Longan was lying in the simple medical room, looking at the other Tatars working, and felt very angry and wronged.

He didn't expect that people from his own tribe were so weak, and he accepted it easily and easily contempt because he refused to be castrated by the Ming army.

Longan also regretted it a little. He found that even if he opposed it, it was useless and could not change the result of being forcibly transformed by the Ming army.

But Longan had to admit that in addition to forcibly assimilating them and forcing them to work, the Ming army was still very concerned about his life and gave them enough food.

Because he discovered that even though he opposed Yifa Yifu and was castrated, the medical staff took care of him meticulously and would still give him medicine, and even specially cooked mutton soup and chicken soup, which made his injuries recover quickly.

The same is true for other Tartars. After digging the mine, they will have enough potatoes and sweet potatoes to eat, and even a meal of meat will be available the next day.

Dare also found that if the Tatars were not concerned about hair accessories, clothing, language, and writing of their own ethnic group, it was not that bad to be a prisoner of the Ming army. They just work and eat every day. The important thing is that they also have wages, which can be consumed in the mining area, and even have brick houses with lower rent for themselves to live in. It is much warmer than sleeping in tents before. Except for the lack of women and fine wine, it seems that they are no worse than the previous noble life.

Tatar nobles like Nadron Bidare, who belonged to ordinary Tatar people, not the Tatar nobles, felt that being a prisoner of the Ming army was better than before.

He was so happy to live his life now, because in the past, as an ordinary Tatar, he was equivalent to a slave to the nobles. He had no private property and basically couldn't eat enough or wear warm clothes. But now they can obtain their own property through their own labor, and they can eat enough and wear warm clothes, which made them feel that it was good to be a prisoner of the Ming army.

"If I had known this, my brother shouldn't have fought against the Ming army at that time, but kneeled on the ground and received surrender like me. It was much better to surrender to the Southern Dynasty than before."

Naderlon complained in his heart.

Moreover, because ordinary Mongolians of this era lacked knowledge and lacked awareness of the country and nation, and were even worse than those of the Han people, when Qi Biaojia organized these people according to Zhu Youjia's will, gave them night classes, and allowed them to receive education that they were originally Chinese, it was very easy for them to accept. With some material and spiritual rewards, it would be easier for ordinary Mongolians like Naderlon to receive these assimilation education.

"Our country says it is bright, the land spans eight deserts, and people are thriving all over the world..."

Therefore, most of these prisoners did not feel that they were forced to work. Instead, they were all very happy, as if they had gained a new life and were rescued by the Ming army. They were very active when working in the mining area, and even consciously recited some words and sentences they learned during night shifts while working, and naturally accepted that their country was the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty's official explanation for forcing them to be easy to fa and easy to subdue was to help them get rid of ignorance, go to civilization, and live a more free life like humans. Therefore, even Tatar nobles like Dare began to feel that they were undergoing transformation and receiving more civilized education, and felt that these nobles had indeed lagged behind and cruel in the management of ordinary Tatars below.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty did this from beginning to end, in essence, not as in the missionary way, in order to transform and rescue them, but to make full use of their labor force, create more value and solve human needs.

After all, what the Ming Dynasty needs more now is the value created by their labor rather than their heads.

The social form of the Ming Dynasty changed, which led to the way of treating prisoners seemed to be more civilized than other regimes.

Coal mines began to be mined one after another.

The coal mine dug out of the mine cave flows continuously through the slide to the outside of the forest.

The women and children among the prisoners are responsible for picking up the stones mixed in and transporting the coals to the warehouse.

Not long after, a lot of coal mines were accumulated in the warehouse.

So much so that Qi Biaojia has begun to report to the court to allocate funds to build warehouses and recruit more migrant workers, because so many coal mines need to be better stored and transported away as soon as possible.

To this end, the Ming Dynasty court has begun to recruit migrant workers to Daning and plans to build a city in Daning. The city plans to build houses, schools, clinics, etc. so that the people can be willing to settle in Daning and then work, thus making Daning an effective ruling area of ​​the Ming Dynasty.

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"Reporting to the Khan, our whistle cavalry discovered that the Ming army returned to the Mantaoer area shortly after retreating to Jizhou, and even formed camps, which was very meaningful to be permanent. Moreover, some Ming court officials had organized civil servants to build cities at the former site of Daningwei, and many Han people began to settle in Daning one after another, and even business travelers began to open shops in that area."

Jinong Damao reported to Lin Danhan the latest situation of the Ming army's operations.

Lin Danhan was naturally shocked after hearing this and hurriedly asked Feng Quan: "What is the Ming Kingdom doing? In the past, the Ming army raided the rear of my Tatars, but they would not come to build a city outside the Great Wall again. One is doing this to consume money and food, and the other is that not many Han people are willing to move here. Now, not only are they back to stay forever, but they also build a city. As expected, Han people have moved to live. Do you understand, why is this?"

Feng Quan also frowned and thought for a while, thinking: "Although the Ming Dynasty has now promoted various cold-resistant crops in the north, it is not worthy of the land reclamation of land in these too cold places outside the border. Even if the land reclamation is released, it will not be worth the loss. Otherwise, the Khans would have long since relocated Bancang (the farming village of nomadic peoples). Now that they want to come here to build a city, they must have discovered minerals in Daning, either coal or iron. Dahan didn't know that the demand for coal and iron in Ming Dynasty is rising every year. Because the Ming Dynasty can now make so many refugees survive, it is to set up a large number of factories. What these factories need most is coal and iron. For this reason, the Ming Dynasty's imperial court has to purchase a lot of them from outside every year, and it must be for this."

Lin Danhan felt a little uneasy after hearing this and said, "But they are taking over our pastures! Today is just a Daning day, but if we continue like this, our grassland will be occupied by his Ming Dynasty. Such a Ming Dynasty is far more terrifying than the Ming Dynasty in the past. The Ming Dynasty in the past just didn't want us to plunder them, but now they seem to have an attempt to kidnap our territory!"

Feng Quan said very positively: "The Khan's worries are not without reason, but according to the experience of the slave Ming Kingdom as an official for many years, what Ming Kingdom needs most today is actually not coal and iron ore."

“What is it?”

Lin Danhan asked.

Feng Quan smiled sinisterly: "People! Especially Han people! The Emperor of Ming Dynasty has always wanted to use various methods to increase the number of Han people. During his tenure as the governor of Southeast, he asked me to crack down on abandoning infants and killing infants in the southeast. He often emphasized that the most shortage of the Ming Dynasty after the Ming Dynasty was the population. According to their meaning, the population brought labor and consumption, because a large part of the income of the Ming Dynasty's court now relies on the income from the official industry, and all of these need people to consume."

"Since Mingguo needs people the most, then Ben Khan will kill all his people!"
Chapter completed!