When Jane Xiao came to Barryhei, he was completely confused.

Zhu Zhanyan has always been very purposeful in doing things, for example, he can use seven years to plan a thing, for example, when he went east to conquer the Japanese country, it was for the sake of gold and silver.

But now, Jian Xiao couldn't understand Zhu Zhanyan's behavior at all.

Feeling Jian Xiao's puzzled gaze, Zhu Sanfeng just shrugged his shoulders, looking like he didn't know.

Indeed, she really didn't know, because she only knew that Zhu Zhanyan was going to torture these people in a different way, and finally send these people to Huangquan Road, but she didn't know why Zhu Zhanyan did this.

"How? Is the loss big? Zhu Zhanyan didn't notice Jian Xiao's mental activity, nor did he see Jian Xiao and Zhu Sanfeng's eye contact.

"Thanks to His Royal Highness the Prince, everything is fine." Jian Xiao bowed slightly, took out a piece of paper from his sleeve pocket, and presented it to Zhu Zhanyan with both hands.

Above are the casualties of those he has taken with him since he set out on the expedition.

"Your Highness, ...... next Do you want to build a supply line? Jian Xiao looked at Zhu Zhanyan and asked with a little uncertainty.

"What should be built still needs to be built, maybe it won't be needed now, but sooner or later it will be used."

After reading the letter in his hand, Zhu Zhanyan casually handed it to Zhu Ling next to him, and Zhu Ling closed it and sent it directly to the stove.

"However, don't worry, you should have discovered along the way, this Timurid Empire's winter this year is more abnormal."

"Taking advantage of the winter, the sea transportation route has stabilized, and the land is not so tense for the time being, and it would be good to ensure our normal transportation, and it doesn't take too long."

"When I was in Kabul, I had people send a message back to my father, and asked the merchants to help set up the land transportation, just the way I came."

Hearing this, Jian Xiao lowered her head and took a half step back.

Zhu Zhanyan's plan was in line with the most ideal part of Jian Xiao's heart, and he had nothing to add.

Daming is a seafaring power, at least for now, and still knows a lot about the situation in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.

The currents of the Indian Ocean can basically be summarized as summer and winter currents, that is, the currents flow clockwise in summer and counterclockwise in winter.

The winter currents flow from east to west, which is exactly the direction of the supply route, but after all, the ocean currents do not change in a moment, let alone change with people's minds.

Therefore, land transportation is still the most reliable, although it is much slower than sea transportation.

As for why the businessman should do it, there are two reasons for this.

Needless to say, the first reason is that after Zhu Zhan's operation, the merchants are the most aware of the routes between the Indochina Peninsula and Central Asia.

As for the second reason, it is related to the rules of the Ming Dynasty.

For a long time, the supply transportation of the Ming Dynasty during the war was never the responsibility of the imperial court, or it should be said that not all of them were the responsibility of the imperial court, which involved the salt system of the Ming Dynasty.

The salt of the Ming Dynasty was managed by the imperial court, and there is a very important thing in it, that is, salt introduction.

With salt introduction, salt can be sold, otherwise it will be a violation of the law of the Ming Dynasty.

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During peacetime, the Ming would divide about half of the task of delivering daily supplies to the border garrison to the merchants, who would send the supplies of the imperial court to the border army, who would lead the salt to the merchants, who would be qualified to sell salt.

During the war, the imperial court would give half or more of the weight of grain and grass to the merchants, and the process was the same, and the end result was that the soldiers who went out to fight were supplied and the merchants were given salt.

Whether it is peacetime or wartime, the imperial court will control part of the grain and grass transportation in its hands, which is the minimum guarantee, and the part handed over to the merchants can greatly reduce the pressure on the imperial court and reduce expenditures.

After all, transportation is expensive and costly.

Zhu Zhanyu, or should it be said that Zhu Gaoxu also has salt in his hands, but it is limited to the Indochina Peninsula and the Delhi Sultan, that is, the place where Zhu Zhanyu has taken it over the years.

If there is salt, there will naturally be merchants.

"Oh yes, Jane laughs." Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanyan suddenly remembered something.

"Your Highness, you say."

"Go back and find a few people who can burn pottery."

"Huh?" Jian Xiao and Zhu Sanfeng were stunned.

What is this? What about war? What does pottery do?

"Sanfeng, you teach Jian Xiao what you did when you were in Kabul before, and leave it to him here."

Zhu Zhanyan didn't pay attention to Jian Xiao and Zhu Sanfeng's surprise, he just achieved it on a whim, and if he didn't succeed, forget it, just burn a mask, it doesn't matter.

"No matter what you say, you're a woman, it's not good to always take people to check on men's things, no one can let me trust before, now Jane is laughing, just let him go."

Jane smiled with doubts on her face, but Zhu Sanfeng was full of seriousness.

"Yes!" Zhu Sanfeng bowed in response to Jian Xiao's inexplicable gaze.

Jian Xiao has not experienced what happened in Kabul, and it is normal not to know, but can she wish Sanfeng not to know?

