"Alright, let's talk about it." Zhu Houzhao was lying on a rattan chair, without any image.

"What do you want to know?" Zhu Houwei also stood up and walked to a chair and sat down.

"Who was that woman just now?" Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhu Houwei with a gossipy face, and his eyes flashed with strong curiosity.

Zhu Houwei didn't care about Ma Sanniang's identity and origin and told Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao frowned a little after hearing this, "The identity of this runaway military family child is lacking, if you are a princess, I am afraid it will be difficult, plus that, it will be difficult." ”

Zhu Houwei said with some amusement: "What are you talking about, when did I say that I was going to marry her." Zhu Houzhao stared at his younger brother, "I really don't like other girls?" ”

Zhu Houwei waved his hand impatiently, "No, I'm just teasing her." By the way, why is it so slow, it's been a few days? By the time you come, these pirates will be able to run to Java. ”

Zhu Houzhao said a little depressedly, "Do you think I don't want to come quickly, the routes of this Qincha team are all set by the Ministry of War, and I am already fast." The people in the military department said that the sea was unpredictable and there were often dangers, so they could only go inland. Fortunately, there is a canal, otherwise it is estimated that it is still at the boundary of Qingzhou. “

Zhu Houwei glanced at him, "You still don't know what happened near the canal, right?" “

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said, "By the way, it's strange to say, Beizhili is fine, how did you get to the city where the Shandong Canal passes, there are so many people on the wharf, dense, especially in Dezhou, where at least twenty or thirty thousand people gathered, what are you doing?" ”

So Zhu Houwei told the pirates and what happened near the canal in full. Zhu Houzhao frowned after hearing this, and was silent for a long time.

Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao asked, "How do you do it?" Zhu Houwei was a little surprised, he felt that Zhu Houzhao had matured a lot, and if he wanted to change to him before, he should be furious and scolded a few words at this time.

Zhu Houwei smiled and said, "Go to Jining." Zhu Houzhao nodded, "Well, it's not far from Huangzhuang, and it's very convenient if you need to mobilize materials." ”

Zhu Houwei was very surprised and asked, "What?" There is also a royal village there? Zhu Houzhao smiled and nodded, "You don't know?" Huangzhuang is not only in Beizhili, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong have, but Shandong is not very big, only about 1,000 hectares. However, it is quite concentrated, in the three counties of Dongpingzhou, Wenshang and Ningyang. ”

Zhu Houwei perked up, "It's just right, by the way, the Huangzhuang here has also been renovated, without further ado, let's go to Wen as soon as possible and make some preparations." By the way, we also have to send a message to Huangzhuang in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and let them build a large number of houses, and when the winter comes, some road builders will be placed in, and with sufficient manpower, all these places can be renovated. ”

Zhu Houzhao nodded: "After the autumn harvest, it is estimated that the grain will be enough, and the grain in the capital will be reduced and sold." It's just that this silver tael is not enough, you must know that if you recruit people this time, there will be at least nearly 400,000 people, which is not a small amount of money every month. ”

Zhu Houwei pondered for a while and said, "It should be enough." ”

Nowadays, Nanjing's business is very hot, soap is in short supply, and it can bring nearly 600,000 net profits every month, while Crystal Zhai is still a net profit of 300,000 taels a month due to the limited number of sales. But when the fleet is built, then there will be another way to make a lot of money, and now the money is barely enough.

Brother Zhu Houzhao packed up his things, brought 50,000 taels of silver, and 200 soldiers, ready to go to Wenshang County. Everyone in the team rode horses, and the supplies were placed on the wagons. The relief and pacification work here in Dengzhou were handed over to the deputy envoy of the Qincha, that is, the household servant who came with Zhu Houzhao.

Ma Sanniang and the three female soldiers were not far from Zhu Houwei, Zhu Houwei was not aware of Ma Sanniang's angry gaze, and now he is still taking care of some things in Chengzhi. The one who led the water and land battalion this time was Guo Chengzhi, and Wu Yiheng wanted to stay here to keep the supplies from Tianjin unimpeded.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon of June 25, everyone braved the scorching sun and hurried all the way to Wenshang.

