"Your Highness is blessed with a thousand blessings and health, a thousand years old and a thousand ......years old."

On the tenth day of the ninth month, when Zhu Quan was still on his way back to Quanningwei, Zhu Gaoxu had already led the team back to Zhaozhou City.

On the wharf south of Zhaozhou City, the soldiers on duty, under the leadership of Wang Yi, saluted Zhu Gaoxu, who was disembarking.

It's only been more than a month since he left, and the Zhaozhou wharf has been expanded a lot, and it can stop ten 1,200-material horse ships at the same time, and more than 20 small boats with 200 materials, which shows that Wang Yi is in good hands.

"Well done."

Zhu Gaoxu praised it, and then turned to look at Fu Rang, Lin Su and others who got off the boat behind him.

"It's estimated that it will snow heavily in less than half a month, I want to go back to Jilin City with you, have a drink and then watch you go, just ......"

He was still talking, but Fu Rang raised his hand: "I'm in Liaodong, if you want to come back, you can do it at any time." ”

"Besides, I'm in Jilin City, but I still have more than 400 acres of fields for military exploits and enlistment, and I have to come back to see how my fields are being taken care of in my spare time."

Fu Rang said as he looked at Wang Yi: "Wang Yi, my land will be handed over to you, just pay me sixty percent of the rent every year." ”

"Good!" Wang Yi grinned, and without waiting for him to say anything else, Lin Su and Zhang Chun, who had disembarked from the boat, and other military attachés also opened their mouths to find someone they trusted.

In their hands, they have dozens to hundreds of acres of fields for their military exploits, and these fields can produce dozens or hundreds of dollars every year, which is a large amount, and they naturally have to give a good explanation.

"Okay, those who want to sell their fields will also find Wang Yi, and those who don't want to sell will find a tenant by themselves."

Zhu Gaoxu commanded with a smile, turned around and rode on the horse that Wang Yi had brought him, and rushed to Zhaozhou City.

Seeing this, Fu Rang and the others also arranged their subordinates as Zhu Gaoxu said.

At present, there are more than 1,200 military attachés above the rank of junior flag officer in the Bohai Navy, and 192 were promoted last time.

After this time, there may be many military attachés promoted, but Zhu Gaoxu has already seen it.

As long as he firmly grasps the grassroots level, even if Lao Zhu sends someone to replace all the military attachés, it will not be in the way.

He galloped his horse and soon passed through the woods and came to the wilderness outside the city of Zhaozhou.

Here, you can see more cattle, horses and sheep than before the expedition, and it is obvious that Wang Yi has left a lot.

Zhu Gaoxu dismounted and looked at the situation of land reclamation, and after about a quarter of an hour, Wang Yi and the others came over.

Seeing Wang Yi, Zhu Gaoxu also beckoned: "How many cattle, sheep and horses were sent before, have they been counted?" ”

"Naturally!" In front of everyone, Wang Yi replied truthfully:

"Among the herds of cattle, sheep and horses sent by His Highness, there are fourteen thousand six hundred and twenty-seven cattle, twenty-one thousand six hundred horses, and seventy-four thousand nine hundred and sixteen sheep......

"The herd was sent one after another, and during the period, Yizhang Prints also came to Zhaozhou City, grazing 8,000 cattle and 15,000 horses and 70,000 sheep back to Jilin City."

"Then, Yizhangyin brought another batch of grain and bean feed, and had 2,000 cattle and 1,600 horses grazing to Blackwater City."

"The remaining more than 4,600 cultivated cattle and more than 4,000 horses, and also left 1,000 cattle and 4,000 horses in Zhaozhou City, and the rest were sent to Andong City."

Zhu Gaoxu is not there, and he is also in charge of government affairs, and the specific situation of the four cities in the Bohai Sea, he is almost like a treasure, and naturally knows where and what livestock are needed.

The city of Zhaozhou is the frontier of the Bohai Sea outpost, and with the planting of beans in the coming year, it is natural that enough horses will be needed.

Although Andong City is now a hinterland, the population is not sufficient, and more than 3,600 ploughing cattle are grazed for them, which is enough for them to cultivate well in the future.

