Yang Feng smiled, he stretched out a finger and kept shaking: "Ten thousand war horses? Wow...... It seems that Mr. Zaisang's courage is much stronger than your son's, but unfortunately he still failed to meet my requirements. ”

Seeing that Yang Feng looked like he was stunned, Zai Sang was also angry, and protested: "Lord Yang, don't go too far." Although there are many horses in our tribe, let alone 10,000, even 50,000 can be taken out, but the war horses are different, no one will have nothing to train so many war horses to play, and we don't have so much feed to feed, so selling you 10,000 war horses is already the limit! ”

In the era of cold weapons, war horses are as important as modern tanks and armored vehicles. Those horses used for grazing may only need to be fed with grass, but those war horses that need to charge and fight are different, they need to be fed with grain, and the food and energy required to raise a war horse is amazing, even the Horqin tribe does not have too many trained war horses.

Yang Feng said unreasonably: "I don't care about this, my biggest purpose in coming to Horqin this time is to seek war horses, 20,000 war horses is my set goal, if it can't meet my requirements, then I will have to use some means to achieve my goal." ”

Zai Sang was so angry that he glared at Yang Feng and shouted, "Lord Yang, do you really want to fight with our tribe to break the net?" ”

Yang Feng smiled contemptuously: "I came here to fight with you!" ”

"There are no 20,000 war horses, I can only give you 11,000 at most!"

"No, I can only give 12,000 horses!"

"Less than nineteen thousand horses don't work!"

"You dream, nineteen thousand horses are not, at most thirteen thousand horses."

"Okay, let's each give a step, seventeen thousand!"

Wu Keshan and Li Ge watched their father and Shangguan blow their beards and glare, from not giving an inch to retreating one step at a time, and finally the two finally set the price at the number of fifteen thousand war horses, and at this time Zai Sang was already tired and panting, only to see him let out a long breath and gritted his teeth and shouted: "Okay, I can give you 15,000 war horses, but I also have conditions, you must exchange 500,000 nearly grain." ”

"500,000 catties of grain?" Yang Feng chuckled, "500,000 catties of grain is too little, I can give you 700,000 catties." ”

"Bang dang!"

Zai Sang almost fell to the ground, only to see him holding on to the table and glaring at the boss with his eyes, "Lord Yang, do you have to coax me?" ”

"Do I need to coax you!" Yang Feng smiled contemptuously: "But I also have conditions, you just need to give me another 30,000 untrained ordinary horses." ”

"Fifty thousand?" Zai Sang was startled, and shook his head again and again, "No, there are too many, too many, at most ten thousand, and the number of horses in our tribe is also limited, so it is impossible to sell them to you without restrictions." ”

"800,000 catties of grain, you give me 20,000 horses." Yang Feng's action was unusually generous, to put it bluntly, he smashed people with grain, which made Zai Sang and Wu Keshan stunned and retreated, and the old fox like Rao is Zai Sang was also smashed dizzy, with 800,000 catties of food, he was even sure that the tribe would no longer starve to death this winter.

Zai Sang's face was cloudy for a while, and he was finally knocked down by Yang Feng, a big dog who is not bad for food, with grain, "Okay, deal!" ”

"Haha......"

Yang Feng and Li Ge glanced at each other and laughed, it seems that this mission has finally been completed, with 15,000 war horses and 20,000 ordinary pack horses, the biggest shortcomings of the Jiangning army will be completely filled, and then they can be called a strong army that is not afraid of anyone.

The trade of the war horses was finally completed, and the atmosphere between the two sides eased up, and the faces of the four people in the tent also showed smiles again, and Zai Sang hurriedly asked someone to bring mare's milk wine, cheese, milk tea and other things to entertain the two.

Yang Feng basically has no love for mare's milk wine and cheese, and his brows are slightly furrowed after taking a sip of mare's milk wine, as soon as he looked up and saw Zai Sang and Wu Keshan looking at him, he helplessly put down the bowl and shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry, I'm really not used to drinking tea like this, I always feel that it tastes weird." ”

Zai Sang laughed: "I know, you Han people are used to drinking tea without putting anything, but we Mongolians are different, if we don't put these things in the tea, it's not okay, Mongolians don't drink tea, it's going to be a big thing." ”

"I can understand this." Yang Feng nodded, he knew that Mongolians drank salted milk tea made by boiling tea leaves, milk and salt.

