Jingnan Strategy

Chapter 28
"I'm tired."

Standing at the entrance of a street and courtyard, Zhu Gaoxu thanked him and at the same time took out ten coins from his body and handed it to the soldiers who led the way.

"This, this, this... Your Highness, this is not allowed."

When the soldiers saw this, their three souls were frightened. He did not dare to take money from a future county king.

"I give it to you, you take it."

Zhu Gaoxu did not let the soldiers retort, and directly stuffed ten coins into his arms, and patted him on the shoulder:

"If you want to thank me, just say hello to my brothers from Xu Zi Baihu."

"You must be young." Upon seeing this, the soldiers bowed and saluted repeatedly, not daring to straighten their backs.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu didn't say much. He turned around and opened the courtyard door with the key Sheng Yong gave him, and walked in with Yang Zhan and Wang Xuan.

"This yard is quite big. It is probably under the regulations of Fuqianhu."

As soon as the courtyard door opened, Yang Zhan walked around the center of the courtyard and spoke with some sigh.

His father was from a hundred households, and his family's courtyard was also in accordance with the regulations of a hundred households. However, what Yulin Zuowei gave Zhu Gaoxu was obviously not in line with his official position.

Yang Zhan ran to the backyard, while Wang Xuan and Zhu Gaoxu walked to the main hall and sat down.

After a while, Yang Zhan returned to the main hall after shopping and said with a smile:

"In the second entrance and exit courtyard, there are three reverse rooms, three back rooms, one left and right wing rooms, one left and right wing rooms, and one main room."

"Your Highness, it's hard for you to live alone. Otherwise, you should hire two people."

Yang Zhan didn't say that he would come to stay with Zhu Gaoxu because he and Wang Xuan had to stay in the large training ground to practice martial arts and wait for the martial arts test next year.

"I live alone. I guess I will have to eat out in the future."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the courtyard, with green bricks, green tiles and white walls. This courtyard alone was the residence where [-]% of the people of the Ming Dynasty had toiled for years to live.

This is despite the low housing prices in the Ming Dynasty. If they were as high as those in the Song Dynasty, then selling this yard would probably be enough for hundreds of families to live comfortably for more than ten years.

"Yang Zhan, go rent a donkey cart and sell the twenty pieces of silk in the left ear room."

Zhu Gaoxu explained, and Yang Zhan asked after hearing this: "Your Highness, do you still bring the things you had at the cathedral?"

"The book of war has left the "General Essentials of Martial Arts" for the two of you to study. Bring the rest over."

"You go first, I'll rest."

As Zhu Gaoxu spoke, he got up and went to the side room to rest.

The Dudu Mansion had people prepare bedding and paper, pens and inkstones, so he could just move in with his bags.

Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu was about to rest, Yang Zhan pulled Wang Xuan and stood up and walked out of the yard.

Zhu Gaoxu was lying on the couch and thought about Lao Zhu's arrangements for him. He felt half excited and half scared.

Although he knew that Lao Zhu was very kind to his children and grandchildren, and that even if his children and grandchildren made mistakes, they would not be punished too severely, Zhu Gaoxu knew better that he was doing all this for the purpose of "conspiracy."

If Zhu Yuanzhang detects his intentions, what will he do to himself?
He said that he did this to protect himself, would Zhu Yuanzhang believe it?

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't lie still and sat up directly.

He looked at the empty floor tiles, his mind a little empty.

"There is no need for me to rebel. If Zhu Yunwen really accepts my "Lun on the Reduction of Domain", then I can still be my King of Sai."

"If he still insists on having his own way, my grandfather will be dead by then, why should I still be afraid of him?"

Zhu Gaoxu comforted himself. At this moment, he felt a bit of Zhu Di's feelings in history.

When I am strong, it is not easy for my children and grandchildren to rebel.

If the rebellion fails, it means death. If the rebellion succeeds, the conscience will be uneasy.Thinking this, Zhu Gaoxu lay back and fell into a daze.

When he woke up, he was awakened by the sound of moving things.

