stubborn thief

Chapter 530
Chu Huer of the Junggar tribe is an unruly person.

He secretly carried a white camel and eight strong white horses in the goods transported from Oirat to Jurwan.

Du Erboda has never seen Chu Huer so obedient in his life, carrying the most precious tribute from Tianshan North Road all the way to Qinghai, and stationed at the Qinghai Lake, when the Marshal's Mansion summoned him, he led Jiubai respectfully and came here see you.

Chu Huer has a request from Liu Chengzong, and he has a very special position in the fourth part of Oirat.

On the one hand, as a loser in the war, his grazing land was driven to the outskirts of Oirat, closer to the Russian stronghold than to Junggar’s temple in Ili, and the situation was very critical.

On the other hand, although the war ended in the fact that the Torghut troops who supported him were beaten and forced to move westward, his purpose of initiating the war was fully achieved and he succeeded in inheriting the tribe and property of his brother Qingtaiji , and annexed the inheritance of another brother Bai Batu during the war, and integrated one-third of the power of the Junggar tribe. He is a rare and powerful feudal lord in the Four Oirats.

But Chu Huer has a very weak point. The tribes and land he has mastered have not been recognized by other Oirat leaders.

Under such circumstances, his elder brother Batuer Huntaiji was supported by Liu Chengzong and was intensively preparing for the war in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains. Chu Huer must win the opportunity to come to Qinghai, only for three things.

First, he hopes that Liu Chengzong can also grant him a decent title to ensure his status in Oirat.

Second, he wants to know whether the Marshal's Mansion's land policy towards the west of the Tianshan Mountains is really like the legend, and whoever takes it down will get it.

As for the third, he also wants weapons, firearms and armor, the more the better.

The nomadic warriors of the Mongolian tribes found it difficult to use firearms, and the internal resistance was too great. It was not something that a wise leader could easily change. It was the same reason why it was difficult for Liu Chengzong to use firearms when he was in the Lion Camp.

The processing of firearms is complicated, and there is no fixed settlement. Even if there are some craftsmen on hand, they can only repair the existing firearms in a short period of time, and cannot carry out large-scale production. At the same time, gunpowder and projectiles also affect the acquisition and processing of mineral resources. Ability puts forward higher requirements. The most important thing is that a large number of soldiers who have used bows and arrows for half their lives make it difficult for them to change their main weapons in a short period of time.

The Junggar tribe is the most special in the Mongolian world. External pressure forced them to eliminate internal resistance and maintain a huge desire for firearms.

For no other reason, in all directions, the Russians, Kazakhs, Yarkand, and the Marshal's Mansion are all using muskets, and in the past, these muskets have caused them great losses time and time again-the ancient tradition has been Crashed, there was no way to hold on any longer.

But for Liu Chengzong, Chu Huer's appearance made him very fond of him.

The soldiers of the Ming army have a fixed image. The uniforms are still red, and the soldiers have beards. Every station in the army formation is a sea of ​​red. Chu Huer also has a vigorous beard, which is very similar to his soldiers.

But even so, due to Liu Chengzong's nature, he doesn't care about Chu Huer's obedience at all, because these things may be true or false, and even if they are true now, they may be true in a year or so. is fake.

The attitude of others towards him will never depend on others, but on his own strength and the benefits he can bring to others.

In the Yamen of the Marshal's Mansion in Xincheng, Liu Chengzong cordially invited Chu Huer to sit in the second seat. Although Chu Huer could not speak Han Chinese, with Dalai as a translator, the communication between the two was not difficult.

Liu Chengzong asked people to pull out the map, and simply drew a simple and rough line along Balkhash Lake in the northwest direction, and raised his hand to the west: "To the west of this line, if it is included in the territory, there will be a propaganda department. In addition to regular tribute, The full power of local affairs is handed over to the Xuanwei envoy, and the native officials are allowed to inherit from generation to generation, and they will always be in town."

"Only." When Liu Chengzong said this, he took a serious look at Chu Huer: "The books are the same, the cars are on the same track, and the Liutong style is the same, and the nine states are consistent."

Dalai Taiji blinked. Although he always thought that his Sinology level was quite high, it was an easy challenge to translate this sentence.

He looked at Chu Huer who was waiting for the translation, paused for a long time, and racked his brains before he said: "The east, west, north, south, between the sky and the underground, from the coast of Shandong to the Irtysh River, all use the same words and language." , everyone is under the rule of Dunta Wulu Sidaiqing Khitan Khan, and the same rules are used to restrain the people."

