On the upper reaches of the river, in front of King Ordo's tent of Sutai, the concubine of Lindan Khan, the accompanying medical officer of Prince Xin's Palace, the Mongolian doctor from Chahar, and Sutai's maids were busy shuttling back and forth to treat the wounded on both sides of the Ming army and the Cossacks.
They applied medicine and bandaged it.
There were still five or six corpses lying on the snow, including Cossacks who were shot or picked to death by Ming troops with white-stemmed guns, and two Jinyi guards who were shot to death by muskets.
Prince Alexey, with his hands on his hips, listened to the Cossack deputy leader reporting the whole story of the conflict, and looked past the swan feathers on his hat to several women not far away.
The female general of the Ming army, who was carrying a bow and arrow, and the female officer who rushed to the lower reaches of the river, were telling the story of the conflict to the Mongolian princess and the female ambassador of the Ming Dynasty.
Alexei walked over with his Mongolian translator and said to Su Tai: "Honored Princess, this is a misunderstanding. Our soldiers did not know that they met the Ming Dynasty royal family. They thought they were just ordinary herdsmen.
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When Zheng Haizhu heard this, he thought to himself, this stupid official really can't speak.
Sure enough, Su Tai, who was still looking serious at first, frowned slightly and said bluntly: "What the Duke means is that if they are really herdsmen, your Cossacks can shoot them casually? We Chahar
We allow you to borrow a piece of land to open a mutual market, and this is how you repay us with banditry!"
After understanding the word "robber", Alexei's eyelashes trembled.
He no longer doubted that in this brand-new land in the East, where Mongolia and Ming Dynasty lived side by side, women were not only capable of talking, but also not easy to mess with, whether on horseback or off horseback.
However, the Patriarch and the meeting of the gentry far away in Moscow gave him, a serving aristocrat, a fatal order to obtain preferential conditions for opening up mutual markets from the Ming Dynasty.
By obtaining several times huge profits through re-export trade, Russia, which has just shown a unified situation, can gradually acquire national and military power to defeat the arrogant Swedes and Poles, and compete for more land, including Ukraine, and the western seaport.
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Alexey then suppressed his deep grievance and performed a chest-stroking ceremony with sincerity on his face.
"Princess, ladies, there is indeed a daredevil among the Cossacks who easily uses muskets when not in combat, but please believe that he just wants to scare children, not to shoot them," Alexei said, gray
The blue eyes rolled around, glanced at Zhang Fengyi, and then let his gaze rest on Zheng Haizhu's face, "But the first one to hurt our people was the female general of your Ming Dynasty. Moreover, our dead were more beautiful than
How many of you..."
Zheng Haizhu, whose face was always ashen, interrupted Alexei: "Mr. Duke, if our female general hadn't fired that arrow, our noble prince might have fallen directly into the ice hole opened by the Cossacks. If
If your Highness has made any mistake, our Ming Dynasty is not as simple as refusing to open mutual markets to you. Therefore, please do not be self-righteous and try to draw Concubine Sutai’s anger to our Ming Dynasty soldiers with just a few words."
Alexey raised his hand to express "I understand" and asked slowly: "Then, next..."
Su Tai spoke as a host: "You first hand over all the muskets and iron guns of the Cossacks, and wait for Mrs. Zheng of the Ming Dynasty to ask His Highness the Prince for instructions, and we will talk among the three parties."
Alexey's eyes were sharp: "Your Highness, it is impossible for the proud Cossacks to disarm."
"Then get out." Su Tai's voice was not loud, but his words were decisive.
Although this was the preliminary plan given to her by Zheng Haizhu a moment ago, it soon became Su Tai's own idea.
The Cossacks were acting wild in her Ordo, which made Su Tai think of the Jianzhou cavalry who ravaged Ye He's tribe.
Without her hometown, the princess turned the pain in her heart into a strong attitude towards the Russians.
Prince Alexey took a deep breath.
He was not so impulsive as to fall out directly.
Hundreds of people were densely packed around them, including the Mongol princess's bodyguards, as well as these tough soldiers from the Ming Dynasty. They clashed again, and their entire Russian mission was wiped out in an instant.
"Okay." Alexei nodded and walked towards the Cossacks.
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In the felt tent, Zhu Youjian was wrapped in a warm bear skin and holding hot milk tea. When he saw Zheng Haizhu opening the curtain and walking in, he stood up subconsciously.
Zheng Haizhu smiled gently: "His Royal Highness is now a prince. When he sees me in the future, he will also sit upright. The rules of our master and apprentice in the Wenhua Hall have passed."
