On a small hill north of Baishui City, Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Renjie sat in a long bush, and Ma Xiaotian and thirty-five guards scattered around the mound to prevent others from coming over and disturbing the conversation between Zhu Yuanzhang and Xu Renjie. In the recent period, every time Zhu Yuanzhang meets and talks to Xu Renjie, he will choose this place to avoid everyone's eyes and ears.

Because of Xu Renjie's true identity, it is necessary to continue to conceal it. Although Baishui City has fallen into the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang, he does not want Xu Renjie to expose his identity too early, the reason is very simple, Baishui City may be recaptured by officers and soldiers at any time, and at that time, Xu Renjie has no choice but to move his family and follow Zhu Yuanzhang back to Huanglong Mountain, which will cause Huanglong Cottage to lose the hidden pile outside the mountain, which is not a good thing. It's better to let Xu Renjie continue to maintain a double-faced identity, and maybe he can have miraculous effects in the future.

"This time, everyone has rewarded a lot of benefits for meritorious deeds, even the Flying Mountain Tiger and the Big Red Wolf have divided dozens of acres of land, but I didn't give you anything on the grounds that the merit was offended, I hope you don't mind." Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly.

Xu Renjie smiled: "Brother, my family has a lot of money, dozens of acres of land are meaningless to me, don't do it, I also know that Brother Zhu doesn't give me things for my good." Because I can't use Xu Renjie's identity to receive these rewards, if I use the identity of the generalissimo to take over a piece of land, and my current family business can't be merged and managed together, which is very troublesome, so it's better not to. ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "It's good that you understand, when you can announce your name to the whole world in the future, I will make up the rewards owed to you." ”

"Hee-hee!" Xu Renjie said with a smile: "I don't want any good land, cloth, money and other things, I rely on my own business, and I can earn it back sooner or later...... When you become the emperor, I will be the generalissimo, not the generalissimo, but the real generalissimo! For example, what is that, the title of Zhao Gou, King Kang of the Song Dynasty - Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses! Haha, how majestic, how domineering...... And then move a lot of Franc machine guns and put them in his own marshal's house, well...... For example, where the stone lion is placed at the door, the stone lion is withdrawn and two Franc machine guns are placed, hahaha, that is called domineering! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said with a smile: "With your current skills, if you want to be the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, you are not qualified, if you rank in our cottage, you can only rank a deputy marshal at most." ”

"What?" Xu Renjie suddenly became anxious: "Can I only be a deputy marshal?" No way? Could it be that the second brother Wang is the marshal? I'm not convinced of this......"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "I know better than you that Wang Er can only be a general, not a marshal." But there is a new leader in our village, and the ability to fight is above you...... If the current situation continues, he will be the full marshal, and you can only be the deputy marshal. ”

"Who? Who is it? Xu Renjie clenched his fists and jumped up: "Ask him to come to the military exercise with me, I won't accept it!" Except for Brother Zhu, I don't accept anyone in this village. ”

"Yang Hong!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and waved his hand: "Now if you fight in the same conditions such as the quality of soldiers, logistics and supplies, weapons and equipment, you are not his opponent!" ”

"Huh? Are you talking about Yang Hong? When Xu Renjie heard Yang Hong's name, his face turned red, and after taking a few breaths, he slowly sat back on the ground: "He is a military attache of a thousand households in the imperial court, and he must be better than my halfway monk...... I can't really beat him...... Oops, that's a miserable ...... Brother Zhu, I can't talk to you here, please allow me to go back and study the military book......"

"Haha, let's go!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said with a smile: "Don't be so nervous, the deputy marshal is also a marshal, it's amazing!" ”

"No, the deputy marshal will definitely not succeed!" Xu Renjie spread his legs and ran fast: "I must be right, right!" After reading all the military books, I will definitely not lose to Yang Hong. ”

Xu Renjie ran away in a smoke, and a figure came out of the back of the hillside, it was actually Yang Hong. He walked up to Zhu Yuanzhang with a wry smile and sat down, and sighed: "Brother Zhu, you really love to play tricks on people, deliberately teasing the generalissimo leader like this, and let me listen behind the hillside...... Now he's going to see me as a competitor. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang said lightly: "What? Afraid that he would offend the old leaders in the village and be ostracized, so he didn't even dare to have a competitor? ”

Zhu Yuanzhang's words made Yang Hong's heart tremble, and he couldn't help but think: Zhu Bugg's good eyes saw through my thoughts at a glance.

