I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 972 An Extraordinary Celebration

At ten o'clock in the afternoon, the fleet, which had set off for less than half a day, returned.

First, a small building-like ship broke through the water and slowly sailed towards Xuanwu Lake.

And behind him are all kinds of small ships full of crew members with their heads held high.

The soldiers standing on the deck may have felt the feeling of being honored for the first time.

Although they were not the main force in the battle, they were still one of the participants anyway, and they played a part in the suppression of the most powerful group of pirates on the water.

The Nanjing Ministry of War, as early as when Zhu Di moved the capital and took away some confidantes and soldiers to defend the capital, it had already begun to become lonely.

In Nanjing City, which claims to have an army of 10,000+, in fact, there are not many soldiers who can really fight, and there are even fewer soldiers who have been on the battlefield and shed blood.

There are many soldiers who have just completed the most basic training and are considered veterans.

Such a unit that has not experienced any battle baptism, how to talk about combat effectiveness, how to protect the country.

They hadn't sent troops to deal with them before. The water pirates who became more and more arrogant were unwilling to send troops. It was also a very important reason that they could not fight well.

Now, this group of child soldiers can be regarded as a complete face to the young and old in Nanjing City.

They won, and won extremely well.

Leaving aside other things for the time being, there is no need to mention how many rewards you can get.

At least from now on, this group of soldiers who have participated in the battle against bandits will definitely feel proud.

Even drinking and bragging with other military members in the future, they have the capital to brag.

In contrast, Chen Hong's subordinates, who had fought countless tough battles, seemed very calm.

What are mere water pirates? They are more brutal and deadly than them. In one-on-three, we all won.

These guys on the water can only be regarded as clowns at best, and they have nothing to show off at all.

But no matter what, it doesn't matter what the two groups of people think.

The eradication of water pirates is a great event worthy of celebration for the city of Nanjing and the millions of people along the entire river basin.

The fleet returning from the great victory had not yet entered the city, and there were already a sea of ​​people on the edge of Xuanwu Lake who were going to watch the excitement.

Just like the first time, those boat owners who originally carried tourists on the lake raised their prices several times, carrying those who wanted to have a close contact with these heroes, and waited on the lake early .

All the taverns, teahouses, restaurants around Xuanwu Lake that are higher than ordinary residences, and even the part above the second floor of the Fengyue place, are places where people can stand at this time, and almost all of them are occupied by people.

Some people who couldn't find a place even jumped directly onto the roof.

Not to mention, the view on the roof is wide and no one disturbs, but it is much more comfortable than the crowded people below.

It's just that those shopkeepers are not happy.

Although the store was full of people, they watched the army return one by one, and none of them ate anything. No compensation can be found.

They are jumping and scolding their mothers, but they can't find anyone.

They had no choice but to hide aside and sulk.

They were even more pissed off when they saw someone actually set up a ladder to climb up to the roof of their house.

"These bastards, it's fine if they occupy my restaurant, but they don't even let go of the roof of my house."

The shopkeeper gritted his teeth and secretly removed the ladder.

At the beginning, the people who climbed to the roof didn't pay much attention. After all the spectators dispersed, they realized that they didn't know that the wicked guy with the smoke had moved his ladder away. I couldn't get down, and was completely trapped on the roof.

There are not a few people like this.

There were at least dozens of people who were also trapped on the roof that day.

They were shivering in the cold wind at night, and even cheered and encouraged each other.

"Be patient, it will be warm when the sun rises."

I don't know how many other strange things like this have happened in this interesting city.

The thousand-year-old city, the imperial capital of the Six Dynasties, there are not as many entertainment activities as imagined.

Ever since the capital city was changed to Beijing, such a major event has not been seen a few times throughout the year.

This time the bandit suppression operation not only helped the people in Nanjing City and the coast to solve a big problem, but also added countless talking points to their leisure time.

Afterwards, some storytellers even changed the story of the prince’s righteousness and led the army to fight against the pirates into a storybook, divided into eight chapters and 64 chapters. They kept saying every day that the streets and alleys that were passed on were the stories of everyone. Everyone knows.

In the play, Zhu Zhanji transformed from a young and handsome boy into an invincible, heroic and majestic man.

As for Chen Hong, Jiang Hao and others, they were even described as outstanding generals who are rare in the world, with world-class martial arts.

In order to highlight how difficult it was for the prince and the others to fight this battle.

They even added a lot of roles to Hun Jianglong and others.

Originally there were only seven or eight chiefs, but in the play there are eighteen, and all of them are brave and resourceful.

There are only 10,000 water pirates, but they are also described as [-]+, with countless cannons, crossbows and arrows.

Moreover, the city is high and the water is deep, which is extremely dangerous.

In order to conquer this non-existent grand pass on the water, the prince and the others used a new and laborious machine, sneaking in, sneak attacking, spying, and digging.

What's even more outrageous is that the storyteller even arranged a marriage for Zhu Zhanji.

The play says that the woman he fell in love with at the end was originally an orphan, but because she was hunted down by her enemies, she had to hide in the water village and became one of the eighteen chiefs.

Not only is she smart, but her skills are second only to Hunjianglong, and she is a well-known heroine in the water village.

From the beginning of the confrontation, to knowing each other, and then falling in love, until the end, in order to save the prince, he turned against Hun Jianglong and was besieged and seriously injured...

Made it seem like it was real.

It is said that art comes from life, which is actually very reasonable.

It is estimated that someone saw Zhu Zhanji holding a wounded woman in his arms when he disembarked from the boat, and the association he had created led to the lingering and soul-stirring story behind.

After a long time, when Zhu Zhanji accidentally saw this script, he couldn't help but read it three or four times from beginning to end with envy.

It's not that he fell in love with this made-up story.

It's a fact, and the difference from what outsiders think is really too big.

(End of this chapter)