Chapter 386 Economic Means
This tactic was set by Zhu Youxiao.
He knew that he was a nation on horseback.
My Ming Dynasty must not be able to compete with others when riding a horse. If you fight straight, you can only lose. So why don’t I have some special means?
So the horse-killing tactic was born. Just those Tartars' short legs, how can they fight against my Ming long legs without horses? Then don't abuse them!
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The sound of the Tartars sounded, the troops began to be mobilized, and the cavalry divided into several echelons waiting for orders.
But Cao Wenzhao didn't want to fight, it was not that he didn't want to fight, but that he couldn't fight, because the capital was unstable, and he didn't know if he could win this time. Even if he won, he still had to lead his troops back. The emperor was still waiting for his soldiers.
What effect can it play if you win the battle and bring back tens of tens of remaining soldiers? Who can the tens of remaining soldiers in such a huge capital city intimidate?
Most of the elites he trained during the training time are here. If they are beaten away, the emperor will probably lose the best opportunity. As a result, those people will never give the emperor a chance to regain military power again. How can the situation in the Ming Dynasty, which emphasizes culture over military affairs?
How did my Ming Dynasty rise?
These and other problems were placed in front of Cao Wenzhao, forcing him to face this most acute problem.
Suddenly he thought of the emperor leaving him a trick before leaving, saying that once he encountered a crisis on the grassland, he could take it out and use it.
Especially when you meet Lin Danhan, it will definitely be useful.
So Cao Wenzhao took out a small box, and he followed the emperor's will and took it with him.
After opening it, there were two letters inside. He didn't know what the letter said. The first letter was written by His Majesty himself. He knew him.
The words Zhu Youxiao wrote on it were very simple. He explained to Cao Wenzhao about something, and then asked him to show the letter below to Lin Danhan.
Zhu Youxiao thought it was very simple. If Cao Wenzhao encountered any difficulties on the grassland, he must have encountered a large-scale Tartar. Otherwise, he would have confirmed his own solution with his ability. So when he could use this, Lin Danhan would have taken action himself, so he could just show it to him.
Cao Wenzhao read the things in the letter the emperor wrote to him, and he was very moved.
Your Majesty is as timid as a god, and he can win thousands of miles away with a plan. This is so terrifying. This is what Zhuge Kongming is alive. With this tip, this crisis must be solved.
"Zhang Goudan, give this item to Lin Danhan on the opposite side." Cao Wenzhao handed the letter inside to Zhang Goudan and asked him to hand it over to Lin Danhan.
Lin Dankhan was about to issue an order to start the attack, but he saw a man on the opposite side carrying a flag and coming straight for him, but he was not wearing armor. Could it be that he was afraid of surrendering to Ben Khan?
There is a possibility. The Southern Barbarians said that those who know the times are heroes. Now my Khan’s soldiers are strong and the soldiers are invincible. It is reasonable for anyone to surrender when the opponent surrenders.
Seeing the abnormal behavior of the opponent, Lin Danhan's personal guard immediately came up to protect him. Who knew if the person on the opposite side had any conspiracy? The Nanman liked to do these things.
"You retreat first, Ben Khan wants to see what these southern barbarians are doing." Lin Dan Khan waved his hand indifferently. If one person and one rider could scare himself, then why would I be a big sweat?
The guard followed the order and retreated aside, but the weapon in his hand had been pulled out halfway. As long as the person who came dared to feel disrespectful, they would not mind helping him move.
"Zhang Goudan, deputy deputy to Ningxia Guard of the Ming Dynasty, delivered a copy to Lin Danhan on the order of my general. My Emperor of Ming Dynasty wrote a handwritten letter!" Zhang Goudan held a big flag with one hand and held a box with the other hand and was both tough and respectful.
Toughness is for the Tartars, and respect is for the opposite emperor.
"Go!" Lin Danhan suddenly became interested and pointed at the person next to him and asked him to take the box.
The emperor of the Southern Barbarian actually wrote a handwritten book for himself? This is really strange. Ben Khan was a little interested, but he wanted to see what this was.
After taking the box, after checking by the personal guard, he found that nothing unusual was found. There was a letter inside, but no one dared to open it. If the secret written in it was seen, his life would be gone.
So the letter was passed to Lin Danhan. After opening it, he found that it was indeed written by the Southern Barbarian Emperor, and it was covered with the jade seal of the Southern Barbarian Emperor.
However, the content of this letter silenced Lin Danhan.
In fact, the content of this letter is no big deal. Zhu Youxiao’s meaning is very simple, that is, you see you were disgusted by Jiannu, and I am the same. As the saying goes, the enemy of a good enemy is a friend. You see, our two families have common enemies, so we are friends.
There is no need to make you die between friends. Can’t we sit down and have a good chat? Drink a little wine and listen to the songs. It’s so harmonious.
