These three people were eager to make meritorious contributions, and they were afraid that Zhu Gui would regret it, so they returned to Nanjing overnight with the three-eyed gun.

Zhu Gui thought about this question repeatedly, the Battle of Jingyan was directly caused by Zhu Yunwen's cutting of the domain, so before that, Zhu Di should not take any action.

Therefore, even if he got the Three-Eyed Gun that was supposed to appear in the Yongle period earlier, it should only be used against the Mongols, and it should not have much impact on the overall situation.

After firming up his idea, Zhu Gui went to sleep peacefully.

The next day, he issued another notice, stating that in the next year, the four prefectures and seven counties under the jurisdiction of Datong Prefecture will also begin to carry out reforms one after another.

The reform is divided into two steps, that is, repair and land division, which can refer to the situation of Datong Province.

As soon as this announcement came out, the people of Datong Mansion did not react much, but felt that it was a matter of course.

The happiest are the businessmen who have joined the Datong Chamber of Commerce.

As long as the official roads in Datong Mansion can be repaired, it will also speed up the circulation of goods in Datong Province, so that more money can be earned.

As for the reaction of the seven counties around the city, there has been no feedback yet.

However, from Hu Shidao, the squire and wealthy families in several states and counties seem to have extraordinary actions.

Hu Shidao cautiously guessed that these people might have contacted a group of horse bandits entrenched in Shanxi.

The so-called horse bandits are different from the robbers who generally block the road and rob them, because they are in the border area, they have many conditions to get the Mongolian horses, hence the name.

And because of their style of coming and going, and their style of crime, which is more brutal than that of robbers, these horse bandits are especially hated.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, a large-scale liquidation was carried out against these bandits left over from the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

However, although more than 20 years have passed, it is precisely because of the encouragement of Zhu Yuanzhang's deeds that banditry has been repeatedly banned.

Coupled with the fact that Shanxi is too far away from Nanjing, and the Mongols often intrude, the banditry in Shanxi is more serious than in other regions.

In fact, most of these people are local people who can't survive, as well as some Mongolians, including many salt dealers.

However, due to the policies of the royal palace during this time, many salt dealers have secretly run away, which also leads to the size of this gang of horse bandits compared to the heyday, the number of people is much smaller.

But it is precisely because of this that they blame all these reasons on this newcomer to the little prince.

Coupled with the invitation of the landlords and gentry of these states and counties, the two sides hit it off.

In Wuzhou Mountain, which is dozens of miles away from Datong Mansion, it is the territory of the largest horse bandit gang in Shanxi.

Gang leader Scarface sat on the tallest chair in the auditorium and listened to the strategist next to him finish reading the letter, then looked at the chests full of gold and silver below.

"Just this little money, let our brothers and the court do against each other? Do you think we wolf gangs are good bullies? ”

The helper spoke, and the horse bandits who were still looking at the jewels in a daze immediately echoed.

"yes, you have to add money."

"Ten more chests of silver will suffice."

The fat man in charge of the negotiation was going to be so scared that he peed his pants at the moment.

But who made him greedy for less money?

"Helper, heroes, these, these are just deposits, as long as it can be done, the wealthy families in the four states and seven counties will give another gift money."

"It's kind of interesting, in this case, we can talk about it, so let's do it, our wolf gang is responsible for solving the trouble, but you want to lure people out of the city, so you can get to this position."

Scarface pulled out a crumpled map and pointed to a gorge on it.

The fat man came over, and saw that this place was not very far from Datong Mansion, and saw that the other horse bandits looked like they were eyeing him fiercely, as if he didn't agree, he would immediately eat him alive, and immediately nodded and agreed.

"Okay, I'll give you seven days, within seven days you lead people to this position, we will be responsible for solving it, if it exceeds seven days, we won't refund the money, get out."

Scarface beckoned, and immediately a horse bandit pushed the fat man and crawled out of the cottage.

The fat man stumbled down the mountain, and his frightened expression suddenly calmed down, and he found a pigeon coop under a nearby tree, and then wrote something on a slip of paper and tied it to the pigeon's leg, and then let the pigeon go.

"You fools, you want to go against the court, you really ate the heart of a bear and a leopard, and the master is not ready to accompany you to death."

……

Hu Shidao took advantage of the night to enter Datong Mansion from the back door with a letter.

After Zhu Gui received the instructions, he immediately went to a secret room to meet him.

"Lord Wang, fortunately, as promised, his subordinates have obtained certain information, and the horse bandits of the Wild Wolf Gang have decided to make a move."

After speaking, he handed the letterhead to Zhu Gui.

After Zhu Gui saw it, the corners of his mouth sneered.

"These hateful guys, I originally wanted to give them a chance, but I didn't expect them to be so short-sighted, and for their own interests, they even wanted to murder this king, it seems that it is impossible to want peaceful reform."

"General Xu, come in."

Zhu Gui said to the room next to him.

Xu Yingxu walked out of it.

"Do you have any solid proof?"

It turned out that the two had been discussing how to promote innovation for a long time.

It's just that the two disagreed on the policies of these landlords and gentry.

Xu Yingxu advocated unity, and it was not appropriate to use troops, which would only damage the image of the Daiwang Mansion, and the other party's dog jumping over the wall would also cause unnecessary danger.

But Zhu Gui has long seen through the essence of these blood-sucking guys, as can be seen from Fang Shiru, they are only oppressive and stingy to the common people, and they are willing to spend a lot of money in order to maintain their status.

For this reason, Zhu Gui could only find Hu Shidao, an intelligence dealer who had changed careers, to find evidence.

Zhu Gui handed the letter to Xu Yingxu.

Now that the two sides have reached a cooperative relationship, it is only necessary to take more concrete action steps.

This is no different from rebellion.

"I can't ...... it"

Xu Yingxu sighed.

"It seems that the prestige of this king is still not as good as that of the emperor, so let those guys who dare to underestimate this king see, none of the Zhu family is easy to mess with."

Zhu Gui stood up and said coldly.

That night, the two launched a new round of battle planning, this time mainly for the transfer of the garrison of the guard.

Because the garrison has the duty of defending the territory, Xu Yingxu can only mobilize 1,000 people this time, but fortunately, there are nearly 200 cavalry among them, plus Zhu Gui's continuous replenishment of equipment and weapons during this time, the combat effectiveness of the garrison has improved a lot.

It's just that this time it's not a city defense battle, they have to fight a group of horse bandits in the wild, and the time and place are not on their side.

So casualties are inevitable.