Lin Jianzhang's words are very rough, but it is indeed true.

Whether it was Lin Jianzhang or Yue Zhongqi, it can be seen from their unremarkable expressions that the two great generals were like this, not to mention the ordinary soldiers below. Although Tang Quan had a thorough investigation of the situation in the northwest before coming, he did not expect that the seemingly inconspicuous situation was so serious.

Tang Quan did not refuse, nor did he get sloppy with them, and immediately made a statement to Yue Zhongqi and Lin Jianzhang.

With Tang Quan's promise, Yue Zhongqi and Lin Jianzhang were relieved. Then the three of them ate and chatted. The latter carefully introduced the current situation in various parts of the Western Regions to Tang Quan. He said that the details were detailed, and simply stopped drinking. He directly asked someone to take the map and spread it on the table. He pointed at the map to introduce Tang Quan.

The next day after Tang Quan was in Hami, he took people to inspect the surrounding area. Hami is located in the throat channel in the eastern Western Regions. The Tianshan Mountains lie across Hami and are divided into the south and north of the mountains.

The forests, grasslands, snow-capped mountains and glaciers in the north of the mountain are integrated. The Hami Basin in the south of the mountain is an oasis on the alluvial plain, surrounded by the majestic Gobi Desert. Except for the Hami Basin, the rest are full of mountains, rivers, hills, Gobi, etc.

After a few days of investigation, Tang Quan finally chose the area near the Tianshan Mountains. The water resources here are relatively rich. Although there are large hills, they are relatively gentle. It is most suitable as the first farm of the Construction Corps in the Western Regions.

The first phase of the entire farm is more than 300 miles in radius. The first step will be to reclaim about 100,000 mu of land. Half of these 100,000 mu of land is planted with wheat and corn, and the other half is planted with various types of vegetables. In addition to these crops, the entire farm also has animal husbandry. Cattle and sheep were originally produced in the Western Regions. Since it was the Construction Corps, it was naturally impossible for them to give up animal husbandry. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty's war against the Western Regions will replace infantry with cavalry, so there is a huge demand for war horses in the northwest army of the Ming Dynasty.

According to the organization of the Construction Corps, the entire Construction Corps initially had about 100,000 people, of which about 30,000 retired soldiers, and the remaining 70,000 were the families of these soldiers and ordinary people.

From the current perspective, the number of people is far from reaching 100,000, and not even half of them. According to the current retirement of the Northwest Army and the relocation and resettlement of their families, the total amount will take at least one year to reach it.

However, this is not a bad thing for Tang Quan. Too many people at once is not conducive to his work. Instead, it is better to proceed step by step. Besides, Tang Quan now has less than 30,000 military and civilians. At present, this number is enough.

The address of the farm was selected, and the next time was to do practical things. Tang Quan had been in charge of logistics work for so many years and was not comparable to that of ordinary people. Moreover, he brought many capable old subordinates this time. In less than a month, as countless wooden houses and water conservancy facilities in the farm rose, the entire farm began to look like this.

In early August, the farm finally had its first output.

Some of the vegetables grown on the farm are now produced. The vegetables grown on the farm are now basically chili, carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, and of course, there are also common cabbages and cabbages in the Central Plains.

Some vegetables have long cycles and are not far from being ripe and picked, but some vegetables are ready to eat after a short growth period.

Although the first batch of real output was not much, and many of the vegetables planted this time grew unsatisfactory in the Western Regions. I didn’t know what kind of vegetables to plant in the Western Regions were suitable before. I could only add trial seeds based on the fact that people had planted them in the Western Regions, so as to finally select the most suitable variety.

But even this is an amazing achievement. When several trucks of various types of vegetables were delivered to the Northwest Army barracks, even Yue Zhongqi and Lin Jianzhang were alarmed. Seeing the car full of colorful vegetables, Lin Jianzhang's eyes suddenly became angry and rushed over and grabbed a small cabbage and broke it off and stuffed it into his mouth. He bit it down, his mouth full of the fragrance of vegetable juice, which made Lin Jianzhang so comfortable that he even narrowed his eyes.

"Okay! OK!"

Lin Jianzhang was dancing happily, looking at these big trucks of vegetables and having fun.

The Construction Corps has output, although not much, this is a good sign, just like what is the saying? Now that winter is coming, will spring be far away?

