Jia Cong, Wang Shun, and Xu Hua made detailed plans for the subsequent development.
Wang Shun was responsible for recruiting cavalry and training cavalry combat effectiveness.
Zhang Hu led a group of personal guards to stay as Wang Shun's deputy. That group of cavalry served as the backbone and served as the small leader of the cavalry.
Xu Hua continued to be responsible for managing the camp and the logistics of the cavalry.
Jia Cong is responsible for providing money, food and materials to ensure the normal consumption of the cavalry in the camp.
In addition, the caravan will also go directly to the camp, and Xu Hua will be responsible for leading them to various parts of the grassland to conduct sales and transactions.
Through detailed discussions with the two, Jia Cong gained a more detailed understanding of the surrounding situation.
After Mongolia was driven out of the Central Plains, three major regions gradually formed, namely Moxi Erut Mongolia, Mobei Khalkha Mongolia, and Monan Mongolia.
Monan Mongolia also has the Ordos, Guihuacheng Tumut, Kalaqin, Chahar, Neikarkha, and Horqin tribes. Among them, the three major tribes of Chahar, Neikarkha, and Horqin are relatively active.
The Inner Khalkha tribe is relatively powerful and its geographical location is also very special.
To the west is Chahar Mongolia, to the north is Horqin Mongolia, to the east is Haixi Tuman, to the south is Da Chu Guangning, and the Jianzhou Tuman Lao Nu Tribe, and is located between Da Chu, Chahar and Barbarian Lao Nu. .
The current Inner Khalkha tribe has been split into five tribes.
They are the Zarut Tribe, the Bahrain Tribe, the Ongirat Tribe, the Bayot Tribe, and the Uqiyat Tribe.
The entire northeastern Liaoning Province is the territory of the Mongols.
In the eastern part of Liaodong is the Jianzhou Tuman Lao slave tribe, which has established its own political power and occupied Fushun, Tieling, Kaiyuan and other places in the past few years.
Just last year, they defeated the Ula tribe in the north and drove the Yehe tribe to the north, thus unifying the entire barbarian tribe.
Since this year, the friction with the various Mongolian tribes has become more and more serious, and there have been frequent tests of Dachu, and there is a strong momentum of westward expansion.
Jia Cong knew in his heart that as Lao Nu unified the barbarians, a war would ensue.
The friction in Shenyang is expected to gradually increase and even lead to a war. The soldiers of Chu are not much stronger than those of the previous Ming Dynasty. If there is a war, it is hard to say what the outcome will be.
For the time being, I don’t care about that much. It would be better if there is a war. I am here for military glory. Only when there is a war can I have military glory.
The top priority is to lay down a foundation on this border and use this period of chaos to develop quickly to prepare for emergencies.
When Jia Cong returned to Heishan Village, Wangcai had also completed all the property title deed procedures.
With Xiuyiwei Qianhu's waist card, everything becomes easier.
After Wangcai was sent away, Zhang Dakui came over.
"Third Master, there are a lot of people who have signed up for the personal guard this time. There are nearly 300 people who have passed the test. These people are unwilling to quit. What do you think we should do?"
Having more soldiers is actually a good thing, but I don't have a military position yet, so I can't have too many people around me.
This embroidered clothing guard Qianhu is just a false position, but it cannot be taken seriously.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Master Zhang, we only recruit 110 people for the Guards. Priority will be given to those who can ride a horse. We will only need 200 people. We don't want any more."
However, the hunters and people with better archery skills can be selected to form a special Black Mountain hunting team to mainly go out for hunting. There should be no problem with this, right?
The remaining people should be formed into a militia first. The Black Mountain Militia Guard can be added to other teams at any time after passing the training. "
Zhang Dakui smiled and said: "Third Master, this is a good idea. It means we have two more teams. The hunting team mainly practices archery. Not only do we have a long-range attack team, but we can also eat game every day. It is like killing two birds with one stone."
Third Master, after these people are trained, I suggest sending more people into Wang Shun's team. I still don't feel reassured about those horse bandits. It is safer to have our people involved. "
Jia Cong said: "I have left Zhang Hu there, and a team of cavalry. Wang Shun knows how powerful we are, so he should not dare to rebel. If he really dares to rebel, he will just destroy them."
The two came to the square together and divided the recruits who had passed the test into three parts.
There were more than seventy hunters and archers who were good at hunting. Li Orion also participated, and Jia Cong directly appointed him as the leader of the hunting team.
Assist Zhang Dakui in archery training and go out for actual hunting.
A militia captain was temporarily appointed, and the militiamen would not be appointed until all the militiamen were trained and qualified.
Jia Cong rested in Heishan Village for three days, settling all matters in Zhuangzi, and left Manager Zhang to take care of things in Zhuangzi temporarily.
After thinking for a while, he wrote a letter to Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng.
