At the end of March, the sun was warm and crawled out of the edge of the towering and spectacular Rim Coast Mountains, looking drunk, Li Dingguo shook out of the tavern next to the governor's palace. In the past few days, he has unlocked a great achievement, no matter what kind of tequila with a burning throat, rum or dark and bitter beer, he actually drank it smoothly, and even reached the point where he could shout and blow from bottle to bottle with those local soldiers.

Don't underestimate a drinker, when Li Dingguo followed Zhang Xianzhong to rebel, a lot of life-saving news was found out from the tavern, how and where the officials and troops marched, how the grain and grass marched, the county lord in the county and someone's aunts were too involved together, and they could rebel against the internal Yingyunyun, these days are similar, they can come to the tavern near the governor's palace to drink, basically they are some in-service officers, and the complaints about drinking at the table are commonplace, so he found out a basic situation.

That is, the prince is not doing his job!

Mao Jue sent him to the New World, and his main task was to take root like Adriana, seize the Spanish colony in Mexico, and then open up the Isthmus of the Americas, clearing a direct route to Europe for the Ming Royal Navy, so that the Ming warships could also sail to Europe and dominate the world.

Mao Jue was looking forward to it in Hangzhou, waiting for the news of the canal repair, but the prince not only did not say anything in a hurry, but also detained the first batch of New World colonial infantry who followed Adriana, Liu Zongmin's soldiers and families added more than 60,000 yuan, and 40,000 were transferred to the Tuntian on the Snake River Plain on the Eastern Front, and the 8,000 men and horses who stayed here to build the Jewel Sea, more than 6,000 civilians, followed Adlena, the commander, to the south, and there was only one corps left.

What's more, the Ming Dynasty is now at war with Spain, and in the New World, the prince is actually doing business with the enemy's Mexican colonies, and the tequila, rum and beer he drinks these days are all shipped from Mexico City in the south.

The Emperor and the Crown Prince are at odds with each other, which does not bode well! And listening to rumors, the prince was not liked by the emperor in the first place, and he was so enthusiastic and selfish to develop his own one-third of an acre, it is really hard to say whether this prince can return to Daming to inherit the throne in the future! Even at worst, the crown prince wants to establish a state in this new world, but the emperor may not be able to allow it, and maybe a war will break out between the two sides in the future.

Just when Li Dingguo was shaking and thinking, a burst of rapid cow hooves came suddenly, looking at the street, with yellow pigtails tied on the door of his head, several Spaniards actually swaggered and rode a tall cow and trotted in the port of Daming, and the car behind was still pulling a lot of goods, I heard that the leader of this guy is called Henry What a ridiculous name of the golden vassal, is one of the prince's favorite ministers, let aside, watching little Henry and the clown get out of the car like a fart, and make up the wine in the tavern, Li Dingguo couldn't help but shake his head again, Immediately, he walked quickly towards the edge of the harbor.

After all, it is an overseas colony, and he returned to the port from the center of the city in a few minutes, Li Dingguo was very strict in governing the army, he went out to drink, but the 8,000 people in the army were still practicing the queue formation in the open space by the port, and it seemed to have become a scene in Haicheng these days, seeing Li Dingguo come back, his deputy general Ma Jinzhong, Feng Shuangli's full suit of armor made a noise, and he hurriedly greeted him, and hugged his fists to greet him.

"Three young masters!"

Following Li Dingguo inside, Feng Shuangli, who was also a veteran of the Great Western Army, was quite excited to report on the side: "Third young master, there is news from the prince's side, in three days, the prince and General Liu Zongmin will return to the sea of gems with the captives, do we prepare gifts to meet you?" ”

"Don't wait! Pass the general's order and blow the assembly call! The army made dinner at noon, and set off before the time, and went south along the coastline to Haitian Prefecture to meet Adriana Shuai! ”

This order is so unexpected! Full of consternation, the two deputy governors exclaimed in disbelief: "Third young master, don't you want to see the prince?" ”

"After all, the crown prince is the governor of Luoji, the third young lord is the official, so rude and hurried away, it's not good!" Feng Shuangli couldn't help but persuade him on the side, but at this time, Li Dingguo had already made up his mind, and shook his head very firmly: "I have no will!" ”

"The Last General's Order!"

Helplessly, the two lieutenants followed with heavy fists and led the order.

In history, Li Dingguo was able to persist in such a way under the outnumbered enemy because of a decisive word in his character, and he was decisive in doing things! At about one o'clock in the afternoon, 8,000 cavalry opened the road in front, and about 15,000 middle-aged family laborers followed, and the cannons given by Mao Jue were not needed, and the trolleys pushed military rations and gunpowder supplies, and the group marched towards the south in a mighty way.

Looking back at the sea of jewels that began to be hazy in the sea fog, while riding forward, Li Shuai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, Adriana belonged to the side of Emperor Mao Jue, and would rather offend the prince, but he also wanted to stand on the emperor's side, in order to show his loyalty.

However, this is a long-term consideration, and on the premise of offending the prince, how to run his poor and white Haitianzhou and dig out the gold mine is still an imminent problem at hand.

is full of bad things about the power struggle, and Li Dingguo, who was thinking about it, didn't notice that there were two more outliers in his team.

When he came, he was Miss Yu'er, a beautiful scholar and scholar, but now he is the Indian chief Yu'er who is a barbarian, with an Indian feather crown on his head, and a set of Indian linen robes and cloak draped outside, and two colored paintings painted under his little face, riding a cow purchased from the sea of jewels, Mao Jue's heart and liver baby little princess looked left and right with great novelty looking at the endless sea, as well as the mountains that have not been developed until now.

