Chapter 220 Madam, is this what you call a tough attitude? (Please subscribe!!)
Hearing what his daughter Azuna said, Shiha was completely frightened.
"Daughter, a person as big as the Chief Envoy shouldn't embarrass a small tribe like ours!" Shiha said worriedly: "If it doesn't work, let's run away with the tribe overnight."
"If a fight really breaks out, the more than 1000 people from our Chita tribe can't stand up to someone else's teeth."
Azuna shook her head, "We can't run away at all. If they really have to deal with us, the Ming cavalry are also very powerful."
Shiha said with a grimace: "We can't win this resistance, and we can't escape, so what should we do?"
"Father, did you just say that this happened six days ago?" Azuna thought for a while, raised her head and asked.
Shiha nodded, "Yes, if you hadn't mentioned this to me just now, I would have forgotten about it."
"That should be fine." Azuna analyzed: "Even if we take a slow carriage from Qingshui Bay to Peking, it will take at least three days to arrive. And the Ming Dynasty's army recently arrived at Qingshui Bay, and it will take no more than an hour at most. If they really wanted to attack us, the Chita tribe would have been massacred by the army sent by this chief envoy five days ago."
"Now it seems that the other party probably doesn't take us to heart at all, and how can the dignified chief minister really cooperate with a small tribe like ours? It is probably just a whim, and he turned around and forgot about it."
"My daughter's analysis makes sense."
"This is the best. This way our Chita tribe doesn't have to move. This Qingshui Bay is such a good place! It's getting more and more lively. Our lives will definitely be better soon!" After the crisis is over, Shiha's face Smile again.
At this time, a Chita tribesman came to the hillside on horseback.
"Chief, someone just came to our tribe and said that she discussed cooperation with you six days ago. She even brought her husband today!"
Hearing what the tribesman said, Shiha almost fainted from fright, and his legs became weak. Fortunately, Azuna was there to support him.
The tribesmen were also startled, and rushed forward to support Shiha together, "Chief, you. What's wrong with you?!"
Shiha took a breath, shook his head, and said hurriedly: "Dadamu, please leave me alone and quickly organize the tribe to leave! If it is later, it will be too late!"
"Leave?" Dadam was confused, "Chief, we stayed well in Qingshui Bay, why should we leave? Are there other tribes coming to snatch our Qingshui Bay? Chief, don't worry, even I, Dadam, will Risk your life to repel them!"
Azuna seemed to have noticed something and asked quickly: "Brother Dadamu, in addition to her husband, did that guest bring anyone else?"
"In addition to the female guest and her husband, there are more than a dozen guards in black, and there are no others." Dadam said matter-of-factly.
"Only a dozen guards? Didn't you bring an army?" Shiha asked quickly.
"Army? Where is the army? Is it from the Ming Dynasty? Or from the Yuan Dynasty?" Dadam asked doubtfully.
Hearing this, Shiha breathed a sigh of relief and became energetic, "It's fine if the army doesn't come, that's fine!"
"Daughter, what do you think we should do now?"
Azuna thought for a while and said: "Father, since they did not bring an army, it means they still came to us to discuss cooperation. If they hide away, I am afraid they will really offend them. When the time comes, for our tribe, I’m afraid it will be a big disaster.”
"If we meet, then if they propose cooperation again, we may have no choice but to agree." Shiha sighed.
"Father, my daughter feels that since we already know the other party's true identity, we also know that the other party is coming to us to cooperate in running Clear Water Bay. Although it is not clear why the dignified Ming Dynasty Chief Minister would like our small Clear Water Bay, but the weak We have no ability to refuse." Azuna said solemnly: "Instead of doing this, we should take the initiative to agree to cooperate with them, and even show sincerity, and then use the other party's power to develop ourselves. Only we are strong enough. , we will be able to get rid of it one day!”
"My daughter, you are right. We are just a small tribe sandwiched between the Ming Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty. The only way to survive is to follow the trend and protect ourselves. When we see each other later, I will not give them a chance to speak. Agree on the cooperation." Shiha made up his mind.
"This is the best choice. It's just a hard work for my father. But don't worry, father, Azuna will definitely make our Chita tribe stronger in the future! We will never let anyone bully us again!" Azuna said very firmly.
"It's a pity that you are a girl, otherwise you would have become the highest flying eagle on the grassland!" Shiha stroked Azuna's head happily.
