After chasing it until it was dark in the evening, Shu Mu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Ming Jun really gave up leaving.

Shu Mu's expression changed no time. He was afraid that he was too weak, afraid of fighting and death.

Someone has said such strange words in the past six months. Later, Shumu used his military achievements in the Battle of Western Liao to prove himself again, and then he regained his foothold under Zhengbai.

For many people, Shumu once lived in Grejuergen City for a long time, dealt with the Han people for a long time, and once praised Hutchison, so he must be as weak and useless as the Han people.

Under this strange thinking, Shumu was quite angry. In fact, he never agreed with the trade links with the Han people and had always been quite hostile to the Han people. However, those people were jealous of his trust and value by the Four Beile, and were also jealous of his gains when he was stationed abroad, so he framed him by fabricating rumors.

This time, he ordered Oba Taiji to go to Chenyang to meet and discuss with the Khan. Shumu did not expect to send him to serve as an envoy, but he could not disobey after the order and could only follow his order.

Fortunately, Huang Taiji was worried that the delegation would be intercepted, so he sent a white armored banner Zhang Jing and Tan Tai to accompany him. The two of them took Benniu to record more than ten strong vests and more than ten white armored ones. They set off from Liaoyang, passed Chenyang, crossed the border wall, and went to the Zhenbeibao area for renovation. At the same time, they heard the news that many Mongolians had arrived in the Yizhou Acropolis area, Shumu and Tan Tai knew that they could not wait any longer, so they could only take the risk to rush over.

Sure enough, a large number of northern enemy soldiers came out to intercept them. Fortunately, the bows and arrows were weak, and everyone was wearing double armor. As long as they protected the war horses with their heart, they would not worry about the Mongols' bows and arrows. Later, the Ming army came out, all of which were Need Dings. The white armored men kept shooting, and there were still quite a few casualties. They did not get the Need Dings of the Ming army off until the evening.

"Three dead, all of them are vests." Tan Taidian said to Shu Mu after testing the death and injury: "The rest of them are injured, but fortunately they are all shot and there is no serious injury."

"Let's go to Gerjurgen to recuperate." Shumu said in a desperate state: "It depends on the situation when returning. You can't rush forward like this. You have to ask Oba Taiji to send someone to take us back."

"It can only be done." Tan Tai's muscles tightened on his face, and he said, "I don't expect the Ming army's inner circle to dare to fight like this. Previously, the gang in western Liaoning had only dared to pretend to be dead dogs."

"The Ming army has always been like this. If there are more people, they will become more courageous. If they rush forward for a while, they will know they are afraid."

"That's a camp soldier, and Nedin is still a little different."

"The hardest fight is the Hunji soldiers." Shu Mu said with an unhappy look: "There are no Hunji soldiers and horses to support them, so these Mongolians and Ming people only dare to hide."

Tan Tai smashed his mouth and said nothing.

The incident of breaking the siege of Thirteen Mountains also caused an uproar at the senior management of the Later Jin Dynasty. Huang Taiji himself had nothing to say about the rescue. After all, the siege had been broken at that time. The soldiers and horses of Thirteen Mountains were also considered strong and elite soldiers in the Jurchen high-level leadership. They had known all the soldiers and horses of various flags. Huang Taiji came from afar and was not sure about attacking the already prepared siege of Thirteen Mountains. No one would be dissatisfied.

However, Hutchison has even more confirmed that there is a ill-behavior. The group training of Shisanshan is definitely not something that ordinary people or the Ming Dynasty can do. In contrast, although Hutchison has been hiding behind Yang Er, it is also exposed more and more at this time.

Due to the fact that Zhang Han and him were founded several times, the hostility between the two sides became increasingly obvious, which also caused many people to attack the trade affairs led by Huang Taiji.

Sending Shumu to Korqin was also a matter that Huang Taiji could not do.

If Korqin is not stable or finds that Hutchison is still in Korqin, it will have a great impact on the Later Jin Dynasty and have to be careful. Even this matter will fall on Huang Taiji. If this matter is not done well, it will have a great impact on him.

The four belles have already fallen into a lot of positions in the hearts of the people, and the accumulation of small amounts has become more common, and sand has become a tower. Many people from the Zhengbai Banner are also worried that it will affect Huang Taiji's succession to the Khan throne.

"I won't say much about this." Shu Mu was not too much. Tan Tai was a very trustworthy person in Si Beile. He was also the one who had the most dealing with Hutchison and had the best relationship with Hutchison at the time. It was useless to say more and offend people for nothing.

"Continue to rush." ​​Tan Tai said in a muffled voice: "I hope there will be no accidents in Glejurgen City."

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The changes in Liaodong seem to have little to do with Qingcheng. It was just that in February, people saw large-scale mobilizations with their own eyes, and then the main forces from all over the place gathered in Jining and Xing Shangyi areas. The caravans had the most say. The army mobilization they saw with their own eyes was carried out almost every day, and the scale was huge and almost boundless.

This is the first time for the Shang regiments to mobilize such a large-scale army. The last time the army was hit by the condom was mobilized, which was actually a rehearsal for the conquest of Lin Danhan. There were many soldiers and horses that were gathered and dispatched in the condom battlefield.

