Zhu Gui's words made Zhu Ao stunned for a long time.

He could clearly feel the meaning of these words, as if there was some connection between his imperial brother and the disaster victims and the civil uprising.

But he had no proof.

However, because he was afraid that those victims would rush into King Su's mansion and threaten his own safety, Zhu Ao still listened to Zhu Gui's words and lived in the military camp.

The revolt was carried out very quickly and with a very clear goal, that is, the large households in the city who might have stored grain.

And it ended very abruptly, when more than half of the big households in the city were swept away, this fierce movement came to an abrupt end.

So much so that the border guards who fought against these victims were a little overwhelmed at first.

As for the wealthy gentry families who were robbed, they didn't go to King Su, but after King Su sent a border army to no avail, when they went to ask for help, they couldn't find King Su anymore.

They didn't forget that there was a acting king living in the barracks in the city, but the soldiers at the gate of the barracks stopped them, and even the local officials in Ganzhou didn't let them go.

When the civil rebellion ended, Zhu Gui didn't know where to catch dozens of troublemakers and sent them to the palace of King Su, giving Zhu Ao, the king of Su, enough face.

And Zhu Ao, who disappeared for two days, finally appeared.

As soon as he came up, he organized an execution on an unprecedented scale.

Dozens of troublemakers lost their heads, causing many onlookers to look unbearable on their faces.

And Su Wang Zhu Ao only verbally condemned this popular uprising, but since the person who led the troublemaker has been executed, this matter is over.

As for those Haoqiang's attempts to recover money and grain, Zhu Ao did not pay attention to it.

This made those powerful families only hold back their stomachs, and many people even moved out of Ganzhou City.

Zhu Ao is also a little sad about this.

Many of his previous activities were supported by these powerful families, and the interests of both sides were to some extent the same.

"Acting king, this time the incident is really too big, if my father blames him, you and I will not look good." Zhu Ao said bitterly while counting the banknotes.

These banknotes were naturally used by Zhu Gui to 'make up' Zhu Ao's loss this time, and it is no wonder that they are so easy to speak.

"Brother Wang is too worried, knock these gentry, so that they can correct their position, Brother Wang is the master of this Ganzhou, not to mention that Brother Wang does not need to rely on them in the future, but the people and the land are the foundation of my Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Gui said.

He didn't know how much Zhu Ao could listen to these words, but even if he spent money to support the other party, he didn't hesitate, so that he could indirectly change the situation in Ganzhou, and it could be regarded as adding a little bit of Daming's ability to resist crises in the future.

Zhu Ao finally finished counting the banknotes, no more, no less, and 50,000 taels, so that the money he spent repairing the palace could be regarded as settled.

"Zhu Gui, you're right, so this king plans to renovate Ganzhou City and live here in the future."

Zhu Ao said with a serious face.

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After another three days, the holy decree of the imperial court arrived with the caravan of the Datong Chamber of Commerce.

The city of Ganzhou was jubilant, and most of the five caravans this time were loaded with grain, accompanied by a thousand Datongfu guards.

Although these tens of thousands of stone grains cannot completely solve the current predicament of Ganzhou City, there will be caravans coming one after another.

What's even more unexpected is that the price of food for the Datong caravan from afar is so low that ordinary people can afford it.

This once again made the wealthy families in the city dumbfounded, obviously they could make a lot of money, why didn't this acting king do that?

Doesn't he like money? Just kidding, will anyone not like money?

Just when these wealthy families were about to start stockpiling grain, they were surprised to find that the Datong Chamber of Commerce had actually implemented a rationing system.

That is, only locals who have registered with the Ganzhou city government can buy grain, and there is a daily limit.

As a result, the victims of the disaster have been registered in the Ganzhou government.

With food, the repair of the official road has finally begun.

Zhu Gui did not forget to send a group of people to repair the walls of Ganzhou City and the Suwang Mansion in the city, which made Zhu Ao, who did not have to pay a penny, very satisfied.

The Holy Decree also agreed to Zhu Gui's request for trade with the Mongols, but there were many restrictions, such as only basic food could be provided, and the Mongols could not be relieved, and salt and iron were also forbidden.

Zhu Gui also thought of this, so he immediately sent someone to inform the Mongols, and sent a caravan to bring back a large number of Mongolian cattle and sheep while delivering food.

Subsequently, caravans from the Datong Chamber of Commerce arrived one after another, and the Mongols in Ganzhou City and outside the city stabilized.

The Mongols kept their promise and gradually withdrew from the border cities they had previously occupied.

This made Su Wang Zhu Ao overjoyed, and he did not doubt Zhu Gui's decision-making.

Zhu Gui also took the opportunity to propose that one of the border cities be opened to the Mongols.

The city was used exclusively for trade with the Mongols, while also allowing the Mongols to settle in the outer cities.

Zhu Ao thought about it again and again but agreed.

After all, as long as the Mongols can be stabilized, Ganzhou will no longer have to maintain a huge border army in the future, so that he will no longer have to pay high military salaries.

The vassal king needed to pay the military salary of the border army by himself, although the Ming Dynasty implemented the military cantonment system, but the armament materials and military salary still had to be provided by the vassal king.

Because of this, Zhu Ao even envied Zhu Gui, who only had a thousand 'Yunzhou Army'.

This war with the Mongols came to an end, but the subsequent developments depended on whether Zhu Gui could provide them with enough food for a long time.

This is not a difficult question for Zhu Gui, who is it not to do business with? The cattle and sheep of the Mongols and even the war horses are all sought-after goods in the interior of the Ming Dynasty, and the interests will only drive more chambers of commerce and businessmen to come to the border to do business, and the Datong Chamber of Commerce can also take the opportunity to expand its influence.

At the same time, there is another thing stated in the holy decree this time, that is, to let Zhu Ao, the king of Su, and Zhu Gui, the acting king, return to Nanjing to celebrate their birthdays.

Although the holy decree said to congratulate the emperor on his birthday, because the birthday of the crown prince Zhu Biao was only ten days earlier than Zhu Yuanzhang, and with his prestige among the kings, it is believed that most of the vassal kings who were abroad would rush back to Nanjing in advance.

Zhu Gui thought the same way.

It is now less than ten days before Zhu Biao's birthday, and although it is still too late to rush to Nanjing, I am afraid it will be too late to give gifts.

But this was just a trivial matter for Zhu Gui, so he took Xu Miaoqing to Nanjing for several days.

Xu Yingxu returned to Datong Mansion with the remaining Datong Mansion garrison, as well as the Yunzhou Army and the bones of the soldiers who died in battle.