Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 77 Let's go together!
out of the palace.

King Qi called his personal guard team and obediently followed behind the old man.

Outside the palace, Feng Sheng and Fu Youde were already waiting.

With such a big battle, what exactly does the old man want to do?King Qi was very puzzled.

Aren't you going to see the grandson of the emperor?Why go outside the imperial city?
along the way.

King Qi led his personal guard team on horseback and followed the old man's carriage, his heart full of question marks.

A group of people went straight to Jubao Mountain outside the city.

Finally, the old man's carriage stopped in front of a Zhuangzi at the foot of Jubao Mountain. Seeing the old man get off the carriage, King Qi and others immediately dismounted and went to meet him.

"Lao Qi, let's find out with you first, our grandson is inside, go in later, don't reveal our identity, just treat us as a minister of the court, and don't make a fuss when you see our grandson, remember Are you staying?"

The old man ordered Zhu Yu.

He doesn't want to reveal his identity yet, because once his identity is revealed, his grandson will have to return, and he can no longer speak freely like before.

He wants to find a suitable time for his grandson to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors in a glorious manner.

But Zhu Mi didn't understand what the old man meant, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and nod in agreement. In short, he would do what the old man said, so it was always right.

The dog at the gate of the yard, seeing so many people coming, couldn't help but barked at King Qi and the others in horror.

Until the old man yelled: "Don't yell, didn't you see us?"

Only then did Gouzi run back to lie on his stomach in desperation...

Hearing the movement at the door, Old Xu hurriedly came out. After seeing Zhu Yuanzhang and others, he quickly walked up to greet him, bowed and said, "Master, you are here!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and asked, "Is our eldest grandson here?"

"You said you would come yesterday, the young master was waiting for you early in the morning!" Lao Xu replied respectfully.

"it is good."

With a smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face, he led the people to the courtyard.

This is a manor with several acres of land, so the courtyard is very large, and there is a wide field outside the courtyard.

In the courtyard, Zhu Yuanzhang did not find Huang Xiongying.

When he was wondering, he saw Lao Xu pointing to a glass shed next to him: "Master, where is the young master!"

Zhu Yuanzhang had seen Huang Xiongying working on this glass shed a long time ago, and he had asked curiously, Huang Xiongying told him that it was used to grow things.

Zhu Yuanzhang still laughed at him, no one grows such things, the things grown are not enough to build this greenhouse.

Huang Xiongying didn't explain too much, so Zhu Yuanzhang just let him do it.

Unexpectedly, Huang Xiongying was quite concerned about this glass greenhouse. After spending a lot of manpower, material resources and time, it was finally built.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very curious about what his grandson was going to plant in it.

Thinking, Zhu Yuanzhang stepped into the glass shed. The shed is made of wooden strips as a frame, and the surrounding and top are sealed with transparent glass. The sunlight shines in through the glass, which is very warm.

Huang Xiongying squatted in the shed, looking at something with great interest.

Hearing the noise behind him, Huang Xiongying's ears moved slightly, turned his head, and found that the person who came in was the old man, and immediately showed excitement: "Grandpa, you are here!"

Zhu Yuanzhang also said with a smile: "What are you looking at, you are so engrossed."

Huang Xiongying immediately walked over in three steps and two steps, supported the old man to go forward, and said with high spirits: "Grandpa, come here quickly, my grandson will show you something good!"

"Oh?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately became interested.

His grandson said it was a good thing, so it must be a good thing, just like the mirror and formation before, his grandson didn't look like he can't wait now!
Full of expectations, Zhu Yuanzhang followed Huang Xiongying to a small piece of plowed land in the greenhouse.

I saw that there seemed to be nothing special in the field except that it had been tidied up.

I looked at it carefully for a while, but still didn't see anything.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Stinky boy, you are so happy after turning over a piece of land? We don't think you are a material for farming, so don't toss about in this field in the future, and read more books when you have time. Your expectations are high!"

