Hekou is a town on the bank of the Yellow River, and outside the town is Junzijin. The rolling Yellow River turned around at this place and headed south into the Jinshan Gorge.

There is no city outside the border, and there is no city either. However, this estuary is an extremely rare market, and if it weren't for the fact that more than 100 families here wore Mongolian robes and spoke Mongolian dialect, who would have believed that the Mongols did not graze their herds, but instead started trading here. This Junzijin ferry is the only way to the Ordos meadows, and these people have been ferrying here for generations, unlike ordinary herders who live by herding.

When the day was about to dawn, thousands of cavalry in armor appeared here, and as soon as the Manchu-speaking cavalry arrived at Junzijin, they immediately brought the hundred households at the ferry and ordered them to prepare their ships.

"Master, the boat is a little more than we think, there are sixteen wooden boats, each boat can seat ten people or two or four people, in addition to the wooden boat, there are dozens of sheepskin rafts, each sheepskin raft can sit dozens of people, the hundred households at the mouth of the river said, if you can give him a few days, you can make at least, dozens of sheepskin rafts to ......"

After listening to the report of his subordinates, the leader of the troops frowned and instructed the messenger beside him.

"Send the letter back immediately!"

A few hours later, the letter sent from Kawaguchi Junzijin was delivered to Fu Lin, who was still smiling yesterday, and his face was gloomy.

"Dozens of sheepskin rafts, how many people can sit here?"

The reason why he was so upset was not just because of the news from Junzijin, but because of the news sent by another person last night. Just yesterday, when he issued an order to praise Abnai, Prince Chahar's Fujin Makhata sent a letter from his confidants - after receiving Makhata's letter, Fulin was frightened and shocked, that Abunai was "obedient", which was clearly harboring evil intentions.

"Dozens of people go over at a time, and if you want to send them all, I'm afraid that it won't take a few months, I'm afraid that if we don't wait for Abunai to call, we will starve to death on both sides of the Yellow River!"

The reason why Fulin said that Abunai was calling was because there was a letter from Makata that Abunai had gathered his soldiers and went to the Ordos meadows, and after the women and children crossed the river, they would stop and kill the women and children in the banner on the road.

For the letter sent by Makata, Fulin did not have the slightest doubt, because Makata is not only the Prince of Chahar Fujin, according to the generation of Makata is also his aunt, he is the second daughter of Emperor Taizong, Tiancong was married to the son of the Mongolian Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar Department Ezhe, after the death of Ezhe, in the second year of Shunzhi, in accordance with the custom of the Mongolian brother's marriage remarried Ezhe's younger brother Abnai, for the secret letter sent by the eldest princess of Yongning at the risk of death, Fulin of course will not have any doubts.

But even if there is no doubt about it, the problem that Abnai wants to take advantage of it to cross the river to stop it has not been resolved.

"Your Majesty, for the sake of today, I want to take advantage of the time when Abunai and I are waiting to send as many soldiers and horses as possible to the other side, otherwise."

"Your Majesty, that Abunai just wants to take advantage of the fire to rob, if we can take advantage of his unpreparedness and send the soldiers and horses to the other side, he will definitely not dare to attack the army......"

The words of Suppilon and the others fell on Fu Lin's ears, only making his brows tightly locked, he didn't know this truth, but the question was, how to transport the army across the shore now. The news from Junzijin over there is already very clear, and only a few hundred people can be transported over at a time.

When he was upset, Fu Lin suddenly saw Ning Wan and I kneeling with a calm and relaxed appearance, as if he had never worried about crossing the river at all.

"Rather than me, what is your best plan?"

Ning Wan, who was originally calm and relaxed, listened to the emperor's question, just opened his half-squinted eyes, and then looked at Fu Lin with a smile and said.

"Does the emperor know where Junzijin came from?"

Compared with the irritability of others, Ning Wan I seemed very calm, instead of answering the emperor's question, he told the story there.

"Your Majesty, this Junzijin is probably one of the oldest ferries of the Yellow River, according to the record on the "Zizhi Tongjian": Liu Zhi, Emperor Huan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, went to the western Yuzhong to inspect, and then turned eastward to Daidi, which is now the area of Zhangheng. There was a merchant from Luoyang in the accompanying party, because he was lost, so he went to the Junzijin ferry, so the chief arranged for him to stay overnight, and the next morning when the chief pushed the door and told him to get up and hurry, he had already died upright in bed. There was no way, so Tsunaga had no choice but to bury him on the spot. Later, the man's son rushed here from Luoyang to look for his father, and when he learned that his father had died, he decided to carry the remains back to his hometown, and when he opened the coffin, he found that the gold and silver goods his father had brought were intact and had not lost the slightest. Because of this gentleman's trip without taking a penny. So Emperor Huan named this place Junzijin. ”

When telling this story, Ning Wan and I completely ignored the emperor's dissatisfaction, and they all looked like they were doing their own thing. Looking at his appearance, although he was unhappy, Fu Lin could only endure it, after all, Ning Wan was a rare old minister in the court, although he was a Han Chinese, he was also loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and it was really rare to be able to follow the court all the way to the present.