It was too hot on this day, according to Zhu Houwei's guess, it was definitely more than 39 degrees. After some deliberation, the group decided to rest for the most poisonous hours of the sun. Early in the morning, evening, and at night, with kerosene lamps, I am no longer afraid to walk at night.

Women are very resentful, even if they are heroes. Zhu Houwei made her so ugly, for several days in a row, Zhu Houwei talked to her and Ma Sanniang ignored him. In the end, Zhu Houwei made a killer move, let's not talk about Fengyue, only about business. Ma Sanniang had no choice but to answer one by one, after all, the food brought by Zhu Houwei helped Baidong Mountain. Although I don't know what is going to happen in this Shandong, judging from the current situation, it is not small, and whether Baidong Mountain can survive safely depends on Zhu Houwei.

After 10 days of traveling, we finally arrived at Doujia Village in Wenshang County. In terms of size, this is quite a town. The whole town is surrounded by stone walls, which are not high, about 3 meters or less. There are 3 gates in the whole village, and the Guanzhuang Mansion is here.

The whole village is about 3 miles in radius, and the Guanzhuang Mansion is in the central area. Before they reached the door, there was a rush of chickens and dogs, and the villagers who were working outside the village rushed to the village as if they were swarming. There was still a distance of 200 meters, and Zhu Houzhao sent someone to call the door. At this time, the strong men in the village had all taken their weapons and were stationed within the wall. Seeing this team of about 300 people, fully armed, the people in the village were very nervous. In these years, the military discipline of the army is not good, and when they come, they are like bandits, even in the name of Huangzhuang, these Qiu Ba are only a little restrained. This is not bad, if it is a bandit or a ringing horse, these 300 or so people can break this Zhuangzi.

Shandong's Xiangma is famous far and wide, not to mention anything else, each equestrian exquisite. After doing business, he rode away on a fast horse, hid in the village or village, and became a good citizen of the Ming Dynasty. Because there is no trace of coming and going, it is a headache for the government.

However, after the comer took out the token, the guard was taken off for three points. However, the strong man of the joint did not dare to order the door to be opened, mainly because he was illiterate and could not judge the authenticity of the token. This has to be checked by the father-in-law in charge of the Zhuang Mansion. Are there any literate people in this village? Of course there is, but either hiding in their own house or in the Guanzhuang Mansion, and some of the timid ones are already writing suicide notes.

Zhuang Ding took the token and went straight to Guan Zhuang's mansion, and arrived in a short time. went up and called the door, but the door did not move, and after a while, a middle-aged man's voice came from inside, "You come in through the small door next to you." ”

The strong man was stunned for a moment, and then ran to the small door. There was a small crack in the small door, and the people inside looked at the strong man, and then poked out their heads to see if there was an ambush around the strong man. When he was sure that it was safe, he said, "Ergou, it's you." Who's the people from outside? ”

The young man named Ergou said with some complaint: "How do I know? They didn't say anything, so they gave me a sign, saying that it was for my father-in-law to see. Okay, third uncle, you can quickly take the sign in. The third uncle took the sign, but he didn't let the second dog in, and as soon as the door closed, the footsteps became quieter and quieter.

After a while, the gate of Guan Zhuang's mansion opened, and a group of people walked out, led by a eunuch in his early 50s, with a white face and beard, who looked relatively gentle. But at this time, the anxious expression destroyed this gentleness, and while walking briskly, he was still tidying up his clothes, and shouted in his mouth, "Hurry up, go and open the door." Come to the nobles, hurry up, if you slack off, you can take care of your skin. ”

The eunuch was wide and fat, and even if he walked briskly, he could not walk much faster than ordinary people. It was a few helpers behind him, Zhuang Ke and the like, who ran all the way and soon arrived at the front.