Huang Xiongying was not annoyed, but pointed to the few shoots that had just broken ground in the ground, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, look here!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang took a closer look, it turned out to be a small lavender sprout. The leaves on it hadn't opened yet, and they had just broken the ground. If you don't look carefully, you can't really see it.

"what is this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang showed a puzzled look. He is considered an old farmer, but he has never seen such a tender shoot.

Huang Xiongying smiled and said: "Grandpa, do you remember what I told you last time? This is the tribute gifted to us by the old emperor Hongwu!"

"Hey, what were we doing back then, it turned out to be that thing!"

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said jokingly: "Stinky boy, people eat ginseng when they get it. It's good for you to plant it in the ground. Are you thinking of planting one and growing a bunch?"

"You are half right!"

Huang Xiongying said with a smile: "I really want one life to be two, two to be three, and three to be infinite, but you forgot, I told you, this is not some kind of tribute!"

"Oh--"

Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and thought for a while: "I remember, it seems to be called...some sweet potato, right?"

"That's right, it's sweet potatoes!"

Huang Xiongying smiled and said: "Don't underestimate this sweet potato, it's useful! After three or four months, when a pile of sweet potatoes grows, you'll know!"

Huang Xiongying didn't directly state what the yield per mu was or how many catties. It's meaningless to say that, and we still have to wait for the facts to prove everything.

At that time, let the old man help to promote it, which can be regarded as a good deed for this era.

It's a pity that now I only have sweet potatoes in my hands, without its partners, potatoes, corn, peppers, tobacco...

Tobacco still counts.

Smoking is harmful to health and costs money. It does all kinds of harm but no benefit, except of course it can increase fiscal revenue for the country.

Huang Xiongying thought about it, and asked, "Master, do you know this ginseng, oh no, where did this sweet potato come from?"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and replied, "It seems that Lu Song paid tribute."

Sure enough, it was brought by the Luzon tribute!

Huang Xiongying wondered in his heart, is it possible to persuade the old man to speak to Emperor Hongwu after the settlement of the Wa Kingdom, and to do something with Lu Song to see if he can find things like potatoes and corn...

Having said that, I have to talk about the tributary system that reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty.

Tributary has existed since ancient times, but in the Ming Dynasty, tributary developed into a form of trade.

Why?

Because in view of the military pressure in the north, Emperor Hongwu had to adopt a gentle policy towards the small countries in the southeast

Therefore, the Ming Dynasty adopted a policy of merciless exchanges with countries that came to pay tribute.

That is to say, the countries that came to pay tribute only paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty with an ordinary stone, and the Ming Dynasty would also reward them with rich tea, silk, porcelain and other gifts.

This is why Luzon uses sweet potatoes as a tribute to fake ginseng.

Because Daming doesn't care what you pay tribute at all, only cares whether you surrender to Daming.

For the tributary state, this is a sure-fire business.

This also led to these small countries frequently coming to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, and even businessmen pretended to be envoys to pay tribute. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, more and more countries participated.

Gradually formed the unique tributary system of Ming Dynasty.

Huang Xiongying was thinking about it when Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Dasun, we are here today because we want to bring someone over to let you know."

Obviously, Zhu Yuanzhang is not very interested in these buds at present.

Hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, Huang Xiongying noticed that behind the old man, apart from the old Fu and Song, there was also a middle-aged man in battle armor.

Huang Xiongying glanced at the middle-aged man, but found that the middle-aged man was staring at him blankly.

Huang Xiongying frowned slightly, and asked Zhu Yuanzhang beside him, "Grandpa, who is this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang approached and said, "This is King Qi."

"King Qi?"

When Huang Xiongying heard this, his eyes widened.

This is King Qi, one of Hongwu's Nine Great Fortress Kings, the king who encloses land and dominates one side!

"Craftsman Huang Xiongying, I have met His Royal Highness King Qi!"

