Chapter 143 Ambition (today still
Huang Taiji ordered: "It's great, Tan Tai, go and welcome him in."
Tan Tai responded and turned around and went out. He was carrying a large step bow behind him, tilting the tent, and the candlelight was shaking by the wind.
Huang Taiji didn't care either, and watched Tan Tai walk towards the gap in the camp through the gap.
Zhang Han and Duoer and Li Congye had stopped the horse. Duoer was in front and Li Congye was behind Zhang Han, and the two guards approached with Zhang Han.
At this time, they saw Tan Tai coming over. He was a very ferocious and fierce Jurchen young man, who looked like he was twenty-five or six years old, with a curly beard on his face, a fierce light flashing in his eyes, and a tall and strong figure. When he walked, his body twisted and light, and it was not at all difficult to look like an ordinary person wearing heavy armor.
Duo'er saw Tan Tai holding a tiger out of sheath in his hand, and the tooth knife was shining with silver light. He groaned and pulled out the waist knife he was wearing.
Li Congye did not draw his sword, but he also carefully placed his right hand on the hilt of his sword.
Tan Tai had a heavy armor made of iron scales with silver flashing silver. Zhang Han knew that this was the standard configuration of the Later Jin Piaoya La soldiers. This layer of heavy armor was made of good fine iron, and the damage to cold weapons was very good. The white armored soldiers of the Later Jin were at most between 2,000 and 3,000, and were composed of elite soldiers among the veterans. At this time, there was no Gebush Xian Camp established during the Tiancong period. Piaoya La was still the first-class elite. In addition to this layer of silver scale armor, Tan Tai also had a layer of cotton armor and a layer of mail inside. The three layers of heavy armor weighed more than fifty kilograms. This man could walk freely and even jump as if he was flying. If the Jin soldiers were East Asian soldiers at this time, and the white armor was the most elite group of people in this powerhouse.
When Zhang Han looked at Tan Tai, Tan Tai was also looking at the three people in front of him.
Zhang Han doesn't need to mention it too much. This person has a faint majesty and a high-ranking aura. Tan Tai can often feel this aura in Huang Taiji. He himself also wants to be awarded Niu Luezhen, but he knows that he has little qualifications, even if his brother is Yang Guli... At least it will take a few more years.
Duoer has a short and strong body, and her round face is full of fierce aura. She does not hesitate to draw the knife, has experienced movements and steady steps. You can tell at a glance that she is a veteran. Li Congye saw that he was a little thin southerner, but his walking movements and reactions were not weak. Zhang Han, the Han boss, came out with the two of them, just like this, which made Tan Tai a little surprised.
"Come with me."
Although Tan Tai's face was ferocious, his eyes looked at Zhang Han were quite kind.
He is different from ordinary Jurchens. He does not discriminate against Han people and Sinology, but has an inexplicable favorable impression of Han people's clothing and diet.
In fact, there are quite a lot of Jurchens like Tan Tai. After all, living in the deep mountains and forests without civilization is the same thing. After seeing what civilization is, I naturally yearn for many things and like them sincerely.
Zhang Han made a hand gesture to Tan Tai, and then used his eyes to stop Duo'er, who was rebellious and fierce, and asked Li Congye and Duo'er to wait at the entrance of the camp.
The Jurchens only made a simple wooden wall, and the sharpened wooden stakes were buried outwards, leaving a small gap for entering and exiting, a bonfire was lit in the middle, and there were sentry detectives on the outside. If there were really a large crowd of people coming, it would be better to have such a simple defense facility than not.
After walking inwards along the bonfire for more than ten steps, a curtain of a tent was lifted, and Kurchan and the tall fat Jurchen walked out together.
"Welcome to Master Zhang." Kurzang said with a smile: "I wonder if Master Zhang has any advice?"
Zhang Han smiled and said, "The matter is urgent, so I don't say politely... This is to cooperate with Bakish and attack those Mongolian armored soldiers together."
Kurchan wanted to see Huang Taiji, but Huang Taiji pretended to be a guard, so he didn't dare to turn his head to see it casually. Only then did he truly admire Huang Taiji's foresight. Not only did Zhang Han come, but he was indeed here to help soldiers.
Kurchan said: "Why did Lord Zhang make such a request? You are a guest of the Mongolians, and we are allies with the Mongolians..."
"Bakish doesn't have to say such things." Zhang Han said calmly: "Those people were sent by Lin Danhan to kill me. If there is a chance, will they not attack you? Killing these people will only cause great conflicts between Lin Danhan and the Korqin tribe. Of course, this result is what the Great Jin Kingdom is willing to see. This is a benefit to us. I will get rid of threats and dangers, and you can benefit from it."
Kurchan was stunned for a moment.
He didn't expect that Zhang Han's lyrics were so sharp that he left no room for anything and revealed his straightforwardness. He couldn't use several of theories he had prepared, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
Huang Taiji kept pressing the knife behind Kur, and at this time he had to take a step forward.
Zhang Han smiled. He had long seen that this fat young man was not an ordinary guard. Although it was obvious that this man was very skilled, the confidence between the eyebrows and the majestic aura in front of him showed that this man was usually a powerful man who was in power. Kurchan was already a minister with a high status among the Jurchens. The high fat Jurchens were still far above him, and he might at least be the status of a deputy general or general.
