Zhu Gui didn't have much expectation for this disaster relief, after all, Daming was in ruins, and the money and food he could come up with were limited.

Not to mention that this disaster relief Yushi is still his former 'enemy', he just hopes that the other party won't make trouble.

So the next day, he didn't pay attention to Xu Shangqing anymore, but found Zhang Mao, who was supposed to accompany the other party, and asked him to show him all the places selected by the seven counties in four states to promote the school.

Zhang Mao was sad in his heart, his busy work here would inevitably make the disaster relief emperor have an opinion of him.

However, in contrast, he was obviously more reluctant to offend the acting king, so he had to order other officials to accompany the Sun Yushi.

And he himself took the map and came to the palace of the king.

He originally thought that this matter was just a fight between the acting king and that Sun Yushi, but he didn't expect that the little prince took the map and looked at it for a long time, and his brows became tighter and tighter.

Seeing that the other party's expression was wrong, Zhang Mao's heart was sudden.

Sure enough, Zhu Gui raised his head and said in an unkind tone: "Zhang Junshou, these are the places you chose to build the academy?" ”

Zhang Mao hurriedly bowed down and said: "Lord Wang, this matter was handed over to the people of the government office, what is the actual situation, the lower official also just got the result this morning, and he has not had time to verify it." ”

This is Zhang Mao's prevarication, how dare he hand over such an important matter to others?

But when he saw the displeasure on the face of the acting king, if he said that he did it himself, wouldn't that be asking for trouble for himself?

So with the idea of the lesser of two evils, he can only say this.

Zhu Gui naturally provided his idea, and he also knew that it was an inefficiency under the existing bureaucracy.

Of course, there must be other reasons for this, but he didn't want to worry about them now.

So he said: "Since Zhang Junshou is so busy, this matter will be handled by the Wangfu on behalf of the king, and the county guard can send an official." ”

Hearing the acting king say this, Zhang Mao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he was not happy at all.

In fact, there are a lot of stakes in this matter, of course he knows where the school should be built, but many things can not be done by thinking about it.

So, he could only bite the bullet and continue: "Lord Wang, the lower officials know that the prince cares about the people and is as good as a stream, but the stakes in many things are not so easy to deal with. ”

These words sounded like exhortation, but in fact they were a little more helpless and sad.

Zhu Gui was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Zhang Junshou, the suggestions you said in all aspects are nothing more than the interests of the local powerful forces, right?" Have you not seen what this king is thinking after all these things? ”

When Zhang Mao heard this, he immediately knelt down: "It's not that you can't see it, it's just that some things change too quickly, and it is easy to provoke a civil uprising. ”

"Okay, get up, your intentions are already known to this king, your priority now is to entertain the disaster relief emperor, there are some grievances between him and this king, but this king doesn't want to waste energy and time on him, if you can solve this matter well, this king can give you more opportunities."

Zhu Gui planned to hand over Sun Shangqing's trouble to Zhang Mao to solve.

If he can solve it, it is naturally the best, and it can be regarded as helping him, and it also shows that Zhang Mao is also a little capable, and he can reuse it as appropriate in the future.

If he didn't solve it, it would be nothing, and Zhu Gui didn't have much hope anyway.

When Zhang Mao heard this, his excited body trembled.

He originally entered the officialdom through the imperial examination, but because he had no background and connections, he worked diligently for ten years before becoming the county guard of Datong Prefecture.

There is an opportunity in front of him, and if he can seize it, it will be a step forward.

"I will do my best to complete this matter for the prince."

Zhu Gui nodded: "If you want money, just find Manager Wang, it's not a problem, but it has to be credited to the account." ”

"The humble duty will live up to the trust."

Zhang Mao left.

Zhu Gui drew a few circles on the map of each state and county, and then called a personal soldier named Zhao Xiaoshun and handed the map to him.

"Xiao Shunzi, you take ten government soldiers, go to the county guard mansion to find Zhang Mao, show him the map, and then go to the places marked on the map with the officials of the county guard mansion to investigate."

"Whoever lives there, your job is to record all the information around there, understand?"

Zhao Xiaoshun immediately knelt in front of Zhu Gui.

"Inherit the love of the prince, and the subordinates will not disgrace their mission."

Zhao Xiaoshun left the palace with the soldiers.

……

Mongolian steppe, in the golden horde of the Chifeng tribe.

Tian Khan Yekotai closed his eyes and listened to the guards next to him read a few letters, which turned out to be about Datong Mansion in the border fortress city of the Ming Dynasty.

Recently, the Mongols have suffered two losses in this place, and although it has little impact on the overall situation, it has greatly affected morale and face.

"What do you mean by that kid? Want Ben Khan to send troops? How much money did he give? ”

"Huitian Khan, Hei Muhan is willing to give two thousand sheep and three hundred horses, as well as Datong Mansion." The guard looked at the contents of the letter and said.

"Hmph, Datong Mansion? Was the land of the Ming Dynasty really that easy to take? Otherwise, how did my Mongol emperor get driven out of the Central Plains? ”

"What do the steppe people want a city for? How many warriors is he going to borrow? ”

Tian Khan asked with a squint.

"Twenty thousand cavalry."

"Twenty thousand? If it is shared by ten big tribes, it is not much, so let's do it, the semi-annual grassland conference is about to be held, this time let's take this as a topic, and let those restless old guys go to help Heimuhan fight. ”

In this way, Hei Muhan originally wanted to gather the power of the steppe to deal with the acting king, but it turned into an intrigue between the various Mongolian tribes on the steppe.

And he didn't know anything about it.

During this time, in order to prepare for this battle, he had already migrated his tribe two hundred miles in the direction of the steppe.

And he also knew that even if this battle was won, it would be difficult for the Blackwood tribe to survive this winter after losing a lot of money.

The only way to survive is to be able to break through Datong Mansion and grab enough property to make up for the losses in this battle.

As for whether he would lose, he never thought about it.

Although Datong Mansion is one of the nine important towns, the garrison is only a few thousand people, if it were not for the fiefdom of the neighboring Yan Wang, I am afraid that it would have been broken by the Mongols.

In Heimuhan's opinion, Datong Mansion could not resist 20,000 Mongolian iron horsemen at all.

As for his 'generous' concession of Datong Mansion to Tian Khan in his letter, it is precisely because of this reason.