Huang Xiongying took two steps forward and was about to bow down.

Unexpectedly, a big hand stopped him. It was King Qi who was in front of him. He only heard King Qi say: "Young Master Huang, don't be too polite!"

King Qi's face remained calm, but his heart was filled with turmoil.

At this moment, he finally understood the meaning of what the old man said before.

It turned out that the grandson he was talking about was not Zhu Yunwen, but Zhu Xiongying who had passed away for ten years!

It was Zhu Xiongying who provided the court with a bright mirror, and it was he who proposed to the old man to let himself take the blame and perform meritorious service and go out to suppress the bandits.

And the candidate for crown prince in the old man's mind is naturally Zhu Xiongying in front of him!

When I was at Xihuamen before, I expressed the wrong intention to Zhu Yunqi...

King Qi smiled wryly in his heart, no wonder the old man told himself not to reveal his identity before he came in, and he told himself not to make a fuss if he saw someone.

That's it!

At this moment, King Qi understood what the old man was thinking.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang came over and said to Huang Xiongying: "Grand grandson, the emperor has agreed to let the king of Qi go to the southeast coast as the general to suppress the pirates, so the emperor asked us to come with the king of Qi and want to take a look Yuanyangzhen, by the way, let me hear if you have any suggestions for this bandit suppression."

Huang Xiongying nodded, and said: "This is not a place to talk, let's go, let's talk in the room."

Entering the house, Huang Xiongying invited several people to sit down, and then asked Lao Xu to go down and make a pot of tea.

After several people sat down, Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "Dasun, are you satisfied with the few people we asked Xiao Jiang to pick for you last time?"

"very good!"

Huang Xiongying nodded, and then asked with some doubts: "Old man, what is your identity? You have found such good hands all at once!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "An old servant beside the emperor is nothing to worry about!"

If it wasn't for Liu Bowen and Li Shanchang was dead, Huang Xiongying really doubted that the old man was such a person.

Could it be that the old man is Emperor Hongwu?

Huang Xiongying thought for no reason, because he also liked to read novels in his previous life, and the protagonist in those novels just met someone who was the emperor when he went out.

But when I think about it, something is wrong.

Because if it was really Emperor Hongwu, there would be no reason to treat him so well, it was the kind of grandfather's love for his grandson, and this kind of sincere affection could not deceive anyone.

It seems that I am thinking wildly!

Huang Xiongying was thinking wildly in his mind, only to hear Zhu Yuanzhang ask: "Dasun, since people are fine, how is the training of the mandarin duck formation you mentioned last time?"

"It has been formed!" Huang Xiongying replied confidently.

"very good!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Then let's test the power of this mandarin duck formation, shall we?"

"Of course no problem." Huang Xiongying replied.

It was said that Zhu Yuanzhang, Fu Youde, and Feng Sheng were all looking forward to it. The last time they heard the emperor's grandson talk about the formation, they couldn't find any faults, but that was just talk on paper. The real effect still needs to be tested by actual combat.

Zhu Yu, who couldn't get in the way, was stunned.

The old man Ganqing asked him to bring his personal guards because he wanted to compare with the formations trained by Huang Dasun.

When it comes to formation drills, Zhu Yu is not sleepy anymore, and the belligerent factor in his body is ready to move.

He, Zhu Yu, had been on the battlefield and led soldiers, and made great military exploits.

He was proud of both expeditions.

One time was in the 23rd year of Hongwu. He led the guards and the armies of Xuzhou and Pizhou in Shandong, followed his elder brother Yan Wang Zhu Di to conquer the tribes of Yuan and Mongolia.

Another time was in the 24th year of Hongwu. He led the guard knights out of Kaiping again and returned with a big victory.

This is just what happened last year and the year before.

When he was secretly complacent, he only heard the old man say: "King Qi, our eldest grandson has created a formation to suppress bandits, and your guards will practice with them later, it will be fine."

"No problem at all!"

