The Fengzhou mission did not take the Hexi Corridor to alarm the Ming Kingdom, but went to Wuyuan Shouyu Qianhu and turned north into Khalkha, and joined Namur, the prime minister of Khalkha Xingtai, and Chechen Khan, Tushetu Khan and Zasaktu Khan and his party to continue westward, and arrived at the Turu Domain in March.

Li Yu and Hami officials one by one, congratulations on their achievements in opening up the territory, the officials are happy to keep their mouths together, the old Wang also introduced an old acquaintance to Li Yu - the former Lingzhou Salt Division Liu Director, this guy sold illicit salt and made a fortune, after leaving office, he was worried about the East Window incident, so he simply immigrated to Fengzhou to start a speculative business, and became the big owner of the Dongshengwei Rodent Extermination Workshop without paying attention, and the stock market made a windfall, and got a nickname "Liu Mouse", and the money was so much that he panicked, and he came to the Western Regions to contribute to the country.

"Lord Liu, it's hard work, I saw your name in the battle report, and you have a share of this military exploits." Li Yu smiled and held Liu Mouse's hand, but he was wondering in his heart, how did these Ming moths arrive in Fengzhou as if they had changed people?

"Brother Yuzi, look at the yam eggs I planted, such a big one, I can't hold it in the palm of one hand," a guy with a full beard and sloppy clothes picked up Liu Mouse and squeezed it over, Li Yu knew that it was a fool Dorji when he heard the voice, and hugged him, Dorji said in frustration, "The corn and sorghum here also grow well, but cotton is not good, only thirty or forty catties per mu." ”

"The work in the field is not urgent, the Department of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry will send someone to help you again, let's come step by step, good brother, you have the greatest credit for going west this time." Li Yu patted Dorji's shoulder, turned around and asked Li Yao to announce the award order.

"The notice of the Fengzhou Council: I Hamiwei and the officials and people of the Western Pioneer Regiment serve the country loyally, although they are difficult and dangerous, they do not avoid it, they promote justice outside the territory, defeat the stubborn enemy to collect the land of the Turlu Domain, and open up the territory to colonize for thousands of years, and all those who have meritorious service should be rewarded, so they are awarded the third-class Bakshi Medal of Mahad and Dorji, the fourth-class Bakshi Medal of Ma Qi and Wang Dengdao, and the fifth-class Batulu Medal of Liu Datong (Liu Mouse)......"

After Li Yao read out the official document, all the officials and the people cheered, this time more than 100 people were rewarded, it can be said that they were all happy, Mahad and Dorji did not attract envy, one of them was a respected imam, and the other was a big imam who was playing with his life to grow crops, so it was natural that the reward would be higher.

Surrounded by officials, Li Yu entered the Tulu Domain, which is a small earthen city, which seems to be able to live five or six thousand residents, but now the city is full of Fengzhou people with a northern Jin accent, where have the locals gone? Li Yu asked quietly, March blushed and shrank back, and Mahad snorted without speaking.

After entering the official office in the city, after several key officials sat down in the lobby, Li Yu's face suddenly became ugly, and he stared at Ma Qi coldly and said: "Tell me how to take the Tulu Domain, don't hide it from me, I have fought many more battles than you." ”

Ma Qi and the Great Elder Wang glanced at each other and told the truth: after the Western Pioneer Group gained a foothold in Hami, the Hami people took the opportunity to instigate the Turu Domain, a vassal of the Yarkand Khanate, which had been enslaved by the Turu Clan and the Yarkand people, and had always wanted to take revenge. So the two sides cobbled together seven or eight hundred outlaws, with Ma Qi as the main general, Mahad and Da Lao Wang as the deputy generals, and Liu Mouse praised the military affairs, carrying war horses, armor, and guns to the west. These few people have never been on the battlefield, they are bold enough but they will not lead troops, and their subordinates are also like a rabble, as soon as the war starts, the original form will be revealed, the Turu Domain also has a population of 10,000, and a small number of Yarkand garrisons, men, women and children go into battle together, not only to hold the city of the Turu Domain, but also to drive the invaders out of the border. Ma Qi suffered a defeat, lost nearly 200 people, and was discouraged and wanted to withdraw to Hami City, but the big old king and Liu Mouse did not give up, and the hard ones did not work, and they came to the soft ones, and tried to hook up with the Yarkand nobles in the city of the Turu Domain, and offered a high price to lure them down, and it happened that the Yarkand Khanate was defeated by the Dzungars, and the destruction of the country was imminent, and the Yarkand nobles were also eager to find a way out, and the two sides hit it off, and the Yarkand people got the money and surrendered the city, and the Hami soldiers swarmed in, killing the leaders of the Turu Domain and more than 100 imams who led the resistance, and also drove the Turu Clan people out of the city.

