Chapter 1564: News about Wu Muli

Wu Muli arrived faster than Ji Ran expected.

At dusk the next day, Wumuli arrived at Jindong City exhausted.

When Yun Zheng and Wu Muli met, they naturally had to exchange some simple greetings.

"I wonder what the great chief wants to discuss with me?"

After taking a seat, Yun Zheng started asking questions directly.

There are some things that, even though everyone knows them, they still have to go through the motions, right?

Wu Muli had heard Ji Ran talk about Yun Zheng's personality and knew that Yun Zheng liked to speak directly, so he did not beat around the bush with Yun Zheng and answered directly: "The various tribes of the Mongols are deeply impressed by the might of Daqian and want to merge into Daqian in order to seek Daqian's protection."

As expected, Wumuli really wanted to talk to Yun Zheng about this matter.

However, faced with the good thing that was delivered to his doorstep, Yun Zheng fell silent.

To be honest, he didn't want to incorporate the Mongols into Daqian at this time.

Compared with Zhenhe, the Mongols had too many disadvantages.

The geographical location of the Menghu is more remote, the natural conditions are more severe, and it is not near the sea.

The Mongols are now a burden to Daqian.

Although the Mongols would be incorporated into Daqian sooner or later, the difference between a few years earlier and a few years later was still quite large.

He admitted that he was drifting.

They are starting to be picky.

However, since Wumuli had already proposed it, it was difficult for Yun Zheng to refuse.

Think about it from another perspective. Zhenzhou and Hezhou are not much better now anyway.

It’s such a small place with such a small population. Governing one place is also governance, and governing two places is also governance.

Seeing Yun Zheng fall into silence, Wumuli didn't say anything either.

He guessed that Yun Zheng did it on purpose.

Yun Zheng deliberately acted like he was not interested in Meng Hu, just to give him less reward.

Yun Zheng was silent for a while, then slowly said, "How about you tell me about the situation of Menghu first?"

"Yes."

Wumuli did not waste any time and immediately told the general situation of the Menghu.

The Mongols currently have four major tribes and about fifty tribes of varying sizes.

A large tribe may have thousands of people, while a small tribe may only have a hundred or so people.

As for how many people there were among the Mongols, they had never counted them.

Anyway, the population should be slightly smaller than Zhenhe, but not much less.

The Mongols were not good at farming, and each tribe needed to migrate frequently, so they basically made a living by fishing, hunting and gathering.

However, some relatively large and stable tribes still engage in farming.

At present, the various Mongol tribes combined can probably recruit 15,000 men for combat.

Of course, he could only guarantee that these people were brave and basically young and strong.

As for the rest, he couldn't guarantee it.

Listening to Wumuli's words, Yun Zheng couldn't help but laugh secretly.

This Wumuli is also a cunning person!

Nothing else can be guaranteed, which means that apart from people, nothing else can be obtained.

I don't even need to think about weapons, armor, etc.

"Are there iron, copper, gold or other mineral deposits in the Mongols?"

Yun Zheng asked again.

"Yes, yes!"

Wu Muli nodded, "We have several mines, but they are not easy to mine! In addition, we are short of manpower and smelting skills, so we haven't mined much..."

"Really?"

Yun Zheng looked at Wu Muli with doubt, "I am not someone you can fool easily. Since we are sitting here to talk, I hope you can tell me your true situation honestly so that I can prescribe the right medicine for you!"

The talk of lack of manpower and poor smelting technology is all nonsense.

If there really were so many mineral deposits, why would we care about the problem of insufficient manpower and smelting technology?

No matter what, iron tools are much better than poking there with a wooden stick, right?

Facing Yun Zheng's gaze, Wumuli smiled awkwardly.

After hesitating for a long time, Wumuli answered honestly: "It's mainly because it's difficult to mine..."

The Menghu people do have all the mineral deposits that Yun Zheng mentioned.

But those minerals are buried deep underground, and it is very difficult for them to mine.

Of course, their poor smelting technology is indeed a reason.

A person would work hard for a whole day to mine ore, and then smelt the ore, but the amount of refined iron obtained would probably not be enough to make a small knife.

In Menghu, mining is a very dangerous business, and many people die from mining every year.

Most people don't want to go mining, and those who are thrown into mining are people who have made mistakes.

After a mine collapses, it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to clean it out.

So, they have mines, but they can mine very little.

If they had plenty of iron tools, their lives wouldn't have been so difficult.

In addition, Mongolia lacks salt mines. Even crude salt is a very valuable resource in Mongolia.

In the past, the Mongols traded with the Zhenhe, and the most common item in the trade was salt.

"Salt is a small matter."

Yun Zheng smiled, "If Menghu is not Daqian, Menghu will definitely be split up. Have you thought it through?"

"Think it through."

Wu Muli nodded seriously, "Since we are the people of Daqian, we should obey the prince's arrangements."

He still has this awareness.

Wasn’t Zhenhe split up?

Now that he is here, we should make corresponding preparations.

Yun Zheng nodded slightly and asked, "Then what kind of reward do the leaders of your tribes want?"

"This……"

Wu Muli paused, then smiled and said, "It is a blessing for us to be the subjects of Daqian. The reward is entirely up to His Majesty."

He actually wanted the same reward as Hesheli.

But he also knew in his heart that this was impossible.

Hesheli had at least helped Yun Zheng in fighting the Li Kingdom before, but they had not achieved any success.

There was no way Yun Zheng would give him the same reward as Hesheli.

Yun Zheng lowered his brows and thought for a moment, then smiled and said, "How about this, when you go back, make a detailed statistics of the situation of the Menghu, and I will ask Lord Ji to send someone to cooperate with you!"

"After that, you will hand over the statistics to Lord Ji and report to the court!"

"As for the specific rewards and arrangements, I still have to see what my father thinks!"

"However, I can promise you a position of at least the fourth rank..."

It is really not easy for him to promise Wumuli too much now.

What reward he gets depends on the situation of the Mongols.

If the Mongols had a large amount of mineral deposits and land that could be cultivated, it would not be impossible for him to reward Wumuli with a third-rank official position.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wumuli quickly stood up and thanked him, "By the way, Your Majesty, I have something else to report."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Yunzheng asked.

Wu Muli replied: "According to the information I received, the traitor from Daqian seems to be with the barbarian Lou Yi."

"traitor?"

Yun Zheng was slightly stunned, then he reacted, "The traitor you are talking about, isn't it Yun Li?"

"Seems to be!"

Wu Muli said: "It is said that there are also Hailanduo and others. They have gathered together and formed an Avengers Alliance! They train their troops when they have free time. It is possible that they are going to attack the territory of Daqian..."

Avengers...Alliance?

Yun Zheng's face twitched slightly.

And the Avengers?

Are they afraid that they are the alliance that is giving away heads?