It was not until two days later that the Ming army pursuing Xiyangha arrived at the Mongolian cottage one after another.

Of course, brought back the head of Xiyangha.

However, after Yang Feng left, Zhang Fu was suddenly attacked by thousands of enemy troops from nowhere, and finally after a hard battle, although the enemy army was repulsed, those Jurchen wounded soldiers sacrificed their lives for the Ming because they insisted on participating in the war.

Great!

They are all warriors of the Ming Dynasty!

When Zhang Fu reported the incident, many officers behind him cried.

Moreover, Polo and other Jurchen warriors who pursued Xiyangha were all killed.

They fell into an ambush by Xiyangha.

This kind of thing is not surprising, as for how the fleeing Xiyang Ha managed to achieve these miracles, and why only three of Zhang Fu's subordinates died......

Do these matter?

It doesn't matter at all!

The Jurchen warriors sacrificed their lives for the Ming Dynasty, that is, they died well, they would be rewarded by the Ming Emperor, their families would be rewarded by the Ming Emperor, and even Ambassador Yang proposed that the Liao King be the master of the captured livestock, and give a part of it to their families, in short, the seven thousand Jurchens completed their glorious mission.

It became a corpse with a hard erection on this frozen wasteland.

Wait for the spring to rot into mud.

Immediately afterwards, the army of the Liao King quickly completed the conquest of the other surrounding vultures tribes.

The first time the king of Liao led his troops to the expedition, he achieved a brilliant victory, beheading 5,000 of each department, forcing 4,000 to surrender, seizing countless livestock, expanding the land for thousands of miles, and opening up the waterway to Nuergancheng. But then they turned to rest, after all, it was impossible to go deeper in this season, and how comfortable it was to drink wine, eat meat, and roast in those villages. In this way, they rested until the beginning of spring, and as spring returned to the land, the army led by Zhu Di also arrived in Jilin, and then began to cut down trees to build ships, and more importantly, to transport grain, after all, they needed to carry out a long expedition that could be said to be long.

You must know that from Jilin to Nuergancheng, the waterway to Nuer Gancheng is probably not less than 5,000 miles.

Nothing more, no less.

After all, this is a river, and the river is all winding.

It's a long way to go back and forth!

Jilin.

"So I don't think it's necessary for us to go to Nuergancheng all at once.

You can go to the mouth of the Huli River first.

Then build a fortress there as a transit point to Nuergan, transport grain there and hoard it, and if you want to travel back and forth to Nuergan often in the future, you will indeed need to build such a fortress along the way.

It's really easy for us to go to the slave to do it, and we have arrived in one breath.

But when you come back, it's against the current.

I am afraid that a round trip will take years, and after arriving at Nuergancheng, it is inevitable to garrison troops, and to make regular inspections and set up post stations, all of which must be done, and it is definitely not possible to do without food. Since Your Majesty has not said how long it will be completed, let's take it step by step, first build a fortress in Huli Gaijiang this year, and continue north from Huli Gaijiang next year. ”

In Zhu Di's marshal mansion, Yang Feng said to the map in front of him.

This is based on his watch.

Liaodong is not without a special map.

It's nothing more than taking your time.

Therefore, the mountains and rivers on this map are already very detailed, and the changes in the rivers in the Songhua River basin are actually not very large, especially those mountain tributaries cannot be changed......

Where they flow is already the only option.

There are mountains all around, how can it change?

"What the ambassador never forgets, I'm afraid he went to Xiguan City to copy Brother Meng's Timur, right?"

Zhu Di sneered.

Although he knew Yang Feng's true purpose of attacking the Black Pine Forest, the behavior of these bastards in the Vultures Department was still too bad.

Of course, Zhu Di didn't think they were bad.

In fact, a male lord like him, the standard of good and evil does not exist in the first place, but this practice is very bad in terms of interests, Zhu Zhi cannot kill all the Jurchens, there must be those who escape, according to the reports of the various ministries, at least five hundred Jurchens have escaped from their blockade.

It's a given.

It is not surrounded by a wall.

Both sides are cavalry, and even if they attack secretly, they will inevitably be unstoppable.

And that's not even if they didn't miss it.

So what are the consequences of these people escaping?

No Jurchen dares to take the initiative to submit anymore!

It is impossible for the Ming to really station a large number of troops in this area, which means that there will be borderlands in this area, and the main enemies of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols on the steppe, will develop to this side. They originally had nomadic herding in eastern Liaodong, and although the climate in this area was cold, at least the water and grass were abundant and beautiful, which was much stronger than the Mobei grassland.

At least for the Mongols.

The Ming Dynasty was unable to maintain a large garrison, and as a result, the Mongols returned to nomadism, and then a new border plague formed after a short time.

What if the Jurchen is caressed?

They would fill the borderlands and block the Mongols from entering.

It is equivalent to garrisoning for the Ming Dynasty.

This is a broken Mongolian arm.

But now that Yang Feng is doing this, even if the Ming Dynasty takes the initiative to show goodwill again, no Jurchen will dare to submit, and it is even possible to cooperate with the Mongols, even if they do not cooperate with the Mongols, they will divide themselves and plunder from time to time.

