Although the Khalkha tribe also sent hundreds of cavalry this year to accompany the Manchu Eight Banners soldiers to rob the Ming Dynasty. , but these people are not from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, not even the Eight Banners of Mongolia.
After entering the customs, they can only fight on the periphery, and the real benefits are not available to them at all.
The materials snatched back from the Ming Dynasty are limited, and most of them are without What a useful thing.
Therefore, the arrival of the caravan made many herders overjoyed.
With the various materials brought by the caravan, their nomadic life for the next year was guaranteed.
The transaction at Crescent Lake lasted for five days, and a large amount of goods brought by the caravan were sold one by one, in exchange for a large amount of silver, cowhide, sheepskin, and more than 400 war horses.
Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty had a strict embargo on war horses against the Ming Dynasty, the imperial edict of the Manchu Qing emperor had no control here.
Accordingly, the caravan also brought more than a thousand kilograms of pig iron and more than five hundred loads of grain to the tribe.
But they are all materials that Mongolian herders cannot buy with money.
After all, people cannot eat meat every day, they still have to eat whole grains, and pig iron is a military material used to make arrows, swords and guns.
With it, a tribe has teeth.
"Mr.
Fan, can you come again?
There are herders from many tribes coming from far away."
The old man from Khalkha discussed with Fan Tianyu and asked him to come again this year.
This time, Fan Tianyu's caravan carried less materials, far less than what the Mongolian tribes needed.
In the north, there were several small tribes affiliated with the Khalkha tribe, and they all also needed materials from the Ming Dynasty.
"This" Fan Tianyu hesitated a little.
It was almost November, and it might snow heavily soon.
If it happened again, it would be very difficult to walk in the snow, and it would be difficult to collect material goods.
"Mr.
Fan, we are already friends.
Don't you have a saying in the Ming Dynasty, which is to protect your friends at all costs?
I, the Khalkha tribe, will never forget you."
The old man continued.
Fan Tianyu thought for a while and nodded heavily.
Although it was very difficult to do it again, he knew the importance of opening up a business path.
As long as he was regarded as one of the Khalkha tribe, whether it was the Huang family or the Tian family, he would No other caravan can compete with him for business.
From now on, the Khalkha tribe’s business will be monopolized by him.
After another drink, the caravan members braved the strong cold wind and began to walk towards the meeting.
The goods on the truck disappeared, but were replaced by a cart of sheepskin and cowhide, whipped deer antlers, and more than four hundred war horses.
Each guard controlled four or five war horses, galloping on the grassland in the wilderness.
The power of hundreds of war horses galloping was so amazing that even the horse bandits hid far away, not daring to seek bad luck.
Although there are many horse bandits on the grassland, they are just a group of wandering herdsmen, and their scale is not very large.
Because as long as the horse bandits are slightly larger and can threaten the existence of the tribe, several tribes will definitely unite to exterminate them together.
The truck was lighter and there were more horses, so it was faster to go back than when they came.
On November 6, it took less than ten days for the group to return to Qingshikou from the Khalkha tribe.
Seeing the large group of war horses entering the customs, Chen Yue was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.
"Master Chen, there are a total of 423 war horses.
According to our agreement, 300 of them will be sold to you.
The price will be based on the price in this frontier.
A high-quality war horse will cost 40 taels of silver.
Do you like it?"
Fan Tianyu said.
Chen Yue knew that a high-quality war horse in the capital costs about sixty or seventy taels of silver, and it may not be sold.
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Forty taels is indeed not expensive.
"Forty taels is forty taels, let alone three hundred.
You can keep all these horses."
Chen Yue waved his hand and said cheerfully.
With these more than 400 horses, plus the more than 300 horses in the army, he can form a cavalry of 500 people.
Among the newly joined mountain civilian military households, some are good at riding horses.
"Okay."
Thinking that he would enter the grassland again, there would be another batch of war horses.
At worst, he promised to give them the war horses of the Xuanfu garrison later, so Fan Tianyu agreed to Chen Yue.
Because he wanted to raise goods as soon as possible, Fan Tianyu took the money from selling the horses and left quickly.
He wanted to mobilize goods from Xuanfu and the capital, and tried to enter the grassland again before it snowed.
"How is it?
Do you remember the route to the Mongolian tribe?"
Chen Yue called Yu Feng over and asked.
"Write it down," Yu Feng took out the map he drew, "But sir, this Fan family caravan will enter the grassland again."
Yu Feng told Chen Yue what he had seen and heard about the Khalkha tribe in the grassland. .
"We went to trade again, and it started to snow soon.
This Fan Tianyu is really making money at the risk of his life."
Chen Yue touched his chin and shook his head.
Since the Fan family caravan will enter the grassland again, will I attack the Mongols before or after them?
"Sir, I have an idea.
Please listen to this."
Yu Feng looked around and whispered into Chen Yue's ear the ideas he had carefully thought of along the way.
Listening to Yu Feng's words, Chen Yue's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he punched Yu Feng hard on the shoulder, "You have such a bright mind, yes, it's a good idea."
"By the way, I heard that you found a lover in the Mongolian tribe, who is also the daughter of a Mongolian leader.
Why aren't you worried that your lover will be harmed?"
Chen Yue looked at Yu Feng with a half-smile but not a smile and said.
"Sir, please stop listening to Liu Neng's nonsense.
What kind of lover is he?
Liu Neng changes brides every night, and he still talks about me."
Yu Feng suddenly became anxious, "This is the rule among Mongolians.
Women don't value chastity at all.
If you sleep with me today, you will sleep with someone else tomorrow.”
"Hahaha, I'm kidding you, I'm so impatient."
Chen Yue laughed.
Under Chen Yue's secret order, some soldiers who knew how to ride horses were summoned together.
They rode horses and galloped in the valley every day, training their horse skills.
The three-eyed muskets and hand crossbows made by the Ordnance Department were also distributed, ensuring that each cavalryman had one.
The newly summoned four hundred cavalry and the original one hundred personal guards totaled five hundred.
If Wei Yang and Liu Neng's troops were added in, the total would be six hundred cavalry.
Half of these four hundred people were selected from newly recruited military households.
People who have lived on the border all year round, especially military households of these generations, many of whom can ride horses, and some were selected from soldiers with good riding skills in the army. .
Although the cavalry has a certain scale, it is still incomparable with the Mongols who live on horseback all year round.
Chen Yue did not intend to let them fight with the Mongolian cavalry on horseback, but to use them as mounted infantry, so the firecrackers There are a large number of crossbows, and even a small flag carries a squatting tiger cannon.
The troops sent out were also determined.
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In addition to the 600 cavalry, there were also sentry infantrymen called Iron Lions, with a total number of 1,200 people.
As for Yang Zhengping, he led his headquarters, the newly recruited soldiers, and more than 3,000 rural soldiers from the Xishan Coal Mine to train troops and guard Qingshikou.
Now everything is ready, just waiting for Fan Tianyu's caravan to arrive. s: Third update, Lao Ren is still very diligent.
After paying off the debt of one chapter, I still owe ten chapters: