In his previous life, Zhu Gaoxu was quite speechless whenever he saw these histories.

In fact, among the three heroes in the late Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gaoxu identified with Zhang Shicheng in Jiangnan the most, because in comparison, Zhang Shicheng was the best among the three.

After Zhang Shicheng was destroyed, the local people missed it very much, all kinds of taboos, more than ten years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang had a private visit to Weifu, and still saw that the locals in Suzhou missed Zhang Shicheng, he was annoyed and angry, and immediately ordered Suzhou, Songjiang, Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou, the five rich households, all moved to Fengyang, the central capital, and moved away 150,000 households three times before and after.

Then heavy taxes were imposed on the people of these five prefectures, and the tax grain in Suzhou alone reached 2.8 million stones.

What is this concept?

Throughout the Ming Dynasty, from the founding of the country to the fall of the country, the national tax grain of the Ming Dynasty has been between 20 million and 27 million stones. (In the middle, because of the possession of Annam, it is more than three million stones.) ）

At the same time, the tax of Zhejiang Province was 2.7 million stones, and the tax of Suzhou Province alone was more than that of Zhejiang Province, and accounted for one-tenth of the country, which made the local people miserable.

After Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, he sympathized with the people of Suzhou and Songjiang Mansion, and finally lowered the taxes, but Zhu Di was unable to succeed in Fengtianjing, and overthrew Zhu Yunwen's policies, restored the heavy taxes in Suzhou and other prefectures, and continued to squeeze the local people.

Therefore, in Zhu Gaoxu's view, at this time, in the Ming Dynasty, except for the vicinity of Beijing, many places were not very safe, and some people were still dissatisfied with the imperial court.

Lao Tzu wouldn't be so unlucky, would he?

When Zhu Gaoxu thought of these histories, he suddenly became a little worried.

The more he thought about it, the more depressed he became, and he began to think about whether or not to put on his armor.

But this fish scale armor is easy to take off and difficult to put on, it is very troublesome to wear alone, and the weather will be hot and sultry, he is still climbing the mountain, it is definitely not easy to wear.

Just as he struggled with whether to find a passerby to help him put it on.

He led the horse and had entered a trail in the mountains.

The trail is about two meters wide, enough for a horse to go straight, with jungle on both sides.

The jungle blocked the sunlight outside, and after entering the trail, it was much more refreshing.

Zhu Gaoxu looked around slightly, and always felt that something might emerge in the jungle.

He grasped the lance on horseback with one hand and led the horse with the other.

The front is an uphill road, and you can't see the situation behind the slope clearly, with Zhu Gaoxu's experience, there are usually any accidents, and they will be in the place where the eyes can't reach.

Really.

As he led his horse over the slope, he saw three men standing side by side on the downhill road not far away, armed with weapons.

Torture, Zhu Gaoxu scolded secretly, he didn't expect to be afraid of something, he slowly turned his head.

Whoosh, four people and seven strong men also drilled out of the roadside jungle behind him at the same time, blocking him in the middle.

He hurriedly grabbed it onto the horse's mallet.

"Whoosh" suddenly flashed in front of him.

When, the next moment, someone shot an arrow at the front of the horse.

Hiss, Zhu Gaoxu reflexively stepped back in fright.

If the other party did it deliberately, it proves that the other party's arrow is accurate and fast.

"Don't move." In front of him, a man about thirty years old said in a deep voice: "Silver, horses, and armor are left behind, and we will leave with dry food, and we will not kill anyone." ”

The man was holding a long knife in his hand, and Zhu Gaoxu could see this kind of knife at a glance, this kind of knife was used by Zhang Shicheng's soldiers and horses at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

This kind of knife is made by the steel filling method, it is very sharp, and now the Ming army sees this kind of knife and thinks that it is a person who is Zhang Rebellion, and he will be killed.

What are you afraid of? Zhu Gaoxu scolded in his heart.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the strong bow on the BMW and estimated whether there was a chance.

"Brother, don't think about it, my brother, don't be impulsive." The man with the knife smiled, and turned his head to look at the young man on the left beside him.

The young man was less than twenty years old, about the same age as Zhu Gaoxu, and his figure was very thin, but a bow in his hand was a little big, he had a piece of grass in his mouth, and an arrow in his hand, facing Zhu Gaoxu.

"Shh The young man suddenly raised his chin at Zhu Gaoxu: "Watch me shoot your horse lance." ”

Collapse, he let go of an arrow.

When, another arrow was shot at the horse's lance.

He quickly drew his arrow, and pulled up an arrow again and pointed it at Zhu Gaoxu.

This time, Zhu Gaoxu saw it clearly, it was really accurate and fast.

Now he didn't dare to move.

The archer on the other side is too powerful.

The man with the knife squeaked his teeth and smiled: "Have you taken it?" We don't kill. ”

He once again emphasized that only money is taken, not killed.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said slowly: "This king looks at you, you are all great heroes with extraordinary skills. ”

"Great hero, when sweeping the world, make contributions, this king is Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Gaoyang County of the Ming Dynasty, as long as you are willing to follow this king, you will be famous all over the world in the future and bless future generations."

Several people were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other.

"Hahaha." Suddenly, everyone in the audience burst into laughter.

"You are the king of Gaoyang County? Lao Tzu is still Zhu Yuanzhang. ”

"Hahaha." There was another burst of laughter all around.

Zhu Gaoxu was even more sure in his heart, these people called Taizu by his name, and they were very disrespectful, either they were outlaws, or they were?

Zhu Gaoxu sighed: "You don't believe it? Look at my BMW and armor? This is a maxima, a pangolin. ”

"Maxima?" The other side laughed again.

Zhu Gaoxu's 'shadow' appearance is really no different from ordinary war horses, it is all black and not slippery, and only at close range can you see that the fur is particularly smooth and shiny.

"Don't talk nonsense, Lao Tzu cares about you King Gaoyang and King Lowyang, either take the dry food and go, or just leave? Let me ask again, are you going to go or not? "The man with the knife is impatient.

The four people behind Zhu Gaoxu also raised their weapons one after another, all of which were regular military weapons, including knives and spears.

"Okay, I'll go, I'll go." Zhu Gaoxu was also a little scared when he saw the young man with the bow facing him.

It's hard to cross over to the Ming Dynasty, but don't die at the hands of these nameless people.

He waved his hand to get some dry food.

"Don't think about taking a bow." The other side warned him.

Zhu Gaoxu smiled bitterly, even if he could pick it up, he wouldn't have time to shoot.

At that moment he took the package of dry food, took out the silver and treasure money from it, and threw it on the ground.

"Let's go." The man with the knife nodded to him in satisfaction.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't care about the BMW anymore, and walked forward with dry food on his back.

The four people behind ran up ecstatically and directly took over his BMW and all his belongings.

But Zhu Gaoxu had just deliberately thrown the silver and treasure money all over the ground, and two of them were looking down to pick up the silver.

Zhu Gaoxu walked over quickly, holding an arrow at him from the other side, and quickly approached the three of them.

The three of them were not afraid of him, because there was a very powerful man beside the man with the knife.

This big man is almost the same as Zhu Gaoxu, close to 1.8 meters, Guan Jian is also very strong, and his body is very similar to Zhu Gaoxu.

He held a shield in his left hand and a large iron axe in his right hand, and his eyes were imposing.