Wu Jinxian was afraid that he would investigate him, so he and Wu Jinxiao bribed the horse bandits to intercept and kill him, as well as how he killed the Wu family and ransacked their homes.
Attached to the letter was a list of house raids, in which Wu Jinxian’s proceeds from the house raids were recorded.
These things are at my disposal for the time being, and I will sort them out with him when I go back.
At the same time, he asked him to send another steward over to manage Zhuangzi here.
She also wrote a letter to Ping'er, telling him that she was now in Heishan Village, and asked her to send a steward over to manage the fields in Heishan Village.
Manager Zhang is good at doing business, so it would be a pity to stay here.
After hesitating for a moment, he picked up a pen and wrote a letter to Lin Daiyu.
He told him that he was already at Zhuangzi in Montenegro, and he slightly processed and wrote down his experience of hunting pheasants, roe deer, wild boars, and black bears in Montenegro.
Finally, he told her that he would miss her, asked her not to forget him, and said hello to a few sisters.
After everything was settled, Zhang Dakui was left to train the new soldiers, and a hundred sets of swords and armor were left in Heishan Village.
He took Qingwen and others, as well as ninety personal guards, to protect the caravan and set out on the road again.
The original plan was to let Han Nianci and her medical team stay.
But Han Nianci firmly disagreed, saying that it would not hinder everyone, and you could go into battle with a knife at critical moments. If someone was injured, you could treat him at any time.
After thinking about it, I agreed.
These people have all taken Dali Pills. In terms of strength, they are no worse than men. They have also trained for a period of time, and they have no problem protecting themselves.
Besides, he was also carrying a hand mine, so he didn't have to be afraid even if he faced some minor troubles.
Two hours later, the convoy entered Wang Shun's camp.
After resting here for a day, the team set off again the next morning.
Wang Shun and Xu Hua led one hundred cavalry to accompany them, leaving one hundred men behind to guard the camp.
After walking through the northern passage for more than two hours, we entered the grassland area.
The faint fragrance of grass blows towards your face, refreshing you.
Seen from a distance, the vast prairie is like a giant green carpet woven by heaven, stretching as far as the eye can see and connected to the horizon.
Xu Hua urged his horse to come to Dao Jia Cong, pointed to the front and said: "Third Master, if we go a few dozen miles further, we will reach the Mongolian sphere of influence. There are some small tribes and even some medium-sized tribes there.
Let's go to these medium-sized tribes first, and then to the large tribes. The goods you brought this time are all high-end goods, which small tribes cannot afford. It is best to trade with those super tribes. "
Jia Cong nodded and said: "Well, this trip is up to you. You just have to arrange it. For this goods, we will give priority to exchange for war horses. I still need more than a hundred war horses over there. What you need here More."
Wang Shun smiled and said: "Third Master, people like war horses are not willing to trade. It doesn't matter to the tribes below. The key is that the superiors do not allow it. Mongolian war horses, like Da Chu's iron, are controlled items and are not allowed to be sold to the outside world." Smuggled.
The amount allowed to be smuggled is limited every year. If we want, we can only secretly trade with these small tribes, or else directly rob them. With our strength, it is easy to rob these small tribes.
In addition to the one hundred armored cavalry of Sanye, even those medium-sized tribes can be captured by us in a surprise attack. As long as we capture a medium-sized tribe, we will have no shortage of war horses. "
This guy is worthy of being a horse bandit. He opens his mouth to rob, but this is indeed a good way. He has both a war horse and a trained soldier, which is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.
Now that the caravan has come out, let's try trading first. If they don't give the war horse, then we can only steal it from them.
Don't blame yourself for this, the opportunity has been given to them, who told them not to sell it?
"What you said makes sense. This time we will do business first. If they really don't want to sell it, we will come out and rob them again after the transaction is completed and we go back."
"The Sword Comes"
Xu Hua criticized in his heart, this young master and Wang Shun really hit it off. When it comes to murder and robbery, there is no psychological burden at all. They are really close friends.
"Third Master, if you want to continue to protect this trade route, these tribes cannot move, and the tribes we are familiar with cannot move. They stay and continue doing business. If you really want to rob it, you have to go far away to rob it."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Well, what you said makes sense. If we really want to rob it, we will go far away and rob it. What do you think we recruit troops directly from their tribe? Will anyone participate?"
Wang Shundao: "If we can provide military pay every month, there will definitely be people who are willing. Many tribes are very poor. If they don't have enough livestock, they will starve in winter. If there is a snowstorm, many people will starve to death on the grasslands."
This is true, there are poor people everywhere, and the prairie is no exception.
Slavery is still practiced on the grasslands, and those slaves at the lowest level live in even greater poverty.
"We can try to recruit some and let them bring their own war horses. Then we can just give them horse money. This way it won't be considered buying and selling war horses."
