Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 486 Windfall
Just as Mu Qin thought, Zhu Zhanhe really didn't have much time.

After briefly explaining to his second brother what he needed him to do, Zhu Zhanhe set off the next day.

This Xiangzhou Prefecture, for Zhu Zhanhe, is not only a place that feels like home, but also an important transit point for his expedition to Europe.

Coming from Daming's Shuntian Mansion, Zhu Zhanhe would not specially transfer a fleet just to go to Europe for himself, that would be too wasteful, after all, most of Ming's sea power is either in Europe or on the way to and from Europe.

Therefore, this time he went with the supply fleet heading to Europe, and the fleet needed to load some goods here in Xiangzhou.

It’s true that food and other things come from Nanzhou Prefecture. After all, Nanzhou Prefecture is also a relatively large grain-producing area, but what is needed for war is not just food.

Armor, weapons, gunpowder, and even white phosphorous eggs and kerosene bombs cannot be handed over to outsiders, so they can only be loaded here in Xiangzhou Prefecture.

And Zhu Zhanqi, as his elder brother ordered, began to attack the Old Port Xuanwei Division after the fleet sailed through the Strait of Malacca.

The Strait of Malacca was such an important pass, Zhu Zhanhe would not let others easily, and he even planned to let his younger brother or a certain son guard it in the future.

Of course, the premise is that he has a son other than Zhu Qiming.

……

By the time Zhu Zhanhe arrived in the Suez area, it was already early summer, and a spring had just passed.

This is why Zhu Zhanhe rarely returned to Daming in the past two years, it was a waste of time.

"The minister waits to welcome His Royal Highness."

It was different from when Zhu Zhanhe returned to Shuntian Mansion. At that time, only Mu Ang was guarding the Suez area. Mu Sheng was going to fight against the Burji Dynasty, and Mu Xin was sent back to Daming because of Qian Yong's injury.

But this time, both Mu Sheng and Mu Ang brothers were there.

"Second Uncle Mu is back from conquering the Burji Dynasty?" After getting off the boat, Zhu Zhanhe first looked at Mu Sheng.

After all, Mu Sheng is the one who is actually in charge of the Mu family.

"His Royal Highness, in fact, when you passed through the Suez area when you returned to Shuntian Mansion, I was already on the way back, but I still couldn't catch up. When I came back, Your Royal Highness, you have been away for more than ten years."

"That's really a pity." Zhu Zhanhe shook his head slightly when he heard that, but when he turned around, he became concerned about Mu Sheng's victory.

"Then what was the result of the last expedition?"

"Thanks to His Royal Highness, Daming's prestige has not been insulted." Having said this, Mu Sheng finally had the confidence to raise his head.

Before that, because of Mu Xin's matter, the Mu family had always been cautious. After all, Mu Xin miscalculated the importance of Qian Yong in Zhu Zhanhe's heart, which was a fatal mistake for the Mu family.

After all, although the current Zhu Zhanhe is not yet a gentleman, he is actually no different from him.

That is to say, what is mentioned now is his own victories, and the last time he went to war was indeed a victorious victor, otherwise Mu Sheng would still have no confidence.

"Report to His Royal Highness!" On the matter of reporting the results of the battle, Mu Sheng's voice finally gained confidence.

"In the last expedition, I took the Suez Canal as the basis and moved westward as a whole. The lower reaches of the Nile River were divided into five tributaries, and I and my troops have captured three of them."

"Taking the main stream as the point, going up along the river to Medum has been actually controlled by my Ming Dynasty, which means that from now on, the Burji Dynasty will no longer be able to directly threaten the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Suez!"

"Well, not bad." Zhu Zhanhe was also a little surprised when he heard the words.

Although the Suez area is an important strategic location of Ming Dynasty, there are actually not many troops stationed here, because the Timurid Empire and the Ottoman Empire on the east side of the Suez Canal have been eliminated, and the Burji Dynasty on the west is still in the era of cold weapons , and the turmoil continued, unable to compete with Daming.

Therefore, although this place is very important, Zhu Zhanhe only reserved enough troops for defense, and offense and defense are completely different.

Attacking is not just about sending troops. You have to keep people at home, and you have to have troops responsible for supplies. In addition, there are a large number of slaves in the Suez area, and these people also need to be guarded.

