Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 168

That night, Yang Menglong and Cheng Ji bought good wine, slaughtered pigs and sheep, and entertained the leaders of various tribes who came to trade.This is also a procedure of the mutual market. Every day when the mutual market is over, the Ming Dynasty officials who oversee the mutual market will host a banquet for the tribal leaders, and even give them a gift or give them some money.Now the officials don't know where they died, so these procedures have to be carried out by Yang Menglong and Cheng Ji.The two sides talked happily and drank happily. The Mongolian girl put on beautiful clothes and danced around the campfire.The Mongolian boy performed wrestling. You come and I fight indiscriminately. The soldiers of Wuyang Guard also had itchy hands. They went to gesticulate with others, but they were left with a Dekler, a right with a Dekler, and a Kohler again. De, fell black and swollen, embarrassed.Xu Meng couldn't see it anymore, and said to Yang Menglong: "These guys are so useless, let me go up, and make sure those Mongolian Tartars can't get up after falling!" It's a pity that Yang Menglong didn't agree... Just kidding, let this big guy go up! It's not a party anymore, it will kill someone!And the Mongols also knew that the opponent's powerful role was not up, and they won all wins, but they didn't have the slightest arrogance. Everyone was just joking.

The next day, continue trading.Today, more and more Han people came to trade. They all rushed here with a piece of cloth, a few buckets of salt or a stone of miscellaneous grains.The most frightening thing was that there were frontier soldiers in the market. These guys wore military uniforms as ragged as fishing nets and sold swords, swords, bows and crossbows in the market.Yang Menglong's jaw was almost dislocated, aren't your sister's frontier soldiers?Didn't the Ming Dynasty prohibit the sale of swords, bows and armor to the Mongols?You should vigorously crack down on this kind of smuggling. Why did you become a smuggler instead?He paid close attention and found that the business of these guys was pretty good. Many Mongols liked to trade with them, exchanging goats and war horses for their swords.Yang Menglong ran over and picked up a knife and pulled it out to have a look, good guy, the blade is sharp and extremely sharp, it is a good sword!But the equipment of the Maobian Army is so rubbish?
Alas, your circle is so chaotic, I really can’t understand it!

But the Mongols didn't like the bows and crossbows of the frontier army.In the eyes of the Mongols, the bows of the frontier army were too long to be used on horseback, and they were too soft to do enough damage.The lethality of the crossbow is strong enough, but the rate of fire is too slow. Thank God if you can shoot three arrows in one minute. The Mongols pay attention to fighting like the wind and sharp arrows like rain. This kind of weapon does not conform to their usage habits. , ignore it.On the contrary, Yang Menglong liked strong crossbows quite a lot. He bought fifty shi of grain from Cheng Ji on credit and went to trade with the frontier army.This guy is really not made for business, he accepts whatever price someone asks, he doesn't even know how to bargain.

After working hard until the afternoon, Yang Menglong had almost sold all his goods, and he still had a little tea and salt left as gifts for the leaders of each tribe - which made Cheng Ji despise him again.Cheng Ji has also sold out all his grain and tea, as well as some porcelain and silk. These things are not something ordinary tribal leaders can afford. If he wants to sell such valuable things, he may have to go deeper into the grassland to find more valuable things. Customers who have purchasing power can simply lower the price and sell it to the dealers at a cheaper price, so that they can go to the grasslands.The Mongolians who got a large amount of grain and tea were also very satisfied. They could finally live a little easier this winter. Those who arrived late were disappointed when they saw the stalls that were almost empty. They almost cried, while Burqinbe smiled happily. He loaded bags of various goods onto the backs of mules, horses and camels and headed back home.

The wrinkles on Chalun's face were also less, and his sunken eyes glowed with brilliance. He watched the long pack team go to the grassland, and said to Yang Menglong and Cheng Ji with some emotion: "You two sons , you can be regarded as saving thousands of people in our tribe, without you, I don't know how this winter would have passed!"

Yang Menglong said with a smile: "Don't be so polite. We each get what we need and trade fairly. What you say makes it seem like you owe us a big favor!"

Cha Lun laughed loudly: "Young Master Yang is really quick to talk!"

A tribal leader begged: "Master Tianchao, can you think of another way to sell a batch of grain and tea? We are late and haven't gotten anything in exchange. Without grain and tea, we can't survive this winter!"

Yang Menglong was a little embarrassed: "We transported these goods from the Central Plains, and it took a month to get here. We went back to traffic the goods, and it took another two months to come back and forth. At that time, the mountains were covered by heavy snow. It's..."

Another tribal leader said: "Aren't you rich in Qinchuan within eight hundred miles? Why don't you buy goods from Qin and transport them over?"

Yang Menglong felt that this could be possible, so he turned his questioning eyes to Cheng Ji.

Cheng Ji shook his head and said, "Shaanxi has experienced a severe drought year after year, and refugees flocked to it. It's not easy to do bulk goods in Shaanxi."

