Ming Dynasty: Tanks blocked the door and you said to me, "Long live Ming Dynasty"

Although they didn't understand why this was necessary, no one dared to ask.

The only thing we can do is kill everyone in this room!

Including Prince Fu’s two sons, and those Jinyiwei!

Chapter 331: Western Expedition

The battle in Luoyang City was fierce, but at this moment Zhu Youxiao stopped in Zhangjiakou.

Wei Zhongxian and his men had already arranged accommodation for him as soon as they received the news, and they waited for him personally by the roadside for two whole days.

"Your Majesty!"

"I miss you so much......"

As soon as they met, he knelt down on the ground, hugged Zhu Youxiao's thighs and burst into tears.

Faced with such a Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Youxiao reached out and patted him on the shoulder twice, then helped him up with a smile.

"Look at you, you're already old, why are you still crying?"

Wei Zhongxian stood up, smiling and wiping his tears.

"No matter how old I am, I am still the emperor's servant!"

Zhu Youxiao pointed at the Shenjiying behind him and said, "Alright, there are so many people watching us, let's go to our accommodation first!"

This time when he came from Shenyang, he did not go through the Shanhaiguan area, but went west from Shenyang, passed through the original territory of the Doyan tribe, and entered the pass directly from Zhangjiakou.

Along the way, he finally got to see the life of the herdsmen of that era.

As the saying goes, when the wind blows the grass low, you can see cattle and sheep, but he didn't see anything at all.

All I saw was the impoverished life of the herdsmen of the Doyan tribe.

Every household may have three to five sheep, one or two cows, or as few as one sheep or one cow.

And these are their main source of livelihood.

Faced with the Ming army passing by the tribe, these herdsmen knelt far away on the grass, not daring to make any offensive move.

In the tribe, men are even rarer, most of them are the elderly, the weak, or women and children.

All this, naturally, is thanks to Lin Danhan's sneak attack.

Looking at these herdsmen, Zhu Youxiao felt a trace of pity in his heart, but not sympathy.

This is the punishment they deserve for daring to betray the Ming Dynasty.

However, thinking that the Doyan tribe would once again return to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty in the near future, he still thought of some ways out for these herdsmen.

However, the first thing he did when he arrived at his residence was to call Qin Liangyu to his side and ask someone to bring a map of the southwest of the Ming Dynasty.

"Is General Qin's body still able to handle all this traveling?"

Qin Liangyu bowed and said, "Thanks to your majesty, I am still in good health. This is just a short distance, so it is nothing."

Zhu Youxiao looked at her energetic appearance and didn't want to be polite, so he told her the real purpose of inviting her over.

He pointed to the southwest area of ​​the Ming map and said, "She'an and his two bandits have been wreaking havoc in the southwest for several years. Now that the border has been pacified, it's time to free up our hands to wipe them out completely."

Qin Liangyu immediately understood his intention and immediately challenged him to a fight.

"Your Majesty, please issue an order. The White Spear Army has no choice but to fight this battle!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded. The southwest was the hometown of the White Spear Army. Historically, this rebellion, which began in the first year of the Tianqi reign and lasted for 17 years, was actually quelled by the White Spear Army.

The reason why they waited until now to order an expedition to the southwest was mainly because compared with the Jiannu, She Chongming's threat to the Ming Dynasty was at most a toad lying at one's feet!

The bite won't kill you, but it's disgusting...

He said solemnly: "I order you to be the General of the Western Expedition. Lead the soldiers of the White Spear Army and set off tomorrow to return to Sichuan to suppress the bandits!"

"I will give you another imperial decree. All the food and fodder needed by the army can be transferred from the prefectures along the way."

"As for the rest you need to suppress the bandits, I will order the Ministry of Works to send them to you as quickly as possible."

"Also, Shuixi is not far from Yunnan. If you have time, go and see that little fellow Mu Tianbo for me."

"Just say that I am very optimistic about him!"

Hearing this order, Qin Liangyu knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and said, "I obey your orders!"

Zhu Youxiao took off the revolver he was wearing and ordered someone to bring three hundred rounds of bullets and spare firing pins.

"You will lead this battle!"

"The Han troops and Tusi troops in Bozhou, Yongning, Zhenxiong, Luzhou, Chongqing, Chishuiwei, Bijiewei and other places are all under your command."

"If anyone disobeys, I will kill him first and report to you later!"

Qin Liangyu quickly caught the revolver with both hands, raised it above her head and bowed again to express her gratitude.

It was not until she walked out of the room that Zhu Youxiao looked at Wei Zhongxian standing beside him.

"Draft an imperial decree, order Xu Guangqi to take 200 mortars and 3,000 shells from the warehouse, and hand them over to the East Factory for escort to Bijie!"

This was the Nth imperial edict he had issued since leaving Shenyang.

He ordered the Ministry of Works to collect sea vessels, ordered the Western Factory to go to Siam to buy grain, ordered Zheng Zhilong to escort the Western Factory, ordered the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau to speed up the production of fishing nets, and so on.

It can be said that everything he could think of was arranged at the first opportunity.

After Zhu Youxiao stamped his seal on the imperial edict drafted by Wei Zhongxian, he asked about the current situation in Shaanxi and Shanxi.

