The grassland at the end of summer is about to enter autumn. Although it is still a while before the autumn is high and the horses are fat, the warriors on the grassland can already use their swords to draw their bows and rush to attack.

Amid the rumbling sound of horse hooves, a team of more than two thousand people swept by, and waved scimitars rushed by like waves of steel in the sun.

Hou San looked at the spectacular scene in front of him, with a smile on his face. He had been to Dabanshengcheng for several days. He was quite neglected when he first came, but when he showed up the iron tools he brought, the Tartars in the Suannen tribe changed their faces.

"Mr. Hou, what is my army? I wonder if it is comparable to your master's army?"

Su Nang turned around and said, a new Shuofang tribe appeared in Hetao. With more than ten thousand troops, it suddenly became the most of the Hetao tribes. It overwhelmed Deqing and cut all the majority of the moguls and Shaji. He originally thought about whether to lead troops to take a look. After all, Hetao was his sphere of influence, and all the tribes regarded him as the main force.

But unexpectedly, the Shuofang tribe sent Ming people to ask about Xiang. For the sake of the best iron, Su Nang recognized the status of the Shuofang tribe.

"The prince is joking. My master has only a few hundred soldiers, no matter how elite he is, he can match the prince's army. Besides, this grassland is always from the Golden Family."

Hou San's answer made Su Nang laugh, "Mr. Hou can really speak. Go back and tell your master that as long as you can continue to take out the same high-quality fine iron as this time, we will be our best friends."

"Prince, with these fine irons, our arrows are sharper and the steel knife is stronger. After all, the Khan seat is yours!"

After seeing Hou San off, a general beside Su Nang shouted. They used to do business with Ming people, but the iron materials they bought were not so easy.

Geriletu looked at several generals who jumped out to instigate their master, and knew in his heart that they might have received the gift from Mr. Hou, but what they said was not bad. Now that the troops in the army are strong, as long as they can continue to stockpile the high-quality iron to build weapons and arrows, the prince will sooner or later make up his mind to take back the position of Dahan.

"Geriltu, you have friendship with the Gao Qianhu. After a while, I will go to the Shuofang tribe for me. If he is willing to help me seize the Khan throne, I will become Anda with him."

Geriletu was surprised when his master said that he was arrogant. He knew that his master had always been arrogant. He didn't expect that Gao Jin was so arrogant, but he still responded quickly, "Yes, Prince."

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On the grassland, with the rise of the Shuofang tribe, the entire Hetao became chaotic. The tamed Mengkeshli tribe and the Shake tribe became the minions of the Shuofang tribe. These two tribes were defeated by Gao Jin. Not to mention the loss of soldiers and horses, they later offered cattle, sheep and horses to apologize.

Of course, the two parts also benefited. The prices of many goods brought by Gao Jin were extremely fair on the grassland, and the things were good. There were also many cheap goods that the Ming caravans were unwilling to sell. For example, the stone pot bowls, only those big merchants would carry some porcelain to the nobles of various Mongolian tribes, but the prices were extremely high. Unlike the stone pot bowls, even the herdsmen on the bottom could afford them.

At present, in addition to cloth, salt and iron pots, the stone pots and pots in Hetao are the most popular goods. Chaganbala and Haribari have completely settled their positions with the unlimited goods in the Shuofang tribe. After seeing Gao Jin's strength and wealth, the nobles in the two tribes were willing to become Gao Jin's loyal dogs with their two new masters.

After Chaganbara and Haribari were in a stable position, they couldn't wait to attack the surrounding small tribes. There were so many good things in the Protectors. If they wanted to benefit the tribe, they had to use cattle, sheep, horses, animals, and yarn to replace them. But what should I do if the savings in the tribe had been emptied long ago? Naturally, they would rob them!

After snatching many small tribes, the Mengkshli tribe and the Sand Casino Department quickly recovered their vitality, which made the other several people who were originally eyeing him quite regretful and did not take action from the beginning. When they planned to take the opportunity to annex and divide the Mengkshli tribe and the Sand Casino department, they found that the two little wolf cubs, Chaganbara and Haribari, were much more difficult to deal with than the two old foxes of Borot and Bals.

