Small and medium-sized merchants don’t feel that much. They originally shared the profits after the big merchants were full, and they would not have much feeling about those merchants who could not directly participate in first-hand trade.

There may be some medium-sized businessmen who will form groups to go north, but not many with this determination and organizational ability.

There are indeed many middle-class merchants in Zhangjiakou who went north and made a lot of money, but they have unique geographical conditions. Moreover, Zhangjiakou has been engaged in horse-city trade for nearly a hundred years and has a lot of experience. Shanxi merchants are also prone to joining groups and are much more united than merchants in other regions.

The merchants in Yongping are all big merchants, and they can at least raise tens of thousands of goods.

In recent years, thanks to the re-export trade of Hutchison Trading, that is, the goods are delivered to Yongping. Yongping's people are sent out of the customs and then transporting the goods outside the customs. They have made a lot of money under this trade model, and this time it is not too risky. They have been dealing with Hutchison for many years and have no problems with safety. Hutchison gives them sufficient protection. They don't bring much goods this time, they are mainly expensive gold, silver jewelry, silk, and some exquisite stationery supplies, including Duan inkstones and rice paper.

These goods do not take up much space and are not heavy, which is convenient for travel and can make a small profit in terms of price.

The most important thing is that they want to go to the trading city, take a look at the trade there on the spot, and then form a group to sell the goods needed by the Russians.

This is actually very good. The historical China-Russian trade city is located in Chaktu, at the northeastern end, on the river lower reaches of the Lena River. It is very convenient for Russians to transport, and there are not many difficulties for Chinese merchants. The trading city is just a supplement to a branch of Chaktu.

Now that the trading city has become the mainstream trading city, the Russians' exploration and expansion to the northeast are limited, and they can only devote their energy to trade with the Chinese, and their motivation to move forward has been greatly weakened. The main reason is that Hutchison also explored and established settlements in the northern desert, which restricted the Russians from moving forward further.

The more important reason is that the Russians gave treasures like Deszhnev to Hutchison for trade.

Now that Madame Jezhne is in Taiwan, who can build a large ship and go out to sea from the estuary of the river, then land from the estuary of Heilongjiang, and discover new large tracts of land?

Walking from land all the way east, there are thousands of miles, all of which are the extremely cold weather of the mountains and the Arctic Circle. With the dense forests and savages in the forest, you can easily push them to the northeastern area outside the mouth of Heilongjiang River, and don’t think about it in a few decades.

The Russians' expansion path was ended by Zhang Han, but they didn't know it themselves.

Now the Russians are intoxicated with the large amount of goods obtained from Hutchison and the profits brought by the goods. Now they are more concerned about trade and are also collecting more goods from all over the place.

The Russians have better furs, larger ginseng, and a considerable number of various goods, including their local European parts of production, which are also shipped to trade.

The Finance and Taxation Department and the Foreign Trade Department estimate that the trade volume will exceed 10 million in two or three years, which is no exaggeration.

Of course, the Russians buy more. They want as much goods as China has. If there is not enough goods, they can buy silver rubles, or gold and jewelry. The Chinese goods are shipped to Europe quickly and the profits are amazing. The Russians are not idiots.

The merchants in Yongping Mansion had a good idea. They had a long way to go and it was not easy to get out of seclusion. They bought goods south with Hutchison carriages. When they arrived in Datong, there were Hutchison carriages to Yongping. The freight was convenient and the price was not expensive. The bulk goods were controlled by Hutchison and Zhangjiakou, such as porcelain, tea, and cloth. These goods required a large amount of funds. If the delivery channels were not wide, they would not receive too much goods. It was better to sell some goods that were not too careful here, and they might have a better income.

Unfortunately, things went against their wishes. The Russians were very interested in goods such as silk and silk, but in short supply, they were polished quickly.

The Russians are not very interested in gold and silver jewelry and some exquisite handmade products, and it took a long time to sell a small part of it.

These merchants could not afford to delay the transaction city. They had to quickly adjust their strategies according to the transaction city's situation, and gathered funds to purchase large quantities of silk and silk cloth, as well as some Chinese luxury goods. They planned to focus on trade in this direction. Zhangjiakou and Hutchison were not investing much in this area, and they were the only gap and opportunity they found.

After returning from the shopping mall, he brought more than 10,000 taels of goods by his side. Of course, these Yongping merchants were not in a good mood. Even though they saw such a grand scene in front of them, they still sighed.

"Mr. Zhang is back. Otherwise, we will go to the official website of Hutchison to try it out?"

“It makes sense too.”

"I heard that Hutchison is very caring about businessmen. In order to attract more businessmen, we will not ask us to lose money."

"This is a risky businessman. I have never heard of the government that can do this for businessmen. I'm afraid it's not good for us to think like this, right?"

"What's the point? I don't have any money to try!"

"I met Liu Ji's shopkeeper in the capital, so he said that if you have trouble going to the grassland trade, you can find the Industrial and Commercial Department of Hutchison or the Foreign Trade Department."

"I think we go to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. We seem to be in charge of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau."

"Okay, try it. It's less than half a month away from the Chinese New Year. If I can get up now, I can still get home before the Chinese New Year."

"That is, there is a Hutchison carriage, otherwise you will have a dream when you get home before the New Year."

"Hehe, if there wasn't a Hutchison carriage, we wouldn't have come here, right?"

