"It took more than ten days to finally get out of the fertile river area."
"The richness of the Hezhong area left the deepest impression on me. In my opinion, there is probably no place that can compare with the richness of the Hezhong area."
"But the Hezhong area is just a borderland of the Ming Dynasty's western territory. The Western Region is closer to the Ming Dynasty."
"Our first stop when entering the Western Regions is Lantian Town. This town, like the towns in the Hezhong area, are immigrants from the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty that accompanied the Ming Dynasty's external expansion."
In an inn in Lantian Town, Ali Pasha took his pen and recorded everything here.
Pull up the curtains and open the glass windows, and you will see the white-capped snow-capped mountains in the distance, like a holy goddess, looking at you with her gentle eyes.
Under the snow-capped mountains, there are alpine pastures with lush water and grass. You can see patches of sheep, cattle, and horses that look like white clouds, eating the last crop before winter on the grassland very leisurely.
grass.
Nearby, rivers and creeks meander down from the snow-capped mountains. On both sides of the rivers and creeks are endless golden wheat fields. Steam harvesters are continuously harvesting wheat with white smoke, and the sound of whistles echoes.
In this picturesque world.
"gorgeous!"
Ali Pasha couldn't help but admire him.
"Yes, it's really picturesque and intoxicating."
Moses came over with a smile on his face.
"Let's go and taste the delicacies of the Western Regions of the Ming Dynasty."
Ali Pasha got up, took Moses out of the inn, and wandered around Blue Sky Town very casually.
Although Lantian Town is not big, it is very lively, especially children playing and playing in large groups can be seen everywhere.
"Moses, did you find anything?"
Ali Pasha looked at these children playing in groups, his eyes lit up slightly, and then he asked Moses beside him.
"Sir, do you mean these children?"
"Yes, as you can see, a lot of these children don't look like people from the Ming Dynasty. Their eyes and hair are very different from those from the Ming Dynasty."
"The Ming Dynasty covers a vast territory, and there are countless tribes living in it. Isn't this surprising?"
"Of course this is not surprising, but all these children speak Ming dialect, which makes people have to study it carefully."
Ali Pasha looked at the group of children playing in front of him carefully, and soon he discovered that these children should be of mixed race, children of Ming Dynasty, Western Regions, Central Asia, and Europeans.
"Asnar, Mohammad~ It's time to go home for dinner."
At this time, a graceful and beautiful woman came over and shouted to two of the children.
"Oh~"
When the two children who were having fun heard this, they were immediately disappointed and prepared to follow her back.
"This lady~"
When Ali Pasha heard these two names, he suddenly became excited. He quickly stepped forward and politely saluted each other with a half-hearted gesture.
When the other party saw Ali Pasha saluting, he was slightly startled, and then quickly saluted Ali Pasha, Moses and others.
"My name is Ali Pasha, and I am the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. This time I went to the capital of the Ming Empire to pay homage to the Emperor of the Ming Empire on the orders of the great Sultan. I happened to be passing by here. I wonder if I can interrupt my wife for a moment and ask some questions?"
Ali Pasha said very politely.
The translator beside him was about to translate Ali Pasha's words, but unexpectedly the other party replied in the language of the Ottoman Empire: "It turns out to be the noble Grand Vizier~"
"I am also a Turk from the Ottoman Empire. I didn't expect to be lucky enough to see you here. If you don't mind, please come and sit in my humble house."
When Atagul heard this, she realized that the other party was actually the distinguished Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. This was equivalent to the cabinet minister of the Ming Empire and the prime minister. His status was extremely noble, and he was lucky enough to meet him here in Blue Sky Town.
"Are you also an Ottoman Turk?"
When Ali Pasha heard this, he was slightly surprised. He did not expect to meet people from his own Ottoman Empire here.
"Then I'll bother you, madam~"
Then he was not polite and readily agreed to her invitation.
Following Ataguli, they came to a courtyard. It could be seen that this was a very ordinary courtyard. Spring couplets and red lanterns were posted at the door of the courtyard, giving it a strong Ming Dynasty atmosphere.
After entering the courtyard, we saw some elements of the Ottoman Empire, including carpets produced in the Ottoman Empire, green-based decorations, etc.
"Yasman, come out quickly, we have a distinguished guest!"
As soon as Atagul arrived at the door of her house, she immediately shouted loudly, and soon another woman came out from inside. She looked similar to Atagul and looked like two sisters.
