At the end of March, with the complete thaw of the Songhua River, five large ships entered the Songhua River from the Jilin dock one after another.

To everyone's surprise, two warships and three horseboats stayed on the river for three days and three nights without accident, except for one of the 800 warships that had some water seepage problems and needed to be returned to the dock for repair, the other warships and three horseboats were already qualified to be launched.

The successful launch of the warships and the thawing of the Songhua River urged the Bohai Navy to go to Zhaozhou to build a city.

On the 10th day of the fourth month, Lin Su took 200 horsemen and 1,000 people captured from Xiyang Habu, 500 stone of grain, 2,000 stone of cement, and 500 horses down the river by boat.

Two days later, the semi-greenhouse rice seedlings cultivated in Jilin City were also transplanted.

After the first spring rain in Jilin City, the surrounding mountains and forests sprout green plants and flowers bloom.

The wildflowers in the mountains are waiting to bloom, or they are blooming in spring, adding a lot of poetry to this place outside the pass.

It's a pity that everyone in Jilin City is not interested in the flowers in the mountains, and they are immersed in the happiness of throwing seedlings and spring ploughing at this moment.

For the first time, the people of Jilin City experienced planting seedlings directly during spring ploughing, because they were afraid of delay, they didn't even dare to say much in the fields, and they hurriedly opened the sluice gates of the canal during farming, and with the water entering the rice fields, they leveled the ploughed fields with rakes, and then began to throw seedlings.

The sight of the seedlings falling into the field brought smiles to everyone's faces, even though the seedlings were staggering as if they were drunk.

But everyone knows that as long as they can take root, they can grow straight in the future, and only when they encounter crooked ones, they will help them.

"Okay......"

Standing on the arrow tower of Jilin City, Zhu Gaoxu supported the women's wall with both hands, and his face could not hide his joy.

He also participated in the process of throwing seedlings just now, but after only throwing about a dozen seedlings, he felt that his arms were sore and sore, and he still felt a little sore until now.

He smiled and said to a few guards around him: "This farm work is really not the same thing as fighting, at least my body is not very adaptable." ”

"Huh...... If Your Highness has time, he will definitely be able to throw very well after mastering the skills. Several soldiers complimented, but Zhu Gaoxu smiled and waved his hand, signaling them to stop boasting.

It just so happened that at this time, Yisha walked up to the arrow tower with a smile, Zhu Gaoxu saw him smiling, and knew that it was the seedlings that achieved the results, so he couldn't wait to ask, "How?" How much was thrown? ”

"It's not done yet, but there are 2,000 acres." Yishiha was very happy because he knew what it meant to be successful in throwing seedlings.

"Good!" Zhu Gaoxu clapped his hands happily, turned to look at most of the Jilin people who were throwing seedlings and planting land, and also affirmed: "Now just see if these seedlings made in the semi-greenhouse can grow effect." ”

"As long as it works, we will be self-sufficient next year!"

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't describe his happiness, and the Bohai Sea flag hanging high beside him was also hunting, as if expressing his mood.

"This year's fields are good and there are many ......" Yizha stepped forward, leaning on the women's wall like Zhu Gaoxu, looking at the tens of thousands of acres of cultivated land outside Jilin City.

"Since the construction of these canals, the land in the spring has stopped silting, and the land is not muddy or solid, and the softness is just right."

"Compared to last year's plough with a pile of silt, this year's soil is too good."

Yisha praised the land of Jilin City, but more praised Zhu Gaoxu's order to vigorously build water conservancy facilities.

There is no shortage of water in the Songhua River basin, but because of too much water, it is easy to flood crops, resulting in crop diseases.

However, since Zhu Gaoxu ordered to 'dig deep ditches and build more canals', the land around Jilin City no longer has accumulated water.

Even the land near the river beach has been planted a lot after the snow melts.

"This canal must continue to be built, not only Jilin City, but also Zhaozhou City and Andong City in the future must vigorously build canals."

Zhu Gaoxu explained like this, and he also solemnly responded: "Your Highness, rest assured, the slaves and maids will definitely open up a good wasteland for Your Highness!" ”

"Beep-"

Here is also a solemn attitude, but outside the city suddenly came the sound of horses' hooves and whistles, and everyone subconsciously looked over.

"It's Zhang Liu! They're back! ”

On the arrow tower, a hundred household officials excitedly pointed to the galloping sentry, and Zhu Gaoxu also subconsciously looked at Yishuha after hearing this.

