The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 625 The Three Desperate Brothers
A team of camels walked in the yellow sand in the sky.

People wear headscarves to block the wind and sand from pouring into their mouths and noses. In such weather, people don’t need to wear clothes to cover themselves. It may be difficult for them to even breathe, let alone walk in the wild for a long time.

After finally encountering a hillside, people were overjoyed and immediately came to the foot of the hillside to escape the wind and sand.

The camels were gathered in a corner and looked after by specialized people. There were also people who counted the supplies carried by the camels. The supplies were their necessities and must not be careless.

Several staff members in Chinese uniforms gathered around the spread map to identify their locations.

The West is too big.

Big enough to feel hopeless.

If you lose your direction and have no supplies, death is what awaits you.

This place is not like the mainland. No matter which direction you go in the mainland, there are always roads. It won't be long before you encounter villages or markets, and you may also encounter cities, counties, and the like.

In the vast western region, it is not surprising to see no human habitation for half a month. Even in some large uninhabited areas, no one can be seen for two or three months.

The even more daunting desert is called the place of death by local people.

The staff of the Exploration Department of the Ministry of Industry visited Samarkand, Bukhara, Jizzak, Navoi, Gilistan, Tashkent, Karsi, Kurgan Tyube, Tursunzad, Nurek, etc. There are more than [-] areas in size.

According to the plan of His Royal Highness, these areas will become the core areas of Ming Dynasty's main governance, with Samarkand as the center, and then the various Xuanwei divisions will become the screen vassals of these places.

Samarkand relies on the advantage of getting rich first to drive the surrounding economy, and continuously radiates to the periphery, absorbing wealth and productivity from each Xuanwei department, and forcing each Xuanwei department to obtain external benefits to sustain itself.

From the map, all the plain areas in the great desert are included.

Later, the southern region of Kazakhstan, the northern and central-western regions of Uzbekistan, the central and central-eastern regions of Turkmenistan, the northern region of Afghanistan, and even the Tianshan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan.

It just formed a huge circle. Originally, such an environment was impossible for people to survive. In addition to a small part of the plain area within the circle, there was also an oasis area around the midpoint of the circle.

in short.

It was the land that Zhu Gaochi planned to extend to Tashkent in the north, Barihei in the south, Bukhara in the west, and Almaty in the east that became the core area of ​​the Ming Dynasty in the west.

"With this land, based on domestic technology, we can theoretically support 1000 million Ming people."

several years.

There are more than a dozen teams like them, traveling across dozens of Tusi areas, large and small, or, according to the locals, dozens of kingdoms, large and small.

For these chieftains, some people from the mainland habitually call them Ming officials, but the local people still call them kings, which makes many people from the mainland feel ridiculous.

Such a chieftain can also be called a king. There are at least hundreds of kings in the Ming Dynasty, plus the various Xuanweisi in Nanyang, there must be tens of thousands.

But some kingdoms are really big.

For example, the Kingdom of Salbieter in the land of Sabzawal, or the Kingdom of Qiangtai, or the Kingdom of Khorasan, etc.

These vassals that originally submitted to the Timur Khanate survived the Timur period, and now they have also submitted to the Ming Dynasty, and the largest ones have preserved their own kingdoms. They are very smart.

It would be wrong to say that they had no intention of resisting. The Tamerlane Khanate did not know how to be considerate. The reason why these kingdoms were not conquered was not only to avoid killing the goose to obtain the eggs, but also because these kingdoms had a certain strength, so they allowed these independent existences.

"There are 1000 million people. Our Ming Dynasty only has hundreds of millions of people."

Another scholar laughed.

The sergeants checked the camel's body, and some local guides communicated with the officers. After knowing the location of the place and the surrounding situation, several staff members were protected.

They are not only members of the Exploration Department, but also have the status of scholars.

Relying on their own skills and ancestral skills, and even the knowledge learned in training, many people have achieved the status of scholars, although most of them are low-level.

"So it will take at least 20 years to completely digest this land and develop it."

"We still have to build a railway."

"Building railroads is not easy."

The chats of several scholars attracted many soldiers. They did not understand these principles, so the conversations between scholars often allowed the soldiers to learn more news.

"If it's just mountains and rivers, it's nothing more than paving roads and building bridges. We Han people are not afraid of hardship. We can build tens of thousands of miles of Great Wall on mountain cliffs. Nowadays, let alone tens of thousands of miles, we dare to build railways of 10,000+ miles."

