Successfully entered the Yumen Pass.

Not a single soldier was spent, no force was used, and contradictions and conflicts broke out.

Instead, he accepted the city guards and merchants as his younger brothers, and his own strength has increased to a certain extent.

The precious materials were not consumed, but with the full sponsorship of the merchants in the Yumen Pass, tens of thousands of silver dollars, hundreds of stones of grain, and a number of other materials were added, with the purpose of investing in him, His Royal Highness the Tang King, in order to get rich returns in the future.

That is, Zhu Yujian has made a profit, and before he has entered the Western Regions, he has made a small investment, and he has not suffered losses or losses, so he has received a certain supplement.

The morale of the pioneer team suddenly soared.

Including Zhu Yujian himself, while feeling incredible, he also had a dream-like unreal feeling, but he had to hold back the excitement in his heart, remain quiet, and pretend not to care, in order to maintain his character, otherwise he would definitely come to a catastrophe.

In addition, after a good discussion and analysis with his staff and cronies, Zhu Yujian felt that this was a normal phenomenon.

Because of today's Daming, the changes are too great.

Out of the impact of natural disasters.

Economic development is becoming more and more developed.

The military strength was also restored, the Liukou rebellion was suppressed, the Houjin Jiannu was disabled, many Mongol tribes were subdued, and many overseas colonies were also conquered, and a steady stream of resources and wealth were obtained.

One big change a year.

Even in the remote and backward Western Regions, the forces of all parties have also learned about the changes that have taken place in the Ming Dynasty, and naturally dare not despise them, and the commercial and trade exchanges between the Ming Dynasty and the Western Regions, the endless variety of industrial products, also have a very great attraction, very popular, have long occupied a large market share, with a strong sense of existence.

Not to mention, there are newspapers like the "Oriental Times", which have published countless information about the development of the Ming Dynasty, which has made Xujiazhuang's wealth and strength engraved in the hearts of the upper echelons of the Western Regions, so that they can understand that today's Daming is such a behemoth, Xujiazhuang is unimaginably richer, and likes to expand externally, looking for resources everywhere, what colonization points to establish, and there are many issues of content, which are specially introduced to the Western Regions, and have set their sights on the land of the Western Regions, intending to recover the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Restore the glory it once was.

In the face of this threat of possible annexation.

Under normal circumstances, people must think of resistance, to unite, to resist aggression, to fight to the death, to defend their own interests and dignity.

But this time, the various forces in the Western Regions are quite Buddhist, no one thinks about how to resist, but a little goes with the flow, and even expresses a welcoming attitude, the attitude is fierce and tough, and there are almost no people who plan to fight for a river of blood, which is simply shocking.

In fact, this is also normal.

Because this world is such a reality, people worship the strong, eager to be rich, for those who are not only strong but also extremely wealthy, most of them only have to curry favor, and there are very few who can't think of being enemies, unless they are both rich and weak, that is, like sheep, cattle and horses, it will only cause countless greed, but now the Ming Dynasty is not only rich, but also powerful, especially in Jiangnan Xujiazhuang, which is an invincible existence, and the forces that dare to compete with Xujiazhuang generally end up very miserable.

Only those who surrender and choose to cooperate can follow the soup, get a lot of benefits, and improve their own situation.

And in today's Western Regions, what many people yearn for is change, hoping that the current miserable life will be improved to a certain extent, so that they can live better.

Difficult.

In today's Western Regions, it is too difficult to survive well.

The natural environment is getting worse and worse.

The desert is expanding and swallowing.

Grain production is decreasing, the population is relatively large, although the land is vast, but the place suitable for survival is less and less, although the mineral resources are abundant, but there is no mining capital and technology, let alone customers who buy these resources, they are guarding the gold and silver mountains, but they live a life of suffering and suffering from poverty from generation to generation, and there is no end in sight.

The average life expectancy is only in the thirties.

There are also many internal contradictions and conflicts.

And it is a bitter cold land for many years, not attracting much foreign investment, the ancient Silk Road has long been broken, the former glory and wealth, in fact, only by relying on the Ming Dynasty, can be realized, only the road is built in, the caravan walked in, the Western Regions can follow to the prosperity.

