Zhu Biao took a deep look at them, and then turned around and went back to the house, leaving tomorrow morning, there is no time to delay, this matter is also Zhu Yuanzhang's final test for him, if the answer is perfect, he can go back to the dynasty to govern, and officially start to change the Ming Dynasty.

After another night, the army set off in the early morning, and under the torrential rain of the past two days, there were still nearly 100 people with symptoms of illness, most of them were women and children, and there were more than 20 soldiers sleeping in the outermost area, fortunately they did not have to set off with the troops, and there were doctors who stayed here to take care of them.

The road after the rainstorm is muddy and difficult to walk, but there is no way, the marching speed is a little slower, but without the drag of women and children, it can be overcome, and now it has passed Runing Mansion to get Kaifeng Mansion to replenish it, otherwise the food supply will not be available.

Zhu Rong and Zhu Di, who were walking in front to inspect the granary, and Zhu Li and Xu Yungong, who were sweeping bandits outside, also sent people to contact, and the communication between them was restored.

Zhu Li Xu Yungong came with good news, they exterminated more than ten bandit nests during this period of time, and captured more than 300 mountain bandits after killing the first evil, Xu Yungong took advantage of the rain to take down a bandit nest of more than 500 people the night before, and now asks how to deal with the prisoners.

Zhu Biao looked at the herald and ordered: "Let them escort all the prisoners to Kaifeng Mansion first, and the palace will deal with them at that time." ”

It seems that in the end, it is estimated that there will be more than 1,000 captives, although they may be forced to go up the mountains and grass in the world, but this is not a reason to forgive them, they are still ordinary people who are brutalized by bandits.

The strong swing a knife at the weak, the weak swing a knife at the weaker, the way of the world is like this, how many dare to swing a knife at the stronger?

Zhu Fan and Zhu Di came with bad news, they inspected the nine granaries of Runing Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion, which should have been full of grain, but two were accidentally burned before the inspection, and two of them were each short of tens of thousands of stones.

Although the remaining five had enough grain, most of them were shoddy, replacing the newly harvested grain with old grain, and Zhu Fan and Zhu Di had already taken down all the officials in charge and began to buy grain in Kaifeng Mansion.

After listening to this, although Zhu Biao had already prepared in his heart, he was still a little angry, these grains and grasses are very important, if there is a sudden outbreak of natural disasters, what should the imperial court do if they urgently allocate grain and grass, and they will be delayed by them, and how many people will die in vain.

However, no matter how urgent it is, we have to find a way to solve the problem, and it is certainly not enough to buy grain from Kaifeng, and the people have no surplus grain to sell at all, so they have to send people to other places to buy and deploy.

Fortunately, he guessed that there would be such a situation before he came out, so he asked for a few more documents from the household department to allocate and obtain grain and grass, and sent Chang Mao and several people to lead thousands of horses to collect them and transport them to Kaifeng Mansion.

Zhu Biao led the army to travel for three more days, during which it took a whole day to cross the river before arriving near Kaifeng Mansion, the sky was dark again, Zhu Biao ordered to be stationed in a pot to cook, and enter Kaifeng Mansion tomorrow.

At this time, Zhu Di led a hundred horsemen over, dismounted and walked to Zhu Biao to greet him, Zhu Biao waved him to excuse him: "Fourth, why are you here?" ”

Zhu Di's whole person was a lot darker, and he stood up and said: "I happened to be passing by here, and when I saw the movement of the army, I guessed that the eldest brother was coming." ”

Zhu Di continued: "It's not yet the autumn harvest, and the grain stores in Kaifeng Mansion don't have much grain in stock, so I went to the surrounding towns to see if I could buy some." ”

The people around saw that Zhu Di also came to visit, and after a polite exchange, Zhu Biao's tent was also erected, and after leading Zhu Di into the tent and sitting down separately, Zhu Biao asked, "Have those officials taken it?" ”

Zhu Di nodded and said: "It's all taken, everything involved is now locked up in the prison of Kaifeng Mansion, there are five people above the fifth grade, and there are two marquises." ”

Zhu Biao nodded and asked, "Is there a suitor?" ”

Zhu Di hesitated for a moment, but still said: "There are quite a few, and there are also several letters of plea sent in Beijing, they hope to be able to open the net, and promise that when the prince leads the relocation people back, they will make up for the shortfall, and it will definitely not make it difficult for the prince." ”

Zhu Biao chuckled: "What do they use to make up for it, the grain has been misappropriated and sold, is it possible that they will buy it back at a high price?" It is nothing more than using the relationship to move from the granary in other places, tearing down the east wall and making up the west wall. ”

Zhu Di nodded and said: "My second brother and I also thought about recovering the grain, but we couldn't find out where it was sold, we only knew that it was transported to the north." ”

Zhu Biao is not surprised, the south has been quite smooth in the past two years, and the price of grain has dropped a lot, and it must be shipped to the north to sell at a high price, and if it is sold to the Mongolian department, it will be a lucrative business.

Just when the brothers were discussing, Liu Jin came in with food, and the two talked while eating, and there were not so many rules for the march, Zhu Di was relieved when he learned that Zhu Biao had ordered the transfer of grain from other places, and he ran to several villages and towns, and he really couldn't collect much grain.

The people are now willing to store grain, and they are not willing to sell any grain until they can't get by, even if they buy it at a high price, they are not at ease, after all, they have just experienced war, and the people are still in a state of panic.

The brothers discussed for an hour, and then rested, everything was waiting for tomorrow to enter the Kaifeng Mansion to dispose of, set off early the next morning, and arrived at the city gate before noon, Zhu Fan and the Kaifeng prefect led the officials to wait here for a long time, Zhu Biao rode the horse to the front, and everyone knelt together: "The ministers see His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness Qianqiu." ”

Zhu Biao's face was cold, with the elite soldiers behind him, as if the black clouds were pressing the city, and he was heavily pressed on the hearts of the officials of Kaifeng Mansion, Zhu Biao walked to the Kaifeng prefect after dismounting, and waved his hand to let Zhu Fan get up: "King Jin has done a good job and has lived up to the trust of the palace." ”

Zhu Fan stood up and bowed his head and said, "To serve the imperial brother, you should do your best." ”

Zhu Biao looked at the Kaifeng prefect who was kneeling on the ground and said: "There is such a big mistake in Kaifeng Mansion, I don't know what explanation you have?" ”

The prefect of Kaifeng kowtowed and said: "The minister is guilty of negligence, please punish His Highness." “

Zhu Biao squinted his eyes and said, "I hope you are just guilty of negligence, get up." ”

The rest of the people stood up tremblingly, and Zhu Biao instructed Fei Ju behind him: "Take over Kaifeng Mansion with the warrant of this palace." ”

Fei Ju bowed down and promised, the rest of the people had ghosts in their hearts, so naturally they didn't dare to resist, and several granaries disappeared under their noses, if they didn't get any benefits, it would be a joke. ”

Kaifeng Mansion is the capital of the Song Dynasty, and it is also the important place of the Ming Dynasty, the army of Kaifeng Mansion is about nearly 100,000 people, although the combat power is not very high, but Zhu Biao will naturally not be negligent.

Zhu Biao is now a raptor crossing the river, and if he is bitten by a poisonous snake, it will not look good.

This time it is bound to kill some corrupt people, if there are bold people among them, it is not impossible to gather cronies to assassinate Zhu Biao, anyway, the left and right are dead, who cares about the flood after his death.

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