
"No wonder!" Chen Xunping suddenly realized.
When I heard that the armored cavalry battalion had captured dozens of red-haired ghost merchants, I was still wondering. Red-haired ghost merchants only appeared on the sea south of the Ming Dynasty. Except for some missionary priests, they rarely came to the Ming Dynasty. North, let alone come to the grassland.
Now that I know that the two red-haired ghosts in front of me come from Tsarist Russia further north, everything is explained.
Although he didn't understand what kind of place Tsarist Russia was, he had heard his elders say that there were many countries in the world, such as North Korea, Dashi, Siam, and Cochin.
"I heard that your army defeated the Tatar army. On behalf of our Tsar, I congratulate you." Kudryash congratulated you.
It doesn't matter whether the Tsar agrees to let him represent him or not. The key is that he is now facing a nobleman with tens of thousands of troops, and he needs to prove his strength to the other party.
Commonly known as pulling the tiger's skin to pull up the banner.
Although Chen Xunping didn't know who the Tsar was talking about, he could guess that he was a powerful figure in Tsarist Russia.
"I heard from the people below that you are here to do business with our Tiger Flag. However, it is up to us adults to decide whether we want to do business with you. I will arrange for you to go to Qingcheng to meet our adults later." Chen Xunping said to Kudryash said in front of him.
He heard the red-haired barbarian in front of him shouting "Your Excellency" one after another. This reminded him of Tang Ruowang and others he had met before, and he knew that "Your Excellency" was a respectful title.
This made him have a good impression of the two red-haired ghosts in front of him who claimed to be from Tsarist Russia.
"Sir?" Kudryash frowned and said hesitantly, "Can't you make the decision?"
He didn't quite understand who this gentleman was, but he knew that the man in front of him was the commander of an army of tens of thousands.
Such a person was at least a very powerful lord in Tsarist Russia.
Moreover, from the beginning to the end, he thought that the man in front of him, who was called Shizheng by his subordinates, was the real owner of the Tiger Flag.
Chen Xunping waved his hand gently and said: "If you want to do business with our Tiger Flag, only we adults can make the decision, and I am just one of our adults' subordinates."
After hearing this explanation, Kudryash understood.
The owner of the Tiger Flag is someone else, and the general with tens of thousands of troops in front of him is just a subordinate of that gentleman.
Understanding this made him feel in awe of the adult he had not yet met.
"Tu Sha, these red-haired ghosts will be left to you. You will take them to Qingcheng to meet the Lord." Chen Xunping said to Tu Sha who was standing aside.
He had just put down the Mongolian army, and there were still many things he needed to do. It was already time to squeeze in a meeting with these two people.
"Yes." Tu Sha agreed.
He had always been responsible for guarding these red-haired ghosts. He was not surprised that it fell to him to take these red-haired ghosts to Qingcheng.
Tusha brought Kudryash and Ivanov out of the tent.
"As expected of a civilized country in the East, Kudryash, look at the muskets in their hands. They are all flintlock rifles. Even Europe does not have so many flintlock rifles."
Walking out of the tent, Ivanov looked at the groups of gunmen carrying the tiger flag with an expression of wonder on his face.
Kudryash sighed: "Fortunately you listened to my advice and didn't mess around, otherwise you and I would have become their prisoners now."
Looking at the tiger-character flag soldiers around him, he felt even more grateful that he gave up resistance after seeing the tiger-character flag men.
