Chapter 161: Night
Hutchison is the power of the Han people, now it seems to be the same as the impression of the Han people, strong and pay attention to law and reason, the Jurchens are different, said to be the same language and the same species, in fact, it is still a different civilization system, the most important thing is that the lamas are worried that the Mongols now generally believe in the Yellow Religion or the Red Religion, only a few people still believe in the primitive shamanism, and the Jurchens now almost no one believes in the Yellow Religion, and most of them still believe in shamanism, that is, the witchcraft of the primitive tribes, if these people enter the grassland, attack the Chahar Department, and go to Mobei, When the time comes, where will they go and what kind of treatment will they encounter?
"However, the attack of the Jurchens is expected to be when the Chahars move west again. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" Zhang Han said: "And it won't be very soon, after the autumn, they also have to worry about the horses fattening before they can go on the expedition, in this case, there is still a chance to move around, it depends on how Lin Danhan chooses." ”
This topic is relatively heavy, and there are more evasions, of course the Mongols hope that Lin Dan Khan can win, even if there is a dispute between the Red and Yellow Sects, it is still a matter within a clan, and foreign enemies have come, after all, it is not a good thing.
Zhang Han got up and said goodbye, and said, "The wolf of Chotu Khan, we will defeat it as soon as possible, please rest assured." ”
The lamas also hurriedly got up to see him off, and when Zhang Han was sent out of the palace gate, Lama Tenzin said worriedly: "I'm afraid that the people of Hutchison think that the Khan Department is also very cowardly, and has the idea of underestimating the enemy. ”
Saiyin Noyan is also in the northwest direction, and Chotu Khan is in the north of Zasaktu Khan, south of Tangnu Ulianghai, Saiyin Noyan is in the west, Huite is in its southwest, all the departments are connected, from the geographical environment there are many rivers and lakes, water and grass are lush, the strength of the tribes living and grazing there is not weak, originally this large area is the territory of the Oirats, with an area of more than 200,000 square kilometers, and the area of Jiangsu Province and Shanxi Province has exceeded in the interior, and the Oirat people were driven away after the rise of Dayan Khan, This piece of land has only become the territory of Khalkha Wanhu, and after nearly a hundred years, the various departments have been divided up cleanly.
But Tu Khan is like a lone wolf among the tribes, because a large number of Taiji Khan around him all believe in the Yellow Sect, and he, the leader of the Red Sect, is of course a natural outlier, in many disputes such as fighting for grassland and water sources, but Tu Khan is taking a very strong position, because the troops are strong and ambitious, all the tribes are afraid of him, and after a long time, the fear is getting stronger and stronger.
"I hope Lord Zhang can send the red-robed soldiers over." Lama Tenzin clasped his palms together and prayed: "The so-called annihilation, harassing his subordinates with red-robed soldiers, has the best effect." ”
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Zhang Han returned to the city in the middle of the night, the city gate was opened, there were many special service cavalry guarding with torches, there were also guards standing with torches on the head of the city, there were huge lanterns hanging on the gatehouse, which were not extinguished all night, and at this time there were several more hanging, and the streets near the city gate were illuminated.
When Zhang Han entered the doorway, Jiang Yi came over and personally hung a cloak on Zhang Han's body, and said in a low voice: "A few Russians seem to be impatient, and they have been waiting in the adult's mansion." ”
"Oh, in that case." Zhang Han thought for a while and said, "Invite Mr. Sun, Mr. Mo, the people from the Trade Bureau of the Military and Political Division, and Liu Peng, all of them." ”
"Yes, my subordinates will do it immediately."
Zhang Han's will is something that no one will disobey, even if it is already more than two at this time, and it is almost eleven o'clock.
Along the way into the bunker in the center of the city, many residents were alarmed, now most of the people living in the south of the city are Hutchison's own insiders, and then there are caravan members who come to trade from afar, as well as garrison personnel, and some family members who have lived in the city, the planning of the whole trading city is of course based on commercial trade, all streets in the south of the city are extended in all directions, even the alleys are equivalent to the width of the streets of the mainland city, along the main trade street of East and West Street are large stores and shops, in addition to Hutchison for his own use, Most of them were leased to Han merchants from the mainland, and the other is those large warehouses built along the streets, which almost account for nearly half of the city's buildings, all of which are pure brick and stone buildings more than four zhang high or even five zhang high, leaving only ventilation openings, and fire prevention measures are quite in place, not only the goods of Hutchison are stored in these warehouses, but also the goods of the Han merchants who go north, if they bring more, they also rent these warehouses of Hutchison to stock.
There are still very few people living in the residential area, after all, this city is close to the size of the city in the mainland, much larger than the general county seat, similar to the state city, smaller than the city of the city, generally speaking, it can live 50,000 or 60,000 residents, and even a little squeeze can live more than 100,000 people, but this city has a considerable commercial area and storage area, and the design of the people is not more than 30,000 people, and now there are only three or four thousand people living in the city, or even those Russians, so everywhere is quite empty, Even those restaurants and grocery stores and other livelihood stores are not open.
