Qingxiu Mountain.

Qingxiu Department Tusi Meng Xiao is talking secretly with Ruan Xiufeng.

"Patriarch Meng, have you ever heard of some changes in the outside world in the 100,000 Great Mountains?"

Ruan Xiufeng asked leisurely:

"Today's outside world has undergone earth-shaking changes, how can the Mongolian patriarch know?"

Meng Xiao nodded slightly and replied:

"I've heard a thing or two."

"It is said that now there is a particularly powerful prefect in Hepu County, and this prefect is undergoing vigorous reform in Hepu County."

"There were even people from the government who came to call us out of the mountain, but I rejected."

"But I heard that the prefect is not a bad person, but gives free relief to the natives, and even distributes land."

"Patriarch Ruan, is there anything wrong with this?"

"The cat is tired of this, where does the prefect want to distribute food and land to us, it is clearly to enslave our natives, so he will do this."

Ruan Xiufeng's face was full of anger, and he said angrily:

"I was also called on by the government before, and they wanted me to take my people to Hepu County, claiming that when I got there, they would give us land and food, so that we could live a stable life."

"Every day at sunrise and sunset, enjoy the quiet and beautiful days."

"In order to find a good way out for my clansmen, I disguised myself as a wandering native by myself, and then secretly went to Hepu County."

"Patriarch Meng, do you know what I went through there?"

"What went through?"

Meng Xiao's eyes widened, a little incredulous.

And Ruan Xiufeng gritted his teeth and said:

"They treated me like a cow and a horse, and every day they either worked in the fields or on the construction site, and there was not a day of rest."

"Not only that, but the rice porridge they gave me was mixed with a lot of sand, and it was even worse than a beast."

"In addition, there are also the toasts of all departments, once they go, they will be immediately arrested by the prefect, and then sent to Yingtian, waiting to be beheaded."

"The Tusi of our Guangxi tribes were bewitched by the prefect, and more and more Tusi went to Hepu, and I came this time to ask the Mongolian patriarch to come out of the mountain and give justice to our Tusi."

Ruan Xiufeng did go to Hepu County, but he went to Weifu, and even pretended to be a homeless person.

In Hepu County, the displaced people will indeed be taken in as soon as possible, and then the cash-for-work will be implemented, and the rice porridge they drink is naturally still the old recipe, and the labor of the displaced people is also the lightest.

Because Li Jin considered that the homeless people were in poor health and could not do heavy work, he asked the homeless people to do some light work, and at the same time paid these homeless people.

However, Ruan Xiufeng is the patriarch, and he hasn't worked in person for many years, so he feels that the work is heavy.

Even in order to encourage Meng Xiao, he also concealed the payment of compensation in Hepu County.

Meng Xiao is a straightforward Chinese character, and when he heard that Hepu County actually treated the natives like this, he was immediately furious and said angrily:

"Bastard, I always thought that this Hepu County prefect was still a character."

"I can do some practical things to benefit the people, and I am more willing to appease the displaced people, help our natives, and treat us equally."

"But today, I understand that these are all illusions, and the prefect of Hepu County is clearly a villain."

"He tricked me into waiting for him, just to squeeze our natives, it's really damned!!"

"Patriarch Ruan, in order to reveal the true face of this person, I am willing to join forces with you, if there is anything that needs my help, just ask!"

Ruan Xiufeng saw that Meng Xiao was so upright, and a hint of joy suddenly flashed in his eyes, it seemed that he chose Meng Xiao as a breakthrough, and it was indeed right.

After sorting out his thoughts a little, Ruan Xiufeng immediately arched his hand and said:

"Patriarch Meng is righteous, you should be worshiped by me!"

"Patriarch Ruan, please rise, for the survival of our clan, Meng Xiao is duty-bound."

Meng Xiao helped Ruan Xiufeng up, and said solemnly:

"Please ask Patriarch Ruan to instruct, as long as Meng Xiao can do it, he will not refuse."

Ruan Xiufeng was overjoyed in his heart, his face was full of excitement, and he said to Meng Xiao:

"Patriarch Meng, we should first gather all the toasts we can get in touch with, and then expose the ugly face of the Ming Dynasty in front of everyone."

"Then we passed through the 100,000 mountains, quietly approached Hepu County, and launched a sudden blow to completely destroy Hepu County and rescue those oppressed clansmen."

"The prefect of Hepu County is extremely evil, and we have to arrest him and dig out his liver to comfort the souls of the toasts who were mutilated by him in the sky."

After Meng Xiao heard Ruan Xiufeng's plan, he was a little surprised, and he couldn't help but ask:

"Siege and kill officials?"

"Patriarch Ruan, are you going to take us to rebel?"

"Rebellion is a death."

In Meng Xiao's heart, at this moment, he thought of the scene when the Ming army pacified Guangxi.

At that time, he was not yet a Tusi, but he chose to follow the Ming army to conquer the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty, and because of this, he got the title of Tusi.

In the process of following the Ming army, he also realized that the Ming army was strong.

These Ming troops are like wolves and tigers, and their combat power is strong, and the opponents of the Yuan army, whether it is the Yuan army, or the arrogant and domineering Yuan Tusi, have been completely wiped out by the Ming army, all of them have been cut off their heads, and they are hung at the east gate for the world to see.

