On the second day of February in the fourth year of Ruichang, the Denglai New Army led by Liu Ning began to build cities in the Horqin tribe and the Chahar tribe. The two newly built cities were called Tongliao and Ulanqab respectively.

, Tongliao is close to Tieling, its main transportation road relies on Tieling, and the conditions are relatively better. Ulanqab is different, located in the middle of the Inner Mongolia prairie.

The largest city in the Mongolian prairie has not yet been built. Wu Zongrui repeatedly checked the map of the Mongolian grassland and gave up the idea of ​​building a large city in the Chahar tribe. That is to say, the city of Hohhot will not exist in a few hundred years, at least it will not be possible.

The central city of the Mongolian prairie, because the Wu Dynasty controlled the entire Mongolian prairie, including Outer Mongolia, so the largest central city should be built in the area of ​​Saiyinsanda and Bayan Dobu, which is in the center of the Mongolian prairie

The location is conducive to controlling the entire Mongolian steppe.

The cost of building a city was huge, and it was not only a separate city that needed to be built, but also an official road from the city to the interior. All of this not only required the full support of the Mongolian tribes, but also required a large amount of money from the court.

In this matter, Wu Zongrui was not stingy at all. He asked for money and people. Experts in geography and water conservancy trained by the Royal Academy were quickly dispatched to the Mongolian grasslands to participate in the construction of the city.

After Wu Zongrui married Bote, all the tribes in the Mongolian grassland expressed their submission. The leader of the nominally existing Beishan Jurchen Tribe was somewhat dissatisfied and tried to establish autonomy from the territory. As a result, Liu Ning personally led the elite of the Denglai New Army and attacked in one day.

Hundreds of miles away, they directly launched an attack on the Beishan Jurchen tribe. The Beishan Jurchen tribe was so beaten that they abandoned their helmets and armor and fled far away.

This small-scale attack allowed the Mongolian tribes to see the strength of Denglai's new army, and also understand why the powerful Houjin was completely wiped out by Denglai's new army. If the target was replaced by any tribe in the Mongolian grassland, the outcome would be exactly the same.

, Mongolian tribes respect the strong, and those tribal leaders who were not convinced at first quickly became honest.

The imperial court proposed that the children of the powerful Mongolian tribes go to the capital to study so that they could serve as officials in the court in the future. This proposal received unprecedented support. Many leaders directly sent their children, and even the heirs of future leaders, directly to the capital.

Let them study and study, and let them go to the capital to see the world.

The matter on the Mongolian grassland has come to an end. Of course, it will take some time to completely stabilize the imperial court's control over the Mongolian grassland. However, at least for now, there will be no unrest among the grassland tribes and it will not affect the overall stability of the grassland.

Wu Zongrui was a little hesitant about how to deal with Uszangdusi. The terrain of Uszangdusi was very special. It was completely on a plateau, with a sparse population and a serf society. If the imperial court wanted to control Uszangdusi, it had to send Denglai.

The new army went to control the upper echelons of Uzzandus by force, so that the problem of Uzzandus could be completely solved.

The living Buddha of Uszangdusi had sent a special person to the capital to express his surrender to the Wu court and hoped to be conferred by the Wu court. Wu Zongrui did not hesitate and issued an imperial edict to canonize the living Buddha of Uszangdusi.

At present, Wu Zangdusi is still stable. The army owned by Wu Zangdusi Living Buddha is not worth mentioning in front of the Denglai New Army. Wu Zongrui has absolute confidence and dispatches five thousand elite sergeants of the Denglai New Army.

It is possible to completely destroy the army of the Living Buddha Us Zangdu Si and completely control the entire Us Zangdu Si.

Transportation is the biggest problem faced by Wu Zongrui and the court. Opening the road to Uzzandusi requires a huge amount of manpower and financial resources. The court cannot yet come up with so much money and food, and it is impossible to rely entirely on the Royal Bank.

Therefore, after the situation in the Mongolian grassland was basically stabilized and the Living Buddha Us Zangdusi expressed his surrender, Wu Zongrui's attention quickly shifted and began to pay attention to the overseas situation. The imperial court needed to open up overseas markets, obtain more benefits, and continuously strengthen its own power.

Strength, so that you have enough money and food to do more things.

As a person who traveled through time with a sense of urgency, and as the emperor of the Wu Dynasty, Wu Zongrui's knowledge was absolutely advanced. Under his influence, the knowledge of many ministers in the Wu Dynasty cabinet was also gradually improved, and in many major important issues

Regarding the matter, I absolutely support Wu Zongrui’s decision.

The maritime ban of the Ming Dynasty was completely abolished. The cabinet searched the topographic map of Zheng He's voyages to the West during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty from the palace, and combined it with the maps of merchants going to the West to trade. The navy of the Denglai New Army was also in full swing.

