Chapter 150: Your Majesty, we have done another good deed.

Yilungha rejoiced and looked at Zhu Di and said, “Your Majesty, hundreds of acres of land, all sold ……”

He continued with an unfinished thought, “The slave girl also just learned the news, earning more than 600,000 taels of silver. And that’s not all ……”

Slowed down, also lost ha added: “Your Majesty know, now outside those mansions of the second-hand price is how much? Already have willing to take out a thousand and fourteen silver, so …… now all over the capital are discussing this matter.”

Zhu Di only felt dizzy, the world is so good to earn silver?

Just a couple hundred acres?

That my Forbidden City covers more than hundreds of acres, which if sold, will not ……

Of course, the thought was fleeting.

After all, Zhu Di is the favorite son of Emperor Taizu Gao, and among his sons, he is also the most filial to Emperor Taizu Gao, if he dares to do so, I am afraid that Emperor Taizu Gao will not be able to die in peace.

Only to see also lost ha cheerfully continued: “Not only that, Cheng En Bo that, also intends to launch a new land, there is gossip, said it may sell 1,500 taels of silver, and now the streets and alleys, are crazy rumors about this matter.”

Zhu was, for a moment, really happy.

Yes, there’s land in Qixia. It’s not about earning 600,000 taels of silver.

The library smashed in hundreds of thousands of taels, which is only just recovered the cost, of course …… there are still quite a lot of earning.

“How did it go up again?” Zhu rushed a bit incredulous, excitedly saying, “It’s only been a few days?”

“Just because it’s gone up again, that’s why everyone is spreading the word, they all think it’s unbelievable.” Yilungha smiled and said, “Those who have bought the mansion now, even if someone increases the money, they won’t sell it, now it’s quite a lot of people’s eyes are red, they all want to buy it.”

Zhu gleamed and said, “In that case, the newly launched mansion can also be sold, or at the price of fifteen hundred taels?”

Also lost ha dry nodded: “slave girl think is, now even slave girl are eye red, if I had known this, when I bought a building …… now also earned.”

Zhu Di laughed out loud, “You’re an eggless thing, what’s the point of getting involved in this? I forbid you to compete with the people.”

Yiluoha was actually just making a small joke, he was usually very serious, and today he took advantage of His Majesty’s good mood, so he hit the snake.

Yiluoha hurriedly said, “Yes, yes, the slave girl is confused.”

Zhu Di said excitedly, “That’s good, that’s good, in that case, I will have silver.”

Empress Xu listened from the sidelines and smiled, “Your Majesty, although this is the case, I do have something to say.”

Zhu Di was obviously in a very good mood at this time, so he smiled at Empress Xu and said, “Old husband and wife, what’s not to say?”

Empress Xu said: ”Your Majesty, now that this mansion is being sold at such a high price, will there be anything wrong with it? This silver is certainly earned by His Majesty, Zhang Anshi also contributed a lot, these are my own people, just my concubine thought, after all, His Majesty is the son of heaven who inherited the great lineage and ruled over the four seas, not a merchant who only seeks to make profit, will it be because of this …… and make the people …… ”

She was a little worried.

The dangers of merchant profiteering are actually not small, especially during the Yuan Dynasty.

At that time, the Yuan Dynasty was so insecure that it was overthrown in just a few decades, and the danger of this treacherous merchant was also a factor.

For Empress Xu, both Zhu Di, but also Zhang Anshi, are their own people, precisely because they are their own people, so she needs to remind one or two, do not play with fire, pick up the sesame lost watermelon.

Zhu Di heard, the enthusiasm was doused at once, he bowed his head, murmured: “What you say is not unreasonable. Also lost ha, go to call Zhang Anshi to, I want to teach him a good lesson, can not let him compete with the people, he listened to my teachings, naturally also know to converge.”

As he said this, he gave a wink to Yiluoha.

Yiluoha understood, “The slave girl complies with the order.”

So it wasn’t long before Zhang Anshi was urged to enter the palace.

