"Speaking ......of which," Fu Qingming muttered, "I heard that the garrisons around Kulun and the trading city have almost been emptied, and now the military camps in the trading city are almost empty. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"Pretty much." Zhang Ziming was a little regretful, and said: "The dog originally escorted another caravan to the north, and then received an order in the middle of the road and went directly to the Chotu Khan Department...... That's a military secret. ”

"This battle ......" Fu Qingming said with some difficulty: "Isn't it a little rash?" ”

"It's a little bit." A Qingcheng Han merchant finally caught the conversation and said: "Lord Zhang led his troops to fight against the lost rabbit Khan, but he first built a military fort for half a year, and then used the military fort to resist for half a year, which greatly damaged Tumut's vitality, and then the army became strong and defeated Qingcheng in one go." Last year, when we fought with the Chahars, with 100,000 cavalry, the merchant army could only carry them on the front line in the old central capital, and they could not wipe out the Chahars......"

"What are you talking about?" Zhang Ziming said unhappily: "My son said that he just didn't want to beat them, otherwise, he would beat the rabbit with grass, and he would hit one by one." ”

"We don't understand this." The Han merchant said calmly: "But I always feel that sending 10,000 people to fight a big tribe is too suspenseful." ”

"Well, I feel the same way."

"Let's hope everything goes well."

"At the very least, don't lose the battle." Fu Qingming said coldly: "Don't look at the Tumut people tamed, if our strength is weak, there are many Taiji who want to go back to the past." ”

Zhang Ziming was also worried by everyone, he sighed, and didn't know what to say.

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In the evening, Zhang Ziming went to the Department of Industry and Commerce and the Foreign Trade Bureau to inquire about the news, but saw the sign of the Foreign Trade Department, and this bureau was also adjusted to a department, so that there was a special department of industry and commerce in charge of commerce and factories, and the Department of Agriculture was responsible for agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry, and the Department of Foreign Trade was responsible for foreign trade, including the southern Taiwan sea trade.

The functions and powers and responsibilities of the Military Administration Department have been reduced a lot, more inclined to the military, of course, and these civil affairs departments should also maintain quite close contact, after all, these functions were all military and political departments at the beginning, at that time many business things were carried out independently with Yusheng Commercial Bank, after the reform of the company, the integration of military and political industry, industry and commerce, agriculture and forestry, can only be established within Hutchison to coordinate these things, of course, there are subtle differences, such as the business manager under the industry and commerce is based on business performance to get bonuses, The same status of the military is in the form of military merit to receive the land, one is the business performance, the other is the military merit award, the company's internal merit is divided into a variety of kinds, the most important is these two.

Zhang Ziming inquired around, but he couldn't get the point, he thought about it, and went to the trading city as his own identity, but he couldn't say it if he didn't ask to see Master Zhang, so he went outside the official residence and handed over the name thorn to ask to see.

While waiting, I saw a long carriage parked outside the door, and there were full of bolted horses and stones, and the whole street was full of people who looked like attachés and guards waiting.

Zhang Ziming's identity can directly enter from the gatehouse, and wait in the large living room in the second gate, after he sat down, someone also served tea, and happened to meet Zhang Rui, Zhang Ziming pulled him and said: "Why are there so many people today?" ”

"Okay, my big director, my busy feet don't touch the ground......" Seeing that Zhang Ziming was still holding on, Zhang Rui said with a smile: "The Russians are here, and the general negotiation is almost over, and they came over to discuss the specific opening time." In addition, they are talking about other things, these big noses don't leave, and the people who come to see them are delayed, and a few ladies happen to arrive together, so they are busy messing up the camp......"

"Oh, Mrs. Chang is here this time?"

"Yes......" Zhang Rui replied, thought about it, and said: "Everyone in our house is called Mrs., and at most there are two two ladies and three ladies." ”

Zhang Ziming responded, with a smile on his face.

Zhang Han's back house has always been the center of gossip, it is considered a hard-hit area, the three ladies have different experiences, in general, Mrs. Chang and Mrs. Sun are all beautiful women, Mrs. Chang is her uncle's cousin, and she is a wealthy businessman, her identity is more than enough for Zhang Han at the beginning, Mrs. Sun's identity is not bad, Sun Anle is a big mine owner, there are more blast furnaces than Hutchison's, and there are thousands of miners under him. Only the third lady Yang Liu was born as a maidservant, but now she has also given birth to a son, and her position in Zhang's Mansion is stable.

Zhang Ziming knows a lot about these, but he never deliberately inquires and publicizes, compared with those shallow people who like to gossip about their bosses to show that they are very close to the inner circle, he is much older.

Zhang Rui obviously knew Zhang Ziming's personality, and he didn't tell anything, just told him to wait first, and he went in a hurry.

At this time, there was a commotion in the courtyard, many people stood and looked out, and even many people who felt that they could climb the relationship ran out.

