If you are not a professional, you may not know that Zhu Yuanzhang always paid attention to transportation during his life of conquering the world.

Before the country was unified, he was repairing roads and setting up inns in the territory he occupied. After the Ming Dynasty was officially established, he continued to build roads and repairs wherever he went.

In the second year of Hongwu, Chang Yuchun conquered Kaiping and built eight post stations. The fourth post in the east connected with Daning, and the fourth post in the west connected with Dushi. In the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Fu Youde, Lan Yu, and Mu Ying pacified Yunnan, that is, "ordered Dongchuan and Wusa

"The Mang tribes sent mails to Yunnan, built roads, each ten feet wide, and built a post every sixty miles."

"Your Majesty is now renovating the straight roads, galloping roads, and post roads in the world. If you can succeed, the enemies on the border will be easier to control. This will be the foundation of eternity."

In the inn outside Zhending Mansion, Gao Gong patted the dragon's butt cautiously.

Zhu Houcong looked at him: "You are very familiar with these."

"...When I went to Yunnan to study, I read more business and travel magazines to avoid getting into trouble." Gao Gong continued to talk about his understanding of the Ming Dynasty's water and land routes, because the emperor seemed to be testing him.

Although they started chatting on the way, as an emperor, how could he not know the many transportation arteries of the Ming Dynasty?

After the Imperial Examination, Gao Gong got the Jinshi title as expected, and was ranked first. His fate also took a turn, and he was admitted to the imperial study. This time, many courtiers knew that the emperor had high expectations for him.

If according to the new regulations, the best promotion path for new scholars has become to first be appointed to the sixth science committee of the seventh rank, and then receive a huge amount of information to improve their understanding of officialdom and civil affairs while making suggestions.

Let's put it, it's almost possible to become a sixth-grade county magistrate, and it's better to be a full-grade sixth-grade county magistrate.

Later, he was transferred to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. In this way, he has experience in science and grassroots administration, and he can look for opportunities. If he is better, he will try to be a fourth-grade prefect, and if he is almost, he will go to the first government from the second or third grade.

When the trumpet starts, or the doctor who passes by the Eight Departments first, the chief officer jumps.

In the first appointment, compared to being in the Sixth Science and Technology Committee, he was in a better position where he could often write strategies to express himself and make friends with colleagues in the capital. Naturally, he was the imperial study room's accompaniment.

Gao Gong was first admitted to the imperial study, and this time he was accompanied directly. He was already a shining "supernova". Before many dignitaries in the capital could recruit him as their son-in-law, the emperor took him away from the capital.

At this moment, Gao Gong could express himself in front of Zhu Houcong and express his own opinions.

"Of the eight main post roads starting from Beijing, the two that go directly to Jinan and Taiyuan are the shortest. The other six, which are now to be built according to the new regulations, pass through Baoding, Zhending, and are followed by Shunde Prefecture. In Henan, they pass through Zhangde

, Wei Hui, Kaifeng, Runing, then went to Wuchang and Yuezhou. I heard that it only went as far as Changsha. I heard that more than 16 million taels of silver have been spent in three years."

"Do you think it's worth it?" Zhu Houcong asked casually.

"I followed your majesty out of the capital to Zhending, and the journey was smooth. The speed of the escort army's march and the speed of traveling to and from the post were 40% faster than what I read in the "Report on Land and Water Journeys". This is a savings of nearly 100,000 yuan."

Half of the time. This will be beneficial in the long run. You can't just look at how much money you spend now. Nowadays, border markets have been opened in Yunnan. In addition to the north, the roads and inns to the north also need to be repaired. I know that although Uncle Jingning

I am often miserable, but I don’t feel that I am unable to do what I want. I think I can afford to practice. This is all the result of the new method.”

Zhu Houcong smiled when he heard him talk about Yang Shen, who often looked sad.

"Let's rest now. If we go west tomorrow, we will reach the old post road, which is not as flat as this."

The main post road from Beijing to Taiyuan starts from Zhendingfu and goes west.

Zhu Houcong chose to go through this road instead of going around Xuanda, and he also wanted to see the new "highway" built in the Ming Dynasty.