Every time he entered the palace, Zhang Anshi felt it was an ordeal, and he had to walk after entering the Noon Gate.

If you go to the front hall or the cultural and martial arts buildings, it is okay, after all, it is only a few miles, but if you enter the inner sanctum, it is a journey of seven or eight miles.

He arrived out of breath, met Zhu Di, and saluted Empress Xu.

Empress Xu kindly said, “It can be exhausting, sit down and talk first.”

Zhang Anshi nodded.

Zhu Di looked at him and said, “You this kid …… heard that selling the mansion earned a lot of silver?”

Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty …… Chen did not care about the accounts.”

Zhu’s body shook.

Motherfucker, this guy can pretend even more than he can, can you Zhang Anshi not care?

“What do you mean you didn’t care?”

Zhang Anshi in front of Empress Xu’s face, in fact, before entering the palace, had already received the ‘reminder’ of Yilungha, at this time, sitting upright, said from the bottom of his heart: ”Didn’t care to mean that the purpose of this sale of the mansion is not to earn silver, your majesty ah…”. …The business of the merchant bank is spreading so big, are you still afraid of not being able to earn silver from other places? Not to mention other things, let’s just say the minister sells books and earns less silver?”

Chu: “……”

Empress Xu only silently sized up Zhang Anshi without saying a word.

Zhang Anshi continued, “The intention of selling the mansion is for the sake of the country’s livelihood, for the sake of the world’s people.”

Zhu was actually a bit tense and wanted to be happy.

It was only when he averted his face to one side that he tried desperately to stop laughing and said, nonchalantly, “What’s the point of this?”

Zhang Anshi said: “I heard that there are many families, extravagant, heard that the army is on the march, need a large number of mules and horses and military food, so they are all out to buy food and mules and horses, which led to the price of rice and mules and horses throughout the entire Jiangnan as well as the price of other commodities have risen slightly. Your Majesty …… you say that these people …… have hidden so much silver at home, but as when the tung oil merchants, speculate high prices, this people …… can he stand it? ”

“The small fluctuations in prices, the victims are those who usually do not have a lot of savings of the people, I look at the heartache, tossing and turning, and in my heart, I thought, these rich households continue like this, how can it be.”

“Just now, the army is on the march, countless money, food and ordnance are constantly consumed, want to solve the price rise, is nothing more than open source and cut down on two roads, the so-called open source, is to increase the supply of commodities, but a lot of things, it is the ground grows out of, it is to rely on God to reward the food, Your Majesty, you tell me, the open source can be feasible?”

Zhu Di came to the spirit, he initially thought Zhang Anshi sophistry, in fact, Zhang Anshi casually find a reason to fool the past, that is, anyway, is to give the Empress Xu an explanation.

But now …… he actually found Zhang Anshi said these words, there is really such a little truth, then excitedly said, “Then throttling?”

“Throttling means reducing the supply of silver on the market; you see, those who are hoarding grain in a big way have no more silver on hand, so how are they going to hoard grain?”

Zhang Anshi said, “I think about it, rather than letting these people learn those tung oil merchants in general, to speculate on the high price of rice, the scourge of the people of my Daming, it would be better …… to let them come to the scourge of the minister …… and the scourge of the Qixia to get. ”

Saying that, Zhang Anshi wiped his eyes, well, as long as he wiped hard, he could always wipe out a little tear.

Zhang Anshi’s eyes seemed to be flashing with tears, and with a sincere look on his face, he said, “If they have any plans, they will come at my minister, and if they have any means, they will just go towards Qixia.”

Zhu Di glanced at Empress Xu.

Empress Xu frowned, although she always felt that something was not right, but when she thought about it carefully, it actually seemed to make sense again.

But I saw Zhang Shian added: “In addition to this, this sale of the mansion …… is mainly for the money bank.”

“A money bank?” Zhu froze.

Zhang Anshi said, “I will be those money farms, combed, now eleven money farms, formed a joint money farm, the purpose, is to hope that this joint money farms to spread, dare to ask your majesty, what is the most important thing about this money farm?”