Chu Huer didn't refute, but he didn't respond immediately either. He just looked straight at Liu Chengzong with eyes that didn't look very smart, doubts occupied his brain—the young Han Han in front of him seemed to be really Believe what he said.

Chu Hu'er can assure you that this Han Khan doesn't even know that even in the tribe he governs, there are at least seven languages ​​of all the barbarians. If you count the uncommon words from various sources, there are hundreds of languages. Words are not exaggerated.

To put it simply, the Siberian Khanate, which was wiped out by the Russians in the west, fled to the land controlled by the Junggar Ministry 30 years ago after the death of their leader Kuchu Khan.

Now that Chu Huer brought these furs that Oirat handed over to Liu Chengzong, some of them were fur taxes handed over to the Junggar Ministry by the survivors of the Siberian Khanate.

Chu Huer understands that using the same language and the same laws will make the Khanate stronger. In fact, his elder brother Batur Huntaiji, his father Halahula, and even any ruler on the grassland have Such thoughts.

It's one thing to have the right idea, but being right has nothing to do with success.

There is no necessary relationship between promise and fulfillment.

So after a short hesitation, Chu Huer slapped his chest loudly, and agreed without hesitation.

His purpose is to get some weapons from the Marshal's Mansion to support his next war. It has nothing to do with Liu Chengzong's plan to build a powerful empire on this vast land. Since it has nothing to do with the latter, why is he arguing about it? Can the child succeed?

As long as the Khan provides weapons and equipment, and you say that the sky is dark in broad daylight, then it is black!

For Liu Chengzong, all the efforts made by the Tianshan Mountains are just to make the future generations stable. After all, if you want to strengthen Guanzhong, you must first strengthen Qinlong. Denounce the Western Regions—all fears stem from the lack of strategic depth.

"I know what you want; I can feel your heart when you come to be loyal; I can give you what you want, but I can't give it like this."

Liu Chengzong smiled at Chuhuer, and asked Dalai Taiji to draw Chuhuer's territory on the map. The pasture land in winter and summer is very large, but it is not a good place. It is almost the sphere of influence of the Junggar tribe and the Russians. borders.

He said: "The general situation of the world is changing. You have an enterprising mind. In the future, the land you conquer will be much larger than it is now. I will support you. I will give you the post of general in the Chuhuer camp and fight with my brother Liu Chengzu." , Tianshan Yamen will record your credit for you, report to the Marshal's Mansion, and I will confer you a title."

Liu Chengzong wished that Tianshan would become an earl all over the place. The gold content of the title lies in whether I have you or not. If everyone is an earl, then the earl is nothing.

But everything must be first come first, first come first, Oirat nobleman's title in the Marshal's Mansion, one counts as one, and they are all the result of being beaten. When others came to Qinghai to be beaten, Chu Huer didn't come. After the beating, Chu Hu If you come here, it is impossible for Liu Chengzong to seal it off.

What's more, Chu Huer, Liu Chengzong will not be able to confer the title for a while. The title of the Marshal's Mansion itself is linked to the Mongolian title when making rules in order to appease the Golden Family and the Mongolian leader. But he had fought with his father, and lost the title that should have been given to him.

Now he is an ordinary nobleman, of course Liu Chengzong can be named, but it is not necessary.

However, if Chu Huer can snatch a piece of land from the Kazakh Khanate or the Russians in the future, the rules of the Marshal's Mansion are set in this way, and no one will say anything about conferring a title at that time.

Fortunately, Chu Huer knew what a general was. Oirat's Taiji was a fake one, and Chahar's Taiji was a real one. He knew that Chahar's Jitutaiji was a general under Liu Chengzong before.

Although this official position cannot be said to satisfy him completely, he is very satisfied with Liu Chengzu, the chief officer Liu Chengzong found for him.

With Liu Chengzu here, no nobles in Oirat will have any dissatisfaction with his territory when he goes back this time. He readily agreed and happily accepted the establishment of the 3000-strong middle battalion. Then he rushed to Dalaitai Ji said: "Quickly ask Da Khan, what about weapons, I am a general, can I also do business with the Marshal's Mansion?"

This time he was disappointed.

With a reasonable smile on his face, Liu Chengzong shook his head and said: "Weapons trade is a trade between the Marshal's Mansion and Quanweilat. You are a member of Weilat, so of course you are included in it. You can't come here alone to trade. You need weapons. Talk to your brother."

Chu Huer is a person who is not afraid of anything, and the one who is most afraid and convinced is his tiger-like brother Batur Huntaiji, who wilts when he hears this name.

