The midsummer in Yingtian City in the 31st year of Hongwu was like a barrel of fire oil, completely ignited.

A large number of tourists flock to the city every day.

There is an endless stream of merchant ships at Shangyuanmen Wharf, lined up on the Changjiang River, their sails covering the sky, waiting for permission to dock at the wharf.

The Yi people with red eyes, blue eyes, and green eyes, just like the primitive people thousands of years ago, stepped off the boat with unparalleled reverence and stepped on this mysterious and unprecedentedly powerful land of the East.

superior.

All foreigners need to register at the dock gate area, check all the goods they carry, and verify the purpose of the owner before they can finally be released.

Before they can be released, people who know these Yi people in Yingtian City need to come to pick them up, otherwise they won't even be able to get out of the dock.

As for the entire southeast coast.

As the Ming Navy was reorganized into the Ming Royal Navy, its organization and scale continued to expand, and the southeastern coastal areas had long become like an iron wall.

Not to mention, Jin Yiwei also announced that as long as you report a barbarian who came ashore privately, you can get Jin Yiwei's reward of ten taels of silver.

Stimulated by the court's strict control and high rewards, the people in the southeastern coastal areas received many rewards a long time ago.

Nowadays, the barbarians have understood the rules of the Ming Dynasty, and they also know that they can only dock at the designated ports on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, the people in the southeast coastal areas are greatly disappointed, and they feel that these ugly barbarians are

To be so cowardly.

They did not mention at all that any barbarians who came ashore privately would be tried by the local government as quickly as possible by the Jin Yiwei, and then sent to various mining areas for mining.

However, under the tough control of the barbarians, the number of barbarians in the Ming Dynasty increased in another way, at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In Yingtian City alone, there are more than 100,000 registered resident foreigners and traveling traders.

The entire Xicheng area has now become the top priority of Yingtian Mansion's public security management.

Almost half of the three squads of government officials were deployed in the direction of Xicheng.

The Military and Horse Division also dispatched a large number of soldiers and horses to control and regulate order on the streets of Xicheng.

The football stadium located in the Xicheng project has all the tickets sold out every day and is always in a rush to buy.

It is precisely because of this that the long-term existence of scalpers turned out to be epoch-making.

Because there were a large number of Yi and foreigners, the Xicheng project also added many entertainment projects related to events other than the Ming Dynasty during this period.

The Indian's clavicle technique, the Ottoman's dancing with snakes, and the Europa's heavy armor fighting.

All of this provided the people of the Ming Dynasty with a broader vision and understanding of the world.

And in today's Xicheng project.

The most popular envy from outside the country is the Persian Hu girl who just came from the Hexi Corridor recently.

For this reason, the Xicheng Project Department has to deal with several cases every day where family fights broke out between the gentlemen of the capital and their mothers-in-law because of Hu Nu.

"Did you hear that?"

Chang Jizu, who had graduated from the martial arts hall but had not received any arrangements, walked from the foot of the mountain to the pavilion on the viewing mountain with a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth, and gossiped at those who were drinking tea.

Zhu Yunxi raised his eyebrows.

This guy is not in a hurry.

Throughout the Martial Arts Hall, this batch of graduated martial arts students, after the abdication ceremony in the first month, had been arranged by the Governor's Office in various places in the army.

Only this one has been kept in the capital without any arrangements.

He was not in a hurry. He had not been to the Governor's Mansion for so many days to inquire about it, nor had he mentioned anything to his family.

Zhu Yunxi put down his teacup and looked at his cousin, who didn't know whether he was being arrogant or just wanted to be a bastard.

He still didn't know that the reason why he, a first-term graduate of the Jiangwu Hall, had no whereabouts until now was because of the manipulations of his cousin, who was the crown prince.

The Western Expedition is about to begin.

It's time for the imperial court to employ people again.

This time, the Ming Dynasty's Western Expedition mainly used people from the Xinguo Gongfu group.

The Chang family's main energy and connections are now in the south, while Li Jinglong's family's power is in Yingzhou.

The north is the jurisdiction of the three clans: King Qin, King Jin, and King Yan.

In this Western Expedition, although Liang Guogong Lan Yu and Li Jinglong led the troops together, they were only the leaders.