The nomadic Mongolians can only eat a dinner when they return from grazing in the evening, so their daily eating habits are accustomed to "three teas and one meal".

The so-called three teas and one meal refers to eating only tea in the morning and at noon and drinking "milk tea", milk and dairy products boiled with broken brick tea such as milk, which is called "morning tea" and "afternoon tea". At the same time, I also eat some fried rice, milk cakes, hand-grilled pork and other dim sum. Beef and mutton are the main food for dinner, and in order to help digestion, you need to drink milk tea again before going to bed.

Later studies have shown that the average annual consumption of tea by a Mongolian is as high as about 8 kilograms, and more than 15 kilograms, which is unimaginable for the Han people in Guannai. Of course, the Mongolians of this era naturally did not have the ability to consume so much tea, but this also shows the importance of tea to the Mongolians.

Yang Feng drank milk tea mixed with salty and milky flavors without taking a sip, and listened to Zai Sang talk about the importance of tea to the Mongolians, but he just smiled silently.

And after Zai Sang said a bunch of words, he looked at Yang Feng, who was just bowing his head and drinking tea, and he was also depressed, and he found that the guy in front of him was the most difficult person he had ever seen. He is sometimes naïve, sometimes fierce, sometimes cunning, and he can always put on different faces at different times, which is really difficult to understand.

In the end, seeing that the other party really didn't take the bait, Zai Sang had no choice but to directly provoke and say: "Lord Yang, you said yesterday that in addition to bringing a large amount of food, you also brought a lot of tea bricks, salt, medicine and other items, and you want to do business with us, is that so?" ”

"Yes." Yang Feng put the bowl on the table, looked at Zai Sang and said, "We have brought a lot of daily necessities, just to do business with you, I don't know what your ministry plans to exchange with us?" ”

"This ......"

This time it was Zai Sang's turn to be speechless, Jiang Ningjun needed war horses, and in the transaction just now, Zai Sang had already sold out all the war horses that the entire tribe could trade, and now he really couldn't think of anything in his hand that the other party needed.

After thinking about it, he asked tentatively, "Lord Yang, how about we trade with you with cattle, sheep and other livestock?" ”

Yang Feng shook his head: "I'm sorry, when we passed through the Khalkha Department a few days ago, we had already "traded" a lot of livestock with their tribes, and if we trade again, I'm afraid we won't be able to bring so many things back." ”

"I wipe ...... Can you be a little more shameless? ”

Zai Sang, Wu Keshan father and son scolded in their hearts, Yang Feng looted all the way from the Khalkha tribe, several Khalkha tribes were not lightly harmed, where did more than 200,000 cattle and sheep and livestock and more than 20,000 captives come from, and now this guy actually said that he was trading these things, and he was embarrassed?

Looking at the father and son who were drinking milk tea, Yang Feng smiled slightly, although he was not a roundworm in the other party's stomach, but he also knew that the two of them must be scolding themselves in their hearts, but Yang Feng didn't care. To be honest, Yang Feng has never had any psychological burden on robbing these people.

In history, when the autumn is high and the horse is fat, these nomads will spontaneously organize themselves to rush into the pass and loot it, pick up and grab the things The nomads are veterans, not to mention that a few days ago, during the battle of Jinzhou, the Horqin tribe sent four thousand cavalry to follow Daishan to attack Jinzhou, if it weren't for their own appearance, the people of Liaodong don't know how many people suffered.

"This bastard, you're going to die if you talk to it."

Encountering this guy who doesn't eat oil and salt, Zai Sang is simply depressed to death, to be honest, he has never seen such a difficult negotiation opponent, sometimes he really wants to pry Yang Feng's mouth open with a knife.

In the end, he had no choice but to say: "Okay, Lord Yang, we want to buy tea bricks, salt, medicine, cloth and other things in your hand, you see how we can trade?" ”

Seeing Zai Sang's dejected appearance, Yang Feng smiled slightly: "Actually, we brought these things here to exchange with you, you can trade with us with wool, cowhides, sheepskins and even cattle and sheep and other livestock, as long as you have them, you can use them to trade with us." ”

"What? Do you want wool too? ”

Wu Keshan couldn't believe his ears, before the industrial revolution, the utilization rate of human wool was still very low, even if there were, it was only some rough processing or weaving into blankets, until after the industrial revolution, human demand for wool began to increase, and today's Mongolians have the greatest understanding of sheep is still in the stage of being able to eat meat.