A scholar sighed: "But it's different here. The desert here will change and flow. Even if the Railway Engineering Department grits its teeth and uses all its strength to build the railway, it will be invaded and buried by sand in a few years. In the desert.”

"Treat the yellow sand like a river, build bridges and raise railways."

Another scholar quipped.

"To put it lightly, how much manpower will be used? Not to mention the manpower alone, just the cement and steel bars used to cast the bridge piers will be consumed. I am afraid that with the efforts of the whole country, it will take at least ten to 20 years."

The wind and sand stopped, and the team was back on the road.

From Kulyab they returned to Karshi.

The Ming Dynasty implemented a governor and governor system in the western region. The governor was a civilian, and the governor was a military general. There was a garrison for each city. The garrison of Kalsi was stationed in the city, and the guerrilla generals led the army to leave Kalsi.

The emperor is here.

Disobedience must be punished.

The winner is not blamed, the winner is the king and the loser is the enemy.

The Ming Dynasty defeated Timur. Although it did not fully recover the territory of the Timur Khanate, the best places in the east were all occupied by the Ming Dynasty. Except for those who surrendered on the battlefield, only those who surrendered on the battlefield were left behind by the original Timur army. He was given a way to survive but was not released back to freedom.

A large number of tribes were swept away, including the two tribes of Nikoteli and Herzalai along the Amu Darya River that originally passed through Bukhara.

These forces that were inextricably linked to the Timur Khanate were either moved to areas farther west, or were completely eliminated by the Ming army because they helped the Timur Khanate, thus weakening the resistance in the core areas to the greatest extent. foundation.

In addition to the Buddhist temples and Taoist temples built in the Samarkand area, as well as the government schools, and the various royalizations promoted in various places, many chieftains were not convinced.

The most important thing is that under the governance of the Ming Dynasty, these areas became increasingly wealthy and continuously absorbed the surrounding population.

A large number of poor people were recruited by the Ming Dynasty Industrial Bureau to work on the manor farmland.

Although life is hard, the poor have food to eat.

The only fly in the ointment is that they can't get a wife, and they don't have the money to marry a wife. On the other hand, those who immigrated from the Ming Dynasty not only have high wages, but some also have large tracts of land.

Relying on the organizational strength of centralized production, the people of Ming Dynasty became the richest group in the local area.

A poor man cannot get a wife.

Rich people can have more wives.

The people in the mainland who are unwilling to move do not know that the people who come to the border areas are not as good as them in material and entertainment, but in some aspects they are far superior to the people in the mainland.

Just like later generations.

The same workers, those who are sent abroad, especially those who go to economically backward areas, some even have many children with locals, and many of them return to their countries.Even so, they are still popular with local women.

This is the difference between economic development and economic backwardness. It is not because of any institutional civilization, but because of human nature.

Sabuzawa'er's Sa'erbieta'er went to the monarch Ali Mahamo.

He is very wealthy.

The wealth of the entire kingdom is in his palace. In his palace, he collects beauties from all over the country. They live a life of luxury and debauchery every day. It can be said that he is one of the happiest people in this era.

Before the Ming Dynasty came, he surrendered to the Timur Khanate.

One-third of the kingdom's wealth was supplied to the Timur Khanate. Timur liked Ali Mahmo very much, so with the support of Timur, Ali Mahmo sat firmly on the throne.

But what.

Some nobles in the Salbieter Kingdom were dissatisfied.

The wealth given to the Timur Khanate mainly came from them. What wealth can the common people have? Their lives are not extravagant, so they maintain a certain amount of force.

But Ali Mahamo and his cronies had been depraved for many years and did not know that danger was coming.

They still handed over one-third of their domestic wealth to the Samarkand Dusi of the Ming Dynasty.

Such a good vassal king made the officials of the Samarkand Dusi smile from ear to ear. In comparison, even Goryeo, which always claimed to be the most respectful courtier, could not compare to Ali Mahamo.

Anyway, the Kingdom of Salbieter was not in the core area of ​​the Ming Dynasty, so the officials of the Samarkand Dusi continued to praise the king here.

This situation made King Ali Mahamo very proud.

He believed that his methods were extraordinary, and under his leadership, the kingdom still maintained peace.

Just that.

He ignored the interests that were used to protect his own prosperity and wealth, which affected the interests of others. He also forgot that the barrel of a gun was the foundation of everything.

this day.

A nobleman named Erkuer led his army into the capital on the appointed day, gaining support from the nobles whose interests had been harmed. The size of the army once reached more than 2 people.

