Seeing Zhang He's agreement, Zhu Su also bowed slightly. The Mengyuan in the north has been decayed, although the current government and the opposition still regard Mengyuan as a big problem.

However, from the perspective of the historical cycle, the disintegration and destruction of the Mengyuan court is already a historical inevitability. Losing the feudal system learned from the Central Plains, what the Ming Dynasty will face in the future is just a group of nomadic jackals in the grassland.

Although northern nomadism was still a big problem for the Central Plains Dynasty, Zhu Su believed that as long as the Ming army quickly repaired the Great Wall with cement on the nine sides and equipped it with improved firearms on a large scale, with the current elite level of the Ming army, it would not be a problem to defend against the attack of the nomads.

The current Ming Dynasty does not have the ability to easily destroy the Northern Yuan. The safest way is to maintain a defensive position against the Northern Yuan, and then devote yourself to the development of the stuffy head, and wait until the "miracle is completed" before making a move. In the original history, Lao Zhu adopted such a policy, and his stuffy head developed for fifteen years, and when Hongwu was twenty-one years old, he struck hard and destroyed the temple of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in one fell swoop.

In this way, the grassland forces have not been completely destroyed, and the Tatars and Warat are still crisscrossing the grasslands, laying a hidden danger for Baozong's future study.

After Zhu Su informed Lao Zhu of the future, this kind of efficiency of destroying the yuan undoubtedly made Lao Zhu extremely dissatisfied. What Lao Zhu wants is not just to destroy the Northern Yuan, in fact, what he wants in his heart is to take over the territory of the Northern Yuan, completely appease the grassland, and leave an iron-clad country for future generations.

As long as the Ming Dynasty practices his own internal skills and accumulates the three major conditions of economy, science and technology, and manpower that are sufficient to achieve technological breakthroughs, in the future, in the face of the huge technological gap between generations, the nomads will naturally "sing and dance" and "welcome the king". Then, the feudal system similar to the Western Zhou Dynasty was used to completely "Huaxia" the barbarian lands such as the grassland and the Wa Kingdom.

Therefore, it is the king to keep in touch with Beiyuan for the time being, and then seek development opportunities overseas. It is undoubtedly the top priority to keep the most enterprising admiral of the Ming Dynasty in order to maintain an enterprising mentality.

"Thinking about it this way, the next most priority for the Ming Dynasty should be to eliminate the Northern Yuan warlords entrenched in Liaodong, and Naha is out." Zhu Su touched his chin, which had not yet grown a beard. Brother Mu Ying is now attacking Yunnan, according to the history books of later generations, the King of Liang who is entrenched in Yunnan has no great talent, and the Ming Dynasty wants to capture Yunnan only in the evening.

And Naha in Liaodong has 200,000 heavy troops, and he is on the side of the Ming Dynasty, looking at the entire northern Ming Dynasty. Originally, the strategy of the Ming Dynasty was to attack the Dayuan Temple with lightning speed and force Naha to surrender. But now that the Northern Expedition has failed, the Ming Dynasty has been forced to turn to the defensive, so that the threat of Naha's exit is even more prominent than that of Wang Baobao of the Northern Yuan.

After all, how can you allow others to sleep soundly by the couch?

“…… I'm really a hard worker, so why don't I worry about what happened to Naha? ”

"I don't want to. Let's give the old man a headache. After thinking for a while, Zhu Su shook his head with a smile. For the grasp of the overall situation, Lao Zhu is a thousand times better than himself, how can he not know the degree of threat of Naha?

When the purge of the DPRK and the pacification of Yunnan is completed, his old man will free up his hands to deal with Naha.

After returning to Beijing, I still follow Yao Guangxiao's advice, lie dormant for a while, and do a good job in the development of technology.

"What do you want to eat at noon, Your Highness? I just caught a few fresh fish at sea, and the folk girl will cook them later, so how about adding a bowl of fish soup for a few people? While chatting in the cabin, the figure of the third lady appeared outside. After receiving the permission of the report, she asked Zhu Su with a smile on her face.