"This is the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire. He is going to the capital this time to meet the Emperor of Heaven. He happened to meet me while passing by our Blue Sky Town, so I invited them to come to our home."
Ataguli introduced Ali Pasha, Moses and others with a smile.
"I took the liberty to come here, I'm sorry for disturbing you."
Ali Pasha and Moses also said with a smile.
"No, no, it's our honor to be able to see the Grand Vizier here."
Yasman, like Ataguli, was also very excited to see the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, and enthusiastically welcomed Ali Pasha, Moses and others to the living room.
Fragrant tea, fruits from the Western Regions, desserts, etc. were also quickly brought out, and guests from hometown were warmly entertained.
After a lot of work, we sat down and had a good chat.
"We sisters were originally the daughters of a noble in Erzinjan City. Our father's name was Kadi. Later, the Ming Empire's army attacked Erzinjan City. We were captured and sold here as slaves, and then we were bought by our husband-in-law.
Come down."
Ataguli held her child and told her life experience. When she said this, she and her sister Yasman also shed tears.
"Alas, it's all our failure. We can't defeat the Ming people, otherwise we wouldn't have reduced you to slaves."
When Ali Pasha heard this, he immediately said with shame.
"Actually, it's not bad. Our husband-in-law is very good to us two sisters. He listens to us on many things, such as naming the children. Except that the first name is based on the name of a Ming Dynasty person, and the nickname is based on our wishes.
Taken.”
"And he also respects our habits, never beats or scolds us, and is very dedicated to us."
"There are also many Turks here, and we often get together to chat and have a good life."
Ataguli wiped her tears and hugged the child in her arms tightly.
"Are there many us Turks here?"
Upon hearing this, Ali Pasha asked quickly.
"There are many Ming people who immigrated here. Many of them did not have wives, so the Ming government gave them a large number of women captured on the battlefield for free, or subsidized money to buy women."
"So here, almost every household is similar. The men are from the Ming Dynasty, and the women are bought from Turks, Kazakhs, Persians, Arabs, Europeans, etc."
"Our family is okay. After our husband-in-law bought our two sisters, he didn't buy any other women. Some people even have more than a dozen women in their families."
Ataguli nodded and said.
"I finally understand why there are children everywhere here. It turns out that the people of Ming Dynasty bought many women, so naturally there will be more children."
When Moses heard this, he suddenly understood and said.
"Yes, every household here has many children. Ming people like to have children. It doesn't take much money to buy women, so they will naturally buy more and have more children."
Ataguli nodded and said.
"Where are the male slaves?"
Ali Pasha thought for a while and asked.
"I don't know. Anyway, I rarely see male slaves. Even if there are, they are probably sold to plantations. Here in the Western Region, only female slaves are the best to sell."
Ataguli thought for a while and shook her head.
In fact, there are some things that need not be said, and everyone has already guessed the ending.
The Ming people massacred hundreds of cities in the Ottoman Empire, and all of them were men. Women and children were sold as slaves to various parts of the Ming Dynasty.
"terrible!"
"In ten or twenty years, the population of the Ming Dynasty will definitely double. By that time, the Ming Empire will be even more powerful and terrifying."
Ali Pasha thought for a long time and said in fear.
"It's really scary~"
When Moses heard this, he thought about it and nodded solemnly.
"What's so scary about this?"
"The people of Ming Dynasty are actually very humble, easy-going, and easy to get along with. Our husband-in-law never beats or scolds us. He treats us sisters very well."
Ataguli said with some confusion.
"You don't understand. You are a woman, so of course you don't understand this."
"The people of the Ming Dynasty relied on their strong strength to expand all over the world. They killed the men, and then took away the women and children. These women gave birth to children for the Ming Dynasty. One man married several wives and gave birth to a bunch of children."
"Think about it, in ten or twenty years, how big will the population of the Ming Dynasty be?"
"By then, I'm afraid there won't be as many people in all other countries in the world as there are people in the Ming Dynasty."
Ali Pasha felt terrible when he thought of this. This set of strategies of the Ming Dynasty was enough to lay the foundation for the Ming Dynasty to stand for thousands of years.
"But my child also has the blood of our Turks flowing in his body and is also a descendant of our Turks."
When Ataguli heard this, she was very puzzled. Women are like this. Their family, country, and world are not important to them at all. They care more about how they live.
"Does your child speak Turkic?"
"Would he consider himself a Turk?"
"I'm afraid not. He will only think that he is a Ming Dynasty person, and he will only speak Ming Dynasty dialect and write Ming Dynasty characters."