Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

Chapter 124 124: The grassland is divided again, and the Zhungeer tribe rises!

I believe that it won't take long, at most a year and a half, before the Zhungeer tribe can truly compete with the Oara tribe and the Tatar tribe, and this is without the need for Zhu Yue to intervene!

But at present, Zhu Yue still needs to provide some military supplies to the Zhungeer tribe, so that the Zhungeer tribe can have the strength to compete with the Oara and Tatar tribes!

As a result, the Mobei area will be split into three forces, which will restrain each other. No one dares to act rashly, lest they become a wedding dress for a third party!

The more Mobei is divided, the more beneficial it will be for Ming Dynasty!

The original Zhungeer tribe obeyed the orders of the Oara tribe!

It is the normal state of the grasslands for small tribes to join powerful tribes or forces. To put it nicely, they admire the strong and worship the strong. To put it badly, they are shameless and they will rebel if they want to!

During Zhu Yue's Northern Expedition, the Zhungeer tribe was only a medium-sized tribe sent by the Oara tribe to serve as cannon fodder. In the end, due to their defeat, the Zhungeer tribe suffered heavy casualties and was reduced to a small tribe!

In Zhu Yue's opinion, the more conflicts between the major tribes in the grassland, the better!

Moreover, it can be said that the Zhungeer tribe is now under his control, Zhu Yue, and it is also the most important chess piece for him to unify Mobei in the future!

Of course, Zhu Yue would not be as shameless as the Wala tribe and treat the Zhungeer tribe as his cannon fodder!

Even if it was directed at Saijia Sutushan and Zhu Xifeng, mother and son, he would not do that!

Of course, the only thing to worry about is whether the Oara tribe and the Tatar tribe may join forces to destroy the Zhungeer tribe first!

But he Zhu Yue is not a decoration!

It would be fine if the Oara tribe and the Tatar tribe did not unite. If they did unite, he would not mind sending troops directly from Hamiwei to speed up the unification of the grasslands!

It's just that he doesn't have that much energy to take care of these things at the moment, or in his opinion, it's not that time yet!

"Let the Zhungeer tribe calm down for a while. What they need to do now is not to expand, but to settle down and stabilize their foundation!"

"In addition, please inform me that from now on, there will be no restrictions on the movement of the Zhungeer tribe's caravans!"

Zhu Yue thought for a while and then gave instructions directly to Zhao Jian.

He plans to let the Jungar tribe focus on development first. He wants to make the Jungar tribe the most prosperous tribe on the grassland!

Sometimes war does not have to be fought with real swords and guns, it can also be an economic war!

The Jungar tribe has already made great progress, and if it continues, it will easily lead to trouble. After all, it has risen rapidly in a short period of time, and the integration of the small and medium-sized tribes within it is the most unstable factor!

We need to make all the small tribes realize that they can live a good life by following the Jungar tribe. Only by forming a sharp contrast with the Oara and Tatar tribe can the rapidly growing Jungar tribe become rock solid!

On the one hand, those who follow the Oara tribe can only be used as cannon fodder, on the other hand, those who enjoy the food and drink spicy food, those on the grassland are still waiting and watching, and even the small and medium-sized tribes under the rule of the Oara tribe and Tatars will naturally have a consideration in their hearts!

What Zhu Yue has to do now is to let the Zhungeer tribe develop as much as possible in all aspects, and at the same time start to crush the Oara and Tatar tribes from all aspects!

Especially after there are no restrictions on trade between the Zhungeer Tribe and Hanzhong, those tribes that are jealous of the Zhungeer Tribe will inevitably be more inclined to join the Zhungeer Tribe!

This is reality. In the face of interests, even the tribes controlled by the Oara tribe and the Tatar tribe may be tempted!

If the Oara tribe and the Tatar tribe want to break the situation, they may have to go to war directly with the Zhungeer tribe!

Again, if you take him out alone, none of the Zhungeer tribe will be afraid!

If the two join forces, they will need to send troops from the Hami Guard to support them, and the outcome waiting for Oara and the Tatar tribe will be even more miserable!

But this is only a matter of time!

After Zhao Jian left, Zhu Yue came to the study and saw Mrs. Li who was busy.

"Your Highness, are you out of seclusion?"

Seeing Zhu Yue's return, Mrs. Li quickly stood up and picked up a calculated account from the table.

"kindness?"

"What's the matter?"

Seeing this, Zhu Li knew something was wrong!

"This is a promotion plan for horse-drawn carriages and rickshaws based on your previous instructions!"

