Zhu Gaochi returned to the house and sat alone in the room.

The rooms in Tai O are basically civil structures, and they are simple to build, and now they are the houses of several important people such as him and Yan Wang, which are slightly better, and many of the captured natives live directly in caves or earthen houses.

They came from a good location, in the western part of Tai O, the western part of the Mediterranean climate, dry and rainless, hot summers, warmer winters.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhu Gaochu is willing to send them here, in fact, when the rebellion was successful, Zhu Gaoxu also considered sending them to the Nuergan area, so that they could fight with the Siberian black bear, but considering the weather over there, it was more difficult to survive, so they were sent to Taiao.

The unique climate and environment of Daao allow Zhu Di to survive here, and because of this, Zhu Di is very unwilling to become a vassal of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di wants to be the king and hegemon because of his character, he has been the emperor, tasted the sweetness, and his heart is no longer willing to fall under others.

But the last thing he should have done was to have a younger son Zhu Gaoyu with the Wang family, which caused Zhu Gaochi to be extremely dissatisfied.

The door was pushed open, and 14-year-old Zhu Zhanji strode in.

He has grown into a teenager, and because he grew up in the western part of Tai O, his body is relatively thin, his skin is slightly dark, and his face is heroic, more like Zhu Di than his father.

Seeing his son, Zhu Gaochi was even more unhappy, why did Zhu Di give birth to his son, even if he was dissatisfied with me, my son Zhanji was not bad?

It's a pity that this time Zhu Di didn't have the opportunity to hear Xie Jin say that he was a good saint.

"Father." Zhu Zhanji came in and met Zhu Gaochi, and then said, "The mother asked if you would go to get salt tomorrow?" ”

Their salt works are hundreds of miles away from here, and Zhu Gaochi often takes people to get salt with Xu Zhen and others, and it takes two or three months to go out each time, otherwise he can change from a big fat man to such a strong man as he is now.

"Isn't there enough salt?" Zhu Gaochi asked.

"And ten cars." (about 200 pounds per car)

Zhu Gaochi nodded: "Okay, wait for me to ask my father, go out in the next two days." ”

"Can the child follow?" Zhu Zhanji had an eager expression.

"You may encounter natives looting on the road." Zhu Gaochi said.

"The child is ready to fight?" Zhu Zhanji shook his arm, indicating that he was very powerful.

He is not Zhu Zhanji, who can only play crickets in history, but a sturdy young man who can run like a fly in the mountains.

Zhu Gaochi looked at his son, and for some reason, he suddenly thought of his second brother Gao Xu, who had already gone out with his father when he was so old.

"As long as your mother agrees." Zhu Gaochi sighed.

Zhu Zhanji happily turned around and left.

Concubine Zhang came to Zhu Gaochi after a while, she didn't want her son Zhanji to go out on an adventure.

Zhu Gao glanced at her: "My father and the king all went out to hunt, and the people here have to work hard for survival, and Zhanji is not small." ”

Concubine Zhang has always been more reasonable, but this time she was really anxious, she said loudly: "How many people in your Zhu family are still alive?" ”

Verbal agitation.

After Zhu Di's father and son came over, Zhu Gaochi's original son and those who were born in Tai O, except for Zhu Zhanji, none of them survived, and the second son Zhu Zhanjun was still fine in Tai O, but he died of illness the next year.

Concubine Zhang's second son Zhu Zhanyong and later born Zhu Zhanrong also died of illness one after another.

These people did not live long, the main Zhu Di and the accompanying doctors were not accustomed to the Mediterranean climate here, and children sometimes got some minor diseases, and the wrong medicine became a bad thing.

So Concubine Zhang is anxious, now Zhu Di still has two sons alive, one is Zhu Gaochi, the other is Zhu Gaoyu, Zhu Gaochi only has one son still alive.

After Zhu Gaochi heard this, his face changed greatly.

They have been in Tai O for a few years, and the overall population has been rising slowly, and many children of ordinary military freshmen have survived, but he Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Di have not survived.

"It's all because my father made too much abuse and killed too many people." Zhu Gaochi suddenly gritted his teeth and said.

How many people did Zhu Di Jing successfully kill? Exterminate the whole race at every turn.

"Hiss" Concubine Zhang's face also changed greatly, and she turned her head to look outside in horror, but fortunately she couldn't see anyone outside the door.

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The next morning, Zhu Di walked around the house, still hesitating in his mind.

He is actually very resolute in doing things, and he usually doesn't drag his feet.

But this time, he felt that he had to think it through and think about it.

When he first went to sea, Zhu Di thought he was going to be exiled and was even killed.

Unexpectedly, Gao Xu actually let him go, and gave him a lot of materials to let him develop in Tai O.

However, he did not build a city by the sea as Zhu Gaochu said at that time, and stayed away from the seaside directly, mainly because he did not want Zhu Gaochu to pick fruits in the future.

The consequence of this is that a few years have passed, and the materials left by Zhu Gaoxu have long been used up, and now they lack everything.

When Xue Lu, Zhang Wu, Tan Qing and others instigated him to attack the gold mines, he was actually very hesitant and lost the support of the imperial court, how long can we hold out here?

But just when he hesitated, Jin Zhong said a few words to him: "The local natives don't have anything, even the tools are stone axes and bone vertebrae, and they can survive wearing animal skins, we are not even as good as the natives?" ”

"At least we have grain and can produce salt, now Yancheng is farther away, and in the future, we will build a small city again, closer to the sea, and it will be more convenient to make salt."

Zhu Di took a deep breath at that time, I, Zhu Di, is not even as good as the native? So he finally decided to try his hand at attacking the gold mines.

