This is what Zhu Youxiao said before, to name the newly occupied land after the name of the occupying general, and this Dragon City is the first. After the news came out, the generals of the Ming army were envious, and they were even more tempted, if a city was named Zongling City in the future? Fumin City? Boling City? Everyone will know who took this place and who built this castle.

And Cao Wenzhao was actually reluctant in his heart, because Cao Bianjiao was too young, although he had a great contribution in the war with the Kazakh Khanate, but the name Hualongcheng pinned on His Majesty the Emperor's hopes. If Cao Bianjiao encounters defeat in the future, it will be a good target for everyone.

Therefore, he first pressed this naming edict in his own hands, and then played it to the emperor, writing down his concerns in detail. Zhu Youxiao smiled after reading it, and wrote another letter and sent it to the Northern Naval Region.

After Cao Wenzhao received the letter, he opened it and saw that there was only one line of words: "His mistakes in the day do not hide his achievements today." He was stunned for a long time, kowtowed a few times in the direction of the capital, and asked people to send the naming edict to Hualong City, and attached the letter written by the emperor to himself.

After Cao Bianjiao received the edict, he cried with joy, and after reading the emperor's private letter sent by his uncle, he was even more excited. This is much more powerful than the so-called Danshu Iron Coupon, even if he rebels one day, the name of this Dragon City will not change. Of course, rebellion or something, that's impossible.

Soon Cao Wenzhao sent an order from the General Staff: Cao Bianjiao took Hualong City as the center, defeated all the enemies within a radius of 300 miles, and protected the Ming people who were about to emigrate here. The General Staff didn't want Cao Bianjiao to attack at this time, so as not to suffer defeat and look bad in the emperor's face.

Cao Wenzhao asked Cao Bianjiao to build more than ten castles around Hualong City, and the castles did not need to be large, only three hundred and five people needed to be stationed. When the enemy attacks, it can hold on and wait for reinforcements, and when the Ming army counterattacks, it can block the enemy's retreat. This would maximize the protection of immigrants and deter the complex distribution of power that exists in the region.

This kind of passive defense is not in line with Cao Bianjiao's style, but in and around Hualong City, it is the safest way. Although the Ming army had already defeated the Rakshasas, there were still forces from the Kazakh Khanate, local Tatar forces, and remnants of the Rakshasas. The Rakshasas were just merchants who had been doing business with the Kazakhs, so they were not much of a threat, but the Kazakhs and local Tatars were more numerous, and if the Ming army wanted to completely occupy the area and settle, they were the biggest threat.

At this time, Li Delin needed to step in, and he gathered the surrounding Kazakhs and Tatars to discuss the division of spheres of influence around Hualong City.

Li Delin spoke first: "Within five hundred miles around Hualong City, all the places that can be cultivated will become the farming areas of the Ming Dynasty, and outside the five hundred miles range, the Ming Dynasty has no territorial claims. ”

Both the Kazakhs and the Tatars lived nomadic lives, so they had little idea of farming. But the places suitable for farming are generally places with fertile soil, and they are also suitable places for growing pastures, and now you want to occupy all the agricultural areas, so what should we do, should we all go to the barren places to graze?

At that moment, some Kazakhs and Tatars objected, demanding that the Ming people could only farm in the area around Hualong City for 200 miles, leaving other places for themselves to graze. Of course, they didn't go too close to Hualong City, for fear that the Ming army would snatch them away with people and livestock.

Li Delin smiled: "You are very good at bargaining, I said five hundred miles, you have become two hundred miles, is it too powerful." ”

The Tatar representative said: "Hualong City is surrounded by fertile land, and five hundred miles away are deserts and swamps, do you want us to go to the desert to herd sheep or in the swamp?" ”

Li Delin said: "In this way, we don't bully the weak." Three hundred miles, within three hundred miles is our agricultural area, and three hundred miles away becomes a pastoral area, so it's okay. ”

The Kazakh representative said: "If we want to promise 300 miles, we can do it, but we should also be allowed to graze cattle in areas that are not suitable for cultivation within 300 miles." ”

Li Delin said: "That's okay, if there is mountainous land within 300 miles, the place that cannot be cultivated will be used as a pastoral area, but how to distribute this pastoral area should be decided by us, surrounding the grazing range and the number of livestock." ”

At this time, both the Kazakhs and the Tatars felt that they had finally won over the Mingren, and naturally agreed to let the Mingren decide who could go to herd. In fact, Li Delin is the biggest winner, because he has completed the task of being a farming area within 300 miles, and in the middle of the farming area mixed with the pastoral area, it can also improve the dietary structure of the Ming people, and the most important thing is that the distribution of pastoral areas is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, and he can completely put his hands on it, stirring up the relationship between the Kazakhs and the Tatars, so that both sides have to move closer to the Ming Dynasty.

The area around Hualong City is crossed by the Ishim River, and the climate is pleasant in all seasons, which is very suitable for agricultural production. Zhu Youxiao still knows about this Kazakh capital, and he wants to build Hualong City into the most important city in the west of Daming, so before the immigrants came, the Daming Research Institute and the Royal Road and Bridge Bureau came here first.

The Graduate School came to the Geography Section and the Design Section. The design department is a new subject, they came here because the emperor ordered them to do urban construction here, and now the place is blank except for the castle where the army is stationed, and the emperor said that the latest and most beautiful pictures can be drawn on a blank piece of paper.

In fact, the geography department mainly came with the Royal Road and Bridge Bureau, which wanted to build a bridge or even several bridges over the Ishim River, and the cement and steel needed to build the bridge could not be transported from the country, so the cost of the road would be dozens of times higher than the original price. So they were going to do exploration here, and then they were going to build a steel plant and a cement plant to supply the bridge.

The geography department explored iron ore in the mountains eighty miles away from Hualong City, so the first immigrants settled on the flat land under the iron mines. As soon as the immigrants came, the Royal Road and Bridge Bureau began to recruit workers among the immigrants, one person worked for the whole family, and the Road and Bridge Bureau helped build houses. Naturally, this was met with an enthusiastic response from the immigrants, and soon houses were built, steel and cement factories were built, and only women and children were busy in the fields.

Successive immigrants came to Hualong City, and the fields finally began to be cultivated, and after the fields were cultivated, Cao Bianjiao began to recruit people among the immigrants again, and began to build ten castles two hundred miles away from Hualong City.