The Ming Dynasty in February is not as gentle as spring breeze and rain.

It's like the Jiangnan women who are out of tune on that date, even if they are gentle as water on weekdays, they are full of annoyance at this time, and there is nowhere to vent their anger.

Far away from the homeland of the Central Plains, but the banner of the Ming Dynasty has been erected in a certain harbor on the west coast of the Wa Kingdom, a brand-new wooden camp has risen in just a few months.

A loess road, with scar marks and sword wounds, grew from the back of the camp into the mountains and spread to the depths.

In the mountains in the distance, from time to time, there would be a shocking noise, causing the surrounding towering giant trees to spread outward and shake like a tidal wave.

It's just that the forest birds that have been frightened for a long time are no longer seen who have left the nest and moved.

As the loud noise gradually subsided, it would not be long before a cart full of ore would be pulled towards the camp by a buffalo. However, before arriving at the camp, he did not enter the camp, but turned to the workshop area next to a stream.

There were countless smelting furnaces spewing smoke.

"The thief's skin, is the Yoshinoya looking for death!"

On the camp wall, Li Jing, the general of the town, slapped heavily on the wooden stake, his face full of anger and murderous aura.

After scolding, he turned his head to look at Zhang Yi, the Marquis of Heqing, and saw that the other party had turned around and was giving an order to the officers and soldiers in the barracks to practice.

Li Jinglong snorted unhappily, and then turned his head to look at Tie Xuan who was holding his hands in his arms on the side.

Tie Hyun was about to turn his head to get out of the way.

Li Jinglong had already reached out and clasped his shoulder: "Iron walking, Taisun wants us to get people back from the Japanese country, this is a big deal." But now that the Southern Dynasty wants us to spend money to buy prisoners from the Northern Dynasty, this matter will not be easy to do. You are a reader and have a lot of ideas, so you have to help us figure out what to do. ”

Tie Xuan held his hands around, twisted his waist, and broke free from the general's palm, and then said: "What the Southern Dynasty wants is to buy road money, and the general will give it anyway." ”

Li Jinglong raised his eyebrows: "How do you say this?" ”

Tie Xuan sighed lightly, he always felt that such a person was so prosperous in the southern dynasty of the Japanese country, and even the back house of the Yoshino family had been to it countless times.

"The Yoshino clan of the Southern Dynasty also has branch factions. Yoshinoji Ma asked for money, which was to gain a foothold in the clan. This money is not used to buy a Japanese man, but to buy a convenient person.

We spent the money, and when we turned around, we could go to the countryside of the Japanese country by ourselves, and get all the Japanese people who couldn't eat back to Daming. ”

Li Jinglong shook his head and said half-loudly: "It's that simple? ”

Tie Hyun nodded: "It's as simple as that. ”

"In that case, leave this matter to Tie Xing!" Li Jinglong showed a solemn expression, and then raised his legs to walk under the camp wall, and only turned back halfway through: "There is a festival in the Southern Dynasty recently, please come over." I can't pull away, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to do this with iron. ”

After speaking, the general of the Ming Dynasty, Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao Guo, had completely disappeared.

Tie Xuan's face changed suddenly.

"It's over! Tricked by him! ”

For a moment, a nameless fire ignited in Tie Xuan's heart.

The wooden stakes of the camp wall in front of him slammed into each other.

……

Ying Tian Cheng.

On the Lion Rock next to the Zhongfu Gate in the north city, there is a house.

Push open the window, you can look at the Longwan Wharf and the Yangtze River not far away.

It's a city away from the Imperial City.

Liu Sanwu and Zhao Mian, the two high-ranking officials of the court, sat on both sides, and the atmosphere was less of the 'worrying about the country and the people' in the court.

"His Majesty pressed the impeachment and did not agree to the change of the imperial court, and he has already expressed his attitude. I am afraid that it is no longer possible for us to seek a way to break the siege in the DPRK and China. ”

Zhao Mian raised his eyes to look out the window, and on the river in the distance, he was about to carry a fisherman wearing a hat and throw a delicately woven fishing net into the river.

The nets slowly sink under the surface of the river.

Wait until the bottom sinks, and the nets are closed.

The fisherman stood at the bow of the boat with explosive movements, and lifted the net to the surface with both hands.

"Rebirth: The Great Age of Waves"

Zhao Mian's breathing gradually slowed down, and his eyes became more and more focused.

The sound of rushing water seemed to come from the surface of the river to Zhao Mian's ears.

The fishing nets dripped a large expanse of river water, and there was no harvest to be gained.

Zhao Mian's eyes showed a look of disappointment.

Liu Sanwu, a scholar from the middle school who was sitting opposite him, took a sip of tea and said in a low voice: "The old man has asked people to write to various places, although we and other sage disciples have occasional estrangements due to academics in the past, but at this time it is probably the time of survival, since we should eliminate the estrangement and protect my Confucianism and Taoism for thousands of years." ”

Zhao Mian's eyes flickered.

"Are you going to raise the voice of the corporal forest to enter the court?"

He was a little hesitant to let the opposition of the entire Shilin enter the court, whether it was the right choice.

Face the Emperor's wrath?

Liu Sanwu's eyes sank: "Ploughing and reading heirlooms, if there is no ploughing, how can you read?" ”

"After listening to the words from Zhejiang, the order has begun to clear the fields, and the number of acres of land in the place must be verified. The levy quota shall be divided into 10 mu, 30 mu, 50 mu, 100 mu, 300 mu, and 500 mu. Zhao Mian said worriedly.