There are several advantages to attacking the gold mines, and if you win the war, you can increase the population, plunder the Ming army, and keep it for your own use.

You can also get the excellent armor and equipment of the Ming army.

can also let Zhu Gaoxu know that he is still the king of Yan at the time of the martyrdom.

Zhu Di has a psychological superiority over Zhu Gaoxu in Taiao, regardless of the terrain and climate, he feels that at least the Ming army will not send more than 100,000 people, and it will be impossible to find him for more than a few years.

If he can't beat it, he can continue to move east.

But as a result, the gold mine was heavily defended and could not attack at all.

Can't attack the gold mine, Zhu Di has to prevent the people from the gold mine, come and explore them, the gold mine has war horses, if nothing else, he feels that at most half a year, the people of the gold mine can find Yancheng.

When the imperial court came to the door, Zhu Di had to face a choice, whether to move or take refuge.

Zhu Di was in a dilemma, he wanted to migrate, but he was afraid of starting from scratch.

They just spent four years building a Yancheng, should they start all over again?

Just as he hesitated, a voice came from outside: "Great King." But it was Jin Zhong's voice.

"Come in." Zhu Di said in a deep voice.

Jin Zhong came in and said, "Xu Li sent someone over, saying that he had caught a brocade guard." ”

"What?" Zhu Di almost jumped up, we are here, and there are still brocade guards?

Jin Zhong said, Xu Li took someone to the gold mine with them last time, and when he came back, he found that there was one person missing, and this person came back a few days later, Xu Li felt that something was wrong, and tried it, and sure enough, he found that this person was a fine work.

"Let's go." Zhu Di's face was dark, and his heart was even more bad, if there was a fine work, the location of Yancheng would be known.

At the same time, Tan Qing, Zhang Wu, Xue Lu, Liu Rong, Tan Zhong and other generals also got the news and went to Xu Li's house to see the details.

This Zhu Di is still a bit reckless.

At the beginning of Jinan Tiexuan's fake landing, Li Jinglong opened the gate of Nanjing, he rushed to the front, and he didn't bring a few people, so he rushed over.

The first time the life was big, Tie Xuan's subordinates put the smashing knife a second earlier, and they didn't kill him, and the second time Li Jinglong prepared an ambush, which could immediately change the entire history of the Ming Dynasty.

This time, Zhu Di was too, and when he went out, he only took a team of personal soldiers, more than a dozen people, and Jin Zhong.

When he came to the door of Xu Li's house, he found that a large number of armor soldiers had gathered outside the door.

They didn't have armor when they first came to Tai O, and after they got iron ore later, they hit some one after another.

These armor soldiers occupy almost half of their armor.

Tang Rong stood outside the door, with a few henchmen, all dressed in armor, and when he saw Zhu Di, he immediately greeted him: "Meet the king." ”

"You guys?" Zhu Di asked suspiciously?

"I'm going to get salt in the morning." Tang Rong said.

"Oh." Zhu Di suddenly realized.

After Zhu Di entered, he saw a young man tied to a tree in the yard, his body was full of blood, and his expression was weak, it was Xu Zhen's clansman, Xu Yong.

There were also many people in the courtyard, Xu Li's father and son were there, Tan Qing and Tan Zhong also came, and Zhang Wu arrived not long after Zhu Di arrived.

Zhu Di didn't notice that there were generals coming over one after another, so he glared at Xu Yong: "This dog thing voted for Jinyiwei?" ”

"Jinyi Wei Qianhu, follow Mao Xin." Xu Li said fiercely, and stepped forward.

Xu Yong raised his head, looked at them, and said with a miserable smile: "Forget it, the king, without the help of the imperial court, it is difficult to survive in Daao, you can't suffer tens of thousands of brothers for your own selfish desires." ”

"Mother's." Xu Zhen stepped up again: "The natives can survive in Tai O, but we are not even as good as the natives?" ”

After that, Zheng, he directly drew his knife: "Lao Tzu cut you." ”

"Stop." Jin Zhong and Zhu Di called almost at the same time.

There was another commotion outside: "Which dog thing voted for Jinyiwei?" Lao Tzu wants to take a look. But Xue Lu and Liu Rong also came.

Then Tang Rong also followed, followed by a team of armor soldiers, and the courtyard was suddenly overcrowded and crowded.

Everyone's attention was on Xu Yong, and Zhu Di didn't notice that there were more and more people around him.

"Who else?" Zhu Di asked in a deep voice: "Who else is Gao Xu's person in Yancheng?" You speak up, and I'll make sure you're okay. ”

It turned out that he thought that there must be people from Zhu Gaoxu in Yancheng.

Xu Yong asked rhetorically: "The king must go against His Majesty?" ”

"Yancheng was built by me." Zhu Di said angrily.

"Without His Majesty's support, can the king build it?" Xu Yong asked: "Without His Majesty giving you people and tools, would you have survived until now?" ”

Everyone was shocked and angry, and Zhu Di laughed angrily: "He wants to use us, and then sit back and enjoy the results, right?" ”

"I was willing to make peace, if he let us go, we would rather go to the grassland to fight the Northern Yuan." Zhu Di said angrily: "He is now exiled to Tai O, and everything is controlled by him, he thinks he is really an immortal and omnipotent?" ”

"Even if I Zhu Di agrees, I have to ask my brothers if they agree."

"Cut him, cut this dog thing." Xue Lu roared.

"Okay." Someone in the crowd shouted.

Brush, the knife flashed, fluttered, and the head fell to the ground.

(End of chapter)