Since Mu Qiyuan's death, Mu Tianbo has inherited the title, but a seven or eight-year-old child can know anything, there is still a regent Mu old woman to manage the entire Mu Wangfu instead of him, since the Mu old woman dared to execute Mu Qiyuan for the future of the Mu family, then the old woman Mu will definitely cooperate with Li Xin very well, this is indeed the case, no matter what kind of policy Li Xin formulates in Yunnan, Mu Wangfu is always the first to implement it seriously, even if it damages the interests of Mu Wangfu, Mu Old Woman will not hesitate to do it, This made Li Xin very moved, so he took the initiative to thank the old woman Mu.

Li Xin and the Ming Royal Trading Company cooperated with each other, and gradually mobilized the commercial activities of the entire Yunnan, but this is not enough, only the commercial activities are not yet a strong economic development, but also must have the corresponding industry, for this Li Xin tried his best, the Ming Royal Trading Company also continued to send craftsmen to find mines in Yunnan, after unremitting efforts, finally found a large lead ore and gold mine in the territory, the most happy thing for Li Xin is to find a large jade mine in the Wulu River Basin, Or a very precious jadeite gemstone.

In fact, Liu Laocai is even happier, he knows better than anyone the value of jade, but obtaining the mining rights of this mining area will bring infinite wealth to the Ming Royal Trading Company. Although jade can not be eaten or drunk, but it has a very high appreciation, collection value, rare is expensive, it is one of the luxury goods for the rich to show off their wealth, that is, as the saying goes, gold is priceless and jade is priceless.

After the unremitting efforts of the craftsmen, the largest jade bonanza was found in the Menggong area of Yongchang Mansion in the Wulu River Basin, which not only has a high yield, but also has a pure texture, which can be said to be a treasure plate. Liu Laocai immediately began to organize people to set up a jade mining and processing factory here, and for a time a large number of jade craftsmen gathered here, and high-quality jade made a name for itself here.

The jade mines of the Daming Royal Trading House managed by Liu Laocai made a fortune, but it caused a lot of turmoil. Originally, this belonged to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and later because of the desolate location and rugged roads, the officials of Yongchang Mansion rarely came here, so it naturally became a barbaric place with no one to govern, and the natural conditions were bad, and then the ethnic groups here were complex and very difficult to manage, and gradually it became a place where grandma did not like and uncle did not love. But after the jade mine was returned here, it immediately became a treasure land of feng shui, a golden nest and a cornucopia, which immediately attracted the eyes of countless people.

In addition to the local indigenous peoples, there is now another Dongwu Dynasty that is peeking here. This is the most powerful feudal dynasty in the history of Myanmar, Mang Rui Ti (Burmese name: De Lin Rui Ti) was founded in the tenth year of Jiajing in Donghu, which had a close relationship with the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty historical books call it Dongwu, Donghu, also known as Diwura, the Ming Dynasty in Yongle 21 years in the Diwu Thorn (that is, Donghu) set up a consolation envoy. In the first year and the sixth year of Renzong Hongxi, Donghu sent envoys to visit China twice. In the tenth and eleventh years of Wanli, Dongwu Wang Mang Yingli invaded Yunnan, but was repelled by Liu Wei and Deng Zilong, and pursued to Ava.

In the face of the various forces that peep here, Liu Laocai has no more ways, although the Ming Royal Trading House has its own escort team, and it is not a big problem to deal with ordinary thieves, but to deal with the forces of a dynasty, it is a little powerless, not to mention that this is not something he can decide, Liu Laocai reported these things to Li Xin.

After Li Xin got Liu Laocai's return, he naturally had to find a way, the local residents' solution was very simple, mainly to recruit workers, he asked Liu Laocai to recruit local farmers to pick jade, these jade are in the Wulu River, you need to dive to find, and the jade is not valuable, what is valuable is the processed jade, these ordinary people are not capable of processing, and when their enthusiasm goes down, then set up a new mining farm, because not all people can dive, that requires certain skills, Only a few people can master it.