The distance from Beijing to Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan is too long. Improve transportation efficiency and strengthen governance capabilities. In the future, this complete "Beijing-Guangzhou Line" will be the core for the Ming Dynasty to gather strength. The Ming Dynasty cannot only have one canal as its lifeline for water transportation.

The land routes between the north and the south must also be opened with stronger transshipment capabilities so that central, southern and southwest China can feel the presence of Beijing more quickly and intuitively.

Although the first phase only took eight years to build to Changsha and cost more than 40 million taels, it will certainly be worth it.

Gao Gong is not stupid. The emperor and the national policy meeting have already decided on the measures that are already being implemented. He only needs to answer the need to repair, and at the same time praise the emperor and the ministers for their good governance. Even the level of five million taels a year

It can be done at a reasonable cost, and it was done despite the wars in Southwest China and Northern Saipan in the past few years. It can be seen that the new method of enriching the country has been effective.

After retiring, Gao Gong was still not sleepy, so he went to Yang Bo, who was also accompanying him, for advice.

He was not only the senior study companion of the imperial study, but also a good friend of Gao Gong in Yunnan. He served as a county magistrate in Kunming for more than a year and established several schools entrusted to him by the emperor. Yang Bo accompanied the King of Yue back to Beijing. Now his

His official rank has not changed, but he has been assigned the post of General Affairs Envoy. This time he will be responsible for the memorials that are constantly being sent here from the imperial court.

The General Affairs Department and the Imperial Study Room have a relationship that needs to be coordinated.

In Yang Bo's room, there was also Zheng Xiao, who passed the military examination with Tang Shunzhi in the past. He was at the Military Affairs Conference and was responsible for liaising with military affairs received from the Military Affairs Conference and reported to the emperor.

When the royal driver travels, the young people are mainly composed of these three people and Lu Bing, who is responsible for guarding. There are also a few right ministers from the eight ministries in the prime of life, and the leader is the state minister who has been ranked in the State Palace and receives gifts and ministerial affairs.

Minister Zhang Bi.

Zhang Bi is also considered to have seniority. He served as the chief in the imperial study room and was a fellow villager of the emperor. He also served as governor in Liaodong. Now he has received gifts from ministers and was brought with him by the imperial commander. This shows that the emperor's will is very firm this time. He must be

There must be something important ceremonially done.

Yujia has just arrived at Zhending Mansion and has not yet left Hebei Province, but Yujia has already left Beijing after all.

Over in Taiyuan, Taiyuan Town Chief Military Officer Zhu Qi and the Governor of Shanxi were making preparations with great fanfare. The emperor would stay in Taiyuan for at least three months, how could they not be concerned?

The most important thing is that the news needs to reach the Hetao side.

Although the private market is banned now, it only means that the generals on the border do not dare to do this anymore. But among the people, desperate businessmen will never stop even making detailed plans. They can still detect some surface movements in the border towns of the Ming Dynasty.

The emperor was about to go to Taiyuan, and sentries from three sides were dispatched. Some frontier troops at the guard posts were mobilized. This information was summarized to Gunbilik, which only made him shocked and annoyed.

The last time Emperor Da Ming went on a personal expedition, he asked Bo Di to stay in Xuan Mansion. This time, he went to Taiyuan. What does that mean?

Taiyuan is bordered by Gansu, Ningxia, and Yansui to the west, and Datong and Xuanfu are to the northeast. It is located in the middle.

However, some news has also spread to the east of the Hetao. Ming troops have appeared in the territories of Tumut and Yongxiebu.

I replied that the guy ran away, and Gunbilik would naturally not let go of Fengzhou Beach in the eastern part of the Hetao Plain. He had just digested a large piece of pasture, but he was temporarily wary of the Ming army still stationed in Tucheng.

Go further east.

Knowing what I was going to do in the desperate attempt to go to Chahar, Gunbilik had already planned to go around the north side of Yinshan Mountain through the two passes of Yinshan Mountain after the horses were fattened, preparing to be the fisherman.

But it seemed that Ming Dynasty wanted to seize the opportunity and expel him first.

"Jinong! We can't just wait for them to defeat Yongxiebu. Now, they are obviously fighting over there. The Han emperor's coming here must be just a bluff to delay time. When they defeat Yongxiebu, the army will return to the West.