Although there are few people, but now most of them are mainly Hutchison people, seeing that it is Zhang Han coming, although in the middle of the night, and held a welcoming ceremony during the day, these Hutchison people still put on their clothes, standing at their own doors or waiting on the street, in the crackling sound of torches, in the pine oil smell of pine torches, people saw Zhang Han come and bowed deeply, and the soldiers were saluting, such a situation is the same everywhere, people are not too excited, but no one is sloppy, This is an unreserved respect for Zhang Han.
Madoff and Petrin and others also saw the situation in full swing.
The Russians are a little shocked, and they Russians also have respected figures, but by no means the Tsar.
In fact, the previous tsar died unexpectedly, and the current tsar also hanged the son of the previous tsar, the six-year-old former crown prince, at the gate of the city, and the body of the six-year-old child swayed in the wind, which is also a very immoral thing for the Russians, and the image of the tsar is greatly reduced. At this time, the Russian tsar was still a powerful person who could live in it, and there was no sacredness in the legal system like China, and the only thing that could really make Russians respect as much as they saw was the Orthodox patriarch, which was religious respect, to put it bluntly, it was not to respect the patriarch, but to respect the God represented by the patriarch.
Zhang Han in front of him, the respect and love he has received is not religious, it is a real secular respect, and it is related to power, but it is not only power, if you count it in terms of power, the emperors of each dynasty are the most powerful, but there are not many emperors who go to the guillotine and leave infamy.
"Lord Zhang really has high prestige." Petrin and the others waited for the gatehouse of the official mansion, and when they heard the movement, they came out, and at this time the Russians were bowing and saluting in front of Zhang Han's horse, Zhang Han made a modest hand gesture, and then jumped off the horse and said to Petrin: "You are polite, they are my subordinates, holding my rice bowl, that's why they are so polite." ”
Zhang Han is telling a joke, of course Petrin laughed funny, and Madoff and the others were also laughing, but the laughter was like a wolf's howl, how ugly it was.
Zhang Han didn't want to talk more to these Russians, so he said directly: "You guys are here, I'm afraid you still want to talk about trade, right?" ”
"Exactly." Petrin said: "Although it is a bit rude to disturb late at night, we have not had time to talk in detail during the day, and our Russian businessmen are like pins and needles, so we can only disturb overnight." ”
Zhang Han also understood the plight of Petrin and others, this time there were a lot of Russian businessmen, and the nearby settlements within 2,000 miles were probably all coming, as well as businessmen from several important commercial towns in the European territory, including those from Moscow. If this trade route cannot be built, if it does not become a normal situation, or if there is not enough profit, these people will definitely run in vain. At this time, the merchants of Russia are not simply merchants, just like Petrin, who is a military aristocrat in addition to business, and at the same time was appointed as a translator because of his excellent language talent, and now he is the Russian governor of the buying and selling city, which shows that the identity of the merchant at this time is not so pure, at least it is also the triple identity of an adventurer and a merchant and a soldier...... This kind of thing is not only there but quite common, unless it is a serious nobleman, a high position, and a special guard, and Petrin is far from this status.
In short, if the trade is not carried out smoothly, or the expected goals cannot be achieved, resulting in a large number of merchants losing money, Petrin's life will definitely be difficult, and it will be considered lucky to survive, let alone return to Moscow to accept the reward and promotion.
Under pressure, the attitude of the Russians was much more respectful than before, and at this time, Petrin and the others realized that everything they had was in the hands of the tall Ming young man in front of them, and those reserved attitudes were quite tasteless, so they not only came at night, but also waited until midnight, and their attitudes changed to be very respectful and polite.
Zhang Han smiled secretly, he knew that these Russians would turn around, but he originally thought that it might be a few more days, but Petrin did not disappoint him, and ran over overnight.
At that moment, he called someone to enter the door, and when he arrived in the large living room, he lit the lamp to entertain him, and the servants came and went, and put tea and snacks in the whole room between his hands, and his movements were quite skillful.
Zhang Han nodded slightly when he saw it, the leaders of the servants were all brought from home, he estimated that he would live here for at least three months, or even about half a year, Chang Ning and Yu Niang and they had to come to live, these servants were the first to stand, and if they arranged this place, the gang at home would follow.
Speaking of which, the official residence here is not bigger than Qingcheng, but it is not a Buddhist temple reconstruction, all kinds of designs are quite exquisite and ingenious, and the garden is not comparable to the south, but in the eyes of the northern scholars, it is also quite superior.
Zhang Han already has many homes, the old mansion and the new mansion in Xinpingbao are two, there is another one in Lizhuang, one in Qingcheng, and one here in the trading city, there are already five serious mansions, and one is better than the other.
This is also closely related to the development of Hutchison, and Hutchison is climbing higher and higher after all.
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