"I made this decision, it can be regarded as a favor for the Ming Guoshu that I have read over the years! Besides, I can't bear to see the ancient country of China being slaughtered and trampled on. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"So that's the case, in the next generation of the people of the Ming Kingdom, thank you to the young master." When Zhang Jiangfu heard this, he immediately knelt down and bowed to Kuroda's high school.

Now he finally knew why Kuroda asked them to kill Nurhachi, it turned out to be to wipe out this great threat to the Ming Kingdom. In addition to this Nurhachi, the Ming Kingdom will reduce one threat. Although the country is now in ruin, in the eyes of Ming people like Zhang Jiangfu, it is better not to let the Central Plains fall into the hands of the grassland people.

Zhang Jiangfu was indeed a so-called widow before, but that was just to beg for food, not that he was really heinous and wanted to burn, kill and loot. There is a difference between people, otherwise they would have gone to the Ming Kingdom with Mao Haifeng a few years ago. From the bottom of his heart, he is still a native of the Ming Kingdom, and even if he continues to follow the Kuroda family, he can't change this.

Zhang Jiangfu was still very grateful that Kuroda Vocational High School could think about the future of the Ming Kingdom, and decided to publicize this matter among the Ming people in Yibao County, so that it could also enhance the prestige of Kuroda Vocational High School.

Kuroda Vocational High School didn't know what Zhang Jiangfu was going to do, but Zhang Jiangfu didn't know that Kuroda Vocational High School was also a Celestial Empire person in his heart. He did this just to seek psychological comfort.

"Okay, Master Zhang, you don't need this, it's nothing. As I just said, this is just one thing I have done for Mingguo, and the things I have received from Mingguo over the years are too much, and I have always been grateful. Now that I have done this, I can repay this kindness, and only by doing so can I feel at ease. Master Zhang, do you understand? Kuroda said.

"I understand, thank you young master. Young master, the second is the harvest of this trip. Zhang Jiangfu returned to Chinese.

"Well, then you can talk about it! I'm looking forward to what I've learned. "Kuroda is very happy about killing Nurhachi, so he seems to be in a very good mood now, and to be honest, he really doesn't care too much about the rest.

"This time I went to Ming and Liaodong to trade, not counting the iron ore, horses, and other goods brought back to my family, just in terms of money, the profit was five times that of before. Indeed, as Lord Xu said before, the way of the young master's triangular trade is an excellent idea. Zhang Jiangfu said, and by the way, he also slapped Kuroda's ass on the back.

"Well, you have done a good job, except for your share of the money, and you will go and settle the rest with the priests! Is there any other takeaway? Kuroda asked.

"In addition to the harvest of money, the young master originally exchanged for one hundred and five good horses this time, but it was bumpy on the sea, and two war horses died unexpectedly, so I only brought back one hundred and three, and I hope that the young master will forgive my sins." Zhang Jiangfu knelt down again at this time and said.

"Master Zhang, get up! You don't have to be like that, you can't say anything on the sea, it's possible for a ship to be destroyed and people to die, you should know better. Just losing two horses, which is acceptable, this does not require an excuse. Kuroda said.

"Xie Shaozhu did not punish the grace, in addition to the horses, he also brought back dozens of tons of iron ore in Liaodong, and animal skins such as tiger skins, bear skins, and mink skins have been sold in Sakai Town, and some precious medicinal materials such as ginseng and Wula grass and a large number of ordinary wound medicines have been brought back and have not been sold." Zhang Jiangfu continued.

"Well, you guys did a great job. As for the supplies, I'll send them to the office first, and then call the workshop and the reserve teams to pick them up! The herbs were sent directly to the master of the whole sect, and there was no need to go through the ashram. Kuroda said indifferently.

"Young master, there are also three slaves who can raise horses from Liaodong, which were given to us by Nurhachi's father when we were trading. These horse breeders are still from my Ming Kingdom, but they were captured by the Jurchens to Liaodong and forced to do this thing. ”

"Do they all have horses?" Kuroda asked.

"Yes, young master, all three of them will raise horses."

"In that case, they are really the talents we need! So be it! Tell them that they only need to raise horses well for their own family, restore their status as ordinary people, and at the same time find suitable partners for them among the Han people and help them start a family. And they will also be paid a certain amount of wages every month as the income of their labor. Kuroda said after thinking for a while.

"By the way, young master, speaking of horses, among the horses brought back this time, after counting, there are thirty stallions. And all the stallions, all of them have not been castrated, as long as these horse breeders are grateful to Dade. After that, find a suitable place in the family's territory and keep the horses in captivity, and within a few years, the family will have a steady supply of high-quality war horses. Zhang Jiangfu said at this time.

In the era of cold weapons, male war horses are often castrated, because the castrated horses have a more stable and docile personality, and they will not interfere with the battle because of estrus. And horses that are not castrated are not easy to control, for example, in the Anshi Rebellion, there is a record of Li Guangbi abducting thousands of enemy stallions with a mare, which is the result of opposites attracting.

Think about the time when you are fighting, your side has fought well and has already taken the advantage. As a result, the stallion that sat down suddenly saw someone else's mare and decided to talk to the other party about his life ideals. What is the concept of running desperately with other people's mares and getting into the enemy's army? It's basically death.

In the nomadic society, horses are very important, and horses are absolutely indispensable companions in their daily lives. But in some cases, such as when there is a major natural disaster, or when there is a shortage of manpower on your side. Herders may castrate all but a few stallions in order to control the total number of horses.

So this time, it is normal for Zhang Jiangfu to get such a large number of uncastrated horses from Takshi, after all, Takshi is a big grassland household, and there is no need to castrate his own horses.

But the horses were not castrated, so the meaning was different for the Kuroda family. At this time, the most famous horse-producing areas in the Wa country were Shinano, Echigo, Oshu, and Ueno, and there were still many wild horses, but there were relatively few horses in the western part of the country. (To be continued.) )