More than 10,000 people.

Or Tatars.

Running to cling?

Looking at this skinny Tatar, Jiang Chen was in a trance for a while.

But soon, he picked himself up.

If so, doesn't it mean that the future will ...... There is no more scourge of Tatar?

These guys, there are no cattle and horses, there is nothing, and it is not easy to settle them.

But...... Once settled, this land west of the river will be full of manpower.

Now is the time when people need to sell their strength.

Jiang Chen glanced at the Su King scouts beside him, and the scouts didn't dare to make up their minds.

But Jiang Chen already had an idea in his heart.

The Tatars were unruly and let them go to grazing, which was tantamount to herding tigers back into the mountains.

But now, it's very different.

With potatoes and sweet potatoes, Hexi and even the desert have enough grain production, and this barren land can still feed countless people, so the first problem is to let the Tatars settle down.

The nomadic Tatars are very difficult to manage effectively, because they roam around with cattle and horses, and if they are separated from you one day, they can immediately take their possessions and flee into the desert, and turn against you from then on.

But once settled, whether it is for them to mine or let them cultivate, they stay on the land in peace, they want to rebel, but they can't go, there are no cattle and sheep, what to eat in the desert, all the property is on the land, and if they are separated from these land properties, they really have nothing.

Even if they settle debts and rebel.

But the Tatars, who have lost their riding and archery instincts, even if they build a high wall, the Ming Dynasty only needs a military horse, mobilizes artillery, and a few flying balls to make it come to naught.

Hexi ...... Now there is a shortage of people, just you.

Jiang Chen looked left and right: "When you enter this place, you are not allowed to bring swords at will, and all bows and arrows must also be handed in. When we get here, we will distribute food to settle you, and this is an order from His Royal Highness the Prince, so you can rest assured. ”

As soon as he heard the word prince, this Tatar subconsciously shuddered.

The name of the Prince of the Ming Dynasty has long been spread throughout the grassland.

Tatar Khan died, and was directly beheaded by the prince, who was like a hungry wolf, haunting the steppes at will, killing everywhere...... For the first time, the Tatars tasted precariousness.

The Tatars believe in the strong, and since the prince is stronger, although the prince is holding a butcher's knife and showing off his might, the Tatars are obedient.

This is like Genghis Khan, when he unified the desert and killed how many people from other tribes, the original desert was by no means monolithic, but through Temujin's killing, all the tribes were terrified, and in the end, it was they who were loyal to Temujin, forming the prototype of Mongolia, and being proud of Temujin.

The Tatars seemed to be very cooperative, and they obediently began to camp.

After Jiang Chen made sure that they had no evil intentions, he ordered someone to send food.

These Tatars, all of whom were faint from hunger, feasted on the food as soon as they saw it, and when they were full of food and drink, Jiang Chen summoned the Tatar leaders to first try to familiarize themselves, and then they needed to demarcate land for reclamation, and then recruit young Tatars to mine in the mountains.

The Tatars were very satisfied with any arrangement, they were at the end of the road, thinking that they were going to starve and freeze to death, and that this winter would never be survived.

And now that they have a way to live, the loss of the Tatar Khan, for them is more important than anything else.

Naturally, grazing is also a must, Jiangchen still provided some cattle and sheep to come, however, this nomadic herding has become captive livestock, herdsmen also need to settle here, Hexi here, the demand for meat is also great, after all, miners earn money, and need to eat more meat, replenish physical strength.

After a few days, Tatars came here one after another, and in this desert, almost half of the grain, cattle and horses died, and the vast majority of the tribes could not resist this cold winter at all.

And many tribes are worried that the Daming Iron Cavalry will take the opportunity to sweep in the desert.

Looking at hungry women and children, thinking that the snow was about to fall, and by that time it would become a luxury to spend the winter, the Tatars ...... It seems that there is only one way to live.

Fortunately, Jiang Chen is here, after all, Jiang Chen is a scholar, came to Hexi, and organized people to mine and reclaim, with rich experience, not to mention that when he was in Xishan, he did not lack coal mining and Tuntian, in addition, a group of miners from Xishan were transferred, and hundreds of captains from Tuntian Thousand Households came to them, and began to settle in various places, with the assistance of these people, things went very smoothly.

…………

An urgent report was sent to the palace urgently.

Emperor Hongji has been in a good mood lately.

Now people all over the city are saying that they have a good son and a good son-in-law, and there are many discussions in the streets and alleys.

This is not something that the ministers said to their own faces.

It was the factory guard, who personally inquired about it from the streets and alleys.

Emperor Hongzhi was full of red light, and there was light on his face. People have more or less vanity.

His son-in-law is just too loyal, and the others ...... It's all good.

