Chapter 136: Shi Biao Arrives in Dragon City

Where there are advantages, there are disadvantages.

Zhu Qizhen didn't know if he had seen this, if everything went well, otherwise something would happen, and the competition between the princes would likely turn into a war against each other.

Regarding the prince's access to military power, Zhu Qizhen did not have too many restrictions.

Without him, Zhu Qizhen just paid attention to not letting the prince's soldiers and horses near the capital.

The emperor is far away, and the crown prince can't have some manpower.

Moreover, in the Ming system, the division of the prince's power is very large, and the identity of the deputy monarch is almost determined, and the prince can meddle in many things justifiably.

This is even more true in Annam.

I'm afraid that famous generals and important ministers like Guo Deng and Han Yong will not interfere too much in the prince's affairs. There is absolute autonomy.

That's another story.

Shi Biao was galloping all the way at the moment, although he was not called a carriage on the galloping road, but he was also walking along the galloping road.

Without him, around the road, there is a post station for dozens of miles, generally speaking, there are people living around the post station, or it is the garrison of the Weisuotun Fort, or the station of the Mongolian tribe. Or immigrants who moved from Kannai.

It has to be said that the most complete Chidao network in the entire Ming Dynasty is that the southernmost point is Beijing, the northernmost point is Longcheng, the westernmost is Dongshengwei, and the easternmost is Haixi. That is, it covers the Northeast Plain, the Outer Northeast Region, the South Desert and North Mongolia, and even the Yanshan Mountains before and after, and the Datong Xuanfu area.

Zhu Qizhen's rule over the grassland relied on the galloping road as a chain to firmly lock Mongolia in it.

And Chidao has also executed this strategy perfectly.

It can be said that the Chidao is like a necklace, and the people's tribes, military tuns, and households on the grassland are all pearls attached to this Chidao.

Of course.

Although it has been more than ten years since Zhu Qizhen decided to establish Chidao. However, although the gallop in reality plays a great role, the painting style is not like the railway of later generations.

Not to mention anything else, the gallop road is generally parallel to an official road.

There is also a practical need for this.

Without him, although the gallop is fast, the load is also more. But there are also many problems. Especially who has a wooden iron structure, when the spring flowers are blooming, it is easy to have problems.

So, whenever this problem arises.

The carriage on the gallop road, you have to get off the gallop road, bypass a distance, and then get on the gallop road, yes, these carriages can actually go on the road, but it is more convenient on the gallop road, and even because of the gallop road, the number of Ming four-wheeled carriages has increased, because it can be used for both the gallop road and the official road. Then tell the local post station. There are garrisons in each of these stations, and the number is not large, and many old troops are eliminated.

They graze and plow the fields near the post station and are responsible for the repair of roads.

Under normal circumstances, the gallop road is never unimpeded, unless it is a large army, transporting military supplies, someone first checks it, and then there will be large-scale transportation.

In this case, the benefits of Chidao are mostly offset.

However, the inside of the Zunhua Iron Works has been used as a gallop track. However, they are all used in iron factories and mining areas, and they do not seem to have the intention of being promoted to the outside world.

Without him, iron is still very valuable.

It's okay in the mainland, but it's easy to be uninhabited for dozens of miles on the grassland, isn't it for people to steal?

This is also why Shi Biao doesn't have to gallop.

Shi Biao summoned in his heart, one person plus a few guards, brought dozens of horses, and one horse exchange, although it was not as urgent as eight hundred miles, it was not much weaker.

It's a lot stronger than Chidao.

Therefore, he walked along the official roads on both sides of the gallop road.

This official road is actually not built, but now it is out of it, and the grassland is generally flat, even if there are rugged and difficult places, when the site of the road is selected, it will definitely be deleted.

The surrounding roads are all used to repair the gallop road, and the smooth way, plus the gallop road is connected by a post station, it is easy for people to walk along the gallop road.

So there are two sides of the road.

However, it is still autumn in Beijing, and it is already snowing on the grasslands.

It's just that the grasslands today are not the same as before.

Even though the first snow has fallen, the pedestrians on this road have not stopped. Of course, most of them are returning from the north to the south.

The establishment of Chidao not only allowed Zhu Qizhen to complete the political domination of the grassland, but also made the Ming Dynasty and Mo Nan and Mobei more economically close.