The situation in Blackwater City is complicated, although it is grazing, but there is no easy land route in some places, and bears and tigers are common, so it is just right to send a small number of cattle and horses over.

As for Jilin City, after all, it is the hometown of Bohai, and in the coming year, Bohai will develop the vast hilly plains west of Hadaling, so it uses the most animal power and can afford to raise these animal power.

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu did not have any opinion on the arrangement of Yishiha, but took Wang Yi and them back to the road, and did not forget to explain while getting on the horse and returning to Zhaozhou City: "The sheep left behind, pick some out and slaughter, put more salt and spicy spices, and see off the brothers." ”

"Yes!" Wang Yi bowed his head and arranged for a hundred household officials to do things.

Soon after, they returned to Zhaozhou City and sat down to rest in the main hall of the Thousand Households Mansion, which was slightly more spacious in the middle of the city.

Only then did he sit down, and Zhu Gaoxu got down to business: "On this expedition, our army killed no less than 8,000 Wuliang Ha men, although I did not set a reward before the expedition, but the cattle and sheep captured this time are the trophies. ”

"I cannot give the sheep and cattle to the brothers, but the fields and the reward will not be less."

Zhu Gaoxu leaned back in his chair and said: "Before we set out on the expedition in August, I looked at the situation of the reclamation of Jilin City, and more than 240,000 acres of land had been reclaimed. ”

"Therefore, I have decided to take 120,000 acres of land as a reward for this reward, and as for the brothers who are about to travel and take up other places, I will directly distribute the reward."

"Pass my order......" Zhu Gaochu glanced at the generals, and everyone got up one after another, waiting for Zhu Gaoxu's orders.

Looking at them, Zhu Gaoxu also said his own arrangement:

"The soldiers who went out this time, all ordinary soldiers, were rewarded with 15 acres of land, and the rank of military attache was doubled."

"As for the brothers who want to travel to the place where they are going to take up their posts, the small flag officer will receive ten times, the chief flag officer will receive twenty times, the hundred household officials will receive forty times, the thousand-household officials will receive one hundred times, the governor will receive two hundred times, and Fu Rang will receive five hundred runs."

"Your Highness Longen!!" Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words, the generals bowed down one after another to salute back, and Zhu Gaochu also raised his hand to signal them: "Sit down!" ”

The reality is not martial arts, and at every turn, someone can take out hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to eat and buy things.

For everyone, ten guan is not a small amount, enough to buy nearly thirty stone of rice, which is the output of fifteen acres of paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River, enough for a family of five to eat for a year.

Even for the high-ranking military attachés, Zhu Gaoxu's reward was very generous, after all, this battle was not difficult for them.

"That's right......" After everyone took their seats, Zhu Gaoxu also looked at Wang Yi and said: "The three thousand brothers who stayed behind to defend the city also have the merit of defending the land, and they are all rewarded with two acres of land, and the military attache is also doubled. ”

"Three thousand brothers on behalf of the last general, thank you Your Highness Longen!" Wang Yi got up to salute back, but Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand to stop him.

After he sat down again, Zhu Gaoxu continued: "Tomorrow I will leave for Blackwater City, this time, I am afraid that I will not be able to meet many of them. ”

"If any of you can be transferred back in the future, I will naturally be happy, if you can't come back, then you have to be a good official outside."

"I don't want people who go out in Bohai to become moths who are greedy for cards and only know how to drink the blood of soldiers when they go outside."

"You just have to do what you do in Jilin City, if you can't get promoted outside and are wronged, then just send a letter to Jilin City."

"I will read every letter you send, word for word."

"If you are wronged, no matter how big the other party is, I will also find this for you!"

Zhu Gaoxu is not very old, and everyone here, except for Zhang Chun, is basically older than him.

But at this moment, he is more like an adult, more like an adult who protects his shortcomings.

Therefore, the generals of the Bohai Sea got up one after another, even if Zhu Gaochu did not bow down three times and five orders, they still got up and bowed to Zhu Gaochu five times and bowed three times.

Fu Rang was naturally not included in this group of people, but even so, his gaze at Zhu Gaoxu was very complicated, and he even sighed a little.