Seeing Lin Danhan's mouth, he showed a sarcastic smile. The Southern Barbarian Emperor was really not afraid of the wind blowing his waist. You just finished the sweat, and now it's Ben Han's turn to beat you, but you are friends with me and don't beat him. What's the loss of that Ben Han!
Then the following words made him furious because he listed some tribes that had close relationships with Korqin and Jiannu, and some had even surrendered to Jiannu, but they had not been made public yet.
Among the tribes that defected to Jiannu were several small tribes that were destroyed by the Ming army.
In order to prove that what he said was right and to make Lin Danhan believe, Zhu Youxiao specially gave him some evidence.
Lin Danhan immediately understood when he saw these evidences. After comparing the situation he knew, he found that it was indeed the case. To be honest, the Tumot tribe really planned to betray Ben Khan!
However, the letter wrote a benefit that forced him to move, that is, unlimited border trading.
What is unlimited border trading? It means establishing two trading outside Datong Mansion and Xuanfu. You can exchange whatever you want to buy, just exchange cattle and sheep. Everything you want to buy has as long as you can afford the price. Even if you buy millions of kilograms of iron, there is no problem and no restriction.
Even if you want to buy cannons and fire guns, you can buy them as long as you have to sell them in the world. Everything you have to buy is open to you as long as you give money.
The grain, salt, and fine wine immediately surged into Lin Danhan's heart.
They do not engage in agricultural production and do not grow grain, just cattle, sheep and horses. They used to trade with the Ming Dynasty, but there were restrictions, and the restrictions were very serious. There were no amount of things to buy, which was not enough at all.
Lin Danhan confronted the Ming Dynasty many times because he couldn't reach an agreement on this issue. Now he didn't expect that the Southern Barbarian Emperor finally let go, and it was an unlimited transaction. How could this not make Lin Danhan ecstatic? Because as long as he had these, he could strengthen his tribe sooner or later, he would be able to unify the grassland and become the real co-lord on the grassland.
This is a great thing.
Lin Danhan was very happy. He was so happy that he forgot about the fact that several tribes were destroyed by the Ming people. If a few thousand untouchables were gone, how could there be such an important thing as a trade?
I was immediately betrayed and covered with a shadow and felt much better.
So he ignored the following several conditions.
What are the conditions below? For the convenience of management, to facilitate unified prices and fair transactions, cattle, sheep, horses, fur, etc. need to be exchanged for redemption coupons. At that time, you can drive cattle, sheep to a designated location, or the Ming Dynasty will send personnel to the tribe. You can then exchange them for redemption coupons through these two methods, and then you can use this redemption coupon to enter Xuanda to buy whatever you want.
The exchange coupon and silver come from a one-to-one price. One tael is exchanged for one tael. You can only buy things and cannot be used to exchange silver.
In a word, the barter used to become money transactions.
Why didn't Lin Danhan care about this? Because in the past, he was actually at a disadvantage. Those merchants who sucked blood in the Ming Dynasty could make a big profit after they exchanged cows and sheep furs at extremely low prices. They could only exchange a small amount of things, and a sheep could not even exchange a 20-odd salt, but they were so devastated.
If you can buy money and goods directly with exchange coupons, wouldn’t it mean that their cattle and sheep can come at the price of the Ming Dynasty? Then wouldn’t a sheep be exchanged much more than before?
Lin Danhan's eyes lit up. He thought that the emperor of the Southern Barbarian was such a good person. If he had the chance to see him, he would definitely become a sworn brother to Cheng Anda.
After all, such a stupid emperor cannot have anything to do. Ben Khan wants to become an ally with him! Ben Khan wants to protect him!
Unfortunately, Lin Danhan was sold and still counting money for others. If Zhu Youxiao was so kind, he would not be Zhu Youxiao.
This is the unpredictable economic plunder.
The valuable cattle, sheep and horses are replaced with a piece of paper called exchange coupons. This piece of paper must be useful in the early stage. It is very convenient to buy whatever you like. Just take it out and buy it directly. There are also some preferential policies, such as discounting the purchase of things such as interest.
Over time, the herdsmen have seen this benefit and are not allowed to actively exchange their valuable cattle and sheep for this exchange coupon. After all, this becomes currency. When a large number of good things enter the grassland, what changes will happen to the lives of the herdsmen?
This is a reference to the trend of comparison. In the past, everyone had no money, so what could it be if you had a thousand sheep? You still had nothing, but now you had a thousand sheep, it was different. All kinds of luxury goods came. Today I would buy a luxury carriage and tomorrow I would buy a few tall and mighty tents. This will suddenly get up.
As long as the purchasing power of this exchange coupon is guaranteed, it won’t take long to make this thing become the only currency circulating on the grassland, and it is one of the most valuable ones.
Chapter completed!