"The reason why I did this was not only to train your courage, but also to cultivate your teamwork, and these five hundred and sixty-three female soldiers performed better than every one of you left, especially when all of you were in danger, and they stepped up to save the rest of you. My army can have no individual heroism, but it must not lack a sense of collective honor, it must not lack teamwork, on the battlefield, only your comrades-in-arms around you can help you and save you, do you understand? Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Understood." The crowd shouted together.

……

After today's events, the female soldiers of the Praetorian Guard have obviously matured a lot, and they have begun to look like a real army. Now that there are no psychotherapists, Zhu Youxiao can only rely on monks and Taoist priests to stabilize the mood of the soldiers. Chanting exorcisms seems to really calm the heart, and the female soldiers who executed them have gradually begun to recover.

Zhu Youxiao's return time has been determined, he had been to the Northeast in his previous life, and he had stayed in the Northeast for more than half a year, leaving a lot of impressions, such as the "white skin, beautiful and long legs" in the Northeast. It's just that in this era, the Northeast is really a thing, and the long-term war has made the entire Northeast devastated, and people can't even eat a mouthful of food, let alone the pursuit of beauty.

When Zhu Youxiao returned to Beijing, it was already early August. Zhu Youxiao wanted to start preparations for the use of troops against the East Tumut Division, which currently has a population of nearly 200,000 and lives in the Mantao area. Mantao was originally the pasture of Uliangha, and was later occupied by the Tumut tribe, and now this area is inhabited by the Eastern Tumut tribe and Uliangha, and the leaders are Wenbu Chuhur of Tumut and Shanba of Uliangha.

Since Zhu Youxiao defeated Lin Dan Khan in Datong, Uliangha began to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty again, although Zhu Youxiao accepted it on the surface, but he has been secretly preparing for the use of troops against the Eastern Tumut Department.

After more than a year of rectification and reform, the Tiger Leaping Army has completely controlled Xuanfu Town and Jizhou Town. For this Northern Expedition, for more than a year, Zhu Youxiao has prepared a large number of strategic materials, especially cement, and he is willing to slow down the construction of roads, and first ensure the construction of the fortress after occupying the Mantao area. Zhu Youxiao wants to push the defense line beyond the nine sides, and his current strategy is to keep the enemy out of the nine sides. Once the Eastern Tumut Department is taken, Jizhen, one of the nine sides, can directly push the defense area beyond the Great Wall.

The frequent military movements in Xuanfu Town had aroused the vigilance of the Eastern Tumut Division, which was actively preparing for war while organizing the tribesmen to prepare for the eastward migration.

……

When Zhu Youxiao returned to Beijing, Zhu Youxiao's first thing was to summon the expedition team looking for Jinshan, and the expedition team had already arrived in Beijing to wait for Zhu Youxiao's summons. Wang Mengxiong has the highest position in the expedition team, and he is the leader of the expedition, and he is responsible for all affairs.

"Wang Aiqing, tell me about Leng Zhou." Zhu Youxiao couldn't wait to say.

"No......" Wang Mengxiong concisely said what he saw and heard along the way.

"Bring animals from Leng Chau and bring them up quickly." Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but say happily when he heard that Wang Mengxiong had brought back kangaroos, thylacines and emus from Lengzhou.

"No."

Wang Mengxiong then presented two more booklets and said, "Here is a nautical chart to Lengzhou, and the other is a logbook, and I would like to ask Your Majesty to review it." ”

"Bring it in." Zhu Youxiao commanded.

Wang Tiqian hurriedly handed over the two booklets, although Zhu Youxiao simply flipped through them, but could not hide the excitement in his heart, he said excitedly: "The expedition team has made great contributions to this trip, and the expedition team will be rewarded with 10,000 taels of silver, and Wang Mengxiong should be the first to take the lead and promote him to the deputy admiral of the Fujian Navy Division, and give him a viscount and a reward of 1,000 taels of silver." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!" Wang Mengxiong bowed to the ground excitedly. He was completely forced to go to Lengzhou, he didn't expect to go to Lengzhou, and he would be rewarded so much by the emperor, which was not only unexpected by him, but also unexpected by everyone.

"Wang Aiqing, flat! I will give a feast at the noon gate to the warriors of the expedition. Zhu Youxiao said happily. In this era, in this world, no one knows the significance of Leng Zhou better than Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao has made up his mind to seize Leng Zhou before the Westerners.

……

Zhu Youxiao finally saw kangaroos, thylacines and emus in this era. Zhu Youxiao's action of rewarding the expedition team did stimulate the upsurge of exploration in the Ming Empire. In the Age of Discovery, the Ming Dynasty had fallen behind, but under Zhu Youxiao's series of measures, the entire empire began to catch up with the Westerners.

And when Zhu Youxiao returned to Beijing from Shanhaiguan, his swimming pool had already been built, but Zhu Youxiao never went to the swimming pool to try it, and he didn't even go to the water's edge now. The main reason is that he has a shadow in his heart, he knows that Zhu Youxiao in history fell into the water in August this year, and he has not been able to recover after falling into the water, and he drank the so-called immortal medicine later, and died in the Qianqing Palace on August 22.

Although Zhu Youxiao has never been in the water, he has not been idle, and has been customizing swimsuits for the concubines.

"Who's going to try?" Zhu Youxiao raised his swimsuit and asked.

Seeing the swimsuit in Zhu Youxiao's hand, there was an uproar at the scene, and many concubines were thinking: How many pieces of cloth are there in this dress? How can this be dressed?

"The concubine is willing to try." Concubine Hui stood up and said.

"Hmm. You pick two of your favorites. Zhu Youxiao said happily.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Concubine Hui said with a smile.

"Who else wants to try it? Go swimming in the pool, this swimsuit is standard, if you go swimming in your current clothes, you can't figure out the situation, and you think you're going to commit suicide, and you can't swim in so many clothes! Zhu Youxiao persuaded him.

"Try it, concubine!" Concubine Rong also stood up and said.

"Try it too, concubine!" The two imperial concubines took the lead, and the rest of the people were not hypocritical.

……

Soon a bunch of swimsuits were picked up and more than half of them were taken. In the end, only Zhang Yan was left who did not choose a swimsuit.

"Let's try the orb! Long-term swimming really has many benefits, first, it can exercise and prolong life; Second, you can lose weight, keep in shape, and of course, there are many benefits, only by yourself. Zhu Youxiao persuaded him.

"Your Majesty, it's just that if the ministers know about this matter, they will definitely talk about the emperor again." Zhang Yan said softly.

"Baozhu, the world doesn't understand me, don't you understand me? The purpose of repairing this swimming pool is definitely for the health of the people in the palace, and in the future, Zhu Cijiong, Zhu Ciji and others will learn to swim. As for the rumors outside, I am greedy for enjoyment, extravagant life, etc., I don't care, as long as I am good, why should I care about the world's eyes. Zhu Youxiao said seriously.

(End of chapter)