When Li Mingxun returned to Yongning City, it had become a large construction site. The planned city had been surrounded by wooden fences. The first to be built were the market's straw sheds and warehouses for storing goods. Li Mingxun saw thousands of people gathering here, and the riverside was full of boats, so that the Bald Eagle could not lean directly over.

Those who come and go are the barbarians from the surrounding tribes, including Sauron, Qili, and even more primitive Beishan wild men. They exchange fur, deer whip, herbs for salt, cotton and cloth. Even if the barbarians entered Yongning City with empty hands, they could get good food with all their strength. The market was bustling with bargaining sounds everywhere.

The news that Li Mingxun returned to Yongning City soon reached the ears of the leaders of various families. It was already late June, and more than a hundred leaders arrived. The tribes from Sakhalin Island and the lower reaches of Heilongjiang have heard of Li Mingxun's power from those who arrived first. The leaders from the upper reaches and even the Ussuri River area have a more thorough understanding. The burned Pulu Township Mucheng, the piled up corpses Jingguan, and the captives of the Haerman tribe all demonstrate the strength of the mysterious Ming people.

The leaders came to the Yongning Temple monument on the cliff. A shed had been erected here. Everyone had made an appointment to decide everything here. There were chairs and tables in front of the monument. There were wooden walls under the shed, with rows of words carved on them.

The leaders of each family knew about this wooden sign, and Li Mingxun's subordinates also promoted it to them. The first half was the laws and trading rules of Yongning Temple City, and the second half was also the transaction prices of commonly used goods. They were written in great detail. During the days when Li Mingxun was away, each family had dealt with several disputes and had a lot of understanding of the rules.

"Sir Li is here!" The message from Li Decan in Jurchen was very loud. Li Mingxun wore golden armor and a long sword and passed through the crowd. Fifty conjunction gunmen followed him. He sat on a chair, took off his heavy helmet and waist knife and placed it on the table, looking down at the barbarian leader below.

The leaders followed the habit of tribute martening and arranged on both sides. They bowed and then sat cross-legged on the deer skin. Li Mingxun asked with a smile: "Everyone, can the transaction in Yongning City be satisfactory?"

"Satisfied, very satisfied. Your products are of high quality, sufficient quantity, fair and free transactions, no one forced to buy and sell!" Someone praised at the moment.

"Yes, yes, it's the envoy from the Central Plains, which is much better than the Jianzhou people."

"If we keep trading like this, no one will freeze to death this winter, let alone starve to death, and we can live a better life."

Everyone was immersed in the abundant goods and praised loudly. Only the elderly leader of Tabai stood up and said, "Now the Qing army was destroyed, the Mucheng was burned, and the envoy was killed in battle. Lord Li, how are you going to cut off the affairs of the various divisions in the East China Sea?"

As he said that, Tabai looked around for a week and said, "I think this is what everyone is eager to know."

The leaders of each family calmed down one after another. Everyone knew that Bairdie had lost to the man in front of him. At least within a year, the order of the land in the East China Sea would be determined by the man in front of him. Everyone was eager to know whether their interests and authority could remain the same under the new order, and they also wanted to know if it was possible to go to a higher level.

Li Mingxun smiled slightly and said solemnly: "I came here this time just to expel the East Gate and restore peace and order in the East China Sea, and have no intention of harming your interests. I have also told Tabai and the leaders that your status and authority will be recognized by me, and the rewards you receive will not be short of, but everything depends on your loyalty to me."

"How do you want to show your loyalty to you?" Tabai asked vigilantly.

Li Mingxun smiled and said, "No matter which country or nation, a person can only have one master. You either choose to be loyal to me or loyal to the Donglu. Those who are loyal to me will accept my reward and give me all the rewards that the Donglu has given to you, including seals, official robes, and python clothes."

This time, the space was immediately occupied by the noise and noise. Angry faces appeared in front of Li Mingxun, and he screamed in dissatisfaction. Someone had even rushed towards Li Mingxun, but was forced back by the sharp spear and the black-hole messenger. Seeing that a fire was about to appear, Tabai raised his hand and said, "Everyone, quiet, please listen to me."

