A few days ago, when we were in the Gobi area, everyone camped near the perimeter. The sandy land in the slab is easier to camp than the turf, and digging stoves to set up tents. When everyone rested after dark, someone heard the howling of wolves.

Several big businessmen were shocked when they walked out of the tent to see.

Although the guards of the merchant army followed the outside world and had been ensuring the safety of the caravan, the army was not stationed with them when the night fell. When the wolves came, the merchants coming from the mainland were really shocked.

The wolves are usually in groups of five or six, and the bigger ones are about ten, and the largest ones are only twenty or thirty. But there were probably more than a dozen wolves that night, separated from each other and howled constantly. In spring, wild beasts are easier to hunt than in winter, but they are still very thin. The wolf has survived from winter and has been boiled all the oil and water on its body. It is also difficult for the wolf to bear this period. Maybe it was because he smelled the aroma of cooking meat in the camp, and these wolves came uninvited and surrounded the entire camp.

The howling of wolves all night scared Wang Datong and several others torture. Later, the merchants persuaded them and asked the guards to send a squadron of dragoons to come, fired muskets immediately on fire, and drove away the wolves.

However, in the second half of the night, the wolves came back. This time everyone was embarrassed to invite the army again. After all, compared with a large convoy of people, the wolves were very threatening. The army's security was only to deal with real threat situations. It would be a good idea to bother them too much.

During the day, the caravan asked the army to go farther and tried to fight some wolves during the day. The dragon cavalry ran about ten miles west, killed a few wolves, and roasted the wolf meat at noon. At night, there was another green gaze.

Wang Datong and others couldn't stand it anymore, so everyone went to a car to discuss solutions and decided to recruit some guards from the Barhu people.

"This is also a good thing for Hutchison, and Lord Zhang will not be unhappy." Wang Datong used a towel to wipe the sweat between his neck and said in a deep voice: "The Hutchison's policy is to make the Beilu be included in the Hutchison system. Whether it is to continue grazing, do things for Hutchison, farming, doing odd jobs, being a miner, learning to do business, you have to have a relationship with Hutchison... You are not afraid of Beilu's evil, you are afraid that Beilu will hide without any connection. So as long as it takes a long time, you will still be insoluble in water, and sooner or later you will fight. As long as it occurs, you will not be afraid of tea, salt, cloth, vegetables, rice, wheat, which one do they want? Without us, where will they buy these things? You guys say, is this the truth?"

Ma Chaowen agreed very much and said, "The businessmen have the power to protect themselves, which is what Lord Zhang has always emphasized. We should not only be guards, but also ask them to do odd jobs and go to the business city to be our mates. Isn't that good?"

"That's it." Xu Xiulai, a businessman in the capital, quipped: "It's better to recruit some of the Sorens, Oroqens, and Ewenkis, so that Lord Zhang will be happier."

"That's right." Wang Datong glanced at everyone with a squinted look and said, "After all, we are honorary directors. We can't just ask for honors but not directors. When we donate money, we really want preferential treatment. In fact, there are also. The guards and the supply stations along the way are very cooperative with us. When we go to the trading city, we can also pay the lowest level to pay the door and sell the bank. But if we can do more, wouldn't that be a good thing? Whether this business will be successful or not, it will be related to our Shanxi merchants in the next few decades, just like when we opened the horse market. How many people started the business because of the horse market? I don't think the business of this trading city is much more important than the horse market in the past."

Xu Xiulai praised: "You can understand the great things of Brother Wang, and he is indeed the best among people."

Wang Datong became even more proud and glared: "I plan to recruit fifty people, six cents a day, but three taels a day. To put it bluntly, it is not enough for the next day's meal."

Most of the merchants going north are great merchants, and their food is the best ingredients purchased from Zhangjiakou and the capital. There are special chefs who cook along the way, and the expenses are of course huge. A meal of eight treasures is only two taels. These people's daily meals are enough to hold several tables of eight treasures.

Taking advantage of the momentum, Wang Datong led his aides and a few guards brought from Zhangjiakou to the grassland several miles away. Chen Zhuang and a group of head men also came over there. Chen Zhuang had already negotiated with Wang Datong's aides in advance and received a benefit of five taels of silver. After returning, he worked very hard. The head men he brought were indeed nobles from several tribes.

When he saw Wang Datong, he saw that his clothes were luxurious, some people said he was a great businessman, and many people were holding hands on their chests to salute.

Wang Datong was dissatisfied and said in Mongolian words: "I am still a director of the Hejiji, why don't you say this?"

As soon as I finished speaking, many alien leaders knelt down.

The leader was a Barhu's head man, kneeling on the ground tremblingly, and speaking loudly in a series of Mongolian words, fooling Wang Datong.

"What's wrong with him?" Wang Datong asked Chen Zhuang beside him.

Chen Zhuang's expression on his face was particularly brilliant. After a while, he said: "Return to the director, the head people said that he didn't know that the director was the director of Hutchison. They knelt down and apologized to the adults, and promised that they would never harass He Yusheng's official road, and asked the army not to shoot and fire when they saw them again."

