The news of moving the capital to Chang'an soon appeared in the Capital Newspaper.

This also gave many people in the capital a lot of thoughts.

Everyone knows that the economic prosperity of a dynasty must follow the path of Kyoto. Whichever position is Kyoto will be more prosperous.

Although many local residents in the capital are quite complaining, this will lead to a reduction in their income.

But the matter of being published in the capital's residence newspaper was a foregone conclusion, and no one could change it.

In the capital's newspaper, the news of a ban on the sale of houses in Chang'an City was also published.

This eliminated the possibility for the people in the capital to migrate early.

Of course, there are still some big players with connections who can think of workarounds, but after all, they are among the minority.

Preparations for the renovation project in Chang'an are about to begin now.

The first thing he did was not to repair the palace, nor to change the houses in Chang'an.

The main key is to dredge the Wei River.

This is an extremely important project, which means it will consume a lot of manpower and financial resources.

Chang'an is close to the Yellow River, but the sand content of the Yellow River is too high, and most sections of the river are impassable for ships. The only one that can pass ships and transport supplies to Chang'an on the waterway is the Wei River.

Because the Song Dynasty did not establish its capital in Chang'an, the current Wei River has not been dredged for a long time and has become silted up.

And because the surrounding forests have been cut down, water, soil and vegetation have been severely lost, and the sand content of the Weihe River has increased.

Although it is still possible to sail ships now, if it is not dredged and allowed to develop, problems will probably occur within a hundred years.

Naturally, it is impossible to just let things go unchecked for such a century-old plan.

Therefore, Zhu Ying issued an expedited order of six hundred miles, strictly prohibiting the felling of trees around the Wei River, and at the same time starting afforestation work on the Wei River section.

This is also to ensure future channel passage.

In fact, in terms of establishing a capital, waterways in the Chang'an area are not very developed.

The future trend will definitely be dominated by maritime trade in the Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Ying still chose to make Chang'an his capital.

There is a key issue here.

Chang'an is located close to the north, and it can exert extremely strong control over the northern grasslands and the Western Regions.

Since ancient times, dynasty turmoil has mainly come from two aspects.

One is outside and the other is inside.

Internally, it was just like the Tang Dynasty, where feudal towns were divided and feudal kings were in turmoil.

Outside defecation is a threat to the grassland.

There is no threat to speak of in the Western Regions. There are many small countries. Even if they are disobedient, they will not have any impact on the Central Plains dynasty.

A country with tens of thousands of people is simply incomparable to the county towns of the Ming Dynasty.

And the south is even more impossible.

Regardless of Annan, Champa, or Chenla, there is no possibility of competing with the Central Plains dynasty. Even in the glorious period of history, they were jumping around at the border and talking about breaking into the Central Plains. That was naturally wishful thinking.

The situation on the southeast coast is even more different. The only threat is from the Japanese pirates.

And as far as the context of the entire land of China is concerned, it has been easy to conquer the south from the north, but it is much more difficult to conquer the north from the south.

Even if there is a problem in the south in later generations, it will be much simpler and easier in terms of military operations if Chang'an takes over the south.

Although it has some impact on maritime trade, Chang'an does not lack a large amount of maritime trade materials, and transportation through the Wei River is sufficient.

Although Zhu Ying had the idea of ​​​​a Ming Dynasty maritime world empire, he still had to stabilize the Ming Dynasty's fundamentals first.

Developing maritime trade with the current control will not be a big problem.

The current Ming Dynasty navy is the number one navy in the world. It has no rivals among the maritime nations.

To put it slightly exaggeratedly, even if two hundred years pass and two hundred years of development time are given, no country in the world will be able to defeat the current Ming Navy.

Not to mention Zhu Ying's strong support for the maritime fleet. Not only does he allocate a large amount of money to the Ming Dynasty Navy every year to repair the fleet and build ships, he also continuously develops shipyards, encourages private clans to conduct maritime trade, and strongly expands the Ming Dynasty.

Impact on the world’s oceans.

Therefore, for today's Ming Dynasty, there is no longer any threat on the sea. The only threat is the grassland.

There is nothing much to say about Beiyuan. It is currently being devoured. The key lies in Oara and the Timurid Empire coming from the west.

