Huang Taiji patiently explained the advance of the Eight Banners in Siberia.

They had indeed had contact with the Tsarist Russian army and had tentative attacks on each other, and both sides were afraid of each other.

Of course, what Huang Taiji feared was that the Tsar's military horse was a hard bone.

But there are also things that excited Huang Taiji, because the Tsarist Russian military horses had been operating in Siberia and west of Siberia for decades, and they had invested a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources.

This means that land from Siberia and west of Siberia may be more valuable.

Moreover, their supply stations, supply lines, fortresses, some fields and mines reclaimed were all ready-made.

There are even some places that can barely be called towns and markets.

You should know that the places where they were attacked were barren lands, and although it is the easiest to seize barren lands, it is enough to conquer the local tribes and make freehand paintings easily.

But once there are many traces of civilization... this means that a lot of infrastructure will be given away for nothing.

Whether or not the barren land can produce much value is actually not the most important thing. The difficulty lies in how to get from scratch!

A barren land, uninhabited for thousands of miles. If you want to occupy it, you need to supply merchants, craftsmen and stationed troops. The most difficult thing is the early stage, but once there is a pretty prototype supply line or a supply station, it is equivalent to solving the most difficult problem of one birth and two, and one birth and infinite things.

Moreover, Huang Taiji was not stupid. He had already vaguely felt that those who could spend a lot of manpower and material resources to build so many supply bases in places such as Siberia must be a big country with a beginning of scale, and its scale was probably not below the national strength of the Jiannu people when they occupied most of Liaodong.

Because without such national strength, it would be impossible to support so many supply stations in Siberia, nor could it be projected to Siberia's pioneering army.

Therefore, Huang Taiji's judgment was that further west of Siberia, there would inevitably be a country of considerable size, which... has many cities and towns, and must have a large number of fertile land.

Fertile land, countless forests and mines, what does this mean?

What does it mean?

At this time, the combat effectiveness of the Jiannu Eight Banners was even stronger than before. You should know that this was the strongest Eight Banners soldiers in their heyday. They were able to endure hardships and fight fiercely without fear of death.

Now, the combat effectiveness of the Eight Banners has reached a new level, which has been completely funded by the Zhang family. They occupied the land, owned by the Zhang family, and the Zhang family gave a large amount of money to buy the land. They obtained the money, which not only improved the lives of women and children, but most importantly, they could purchase more sophisticated weapons and armor from the Zhang family.

Although it cannot be as armed as the Donglin Army.

After all, the Eight Banners have the advantage of cavalry, but excellent war horses, sharp weapons, light but not low protective steel armor, including black powder cannons with sharp siege weapons, can be purchased at will.

Coupled with the stimulation of silver, the entire Eight Banners have rejuvenated their fighting spirit.

At this time, Huang Taiji said again: "I heard that the Tsar had a cavalry, known as the Cossacks, with great combat power. Their firearms were still far inferior to the ordinary artillery we installed. In the forest covered with heavy snow all year round, cavalry was the key to victory. The Eight Banners Iron Cavalry under the Sinners wanted to try the edge with the Cossacks."

Thinking back to the beginning, when Huang Taiji was captured, he was depressed and felt a lifeless feeling.

But now, he seems to be full of vitality, which is a feeling of letting the tiger return to the mountain.

Naturally, his impression of Zhang Jingyi was very complicated. On the one hand, he believed that the Eight Banners had a deep feud with the Ming Dynasty. Now that the Eight Banners were defeated, even if the Eight Banners were killed by the Ming Dynasty, there was nothing to say.

But Zhang Jingyi left his and the Eight Banners' lives. Not only that, he also gave them a way out, giving the Eight Banners soldiers a place to use their skills. Even he would not think that his current life and choices would be worse than when he was entrenched in Liaodong.

Everyone is trying their best, just wanting to live a good life. As long as there is a chance and hope, then who is not killing?

On the other hand, it was fear of Zhang Jingyi. The Zhang family dared to use him and the Eight Banners. To some extent, it actually proved that the other party didn't care about him and these Eight Banners soldiers who dared to act rashly. They had enough confidence. He could imagine that as long as he made trouble, the other party could destroy him with his backhand.

Zhang Jing said, "I don't understand the strategy, and I don't bother to ask about it. As long as I take the result, I will give you rewards. From then on, these lands will have a master, the surname is Zhang, and you will get silver. Your wives and children can wear silk, silk, and be rich and fed. That's fine. The rest... are your business!"

