Chapter 61 The Rise of Capitalists

It was not until two days later that the Ming army chasing Xiyang Ha gradually arrived at the Mongolian mountain stronghold.

Of course, Xiyang Ha’s head was brought back.

However, after Yang Feng left, Zhang Fu was suddenly attacked by thousands of enemy troops who came from nowhere. Although the enemy troops were repelled after a hard battle, the injured Jurchen soldiers all died for the Ming Dynasty because they insisted on participating in the battle.

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nice!

They are all warriors of the Ming Dynasty!

When Zhang Fu reported this incident, many officers behind him cried.

Moreover, all the Jurchen warriors including Bo Luo who were chasing Xiyang Ha were killed.

They were ambushed by Xiyang Ha.

This kind of thing is not surprising. As for how the fleeing Xiyang Ha achieved these miracles, and why only three of Zhang Fu's subordinates died...

Are these important?

It's not important at all!

The Jurchen warriors sacrificed their lives for the Ming Dynasty. It was a worthy death for them. They would receive gifts from the Ming Emperor, and their families would receive rewards from the Ming Emperor. Ambassador Yang even suggested that the King of Liao take the initiative to allocate part of the captured livestock to

Their families, in short, the seven thousand Jurchens completed their glorious mission in this way.

It turned into a bunch of hard dead bodies in this frozen wasteland.

Waiting for spring to rot into mud.

Immediately afterwards, the Liao king's army quickly completed the conquest of other surrounding Wujie tribes.

The King of Liao led his troops on his first expedition and achieved a brilliant victory. Each tribe beheaded 5,000 people, forced 4,000 to surrender, captured countless livestock, expanded the land for thousands of miles, and opened the waterway to Nuergan City. But then they turned into

Rest and recuperation, after all, it is impossible to go further in this season. It is so comfortable to drink, eat meat and roast fire in those villages. In this way, they rested until the beginning of spring. As spring returned to the earth, the army led by Zhu Di also arrived in Jilin, and then began to cut wood and build ships.

What's more important is transporting food. After all, they need to go on a long expedition.

You must know that the waterway from Jilin to Nurgancheng is probably no more than five thousand miles.

Just a lot more.

After all, this is a river walk, and rivers are all winding.

Thousands of miles away and back!

Jilin.

"So I think there is no need for us to go to Nurgan City all at once.

You can first go to Huli Gaijiangkou.

Then build a fortress there as a transit station to Nuergan, transport food there and store it. Moreover, if you frequently travel to and from Nuergan in the future, you will indeed need to build such fortresses along the way.

It's really easy for us to go to Nu'er. We can just follow the current and arrive in one breath.

But coming back is a countercurrent.

The round trip probably takes years, and after arriving at Nurgan City, troops must be stationed, regular inspections must be carried out, and post stations must be set up. All these must be done, and it will definitely not work without food. Since His Majesty did not say how long it will take to complete, let's take it step by step.

Come, build a fortress at Huli Gaijiang this year, and then continue northward from Huli Gaijiang next year."

In Zhu Di's handsome mansion, Yang Feng said to the map in front of him.

This is based on his watch.

It’s not like Liaodong didn’t have maps specially drawn.

Just take your time.

Therefore, the mountains and rivers on this map are already very detailed. The changes in the rivers in the Songhua River Basin are actually not very big, especially those mountainous tributaries.

Their flow direction is already the only choice.

There are mountains all around, how can it change?

"What the ambassador has always been obsessed with is probably going to Xiguan City to seize Timur, the fierce brother, right?"

Zhu Di sneered.

Although he knew the true purpose of Yang Feng's attack on the black pine forest, the behavior of these bastards in the Wu Zhe tribe was still too bad.

Of course, Zhu Di didn't think they were bad.

In fact, for a hero like him, the standard of good and evil does not exist, but this approach is very bad in terms of benefits. It is impossible for Zhu Zhi to kill all the Jurchens. Some of them must have escaped. According to various ministries

In return, at least five hundred Jurchens escaped from their blockade.

This is inevitable.

It's not like it's surrounded by a city wall.

Both sides are cavalry, so even if they attack by surprise, they will inevitably be blocked.

And that doesn’t even include what they didn’t encounter or miss.

So what are the consequences of these people escaping?

No Jurchen dares to submit voluntarily anymore!

It is impossible for the Ming Dynasty to really station a large number of troops in this area, which means that there will be no owner's land in this area, and the Ming Dynasty's main enemy, the Mongols on the grasslands, will develop here. They originally had nomads in Liaodong

, although the climate in this area is severely cold, at least the water and grass are abundant, much better than the Mobei grassland.

At least for the Mongols.

The Ming Dynasty was unable to maintain a large number of garrisons, and the result was that Mongolia returned to nomadism, and new border troubles formed in a few years.

What if you caress Jurchen?

They would fill the unclaimed land and block the Mongols from entering.

It is equivalent to garrisoning for the Ming Dynasty.

This is to break an arm of Mongolia.

But now that Yang Feng has done this, even if the Ming Dynasty takes the initiative to show its kindness, no Jurchen will dare to submit. They may even cooperate with the Mongols. Even if they do not cooperate with the Mongols, they will separate themselves to protect themselves and plunder from time to time.

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In this way, Ming Dynasty gained a difficult enemy out of thin air.

Although the number of these people is small, it is difficult to eliminate them even if they hide in the mountains and forests.

"This is indeed a plan."

Yang Feng said very frankly.

"The ambassador has killed all the Liaodong Jurchens. Who will stop the Mongols here in the future?"

Zhu Di said.

"Han people!"

"Does the ambassador think that a large army can be stationed in a place like this and military families can thrive?"

"Those Jurchens can do it, why can't they?"

"I'm afraid the ambassador doesn't know how many Jurchens starve to death every year. The Jurchens you see are all alive. You can't see the Jurchens who died of hunger and cold. Does the ambassador want me, a military household in the Ming Dynasty, to be such a savage?

Are you going to fend for yourself here?"

"So the king is accusing me of causing trouble for your Ming Dynasty?"

"snort!"

Zhu Di sneered.

Yang Feng looked at His Highness King Yan.

"Since it's me who has caused trouble for you, Ming Dynasty, let me solve this problem! I have a way to solve it, but it depends on whether your Majesty has the courage."

he said.

"explain!"

"It's very simple. There is no need for the Ming court to send troops here. As a Daxia citizen, I come to your Ming Dynasty to invest."

"Invest, invest?"

"Yes, invest!

At that time, we called it the introduction of foreign investment, which meant that foreigners invested and did business. I came to invest in you, rent the wasteland of your Ming Dynasty here, and hire your Ming Dynasty civilians to open up wasteland here. You can ask me to collect taxes and rent. These are all

It's easy to say, I'll give those civilian workers wages, and the grain I produce will be sold to you for military supplies.

Of course, considering how dangerous this place is, these civilians must carry weapons.

But only carry legal weapons.

That is, a cold weapon.
To be continued...