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Timur's current war with the Golden Horde is still in its primary stage, and the real main force has been sweeping across the West.

Even so, the Golden Horde was already struggling to maintain itself.

With internal chaos and external pressure, the Golden Horde's dominance over the local grasslands now rivaled that of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

And from the perspective of armaments and wealth, even if it suffered from the Ming embargo, the foundation of the Northern Yuan Dynasty was much stronger than that of the Golden Horde.

I can't imagine that when Timur turned around and attacked the Golden Horde, he would probably be defeated in one blow.

April of the twenty-seventh year of Hongwu.

While the Ming Dynasty continued to develop, it was also Timur's highlight moment today.

Samarkand.

After more than half a year, Pierma Heima finally returned here again.

Just at the city gate, you can see a large number of slaves, driven by horsewhips, constantly transporting goods.

Nobles riding tall horses, leading dozens of knights, and hundreds of slaves entered the city constantly.

Pierma Heima knew that this must be another victory somewhere.

For the Tamerlane Empire today, victory is the most common thing, and they have rarely encountered any difficult wars.

This is how powerful the Mongols are in the west. When many small countries heard that Mongolian cavalry had appeared, their kings were already trembling with fear.

The brutal and savage Mongolian cavalry are currently the nightmare of the entire Western world.

"Melas, compared to Nanjing City in the Ming Dynasty, our place feels like a rural place."

"There was a stink everywhere, which hit my nose very hard, and the thick perfume was mixed in. It was really unbearable."

"I really miss my days in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. It was so prosperous there. Not to mention the smelly slaves, even the filthy beggars were nowhere to be seen."

"I wonder when Samarkand will be as civilized and clean as the capital of the Ming Dynasty."

Pierma Heima was sitting on the carriage and said to Melas next to him.

Melas was the Mongolian foreign minister who had been accompanying Pierma Heima in the capital.

Because they had a good relationship with each other, or perhaps because of their shared experience in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, Pierma Heima then made Melas his close minister, that is, his confidant.

Melas was of course very happy.

This is Timur's second grandson. Although there is no possibility of inheriting Timur's empire for the time being, he is still the king of a place.

Following Pierma Heima, Melas can be said to be in a high position in his life.

"Your Highness, the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty is due to the accumulation of thousands of years of the Central Plains Dynasty, which is the center of world civilization."

"But I believe that during holidays, Samarkand will inevitably become the second center of the world."

"The current chaos and filth are temporary. As long as His Highness presents the secret recipe for cement, the development of Samarkand will become extremely fast, and His Majesty the Sultan will also give His Highness a strong thumbs up."

Melas said respectfully, with a hint of joy in his tone.

He knew very well that as long as the secret recipe of cement was given to Sultan Timur, the entire Timur Empire would usher in greater prosperity.

And His Highness Pirma Heima, whom he follows, will also gain the attention of His Majesty Timur.

As the second grandson of Sultan Timur, it goes without saying that Pilma Heima's status in Samarkand was, but like other nobles, the land of Samarkand was full of slaves and the roads would be congested.

The knights in front were holding whips to clear the way. Any slaves, including civilians, who dared to stand in the middle of the road would be whipped and driven away.

There is a sharp contrast between the aloof nobles and the naked and thin slaves around them.

Power was the strongest in Samarkand, or in other words, the entire Timurid Empire.

The laws of the entire Timurid Empire only protected nobles and citizens, and there was no distinction between slaves and goods.

There are two completely different worlds inside and outside the city of Samarkand.

When we entered Samarkand, we felt the wealth and civilization here.

According to the current Samarkand laws, slaves cannot enter the inner city of Samarkand, nor can they stay overnight or stay in the outer city.

Except for the slaves being transported, everyone else in the outer city was citizens and nobles.

As the ruling center of the entire Timurid Empire, Samarkand had the largest number of nobles.

As for now, most of the nobles here are naturally military nobles.

When the black horse carriage entered, the nobles who saw it immediately recognized the emblem on the carriage, and immediately lowered their heads and saluted with their right hands on their chests.

Pi'erma Heima was already very familiar with such a scene.
To be continued...