"Gao Xu is a lot taller, and he will be in the north in the future, if there is any difficulty, just play ......"

At the banquet in the Huagai Palace Square, Zhu Yunwen chatted with Zhu Gaoxu eagerly, and Zhu Gaoxu also nodded from time to time with a smile on his face.

The situation of the two of them getting along makes people can't help but say "brother and brother".

At the main table of these twelve, in addition to sitting Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Gaoxu, there are also Zhu Yang, King of Min, Zhu Lu, Zhu Song, King of Han, Zhu Mo, Zhu Ying, King of An, Zhu Huan, Tang King Zhu Huan and other princes.

In addition to the eight of them, there are also Zhu Yunxi, whom Zhu Gaoxu saw that day, and Zhu Yunxi's younger brother Zhu Yunxi.

It can be said that Zhu Gaoxu is the only third-generation child in addition to Zhu Biao's lineage, and because of this, he is particularly eye-catching.

Sitting at the banquet next to them, Qin Jinyan and other vassal elders all looked at Zhu Gaoxu's back, some were unimpressed, and some were jealous in their eyes.

Among them, only Zhu Gaochi was depressed, and he didn't even have the heart to move the chopsticks.

Zhu Gaoxu had no time to care about their situation, he was busy dealing with those uncles at the dinner table at the moment.

Because Zhu Yunwen opened his mouth to proof, Han Wang Zhu Song and Shen Wang Zhu Mo also poured wine one after another, and sat in their seats to toast with Zhu Gaoxu in the air:

"Gao Xu, in the future, you will be guarding in Jilin, and we will be much more relieved in the south."

Zhu Song and Zhu Mo were the only uncles at the dinner table who were somewhat enthusiastic about Zhu Gaoxu, and although the others were about the same age as Zhu Gaoxu, they thought that they would not have anything to do with Zhu Gaoxu in the future.

It is Zhu Song and Zhu Mo, the former of them has been canonized in Kaiyuan, Liaodong, and the latter is Shenyang, Liaodong.

In Lao Zhu's original plan, the king of Liao was stationed in Guangning to prevent the western Liaoning corridor from being cut off, the king of Han was stationed in Kaiyuan, ready to use troops against the Jurchens in the northeast at any time, and the king of Shen was stationed in Shenyang, ready to support the Liao and Han feuds at any time.

It can be said that the three kings will form an iron triangle to completely defend Liaodong.

If Lao Zhu's plan is successfully realized, Liaodong may be sinicized for a long time, and the administrative area will continue to grow, and finally be set up as a province.

It's a pity that after the Jingjing, Zhu Di thought that Liaodong was easy to form a separatist force, so he moved the three kings into the Guannei.

For the three kings, this is naturally good news, after all, compared to dealing with the Mongols, Jurchens, and Goryeo people in Liaodong, and living a life of fire at any time, enjoying peace in the pass is what they want.

But for Da Ming, this is a great loss.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the two people who toasted to him, and also raised his glass to the two in return.

If he remembers correctly, the two men only went out to visit the king of Zhudi at the beginning of this year, and then because of the lack of immigrants from Liaodong, they did not become a vassal until a few years after the outbreak and end of the Battle of Jingjing.

Of course, this is what Zhu Gaoxu himself knows, and Zhu Song and Zhu Mo can never predict the future.

Therefore, in the eyes of the two, befriending Zhu Gaochu is what they should do, after all, if Zhu Gaochu can hold the Jilin Shipyard, then the two of them don't have to go to the battlefield.

Even if the north can't be defended, as long as Zhu Gaochu can fight, they can also seconded the palace guards to Zhu Gaoxu, and he will lead the troops to prepare the border, and it is impossible for them to go to the battlefield anyway to live the days of licking blood with knives.

The careful thinking of the two can be seen by everyone at the dinner table, but Zhu Yunwen is too lazy to take care of it.

Although he has now cut off one of Zhu Li's wings, he will also cut off Zhu Li's other wing, so that he can be completely at ease.

In the face of Zhu Li's question, Zhu Gaoxu's question can be put aside for the time being, after all, ......

"Hehe......" Zhu Yunwen thought of Zhu Gaoxu's Jilin Wei, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

He really couldn't think of anything that could happen with just one or two thousand men.

"Your Majesty is blessed!"

Suddenly, the sound of singing sounded in the square, and Zhu Yunwen almost subconsciously put the wine glass in his hand on the table, and then turned to the Huagai Palace.

