Although Zhu Ji has not had much contact with Zhu Yang, his brother's relationship is not deep, but he is right, compared with Minzhou, Zhu Yang does like Yunnan more.

At this time, on a road in the north and south direction of the Mengyang military and civilian propaganda envoys, countless soldiers were marching from north to south. Although the climate of the land boundary of Mengyang is humid and the land is soft, and there is no dusty situation, the roads that have been trampled very hard are enough to prove how many troops have passed through here these days.

After a while, the army noticed that there were fewer and fewer tall trees on both sides of the road, and that the tropical jungle was becoming more and more sparse, and then the people who were walking in front of them suddenly changed in front of their eyes, and an extremely large wooden city appeared in front of them.

Chu Jie, the general on the horse, breathed a sigh of relief: "It's finally time to Mengyang!" ’。 He then instructed all the thousands and hundreds of households to stop and rest, and he galloped towards the city.

At this time, there were several people riding on horses at the gate of the city, as if waiting for someone, all wearing the costumes of Han military generals. The man at the head waited until Chu Jie rode his horse and stood beside him, and immediately asked, "The army has arrived?" ”

"It's all here!" Chu Jie breathed a sigh of relief, untied the kettle from his horse and took a big sip of water, and then said: "The last two Han thousand households recruited from Yongchang and Dali have arrived, and the fifteen thousand troops sent by the Lijiang Mu family, the Shunning A family and the Dahou Dao family to help in the war have also come over together. ”

"The Mu family is personally led by Mu Chu?" The man asked.

"How is that possible? How many years has Mude been dead? He hadn't completely subdued Mude's brothers, how could he dare to bring troops over in person? It was his younger brother Mu Qi who brought the troops over. Chu Jie said.

"What about the Shunning family and the Dahou Dao family?" The man asked again.

"Oh, I said Li Guan, why are you asking in such detail now!" However, although Chu Jie complained, he also replied honestly: "A Yuegong of the Shunning Ajia sent his son Azhigong to lead the troops, and the Dahou Dao family is a hereditary Tuzhizhou Dao Fengfeng personally led the team. ”

Li Guan ignored his complaints, wrote them down on paper, and said to him: "Meng Yang's side has prepared the grain and wood, you take the quartermaster to get it." In addition, these new soldiers must be told not to go to fetch water casually, but to follow the guide to fetch water. In the past few days, more than 50 people have been bitten to death by pythons or other things hidden in the river because they went to the river to get water without permission. ”

"The soldiers of Lijiang, Shunning and Dahou don't need to be instructed, and their hometowns are not much different from Mengyang. Even the soldiers of Yongchang do not have to, that is, the living conditions of the soldiers of Dali are too superior to be specially reminded. Chu Jie said.

"I don't care what you say, anyway, don't let anyone get swallowed by a python. You remember to enter the city after the order, His Royal Highness King Min is still waiting for you. Li Guan said.

"Since you are in such a hurry, why don't you let Meng Yang's people build the wooden house in advance? If they can even harvest wood in advance, why can't they build the wooden house in advance? Chu Jie said.

"Hehe, Mengyang's people are still waiting for us to build wooden houses for them, so that they can get a batch of wooden houses for nothing." A young general behind Li Guan sneered.

"Shut up!" Li Guan glared at the man and told him to shut up. Although he was a favored person by King Min, he didn't dare to offend Shangguan, so he could only shut up.

Chu Jie immediately said a few words, and then went to get grain and wood.

After he had finished distributing the grain and wood, he instructed his lieutenant to watch and leave the place where the army was stationed with Muqi, Azhigong, and Dao Feng.

He rode into the village. At this time, it was already night, and there were not many people on the street, only a group of men wearing the traditional costumes of the Mengyang people were patrolling with knives and guns.

Chu Jie knew that there was no curfew for the Mengyang people, but because a large number of troops who were not Mengyang people had passed through here recently, Mengyang women had been raped for several days in a row. Although the culprit was also found out afterwards and punished, Meng Yang Tusi Dao Mu Dan also issued a curfew, prohibiting people from going out at night.

When these patrolling Meng Yangren saw Chu Jie and his party, the leaders looked at Chu Jie's clothes and bypassed them. Chu Jie was the commander of Zheng Sanpin, and the armor on his body was very gorgeous, and the patrol team did not dare to interrogate him at all.

They didn't bother with the patrol either, letting the guards lead the way. In a few moments, the guards brought him to the door of one of the most splendid stockades in the middle of the city.

They dismounted and followed the guards on their way, and entered a room full of people.

After Chu Jie entered, he didn't care about anything else, he first knelt down in front of the person wearing the prince's costume in the center and said, "The minister Chu Jie has seen His Royal Highness King Min. Mu Qi, Ah Rigong, and Dao Fengfu also knelt down and said in stiff Chinese: "The minister has seen His Royal Highness King Min. ”

"You're here too? Sit. Zhu Yang, the king of Min, who was sitting in the center, smiled at him.

When they sat down, Zhu Yang, the king of Min, asked, "Are the troops all settled?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister, Mu Qi and others have already settled the army." Chu Jie replied. Mu Qi and the others did not speak, and acquiesced to Chu Jie's answer.

Zhu Yang just asked casually, and after getting a sure answer, he said: "The last army has also arrived." This will make it possible to draw up a war plan against Burma. ”

Yes, Zhu Yang concentrated so many troops to Mengyang in order to start a war against Burma.

In the 31st year of Zhu Yinghongwu, Yun Xi was officially crowned the vassal king, and Yun Xi assigned a large area of Yongchang Military and Civilian Propaganda Envoy, Shunning Mansion, Dahou Prefecture, Wandian Prefecture, Mengmian Division, Zhenkang Prefecture, Mengding Prefecture, Ping-Burma Luchuan Xuanfu Division, Nandian Xuanfu Division, Mengyang Xuanfu Division, Mubang Xuanfu Envoy and Mengmi Xuanfu Division as fiefs.

Later, Zhu Yang bargained with Yun Xi again, and Yun Xi temporarily placed Menghua Mansion and Lijiang Mansion under his jurisdiction, and even Dali temporarily allowed him to mobilize troops, but he could not manage civil affairs and move the palace to Dali.

In this way, Zhu Yang had a very large feudal state, north to the border of Yunnan and Zang provinces in the later generations, to the south to the border between China and Thailand in the later generations, to Dali in the east, and to the Naga Mountains in the west - the border between Myanmar and India in the later generations, with a total area of about 500,000 square kilometers, exceeding the total area of any European country except Russia and Ukraine in later generations.

But in addition to Dali and Yongchang, other places are under the jurisdiction of local officials, and even in Yongchang, there are local officials who are not all Han officials. Although most of these local officials are deferential, they are not so easy to talk about if they are conscripted for military and food.

Zhu Jianye returned to Yunnan in the first year, stayed in Kunming for two days and talked a lot with Mu Sheng, and then came to Yongchang to talk with his left minister He Fu for a few days, and then began his own actions.