If history does not change, he will be one of the first batch of vassal kings to initiate conflict with the fragmented Timur Khanate after the death of Timur, and stand on the body of the Timur Khan. A number of kingdoms emerged.

Although this kingdom did not last long due to fierce war conflicts in Central and Western Asia.

Erkul won the support of a large number of nobles and became the new king.

The first thing he did when he took office was to stop paying tribute. Even if he knew that Ming Dynasty was very powerful, this was something that Erkuer could not change. The reason why he rebelled was because of this, and those who supported him suffered greatly from it. of nobles.

No matter how corrupt King Ali Mahamo was, there were pros and cons in everything.

Although he exploited the interests of the nobles of Ekul and made the people in the country miserable, the Kingdom of Salbieter was still the most populous and largest kingdom in the area.

No matter how bad the order is, it is better than no order at all.

Compared with those kingdoms that were destroyed by the troops of the Timur Khanate, the Kingdom of Sarbieter at least prevented the people from being massacred.

There is hope only when people are alive, right?

The Kingdom of Sarbieter is located in the Khwarezm area. The Khwarizm Empire was defeated by Timur. It was also the first big goal of Timur's Western Expedition. It is [-] miles away from Yulong Jiechixuanweisi and Mulu. Xuanwei Division is two thousand miles apart.

The officials of Samarkand Dusi don't really care about such a long distance.

They told the local people that as long as they continued to abide by the original rules, they could recognize the new king. However, they did not expect that the new king refused. If he refused, they could still negotiate.

In fact, Samarkand Dusi’s appetite for paying tribute every year is not that big.

But what they didn't expect was that the new king had no intention of negotiating. He chose to stand on his own feet.

Coupled with the prestige and strength of the Salbieter Kingdom, it soon became the hope of opposing the forces of the Ming Dynasty. More and more kings and leaders responded to the Salbieter Kingdom, some merged, and some echoed each other.

more importantly.

The location of Salbieter's kingdom made it difficult for Zhu Neng.

Let's talk about it far, it is indeed very far, but it is not so far away that it has no contact with the Samarkand area. In such a place, coupled with the opponent's strength is not weak, and there are currently accumulated surrounding resistance forces, Zhu Neng can't help but Too daring to risk an expedition.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty doesn't care much about the Salerbietaier Kingdom at the moment. If you don't admit it, just admit it. Anyway, the Ming Dynasty's current tentacles don't extend that far. It's just a matter of hitting a few poles with some jujubes and no jujubes. It doesn't matter if you don't get anything. The harvest is better.

However, the Kingdom of Sarbieter became the rear area of ​​the resistance forces, which made Ming very dissatisfied.

The resistance forces were playing hide and seek with the Ming army.

Then they were able to obtain the necessary supplies from the Salbieter Kingdom, and thus formed a long-term confrontation with the Ming army. In the most egregious case, a rebel army attacked the settlements in the Mulu area over a long distance.

This situation can no longer be solved by making small fuss.

It is also different from the war in which Huozhen led his troops to exterminate the rebel tribes in Almaty.

So Zhu Di came in person.

And brought tens of thousands of troops.

After several years of accumulation in the western region and supplies from the interior, the Ming Dynasty assembled an army of [-] in Samarkand, [-] native soldiers, and a civilian team composed of more than [-] local indigenous people.

The army wiped out all the tribes along the way.

After several battles, it finally took five days and four nights to break through the capital city of Jusare, a city built on a mountain with a population of 2 at Ares Lake in the eastern part of the Salt Sea.

When the war is over.

This place is already terrible, with scars everywhere.

Then the various ministries of the Ming army swept away the forces that responded to the rebel kingdom along the way, not sparing any tribe.

An old friend thousands of miles away.

Tamerlane's third son Miranshah had died of illness in Qazvin. His eldest son Khalil inherited the throne of Khan. He and his two younger brothers learned that the Ming army had arrived in the coastal area, especially after the news of the Ming Emperor's personal expedition. The junior was shocked.

They thought about it and decided to send envoys to congratulate the Ming Emperor while preparing their troops. If the Ming Dynasty came to attack them, they would resist to the death.

The Ottoman Empire, which had been defeated by their grandfather, had risen again.

No matter how decisive their grandfather's actions were in West Asia and the depth of the evil he committed, they would be in a difficult situation. The harsh external environment left them with no way out.

On one side is the Ming Dynasty, which killed their grandfather, and on the other side is the Ottoman Empire, which wants to kill them all. The three brothers are very desperate.

(End of this chapter)