Xu Hua said: "Third Master's method is not bad. You can try it. This way we have both men and horses. It will be safer to let them protect the caravan in the future."
Half an hour later, the caravan entered a medium-sized tribe.
After communicating with the leader of the tribe, he took a look at the goods.
The tribal leader's eyes immediately lit up when he saw the exquisite porcelain, beautiful silk, fine tea, and crystal clear wine.
I heard that this fine wine was a tribute wine that could only be drunk by the emperor of Chu, and I became even more interested.
Jia Cong directly opened a jar and poured him a bowl. After the guy drank, he started to scream.
Xu Hua said: "Third Master, he said this wine is so delicious. He wants more. How can we deal with it?"
Jia Cong said: "This wine is sold for five taels of silver a jar in the capital. It must be at least several times higher to bring it here. I heard that you can buy a horse here for three or four taels of silver, right?" real?"
Xu Hua said: "Third Master, you can buy them for three or four taels of silver, but they are pack horses. The minimum that can be used as a war horse is five taels of silver, and the better ones cost six or seven taels of silver."
"Tell him, this is the wine that emperors drink. It is the best wine in the world. There is nothing better than this. If you exchange it with war horses, you can get a better discount. One jar of wine can be exchanged for five war horses. You can exchange it with other things. No more discounts.”
Xu Hua nodded and chatted with the tribal leader for a long time.
In the end, for the price of one jar of wine for four horses, I got forty horses, which was already pretty good.
The tribal leader used cattle, sheep, sheepskins, cowhide and other items in exchange for some other materials.
Other herdsmen also used cattle and sheep, cowhide and sheepskin, etc., in exchange for some things.
We stopped at this tribe for most of an hour, and then went to the next tribe.
It was almost dark when we arrived at the tribe. After the transaction, we stayed overnight in the tribe.
This time I brought a lot of goods and the quality was relatively high. The purchasing power of these tribes was too low.
Early the next morning, we went directly to the big tribes.
The harvest here is pretty good, and a lot of cattle, sheep, and horses have been replaced. However, there are too many cattle and sheep animals, and it is too inconvenient to carry them.
After some discussion, they also gave Zalim, the leader of the tribe, a lot of things and settled down directly in the tribe.
Zarimu was also very enthusiastic and sent his herdsmen to deliver messages to various surrounding tribes, asking them to come and trade.
All tribes within a radius of two to three hundred miles were notified.
Starting from the second day, people started to bring goods to trade. In the following days, more people came, and the business was very booming.
Some people were not prepared enough and went back to the tribe to bring a batch of things over.
Seeing the harvest in these ten days, Jia Cong was also very happy.
At this time, there was a noise in front, and another tribe came to trade.
A young man in his twenties, leading more than a hundred people and pulling five or six carts, came close.
The young man's eyes suddenly lit up when he looked at these high-grade porcelain, fine silk, tea and other items.
It is really rare to see such good stuff. I must exchange for more this time.
Pointing to the goods on the stall, he said: "These, these, I want them all, and the ones over there."
Looking up, he suddenly saw Qingwen beside Jia Cong, and his eyes suddenly widened.
He walked forward and said with a look of obsession: "What a beautiful little beauty, I want this too. Little beauty, my father is the leader of a big tribe. Go back with me and live a good life."
Hearing this, Qingwen glanced at him with disdain and shouted angrily: "You are blind, you are such a slut, and you dare to provoke my aunt. You are really brave. I will take the place of your father today." Mom, I’ll teach you a lesson.”
Suddenly he took a step forward, raised his leg and kicked the kid out.
Seeing their young master being kicked to the ground, everyone quickly gathered around and helped him up.
"Master, are you okay?"
The young man was helped up, rubbed his chest and said: "It's nothing serious. I didn't expect this little beauty to be quite fierce. But I like it, young master. Go, catch her and bring her back to the tribe. I want to take good care of her." she."
"Don't worry, young master, the boys will go and catch him for you right now."
Dozens of people gathered around Qingwen.
Upon seeing this, Jia Cong's personal guards quickly rushed forward and stopped the other party. The conflict was about to break out.
When the young man saw this, he said nonchalantly: "This is the prairie, this is the territory of our Mongolians. You, a small caravan, dare to be so bold. Hand over your people to me obediently, otherwise no one will be killed." Get out alive.”
Hearing the boy's arrogant words, Qingwen was completely furious.
This bastard still wants to take him back to the tribe, and wants to take good care of himself?
It's like a toad yawning, it's so loud. You don't have to be so anxious if you want to die.
I am the Third Master’s person. If you dare to disrespect yourself, you will be disrespectful to the Third Master. Anyone who dares to be disrespectful to the Third Master will die!
He turned around and said to Jia Cong, "Third Master, I want to kill someone."
