Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 102 Secrets of the Border Market (Part [-])
Cao Gan didn't expect Gao Yushi to know the private market, but thinking about this Mr. Gao—no, it should be said "my young master" now—— he is amazingly intelligent, so he didn't lose his composure at all. He was just a little surprised, and said : "The young master is very right. The young one has been leading people to export to the private market with various Mongolian ministries all the year round, and has made a lot of profits. This is also the fact that the young one has been in charge of Bailixia for only a few years, and he has pulled Bailixia to nearly a thousand. The reason for the size of the cavalry team. The small cavalry team brought from Bazhou to Bailixia was only about [-] people, but after the battle, the Bailixia cavalry team added up to less than [-]."

Gao Wushi nodded, and said that his vision of people was not bad. This Cao Gan was indeed quite capable. With his private market in Mongolia, he not only secured the top spot in Bailixia, but also expanded his team by a few years. times.It is particularly worth mentioning that this team is still a cavalry team, which is even more rare.

You know, Bailixia is a mountainous area, which is not suitable for raising horses. It is estimated that most of the fodder, bean cakes and even eggs needed for raising horses have to be purchased. How much financial resources are needed to support it?It can also be seen from this point that the scale of the private market of Bailixia thieves hosted by Cao Gan must be quite large.

So he asked: "From this point of view, the scale of your private market is not small, but as far as I know, after 31 years of Jiajing, the northern horse market was closed, and the imperial court strictly prohibited trading with Mongolia... Could it be that the frontier army Because you don’t sell ironware, I won’t check you?”

Cao Gan laughed and said, "How could the frontier army investigate me? If I hadn't been there, the Xuanfu frontier army would have lost nearly a thousand horses a year! Young master, it's not a small braggadocio. If the young one didn't fall into the trap of death yesterday, he would just go Running around Xuanfu, it was as safe as returning to Bailixia. Not to mention that Liu Ting was alone, even if he led troops to chase after him, the frontier soldiers of Xuanfu would only tell him that the little one had never been there before. Xuanfu!"

Gao Yushi was really taken aback this time, but he still tried to maintain his composure on the face, and asked, "Oh? The border army of the Xuanfu... because of you, can we get nearly a thousand more horses every year?"

"That's natural." When Cao Gan said this, he looked proud: "Since the 31st year of Jiajing, the official horse market has completely stopped. If we in Ming Dynasty want to get Mongolian horses again, we can only buy them in the private market." Buy it. But if the frontier army comes forward by itself, they will not be able to buy good horses. After all, the Mongols are not fools without brains. Among the livestock they are usually willing to sell to the frontier army, there are few horses, not only few but all Bad horses, poor horses, are barely feasible for carrying loads and pulling carts, but if they are used for combat riding, they are courting death."

Gao Pragmatically and sensitively found a big problem from this passage, and hurriedly asked: "The frontier army also does business with the Mongols? Didn't you say that the frontier army is still quite strict in checking the exit of iron?"

Cao Gan laughed, and said, "Young master, why do you think the frontier army is stricter on the sale of ironware? You are already under the young master anyway, so you don't dare to lie to the young master about this matter: the reason why the army over there Strictly investigate the export of iron wares, the reason is that they themselves are big sellers of iron wares to Mongolia! Let’s put it this way, the iron wares flowing into Mongolia from my Ming Dynasty, no matter whether the iron wares are finished products or iron ingots or iron blocks, come from the frontier army At least [-]% of the hands go out!"

Gao Wushi gasped, his spine was a little chilled, and for the first time he felt uncontrollable, and asked coldly: "The frontier army is so reckless, is it true that none of the nine border governors and governors are aware of it? "

"Master, is it a question of whether you are aware of it or not?" Cao Gan shook his head, and said, "I am familiar with the young man in the Xuan Mansion. If you are not afraid of breaking the law, those frontier soldiers are not as good as our thieves in Bailixia. I don't even know what Emperor Zhu is thinking. If the big soldiers under him were to live on that little military salary, they would starve to death long ago. How could they be banned just like this? Ask Jiubian, I don’t know how other places are small, and I don’t dare to talk nonsense, but at least in Xuanfu and Datong, as far as I know, no matter whether it’s the governor or the governor, the frontier soldiers They all knew what they were doing, but they didn't dare to say it, let alone report it—in case the Xuanda officers and soldiers rioted, the court would not be able to stop the development of the situation unless they killed everyone! What's more, it seems Once an outstanding Mongol like Altan Khan knows about the civil strife, no one dares to guarantee what he will do! I am afraid that by then, another Geng Shu change may not be able to stop."

Gao Wushi really doesn't know that Xuanda has become like this now!
Xuanda, the gateway to the capital!And the Xuanda Bianjun himself is the monopoly force of iron smuggling!No wonder the capital's defense is full of loopholes. If I were to answer, I'm afraid I'd even have the desire to enter the capital!
Fortunately, Altan Khan, although he is very talented, did not think that Mongolia still has a chance to dominate the Central Plains, so he only asked Daming to open the official city from the beginning to the end. To be ruined into a mess!Although Qi Jiguang is capable, he is only the general soldier of Ji and Liao, and he has to guard the left wing of Mongolia (that is, the Chahar tribe, where the "Great Yuan Dynasty" is located). It is iron, and how many nails are driven?
No wonder in history that after the Hannaji incident happened one year later, Wang Chonggu and Fang Fengshi insisted that peace is the most important thing. No wonder Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng insisted on paying tribute!

Gao Wushi took a deep breath and asked: "The reason why you have been able to roam the Northland for many years, and your nest is even located near Gyeonggi without fear of being suppressed, is it because of this?"

"That's natural." Once Cao Gan made up his mind to join him, he was quite open-minded, and he didn't mean to hide it at all. Status...young master, do you think, since the young one dared to lead hundreds of cavalry in the outskirts of Beijing to chase and kill Liu Xian and his son, how could he have nothing to rely on?"

Gao Wushi was also afraid for a while when he heard it, and secretly thought: There are few reliable troops in this Ming Dynasty. No wonder decades later, Xuanda's troops, bearing the name of "Nine Frontier Elites", can actually Transferred to the inland to suppress the peasant army, if you encounter wild boar skin, you will send vegetables, and the roots have rotted for many years!
He sighed, and changed the subject a bit: "The Mongols refused to sell horses to the frontier army. I can understand the reason, but don't they know that you will resell the horse... or give it to the frontier army? Yes. Now, those horses, are you reselling them to the frontier army, or are you giving them to the frontier army?"

"Of course it's for resale. Where can I afford it?" Cao Gan hurriedly said, "Young master, horses of the level of war horses are not cheap. Even if it is the price of a small one, a medium gelding will cost about eight taels. The price of a gelding is about ten taels, and nearly a thousand horses a year, that’s nearly ten thousand taels of silver, and it’s just the cost price!”

(End of this chapter)