"oh."
Zhu Youjian responded. As soon as he sat down, Wang Chengen stepped forward and bowed to Zheng Haizhu: "If Master Zheng wants to blame, blame our family."
Zheng Haizhu waved his hands calmly: "What are you doing to blame, Prince? You didn't bring those Cossacks. By the way, don't punish the Mongolian guide. He just wants to lead His Highness to see more interesting things outside the Great Wall."
After saying that, Zheng Haizhu walked up to Zhu Youjian again and said in a positive tone: "Your Highness is very good. Your Master Zhang said that when she returns to Daning City, she and General Ma will kowtow to you. Thank you for your kindness."
The life-saving grace of their mother and daughter."
Zhu Youjian's mouth opened slightly: "Mrs. Ma, oh no, Master Zhang, doesn't she blame me for putting them in danger?"
Zheng Haizhu looked at the young man with burning eyes: "Of course not. How could Zhang Shilang's daughter be a kind of person? In the bright sky, with the big river rising to the sky, and the place where herdsmen fish, hunt and play, how could you have imagined that there are those Cossacks? The master was delighted.
What's amazing is that His Highness did not panic when faced with such a great danger, and even commanded his subordinates to fight against the enemy. He really has the bloody heroic spirit of the kings of Sai during the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Youjian was originally mentally prepared to be taught a lesson by his master, but what he didn't expect was a solid compliment.
He was very motivated, with excitement on his face, and told Zheng Haizhu: "Master, look at those Cossack muskets. They seem to be much lighter than the big fire rope guns in Mangui, and the barrels are also longer. Let's take them and give them to General Mangui."
Send them away? Also, General Ma and his cavalry seem to be very flexible in shooting enemies with Mongolian bows. Also..."
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zheng Haizhu listened patiently to Zhu Youjian, just like listening to boys in later generations talking about court skills and tactics.
After the young boy had finished talking, Zheng Haizhu started the key topic: "Your Highness, do you think we should still open trade with the Rakshasa people?"
Zhu Youjian was stunned.
He really hadn't thought about this.
Does he need to think about this? Isn’t this all decided by officials of the Ming Dynasty like Master Zheng?
"If Your Highness takes control of Daning beyond the Great Wall in the future, the situation will be much more troublesome than today, and it will be up to Your Highness to deal with it."
"Oh, that's it." Zhu Youjian understood. The master was giving him questions just like he did when he gave lectures in the Wenhua Hall.
Zhu Youjian rubbed the teacup in his hand for a while and considered: "If we negotiate with the Rakshasa people, it will be beneficial to both our Ming and Chahar allies. There is no need to stop talking because of today's matter, right? But, the two of us
A royal guard who died in battle, even if I will subsidize their family, the Rakshasa people will have to say something. Well, Master Zheng, what I mean is that business is business, and national prestige is national prestige."
Zheng Haizhu's eyes were full of praise: "Your Highness said it well, it is exactly what it should be."
The next day, the three countries of Ming, Russia, and Mongolia continued their talks.
Regarding the terms of mutual trade, it happened that Cossack military discipline was overturned. Mongolia and Ming Dynasty insisted that when Russian business groups came to trade with each other, the Cossacks were not allowed to go with them, and they must be the armed escort of the serving nobles under the rule of the Principality of Moscow.
There is no need to talk about the Russian caravan going to Beijing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, for trade as proposed in the 46th year of Wanli.
Secondly, for this conflict caused by Russia's provocation, Russia must exchange Siberian furs for silver, and compensate the Jin Yiwei who died in the battle with 200 taels of silver each, and the injured with 100 taels of silver each.
When Prince Alexei heard that the stock exchange was not a dirty deal and that he would only pay some extra money, he felt relieved and showed a willingness to accept it.
After the atmosphere relaxed slightly, Su Tai and Zheng Haizhu exchanged glances, faced Duke Alexey, and said in a pretentious tone: "In Zakarkha in the north, some tribes are already allies of our Chahar.
My husband will inform their princes not to embarrass your business group. However, if you come in early autumn, you must be careful of the Jin people in the east. No one in Mongolia knows their power better than me."
"Okay, Your Highness, we will remember it."
Su Tai snorted and teased: "By the way, I don't know how your Cossacks will win or lose if they fight against those Jin people. Back then, on the seaside in the Northeast, there were some wild Jurchen tribe warriors who were more ferocious than evil wolves.
But he was still defeated by the Jin people."
"The sea?" Prince Alexei keenly captured this word in his translation from Mongolia.
"Yes, the territory of the Jin people has now expanded to the seaside."