"He agreed to do business with us and sold us a lot of weapons. It seemed like he was funding us, but in fact, he wanted us to serve as pawns to expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty."

Wang Baobao suddenly realized everything and thought it through: "We cannot take the initiative to attack the Ming Dynasty, otherwise the trade will end. If we don't fight the Ming Dynasty, the trade will continue to exist, but the Ming Dynasty will attack us. Lan Yu is definitely not a person who is willing to defend himself, so if he attacks us, we will defend ourselves if we can, but if we can't defend ourselves, we will become prisoners."

Tian Baonu clenched his fists and said, "I will never surrender to the Ming Dynasty!"

The Hei De Er Huo Zhe: "I...I will do whatever you say, no problem."

Wang Baobao continued, "If we don't want to be captured, we have to find a way out. We have to continue heading west. We must take down the Golden Horde and Timur! This is our way out!"

After hearing what Wang Baobao said, Tian Baonu also understood what Zhu Kai meant.

Wang Baobao and his men could only be chased westward by Zhu Kai because they were no match for the Ming Dynasty.

"Zhu Kai...isn't this bullying?"

Tianbao Nu was so angry that his teeth itched. He looked at Wang Baobao and said, "Prince Qi, is there no other way? Can we only be chased by Zhu Kai?"

"Zhu Kai can't stay at the border forever. He will go back. Then, fighting against Lan Yu will be our chance."

Wang Baobao saw it clearly. After avoiding Zhu Kai, he still had a chance to compete with Daming. But if Zhu Kai got involved, there would be no chance at all. Wang Baobao hesitated for a moment, and said, "There is another way. We have the devil weapon in Zhu Kai's hand."

"..."

It's the same as saying nothing.

Is he willing to sell the weapon in Zhu Kai's hand?

"I remember that we used to have artillery."

Wang Baobao pondered and said, "The weapon in Zhu Kai's hand can fire about 500 steps. If we build a cannon with a range of more than 500 steps, then he will be within our range. We can use the cannon to suppress Zhu Kai's devil army with firepower, and we still have a chance to win."

artillery?

When Tian Baonu heard this, his eyes lit up: "Well, this is a good idea, but... we don't have so many craftsmen."

Before the Mongols and Yuan Dynasty, there were craftsmen who made cannons. When their ancestors attacked Xiangyang, they used cannons to blast open the city walls of Xiangyang. However, after occupying the Central Plains, they resumed the tradition of horse riding and shooting, and did not continue the research on cannons.

Later, Zhu Kai conquered Buir Lake, Toghon Temur was captured, Tianbaonu fled in panic, and the remaining craftsmen of the Mongols also became prisoners of the Ming Dynasty. Now to build cannons again... they had to start from scratch.

Eh...that's not right.

Tian Baonu suddenly remembered that there was a black fireman next to him.

Tianbaonu turned his gaze to Heide'erhuozhe and said, "Great Khan, you should have a craftsman who can make cannons, right?"

"……Have."

The Hei Er Huozhe did not hide anything, nor did he need to hide anything. He said to Tian Bao Nu and Wang Bao Bao:

"But they haven't made cannons in a long time. I wonder if they still have the skills."

It’s better to have it than not to have it.

Wang Baobao and Tian Baonu are now eager to recruit talents.

They finally found a way to check and balance Zhu Kai, so how could they not do it?

Not enough iron?
Buy it from Zhu Kai!

After Wang Baobao decided to open up trade with Zhu Kai, after a brief negotiation, he immediately made a list of the materials he needed to purchase and handed it to Zhu Kai through the merchant.

After seeing the trade list given by Wang Baobao, Zhu Kai threw it back directly: "This list is not acceptable. I don't agree with it."

Damn it, they are all weapons and armor, iron ore, salt, cloth, wine, and tea?
Just what you need, right?

Do I care about your little business?

Zhu Kai said to the merchants from the Eastern Chagatai tribe: "I have rejected this list. Weapons, iron ore, armor, these materials should not exceed 20% of the total transaction amount, otherwise there is no need to negotiate!"

For a business worth one million taels of silver, the price of weapons and armor cannot be more than 20% of the total transaction amount. This is the red line... Otherwise, there would be no need for Zhu Kai to do business with Wang Baobao.

Zhu Kai sounded ferocious when he spoke. The businessmen who came to the military camp to discuss cooperation were already scared, and now after being threatened by Zhu Kai, they were so frightened that their legs were shaking.

Oh my god, are you here to do business or to die?
"Forget it, go back."

Zhu Kai waved his hand, signaling the other party to go back. The businessman turned around and ran away as if he had been pardoned.

Lan Yu has learned a lot. It is possible to force people to buy and sell in this way in business. Not only can he not let others buy, but he also has to dictate how others buy and sell. He is the only one who can do this in business.