"You are a strategy person. In Siberia, or elsewhere, no matter what powerful enemies you encounter, I will not point fingers at these. If you encounter difficulties, you can tell me that I will never teach you to suffer."

The implication is that if you really can't make it, you can go back to Liaodong to rest or you can't beat it. Liaodong will give other support.

But if Zhang Jingyi completely delegates power, he only needs to do it.

Huang Taiji was really convinced. To be honest, this is the best way to cooperate for Huang Taiji.

If Zhang Jingyi interfered in the internal affairs of the Eight Banners, the Jiannu people were certainly afraid of the Zhang family, but after all, the Zhang family did not understand the affairs of the Eight Banners and had a gap between them. Once they pointed out, they would be afraid of complaining.

But who in this world wouldn’t like to point fingers? It’s a huge trust to be able to endure Huang Taiji’s internal operations by himself.

Huang Taiji said: "Don't worry, your highness, sinners will never cause trouble to your highness."

Zhang Jingyi said again: "Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have also come just now. They also want to imitate the Eight Banners and organize militias. This matter... I have thought about it for a while and thought about it. Let them go. They do theirs, and you will fight you and don't interfere with each other. But... it's better not to have rifts between you."

Huang Taiji just saw Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong coming out of the Zhang family lobby with satisfaction. Unexpectedly, it was for this matter. It was obvious that Zhang Jingyi had already made a decision, so he had to say: "The sinner knows the importance of it."

Zhang Jingyi nodded with satisfaction. He liked Huang Taiji. In people's perception, Jiannu started from the frontier and used force as a means of doing things. However, people like Huang Taiji are few people who are proficient in politics, not the kind of person who only knows how to fight.

The biggest characteristic of a person who is proficient in politics is to know what giving is. Only with giving can you gain, and you also know when to give in and where to persist.

Zhang Jingyi said, "Since that's the case, then prepare for the battle. You can find a way to place an order for them according to your combat situation. You can even customize the weapons you need according to the situation. I heard that you are more accustomed to using short guns instead of long guns?"

Huang Taiji said: "The Eight Banners are best at riding horses. It is more convenient to have a short gun on horses, and a long gun is suitable for infantrymen."

As he said, "There is another thing... In fact, the banner owners and sinners have saved some money over the years. I heard that Liaodong is now in a developed business and can use money to make money! Now, seeing that the money is piled up at home, it is just piled up all the time. After all, I still feel that I am at a disadvantage. Can Your Highness allow us to learn business and buy some stocks for profit?"

Zhang Jingyi was a little surprised.

Zhang Jingyi said: "This is risky."

This is indeed the truth.

Huang Taiji licked his mouth and said, "This, the sinner actually knows a little bit. Of course, he knows that only by losing money can he earn... But the money is in Liaodong, and has been depreciating in recent years, so..."

Zhang Jing smiled again and again, understanding Huang Taiji's psychology, so he said, "How much money do you, the banner owners, and others have now saved?"

Huang Taiji did not hide it and said truthfully: "Actually, there are quite a lot of people who have been selling land in recent years. In the past few years, there are so many people, and I am afraid that the amount of silver will be more than tens of millions of taels."

Tens of millions of taels are definitely astronomical, but this amount of silver is obviously the income of hundreds of thousands of households in the Eight Banners, so it doesn’t seem much.

The essence of the Eight Banners is slavery. The owners of each Banner are the largest slave owners. As for the others, they are slaves of all sizes, and they are related to personal dependence.

Zhang Jing thought about it and said, "It's better to do this... I set up a Liaodong Development Fund, you deposit the money, and I invest it for you. As soon as you fight outside on weekdays, you don't know these things, and you are cheated, but it's very likely. If you can trust me, I plan to clean up Liaodong anyway. I am indeed using money. You and I will kill two birds with one stone."

Give it to Zhang Jingyi for investment?

Huang Taiji said without thinking: "How dare the sinner distrust Your Highness? The sinner will go back and explain to them when His Highness will ask for money, and the sinner will be transferred at any time."

Zhang Jingyi couldn't help but smile on his lips. He had to admire Huang Taiji's emotional intelligence. To a certain extent, the Eight Banners are still here because of such a person!

If their leader was another reckless man with no emotional intelligence, I am afraid that Zhang Jingyi would definitely not dare to stay.

Huang Taiji was obviously very conscious of the current affairs. Not only did he cooperate obediently, but he was also always thinking of ways to tie the Eight Banners and the Zhang family.

It can even be said that behind all this, we are trying our best to transform the Eight Banners.
Chapter completed!