Chapter 498 Xiao Khan meets his father-in-law!

Author: flaming chicken conong

Chapter 498 Xiao Khan meets his father-in-law!

As groups of carriages loaded with goods drove in, the deserted Guihua City suddenly became lively.

Not only were the Ming soldiers stationed in Guihua City happy, but even the surrounding herdsmen who had surrendered became extremely excited.

They rode fast horses across the grassland and shared the good news with every grassland herdsman they met.

Within three or two days, herdsmen from far and near heard the news and surrounded Guihua City tightly.

Some of them drove sheep, some led a few fine horses, and some used camels to carry bundled lamb skins to trade with the merchants of the Ming Dynasty.

Enkehan wore a shabby robe and mingled among the herdsmen and merchants of the Ming Dynasty. From time to time, he acted as a translator for the herdsmen and helped them with some simple arithmetic problems.

Whenever he helped the herdsmen close a business deal, the herdsmen would enthusiastically give him a pot of kumiss. After a while, he had five or six leather bags filled with kumis hanging on his body.

Herders like Enkehan, but that doesn't mean businessmen like him.

If Enkehan hadn't interfered, merchants like them could exchange three pounds of salt or a brick of tea for a sheep from the herdsmen!

Because of the existence of Enkehan, a guy who could speak both Beiyuan dialect and Ming Dynasty Mandarin, the sheep on the grassland had grown to four pounds of salt.

Fortunately, the tea bricks are still strong and have always stayed at the price of one tea brick for a sheep, otherwise they would cry to death.

Although Ming merchants sold goods at very high prices and were truly shady merchants, the grassland herdsmen still welcomed them very much and were even happy to let them make shady money.

Because for the herdsmen on the grassland, without these black-hearted merchants, no matter how many cattle and sheep they have, they cannot exchange for tea bricks, iron pots, wooden spoons, salt and other items.

Therefore, for them, it’s good to have something to exchange for. How dare you think it’s too expensive?

Enkehan also understands this truth, but he prefers the look of admiration on him from the herdsmen after bargaining.

This made him feel that he was still a qualified descendant of Genghis Khan, and at least he was still safeguarding the interests of the grassland herders.

"Enkehan, you can't always help the herdsmen negotiate prices, you have to leave some profit for us!"

A businessman from Jincheng, Shanxi Province, handed Enkehan a piece of fried cake and teased him with a smile.

Enkehan took the oil cake and chewed it, then took off a bag of kumiss from his waist and threw it over. The merchant was not polite, took the kumiss and drank it in big gulps.

"Wang Laowei, please don't cry poor in front of me. You really think I don't know. In your Ming Dynasty, let alone three pounds of salt, even thirty pounds cannot be exchanged for a fat sheep!"

"You can make ten times the profit by changing hands, which is enough for you to be evil. If you are more evil, be careful that Changshengtian will take you back!"

Wang Laowen laughed and retorted after hearing this.

"Enkehan, that's wrong. We also have costs for transportation back and forth."

"Furthermore, when the sheep are transported back to the Ming Dynasty, they will have to eat fodder on the way. This is all a cost..."

Enkehan nodded after hearing this.

"What you said makes sense, but your costs will soon come down. I hope you can treat the herdsmen on the grassland well and give them more goods in exchange."

When Enkehan said this, he looked at the endless withered yellow grassland in the distance, with unconcealable pain and sourness in his eyes.

"They are so miserable..."

"For thousands of years, whether it was during the time of our ancestor Genghis Khan or now, they have never lived a good life..."

Wang Laowen doesn't understand this, he only knows how to make money by selling goods.

But when Enkehan said that the herdsmen in Beiyuan were suffering, he was not convinced.

"Enkehan, what you said is wrong."

"When it comes to suffering, who can be as miserable as us in Shanxi?"

"If the emperor's grandson hadn't stepped aside to allow us to do business with you grassland herdsmen, I would still be digging for food in the fields!"

"You prairie people have never farmed, have you?"

"I'm telling you, farming is no easier than herding. It's even harder than your herding!"

"Sometimes after a year of hard work, there is no harvest during a severe drought, and I have to go to the landlord's house to borrow grain to survive..."

When Enkehan heard what Wang Laowen said, combined with what he saw and heard in the Ming Dynasty, he couldn't help but feel emotional.

Whether it was the Ming Dynasty or the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the people at the bottom lived a very hard life!

But things are different now. The Ming Dynasty has a wise emperor grandson. The emperor grandson has introduced many new policies in recent years, which has made the lives of the people at the bottom much easier.