Under such circumstances, Mu Sheng still took the initiative to send troops, and achieved fruitful results.

This is quite rare, because it at least provided Zhu Zhanhe with two important information points.

The first is that Mu Sheng's sword is not old, and the abilities of the Mu family have not regressed.

Mu Sheng is a veteran, and although Zhu Zhanhe didn't ask, but Mu Bin, the next generation of the Mu family, must have followed the experience.

Veterans are not old, and new players have already emerged, which is a good thing.

The second is the strength of the Burji dynasty.

Although it has been known for a long time that the strength of the Burji Dynasty is mediocre and that it is in the predicament of constant civil strife, Mu Sheng's attack is still meaningful. At least it gives Ming a clear idea of ​​the strength of the Burji Dynasty.

"Okay, let's all sit down."

After entering the Mu Mansion, Zhu Zhanhe also signaled Mu Sheng and Mu Ang not to hold back.

"The Mu family has made great contributions to guarding Suez in the past two years, but right now I have nothing to reward you, and now we are also in a war period. I will record this credit for you."

"Don't dare to do it." Although Mu Sheng was happy in his heart, he still spoke modestly.

"It is the duty of ministers to do their best for Ming Dynasty."

"Okay, there's no need to talk about these scenes, after all, we will be a family in the future." Zhu Zhanhe waved his hand, and then talked about his younger brother's marriage.

"This time I'm staying in the Suez area, besides supplying fresh water, I have one more thing to tell you."

"His Royal Highness, please tell me." Mu Sheng and Mu Ang looked at each other, and they were a little unresponsive to Zhu Zhanhe's statement that "we will be a family in the future", but their habits still made them bow slightly.

"When I returned to Beijing this time, although I didn't stay in Xiangzhou Mansion for long, it was considered a short stay of two days." When talking about his younger brother's marriage, Zhu Zhanhe also had a smile on his face.

"The marriage between Zhan Qi and Uncle Mu's daughter, Mu Qin, was decided a long time ago, but because of the busy campaign for the past two years, and the constant troubles within Daming, it has been delayed again and again until now. .”

"Now, Ming Dynasty has stabilized internally, and I am confident that the war in Europe will end this year, so we won't need to keep an eye on it all the time."

"So, shall we find a time to arrange the marriage of these two people?"

Mu Sheng and Mu Ang looked at each other again, different from the doubts just now, this time their eyes were full of excitement.

"Everything is up to His Royal Highness!"

"Hey! This is not acceptable!" Zhu Zhanhe quickly waved his hand.

"This important matter of marriage has been ordered by the parents since ancient times, and the words of the matchmaker. Although the eldest brother is said to be the father, my father is still alive, so there is no place for me to intervene."

"So, Second Uncle Mu, go back to the capital sometime and discuss this matter with my father."

"As for me, I'll just wait for the time to drink the wedding wine."

With that said, Zhu Zhanhe stood up: "Okay, Europe is still waiting for me, so I won't make too much noise. Anyway, I don't need to worry about this matter."

"Second Uncle Mu, you have given me a big surprise this time, but don't relax your vigilance against the Burji Dynasty just because of Zhan Qi and Mu Qin's marriage. We will pay attention to it in the future."

"The road was bumpy and bumpy, so I went back to rest first."

"Respectfully send off His Royal Highness!" Mu Sheng and Mu Ang hurriedly stood up.

This time, Zhu Zhanhe came to Suez mainly for his younger brother's marriage.

Since King Wu's lineage began to conquer Yunnan, the generation of Zhu Zhanhe in the lineage of King Wu's all had political value on them.

Although it was not a political marriage, he chose Hu Shanshu, which itself was already a political marriage, but Hu Shanshu's political value was not as great as Mu Qin's.

Now that he can see that his younger brother has found someone he likes while satisfying his own political value, Zhu Zhanhe is really happy for him.

As for the Burgess dynasty, this is just an extra little surprise.

But what Zhu Zhanhe didn't know was that when he came back to Beijing this time, there was not only one surprise waiting for him, but another one.

Moreover, it was much bigger than this little surprise.

(End of this chapter)