King Ning was slightly stunned when he saw Qu Neng, because a young man standing next to Qu Neng seemed to be a little familiar.

After Qu Neng reminded him, he suddenly realized.

The young man was actually Zhu Mengwei, the fifth son of his sixth brother, Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu.

Zhu Mengwei is twenty-eight years old this year, Yongle was named the king of Chongyang in the second year, after Zhu Gaoxu's successful rebellion, this Chongyang king basically has no real name, and even Yulu has been reduced a lot, not long after, Zhu Gaoxu cut the domain, confiscated all the fields of the vassal king, Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu, retained 3,000 acres, distributed to several sons, Zhu Mengwei divided to 200 acres.

Zhu Mengwei was almost like an ordinary person in an instant, at best, he was a small landlord, and the premise was that he had to plant the land well.

However, Zhu Gaoxu did not rush to kill them all, and the clans all had a fortune, but it was greatly reduced.

Princes like the kings, such as King Ning and King Chu, have changed from the previous 10,000 stone per year to several times.

First, according to the early Ming Dynasty, the stone was changed to 3,000 stone per year, and then five years after Hongxi, the national officials changed to the money and grain.

The princes changed it to 500 taels a year, plus 500 stone of grain, and the rest of the cloth and cotton were all gone.

Of course, Zhu Gaoxu said it in front of all the clans in Fengtian Hall back then, and his sons will be treated the same in the future, so everyone has no opinion, after all, it is useless to have an opinion.

And a county king like Zhu Mengwei was even worse, and his salary dropped to two hundred taels a year, and he didn't even have food.

What's even worse is that according to Zhu Gaoxu's new system, Zhu Mengwei's son will not even have a fortune in the future, except for the 200 acres of land left to him by his grandfather King Chu, Zhu Mengwei's son will have to rely on himself to find a job to survive.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't want to raise pigs, he wanted them to be self-reliant, and he also allowed them to work, do business, become soldiers, and take imperial examinations.

Therefore, for the sake of his son's descendants, Zhu Mengwei enlisted in the army five years ago, at the age of twenty-three.

Zhu Mengwei has been a soldier for five years and has risen to 100 households, which is relatively fast compared to ordinary people.

At present, following Qu Neng's westward expedition, he is serving as Qu Neng's own soldiers, which should be to brush up on military merits.

"Uncle Seventeen." Zhu Mengwei was also very happy to see King Ning, and stepped forward to pay respects.

Then he said hello to his cousin Zhu Panyan.

Zhu Panyan responded with an embarrassed expression, looking at Zhu Mengwei wearing heroic and handsome armor, he was actually a little red.

King Ning was willing to come to Shazhou to be the governor, but he also wanted to get a background for his sons in the future.

But he doesn't want his son to be a soldier, King Ning's family is relatively rich, and he can be regarded as a billionaire in the future, even if he doesn't come out to be a governor, his sons and grandchildren will have endless money.

But the sixth brother, King Chu, was actually willing to let his son come out to be a soldier, which made him a little shocked.

"How is my sixth brother?" King Ning asked.

The king of Chu used to be in Wuchang, and after the success of the rebellion, he still lived in Wuchang, and he was more nostalgic.

"Father is in good health, but I miss my uncles and uncles."

"Hey." King Ning thought to himself, he knew that on the way over, he would go to see the sixth brother.

The children of the Great Ming Sect are now coming out to fight as soldiers, which makes him feel unreal.

But think about it, when he was young before, didn't his father Zhu Yuanzhang also arrange for them to fight the Northern Yuan Dynasty often?

"King Ning, prince, come, sit, sit down and talk." Qu Neng smiled at this time and invited them to sit down.

Today, Qu Neng had a treat, and there were some generals in the army at the scene, who introduced him to King Ning, and King Ning didn't know anyone.

But he must know that these people are all rebels, Zhu Gaoxu's people.

Qu Neng respected him quite a lot, after all, King Ning was the governor of Shazhou, the nominal number one, let him sit on the throne, and then introduce him to the situation in Shazhou.

"When the Duke of Anguo Sheng Yong arrived at Yache in June, the Mongol Eastern Chagatai Khanate was almost defenseless, and was broken by our army, plundering more than 30,000 people."

"An Guogong arranged to continue plundering supplies and people in the vicinity, while building roads to the east and expanding the city."

"At the same time, 10,000 people were moved to Shazhou, and then 5,000 foot battalions were sent to Shazhou."

Judging from Qu Neng's introduction, after the Ming army occupied Shache, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate first sent people to negotiate, but the Ming army ignored it, and in October, it was not resisted, and Maha Khan tried to raise 30,000 troops to attack Shazhou and force the Ming army back.

