Tianzhen County is originally a transportation hub.

It is adjacent to Jingji in the south, Yanggao in the west, and Mongolian grassland in the north.

In later generations, it was known as "the three provinces of rooster crowing and the crowing of the rooster" and was at the junction of Shanxi, Hebei, and the grasslands in the south of the desert.

In terms of administrative area, Tianzhen County was originally a Tianchengwei affiliated to Datong Prefecture and an important military stronghold on the main transportation route.

But since the end of Wanli, the road to the grassland has gradually been controlled by eight major merchants. The officers and soldiers were bribed, obsessed with money, and had no intention of controlling them.

After all, the people are the ones who suffer in the end.

The county magistrates were concerned about the land that urged the people. Instead, they colluded with the gentry who started their own business, annexed private land, and then turned those who lost the land into coolies and laborers.

After more than 20 years of development, most of the people in Tianchengwei originally had no free status, and those who could have some money escaped.

After all, the land on this side is not fertile. After a few layers of exploitation, the people will have no surplus grain at all. As long as they encounter some major disasters and minor disasters, they will risk their whole family's demise.

At present, all the people in Tianzhen County were victims of disasters who had been regained. The original gentry had already fled to the capital when they heard that some refugees gathered here. Those who had not had time to escape had been tried by the people.

"Your Highness, you are finally here!"

Wang Yishui came forward excitedly. Everyone entered the county town. The people on both sides of the street raised their arms and cheered endlessly.

These people did not feel any fear when they encountered the surrounding Xia army. It seemed that under the propaganda of Wang Yishui and others, they were no strangers to Xia.

Lu Zhou's king's carriage swam around the city and waved to the people in the county.

But he never stopped in Tianzhen County. Instead, he came out of the inner city before the evening and walked three or five miles westward at Wang Yishui's strong suggestion.

On the plain land ahead, there are super houses, more than 80 buildings, carved beams and painted buildings, which are extraordinary.

This is the first time Lu Zhou has walked on the land of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the first time he has seen this large ancient building complex.

After the Dragon and Tiger Army settled down, Lu Zhou entered the deep courtyard and shook his head and sighed. The house was like a city...

The foundation of the Ming Dynasty was beyond Lu Zhou's imagination. It was just a Wei County in the cold north, but it could have such a big deal.

Although Xia Kingdom is developing rapidly and has entered the steam industry era, there is still no private houses of this scale in a short period of time.

"Your Highness, this is a house of the former eight major merchants and the Fan family. The back house has been built for more than ten years and is now occupied by us.

The silver winter melon inside was delivered to Guihua City last month.

This house is still of good size, and it will be quite good as the palace where His Hell will stay in the future..."

Wang Yishui explained.

“The scale is OK?”

Lu Zhou grabbed the point and asked: "How many large mansions in Datong Mansion are there? Are there many of them on this scale?"

“Not too much, not too little.

There are almost every garrison in Datong Prefecture, with houses of similar size.

Even if it was Datong.

The luxury mansions and courtyards in Xuanda Mansion are still easy to see.”

Wang Yi said quietly.

After hearing this, Lu Zhou took a deep breath. It seemed that there was still a long way to go to reform the land of the Ming Dynasty.

Many problems can be seen from Datong Prefecture alone.

"Your Highness, the area of ​​Datong Prefecture is actually quite good.

The original eight major merchants have been expelled, and the foundations of the profiteering merchants have been removed, so we can directly replace them.

It is better to annex the unscrupulous merchants than to attack those aristocratic families.

The news came back from the south, Li Zicheng gradually compromised with the clans of the Central Plains, and only killed Zhu Ming's descendants in the areas they captured..."

Wang Yishui said simply.

Lu Zhou nodded: "Li Zicheng's approach is of course understandable. No one who wants to be an emperor will offend the aristocratic races in the world.

Even if you are a bandit, you have to secure these people in the end..."

Lu Zhou actually wanted to say that this is the essence of feudalism. No matter what stage of society develops, the lower class people will always be at the bottom.

Li Zicheng's slogan is to fight officials and gentry and divide land. In the eyes of the world, everyone believes that Li Chuang was defeated by the massacre of bureaucrats and did not understand politics...

In fact, Li Zicheng would definitely not be an extreme fool.

Before the rebel army entered the capital of the Ming Dynasty, it had already begun to compromise with the great clans. In the late rebel army, there were also many children of the great clans.

When Li Zicheng ascended the throne in the capital, he also appointed several descendants of Zhu Ming as kings, which is a major example.

But despite this, Li Zicheng's army still did not receive the support of most of the wealthy families.

Because Li Zicheng's rebel army only compromises but cannot continue to protect the interests of officials and gentry, the core of Li Chuang's regime is still the vulgar peasant general.

So much so that when the Qing army entered the pass later, the entire Dashun Kingdom lost its strength and did not have a stable national and dynasty system, which collapsed with one blow.

"Your Highness, in Tianzhen County now, I feel that the time is ripe.

There are only our own people here, and the land can be distributed from scratch. In addition, the Ming army evacuated, it can be included in the territory..."

Wang Yishui suddenly said excitedly.

This time, he strongly suggested that Xu San let the king come over to travel, just to show the results.

The foundation of Tianzhen County has been completely renovated. Next, wait for the acceptance of Xia King and then send people to develop industry.

The Xia State had previously stipulated that technology should not flow into the Ming Dynasty.

But now it is different. The Ming Dynasty had a lot of land and had fallen into a state of "no power".

"Your Highness, although the Ming Dynasty has not yet perished, I feel it is necessary to open up a road from the grassland.

Absorbing the merchants and people of Xia Kingdom to circulate.

The people in Datong need development and someone to take jurisdiction..."

Wang Yishui and the officials said.

Lu Zhou had just sat down and looked at the people below with a serious look... Some people have been active in Xuanda for many years and can't wait to see the results.

"Well, thank you for your hard work."

Lu Zhou had just sat on the chair, but then stood up and sighed: "The current situation in Datong cannot be separated from your efforts.

My Daxia Kingdom did not abandon one soldier and one soldier and came to Tianzhen County. This is a miracle and proves that the Ming Dynasty court is about to perish.

Our Xia Kingdom sent troops to swallow the land, in order to follow the destiny of heaven.

Why not do it?

From then on, Datong is the territory of our Xia Kingdom, and the people of Datong, that is, the people of our Xia Kingdom!"

Lu Zhou said majesticly.

Everyone below was very happy.

"So, can your highness build a railway?"

Wang Yishui asked hurriedly.

Tianzhen County is connected to three provinces, and the construction of railways is of great significance.

Lu Zhou nodded first, but shook his head again:

"It is very necessary to build a railway and enter the Ming Dynasty.
Chapter completed!