According to Li Zixin's request, the Bailixia caravan left most of the escorting cavalry to rest outside the city, and only brought a hundred escorts into the city to trade with the caravan. However, the main destination of Cao Gan's trip was not Dabansheng City, so naturally he would not bring the entire caravan in. In fact, he only brought one-third of the goods into the city.
After entering the city, Li Zixin didn't seem to have much interest in them. She only left twenty people to follow them to prevent these people from being aggressive and causing trouble, and then she returned to her residence.
Cao Gan followed Li Zixin's instructions and first sent people to contact Dacheng Taiji, who was hosting a banquet for distinguished guests in the city, that is, Han Naji, and paid his respects first according to Central Plains etiquette. The reason why he followed the etiquette of the Central Plains was because Han Naji had always been familiar with it and liked some of the etiquette of the Central Plains, so Cao Gan was in his favor at this time.
While sending someone to contact Han Naji, Cao Gan, as the current big shopkeeper in charge of Monan trade under Gao Jingshi, naturally wanted to go to Yahang to do business, so he went to Yahang with Gao Mo - Gao Jue He stayed outside the city to lead the troops.
As he walked, Cao Gan explained to Gao Mo: "This person just now is Li Zixin, the second most powerful person after Zhao Quan among the White Lotus remnants who defected to Monan. This person was originally among the White Lotus sect who fled north. He can only be ranked in the top five, but he has studied for a few years in his early years and is more capable than others. Over the years, his strength has increased a lot... In this big city, except for Zhao Quan, he is the best Stronger."
Gao Mo asked: "How powerful are these White Lotus remnants in Dabansheng City? Does Shopkeeper Cao know?"
Cao Gan replied: "As far as I know, Zhao Quan has 30,000 people, 50,000 horses, 30,000 oxen, and more than 20,000 grains. Li Zixin has 6,000 people, and Zhou Yuan has 3,000 people. Horses, oxen, and sheep are equal to each other. Next, the other leaders each have a thousand people."
Gao Mo nodded and said: "It seems that the White Lotus leader Zhao Quan is indeed the strongest, overwhelming all the leaders under his command." Then he paused and said: "This Li Zixin is not bad, although he is worse than the leader Zhao Quan He has a lot of tricks, but he is much stronger than the other leaders. He seemed to be a little hostile to you just now. Is there any dispute between you?"
"It's a bit of a roundabout way of celebrating the festival..." Cao Gan said: "Gao Tuanzuo, you know that when I took over Bailixia, I actually entered it by fighting. The original thieves in Bailixia were brought by me from Bazhou. It caught fire and lost most of it. This is where Li Zixin and I spend our holidays..."
He sighed and said: "The boss of the old Bailixia was an old friend of Li Zixin. Li Zixin had already defected to Mongolia at that time, but he still had a network of connections in the pass, and Bailixia was one of them. At that time The imperial court has been on guard against An Da. Troops gathered near Xuanfu, Datong and even Shuntian. Bailixia did not dare to go out and cause trouble casually, so it was difficult to make a living. Li Zixin had already made an agreement with the head of Bailixia and planned to make an appointment at that time. After picking up the Bailixia thieves and returning to the Ming Dynasty, they also came to Anda to seek refuge. Who knew, but before they could take action, I would take over Bailixia's lair first... so there was such a festival."
"It turns out that there are still such old grudges. No wonder this guy talks half-heartedly, which makes people unhappy." Gao Mo said, frowned again and asked, "Isn't he supposed to have any ideas for you?" Right? This place is his territory after all..."
After hearing this, Cao Gan sneered, showing off his majesty as the head of Bailixia, and said proudly: "I gave him ten courages, but he didn't dare to touch me even if I didn't say anything - —Gao Tuanzuo, you will know if you come here a few more times in the future, no one in Mongolia dares not to sell Anda’s face. If there is anyone who dares to show off with Anda, then only Woerdusi - they are nominally the An Da’s subordinates, but in fact, An Da is right and they can only win over them.”
Gao Mo was surprised and said: "Wo'er Dusi is so powerful? Even a grassland hero like me can only restrain them?"
"This... how to put it... Wo'erdusi is indeed not weak, but I have to say that the Tumokawa tribe I answered can only restrain them simply because they are strong, but it is not necessarily the case." Cao Gan explained: "Gao Gan Do you know the origin and role of this Woerdusi?"
Gao Mo shook his head: "If you ask me about Japanese pirates, I still know a little bit about them, but outside of this... I know very little about them. I have to ask Shopkeeper Cao for advice."
"Don't dare." Cao Gan saw that he didn't seem to be polite, so he explained briefly and said: "Woerdusi was formerly called the 'Aimak' tribe. It was originally from the Ten Thousand and Thousand Households during the Great Mongolian Kingdom. That is to say, the Wo'erdu Guard Force composed of the most loyal personnel to Genghis Khan selected by the heads of each ten thousand and one thousand households. This elite guard served for Genghis Khan's four major Wo'erdus, and some of them served for Genghis Khan's mother. O'elun and Genghis Khan's brothers and sons, Wo'er, all served. For hundreds of years, the descendants of this guard have inherited the profession of their ancestors from generation to generation, and have been gathering around the god enshrined by Genghis Khan, forming a formation to protect many palaces. This newly formed tribe later changed its name to the 'Woerdusi' tribe. We in the Ming Dynasty also sometimes called them 'O'er', 'O'Liduo', 'Oluduo' and so on."
Gao Mo suddenly realized it and said, "If you put it this way, I will understand. Is this like our Xiaoling Guard?"
The Xiaoling Guards are a group of guards who have been stationed near Zhu Yuanzhang's Xiaoling Mausoleum for two hundred years to guard Zhu Yuanzhang's body. The metaphor of Gao Mo is quite appropriate in nature.
Cao Gan laughed: "Almost, but our Xiaoling Guards... I'm afraid they can't fight anymore, but Wo'er Dusi is different. Their strength is still relatively strong. Even if I want to capture them now, It’s probably hard to have such a good mouth, it’s like two tigers fighting, even if they can win, I’m afraid I’ll be seriously injured.”
While the two were talking, they had arrived at the market area of Dabansheng City. Cao Gan directed his men to find Yalang to discuss business, but he did not interfere - his subordinates had already negotiated with various Mongolian ministries and Dabanshengcheng. The dentists are familiar with him and don't need him to personally intervene in too many things.
At this time, Cao Gan had discovered that Gao Mo and Gao Jue didn't know enough about Mongolia, and was planning to take advantage of this free time to give Gao Mo some extra lessons. Unexpectedly, before he could say a few words, he was sent to surrender Han Naji. The subordinates who paid homage have returned and reported that Dacheng Taiji was very happy when he heard that the Bailixia caravan had arrived and asked to see him, and asked Cao Gan to bring "the best goods" to see him immediately.
Cao Gan had no choice but to pause the "Tumote Current Situation Analysis Class" and said to Gao Mo: "Gao Tuanzuo, since the eldest master has given the order, let us get closer to this Dacheng Taiji. I think you also Come with me, I will pretend to be my deputy later, what do you think?"
"That's how it should be. Please ask Shopkeeper Cao to lead the way." Gao Mo replied with a smile.
