1315th Spread
For more than a hundred years, Yulin City has faced the pressure of the Tumote tribe, mainly the strait tribe. The Mongols have broken through time and time again. Every year, Yulin Erlang is killed on the battlefield against the Northern Barbarians. Almost every family has a deep hatred of blood with the Mongols. Even in their sleep, many people feel the threat of the Mongols in the north. Whenever the warning comes, the whole city is martial law, and even children will not cry at will. People in the mainland cannot understand the pressure and hatred of the people on the border. This grimacing hatred has not been eased over time until one side is destroyed or both sides are destroyed by foreign enemies.
When hearing the news that a century-old feud was destroyed and the leader was captured, although it was not the generals of Yulin Town who did such great achievements, all the people in the town were still excited and burst into tears, and kept making uncontrollable cheers.
"Father, Lord Zhang has paid off your blood debt for you, so you can feel at ease."
"Brother, someone has finally avenged your revenge."
"Sister, I don't know if you can come home now, nor do I know if you are still alive. I have time to go to Datong to think of a way to go to the grassland to find out if I can take you back."
Hong Chengchou walked along the way, and the people were burning incense to pay tribute to their relatives. People used the simplest and most ancient methods to commemorate and comfort their relatives. In such military towns, every household had some hatred and ties with the Northern Lu. After the initial laughter, it was like this slightly depressing emotional catharsis, including many families who were trapped and swept away after being trapped. They were already planning to find their relatives on the grassland.
Tumote headquarters, Taomen, Kalaqin, Kharkha, Ordos... Countless large and small tribes were defeated by the merchant army, and more than half of the territory of the entire grassland belonged to Hutchison.
Although Hutchison will not blatantly enter the Ming Dynasty's territory, nor will it promote the occupation of the grassland, the people along the border are the clearest about this matter, because every year, a large number of caravans go north to the border wall, bringing back not only goods, but also various news.
There are many people who have questions about the ability of the merchant army and the dominance of Hutchison on the grassland. If there were many people who had questions before the Battle of Futao, now no one has any doubts.
Hong Chengchou suddenly remembered a terrible thing. From Gansu to Xining to Ningxia and Yulin, Guyuan, and even Datong and Xuanfu, there are so many military towns, so many governors, governors, soldiers, generals, deputy generals, generals, generals, and generals, at least six military towns, 500,000 border troops and even the civil servants and generals of the Ming Dynasty, there are actually no foreign enemies to defend against. These military towns are the Taomen, Ordos, and Kalaqin and Tumote headquarters. Now all these places are occupied by Hutchison, and all tribes have been defeated by the merchant army, which means that these military towns have no enemy to resist and have completely lost the target of the battle.
Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly. Although he had left Datong and turned to Yansui, he thought he had escaped from the influence of Hutchison, but who knew that Zhang Han was with him and still did not escape after all.
"Sir..." The aides from Yulin Town, who were born in Yulin Town, were both happy that the Tao tribe was destroyed and the Hetao area was recovered. They were also worried about the future of themselves and the boss. Without the enemy's military town and military preparations, there was something more embarrassing than this? The aides looked at Hong Chengchou and the lively streets and asked: "Do we want to report to the court truthfully?"
"No need." Hong Chengchou said calmly: "If you report the court, you can't stop it. The superiors will blame me for being troubled. I think everyone should have the same idea."
"Isn't this self-deception?" The staff member had a sudden idea and said, "Now, each town is almost invincible to defend. It is better to report the news about the peacekeeping incident. In this way, each town will become a defense of the northern enemy. It is also a way to defend the peacekeeping incident."
"Huh?" Hong Chengchou was quite moved. He thought about it. With Hutchison's financial resources and connections, as well as his reputation in the hearts of the people, he could follow the trend. If he advocated it first, his reputation in Yansui would be immediately unheard of, and he would not be able to do this.
Hong Chengchou thought for a moment and finally said, "I'm waiting for the change, so don't worry."
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The Hetao area was recovered and Huo Luochi was captured. This news spread like lightning.
"Come on, bring the best Fenjiu for me, and I'm going to get drunk."
Taiyuan General Zhang Quanchang summoned his confidant and nearby generals, and everyone gathered together, and he felt unconcealed excitement.
"My Zhang family is also a family of generals in Yulin. Many ancestors died on the battlefield against the Northern Barbarians." Zhang Quanchang said: "When he was the general of Datong, he never thought that he would see Lord Zhang recover Hetao. No matter what, we would be drunk."
"Congratulations on behalf of Grandmaster and Grandmaster Zhang."
Everyone raised their glasses, and their emotions were hard to express.
A general said, "Congratulations on behalf of the court."
Everyone looked at each other, and the man knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly lowered his head and said nothing.
"Well, I won't congratulate the court." Zhang Quanchang laughed and said, "But we don't know what the court will do, and don't guess. The Holy Emperor is in power and has a broad mind. After all, Hutchison fights the Northern Lu. If you don't have a grudge against the Ming Dynasty, the court will pretend not to know at most and there will be no way to break it."
Everyone was laughing, and everyone present was Zhang Quanchang's confidant. Everyone winked and guessed Zhang Quanchang's thoughts.