Like him, there were the rest of the princes at the main table, and the princes and princes running around in the square, and the princesses and concubines who were married in the corners.

The Emperor had been ill for many days, and had not appeared in front of everyone for five days, so they all looked at the Emperor with curiosity.

Like them, Zhu Yuanzhang himself, who hasn't seen his family for many days.

He stood on a high canopy hall and could see everything going on in the square.

Because of this, when everyone was in a hurry, he saw Zhu Gaoxu who stood up unhurriedly.

He knew that Zhu Gaoxu was expressing his dissatisfaction in his way, but he didn't care.

If he could, he very much hoped that the current Zhu Gaoxu would find some of his former temperament, so that he would be more at ease to put him in Jilin.

"Today is a family dinner, don't stick to the number of etiquette."

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand and waved it, signaling everyone not to stick to the etiquette, but how many people present dared to relax?

Everyone was nervous, but Zhu Gaoxu sat back in his position after hearing this.

If it weren't for the fact that there was no food on the table, it is estimated that he would have started eating a long time ago.

His actions made others tremble, but their father, emperor, and grandfather, who thought they were majestic, did not reprimand.

In front of everyone, Zhu Yuanzhang walked down the canopy hall and sat down at the main table.

Seeing him sit down, the rest of the people sat down one after another, and the officials of Guanglu Temple also announced the meal when they saw this.

Under the trays of hundreds of eunuchs stepped out, plates of delicate meals were brought to the table.

Because it is still the Hongwu period, the food in Guanglu Temple has not evolved to the point that it is so unpalatable during the Zhengde and Jiajing periods.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born as a beggar, still has a hand in choosing a cook.

Looking at the plates of "sitting in prison" dishes being put on the table, Zhu Gaoxu waited for Lao Zhu to move his chopsticks.

As long as Lao Zhu moves the chopsticks, he promises to move the chopsticks immediately and leave after eating.

Perhaps because he had just recovered from his illness, Lao Zhu didn't say much, let alone beckoned his children and grandchildren to drink, but moved chopsticks to eat.

Seeing him move the chopsticks, Zhu Gaoxu immediately followed, and the princes and grandchildren next to him also followed the chopsticks.

Zhu Gaoxu ate well, but he didn't want Lao Zhu to look at him and only care about cooking, so he deliberately said:

"After Gao Xu leaves the town of Jilin, you will be able to feel much more at ease when you are twenty-one and twenty-one, and after a few years, the palace of the old fifteenth will be built, and the people of Liaodong will not be nervous, and you will go to Shenyang and Kaiyuan when the time comes."

"Yes, Dad......" Zhu Song and Zhu Mo nodded in response, and Lao Zhu also nodded to Zhu Gaoxu when he saw this:

"After you go out of the town of Jilin, remember not to abuse the people's power, there are only a few thousand people in Jilin, and the palace can be built slowly, and you will be wronged for the time being."

While speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang also set the rules of the county king's mansion, he turned his head to look at the eunuch with him and said: "Today's regulations of the county king's mansion are ......."

Today's Daming Dynasty does not have regulations on the county palace, only the regulations of the prince's palace.

According to the regulations formulated by Lao Zhu, the circumference of the prince's mansion is 150 zhang 2 inches and 2 minutes wide from east to west, and 197 zhang 2 inches and 5 minutes long from north to south.

There are the main gate, the front and back halls, the four gates of the city tower, the heart, the two halls of the carrier, as well as the top gate tower, the courtyard, the box, the kitchen, the warehouse, the rice warehouse and so on a total of dozens of rooms, Sheji, the mountains and rivers two altars, a temple.

In addition, there are three palaces in the front, middle and back behind the palace, nine rooms each, ninety-nine rooms such as the two compartments of the palace gate, and 800 rooms in the palace room.

After the completion of the foundation, the palace gate and the city gate tower of the prince's palace will be covered with cyan glazed tiles, and the prince's palace will be decorated with vermilion, big green and green, and the other rooms will be decorated with Danbi.

In this way, the area of a prince's mansion is almost 330,000 square meters, which is one-third of the area of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, close to 500 acres.

Such a huge palace, even if it is built in the mainland, it will cost tens of thousands of yuan, which shows Lao Zhu's willingness to his children and grandchildren.

If the prince's mansion is like this, the county prince's mansion will naturally not be bad.

