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

Chapter 315 Send Zhao Xiang to me
"I saw it in my dream."

Before Zhu Tuo and others arrived at Jingzhou City, they were stopped by Jiangling County Lieutenant Guo Yi and others.

Zhu Tuo saw this scene and shouted quickly: "What happened? I didn't tell you, did I? Conceal your identity, conceal your identity, who is it that makes me have to conceal my identity?"

Jie Jin pursed his lips and thought to himself, you walked through the city swaggering with more than 100 guards and a gorgeous carriage behind you. You asked about the people who passed by along the way. Anyone with a discerning eye would know who you are at a glance.

Just listen to Yao Guangxiao saying from the side: "Your Majesty, you are like a bright pearl. Even if you don't show up, people can still be photographed by your kingly demeanor. This is why before you arrived in Jiangling County, Jiangling County already knew The reason why you are where you are.”

"Oh. I see."

Guo Yi bowed and said, "See Prince Su."

"Yes." Zhu Tuo sat on a snow-white horse and looked down at him.

Guo Yi continued: "Your Majesty, King Xiang has arrived at the gate of Jingzhou City. He specially ordered his subordinates to go ten miles outside the city to welcome your Majesty back."

Zhu Tuoyi raised the riding crop in his hand and said, "Then walk at the front."

After arriving at Jingzhou Mansion, King Zhu Bai of Xiang led hundreds of civil and military officials to greet him outside the city. There was also an orchestra that played several cheerful pieces of music.

"Eighteenth brother." Qin Yu said with a smile.

King Xiang was the first to bow.

"Haha, twelfth brother, you praise me too much." Zhu Tuo quickly jumped off the horse, helped Zhu Bai up, and said with a smile: "We are all a family, do we need to be so alienated?"

"Although we are a family, Brother Eighteen is now the head of the family, so we should meet him."

Seeing Zhu Tuo being so polite, Zhu Bai was relieved.

The ministers who followed him lowered their heads and were sweating profusely.

Zhu Tuo is not famous in the local area. On the contrary, he is very famous. The first reason is that Zhu Tuo once visited Jingzhou County once. At that time, he had a conflict with Zhao Xiang and scolded all the officials in Jingzhou County. It was a bloody mess.

The second reason is Lingnan.

Lingnan is sparsely populated, and if they want to develop, they must have a large number of people, so they turned their attention to the neighboring countries of Chu and Jing. At first, they just fooled the people, saying that when they came to Lingnan, they could divide the fields and houses.

In the end, human trafficking occurred, but fortunately it did not cause any casualties. In addition, because of the face of King Su Zhu Tuo, the local officials had no choice but to swallow their anger.

"Hehe, this time I was ordered by my father to go on a tour. I happened to pass by Jingzhou, so I came to visit you."

Zhu Bai nodded, lowered his voice, and asked: "Lao Ba, tell the truth to Lao Ba, has father ever thought about making you emperor?"

"Well, what do you mean?"

"Haha, don't worry, I won't be jealous. Alas, I have a good relationship with him. He once wrote me a letter, saying that we are both vassal kings and should help each other."

"Yes, I understand."

"Besides, there are also clear regulations in the court that the princes are not allowed to have private meetings. Now my father actually allows the [-]th brother to go on such a high-profile tour. His intention is already obvious, right? When the [-]th brother returns to Beijing, it will be the day he succeeds to the throne. .

"That may be true, but let's not talk about it any more."

Hearing this, Zhu Bai laughed loudly and said: "Brother Eighteen is really... cool and unrestrained. Everyone is looking at that position eagerly, but you don't seem to want to be in this position..."

"Brother Shiba, if you want to go out for a walk, I will go with you."

"My twelfth brother has many things to do, so let me accompany you."

Lu Xiaofeng said: "Huh?" "For example, Zhao Xiang, I haven't seen him for so many years and miss him very much. How about letting him go with me to visit and get familiar with the situation in Jingzhou?"

Zhao Xiang was in front of him, looking down at the ground, rubbing his clothes with his fingers, looking timid.

"What are you afraid of? Can I still swallow you up?"

Zhao Xiang looked up, a little nervous.

"Why are you timid? Where is the courage you promised? Where is the courage you had just now? Why don't you use your aunt's power?" Zhu Tuo shouted.

Zhao Xiang smiled sarcastically and said: "In the past, I was blind and ignorant, and I offended many people. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

"What I hate most are people who bully the weak." Zhu Tuo sneered and scolded: "Actually, I really like your lawless look. Why not let you recover well."

Zhao Xiang said quickly: "My subordinates will be fine."

Lu Xiaofeng said: "Resignation?" Zhu Tuo frowned, looked at him up and down, and asked: "Your Excellency considers himself a minister, and seems to be working in Jingzhou Mansion? I just want to know, where do you serve? How did he get it? In this position?”

"I am now the chief steward of the Royal Horse Division, and all the horses in Jingzhou City are mine. Because of this, I don't have to pass the Jinshi exam, and my aunt recommended it."

"Oh, groom, take me to see your horses."

"As ordered."

Zhu Tuo took Zhao Xiang and went straight to Yuma Sixing.

In the Ming Dynasty, the princes had three families of attendants, ranging from thirty thousand to twenty thousand.As the king of a country, Zhu Bai had three major soldiers under his command, totaling fifteen thousand.

Jingzhou is a mountainous area where bandits are rampant. Zhu Bai led troops to attack bandits many times.Zhu Bai was also considered a good man in the military. He was appreciated by Zhu Yuanzhang when he suppressed bandits.

"These are war horses prepared for the army." Zhao Xiang explained.

Zhu Tuo nodded, led a horse, got on the horse, and circled around, then lowered his head and asked Zhao Xiang, who was not far away.

"I said, why is this horse so short? It is completely different from the horses in the north. Did you take bribes? They confiscated the horse's food and made the horse hungry."

Zhao Xiang smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, you see, these war horses are all like this, short and heavy. Most of our war horses here are used to transport goods. Therefore, our war horses here are all used to transport goods." It’s for cargo, so these war horses are the best choice.”

"Oh, I see, how many horses do you have?"

"842, and more than 100 young horses."

Zhu Tuo nodded and then asked some questions. Zhao Xiang answered very calmly, and when he was in high spirits, he also explained to him some information about how to take care of female horses after giving birth and how to feed their cubs.

"Very good, very good, very talented at herding horses!"

Zhu Tuo smacked his lips, and then said: "But have you ever thought that this horse can be mixed with a donkey?"

"What? This is a donkey!" Zhao Xiang said: "Let you understand that there is no special connection between this animal and the beast, nor any special ability, nor any special ability, nor do we. Too much to know."

Zhu Tuo shook his head, said no more, and continued walking forward.

The earliest days of horses and donkeys were in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

But at that time, riding a donkey was voluntary, and no one understood why they wanted to ride this donkey, so they separated the donkey.

It was not until the Ming Dynasty that due to the prosperity of factories and factories, there was an urgent need to use animals to replace labor.

(End of this chapter)