"From today," Zhang Quanchang drank a big drink and said, "I reduced the regulations of Hutchison 30%. In the past convoys, no one was allowed to charge an extra penny. In the past, everyone thought Hutchison was rich, but people gave the regulations and tried to beat Feng more. I didn't take it seriously if I opened my eyes and closed my eyes. From now on, if there is anyone who dares to violate it, don't blame me, Zhang, for turning against others."
"I dare not wait!" The generals stood up and agreed in a hurry.
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As the news reached the big one, the entire city was ignited instantly.
The general of Datong has recently changed three terms, and the new one is Qu Jiajie. This is a veteran who has experienced a seniority. The family has no strength. I have less than 200 privates. Everyone knows that this is an over-the-top figure.
People in Datong Town are almost immune to the news about Hutchison. This is where Zhang Han started his career. Anyone may be involved in Hutchison.
At first it was Xinpingbao, later it was Tiancheng and Zhenlu guards, then it was the prefectures and counties dominated by Lingqiu, and then it was Datong Prefecture City.
Now, there is no place in many ward and prefectures in Datong that has nothing to do with Huji.
The iron in Lingqiu, the cloth in Lizhuang, the major merchants in Datong, and the export trade in Xinpingbao and other places.
Any place is inevitably related to Hutchison, including millions of acres of land scattered throughout Datong Prefecture, tenants of tens of thousands of people and their families.
In addition, the soldiers who joined the army and their families who had not moved to the grassland, officials and business personnel.
The entire Datong Prefecture now has a population of about 200 to 3 million, and at least one-quarter of the people have direct relationships with Hutchison, and more than one million people have indirect relationships with Hutchison.
If the court regards Hebei as a rebel, according to the standards of the Hongwu period, 500,000 people would die in Datong.
According to the killing method during the Yongle period, 100,000 people died.
Even during the Jiajing period, at least one thousand people died and 50,000 were exiled in Datong.
Therefore, this city and the prefectures and garrisons under its jurisdiction are almost in the same position as Hutchison and Zhang Han, Hutchison and Datong are prosperous, Hutchison and Datong are defeated.
This binding was completed inadvertently. On the sixth year of the Apocalypse, the gentry, people and merchants of Datong were shocked to realize that their interests had been bound to Huji and could no longer be separated.
"I heard that His Highness Dai was furious in the palace."
A businessman happily ordered his friend to buy firecrackers. The sound of firecrackers had already sounded in the city one after another. No one explained the reason, but it was a taboo to talk in private.
"I also heard that King Dai beat more than a dozen people in the palace, and several people went to the Li Family Medical Center in the south of the city to treat the injured in the palace. I heard that they were all very badly."
"It's a sin." The businessman who spoke before said with contempt: "If you don't like Hutchison and Lord Zhang, just take action to deal with Hutchison, what's the ability to vent your anger around you?"
"Emperor Taizu Gao brought a three-foot sword to pacify the world. How heroic and heroic? His current descendants, tsk."
People dare not scold the emperor, let alone the people in the north, and at least the reputation of Emperor Tianqi is not bad among the people. However, when it comes to the relative vassals, whether it is the King of Qin and King Jin or the King of Dai, people in other distant relatives do not know that these relative vassals in the northwest are hated by everyone, not only the princes and princes, but also the generals and generals of the state, the generals of the state, and the lieutenant, were not a good product. The princes controlled bloody business such as usury, harmed countless people, forcibly annexed local land, bullied tenants, and farmed for the farmers who farmed for the relative vassals in a miserable way. Setting checkpoints on the road and forcibly levy taxes, and countless good merchants lost their money. Any place with relative vassals has a blood-and-tearing account. The system of relatives designed by Zhu Yuanzhang neither achieved the role of strengthening military preparations in the area nor made the royal family use their full use. On the contrary, they developed a group of vampires who were more unruly and more blood-sucking than Zhao Song.
"A group of pigs" is the folk evaluation of the relatives of the Ming Dynasty royal family.
Others of the peasant army of Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng may be let go, but the relatives will definitely not let go. The two of them have no idea how many princes and princes have their lives. The only one who feels distressed about killing the relatives is the royal family. Even ordinary gentry may not be able to complain to the relatives.
As for King Dai, his ancestors, who had a green jacket and a small hat and a sleeve hammer, killed people in the downtown area, and no one dared to ask about it. King Dai is not a good seedling now, and has done a lot of bad things. The conflict with King Hutchison has been around for a long time. Now, King Dai is naturally frightened and hates Zhang Han to the core.
"As soon as Hetao is recovered, there will definitely be a lot of business under it."
"I heard that Hutchison wants to immigrate to Hetao, and move to the front and middle places first. Once residents go, they will have to pay for food, clothing and expenses. Hutchison itself has a large purchase volume. I think this is a good way."
"You can ask some people to explore the way together. Hutchison must be responsible for safety."
"I plan to go to the trading city before spring and summer. You can go to Hetao first, so you should check it out."
"The people in Zhangjiakou have many ways and have a long vision. We Datong businessmen should not fall behind on everything!"
"What this is said is that we should prepare quickly."
Chapter completed!