Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

The Hezhe people who followed him could only hope that Mingren would keep his word and would not kill them.

……

Liu Wenbing took control of Hezhe City, while Gong Yonggu was setting fire everywhere.

Going south from Hezhe City to Shenyang (the Tatar capital Shengjing), in this period when the black land was completely barren, there were only a few roads along the river.

Gong Yonggu asked people to set fire everywhere, leaving only one road.

After leaving the city, Atuhui led a hundred Hezhe tribesmen and rode wildly, preparing to send a message to the Tatars.

Who knows, after walking for dozens of miles, I will see flames rising into the sky in front of me.

I don't know what happened, but a raging fire broke out in the forest, and the flames were so big that they ignited the tall trees.

Birds and beasts fled in all directions.

The flames licked the sky, and the roasting people could not get close.

"Atu Hui, what should I do?"

His men were a little flustered.

This is the fastest way.

Atuhui turned around and said in a deep voice:

"Detour, let's take the Suli River!"

The group changed roads and continued south.

Who knew, after walking for dozens of miles, I saw flames rising again on both sides of the river ahead.

The flaming river channel produced layers of white mist, and the broad Suli River seemed to be boiling.

The heat wave cooked all the fish and shrimp in the water.

"Changing the road!"

Atuhun's face looked ugly.

Go south along the Suli River, go straight down from the shore of Xingkai Lake, and then pass through a section of dense forest, which is Jianzhou Zuowei.

As long as you get here, it is within the control of the Qing court.

Then go south along several tributaries of the Songhua River to reach Shengjing.

However, if this road is cut off, they will have to turn back to the west and go south along the main stream of the Songhua River.

This back and forth took several days of effort!

However, in autumn, the leaves turn yellow, the weather is dry, and a large amount of dead branches and leaves accumulate, which can easily trigger wildfires.

These two sudden fires caused the Hezhe people to bear a great risk for nothing!

Once the delay is too long and Mingren really launches an attack, I don’t know if the Great Khan can defend Hezhe City...

Atuhui was worried and kept walking. He immediately led his men through the dense forest and walked towards another road.

Fortunately, there are no more wildfires this time.

Two days later, Atuhui had reached the main road of Songhua River.

This place is not far from the actual control area of ​​the Qing Dynasty.

Before Atuhui could breathe a sigh of relief...

Suddenly, a bonfire smoke rose up ahead.

"Is there another fire there?"

Fortunately, there wasn't much smoke over there, and the fire should have just started.

Atukun's expression changed and he hurriedly ordered:

"Guys, work harder, let's rush over quickly!"

Atuhui planned to pass through as soon as the mountain fire had just started and before it blocked the road.

Who knows, when they walked around the river beach, they saw a group of merchant-looking Mingren baking something around a bonfire.

After sniffing, there was a faint scent of barbecue in the air.

It turns out that the thick smoke was not a forest fire, but a bonfire!

The aroma is tangy, tickling the greedy worms in your stomach.

In order to hurry up and inform the Qing court, Atuhui, who had been eating cold food for the past few days, was already very hungry.

Han Chinese barbecue is so delicious!

The sound of horse hooves seemed to wake up the caravan, and the Han people were already in a defensive formation under the command of a leader-looking man.

The sudden encounter with a stranger seemed to frighten everyone on both sides.

A Hezheerlang came close to Atuhui and whispered:

"Atu Houtou people, are these people also Ming soldiers?"

Atuhui looked carefully and saw a dozen large vehicles surrounding these people, forming a simple circular defense circle.

There are wooden boxes on the carts, and some carts are even covered with rainproof felt cloth.

If you look closely, there seems to be a business flag on the cart.

Huh?

Atuhui had an idea.

His brother made a red-armored pendulum in the Qing army.

(White-armored Baiyala: White-armored soldiers, later guard flag soldiers, similar to heavy infantry, with as few as seven or eight to as many as ten per hundred. Red-armored Baiyala is slightly inferior to white-armored, and belongs to light infantry. , about 40 per 50 people. The remaining [-] people are camp soldiers.)

Youdao means that there are people in the court who are good at becoming officials.

His elder brother was a soldier in the Qing army, and he was still a soldier. Atu Hui also had a broad horizon.

His brother once said that there were merchants from Shanxi in the Qing Dynasty, traveling in and out of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and still trading goods.

Before the Qing Dynasty changed its name, during the most difficult years, Shanxi merchants came to trade with their goods.

Every time the gold, silver and jewelry stolen by the Eight Banners were mostly exchanged for practical food, soldiers and armor, and even intelligence through Shanxi merchants...

In order to allow Shanxi merchants to trade with confidence, Huang Taiji issued strict orders after he came to power, strictly prohibiting ministries from robbing and making things difficult for Shanxi merchants.

The entire territory of the Qing Dynasty was also opened to Shanxi merchants.

In exchange for more supplies.

After all, if it were not for these merchants, the gold, silver and jewelry they snatched would be useless to the country because they could not be eaten or drunk...

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When Atuhui thought of this, he couldn't help but think:

"Could it be that these people are Shanxi merchants?"

Think about it!

This place is close to the territory of the Manchus. With these merchants, it is not surprising.

When Atuhui thought of this, he hurriedly asked people to put down their weapons. He stepped forward in person and raised his hands to show that he had no ill intentions.

Then asked:

"May I ask if you are Shanxi merchants?"

The Ming Dynasty ruled the slaves for a long time.

Merchants were once spread throughout Nurgan.

Chinese is not a problem at all for them.

This group of merchants is none other than Gong Yonggu and his group.

After hearing Atuhui's question, Gong Yonggu stood up.

He cupped his hands and said proudly:

"This is Ni Daye, the shopkeeper of the Fan family in Zhangjiakou."

He pointed to another man dressed as a shopkeeper next to him and said:

"This is Zhai Luteu, the manager of the Zhai family."

These people are really Shanxi merchants!

Atukun's expression changed and he hurriedly dismounted.

He is a guest of the Qing court!

Atuhui didn't dare to neglect.

He even made up his mind. If he made friends with these people and persuaded them to go to Hezhe to trade, would the food shortage crisis of the ethnic group be solved?

Atuhui hurriedly used Mingren's fist-clenching salute and bent down to salute:

"So that Shopkeepers Ni and Zhai know that we are members of the Hezhe tribe and are about to go to Shengjing.

May I ask the two shopkeepers where are you going? "

The lieutenant general was still thinking about how to coax Atuhui into heading to the Hezhe tribe.

Gong Yonggu chuckled lightly and started telling lies:

"To be honest, the soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty occupied the capital of the Ming Dynasty and gained a lot.

But we are here for trade.

The emperor said that many Qiding families of this generation have savings, so let's take a look to see if there are any goods that suit our needs. "

It's all right!

Atuhui no longer had any doubts in his heart.

ps: I was busy yesterday and forgot to count.

According to the statistics of the number of comments and likes, the White Lotus Sect and Shi Dakai were chosen the most. They reached 39 votes and 36 votes respectively.

So in the next book, we will write about Shi Dakai.