Once upon a time, the young man who studied beside his father had become a role model for himself.

Except for sighing, Fu Rang didn't know what he could say.

He was sighing, but Lin Su, Zhang Chun and the others were silent after getting up.

The better Zhu Gaoxu behaved, the more reluctant they were to leave him, because they all knew who they could climb to such a position at the moment, and who they relied on.

Leaving that person, the people in this main hall, except for Fu Rang, who has a family background, the rest of the people will only be lost among the crowd, and there will not be so many merits for them.

Not only Zhang Chun and Lin Su, but many people also figured this out before waiting for the practice banquet.

Because of this, when the practice banquet began, many people waited for the opportunity to come to the main seat to find Zhu Gaoxu, and tactfully expressed their thoughts that they did not want to go south.

It's just that in the face of their thoughts, what can Zhu Gaoxu do, he can only appease.

Zhaozhou City is a military stronghold, and it is forbidden to drink alcohol, so no one has made any scandals.

By the time the banquet had dispersed, the sky was already dark, and the bright moon had risen into the sky.

Zhu Gaoxu came to the stable in the backyard of the Qianhu Yamen and lit a torch to trim the mane of the red donkey.

There are some scars left by arrows on Chiyu's body, and every time he sees these scars, Zhu Gaoxu understands why Tang Taizong Li Shimin cries for his horse.

For Zhu Gaoxu, Chiyu is undoubtedly a comrade-in-arms he can rely on, after all, it is a beast and will not betray Zhu Gaoxu.

"If I go south, I will leave you in the north, and let you be outward, and not inward."

There was no one around the stable, and Zhu Gaoxu was able to open his heart frankly to Chiyu.

In the face of his words, Chi Yu also turned his head and rubbed him, snorting rhythmically.

At this time, several footsteps sounded, and Zhu Gaoxu didn't need to look back to hear who it was.

When he turned around, he saw Fu Rang and Lin Su.

Behind them, he was followed by Ganbala, who had come with him.

"Your Highness......"

Everyone saluted, but Zhu Gaoxu looked at Ganbala first:

"Ganbala, I said before the war that if the war goes well, I will reward you with another reward, and now is the time for me to realize it."

"Your Highness Longen!!" Gan Bala bowed, and Zhu Gaoxu also spoke:

"Take your Gan character as your surname today, and give your name Yue, then call it Gan Yue."

"In addition, you will be promoted to the official of the hundred households of Zhaozhou City Patrol, and be responsible for the western patrol of Zhaozhou City."

Zhu Gaoxu is suspicious of people, and he is not suspicious of employing people, Gan Yue helped him fight, killed nearly 10,000 people of Wuliangha, and completely broke with Wuliangha.

Therefore, it is just right for him to be in charge of the western tour, after all, if Uliangha attacks, the worst end may be Gan Yue.

"Your Highness Longen!!"

As always, Gan Yue knelt down on one knee, and didn't have time to feel that Zhu Gaochu was using him, but felt that Zhu Gaochu had entrusted him with a matter related to the life and death of Zhaozhou City.

After all, if he let Wuliangha into the Kou, then even if Zhaozhou City was not breached, I am afraid that there would be heavy casualties.

"Alright, you can step aside."

Zhu Gaoxu motioned for him to leave, and Gan Yue hurriedly returned the salute and left the backyard patiently.

After he left, Zhu Gaoxu also looked at Fu Rang and the others, sitting on the horse in front of the stable, waiting for them to speak.

"Your Highness......" The first to speak was Zhang Chun, who was too young to suppress his thoughts.

"The last general will definitely not lose face for Bohai Sea this time, and will never lose your face, please rest assured!"

"The last general too!" Lin Su stepped forward and said: "As long as His Highness says a word, the last general will go up to the sword mountain and go down to the sea of fire, and he is willing to go to the soup for His Highness." ”

After the two finished speaking, Zhu Gaoxu looked at Fu Rang and Wang Yi.

Wang Yi didn't need to be transferred, so naturally he didn't have anything to say, and as for Fu Rang, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't imagine what he would say.

"After explaining, get up and leave, don't disturb Your Highness's rest."

