Be the emperor from the postman

Chapter 274 Doing Business with the Mongols (Part [-])
This is also a common problem of Daming.

The guest army would generally plunder unscrupulously when they went to other places, but they would restrain themselves a lot in their hometown.

But there are also soldiers and generals who don't want to be famous, and they will send troops to plunder the elders in their hometown.

Qiu Zhitao received He Jinzhao's order, recruited craftsmen on a large scale, and began to build the East Chamber City in Hequ County.

This is the new house where the meritorious soldiers will live in in the future.

He Jinchao personally stamped the meritorious soldiers of this operation and issued his land deeds.

This move was carried out under the witness of many original Ming soldiers.

It can stimulate their sense of honor and stimulate the sense of urgency of soldiers who have not yet obtained the title.

If meritorious soldiers are not rewarded, how can they inspire others to fight bravely?
Not only rewards, but also preferential treatment.

This kind of scene made the soldiers who had never joined the regular army have mixed feelings.

After all, everyone used to eat in the same pot, and they still couldn't get enough.

But people can not only eat enough through military exploits, but also buy land property, so you say you are envious or not, right?

Now many people are asking for a fight, wanting to fight other military forts.

Pan Yu received He Jinzhao's order to lead a group of old brothers and the Mongolian-speaking members of the former General Banner Brotherhood out of the Great Wall.

They wanted to pass on He Jinzhao's orders to nearby areas, and as for the Mongols who had been entrenched outside the Shuiquan camp, they should be exposed for a while.

Many people heard the news announced by the soldiers of the Ming army, which really made many Mongolians unbelievable.

Because the mutual market is the privilege of the nobles, they are not qualified to go at all.

It can only be exchanged with Altan Khan's descendants for living supplies through high prices.

Faced with the Ming army's announcement, these people also decided to take a look. If it was true, their future life would be easier.

Facing the warlike mentality of the soldiers below, He Jinzhao did not launch a war hastily, but led the people out of the Great Wall.

Small-scale tentative business deals with the Mongols outside Shuyingbao.

He is so busy flying now that he has no time to pay attention to what those dog officials in Taiyuan City think.

Liu Zongmin borrowed Tian Zhao's head and showed it off outside Taiyuan City, and He Jinzhao agreed.

After finally getting the head of Daming Deputy Commander, it will take some more time.

The layout and structure of mutual markets between the Ming Dynasty and the Mongols were obviously asymmetrical.

Shuiquanying is close to Guihua City, so Hongmen is used to divide the inside and outside.

Build an urn city outside, build iron gates, and build a large platform outside the iron gates, named Yanlu Terrace.

Two more large platforms were built on the left and right of the platform, named Liaotai, and entering this was a pass.

Inside the pass is the City Inspection Hall, and outside the pass is Shuiquanying.

There are two Jiayuan roads built in the south, more than ten feet high.

Then build Neiguan Fort, hide the soldiers in it, and contact Shuiquanying.

Every time the Mongols entered the market, there were as few as forty or fifty riders and as many as more than a hundred riders. They all stayed in the Wengcheng, waiting for the iron gates to fall and seal the escape route.

"The governor, why did he say the price was so high?" Pan Yu acted as an interpreter.

He Jinzhao let out an oh.

After calculation, according to the market price of Ming Dynasty, the price of a Mongolian horse fluctuates between six taels of silver and nine taels of silver.

He Jinzhao directly mentioned eight taels of silver for a horse, with the purpose of spending money on promotion.

Even so, He Jinzhao still made some money, and the profit was not low.

Because the price of a high-grade Liaodong horse in Daming is around 30 taels.

Even the cheapest low-grade horses in Kansai (west of Hangu Pass/Kandong generals, Kansai ministers) are around 12 taels.

The trade margin here is huge.

But even so, it is not as profitable as Yangzhou Shouma.

Buying a 13-year-old girl is about three or two taels, and training it for two or three years to become an ordinary Yangzhou lean horse, the price is also around 150 taels of silver.

Most of the money that the Mongols sold their horses could not take away, because they needed to buy various high-priced daily necessities.

Grain, cloth, silk and other handicraft products (the focus is on iron pots).

"What?" He Jinzhao looked at the Mongolian below: "I raised his price, but he is not happy?"

"No, I was a little confused, thinking that we had miscalculated."

Pan Yu explained from the side: "Because the mutual market has not opened recently, Mr. Tian is engaged in smuggling, keeping the price extremely low, four taels a horse."

"Don't worry about him, I want the grassland to have no big middlemen in the future." He Jinzhao said while supporting the walls of the city:
"Anyone can come to this exchange market and let them taste the sweetness, which is normal."

"Well, the governor is right to think this way, but strength is the most important thing on the grassland, and there will be people who rely on the tribe's soldiers to plunder."

"I don't have time to care about whether they are the jungle of the jungle or not." He Jinzhao said while supporting the walls:
"Now I just want to buy more horses, mules and cattle, so that I can have enough cattle to lend to the people for farming.

After I resolve these matters, I will establish rules with the people on the grassland. "

The Mongols below shouted Anda, obviously very satisfied with this transaction.

"He said thank you, Daming."

"Tell him that it's not Daming who traded with him, but the hammer bandits. I didn't see that even the flag was changed."

Hearing He Jinzhao's words, Pan Yu said in a low voice, "Commissioner, are we going to call ourselves bandits?"

"That's right, I heard that whoever has the biggest fists on the grassland listens to whom, so I told them by the way:
I killed Tian Zhao, the deputy general of Shanxi Town, and from then on this area was under my control. "

"Yes."

The Mongols who were trading below were shocked when they heard Pan Yu's words.

Last month, the deputy chief soldier of Shanxi Town secretly traded with them.

As a result, he was killed now.

Are these bright bandits the same people as the White Lotus Sect?
That's why they are given preferential treatment when doing business.

Because the leader of the White Lotus Sect, Zhao Quan, followed Alta Khan, the descendants of Altan Khan also knew that the White Lotus Sect was a rebel of Ming Dynasty.

They looked at each other, neither of them dared to speak loudly.

Because Tian Zhao's soldiers are more fierce, and now a fiercer man than Tian Zhao has come, fearing that he will lose his life here if he doesn't make any money this trip.

They are all qualified to trade here, and it is impossible for them to go to that poor place in Qinghai with the fourth generation Shunyi King.

"We have to go back and tell Taiji quickly."

"Don't worry about it, first use the silver to buy tea and iron pots, the more these things you stock up, the better.

Who knows if Daming will send people to suppress the rebellion, and then the exchange market will be closed, and we will suffer. "

The closure of the trading point in the Ming Dynasty was another great opportunity for the Mongolian nobles to exploit the herdsmen below and the tribes that were not eligible for the trading.

These things, they have done experience.

"You're right, don't care about them, let's change things first and save more."

These miscellaneous Mongolians feel that there is nothing to lose, and it is the Mongolian nobles who have lost.

Because He Jinzhao would not be like Daming, who would "reward money to buy peace" for them, lest they come to the Great Wall to make trouble.

He Jinzhao wished that the Mongols would seize the border of Datong Town, so that Chongzhen would not focus on himself!

(End of this chapter)