"Brother Han," Chang Wei felt very keen. He looked at Zhang Han and said, "Can we still do business with the Jurchens?"

The core interests of the business road are not Mongolia and Jurchens, which is the tone that Zhang Han has long set.

Of course, the Mongolians also want food, pig iron, cloth, and the more, the better, but the purchasing power of the Mongolians is limited. There is no other production on the grassland except cattle, sheep and horses. Zhang Han still needs silver for a long time. This thing has been done by the Jurchens. They fought with the Ming Dynasty and plundered all the gold and silver. The production in Liaodong is also better sold than the Mongolians. Ginseng, Dongzhu, various precious furs, and various dried fruits. This thing is transported to the pass and is no different from the cash silver. The effect of ginseng has been exaggerated in recent years. The rich gentry in Jiangnan tried every means to hide a few ginseng at home.

In the area, people may not be able to buy gold with equivalent value, and they may not even be able to buy it with equivalent value. This thing cannot be stored for a long time. After a few years, the drug effect will be useless and have to be rebuyed. The supply is limited, so it is really sold as much as possible. Until hundreds of years later, the ginseng pickers who entered the Guandong were still profitable, but it is also very dangerous. There are ferocious beasts in the mountains and forests, trapped in the mountains and dead in the mountains after getting lost. There are also be bearded robbers spread all over the Northeast. Even so, there are still constant streams of ginseng entering the mountains. As long as a hundred-year-old ginseng is dug, people in the world will not have to worry about not having money to use. Of course, they will flock to it.

Because of the war, the Jurchens' demand for food was not comparable to that of the Mongols. Zhang Han also knew that in a few years, it would be a great famine that was more powerful. If one stone of grain was sold for twenty taels of silver, it would cost at least four or five taels of silver. If the loss was calculated, there would be more than ten times the huge profits. The Fan family and other Shanxi merchants made a fortune in such a huge profit.

Zhang Han said: "Of course, if you continue to do business, there is no reason not to do it."

Chang Wei and Liang Xing both had confusion in their eyes, and Zhang Han did not explain too much. Some things could not be explained too clearly to these people.

...

Time flies by, and heavy snow falls one after another. Zhang Han spends the last time of the forty-sixth year of Wanli slowly in the white snow.

Finally, it was the 47th year of Wanli, that is, the fourth year of Tianming in the Later Jin Dynasty, and in 1619 AD, the war that occurred in this year changed the direction of Chinese history and ultimately affected the fortune of China in the next three hundred years.

It can be said that the next three hundred years of history was decided in these two or three months.

Before Sarhu started, Nuerhaci and his sons had ambitions to occupy Liaodong, but they still couldn't figure out what they could do.

They conquered Fushun Pass, Dongzhou Fort, Magendan Fort, and also captured Qinghe Fort. When they attacked Fushun, Zhang Chengyin, the general of Liaodong of Ming Dynasty, led more than 10,000 Ming troops to pursue him. Nuerhaci was still a little timid. He said to the ministers: "The Ming army came here just to behave and told the emperor that they attacked us and drove us away, and ignored them."

It means to withdraw troops directly. He has more than 60,000 Eight Banners and more than 20,000 armored soldiers, but Nuerhaci has no confidence to face the main force of the Ming army directly.

During his youth, it was also the most powerful period of the Ming army in Liaodong. Nuerhaci was lying in the shadow of Li Chengliang for 30 years. It was not until after the Jurchens were basically unified that Li Chengliang was moved by the threat of the Later Jin Dynasty and voluntarily withdrew from the Six Forts of Kuandian that the weakness of the Ming army and Li Chengliang himself was sensed by Nuerhaci, and encouraged his ambitions.

Now the Later Jin Dynasty has to face Yang Hao, the Minister of War, and his 100,000 war soldiers. Before the war, no one would expect to win.

Erdeni, who was responsible for recording after the war, said something in his heart. He believed that destiny was in the Later Jin Dynasty, because his troops were not as strong as the Ming army and his strength was also below the Ming army. The ability of the Jin army to win the battle can only mean that destiny is in the Jin Dynasty.

...

Today is the second day of the first lunar month, but the Jurchens did not pay attention to these things. They began to prepare for sending troops since the New Year and decided to send troops today.

Zhang Han, Li Yongfang and others were in the same team, and he was allowed to lead his subordinates to watch the game.

"I've seen it."

Zhang Han and Li Yongfang were able to greet each other immediately. When Zhang Han bowed, Li Yongfang also raised his hand to return the greeting immediately.

Zhang Han and Li Yongfang get along well.

They are all Han people, and Zhang Han is now very good at dealing with high-ranking officials and outstanding ranks. The things he has tempered in Datong and Taiyuan are just right for Li Yongfang.

Some of the remaining fine silks, silk and satin, the high-quality Songjiang cloth, and some exquisite gold and silver utensils were all given to Li Yongfang by Zhang Han.

Zhang Han did not give Huang Taiji gifts. He felt that Huang Taiji was not someone who could impress with gold and silver tools.

Li Yongfang pointed to a general wearing luxurious fur beside him and introduced: "This is Xiwuli'erfu, Prime Minister's Han military affairs."

Zhang Han got off his horse and bowed: "I've seen Tong Efu."