Many small tribes suffered. Although the Mengkeshli tribe and the Shake tribe plundered a lot of people, more people fled to the Shuofang tribe, which also caused great headaches for the left-behind Chen Sheng and others.

"Second brother has written to you."

In Shuofang City, in the tent of the central commander who was serving as the temporary Protectorate, Chen Sheng, who was watching the documents compiled by the guys, heard Yang Dayan's screams and jumped up from the stool.

After a while, after reading the letter, Chen Sheng smiled bitterly and said to everyone who came to the tent, "The second brother said, the more Tartars come to join, the better. If we want to be a good household registration, the Shuofang army can also be appropriately expanded."

When everyone in the tent looked tight when they heard Chen Sheng's words. In the past summer, they were so busy that they were not touching the ground every day. Now the Shuofang tribe has finally gotten on the right track. The five or six thousand Tartars cried and begged to join the Shuofang tribe. They were probably busy again.

"The second brother said that he had asked the caravan to buy a large number of food and supplies, so we don't need to worry about it. Besides, the "old tribes" in the Shuofang tribe have learned all the rules. At that time, Lao Qin, you can work hard and pick up some smart ten households to take those new Tartars."

"Don't worry, Master Sheng, even if I'm exhausted, I won't miss the master's big trouble."

Qin Zhong patted his chest and said, Hou Sansha was not too confusing, and the civil affairs and chores of Shuofang's troops fell on him, and everyone saw it. Now no one laughed at him for being timid and cowardly.

After Gao Jin left, Chen Sheng became more and more calm. After ordering Qin Zhong, he looked at Zhang Jian and the others, "You have to send someone to keep an eye on the river transportation between us and Gubei Village. In the past half month, several groups of horse thieves wanted to steal our goods."

"I'm afraid it's not necessarily a horse thief, maybe it's the most soldiers of the Tartars."

"If you don't think about fighting a big battle, just show me the goods."

Chen Sheng glanced at Zhang Chonggu and said, "The population of Shuofang tribe is nearly 20,000 now. Although there is no shortage of food and supplies, it would not be enough if a large army is dispatched. Second brother is not here, everyone has no backbone, and he cannot let Zhang Chonggu and the others do it. What if this battle is lost?

Seeing Zhang Chonggu being defeated, Zhang Jian was naturally happy. After fighting with the Sha Ji team, this stupid man was a little arrogant. Don’t look at their current nearly 20,000 troops, but they cannot lose a single battle, otherwise they will be attacked by groups.

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Outside the Gubei Village, cars were connected to cars, filled with black honeycomb coal, all of which were transported to Shuofang.

"Everything is quick, hurry up and transport my things to the dock and put them all on the raft."

Li Laogen shouted loudly. He had been traveling between Shuofang tribe and Gubei Village recently to transport supplies. He was completely in a dark circle. However, he was tired, but this person became more and more energetic.

At present, the miners outside Gubeizhai were divided into three shifts, digging coal day and night, and then making live mud on the spot into honeycomb coal and sent to Shuofangmen and Hekou Fort. They had to stock up enough honeycomb coal to press the warehouse before winter began.

In the gurgling water, after the big rafts were docked, the shirtless men began to carry the goods, bundles of fur and wool and nitroso were moved down, and then they were freed up to load the honeycomb coal.

The dock was full of lively scenes. Li Laogen, who had finally had time to take a breath, was also full of joy. Relying on the trade from Shuofang tribe, the Gubei Village also gained great benefits. As a transit station for goods in the grassland and Guanwang, merchants who had visited Gubei Village last year arrived in a steady stream after the long summer, and a large population followed.

In the past, most of these people were new troupes who wanted to bring them to the grassland to fight for their lives. But now there are mountains of goods from the grassland in Gubeizhai, so these merchants still need to venture out of the frontier. So these people became the labor force that Gubeizhai urgently needed.

There is no need to go to the grassland to face horse thieves and Tartars. Just work hard to get a living and save wages. The merchants are happy to accept these new troupes that they no longer need.

The accountant of Sihai Warehouse directly set up a table on the dock to discuss prices and deliver goods with merchants from the south, and at the same time set various goods and materials. Gao Jin earned no less than 50,000 taels of money on the grassland this summer, but he used it to buy food, grass and various materials.

