When Yuzhu sent troops this time, he did not summon the Mongols in Qinghai in advance to fight against the rebellion together.
The logic is actually very simple. When an army goes on an expedition, it must pass through various banners and ministries along the way.
It’s better to see it in person than to hear it a hundred times!
It has never been Yuzhu's habit to use boots to relieve itchiness.
Besides, if a spy turns out to be a traitor at a critical moment when his eyes are completely dark, then it will be called crying without tears.
Dorji Sebuteng warmly invited Yuzhu to stay for a few more days in order to treat him well.
It was just a polite word at first, but to Dorji Sebuteng's surprise, Yuzhu agreed without hesitation.
Well, Yuzhu came with a large army, and Dorji Sebuteng's tribe only has 500 households in total. This is a big expense.
There is no way, the words have been spoken, you can’t take them back, right?
It's just that Yuzhu always does things openly.
Although they were settled, the army's encampment was still quite orderly. The basic camping principles that should be adhered to were thoroughly implemented.
If you are near a water source and a stronghold is built, a horse-repelling frame must be placed at the entrance of the camp.
After settling in, Wendner took the initiative to find Dorji Sebuteng with the interpreter and guide from the volunteer camp, and proposed the good idea of exchanging tea bricks for sheep or cattle.
Before leaving, Yuzhu used the money in the official treasury to buy all the tea bricks from the tea merchants in Xining City at a reasonable price.
The parity here refers to the reasonable wholesale price of tea bricks on the market before the army went on the expedition, not the loss-making origin price.
If you want a long-lasting business, you can’t do it without trust!
The Mongolian tribes in Qinghai have salt, sheep, and cattle, but what they lack are tea bricks, silk, cotton cloth, and silver.
Yuzhu deliberately chose tea bricks. That's because, on the prairie, tea bricks are a necessity of life, an absolute hard currency, and more useful than silver.
Wendner smiled and said to Dorzi Sebuten: "Master Beile, to tell you the truth, it is impossible for tea bricks to be shipped in from Xining in the next year."
Dorji Sebuteng's expression suddenly changed. He never expected that Yuzhu would monopolize the tea brick business in Xining.
There have always been two Ancient Tea Horse Roads between the Qing Dynasty and Qinghai. One is from Sichuan, and the other can only be from Xining.
Xining is in Yuzhu's control, he has the final say, no reason is needed!
The tea bricks were sent here from Sichuan. Because the journey was extremely long and difficult, the price was extremely high, at least three times more expensive than the tea bricks shipped from Xining.
Yuzhu is not the arrogant Nian Gengyao. His style has always been high-profile in doing things and low-key in life.
If the tea bricks from Xining cannot come in, the Mongols north of the Qaidam River and west of the Yellow River will all act based on Yuzhu's eyes.
Yuzhu came with a large army, and there were only 500 households in Nanzuomo Banner. If he tried hard, he would definitely fail.
Then you can only use soft ones.
After some bargaining, Wendner exchanged 100 tea bricks for thirty horses, two hundred sheep and twenty cows.
In the past, these tea bricks could only be exchanged for fifty sheep at most.
If Dorji Sebuteng was proficient in Chinese, he would definitely poke Yuzhu's spine and scold her harshly: Monopoly is stronger than tiger!
The cattle, sheep, leather goods and salt on the Qinghai prairie are all worthless, and each flag has a lot of inventory.
When the Mongols went to war, without exception, they drove their cattle and sheep on the road, eating and fighting at the same time.
Yuzhu followed suit and drove his cattle and sheep on the road, eating and marching at the same time.
According to Lu Wu's calculations, as long as meat is eaten at every meal, food consumption will be reduced by at least one-third.
During the march and battle, beef and mutton were used with food brought from Xining.
Hehe, with this approach, even if you are surrounded by enemies for three months, you will not have to worry about food and drink.
What Dorji Sebuteng didn't expect was that after Yuzhu set up camp, he would not move anywhere.
Moreover, Yuzhu not only refused to leave, but also asked the soldiers of the Wuwei camp to start lining up to learn how to ride horses.
The time was too short, and it was impossible for the infantry, who did not know how to ride a horse, to gallop proficiently.
Yuzhu's requirements are not complicated. As long as the soldiers march on horseback without falling off, they are considered qualified.
The enemy observed for a few days and saw that Yuzhu refused to move, so they couldn't help but look at each other.
Could it be that you are really here for an outing?
Yuzhu didn't move, but Alice accompanied the Western sailors and officers to conduct topographic surveys.
I regard the military maps of the Qing Dynasty as treasures and hide them in the general's mansion. No one is allowed to peek at them.
However, in the eyes of these Western technicians, this crude map is simply not worth mentioning.
Since the Age of Discovery, Europeans have gradually discovered various continents.
Nowadays, measurement and positioning methods using sextants and star charts have been generally mastered by Western sailors and officers.
The specific positioning method is actually not complicated.
First use a sextant to measure the altitude angle of the sun at noon, and then check the declination angle of the day from the astronomical calendar.
