At this time, Beishan's brows were furrowed, and Wang Beibei beside him was clenching his fists.
Seeing this, Beishan quickly winked at the other party calmly.
Just when Beishan was about to explain directly to Zhao Ming with a smile, Zhao Ming took the lead and patted him on the shoulder with a smile.
"Haha! The owner of Beishan Manor is just kidding. They are all his brothers. I can still trust them."
"Uh...haha! Yes, yes! Sir Zhao, you really like to joke."
Beishan also quickly forced out a smile, and the tense atmosphere disappeared in a blink of an eye.
The two of them walked forward and chatted about unimportant questions. The brothers and clansmen on both sides were surrounding each other, as if a big leader had come down to inspect.
"Oh, by the way, Commander Zhao, the weather is getting cold now. How about we go into the camp to eat something to warm ourselves up, and leave the horse selection to the people below?"
Beishan suggested with a smile, as if he was seriously thinking about Zhao Ming, the chief officer.
Hearing this, Zhao Ming glanced at the few herdsmen beside him who were staring at him with slightly nervous expressions, and nodded with a smile, "Okay! I just don't know what good things the owner of Beishan Villa has prepared for me."
"Haha! Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, I brought a stove specially. I heard that many people in the Central Plains like to eat beef and mutton.
Sir, you are from the Central Plains, but I don’t know if it suits your taste? "
"Oh! There is such a good thing!"
The old man and the young man entered the camp hand in hand with a smile.
During the dinner, there was almost no discussion of anything substantive. Zhao Ming was lamenting the beautiful scenery and food on the grassland, and occasionally mentioned the difference between this place and the Central Plains.
This old man from Beishan is also a good person. He has never been out of the grassland in his life, but he is quite good at dancing. When Zhao Ming has nothing to talk about, he can always bring up a new topic.
With their warm gestures, those who didn't know it thought they were old friends they hadn't seen for many years.
It was just that they had eaten and drank, and chatted for a full two hours. When the two of them walked out, they seemed to have talked a lot, but seemed to have talked about nothing at all.
"What did you see?"
"Um...Master Zhao, we didn't see anything."
On the way back, the monkey scratched his head in shame.
"It's okay. I'd be damned if I could tell you something."
Zhao Ming shook his head, not surprised by this.
"Then Mr. Zhao, wouldn't our trip be in vain?" Monkey was a little frustrated.
"Who said that? Didn't we bring back a lot of good horses, cattle and sheep? And the seeds have already been planted."
Zhao Ming's words made the monkey confused.
"Seeds? What seeds?"
"Haha, you don't have to think too much. You can take people to buy some cattle and sheep tomorrow."
"Still going? But we have enough for now. This..." Monkey was a little confused.
Winter is coming soon. If you buy so many cattle and sheep and don’t eat them, they will just be left to lose weight.
Zhao Ming shook his head and ordered again, "Don't worry, just keep buying. Remember to ask for more tomorrow.
Today I bought thirty cattle and sheep and one hundred horses. I will buy two hundred cattle and sheep tomorrow. "
"Do we have enough money now?" Monkey didn't understand.
Buying so much, grazing is also a problem. Money is even more of a problem.
These cattle and sheep are not cheap. Although it is cheaper to buy them on the grassland, a cow also costs three oceans and a sheep two oceans.
At first glance, it seems quite cheap, at least much cheaper than in southern cities or coastal areas.
But they had already bought more than 300 cattle and sheep, not to mention horses. Adding the 100 horses this time, it was just over 200 horses, completing the task of replacing horses for all the brothers.
But horses are so valuable, eight dollars! This is still in the grassland. In other places, if it costs less than ten oceans, it may not necessarily be a good horse.
And one small yellow croaker can be exchanged for forty ocean coins.
Zhao Ming brought a total of one hundred small yellow croakers this time, which converted into a total of four thousand oceans.
Including the food and drink expenses spent on the trip here, Zhao Ming has now spent nearly three thousand oceans.
Of course, Monkey doesn't know how much money he has now, but Zhao Ming knows it very well.
I was a little worried, but for the sake of the plan, I had to do it.
"Don't worry about money. You can continue to buy it for me the day after tomorrow. But you can bring some carts from Pingqiantun the day after tomorrow. You can buy excrement the day after tomorrow. It's calculated as five oceans per ton.
But when you drag it back, cover it with a cloth. "
These instructions from Zhao Ming were very confusing to the monkey, but since it was Master Zhao's instructions, he could only remember and follow them.
Zhao Ming was also very worried about money.
But it's not that worrying. He plans to send a brother to Zhangjiakou to borrow the telegram there to send a telegram to Xi'an Prefecture.
Fengjiazhuang also has some properties in Xi'an Prefecture (mentioned above).
Before leaving, Zhao Ming also asked Feng Yunyun to ask the shop assistant there to pay attention to the telegraph office every day.
These days, it’s not that telegraphs can only be used for military purposes. They have become popular in commerce.
It is equivalent to sending a letter to the post office, but this thing is much faster than sending a letter, but it charges per word and is extremely expensive.
Calculating the price based on distance and number of words, generally speaking, the cost of sending a report from Zhangjiakou to Xi'an is enough for an ordinary person to eat twenty or thirty kilograms of pork.
Secondly, civilian telegrams are all clear code, while military telegrams are coded, which can be regarded as a distinction.
When I returned to the camp, before I could take a breath, I saw a group of people riding fast in the distance. Many brothers in the camp became vigilant.
Having experienced being attacked, the brothers were all a little sensitive and would immediately enter a state of combat readiness at the slightest sign of trouble.
However, as the other party approached, everyone felt relieved.
The leader was none other than the guide Batu who had been away for many days.
"Haha! My friend Batu sees you again!"
Batu first dismounted and hugged Zhao Ming, but the smell of wine and sweat on the other person's body was really pungent, and Zhao Ming couldn't help but frown.
"Brother Batu, have you got the stuff?"
Zhao Ming was quite worried about Batu because he paid the full price.
The main reason was that Batu didn't do anything because he had no money, so he wanted to pay half of it.
But at this time, Zhao Ming was relieved when he saw twenty or thirty prairie men behind him, as well as several carts pulled by horses and covered with cloth.
There were many robbers on the grassland. These twenty or thirty people were all fully armed and carried long guns on their backs. Even so, these people looked nervous. It seemed that this journey was not a wonderful one.
"I brought the things, and of course I also brought a friend. He would like to meet you who is so generous."
As he spoke, Batu moved aside, revealing a man behind him who was a head taller than him.
"This is Brother Guo Degang! He is a big businessman who is often active on the grassland. He would like to get to know you!"
