Today, Kuroki Castle has expanded by about half compared to two months ago, and according to Kurokihan, there are now more than 100,000 Mongols living in Kuroki City, and more than a dozen small villages have developed around Kuroki Castle.

This is a big change for the predominantly nomadic Mongolian people, who say that their tribe's name has become accustomed to this way of life.

Zhu Gui listened to Hei Muhan's various introductions along the way, just nodded slightly, and didn't say anything.

"Has there been any news from the cavalry sent out to explore in the past two months?"

As soon as the two of them walked to the door of the City Lord's Mansion, they suddenly asked Hei Muhan.

Hei Muhan was stunned for a moment, and then said a little mysteriously: "The prince listened to what was going on? ”

Hei Muhan asked the others to guard the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, and then led Zhu Gui into the City Lord's Mansion.

At this time, the city lord's mansion was quite close to the style of the Han people, and the decoration style was also very luxurious, not like the rough style of the Mongols, but it was still decorated with a large number of animal skins.

Hei Muhan led Zhu Gui to a secret room in the backyard of the city mansion.

"Lord Wang, in fact, the cavalry team that went out to explore has already sent back some news, please take a look."

Hei Muhan said, took out a piece of animal skin, and handed it to Zhu Gui.

Zhu Gui took a look at it, but immediately returned it to Hei Muhan, because it was written in Mongolian characters, and Zhu Gui couldn't understand it at all.

Only then did Hei Muhan react and apologize and said: "That's right, this letter came from the northwest of the steppe, and it said that they had found a huge lake, but there were several tribes entrenched there, and they were not Mongols. ”

"Is the huge lake in the northwest Baikal?" Zhu Gui raised his eyebrows when he heard the news, and thought secretly.

In the late 14th century, the Russians probably had not crossed the Biccasian Mountains across Eurasia, which means that as long as he could conquer the indigenous tribes during this time, he could have incorporated the entire Siberian steppe into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

This is much more convenient than going to war with the Russians in the future, which is very good news.

"Is that all there is to it? Is there no news from the exploration teams in the other two directions? Zhu Gui asked.

"Not yet, my subordinates have already sent a second wave of expeditions to meet them, and it has been half a month, so there should be news soon." Heimuhan said.

Zhu Gui nodded and said, "You did a good job in this matter, how is the current situation on the grassland?" ”

"Thanks to the support of the prince, the number of tribes on this grassland has increased from the original thirteen to twenty-seven tribes, and the subordinates have united all the tribes, and they are willing to accept this model of cooperation with Datong Mansion."

There was an excited look in Hei Muhan's eyes.

He deliberately emphasized the Datong Mansion instead of the Ming Dynasty, which was to express his loyalty to Zhu Gui rather than to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Gui naturally heard this, but he didn't say anything about it.

"Okay, you're doing a good job. By the way, this king has one more thing to inform you, you should also receive some rumors, right? The queen of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, that is, the Emperor Tianyuan, has agreed to cooperate with this king. ”

Zhu Gui said lightly.

"That turned out to be true? The prince is so brave, please accept the worship of his subordinates. With that, Hei Muhan knelt down towards Zhu Gui.

Zhu Gui naturally accepted his bowing salute, which also meant that the other party had completely surrendered to him.

"Recently, the Datou Chamber of Commerce will send a batch of grain to the Northern Yuan, so let's send a delegation and an escort team to meet those people in the Northern Yuan, and this king will ask Emperor Tianyuan to give you an official position."

Zhu Gui said.

"Thank you, Lord Wang." Hei Muhan bowed to Zhu Gui again.

Hei Muhan was originally just the leader of a small tribe, and he had nothing to do with this formal centralized authority of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and now he only got what he couldn't get because of this line with Zhu Gui, and he was naturally grateful to Zhu Gui.

In the following period, Heimuhan successively introduced to you the development of other aspects of the grassland.

Although there is still a certain distance from the blueprint for grassland development in Zhu Gui's heart, a good foundation has been laid.

What's more, more and more Mongolians have embraced this sedentary life and are beginning to learn other trades besides herding.

These are indispensable for Zhu Gui's plan, and when he really gets the design drawings of the steam engine, he can gather a large number of workers in the fastest time to start building the railway, and then he can incorporate the entire grassland into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, whether it is from south to north or from east to west, it can become a whole.

The two of them had been talking in the secret room of the City Lord's Mansion for more than two hours before leaving the city again.

Zhu Gui galloped on the grassland before leaving Blackwood City.

On the way back, he met the caravan that had surrendered to him, and the leader of the caravan told him about the development of the caravan during this time, and the caravan had provided thousands of horses to Datong Mansion, and at the same time cleared up many robbers and bandits.

However, because their numbers were limited and the interests of the Datong caravan were too great, bandits and bandits from the surrounding provinces and cities still emerged one after another.

"Lord Wang, in fact, the best way to solve the problem of banditry is to let those areas develop like Datong Mansion." The leader of the horse gang said earnestly to Zhu Gui.

Zhu Gui glanced at him in surprise, but still nodded.

"What you said is right, but the Ming Dynasty was founded not long ago, and its national strength is limited, so it is impossible for all regions to develop like Datong Mansion."

"That's because they haven't met a master like the prince." The leader of the caravan said eagerly.

"Okay, don't say that again." Zhu Gui interrupted the other party, if this kind of rebellious words were heard by other people with ulterior motives, he would definitely be impeached.

"This king will allocate another thousand people to you, and the bandits in the northern direction will be handed over to you, if you encounter any problems, you can contact the king's mansion directly."

"Thank you, Lord Wang."

The horse gang force is a hole card of Zhu Gui, and not many people know about it so far, and now it's time to develop them.

After doing this, Zhu Gui finally returned to Datong Mansion, but before he could reach the palace, he was stopped by the county guard who was blocking the way.

"Lord Wang, you are back, the Taiyuan county guard came to ask for a meeting, and now he is waiting for you in the county guard's mansion."

"Got it, this king will go back and change his clothes, and it will be over soon."

After Zhu Gui finished speaking, he rode towards the palace.