The two looked at each other, and the smile on their faces became brighter in the next second.

The soldiers and horses who went south with Yang Bin returned, which means that Yang Bin has also returned.

"It's finally here, if you don't come again, the treasury will be empty."

Yisha breathed a sigh of relief, God knows how tight the food in Jilin City has been these days.

If it weren't for the fact that he had obtained some meat through fishing and hunting, I am afraid that the treasury would have been empty.

"Little flag official Zhang Liu, see Your Highness! His Royal Highness Chitose Chitose! ”

The galloping little flag officer heard the voice of his comrade, and looked up before he was about to reach the stone bridge of the moat, and saw not only his comrade, but also his benefactor.

He hurriedly sang the salute, and Zhu Gaoxu also asked, "Has Yang Bin ever been here?" ”

"Yang Shanren received the grain from Gaizhou to the north, and we came with the team of Zhou Qianhu of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division this time!" Zhang Liu shouted loudly, he felt that only in this way could Zhu Gaoxu hear clearly.

"The Liaodong Metropolitan Division is also here?" The smile on Yishaha's face was even stronger, but he didn't want to say that Zhang Liu at this time:

"By the way, Your Highness, Zhou Qianhu said that the princess is also here!"

"My mother?" Hearing the word princess, Zhu Gaoxu subconsciously responded, and his mind was blank.

Just without waiting for him to guess, Zhang Liu shook his head wildly: "No, it's your princess!" ”

"Nonsense!" Yishaha hurriedly interrupted: "Your Highness has not yet married, where is the princess!" ”

"Huh?" Zhang Liu's rough face showed a little embarrassment, so he had to take off his helmet and scratch his itchy scalp: "But Zhou Qianhu said that it was our princess......"

"It's broken...... Zhu Gaoxu reacted: "It's probably my grandfather who married me a daughter-in-law." ”

The one who is close to Zhu is red and the one who is close to the ink is black, and he has been in Jilin City for a long time, Zhu Gaoxu's spoken language began to slowly become rude, listening to his words, the person next to him was also dumbfounded: "Then this... This... This ......"

He didn't say the next words for a long time, but Zhu Gaoxu was calm and didn't like himself, and asked Zhang Liu under the city: "What is the name of the princess?" ”

"I heard that the surname is Guo!" Zhang Liu didn't know why, and thought to himself that His Royal Highness didn't even know what his daughter-in-law's name was.

"It can't be Guo Ying's family......

As soon as he heard that his surname was Guo, Zhu Gaoxu's brain raced, and he couldn't help but think of the historical Zhu Gaochu who seemed to have married a granddaughter of Guo Ying.

However, he remembered that it seemed that Zhu Gaoxu was married after Zhu Di conquered Nanjing City, and the concubine should not be this one.

"Whatever, I don't have any feelings anyway!"

With a pinch of his mouth, Zhu Gaoxu calmly accepted the daughter-in-law who fell from the sky.

For him, marrying a female dependant of the Marquis of Wuding is not bad, even if he can't make half of the capital, at least he can make Guo Ying show mercy when he fights with him in the future.

As for the appearance and figure of this female dependent, Zhu Gaoxu didn't care at all.

There are many good-looking women in the world, as long as this female dependent's head is not too ugly, he can choose more beautiful women to enter the palace in the future.

In this Ming Dynasty, as long as he doesn't insult this concubine and serves him with good food and drink, it is the greatest 'affection'.

As a monarch, who is not a group of wives and concubines, and who dares to say that he is affectionate to everyone, not just to occupy the young years, and then replace a group of younger ones.

"If it is really a woman from the Marquis of Wuding, I don't know if the Marquis of Wuding has prepared a dowry for this woman."

Compared with this princess who has never met, Zhu Gaoxu is more concerned about the dowry she brought from her mother's family.

"Let's go out of town and have a look."

Zhu Gaoxu yelled at Yishi, turned around and was about to get down.

However, Yisha was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly stopped: "Your Highness, you have to at least change your clothes." ”

"Change of clothes?" Zhu Gaoxu looked down at himself, he was dressed in a short brown made of coarse cloth, and it was covered with mud.

At this moment, he doesn't seem to be the king of Bohai, but more like a tall farmer.

"Okay, I'll go back and wash and change clothes, and you stay here to meet the princess."

