In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 29 Future Planning

"How is it? Has the other party agreed to the exchange?"

"Hui Gongzi, I agreed. Not only did I not increase the price, I also said that I can borrow some from other tribes to make up a hundred Han people, but it will have to wait until five days later."

"Okay! It doesn't matter if you wait a few more days."

Lin Rui waved his hand, feeling very happy in his heart. Those Tatar women and children could only be killed for fun. It was really worth it to get a hundred Han people back.

After all, these Han people who come back will definitely be grateful to him and have a strong sense of belonging. If they take good care of themselves and train for a period of time, their strength will double.

Nothing is more important on the grassland than the strength of the population.

"You two have made great achievements this time, and they have all been raised to the overall banner. When there are more women in the future, each of you can choose two, but do you have to know your feelings?"

"Thank you sir!"

The two people quickly thanked Lin Rui excitedly. If they had no choice but to take refuge in Lin Rui before, now they really want to follow Lin Rui to do something in their career.

"Well, you guys have been running all the way, go down and rest!"

"Subordinates retire."

Not long after the two left, Zhang Xiuying and Mrs. Niu walked into the tent again.

"Brother Lin, the seizures this time have been counted. Here is the list..."

Zhang Xiuying said and handed over the booklet in her hand.

"Sister Xiuying, you've worked hard these past two days." Lin Rui hugged her over with some embarrassment and took the booklet.

He and Zhang Xiuying were the only ones in the entire camp who were literate. Zhang Xiuying almost counted the seizures by herself, which took two days and one night of busy work.

Fortunately, there is an educated person like Zhang Xiuying, otherwise he would have to go crazy to clean up the counting records one by one by himself.

Sister-in-law Niu on the side could only watch with envy.

As a large tribe with thousands of people, the Kashgar tribe has very abundant supplies and livestock.

First of all, there are thousands of scimitars, bows and arrows, tens of thousands of feather arrows, and other iron weapons that add up to tens of thousands of kilograms.

Then there are coarse and fine grains, totaling more than 1 kilograms, more than 100 kilograms of salt, [-] yuan of tea bricks, nearly a hundred pieces of cotton cloth, and nine pieces of brocade.

Finally, there are livestock and leather, including more than 2000 large and small horses, more than 600 cattle, more than 5000 sheep, more than 1000 pieces of leather, more than 200 large and small tents, and a lot of various tools and living utensils.

"This time, together with the food we had before, it will be enough to feed 300 people for a year."

Lin Rui closed the book and said with a smile.

"Brother Lin, I'm afraid I can't eat food every day. The hundreds of dead cows are being processed. Now that the weather is getting warmer, we need to eat the beef as soon as possible, otherwise it will be wasted." Zhang Xiuying said.

"That's right. Sister Xiuying, please take care of the arrangements for these things, so I won't give you random instructions." Lin Rui nodded and said, and he immediately acted as a hands-off shopkeeper when it came to food.

"What to do with the extra weapons and iron tools? Do you want to use those cloths to make clothes for everyone?" Zhang Xiuying asked again.

"Well, the weapons are temporarily sealed. Except for the cauldron, scissors, and other iron tools, the rest should be remelted into hoes, shovels and plowshares! As for the cloth, it is naturally going to be made into clothing." Lin Rui thought about it and said.

"Well, I've written it all down, then I'll go get busy." Zhang Xiuying said as she stood up, and Lin Rui had no choice but to let go of her.

After Zhang Xiuying left, Mrs. Niu stepped forward. Seeing that Lin Rui had no intention of hugging her, she rolled her eyes and said, "Brother Lin, among the fifteen women rescued this time, several are pregnant. Why?" deal with?"

"Can it be destroyed?"

Lin Rui frowned, but knowing that this kind of thing was inevitable, he became even more determined to rescue all Han slaves.

"It can't be killed, and we don't have medicine or a doctor. It's too dangerous." Mrs. Niu shook her head.

"Then let's take care of them and let them give birth. We'll talk about the children later." Lin Rui waved his hands and said with a headache.

"It can only be like this. Speaking of which, these sisters are also poor people. After being captured, the Tatars did not regard them as human beings at all, but only regarded them as breeding animals. Over time, they would eventually die of illness or go crazy. Only a few people can adapt and survive.”

Mrs. Niu gritted her teeth until the end.

This time Lin Rui hugged her into his arms and sighed secretly.

This damn feudal dynasty, this damn outer sage and inner king, no one knows who took the lead in making countless Han women become slaves of foreign races. If the First Emperor Quanxia knew about it, I am afraid that the coffin boards would not be able to hold it down.

"Master Qi, there are a few Tatars wandering outside the station, claiming to be envoys sent by the three tribes in the north, and they want to negotiate with you."

Just as the fight between the two was getting heated, Xiaocui walked in again to report.

Seeing this scene, she was convinced by the young master's preference for one thing and another. In the past, she was asked to make a bed outside, but now she rushed directly to the tent next door to sleep.

"Oh? Sister Niu, help me get the map."

After hearing this, Mrs. Niu hurriedly went to the shelf next to her and rummaged around for a while, then brought over the map that Lin Rui had drawn.

Lin Rui spread out the map and thought about it. Apart from them, there were a total of sixteen tribes, large and small, within a radius of three hundred miles.

Among them, there are four tribes to the north and northeast of them, all of which are the Khalkha tribe. Now the circle representing the Kashgar tribe has been marked with a big cross. The other three tribes have similar populations, between six and seven hundred. .

Secondly, there are seven tribes in the east and southeast. These seven tribes are all from the Chahar tribe, including the Chatu tribe who have traded with them.

Except for the Chatu tribe, which has more than 600 people, the other six tribes range from three to four hundred to one or two hundred. The former Chak tribe should be the smallest.

Finally, there are five Khalkha tribes in the south and southwest. The population of these five tribes ranges from six to seven hundred to more than four to five hundred.

If the former Chak tribe and Kashgar tribe are included, the total number of Tatars in this area is about [-], of which the Chahar tribe only accounts for more than [-] people, and the Khalkha tribe has more than [-] people.

But he knew that there were definitely more than [-] Tatars in the Liaohe area, and there must be more Tatar tribes further south.

In fact, he got a lot of information from Huang Ben and Zhou Meng.

That is, there are at least more than 30 Tatar tribes further south, the largest of which has 3000 people and belongs to the Khalkha tribe.

Fortunately, this tribe is nearly three to four hundred miles away from them, and there are many small tribes of the Chahar tribe in the middle, so there is no need to worry for the time being.

After reading the map, Lin Rui roughly guessed the purpose of the three tribes, and asked someone to bring them in.

At this time, Lin Rui already had a rough plan for future development, which was to take advantage of the contradiction between the two major ministries, temporarily make good friends with the seven Chahar tribes, try not to conflict, and focus on attacking the remaining eight Chahar tribes. After finishing the entire Khalkha tribe, we can go back and take care of the Chahar tribe.

(End of this chapter)