After calming down, Tabai said, "Mr. Li, it is no problem to accept your reward from Wulin and pay marten to you. But why do you confiscate the rewards we received from the Qing Dynasty? You should know that they not only reward us with seals and official robes, but also with many of the clothes of our relatives, but also from the Qing Dynasty."

Li Mingxun smiled coldly and said, "You keep those things, just wait dormantly to see if the Donglu will come in the future. You can also show your loyalty. I will not give you a chance to betray you."

As he said that, Li Mingxun stood up and said, "Everyone, the seal and official uniform must be handed over in full. As for other things, such as cloth robes, clothing, etc., I can exchange them with equivalent things, but if you hide them, they will be considered rebellious."

As soon as this was said, the leaders of various families began to discuss it. After all, the rewards were important property of their tribe. They were naturally unhappy to hand over for no reason, but if they were exchanged, there would be no big loss. An Lin was the first to stand up and said, "Our Selang Su tribe has no objection. I will send someone to send things related to the Donglu."

"Yes, there is no problem with our tribe."

With An Lin taking the lead, many people came out to express their opinions and gradually isolated the others. Tabai saw that there were fewer and fewer people around him, and in the end there were only a dozen left. He sighed and chose to surrender. Li Mingxun nodded and said to those who refused: "Since you are unwilling to be loyal to me, then get out of your head, go back and wash your necks and prepare to accept the attack from our army. If you appear in Yongning City again, I will cut off your head."

More than a dozen people had their faces turned pale and left one after another. Even if they were unwilling to do so, they would have an attack at this time.

"Everyone, the people who are dying in the morning and the Qin Dynasty have left. Now is the time for us to formulate a new order together." Li Mingxun sat back on the chair, his face calming a lot.

Tabai frowned and asked, "Mr. Li, have you agreed to reward Wulin and accept the tribute marten? Do you want to regret it?"

Li Mingxun waved his hand. The reward of Wulin and tribute sables were just a variant of the Central Plains tribute system. The Ming Dynasty did not handle it like this. It was just to let the leaders of various tribes go to Beijing. However, Jianzhou and the western part of the sea have always done it. Because the journey of the East China Sea is long and the tribute is not frequent, Nurhaci sent troops to build the city in Pulu Township to normalize the tribute system. On the other hand, the tribes here have become accustomed to accepting rewards from the west and tribute sables. If Li Mingxun changes this system, he will inevitably be opposed.

"The leader of Tabai misunderstood. I don't have that meaning. Gong Diao and Guan Wulin will continue. However, the location has been changed to Yongning City, which is still once a year. However, the East China Sea does not produce grains and cloth. The difficulty of people's livelihood is the only one I have seen in my life. Who do you want the tribe to prosper and live a prosperous life? The simple Gong Diao and Guan Wulin cannot do this. So I want to carry out deeper cooperation with each tribe and get what they need. Isn't it good?" Li Mingxun said solemnly.

Tabai asked: "What is the deeper collaboration you mentioned?"

Li Mingxun clapped his hands, and several guards walked up with two wooden boards. The boards were covered with red silk cloth. It seemed that the style was similar to the one under the shed. Li Mingxun stood up, pointed to the original wooden board and said, "This is the law and trading rules I have formulated. You all agreed. All those who pay marten to me and receive rewards to Wulin can act according to this law. Haven't you found the defects above?"

Tabai said: "Of course, there are many products you own, but they do not appear on wooden signs such as iron and weapons. Moreover, the prices of your products are different from other places. I heard from the Qilie on your ship that the same salt was sold at Xingkai Lake, and you only sold half of the price."

Li Mingxun nodded seriously and praised: "Captain Tabai, you have a pair of sharp eyes and a wise mind. It is true that under the same tribute marten and worship Wulin system, I provide better things than the Donglu, more than the Donglu, and cheaper than the Donglu. This is enough. If you want to get better, more and more cheap things, you can't just do a simple marten."

