Chapter 109 Finalizes the Big Deal

King Yan said indifferently, "In me?"

He Xi said: "Look at what price the fourth brother offers, and the brothers must also settle the account."

King Yan said indifferently, "What do you want?"

He Xi said, "I just want Nanjing now."

For a moment, the two sides fell silent.

King Yan wanted to wait for He Xi to make an offer, but He Xi was as stable as Mount Tai.

The first price is the first to show the hole cards.

Although it is said that the strength in the hands of King Yan can affect the battle between the north and the south, but the general trend of Beijing has been achieved, even if King Yan joins the Nanjing camp, He Xi does not find it difficult to deal with. It's just a few more years.

King Yan also understands this matter.

The time is on He Xi's side.

He Xi actually said that this matter can be discussed, but it is not enough to rely on King Yan's chips in this big battle.

The strength is like this, and King Yan can only bid first. said: "Now that the situation is estimated to be in the Western Regions all the year round, I am afraid I can't take care of the belongings of the Yan Wangfu. Willing to return to the imperial court. However, these things will not be enough to simply change the right to operate the railway."

If he could, King Yan was categorically unwilling to give the Nenjiang River Valley, which he had been operating for a long time, to the imperial court.

But no.

On the one hand, there are difficulties within the Yan Kingdom.

Today's Yan State is already a double-headed politics.

On the one hand, there is the Western Regions, headed by King Yan, and on the other hand, the Nenjiang Plain region, which is ruled by Princess Yan, and can this situation be changed?

In the eyes of King Yan, it can't.

Because this situation is not intentional by King Yan, but caused by natural endowment.

The country of Yan is thousands of miles from east to west. There are too few places that can be cultivated in Mobei. Places that are difficult to cultivate, even if they can carry more people because of the development of animal husbandry, there is a limit.

It is difficult to afford to juggle the functions of both sides.

After all, times are different. Although the Yan Kingdom has the territory of a nomadic empire, in essence, the regime of the Yan King is not a nomadic empire.

Due to geographical reasons, it is difficult for the two sides to get in touch. This can only be the case.

Such a situation is good to say here in King Yan, no matter who is in the east, he can suppress it. But when he is no longer in the future, will the son succeed to the throne, will he be able to suppress him? In addition, the imperial court is here, and when the time comes, it is possible for the Yan Kingdom to be divided into two.

Even if the Yan Kingdom is divided into two under the auspices of the imperial court, it is still a good result, if the brothers kill each other and cause trouble to Xiao Wall, it will not be good.

Second, that is, the previous theory, the Ming Dynasty was only outside the control of the imperial court, and if the Ming Dynasty was in Nanjing, the Nenjiang River Valley was indeed beyond the reach of the whip. But now the imperial court is in Beijing.

Even King Yan felt that if he would dominate the world in the future, this court would only be in Beijing.

If you don't have a railway, it's fine.

But with the railway, is Beijing really far from Nenjiang?

Is it really appropriate for such a place to be feudal?

Third, it is also the practical needs of the Western Regions.

What is most lacking in the Western Regions? Lack of population.

However, it was not easy to migrate from the Ming Dynasty, because the population was the most valuable resource in this era. Don't say that the imperial court will not be willing to move the population on a large scale of King Yan, even if the imperial court agrees, most of the Ming people will not want to go abroad, and even if they want to go, these people will not think of the northwest.

It's so desolate.

And if there is not enough population in the Western Regions, it will be difficult for King Yan to defend it, not to mention a decisive battle with Timur.

The population is difficult to find from the outside, and only the inside is dug in.

The most densely populated place in the Yan Kingdom is here in Nenjiang, although there is no way to compare with the population density of the Central Plains. But it's pretty good.

At the end of the day, there are millions of people. Although there are many women and children now, because a considerable part of the strong men fought for King Yan in the Western Regions.

If there were millions of people filling in the Western Regions, plus the original population of the Western Regions, it would be far less than 10 million. But it was enough to support King Yan and Timu

A fierce battle, and can be large-scale reclamation of the land in the Western Regions.

Therefore, the idea of King Yan has been thinking about it for a long time.

He Xi was also taken aback when he heard King Yan say this. He also fell into a deep groan.

