After the Battle of Longshan, Tianqiwei originally planned to return to Changxing, but halfway through, he received the news that the King of Liao had established himself and retreated to Jiangnan to claim the emperor.

The general trend of Great Wei being divided into five was irreversible, and Xu Rui had to lead Tianqiwei all the way to the northwest.

This is where the decree is being given plays a key role.

No matter who is the emperor, the holy decree is drafted by the cabinet vote, and the solemn decree issued by the celebrant is clearly named Xu Rui as the governor of the northwest, and the military and political powers of the six provinces, including Tianqi Pass, are outlined.

Along the way, Xu Rui was not idle, and in line with the idea of fully squeezing out every cent of the value of this holy decree, he searched for grain and materials in various state capitals in the name of the governor of the northwest.

In the era of war and chaos, the officials of the state capitals saw the Apocalypse Guard army crossing the border, and they were afraid that Xu Rui would beat the rabbits with grass and clean them up, how dare they not obey? It really made Xu Rui scrape away a large amount of grain, grass, ordnance and other miscellaneous materials.

As for the businessmen along the way, Xu Rui has a different face.

The government can be looted, but for businessmen, Xu Rui has offered extremely generous conditions, which is also to purchase materials, and Xu Rui has offered businessmen a high price higher than the market price.

The businessmen were overjoyed, no matter what Xu Rui bought, they all cleared the warehouse and sold it, for fear that they would miss the God of Wealth and let go of the opportunity to make a big profit.

Of course, after the empire is divided into five, the original fiat currency will face the crisis of credit bankruptcy and price collapse, and two months later, the merchants who were proud with a lot of money and finally wanted to cry without tears will be a different story.

In this way, Xu Rui and Tian Qiwei moved all the way from the central part of the Great Wei Dynasty to the northwest, and walked for more than two months, sweeping away all the supplies of the officials and civilians in more than ten provinces along the way.

Fortunately, the Galaxy Group has already made arrangements and put all the carriages and horses into this route, otherwise so many materials, just using the 50,000 troops of the Apocalypse Guard, may not be able to take care of it.

In November of the twentieth year of Hongwei, midwinter was approaching, and the Tianqiwei army was finally about to return to the northwest after a year, but when it was still more than 600 miles away from Tianqi Pass, it encountered two large armies.

The sudden appearance of these two teams really made Xu Rui unexpected, and he was even nervous for a moment.

But soon the scouts who had traveled sixty miles forward brought back the latest news, and the two troops were not enemies, but Xu Youde and Liang Cheng, the political envoys of Shahe and Wanchun provinces, with their subordinates and their own people.

The political envoys of these two provinces are all cronies of the King of Liao, and the two provinces of Shahe and Wanchun under their jurisdiction are close to Tianqi Pass.

If the Liao king ascended the throne in the capital, then these two political envoys would shoulder the heavy responsibility of resisting Xu Rui's huge northwest power.

Who knows that people are not as good as heaven, and the King of Liao not only failed to succeed in winning the throne with a huge advantage, but was driven to the southwest by King Yu from the capital.

Shahe and Wanchun are 108,000 miles away from the south of the Yangtze River, and they are surrounded by the powerful Xu Rui to the north, but to the south are more than ten provinces of King Yu, and the situation of these two benevolent brothers immediately became embarrassing.

To say that these two people are also shrewd, knowing that the rootless duckweed will be difficult to struggle after all, fortunately, they simply led a group of subordinates to surrender to Xu Rui directly, and gave the land of the two provinces to nothing.

Xu Rui was overjoyed when he heard the news, and without waiting for the messenger to reply, he immediately led the army to rush over.

Xu Youde and Liang Cheng saw the army approaching at first glance, and the sand on the official road was raised more than ten zhang high, and then they saw the bright and dangling Xu Zi banner, thinking that Xu Rui was unwilling to surrender, and directly wanted to exterminate it, and they were so frightened that they were terrified.

Fortunately, they were afraid of the power of the Apocalypse Guard, so they didn't dare to move, and it was Cao Siyuan's cavalry brigade that came with Xu Rui, the speed was very amazing, and they were already killed in front of them before the army could escape.