Li handed the plan he had prepared in front of Zhu Li like a treasure.

Because the first batch of rubber-tyred horse-drawn carriages and a rickshaw called a rickshaw designed by Zhu Li had already been produced, Zhu Li only gave a general direction for the subsequent promotion and application plan, and the rest was basically Everything was left to Li to handle.

Mainly, Zhu Yue also wanted to test Li's unique execution ability!

"Huh? It's done so quickly?"

"Thanks for your hard work!"

Zhu Yue was a little surprised when he heard this. He took the plan prepared by Li and started to look at it!

"It was done two days ago, but it's a pity that you are not in the palace!"

Li said with a smile.

After Zhu Yue looked at Li's plan, he didn't see any big problems. They were all sorted out according to what he had explained before!

For example, the rickshaw was a means of transport that became popular in the streets during the Republic of China!

According to Zhu Yue, for example, a rickshaw dealer can directly set up a car dealership, and then be responsible for investing in the purchase of vehicles, and then rent them to rickshaw drivers, charging a certain monthly rent, so that people who cannot afford rickshaws can also support their families. livelihood!

Moreover, two people share a car and implement a split-shift system. One person works the morning shift and the other works the evening shift. They rotate regularly!

The emergence of rickshaws can not only provide rickshaw drivers who cannot afford to buy a car with the opportunity to make a living by pulling a rickshaw, but also allow the rickshaw drivers to hand over one-third or half of their monthly income as rent to the rickshaw dealer, which is equivalent to another form of income generation. !

Zhu Yue is not a philanthropist. While providing jobs for these drivers, the dealership must also make a profit!

And Zhu Yue knows very well that as long as this thing is promoted for a period of time, it will become popular very quickly!

After all, we are in ancient times, and the only means of transportation are horses or carriages, and this rickshaw can be pulled by just one person, and it is also the best tool for short-distance travel in the city!

This is also the benefit of rubber tires!

Without rubber tires, it would be unrealistic to use manpower to pull the car!

It's not that it can't be pulled, but it's inefficient and it can't run fast at all!

But even so, there are still threshold restrictions when it comes to recruiting coach drivers. At least they must be relatively strong and have a certain amount of endurance and leg strength!

In addition to rickshaws, there is also a luxurious carriage with rubber tires made by Zhu Yue!

The interior of this kind of carriage is extremely luxurious, and its customers are generally wealthy families and businessmen!

However, since it is a cement road, Zhu Yue also made a batch of rubber covers to wrap the horses' hooves!

The manufacturing cost of this kind of luxury carriage is actually not too high, but the profit is set very high. After all, ordinary people cannot afford it, and those who can afford it don't care about the money at all!

After all, the real wealthy people buy this kind of luxury carriage just to save face!

The price is low, but it’s still disgusting!

"Very good, let the car dealership put rickshaws and luxury carriages on the market as soon as possible, just follow this plan!"

"By the way, tell me to go down and send a luxurious carriage to Yingtian. Just say it is a gift from this king to my father!"

After reading Li's plan, Zhu Li nodded with satisfaction, and then gave another instruction.

The old man will be on a tour to the west soon. With his old arms and legs, letting him come to Hanzhong in this luxurious carriage is a way of showing his filial piety as a son!

Nowadays, the places where cement roads are being renovated in the northwest are still under construction!

And the cement road from Hanzhong Prefecture to Xi'an Prefecture is almost completed!

Zhu Li is quite satisfied with this progress!

After the construction of the cement road in the northwest is completed, Zhu Yue’s next step is to build the cement road southward!

Of course, he will not pay for it himself. I believe the court will respond soon! "By the way, Your Highness, the first batch of color-changing ceramic cups has been auctioned for more than three million taels of silver!"

"This is the ledger of all auctions recorded!"

At this moment, Li took out another account and handed it to Zhu Yue.

"That's right. Once this batch is sold out, let the kiln factory burn another batch. Don't make too much. The surface decoration can be changed. Don't keep it unchanged and have no new ideas!"

When Zhu Yue heard that he had received more than three million taels, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he thought that with such a great housekeeper like Li, he really felt relieved a lot!

……

Beiping, Prince Yan's Mansion!

In the hall, King Yan Zhu Di and a monk sat opposite each other.

This monk is Yao Guangxiao, the abbot of Qingshou Temple and Zhu Di's most important adviser!

After several months of seclusion, Yao Guangxiao finally came out of seclusion and came to Prince Yan's Mansion immediately, which made Zhu Di feel ecstatic!