"Slave and maid receive ......"

Zhu Gaoxu left Yishiha behind, and he got off the arrow tower and went back to the palace to wash and change clothes.

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu go downstairs, Yishuha also tidied himself up, and urgently called more than ten soldiers to greet him at the Chang'an Gate of the East City of Jilin City.

They stood at the beginning of the stone bridge of the moat, waiting crampedly.

As time passed, a team began to appear at the end of the road.

At the front of this team were the soldiers and horses of the Liaodong Dusi, everyone wearing cuirasses on foot, and in the middle there was a cart carrying Mingjia on camels.

Further back, the team suddenly became disheveled, apparently the military households who had been relocated to Liaodong City.

Before he could see the whole procession, he saw a group of horse infantry escorting a two-pulled carriage speeding towards this direction.

Without thinking too much, Yisha also knew that the person who came was the future princess of His Royal Highness, so he turned his head and greeted the more than ten soldiers behind him and waited.

About half an hour later, the carriage and more than ten horse infantry escorted the carriage to come, and a thirty-year-old short-bearded military general in the lead also stepped forward to say to Yisha: "Zhou Ding, the commander of the Liaodong Metropolitan Department of Shenyang Zhongwei Thousand Households, dare to ask, but also palm print?" ”

"Yes, I don't know what ......is in this carriage" Yizha cautiously asked who the woman in the carriage was, and Zhou Ding also replied: "This is the eldest granddaughter of the Marquis of Wuding, the princess of Bohai County who was appointed by His Majesty, and this is the evidence of the Ministry of Rites and the Zongren Mansion." ”

Zhou Ding handed out two red envelopes, and after taking them, he opened them and took a look, only then did he confirm that the person who came was really the princess of his own county.

Although this marriage gift was a bit sudden, Yishaha had seen it a few times in the palace, so he didn't panic, but just made a gesture to the carriage:

"Since she is the princess, then the slave will lead the way for the princess......" The voice fell, and Yisha looked at a soldier:

"You take Zhou Qianhu into the post house in the city to rest, and let Zhang Yishi hand over the military rations and military household matters, remember to explain the rules in the city to the military households."

"Yes!" The soldiers stood straight, and when they saw this, they also led the other soldiers to lead the way for the carriage.

Seeing them move, the carriage followed, followed by twelve soldiers.

It's not surprising that the Marquis Mansion of Wuding is also a Marquis Mansion, and it is also appropriate to arrange some guards to escort the young lady.

With the princess who did not show up, she also rushed to the Bohai Palace.

In just a quarter of an hour, they arrived at the Bohai Palace.

Compared with the habits of Yisha and Bohai soldiers, the guards of the Marquis of Wuding Mansion who followed frowned, only feeling that this county palace was too shabby.

He didn't pay attention to them, but after turning over and dismounting, he came to the window of the carriage and said:

"The slave dares to ask the princess, can the palace have three books and six salutes?"

He inquired like this, but the door of the carriage was opened, and two handmaidens with delicate appearances, dressed in a hundred children's clothes and horse-faced skirts, came out of it.

The second daughter got out of the carriage and saluted Yishiha, and said softly: "Hui Yi palm print, the three books and six ceremonies have been passed, and now only the wedding is missing." ”

"All the decorations of the wedding are in the procession, this is the dowry of my young lady, please pass it on to the county king."

The second daughter explained what she should explain, and then she had the heart to look at the Bohai Palace.

The expressions of the other guards were similar, and they were all stunned by the shabby of the Bohai Palace, but they also took the red slip full of dowry items, and then said to the carriage:

"If this is the case, then the slave maid will first find a courtyard for the princess to settle down."

After that, without waiting for any response in the carriage, Yisha led someone to clean out an empty courtyard closest to the palace.

The carriage drove into the empty courtyard, during which the Guo daughter got out of the carriage surrounded by two maidservants.

She was about twelve or thirteen years old, and her appearance was similar to that of many of the concubines that Yishaha had seen in the inner court, with a goose-egg face that had not yet opened, a high nose, thick eyebrows, and a fair complexion.

From the perspective of Yishiha, although she is not the most beautiful, she is also considered to be in the inner court.

Seeing her enter the main house with her own eyes, she also lost her hair and said goodbye to the singing, and after leaving the courtyard, she turned around and took the red slip to the next door to find Zhu Gaoxu.