“That’s true.”

A group of merchants from Yongping Mansion calmed down and began to look at Zhang Han's Yiwei seriously.

A team of more than a thousand people, plus more than a thousand people who were greeting, more than two thousand cavalry slowly marched towards the north gate of Qingcheng in the north.

Under a large number of flags there was a dazzling cold light, and groups of cavalry slowly surging from the low hillside. In the thick cavalry formation, iron men wrapped in steel and war horses merged into one. Under the tips of spears like forests and the cold light of bayonets, flags were blown by the north wind.

Everyone looked at the situation in front of them with relish and was deeply shocked.

The people of Yongping Prefecture were familiar with this kind of movement of thousands of cavalry. When the Liao incident was tense, the court kept mobilizing troops to Liao Town for almost a moment. From Sichuan in the southwest to Zhejiang in the southeast, and then to Yulin and Gansu in the northwest, the court transferred every military and horse worthy of mobilization to Liaodong. At that time, the people of Yongping Prefecture could see passing soldiers and horses every day.

The white-rod soldiers from Sichuan walked slowly with long spears pointing straight to the sky, raising the smoke and dust in the sky.

The Zhejiang soldiers' convoys and firearms, those skilled Zhejiang people who looked at the short Zhejiang people, could burst out with the courage and combat power that the soldiers in the northern part of Liao Town did not have.

There were also cavalry led by the Xuanfu and Datong generals, as well as Qin soldiers from Yulin, Jizhen soldiers and Shanxi soldiers, and a large number of troops from Yongping to Shanhaiguan together, passing soldiers, cavalry, infantry, chariots, artillery, auxiliary soldiers, and civilians every day. In recent years, the imperial court transferred at least more than 200,000 troops and civilians out of the customs.

As a result, hundreds of thousands of beggar-like refugees ran out of Shanhaiguan. Their faces were filled with the look of glory and panic that they had survived. They were glad that they escaped and had their lives, and they also felt sorry for their relatives who died in war and escape. When talking about the Ming army, most of the words were words such as defeat, corpses everywhere, defeat of the army, or the general's death in battle.

Over the years, people in Yongping Mansion have become accustomed to it. When will the Ming Dynasty King's Army win a beautiful victory?

After a long time, almost no one has made such thoughts, but the cavalry in front of them seemed to have opened a valve that was forcibly closed in their memory again.

Strong, civilized, mighty, murderous and full of beauty.

Some people have seen the appearance of Mongolian cavalry when they were in their prime. Twenty years ago, more than 100,000 Mongols invaded along the Great Wall. It is not uncommon for people who lived in Yongping Prefecture to see it.

Some people have also seen the Jurchens' military strategists, and have seen those savage men wearing bright armor or sleeved clothes, with their heads naked and ridiculous braids behind their heads. Their eyes are cold eyes, they are inhumane, they are just complete killing machines.

A powerful army may need such cold-blooded soldiers, but when the soldiers who are as enthusiastic as fire, have a strong army as a mountain, are quite friendly to the people, and have a peaceful smile in their eyes, no one doubts the combat effectiveness of the powerful army in front of them.

All the past achievements tell everything. The soldiers of the Shang regiment are quite powerful, their achievements are impressive, and they have everything the Ming army does not have and they want to have.

"It's really a king's teacher." The first merchant Yongping, who spoke, sighed sincerely, and was not afraid of what his friends around him thought.

Everyone nodded slightly, everyone's ideas were completely consistent, and they didn't think it was a taboo.

In the eyes of Yongping merchants, Hutchison's existence is a foregone conclusion, and the emperor's cold treatment is quite appropriate now.

When Hutchison's strength expands to the point where the Ming Dynasty cannot get around, it may enthrone Zhang Han as King Shunyi, and appropriately move Hutchison's foundation in the mainland, leaving only some trade ports, which will not threaten the security of the Ming Dynasty's mainland, and can also rise a very strong Han force outside the border wall. This is the win-win plan for both sides.

The Ming Dynasty did not have the right to govern the grassland, and it had never been before. At most, it was enthroned. Since it could enthrone the Mongols, it would not be enthroned by a Han person?

For politics, businessmen's ideas are always naive and naive. In this regard, they always take politics as an exchange of interests.

Of course, politics must have exchange of interests, but some principled things cannot be exchanged for equal interests.

For Emperor Tianqi, what a nightmare is this to appear on the grassland a Han Dynasty that is stronger than the Mongols? If such a thing really happens, the threat index is definitely above the Jurchens. After all, since the Liao and Jin Dynasties have been dominated by the Han people for nearly three hundred years. The powerful Han Dynasty has been suppressing the Jurchens. Although the king's army has been defeated repeatedly, the Jurchens are still limited to Liaodong and cannot make progress. It is difficult to believe that the Jurchens can win the world. After all, this powerful alien race has only 60,000 entries and less than 30,000 soldiers. This number is still very likely to be used to win a city and a land. From the previous battles after Sarhu, the Jurchens have also proved their strong combat power, but that's it.

It can be said that Zhang Han and his Hutchison really developed to the point where they could establish a country. In the eyes of the Ming monarchs and ministers, the threat index will definitely exceed the Jurchens dozens of times. Is it still expected that the Ming Dynasty court will be enthroned?
Chapter completed!