At this time, people understood that this war was the final battle to unify the grassland. Defeat Lin Danhan, unify the East and West Mongolia, and the North of Mo, the entire grassland was already integrated.

As for Gilbut Mongols and Weilat Mongols, strictly speaking, they were not serious Mongolian tribes, of course, they were also among the conquests. They only needed water-match skills to fight against Weilat, and only a small number of commercial cavalry and cavalry of the Beidi Fan tribe were enough to deal with the Gilbut Mongols.

The Eastern Mongolia tribes had nearly 200,000 Dingkou, and the tribes also fought with the Ming Dynasty. Their strength was far above the western part. However, no one thought that this war might fail, and they were full of complete confidence in the victory.

Some businessmen are even thinking about whether to regain business roads to Mongolia in the east through opening up the east. There are many Dingkou over there. As long as the killing is not too ruthless after the war, there are many business opportunities after the business roads are restored, and you can make a lot of money.

Not only did the Chinese merchants in the grassland and the merchants in Zhangjiakou think this way, but Hutchison's own industrial and commercial department have also been planning for a long time.

If Lin Danhan and others knew, they really didn't know what they were thinking.

The war between the two sides has not started yet, and Hutchison is already seriously calculating what will happen after winning.

Only when Zhang Han decided to go to the camp in person and set off on a date did a small wave of troubles arise in Qingcheng.

Tian Jitang rushed back from the trading city at the end of February. He went here to determine the tax collection and set up many tax collection points along the way, all relying on the various treasury or fire road pier, or in military forts.

In several big cities, there are usually statistics and taxation statistics from the Finance and Taxation Department. Caravans coming directly from outside the mouth are taxed along the way.

There are also fixed branch personnel in the trading city to impose taxes, and the tax rates for Russians and Mongolians are still relatively low, and it will only be gradually adjusted after at least four years.

Even at the current tax rate, the annual income is quite considerable.

Coupled with the increase in mainland China's income, it is undoubtedly a very good thing for Taiwan to stop withdrawing money and supplying a large amount of materials.

Many people in the city saw Tian Jitang and found that the officials of the Finance and Taxation Department looked like they were in a breeze and seemed to be a little lighter when walking.

The day after entering the city, Tian Jitang went to Zhang Han's mansion to ask for a meeting.

Zhang Han did not see him directly, because he was expected to leave the city tomorrow, and go to Xiaoheihe Fort first, and then to Shangyi Fort. The soldiers in front had begun to break through the defense line with the Chahar tribe and attack some herder tribes on the border. Zhang Han and the General Command could no longer delay the forward time.

Zhang Han is about to start his journey, but he has not stopped in the past few years. He has not seen any foreign guests in the past two days and only spends more time with his family in the mansion.

Chang Ning placed the mirror on the table and trimmed Zhang Han's beard.

Zhang Han had a single word of beard, which looked a little more straight and tough.

Although people often ignore his age, if he removes his beard, someone will suddenly realize that this superior commander who ruled millions of people and a powerful army is actually a bit unreasonable.

Zhang Han's face used to be very white. In recent years, due to the many horse riding outside for several months, the wind and sun were exposed, his face turned darker than before, but he was still much whiter than ordinary people.

This is not surprising. Both the Zhang family in Puzhou and the Zhang family in Xinpingbao have been rich and noble for many generations. After all the generations, they must have both family background and appearance. Zhang Han is handsome, fair-faced, and tall, which is the foundation laid by the wealth of generations.

Zhang Han was not very satisfied with his original skin color. When he was just starting his business, he had received a lot of doubts and contempt because of his appearance.

Now the skin tone is a little darker, which may be caused by wind and sun exposure, or it may be due to the age of age. In short, Zhang Han is very satisfied.

There was beard on his lips. Since Zhang Hannian was less than thirty years old, his beard looked hard and thick. Chang Ning felt that he could remove some of it, so he personally took out a small gold-handled razor to repair Zhang Han's beard.

There are fresh cucumbers and radishes sent from the pit room on the table. There are fresh green and bright red in front of you, which makes people look pleasing to the eye. The vegetables and vegetables are also very good white porcelain plates, and some details are quite particular.

Zhang Han didn't eat it. One reason was that he was not available now, and the other was that he was talking to his wives and concubines.

"If it is just for the wealth of our family, all this is too much now. Wealth is too easy to lose blessings. The so-called gentleman's fortune is killed in five generations. Sometimes even if you do your own thing well, it will be useless, and there will be a few days. For example, those aristocratic families during the Wei and Jin Dynasties were extremely glorious for generations. When the time comes, no matter what efforts the family makes, wealth and honor disappear without a trace like passing smoke."

Zhang Han thought for a while and showed a serious expression on his face. The three wives and concubines also looked at him very carefully. The man with this expression was indeed quite charming, making the woman feel trust and relying on.

Not far away, two boys were playing in the yard holding hands. Zhang Bin helped Zhang Zhen onto the swing, pushed his hands, and helped his younger brother to start swinging.

Chang Ning took a look in the room and immediately several women ran out and stood on both sides of the swing.

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Chapter completed!