Five years of garrison on the border, shocked Zhu Yuanzhang who went south to inspect

Chapter 2 Is he always bold?
"Is this Lingnan?" Zhu Yuanzhang was full of doubts.

At the gate of the city, there are bustling crowds everywhere, chatting and laughing.

Although these people were wearing brocade robes, they were also wearing coarse cloth robes, with a smile on their faces.

Even if they meet some outside businessmen, they will just take a look and do their own thing.

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked: "Is this the Peach Blossom Spring?"

He was patrolling around just now and found that most of the city was dead silent, and the people on the streets were in a hurry, with almost no conversation.

When the Ming Dynasty was founded, the people were in dire straits.

But why do the people in Lingnan City look so happy?

"I didn't expect that in the Ming Dynasty, there was such a peaceful place." Zhu Yuanzhang raised a faint smile on his lips: "Did that guy Zhu Tuo lie to me? The life of Lingnan people is not bad."

Geng Bingwen said: "Your Majesty, many people have fled from Lingnan in the past few years. I heard that Lingnan is indeed barren and that selling children is commonplace."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed aloud: "This is really strange."

"Your Highness, would you like to call His Highness Eighteenth over?" Geng Bingwen continued.

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment and shook his head: "Well, let's go to the city this time to see if Lingnan is prosperous or just a show-off."

The two strolled into the city.

The scene in front of him left him dumbfounded.

Geng Bingwen also had an incredible look on his face.

"The excitement in this city is greater than I imagined. Did I come in the wrong direction?" Zhu Yuanzhang muttered.

When the two walked into the city, they saw a wide asphalt road with neat pedestrians and vendors.Especially the houses on both sides are made of white bricks and stones, neat and beautiful.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang just felt like a country bumpkin from the countryside.

"Do you want to buy one?" A peddler said with a smile while holding a newspaper.

"Newspaper?" Zhu Yuanzhang was confused.

The peddler smiled and said, "It should be the first time for you two to come to Lingnan. This is a unique book in Lingnan, which records many things."

"Oh, I want one too." Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the newspaper with a strange expression.

This newspaper records many things, such as what crops should be planted this year, how to raise livestock, the recent situation in Lingnan, and the suppression of bandits.

"Such a detailed record." Zhu Yuanzhang curled his lips and continued: "I don't know who spread the news about Lingnan."

"Your Highness, please take a look." Geng Bingwen said in a low voice.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked carefully and saw that this paper was very different from ordinary paper. The paper was very thin and transparent, even more than the paper in the palace.

"Who did this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was at a loss, and his interest in Lingnan was also increasing day by day.

Just as Zhu Yuanzhang was about to catch a hawker, he heard a cry from afar. People were so frightened that they stepped back, shouted for help, and made way for him.

Zhu Yuanzhang watched helplessly as a withered old man rushed out from inside.

The old man looked quite old. He was wearing clothes one after another and looked a little sloppy.

The old man ran wildly, shouting for help and shouting for help.

Behind him, there was a group of people, all riding horses, led by a young man, laughing loudly and saying loudly: "If you keep roaring, no one can save you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face suddenly became ugly.

A dignified young man actually kills people on the street!
As an ordinary person, what Zhu Yuanzhang hated most was the powerful people who oppressed the people.

Seeing this scene, he was so angry that he was furious.

This Lingnan City is so lively, but there are still people like this!
Zhu Yuanzhang ordered: "Geng Bingwen, stop him!"

"Yes!" everyone responded in unison.Geng Bingwen rushed over, grabbed the running old man, then pulled out his long knife and aimed at the rushing horses.

The four front paws of the white horse jumped high, and was caught by a young man, who then threw him to the side.

Geng Bingwen shouted sharply: "Who are you, you dare to hurt me?"

Zhu Tuo looked arrogant and domineering, holding a whip and shouting at Geng Bingwen: "Get out of here, or I will beat you too!"

Geng Bingwen was stunned. Are all young people so impulsive?

Geng Bingwen slowly held the long knife in front of him and said in a cold voice: "Killing people in the street and bullying old people is not a gentleman. Today I will teach you a lesson for your parents."

Zhu Tuo looked happy.

Geng Bingwen shook his head: "Do you know me?"

Zhu Tuo shouted to the crowd of onlookers: "Did I bully this old man?"

What made Geng Bingwen feel cold was that none of the civilians around him stood up to speak, but applauded the boy instead.Some civilians even kicked the old man quietly.

Geng Bingwen is not well, what about Daming's etiquette?The world is in decline!

Zhu Yuanzhang felt despair in his heart. He never expected that such a thing would happen in this prosperous Lingnan!
This nobleman has committed a heinous crime!The power of one palm!
Zhu Tuo looked down at Geng Bingwen proudly, "Lu Qing, capture this guy and let him taste our suffering!"

After saying that, Lu Qing jumped up and came to Geng Bingwen, reaching out to grab Geng Bingwen.

But Geng Bingwen was very skilled and kicked Lu Qing in the waist.Lu Qing pressed down his hand and kicked out his left leg at the same time.

Geng Bingwen did not dodge, but punched out.Lu Qing turned around to avoid the blow.

The two of them started fighting in a very short period of time, and both had surprised looks in each other's eyes. They didn't expect that this person's movement skills were so good.

