Chapter 40 Further development of industry and commerce

Zhu Gui directly asked the soldiers on the side to open the door of the cell.

This scene made people, including Xu Yingxu and Hei Muhan, a little dumbfounded.

They all thought that Zhu Gui was just talking, but they didn't expect him to really do it.

"The prince can't, these are the court's prisoners, and it is against the laws of the Ming Dynasty to release people without permission."

Xu Yingxu immediately reminded.

"General Xu, don't forget that this is Yunzhou."

After Zhu Gui finished speaking, he said to Hei Muhan: "Your people have been released back to the grassland, if you want to leave Shanxi with people, this king will not stop you." ”

Hei Muhan was still a little hesitant, but when he heard Zhu Gui's words, he immediately said: "Don't worry, we grassland people will never break our promises." ”

As he spoke, he was about to leave, but the soldiers beside Zhu Gui did not give way.

"What do you mean, Acting King? Want to backtrack? ”

Hei Muhan asked with an angry face.

"Didn't you go out like this to ruin the image of this king? Here are the clothes of the Han people prepared for you, and after a stick of incense, the agreement between us will come into effect, so hurry up. ”

With that, Zhu Gui left the cell with the people, leaving behind the Mongols and the bandit leaders who looked at each other.

"Chief Kuroki, could this be a conspiracy by the Akito? How could they have let us go for no reason? ”

"That's it, Akito is very cunning, we can't be fooled."

Hei Muhan said while changing his clothes: "I don't care if it's a conspiracy or not, but since I can survive, I will still seize the opportunity." As for you, whether you want to stay here and die, or go out with me to fight, it's up to you. ”

So saying, he walked out.

When the Mongols heard this, they looked at each other and nodded.

Hei Muhan is right, they only have a dead end if they stay here, since there is a chance to live in front of them, even if it is a conspiracy, the worst result is not death?

So these people changed their clothes one after another, and without looking at the bandit leader who was begging to get out, they followed Hei Muhan out.

Zhu Gui really said what he said, not only let them go, but also provided them with a few inferior horses.

"A month later, at the site of the Blackwood Tribe, we will be waiting for you there."

After Hei Muhan finished speaking, he got on his horse and left.

Xu Yingxu on the side looked at the Mongolian people who left in disbelief, looked at Zhu Gui and asked, "What do they mean by this?" Want to fight us? ”

"It seems that they are still very confident in their own strength, and they feel that the last two defeats were just accidental, so they want to defeat us from the front again, General Xu, this battle will be handed over to you."

Zhu Gui explained.

"The last general obeys, I only hope that this matter can be properly resolved."

Xu Yingxu had an uneasy look on his face.

I don't know if it's because of the world map, or because the Mongols were let go.

As for why Zhu Gui chose Heimuhan.

That's mainly because of Hu Shidao's intelligence.

According to his intelligence, it can be judged that Heimuhan's ancestors are also Mongolian nobles, and although they are now in decline, they still have some prestige among the Mongolian tribes.

If the Kuroki tribe can be controlled, then it is like inserting a wedge in the middle of the Mongols, and the practice of using the Mongols to control Mongolia can be carried out.

At this time, although the Mongols were defeated by the Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains, they still had a very far-reaching influence in Central Asia and the Far East.

If Zhu Gui was allowed to form a large army to attack all the way through, it might not be much faster than the Mongols back then.

So he came up with this strategy, and this time it was just an attempt.

Success is naturally the best, and failure is not much to lose.

After Hei Muhan and the others left, Zhu Gui came to the Datong Chamber of Commerce.

The Datong Chamber of Commerce has recently expanded to twenty-two caravansera, and its business has spread throughout Shanxi, and its footprints have also spread to several neighboring provinces.

In order to find out the specialty products and price levels of other provinces.

It's just that because of the road conditions and bandits, it will take some time to achieve stable trade.

However, Zhu Gui's previous instructions to bring back some of the specialties of other provinces have been realized.

In later generations, Shanxi specialized in vinegar, wine and coal, but at this time there were only vinegar and wine.

And because the Ming Dynasty implemented a ban on alcohol, the local specialties in Shanxi are very limited.

But now, under the impetus of the Dai Wangfu, the productive forces in Yunzhou have developed to a certain extent, and even have a certain degree of surplus.

The best way to transform these surplus productive forces into value is, of course, through commodities.

The person in charge of the Chamber of Commerce took out a large box for Zhu Gui, which contained some special products from Shandong and Hebei collected by the caravan.

Even the caravan brought back two cooks from Shandong.

None of the items were of much value this time, but he still ordered them to be sent to the workshop and handed over to the masters to study.

As for the two cooks, they were placed in the back kitchen of the Acting King's Mansion.

Zhu Gui's idea was to make Datong Mansion or a prefecture and county under its jurisdiction a place similar to the 'Yiwu Small Commodity Distribution Base' in later generations.

In this way, not only can it be used as a driving force for the in-depth development of industry and commerce, and even drive the economic development of the entire Ming Dynasty.

But the idea, while it sounds grandiose, is moving very slowly.

So far, Zhu Gui has not been able to make even a prototype.

However, he did not give up, and his current idea is that as long as he can get the blueprint of the steam engine and promote the industrial revolution, the Ming carriage will soon become a train.

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Heimuhan returned to the tribe on the grassland, and sure enough, he found his own people.

After asking, he learned that when they sent troops to Yingzhou to attack the king, a Ming army attacked their tribe.

But they didn't hurt anyone, they just drove away all the cattle and sheep, and then set fire to the camp.

And during this time, they have also been properly resettled, even better than their previous lives.

Many clansmen even wanted to stay in Datong Mansion, but the other party did not agree.

This made Heimuhan a little ashamed.

He failed to bring stability to the tribe, but his enemies did easily.

Hei Muhan felt a little shaken in his heart, could it be that as the little prince said, only by serving the Ming Dynasty can he bring a stable and prosperous life to his clansmen?

But the thought lasted only a moment.

Because as a descendant of Temujin, he did not allow himself to be sent under the fence.

So after he settled down his people, he sent people to the Golden Horde on the grassland and explained the situation in Datong Mansion to the Tian Khan, the largest tribe in the grassland.

That's right, Hei Muhan is going to use the power of the entire grassland to deal with Zhu Gui this time.

The other tribes that returned with Heimuhan chose to leave the place and migrate farther away, and the other tribes chose the same approach.