Dozens of maids and servants surrounded a few ladies from the main entrance, the light rain did not stop, people were holding umbrellas, the faces of the ladies could not be seen clearly, only a few graceful figures were seen.

Zhang Han didn't have too many taboos in this regard, and a person of his status, if he was a family member of the Jingshi nobles and high-ranking officials of the ministry, he would never enter the courtyard under such circumstances and be watched and disturbed by so many people.

Zhang Ziming didn't go up, he felt that if he did this, he would lose face, and he was simply unmanly.

After a period of hustle and bustle, the servants and maids surrounded a few ladies into the inner courtyard door, but Zhang Ziming stood under the eaves with everyone and watched a few little boys.

The eldest Zhang Bin was already able to walk on his own, and he resolutely did not want a woman to hug him. may be influenced by his father, everyone knows that Zhang Han is free-range to his son, and he can be described as humble in terms of life care and treatment, at most he is treated like a well-off family. And Zhang Han hates his son to mess around in the women's pile the most, Xiao Zhang Bin has been playing in the outer courtyard normally, only when he eats and sleeps and goes back to the inner house, Zhang Han as long as he is at home, he will take his son to do some games that boys like to play, usually Zhang Xuezeng and Chang Jinquan and other elders take to play, many people say that the eldest son will be able to read in two years, but Zhang Han means that before the age of five, it is mainly fun, at most get some jigsaw puzzles and literacy building blocks to cultivate interest, and then read the textbooks of the Hutchison school, Those things that were enlightened by the Ming Dynasty, such as the obscure Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Universe Flood and the like, can be thrown as far as they can.

These things give outsiders a quite positive feeling, at least Zhang Han is practicing himself, and he has no arrogance for his son, maybe some subordinates from Confucianism will feel that if they don't read the scriptures in the future, the young master will go down the evil road, but most people don't have this kind of thought.

All the inner or outer cores of Hutchison are almost exclusively merchants or scholars, and no one likes the future young proprietor to be a pure Confucian scholar.

This time, even Zhang Ziming followed up with a few words of praise for the three little sons...... None of these boys in front of him can figure out who will be the future helmsman, Zhang Han is too young, at least twenty years later, everyone may know who will succeed him, before that, they can only be treated equally.

The hustle and bustle passed quickly, and at this time, a group of people came out of the courtyard on the left, and Zhou Rui, Wu Qi and others immediately led their subordinates to cut off the crowd here.

The leaders are Zhang Han and Petrin, both of whom are conspicuously tall, and Petrin is taller, but his figure is not strong among Russians, and his back is a little rickety, and he looks about the same height as Zhang Han.

The negotiators are five or six on both sides, all of them are the most core personnel, the market is about to open recently, both sides have accelerated the negotiations on the details, although the Russians do not have a dime in cash, nor a company of regular troops sent over, but the attitude is still quite tough and arrogant, this is the specialty of the Russians, bluffing, good at pressing people with a strong national power, but judging from the faces of Petrin and others, this time in Hutchison did not take any advantage, although it cannot be said that the face is ugly, but it is by no means how happy it is.

The two sides shook hands and said goodbye, because most of the Hutchison side does not understand Russian, and most of the Russians cannot speak Chinese, the two sides have been communicating in Mongolian, Zhang Han said to Petrin in proficient Mongolian: "That's it, the trade between our two sides must not be beneficial to one side and damage the other, cooperation is a win-win situation, and a fight is a lose-lose situation, I hope you can clearly realize this, each side wants to earn more benefits, but to be in line with reality, our conditions are basically the same, there is no more room for negotiation, I hope the next meeting, The two parties can formally reach a consensus and sign the contract. ”

Petrin and the others nodded silently, they all felt that they had encountered a tough opponent, Hutchison was quite gentle in the negotiations, never as vicious as the Russians shouted, and did not threaten, but once the bottom line was involved, there was no room for negotiation, and they didn't even take out a word to discuss with the Russians, in the face of such an opponent, Petrin and others felt that they needed to wield a stick instead of blackmail, but unfortunately the Russians really lacked real strength here in Mobei, at least compared to Hutchison, it was still far behind.

Petrin looked sly and said, "I have heard that your army has sent a part of the army to discuss a disobedient Mongol tribe, and I have heard that the tribe is quite powerful, and we in Russia feel that your army may not be victorious soon, and the continuous war may have a very negative impact on trade." In order to quickly quell the rebellion and calm the situation, we, the Russians, can temporarily form a Cossack of about two thousand people and participate in the battle in half a month...... Provided, of course, that your military is willing to stop and wait. ”

Madov shouted at this time: "I suggest your army wait, of course, we don't doubt the combat effectiveness of your army, in fact, last year's red-robed army left a deep impression on us, but I heard that the number of this elite army is quite small, and at the same time, our Cossacks are not inferior to your red-robed army's combat effectiveness, and the number can be gathered to two thousand, Lord Zhang, please don't be stubborn, please accept our help." ”