King Yan's idea made it difficult for He Xi to refuse.

The presence of King Yan outside the customs was really uncomfortable for He Xi and directly threatened Beijing.

It's just that there are so many uncomfortable things in the world. So a lot of things to endure.

At least during He Xi's tenure, he had no intention of seeking to take action against the Yan Kingdom.

This issue is not the main problem at the core.

And King Yan brought it up, but it made He Xi really moved.

He Xi also saw that in essence, King Yan was still a little afraid of Beijing's strength. That's why we are trying to find ways to alleviate the contradictions with Beijing, and in the way we deal with them, there are some blockages and some releases.

The blocked place is the railway, and there must be independent power on the railway, Yan must have a railway, and Yan Guo's railway management right must be its own. And where to put it, it is to give up the influence on the Northeast region.

It can be said that once Yan withdraws from the Northeast, although Yan still has the Mobei region, the Mobei region will essentially become a buffer zone between the Ming Dynasty and the Yan Kingdom. This is determined by the natural endowments such as the economy, population and other natural endowments in the Mobei region.

Because it is impossible for the Yan State to station a large army in Mobei, it is too consuming of national strength. The population density and economic strength of the Ming Dynasty in Monan and the Northeast are naturally determined. The advantage is in Daming. Not in the country of Yan.

The country of Yan suddenly became a country in the Western Regions. The threat to the border line of the Ming Dynasty retreated more than 1,000 miles.

Moreover, Yanguo's operation in Nenjiang also took a lot of effort.

Although it is still a deserted place, it is not a deserted place.

He Xi pondered for a moment and said, "What does the fourth brother want besides the right to operate the railway?"

King Yan said, "Naturally, it is a railway. There is also a factory that produces its own steam engines, all of which are discounted, and you promised me this one thing before."

Yan Wang has this as a condition for supporting Beijing. However, it has been dragging on and has not been fulfilled.

He Xi said, "The railway from Beijing to the Western Regions?"

King Yan said, "No, isn't the railway from Beijing to the Western Regions that you should build? That's just an additional condition, I want a railway in the territory of Yan Kingdom."

He Xi said; "Okay, I'll agree to this one. But there is one thing that must be said first, that is, many places in the Western Regions are not easy to build railways, such as Yumen Pass, where there are many deserts. The four sandstorm brothers have also seen it, and if they build railways in these places, they will probably be flooded with sand in the future. In the end, there is no way to complete it, fourth brother, don't blame me."

"As for the factory you want, as long as the train is connected to the Western Regions, it will be delivered immediately, otherwise the fourth brother himself can send someone to Beijing to pull the equipment."

King Yan pondered for a moment and said, "It's okay if the railway outside the Yumen Pass is not repaired for the time being. As for the factory, I'll keep it in mind."

When He Xi heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head. He understood King Yan's calculations.

The section of the railway from Yumen Pass to Hami is the main transportation route connecting the Western Regions and the Central Plains, which is very important to the Central Plains and even more important to the Western Regions. It's better not to have this railway.

As for the inconvenience of transshipment, it was possible to walk thousands of miles before, but now it is only a few hundred miles away, which has saved a lot of effort, and it is not possible.

Of course, King Yan knew that this was just a stopgap measure. After all, this road will definitely be built in the future. It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.

King Yan is just talking.

After He Xi and King Yan discussed these big joints, the rest of the matter was not their business. Naturally, their bureaucrats discussed the details, valued the industries on the Nenjiang side of Yanwang, and valued the railroad that Yanwang wanted, and then bargained.

It can't even be finished here, and it will take a long time to finalize it.

King Yan didn't stay here long, without him, Timur was on the side, King Yan didn't dare to leave the Western Regions for too long, Zhang Yu was also a good general, but Zhang Yu

After all, he is not King Yan, and in many things, he cannot make decisions on behalf of King Yan.

King Yan just had a banquet with He Xi, Mei Yin and some other old people in Lanzhou, and then left Lanzhou.

He Xi sent King Yan away, but for He Xi, King Yan's business was over. It just means that a big task has been completed, but it does not mean that many things have been completed.

At least the chaos in the northwest needs to be determined by He Xi himself in order to truly block the place. It's not like it's a mess now.