After hearing this, the envoy smiled slightly and said: "Three thousand stones of food and grass, ten thousand arrows, two thousand spears, and even five hundred firecrackers -"
"Firegun?"
When the young Prince of Chahar Abu Nai heard this word, he felt like someone was strangling his throat, and his heart in his chest could not stop beating rapidly.
And his big black face suddenly turned red, and his short and thick neck became particularly conspicuous, making people surprised that he even had a neck.
After all, he is still young and does not even know the emotions and anger of his superiors.
The envoy thought contemptuously.
After all, he is a Han Chinese and cannot understand the situation of the Mongols at this time.
After the entire Monan was controlled by the Manchus, the life of the Mongolian tribes plummeted. Not to mention firecrackers and other things, even the iron pots were tightly controlled, for fear that the Mongols would refine the pots and use them as weapons.
And things like tea, wine, silk, etc. became very popular, and the Mongols almost degenerated to the point of using bone arrows.
"The people of Ming Dynasty are indeed rich -" Abu Nai, who was only sixteen years old, sighed in his heart, showing greed: "These are too few, not enough to make me betray the Manchus."
"I'm afraid you may have misunderstood."
The envoy quickly suppressed his sarcastic smile and said solemnly: "These things require furs, war horses, cattle and sheep in exchange. This is a market consultation, not a reward."
Abu Nai was filled with anger. These wise men were really cunning. They cut off my Abu (father)'s reward. Now they are not only stingier, but they also have to plunder the finances of my Chahar Ministry.
However, after being a profuse sweater for many years, Abu Nai finally calmed down and said: "War horses are rare, and Chahar doesn't have many, but I am willing to give you a thousand, and the rest will be replaced by gold, silver and jewelry."
He spoke relatively calmly, but his eyes were fixed on the man, eager to get the result.
Obviously, the power of the firecracker made him unable to control himself.
But he was right, war horses and horses are two different things. Only after selection and training can one get a real war horse among a hundred horses.
This is the difference between a professional army and a militia.
"No, at least five thousand horses, half of the remaining replacement will be cattle, and the other half will be gold and silver."
The special envoy said confidently. After learning that Abu Nai's confidence was insufficient, there was no fear on his face.
"Two thousand at most——"
"Three thousand, if it doesn't work, just let these things eat ashes in Xuan Mansion!"
As soon as these words came out, Abu Nai immediately lost his temper.
He really wanted to escape from the control of the Manchus.
As a golden family, the traditional Chahar tribe cannot control itself and is forced to succumb to the Manchus. Who can bear this?
We are all nomadic, why should the Manchus ride on my head?
"Three thousand is three thousand——"
Abu Nai gritted his teeth and said word by word.
"Dear Khan, let's discuss the price!"
Mingchen showed a respectful smile, his attitude changed greatly.
Abu Nai instinctively felt a chill running down his spine.
Finally, after an hour of discussion, the two sides reached an exchange ratio.
For matchlock guns, each one is worth five war horses, and other materials are not allowed to be exchanged.
As for grain, each cow is allowed to be exchanged for five stones, or it can be exchanged for a horse.
Spears and arrows could naturally be exchanged for strategic materials such as tendons and hides. As for furs, gold and silver, etc., they were not taken seriously by the Ming Dynasty, and only a thousand kilograms of gunpowder were exchanged.
That's right, it's not enough to have a matchlock gun, you must have gunpowder, and the grassland naturally cannot produce gunpowder.
Although he benefited from the fire gun equipment, Abu Nai understood Akito's desire to control.
But even though he knew it was poison, he had to drink it, because the Manchus could control the grasslands, but the Ming people could not, and he could still become the Khan of Mongolia.
The conditions were met, which made Abu Nai happy.
However, Mingchen reminded: "There are still Manchus in your tribe, so the Great Khan must be careful."
"Of course I understand, I don't need you to teach me."
Abu Nai said angrily.
Of course he understood that the reminder was his sister-in-law, now his wife, Huang Taiji's daughter, Princess Gu Lun Maqata.
But many years of relationship, especially her status as both mother and sister, made him deeply emotional, and he really didn't want to harm her.
(After the death of Lin Dan Khan, his "Eight Great Fortunes" returned to the Manchu Dynasty. Jierharang married the Queen Mother Sutai (the mother of Ezhe) of his great fortune, Huang Taiji married Dou Tumen Fujin and Nangnang Fujin as his concubines, and the rest
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He couldn't do the so-called determination to kill his wife.
However, it can be concealed from those accompanying the ministers.
After the negotiation goes smoothly, everything will fall into place.
The Ming Dynasty supported Abu Nai in leading the Chahar tribe to break away from Manchu control and recognized his rule over Monan.
At the same time, Abu Nai also promised that after independence, he would accept the canonization of the Ming Dynasty and pay tribute.
Most importantly, as a side condition, the Ming court allowed Abu Nai to exchange war horses, cattle and sheep for scarce iron tools in the grassland, and even matchlock guns.
This means that trade will be Chahar's biggest trump card for independence and also his confidence in resisting the Manchus.
In fact, Jiang Yueguang was secretly sulking that the emperor was so generous and reached an agreement with the Chahar Ministry, bypassing the left-behind mansion in Beijing:
"So we can cut off the Manchus' arm, but if things go on like this, won't it mean that we have another Jian slave?"
"If I had known this, it would have been better to send troops directly."
As a result, Jiang Yueguang was dissatisfied and directly submitted a memorandum, overtly and covertly stating that something was wrong with the agreement.
The cabinet was also in an uproar and was extremely shocked by the leak of firearms.
You must know that among the emperor's promises, there is no such item as firearms.
Everyone in the court believed that firearms were the foundation for the revival of the Ming Dynasty, and it was only by relying on firearms that we could drive the Jian slaves out of the country.
Such a powerful weapon of the country must not be allowed to be obtained by the Mongolian Tatars.
In this regard, the emperor had to explain: "Firearms without gunpowder are just fire sticks."
"Only by allowing the Mongols to have firearms can they dare to be independent, dare to fight against the Jiannu, and become the help of our Ming Dynasty."
"Once it is out of control, as long as the gunpowder is cut off, it will naturally not be able to cause any waves."
"in addition--"
Having said this, Zhu Yixi couldn't help but point to the map against the wall again and said: "As far as I know, although there are iron mines in Liaodong, they do not produce sulfur. In the past, most of the reason for the vertical and horizontal operations was done by Shanxi merchants."
"Nowadays, the north is newly restored, and the border blockade has begun. From the Yalu River to Shanhaiguan, and then to Shaanxi and Gansu, the Great Wall is tens of thousands of miles away. Not a pound of gunpowder is allowed to go out."
"If I want that Jiannu, even if he has hundreds of red cannons, he can only be an iron cylinder and a mere fagot."
"I'm sure that in a year and a half, after all the gunpowder stocks are used up, the recapture of Liaodong will be just around the corner."