Tang Quan is worthy of being Tang Quan, and he is doing beautiful things. It is not wrong for the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to place Tang Quan in this position. With the Construction Corps to relieve the worries of the Northwest Army, it is the best news for Yue Zhongqi and Lin Jianzhang these days.

Not to mention Tang Quan's great cause of "farming" in the Western Regions, on the Mongolian grassland, King Ortai of Shunyi frowned in the palace of Baoketu, as if he was a little difficult to decide on what was going on.

In the eyes of outsiders, Ortai was the King of Shunyi of the Ming Dynasty, the nominal leader of the northern Mongolian grasslands, and a high-ranking figure in the eyes of ordinary people.

But Ortai knew that his status as the King of Shunyi was really embarrassing, and his power was far less than ordinary people imagined.

Ortai was not a Mongolian, he was a Manchu. It was a coincidence that he entered the grassland. When the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty started a war, Ortai, as the minister of the Qing Dynasty's Shangshu, and a close minister of Kangxi, and later the hero of Jianxing, was ordered to lead troops to command the Mongolian troops to fight with the Ming Dynasty.

It is precisely for this reason that Ortai led Mongolia and even launched the Battle of Mobei to win over Russia, which was the original Rakshasa Kingdom, thus dividing the three divisions of Mobei with Russia.

In the battle of the northern desert, Ortai suppressed the Mongolian tribes with powerful force and established a unique authority on the Mongolian grasslands. But Ortai never expected that just when he planned to unite the Mongolian tribes and continue to serve the Qing Dynasty and go south to fight against the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty's backyard caught fire.

Jianxing was imprisoned and Yongzheng took office. Ortai's ally in the court was beheaded by Yongzheng. At that time, Ortai had just lost a place in Shanxi and retreated to Mongolia.

Due to the great changes in the Qing court, although Yongzheng promised Ortai that he would not blame him and asked Ortai to lead his troops to return to the center of the Qing court and send troops to support the Qing army in Liaodong, Ortai's mentality changed at that time. He knew clearly that his backstage was gone and his allies in the court were also dead. Yongzheng's words were not trustworthy at all. Once he believed Yongzheng's words and fell into the trap, then the outcome of waiting for him could be imagined.

For this reason, Ortai rejected Yongzheng's order, and his actions were equivalent to tearing his face apart from Yongzheng.

Under such circumstances, Ortai could only part ways with the Qing court, but it was not easy to become independent in Mongolia with his identity and status. In order to protect himself and his subordinates, Ortai simply extended an olive branch to the Ming Dynasty and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty.

But even so, Ortai has the title of King Shunyi of Mongolia because he is not a Mongolian person. This is a bit unreasonable in the eyes of many Mongolian tribes and Taiji.

In addition to his own military strength, Ortai must rely on the support of the Ming Dynasty. Only with the strong backing of the Ming Dynasty can those Mongolians who are incompatible with him be able to suppress it.

For his own status and power, Ortai could only lean towards the Ming Dynasty and rely on the Ming Dynasty to maintain his rule in Mongolia.

But this result was exactly what the Ming Dynasty was willing to see. The reason why the Ming Dynasty gave the title of King Shunyi to Ortai was also due to this consideration. If Ortai was a real Mongol, it would not be a good thing for the Ming Dynasty, because Ortai was not a Mongolian, which would be more conducive to the Ming infiltration of Mongolia.

Over the years, as the Ming Dynasty's support for Ortai gradually increased, the Ming Dynasty infiltrated the Mongolian grasslands more and more. Moreover, because of Korqin, the Ming Dynasty not only forcibly tied Ortai and other Mongolian tribes to the chariots, but also continued to deepen in the Mongolian grasslands from commercial, cultural and even military aspects with legitimate reasons to attack the remnants of Korqin.

These changes are obvious, especially in the Baoketu place.

The influence and infiltration of the Ming Dynasty were actually a good thing for ordinary Mongolians, because the merchants of the Ming Dynasty could bring them the goods they needed, and at the same time they could sell their cattle, sheep, horses and even fur, dairy products, etc. that were not of great use before, which made ordinary Mongolians profit in the circulation of goods.

The Ming army and Mongolian cavalry guarded the grassland together, prevented and repelled the damn Korqin remnants, and prevented them from burning, killing and looting on the Mongolian grassland. These brought visible benefits to ordinary Mongolians and also made ordinary Mongolians gradually become closer to the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!