The war horses in the Zongduan Mountains are also divided into different levels. Usually, those old or injured horses are only used to check in or slaughter them directly for food. Those slightly better are used for training for children and for women to work. The best war horses are naturally used for riding to grazing, or for combat.

Usually, the tribes in the Zongduan Mountains are not big. It is already a big deal for a tribe to get a thousand war horses out. Taking out three thousand war horses in one go is equivalent to half of what we bought last time, which makes me very excited.

After defeating the ships at sea in the Tsugu family and the Hatan family, all we need to do is to completely win with cavalry and infantry.

When on land, which one is better, infantry or cavalry, depends on the terrain.

For example, in areas with many hills, valleys, and swamps, cavalry are useless, but if the terrain is wide, the cavalry will definitely kill infantry, which is undoubtedly.

Yamazaki Kenyun had long said that the 8,000 horses now are actually only about 5,000. The rest are either too small or just mares, which are definitely not used in high-intensity wars. Therefore, even if it is enough to capture Otaru, Sapporo and Chitose-Second Castle in the southern part of Ekima Island this time, if you want to capture the Yu or Muro region, it is definitely not enough.

If we can bring back ten thousand war horses this time, it will naturally be a great addition to the cavalry. Maybe it is impossible to unify Izuki and Muro from the northern part of the state of Honshu.

Seeing Manu take the lead, he grabbed the top spot. A group of elders became less calm and hurriedly took out their own chips.

"I have a horse, too!"

"In addition to the horse, I also have fat sheep and strong cows!"

"We don't have animals, but there are so many mountain products. Who dares to compare with us?"

“…”

Seeing them rushing to reveal their bottom line, I was in an extremely comfortable mood.

The people in the Zongduan Mountains are really simple. Compared with the group of people in the Song Dynasty and Japan, doing business with them is the best and most comfortable choice.

Of course, they are not fools either. On the contrary, they have long had their own set of business standards.

In the remote mountains and regions, they have little communication with the outside world, so they are often deceived by people with inferior goods. However, the tribes in the Zongduan Mountains have no choice. If they go out to buy and sell things themselves, the expenses, dangers, time, etc. along the way are bottlenecks that extremely restrict their development. Only those who travel to the tribe are the most convenient.

Although they were fooled by fools again and again, they had a lot of money in their hearts. Seeing that I was doing business so readily and generously, I had long regarded me as a good person, so I revealed my bottom line in advance, and they were not worried that I would take the opportunity to lower the price.

"Take it slowly, take it slowly." I said with a smile, "This time we brought a first-class salt, 'golden tea', Nanyang spices, 'hero blood' and the newly released wine called 'Zhuxian wine'. If you want to buy it, please take care of yourself and come to discuss with my housekeepers at noon... The quantity is limited, please seize the opportunity."

"good!"

Zhebyzan and a group of elders were indeed extremely weak now. Even after drinking several bowls of broth and eating the herbs I prepared for them, they just barely stopped the diarrhea. If you want to recover better, you have to wait until after noon.

As for what to buy and how much to buy, they still have to discuss with their companions.

Of course, it would be even better if the price is cheaper!

The specific prices of the various products we bring have been over the calculations of Jeon Meiyan and Shen Mengqiu. There is a range that can be bargained, but the range is not large.

So at noon, a group of elders from the middle-aged Jurchen tribe with crutches came firmly, and I handed over the negotiation to my friends.

Zhebyzhan himself did not participate in the negotiations, but accompanied us on the characteristic recliner, basking in the warm sun in early spring, blowing the gentle spring breeze, and then savoring the delicious "Drunk Fairy Brew", which was quite enjoyable.

"Brother Zhebyzhan, are you familiar with Ussuri River?" I mentioned it inadvertently.

"Ussuri River?" Zhebyzhan recalled for a moment before shook his head, "It seems to be on the other side of the Zongduan Mountains, right? I have never been there before, but I heard that the environment there is worse than ours. The cold wind from the hell in the west kept blowing there, and the land was not suitable for cultivation. People often flee to the tribes in the eastern part of the Zongduan Mountains."

When Xiao Yin'er heard this, her heart tightened and a little hand quickly lit a few times on my back.

I understood what she meant and asked, "So, among the more than thirty tribes we have arrived this time, are there any tribes close to the Ussuri River?"

