The education campaign in Datong Province is being carried out in an orderly manner.

And the time for the first mutual market with the Mongols has arrived.

On September 28, the sky was beautiful, and there were no clouds inside and outside the grassland.

The soldiers on duty on the city wall of Datong Mansion looked into the distance, and suddenly found a large shadow on the grassland, and immediately reported the news.

At the same time, scouts from the steppes had already entered the city.

Zhu Gui had just finished breakfast and was watching the people in the house practice their bicycles.

Some of them are smart enough to ride very well, and most of them are ladies in the palace.

Especially Zhu'er, I don't know if it's because she is often with Xu Miaoqing, but now she can ride very steadily with one person.

On the contrary, half of the men in the house can barely ride.

As for the remaining half, her nose and face were swollen, which made Xu Miaoqing often arrogant in front of Zhu Gui, as if to say, 'Look, women are not much worse than men'.

"Can't you give me some courage? If you look at the garrison of the guard, they've all learned, and it's a shame on me. ”

Zhu Gui reprimanded angrily.

Zhu'er on the side suddenly interjected: "Lord Wang, I heard that General Xu did it by using the method of encouragement. ”

"What's the way to motivate?" Zhu Gui turned his head to look at Zhu'er.

Zhu'er hurriedly hid behind Xu Miaoqing.

"I know this, my brother said, those who learn this bicycle first can give priority to the firearms you provided to the guard in the future."

Xu Miaoqing said with a smile.

Zhu Guileng paused for a moment, and then realized something.

Feelings, Xu Yingxu has already 'calculated' him.

However, he also had inspiration, and immediately said to everyone: "In the future, those who learn to ride a bicycle can shoot targets once every six months." ”

His words were really effective, and the family who was sitting on the ground just now and didn't want to get up immediately stopped being dazzled and his head didn't hurt.

Looking at Zhu Gui's firearms, they are still very attractive.

It is no wonder that most of the many legends about him now have these firearms.

Some people even believe that it was precisely because the king had these firearms that the Mongols were able to suffer defeat one after another.

At this moment, the scout entered the palace with the herald of the city defense.

"Lord Wang, there is important military information."

Zhu Gui's own soldiers immediately ran over to pick up the information, and then handed it to Zhu Gui.

Zhu Gui nodded after reading it, and then said to the soldiers: "Inform Zhang Junshou and the people of the Datong Chamber of Commerce that business is coming." ”

The soldiers went down to give the order, Zhu Gui also changed his clothes, then took the reins from his subordinates, rode the black horse 'Lightning' and rushed to the city gate with Xu Miaoqing.

Although Zhu Gui agreed to exchange markets with the Mongols, considering that the Han people in Datong Province were afraid of the Mongols, he set up the market outside the city.

When Zhu Gui and Xu Miaoqing arrived at the head of the city, the Mongol horse team had already arrived outside the city, which was only a few kilometers away from Datong Mansion.

There were quite a few of them this time, there were thousands of them, but unlike before, there were only nearly 100 Mongolian cavalry capable of fighting, and the rest were Mongolian herdsmen.

At the head were the leaders of several Mongol tribes, including Heimuhan, who had already annexed the Golden Horde.

Not long after, Zhang Mao, who was excited, also came to the city.

"Lord, the Mongols have come here this time, so many cattle and sheep."

Zhu Gui nodded, and then asked, "Have you informed King Yan and that Sun Yushi?" ”

Zhang Mao said: "The lower officials have already notified the two of them. ”

"That's good, when King Yan arrives, let's go down to meet these Mongols together."

After half a pillar of incense, King Yan and Sun Yushi finally arrived.

When King Yan saw the Mongols under the city, his face changed a few times, and it seemed that he did not have a good impression of the Mongols.

"King Dai, are you going to trade with the Mongols? If you do this, the emperor will probably be unhappy. ”

Yan Wang Road.

"That's right, our Ming Dynasty has done everything to eliminate evil, which is based on the elimination of the Mongols, and it is against the ancestral teachings to do this on behalf of the king."

Sun Shangqing also agreed, obviously he already knew who the thighs were after King Yan came.

Xu Miaoqing was about to open her mouth, but was stopped by Zhu Gui reaching out.

Zhu Gui said: "Fourth brother, what you said is right, but at this time and then, due to natural disasters, the Mongols will not have a good time this winter, if this king does not sell them some grain, I am afraid they will not be able to survive this winter." ”

"Wouldn't that be better? They'll all starve to death, and we won't have to bother us. Sun Shangqing said eagerly.

King Yan glared at him, then nodded, "I understand what the Thirteen Emperor Brothers mean, are you worried that these Mongols will attack Datong Mansion when they encounter famine in winter?" ”

Zhu Gui said: "That's right, although the current garrison of Datong Mansion is stronger than before the king came, but if the Mongols are determined to fight to the death, Datong Mansion will suffer heavy losses even if it can be defended, so it is better to be blocked." ”

"It's a good sentence 'it's better to be blocked than sparse', this king understands, but the degree of it, the thirteen emperor brothers must grasp it well, otherwise not everyone in the court will understand this."

Yan Wang Zhu Di nodded and said.

Zhu Gui said: "The fourth brother can understand what this king is doing, this king is already very happy, as for the others, let them say go." ”

Sun Shangqing's lips on the side moved slightly, but he didn't say anything in the end.

"Don't worry, if the emperor asks, the fourth brother will also speak for you, by the way, the next birthday of the crown prince and the emperor, then our brothers can gather together, you can't spoil the fun."

Zhu Di said suddenly.

Zhu Guileng paused for a moment, and then remembered that the birthdays of the crown prince Zhu Biaohe and the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang were in October, which he couldn't hide from no matter what.

He could only nod, and then said, "Fourth brother, let's go out of the city to meet those Mongols." ”

"Okay, this king also has this intention, and he has been fighting with the Mongols for half his life, and it is the first time that he has sat down to negotiate with them."

Zhu Di said with a smile.

The gates of Datong Mansion were opened, and two thousand cavalry jumped out, which made the Mongols nervous.

And at the end of the cavalry, a group of dozens of people rushed in the direction of the Mongols.

Zhu Gui's cavalry had already informed Hei Muhan and the others of the location of the meeting between the two sides, and several leaders of the other side discussed with each other before placing the team in place, while they came to a mound on the east side of Datong Mansion.

A small camp has been built in advance, with a pavilion in the center.

Zhu Gui and the others were sitting in the southern position waiting for them.

"I've seen the acting king." Several Mongolian leaders were the first to speak.