Nowadays, it is mainly the trade of horses, cattle and sheep with iron tools, grain, and daily necessities in the Kannai.

Of course, the wool trade is also part of it. However, most of the things that come out of wool are coarse. But always one thing. The share of trade here is not large.

In Zhu Qizhen's view, this kind of trade is not close enough.

But it has already brought many Mongolians to their hearts.

Without him, for the lower class people of Mongolia, the surrender of the Ming Dynasty in the past few years, almost a few years for them to live a comfortable life, the invention of the silage method, so that the animal husbandry industry has developed greatly, so that a large number of livestock will not starve to death every winter.

With the opening of trade, a steady stream of livestock flowed into the Central Plains, and at the same time, it also made iron pots, cloths and other daily necessities that could only be exchanged for lives on the grassland become common.

And so it goes.

The number of Mongols surged.

Zhu Qizhen's initial worries gradually became a reality.

However, the loyalty of the Mongols to the Ming Dynasty is also increasing day by day.

This is also why Zhu Qizhen made a special statement in the matter of conquering Tibet to select Mongols. Of course, because the Mongols had a precedent for conquering Tibet. Zhu Qizhen has a feeling that people at high latitudes are more adapted to the extreme climate of Tibet.

But it was also the Mongols who showed great respect for the Ming royal family. The Mongols gave Concubine Zhuang no cattle and sheep jewelry every year, and they almost tried their best to supply them, and they regarded the five princes as masters. This gave the prince, who was less than ten years old, his own solid team.

However, even though the two sides have frequent trade exchanges, they also know how difficult the Mongolian winter can be.

Generally, Han traders come back from the grassland in autumn, go home to cats for winter, and also prepare goods, and when the spring flowers bloom, they go north again and start the journey of the new year.

Shi Biao naturally didn't want to see if there were people on the road and how many.

But when you run down the road to the banks of the Kruren River.

The snow became heavier.

There are no more pedestrians on the road. The people who should have left have already left, after all, it snows earlier in Mobei than in Monan. There are not many Han Chinese traders who come to Longcheng. First, because of the distance, and secondly, because Shi Heng bullied the market, there was nothing to earn.

Shi Biao braved the wind and snow, and in the cold wind, he whipped away, but even so, he walked more and more slowly, firstly, the horses were also cold, and secondly, the snow had covered the ground. You have to push harder than you did before.

Both left and right advised him to take a break and avoid the wind and snow before moving forward.

But even if it was cold, Shi Biao felt that it was colder than his heart, because he was hanging dozens of lives up and down the Shi family in his heart at the moment.

If Shi Heng cannot be persuaded once he can, the Shi family will definitely become a famous Jiangmen in the world, and he will be beaten back to his original form at once.

No matter how hard it is, there is no delay for a moment, just lower your head to find the traces of the gallop, and move forward.

In the evening, the snow seems to have stopped. Or that the snow near Longcheng is also small today, which is the reason for the location of Longcheng, there are mountains in the northwest and northeast of Longcheng to block the wind and snow.

It's just that the sky is slowly dark like lead, and for a while the day and night are blurred, and I only feel that the sky and snow generally have a gloomy feeling.

At this moment, Dragon City was in front of you.

This is the south gate of Dragon City.

It was named Gongchen Gate.

For politics such as the North Star, the stars arch over.

The meaning is as if it is actively supporting the central government. The Gongchen Gate in the world is the north gate, because Beijing is in the north, and only Longcheng is the south gate. Because it faces Beijing.

Imperial envoys and military supplies entered the city from here.

Shi Biao looked up at this moment, only to feel that a white tiger was holding on top of the vast snow, with an awe-inspiring murderous aura, and this murderous aura was more brought by the guards guarding the city.

After all, although it is said that it is peaceful now, in fact, there are not many big and small things on the grassland.

The so-called control of Mobei by the Ming Dynasty is actually the control of hundreds of miles near Longcheng. Further afield, it's anarchy, and the Shingles can't handle it.

It's just that there is no government does not mean that there is no one. Life on the grassland is even more difficult, and in order to survive, these people dare to do anything, so the soldiers stationed in Dragon City have to remain in a state of readiness all the time.