In this way, Da Ming has an enemy that is difficult to entangle out of thin air.

Although the number of these people is small, it is difficult for them to clear out even if they hide in the mountains and forests.

"It's really a plan."

Yang Feng said very frankly.

"The ambassador killed all the Liaodong Jurchens, who will stop the Mongols here in the future?"

Zhu Di said.

"Han people!"

"Does the ambassador think that this kind of place can still garrison a large army and allow military families to thrive?"

"Those Jurchens can, why can't they?"

"I'm afraid the ambassador doesn't know, how many people starve to death in ice and snow every year in those Jurchens, the Jurchens you see are all alive, and you can't see those Jurchens who die of hunger and cold, does the ambassador want my Ming military household, and savages like this here to fend for themselves?"

"So the king is accusing me of causing trouble to you Daming?"

"Humph!"

Zhu Di sneered.

Yang Feng looked at His Royal Highness King Yan.

"Since I caused trouble for you Daming, then it's up to me to solve this problem! I have a way to solve it, but it depends on whether the king has the courage to do so. ”

He said.

"Say!"

"It's very simple, there is no need for the Ming Dynasty to send troops here, I will come to invest in your Ming Dynasty as a native of Daxia."

"Invest, invest?"

"Yes, invest!

At that time, we called the introduction of foreign capital, that is, foreigners invested in business, I came to you to invest, leased your Ming wasteland here, and hired your Ming people to open up the wasteland here. You can ask me to collect taxes and rents, these are all good words, I will pay those people to start work, and sell the grain they produce to you for military supplies.

Of course, considering the danger here, these folks must be carrying weapons.

But only carry legal weapons.

That is, cold weapons.

You should not allow the people to possess the armor, and they will not have it.

As for the fact that you can set up prefectures and counties here to send officials to manage them, those have nothing to do with me.

In short, it's yours, the people are yours, I only pay money, and finally collect grain to make money, if you agree, I'm also willing to do something else, such as iron smelting, etc., but I definitely won't do what the Ming law can't do.

You still have officials watching.

And you must have garrisons, and the food for these garrisons is supplied by my merchants.

Isn't this a joy for all? ”

Yang Feng said.

Cold weapons are also available!

A steel crossbow is not much worse than an arquebus.

As for the armor, it is true that there is no armor, but he makes thicker cotton clothes for his subordinates, this is always okay, right? If you don't wear thick cotton clothes in this kind of place, you will definitely freeze to death in winter, so add a raw silk lining inside the cotton clothes, and this will definitely be no problem......

The thick raw silk lining can be used as a beginner version of body armor.

Zhu Di looked at him with a frown, probably not understanding what he wanted to do.

"What the hell is the ambassador trying to do?

Even the Jurchens are unwilling to stay in this kind of bitter cold land, if they don't have no choice, even they don't live here, and they can't feed themselves if they can't make a grain of grain if they don't reclaim the land here.

The ambassador is engaged in business here, and in the end, he fills it in for nothing. ”

Zhang Yu couldn't help but ask.

"Figure what?

I just want such a good land, and I can't just throw it to the barbarians.

I just want this great river and mountain, why can't it become a place where the people of the Ming Dynasty thrive.

As for the input and output, this has nothing to do with you, Yang paid for the gold himself, and in the end, even if it was a loss, it was my own, people always have to try, what if it can be done? If you can succeed, your garrison will have military rations, and the imperial court will have new states and counties, and everyone will be happy.

If it doesn't work, it's my own bad luck! ”

Yang Feng said.

He's also an adventurer.

After all, he can only confirm that soybean sorghum can be grown here.

There is no doubt about it.

However, if you want to be able to form a stable agriculture, you must adopt a certain amount of mechanization, otherwise it will definitely not work by manual labor, after all, both soybeans and sorghum belong to the wide planting and thin harvest, so you have to make enough seeders.

Fortunately, this is not difficult.

As for the livestock for farming, it is simple, and both cattle and horses can be easily obtained.

The other thing is recruitment.

This one......

Throw money at it!

He couldn't be short of money.

Turned around and sold a batch of grenades to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"This matter is not up to Xiao Wang to decide, it needs to be played to the court."

Zhu Di said.

"That's faster, but in that case, I think I should go to Xiguan City."

Yang Feng said.

"You just want to kill your brother Timur?"

"The king misunderstood, it doesn't matter to me whether Brother Meng's Timur dies or not, the important thing is that his place is really useful, if your emperor really agrees to my investment plan, then I can't recruit people from the south to go to Liaodong, right? It would take more than half a year, so I had to take the sea by sea, and from the south, I could take the southeast wind to the Tumen River and then to Xiguancheng.

Then from Xiguancheng to Huli to change the river, the rest is to go straight downstream. ”

Yang Feng said.

Indeed, the easiest route from the south to the Songhua River basin is by sea.

"By sea, wouldn't you have to go to Goryeo?"

"What, isn't Li Chenggui allowed? He has the right to know the state affairs of North Korea, and he is only a temporary worker, does he have the right to dictate to the Ming Dynasty? ”

"Ugh!"

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