Rubbing his eyes, when he slowly sat up, Yang Zhan and Wang Xuan were carrying pieces of silk.

Since the window of the wing room was open, Yang Zhan who came in also saw Zhu Gaoxu getting up, so he also greeted:

"Your Highness, I brought you food."

"Okay..." Zhu Gaoxu was a little confused. He walked out of the main room before he had time to look at the food, and went to the well in the courtyard to get water and wash his face.

During this period, Wang Xuan and Yang Zhan walked back and forth twice. When Zhu Gaoxu washed his face and wiped it randomly with his sleeve, Yang Zhan also came to the well and took a drink of water: "Refreshing!"

He howled, then smiled with big white teeth:
"Your Highness, we have agreed on twenty pieces of silk and twelve guan. Counting the treasure notes exchanged in the previous round and the remaining money during this period, the total is 140, seven guan and more than [-] guan."

"When Lao Wang and I transport the military documents later, we will transport the money box and add some items for your daily use."

"Okay, you go." Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand. He was now dizzy by Zhu Yuanzhang's arrangement.

Seeing that he was not in the mood to talk about anything else, Yang Zhan didn't say anything more. He turned and walked out of the yard, closing the door behind him.

After he left, Zhu Gaoxu did not get up directly, but sat on a stone pier not far from the well.

After sitting for a while, he slowly stood up and returned to the main hall.

There is a four-layered food box on the main table in the hall. When opened, there is a bowl of rice, three vegetables and one soup.

Zhu Gaoxu took it out and started eating with chopsticks. For his physique, it was not difficult for him to finish the meal alone.

But during the meal, he thought of his situation again.

Not to mention the distant ones, the closer inner city alone would bring him a lot of troubles.

The kings in the inner city have many children studying in the capital. Among them, his good eldest brother Zhu Gaochi and his third brother Zhu Gaosui are enough to give Zhu Gaoxu a headache.

Ever since he changed his personality after traveling through time, he tried his best to avoid Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui, for fear that they would notice something was wrong.

Even though four months have passed now, it is absolutely impossible for me to have so many changes in four months.

"In Beijing, we still have to avoid them. The longer the delay, the better..."

Zhu Gaoxu ate while thinking about it. After a while, after eating everything, he put the bowls and chopsticks into the food box, closed it and walked back to the study in the left ear room.

In addition to desks, bookshelves, paper, pens, inkstones and other items, there is also an armor rack and Habayashi Zuoe Mingjia on the shelf.

Ming Jia is also called Zha Jia. Compared with the Song Dynasty, the standard Zha Jia in the early Ming Dynasty reduced many unnecessary nail leaves, so the weight was reduced to 45 kilograms, equivalent to about 54 kilograms in later generations.

Excluding the armor, if you add long bows, arrows, swords, spears, bucklers and other items, the weight can reach about 55 kilograms, which is equivalent to about 66 kilograms in later generations.

However, Zhu Gaoxu is now an official of hundreds of households, and he only needs to wear a waist knife for daily wear, and a waist knife only weighs one pound or ten taels.

Of course, such a weapon is relatively handy for ordinary soldiers, but it is too light for Zhu Gaoxu.

In history, Zhu Gaoxu could wear double armor and charge on the battlefield with a large banner on his shoulders. Although the current Zhu Gaoxu has not grown up yet, he is more powerful than Zhu Gaoxu at the same time.

Zhu Gaoxu, who had not worn armor for more than a month, put on this set of armor and felt it carefully after attaching the waist knife.

This armor was not too much of a burden for him to wear on his body. Zhu Gaoxu estimated that if he wanted to, he could even wear double armor now, but that would be more tiring.

"This power still belongs to the human category."

Zhu Gaoxu recalled the weightlifting records of Strongmen in his previous life, and thought about the history of his predecessor jumping back and forth lifting a tripod of several hundred kilograms, and couldn't help but laugh.

He took off his armor and put it back on the armor rack, and then he was ready to wait for Yang Zhan and the others to send the military documents.

But while he was waiting, the news that Ying Guogong Fu Youde was recalled to Nanjing also spread to the north.

(End of this chapter)