Compared with the bustling past, today's railway stations seem a little calmer. The main reason is that the railway station has suspended its external business today. Both the railway stations in Beijing and Tianjin have stopped its external business because today's trains have been temporarily requisitioned.

Li Jie stood in a corner of the hall, and the entire hall was filled with people. They were all young and strong men wearing rough cloth clothes or fur, with dark skin and thick palms. They looked a bit similar to the Mongolians, but they had some characteristics of Western Regions. Their hands and feet were connected together by ropes, and there were soldiers guarding them next to them. Even if they went to the toilet, they would be pushed by the soldiers with guns.

"The prince consort, this is the first batch of prisoners of war. There will be a second batch and a third batch in the future. Although there may not be so many, it can also alleviate the employment needs of the King of Yan." Yang Shiqi stood beside Li Jie and reported to him in a low voice.

These prisoners of war were captured by the Ming army when they advanced north. With the Ming Dynasty's control of the northern grasslands, more and more nomadic tribes surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time changed the original nomadic lifestyle and changed to a way of settlement, relying on the city established by the Ming Dynasty on the grasslands.

As the Ming Dynasty stabilized its rule over the northern grasslands, the Ming army began to advance further north. A unit to the northwest encountered a group of nomadic peoples. These people were extremely fierce and unwilling to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. So the Ming army also destroyed their tribe without mercy. The young and strong men were sent to the Ming Dynasty as prisoners of war. After all, the Ming Dynasty now needs manpower everywhere.

However, this group of prisoners of unknown origin was very dishonest. They wanted to kill the guards and escape on the road. Although they failed in the end, they also caused quite a lot of riots. After Zhu Yunyu found out about this, he directly gave the prisoners of war to Zhu Di. After all, such prisoners of war were so dishonest, and maybe they would make trouble at any time. It would be better to give it to Zhu Di as a favor.

Speaking of which, Zhu Di needed a large population to migrate to America, among which craftsmen, farmers, officials and others were relatively high-end immigrants. In addition, he also needed some relatively low-end immigrants, such as even if he didn't know anything, as long as he had the strength to do it. After all, many people needed to carry stones and carry wood in the city, and these prisoners of war happened to be this level of immigrants.

"Please urge them as soon as possible to transport the prisoners of war here early, and then load them together to ship to America!" Li Jie immediately ordered when he heard Yang Shiqi's report that these people were thorns, and it would be a problem to keep them, so it would be better to send them to Zhu Di earlier. You must know that Zhu Di is very proficient in military training, let alone to rectify these prisoners of war.

Yang Shiqi agreed upon hearing this, and then took out a notebook to record Li Jie's words, so that he could avoid forgetting. His serious attitude also made Li Jie nod secretly. The more he contacted Yang Shiqi, the more satisfied he would be with Yang Shiqi. After all, it is difficult to find a subordinate as capable as him.

"These prisoners of war look like Mongols, and their lifestyle is a bit similar to those of Mongols, but they are also characterized by Western Regions. Are they also a group of Mongols?" Li Jie looked at the prisoners of war in the hall and suddenly asked curiously again.

"The prince consort is right. I have asked someone to ask. These people are descendants of the Mongols. It is said that their ancestors were still a branch of the Mongols' expeditions in the West. They had been living in Europe before and intermarried with women there, so they looked a bit like Western Regions. However, after the Mongols' power collapsed, they were also driven out by the locals." Yang Shiqi replied with a smile.

"These Mongolians have run far away, but unfortunately they can only be strong for a while. In contrast, the national strength of our Ming Dynasty is booming, and sooner or later they will go to Europe again!" Li Jie said proudly at this time.

This is not Li Jie bragging. In fact, with the advance of the Ming Dynasty and the decline of the Timur Empire, Central Asia will sooner or later be the thing in the Ming Dynasty. Now the Ming army has come into contact with the Mongols who have retreated from Europe, which also shows that they are not far from Europe.

In addition, Li Jie speculated that the prisoners of war in front of him were probably the one that the Mongols rushed into Eastern Europe. Compared with the Roman Empire in the west, Eastern Europe was actually closer to the Ming Dynasty, but the road was not easy to walk and it required to cross a lot of mountains. However, compared with the distance of the Roman Empire, even the mountain road was easier to walk.

"By the way, after arriving in Dengzhou, Isolate these prisoners of war and do not let them contact other people to avoid conflicts." Li Jie ordered again. These Mongolians were already barbaric and were infected with bandit spirit in Europe, which was even more difficult to discipline.

"The official understands that I have sent someone to take strict supervision on them, and I have also sent someone to warn you. I have found a few thorns to deal with them and have carefully cured them. Now they are a little more honest." Yang Shiqi replied again.

Li Jie nodded when he heard this. He was not polite to these prisoners of war. He killed him and fought him. After all, they were prisoners of war, and even if they were sent to America, they were consumables. It was probably a few years to live and would be exhausted to death. However, it was also a sight to open their eyes to the most advanced train of this era before they died.

In fact, if Li Jie hadn't wanted to send someone to Zhu Di earlier, he wouldn't have let the train stop. After all, trains have now become the most important means of transportation between Beijing and Tianjin. There are a large number of people traveling between the two places every day, and it will take a considerable loss if the train is suspended for one day.

While talking, the station was finally ready, so under the escort of the soldiers, the prisoners of war also entered the carriage one by one. Li Jie was not willing to use the carriage to pull passengers, but drove the train to pull goods directly and drove the people into the carriage. The distance was not far, so people would not die if they stood for a few hours.

Speaking of which, since the first train was opened, other trains have been launched one after another. At first, it was just used to attract customers, and later it started to transport goods. However, when there were more trains, the route would appear to be congested. If the train had any fault on the way, the entire line would be blocked.

After all the prisoners of war were caught on the train, with a long and thick sound from the front of the train, the prisoners of war finally embarked on their first journey to America.

Looking at the train that was leaving, Li Jie and Yang Shiqi talked about the recent mobilization of materials and personnel, but at this moment, Yang Shiqi suddenly hesitated for a moment and said again: "Mr. Concubine, I want to discuss with you something!"
Chapter completed!