However, what Wei Zhongxian said was almost the same as what was written in the memorial sent by Guo Yunhou.

After the master and the servant chatted for a while, Wei Zhongxian pointed outside and asked, "Your Majesty, how should we place those Qin troops?"

Zhu Youxiao fell into deep thought after hearing this.

He originally planned to use these people to deal with the Jiannu, but after arriving at Shanhaiguan, he gave up the idea.

It's annoying when you have too many subordinates who can fight!

Plus the existence of truth, the little Jian Nu, they have no chance to appear at all...

After thinking for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Let them merge into Wanquan Youwei, but tell Ye Qi not to be too quiet after he gets there!"

Wei Zhongxian was somewhat puzzled: "Your Majesty means......"

Zhu Youxiao's eyes flashed with a sneer: "Don't worry about it. I believe that after Ye Qi goes to Wanquan Youwei, he should understand my intentions!"

"Yes!"

Wei Zhongxian bowed and then went out to pass on the order.

The next morning, after Zhu Youxiao had his meal, he started wandering around.

Zhangjiakou is not big. Its scale at that time was not even comparable to a town in later generations.

But there are quite a few common people here, and there are business houses everywhere. However, all the business houses related to the Eight Major Shanxi Merchants have their doors closed at this time, and only flags with surnames are still flying outside.

Zhu Youxiao walked around a few times and found that these shops were almost all in very conspicuous locations. According to later generations, each of them was a golden shop.

It would be a waste if such a store were left empty.

"Tell Wang Chengen to send someone over to get these shops up and running again."

"Send another person outside the Great Wall to tell the herdsmen that border trade will be reopened from today!"

As a soul from the future, Zhu Youxiao was very clear that border trade was definitely more beneficial than harmful to the Ming Dynasty.

The cattle, sheep, horses, and furs on the grasslands were all supplies that were in short supply in the Ming Dynasty at the moment.

All the Ming Dynasty had to pay was some salt, iron pots, and tea bricks.

The Jiannu were destroyed, leaving only Ligdan Khan roaming the grasslands.

If he is well, it will be a sunny day.

If he is uneasy, then let's change the grassland!

Chapter 332 Well

The team did not stay in Zhangjiakou for too long, and then set off towards Shaanxi.

Not far south of Zhangjiakou is the Yanghe River, but it has long dried up, leaving a cracked riverbed.

And this place is still in the territory of Northern Zhili!

Head southwest and pass Huaianwei in the afternoon.

Only then did Zhu Youxiao see farmland appearing on the side of the road.

I also saw people working in the fields.

This place is further north, and the wheat in the fields still has some time to mature.

Groups of people, waving rags, shouted in the fields, startling large flocks of birds.

After stopping the team, Zhu Youxiao walked out of the sedan chair and pulled some withered wheat ears from the fields.

But when he had rubbed out all the wheat, his heart turned cold!

The wheat ear is as long as a middle finger, but it only contains eight green grains, and they are so small!

Although he had not done much farm work in his previous life, he knew how to grow wheat.

It may be an exaggeration to say that one grain of seed can produce ten thousand grains of wheat, but a grain of wheat planted in the ground can grow into dozens or even hundreds of wheat plants after two tillerings in winter and spring!

When the summer harvest comes, there will be dozens of wheat ears.

Large ears of wheat can grow to more than ten centimeters in length, or even reach twenty centimeters.

And each ear of wheat can produce between thirty and seventy grains of wheat.

Compared with the wheat of later generations, the wheat ears in front of me were simply horrible.

Genes can determine the upper limit of yield, but the lower limit is constrained by weather and water and fertilizer factors.

This is the case with the wheat field in front of us.

I put the wheat kernels into my mouth and chewed them for a few times. There was very little moisture and almost nothing except the skin.

There is still more than half a month before the wheat harvest. According to the current situation, the people will be lucky if they can recover the cost of farming.

The further southwest you go, the worse the situation in the fields becomes.

At night, the team passed through Shunshengchuan, which is Yangyuan in later generations. Only after passing here did they enter the territory of Shanxi.

Before entering the city, Shun Shengchuan County Magistrate was already waiting outside with his men.

However, Zhu Youxiao stopped the team hundreds of meters away from them.

"What's going on over there?"

He pointed to a group of people in a wasteland not far away and asked Wei Zhongxian.

Upon hearing this, Wei Zhongxian quickly picked up the telescope and took a look, then turned around and answered.

"Your Majesty, they should be digging a well to get water!"

Zhu Youxiao immediately became interested. He walked out of the sedan chair without caring whether there was anyone waiting in front. He took the reins from Youtong, jumped on his horse and rushed towards the group of people digging the well.

When Wei Zhongxian saw this, he was immediately shocked and hurriedly called Sun Kangwang and others to follow and protect him.

Due to the drought, everyone here is eager for water. Just by digging a well, hundreds of people have gathered here before any water is seen.

Hearing the sound of horse hooves, an old man in the crowd looked over here.

"Look quickly, who is this?"

Someone nearby heard this and looked over here.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao was less than a hundred meters away from them, and was surrounded by the Jinyiwei who had caught up.

When the man saw the clothes on the Jinyiwei, he was immediately shocked.

"It's the Royal Guards!"

"What are they doing here?"