Tang Li, whom the Tang family had previously known in the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, would organize the Beijing army in central Beijing, and would lead the Beijing army to the west of Yangguan as soon as the imperial court issued an order for the Western Expedition.

Chang Jizu needs experience.

Since all the people and influence in the south were from the Chang family, Chang Sheng, the head of the Chang family, would be carried up and down and given all kinds of care.

Only by going to the west and relying on yourself can you work hard and experience it.

Zhu Yunxi poured a cup of tea for Chang Jizu who was going up the mountain.

He glanced down the mountain.

On the other side of the viewing mountain is an open space.

On the open space are various sideshows.

There is no need to distinguish carefully. During this period, the place with the most people is the place where the Hu girl from the Western Regions is.

Zhu Yunxi looked sideways at Chang Jizu: "Is there anything fun happening today?"

Chang Jizu sat on the stool, picked up the tea cup, turned his buttocks, faced the tea table, and looked in the same direction as Zhu Yunxi.

"I also heard from the junior students in the martial arts hall that the Hu girl at the bottom of the mountain actually performed a new skill today."

"Oh?" Zhu Yunxi looked calmly.

Chang Jizu was a little surprised. He turned to look at his cousin who had become the crown prince: "Aren't you curious at all?"

Zhu Yunxi said calmly: "Then tell me."

This guy is so boring!

Chang Jizu muttered in his heart, and then said: "I just heard that that Hu girl turned into a beautiful snake today, and the people on the scene were so shocked that they almost caused trouble."

"oh?"

Zhu Yunxi still said with a calm expression.

However, his eyes were once again looking at the most densely populated area down the mountain.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Chang Jizu was a little anxious: "Aren't you curious about how that Hu Ji turned into a snake?"

"Do you want to take a look?"

"I think...no, I'm just a little weird..."

Chang Jizu turned his eyes, clasped the tea cup with both hands, and his eyes became wandering.

Zhu Yunxi just smiled silently.

He remained silent, and Chang Jizu gradually became embarrassed.

After a long time.

Zhu Yunxi then said: "Do you know where Hu Ji and her people come from?"

"Of course they come from the Western Regions." Chang Jizu answered affirmatively.

Zhu Yunxi nodded and continued: "She is from the Western Regions. Do you know who this Hu Ji is and where she comes from the Western Regions?"

Chang Jizu shook his head honestly.

"I don't know, what does this have to do with this Hu Ji?"

Zhu Yunxi put away the smile on his face and turned to ask: "Do you know why the current Seven Guards of Kansai exist in my court?"

The Seven Guards of Guanxi in the Ming Dynasty.

It refers to the Hami Guard, the Anding Guard, the Quxian Guard, the Atuan Guard, the Handong Left Guard, the Shazhou Guard, and the Chijin Mongolian Guard who occupy a large area of ​​land west of Jiayuguan.

To the west of the Seven Guards of Kansai is the Yilibeli tribe that was separated from the Chagatai Khanate in the former Yuan Dynasty.

Yili controlled the interior and occupied almost the entire territory of the Western Regions in the pre-Tang Dynasty.

To the west of Yilibali is the Timurid Empire, which occupies the Middle East to the Persian Gulf, and the Golden Horde, which occupies the surrounding areas of the Caspian Sea.

Before the Timurid Empire, there was the Ottoman Empire in the Arabian Peninsula and the Black Sea region.

(The plateau area in the picture above is not actually controlled)

Chang Jizu was born in the Chang family. He was a descendant of the founding fathers of the Ming Dynasty. He also studied in the martial arts hall for many years, so he naturally had a clear understanding of the relationship between the empire and its surrounding areas.

Chang Jizu replied: "The purpose of the Seven Guards of Guanxi is to occupy the west of Jiayuguan, connect the guards in Hexi, and block the connection between the plateau and the grassland. Of course, this was before."

Zhu Yunxi nodded.

Chang Jizu was not wrong.

Guanxi refers to the west of Jiayuguan Pass.

The original purpose of establishing the entire Hexi Corridor Guards and the Seven Guards in Guanxi during the Ming Dynasty was to block the connection between the plateau and the grassland.
To be continued...