Sure enough, Fu Rang didn't say anything, just beckoned everyone to leave, don't delay Zhu Gaoxu's rest.

"Your Highness, take care of yourself, please cherish ......"

Before leaving, Lin Su and Zhang Chun also said goodbye to Zhu Gaoxu one after another, and Zhu Gaoxu also raised his hand to signal them to go back and rest quickly.

Seeing them walk away, Zhu Gaoxu calmed down and returned to the house to rest.

The next day, without waiting for dawn, Zhu Gaoxu set off to Heishui City with dozens of guards, and as for the soldiers and horses inside and outside the city, Fu asked them to lead the troops back to Jilin City, after all, they had to go back to pack their things.

He took a boat down the river and did not stop at Andong City during the period, because his time was too rushed, and it was only a few months since he last went to Andong City, so he thought that he would not change much in the future, so he thought about waiting for the beginning of next spring to return to Andong City to see the changes.

However, when he was on the way to Heishui City, Zhu Quan also returned to Quanningwei with the soldiers and horses of Ningfu safe and sound, and sent the good news to the south as soon as possible.

This victory is even more surprising than last year's, after all, last year was led by Zhu Di, and there were tens of thousands of Northern Tour teams, so it is not surprising to achieve such results.

It's just that this year, Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, and Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Bohai, had no more than 8,000 soldiers and horses, and in the end, they were able to kill twice as many enemies, which had to be admired by many famous people in the army.

"This kid's way of playing is vicious......"

On 15 September, when Zhu Gaoxu was on his way to Heishui City, the good news from the north had already arrived in Nanjing by 800 miles of expeditious delivery.

In the Wuying Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang rarely appeared in the government, and his health seemed to be much better than at the beginning of the year, and he was praising Zhu Gaoxu in front of everyone at the moment.

Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Jixi, and Zhu Gaochi in front of him were also full of smiles, and they seemed to be happy that Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Quan could achieve such a great victory.

Among them, Zhu Yunwen took the first step to speak: "Grandpa, Gao Xu and Uncle Seventeen have broken the Wuliangha on this northern tour, and the Wuliangha is very serious, counting the fourth uncle who broke the Wuliangha last year, and now more than half of the Wuliangha men are killed and injured, I am afraid that it will be difficult to go south in the next few years." ”

"That being said, you still can't take it lightly......," Zhu Yuanzhang bowed, but still reminded: "Give Xiao Seventeen and Gao Xu a reminder, don't be complacent, you must strengthen the grazing of Quanningwei and Zhaozhou City, crowd out the pasture where Wuliangha grazes, and don't let them recover." ”

"In addition, this time the two of them captured well, Gao Xu's side will forget it, let Xiao Qiyun give 2,000 horses to the Liaodong Dusi, and let Zhou Xing change the Zhantun in Hai, Gai, Fu, and Jin Prefectures, and change it to Zhan Yitun Jiu, and reclaim the local wasteland."

"If he doesn't know how to open up the wasteland, he will go to Jilin City to learn from Gao Xu, Gao Xu has been sealed for less than three years, but he has reclaimed more than 5,000 hectares of cultivated land, so Liaodong has the former Yuan management, and the full support of the imperial court, how can the military and civilians have more than 20,000 hectares of tuntian?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was somewhat resentful when he said this, but it was strange that he had no resentment.

Zhu Gaoxu took more than 100,000 stone of grain from the imperial court every year, but in just three years, Jilin City, which originally had only more than 1,000 households, became a prosperous city in Haidong with nearly 20,000 military and civilian households and more than 5,000 hectares of fields.

On the other hand, Zhou Xing, who has been in Liaodong for many years, not to mention that he has not made such a dazzling result as Zhu Gaoxu, just talking about Tuntian gives Zhu Yuanzhang a headache.

There are 26,000 hectares of military and civilian tuntian in Liaodong, of which 20,000 hectares are in the military tuntian, but even so, the Liaodong capital only pays more than 710,000 stone of military tuntian every year.

Calculated in this way, the output of each mu of military tuntian in Liaodong is only three buckets, and it can be said that the tuntian is a mess.

