In June of the first year of Wu, Zhu Yuanzhang promulgated the Fengtian Essay on Yuan Yuan, putting forward the slogan of "expelling the Tartars, restoring China, establishing the Chen Dynasty, and relieving the people". At the same time, Lao Zhu ordered Xu Da to be the general of the conquest, and Chang Yuchun to be the deputy general, leading the Northern Expedition of 260,000 troops.

There are 10,000 more than the 200,000 army in history, and these 10,000 people are the Shenji Battalion led by Mu Ying. The time is also half a year earlier than in history.

The main reason why I didn't leave at the beginning of the year and had to wait until June was because of food. Lao Zhu is not without food, he has been in the field for many years, but the expedition against Zhang Shicheng last year ended half a year earlier than in history, and he saved a lot of grain.

According to the plan of the Northern Expedition, it was to attack Shandong first to occupy Jinan, and then move to Henan, and then go west to Tongguan.

It is good to say that it is not a problem to transport grain with the main artery of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, but it is not possible to reach Henan, and the Tongji Canal dug in the Sui and Tang dynasties has been abandoned.

If there were no waterways, it would have been a joke to carry the rations of 260,000 people to thousands of miles with the land transportation conditions at that time. It is the best way to raise grain from the local rich households, and as soon as the summer harvest is over, Lao Zhu's army begins to set off.

The Yangtze River ferry waved flags, covering the sky and the sun, and Lao Zhu took hundreds of officials to personally see off the soldiers. Ma Du ran to the Shenji Camp and asked Mu Ying to find Tang Ding, Gouzi and Chang Mao.

He took out a small glass bottle with a wooden cork, and in each bottle was a antibiotic he had cut out, "Take it, if you are injured and have a fever, eat it!" ”

There are only a dozen left, and they have expired at this time, but the effect of the medicine should still be there, "If you don't use it, you will return it to me when you come back." ”

In addition to the dog nodding, the other three turned a deaf ear, probably because the meat bun beat the dog and never returned.

Mu Ying put the bottle in her arms, "If you don't follow, I'll be more at ease with this." Well...... When a woman gives birth to a child, we men really can't help except for being in a hurry outside the house, without thinking about it, this is a great opportunity to take credit. You won't really be satisfied with a little baron. ”

"No, I have to watch the baby be born." Madu refused. Not to mention that the sword has no eyes on the battle array, even if it is enough to march thousands of miles, the important thing is that he really can't leave Song Shuang alone to give birth at home, it is really a ghost gate for women to come, if there is really an accident, he may be able to help.

Chang Mao looked at the small bottle in his hand, "Brother Du, does my father have this?" ”

"Nope! He didn't need it this time. He added in his heart, "It's hard to say next time!" ”

The fate of those celebrities is clear, although they have changed some history, the direction of the long river of history has not changed, but it has become more turbulent, and it should have no impact on big fish like Xu Da and Chang Yuchun.

As for the crabs, small fish, and small shrimp in front of him, it's hard to say, especially Mu Yingke has never participated in the Northern Expedition, but this time he went and was the main general, giving them a life-saving medicine, if there is really anything wrong, his guilt will be less.

Chang Mao took the pill and said: "Our father and I are gone, and my mother is home alone, don't look at her usual strength, but as soon as my father went out, she secretly wiped her tears, and now she must be even more sad." If the school is on vacation, remember to escort the second and third children home and don't let them run around. ”

Not to mention that Chang Mao has been in the Shenji Camp for half a year, he has really matured a lot, and now he is thrown into the artillery camp by Mu Ying. Although he is only a big-headed soldier, he is scary with a high rank, a five-rank martial arts general.

Just for him to destroy Zhang Shicheng's gunpowder workshop in Pingjiang, this is a great achievement, Lao Zhu also specially called him over to ask about the whole incident, and smiled backwards. However, Chang Mao wanted to start as a big soldier in the Shenji Battalion, and there was no way to actually teach him, so he gave him a loose official.

Zhang Wuliu was also rewarded for his merits, and Lao Zhu generously gave a deputy thousand households. When Lao Liu heard the news, he said: "It's really a waste of the official position of a thousand households!" "He knows very well what his son-in-law is, he doesn't play around in the army, and if he makes a slight mistake, he will lose his head.