"Yes!" Zhebyzhan nodded and said, "Elder Cheli and his tribe are close to the Ussuri River, only a few dozen miles away. I heard that because the environment there is not good, many Jurchens, as well as Khitans and Rakshasa tribes, ran to their tribe to join, causing their tribe's population to soar and the burden is very heavy."

Elder Cheli?

I immediately saw the appearance of a thin old man with the most fierce eating and drinking, but the number of buying and selling is the smallest.

Every time Elder Cheli brought some mountain goods, they were not very rare, such as ginseng, tiger skin, cattle and sheep skin, etc., which were also good things for transportation.

It’s not that they don’t have live animals, but it’s really difficult to cross the entire Zongduan Mountains. It’s very difficult for people to climb, let alone live animals. There are ten animals that have to be sold on the road. The remaining ones are really unpaid.

Therefore, Elder Cheli, who worked hard to come, was so frustrated every time he saw everyone happily buying first-class salt and fine wine.

There was no way, he could only eat more and make up for the effort he had spent back and forth. By the way, there was also a kind of thought of poor people eating up the nouveau riche, so it was inconvenient to mention them one by one.

"Brother Bao, do you want to do business when you ask Ussuri River?" Zhebyzan thought he guessed the right direction, so he persuaded me, "It's better not to go. It's a place where the Khitans exiled criminals. There's nothing except the poor people who are so poor that they want to eat soil! You have to take things there, and make sure that those people are desperately trying to rob, and if there is any damage, it won't be paid."

Xiao Yiner shivered when she heard this, her face became even more ugly.

"Not this, I just have something to deal with." I laughed, "Brother Zhebyzan, if we want to go there, can we rent your warriors?"

The word "leasing a warrior?" is very fresh, which makes Zhe Byzan stunned.

"Yes, when we went there, Elder Cheli was not familiar with us. The only people who could trust were the warriors of Brother Zhebyzan's tribe! So I wanted to spend money to hire them, and it would take about a month at most."

Zhebyzhan understood what I mean, that is, we don’t have many people, and if we want to go to the Ussuri River, we need more powerful warriors, and these warriors can only be selected as the most reliable ones, and the warriors of the Sobu tribe are worthy of my trust.

For my trust, the Jurchen man shivered with excitement and patted his chest repeatedly and said, "Brother Bao, what are you saying? We have to say money in our relationship? You underestimate our Jurchen man too much! I'll send you... Well, send a thousand of the most elite warriors, and you must be the one who is ten. Even if Cheli has a strange intention, he will never dare to move!"

We did business with Zhebyzan several times, and we learned about their situation.

In the initial conflict with us, the Sobu tribe lost most of its manpower, leaving less than eight hundred young and strong men.

But because of the several business operations, they have strengthened their wealth and given them more food to attract other small tribes. So after annexing more than ten poor small tribes nearby, their population soared to about 10,000, and there were 3,000 young people, becoming the largest force nearby.

He is definitely a great sign that he can give me a thousand of the most elite Jurchen warriors.

"No, no, although the tribe can do without money, the families of these warriors still need it. After all, when you are away, you can't do anything that requires labor at home." I shook my head repeatedly, "In this way, I will take out 100,000 kilograms of first-class salt and give it to Brother Zhebyzan. Please help you distribute it. It is a hard work fee to give them in advance. When we come back, I will give them a reward."

When Zhe Byzhan was assigned, he and the elders naturally took some of them from them. Zhe Byzhan was also clear about this.

After thinking about it, it was indeed not good to be busy for the warriors. In addition, the first-class salt of 100,000 pounds was really tempting, so Zhebyzan bowed and said, "Then it's better to obey your orders than respect. Brother Bao, I'm ashamed of taking it!"

With the full support of Zhebyzan, I will naturally have greater confidence and safety assurance.

After talking with Zhe Byzan, I naturally took Xiao Yiner to find the Elder Cheli.

However, as we walked towards the negotiation site, the cool and beautiful young woman frowned and looked melancholy.

"Don't think too much. The things we have before cannot be saved. All we have to do is to rush to Ussuri River as soon as possible and rescue them who are still alive, so that they will not suffer or starve to death. This is what we need to do." I hugged my wife's slender waist and told her in this way.

"Um!"

After all, Xiao Yiner was a queen and had a strong ability to adjust. Thinking about what I said, she relaxed.
Chapter completed!