"Hey!" Wang Datong didn't know what it felt, so he could only sigh first.

His wealthy people were outside, including staff, followers, guards, and luxurious clothes. These things did not impress these Mongolians at all. Instead, when they said that they had the identity of the director, the heads of the foreign race were all scared to death. They all knelt down on their legs and crawled at their feet, respectfully, even if they were cut by Wang Datong with a knife, they would not dare to resist.

"Tell them that I will report to the top of the military commander." Wang Datong's director bought it for tens of thousands of dollars. It is impossible to say that he doesn't feel sorry for him at all, but at this moment, he was quite grateful: the value of this silver!

...

Zhang Han's convoy has no special features. Just like his carriage, it is much more low-key and introverted compared to the carriages of great merchants such as Wang Datong.

Although the interior is nice, the appearance really looks nothing special.

Even Sun Jingting's carriage was covered with two huge stars. This is a very obvious sign that can only be used for the carriage at the level of the military chief. Generally, internal personnel of Hutchison, whether they are civil servants of each military chief or the military, will retreat to the carriage with this logo. This is a kind of respect for senior personnel... The two stars are the level of the military chief, which is higher than the current division level of the military chief. After all, the division level officers are transferred back to the center, and usually they can only serve as deputy positions in the military chief, and few military personnel directly serve as chief positions in the military chief.

In fact, if Sun Jingting wanted to, he could have painted three Venus stars. He was at the level of a political official, half a level higher than Liang Xing, the highest level of the military. Liang Xing was only a deputy political official and a political official in the marching department, and was the same as Mo Zongtong, Chang Wei and others.

There are only three political officials, Li Shenming, Sun Jingting and Kong Minxing, and the rest are deputy political officials, and the rank is half a level lower.

Of course, when discussing military and political affairs, there is actually no need to divide the chief and deputy. Whether it is Liang Xing, Mo Zongtong, Li Dongxue, etc., as well as Chang Wei and others who are far away in Taiwan, they are of course free to speak in military and political affairs. Of course, there is no higher status, just who speaks alone.

Overall, Hutchison still maintains a simple and martial spirit and a bold and bold style, which is inseparable from Zhang Han’s encouragement and leading by example.

The city of Kulun is ahead, and this city is only half built. It is estimated that it will take at least several decades to build the expected goal.

There were quite a lot of people waiting to greet each other, with a large number of khans and nobles in various tribes wearing Mongolian robes, lamas wearing red robes, and the heads of the savage tribes who followed along the way.

Zhang Han was very concerned about those savage tribes. He knew that hundreds of years later, there would be some Oroqen people living and hunting in the forest, especially in Siberia, Russia. There were also quite a few Ewenk tribes living a very primitive life in the snow and ice. They also made a living by hunting deer, eating raw venison and wearing deer skin. In the eyes of the civilized world, they were just curiosity, but these people who lived here would definitely not have such a relaxed mentality.

These people were quite barbaric. Many things at this time were symbols of backwardness of the Ming people's eyes, but they did not mean that they were stupid. These tribes had a very keen sense of power. When the Nurgandusi was first established in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army pushed north along the rivers and the old Liao and Jin roads, repaired roads and established post stations, and then surrendered these savage tribes. The heads of these tribes chose to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty. The large number of post stations and hundreds of garrisons along the way were symbols of the existence of the Ming Dynasty. Now, maybe these heads of people still had silver seals or imperial edicts given by the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago, but they did not use the conditions given by the Ming Dynasty to truly develop and waste great opportunities like the Jianzhou Guard.

Now these people are gathered together again... This time they are not awe-inspiring force, but are attracted by the actual conditions... Six cents a day of silver as a guard and doing some chores. Compared to hunting in the snow and snow, this kind of work is not too easy!

These guards were also satisfied with the merchants. Their skills in fighting wolves were much better than those of the merchant regiments. After following for a few days, no wolves came to harass each other in the middle of the night.

A large group of caravans, guards of all races, Mongolians and lamas, were wearing colorful clothes and standing on the green grass, with green grass forming a very beautiful picture.

Opposite these people, the Russians deliberately stood a little further away. Of course, they also came out to greet Zhang Han and his subordinates, but they just wanted to deliberately make a more reserved attitude.

Of course they are also qualified to do this. Compared with the Mongols and these savages, the Russians are stronger and civilized. They have a cooperative relationship with Hutchison and can be said to be commercial allies. They are more confident because of their strength. Of course, they will not be as trembling as these Mongolians and savages, and they will not be as trembling as these Mongolians and savages, and they will not surrender to the military power of Hutchison for the slightest benefit, and will not be able to join their clans and serve the Ming merchants for the slightest benefit.

Although the Russians were still weak outside the Khalkha Mongols, behind them were vast territory and fierce Cossacks...

It is because of this idea and background that Petrilin and others are nervous inside, but they are full of reserved smiles on the outside...
Chapter completed!