"Later, the two Han Dynasty declined, Yunzhong County gradually disappeared, to the Tang and Song dynasties, at this time there are no Han people, but the thousand-year-old ferry still exists, but after the Han people left here, all the ethnic groups in the north are not good at shipbuilding, and Ordos is a fertile pasture land since ancient times, naturally it cannot be abandoned, the northern tribes want to graze here, they have to cross the Yellow River, but they are not good at shipbuilding, in this way, in order to cross the river, they have also forced a way to ......"

After going around in a big circle, Ning Wan, who came back again, looked at the emperor and said.

"It's the sheepskin raft, and its production method is also very simple, that is, weaving round wooden sticks as a row, and tying a few or dozens of skin bags. When used, the skin bag is on the bottom and the wooden row is on the top. It can be used for people and cargo. The skin is mostly made of goatskin. The skin is made by slaughtering the sheep, first removing the head, and then removing the meat, bones, and internal organs from the neck, leaving a complete skin. Soak it in water for a few days, take it out and expose it to the sun for a day, shave the hair, pour in an appropriate amount of salt, water and vegetable oil, and expose it again until the skin is reddish-brown. When forming a raft, blow and inflate with your mouth, and tie your mouth well. The Emperor ......"

Kowtowing again, Ning Wan looked at the emperor and smiled.

"According to the slave to ask the Mongolian people, the small raft of sheepskin can seat dozens of people, and the big raft can seat nearly a hundred people, this Abunai not only did not inform others in order to sneak attack us, but also specially sent tens of thousands of live sheep, if the emperor ordered those live sheep to be slaughtered into skins, you can get hundreds of rafts, so, why bother crossing the river?"

After Ning finished my words, he kowtowed again to express his gratitude, although there was no grace, but according to the rules of the Manchurians, the master let the slave speak, which is grace, and naturally he needs to kowtow to thank him.

"Rather finish me!"

Fu Lin, who was originally full of sorrow, listened to my words, and there was still a little annoyance there, and he said excitedly,

"This time, I was able to cross the river smoothly in the Qing Dynasty, all thanks to the good advice I offered......"

Ning Wan, who was staring at me with both eyes, at least for a moment, Fu Lin even moved the idea of making him a marquis, but as soon as this thought appeared, he immediately dispelled this thought.

"The minions are terrified."

After I kowtowed again, I looked around and smiled.

"Actually, the slave has read two more miscellaneous books, and the future of the Great Qing Kingdom will depend on you, all on the emperor, and the slave will at most shout on the side, waving the flag and shouting to the emperor, this military affairs of marching and fighting have to rely on other people's ......"

The reason why Ning Wan and I are so cautious is because he understands his identity, although he is the banner of the Han army, but after all, he is only a minion, and in the eyes of many banner people, if it were not for the unreliable Han people, the Great Qing Kingdom would not be like this, so he can't be careless. lest it anger others, and then lose his head for unknown reasons, along the way, there is more than one Han official who lost his life in a daze.

"You minion, that's your mouth!"

Laughed and scolded, of course Fulin knew why Ning Wan was so careful, but he didn't break it, as the emperor, what he liked was such a minion, if the minion didn't know his identity, then this minion would definitely not last long, just like Hong Chengchou's dog minion.

"Lord Ning is polite."

Ning After I am so polite, the Manchu ministers in this court will naturally be more polite to him, and when Ji Bilong said his politeness on the side, he asked again.

"Since Lord Ning knows that this kayak crosses the river, he must have already known how the army will cross the river!"

After all, it is a lesson for thousands of years, not to mention that everyone already knows that on the other side of the river, Abunai is waiting for them to cross the river, waiting to take advantage of them to cross the river, and when they cross the river, they will be given a half-crossing attack, so they naturally need to be more careful.

"Actually, it's not that difficult......"

After pondering for a moment, after everyone's eyes were on him, Ning Wan said slowly.

"He Abunai just wants to take advantage of the fact that our soldiers and civilians are scattered on both sides of the strait, to catch our army off guard, and to break his method, it is very simple, the emperor only needs to ......"

Ning Cheng's words were not loud, but in the ears of Fulin and the others, they all nodded yes.

“…… In this way, even if he wants to attack him, I am afraid that he has the heart and the courage to do so, after all, there are only 20,000 horses under his command, so how dare he attack us? ”

After Ning finished my words fell, Fu Lin, who had been silent in thought, thought for a moment before looking at everyone and asking.

"Well, do you have any other opinions?"