Shangdu Ranch is the ranch with the largest number of horses. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a large horse farm.
But it is also the tribe that sells the most horses privately. It would be damned if they don't want to kill Zhao Ming.
It is not uncommon for war horses to be sold privately. In fact, all the tribes under the current owners of the four major ranches on this grassland are doing this.
This is like reselling arms in the Central Plains, except there are no arms factories here, but there are many war horses, and war horses are also hard currency.
Shangdu Ranch is close to the east of the central part. According to Lao Suntou's guess, the horse sales direction is estimated to be Rehe.
And Rehe is now Marshal Zhang's territory, so it's no wonder that the Shangdu Department is anxious.
If this is discovered and those who are designated to suffer, at least all the main sellers will be killed, at worst the entire clan will be punished.
However, when Zhao Ming asked about the nearby Maoming'an and Darhan tribes, the answer given by Lao Suntou made him a little surprised.
"Sir Zhao, if you ask these two tribes, I can only say that they do not. They do not sell war horses privately."
"How is that possible? If you are so clean, why are you so resistant to superiors?"
Zhao Ming didn't believe it. It could be seen from the attitudes of these two departments that they were very repulsive to him as the field director.
"It is true that they are not selling war horses, but they are selling ordnance!"
"Selling ordnance? Where did they get the ordnance?" Zhao Ming was shocked.
"It's very simple. If we go east here, we only need to go two hundred miles to Rehe, where we can get a lot of ordnance.
They exchanged cattle and sheep for ordnance, and then used the ordnance to exchange for population and more cattle and sheep from Outer Mongolia.
Outer Mongolia's ordnance production is very backward. This move can earn twice as many cattle and sheep, and even a lot of Outer Mongolia's population. "
Lao Suntou's answer really shocked Zhao Ming for a while.
According to his description, these two films are actually in the business of cheating.
It can be said that in the entire prairie, all those who have no way of doing business are engaged in robbery. They are not committing crimes alone, but an entire tribe is following them to commit crimes.
Large tribes with some skills and connections don't even bother to make a living as a robber. Some of them sell horses, and the more advanced ones work as traitors.
However, according to Lao Suntou's description, there is currently a huge contradiction between the two films.
The biggest reason is that the Maoming'an tribe is located in the east, and they often send people to block the Darkhan tribe's journey to the east to exchange for ordnance.
Therefore, armed fights often broke out between the two sides.
Moreover, I don’t know if Maoming’s security department hooked up with a certain officer from Rehe, reselling cattle and sheep in exchange for more ordnance at a cheaper price.
In addition, the Maoming'an Ministry is accustomed to being strong and often deliberately lowers the price when changing hands in Outer Mongolia, causing serious damage to the interests of the Darkhan Ministry.
The contradiction between the two is increasing day by day.
Of course, the two departments are very smart. According to Lao Suntou, when he was the director of the field, the two departments directly exchanged horses for ordnance, and got more ordnance in exchange.
There is also an urgent need for war horses over there, but these two are extremely cautious.
Even before Zhao Ming took office, they were still mainly trading war horses. It is estimated that with Zhao Ming taking office, they recently switched to bartering with cattle and sheep.
Of course, the situation in the Dalhan tribe is a bit worse. Even if the previous farm director is in office, they still mainly trade cattle and sheep.
He suffered a lot more than Maoming Anbe in the transaction.
Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do, because the old guy Beishan is the last director.
As for the Nabayan tribe, it belongs to the right wing and is also a weirdo among the right wing and even the left wing.
Because they really abide by the rules and turn in the full amount of cattle, sheep and horses as usual every year, and they have never sold war horses privately.
They only rely on the tribe's excess cattle and sheep to go to nearby towns to exchange for winter rations and daily necessities.
As for the extra horses, they would rather keep them for themselves and eat them as meat than sell them privately.
But people's lives are not tight, and the tribe's life is comfortable, but they are not rich either. They just guard their own one-third of an acre of land.
It can be said that most of the amount paid by Chahar in recent years has been supported by the Bayan Department.
You can call them honest or well-behaved people, you can call them stupid and they are smart, you can call them smart.
In short, it is a unique existence among all tribes.
Soon, the group arrived near the Maoming Anbu camp. Seeing Zhao Ming and his group coming in, the herdsmen here were obviously not surprised.
But when Wang Beibei came out and saw Zhao Ming there, he was stunned.
The old man Beishan, who walked out of the tent shortly after, narrowed his eyes slightly and immediately showed his brightest smile.
"Haha! Chief Zhao, I miss you so much after not seeing him for a long time! I heard that Chief Zhao was injured, so I brought something to express my condolences, but it's a pity that I didn't get to see him in return."
The old man Beishan stepped forward with a smile, and Zhao Ming also smiled, got off his horse and gave him a hug.
The old man didn't deliberately bump into Zhao Ming to test anything.
However, Beishan, who followed him and hugged him, hit him hard, causing Zhao Ming's wound to crack, and he could feel the blood drops in his clothes sliding down his body.
This shows that depending on the level of IQ, smart people do not need such testing.
Beishan calmly glanced at Wang Beibei, the best eagle shooter in the tribal grassland, and then looked at Zhao Ming with a smile, "Sir Zhao, you must stay in our Maoming'an tribe for a while when you come here this time.
You are a Shangguan, and you did not stay at our office that day. If the superiors inquire about this, it will be difficult for me to explain it here! ~”
"Ha ha!"
Zhao Ming suddenly burst out laughing, which made the old man Beishan a little stunned.
"Since it's hard to explain, then don't do it. Anyway, I have the final say here."
"Um...this..."
Beishan was stunned for a moment. Chief Zhao was really telling the truth.
"After all, it's not easy for your Maoming security department. I still have so many people. Isn't it a big sin to delay your mission this year?"
Zhao Ming's words left Beishan unable to refute.
"Haha! Then what's the reason why Chief Zhao came here this time?"
Beishan was confused by this sudden move and had to quickly change the subject.
"Oh, it's still the old rule, buy some cattle and sheep, even better if you have a horse. But it must be a good horse.
You also know that I was attacked before. The horses brought from Guanzhong are really useless. I want to replace them with a group of good horses. It would be easier to kill some Xiaoxiao like this, right? "
Zhao Ming's words made Beishan stunned again.
Damn it, you just said you were afraid of delaying the turn-in task, isn't it the same with purchasing cattle, sheep and horses?
"Don't worry, Sir Zhao. Since you are here in person, our Maoming Security Department will definitely select the best horses for you!"
Since he was here for business, Beishan also breathed a sigh of relief.
But before he could speak clearly, Zhao Ming had already spoken the next sentence.
"What? If I don't come over, will you give me inferior goods to my brothers?"