Be prepared. Those merchants who smelled the smell were even more eager to try and began to collect goods, preparing to follow the Wu court's giant fleet to trade in Western countries.

An imperial edict was also issued at this moment. This was an imperial edict specifically targeted at the navy of the Denglai New Army. It required the navy to control the ocean and completely open up the sea routes for trade between the Wu court and many overseas countries.

In order to thoroughly implement the intentions of the court and the emperor, Liao Wenru prepared to personally go to Dengzhou and Laizhou where the navy was located, and at the same time brought experts in geography, hydrology, meteorology and firearms.

Forbidden City, Wenhua Palace.

"Your Majesty, you must take care of yourself. I will leave tomorrow for the Dengzhou Navy Camp..."

Wu Zongrui, with a tired look on his face, waved to Liao Wenru and let out a long sigh.

"Wen Ru, you don't have to blame me alone. In fact, you have also worked very hard. You have been by my side for twenty-two years. Many things seem to have happened yesterday. We founded the Wu Dynasty together, but...

Not daring to slack off at all, they worked harder than before. The small imperial court of Hou Jin Dynasty was completely wiped out. Qiao Mingjun led the Denglai New Army soldiers and stationed them in Nuergandusi, completely stabilizing the situation in the north. Liu Ning led Denglai

The soldiers of the new army traveled thousands of miles into the Mongolian grassland and defeated the Beishan Jurchens. They showed the strength of the Denglai New Army and made the Mongolian grassland tribes fear and surrender..."

"Next, Niu Ben will lead a fleet of naval warships to the west to completely open up the maritime trade channels of the Wu court. This voyage is crucial, and it is even worse than Zheng He's voyages to the West during the Yongle period."

"There is also Uzangdusi. Due to the difficulty of official channels, the imperial court has not sent a large army there for the time being. However, this situation cannot last for too long. Within five years, the imperial court must completely control Uzangdusi. Then

This mysterious land should never be directly controlled by a living Buddha..."

"Every day I think about these things in my mind, how to fill the national treasury, how to make people's lives richer, and I don't dare to slack off at all. I always remind myself that there are still too many things that need to be done.

Don’t be greedy for pleasure and delay the great fortune of the country..."

There was a hint of exhaustion in Wu Zongrui's tone, and it was really unbearable for him.

Regarding the future development of the Wu court, everything is in Wu Zongrui's mind. Almost no one in the cabinet can help. Including Liao Wenru, no one has such a forward-looking understanding. In addition, over the years, everyone has become accustomed to executing important matters.

Everything was decided and finalized by Wu Zongrui himself.

"Wen Ru, the prince is in Dengzhou. You go to Dengzhou this time and take the prince back to the capital. When the prince returns to the capital, he will be responsible for supervising the country. I plan to visit various places to see what the situation is like.

Then you and Lu Ting will follow me around and see if we have implemented so many policies at the local level and have they been fully implemented."

"This matter is a top secret and must not be leaked. I plan to travel in April and spend about half a year to visit various places in the south and north. If possible, I plan to go to Nurgandusi to have a look.

How is Qiao Mingjun's situation?"

"There must be a certain gap between local development and our expectations. I just want to see how big the gap is and what aspects we need to strengthen next. Zhan Zhaoheng will serve as the Yushi Zuodu of the Supervisory Yuan.

He is much stronger than Huang Zongxi. He can understand the court's intentions, vigorously investigate corrupt and lazy officials, and make those officials who do nothing feel afraid."

Having said this, Wu Zongrui stood up and walked to the opposite side of Liao Wenru.

"Wen Ru, in fact, our energy is limited. Nothing we do can be perfect. However, we need to try our best to do everything and hope to do our best. This requires us to do

We need to be very careful when making every decision, because every decision we make is related to the prosperity of the Wu court and the lives of the people."

"The development of southern trade is very fast, especially overseas trade, which has exceeded our imagination. Therefore, the naval warship fleet must go to sea as soon as possible to completely open up the sea trade channels. If the East India Company is willing to cooperate with

If the imperial court cooperates, let them obtain some benefits from the sea. If they are not willing to cooperate with the imperial court, then let them completely disappear from the sea and let us completely control the maritime trade channels. As for Western countries, we treat them with courtesy.

If they want to cooperate, it's easy to persuade them. If they don't, I'll force them to cooperate."

"When interests are involved, there will definitely be a battle at sea. Tell Niu Ben that from now on, his home as a naval admiral will basically be on the sea. He only needs to understand one thing: he will welcome anything that is beneficial to the court.

He will completely reject any unfavorable things. There is no need to hesitate or worry about face. The court supports him and I support him. As for what should be done specifically, Zheng Zhilong is quite familiar with it and can be his adviser..."

After talking a lot, Wu Zongrui waved his hand.
Chapter completed!