The main reason is that the recent development in the northwest is really beyond Zhu Di's expectations!

So much so that he wanted to discuss with Yao Guangxiao how to deal with it, but the old monk ended up in seclusion for several months!

As soon as the two sat down, Zhu Di began to talk about what happened in the past few months!

First, the old man handed over Xi'an Mansion to Zhu Yue to take care of things, and secondly, there was a series of developments in Hanzhong!

Later, Zhu Di even married the Zhungeer tribe and reached a political alliance. Zhu Di told Yao Guangxiao everything!

It can be said that Lao Jiu's influence is now not only in the northwest area, but even outside the northwest, what he says is very effective!

Zhu Di also specially took out a set of color-changing ceramic cups that Lao Jiu had sent before and demonstrated it himself in front of Yao Guangxiao!

When he first received this set of ceramic cups, Zhu Di was so envious that Kuner turned purple!

He knew that this thing would definitely make Lao Jiu a lot of money!

"His Highness has said so much and showed these things to the old monk. What exactly do you want to explain?"

Yao Guangxiao, however, always looked calm and asked slowly.

"Can't you see it yet?"

"Father's attitude towards Lao Jiu is really unusual!"

"Isn't he afraid that Lao Jiu will dominate the northwest?"

Zhu Di asked Yao Guangxiao helplessly.

This is what he is most worried about, that is the old man's attitude!

No matter how powerful Lao Jiu is, as long as the old man doesn't support him, he is nothing. Zhu Di always believes this!

But the old man's performance in recent months has made Zhu Di doubt his life!

"What do you mean by His Majesty, Your Majesty will give up Crown Prince Zhu Biao and choose a new heir? And that person will be Han King Zhu Yue?"

"Old monk, I think Your Highness is worrying too much!"

When Yao Guangxiao heard this, he laughed disapprovingly.

In his opinion, this is completely impossible!

And his vision was not wrong. In the fifteenth year of Hongwu's reign, he met all Zhu Yuanzhang's princes who had left the vassal, including Zhu Yue!

At that time, he only saw that Zhu Di had the destiny of being an emperor, and believed that he would definitely become a true dragon in the future!

This is why Yao Guangxiao is determined to help Zhu Di rebel!

"I hope so!"

"By the way, there is one more thing. My father actually wants to tour the west after the new year and personally inspect the Xi'an and Hanzhong mansions!"

Zhu Di nodded noncommittally, and then remembered that the old man suddenly wanted to tour the West!

At this time, even Yao Guangxiao's face showed surprise!

Obviously, this result was something he never expected!

But soon, Yao Guangxiao's expression became uncertain again.

"Master, did you think of something?"

Looking at Yao Guangxiao's face, Zhu Di couldn't help but become nervous!

"Perhaps there is a possibility, and that is because of Prince Zhu Biao!"

Yao Guangxiao was silent for a moment, and then slowly spoke.

"What do you mean?"

Zhu Di asked in surprise.

"The old monk has been in seclusion for several months because he suddenly had a feeling!"

"The conduct of King Zhu Yue of Han is extraordinary. Perhaps the only variable that can allow Prince Zhu Biao to continue to live is this King of Han!"

Yao Guangxiao explained slowly.

Yao Guangxiao had long seen that Prince Zhu Biao would die young, because he saw that Zhu Biao did not have the emperor's destiny!

Likewise, only he knew that everyone thought that King Han was just fooling around because he was obsessed with Taoism. In fact, King Han was practicing the true Tao!

"Is Lao Jiu's Taoism really so profound?"

"You mean, the old man knew that my eldest brother might not die soon, so he asked Lao Jiu for help to save him?"

Zhu Di's face changed slightly!

He had heard Yao Guangxiao say more than once before that Zhu Yue, the king of Han Dynasty, was not simple, and how profound his moral conduct was, but before it was actually reflected, Zhu Di just sneered at it!

Hearing Yao Guangxiao say this suddenly made him quite surprised!

Of course, if Zhu Yue or Zhu Yuanzhang heard Yao Guangxiao's words, they would be surprised by the old monk's insight!

"Your Highness, it's best not to do anything now!"

"Just continue to develop yourself safely!"

Yao Guangxiao knew what Zhu Di was thinking, so he directly reminded him.

"Forget it, let's wait until the fourteenth prince becomes a vassal!"

When Zhu Di heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, but he felt more and more that the current situation was getting wrong!

(End of this chapter)