'The divide between Asia and Europe!'

'The Ural Mountains!'

A brand new vocabulary that I have never heard before, it hits my ears.

At this moment, the eyes of all the emperors and princes fell on the flickering golden light.

Lao Zhu, Li Er, Lao Zhu Di, these strategic emperors who have been fighting for their whole lives and are very familiar with the map, can see the pros and cons at a glance.

The Ural Mountains are obviously a natural barrier, dividing the entire continent into east and west.

And in fact, it is indeed the case.

The Ural Mountains serve as the dividing line between the Eastern European Plain and the West Siberian Plain. There are extremely significant differences in mineral distribution and animal and plant conditions on both sides.

Give a simple example.

The fish belly on the west side of the Ural Mountains is red, and the fish belly on the east side is white. The west side is basically precious metals, and the east side is natural gas and oil.

Just a short distance apart, the difference is huge. It is simply the natural dividing line of nature. It can be described as a miraculous workmanship.

"Tomorrow I will send 100,000 troops to mine in Siberia!"

Hearing this, Wuzong Zhu Houzhao stood up, his expression extremely excited.

This posture seemed to have completely forgotten the little Mongolian prince.

After all, for the Ming Dynasty, in order to include Siberia further north into its territory, the Mobei grassland must first be cleared away.

Although this little Mongolian prince in the Zhengde time and space has been tortured by the Great Sage Yangming during this period, it is definitely not an easy task that can be wiped out in a day or two.

Ji Boying glanced at Wu Zong, whose face was full of excitement.

"I see you are not going to mine, but to be exposed to the cold."

The words fell.

Everyone was stunned again.

"Brother, can't we mine in Siberia?"

Lao Zhu frowned and asked in a solemn voice.

After all, the main purpose of going to great lengths to incorporate Siberia into the territory of the Ming Dynasty was to exploit the mineral resources that the immortal master just mentioned.

If we can't mine and exploit the resources under this land in Siberia, then why bother to go to such a large area of ​​Siberia? Isn't it a waste of such huge financial and human resources?

What’s the point?

As soon as these words came out.

Zhu Laosi and Lao Zhu Di all frowned, spending huge amounts of national power to conquer a useless land. This was obviously not their original intention, and they certainly did not want to make such a loss-making deal.

In fact, before the Wanli Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, as the undisputed largest country in the East, had always had influence on the Siberian region.

However, Ming Dynasty never thought of incorporating Siberia into its territory.

The core reason is that in the eyes of the past Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers, the area further north of the Mobei Grassland was cold and desolate. Whatever you planted would die, and even the chickens could not be raised. It was really a place where birds flew across thousands of mountains, and there was no trace of people on every footpath.

There is a hammer for destroying and incorporating it into the territory.

"It doesn't mean that we can't mine."

Ji Boying glanced at Lao Zhu and others.

“Rather, it’s very difficult to mine.”

"Most of the entire Siberia is in an extremely cold state, especially the Little Ice Age, which will aggravate the situation."

"The ground surface in Siberia is covered with thick permafrost. With the current technical conditions of the Ming Dynasty, it is still impossible to mine mineral deposits."

This thing about frozen soil.

If you just rely on manpower to dig, it will be an astronomical consumption.

Moreover, if there is no supporting military industry or supporting transportation around, the gains will outweigh the losses, and there is little point in rushing to mine now.

"Of course, there is no need to mine at this time."

"Before the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty did not keep up, even if these mineral resources were mined, it would be of little significance."

The immortal master’s words continued to sound.

The development of science and technology needs to be promoted bit by bit. At the same time, construction technology, transportation, mechanical operation, etc., must not be left behind.

Just like oil, after you extract oil, you must at least have oil fractionation equipment.

Say it.

Ji Boying took a breath and glanced at the group of emperors and princes present.

"I can tell you very straightforwardly that in your lifetime, these mineral resources, especially precious metal minerals, will most likely not be used."

"What your generation needs to do is to protect these resources for the Ming Dynasty."

Do the math.

indeed so.

Fortunately, natural gas is a resource that can be directly accessed. It has a wide range of civilian uses. As long as there are mature methods of access, it can be used as a civilian fuel in a large area.

However, it is impossible to use uranium ore in a short period of time. The uranium ore that is mined now can only be used to crack walnuts.

The progress of civilization takes time, and the same goes for technology.

"So, your key word for Siberia is."

Ji Boying picked up the pen under the rice paper and left two characters on the rice paper.

"guard."

The pen falls.

Ji Boying's eyes fell on these princes and princes of the great Ming Dynasty.

"After your national and military strength, especially the manufacturing technology of firearms, has been improved by leaps and bounds across the ages, you need to take the first step in the matter of northward expansion, which is to clear the Mobei grassland."

To put it bluntly, it means to wipe out the Mongolians on the grassland.

This matter, in the eyes of all dynasties of the Han Dynasty, was an almost impossible task.

After all, ever since Liu Bang established the Western Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty has been deeply harassed by nomads from the north. This harassment has lasted for thousands of years without interruption.

The strategies of the Central Plains dynasties towards the nomads in the past dynasties were basically based on defense, with expulsion as the ultimate goal, and most of them were at a disadvantage.

Of course, the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was an exception.

The bandits can go, and so can I.

When Liu Che shouted these words, he made his attitude clear.

If the champion had not had an accident and died young, and if God had given Huo Qubing another thirty years of military service, the nomads in the Han Dynasty might have ended up with two endings.

One, total destruction.

Two, get out of Asia.

But Huo Qubing, a monster general like this who only comes across once in a thousand years, is hard to come by.

Although Chang Yuchun, the most powerful general of the Ming Dynasty, was awesome, compared with Huo Qubing, there was still a gap.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, with the support of cross-era firearms, the result will be different. It does not even need to be very advanced, it only needs to be a Ming Dynasty fully equipped with flintlock guns.

The army can sweep across the entire Mobei.

Coupled with the soaring national power, the supply of military supplies can be guaranteed across the board, and the army of hundreds of thousands can be divided into dozens of groups to carry out all-round and non-stop attacks on the grassland nomads.

Just think about it, if the 100,000 Mongolian cavalry during the Hongwu period met 10,000 Ming troops carrying fusiliers capable of firing three shots per minute, what would be the final outcome?

"As for how to clear them out, drive them away, conquer them, or kill them all, this is your choice."

"What you want to ensure is the complete peace of the Mobei grassland."

"This question also answers the question you asked before about how to defend the northern border. The answer I give now is that there is no need to defend it."

"then."

Ji Boying raised his hand and pointed at the Ural Mountains, which were flashing in the air.

"You need to be on the east side of the Ural Mountains."

Speaking of which.

Ji Boying thought for a moment and briefly recalled the history of the world.

To the east of the Ural Mountains, the West Siberian Plain, the largest arctic plain in Asia and the third largest in the world, had different ruling khanates in different periods of the Ming Dynasty.

The original ruler of this plain was the Golden Horde founded by Batu, the grandson of Genghis Khan.

When the Golden Horde was at its peak, the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the predecessor of Tsarist Russia, took the initiative to accept the canonization of the Golden Horde and became the first Eastern European good dog under the Golden Horde. In the name of the Golden Horde, it collected taxes from various Russian principalities.

Hundreds of years later, the Golden Horde was forced to split into four khanates under the impact of the Timur Empire. This area of ​​the West Siberian Plain was occupied by the Siberian Khanate.

After a while, Ji Boying continued.
To be continued...