my days with tyrants

Chapter 61 The Rise of the Capitalists
It was not until two days later that the Ming army chasing Xiyangha arrived at the Mongolian village one after another.

Of course, Xiyangha's head was brought back.

However, after Yang Feng left, Zhang Fu's place was suddenly attacked by thousands of enemy troops who did not know where they came from. In the end, although the enemy troops were repelled after a hard fight, those Jurchen wounded soldiers died for Daming because they insisted on participating in the war. .

nice!

They are all warriors of Ming Dynasty!

When Zhang Fu reported this incident, many officers behind him cried.

Moreover, Polo and other Jurchen warriors who pursued Xiyangha were all killed.

They were ambushed by Xi Yangha.

This kind of thing is not surprising. As for how Xiyangha, who fled, managed to achieve these miracles, and why only three of Zhang Fu's subordinates died...

Are these important?
It doesn't matter at all!

The Jurchen warriors sacrificed their lives for the Ming Dynasty. They deserved their death. They will receive gifts from the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and their families will be rewarded by the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Ambassador Yang even suggested that the King of Liao decide to allocate part of the captured livestock to the Their families, in short, the seven thousand Jurchens completed their glorious mission in this way.

It turned into a bunch of hard dead bodies on this frozen wasteland.

Waiting for spring to rot into mud.

Immediately afterwards, the Liao King's army quickly completed the conquest of other surrounding Wuzhe tribes.

The first time the King of Liao led his troops to go out, he achieved a brilliant victory. Each department beheaded [-] people, forced to surrender [-] people, captured countless livestock, opened up thousands of miles of land, and opened up the waterway to Nuergan City.But then they turned to rest. After all, it is impossible to go deeper this season. It is so comfortable to drink and eat meat in those villages.In this way, they rested until the beginning of spring. As the spring returned to the land, the army led by Zhu Di also arrived in Jilin, and then began to cut wood to build ships, and more importantly, to transport food. After all, they needed to carry out a long expedition.

You must know that starting from Jilin, the waterway to Nuergancheng may not be less than five thousand miles.

Just more or less.

After all, this is a river course, and the river course is winding.

Going back and forth thousands of miles away!

Jilin.

"So I don't think we need to go to Nuergancheng all at once.

You can go to Huli to Jiangkou first.

Then build a fortress there as a transit point to Nuergan, where food is transported and stockpiled. Besides, if you often go to and from Nuergan in the future, you will indeed need to build such fortresses along the way.

It's really easy for us to go to slaves, and we're here in one breath.

But coming back is countercurrent.

It may take years to go back and forth, and after arriving in Nuergan City, it is necessary to garrison troops, conduct regular inspections, and set up post stations.Since His Majesty didn't say how long it will take to finish, let's take it step by step, first build a fortress at Huligaijiang this year, and continue northward from Huligaijiang next year. "

In Zhu Di's mansion, Yang Feng said to the map in front of him.

This is drawn from his watch.

It is not that Liaodong does not have special maps.

Just take your time.

Therefore, the mountains, rivers and rivers on this map are already very detailed. The rivers in the Songhua River Basin have not changed much, especially those tributaries in the mountainous areas...

The direction of their flow is already the only choice.

Surrounded by mountains, how can it change?

"What the ambassador never forgets is probably going to Xiguan City to copy Mengge Timur?"

Zhu Di sneered.

Although he knew Yang Feng's true purpose of attacking the Black Pine Forest, these bastards still behaved too badly in the Wuzhe Department.

Of course, Zhu Di didn't think they were bad.

In fact, for a hero like him, the standard of good and evil does not exist in the first place, but this approach is very bad in terms of interests. It is impossible for Zhu Zhi to kill all the Jurchens, and there must be some who escaped. According to various ministries In return, at least five hundred Jurchens escaped their blockade.

This is inevitable.

It's not surrounded by a city wall.

Both sides are cavalry, even a sneak attack will inevitably be blocked.

And that's not to mention what they didn't meet and miss.

So what are the consequences of these people escaping?
No Jurchen would dare to take the initiative to surrender again!
It is impossible for Ming to station a large number of troops in this area, which means that there will be no land in this area, and the main enemy of Ming, the Mongols on the grassland, will develop here.They used to be nomadic in Liaodong. Although the climate in this area is severe and cold, at least the water and grass are abundant, which is much better than the Mobei grassland.

At least for the Mongols.

The Ming Dynasty was unable to maintain a large garrison, and the result was that Mongolia returned to nomadism, and after a few years, new border troubles formed.

What if you caress the Jurchen?
They would fill this unclaimed land and keep the Mongols out.

It is equivalent to stationing for Daming.

This is a broken Mongolian arm.

But now that Yang Feng is doing it, even if Daming takes the initiative to show his favor, no Jurchens will dare to surrender, and they may even cooperate with the Mongols. Even if they don’t cooperate with the Mongols, they will protect themselves and plunder from time to time .

In this way, Daming gained a difficult enemy out of thin air.