Seeing his expression, Liu Chengzong shook his head and said with a smile: "But now that you are my general and you have paid me nine white cattle, I will always give you a gift... a hundred muskets."

In fact, Liu Chengzong originally wanted to provide him with a batch of armor, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say anything. It was not because the armor was expensive, but because Chu Huer's territory was in the north, and other armors were not suitable in terms of performance. The most suitable is cotton armor.

Pure cotton armor.

As for pure cotton armor, the Marshal’s Mansion has actually just been able to produce it itself-because the Marshal’s Mansion had a survival crisis in the past few years, and because the land policy attached great importance to food, Hehuang seldom grows cotton. Only with a piece of normal farming land can there be a large amount of raw materials that can be used to make pure cotton armor.

Now the Marshal's Mansion doesn't have a lot of pure cotton armor. If he sends some chain mail or something, it doesn't make much sense. They can make it themselves.

……

After entertaining Chu Hu'er, before Liu Chengzong could spare his hand, Chengyun had already approached him.

"Brother, something big happened this time."

The carrier came forward holding the receipt of the Marshal's Mansion, and said: "It may be that Wei Lai is in a hurry to collect furs. The 25 pieces of hides are all raw hides. If they ship it again next year, it will cost all the craftsmen of the Baigong Bureau. I'm exhausted, and I can't handle it—Hehuang has to build a road."

After Liu Chengzong asked, he found out that with the arrival of a caravan transporting a huge amount of leather goods from Oirat, the new city of Juerwan ushered in an unprecedented trade boom.

From Haibei County to Juerwan, the carrier recruited [-] Lele vehicles from Xincheng to receive the goods. As a result, only [-] sheepskins were transported back and forth three times. The carrier in charge of receiving the goods complained more than once about the treatment of the Oirat The frizz of the goods.

As the cargo with the lowest unit price from Oirat, Batuer Huntaiji didn't even prepare a special vehicle for the sheepskin, but simply put it on the back of the horse or stuffed it in the corner of the vehicle for transporting other goods, and transported it all the way from the Tianshan Mountains. coming.

These untreated raw hides were shipped over, all hardened and hardened, and urgently needed to be pickled, otherwise the high-quality hides would be easily rotted and damaged.

The technology of fur processing is a piece of cake for the craftsmen of Baigong Bureau. The problem is that the Baigong Bureau of the Marshal's Mansion in Juerwan is a department that gathers high-end craftsmen from all walks of life. Even if they make leather goods, they form an assembly line. The processed hides are processed for finishing, and they do not have the ability to process raw hides in large quantities.

In the past, Xining Prefecture also sent raw hides directly to Baigong Bureau, but even if the cobblers in Xining Prefecture did not rest all year round, they could only process about 15 sheepskin and cowhide at most.

This is almost the output of Xining Prefecture's own leather industry, which suddenly increased the burden of 25 pieces of leather, and a large part of mink fur, which is more expensive, was calculated and placed in Xincheng. All these fine leathers are going to be ruined.

Liu Chengzong asked: "You mean to transport it to Lanzhou?"

Chengyun nodded and said: "Yes, and Hehuang has to repair the road. He has fought in the army before, and the road is full of potholes. The cart fell apart after running back and forth a few times. The defender Latt transports leather every year. The repair of this road is not bad. And there is another thing, we are running out of cars."

"impossible."

Liu Chengzong stared and said: "I have seized so many cars, why are they all used up?"

"Brother, a lot was seized, but also a lot was used. Brother went north and pulled so many carts. When you went to Gansu to fight a battle, the baggage carts went with the army. Now they are all in Lanzhou, Xincheng There are only four hundred Lele cars left."

"The books are on the same track as the carriages, how long is Hehuang? I think it's three hundred miles."

Liu Chengzong thought to himself that Hehuang is now the largest grain-producing land controlled by the Marshal's Mansion. Only Zhangye and Jin counties can be compared with Hehuang's arable land area. It is the front line. In the future, Hehuang will inevitably transport grain eastward year after year.

What's more, Hehuang also has the largest iron mine and arsenal in the Marshal's Mansion. It is definitely not a loss to build roads here. If a road can be quickly transported, it will be of great benefit to future wars.

Liu Chengzong thought, and clapped his hands: "Anyway, we need to repair the road. We will build a track in Hehuang, from west to east, from east to west, north and south, and let the carriages run on the track until we reach the mouth of the Lanzhou River."

　good afternoon!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)