Yong Xie Bu will not be able to help us contain the Ming army. If they block the entrance to the northeast, and the armies of Gansu and Ningxia block the entrance to the west, we will have no choice but to fight to the death and go north."

"The north of Yinshan Mountain is the Gobi Desert and Jinong. It's not easy to spend the winter there!"

Gunbilik hesitated.

He is a right-wing Jinong, and Yongxiebu now also belongs to the right-wing. Reasonable and reasonable, even for the safety of the Ordos tribe, he should go to rescue now.

"When the emperor of the Han Dynasty arrived in Taiyuan, he first cleaned up Yongxiebu. What if he wanted to divert the tiger away from the mountain? They deliberately only defended Tucheng and did not even capture Liangcheng. It looked like they were trying to lure us to divide our troops to rescue them first. Besides, you

Forgot? If the Han people wanted to attack, how could they wait until winter was approaching?"

Gunbilik expressed his thoughts and shook his head: "After Anda left, Fengzhou Beach is the place that must be captured and defended. It was Anda who gave up there and let Yongxiebu and I

Suddenly a nail got stuck. If you want to blame it, blame that boy Anda who suddenly went crazy! Now the emperor of the Han people is going to Taiyuan. If they capture this place, all the pastures on the right wing will be gone. There are still people, the pastures

We can take it back! Fengzhou Beach is not small, and even the cattle, sheep and horses of our Ordos tribe can’t eat all the grass on it.”

"Send someone to Yongxiebu and tell them that they have just moved west and join forces! Take back the Tucheng first and drive the Han people back within the city walls. They can also get their own pastures back."

Gunbilik had his own calculations and abandoned Yongxiebu where he was stationed in the pasture. After arriving here, he could only rely on others and completely became a part of his Ordos tribe.

The situation on the grassland is already changing. No matter what the outcome of Anda's battle with the left wing will be, he must have stronger power.

And the Hetao is really a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, so we can’t abandon it!

The news of the sudden disappearance of the Haraqin tribe had not yet come, but the tribes below Yongxie Buwanhu learned the news earlier.

Nearly four thousand of the Haraqin tribesmen who were suddenly blasted from the center by the Ming army while they were sleeping finally escaped that night. Some of them went to find their own tribesmen who were grazing on water and grass, and they became a smaller force.

Some went to other tribes, hoping to stay together and stay warm.

But they also brought panic.

An unbelievably powerful Ming army has become their nightmare. Each of them has extraordinary skills and claims to be the warrior who killed Bodi with his own arrows. They are like demons. They can come to the place where they have stepped up their vigilance without anyone noticing.

Next to the Karaqin tribe's camp, what if they continue to go north?

The grassland is vast, and different people are making different choices.

Yan Chunsheng continued to stay in the territory of the Kalaqin tribe, waiting for the people from the Duoyan tribe to come over.

During this time, he had put on the attire of a prairie man, as had the generals under his command.

The surviving women and children of the Karaqin tribe not only helped them restore some defensive preparations during this period, but also helped them prepare for the transition.

The grassland tribes have always lived in pursuit of water and grass. Although they have grazing land, they still have to recuperate and recuperate the pastures in different areas. Their migration is called "Chunwa, Xia Gang, Qiu Ping, Dong Yang". This kind of migration is called

Transitions.

The so-called spring depression means that in spring, you should choose a low-lying place to avoid wind and sand, and the snow melts early in the pasture, or there are surface and underground water sources. Low-lying places often have sufficient water sources and the pasture turns green early.

Summer hills means you should choose to camp on hills in summer. There is wind on the hills, it is cooler, the grass grows vigorously, there are few mosquitoes and flies, and there is no need to worry about rain.

In Qiuping, you should choose to set up a yurt on the flat ground in autumn. The climate on the flat ground is suitable, and the plain pasture on the mountainside, foothills and both sides of the river is more luxuriant.

Dongyang said that in winter, you should choose a sunny place to build a yurt, which is convenient for heating and has a higher temperature, which is conducive to livestock spending the winter.

In order to migrate, vehicles must be prepared, yurts must be dismantled, and cattle, sheep, and horses must be prepared.

After the people from the Duoyan tribe arrive, the special operations camp will disguise itself as a small tribe that is migrating due to the war.

They were "scared away" by themselves.

The leader of the Duoyan tribe who came here was Daha.
To be continued...