Zheng Ming, who was familiar with the situation of the grassland, also praised His Royal Highness King Xin's idea of opening an acquisition point in Xifengkou. Out of his familiarity with the trade routes of the steppe, he made further suggestions to King Shin.

Zheng Ming suggested expanding the size of the acquisition point at Xifengkou and directly building it into a large warehouse to provide various services, including supplies, for the caravans passing through here.

As long as the warehouse is built, the money and goods collected for the services provided by the caravan can only maintain the survival of the warehouse itself.

What's more, with the existence of this large warehouse, the Xinwang Mansion can rely on this place to send small caravans to all parts of the grassland, collecting information about the grassland business while spreading the news of the purchase of wool. You can also bring the grassland tribal commodities that are inconvenient to trade at Xifengkou back to the Xifengkou warehouse.

Zheng Ming envisioned that the Xifengkou Warehouse would exist as a stronghold facing the grassland.

After saying his idea, Zheng Ming stared at King Xin worriedly, he didn't know if his idea could impress King Xin.

"Am I talking too much?" Looking at His Royal Highness King Xin, who was contemplative, Zheng Ming regretted a little, his mouth was a little too fast, how could he say the wish that he had been thinking about for decades at once.

Listening to Zheng Ming's description of the warehouse, Zhu Youzhen's mind inexplicably jumped out of the name of the Longmen Inn.

After weighing it repeatedly in his heart for a long time, Zhu Youzhen made the final decision.

"Very good, worthy of being a lonely and optimistic shopkeeper." Zhu Youzhen said to Zheng Ming with a smile.

"Lonely, I will entrust the Xifengkou Warehouse to you. Commercially, Xifengkou Warehouse is up to you. ”

Your Highness, this, too, too long a face for me.

The surprise came too suddenly, Zheng Ming was so excited that his voice became trembling: "Thank you for your appreciation, the little one is willing to die for His Highness." ”

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said with a smile: "What is immortal, you have to live well to serve the lonely heart." If you really die, Gu will have to give your family a pension, and Gu Ke will really pay for it. ”

Zheng Ming didn't laugh at His Royal Highness King Xin's joke, but solemnly asked King Xin: "Your Highness, how many guards can you send me?" ”

"How many people do you need?" Zhu Youzhen asked curiously.

I don't know how many guards the Xifengkou Warehouse needs to be equipped in the hearts of this old man who is familiar with the grassland. Zhu Youzhen really had some expectations for the numbers that the old man was going to say.

"How many guards are needed?" Zheng Ming lowered his head and counted for a long time, but he couldn't say the specific amount.

The grasslands are far less peaceful than those in Kannai.

The so-called rule of the Mongol Great Khan on the steppe was too weak. It is likely that Lin Dan Khan could not even figure out how many middle tribes there were in the steppe.

The weak tribes on the grasslands are generally not strong in their ability to resist disasters. A single natural disaster can cause several small tribes to disappear.

The remnants of these small tribes are often the strongest of the tribes. They either join other tribes, or they wander the steppes and slowly become horse thieves.

The living environment on the grassland is already difficult, and in recent years, the grassland climate has been very abnormal, and various natural disasters have continued one after another.

A large number of weak tribes have died out, and even some medium tribes have broken records.

In the past, the most common way for the grassland to face natural disasters was to loot the Ming Dynasty. Use the flesh and blood of the Ming Dynasty to make up for the losses caused by natural disasters.

But Lin Dan Khan, the generation of the grassland, is bent on reunifying the grassland, and he adopts the strategy of "fighting outside must first settle inside".

Adopting this internal strategy doomed Lin Dan Khan to a layman in foreign wars.

Lin Dan Khan, who was afraid of losing the strength of his own tribe, how could he win against a strong enemy outside the grassland.

Is there a victory in this world that can be achieved without sacrifice?

That's impossible.

Lin Dan Khan, who had no external victories, seriously lacked due prestige in the steppe. As a result, his internal strategy not only failed to unify the steppe, but instead led to the disintegration of the steppe tribes.

The grassland, which could not be twisted into a rope, greatly reduced the threat to the Ming Dynasty.

However, there are too many bandits and horse thieves in the grassland, which poses a huge threat to the trade routes of the grassland.

The current grasslands are too chaotic for smaller caravans to go far.

If you want to realize the idea of radiating the grassland from the Xifengkou warehouse, you must have sufficient military support.

But how many guards are needed, Zheng Ming is not clear for a while, he only knows that the more the better.

But how could Zheng Ming say this.

Seeing that Zheng Ming didn't say the number for a long time, Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "The specific number is not in a hurry, I will send 200 guards to the past, if it is insufficient, I can slowly add it in the future." ”

In February of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, the Brother Warehouse took the first step out of the capital.

It is strange that the brother warehouse did not expand to the prosperous cities in the south of the Ming Dynasty, but expanded along the northern route of Sanhe, Yuyang, Shimen, Zunhua, Santun to Xifengkou.

For a while, in addition to the expected Longmen Inn outside the Xifengkou Great Wall (Zhu Youzhen still finds it difficult to give up this familiar name), the other warehouse branches on this route have also entered the preparatory stage. The fast-track for wool will quickly take shape on this traditional trade route from the Ming Dynasty to the grassland.

Zunhua City, which was personally supervised by Qi Jiguang, the god of the Ming Dynasty, is the strongest city in Jizhen, and is now the place where the governor of Shuntian is stationed.

On the most prosperous South Street in Zunhua City, the public money village stands quietly.

I don't know when there is a complicated pattern on the signboard of the bank. It looked like a seal, quietly hiding under the sign.

This pattern is a special gift from the Emperor of the Apocalypse, which is formed by a deformed character "Emperor", and the pictures and texts are made by the Emperor of the Apocalypse himself.

This pattern marks the official recognition of the Emperor of the Apocalypse to the public bank. Volkswagen Money has now truly become a royal franchise store, and its name can be crowned with a royal title.

With this pattern, it can provide great convenience for the future development of the bank.

Among other things, the number of guards that a single bank can have is the most obvious example.

Who can legally have more than 100 guards in Zunhua City?

In Zunhua City, except for the governor's yamen, including the county yamen, there are not so many guards, let alone other merchants. This is the exclusive privilege of the popular bank.

However, the guards of Zunhua Dazhong Qian Zhuang were far from being in place at this time.

The 200 young men of the Xinwang Mansion, plus 7 or 8 veterans who were skilled in archers and horses, were still on the way to Zunhua. This will be the first batch of forces that Zhu Youzhen will send here.

However, Zunhua is not the final destination of the junior team. After stopping in Zunhua for repair, this group of junior teams will go to the Xifengkou Warehouse, where is their real station.

As for Zunhua Qianzhuang, the second or third batch of transferred teenagers will be their real guards.

Zunhua has been regarded by Zhu Youzhen as an important forward base, and it will exist as the support and backup of Xifengkou Warehouse.

In order to realize this strategic vision, the Xinwang Mansion has made every effort to deploy personnel to Zunhua. All the industries of Xinwangfu have opened branches in Zunhua, and even Zhenmutang has opened its first branch in Zunhua.