Dadamu on the side was confused and confused.
What happened to the leader and the young mistress today? They were shocked and happy at times, and their words were more like parting between life and death. It was really strange.
Inside Clear Water Bay Market.
Ouyang Lun waited in a tent with Princess Anqing and Tang Miaomiao.
"Husband, please tell me that you have to talk to them carefully later. If they don't agree, it won't be Miaomiao and I's fault." Princess Anqing said softly.
Ouyang Lun nodded, "Okay, I'll definitely say it properly, but madam, did you really tell them that you were here on my behalf?"
"Come on, I told them that I am the wife of the Chief Minister of the Northern Zhili Province of the Ming Dynasty. They didn't recognize it at all. They also said that this is not within the territory of the Ming Dynasty. It is difficult for Ming Dynasty officials to work here. If there is sincerity in cooperation, I'll let you talk to him yourself. If it doesn't work after a while, I plan to take out my identity as the princess and use my father's name to see if it can work." Princess Anqing said helplessly.
"Brother Ouyang, you are indeed known to everyone in our Ming Dynasty, but this is the grassland and you have no influence at all. You are far worse than my father. I can use my father's name as Duke Xin of the Ming Dynasty later. , maybe it will be useful too!" Tang Miaomiao said with a smile.
"Ahem, I really want to thank you!" Ouyang Lun said speechlessly.
In fact, Ouyang Lun had long expected that Zhu Yuanzhang would most likely reject his proposal. After all, opening border checkpoints and setting up mutual markets, according to Zhu Yuanzhang's understanding, was just smuggling and colluding with enemy countries.
The reason why he still wrote a memorial to Zhu Yuanzhang was simply because he had the last glimmer of hope for Zhu Yuanzhang. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang still supported the opening of the sea ban, the new city plan, large-scale infrastructure projects, etc. In case Zhu Yuanzhang had already agreed with Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang in history was a little different.
But in the end, it turned out that he was overthinking. Zhu Yuanzhang was still "honey-confident". Not only did he reject his suggestion, he also suspected him of smuggling and communicating with enemy countries.
If he hadn't been the chief envoy now, he would have followed in the footsteps of history and was forced to commit suicide by Zhu Yuanzhang because of smuggling.
Fortunately, he had already thought of another way.
Let people come to the grassland in advance to find a suitable place to establish a bilateral trade market. If it's not on your territory, Zhu Yuanzhang, you can't trouble me. As for Beiyuan, who cares about him? It's good if Ming Dynasty doesn't attack Beiyuan. Bei Yuan still dares to come over and fight against Daming?
Of course, there are still famous generals like Wang Baobao in Beiyuan, and it is not ruled out that the other party will actually attack, but Ouyang Lun is not afraid. The newly built Great Wall is right in front of him. Tens of thousands of troops are marching in a hurry. They can reach Qingshui Bay in a quarter of an hour. , the worst possible outcome is a fight!
It happened that Anqing and Miaomiao wanted to go out for a walk, so Ouyang Lun recommended them to the grassland and asked them to help see if there was a suitable to mention this search, I really found a good place called 'Clear Water Bay'.
And after listening to Princess Anqing's introduction to the situation of 'Qingshui Bay' and the 'Chita Tribe', Ouyang Lun was quite shocked, because the 'Chita Tribe' way of grazing, farming, and trading was really It was a bit ahead of its time. Of course, there were such tribes in the Yuan Dynasty, but in Ouyang Lun's impression, they were all large tribes, and the main method of these large tribes was herding, with farming and trade accounting for a very small proportion.
But according to what Princess Anqing said and what he observed when he came to the Chita tribe, the "Chita tribe" has completely used farming and trade as its main means, and plans to settle permanently in Qingshui Bay. This is a population of only a thousand people. What a small tribe of people!
Isn't migration and grazing their main method?
It seems that there is a remarkable person among the Chita tribe, and he dares to choose a settlement location less than ten kilometers away from the border of Ming Dynasty. This person is very courageous!
If he could take it for his own use, he might be able to run Qingshui Bay better, and he would be able to save worry and effort!
Just as Ouyang Lun was thinking, there was a sound outside the tent.
"The leader has arrived!"
Come!
Ouyang Lun turned his head and looked outside the tent. A middle-aged man with a rough appearance and two pigtails came in with a big belly.