Not long after, he saw Zhu Gaoxu, who had just finished washing up and was still wearing his hair in the backyard.

"Your Royal Highness, the princess received it, and she lived in the courtyard next door to the palace, which is the red slip of the dowry."

After entering the study, Yi Weiha hurriedly told Zhu Gaoxu everything and handed over the red list.

Hearing that he was living with his daughter-in-law whom he had never met, Zhu Gaoxu didn't care much about her, after all, a political marriage doesn't need much emotion.

He took the red slip and looked at it, and had to say that Guo Ying would pick a dowry.

[200 taels of platinum, 500 ingots of treasure banknotes, 300 pieces of gold and silver jewelry, 100 pieces of silk and satin, 100 catties of pepper and sumu......]

"Marquis Wuding is quite generous."

After reading what was written in the red list, Zhu Gaoxu also showed a smile on his face, and he even calculated: "These things are worth at least 3,000 yuan in Nanjing City." ”

Zhu Gaoxu put the red slip aside, according to his previous character, he would definitely be able to sell these things, but now that he has a daughter-in-law, he has to consider the other party's food, clothing, housing and transportation, so he explained to Yisha:

"Keep all these things, I don't need them, but my future princess can use them, especially those gold and silver jewelry and silk silks."

"Yes......" also lost his answer, and then got down to business: "Your Highness, although the three books and six ceremonies have been completed, the wedding has not yet begun. ”

"The slave maid took a look at the yellow calendar on the way here, it is not a good day after three days, why don't you get married on that day?"

"Let's keep it simple, don't delay me going to Zhaozhou." Zhu Gaoxu didn't care too much, but when he heard this, he was worried:

"Isn't it good to go out when you get married?"

"It's better to let Lin Su guard it and send more soldiers."

After all, Zhaozhou was close to the Uliangha ground, and Yizha was worried that Zhu Gaoxu would encounter the Uliangha cavalry after he passed, so he didn't want him to risk his life.

"Don't worry......" Zhu Gaoxu smiled and stretched out his hand to pull up his hair, and made a simple bun with the wooden hairpin next to him.

At this moment, he is wearing a black round-necked robe, with a height of nearly six feet and a sturdy figure that has initially grown, and he is full of oppression.

Although the bronze mirror can't show the whole picture, Zhu Gaoxu is still quite satisfied with his appearance.

At the age of seventeen, he was already born with a nose and a wide face, sword eyebrows.

is not like the handsome Tanfan Hanlin in Nanjing City, his appearance is extremely aggressive, and his figure and appearance are highlighting sexual tension all the time.

Of course, such a look is easy to make the whole person look very mature, so many people in Jilin City think that his Royal Highness is in his twenties, but in fact, Zhu Gaoxu is only seventeen.

"Zhaozhou is important, but the soldiers and horses of Beiping, Liaodong and other three capitals have already started their northern tour with my father, and this time it will be no surprise that they will go north from Quanningwei to the north for three or four hundred miles to patrol the border, and at the same time burn the wasteland."

"With my father's personality, it's strange that the tribe he encountered was not cut down and forced to land."

Sitting in a chair, Zhu Gaoxu talked about the history he knew.

If he remembered correctly, Zhu Di's northern tour encountered the Hu soldiers of Uliangha, and pursued them to Checher Mountain, where he fought and captured dozens of people including the Yuan general Polin Timur.

Ordinary people will definitely accept it when they see it when they reach this level, but Zhu Di took advantage of the victory after defeating this Wuliang Hahu army to conquer the city of Wuliang Ha Bald City, forcing Ha Ra Wu to lead his troops to flee north.

From Daning to Wuliangha Bald City, this is a distance of more than 1,100 miles, and it can be said that Zhu Di stubbornly turned Zhu Yuanzhang's patrol of the border into a northern expedition, and also took Wuliangha's nest in one go.

Under such circumstances, Zhu Gaoxu didn't know how the Wuliangha tribes could have the energy to fight him.

When Zhu Gaochu was thinking this, footsteps also came from nearby, and soon Zhang Chun walked into the study with a booklet and waved towards Zhu Gaoxu:

"Your Highness, it's all done, this is the book."

He presented the document with both hands, and both Yisha and Zhu Gaoxu were a little surprised by his speed, but then Zhang Chun's explanation made the whole thing much more reasonable.