"Yes, we need a lot of wool."

Looking at Wu Keshan, who had grown up with a mouth, Yang Feng nodded reservedly, maybe it was because of race or region, nomads were born with little talent for industry and commerce, even after four or five hundred years, the economic situation of the country composed of those nomads was the worst.

Yang Feng, who comes from modern society, naturally knows very well what wool can do, and most of the sheep on the Mongolian grassland are Mongolian sheep, which belong to the coarse wool sheep breed, whether it is carnivorous or wool, it has good economic value, which is also one of the reasons why Yang Feng wants not to turn his face with the Horqin tribe led by Zaisang.

Although the two sides had already finalized the business of fifteen thousand war horses, Yang Feng knew very well that any business of buying and selling with a hammer was not advisable, and a long stream of water was the king. Whether it is war horses, cattle and sheep or wool are consumables, if the Jiangning army wants to continue to develop, there must be a place to supplement them, and Horqin is one of the partners selected by Yang Feng.

Some people may ask, why do you have to quarrel with others when you want to cooperate with them. In fact, this is a matter of way, Yang Feng knows very well that the nomads pursue the law of the jungle, I believe that the big fist is the truth, if you can't deter them at the beginning, with the greedy habits of the nomads, the lion will definitely open his mouth and even have some thoughts that should not be there, this is why Yang Feng shouted for war just now.

After receiving Yang Feng's affirmative reply, Zaisang and his son finally believed that the person in front of them was not talking nonsense. The two glanced at each other, and their faces showed unconcealed joy, if the Horqin tribe could really do business with the Jiang Ning Army for a long time, then the life of the Horqin tribe would be turned upside down.

It's all tears, although since ancient times there have been people who praise what the sky is outside the Saiwai, the grass is vast, the wind blows the grass and the cattle and sheep are low, but in fact, the days of the nomads outside the Saiwai are quite bitter. They have little skills other than herding cattle and fighting wars and wreathing, and there is nothing but cattle, sheep and livestock on the grasslands.

And almost all the daily necessities they need need to be purchased from outside, which is why they have to invade the Central Plains almost every year, they can't live if they don't rob it, and now a guy comes and says that they can trade with the Horqin tribe for a long time, and buy those "wastes" such as cowhide and wool that they don't need from them, can they be unhappy.

Zai Sang took a deep breath and nodded solemnly: "Lord Yang, if it is true, then I promise on behalf of the Horqin tribe ......"

"Sorry ......"

Before Zai Sang could finish his words, Yang Feng interrupted him.

"I'm sorry, but let me interrupt for a moment." Yang Feng said: "We can do business with your tribe, but you must promise me one thing, otherwise we will not be able to do business with you for a long time." ”

"Please!" Jae-san's face also became serious.

Yang Feng said slowly: "I know that you have a deep relationship with Houjin, and you are almost an alliance. I don't ask you to turn your face with those Jurchens now, but I demand that from now on, every caravan we go out of the customs must be protected by you, and if any caravan is persecuted and killed by you, then I will cut off all business with you, and you will bear the consequences! ”

Hearing this, Jae-sang was silent.

Does Yang Feng's words make sense? Certainly makes sense.

Is it legitimate? It's too legitimate, after all, if you can't even guarantee your safety, who will do business with you.

But the problem is that once Horqin does business with the Jiang Ning Army on a large scale, it will definitely not be able to hide it from others, and it will be a trouble for the Jurchens to know it, and once the Horqin tribe promises to provide protection, it will be tantamount to taking a big risk.

Zai Sang thought about it for almost a full quarter of an hour, and after a long time, he slowly looked up at Yang Feng, his originally cloudy eyes shot a fine light, and he nodded: "Lord Yang, I can agree to your conditions, but I also ask you to agree to one of my requests." ”

Seeing that the other party agreed, Yang Feng also breathed a sigh of relief, only to see him smile and say, "Please speak!" ”

"I hope you can marry Hai Lanzhu!"

"Ah......h