On Zhu Gaoxu's side, judging from the information that Zhu Yuanzhang himself obtained through Jinyiwei, Jilin City, which is colder than Liaodong, achieved nearly 40,000 mu and produced nearly 30,000 stones last year, with an average of more than seven buckets per mu.

In comparison, Jilin City allocates only 100,000 stones of grain every year, but Liaodong Capital Division has to allocate more than 120,000 stones.

If Zhou Xing can also make Liaodong achieve the same output as Jilin City, then the seaborne grain of Liaodong Dusi can be reduced to at least 500,000 stones.

What went wrong during this period, if the responsibility is not Zhou Xing, Zhu Yuanzhang can't think of anyone.

Even if the capital of Liaodong is not as rich as Jilin City, and each household can have a horse or a ploughing cow, it will not even have half of the yield per mu of Jilin City, right?

Thinking of these bad things, Zhu Yuanzhang even had the idea of letting Zhu Gaoxu go to Liaodong to teach the military and civilians of Liaodong Tuntian.

It's just that he also knows that the geographical environment of Liaodong is special, and Zhu Yunwen transferred Fu Rang to Liaodong, Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it carefully and then said: "Let Fu let that kid be fully responsible for the tuntian affairs of Haizhou, Gaizhou, Fuzhou and Jinzhou, the four prefectures of southern Liaoning." ”

"Yes!" Zhu Yunwen heard that Zhu Yuanzhang did not blame himself for transferring Fu Rang, but breathed a sigh of relief.

He naturally knew that Zhu Gaochu had made military exploits at the moment, so he was very pleasing to the eye in front of his grandfather, so he didn't say anything to slander Zhu Gaoxu, but said for Zhu Gaoxu:

"Grandpa, do you want to reward Gao Xu for such a feat?"

Zhu Yunwen said this, everyone in the hall agreed, after all, in their opinion, Zhu Gaoxu should indeed be rewarded, even Zhu Gaoxu, who was far away on the road of Heishui City, wanted to ask Lao Zhu for some good things.

It's just that he didn't want to face Zhu Yunwen's words, but Lao Zhu smiled and stroked his white beard: "I'm afraid this kid has already thought about crying miserably to me, and his family letter will be read when I enter the winter." ”

"And put up with his miserable crying, so as to teach him not to always think about making me happy and being a slanderer."

Lao Zhu suppressed his thoughts, and said that he would not allocate money and food to Bohai, which made Zhu Yunwen happy in his heart, but his face still showed embarrassment: "Grandpa, I'm afraid I can't live with Gao Xu's ......."

"Excuse me?" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed like a child who laughed at the splashing and rolling: "He made such a great achievement this time, and he actually told me that he only captured thousands of horses, ploughing cattle and more than 10,000 sheep, and he specially came to me to cry poor." ”

"Now in Shandong, Henan, and Zhili, who doesn't know that Yang Bin, a merchant from the Bohai Palace, goes around to buy grain, and transports hundreds of thousands of stones to Jilin every year."

"If he cries poor, I'm afraid all your uncles will come to me to cry poor."

During the conversation, Zhu Yuanzhang always used me, obviously he didn't want to allocate money and food to Zhu Gaoxu, but the treatment he gave Zhu Gaochu was too good, which made many princes jealous.

Although King Jingjiang is no less than the prince as the prince of the county, the momentum of King Jingjiang's development is not as rapid as Zhu Gaoxu's.

Today's Jingjiang King Zhu Zanyi is even more raised in the capital, and there are only a few hundred guards, but Yu Lu is not lower than the prince, and there is almost no real power.

In comparison, although the favor Zhu Gaoxu received on his side had all his military achievements, he could not hold back the jealousy of the princes.

With the palms and backs of his hands full of meat, Zhu Yuanzhang could only choose to temporarily shelve Zhu Gaoxu's reward, and only rewarded his generals and soldiers and horses: "Gaoxu's reward will be shelved first, and the eight thousand soldiers who participated in this battle will each be rewarded with ten horses of cloth and ten stones of grain." ”

"Grandson leads the ......" Zhu Yunwen heard Zhu Yuanzhang's reward, and his face seemed to be sorry for Zhu Gaoxu, but he was a little happy in his heart.