"Husband, he is Shiha, the leader of the Chita tribe, and his attitude is very tough!" Princess Anqing said in a low voice.
Ouyang Lun nodded slowly, "I know."
puff-
Before Ouyang Lun finished speaking, this middle-aged man with a rough appearance, two pigtails, and a big belly knelt directly in front of Ouyang Lun.
"Shiha, the leader of the Chita Tribe, met with the Ming Dynasty Chief Envoy! I, the Chita Tribe, raised our hands in approval of the cooperation proposed by the Great Ming Dynasty. In the future, the Chita Tribe will follow your Majesty's lead!!"
After saying that, he knelt down in front of Ouyang Lun.
This operation immediately dumbfounded Ouyang Lun, Princess Anqing, and Tang Miaomiao.
Ouyang Lun turned to look at Princess Anqing, "Madam, is this what you call a tough attitude??"
Forehead.
Princess Anqing was also very confused at this moment, and she quickly asked: "Um, Chief Chita, you were not like this last time!"
"Yes, the last time my sister and I came to your place, you didn't look down on us sisters at all and insisted on letting us call the man over. Why are you like this?" Tang Miaomiao also said very satisfied.
"Madam, please calm down. I didn't know your identities at that time. If I knew your identities, I would never refuse!" Shiha explained quickly.
"No, don't talk nonsense. I clearly told you that I am the wife of the Chief Envoy of Northern Zhili, but you think this kind of thing should be discussed by a man." Princess Anqing frowned.
"Yes, please forgive me, ma'am. I didn't explain it clearly. Last time you told me that you were the wife of the chief envoy of Beizhili, I didn't expect that the chief envoy was such a big official. You should leave." Later, I inquired and found out." Shiha explained again.
Hearing this, Ouyang Lun finally came to his senses. No wonder he was puzzled that this small tribe would be so tough after hearing the name of Ming Dynasty Chief Envoy. He had no idea how big an official this Chief Envoy was!
Princess Anqing and Tang Miaomiao turned their heads away in embarrassment.
"In that case, do you agree to our cooperation to build Qingshui Bay into the largest trading city?" Ouyang Lun asked with a smile.
"Agree, agree! It's just that our Chita tribe has already settled in Qingshui Bay. Please let us continue to live here." Shiha nodded repeatedly.
"Don't worry about this. From now on, your Chita tribe will still be responsible for managing this place. No one will drive you away. Of course, I will fully support the transformation of this place and your Chita tribe will not be allowed to obstruct it. You will provide the territory and people, and I will provide the technology, I will provide you with the money and at the same time provide you with protection, and of course the profit will be divided more. The money earned in the future will be divided into [-] and [-] parts, I will get [-] percent and you will get [-] percent."
"Thirty percent?" Shiha frowned, but finally nodded through gritted teeth, "As long as you can protect the safety of our Chita tribe, three percent means [-]%!"
"Now that it's settled, let's settle it like this. I will arrange for people to come to your place to renovate Qingshui Bay. Your place is still too crude and far from meeting my requirements."
"We have something to do, so let's go."
After saying that, Ouyang Lun left with Princess Anqing and Tang Miaomiao.
As Ouyang Lun and his party left, Asuna walked in from behind the tent in a daze, looking in the direction where Ouyang Lun and his party left.
"He actually said that my place is simple?! After two years of construction by our Chita tribe, Qingshui Bay can be regarded as a small city. This is extremely rare on the grassland. Why does he say that my place is simple? If not for the Since he is a high-ranking official, I have already attacked him!"
Shiha stood up from the ground quite unconvinced, and then realized that his daughter looked wrong.
"Daughter, I have already negotiated with the chief envoy and agreed to cooperate. Did you just hear it behind my back?"
"Yeah." Azuna nodded blankly.
"He said he would send people to build and renovate Qingshui Bay later. I want to see what he can build it into!" Shiha muttered.
"Yeah." Azuna still nodded blankly.
Um! ?
"Daughter, what's wrong with you?" Shiha asked quickly: "Don't scare me!"
"Father, I found him!" Azuna whispered.
"Find him? Who!"
"It's the Ming man who told me how to run and develop our tribe!" Azuna said softly.
"Him!?" Shiha suddenly realized something, and asked in great shock: "Daughter, the person you are talking about, could it be the Chief Envoy of North Zhili just now!!"
(End of this chapter)