I have to check it again, which means that those who have worked hard to build the place that Zhu Zhanyan said to keep out the cold are about to be unlucky.

Perhaps, they themselves could not have imagined that they were full of hope and had a chance to live through work, but in fact they had dug a grave for themselves.

This is definitely an unprecedented tomb.

Suncheonfu, the Imperial Palace.

Looking at the snowflakes falling in the sky, and then at his already pale hair, Zhu Di sighed softly.

"Father! Father! ”

Zhu Gaochi moved his fat body, climbed the steps in front of the Qianqing Palace with great difficulty, and came to Zhu Di out of breath.

"What's wrong again!?" Zhu Di's brows furrowed tightly, and an indescribable atmosphere slowly diffused.

"South...... South...... South ......"

"South what South? What's so hard to do!? For this eldest son who is not diligent in all fours, Zhu Di is very helpless.

"News from Nanzhou Mansion!"

Zhu Gaochi gasped for several breaths in a row, and then adjusted his breath back, and then stuffed the secret letter in his hand into the old man's hand.

At first glance, when he heard about Nanzhou Mansion, Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and then quickly opened the secret letter and looked at it.

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It's night, Qianqing Palace.

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Since Zhu Gaochi sent the news in the afternoon, he has not left, and he and the old man have been sitting in the Qianqing Palace, surrounded by the stove, without saying a word.

I have lived for decades, but I didn't even see the purpose of a child clearly, and I guarded against others for almost ten years, what is the result?

The people have already fought to the once prosperous Timurid Empire, but the court is still fighting with a small Jurchen.

Although it is said that the Jianzhou Jurchen united the Haixi Jurchen and the Savage Jurchen, and there were even Warat who were secretly making small moves, this was not a one-level thing at all.

No matter how difficult it is, it can still be difficult to fight a war across borders?

Besides, the imperial court has now moved its capital to Shuntianfu, which has allowed the imperial court to respond faster, dispatch troops faster, and provide faster logistical supplies in the war against the Jurchens.

Even so......

"Dad, you said that Zhan Yan ...... It's really ......" Zhu Gaochi stumbled, and one sentence was divided into several parts without saying anything.

Zhu Gaochi has always been a very calm person, whether it is dealing with people or receiving things, he is very calm.

But now, he can't calm down.

A teenager began to plan thirteen years ago, not to mention letting people go thousands of miles away overseas to get grain and grow crops, but also planned everything to perfection.

It's unbelievably perfect.

Thirteen years ago, he sent people into the city, and after retrieving the grain seeds, he first bred them in Yunnan, and then sent corn and sweet potatoes to the imperial court, and repeatedly told that the corn could be free and the sweet potatoes should not be easily released.

Then, the potato seeds, which were not even obtained by the imperial court, "accidentally" flowed out, and then they were out of control......

Now, the Timurid Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and even the Holy Roman Empire have suffered.

In a huge area, more than seventy percent or more of the places have no harvest.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't believe that this was a fact, and he couldn't believe that this was Zhu Zhanqi's plan, and it had been planned since thirteen years ago.

"Alas......" Zhu Di sighed lightly, leaned back in the chair, and closed his eyes.

Didn't he guard against his grandson? also guarded against it, but he never wanted to admit it.

Ma Qi is a purchasing envoy, who is only in charge for the first time, and it is also a tentative wool business, how can he stay in Yunnan smoothly?

Although Ma Qi was later sent back to Yingtian by Zhu Zhanyan because of his greed for ink and bribery, what about those household officials?

Zhu Di didn't think that his extremely smart grandson didn't find out that more than seventy percent of the officials who were sent to Yunnan were northern scholars.

For what? Isn't it just that I am afraid that Guangxi and Guangdong are too close to Yunnan, and finally be assimilated into my own person by my grandson?

Outcome...... Hehe......

"Pass the order down and reinforce the battlefield of Nu'er Gandusi."

After a long time, Zhu Di slowly spoke.

"Zhan Gully's attack on the Timurid Empire will directly affect the crooked thinking of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, which in turn will lead to problems in Warat."

"When this news spreads, Warat will inevitably take the initiative to cut off contact with the Jurchens, and then the Jurchens will be far inferior in all aspects."

"Tell Zhang Fu to let him take down the Jurchen years ago, otherwise he won't come back!"

After speaking, Zhu Di stood up and left with his sleeves brushed up.

Only he knows what kind of mixed feelings he has in his heart at this time.

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Barry Black.

Zhu Zhanyan didn't know what was happening in Shuntianfu, and even if he did, he wouldn't care, because he had already made a plan.

Now, not the best time for him to return to the place where he was born and raised.

At this time, he was looking at a building outside Barihei, and his face was full of satisfaction.

Waving, Jian Xiao stepped forward, led the prince to escort him, and brought the people who had been screened by the method of circumcision a few days ago into the large, large, warehouse-like building.

At the foot of the city wall, countless victims looked at the warm yellow glimmer emanating from the building, and their eyes showed yearning and jealousy.

In this cold winter, the warm glow symbolizes warmth.