After the businessman fled, he immediately repeated Zhu Kai's words to Wang Baobao verbatim. Although they knew that Zhu Kai was bullying, they could only swallow their anger. After all, Zhu Kai was the boss, and they couldn't resist even if they wanted to.

"Okay, do business with them!"

Wang Baobao gritted his teeth and said to the businessman, "I'll find a way to get the money, you guys go and do your business."

Weapons and wrought iron must exist, and Wang Baobao doesn't care about the rest. They can sell them however they want.

After the merchant left, Tian Baonu said to Wang Baobao, "King Qi, this is not a long-term solution. Weapons are expensive. If we cannot spend more than 20% of the total transaction amount when purchasing weapons, not only will the treasury be emptied quickly, but we will also not be able to handle so many supplies."

"Aren't there the Timurid Khanate and the Golden Horde? Aren't there other countries further west? Sell it to them."

Wang Baobao has no other options now, so he can only take things one step at a time. "Also, talk to U-Tsang. Zhu Kai will definitely not let U-Tsang go if he trades with us. They will definitely open up trade with Ming Dynasty. Let's see if we can get something from U-Tsang."

Tian Baonu nodded: "Yes."

U-Tsang is located in the south of the Chagatai Khanate to the east. It is geographically high and the land is barren. No one is willing to conquer this land. It is useless to conquer it. Their beliefs and lives are very different from those of the Central Plains Dynasty. So as long as they are willing to surrender, no one will do anything to them. In such a barren place, as long as they are promised benefits, they will definitely be willing to cooperate with Wang Baobao.

Wang Baobao was on the passive defensive. Zhu Kai would not gain any advantage in a war with him, so he did not force an attack. Zhu Kai himself also believed that war was not the only way to solve the problem, and that he could still destroy Wang Baobao by doing business to the extreme.

……

Wang Baobao set his sights on U-Tsang, and U-Tsang set its sights on the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty sent its army to the border and destroyed two small countries in succession. Now the remaining Ares are also trembling. They want to join the Eastern Chagatai Khanate or U-Tsang. People in these two places know that Ares is the meat in the mouth of the Ming Dynasty, and no one dares to accept him. They can only let Ares wait for death.

After Ari's death, the Ming Dynasty had only two enemies left on its western border: the Eastern Chagatai Khanate and U-Tsang.

They all kept a close eye on the movements of the Ming army. At this time, U-Tsang had already accepted the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. The highest official position in U-Tsang was called the U-Tsang Commandery, which was the highest-level commander, and under it were the Xingdu Commandery, Wanhu Mansion, Qianhu Office, Baihu Office, etc.

U-Tsang is a large area, but its population is not large at all. It took more than a hundred years from the time it accepted the title from the Mongols to the present day, and its number of prefectures with 13 million households has increased to 17. Assuming that there are five people in one household, the 17 prefectures with 10,000 million people only have more than 800,000 people.

More than 800,000 people may sound like a lot, but to Zhu Kai, it is just an increase in business by 800,000 people.

When the commander-in-chief of U-Tsang and the acting imperial tutor Nangabazangbu heard that Zhu Kai was doing business with the Eastern Chagatai Khanate, they became dissatisfied.

The Eastern Chagatai Khanate is the enemy of the Ming Dynasty. You do business with your enemies, so why don’t you do business with us?
No!

Absolutely not!

The imperial tutor of U-Tsang was called Nangaba Zangbu, who had a unique status in U-Tsang and all the U-Tsang tribes would obey his orders.

She Di Shi...If we use another name, he would be called Living Buddha, the incarnation of God, hundreds of years later.

When the Ming Dynasty defeated the Mongols and drove them out of the Central Plains, Nangabazangbu had already gone to Yingtian Prefecture with envoys to meet Zhu Yuanzhang, and went to Yingtian Prefecture several times afterwards to pay tribute to Zhu Yuanzhang, so he was considered a "Ming Dynasty expert" in U-Tsang.

Therefore, he also knew the position of Zhu Kai in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart. Now that Zhu Kai was in the Western Border, he came directly to find Zhu Kai.

It’s the same when looking for Zhu Kai…it’s the same effect as meeting Zhu Yuanzhang.

When the imperial tutor Nangabazangbu saw Zhu Kai and explained his purpose to him, Zhu Kai also smiled.

He hadn't expected that the Uss Tibetan people these days were so simple and honest that they would actually go out of their way to ask to be fleeced.

Doing business with the Eastern Chagatai Khanate is to exploit their war potential. Does U-Tsang also want to go to war with us?
Zhu Kai had no idea that after the arrival of the Imperial Preceptor Nangaba Zangbu, he directly began to attack the Eastern Chagatai Khanate: "Your Highness, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate is only a newly established Khanate, while our U-Tsang has existed since the Tang Dynasty. Although the years have passed and generations have changed, our foundation is still there. The Second Prince does not need to worry that we cannot give you money. We are richer than the Eastern Chagatai Khanate."

