The destiny of all heavens begins in the Red Chamber

With complete control of the territory, they only need a small number of peripheral personnel to guard and supervise the mining and sale of small jade mines, as well as the cultivation and harvesting of the fields within their territory.

Without having to worry about harassment or interference from other martial arts forces, one can have more time and energy to devote to improving one's own martial arts skills and abilities.

Moreover, the resources of a town can support a larger number of core elite disciples.

It could be said that the local jurisdiction granted by Jia Huan was enough to transform a gang within ten years, provided that no internal strife broke out.

Putting aside everything else, Shaolin and Wudang have a high reputation in the martial arts world, right?

However, the resources they controlled were still subject to the constraints of local officials and the imperial court.

Otherwise, given the amount of resources they control, they could support several times more core disciples.

Consequently, other martial arts gangs in the southwest region suddenly became extremely eager.

What else is there to say?

Since Jia Huan kept his word, they naturally wouldn't hold back.

They dispatched their elite disciples southwards to claim territory in the neighboring Qianxiang Kingdom.

Of course, eat as much as you can eat!

Jia Huan made an exception for them, but that doesn't mean there are no restrictions at all; that's impossible.

He would directly stipulate the amount of silver that must be paid each year based on the size of the territory controlled by the martial arts sects, and the population of the territory must also reach a certain level within a certain period of time.

Moreover, Jia Huan stipulated that all the people he approved of were standard Han Chinese!

As for the local tribes, how those martial arts sects manage them is not Jia Huan's concern.

As a result, in just one or two months, more than a dozen martial arts forces have occupied territories of varying sizes in the Qianxiang Kingdom, which borders the southwest border.

The largest controlled only three villages and towns, while the smallest was about half the size of a village or town.

These guys at least have some self-awareness; they know their own abilities and limits!

At the same time, the chosen territory contains mineral deposits of all sizes!

There's no way around it; that area is at a high altitude, and making money through farming is simply a pipe dream. Achieving food self-sufficiency is already quite an achievement.

However, the most troublesome thing facing them right now is that there are too few Han Chinese in their territory.

They could actually understand why Jia Huan was so demanding.

Those who are not of our kind must have different hearts!

Some things are best left unsaid; there's no need to spell them out.

Fortunately, martial arts sects have their own channels to continuously supply Han Chinese to their new territories, thus constantly changing the local ethnic composition.

In a short period of time, some results have already been achieved.

For example, border trade became active in the two prefectures controlled by Ning and Rong prefectures.

Large quantities of gold, silver, copper, iron, and other mineral deposits, including jade and gemstones, entered the markets of the two states.

Similarly, these mineral deposits of the Kingdom of Qianxiang also attracted many powerful merchants from the southwest region to come and trade, which made the market more active.

With the country of Daqian relatively stable, as long as there is enough money in hand, wouldn't food and other daily necessities be continuously transported from outside?

As long as the roads aren't too difficult to travel, various daily necessities can always be transported to the southwestern border region.

Jia Huan personally led three thousand infantry and cavalry to guard the border region of the two prefectures, deterring villains and supporting the local border trade to gradually flourish from scratch.

That's why he would choose to cooperate with martial arts sects first.

In this era, only those forces in the martial arts world possess the courage and drive to forge ahead.

Don't count on so-called aristocratic families. What they often do is use their vast power to seize and plunder, and that's their greatest skill.

On the other hand, as the martial arts sects in the southwest dispatched their elite forces, the Buddhist and Taoist sects in the southwest region were also busy, sending their disciples over as well.

They were specially invited by Jia Huan to help those martial arts sects stabilize and appease people.

As for whether the disciples of Buddhism and Taoism could do a good job, Jia Huan didn't know, but he had given them the opportunity.

As a result, the situation in the two southwestern border prefectures improved rapidly and attracted the attention of various forces in the southwest.

Originally, it was only the martial arts forces in the core southwestern region, as well as the branches of Buddhism and Taoism, that responded to Jia Huan's call and participated in the operation against the northern territory of Qianxiang Kingdom.

As time went on, major martial arts sects such as Emei, Qingcheng, and Diancang heard the news and sent their disciples to investigate.

Jia Huan was overjoyed and even took the initiative to increase publicity efforts.

Putting aside everything else, this will make the martial arts sects and Buddhist and Taoist forces in the southwest region aware of the situation. With the strong support of the Ning and Rong mansions, where Jia Huan resides, they will have the opportunity to gain astonishing profits in the Kingdom of Qianxiang.

