A welcome that is superficially harmonious but in fact contrary to the mind is unhappy, and even the banquet afterwards makes everyone chew wax. The generals of the Ming Dynasty were not accustomed to eating food cooked too coarsely by the Jurchens, even if the ingredients of those dishes were not bad, and most of them were mainly fresh game, and they could not win the favor of the Ming generals.

The Jurchens themselves are used to eating, but it is a pity that Cao Yan, the commander of the Ming army, is not in a hurry to help them recover Xicheng, but they are not allowed to eat anything.

After the banquet, Dongcheng Bellena Lin Bulu smiled and sent Cao Yan and the others to the temporary camp. Cao Yan declined his offer to live in the "Baylor Mansion" and insisted on staying in the camp.

After setting up the camp of the Ming army, Dongcheng became more crowded, and Narimbulu explained some precautions to his subordinates, especially not to easily meddle in the forbidden phenomena of the Ming soldiers, not to deal with disputes in a hurry, and to report to him as quickly as possible, etc.

Then, exhausted, he returned to the western courtyard of Baylor House to meet with the cloth village. The West Courtyard is the guest house of Baylor Mansion, and Buzhai has been living here since breaking through from the West City.

Seeing Narimbulu coming over in high spirits, Buzhai got up to greet him, took Narimbulu's hand and said, "Ah Hun, Cao Yan refuses to send troops to help me, are we just waiting stupidly?" ”

Narimbulu sat down tiredly, leaned back weakly, closed his eyes, and said, "Otherwise, we can still put a knife rack around his neck and force him to send troops?" ”

From Buzhai to Dongcheng, the main force of the Mongolian army also moved to Dongcheng. In order to avoid being secretly dug tunnels to the foot of the city wall and bury gunpowder, like Xicheng, Narimbulu has been patrolling the city these days, inspecting several times a day, and directing the defense against the occasional Mongol attack.

After the Ming army entered the city, he, as the landlord of Dongcheng, had to cheer up his spirit to "accompany the guests", and he had to prepare banquets and arrange accommodation as quickly as possible, and he was even more overdrawn, so that he was a little weak to speak at this time.

Buzhai still said angrily: "The Ming people can't be trusted in the end, I see that they are in Dongcheng, I'm afraid they want to eat our Yehe!" ”

The supply of 20,000 strong soldiers to eat is not easy, the Jurchens, including Ye He, do not have the idea of a full-time army at the moment, the vast majority of soldiers usually eat their own food, and only when the leader is called to fight will a part of the rations be issued. But even this part of the ration is more like a wartime subsidy, which is regarded as an additional meal rather than a regular meal.

Therefore, if Cao Yan's 20,000 troops that can fight and eat can really eat Ye He, within a month, Nalin Bulu and Buzhai will both go bankrupt.

But in fact, the 20,000 Ming army did not really rely on Ye He to supply food, and Cao Yan did not dare to relax his vigilance so much. In case the two Ye He brothers had a brain twitch for a while, poisoned the food or ingredients, and buried 20,000 elites, who could afford such a thing? Digging up the ancestral graves of the eighteenth generation of his Cao family is not enough to relieve the hatred of the imperial court.

So in fact, Ye He is only responsible for "improving food", although Ye He has a lot of cavalry, but after all, he is still a Jurchen, not to mention the two Baylor's families, even among each family, most of them have some dried game. Other Jurchen tribes were reluctant to buy salt for pickling, so they could not survive for a long time unless they hunted in winter, but Yehe was different.

They controlled Beiguan and snatched a lot of edicts from the Hada Ministry, although these edicts were later taken back by Gao Shishi and redistributed, but considering the ability to trade, Ye He's side still had a lot of shares. In this way, the standard of living of Yehebu is actually relatively high among the Jurchen tribes, at least they can afford to buy salt.

By the way, since the salt field in southern Liaoning became a joint operation between the emperor and Gao pragmatic (the emperor took the dry shares, and Jinghua was responsible for the operation), the supply of salt in Liaodong has been relatively sufficient. Although the price has not changed much under Jinghua's deliberate control, the quality is stable and there are no seasonal supply fluctuations.

Therefore, to some extent, the supply of salt has also begun to become another means for the Ming to control the Jurchen tribes, but the Jurchen ministries have not yet felt it personally - after all, no one has been sanctioned, and they don't know the pain.

In short, at present, Yehe mainly provides some meat and game, which is also an improved supply, and it is difficult to say what specific demand there is. But in any case, the generals and their cronies will definitely be supplied, considering that the Tumen are entrenched in Xicheng, and the Mongolian horses are also quite elite, so it is not easy for Yehe hunters to go out of the mountains to shoot and hunt, this errand is indeed not easy, but the word "eat down" is obviously exaggerated.

Of course, Narimburu knew the truth of what he said, so he just closed his eyes and did not immediately say anything.