Zhu Yu puffed out her chest, and the corners of her mouth showed a bit of sarcasm unconsciously.

Of course he could see the old man's love for this lost grandson, but he didn't think that the formation created by a kid who had never been on the battlefield was qualified to practice with his personal guards.

You must know that his personal guards were all rushed out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​​​blood. They have rich experience in the battlefield. It is not an exaggeration to call them arrogant soldiers.

Zhu Yuanzhang's slight expression could not escape Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, but of course he would not say anything.

Because he also came from fighting all the way on the battlefield, knowing that once on the battlefield, what he pays attention to is strength, and everything else is nonsense.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a sip of tea and said, "What's going on, let's go outside and have a look."

……

The yard is huge.

Both sides have arrived, one is Huang Xiongying's 11-member team, and the other is Zhu Wei's 50-member personal guard.

"Line up!"

Huang Xiongying shouted loudly.

The 11-member team immediately trotted to front of Huang Xiongying, each of them stood in the same posture, with their heels close together, and their toes separated by about [-] degrees; their legs were straight, their chests were naturally raised, and their arms were naturally drooping. , put the middle finger on the trouser seam, and look forward.

"stand at attention!"

"Look to the left!"

"Look forward!"

Huang Xiongying issued several orders, and the team moved neatly. Soon, a neat team appeared in front of them, with a straight chest and full of momentum.

A team of eleven people feels like a whole.

Zhu Yuanzhang watched happily from the side, and said to Feng Sheng and Fu Youde with a smile: "Look, look, our grandson's aura is worthy of our grandson, follow us, haha——"

Zhu Yu looked a little puzzled, and seeing the doting look of the old man, he couldn't help but feel sore, and murmured: "It's all fancy."

"Young Master Huang."

Zhu Yu slightly raised his head to look at Huang Xiongying, and said with a light smile: "This king has words first, swords and guns have no eyes, and besides, the guards of this king have all learned how to kill people. If you hurt your brother in a while, you will be killed." You can't blame me, ha!"

Zhu Yu is proud, especially when it comes to wars. He doesn't even accept Zhu Di, the king of Yan, how can he accept an emperor's grandson who has never even been on the battlefield?

Especially a few days ago when the old man was scared into a cold sweat by the old man in Fengtian Hall, now seeing that the old man is completely doting on this grandson, he is even more unconvinced.

Why line up and let the old man proudly show off to the two old generals?

You must know that when I led the army out of the town of Kaiping, the old man told him not to compete with the generals even if he won.

Of course he knew that the person in front of him was very likely to inherit the throne.

But why?Is it just based on a character?
He, Zhu Yu, wanted to show the old man today how eccentric he was.

And Zhu Yu's personal guards naturally heard what the master meant, and all of them showed fierce and disdainful expressions.

Huang Xiongying was slightly annoyed when he heard Zhu Mi's slightly threatening words, but he said with a smile on his face: "Our consequences will be borne by our grassroots, but His Royal Highness Qi Wang, if you lose, you are not allowed to hold grudges, and you are not allowed to go back and sue! "

Zhu Yuanzhang on the side laughed dumbfounded when he heard the words.

This brat also knows that he is afraid of himself, the emperor.

Zhu Yu also laughed, and snorted softly: "Hmph, you are my three-year-old child, and you still go back to sue?"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Yu shouted: "Who wants to fight!"

Swish!Swish!Swish!
The fifty personal guards all stood up without hesitation.

The corners of Zhu Yu's mouth curled up slightly, and he pointed casually: "It's just the eleven people in front of you, remember, be gentle in a while, don't hurt anyone's life, understand?"

"understand!"

"louder please!"

"clear!!!"

Zhu Yu nodded in satisfaction, then turned to look at Huang Xiongying, and said with a smile: "Mr. Huang, if there is no problem, let's start!"

"and many more!"

Huang Xiongying waved his hand and said, "You guys go up together!"

(End of this chapter)