Those tribal leaders still did not give up and begged bitterly.It's not that they like to mess around, it's really a matter of life and death, without food, salt and tea, it's hard to survive the long winter.It is said that nomads live a good life, eat meat and cheese, and drink milk wine and milk tea. This kind of statement is right and wrong.In summer they really eat cheese and milk tofu as their main food, and in winter they eat meat as their main food—a large number of cattle and sheep freeze to death, so they can naturally eat it freely.But there is no salt, you try to eat meat without salt for several months?Make sure you never want to see meat again in your life!Eating so greasy, without drinking some tea, the body will definitely not be able to bear it. If you get sick on the grassland, you will die. Please bless me with longevity. Don’t even think about doctors, it’s the welfare of the tribal leaders.For the sake of the survival of the tribe, they must take advantage of the fact that the cattle and sheep are fattening up, and exchange for more tea, salt, miscellaneous grains, etc., and eat some meat mixed in, so that this winter will be easier.If the forage is exhausted and the snow has not melted, you can use the uneaten miscellaneous grains to feed the animals, and barely survive for a few days until the ice and snow melt.Otherwise, you just wait for the livestock to starve to death in large numbers!
A large number of livestock starved to death, and the herdsmen were not far from starvation.

They are pitiful, but Yang Menglong and Cheng Ji really have nothing to do. Things like tea and salt are easy to deal with, but food... Now people in Shaanxi are so hungry that they want to eat people, where can they find a lot of food?Even if there was, the difficulty of transporting a large amount of grain in the presence of bandits was beyond imagination. If there were a large number of bandits robbing grain, it would definitely be a loss.The leaders had no choice but to beg the Chalun patriarch to give them some goods. Of course, the Chalun patriarch could not agree, and the two sides froze like this.

Yang Menglong saw it and sighed in his heart: "These Mongolians are really pitiful."

Xue Siming, who was standing guard at a high place, suddenly shouted: "Sir, there is a situation! You'd better come up and take a look!"

Yang Menglong's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly climbed up to look into the distance.But at this time, everyone present saw the slight beating of the sand and gravel, and they were awe-inspiring: this is a sign that a large number of people are rushing towards this side!They climbed up to the high place one after another and looked into the distance, only to see the dust billowing in the distance, sweeping towards this side, the sound of hooves thundering, mixed with the sound of killing, everyone changed their faces, Yang Menglong said in a deep voice: "There is a situation, ready to fight!"

More than 100 soldiers of Wuyang Guard silently took out their strong crossbows and wound them, and inserted a crossbow arrow into the chute. Xue Siming and Zhong Ning looked excited, took off their strong bows, and stuck a bag of sharp arrows on the earth wall. Waiting for the fight.Cheng Ji looked panic-stricken, several Mongolian men pulled out their scimitars to protect him, and shouted, "Don't be afraid, Mr. Tianchao, with us here, no one can hurt you!" It seems that these Mongolians still know sustainable development The most important thing is that if Cheng Ji dies, no one will trade with them next spring, and he must be protected no matter what.

The sand and dust had come very close, and people shouted and neighed in the billowing sand and dust, and the battle seemed quite intense.Yang Menglong shouted: "Steady! See the situation clearly before you do anything!"

More than 100 soldiers are equipped with level crossbows, with three points and one line of eyes, mountains and arrowheads, which are quite professional.They also received this kind of training when they were in Wuyang, but the crossbow they used at that time was so soft that it was really boring.At this time, a long hissing horse rushed out from the dust, followed by a large group of mules, horses and camels loaded with goods. It was the pack team of the tribes who had returned with a full load. The first soldier shouted at the wall: "It's not good! The Khalkha Ministry came to rob! A lot of goods were robbed by them!"

Cha Lun's old face suddenly turned pale, and his body swayed like an autumn leaf.In this transaction, their Burqin Department invested the most and gained the most benefits. "A lot of goods were robbed" means that they were the ones who were robbed the most. Unfortunately, this time they will lose everything!

The reality is very cruel. If things show signs of developing in a bad direction, then the result is often the worst. Before the Mongolian knight finished speaking, another Mongolian man rushed over, with a few feathered arrows stuck in his body, covered in blood. bloody.Duo Sang yelled in amazement: "Qitai, what's wrong with you? Where are the others?" Qitai turned a deaf ear, and his horse jumped over a five-foot-high earthen wall and rushed into the market, ignoring anyone It will trample and hurt people, and it looks like crazy.He rushed all the way to the head of the Chalun clan, rolled off his horse, knelt down in front of the head of the clan with a thump, and cried out hissingly: "Patriarch, we were robbed by the Khalkha people! They were lying in ambush outside the border city. As soon as we left the border market, they came out from all directions within a short distance, asking us to deliver the goods to them, but when we refused, they rushed up and killed them! More than 50 of us who were in charge of escorting the goods resisted desperately, and half of them were killed or injured. Still can't resist, a lot of goods have been robbed!"

Patriarch Chalun covered his chest and yelled: "My youth!" He leaned back and passed out.The leaders of all the tribes felt sorry for it. The Burqin tribe was really unlucky. They followed the Jurchens to invade the Ming Dynasty. Nearly [-] people died, and they didn't get a single hair. Now they were robbed and killed by the Khalkha tribe. Twenty or thirty, this tribe seems to be doomed!
Yang Menglong's face was a bit ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn Khalkha, you dare to snatch my clients, and you deliberately kicked my field, right? If you don't beat you out of shit, you'll be clean!"

(End of this chapter)