Zhu Di said dryly, “Don’t ask me, I don’t understand this.”

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “The most important thing about money changers is credit, only when credit is established can it be fully spread, with the help of these eleven large and small money changer syndicates, so that the people of the world will trust it, but how difficult it is to establish credit.”

“But now it’s different, I sell the mansion as an opportunity, and those who buy the mansion have business, and these people …… are either rich or noble, over time, they will be accustomed to relying on the United Bank, even they trust the bank, then the other people, will be happy to accept it, people have the psychology of the herd! Many people will think, even the local big families dare to put their money in the bank and borrow from the bank, so how can they not trust this small amount of money? Your Majesty, don’t you think so?”

Zhu Di said, “So it’s for this?”

Zhang Anshi said, “This move of mine can be considered as three birds with one stone, of which stabilizing prices is the first, followed by building a joint money bank for His Majesty and paving the way for the sale and purchase of money. This last, is to earn a little bit of hard-earned money from selling land.”

“Of course, with this silver, that library can be maintained, I also intend, and then throw some silver, to expand some reasoning in the neighborhood, to repair some reservoirs, to establish some academies, to repair some medical centers, these are the convenience of the people to spend quite a lot of money, is it possible that this will also harm the people?”

Zhu Di carried his hands, smiled and said to Empress Xu: “Look, I said earlier, I and Zhang Anshi, is to think of the people! You are paranoid, this world is mine, can I still harm people? This Zhang Anshi has done so many things, spilled his heart and soul, for the country and the people, everywhere he is thinking of the gods and the people, this is my Guanzhong, you should stop being suspicious.”

Empress Xu then smiled and said, “It was my concubine who was confused.”

Zhu Di said: “What’s more, with silver, this expedition to Annan, can be more smooth some. This go to Annan, a long way, hundreds of thousands of troops, land and water, hey …… also do not know how a few of them, Zhu Gaoxu this guy …… will not be eager to take credit.”

Said, Zhu Di hangs his head, although he sometimes will Zhu Gaoxu hate to gnash his teeth, but now that guy really want to lead the army outside, after all, Zhu Di is still a little uneasy.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said, “Don’t worry, Your Majesty, I have a brilliant plan to ensure their triumphant return.”

“A good plan?” Zhu Di laughed: “This marching and fighting, but not those readers of the theater nonsense, this battlefield, unpredictable, where there is what a brocade bag of brilliant plans? You fucking less listen to some theater, you have been on the battlefield?”

This is still said in Zhang Anshi s hard wounds, Zhang Anshi had a little bit of weakness and said, “This …… is not yet available for the time being.”

Zhu Di said with a manly and serious face, “In a real battlefield, victory or defeat may be just a thought, it may be that the two armies are engaged in a fierce battle, and before the burning of an incense stick, the other side still has the advantage, but after the burning of an incense stick, it may be because of a heavy rain, or it may be because of the wrong conveyance of an order of the commander-in-chief, which may all make the situation reversed.”

“You are thousands of miles away, when you know the news, it has long been ten days and half a month, that what the brocade bag of wonderful ideas, is a group of people who have never been on the battlefield to believe in the words of a group of people, this kind of people is the most disgusting.”

After a pause, Zhu Di reveals the color of disgust: “The generals in the outside world to kill, climbed out of the sea of blood, victory, the readers will always arrange one or two so-called tent planning of the minister, as if he did not manipulate thousands of miles away, it will never be successful. But once defeated, it must again be the fault of the military generals, nothing to do with them.”

“You are still young, do not fall for these people’s pawns, military matters, not a child’s play, where there is sitting and discussing can be successful? Don’t fucking send them what brocade bag, this time they go to war, speaking is will be outside, the king’s order is not, I am if there is a decree to go, they can not listen to, you blindly involved in what?”

Zhang Anshi: “……”

Zhu said, “You’re not really giving them some kind of brocade bag, are you?”

Zhang Anshi said awkwardly, “Ah …… this ……”

Zhu said, “They should not be confused and may not act at your behest. Do you think so?”