The construction of the new palace has already begun, it is said that tens of thousands of craftsmen and laborers started construction at the same time, the scale is very large, the foundation alone, and the artificial canal dug on the periphery, it occupies a thousand acres of land, sure enough, the scale is no less than the Forbidden City.

Emperor Hongzhi was upset, so he ordered the Ministry of Works to urgently drop a group of craftsmen, there were more than 1,000 households, and with these craftsmen who had the ability to build royal gardens, things went more smoothly.

Emperor Hongzhi received the urgent report sent by Xiao Jing, lowered his head, only looked at it for a moment, and his eyes suddenly ...... Again the joy was passed.

"Sure enough, I was taken seriously by the two boys Jifan and Houzhao." Emperor Hongzhi was overjoyed.

"Your Majesty......" Xiao Jing looked at Emperor Hongzhi and wanted to ask something.

Emperor Hongzhi said: "Quick, summon the ministers into the palace, and call the prince and the lieutenant as well." ”

Because the palace is still being repaired, Emperor Hongzhi summoned the ministers in the warm pavilion.

Liu Jian and the others, before they knew what was going on, were summoned by His Majesty and hurried over.

Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan came from near Longquan Temple, and both of them smelled of mud and stars.

These two guys went to the new palace, took the drawings, and worked out some details of the new palace in high spirits.

Zhu Houzhao obviously had a strong interest in Franco.

The captured Franc Machine, transferred a few to his side, these Franc Mechanic people can use charcoal to draw very fine drawings, so many Xishan students, also began to learn this method of drawing figures.

This kind of drawing is more intuitive and simple.

By the way, Zhu Houzhao is still learning the Francophone language, it is said that what he is learning is French, the most noble language of the Francophone Continent, all the dignitaries and nobles can speak a few words, Zhu Houzhao is now full of mouths: "It's better to drink." Lao Fang, have you eaten it; It's better to drink, old Fang ......"

Fang Jifan felt that his head was big.

According to Fang Jifan's understanding of Zhu Houzhao, this guy ...... Learning any language could be the beginning of a tragedy for the other party's civilization, such as the poor Tatars.

This half-hung French, with a Fengyang accent, and even Zhu Houzhao deliberately asked people to sew a Franc machine shirt, holding a sword yesterday, standing for a full day, and letting the Franc machine painter paint himself.

This is called a photo.

This Franco, who was originally the priest of Franco, was originally going to the New World with the ship, who knew that he was robbed, and after being sent to the Ming Dynasty, he worked in the dock for two years, and then, he was sent to the new palace and met His Royal Highness the Prince.

Seeing His Royal Highness the Prince of Daming, he was actually very interested in the language and literature and art of the Franco, he suddenly took off his Hanfu as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and quickly changed into a robe to act as a Western adviser to His Royal Highness the Prince...... Francis was allowed to trade with him, and of course he did not forget to spread the religion as well.

But the missionary task is very arduous, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has too many, tell you about God, he can ask countless questions that are difficult to answer.

"Why did Jesus dream of having a son, and I hadn't heard of such a thing?"

"Did the steal people behind John's back?"

"The Great Flood...... Why not treat the water? ”

"In Noah's Ark, did you put the tiger up, and when the tiger went up, what did the tiger eat? Aren't you afraid of cannibalism? ”

"......" The priest looked confused, and in the end, he had to say: "Your Highness just needs to believe it." ”

Zhu Houzhao whistled and said in a jerky voice: "I believe in myself, my father is the son of heaven, I can't imagine that there are still people who dare to call the son of the emperor of heaven, doesn't this mean that he is the imperial uncle of this palace?" He's so bold. ”

“……”

Fang Jifan mourned in silence for the poor Francophone priest, and just looked up at the sky.

…………

The two of them rushed to greet Emperor Hongzhi.

Emperor Hongzhi was overjoyed, and when he saw that the ministers had arrived, he held the newspaper in his hand and raised it: "Good news, good news." The Tatars poured into the border towns of Datong and Hexi, and the young and strong and the old and weak gathered, all of whom requested to be attached, and the population of the border towns and the number of people who requested to be attached has reached 70,000, and the number of people is still increasing. The crown prince and Fang Qing's family said that the Tatars would be completely obedient, and I was still a little suspicious, but now it seems that this is really the case. ”

When Liu Jian and the others heard this, they were stunned at first, and then they were overjoyed.

It's significant, it's definitely significant.

When Emperor Taizu Gao was dying, he issued an edict, saying that the trouble of the Ming Dynasty lies in the north, that is, whether it is the Japanese in the sea or the Western countries, it is impossible to shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and the only one who can really shake the Ming Dynasty is the Hu people in the north.