Although Nuerhaci hated the Han people and founded the Eight Banners and set up banner masters, he also used the Ming Dynasty military system, from the imperial court to the guerrilla general and deputy general, the highest was the general, but the general to the guerrilla army were divided into levels, which was more complex and detailed than the Ming Dynasty military system.
In addition to the Belle Brothers, the Xianjue among the Eight Banners at this time was the general.
General Fei Yingdong was first appointed as the first-class minister, then Zarguqi, then the left-wing Gushan Ezhen, then the auxiliary minister, and finally the third-class general, and was only appointed as the Duke of Zhiyi during the Huang Taiji period.
Zhang Han guessed that Huang Taiji's identity was already very high, but he really didn't expect that what he saw was one of the four major benefactors, who was later the Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty and Emperor Chongde of the Qing Dynasty.
"We are not in danger." Huang Taiji's face was calm, but the lyrics were like a knife: "It's still a bit worthwhile to kill and take risks for you. What benefits does this matter do us?"
"The Lord is joking," Zhang Han said: "It is the greatest benefit for you to be able to cooperate with Jianzhou Wei."
Zhang Han always spoke with a sense of businessman, moderate and peaceful, and did not offend others, but at this time he was also sharp in his words and did not give in to Huang Taiji at all.
Huang Taiji said: "Zhang Dongzhu said this a little bigger. I have hundreds of thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry. How helpful can you, a businessman in the Ming Dynasty, help us? It is a good businessman. If you think too high and speak nonsense, even though you are a guest from afar, you may still be in trouble."
This is a threat. There are not only many Han merchants who cooperate with the Later Jin to do business. Even in the current war state, many local merchants and gentry in Liaodong were secretly buying local products such as fur and Dongzhu ginseng dried fruit from Hou Jin, and then secretly selling grain, pig iron cloth and medicinal materials to the Jurchen side. Some merchants or gentry also sold intelligence to the Hou Jin side. The Later Jin also always paid attention to intelligence and installed many detailed works among the Han people. In the process of attacking Liaoyang, Shenyang and Guangning, they sent detailed works to buy Han gentry and generals from all over the world, and there were many things to instigate and spread rumors and confuse the public. For Huang Taiji, although Zhang Han was an unusual businessman, he was just a Ming businessman after all.
Zhang Han smiled and said, "It's useless to argue, so it's better to speak out with the facts."
Huang Taiji sneered and said, "Can you master Zhang evolve the secret of heaven and ask me to see the facts now?"
"No, we are prepared."
Zhang Han never fights unprepared battles.
This long journey recorded the mountains, rivers, hydrology, and geography along the way, the distance, road conditions, the carriage capacity and time to arrive at various tribes, as well as the cost and distance of the Jurchens to buy and sell grain to Mongolia. Various data are very detailed. At present, with the transportation capacity of the Heyusheng truck, there is no big problem to arrive at Qingcheng and Halashen troops. Within two thousand miles, each truck transports 3,000 kilograms, which takes about fifteen days per thousand miles, and a supply and maintenance point is set up every hundred or fifty miles to ensure that the passage is smooth. Two thousand miles will consume 1.5% to 20% to 20% of the grain. In the end, a large amount of grain will continue to arrive in tribes such as Nekharkha or Kalaqin. These materials will be accepted by Mongolian tribes. In the end, the Later Jin can continuously purchase grain in Korqin.
Zhang Han stated that in the short term, he would only use such a trading method. One reason was that he was unwilling to contact the back gold directly to prevent the news from being targeted after it leaked. In addition, even if the transportation exceeds a certain range, it is far from being able to do with the power of Yusheng now.
As for the tribes along the way, it is just a matter of water grinding to build all the supplies and repair points. It can be built in one or two years.
This was an ambitious plan. Huang Taiji and Kurchan felt shocked after watching it for a while.
Zhang Han didn't know how the Shanxi merchants contacted and smuggled with the Later Jin Dynasty, but he knew that it would never be the method he used now, nor could it be what he imagined.
Huang Taiji noticed that Zhang Han's plan was very concerned about the maintenance and repair of vehicles, and even stipulated how many wheels and shafts were reserved at the supply and repair points. At the same time, several craftsmen were required to prepare for each point. A two thousand-mile business road does not require a complete journey, and a fleet does not need to replace people. You can change cars along the way. It only costs more to ship and unload goods. Such a long business road into supply points of more than 100 miles. This approach can effectively ensure that the business road is always smooth, unless it encounters a continuous blizzard, otherwise there will be no possibility of interruption.
Huang Taiji remembered the previous information. Zhang Han walked all the way, met countless Mongolian Taiji, attended banquets, presented generous gifts, and opened up the relationship between the senior leaders of various Mongolian tribes. He had thought that it was just this Ming businessman who liked to have relationships. Now it seems that this business road really opened up the "road", which was not the way Huang Taiji imagined.
Thank you very much for the rewards from the leader of this book who fell and jumped off the building again. Thank you very much. This is your affirmation of me and gave me confidence. Thank you.
Special extra chapter thanks.
Chapter completed!