The Imperial Master Nangabazangbu acted as if "We are very rich. Zhu Kai, you can do business with us. We guarantee we will not be short of money..." He almost had the words "Come quickly if you are stupid and have a lot of money" written on his face.

Zhu Kai was helpless. The sucker had been sent to him, and it would be wrong not to do this business.

"Lan Yu, open a separate market for them."

Zhu Kai instructed Lan Yu to do as he said. Lan Yu quickly agreed after hearing it, but in his heart he gave Zhu Kai a thumbs up... Let alone other things, Zhu Kai's black heart was beyond his reach. The price of the goods Zhu Kai sold to Wang Baobao was more than five times higher than that in the Central Plains. Weapons, armor and iron blocks were even more expensive. Lan Yu himself felt sorry for Wang Baobao.

How much damn money does Zhu Kai have to make?
This Imperial Preceptor of U-Tsang is really stupid.

It's obviously a business that they are being ripped off, but they still come to Zhu Kai to do it. Is U-Tsang so rich?

This made Lan Yu want to deal with U-Tsang at the same time as dealing with Wang Baobao. He wanted to see how much heritage U-Tsang had after five hundred years.

Hearing that Zhu Kai agreed to do business with U-Tsang, the smile on Nangabazangbu's face was so bright that he kowtowed to Zhu Kai repeatedly, thanking Zhu Kai for bringing light to U-Tsang.

Then, the Grand Master of the Imperial Academy began to flatter Zhu Kai, praising him as the incarnation of Vajrapani on earth. If Zhu Kai went to U-Tsang, he would see countless apostles praying devoutly before him.

What is Vajrabhairava?
It sounds very powerful, with both inheritance and incarnation. When Zhu Kai heard that Nangabazangbu wanted to invite him to go to U-Tsang, he thought about it and agreed.

According to legend, U-Tsang is the last pure land at the end of the world, and Zhu Kai also wants to go and see it.

When Lan Yu heard that Zhu Kai was going to U-Tsang, he was the first to stand up and object: "Your Highness, you must not enter U-Tsang. U-Tsang and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate have exchanges behind the scenes. Many supplies of the Eastern Chagatai Khanate are transported through U-Tsang. If Wang Baobao knows that you have been to U-Tsang, he will definitely cause trouble for you. Moreover, U-Tsang is too dangerous. It is difficult to even breathe in U-Tsang. You must not go there lightly."

"It's just altitude sickness, it's no big deal."

Altitude sickness?

Zhu Kai is familiar with it.

On the super ocean freighter, there was a container of Rhodiola rosea and several containers of glucose. These things were enough for Zhu Kai to lead his men to the plateau.

Rhodiola rosea is a medicine for treating altitude sickness. If the altitude sickness is not that severe, drinking glucose will do the same.

Zhu Kai waved his hand and said to Lan Yu: "I will handle the problem of U-Tsang, and you should focus on dealing with Wang Baobao and Dong Chagatai. You don't have to worry about my affairs."

Zhu Kai wanted to visit the Potala Palace. He heard that the Potala Palace existed during the Tang Dynasty and was the palace of Songtsen Gampo. It was built specifically for his marriage of Princess Bhrikuti and Princess Wencheng. Zhu Kai wanted to see the difference between the current Potala Palace and the future Potala Palace.

No matter what, I am one of the first tourists to visit the Potala Palace, right?

Should we erect a monument at the gate of the Potala Palace: Zhu Kai was here?
Zhu Kai felt that the stone tablet he erected might become a celebrity check-in spot in five hundred years.

Seeing that Zhu Kai was determined to go, Lan Yu wanted to persuade him again, but Zhu Kai did not intend to listen to him. Instead, he said to Lan Yu with great disdain: "Just go and deal with Wang Baobao honestly. Do I need you to take care of me when I go?"

"..."

After listening to this, Lan Yu lowered his head and said, "Yes."

It's hard to persuade a devil with kind words. Seeing that Zhu Kai didn't listen, Lan Yu didn't plan to persuade him anymore. With a Zhu Kai like this... whoever tries to persuade him would be a grandson!
However, he was also very curious. Zhu Kai seemed to know that he would have difficulty breathing after going to U-Tsang, and he also knew how to deal with it... How did Zhu Kai know? Has he been there before?
Lan Yu scratched his head to express his incomprehension, but did not try to persuade Zhu Kai anymore. Zhu Kai was the boss here, and if Zhu Kai didn't listen after he had advised him twice, it would be impolite to continue persuading him, and it might even make Zhu Kai feel disgusted. So he simply pretended not to know, and secretly tried to find a way to protect Zhu Kai.

The Imperial Master Nangaba Zangbu took Zhu Kai to U-Tsang and served him exactly as he served a deity. In his words, "I am the servant of Yamantaka Vajra, and it is my honor to serve Zhu Kai." (End of this chapter)