It's just that she was happy, but Duo'er, the personal maid who came with her, even wanted to die, riding on the cow's buttocks, the little girl was extremely sad and hugged her fists and asked: "Miss, let's go back to the prince!" Please, don't go any further! The slave is afraid! ”

"Don't go back!"

The little brain melon swayed like a rattle, Yu'er snorted angrily and pouted: "Why can the fifth aunt and the seventh aunt go to work in the newspaper, busy with this and that, my mother forces me to learn what kind of female celebrity and female virtue, and I also look at Pang Youde every day, Shen Furong's disgusting face of the rich three generations of heroes!" Why? ”

Full of combat power, this girl is a straight fist with little stars in her eyes: "Who said that women are not as good as men!" Miss Ben is also going to have the next career, and show her father and mother! ”

Yu'er's fist-grinding fists were rubbing her palms, but she made the little maid almost cry when she heard it, and she screamed in a long voice with great sadness.

"Miss, !!"

.........

Li Dingguo left in time, he crossed the Columbia River, and Mao Xingjian led his troops to pass by him along the Mount Rainier.

He also commanded about 8,000 people, but escorted more than 5,000 prisoners, between the ranks, a native Indians wearing linen clothes hands and necks were tied to rope sleeves, two sergeants one in front of one after the other grasshoppers escorted more than ten people, the front cavalry regiment left and right to open the way, with the swaying of the war horse, Mao Xingjian calmly supervised the army in the Chinese army.

Compared with the prince who just came to the New World, Mao Xingjian's face has a lot of traces of wind and frost at this time, but he is also more mature than at the beginning, his appearance has not changed much, but his temperament is turned upside down.

A series of events did make Mao Xingjian grow, so that he recognized that the world is far less beautiful than in Confucian books, and jumped out of the box of the sage's subtle words, this spring is a clear proof, originally a prince who advocated education, only a month after the end of the battle of the Wounded Knee Valley, he turned over the Rocky Mountain again, and also cut off the head of Tianwu in winter and the head of other tribal chiefs to the Mississippi River, deliberately to provoke the local Mandans, Assini himself to challenge, As a result, the Indian tribes gathered in a group to fight were killed, thousands of people were killed on the spot, more than 20,000 men and women were captured, and more than a dozen large tribes submitted to the Ming Dynasty and became its vassals.

The prince's political style has completely changed.

Just like when the king of the Shang and Zhou dynasties returned from the victory of the Rongdi tribe, looking at the banner of the prince, the entire sea of gems suddenly boiled, men, women and children watched the army enter the city with great interest, pointing at the Indian tribes with messy hair and full of embarrassment, and there were many big merchants from the Ming Dynasty, full of excitement and pinching their chins and calculating, once the government sold the official slaves, should they buy a few cheap labor and put it into the store.

However, this Mao Xingjian had just returned to the Governor's Mansion, and he didn't have time to take a sip of water, and Liu Fenggu, the staff officer of the Ninth Corps who was in charge of staying at the headquarters, had already found it in a stomach.

"Prince, during your absence, the sixth supply fleet of the New World has arrived in the Gem Sea."

"Isn't that a good thing? Why such an expression? ”

While taking off the general's coat and hanging it on the clothes rack in the room, Mao Xingjian smiled very casually, but Liu Fatzi hurriedly shook his head in a hurry: "This time, Your Majesty also sealed a Marquis of Zhengdong, the Governor of Haitian Prefecture, called Li Dingguo, and brought an army of corps, but this Li Dingguo was arrogant and unruly, and he didn't even say hello to the Governor's Mansion, so he directly led the army south, and before leaving, he took the sheep and snatched more than 100 cattle from our Snake City, and he didn't take the prince and the Governor's Mansion in his eyes!" ”

I was waiting well, but I suddenly came and said goodbye, Liu Fenggu's awkwardness in his heart can be seen, he added fuel and vinegar to the report, Mao Xingjian himself couldn't help but be stunned, but after a while, he smiled lightly and shook his head: "It seems that the old man is a little anxious, but it doesn't matter, the third aunt will help us explain!" ”

"That's it?"

"Of course you can't count it like this, Lao Liu, you will bring two hundred cows in a while, pull some grain to follow, and send someone to tell Li Dingguo that what Jianhai Tianzhou lacks, just take it with the Governor's Mansion!"

At this moment, Liu Fenggu was dumbfounded, don't talk about the trouble of this goods, and pay back the money, what is this called?

But Mao Xingjian really didn't take it seriously, on the one hand, only in a foreign land, can he experience the preciousness of his fellow townsmen and clans, and the longer he stays, the more real he will experience, especially the time when Snake City broke the city, which left a deep impression on Mao Xingjian and reshaped his character.

On the other hand, Mao Jue sent him to experience, how to deal with the contradictions under his command, and twist the big guy into a rope, which is the basic skill of being a leader, because of this, no matter how unruly Li Dingguo is, Mao Xingjian can laugh at it, because this is a great opportunity to exercise his dominance to gather the team, while humming softly, he also sat leisurely at the desk and poured himself tea, and ordered slowly.

"Little Henry is back, isn't he? Let him come to see me later. ”

Mao Xingjian had already made a plan, and no matter how depressed Liu Fenggu was, he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only hug his fists helplessly, turn around and go out.

However, less than half a minute later, before little Henry arrived, the fat guy hurried back again, with beads of sweat on his head, and handed over a black-skinned document with both hands.

"Prince, Maple Leaf Hou Mabao is in a hurry!"

"This guy has a smarter nose than a dog, and he knows that there are a little people under his lone hand, so he came over when he smelled it!"

Learning from Mao Jue's appearance, he took the official document with a smile and scolded with a teacup in one hand, and looked at it while drinking, but as soon as he saw the first line, the prince snorted and squirted out all the hot tea.

"Pass on Captain Song! Damn! ”