Bu Zhai was not happy to see it, and asked, "Ah Hun is going to let the Ming people bully him like this without saying a word?" ”

Narin Bulu still didn't speak, but who knew that a crisp girl's voice came from the door: "Ming Daguan bullied me Ah Hun?" ”

Ahun means "elder brother" in the Jurchen language, and the girl calls Narimbulu Ahun, apparently his sister.

Buzhai turned his head to look, and sure enough, he saw a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl walking in with a girl about five years old. This girl has bright eyes, delicate and dignified, if she is not wearing the clothes of a Jurchen woman, her gait and demeanor at first glance look more like the ladies of the Han eunuch's house.

The girl was also very cute, like a pink carving, a pair of watery eyes flickering, smart and innocent, and the small cherry lips were like two petals of early spring. As soon as she saw Bu Zhai, she became happy, broke free from the girl's hand and threw herself into his arms.

Buzhai hurriedly squatted down, hugged the little girl in his arms, and said to the girl: "Nuan (full transliteration, sister.) How did it come? ”

The girl smiled lightly and replied, "Brother Dong misses Amma, so I brought her to you." ”

When the girl heard this, she drilled into Buzhai's bosom again.

Bu Zhai hugged her tightly and said with a smile: "The shaman said that she 'can prosper the world, but she can die in the world', I can't see this, I just think that the little girl is very pestering." He said so, but his eyes were full of love.

At this time, Narimbulu suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the girl in Buzhai's arms, and then looked at his sister, revealing a thoughtful look.

"What is Hun thinking?" The girl felt her brother's gaze and turned her head slightly and asked.

Narimbulu did not shy away from it, and said bluntly: "Menggu, have you ever thought about your marriage? ”

It turned out that this girl was the youngest daughter Menggu Zhezhe who had been promised to Nurhachi by her father Yang Jitong a few years earlier, and she was already thirteen years old at this time.

Narimbulu's words were a little abrupt, but Menggu Zhezhe's expression did not seem to be much surprised, and there was not even shyness. She just frowned slightly, was silent for a moment, and said, "Ama was killed by Nurhachi, so why mention this marriage again?" ”

Before Na Lin Bulu could continue to speak, the cloth village next to him was a little surprised, and said to Na Lin Bulu: "What's the matter, does Ah Hun still plan to marry Meng Gu to Jianzhou?" ”

Narimbulu shook his head and said, "Nurhachi is very ambitious, and this time he sent troops to Hada, under the banner of coming to my eastern city to marry Meng Gu. ”

Buzhai sneered: "Marrying Meng Gu? He just went to Hada to rob Nanguan, but the Ming people were more treacherous than him, and he didn't know what tricks he played, so he stabilized him. In my opinion, Nurhachi is now in Hada, I am afraid that he is also sitting on pins and needles, looking at our side, if the Ming army cannons to fight the Tumen, Nurhachi may soon start pretending to be his grandson. ”

Narimbulu pondered: "Do you think that if the Ming army defeats the Tumen, it will turn around and go to Jianzhou again?" ”

Bu Zhai shook his head and said, "How do I know this?" If it were me, it would have been fighting, but Ming Ren has a lot of thoughts, and I don't know what bullshit they are thinking. ”

Narimbulu pondered for a moment and shook his head slightly: "I don't think the Akito will fight - they may force Nurhachi to do something, but it is unlikely that they will fight him." ”

"Why is that?" Buzhai was surprised: "The Ming army is powerful, and Wang Gaoxian was as powerful as he was back then, wasn't it annihilated by Uncle Li (Li Chengliang), and even Gule Village was breached?" Ama They...... At that time, it was also a strong soldier, but Gao Taishi (who learned from the Mongols, and the governor of the border town was used to call him Taishi) gave an order, and if it was gone, it would be gone, and we didn't even dare to remember this grudge......"

He sighed: "In the end, Da Ming can't afford to offend." ”

When Na Lin Bulu heard him talk about Qing Jia and Yang Ji, he couldn't help but be short of breath for a while, and only after a while did he say: "After all, Brother Ama broke the rules of the Ming Court at that time, and Master Gao was ...... I can't blame him, I blame Nurhachi, I have a lot of help from my Yehe, and I actually eat inside and out, and I will take revenge, this revenge is not avenged, how can I serve the public? ”

These words were obviously to divert the target of hatred for himself, but Bu Zhai also fully agreed, and nodded again and again: "Yes, Ah Hun is very right, Gao Taishi's ...... He is also pressed by the rules of the imperial court, and he can't be relied on for this matter, but Nurhachi is different, he is the revenge of the general, and he obviously didn't take into account Menggu's feelings when he did this, Menggu must not marry such a villain! ”

Narim Bulu didn't know if Bu Zhai understood the deep meaning of his words, but no matter what, Bu Zhai's statement was still right, so he turned his head to Meng Gu Zhezhe and asked, "Meng Gu, what do you think?" ”

Meng Gu Zhezhe still didn't have much expression, just nodded: "I listened to Ama when Ama was there, since Ama is gone, I will listen to Ahun, Ahun doesn't have to ask me what I think." ”

There is actually no problem with this statement from a logical point of view, not only the Han people, but also the Jurchens, who are even more traditional than the Han people. In Han Chinese families, if a woman is not married and her parents die, she can still enjoy a part of the inheritance (but the vast majority still goes to the eldest son), while the Jurchens do not have this at all, only the brothers can share the inheritance, and the sisters rely on the "conscience" of the brothers.