Li Xin's land policy could not be implemented anywhere, and in the place of rebellion, it was possible to divide the land of people like Hao Chongming, but if it was done in a peaceful place, it would shake the foundation of the Ming rule. Here, Li Xin adopted the practice of building roads and mining factories to recruit people, but some people were removed from the land, and now some people are allowed to mine jade, or this strategy forces the big landlords to adopt new farming methods, and the surplus population is invested in other industries, including the deep processing of cash crops and native products.

For the peep of the Dongwu Dynasty, there is nothing to discuss, that is, not giving up an inch of land, seeing that there are soldiers everywhere who have made contributions to expanding the territory, the red lady has long been unable to suppress it. In order to support her work, Zhu Youxiao also sent a large number of cadets from the military academy to serve as grassroots officers, so the combat strength of Yunnan's army is still good. Since the Dongwu Dynasty is trying to challenge, there is no reason to talk about it, just just beat them back.

Li Xin's meaning is different from that of the Red Lady, although he also wants to expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty, but the way is different from others, he uses economic means. He asked Liu Laocai to organize a large number of new Ming goods into the Dongwu Dynasty, and also organized a large number of people to build a road from Kunming to Waa, and slowly extended his tentacles to all parts of the Dongwu Dynasty, such as new water mills, waterwheels, etc., so that Liu Laocai set up a lot of processing factories there, in addition to recruiting locals, but also recruited a large number of Yunnan residents, and slowly formed armed organizations such as the factory protection team, he has been secretly preparing to subvert the Dongwu Dynasty in the past two years.

Now that the Dongwu Dynasty is peeking at the jade in the area of the Wulu River, he suggested that the Red Lady arrange the troops into those armed organizations in parts, and quietly wait for the opportunity, intending to wait for the Dongwu King Anabilon to resist the temptation and send an army to seize the Wulu River Valley, give him a fatal blow from behind, and completely disintegrate the dynasty.

According to Li Xin's suggestion, the red lady sent troops into Dongwu in batches on the one hand, and Liu Laocai secretly transported the weapons into it, which was not an ordinary cold weapon, but a new weapon of the Ming Dynasty, which turned those factory guards into regular weapons. Then the red lady led a part of the soldiers into the Wulu River Valley, where the environment, terrain, and roads were very unsuitable for transporting troops, so I understood why Li Xin was reluctant to start a war here, the cost was too great, and it was not suitable for a large army to fight, and if he wanted to fight, he had to fight on the territory of Dongwu, so as not to destroy his homeland. The weapons of the Ming army are strong, and under normal circumstances, Dongwu's army can be expelled quickly, but the Red Lady did not do this, she is slowly clearing here, because there are not many troops, so that Anabilon of the Dongwu Dynasty thinks that as long as he sends some troops, he can solve the problem, and this is how the idea tempts him to send troops.

In fact, Li Xin's strategy for the Red Lady was very simple, that is, to tempt Anabilon to send troops here continuously. Since Anabilon thinks that the area around the Wulu River is his territory, and now is the time when the Dongwu Dynasty is the strongest, he will naturally not give up the territory here, not to mention that a jade mine has been discovered here, and the greedy Anabilon will definitely want to snatch it.

Because the road is bad, and it is impossible for the Red Lady to lead too many men and horses, so the Red Lady's small-scale continuous attacks gave Anabilon a wrong feeling, that is, the Ming army may be powerless to send a large number of troops here, and it is much more convenient for him to send troops through the fleet upstream along the Irrawaddy River. What Anabilon didn't know was that the weapons of the Ming army were much more advanced than those of the Dongwu Dynasty, and if the two armies faced each other, and the muskets and mortars of the Ming army fought, his Dongwu soldiers would have ten times the strength of the troops.

The Red Lady acted in strict accordance with Li Xin's strategy, and each time he sent not too many people to attack the soldiers of the Dongwu Dynasty, you must know that the Red Lady's background was robbery, and she was very good at doing this business, not to mention that the weapons of the Ming soldiers were much stronger than the other party, and the result was that the Dongwu soldiers were constantly eliminated. After the generals of Anabilon found that there were not many soldiers in the Ming Dynasty, but the problem of being very elite, they began to increase their troops, trying to squeeze out the Red Lady's people with their numerical advantage, and the Red Lady gave them an illusion, as if they were fighting hard every time, but in fact, relatively speaking, they were easy every time, but they were very well covered.