Although the number of these people is small, it is difficult to eliminate them hiding in the mountains.

"It's really a plan."

Yang Feng said frankly.

"The ambassador killed all the Liaodong Jurchens. Who will stop the Mongols here in the future?"

Zhu Di said.

"Han people!"

"Does the ambassador think that this kind of place can still station large troops and allow military households to thrive?"

"Those Jurchens can do it, why can't they?"

"I'm afraid the ambassador doesn't know how many of those Jurchens starve to death every year. The Jurchens you see are all alive. You can't see the Jurchens who died of hunger and cold. Does the ambassador want me to be a savage like this? Here to fend for itself?"

"So Your Majesty is accusing me of causing trouble for you Daming?"

"Humph!"

Zhu Di sneered.

Yang Feng looked at His Royal Highness King Yan.

"Since I am the one who caused trouble for you, Da Ming, then let me solve this problem! I have a way to solve it, but it depends on whether the king has the guts."

He said.

"Say!"

"It's very simple, and there is no need for the Ming court to send troops here. As a native of Daxia, I will come to your Ming Dynasty to invest."

"Invest, invest?"

"Yes, invest!
At that time, we called it the introduction of foreign capital, that is, foreigners investing in business. I came to invest in your place, leased the wasteland of your Ming Dynasty, and hired your Ming's peasants to open up wasteland here.You can ask me to collect taxes and rent, these are easy to talk about, I will pay those peasants, and the grain produced will be sold to you for military supplies.

Of course, considering the danger here, these civilians must carry weapons.

But only carry legal weapons.

That is cold weapons.

You should not allow civilians to own armor, so they won't have it either.

As for you can set up prefectures, prefectures and counties here to send officials to manage them, those have nothing to do with me.

In short, the land belongs to you, and the people belong to you. I only pay for it, and finally collect food to make money. If you agree, I am also willing to do other things, such as iron smelting, but I am sure that it cannot be done according to the laws of Ming Dynasty. won't do.

You still have officials watching.

And you must have garrisons, and the food for these garrisons is supplied by my business village.

Wouldn't everyone be happy? "

Yang Feng said.

Cold weapons are also available!
Steel crossbows are not much worse than matchlock guns.

As for the armor, it is true that he does not have any, but he can make thicker cotton clothes for his subordinates, can this be all right?If you don't wear a thick cotton coat in this kind of place, you will definitely freeze to death in winter, so you can add a raw silk lining inside the cotton coat, and this will definitely be fine...

The thick raw silk lining can be used as a basic version of body armor.

Zhu Di frowned and looked at him, probably not understanding what he wanted to do.

"What is the ambassador planning?
Even Jurchen would not want to stay in this kind of bitter cold place. If they had no other choice, even they would not live here. They would not be able to produce a grain of grain here, at least they would not be able to support themselves.

The ambassador is doing business here, and in the end it is just filling in for nothing. "

Zhang Yu asked unbearably.

"Picture what?
I only want such a good land, and I can't just throw it to the barbarians for nothing.

I just want this great river and mountain, why can't it become the place where the people of Ming Dynasty thrive.

As for the input and output, this has nothing to do with you. Yang paid for the gold by himself, and in the end even if he paid for it, he would pay for himself. People always have to try, what if it works?If I succeed in building commercial settlements, your garrison will have rations and the imperial court will have new states and counties. Everyone will be happy.

If it doesn't work, it's my own bad luck! "

Yang Feng said.

He is also an adventurer.

After all, he can only confirm that soybeans and sorghum can be grown here.

There is no doubt about this.

But if you want to be able to form a stable agriculture, you must adopt a certain degree of mechanization. Otherwise, relying solely on manual work will definitely not work. After all, both soybeans and sorghum are widely planted and poorly harvested, so enough seeders must be manufactured.

Fortunately, this is not difficult.

As for livestock for farming, it is simple, both cattle and horses can be easily obtained.

The other thing is to recruit people.

this……

Spend money!
He can't be short of money.

Turn around and sell a batch of hand grenades to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"This matter cannot be decided by Xiao Wang, it needs to be reported to the court."

Zhu Di said.

"Then it will be faster, but if this is the case, I think we should go to Xiguan City."

Yang Feng said.

"You really want to kill Mengge Timur that much?"

"Your Majesty misunderstood. It doesn't matter to me whether Brother Menger Timur is dead or not. The important thing is that I am really useful in his place. If your emperor really agrees to my investment plan, then I can't recruit civilians from the south to Liaodong. ?It will take more than half a year, so I need sea transportation. From the south of the sea, I can ride the southeast wind to the Tumen River and then to Xiguan City.

Then from Xiguancheng to Huligaijiang, the rest is to go straight down the river. "

Yang Feng said.

Indeed, the easiest route from the south to the Songhua River Basin is by sea.

"Sea transport, don't you have to go to Korea?"

"Why, is Li Chenggui not allowed? He has the right to know the state affairs of North Korea and is only a temporary worker. Does he have the right to tell Daming what to do?"

"Uh!"

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(End of this chapter)