Seeing that there was a slight hot sweat on her forehead, it was obvious that she had been busy for a long time. Zhu Su couldn't help but get up and said, "Sister Sanniangzi, you have just gotten out of a big disaster, why are you doing some rough work on the ship?" ”

"It's still a long way to go on an expedition, so I'll just eat the same as the soldiers. You don't have to be busy, just take care of your body. ”

"Can you tell Lord Ru about your respective origins? When we get back to the shore, we will help you find your surviving family members, even if it is thousands of miles away, so that you can return home safely. ”

The three ladies' originally smiling face stiffened and became a little unnatural. After a while, he suddenly knelt down and said, "Your Royal Highness, in fact, ...... We don't want to go back home. ”

"Don't want to go home?" Zhu Fan on the side was a little surprised, "...... Aren't you worried about having no life? Rest assured, we'll send you a settling-in allowance......"

"It's not." The third lady shook her head a little sadly. "Despicable and dirty body, what face do you have to say goodbye to your parents and fellow villagers?"

"It's just cheeky to go back. I'm afraid that I will ...... in the future I can't hold my head up for the rest of my life......" She hung her head, tears already streaming down her cheeks.

"Why is that?" Zhu Fan was puzzled, but Zhu Su, Zhu Di, Zhang He and others were already stunned. These women are defiled by the Japanese invaders, and even if they return to their hometowns, they will definitely be punctured in the backbone, and even good people will not allow them. And if a woman in this era can't promise a good family, her life is already equivalent to ruined.

No, their lives have been ruined from the moment they were taken away by the pirates.

"Feudal Etiquette...... Alas. Zhu Su sighed in his heart. In the face of such a behemoth, Rao is a self-proclaimed cross-sighter with a wide vision, and he can't think of any way.

"Could it be that the sisters and sisters who were rescued by us all think the same thing?" Zhu Su was a little embarrassed. "If that's the case, Sister Sanniang, what are your plans for the future?"

"Folk girls and so on...... I don't know. The third lady looked confused and gently wiped her tears. In short, I can't go back to my hometown. ”

Zhu Su was a little embarrassed, if they were left alone, the best outcome for them could only be to sell themselves into slavery. I wanted to settle them, but I couldn't find any good way for a while.

After all, as a prince, even if it is a maid and a grandmother who is used to serve in the palace, Lao Zhu can only allocate reliable and useful palace maids from the palace, and he cannot hire private women. Zhu Su looked at Zhang He, wanting to say that this Zhang He, as the deputy commander of the Fuzhou Guard, might need some useful helpers at home......

"Your Highness, don't look at the last general like that." How could Zhang He not know Zhu Su's calculations, so he quickly waved his hand. "The last general's monthly salary is only enough for a family of three, the house is only one entry, and the meals are cooked by Jing Jing himself, where can I afford a helper?"

By the way, forget the low salaries of the Ming Dynasty, which is rare in history......

"Your Highness, don't embarrass General Zhang." Only then did the three ladies realize that Zhu Su wanted them to arrange a livelihood, so she quickly knelt down in panic. "To be rescued by His Royal Highness, my sisters and I are already grateful. Can An receive the favor of His Highness again? ”

"If we even have to be cheeky to let His Highness give alms to our livelihood, what face will my sisters have to stand in heaven and earth."

"This ...... Alas. Zhu Su sighed softly. Looking at the expression of the third lady, she knew that if she arranged it by force, this poor woman might really kill herself because she was ashamed. Besides, I really don't have a good way now.

I had to go back to Suzhou first, and then go to the prefect Wei Guan to discuss how to help these women in a vague way.

"General Zhang, at this rate, I wonder how many days we will be able to return to Susong?" Zhu Su changed the subject.

"Back to Your Highness,"

"Come to think of it, in about three days, you can see Susong's harbor." Zhang He raised his eyes to look at the sun outside the cabin, and frowned unconsciously: "...... If so, there are no surprises. ”

No surprises...... Under normal circumstances, if you say such a thing, you will definitely have an accident. Zhu Su complained silently in his heart.

(End of chapter)