In contrast, Beiyuan is still lifeless and has not shown any improvement.

The ordinary herdsmen of the Northern Yuan Dynasty not only had to guard against the plundering of the Ming Dynasty's border troops, but also the oppression of the Northern Yuan Khan's court, which was extremely miserable.

"well!"

"You people of Ming Dynasty are lucky after all."

Wang Laowen happily agreed upon hearing this.

"That's natural!"

"Blind Li in our village has said that the emperor's grandson is a saint who comes out every five hundred years. As long as we follow the emperor's grandson, we will definitely live a good life in the future!"

"I have only been doing business with the emperor's grandson for two years. I have already purchased hundreds of acres of farmland at home and hired several tenants to help us farm the land!"

Enkehan asked in confusion after hearing this.

"That's not right. Didn't you have a new policy in Ming Dynasty? Taxes are based on the amount of land. Can you make money by cultivating so much land?"

When Wang Laowen heard this, he gave a thumbs up to Enkehan.

"As expected of the Ming Dynasty, we even know about the Ming Dynasty's New Deal!"

"You are right. The Ming Dynasty did tax according to the amount of land, but our Shanxi Province is located in a remote area, so the control is not so strict now."

"Furthermore, even if the tax is based on land, my family's hundred or so acres of land don't cost much. I can just haul a few loads of goods from Daming to cope with it!"

"Actually, farming is not very cost-effective. It is far less profitable than doing business. It's just that I have been farming for half my life, and I don't feel at ease if my family does not have a hundred acres of land..."

While the two were chatting, there was a sound of people shouting and horses neighing in the distance.

"ah!"

"Look, General Chang is back!"

When Enkehan heard this, he quickly followed the sound and looked over.

To put it bluntly, the reason why he was free to help the herdsmen bargain was because General Chang Da was not around.

Now seeing General Chang Da returning with his troops, Enke Khan immediately became energetic, straightened his robe and went forward to pay homage.

Chang Sheng returned with a mighty force of 30,000 cavalry. Behind the large army were herds of cattle and sheep and tens of thousands of Beiyuan prisoners.

Ever since he was demoted to the border to lead troops, he has been working hard to fight against Bei Yuan.

After two years of unremitting efforts, there are no wild herdsmen left within a thousand miles of Guihua City. Even if there are, they are herdsmen who have been naturalized and under the control of the Ming Dynasty.

Chang Sheng rode a red sweat-blooded horse through the market. Whether they were herdsmen from afar or merchants from the Ming Dynasty, they all happily shouted General Chang's slogan of victory.

Whenever this happened, Chang Sheng would try his best to keep a straight face and act as if he should take it for granted. But in fact, he was already so happy that he wished he could send someone to the capital to pick up his mother-in-law and son.

They look at how majestic their husbands and fathers are.

It would be better if my eldest nephew could come over and take a look, but this idea is too unrealistic.

After all, the eldest nephew is the grandson of the emperor. He has to help His Majesty the Emperor handle state affairs every day. How can he have time to go to Guihua City to play?

Chang Sheng could pretend to be reserved, but the Ming Dynasty soldiers he brought behind him could no longer pretend. Every one of them had their nostrils turned upward, and they almost had the word "Awesome" carved on their foreheads.

Now they are an invincible existence on the grassland. In several battles, the main force of Beiyuan was defeated and fled.

However, what makes them most happy is the market.

Because the appearance of the market means that supplies from the emperor's grandson are coming again.

Some soldiers couldn't help but drool when they thought of the miraculous supplies provided by the emperor's grandson.

Several generals who were close to Chang Sheng even led their horses to catch up, following him and asking in low voices.

"General Chang, what do you think the emperor's grandson can give us this time?"

"Can I have the canned yellow peach from last time?"

Upon hearing this, Chang Sheng glared at Lan Yi coldly.

"Are you crazy about greed?"

"If you don't look at what season it is now and you return canned peaches, I'll slap you with a peach blossom in your face!"

Lan Yi is one of Lan Yu's thousands of adopted sons, and he is relatively close to Lan Yu.

Originally, Lan Yu should have been executed in the last rebellion case, but in the end because of the intervention of the emperor's grandson, he was demoted to the north to serve his crime.

Now that he has accumulated enough military merits, he will be reinstated as long as the old emperor is in a good mood.

When Lan Yi heard that there were no canned peaches, a look of disappointment immediately appeared on his face.

These people, who hang out on the grassland all day long, have eaten enough meat, and they just want to take a bite of Jiangnan vegetables, fruits and so on.
To be continued...