Chapter 40 Further Development of Industry and Commerce
Zhu Gui directly asked the soldiers on the side to open the door of the cell.
This scene made everyone including Xu Yingxu and Hei Muhan a little dumbfounded.
They all thought Zhu Gui was just talking, but they didn't expect that he actually did it.
"No, Your Majesty, these are prisoners of the imperial court, and releasing them without permission is against the laws of the Ming Dynasty."
Xu Yingxu immediately reminded.
"General Xu, don't forget that this is Yunzhou."
After Zhu Gui finished speaking, he said to Heimuhan: "Your people have been released to the grassland. If you want to take people out of Shanxi, I will not stop you."
Hei Muhan was still a little hesitant at first, but when he heard Zhu Gui's words, he immediately said: "Don't worry, we prairie people never break our promises."
With that said, he was about to leave, but the soldiers around Zhu Gui did not give way.
"King, what do you mean by this? Do you want to go back on your word?"
Hei Muhan asked with an angry look on his face.
"Don't you want to destroy my image by going out like this? We have prepared Han clothes for you. After burning a stick of incense, the agreement between us will come into effect. Please hurry up."
After that, Zhu Gui led the people out of the cell, leaving behind the Mongolians and the bandit leaders who looked at each other.
"Chief Kuroki, could this be Akito's conspiracy? How could they let us go for no reason?"
"That's right, Akito is very cunning, we can't be fooled."
Hei Muhan said while changing clothes: "I don't care if this is a conspiracy, but since I can survive, I will still seize the opportunity. As for you, whether you want to stay here and wait for death, or go out with me and give it a try, it depends
You’re on your own.”
With that said, he walked out.
When the Mongolians heard this, they looked at each other and nodded.
Hei Muhan is right, they can only die if they stay here. Since there is a chance of survival in front of them, even if it is a conspiracy, wouldn't the worst result be death?
So these people changed their clothes one after another, and followed Hei Muhan out without looking directly at the bandit leader who was begging to go out.
True to his word, Zhu Gui not only let them go, but also provided them with several bad horses.
"A month later, we will be waiting for you at the old site of the Blackwood Tribe."
After Hei Muhan finished speaking, he mounted his horse and left.
Xu Yingxu on the side looked at the Mongols leaving in confusion, then looked at Zhu Gui and asked: "What do they mean? Do they want to fight us?"
"It seems that they are very confident in their own strength. They feel that the last two defeats were just accidental, so if they want to defeat us from the front again, General Xu, I leave this battle to you."
Zhu Gui explained.
"I will obey your orders, I just hope this matter can be resolved properly."
Xu Yingxu had a somewhat uneasy look on his face.
I don’t know if it’s because of the world map or because the Mongols were let go.
As for why Zhu Gui chose Hei Muhan.
That was mainly because of Hu Shidao's information.
According to his intelligence, it can be judged that Hei Muhan's ancestors were also Mongolian nobles. Although they are now in decline, they still have some prestige among the various Mongolian tribes.
If the Blackwood tribe can really be controlled, then it will be like inserting a wedge between the Mongols, and they can use the Mongols to control Mongolia.
At this time, although the Mongols were defeated by the Ming Dynasty in the Central Plains, they still had a very far-reaching influence in Central Asia and the Far East.
If Zhu Gui were to form his own army and attack all the way, it might not be much faster than the Mongols.
So he came up with this strategy, and this time it was just an attempt.
Success is naturally the best, and there is no loss in failure.
After Hei Muhan and others left, Zhu Gui came to Datong Chamber of Commerce.
The Datong Chamber of Commerce's caravans have recently expanded to twenty-two, and their business has spread throughout Shanxi, and their footprints have also spread to several neighboring provinces.
The purpose is to find out about the specialties and price levels of other provinces.
However, due to road conditions and bandits, it will take some time to achieve stable trade.
However, Zhu Gui's previous idea of bringing back some specialties from other provinces has been realized.
In later generations, Shanxi had vinegar, wine and coal as its specialty products, but at this time, only vinegar and wine were available.
And because the Ming Dynasty implemented a prohibition on alcohol, the local specialties in Shanxi were very limited.
But now, with the promotion of Prince Dai's Mansion, the productivity in Yunzhou has developed to a certain extent, and even has a certain degree of surplus.
To convert these surplus productivity into value, the best way is naturally to use commodities.
The person in charge of the Chamber of Commerce brought out a large box to Zhu Gui, which contained some specialties from Shandong and Hebei collected by the caravan.
The caravan even brought back two cooks from Shandong.
The items this time were not of much value, but he still ordered them to be sent to the handicraft workshop and handed over to the masters for study.
As for the two cooks, they were placed in the rear kitchen of Prince Dai's Mansion.
Zhu Gui's idea was to turn Datong Prefecture or a state or county under his jurisdiction into a place similar to the "Yiwu Small Commodity Distribution Base" in later generations.
This can not only fully develop industry and commerce in depth, but can also be used as a driving force and even drive the economic development of the entire Ming Dynasty.
However, although this idea sounds grand, it is very slow to implement.
So far, Zhu Gui has not been able to even make a prototype.
However, he did not give up. His current thinking is that as long as he can get the design drawings of the steam engine and promote the industrial revolution, the Ming Dynasty's carriage will soon become a train.
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Hei Muhan returned to the tribe on the grassland and found his own people.
After asking, he found out that when they sent troops to Yingzhou to attack King Dai, a Ming army sneak attacked their tribe.
However, they did not hurt anyone, they just drove away all the cattle and sheep, and then set fire to the camp.
During this period, they were all properly accommodated, even better than their previous lives.
Many tribesmen even wanted to stay in Datong Mansion, but the other party did not agree.
This made Hei Muhan feel a little ashamed.
He failed to bring a stable life to the tribe, but his enemies easily did so.
Hei Muhan felt a little shaken in his heart. Could it be that, as the young prince said, only by joining the Ming Dynasty can we bring a stable and prosperous life to our people?
But this thought only lasted for a moment.
Because as a descendant of Temujin, he did not allow himself to be dependent on others.
So after he settled the tribesmen, he sent people to the Golden Tent on the grassland and explained the situation in Datong Prefecture to Tian Khan, the largest tribe on the grassland.
That's right, Hei Muhan is planning to use the power of the entire grassland to deal with Zhu Gui this time.
Except for a few of the dozen or so other tribes who returned with Hei Muhan, they chose to leave this place and migrate to farther places. The other tribes all chose the same approach.