Zhang Anshi felt helpless and could only say, “Ah …… right right right ……”

Zhu was a bit uneasy: “Are they confused?”

“This ah ……” Zhang Anshi said with difficulty, “I think …… they should . . perhaps …… it is possible that they are not.”

“Get in the motherfucker!”

Zhu burst into a fit of cursing.

Zhang Anshi felt that he could not continue to stay here, so he could only hurry to leave unhappily.

Sure enough, bad things happen to people when they have a bad mouth, so why are you comparing yourself to this?

It’s a good thing Zhu only scolded the four murderers in the capital, what does it have to do with me, Zhang Anshi?

Zhang Anshi stumbled out of the hall and didn’t go far before he saw Yi Wang Zhu hiding under a tree and suddenly scurrying out.

Zhang Anshi really gave a fright and patted his heart, saying, “You guy, what are you going to do? Scared me.”

Zhu, however, did not make a sound and slipped Zhang Anshi a note, followed by a whispered, “Read it and burn it.”

Said it, and ran off in a huff.

Zhang Anshi clutched the note and waited until he was out of the palace before he looked down to read it.

It was actually all about Zhu’s movements regarding Xu Jingyi and Zhang Anshi, densely packed and actually very professional.

Zhang Anshi couldn’t help but shake his head and laugh bitterly, dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, this rat’s son can make holes, so the question arises, who gave birth to this one rat?

…………

“Junji, do you know that A-Uncle has left you two mansions, do you know that these two mansions, after a hundred years can rise to what price? But A-Uncle’s heart aches for you, and this best lot is reserved for you.”

Zhang Anshi stroked Zhu Zhanji’s head.

After coming out of the palace, he rushed towards the East Palace.

Zhu Zhanji cocked his head and thought for a moment, “But I’ll already be dead a hundred years from now, Uncle.”

“Nonsense.” Zhang Anshi scolded him, “You’re so young, can’t you think good thoughts? Hey …… only A uncle in this world remembers you, thinking that you can live a hundred years.”

Zhu Zhanji said very seriously, “But I don’t want the mansion, I just want Uncle to return my popsicle.”

Zhang Anshi said, “Talk less, think more.”

“Uncle, Uncle, I heard from the master who taught the lesson that Uncle had blackened his heart in order to earn money ……”

Zhang Anshi looked at him seriously and said, “This is entirely because people are jealous of us, these people really deserve to die, even you, a small child, are deceived, you must remember, never believe their words, do you know?”

Zhu Zhanji hesitated for a moment and finally nodded.

Zhang Anshi said, “Has Sister been thinking about me lately?”

“There.” Zhu Zhanji said, “It says you’re unruly and you need to be cleaned up.”

The corner of Zhang Anshi’s mouth twitched as he lamented, “When wood shows in the forest, the wind will destroy it! In that case, I have to go, but I can’t let Sister see this.”

He said, and ran away in a puff of smoke.

…………

The ninth day of the sixth month of the third year of the Yongle.

The Chinese army has reached the line of Baihe River, the border of Annam.

The army was gathered, and by this time Zhu Neng, the commander-in-chief, had learned of the situation of the Annamese army and horses on the other side of the river.

Since the beginning of the usurpation of the country, the Hu Clan has been strengthening the defense of the borders, establishing a large number of forts, and making great efforts to build up several lines of defense along these borders.

Zhu Neng thought that the army and horses in Annam were pillowed and occupied the advantage, while the army was far away and could not act recklessly.

Therefore, although the vanguard army was sent to cross the river and began to slowly pull out the fortress of the Annamese army, the center army is not moving, only waiting for the Xu Xu advance, step by step.

He is the old marshal, naturally clear that he has the advantage of the army, as long as not to give the Annan army horse can take advantage of the opportunity, a little bit of advancing over, this Annan is bound to be devastated.

In the past few days, his body had contracted some wind-cold, and after using the army’s medicine, he was slightly better.

He then summoned his vice-general, Zhang Fu, to discuss the next military move.