Therefore, for the Ming Dynasty's Western Regions expansion scheme, most of the more knowledgeable upper echelons of the Western Regions are welcome or not opposed, thinking that this is a huge opportunity, the only problem may be to kneel down and surrender, put down a certain frame and dignity, but this is not a difficult thing, the land of the Western Regions, the strong are frequently replaced, and the weak can only bow their heads.

Therefore, Zhu Yujian's armed pioneer team entered the Yumen Pass.

The king of Turpan, who got the news, quickly attached great importance to it, sent a lot of envoys and beauties, brought a small amount of money and materials, and came to the place where Zhu Yujian lived, and also opened his mouth to express his submission, willing to join the camp of the king of Tang, and contribute a piece of strength, willing to help the king of Tang take the Western Regions, smear his liver and brains, and throw his blood, even if he died in battle, he was willing, and he only hoped that the king of Tang would not dislike it and could take it in.

In this regard, Zhu Yujian could only accept this little brother, reward him with some materials, and encourage and appease him.

With the addition of the little brother of the king of Turpan.

The number of troops that Zhu Yujian was able to use increased to 5,000.

All kinds of supplies, weapons, gold and silver, also increased a lot.

As for whether he could win the Western Regions, Zhu Yujian's confidence swelled a lot, and his courage suddenly increased, and he immediately took several big moves.

The first is to send people to Xujiazhuang in the south of the Yangtze River, bring gold and silver, and then purchase a large number of materials, and it is best to be able to borrow a sum of millions of silver dollars from the Tianxia Tong Bank to purchase more weapons, food, medicine, and other materials, so as to increase the strength of the pioneer team.

The second is to continue to move forward, take bigger steps, send multiple envoys, contact all forces in the Western Regions, express their intention to woo, see if they can recruit more junior brothers, absorb more resources, so as to further enhance their own strength, find ways to become bigger, and eat more territory.

Also, the speed must be fast.

The time left for himself may only be two or three months, at most only half a year, and he must try to get the entire Western Regions before Hong Chengchou's Qin army reacts, even if he can't get it all, he has to eat a large enough territory to occupy the opportunity to develop the Western Regions, which is equivalent to a race against time.

Let's go.

After making a decision.

Zhu Yujian immediately took all kinds of actions, which can be described as extremely rapid, in order to improve efficiency, even a new means of transportation such as an airplane, Zhu Yujian was inquiring, and found a way to let one of his cronies get on the plane, arrived at Xujiazhuang Harbour City, met the high-level of Xujiazhuang, and put forward a request for in-depth cooperation, and the high-level of Xujiazhuang has a lot of interest in Zhu Yujian's plan, and looks at Zhu Yujian's strength, relatively weak, and the development potential is not as big as the Qin army. Mighty entered the Western Regions, and later developed into a powerful warlord force, even if it was Xujiazhuang, it may not be able to move, and in a few years, it may become a potential threat and endanger the interests of Xujiazhuang.

In this case, it may be a good idea to support Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, and then let him compete with the Qin army and fight against each other.

And so a secret cooperation was reached.

An airstrip at Yumen Pass was built as quickly as possible.

Zhu Yujian even received a loan of 10 million silver dollars from Tianxiatong Bank, allowing him to place an order to purchase a large number of materials, and then transport them to Yumen Pass through the 'Hercules-5' transport aircraft, which strengthened Zhu Yujian's strength at a miraculous speed.

By the end of October, before the heavy snow closed the mountain and closed the road.

Through the operation of a single operation.

Zhu Yujian's strength snowballed to an exaggerated level.

Available armed personnel under control: 15,000 people.

Grain, canned meat and other food supplies: 200,000 stones, which can be consumed by 50,000 people for a year.

Weapon Plates: Enough to equip an elite army of 30,000 men.

There are also a number of radio walkie-talkies and radio stations, which have the ability to communicate efficiently with informatization.

In the Western Regions, there is no force that can take out 30,000 elite troops and have so many supplies.

Floated.

Zhu Yujian almost floated.