"We can't help it, the Hami soldiers plus two or three hundred Yaerqiang soldiers are less than a thousand, and if we don't drive the Turu people out of the city, we can't control the situation, Bi Lige later brought more than 20,000 people, and I really couldn't find a place to live, so I had to settle some of them in the city, and the others went to the west with Bi Lige." March said with his head down.

"More than 10,000 people have been kicked out of their homes, what a hidden danger! You are so bold, who gave you permission to send troops? Batu exclaimed.

"Hami is a small land, and it is thousands of miles away from naturalization, don't you actively develop outward now, and wait to be beaten in the future? Besides, we are not expanding our territory for the sake of Fengzhou. The eldest king replied unconvinced.

"We Hami people are also willing to serve Fengzhou, but what you did disgusted me, the houses of the Tulu clan were robbed, the land was occupied, and the property was plundered, and you still didn't let people live? Great Commander, they did more than that, Bilig and those people went to the north pass of the Tianshan Mountains and abducted women, and the Dzungars have come to sue several times. The people of the Turu clan also believed in Islam, and Mahad was angry at bullying the people in the same religion, and stood up to complain to Li Yu.

"The brothers have to be rewarded for their victory, and Hamiwei can't come up with the money, so what do you want me to do? Ma Imam, the Hami people have not done bad things, since you can't get used to it, why don't you care, you can't run away if I'm guilty, there are many singles there in Bilige, and the brothers pay for their own wives to buy wives, wishful thinking, why do you say that people abduct women? March blushed and retorted to Mahard.

"Imam Ma, we gave the people of the Turu clan farm tools and seeds, and also helped them with rations and clothing during the winter, why don't you say these good things?" The eldest king also said angrily.

Li Yu waved his hand to stop the quarrel, the situation is very clear, expanding to the west to colonize is destined to be a bloody and cruel road, and the slaughter of the city has been unexpected, can you still ask the people below to do things? He scratched his head and turned his face to ask the three Khalkha Khans beside him: "Three of you, how do you think this kind of thing should be handled?" ”

Shuo Lei and Subati have long fallen asleep, in their opinion, Li Yu is making a bit of a fuss, this kind of extermination war is not polite at all, killing more people will solve any problem, but Gun Bu is thinking about his son - the little living Buddha likes Fengzhou, thinking that his parents are coming to take him home, and he has been hiding and not meeting, Gun Bu felt uncomfortable, and when he heard Li Yu's question, he replied impatiently: "This kind of thing is easy to do, break up the people of the Turu Clan and divide them into slavery to the meritorious family, and kill people if they are disobedient, anyway, they can't leave hidden dangers." ”

"Gon Bu I replied right, there must be no hidden dangers, the existing officials and people of the Turu Domain, including the Yarkand people, are all scattered and incorporated into the guard, and the Turu Domain will do what Fengzhou does" Li Yu nodded and got up and said, and then pointed to Ma Qi and ordered, "I immediately wrote to the Council to propose the establishment of the Western Regions Xingtai, with jurisdiction over Hamiwei and Turu Domain, you are the prime minister of Xingtai and the commander of Hamiwei, the grand imam of Mahad will do the affairs of Xingtai, Wang Dengdao will be the assistant government affairs of Xingtai, and let Bi Lige be the commander of the Tulu Domain, you will move first, More on that later. ”

Ma Qi didn't say anything, of course Li Yu knew what he meant, and waved his hand to Li Jianji and Bao Zhen, Li Jianji immediately smiled and told everyone the plans of the Fengzhou Chamber of Commerce and the Jianghuai General Chamber of Commerce, they sent people to investigate last year, and there are iron mines, copper mines and coal mines in Hami and Turu Domain, and the land is fertile and sunny, and they can grow both grain and cotton, so they want to open an iron factory, a yarn factory and a weaving factory here, and also build a road from naturalization to Turu Domain.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what is most lacking now is manpower, the Prime Minister's Office will continue to recruit displaced people, you also have to try to recruit people, Turu Domain, Yarkand people, the more people, the better, don't worry about money, we will immediately pay 50,000 taels of silver to build the road between Turu Domain and Hami first, as long as everything goes well, it will not be a big problem to invest another million taels in the next three or five years." Bao Zhen shouted with a red light on his face, this guy regretted missing the big business of road construction in Shanxi, and this time he made a special trip, and he couldn't wait to swallow Hami and Tulu Fan into his stomach in one bite.

