Muyan Aguda led her men back to the territory with confidence.

At this point, Lu Zhou's layout in the Far North is like a spark, which will ignite sooner or later in the barren land.

Those tribes that were gathered together became strongholds and connected into lines. They were deeply influenced by the Central Plains people in the land that had not yet been civilized.

Luzhuang became a city that competed with the Qing Dynasty, looking to the north.

And sometimes, the human heart is such a strange thing.

If the Han people had attacked from the south, they would have been regarded as a great enemy by all the tribes.

Regardless of whether it is a cooperative relationship or not, the barrier between the Central Plains and the grasslands has always been difficult to break.

It may even intensify the possibility of various ministries taking refuge in slavery.

There are countless barbarians outside the pass who can be killed.

Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty personally conquered Mongolia, reaching as far as Beihaier Lake in Mobei, but he was not able to rule at all. Even within a few decades, the powerful Oara and Tatars sprung up again.

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It was difficult for the Central Plains dynasty to control the grasslands.

However, Northern Xia emerged from the most desolate place and had an army that was equally adapted to the desolation and was fierce.

From a psychological point of view, this country built on the shell of Chechen Khan is more likely to comply with the people's wishes.

Especially when the Han people establish effective production on this land, they will become an example for everyone and have a deeper sense of identity.

The establishment of the Xia Kingdom was relatively stable, and it continued to absorb more people.

In fact, the concept of nation was still a very blurred boundary in the 17th century, and the populations of many regions were still integrating to form new forces.

The regional population that Lu Zhou can see now is very different from that of later generations.

Some tribes have long since disappeared over the centuries, while others have merged into new ethnic groups.

Even the slaves were the same.

Various mountain tribes have experienced decades of unification wars. When Huang Taiji ascended the throne, in order to consolidate his rule, the general title of Manchu was established...

"A horseman on the grassland cannot defeat a bear hunter in the forest.

Bear hunters in the mountains and forests are most afraid of these savages who truly feed on hair and blood.

There are not many savages like this anymore, so it would be most appropriate for them to rob the slaves..."

Lu Zhou just explained briefly.

"Your Highness, I understand."

Xu San was very shocked after hearing the king's plan.

Now Liu Qingfeng's Tianwu Army is confronting Horqin's tribe.

The Tianyue Army is expanding the land in the west, leaving only the mountains and forests in the east where they can carry out some activities.

It would definitely be a good thing if we can carry out splits and sneak attacks in the rear areas of the slave establishment.

Just thinking about it makes me happy.

Xu San retreated, and at the same time, the National Security Bureau also received new orders.

We are going to start establishing an office in the forest area to the east. The role of the office will be like the guard post set up by the Ming army in Nurgandusi.

Look after each other with Gou Sheng's forest soldiers and monitor the movements of some tribes.

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Another half month later.

The real cold of Siberia has passed.

There are still very few people in the entire city going out for activities, and the world is still frozen, making it difficult to move around.

Strictly speaking, this place only has winter and summer.

As a king, Lu Zhou had to look outside and make preparations in advance.

Lu Zhou locked himself in the study and made careful calculations.

This year is the eleventh year of Chongzhen. If we go by historical development, Li Zicheng should have fled to Sichuan this year and had a great time chasing after Hong Chengchou.

The refugees in Shaanxi, Gansu and other places are hiding their power and biding their time, waiting for the next wave of bandit kings to come and lead them to rebel.

After the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty suppressed the wave, the slaves from Liaodong would enter the pass again and plunder.

However, Lu Zhou now has an issue that he is not sure about, which is the specific time when Jiannu went south.

According to normal time, it would be in August or September this year.

However, due to the interference of Northern Xia, this year's looting time may be advanced or delayed.

But there is little chance of giving up.

After Kong Youde dropped the gold, Huangtai Ji had the ability to freely cross the Mingguan Pass. He had made many detours before, just to attract the Mongolian tribes to join forces. If he grabbed more and got a taste of the sweetness, he could form an alliance front...

If Lu Zhou wanted to encourage the Donghai tribe to go south to Jianzhou to plunder, he had to accurately grasp the dynamics of Shengjing, just like Huang Taiji accurately grasped the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Highness, Song Yingxing would like to see you!"

The guard outside sent a report.

"Come in!"

Lu Zhou raised his voice and agreed.

At this time, Song Yingxing walked over with two dark circles under his eyes.

He held a thick notebook in his hand and handed it over respectfully.

"Your Highness, this is the place where minerals can be mined so far in the country."

Lu Zhou took it, but just turned to the last page to check the results.

"55 places?"

Lu Zhou was a little confused, he just felt that it was missing.

During this period, not to mention the coal and iron resources on the Mongolian grasslands, there was enough to be picked up on the surface alone, and it would be a major mass production area in later generations.

Coupled with the large area of ​​Siberia, it shouldn't be so small.

Moreover, Lu Zhou also mentioned some major mining areas in later generations, but no statistics were found in the booklet...

Song Yingxing answered carefully: "Your Highness, these are minerals that have been proven to be mineable with our capabilities.

They are all large and small, ranging from iron, iron, copper, bauxite...

Of course, there are many dangerous places. If we added them all up, there would be hundreds of places across the country..."

"So that's it, I understand."

Lu Zhou just nodded. It seemed that he still ignored the ancient production technology.

Judging from the current situation, even if some places are explored, they are not worth mobilizing for mining.

Or maybe due to exploration technology, no mineral deposits deeper underground have been discovered at all.

At the same time, Lu Zhou asked Song Yingxing to count mineral resources for another main purpose, which was the oil resources and natural gas in the territory.

For Lu Zhou, who has enough steel, he can directly upgrade his development direction to the petrochemical industry.

In traditional concepts, oil is a symbol of modern industry, but in fact, ancient people knew how to utilize oil and natural gas resources very early on.

And the ways of using it are all kinds of weird.

The ancient Babylonians used bitumen refined from petroleum to bind bricks together so that buildings could withstand the damage of large floods.

The ancient Egyptians used oil containing sulfide to preserve mummies...

Central Plains scientists in the Song Dynasty were the first to name "petroleum" and conducted detailed research on its properties and uses.

In some places, when stones come out, people will scoop them back and burn them.

Just over a hundred years later, natural gas would have become the main fuel for street lighting in Europe. By 1820, natural gas was transported through pipelines and became a commercial commodity.

Regarding petroleum products, people have been paying attention to them for a long time.

I just want to use it, but there are no suitable industrial conditions.

And sure enough, Song Yingxing started to get excited as soon as he heard that the king started asking about such strange things.

He took out a pamphlet from his sleeve, handed it over and said, "Your Highness, there are quite a lot of places with oil here.

According to the reports from various tribes and our actual exploration, there are more than ten places with flammable fat in our north and south sides alone.

Gas that can spontaneously ignite is usually accompanied not far from the oil.

There is a tribe to the north of us, which was established based on a fire-breathing cave..."

Lu Zhou looked at the records in the booklet and felt satisfied. This was what he really wanted.

So he nodded and said: "These flammable gases will be called natural gas from now on.

These things will be of great use to us soon.

Set up a factory three miles away... fifteen miles away from Luzhuang.
Chapter completed!