North of Lang Mountain.
Xin Ningbo led the soldiers of the capital camp to escort the Tartar captives here.
At this moment, he was still clueless about the purpose of this mission.
When they reached the north of Lang Mountain and saw the barren Gobi Desert, they were instantly filled with despair.
The new Uncle Ning didn't understand why the Crown Prince had sent them here.
However, the orders of the ruler could not be disobeyed. Even if he was unwilling, the new Uncle Ning still followed the instructions of His Highness and began to build a guard station and camp on this desolate and uninhabited Gobi Desert.
Time flew by.
Several days later.
The new Uncle Ning's camp had just been built.
The soldiers of the capital camp who had returned from Datong had already found this place and were walking over.
The new Earl of Ning, who had heard the news, had originally thought that it was only the 30,000 soldiers of the capital camp and Liu Jin who had come.
However, when he walked out of the camp, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.
Tens of thousands of commoners were following behind the soldiers of the capital camp as they marched over.
Tan You, the new Earl of Ning, had a puzzled expression when he saw this scene.
He was even more curious about the Crown Prince's intentions.
……
He had been rushing all the way.
Liu Jin, who was already skinny, even his skin color began to darken.
The new Earl of Ning, who was standing at the door, did not have much of an impression of Liu Jin. However, under the guidance of the soldiers at the side, he immediately found Liu Jin, who was advancing in the crowd.
At this moment, the new Earl of Ning, Tan You, who was extremely puzzled, could not care less about the red tape and directly walked forward. After a conversation, the new Earl of Ning, Tan You, could not suppress his doubts and asked,
"Eunuch Liu, do you know why His Highness sent us here?”
When Liu Jin heard this, he smiled. He understood that this new Uncle Ning would be responsible for guarding this place in the future.
Therefore, he didn't hide anything. He picked up a green stone from the ground and said to the new Uncle Ning,
"His Highness sent us here for this!”
"Stone!"
The new Uncle Ning looked surprised. Then, he sneered and said to Liu Jin,
"Eunuch Liu, stop joking! There were many such things in the Gobi Desert!”
Liu Jin glared at the new Uncle Ning and said loudly,
"Joke? And broken things? How could it be a joke for His Highness to mobilize so many people?”
"But isn't this just a stone?"
The new Uncle Ning became more and more puzzled. He stared at the stone in Liu Jin's hand and became more and more puzzled.
Liu Jin saw the new Uncle Ning's appearance and pondered for a moment before explaining,
"Uncle, it's true that it's a stone, but stones are also divided into grades. For example, the one in my hand is not an ordinary stone because it contains copper!”
"Bronze stone? No! Copper ore!"
The new Uncle Ning had a look of shock on his face. He pointed at the green stones that covered the ground with a look of disbelief and repeated,
"These are all copper ores? Just leave it out in the open?"
Liu Jin looked around and nodded.
"Yes, right, just leave it in the open like this!”
Tan You, the new Earl of Ning, had a stunned expression as his gaze swept left and right.
In his line of sight, the stones in Liu Jin's hand were everywhere.
The new Uncle Ning even remembered that he had used it when he was building the stove and other things.
However, who would have thought that such a stone that could be found everywhere was actually copper ore!
The new Uncle Ning's face was filled with shock.
His eyes were still wide open, unable to believe what he had just heard.
However, from this, he finally understood.
The reason why the Crown Prince had gathered all his manpower here.
This was mining!
At the thought of this, the new Uncle Ning's expression began to become more and more excited.
……
In the northern plains.
As the clean-up continued.
The northern plains began to become more and more deserted.
Occasionally, a large herd of cattle and sheep would pass by, but behind them were the soldiers of the capital.
As for Zhu Houzhao and the Tiger Troop, they headed north and continued to clear out the enemies.
The boundless grassland did not only have cows and sheep.
Under the green grass, there were countless mineral deposits!
Copper ore!
Iron ore!
A coal mine!
These rich mineral resources were one of the reasons why Zhu Houzhao started this war.
Otherwise, why would he, the dignified Crown Prince, have nothing better to do and come to Da Tong to work for more than half a year?
He trained soldiers, made flintlocks, and even used Reputation Points to exchange for special equipment.
Otherwise, how could this newly made flintlock have such precise resistance?
And the mineral resources on this grassland was one of Zhu Houzhao's goals.
Of course, Zhu Houzhao would not admit it.
Once this matter was passed back to Da Ming, his reputation points would also increase rapidly.
Just like now, north of Lang Mountain where the new Earl of Ning went.
Other than the Wolf Mountain on the south side, there was only a desert on the north side.
However, in such a desolate place, there was one of the largest open-pit copper mines in the Ming Dynasty, the Huogeqi Copper Mine!
Huo Ge asked for copper.
Copper reserves exceeded a million tons, and the copper ore content was as high as tens of millions of tons.
In this era, copper represented wealth.
Therefore, when Zhu Houzhao was training in Datong, he instructed Liu Jin to search for mining craftsmen and prepare the corresponding equipment and tools.
All the hard work and preparation was for this day.
Dayan Khan was captured, and the Tatar cavalrymen heading south were destroyed.
The remaining Tartar tribes were almost wiped out by the Tiger Troop.
The northwest grassland would be peaceful like never before in thousands of years.
Zhu Houzhao naturally wouldn't give up on such a good opportunity.
Mining was only one of them.
The fertile Hetao Plain would soon become Zhu Houzhao's personal farm.
The northern grasslands that had been occupied for a thousand years had finally returned to the embrace of the Ming Dynasty in the hands of Zhu Houzhao!
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