I am one year older than Chongzhen

Chapter 54 Born in distress, died in peace!
Therefore, Huang Yi desperately needed gunpowder, matchlock guns, and steel of decent quality to build a few Miniguns.

The first thing to do after finishing the transaction was to confuse Hedan Bateer to choose a small and medium-sized tribe that had become slaves, and it would definitely save many Han people.

Born in trouble, die in peace!
Based on a strong enemy, there are nothing more than two possibilities.

One possibility is that Huang Yi died in battle, and those troops were wiped out in ashes.

There is also a possibility that the more you fight, the stronger you will be, and you will form a strong army with a hundred battles.

Li Chengliang's minion, wild boar skin, raised his troops with only thirteen sets of armor. Isn't it a powerful enemy looking around? How could he create a post-golden regime?
Huang Yi is a time traveler, why not?

What's more, the total number of iron armor, leather armor, and cotton armor in his hands is far more than thirteen pairs. He also has a powerful crossbow, night vision scope, and binoculars.

It can be concluded that the Jiannu at this time has no time for other people, and it can also be judged that when they leave Zhangjiakou, they will not encounter a large army of Jiannu.

Because Huang Yi clearly remembered that Jiannu entered the pass at Da'ankou and Longjing Pass.

Those passes are near Zunhua, far away from Zhangjiakou!
Make a time difference, try to double the strength of Hedan Bateer's department, and try to recruit a few hundred more Han people.

At this time, Huang Yi was full of confidence, because he had already concluded that he could get at least three hundred shi of wheat in exchange for his head. When he arrived in Zhangjiakou, he could still buy a lot of grain.

Of course, more food can feed more people. There are many basins outside the Zhangjiakou Great Wall, and there are many basins with fertile land and sufficient water sources.

With hundreds of people and one or two hundred large livestock, why not occupy a basin for reclamation?
Huang Yi has known the spirit of Nanniwan since he was a child.

Why can't he lead hundreds of Han people to work hard outside Zhangjiakou and be self-reliant?
The lack of chemical fertilizers and improved seeds should not be a problem. In Nanniwan, there was no chemical fertilizers and improved seeds, but it was able to achieve "more than one cultivated" or even "more than one cultivated".

What does it mean to "cultivate more than one"?
It means that the total grain output of one year of cultivation can satisfy the cultivation population for two years.

Huang Yi doesn't just rely on farming for a living. It is essential to raise chickens, ducks and geese as a sideline. He also has dozens of Mongolians who are responsible for herding and can produce cattle, sheep and horses.

It can be predicted that Huang Yi's family members can eat beef and mutton, dairy products, and eggs on a regular basis, and their physical fitness must be better than that of ordinary people who can't eat meat a few times a year.

Moreover, he is also preparing to continuously attack the small tribes that surrendered and became slaves for population, cattle, sheep, and supplies.

If Huang Yi can't develop, theoretically, all the Mongolian tribes in Monan will surrender to Houjin and become accomplices in building slaves.

Therefore, it can be considered that every time Huang Yi kills a Mongolian knight or surrenders a Mongolian young man, he is weakening Jiannu.

Huang Yi realized that it should be more difficult to gain a foothold outside the Great Wall.

But the prairie at this time is actually equivalent to a melee between warlords, and there should be a chance to survive in the cracks.

Moreover, Huang Yi knew that Jiannu was going to conquer the entire Monan Mongolia, and knew that the small population was the shortcoming of Jiannu.

Shenyang, Jiannu's lair, was too far north of Zhangjiakou.

The road conditions in ancient times are not comparable to those of later generations. It looks like one or two thousand miles on the map, but the actual journey may not be less than three or four thousand miles.

Jiannu's army bypassed the Yanshan Mountains and reached at least three thousand miles north of Zhangjiakou.

The territory outside the mouth is too big, how can Jiannu manage it?

Huang Yi quietly developed outside the wall of Zhangjiakou, and tried his best not to stimulate Jiannu when his strength was weak.

Being far from the strongest enemy is an advantage.

It is also an advantage to be very close to Daming Pass.

Those Mongolian tribes who were beaten to the core by Jiannu were the targets of Huang Yi and Hedan Bateer's tribe to attack and annex them.

The idea is very beautiful, but it must go through hardships to complete it, and I don’t know how many people will die!
Who cares, how do you know if you don't try?

If you want to gain a foothold, you must stockpile food. Han people are most concerned about having food at home and not panicking.

Huang Yi thought it over, not only using the head as much as possible in exchange for weapons and food, but also using all the gold and silver treasures in his hand to buy supplies.

Merchants who do business outside the mouth must have force, and there are many swordsmen in the caravan.

The Li family's caravan was no exception. They had dozens of swordsmen, and hundreds of them carried weapons, and at least half of the weapons were bird guns, three-eyed gun grooms, and handymen.

In addition, Huang Yi brought a full 80 people, 180 war horses, camel horses, and more than forty carts. The force value of the caravan should not be underestimated. Small horse thieves and small tribes can't beat such a team.

Out-of-export merchants have connections with well-known large tribes on the grassland.

The tribes on the grasslands urgently need merchants to communicate with each other, and under normal circumstances they will not rob caravans.

What needs to be guarded most is the horse thief!Horse thieves are public enemies on the prairie, and everyone can punish them.

Most of the handymen and grooms in this caravan are from the same township, family, and village. A high proportion are willing to stand up and resist when encountering horse thieves, and their combat effectiveness is no worse than that of the Ming army.

All in all, those who can do business outside the mouth these days are not good stubble.

Since there are more than 100 carts carrying goods, the caravan can only travel thirty or forty miles a day.

Huang Yi needs to practice riding hard, so he took the two brothers Hu Xiaochuan and Huang Dazhi to the front.

He not only often climbed up to search with binoculars, but also deviated from the main road to search within a radius of thirty miles.

Snoopers were spotted many times during this period, but the caravan was not attacked.

Huang Yi was able to be the first to discover the sentry, and he was fully capable of commanding Hu Xiaochuan, Huang Dazhi, and Chalaha to surround those knights.

But he didn't want to make trouble, so he gave up.

Not familiar with the place of life.Who knows what tribe or gang of horse thieves those sentries came from.

Killing is inevitable in chasing and intercepting, and the knight who killed someone must have a vengeance, and someone may come to retaliate.

Getting food and supplies and transporting them back safely is the top priority.

Huang Yi chose to just watch but not act, and never take the initiative to cause trouble!

It's not deserted here.

Some Mongolian tribes can be found in low mountains and hilly areas, and one or two families scattered in the mountains have also been found during the search.

Although it can be seen in the telescope, but to walk over the mountains must be crossed.

It's important to do business, Huang Yi didn't want to waste time, so he didn't go to see who lived in those thatched huts.

Guess those should be mountain people.

Ancient times are completely different from later generations, and no dynasty or generation can really count the total population that is basically accurate.

In ancient times, too many mountain people had no registered permanent residence at all.

God knows how many mountain people without registered permanent residence there were in the mountains outside Zhangjiakou in the late Ming Dynasty.

Huang Yi suddenly thought of an ancient prose he had learned when he was a teenager—a harsh government is fiercer than a tiger.

The living conditions in the mountains outside the mouth are harsh. Not only do they have to encounter wolves, tigers and leopards, but they may also be robbed and killed.

Those who live in the mountains are bound to be precarious. What causes them not to choose a safe and orderly place to live?
It can only be explained by exorbitant taxes and the exploitation of landlords and riches.

(End of this chapter)