He said depressedly: "Not long ago, I was squeezed out by the Donglin Party once, and it caused my wife to lose her surname...... I really don't want to have anything to do with party disputes in this life...... If the generalissimo wants to win me, I'll lose. ”

"Hmm...... It's no surprise that you have this idea. Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly laughed: "Do you know? Actually, I don't hate partisanship, because competition is actually a good thing, which can make people strive for progress and constantly surpass themselves. ”

"But the party strife is wrong for the country......"

"There are also two different forms of party fighting." Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously: "The first method is the method used by the current court officials, in order to crush other parties, they do not hesitate to drag their feet, beat the stick, and frame the ...... Harming the interests of the state and satisfying one's own selfish desires is unacceptable, and I deeply hate it. But there is also a method of party struggle, everyone works together for a common goal, compares who does better, the weak side elegantly admits defeat, and then assists the winning side to work together to make the country better, such competition, I welcome! ”

"This ...... Such thoughts...... Too idealistic, right? Yang Hong shook his head and said, "Brother Zhu, I always thought that you were a terrifying person, but I didn't expect to have such an idealistic side." ”

"That's right, it's a very idealistic thing to do!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled: "Maybe it won't take another six hundred years to achieve it, but if we don't even have the idea of achieving it, then it's even more impossible...... Today I have brought the generalissimo to say this, and I deliberately let you hear it, that is, to plant an idealized seed in your hearts, and I look forward to the day when this ideal will take root and sprout, and then follow the example of the two of you, and sprinkle the flowers of hope in the world, maybe in three to five hundred years, the ideal can be achieved...... Will you let me down? ”

Yang Hong's expression was straight: "Brother will never let Brother Zhu down!" In the future, if I squeeze into the same road as the generalissimo leader, I will never drag him back, please Zhu Bugge watch. ”

"Well, I'll watch." Zhu Yuanzhang smiled faintly.

When the two of them said this, a soldier suddenly ran down the hillside and reported loudly: "Brother Zhu, the team that migrated from Huanglong Cottage has arrived in ......."

"Oh, okay, let's go meet them!" Zhu Yuanzhang stood up.

It turned out that after Baishui and Chengcheng fell into the hands of Zhu Yuanzhang, he sent someone back to Huanglong Cottage to report the news, and then let the villagers living in Huanglong Cottage choose for themselves: Do you want to continue to stay in the mountains, or go out of the mountains to live near the city?

This is a very difficult decision, and staying in the mountains means that there is no future, isolation, and the life of a normal person. However, when they went out of the mountains, they had to risk being counterattacked by officers and soldiers and killed for the crime of gangsters, and no matter which path they had, they were full of unknowns and uneasiness...... Zhu Yuanzhang handed over the right to choose to the villagers themselves, and let them choose the path they want to take in the future.

In the end, about 3,000 villagers were left in the cottage, and more than 2,000 villagers were willing to go out of the mountain, and this time the villagers who were willing to go out of the mountain came to Baishui under the protection of the army.

Zhu Yuanzhang took Ma Xiaotian, Yang Hong and others to the mountain pass, only to see the villagers lining up in a long line, dragging their children and daughters, carrying luggage and packages, and walking over happily. Most of these people who are willing to go out of the mountain are from Baishui, and there are also a small number of Chengcheng people, and as for the people from other places, they all choose to stay in Huanglong Mountain.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Xiaotian, Yang Hong and others greeting each other in front of the road, the villagers who walked in front all cheered: "Brother Zhu, drag your blessing, we can go back to Baishui to live again...... Thank you so much......"

"Brother Zhu, I heard that there are a lot of idle fields outside the mountain, and you will redivide the fields for us, I am so grateful......"

"Zhu Bugs...... Thank you for taking us out of the mountain again, there are too few women in the cottage, so I can't find a daughter-in-law, I must marry a beautiful girl this time I come out of the mountain, hahaha......"

There was a cheer, and the people who dared to go out of the mountain had already made up their minds to believe in Zhu Bugle's strength and not be afraid of the counterattack of the officers and soldiers, so although they were a little uneasy, they did not show the slightest expression on their faces.

At this time, a petite figure suddenly appeared in the crowd, a delicate and thin girl, who was only less than eighty pounds in her body, jumped in front of Yang Hong, and said with a smile: "Brother Leng Feng, I'm out of the mountain!" ”

"Oh? Li Sanmei? Yang Hong was a little surprised: "What about your father, Uncle Li?" And your two brothers, why haven't I seen them? ”

"They're so cowardly that they're mad at me." Li Sanmei stood very close to Yang Hong, smiling like a flower: "So I ran out with the team out of the mountain and ignored them!" ”

"Oops!" Yang Hong was really taken aback at this time: "You are a little girl, you left your family and ran away from the mountains, how do you live?" Even if Zhu Bugle gives you a house and a field, you won't be able to live it. ”