Everyone cheered and thundered, Shuo Lei and Subati sobered up when they heard the money, and entangled Namur with Gunbu, the people of Tulu Fan and Hami have just reaped great benefits in just a few days, and we have only fished a few iron factories and woolen mills until now, you are the prime minister of Khalkha, why don't you get us some money, no, we have to join Fengzhou, you can't bully honest people.

Namur was impatient, pointed to the three Great Khans and said: "The entire population of Hami and Turu Domain has been incorporated into the guard, and the Fengzhou decree is implemented, of course you can join Fengzhou, but you are reluctant to give up your own slaves, pastures, and livestock, I tell you, without the implementation of the reform, Khalkha will never want to join Fengzhou." ”

Shuolei, Gunbu, and Subadi were immediately deflated, and they really couldn't blame Namur, there was never a benefit in this world for nothing.

In the next few days, the Yarkand nobles went out of the city to gather the Turu nobles scattered everywhere, and Ma Qi immediately dismantled them into various thousand households and hundreds of households, and the Turu nobles chose to obey - the opponent was too strong, and even the invincible Yarkand nobles were willing to be dogs' legs, and they could only exterminate their tribe if they did not accept their fate. Li Yu also summoned the imams and elders of the Turu Domain, and read out the "Naturalization Oath" in public, promising to treat the people of the Turu Domain as brothers and sisters, and the rights that the people of Fengzhou have will also have in the Turu Domain, and the people of the Turu Domain will also have it, and the people of the Turu Domain will be reassured.

Bilig also ran back, claiming to have found a good place - a good place in the northern foothills of the middle of the Tianshan Mountains called "Urumqi" (fine pastures) by the Dzungars, which was surrounded by mountains on three sides, had a mild climate and lush water and grass suitable for grazing, and they spent the winter comfortably. Li Yu didn't speak coldly, waved his hand and beckoned the Dzungar Ashu, Ashu pointed to Bilige's nose and scolded, Urumqi is not far north of the core area of Dzungaria, your legs are too long, you actually ran to our door to spend the winter, and kidnapped our woman, you didn't plan to be lucky.

Bilige's face was red and he didn't dare to speak anymore, Urumqi is the ranch of the Dzungar people, and there are several small tribes of other tribes, the people on the grassland are kind, and they warmly receive these guests from afar, but these guys are eyeing other people's women - the locals are too poor, most people have never seen silver in their lives, and they are willing to marry their daughters to five or six Fengzhou silver coins, most of the people brought out by Bilig are poor singles, and of course they will not let go of the opportunity to start a family, and they will seduce women around people's tents with money in their pockets, Even widows did not let go, Bilig not only did not stop it, but lent money to his subordinates to buy wives, and in one winter they became five or six hundred couples, this crazy plundering of women frightened the tribes, people either rolled up tents and left, or took bows and arrows to prevent them from approaching the camp, Bilig and his gang were discredited in the Urumqi pastures, and had to come back in disgrace.

Fengzhou is still too poor, although the situation of more men and fewer women has been greatly improved, but the family with many sons can only do things for the eldest son Zhang Luo, who inherits the family business, and the other children have to rely on themselves to start a family and start a business, most of the people who participate in the Western Pioneer Group are this kind of people, people pay money to buy wives, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, Li Yu is not good to say anything, just scolded a few words, and let Bi Lige immediately take up the command of the Tulu Domain.

It was less than a month before the Tacheng Conference, and there was still a long way to go, so Li Yu arranged the affairs of the Turu Domain, and led the Fengzhou and Khalkha missions to continue westward.

In the middle of April, Tacheng is in the season of lush water and grass, under the blue sky and white clouds, the vast grassland green waves are rolling, the sheep stroll among them, the horses neigh, the colorful flowers in the grass are also blooming, and a group of children are running excitedly, playing along the winding Emin River, and flocks of birds are flying high - this beautiful Kurustai grassland is the home of the Dzungar people.

