Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 516 Trade and blockade go hand in hand

Hearing this, the envoy smiled slightly and said: "Three thousand stones of food and grass, ten thousand arrows, two thousand long spears, and even five hundred firecrackers—"

"Fireball?"

When the young Prince Abu Nai of Chahar heard this word, he felt someone strangling his throat, and his heart in his chest couldn't stop beating rapidly.

And his big black face suddenly turned red, and his short and thick neck became particularly conspicuous, making people surprised that he still had a neck.

Whether he is young or not, he doesn't even know the emotion and anger of the superior.

The envoy thought contemptuously in his heart.

After all, he was a Han Chinese, so he could not understand the situation of the Mongols at this time.

After the whole of Monan was controlled by the Qing Dynasty, the lives of the Mongolian tribes plummeted. Not to mention the firecrackers, even the iron pots were tightly controlled, for fear that the Mongols would refine the pots and use them as weapons.

And things like tea, wine, silk, etc. are very popular, and the Mongols have almost degenerated to the point of using bone arrows.

"The Ming people are really rich—" Abu Nai, who was only sixteen years old, sighed in his heart, showing greed: "These are too few, not enough to make me turn my back on the Manchus."

"I'm afraid you have misunderstood."

The envoy quickly suppressed a sneering smile, and said with a serious look: "These things need to be exchanged for fur, horses, cattle and sheep. This is a market, not a reward."

Abu Nai's heart was full of anger, these smart people are really cunning, they cut off my Abu (father's) reward, and now they are not only more stingy, but also have to search the finances of my Chahar department.

However, after being a profuse khan for many years, Abu Nai finally calmed down and said, "War horses are rare, and Chahar doesn't have many, but I am willing to give a thousand horses, and the rest will be replaced by gold, silver and jewels."

The words were relatively calm, but his eyes were fixed on the man, eager to get the result.

Obviously, the power of the firecracker made him unable to restrain himself.

But he was right, war horses and horses are two different things, only after selection and training can one out of a hundred horses get a real war horse.

This is the difference between a professional army and a militia.

"No, at least [-] horses. Half of the remaining replacements will be cattle and half will be gold and silver."

The special envoy said confidently that after learning of Abu Nai's lack of confidence, there was no fear on his face.

"Up to two thousand—"

"Three thousand, it's fine if you can't do it, let these things eat ashes in Xuanfu!"

As soon as these words came out, Abu Nai lost his temper in an instant.

He really wanted to get out of Manqing's control.

As the golden family, the traditional Chahar tribe couldn't control it and was forced to submit to the Manchus. Who can bear it.

They are also nomadic, so why are the Manchus riding on my head?

"Three thousand is three thousand—"

Abu Nai gritted his teeth and said word by word.

"Dear Khan, let's discuss the price!"

Ming Chen showed a respectful smile, his attitude changed greatly.

Abu Nai instinctively felt a chill down his spine.

Finally, after an hour of discussion, the two sides reached an exchange ratio.

For matchlock guns, each handle is worth five horses, and other materials are not allowed to be exchanged.

As for grain, each cow is allowed to exchange for five shi, or it can be exchanged with a poor horse.

Spears and arrows can naturally be exchanged for strategic materials such as beef tendon and cowhide. As for fur, gold and silver, etc., they are not valued by the Ming people, and only a thousand catties of gunpowder are exchanged.

That's right, just having a matchlock gun is not enough, you must have gunpowder, and the grassland naturally cannot produce gunpowder.

Although he benefited from the equipment of the firecracker, Abu Nai understands and understands people's desire to control.

But knowing that it was poison, he had to drink it, because the Manchus could control the grasslands, but the Mings could not, and he could still become the Khan of Mongolia.

The condition was fulfilled, which made Abu Nai very happy.

However, Mingchen reminded: "In your tribe, there are still people full of people, so you have to be careful."

"Of course I understand, I don't need you to teach me."

Abu Nai was annoyed.

Of course he understood that what he was reminding of was his sister-in-law, now his wife, Huang Taiji's daughter, Princess Gulun Makata.

But years of relationship, especially his status as mother and sister, made him feel deeply, and he really didn't want to harm her.

(After Lin Danhan's death, his "Eight Great Fortunes" returned to the Qing Dynasty, Jierhalang married the Empress Dowager Su Tai (Ezhe's mother) as his wife, Huang Taiji married Dou Tumen Fujin and Nang Nang Fujin as concubines, and the rest were Abatai, Hauge, and the surrender general.)
The so-called absolute intention to kill his wife, he couldn't do it.

However, for those accompanying ministers, it can be concealed.

After the negotiation goes well, everything will be a matter of course.

Daming supported Abu Nai to lead the Chahar tribe out of Manchu control, and recognized his rule over Monan.

At the same time, Abu Nai also promised that after independence, he would accept the canonization of Ming Dynasty and pay tribute.

Most importantly, as an additional condition, the Ming court allowed Abu Nai to exchange war horses, cattle and sheep for scarce ironware in the grassland, and even matchlock guns.

This also means that trade will be the biggest trump card for Chahar's independence, and it will also be his confidence in resisting the Qing Dynasty.

In fact, Jiang Riguang was secretly sulking at the fact that he was so generous to the emperor, and reached an agreement with the Chahar Ministry, skipping the Liushou Mansion in Beijing:
"So it is possible to cut off Manqing's arm, but if things go on like this, wouldn't there be another Jian slave?"

"If I knew this earlier, it would be better to send troops directly."

As a result, Jiang Riguang was dissatisfied, and directly submitted a memorandum, clearly and secretly poking at something wrong with this agreement.

There was an uproar in the cabinet, and they were extremely shocked by the leak of firearms.

You must know that among the emperor's promises, there is no item of firearms.

Everyone in the court believed that firearms were the foundation of the revival of the Ming Dynasty, and it was only by relying on firearms that Jiannu could be driven out of the pass.

This kind of sharp weapon of the country must not be allowed to go to the Mongol Tartars.

In this regard, the emperor had to explain: "A firearm without gunpowder is just a fire stick."

"Only if the Mongols have firearms, can they dare to be independent, dare to fight with Jiannu, to fight, and to become our Ming Dynasty's help."

"Once it is out of control, as long as the gunpowder is cut off, it will naturally not be able to make any waves."

"in addition--"

Speaking of this, Zhu Yixi couldn't help pointing to the map next to the wall again, and said: "As far as I know, although there are iron mines in Liaodong, they don't produce sulfur. The reason why they were all over the place in the past was mostly done by Shanxi merchants."

"Now that the north is newly restored, the blockade of the frontier has already begun. From the Yalu River to Shanhaiguan, to Shaanxi and Gansu, and the Great Wall of tens of thousands of miles, no one catty of gunpowder is allowed to go out."

"I want that slave, even if he has hundreds of cannons in red clothes, he can only be an iron cylinder and become a showman."

"I'm sure that in a year and a half, after the gunpowder in stock is exhausted, the recovery of Liaodong will be just around the corner."

(End of this chapter)