Zhang Fu’s suggestion was simple, he could have the Mu family’s army attract Annan’s attention from the flanks.

On the side of the center army, continue to divide the record army and horses to advance, only waiting for the other side’s defense line to appear a break, then the three armies general attack, can be decided by a drum.

The entire army had half a million men, which of course included a large number of folk carrying supplies, and the real war soldiers were around 150,000 to 200,000 men.

This was the battle to destroy the country, and the other side was obviously prepared to break the boat and fish to death as well.

Care must therefore be taken and not be reckless.

After agreeing on the next strategy, Zhu Neng said, “Where are those boys …… now?”

“I heard that their troops and horses have also arrived and are stationed just tens of miles away.” Zhang Fu’s serious face showed a rare bit of a smile and said, “But the ones they came with are just the vanguard, totaling more than 10,000 troops and horses, and the following three guards are still arriving one after another.”

Zhu Neng skimmed his mouth and said, “Let them follow us and protect our grain routes, these guys …… only Han …… no, only Zhu Gaoxu has the talent to command the army, the rest… . are all crooked!”

“This skill of marching and fighting, there is still something they have to learn, can lead tens of thousands of people without making any mistakes, even if they have grown up, the real battle, still can’t use them.”

Zhang Fu said, “Yesterday I sent someone to contact them, and that’s what I meant …… But …… the person who went came back and said …… ”

“Say what?” Jounen froze.

Zhang Fu laughed bitterly, “Only Zhu Yong returned a word.”

Out on the battlefield, the thought of his son is dozens of miles away, Zhu Neng heart quite intimate, then said: “This kid …… but miss his old man me? Really, from the old son here is not far, but also need to let people bring what words, directly to the camp to see me is. What did he say?”

“He said ……,” Zhang Fu was hesitant to look.

Zhu Neng couldn’t help but glare at him and said, “Zhang Fu why are you twisting and turning like a woman too.”

Zhang Fu had to say, “He said …… into your mother to that military general who passed the order, get out of my way. Of course, it was not said to Shibe, it was said to that military general.”

Zhu Neng face twitching, eyes burst out of the fire, and then hastily buried his head, deliberately look at the vanguard military horse sent the report, muttered under his breath, “The vanguard side said …… that the defense line of the thief army is layered, it seems to be prepared, they will be the entire Annam men have been conscripted, there are also hundreds of thousands of people, this is the intending to fight stubbornly with us to the end.”

“Hey …… this Annam jungle is dense, the Annamites are waiting for labor with ease, if we want to gnaw this piece of hard bone, we still need to be prepared for a lot of attrition.”

Zhang Fu bowed his head.

A moment later, someone hurriedly entered the tent, exclaiming, “General, general …… there are military horses crossing the river ……”

Zhu Neng frowned, “What kind of people crossed the river? Didn’t I say not to act rashly?”

“The people who crossed the river were the men and horses of the …… merchant guild …… They were thirty miles upstream and built pontoon bridges and crossed the river in a big way …… It seems that they are going to go deep into the enemy’s territory. ”

When Zhu Neng heard this, he was shocked, “I’ll enter his mother!”

…………

The vast number of men and horses crossed the Baihe River directly, and there was no Annamese army on the opposite bank because the vanguard of the Chinese army was already sweeping away the Annamese military fortresses and forts on the other side of the river.

After Zhu Gaoxu disembarked, several Zhu Yongs surrounded him.

Zhu Yong said, “There is only one explanation in the first brocade bag, which is to charge to death, and nothing else. We have more than 10,000 people …… can we charge through?”

Zhu Gaoxu smiled bitterly and said, “It is possible to rush, we have more than 10,000 people, with 13,000 warhorses, 6,000 mules and horses, there is enough ordnance and sustenance, in this life I have never been so rich.”

Zhu Gaoxu paused and added, “But …… just rush over? Would it …… be too reckless.”

Zhang Yoking also hesitated, “Yes, yes, big brother may not know the situation here, shouldn’t he send more scouts and scout properly first.”

