Emperor Hongzhi sighed: "Thank you for your hard work, thank you for your hard work."

This sentence of hard work is really from the heart. After hearing this, Xiao Jing burst into tears. He only listened to His Majesty's heart-warming words. Xiao Jing seemed to feel that this trip was worth it.

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes immediately fell on Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan was breathing and was out of breath, and then said: "My son... I've seen Your Majesty..."

Xiao Jing was stunned when he heard the heavy breathing sound, and the warm current in his heart suddenly became a little cold.

Emperor Hongzhi's eyes were inevitably more gentle.

Just now, Xiao Jing was full of energy and knelt down and cried like rain, although it made Emperor Hongzhi feel quite touched.

But obviously... Xiao Jing has such a qi, so he must be coming calmly.

But Fang Jifan is different. Fang Qing's family has changed their past chatter, but they are out of breath. Could it be... they came here all the way?

Although he is young, he must pay attention to his body.

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but sigh that the young man was so unwilling to take care of himself, and he was not in a hurry for this moment.

Emperor Hongzhi said, "Come on, give Fang Qing's family a seat."

really……

Xiao Jing's face was tense, and he knew that he was the one who worked hard.

Without saying a word, he immediately grew up. Without waiting for the little eunuch to react, he hugged a Jindun in a daze and barely smiled at Fang Jifan.

Fang Jifan sat down calmly: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty..." Fang Jifan cleared his throat and said loudly: "My disciple Wang Shouren has already rushed back from Ural. He has been ordering to seek the west for several years. After returning this time, he is exhausted. Mr. was originally pitying his hard work and wanted him to take a break, but he insisted on entering the palace to meet him and report about Ural. After thinking about it, he followed him."

Only then did Emperor Hongzhi notice Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren saluted Emperor Hongzhi with a expressionless face: "I have met Your Majesty."

Emperor Hongzhi has already had a deep impression of Wang Shouren.

He nodded, cheered up, and then said, "How is it, what's there? I heard that the Qing family led troops across the Ural Mountain and then farmed on the western foot of the mountains, right?"

Wang Shouren said: "Report to Your Majesty, that's exactly what it is."

He paused and then said, "After I led my troops to cross the mountains, the Ural Mountain is a natural barrier. Not only is the weather bad, but the roads are extremely unsmooth. However, facing the entire west of Ural, there are thousands of miles of fertile fields. Although it is severely cold and the weather is bad, the land is mostly swamped. When it comes to winter, it will be muddy and difficult to walk. But here... the land is still fertile. It is even more fertile to go west. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a granary for thousands of miles."

Thousand Miles Granary...

When many people heard this, they couldn't help but feel warm.

In fact, there are not many places in the world that are truly suitable for growing food.

However, the Han people have the simple concept that food is the most important thing for the people. And because of the large population, whether it is fertile land or ordinary mountains and fields, you have to make food for you.

But looking at the whole world, there are not many places that are truly suitable for growing grain. As for this thousand-mile granary, there are only a handful of people who can be called this in the Ming Dynasty.

"Oh? Is that?" Emperor Hongzhi frowned.

"It is precisely that a large number of Tatars migrated and settled down to the west of Urals. According to their description, I was also very concerned about this, so I ordered people to organize an expedition team, including the lieutenant of the Tuntian Guard. They had been drawing maps and surveying the land for more than a year, and brought back this very useful information."

When the monarch and ministers heard this, they were moved. They could imagine that a group of people stayed away from their settlements and went to a strange place, traveling thousands of miles, and traveled for a year. The risks and pains they suffered, even those who had not experienced them here would be worried about them.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed and said, "The world is so great that it has opened my eyes. My Ming Dynasty used to be only focused on Jiangnan, but it was really short-sighted."

This is the truth.

Because since Wang Shouren dares to say that this is a thousand-mile granary, then... it must be another Jiangnan.

Even if it is the Golden Continent, although the land is fertile, most of it is an undeveloped barren land, which requires generations of reclaiming to become a granary.

Wang Shouren said: "This Ural is undoubtedly a natural barrier between the Ming Dynasty and the granary, which makes the army's supply extremely difficult. Because of this, I did not greedy for merit and advance repurchase, but first carried out military farming on the western foot of Ural to recruit refugees of all races. If the Happiness Group wants to continue to advance westward, it is impossible to rely on the supply of the Ming Dynasty. Only by establishing supplies in the western foot of Ural can we continue to use troops westward."

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but nod.

Being greedy for merit and making progress is a taboo in military strategists.

Wang Shouren is obviously not just a general, but a smart person. What he is thinking about is the future.

When the Han and Tang dynasties were strong, they spread the world and the powerful Han army and Tang soldiers even arrived in Persia and fought in India.

But so what? After all, these places cannot last long, even if they are defeated, they cannot be occupied for a long time.

Wang Shouren's strategy is completely different.

If he wins a great victory west of Ural, it is certainly gratifying and has achieved great fame. But what? The final result may be to become the end of the strong, and the final result of the victory will be like a flash in the pan.

Wang Shouren chose... but a more terrifying tactic. He began to farm, plant food, recruit troops, refugees, and even people of all races who were bullied by the Ross.

As long as food is planted in the field, the population will gradually increase and the number will gradually become more and more. This bad weather and the muddy land will certainly be unfavorable to the Xingfu Group's march westward, but to some extent, it will be greatly unfavorable to the Ross expelling the Xingfu Group's power. This is enough to give Wang Shouren huge room to play.

Wang Shouren said: "After I brought my people to the western foothills, I found that although the land there could not be planted with wheat and rice, the muddy land was unique for potatoes, and the yield per mud can be as high as 2,000 kilograms. With this potato, I dare to assert that as many as ten years or as few as three to five years, the Ming Dynasty could organize a hundred thousand troops to erode the west without a grain of food."

Emperor Hongzhi kept nodding. Although he had long heard of Wang Shouren's strategy, it was completely different from what Wang Shouren mentioned in person.

Wang Shouren is a very thoughtful person. He has the patience, can see the right time, can be civil and military, can kill enemies on horseback, can get off horseback, and can also bring people to farm... This person... was actually Professor Fang Jifan. Emperor Hongzhi was shocked and couldn't help but look at Fang Jifan sitting aside, and said in his heart: "It should be like this to have a child."

This is an extremely steady strategy. Even Emperor Hongzhi is now starting to worry about the Ross people. When they meet Wang Shouren, they can only be considered unlucky.

He calmed down a little: "I have heard that your family recruits refugees and educates people of all ethnic groups?"

"Yes." Wang Shouren nodded and said, "Your Majesty, the people in the world, no matter where they come from, have birth, old age, sickness and death. What they ask for is only a stable day, they ask for... they will not starve to death. The Tatars in the Urals were hungry and cold, and were repeatedly occupied and robbed by the Ross people, which had long reached an unbearable level. Most of these Tatars were descendants of the Mongol Yuan, and it was already terrible at this time. Given that the Urals were bitter and cold, they could not migrate large numbers of refugees from the pass, so they must rely on these Tatars."

Next, it was obvious that Emperor Hongzhi was most concerned about.

Are these Tatars...reliable?

If it is unreliable, wouldn’t it be a loss for the whole game?

But if it is reliable... to educate the Tatars... isn't this the dream of many Confucian scholars since ancient times?

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Chapter completed!