During this time, he had been busy dismantling Zhu Li's offensive, so that Zhu Li's power was still firmly limited to the three guards of the Jin Mansion, and he had no time to be distracted to deal with Zhu Gaoxu.

Compared with Zhu Gaoxu, who can transfer two-thirds of his generals with a single order, his good third uncle is the most difficult person to deal with.

If he can go one step further and add some sand to his three guards, then he can sit back and deal with Zhou Fan with peace of mind.

Thinking like this, Zhu Yunwen also slowly straightened up.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang began to ask: "Gao Chi, how is your father's northern tour, can you have any results?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang led the topic to Zhu Di, who led the most troops out of the fortress this time, and Zhu Gaochi, who was in charge of this news, said unhurriedly: "Back to the emperor's grandfather, my father led 5,000 cavalry as the vanguard to explore Wang Baobao's old land, but he found some Hu soldiers, but the number was not much, but thousands. ”

"When they saw my father coming, they knew that there were men behind them, and they immediately withdrew to the west."

"Sure enough......" Zhu Yuanzhang bowed his head, he knew that there was turmoil in the remnant Yuan royal court in the north, and naturally many people would want to return to the former Qi Wangcheng to reside as a pastor.

Now it seems that those thousands of people should be the advance soldiers and horses, once they find that the Ming army is not patrolling the old place of Qi Wangcheng, then they will wait for the opportunity to return to the old place of Qi Wangcheng to station.

Zhu Yuanzhang also wanted to stay in Qi Wangcheng, but Qi Wangcheng was too far away from Kaiping Wuwei, and the distance of 2,000 miles made Zhu Yuanzhang more than willing to do it.

"The fourth brother also knows how to save, and he knows that it is not easy for the army to get out of the fortress, so he will first take the cavalry to the old place of Qi Wangcheng to find out the news."

Zhu Yuanzhang praised Zhu Di, but then criticized: "It's just that he rode so lightly, if he was ambushed, wouldn't it be a joke." ”

For Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang knows nothing better, although he has some courage, but after all, he is not like a hundred enemies like Ping'an, Zhu Gaoxu, Qu Neng's father and son.

But this fourth man always likes to take the lead and does not give full play to his strengths as a commander, which makes Zhu Yuanzhang really worried that he will be ambushed and surrounded by others one day in battle.

"Grandchildren are ashamed ......"

Listening to his father being taught by his grandfather, Zhu Gaochi bowed down in shame.

Looking at his benevolent appearance, Zhu Yuanzhang also explained: "You go back and write a letter to the north and tell your father, if he marches like this next time, then don't think about getting out of the fortress again, next time let your third uncle lead the troops, it's really not okay to have Gao Xu and Seventeen." ”

His words not only showed Zhu Di's status, but also the status of the rest of the people.

In the matter of leading troops, Zhu Gaoxu actually ranked ahead of Zhu Quan, second only to Zhu Di and Zhu Li.

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang refers to the north, if you look at the world, the old Zhu family still has a lot of good fighting talents, such as Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu in Huguang, and Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang.

However, for some people, Zhu Yuanzhang's words are like a signal.

For example, Zhu Yunwen, he was nervous when he heard the news that Zhu Li was leading the troops.

Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his head to deal with Zhu Gaochi after explaining to Zhu Gaochi, and did not continue the topic of Zhu Li, Zhu Yunwen breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time secretly woke up in his heart.

"As long as Grandpa is still there, the third uncle will have to suppress it, and as for the rest, it can be put on hold for the time being......"

With this thought, Zhu Yunwen also returned to his position and bowed his head to deal with government affairs.

Soon, the Wuying Hall was quiet again, as if the excitement just now had never existed.

Thank you for your concern, I went to the hospital for a check-up, and it was indeed wrist gout.

Because I don't usually have the habit of eating and drinking, eating seafood and drinking, the doctor thought it might be related to my staying up late, and also said that I could work after three to seven days of recuperation.

Personally, I feel that it should be fine in another three or five days, and I will be able to resume the second watch by then, thank you for your concern.

(End of chapter)