Then it is a bold toss, sending a large number of people to go deep into the Western Regions, and swaggering, fanfare, sending more and more envoys, arrogant and domineering, recruiting younger brothers everywhere, extremely high-profile publicity, for some forces that are not very cooperative, but also use threatening tones and means, hoping that the other party can understand the current affairs, agree to take refuge in the Tang Dynasty, and join as soon as possible. The Western Regions Tang Alliance', if you still hold on to one acre and three points of land, unwilling to let go, and unwilling to seize the opportunity to send it to the door, then the next time you come over, it will not be a messenger who is kind to persuade you, but an extremely elite army, after all, the resources of the Western Regions are to be unified and comprehensively developed, and there is no force that force to hide and pinch, only by joining the 'Western Regions Tang Alliance' and taking refuge in the Tang King can you eat meat and drink soup, otherwise the end will be even worse, and it is impossible to maintain the status quo.

In short, coercion and inducement, a combination of soft and hard, and so on, all after being used.

It's done.

The 'Western Regions Tang Alliance' that Zhu Yujian wanted to establish was successfully recognized and joined by most of the Western Regions forces before the heavy snow closed the mountain in November, and probably controlled an area of more than 3 million square kilometers, with a population of more than 5 million, and a total of about 100,000 troops, creating the momentum of the successful establishment of the Western Regions Datang, and faintly controlling most of the Western Regions.

Although such a ruling order is extremely fragile and barely maintained, there are actually many disgruntled forces that may waver and rebel at any time, and it is not stable at all.

But it became.

In just two or three months, Zhu Yujian's grand goal of controlling the land of the Western Regions was actually achieved in a dream.

There were only a dozen casualties, and most of them were accidents.

The material consumption is not much, and the remaining materials can last at least a year.

It also received the strong support of Xujiazhuang - of course, it paid a lot of price, but compared to the harvest, it was barely worth it, although it was a feeling of being a dog to Xujiazhuang, but after all, he was the Tang King who controlled the Western Regions, and the Tang King who had great power, realized his dream, and was about to do a big job, and the Tang King who could leave a name in history, which was undoubtedly very worthwhile for the thirty-seven-year-old and eager to do a great career.

As for the next arrangement, Zhu Yujian plans to wait for the snow to melt in the second year, after the road is opened, lead the miscellaneous army, go deep into the Western Regions, arrive in the Yinli River Valley, establish a Tang Wangcheng in the Western Regions, as his base camp, and then introduce the capital and talents of Xujiazhuang, develop all kinds of resources in the Western Regions, bring economic benefits, and achieve positive income.

And the most important point is to keep it secret, find a way, keep it secret from Hong Chengchou and the Qin army, and never leak the news, otherwise the Qin army will be launched in advance and enter the Western Regions in a big way, which will be a situation of mutual competition, although there may not be a conflict of force, but there will definitely be a conflict of interests, how can an ambitious and insidious and cunning person like Hong Chengchou tolerate this big loss, it is impossible not to attack.

Fortunately, at this time of this year, it snows heavily, the roads are impassable, and it is difficult for personnel to enter the Western Regions, only Xujiazhuang's transport plane can land at Yumen Pass once a week, and the other thousands of miles are covered with ice and snow, which is extremely difficult to walk, and the transmission of intelligence information is also very slow, and there is no high efficiency in normal situations, plus today's Qin army, is vigorously fighting and strengthening the final preparations, and in order to avoid the suspicion of the imperial court, it is extremely low-key, so it seems to be in retreat and development, there is very little news and little understanding of external information, Therefore, Hong Chengchou was successfully kept in the dark, and he did not notice the drastic changes in the Western Regions, let alone imagine that there would be someone who could integrate the entire Western Regions in just a few months, with very little manpower and very little cost, and establish a so-called alliance, swallowing the huge fruit in advance, but he didn't have time to digest it yet.

The other side.

In November of the twelfth year of Chongzhen.

There was another big event that caught everyone's attention and caused a huge sensation.

That is Xujiazhuang's global expeditionary fleet, back, this set off from the harbor city more than two years ago, circled the whole world, sailed more than 100,000 nautical miles, investigated the resources of Africa, knocked on the European countries, inspected the American continent, and then through the vast Pacific Ocean, went to the Australian continent in the southern hemisphere, and finally returned to the harbor city after more than two years.

At the same time, I also brought a resource investigation report, learned about the distribution and development of more than a dozen large-scale gold, copper, and iron mines, and marked the detailed locations. Help give a few bright ways to make a fortune?