He is the head of the household department of the dynasty, and the number of these details is always more detailed.

I saw him say again: "There is another commercial tax, and the tax levied on the merchants and merchants has also been clearly calculated. The minimum three points were levied only on those who entered the city to sell. Upward, it is seven cents, one percent, two percent, and three percent. ”

Liu Sanwu snorted coldly, and a nameless fire ignited in his heart.

"Heavy taxes and heavy taxes, the old man can already see that soon after Zhejiang Province, the people's livelihood is withering and the people are displaced! You can see the gentry wailing, the government decree blocked, and the merchants closed. ”

This Zhongshu scholar who came from the former Yuan Dynasty had a gloomy face: "When the time comes, it will be another disaster for the country!" ”

Zhao Mian shook his head weakly: "But Your Majesty's current posture is probably impossible to stop this." ”

"That's why the old man wants to raise the voice of the world's corporal forest to enter the court!"

Liu Sanwu looked at Zhao Mian with a hint of stubbornness and anger in his eyes.

……

"It's over!"

"I'm afraid it's going to be bad!"

Looking at the Zhengyang Gate of Yingtian City not far in front of him.

Zhu Yunxi, who rushed all the way back to Beijing, suddenly scolded in a low voice.

I saw that the war horse under his seat was covered with mud spots, and his clothes were a little more dilapidated because he had not changed for a long time.

Behind him, Sun Cheng personally led dozens of brocade guards, escorting him all the way from Hangzhou City to the sky through the official road.

Sun Chengle immediately stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Third Master, but what's the problem?" ”

As he spoke, Sun Cheng swept his eyes and looked at the Zhengyang Gate of Yingtian City in front of him.

Zhu Yunxi shook his head, but his face was a little hesitant.

The reason why he hurried to respond to the heavens was to resolve the possible attacks and delays that might arise between the DPRK and China, which eventually led to the purging of Zhejiang Province and the abrupt end of the reform that had begun in the DPRK.

But until now, when I see Ying Tiancheng again.

Zhu Yunxi suddenly woke up, he thought wrong.

There is an old man in Yingtian City, and there is the prince and father who are now lurking and low-key but always paying attention to the court, as long as they do not hesitate, it is impossible for their affairs in Zhejiang Dao to be suddenly interrupted.

When he went out of Beijing and killed half of Zhejiang Dao, the old man could naturally kill some in Yingtian City.

Then his sudden return to Beijing at this time will become a matter full of uncertainties.

He has to face the accountability and pressure of the center.

It is far less than before, he is in Zhejiang Province, and the DPRK and China cannot blame him, at most he is just impeaching himself at the court meeting.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunxi's face became gloomy, and there was an inexplicable irritability in his heart.

Sun Cheng asked worriedly: "Third master, do you want to enter the city?" ”

"Into the city! Let's go to the Qingliangmen first. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhu Yunxi immediately turned the dock and walked from the Zhengyang Gate, which could directly enter the imperial city, towards the Qingliang Gate in the northwest.

Sun Cheng hurriedly led people to follow.

The group of people stuck to Yingtian City, passed through Tongji Gate, Jubao Gate, Sanshan Gate, and Shicheng Gate, and then arrived at Qingliang Gate.

After entering the city gate, it changed to Yingtian Middle City, which is also the most densely populated area, until the small Wutai Mountain on the right.

On the left hand side of the city gate is Qingliang Mountain, which is also named after Qingliangmen.

To the northeast of Xiaowutai Mountain and Qingliangmen are Yingtian West City and North City, where there are many fields, tombs, and village houses walking around.

and the heavily guarded Jingwei battalions.

Zhu Yunxi took the lead and followed the road under Qingliang Mountain to the northeast of Qingliang Mountain.

As far as the eye can see, there is a large area of shacks enclosed by a fence.

This is the human tooth market in Yingtian City.

A place dedicated to the buying and selling of servants.

In fact, it is a place where slaves are bought and sold, but because there was a decree issued by Emperor Hongwu when he founded the country, no slaves were allowed to exist in the Ming Dynasty.

But how many meritorious generals, royal relatives, and clan princes exist in the world over the years.

As long as these people exist, the keeping of slaves will never be forbidden.

It's just a change of reason and excuse.

Sun Cheng didn't quite understand why the third master didn't go back to the palace first after returning to Beijing, but came to such a filthy place first.

And Zhu Yunxi led the horse and walked through the entire human tooth market step by step.

At the forefront of the human tooth market, there are the Kunlun slaves with the lowest price, and the so-called Kunlun slaves are just slaves who came in from Tianzhu or the southeast and were deliberately tanned, not really Kunlun slaves.

Inside, there are some remnants of Silla women and orchids. Further in, it is the Silla girl and the orchid of the Western Regions who are in better condition.

At the very end, there is a clear man with a straw mark on his body.

The insertion of this grass mark indicates that these Ming people were sold voluntarily and not as slaves by their own kind.

Of course, the money after selling his body will still go to those of his own clan.

It's just one more process, and this thing that was forbidden by the emperor was legalized.

After watching it for a while, Zhu Yunxi's face had made Sun Cheng, who was following him, unable to see any emotion.

In addition to the human tooth market.

Zhu Yunxi opened his mouth: "Go back to the palace and buy a hemp rope to bring with you." ”