In front of Zhu Gaochu and Yishaha, he presented the document to Zhu Gaochu with both hands, and truthfully explained:

"This time the person in charge of transporting is the five sons of General Zhou Bing, Zhou Ding, the thousand-household official of Shenyang Zhongwei, and a thousand soldiers under his command."

"Because there were as many as 3,000 military households with the army, more than 3,000 and 16 people, they didn't bring too many things."

"The 100,000 stone rice promised by the imperial court, horse bean feed, forage, salt cloth, cotton flowers and other things have been divided into ten batches."

"In addition to these, your New Year's Salary will not be cleared until the end of April."

"Only 10,000 stone of grain and 500 stone of soybean material were transported this time, which is enough for the people in the city to last for another 20 days."

"In addition, Yang Shanren's side divided the grain into fifty batches, and transported it ten times a month, and it took five months to completely transport it, and this time he followed the army north to transport four thousand stone of grain, and brought ninety-two children."

Zhang Chun explained with a smile, because in his opinion, these things could solve the urgent needs of Jilin City, but in the face of his smile, Zhu Gaoxu felt worried in his heart.

He was not worried about the grain being delivered in batches, but because of the swelling population of Jilin City.

Thinking of this, he looked at Yishuha: "How much is the monthly expenses of Jilin City and Andong City now, have you ever calculated?" ”

"More than 1,800 yuan of money, more than 12,300 stones of grain, more than 1,900 stones of bean material, 240,000 bundles of grass, and more than 3,000 catties of salt......"

Yishaha's expenses for Jilin City are like treasures, and as soon as Zhu Gaoxu asks him, they all shake out like pouring beans.

Listening to what he said, Zhu Gaoxu breathed a sigh of relief, but Zhang Chun opened his mouth slightly, his expression was surprised, obviously he didn't expect the expenses to be so big.

"With such a big expense, can we still hold on......" He asked weakly, but he also lost ha, and said confidently: "Naturally! ”

Without thinking, he blurted out: "Although the treasury is almost empty, there are still more than 3,000 stone grain, this year the Liaodong Metropolitan Division and the household department will allocate a total of 120,000 stone grain, plus 200,000 stone grain from Yang Shanren's side, even if you count these more than 600 military households, you can eat for 20 months." ”

"The only problem at the moment is the bean feed, only the bean feed provided by the imperial court can only last for eight months after the straw is folded into bean feed, and there is still a shortage of four months."

Yisha said frankly, and said with a smile without waiting for the two to speak: "Fortunately, 5,000 acres of land have been drawn as bean fields this year, which can solve a month's worth of bean feed, and as for the remaining ......."

As he spoke, he set his eyes on Zhu Gaoxu's face, and said helplessly: "I can only ask Yang Shanren to help buy some before winter." ”

"That's not a problem." Zhu Gaoxu, like Yishiha, didn't take the beans seriously, he was worried about money, so after the response, he also asked Yishaha: "If you want to recruit another 2,000 Han soldiers, how much will it cost?" And what about the two thousand Jurchen subordinates? ”

"This ......" Yisha unhurriedly took out a palm-sized abacus from his sleeve, and knocked it for a long time before putting it away.

"Recruit 2,000 Han soldiers, spend 40,000 stone of grain and more than 12,000 yuan per year, plus 2,000 yuan is 64,000 stone and more than 12,000 yuan."

"If it is broken down into months, the total monthly expenditure is more than 17,600 stones, and the money is 3,200 yuan."

After explaining everything, Zhang Chun couldn't help but look at Zhu Gaoxu with some shame.

As far as the money and grain issued by the imperial court are concerned, at most, it will last less than half a year to maintain the current Jilin City, and the remaining half of the money and grain will have to rely on his Royal Highness to make a living.

Zhang Chun thought about it for a while, if he was His Royal Highness, I am afraid that he would have thought about how to disarm or reduce the people's rations.

However, in this regard, Zhu Gaoxu, who was sitting on the chair, showed full confidence: "It seems that we have to notify all the tribes to come to Jilin City to exchange markets." ”

"This mutual market will be handled by Yishuha, if you want to open up the wasteland in Zhaozhou, I have to go there in person."

Zhu Gaochu turned the topic around again, and after hearing what Yishaha said, he wanted to stop talking, but Zhu Gaochu raised his hand to interrupt, turning a blind eye to the danger in Yishaha's eyes, and said confidently: "Don't worry." ”

"No one can take me in this place outside the gates."

(End of chapter)