As he said that, Li Mingxun lifted the red silk on the second wooden board and patted Li Decan on the shoulder. Li Decan quickly read the content above and explained the questions raised by several leaders. Li Mingxun could not understand the Jurchens, but it could be seen from the leaders' facial expressions and tone that they were surprised by the content and were very moved.

In the new rules, the prices of essential products such as salt, grain, cloth and cotton have been reduced by 20% to 30%, and there is no limit on supply. Although the quantity of iron ingots and iron products that can be used as arms are limited, the supply is also sufficient. Of course, everyone knows that these discounts will not be obtained for no reason.

The leaders of each family looked at each other, and finally recommended Tabai to negotiate with Li Mingxun. Tabai asked: "Mr. Li, what can we do to achieve this kind of trade qualification?"

Li Mingxun smiled and said, "It's very simple. We define the tribes that only accept tribute sables and rewards to Wulin as outer vassals, and the rule you see is to define the inner vassals. The inner vassals need to open their territory and tribes to us. We can enter your tribe trade and hire your tribes as soldiers, craftsmen and laborers. On the basis of your agreement, we can conduct mining, logging and other economic activities in your territory. When your tribe is threatened by other inner vassals, we will mediate and compensate. If you threaten you are foreign vassals or other tribes, we will send troops to help, and you will also stand with us to fight against the Donglu."

The leaders of each family were not very good-looking. Since the Wulin system was introduced, they had only a simple tribute relationship with the Qing Dynasty. As long as the disputes and battles in the East China Sea did not involve the interests of the Qing Dynasty and no one managed it, the land was still barren jungle law, and the Qing Dynasty also let it go. Now Li Mingxun intends to re-establish the order here. Although the leaders of each family were somewhat repulsive of the way to change the status quo, they had to accept the fact that they did not have the ability to stop all this.

The inner vassal only had iron products, which was enough to gain a military advantage over the outer vassals. In the battle between the inner vassals and the outer vassals, Li Mingxun would stand on the side of the inner vassals, which even broke the balance. If he wanted to protect his tribe and territory, he could only join the inner vassals.

It can be said that Li Mingxun used his unconspiracy to differentiate the forces here, integrate the resources of the East China Sea, and semi-forcedly let the East China Sea tribes enter their own ruling system, because this land is really vast and may last for a long time to complete, but when it is formulated, it is already the general trend.

However, when everyone understood the rules, power and obligations, only seven or eight families joined the ranks of the inner vassals, most of which were small tribes. They either had blood feuds with the Eastern Reapers, or faced threats from large tribes or even had the misfortune of annexation. Only Anlin's Selunsu tribe and Bahai's Uzara tribe are considered major forces.

Li Mingxun was not surprised by this result. After all, the East China Sea is a place with a very slow pace of war. In the eyes of various ministries, he only won for a while. Who knows whether the Qing Dynasty will fight back next year and everything will return to the past? Anyway, everyone has time to wait for this result.

"Sir, what is the last wooden sign?" A young leader asked curiously as he looked at the last wooden sign covered by red silk.

Lee Myung-hoon smiled, let Lee Decan reveal it, and explained it to them.

The last wooden sign is the fostering of the vassal qualifications. The so-called vassal means submitting all the tribes and territory to Li Mingxun and accepting the rule of Yongning City. The tribes become the people of Yongning City, and the territory becomes the jurisdiction of Yongning City. The leaders and nobles of the tribes live in Yongning City and enjoy the privileges of law and trade. The administrative, judicial and other powers of the tribes are completely controlled by Yongning City. The leader loses his land and entrusting the people, but what he gets is power and wealth. The leader can hold important positions in Yongning City, take charge of the army, and can also obtain agency rights for other tribes' trade, and even monopoly rights for certain commodities.

It can be said that the pro-vassal is a process of completely integrating into Li Mingxun's ruling system and completing the process of changing land and returning to the land.

However, for the current situation, no one chose to become a pro-vassal, and even Bahai and Anlin did not make any statement.
Chapter completed!