"Huma, Huma, far away from Yanzhi Mountain. Running in the sand and running in the snow alone, looking east and west at the road. The road is lost, the road is lost, and the grass is endless. Li Qin was passionate in the face of the prairie, wearing Hanfu and singing on the piano, several little girls sat on the ground, looking at him with a look of adoration, Li Yao ran and slapped his cousin's head, pulled him up and left, and the girls immediately got up and chased him.

I don't know what's going on these days, the children of the Li family, including the righteous sons of the Flying Tiger Camp, everyone has a few more little girls grinding and grinding, and the lark is even more amazing, several young men are around, scrambling to give her gifts, and a few times they almost fought, everyone didn't take it seriously, Kong Guoer, Chagui and the others also like to take these little sisters to play. Meng Ke understood in his heart and reminded the little brothers that if they didn't want to start a family here, it was best to stay away from these girls from noble families, Li Yao and Hadari were startled and took the little brothers to hide back to the camp, and the eight-year-old Li Qin was ignorant and had to run out to show off.

Wu Langha was sitting by the river drinking tea with a group of noble ladies from various Mongolian tribes, and she knew what was going on, but the children didn't matter, she was most worried that someone would stretch out her black hand to Li Yu and talk nonsense to the noblewomen, their family believed in Western religion, so the man in her family only married one wife, that is, her, and the other Xiao Hatun Ulan was lucky to pass before being baptized and converted, but he was not qualified to represent the Li family. The ladies were very convinced of Wu Langha, and even had a little admiration, this eldest sister was beautiful and rich, a person in her forties, and she was less than thirty years old when she dressed up, and she gave each person a set of gouache rouge, a set of silk clothes and a set of brocade dresses, and taught everyone how to dress up, and the women suddenly found that they could actually become very beautiful.

"The gifts I gave you were made by my factory, and they are the most popular in Nanjing now, what! You only know about naturalization and Baoketu, but you don't know Nanjing? Let me tell you, Nanjing is the largest and most prosperous place in the world, there is a big river called the Yangtze River flowing through the city, the river never freezes, the big boats that walk one after another, each boat can carry more than a hundred horses, the city lives millions of people, all the people eat white rice and white noodles, wear silk and satin, make gold and silver, walk on the street people are crowded, people are crowded, there are shops everywhere, you can have whatever you want, it is like paradise, of course the things there are the best. Wu Langha blew the sky wildly, although she only knew that Nanjing was on the Yangtze River in the south, and the rest was told by Yang Wan.

"Sister, you can take us to see Nanjing!" The ladies were so fascinated that they cried out in unison.

Wu Langha blushed a little, hesitated for a while before replying: "Nanjing is still in the hands of the Ming Kingdom, and I can't go for a while, so it's better for you all to come to naturalize, my sister can send someone to accompany you to Datong and Taiyuan to play, these two places are actually not bad." ”

Wu Langha then boasted about Datong and Taiyuan, which he had never been to.

The Mongolian leaders who participated in the Tacheng Conference have arrived, the yurts are dotted along the Emin River, the convener of the meeting, Batur, took a turn in the camp, and after greeting the guests, he went into Li Yu's big tent - the leader of the Naturalization Alliance came to give face, Batur has been very attentive to Li Yu these days, and he didn't care about Bilige and his gang harassing Urumqi, and repeatedly apologized for not receiving the Fengzhou brothers who came to the door, and when the meeting was about to be held, he came to Li Yu to discuss important matters.

"I replied, we have drafted a Code of Oirat, and you are the leader of the alliance, so I would like to hear your opinion first." Batur handed a pamphlet to Li Yu.

"I answer, you are in charge of Oirat's affairs, and as long as it is approved by the public council, I will not interfere." Li Yu looked at the booklet, handed it to Na Mu'er beside him, shook his head slightly and said, "Tulubaihu is the minister of Oirat, it is not appropriate to leave him aside, you should discuss with him first." ”

Batur was silent for a moment and said: "There is a sentence I have always wanted to say, except for you and me, almost all the leaders of the tribes are people from the family of Xiao'er, they are proud of their noble bloodline and insatiable, and they have long coveted Fengzhou, no one dares to move now, but they will definitely rob it in the future, Fengzhou and Dzungaria should be connected to suppress these hungry wolves, I answer, let's marry!" ”