The eunuch hurriedly used the brush he carried with him to record after Lao Zhu spoke, and Lao Zhu also said:

"Now Dingjun Wangfu system, east and west wide 46 zhang, north and south long 62 zhang, four gatehouses, a transport hall, a kitchen and a warehouse, a rice warehouse, 56 halls, 260 houses......"

Speaking of which, it seems that considering that Zhu Gaoxu is different from ordinary county kings, he is too far away from the Yan Wang's Mansion, and he also has to garrison the frontier, so Lao Zhu deliberately said:

"The two mansions of Jingjiang and Bohai can be built according to the regulations of the prince's mansion."

It's just that after he finished saying this, he also reminded Zhu Gaoxu again: "Although you are allowed to build it according to the regulations of the prince's mansion, you must not waste the people's power to win your own selfishness." ”

"......" Listening to Lao Zhu's words, Zhu Gaoxu didn't know how to evaluate him.

As for his Jilinwei, who only has six or seven thousand people, even if he has that heart, there are not so many people.

But even so, he nodded: "Grandson knows......"

"Well......" Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu responded, Lao Zhu was relieved, and said to Zhu Gaoxu:

"Your palace is different from the others, I want to come these days, and I'm still going to add something to you."

As soon as Lao Zhu spoke, Zhu Gaoxu's ears immediately stood up, and what he hoped most was that Lao Zhu would give him more things.

"There is a lot of firewood in Jilinwei, but there is no iron ore, so every year after that, Liaodong will allocate 30,000 catties of iron and 1,000 catties of gunpowder to you, and this year will allocate 20 guns and 200 copper guns for you to defend the city."

"Thank you Grandpa for your grace." Zhu Gaoxu was also a little happy when he heard this, but it was not because of firearms and iron.

When it comes to iron, there are iron mines near Jilin Shipyard, and even if there are none, there are other places, and they are not far away.

As for gunpowder, others don't know, can Zhu Gaoxu still know how to get it?

In this era, no one dares to say that he knows gunpowder better than him, and the guns and cannons that Lao Zhu gave him are not uncommon.

He was happy because the bowl and copper guns were made of copper, and he could have smelted these firearms and imitated the smoothbore bronze cannons.

There were many kinds of artillery in the early Ming Dynasty, but whether it was the general, the second general, the third general's artillery, or the Hongwu iron cannon, Hongwu bronze cannon, bowl mouth gun and other artillery, their firing range was basically tens of steps to hundreds of steps.

The only Hongwu iron cannon with a range of more than two miles is one that weighs more than a thousand catties and can only be used to defend the city.

This kind of stone cannon is much backward compared with the smoothbore cannon technology that matured after more than 200 years, and what Zhu Gaoxu wanted was a field gun with high range and light weight.

He was to use enough copper to cast field cannons, and then use the heavy iron cannons for naval and defensive battles.

Even if there is no way to cast bronze cannons, Zhu Gaoxu can melt these things to pay the army.

In short, he entered the palace this time, and he didn't come in vain, and he finally got the benefits.

got benefits, and his speech and behavior sounded a lot better, which made Lao Zhu Zhi shake his head and think: "Like his father, he can't sell good ...... without benefits."

But no matter what, if you can make up for Zhu Gaoxu, Lao Zhu is always a lot more comfortable in his heart.

Maybe he felt comfortable in his heart, but he didn't feel as coughing as before.

At this banquet, he looked at his group of children and grandchildren with joy, and gradually felt relieved.

It's just that there is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed, and with the time coming to the fourth quarter of the hour, Lao Zhu, who was going to go to the early dynasty tomorrow, finally returned to the palace under the escort of the Jing Army, and Zhu Yunwen and others also left the banquet one after another.

Zhu Gaoxu left shortly after Lao Zhu and Zhu Yunwen left, and chatted with Zhu Song and Zhu Mo before leaving the table, so as to avoid Lao Zhu arranging them in advance to take up the domain in Liaodong in the future, resulting in himself having nothing to do with the two.

In addition to the two, Zhu Gaochu also chatted with Zhu Gaosui, but Zhu Gaochi was nowhere to be found.

"It's finally over, we're ready to prepare, and we'll leave when Yang Bin's money is delivered."

"Then Yang Bin heard that he has been raising money recently, and he should be able to send the money before the Lantern Festival after calculating the progress."

Out of Xihuamen, Zhu Gaoxu got into the donkey cart called by Yisha, and complained to him in the car.

