Mu Xiaodi has been a little troubled these days, seeing that Daming has embarked on the road of recovering the world, and is even about to dominate the world, he has not made any achievements in Gansu.

He didn't want to be said that the reason why he was able to become the king of Qianning in the Ming Dynasty was just because of his ancestor Yinze, who was tied up in Sichuan at the beginning, although it made a big situation, but at that time he really wanted to do something for the Ming Dynasty, but later he was involved in the chaos in Chengdu and almost harmed His Majesty's family, and the credit for discovering Jinshan was covered up.

And being placed in this place is also a good deed of Cheng Xiaolian, after all, he is younger than Cheng Xiaolian, mentally speaking, compared to Cheng Xiaolian, it is far inferior, and martial arts are not enough to deter the heroes of the world, and it will be difficult for him to lead an army alone.

For the matter of placing him in Gansu, his henchmen are very satisfied, after all, although this place is poor, everyone understands a truth, no matter how poor the place, their status will not be affected by the quality of life, no matter how rich the place, some people will have no food to eat.

Moreover, almost all the surrounding areas have been pacified, and out of the threat of the Mongol cavalry in the north, Gansu can be regarded as a pure land.

Besides, the Mongolian cavalry did not want to come to a place like Gansu, and if they went to Shanxi to kill all the way, they could only kill all the way when they arrived in a place like Gansu, and how much they grabbed depended on luck.

Cheng Xiaolian's meaning is to put Mu Xiaodi here to experience it, if he really has the ability, he will be able to establish trade with the countries of the Western Regions, and if he does a good job, he can revive the Silk Road, and if he doesn't do well, it will also be a place to retire, and it will not spoil the affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

Cheng Xiaolian understands this, Mu Xiaodi also understands, but Mu Xiaodi's subordinates don't understand, they think that the King of Qianning is the King of Qianning of the Ming Dynasty, since the Ming Dynasty is now going to be recovered, then their young master will naturally inherit the King of Qianning, and the prince is the emperor.

But Mu Xiaodi is used to living a thrilling life freely, and he has long had a sense of crisis, if he can't make a difference with his own skills, the ministers of civil and military affairs in the court will not look down on him, and this King of Qianning is afraid that he will end up in a lifetime. The reason why his ancestor Mu Ying was the hereditary king of Qianning was because he was Zhu Yuanzhang's righteous son, and on the other hand, he really made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty.

So after Mu Xiaodi arrived in Gansu, he visited more than a dozen caravans in a row, but these caravans were all inland caravans, and they all shook their heads firmly for going west: "It's not easy to go west, there are too many deserts, and many things can be transported from the sea, so it's thankless for us to travel thousands of miles, so few people are willing to go west." ”

This is indeed a serious problem, the shipbuilding industry of the Han Dynasty was not so developed during the Silk Road, not to mention crossing the ocean, even if it went to sea, only the royal family had this kind of financial resources.

Mu Xiaodi doesn't think so, sea transportation naturally has the benefits of sea transportation, but now the coast is occupied by Wu Sangui, if he can open this road, he will definitely be able to find the benefits of land transportation, and when the time comes, he will be able to keep pace with sea transportation and even get those small countries in the Western Regions to submit, which is his contribution.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Hami Guard was conquered by Turpan, and the Ming Dynasty retreated to Jiayuguan, and until now, the west of Jiayuguan is not the territory of the Central Plains regime. Historically, the Dzungar Department captured the eastern part of Xinjiang Province, and when the Galdan was pacified, it also recovered the eastern part of Xinjiang Province, and it was only later in the Yongzheng period that it had the scale of Xinjiang Province in later generations.

Now Mu Xiaodi has set his sights on Xinjiang Province, in his opinion, if such a large piece of land can be incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, it can be regarded as an explanation to the ancestors, and an explanation for the success of the court.

For this reason, he also disguised himself as a person from the Western Regions and led people to infiltrate Xinjiang Province several times, but the area of Xinjiang Province was too large to be completely explored.

Now the first country west of Jiayuguan is the Yarkand Khanate, this country is a country established by the Yuan Dynasty Chagatai descendant Saiyid in the Ming Dynasty, now the king of the Yarkand Khanate is called Sima Yi, is the son of the previous king Abdullah, Mu Xiaodi is really unclear about the naming rules of the Yarkand Khanate, why Abdullah's son is not surnamed A, but has a Central Plains surname Sima, but Mu Xiaodi does not plan to study this in depth.

Now that the Yarkand Khanate has occupied this land for more than 100 years, many former Han people in the land have begun to learn the customs of the Yarkand Khanate, which is not good news for Mu Xiaodi, after all, it has always been the Han people who have assimilated others, but they have never seen the Han people assimilated by others.

Mu Xiaodi now has two or three thousand people under his command, with the name of King Qianning of the Ming Dynasty, he can still recover more troops under his command, but he does not plan to gather too many troops, firstly, his ability is not enough to control, and secondly, he gathers so many troops in Gansu, where there is no war, and exercises day and night, even if Cheng Xiaolian does not say anything, I am afraid that other courtiers will suspect his purpose.

So Mu Xiaodi immediately made a decision to sneak into the Yarkand Khanate, he couldn't declare war in the name of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise in case of defeat, the Yarkand Khanate would launch a counterattack against the Ming Dynasty, and Gansu, which did not have many troops to defend at that time, would suffer.

However, according to his understanding, the Yarkand Khanate did not have the ability to invade the Ming Dynasty, and after six generations of inheritance, the monarch of the Yarkand Khanate was no longer the heroes who were killed from the sword mountain and the sea of fire, otherwise it would not have been quickly annexed by Galdan in history.

Today's Sima Yi is greedy for pleasure, likes beauty, and has no interest in state affairs, so far there have been three or four local lords who have declared independence, I can't imagine that he has not reacted at all, and he is still obsessed with beauty every day, but it is somewhat similar to Emperor Yang of Sui in the storytelling.

Mu Xiaodi's target this time is these small cities near Jiayuguan, for this war he submitted a request for assistance to the academy, Gu Yanwu also strongly supported after hearing about this matter, and immediately sent twenty aspiring scholars to the army, it is easy to attack the city, and it is up to these scholars to spread the way of the saints to assimilate them into their own clan.

Cheng Xiaolian didn't have any other thoughts about this, there were some chaos in that place in the later generations, in his opinion, it was because their culture was not unified enough with their own culture, until some people went to the extreme to lead to chaos, it is better to spread the teachings of the saints now, even if they can't assimilate, it is best to seek common ground while reserving differences, so that they and the people in the customs have the same ideological pursuit is the best thing.

This place is more sensitive, many names are pseudonyms, and I don't want to touch the red line, but I can't help but write it in front of me, and you should laugh, if there is anything inappropriate, even if you bring it up, there will definitely be no discrimination.

(End of chapter)