Declination angle, which is the latitude of the direct point of the sun.
Based on these two pieces of data, you can calculate your latitude.
If you are measuring Polaris, it will be even more convenient. The altitude angle of Polaris can be directly regarded as the local latitude, and you don't even need to check the astronomical calendar.
If you want to obtain accurate longitude, you must first use the mean solar day to calculate the longitude difference between your location and the reference position. Then consult the astronomical almanac to correct the difference between the mean solar day and the true solar day.
the errors caused.
A true solar day is the time interval between the sun passing through the midheaven twice in a row, which is the true length of a day.
The mean solar day is the annual average of true solar days.
Before the advent of marine clocks, the common navigation tools for captains and sailors were sextants and star charts.
Objectively speaking, the entire Qing Dynasty has completely fallen behind the times in terms of navigation, positioning and military map production technology.
The usual reconnaissance technique used by the British at that time was to disguise military spies as knights in the expedition team, and travel with the team while drawing accurate military maps along the way.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Now, Yuzhu is using this trick. The more time there is, the more accurate the military map drawn by the technicians will be after detailed surveying and mapping.
In the afternoon, a dozen Mongolian girls gathered outside Yuzhu's military camp. One after another, they sang grassland folk songs.
Yuzhu had already had a similar experience when he went to Northeast China.
Mongolian unmarried women have a relatively unrestrained personality. They dare to take the initiative to drag men into the tent to have fun with whomever they like.
At first, Yuzhu didn't quite understand this practice. Later, he realized that this custom was actually quite similar to that of the Japanese country.
In the Japanese country, what everyone values is the inheritance of the family name and surname, and they do not care whether the heir is their own seed.
To put it bluntly, as long as the adopted son has his own surname, he will not only be treated as his biological son, but he can also inherit the family business.
In the Mongolian tribe, population is the most important strategic resource. With a large number of people, you are the king of the grassland.
Not to mention others, Genghis Khan's wife was also snatched away. After she was snatched back, he not only did not dislike his wife's dirty body, but also treated the bastard born to her as his own son.
Qinghai is not Heilongjiang.
In Heilongjiang, it was a proper internal march, surrounded by friendly troops.
In the Qinghai area, there is no distinction between friend and foe, so Yuzhu naturally does not dare to be careless.
As a result, the Mongolian girls wore beautiful dresses, sang and danced, and worked hard all afternoon. No one in the Qing army camp dared to go out to meet them.
In the evening, in the central tent of the Qing army, Alice pretended to be Guanyin and was lying lazily on Yuzhu's chest.
Yuzhu put his arms around Alice's waist and asked her with a smile: "Isn't it very comfortable to work?"
Alice grabbed Yuzhu's lips, kissed her hard, and said in a tired voice: "It's nice to have the feeling of working. Darling, I really hope it can continue like this."
Yuzhu smiled slightly. Oriental women received the three obediences and four virtues, the three cardinal principles and the five constant virtues, and even bound feet from childhood.
Alice's family was, after all, an aristocratic one with an English education. She received a modern female education, and she regarded working as a natural thing.
Normally, people like Alice would work as tutors or sociologists.
However, Yuzhu knew better than anyone else. In the early 18th century, at least one-fifth of the adult women in British London were engaged in similar occupations as island artists.
The famous "Harris' Covent Garden Ladies' Directory" has an average annual sales of 8,000 copies, with each copy selling for two shillings and sixpence.
In the directory, which is updated every year, more than a hundred famous London beauties are compared and ranked, and the pleasure-seeking scene near Covent Garden in London's West End is listed in detail.
It is said that the sales volume of this booklet series at that time even exceeded that of the Bible.
"Well, your measurement team can continue to work as long as the work continues to be effective." Yuzhu is at the intersection of Chinese and Western cultures. He can naturally understand Alice's desire to not be a canary and to work actively.
Ever since Alice gave birth to Yuzhu's eldest daughter, the wild characteristics of the top-notch Ocean horse have been completely unleashed.
"Zhu, really hard..." Alice became more energetic again, with her charming and silky look, she looked like a blood-sucking blond goblin.
Yuzhu secretly smiled bitterly, already twice. Alas, he lacked physical strength, so he had to use skills.
After setting up camp and resting for three days, Yuzhu led his army on the road again, heading towards Bayannuoer in the south.
Bayannuoer, a small market town under the Huitenan Banner, happens to be stuck on the route that Yuzhu must pass on his way to the Kalkanan Right Banner.
Along the way, Yuzhu still looks like he came for an outing, walking for one day and resting for two days, which is better than taking a leisurely stroll.
None of the enemies had ever seen a freak like Yuzhu, and they were all impatient with the wait.
The longer time passes, the greater their food supply problem will become, and internal strife is about to break out.
The characteristic of Mongolian warfare is that the alliance leader calls everyone over, and everyone eats their own food and grass for the time being. After defeating the enemy and grabbing things, the spoils will be distributed according to the agreed ratio.
This is the case for Yuzhu's enemies.
However, the alliance leader’s family doesn’t have much food left!