With these benefits, he tempted Tusi to take the initiative to integrate and make friends with the Han people, come out of the mountains, and even follow the Ming Dynasty to open up, capture slaves, and use them to open mines.

At the level of the imperial court, it is also very easy to do it, to unite the entire Yunnan into one voice, and there is a great profit from the copper mine, Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely not turn a blind eye, and will definitely support the mining in Yunnan.

In the end, He Qiu said with a smile.

"If you can really integrate the whole of Yunnan together, and then go south to Annam, it will be a big benefit!"

Mu Chun's eyes flashed, and he looked at He Qiu with some doubts.

"What's so good about Annan?"

He Qiu said very calmly.

"One is to expand the territory, the second is to connect to shipping, and the third is that there are many iron ores in the north of Annam."

Feng Cheng and Tang Zhao were listening to the excitement of the sidelines, Annan actually has iron mines? And listening to He Qiu's meaning, the scale is not small?

Mu Chun measured it in his heart, and said with some embarrassment.

"After all, Annan is a country that His Majesty has demarcated as not to be conquered, and the system of the country is a large category of the Central Plains, if it is rashly conquered, I am afraid that the local people will not be at ease, and it is too far away from the Central Plains, it is not easy to govern, even if it is defeated, the gains outweigh the losses."

"Even if according to what you said, there are big mines and seaports in Annam, it is always inconvenient to transport ore from him, there are too many mountains."

He Qiu looked at Mu Chun with some appreciation, the difficulty of attacking Annan that he said earlier was a big reason for Ming Xuanzong to give up Annan later, the profit was too small, and the cost of ruling was high.

But in fact, Annan's situation is much better than they imagined, and to put it bluntly, they don't really realize what is in the interest of occupying Annan.

The Red River Plain is an important agricultural paradise, and there are actually a lot of people who are oriented towards the Ming Dynasty, and Mu Chun also made it clear that the system is similar to the Central Plains.

The same Confucian culture, and there is no national consciousness, it is very convenient for the Ming to digest, just like in history, there is no shortage of Annan generals who defended the city of the Ming Dynasty and finally died in battle.

Later, Xuanzong gave up Annan, in the final analysis, it was a misuse of people, which caused turmoil in many places in Annan, the cost of ruling remained high, and the imperial court was not very clear about the purpose of occupying Annan, so it was easy to give up.

But now, if the DPRK and China know that there are large-scale iron mines in Annam, and there are more than one place, with the interests of developing iron mines, they can bond the local heroes to a certain extent, and the imperial court may not give up Annam easily.

He Qiu denied Mu Chun's words, took a sip of wine and said.

"Annan is not as difficult to rule as you think, does the Marquis of Xiping know about the Red River?"

Mu Chun nodded, this river originates in Yunnan, and it is also a big river, he has been fighting in Yunnan for so long, of course he knows this river.

"The Red River flows from Yunnan through Annam and eventually converges into the sea, and the river feeds many cities in Annam, and as long as you go down the river, the distance from Yunnan to Annam is not as far as you think."

"What's more, most of those iron ores are distributed along the Red River, and it is very convenient to transport them."

Mu Chun was so excited that he accidentally spilled the wine glass, and the wine was stained, but he didn't care about this small detail, he just looked at He Qiu with burning eyes and asked.

"Is that true?"

He Qiu nodded.

Mu Chun really can't calm down now, if it is really like He Qiu said, the iron mines are near the Red River, and there must be a seaport when the Red River enters the sea, then the transportation of mines from Annan is not as difficult as imagined before.

And now that Liangshan is in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, the entire Annam is almost a smooth road, and there are not as many mountains as in Yunnan.

Thinking of this, Mu Chun was a little envious of the generals in Guangxi, no need to think about it, once this matter is known to the ministers of the court, there will definitely be many people who will be moved.

At least Zhu Di is absolutely excited, as far as Zhu Di knows from Mu Chun, he will definitely not be able to let go of the battle.

What's more, he is the crown prince now, and if he wants to prove that he is better than Zhu Biao to Zhu Yuanzhang underground in the future, he can only continue to expand his territory.

In this way, I am afraid that in a few years, the imperial court will take the initiative to conquer Annan, and maybe I will wait for Annan to give Daming an excuse to send troops.

Tang Zhao took a sip of wine, looked at He Qiu pitifully and said.

"Liangxianghou, I suddenly don't want to be in Yunnan anymore, do you think you can let the prince transfer me to Guangxi? I don't have high requirements, so I just arrange for me to guard the customs in Liangshan. ”

He Qiu looked at Tang Zhao a little speechlessly, how could he not have found out that he was so good at exploiting loopholes before.

"No, anyway, if you really want to attack Annam, the armies of Guangxi and Yunnan will definitely use it, and the climate is similar."

Feng Cheng saw that the topic was getting farther and farther, and hurriedly pulled the topic back to his own copper mine in Yunnan and spoke.

"You let the big guys go to the court and build waterways, I understand, but why do you have to spread the news to the low-ranking officers in the army? Even if they knew, it wouldn't make much sense, would it? ”

He Qiu poured wine for the three people in front of him, and said lightly.

"These low-level officers, and even ordinary non-commissioned officers, are all a family behind them, and only when they are profitable and can see the hope, will they stay in Yunnan with peace of mind."

"If you rely solely on the compulsory order of the imperial court, I'm afraid it won't be long before there will be a runaway, right?"

"As long as the soldiers and immigrants can realize that in Yunnan, they can earn money and become a family business, our food in Yunnan will be guaranteed, and Yunnan can truly be regarded as the Yunnan of the Ming Dynasty."

Otherwise, in the future, Mujiashi Town Yunnan will rely on a group of toasts close to the Ming Dynasty? Every time there is a rebellion, bring people to suppress it? That's too much pressure to rule, and it's not a good thing. ”

Mu Chun listened to He Qiu's words, and the corners of his mouth moved, he was really a good person.

Mu Chun can think of letting these soldiers start a family in Yunnan and take root here because many of them came to Yunnan with her father Mu Ying.

It's just out of a simple sympathy, but He Qiu really cares about the people, which in his opinion is much stronger than some officials in the court.

Mu Chun raised his wine glass and said to He Qiu.

"I thank you first for the millions of soldiers and civilians in Yunnan!"

Then he raised his head and drank the wine, and said with a somewhat confused look in his eyes.

"I've been in Yunnan for most of my life, and although I want to do something for these soldiers who fight with me, I always have more than enough to do."

Mu Chun squirmed his lips for a long time, and finally could only sigh.

"If only you could go to Yunnan earlier......

Tang Zhao said with a smile.

"Isn't it, I think this Xipinghou can also be replaced by He Qiu!"

Suddenly, the previously somewhat poignant atmosphere in the field was destroyed, and Mu Chun glared angrily at Tang Zhao.

"What do you mean by that? I know I'm not doing as well as He Qiu said now, but I'm still better than you! ”

Tang Zhao said eloquently.

"But I'm not the Marquis of Xiping!"