Yisha Xing is used to being angry in the palace, so it is better for him to be outside no matter what, than in the palace, so for Zhu Gaoxu's complaints, he always smiled and relieved Zhu Gaoxu.

"By the way, Your Highness, just now the slave maid met Commander Fu outside the Xihua Gate, and he said that Shouchun asked him to bring a hundred guards to the north with you."

Yizha suddenly remembered what happened just now, and Zhu Gaoxu was also a little complicated after hearing it, but he still nodded and said:

"It's good to have more people, after all, I don't know how many people are available on Jilinwei's side."

Zhu Gaoxu calculated that if he added the 100 guards of the Yingguo Mansion, then he would be able to go to the Jilin Shipyard with 600 soldiers.

Even if only half of the 1,000 soldiers on the Jilin shipyard can be used, it adds up to more than 1,000 people.

The elite of the 1,000 Ming army in armor was enough to destroy two or three thousand Mongols and five or six thousand Jurchens.

With Ji Linwei's background and the situation in the northeast, even if Zhu Gaoxu wants to fight to raise war, it is very difficult, but it doesn't matter, what he wants more is mobility, that is, animal power.

The Jurchens of Xiyangha and other tribes and the Wuliangha tribes of the Songnen Plain have a large amount of animal power, and the Wuliangha tribes have more than 100,000 mouths, and there are more than 30,000 people who can conquer and fight, and their own troops can only defend and cannot attack.

Fight Xiyangha first, stabilize Xiyangha's troops, and then select and train troops, waiting for the opportunity.

If Zhu Gaoxu is not mistaken, Wuliangha would go south in the 29th year of Hongwu, deliberately attracting Daning Tang cavalry in the pasturelands in the north of Daning, in an attempt to encircle and annihilate the Ming army that had penetrated deeply.

Fortunately, after Zhu Quan learned the news, he ordered the army not to chase him, and told Zhu Yuanzhang.

After Zhu Yuanzhang got the news, he immediately sent Zhu Di to control the soldiers and horses in Daning and Liaodong, and patrol the border fortress in the north.

Worried that Zhu Di would encounter a war, Zhu Yuanzhang also deliberately asked Zhu You, the son of Zhou Shizi, to lead the palace guards to patrol the border, in order to support Zhu Di at any time.

"Although the morning bell has not been rung yet, it has been the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, which means that I only have one year to spare, and to be precise, it is only ten months or less than ......."

Zhu Gaoxu frowned slightly, it was too difficult to solve Xiyang Ha in ten months.

The question of Xiyangha is not whether he can fight, but whether he can catch up with him.

This old boy is not only a grass on the wall, but his escape kung fu is also first-class, in history, Song Sheng and Zhou Xing led troops to surround and suppress him, but he was run away in advance by this old boy in a sled.

If Zhu Gaoxu remembers correctly, he will run once in February, and then run back again in July, and the autumn harvest will continue to plunder southward, so to speak, jumping back and forth on the frontier of the Ming Dynasty.

To deal with such a person, what Zhu Gaoxu has to do is to catch him in one breath during the autumn harvest, even if he can't catch him, he will be hurt.

Thinking so, the donkey cart also stopped, and Zhu Gaoxu and Yishiha got out of the car one after another.

"There are so many people ...... so late at night"

After getting out of the carriage, Zhu Gaoxu didn't expect that this was about to be ugly, and the streets and alleys were still full of people.

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu say this, Yizha also smiled and said: "On New Year days like Chinese New Year's Eve and Zhengdan, even the most black-hearted merchants have to give their workers a three-day vacation, so that their workers can go home for a good New Year." ”

"Not only that, but some profits are also inevitable, more than one day's wages, and as little as five or six wen, enough to buy two catties of rice."

"That's good." Zhu Gaoxu shook his head with a smile, and walked into the restaurant where he had eaten for a year.

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu coming, the guy who often brought food to Zhu Gaoxu also stepped forward to greet them and sent them to the private room on the third floor.

When they opened the door, Wang Xuan and Yang Zhan were already sitting and drinking inside.

"Why don't you order food?" Zhu Gaoxu looked at the dining table with only two pots of wine and a plate of beans, and thought to himself that it was probably Yang Zhan and Wang Xuan who wanted to wait for him.

"We didn't get hungry when we went shopping and ate, so we waited for His Highness to come down, and it was lively to eat like this."