However, because the Jurchens are both heavy on the bride price and the dowry, it is difficult to say how this account is calculated, and it is probably less like a marriage and more like a sale.

Since it is more like "buying and selling", Menggu Zhezhe himself as a "trading object", his views are really unimportant. No matter what she thinks, it is ultimately up to Narimburu to decide, and even the right to suggest is more important than her own voting rights.

However, Ye He actually attaches more importance to family affection, and the reason why Narimbulu asked for his sister's opinion also shows this, so the comparison seems that Menggu Zhezhe's words are a little too bland.

However, Narimbulu couldn't say anything, after all, the rules were like this, and secondly, he also knew that Menggu Zhezhe's "blandness" did not start to appear today, since she learned that Nurhachi had killed her Amma, she had been like this.

Narimbulu has been around the bush for so long, and he hesitated for a long time before he said: "I think that with Menggu's duanshu, there is no hero among the Jurchens who can be worthy." ”

As soon as these words came out, not only the Bu Zhai next to him was confused, but even the always indifferent Meng Gu Zhezhe was stunned, and his eyes were full of doubts when he looked at Narimbulu.

Only the little girl in Buzhai's arms was quite happy to hear this, clapped her hands and smiled: "Anbu (Manchu, aunt) wants to marry a big hero, and Anbu wants to marry a big hero!" ”

Bu Zhai glared at her: "What is the little girl arguing about, my Jurchen ......" He suddenly couldn't say any more, because after thinking about it, he found that there was really no "big hero" among the heads of the Jurchen tribes that he particularly looked at.

As soon as the little girl interrupted, the embarrassment on Narimbulu's face receded a lot, and he coughed lightly, and said: "Meng Gu, Ye He is in danger right now, and he urgently needs the help of the Ming Dynasty, and although Cao Dashuai has driven away the Tumen and made my Dongcheng a little safer, he said at today's banquet that he is not in a hurry to recover Xicheng." I thought about it with you, and I always felt that his mind was unpredictable, and I didn't know if he wanted to ask for some benefits, but Ye He's loss of Xicheng this time was already a great loss, and it was ...... for a while."

Meng Gu Zhezhe finally frowned a little this time, and asked rhetorically: "So Ah Hun wants to give me to Cao Dashuai?" ”

Narimbulu's face turned red and he defended: "How can you say it's a gift? Naturally, it is to marry, it is to marry! ”

Bu Zhai opened his mouth next to him, and he wanted to say something, but when he thought that Nalin Bulu's move was ultimately to help him recover Xicheng as soon as possible, the words came to his mouth and swallowed back. It's just that he has a quick temper and a better face, so he can't help but feel shameless this time, so he simply drooped his head and pretended to coax the child.

Meng Gu Zhezhe sighed and said, "Ah Hun, how old is Cao Dashuai?" ”

Narimblu said embarrassedly: "This...... I haven't asked, it seems like it's about five ...... That, forty percent. ”

Meng Gu Zhezhe lowered his eyes and said softly: "Han people don't take concubines to marry. ”

Narimbulu said: "They count theirs, we count ours." You think, even if you marry Jianzhou now, you are not the eldest lady of Nurhachi, he had the eldest wife Tong Jiashi Hahana Zha Qing in the fifth year of Wanli, and the current eldest woman is his step-sister Fucha Clan. If it is according to the customs of the Han people, it is also a concubine. ”

Narimbulu earnestly persuaded: "When Amma promised you to Nurhachi at that time, it was still Hahana Zaqing to be Nurhachi's wife, but Amma still did it, why?" We Jurchens don't care about this, as long as the man is a hero, what if he can't be a big woman? If you can please men, if you are not a wife today, will you not be a wife tomorrow? ”

The truth is this truth, at least in the Jurchens at this time, this is not only the truth, it is simply the truth. Of course, Meng Gu Zhezhe also understood, but she didn't expect that her "reserve husband" suddenly changed from Nurhachi, who was in his twenties, to "Cao Dashuai", who was said to be "forty Xu", but was actually more than fifty years away, which was really ......

But Meng Gu Zhezhe knew that he didn't have the ability to object, and since her brother insisted, she could only agree: "Ah Hun will do it." ”

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