Zhu Yong said, “What are these words, big brother’s words are not listened to. Fourth brother, what do you say?”

Qusong has been burying his head and not saying anything, he did not have ten words a day, and this time …… his eyes flashed a fierce light: “If I don t listen to my big brother, I will blow him up.”

Zhu Gaoxu: “……”

Zhu Gaoxu gritted his teeth and said, “That nothing to say to come all come, big brother is right, do not rush words, if you let Zhu can that old thief ……”

Zhu Neng immediately said in exasperation, “Don’t scold my father, you can just call him an old piker, no scolding old thieves.”

Zhu Gaoxu said, “If we let them take the lead, this Annan will not be the merchant bank’s, the silver for nothing will be gone, big brother spent so much silver, can’t afford to lose it, then charge.”

So the four agreed.

On the other hand, on the side of the center army, the unthinkable has happened.

As soon as Zhu Neng heard that the military horses of the merchant bank crossed the river, his first reaction was to order the scouts to give his order that Zhu Gaoxu must not advance an inch, must camp on the other side of the river, and must not be reckless.

Unfortunately, as soon as the scouts went over, they came back with their heads hanging down, saying that by the time they got there, Zhu Gaoxu had already set off with more than 10,000 men and horses, running to an Annamese army encampment a dozen miles away.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Neng slapped his own head and exasperatedly said: ”Into heck, are they crazy? What do they want to do? Quickly …… quickly …… send someone to urge them to come back again, do they think this is child’s play?”

So, cursing and swearing.

A day later, the scouts brought back news that they had broken through the other side’s defenses.

After another three days, it was discovered that Zhu Gaoxu and the others had encountered several small groups of Annamese troops and had penetrated as far as the city of Dobang.

Five more days.

More terrible news came, the other side to the city of Dobang after, actually did not attack, but bypassed the city of Dobang, continue to go deeper ……

It is clear that …… it is running towards the ‘Ascending Dragon City’ of the Annan country.

“Isn’t this …… sticking into the opponent’s pocket? This is looking for death.” Zhu Neng said and shivered.

Such a lone army, even directly bypassing the opponent’s military fortress, was tantamount to placing himself into a situation where he was surrounded by enemies on all sides.

As for Ascending Dragon City, this Ascending Dragon City is located in the northwestern part of the Red River Delta in Annam, it is one of the largest plains within the country of Annam, and it is also the capital of Annam.

“They’re just looking for death, they’re all crazy.” Zhu Neng burst into a rage.

And the next news brought by the scouts really confirmed Zhu Neng’s judgment.

The Annamite Kingdom seems to be shrinking its defenses, and the movements of its great armies are very frequent.

Obviously, suddenly venturing into the territory of a big fish, this Annamite country immediately perceived the opportunity for war.

At this time, it is just while the Chinese army of Daming is not ready, contracting the soldiers and horses in various places, besieging this lone army, and then …… exhausting the net.

…………

The weather in Annam was dry and hot, but Zhu Yong was still fully armored.

At this …… time, on the banks of this Huangjiang River, more than 10,000 people have already started to be busy.

A short distance further is a flat river that allows direct access to the ascending dragon.

Large numbers of troops began to appear in the vicinity, especially on the left flank, where the Annamites were mobilized more and more frequently.

Unsurprisingly, they’re surrounded.

And there was at least one large army that was on its way, tightening its pockets to completely surround and trap their lone army.

But now …… Zhu Gaoxu these guys, but because of the excessive heat, one by one, take the river water and sprinkle it on the body, thereby reducing the heat.

And it was Chuson who was the busiest.

He was leading a group of men with spades and shovels, sweating and selling, and was making holes in the ground.

He surveyed the nearby terrain, and very carefully, he began to bury packets of gunpowder, in the places he had predetermined.

The ten or so pounds of gunpowder packets that had been brought with them were all unloaded from the mules and horses.

“Here, too, we must bury fifty pounds, and here …… lay it all the way from here …… to here ……” Qusong At this time, no longer reticent, he orderly barked, a pair of eyes bright.