The two came back to their senses, but it was too late to escape, so they had to bite the bullet and ask Xu Rui to surrender, but Xu Rui was in a good mood, so he flew off the horse from afar, and then came to the two of them in a flash, grabbed one wrist of the two of them with his left and right hands, and pulled the two into the Apocalypse Guard Formation with a forceful lift.

The two of them only knew that Xu Rui had a strategy, but they didn't know that martial arts were so superb, they were shocked and frightened, and they were even more confused about Xu Rui's thoughts, looking at the murderous guards of the Apocalypse hurriedly going back and forth, the two of them were neither sitting nor standing, and their hearts were full of despair.

"The mutton in the northwest is a must, although the two of them were born in the capital, they should have been in the northwest for a while, and they should be used to eating, right?"

At this moment, Xu Rui suddenly asked the two with a smile.

The two of them were slightly stunned, and then they reacted, it turned out that the cauldron that was being erected in the military formation was not for cooking the two, but for making yokan, and they were suddenly relieved.

Xu Rui ordered Tianqiwei to surrender on the spot, and set up a banquet on the spot to entertain Xu Youde and Liang Cheng.

Xu Rui has never been stingy with people who can create benefits for himself, not to mention that they are two provinces for nothing, not to mention that they can avoid being blocked by people and cutting off most of the trade routes, which is of great strategic significance.

A banquet for both guests and hosts.

After the banquet, Xu Rui asked Xu Youde and Liang Cheng to rest for a night, and waited until the two of them recovered before pretending to ask about their future plans.

After all, the two were confidants of the King of Liao, so they naturally proposed to go to the King of Liao, Xu Rui accepted bribes from two provinces, and naturally pushed the boat along the river, and sent two groups of people to send the two to Jiangnan.

So far, Xu Rui has successfully taken over the two provinces of Shahe and Wanchun, plus the four provinces outside the Saiwai and the two provinces under the jurisdiction of Tianqi Pass, Xu Rui already has eight provinces in his hands, if you count the vast grasslands of Monan, the territory controlled by Xu Rui even has half of the Great Wei.

In addition, due to the war in Changxing, a large number of businessmen fled with huge sums of money, and only the northwest was the most stable among their own forces, and Xu Rui was promoting the policy of encouraging commerce and trade in the northwest on the way to the northwest.

Just as nectar has a fatal attraction to bees, a stable environment and preferential policies are like magnets, attracting terror-fleeing businessmen and capital, and the northwest has immediately become a distribution center for many businessmen and rivers of capital.

Almost every day, a large number of merchants would pass through Tianqi Pass with goods, some of them used it as a transit point to trade between the Southern Dynasties and Western Liang, and some chose to settle here to escape the war in Changxing.

The new city, which has just completed the construction of infrastructure, has become prosperous at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even in just half a month, it has been comparable to the former Changxing City.

With the injection of this living water, the Northwest is like a machine with full horsepower, frantically producing all kinds of commodities, and many new technologies have taken this free ride, quickly completing research and development, and putting into production.

Among them, the military industry has developed particularly rapidly due to the support of Xu Rui's treasury, and a large number of ordnance and ammunition have been sent directly from the production line to the camp of Tianqiwei.

In less than half a month, the equipment of the Apocalypse Guard has improved by leaps and bounds, and even the young generals who are accustomed to seeing new weapons feel dizzy, and the miser Guo Shengbao has been smiling from ear to ear for several days.

Just when everything was going in a good direction, an uninvited guest finally arrived.

"The envoy ordered by Young Master Yuwang has arrived, and he is anxious to see you?"

An Ge slowly walked into Xu Rui's study and whispered.

Xu Rui put down the pen in his hand and said with a sneer: "Finally can't hold your breath, don't worry, let them dry for a few days first." ”

"Young master, it's an acquaintance here, I'm afraid you can't be lazy."

An Ge hurriedly said.

"Oh?"

Xu Rui frowned, and from An Ge's face, it seemed that this matter was not simple.