Yang Zhan said this, but Zhu Gaoxu could only say to the guy who was running at the door:

"According to our tastes in the past, those dishes should be served for the New Year in your place."

"Huh!" The guy who ran the hall smiled and was about to close the door when he heard this, but Yang Zhan raised his hand to stop when he saw this: "Another four catties of good wine!" ”

"Gotcha!" The guy who ran the hall nodded in response, closed the door, and went down to inform the back kitchen.

After Zhu Gaoxu sat down, Yang Zhan also reported a piece of good news to Zhu Gaoxu: "Your Highness, you were not here just now, Yang Bin came to send you money, I couldn't find you anywhere, I have been waiting for people in this restaurant, I heard that guy said that we are your subordinates, so I stopped us, sent someone to move two large boxes of money into the yard, and gave you twelve taels of gold saying that it was a New Year's gift." ”

"Money?" Zhu Gaoxu was stunned, he didn't expect Yang Bin's movements to be so fast, he was afraid that he had made a bloody investment, so that he could get together eight thousand yuan on Chinese New Year's Eve.

However, he also gave twelve taels of gold, which also surprised Zhu Gaoxu, and of course it also made him see Yang Bin's desire to make money.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at Yizha next to him: "It's inconvenient for the Spring Festival tomorrow, you take that Yang Bin to get salt on the second day of the new year, and then go to Fu Rang with Wang Xuan and Yang Zhan, and go to the household department to take out my Yulu and other things." ”

"Those silk and silk cloth and other burdens will be sold to Yang Bin at a low price, just take the money and tea home."

"The grain, let Fu Rang send someone to Jilin by sea, the grain is slow, and it will be a matter of a few days for us to catch up."

As soon as Zhu Gaoxu heard that Yang Bin's money was in place, he no longer delayed at the moment, but explained that Yizha was going to go to the household department to withdraw his money and things.

He didn't have much time left, so he had to leave for Jilin early.

"Your Highness, aren't you going with you?" Yang Zhan asked curiously.

"I ......" Zhu Gaoxu hesitated for a moment and sighed: "I will go to the palace tomorrow morning to pay New Year's greetings, and in the afternoon I will go to the Song Guogong Mansion to bid farewell to the old Guogong." ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Gaoxu looked at Yi Shuha: "The matter will be done as soon as possible, and we will set off on the fifth day of the new year." ”

"Yes" also lost his response, Yang Zhan and Wang Xuan also looked at each other when they heard this, and their faces showed a little regret.

If Zhu Gaoxu leaves, then there is no need for them to continue to stay in Nanjing.

I just don't know if there is any fate to meet again in this life.

The depressed appearance of the two was seen by Zhu Gaoxu, so he also comforted the two and said:

"You are all literate, and you don't know how to write, go to the place where you go, if you have difficulties, you can write to me, if you encounter something interesting, you can also write to me."

"That's ......" Yang Zhan and Wang Xuan nodded with a smile, and Yizha next to him also took out three letters from his arms and pushed them to the two.

"What is this?" The two looked puzzled, but they smiled and said:

"Your Highness has already thought about the two of you, these two letters are letters of recommendation to the commander of Kunming Fu in Yunnan, Wei Guogong, and Cao Guogong."

"Your Highness said that although the two of you have passed the big exam and won official positions, after all, when you first enter the officialdom, many meritorious things are not your turn."

"Now that you have these three letters, you have someone to take care of in the local area, saving you a lot of trouble."

Yizha conveyed what Zhu Gaoxu said to him word for word, and Yang Zhan and Wang Xuan also looked at Zhu Gaoxu.

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu smiled bitterly, and under the hot gaze of the two, he said helplessly:

"I said that I would let you entrust someone to hand it over when we left, why did you hand it over so early?"

"Hehe......" Yisha laughed: "If the slave does what you say, I'm afraid you will have some regrets in your heart, right?" ”

"It's better to add joy to the two of them on this festive day, get drunk in this restaurant, and avoid having to drink again before leaving."

"This is also ......" Zhu Gaoxu raised his eyebrows and turned his head to look at Wang Xuan and Yang Zhan.

"Xu Fuhu, the meal has arrived!"

Coincidentally, the food and wine also arrived at the door, and it seemed that even God was contributing to tonight's events.

Yisha got up to open the door, and Zhu Gaoxu also looked at the appearance of Yang Zhan and Wang Xuan and shook his head:

"Looks like I'm afraid I'm not going to get drunk tonight......"

(End of chapter)