In order to not be a widow for his daughter, Lao Liu also had to take Zhang Wuliu to resign, Zhang Wuliu was willing to work but was fooled by Chang Mao's sentence of sealing his wife and shadow, and finally had an official body, how could he be willing to resign, Lao Liu also had a quarrel with Grandma Zhang for this.

In the end, Ma Du came forward to run to the palace, changed Zhang Wuliu's empty title of lieutenant, and continued to be Ma Du's long-term follower, driving horses and so on.

After seeing off, Lao Zhu rode back to the city, Ma Du, who couldn't ride a horse, had to take the carriage, and as soon as he stepped on the wheel, an old voice shouted: "The old man's carriage is broken, can Lord Ma take the old man for a ride?" ”

Ma Du looked back and saw an old man standing behind him, his hair and beard were not white at all, the old man smiled and looked amiable, he hurriedly got out of the car and saluted, "It turned out to be Mr. Zhu, it is an honor to be able to ride with Mr. Junior, I will help you get into the car." ”

This old man was very famous in later generations, as long as he received nine years of compulsory education, he knew his sentence "build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slowly become the king". This nine-character mantra is of far-reaching significance, and even affects six hundred years later, the sentence "dig deep holes, accumulate grain, and do not seek hegemony" is the old man's steal.

That's right, it's Zhu Sheng, and now Lao Zhu is serving as a bachelor and a doctor in Zhongshun, but in this era, his reputation is not as big as Liu Ji, Song Lian and others.

Zhu Sheng is much older than Ma Du expected, he is the oldest person he has seen since he crossed over, I heard that he is almost seventy years old, and he is already considered to be a long life.

Ma Du lightly helped him into the carriage, the old man was really old, this small movement was a little heavy, he took out a neatly folded handkerchief from his sleeve, wiped the sweat stains on his face, and said, "Thank you, Lord Ma." ”

"Sir, you don't have to be so polite, it's okay for you to call me Xuanzhong."

Zhu Sheng put the handkerchief in his sleeve and said with a smile: "Then the old man is not polite to call you a dignified, hehe...... Listen to Song Jinglian say that the phrase 'drive out the Tartars and restore China' came from your mouth? ”

Did you say that? Oh, it seems to have been said when Hongdu and Ma Dajia first met. However, this sentence is plagiarized Lao Zhu's manuscript, Lao Zhu's manuscript was drafted by Song Lian, and eighty percent was written by Song Lian.

The words that come out are the water that is spilled, and now Ma Du can only take it over with a hard head, "It's not the younger generation who said it, it's the younger generation's grandfather who said it, this is his old man's wish." ”

Zhu Sheng asked: "But that Liuru layman, the widow of the Song Dynasty, if he can see the prince waving the Northern Expedition, he will be pleased, and after Xuanzhong returns home, he must not forget to go to the ancestral hall to pay tribute!" ”

Ma Du's nonsense doesn't know that Lao Zhu has told a few people, it seems that it is all said to people like Li Shanchang and Zhu Sheng, who have some knowledge, obviously not believing his words, and looking for someone to verify it.

Zhu Sheng licked his chapped lips, "Is there any water in Xuanzhong?" ”

"Yes!" Ma Du took out a small water bladder from under the seat, "This is the honey water prepared by the clumsy thorn, just to quench your thirst." ”

Zhu Sheng held the water bladder in his hand, took a few sips, and let out a long breath, "As I get older, my body is becoming more and more useless, and I feel dizzy when I stand under the sun for a while, and I don't know how many years I have to live, hehe...... Thank you very much! ”

Ma Du took the water bag and said with a smile: "The younger generation knows a little about medical skills, I don't think there is anything wrong with my husband's body, but it is caused by the hard work of the case, and it would be good to exercise more." ”

"Huh...... This is true, the old man does not feel tired of hoeing a few acres of land a day in the year of destiny. ”

"The younger generation has a set of self-cultivation methods, which is most suitable for your situation, Zhao Desheng was cut off a waist and now practices this every day, and his health is too good to be good. If you have time to come to Fangshan, I will teach you, Fangshan has beautiful scenery, which is the most suitable for recuperating the body and mind......"

Zhu Sheng suddenly smiled: "You don't want me to teach in your school, do you?" ”

Ah! You can guess it, it's really an old fox!