Meng Xiao didn't actually want to rebel in his heart, because he knew that the Ming army was strong, and once he angered the Ming army, I was afraid that the entire Qingxiu Mountain would be wiped out.

"Patriarch Meng, you are wrong, we are not rebelling, we are the people who rescued us."

Ruan Xiufeng's face was righteous and awe-inspiring, but his tone was extremely demagoguery, constantly agitating Meng Xiao.

"Now there are nearly 500,000 ethnic groups in Hepu County, who are suffering, is it possible that the Mongolian patriarch is watching them suffer?"

"I originally thought that the Mongolian patriarch was the great hero of our clan, so I came to the Mongolian patriarch to discuss important matters, but I didn't expect the Mongolian patriarch to be so cowardly."

"In that case, then ask the Mongolian patriarch to arrest me and take me to the official mansion to achieve the fame of the Mongolian patriarch!"

After speaking, Ruan Xiufeng closed his eyes, raised his head, and put his hands behind his back, looking heroic and righteous.

Meng Xiao's face was flushed and ashamed by Ruan Xiufeng's words, he hurriedly got up and bowed to Ruan Xiufeng three times, and said ashamedly:

"Meng Xiao said the wrong thing, please don't blame Patriarch Ruan."

Ruan Xiufeng saw Meng Xiao like this, so he got off the donkey, and instead of pretending to be forced, he began to reason with Meng Xiao:

"Patriarch Meng, the chaos of our native people is caused by the prefect of Hepu County, if we don't get rid of this thief, we will never be at peace."

"At that time, the Mongolian patriarch only needs to gather 100,000 warriors from the mountains, and after taking the prefect, I am willing to kill this thief with my own hands."

"When the time comes, I will bear all the blame, and I will never affect Brother Mengxiao."

"For the sake of millions of my people, I am willing to sacrifice myself in exchange for a hundred years of peace."

Seeing Ruan Xiufeng so righteous, Meng Xiao was almost ashamed to burrow into the cracks in the ground, he waved his hand again and again and said:

"Brother Ruan, no, since this matter is for the peace of our clan for a hundred years, I will share the crime with you."

"It's a big deal that I don't come out in the 100,000 mountains for a lifetime, I don't believe that the Ming army dares to break into the 100,000 mountains, this is our territory, as long as the Ming army dares to come, I will definitely let them come and have no return!"

"Brother Ruan, don't worry, I'll take care of this matter."

"In this way, thank you Brother Meng, and please ask Brother Meng to bother more about this matter."

Ruan Xiufeng hugged his fist at Meng Xiao, and then explained:

"I'll contact other tribes later, and on the fifteenth of next month, we will gather on Qingxiu Mountain to discuss the major affairs of Hepu County."

"Okay, I'll do my best in this matter."

Meng Xiao also hugged his fists, and the two most powerful Tusi tribes decided to join forces at this moment to face such a powerful enemy as the Ming Dynasty.

...

Annam, Hanoi.

When Li Jin was appointed as the political envoy of Annanbu, Fu Youde, Lan Yu and Zhu Di were greatly excited.

Although they discussed the plan of how to develop Annan before, before the holy decree was issued, they were not sure whether Zhu Yuanzhang would choose to annex Annan.

After all, Annan is also a vassal state of the former Ming Dynasty, and even if Annan is really annexed, who will be allowed to manage Annan? Will this person affect their plans?

These are all unknown factors, and because of this, Fu Youde Lanyu and the others are actually quite apprehensive.

Now that the boots have finally landed, Li Jinrong has been promoted to the political envoy of Annanbu, and he has jumped from the fifth product to the third product, which is really gratifying and happy.

Immediately, Li Jin held a banquet in the most luxurious restaurant, banqueting the generals of the army, as well as the officials who were sent to assist Li Jin in governing Annan, and several people carnivaled for three days and three nights before they began to formally develop the plan for Annan.

Li Jin was naturally still old-fashioned, transporting grain and grass, and then began to frantically implement large-scale infrastructure construction in Annan, using work for relief, and mobilizing the people of Annan to build roads and dig ditches for the Ming Dynasty.

In Li Jin's plan, Annan is different from Hepu County and Shanghu County.

It will become the most important agricultural base of Daming in the future, supplying grain, timber, fruits and most of the raw materials.

Therefore, when Li Jin was planning, he paid the most attention to two points, transportation and water conservancy.

The transportation is to facilitate the transportation of raw materials here in the future, and the water conservancy is to give Annan the most comfortable agricultural conditions, so that Annan can surpass the Jiangnan region in the next five years.

Under Li Jin's arrangement, hundreds of thousands of Annan laborers began to work in various parts of Annan in an orderly manner, and for these Annan people, they could only obtain food that could barely make ends meet by working for Li Jin.

Because the food in Annan was basically looted by the monarch and the prime minister of Annan before, these people still lost the food to live, and in addition to accepting Li Jin's conditions, they could only starve to death.

The Annan rebels who originally followed Zhu Di in rebellion were the first Annanites to be engaged in the slave trade by Li Jin.