And this is all real transactions, and there is no official waste to buy. Don’t think that it is just a 50,000 taels of material purchase, but it is enough to make the small merchants who come to Gubeizhai make a profit, and are willing to do business in Gubeizhai and become famous for the Sihai Goods Store.

"I don't want this Gubei Village to be so prosperous. If it takes a few more years..."

On the side of the temporary wharf, two middle-aged men wearing sheepskin coats looked like ordinary Shanxi old stings whispering there. They were the shopkeepers of the Fan family in Zhangjiakou. They were originally receiving goods from Datong. Later, after Gao Jin praised Diao Mazi and Kouan, the small businesses like Diao Mazi and Kouan, they could receive much less goods than usual.

If they cannot receive the goods, they will be criticized by the owner. They will naturally find out the truth. However, Diao Mazi and Kou An are both old people and have some reputations in Datong. After inquiring for a long time, they found out that Diao Mazi and his two men have relied on the nobles of Yansui Town. The nobles receive goods at the market price, and they still receive goods at the same price as usual, so it will naturally not work.

The power of the Fan family is mainly in Zhangjiakou and is related to the Datong officials, but what can you do? Yansui Town is so far away? The Fan family has just become a wealthy merchant in Jin due to the banned transactions with Liaodong. If they really kill Diao Mazi Kouanna's group, their reputation will be broken. Who would be willing to do things for the Fan family?

So the two of them reported the letter to their boss Fan Yong, and were sent to inquire about the news. Diao Mazi and Kou An and others were recruiting soldiers because they made a lot of money, so they were able to pretend to be merchants and get in. After arriving at Gubei Village, they saw the endless raft rafts and the mountains of goods piled up on the dock, and then they believed the rumors they heard inside the wall.

The two of them thought they had a secret conversation, but they never thought that they had been targeted by spies from Gubei Village.

Shan Ying, wearing a black robe, looked like a foreign businessman who came to Gubei Village to do business, but in fact he is now the secret agent of the Gao family army. In the case of Qin King's rebellion fabricated by the Jinyiwei, Shan Ying was not even a small shrimp. In addition, he had a repentance and made meritorious achievements, so he was finally released from the prison of Shenmubao. Of course, his official positions in hundreds of households could not be preserved.

After being released from prison, Shan Ying went straight to Hekou Fort. Gao Jin had already led his troops out of the frontier. Fortunately, Mulan knew that there was a person like him. In addition, Gao Jin also mentioned the arrangements for Shan Ying, and Mulan asked Shan Ying to select personnel in Hekou Fort to train spies.

Shan Ying, who had already changed his mind and vowed to be loyal to Gao Jin, immediately selected twenty people in Hekou Fort. He also caught a lot of spies who had sneaked in to inquire about the news in Hekou Fort while training these subordinates. When Gao Jin was in Shuofang's army, he learned about Shan Ying's performance from Sha Dediao, and sent someone to send a message to him to come to the Gubei Village.

Shan Ying is a ruthless man and a capable talent. As the Gubei Village has entered the autumn, there are many business trips and mixed fish and dragons. It is the place where Shan Ying uses it. This is also because Gao Jin put Shan Ying in Gubei Village. In fact, only Shan Ying and Lu Da are suitable for doing such things, but Lu Da is born at night, which is more suitable for the army.

"I keep an eye on these two thieves. I will remember who they have met and where they have been. If anyone misses it, hum!"

Looking at the two men leaving behind the ears, Shan Ying said coldly to the two subordinates beside him that he had captured a lot of spies in Gubei Village during this period, and there were all kinds of people in it, even the Jinyiwei men. Although it was something that could not be put on the table, he couldn't help but be careless.

The master established the Shuofang Division on the grassland. Shan Ying had already found out from Li Laogen. After guessing that the master's ambitions were great, Shan Ying became more alert. Some of the spies he caught were sent to dig coal, and some of them were turned into his own people by him. Just like those Jinyiwei's men, they have now become Shan Ying's spies. The news they sent back were all compiled by Shan Ying.

"Don't worry, sir, we must keep an eye on them."
Chapter completed!