Tong Yangxing returned the favor immediately, and was polite, but his arrogant expression on his face remained unabashed.

This man was obviously a Han family, but now he pretended to be a Manchu family and tried every means to squeeze into the team of Zhen Manchu. His family was also a Liaodong general of generations. As a result, the entire Tong family surrendered after the Jurchen army.

Behind Tong Yangxing is a crowd of people, mostly Han army. The Han army is called the Black Camp soldiers in the Eight Banners. Now the Eight Banners can mobilize a lot of troops. The main reason is that they use a large number of Han generals and Han soldiers. From last year to the first month, there were five or six thousand-level military officers who came to surrender just to the Ming army. They also came over with their families and relatives. Nuerhaci ordered them to give them houses and utensils to help these surrendered Han officials settle down. The Han soldiers who captured or voluntarily surrendered were also organized into Han army units under each banner. Zhang Han recently walked among the flags. He estimated that each Niulu had at least 60 Han troops.

There were less than 300 Niulu in the entire Eight Banners, and the Han army exceeded 10,000. This is also the reason why the Jurchen troops could be mobilized more during the Nuerhaci era.

By the late stage of Destiny, Nuerhaci had a violent attack, and the hidden hatred and hostility towards the Han people were exposed. Han officials were excluded, and all the Han troops were converted into coats. Until Huang Taiji formed the Eight Banners of the Han army, the Han army was abolished from the Jurchen military force sequence.

Most of the Han army had no horses, most of them did not have cotton armor, only a small number of Han army wearing armor and riding horses, most of whom were directly subordinate to generals at all levels or were pro-subjects. Here they still retained their habits when they were in the Ming army.

Many people's clothes were worn out, even without any clothes, and their weapons were eliminated. The weapons in their hands were mainly eliminated. The old weapons seized on the battlefield were also eliminated by the Eight Banners.

In the old Manchu document, you can often see records of using worn-out weapons and eliminated cotton armor to the Han army. Here, the dilapidated Han army in front of you are a group of standard slave soldiers.

Of course, these soldiers are not in good spirits. The weather on the second day of the lunar calendar is already the beginning of spring in the pass, but it will take at least one month before the willow branches are drawn out. It is even colder here in Liaodong. Suzihe is still frozen, and the fishing activities have ended long ago. It is still early to hunt in Dongqing. The migratory birds that have passed the winter have not passed here. The whole winter has come, and the wild animals have become exhausted and thin. People have been frozen for a winter, and many people have lost weight. There is almost no burly person in the Han army in front of me.

Zhang Han has seen all kinds of people, past lives and present lives, and many sufferings have been written on people's faces. When he was in Xinpingbao, he had seen some beggars and refugees. The weather was not good these years, so they could only abandon the wasteland and escape. There was also suffering on their faces, but overall there was hope. They just hoped to survive the worst years by relying on wandering and begging, and then they could go home to continue to take care of their own land, and still support themselves and their family.

Zhang Han could hardly see any hope in these Han soldiers in front of him.

They are all short, with a yellow face, a thin body, and a dull and numb expression on their face, and they are quite listless.

Most of these Han soldiers were naked. The situation in front of them was not filming movies and TV shows. There was no big red cherry hat for them to wear. Most of the Jurchens had warm hats on their heads. A few nobles also had ornaments like Dongzhu on their hats. The Han soldiers were almost bald. Their scalp was scraped and their heads were naked, leaving only a small squeezing braided hair hanging behind their heads.

At this time, a Han army fell into the mud. He used the gun in his hand to get up, but the spear in his hand was broken in half.

The Jurchens in charge of the team ran over and hit him with the whip in his hand.

Zhang Han said to Li Yongfang: "This long spear used by the Han army is too bad."

Li Yongfang said: "These people are useless. Even if they have good weapons, they will be wasted."

At this time, the whip was still urging. The Han army was begging for mercy just now, but now it is speechless.

Li Yongfang said to Zhang Han: "Don't blame me for not pleading for mercy. I am embarrassed by my identity and cannot speak freely in these things." He sighed and said: "I will also beat soldiers when I was in Fushun Pass, but I don't have such a way of fighting."

Zhang Han didn't expect that this hardcore traitor had such a heart and could not speak for a moment.

At this time, Tan Tai and Chang Wei rushed over together. Seeing the situation in front of him, Tan Tai rode forward and kicked the Jurchen to the ground.

"Shumu, you're crazy and looking for another place." Tan Tai cursed: "Didn't you see the road blocking?"

The Han army was indeed blocked, and someone breathed a sigh of relief and helped the beaten Han army over. The kicked Jurchen did not dare to speak out, and looked at Zhang Han and others with a hateful look before leaving.

"When this guy attacked Fushun Pass, someone disappeared from his place in Niulu, and was waived by the Khan, a real errand," Tan Taice came over and explained: "Shumu was not happy and would vent his vent when he encountered any problems."

Zhang Han's attention was no longer on this matter, and his eyes were put back on the scene in front of him.

Han army, two yellow flags, two red flags, two blue flags, and two white flags.

There were countless flags flying in the air, people and horses marching in a mixed manner. Zhang Han saw such an advance for the first time. He was complicated and excited.
Chapter completed!