"Lu Qing, you kicked one with your feet and the other with your feet. It's really embarrassing."

However, Geng Bingwen was slightly shocked. After all, he was also a general who came out of the dead man, and he did not hold back at all in his attacks, but this guard was able to avoid it.

Zhu Tuo said: "Hey, I see you have a lot of backbone. Although you are old, I won't dislike you. Are you willing to be my guard?"

"Haha." Geng Bingwen's mouth curled up with a mocking arc.

In the whole world, only Zhu Yuanzhang of Ming Dynasty has this ability.

Seeing Geng Bingwen's stubborn look, Zhu Tuo suddenly became energetic. He patted his chest and said loudly: "I am Zhu Tuo, the nineteenth son of the emperor. Follow me and I guarantee that you can live comfortably and do whatever you want! "

Hearing this, Geng Bingwen was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.

This playboy is actually a direct descendant of the emperor.

A trace of surprise flashed in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, and he looked at Zhu Tuo up and down.

He remembered that when Zhu Tuo was a child, he was studying in the Imperial College. He was taciturn but always polite to everyone.

But now Zhu Tuo is extremely arrogant, totally ignoring anyone, just like a big devil.Two completely different forms are actually the same person?

"Hey, although I'm handsome, there's no need to stare at me all the time." Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang always staring at him, Zhu Tuo felt unhappy and asked, "What price do you want for this guard? Just ask and I'll take it!"

Zhu Yuanzhang gasped. He had no idea that this guy didn't know who he was!It’s so abominable!
Zhu Tuo really didn't know who Zhu Yuanzhang was.

The most important thing is that he came to Lingnan for less than a year and stayed in the capital for more than half a year, and only met Zhu Yuanzhang twice in total.

Moreover, it was impossible for him to recognize Zhu Yuanzhang after more than three years.

Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed the anger in his heart and said slowly: "This person has been with me for decades and has never sold it. We came from the capital to Lingnan just to do business."

"Oh." Chen Zhao responded.Zhu Tuo was overjoyed and said: "It turns out he is from another place. I love being with the heroes of the world the most. Come on, I'll treat you all to a drink."

Geng Bingwen turned his attention to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded lightly: "Okay, let's go have dinner."

Zhu Tuo brought the two of them to an inn, Xiao Er hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile, "Boss, we have a batch of high-quality steaks for sale today."

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked, what is this?
After he came to the throne, he issued a ban strictly prohibiting the slaughter of livestock!
Zhu Tuo is a prince, but he doesn't know how high the sky is!Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed the anger in his heart, and gave Zhu Tuo a hard look.

Zhu Tuo said casually: "Let's have some beef stir-fried with green onions, boiled pork slices, braised beef, braised veal, etc. In addition, here are ten or eight."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that Zhu Tuo had ordered so many dishes, he immediately became angry.As the king of a country, he often sets an example and eats both meat and vegetables every day.

But Zhu Tuo violated the rules and not only wanted to eat meat, but also wanted to be so luxurious.

The matter of resigning from the imperial court must be put on the agenda!
If Zhu Tuo is allowed to continue to do whatever he wants, the people of Lingnan will rebel in three to five years!

Zhu Tuo finished ordering the food and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and others with confusion on his face: "You two are from Beijing, why do you want to do business in Lingnan?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said ambiguously: "I heard that Lingnan was poor, so I originally came to make something, but I didn't expect that the people in Lingnan were so rich."

Hearing this, Zhu Tuo praised himself: "Thanks to me!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the dishes on the table and said, "I heard that there was an order from the court not to slaughter cattle. How can you eat it?"

Zhu Tuo didn't care: "It doesn't matter, let's eat, drink and have fun. Anyway, we are far away from the end of the world, who would know."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said involuntarily: "However, the people in Lingnan are so rich, but there is no news in the capital. Besides, I have also heard that the poisonous miasma in Lingnan is very common, and it is very easy to get dysentery and often die."

"Malaria has been solved by us." Zhu Tuo said proudly.

Zhu Yuanzhang also added: "I heard that people in Lingnan have no worries about food and clothing."

Zhu Tuo shook his head and said: "Lingnan people are all wealthy people, and their clothes are never mended."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "I heard that some chieftains are causing trouble in southern Xinjiang, and the people on the border are suffering."

Zhu Tuo said proudly: "Our Lingnan army has penetrated more than a hundred miles and captured Baiyue. The chieftains cannot herd sheep to the north, and the soldiers cannot complain to them."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, the chill in his eyes almost overflowed.

Zhu Tuo has been writing letters for the past three years, and they are all nonsense!

He really has a hard time being a Lingnan native!

This Zhu Tuo was simply teasing him!
Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath and asked: "Lingnan is so rich, why don't the government and the public not know about it?"

Zhu Tuo smacked his lips and sighed: "To be honest, the world is in turmoil now, and I don't want the people of Lingnan to be implicated, so every time I submit a letter, I will cover up the situation in Lingnan."

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with confusion.

Xu Xu said: "Now that I, the Ming Dynasty, have eradicated the imperial court and reformed the imperial court, why do I have any worries?"

Zhu Tuo looked at the two people and smiled slightly, "The distance here is too far, it doesn't matter what you say. In this case, let me answer your questions. Tell me, is my brother dead?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, there was a trace of sadness in his eyes and he nodded.

(End of this chapter)