He didn't dare to fight Sheng Yong of Shache, because there were only more than 1,000 Ming troops left in Shazhou at that time.

But the Ming army not only had 100 guns in Shazhou, but also 500 flintlock musketeers.

At that time, there was a burst of gunfire, and the Mahama Khan was defeated and returned, and the Mongols had never seen such a way of fighting, and before the cavalry could get close, a large number of casualties were killed.

Seeing that he could not defeat the Ming army, Maha Khan immediately sent someone to sue for peace.

Sheng Yong said that they are going to fight Shaharu, and this piece of Shache will be used by us for the time being, so don't come here and make trouble.

Maha Khan had no choice but to acquiesce, and the southern part of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was basically occupied by the Ming army.

At present, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate is withdrawing its people to Turbo, and the area south of Turva is preparing to give up all of them to the Ming people.

Sheng Yong was afraid that Maha Khan would come to attack him, so he transferred another 5,000 people back to Shazhou to garrison.

Qu Neng knew that King Ning was the governor and should come over with the emperor's will, so he wanted to ask, what should Shazhou do in the future?

Qu Neng is the chief soldier of Shazhou, but he wants to go west to support Sheng Yong, and it is impossible to stay in Shazhou forever.

He had to decide how many soldiers and horses to leave behind according to King Ning's arrangement.

After listening to this, King Ning asked, "How many people does Shazhou have now?" ”

Qu Neng immediately said: "I have to ask Governor Jiang Zhonglong for the specific number, he arrived in Shazhou before us, and he should arrive in late October." ”

"But I probably mentioned it in the letter from An Guogong before."

"There are now about 30,000 former locals and people who were captured by him in Shazhou, including 10,000 from Shache."

"In the past year, about 80,000 households have immigrated from all over the country to Shazhou, and the total local population has exceeded 200,000."

King Ning was a little distracted for a short time when he heard this, Shazhou, which was once a deserted city in the Western Regions, had only a few hundred people at the very least, but in the hands of Zhu Gaoxu, in less than a year, it had already exceeded 200,000 people.

This is the embodiment of the mobilization and organizational ability of the Hongxi court.

If you let Lao Zhu and Zhu Di do this, they will only force immigrants, the people are procrastinating, the government is anxious, everyone is unwilling, and there may not be so many people in Shazhou in five years.

"Everyone is helping the imperial court, and everyone who can bring things and materials will help bring them over." Qu Neng said excitedly: "The imperial court doesn't have to bother, as long as you are ready to plough the cattle." ”

King Ning couldn't help but think that the rich merchant in Shanxi brought 200,000 catties of iron to Shazhou, which really helped the imperial court save a lot of trouble.

He thought about it and thought of what Zhu Gaoxu had said to him before he left Beijing.

"Gao Xu told me a lot before I went to Beijing, but after we arrived in Shazhou, there will be three main things in the next five years."

"The first is to ensure the area of farmland, strengthen greening, and where there are water sources around Shazhou, a large number of trees must be planted, afforestation, and there will be land and grain, so that the local people can be self-sufficient."

Qu Neng nodded, deeply convinced.

"The second is to build roads, from Jiaxia Pass to Shache, two or three thousand miles of road, to build the main official road."

"Gao Xu said, first try to choose a convenient, closer route, if you really want to detour the long way, you can open the mountain in the mountains, meet the river to build a bridge, we now have gunpowder, it is easier to open the mountain."

"The third is prospecting, Gao Xu said that there are a lot of minerals here, very rich, there are hundreds of different minerals, all of which I will need in the future, especially oil, coal, and iron ore."

King Ning said very clearly, he came to the governor of Shazhou for five years, and Zhu Gaoxu asked him to do three things.

After Qu Neng listened, he nodded immediately, the emperor did not give King Ning a strategic task, that is, he did not plan to start a war with the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, but this was the first five-year plan, and no one knew about the next five years.

King Ning seemed to know what he was thinking, and said in a deep voice: "The Eastern Chagatai Khanate doesn't need to fight. ”

"Maha Khan is weak and incompetent, but he is a smart man, as long as you break Shahru in front and occupy Kabul, Maha Khan will either choose to join in the future, or the whole clan will move."

The Mongols have always been like this, and when they can't beat them, they feel that you are a threat to them, so they either surrender or move their tribes.

King Ning finally said: "We should also encourage the local Han and Mongolian to intermarry, increase the population, and after five years, I hope that there will be 500,000 people in Shazhou." ”