Whether they can get it or not depends on whether they have the courage and boldness.

Anyway, Jia Huan has already been given a chance, so we'll just have to wait a few years and see how things go.

By the time he was ready to leave the southwest and return to the capital, the trend of developing the northern region of Qianxiang Kingdom, which he had initiated, had already taken shape.

For this reason alone, Jia Huan's actions were of immeasurable merit to the Great Qian Dynasty.

Once ambitious martial arts sects and Buddhist and Taoist forces have established themselves there, it will not be so easy for Qianxiang Kingdom to oppose Daqian.

Clearing out holdout households on the northern border alone would consume far too much of their energy and time.

As for the martial arts sects that went south, it's unlikely they would secretly collude with the Kingdom of Qianxiang.

The civilization levels of the Great Qian Kingdom and the Qianxiang Kingdom are simply not on the same level.

If the Kingdom of Qianxiang were to possess abundant martial virtue, it would be like the Later Jin in the northeast of the Great Qian Dynasty, or the barbarian tribes in the northwest, which would attract some spineless individuals to join them.

Unfortunately, the fighting strength of the Qianxiang Kingdom's army was just so-so!

Crucially, there is even a queen in the Kingdom of Qianxiang!

Based on this alone, it's highly unlikely that the Jianghu forces from the Great Qian Dynasty would collude with them.

Once this gets out, how will I ever be able to survive in the underworld again?

Besides, Jia Huan wouldn't give them that kind of opportunity!

Once the population in the southwest becomes more abundant, Jia Huan will take the initiative to expand southward.

Whether Akane Kingdom can hold out at that time is still uncertain!

His actions brought unprecedented peace to the entire southwest region.

With fewer of these underworld forces causing trouble, there will naturally be less trouble and conflict!

Even the chieftains were greatly affected. They had no time or energy to pay attention to the local government offices in Daqian. They all stared with bloodshot eyes at the south.

When the new Prince of Nan'an arrived, he was greeted by his father, the previous Prince of Nan'an.

There are some clever people among the higher-ups in Qianxiang Kingdom.

Despite suffering heavy losses and being utterly routed by Jia Huan, they did not take their anger out on the defeated and captured Prince of Nan'an. Instead, they sent him back intact.

This approach is almost identical to that of the war god emperor who studied on the grasslands during the mid-Ming Dynasty.

In particular, after being released, this guy still had the nerve to call on powerful figures and influential figures from all over the southwest to "discuss important matters" as the King of the Southwest!

As the top military figure in the Southwest, Jia Huan naturally received an invitation as well.

In order to persuade him to come in person, the Prince of Nan'an sent his trusted confidants to establish a friendly relationship and ask for his kinship.

They even implied that they wanted to use the old lady to intimidate people!

Jia Huan paid no attention to any of this and simply ignored it, showing no intention of engaging with them at all.

Seeing his reaction, the other powerful figures in the southwest region naturally pretended not to know him either.

Just kidding, how could a stray dog ​​possibly regain the respect it once had?

There are indeed some difficult issues to deal with regarding his predecessor, the Prince of Nan'an.

Although he is a king of the opposite sex whom the royal family fears, he is still a figure recognized by the royal family. If they are not given enough respect, it may displease the royal family.

In short, the Prince of Nan'an was in a rather awkward position after being released.

In particular, he no longer held any noble title.

If you have any shame, return to the capital immediately. Don't continue to huddle in the southwest and embarrass yourself. Do you think the Prince of Nan'an's mansion has already lost enough face?

Unfortunately, this guy is utterly incompetent, but he's incredibly shameless.

Not only did he show no intention of returning to the capital, but he also brazenly took charge of the leading city in the southwest, and began to handle some affairs in the southwest in a very casual manner.

Such behavior is truly disgusting, yet there's nothing you can do about it!

But, ironically, this guy is quite pragmatic!

Knowing that their southwestern territory had been completely divided up by the royal family and numerous noble forces, they not only did not make a fuss, but also calmly accepted the fact.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have stayed in the first city in the southwest, which is one of the two mansions left by the imperial court to the Prince of Nan'an.

Even if outsiders find it offensive, they can't do anything about it since the other person is on their own turf.

The situation only began to change after the arrival of the new Prince of Nan'an!

It's a pity that the Great Qian Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety, and the new Prince of Nan'an was too young to be a match for his father. He was easily fooled and confused.

Fortunately, his father was aware of his situation and didn't dare to go too far.

He merely made his son a puppet, while his son continued to lord it over the land with great ease.