My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 150 Your Majesty, we have done another good deed

  Yi Shiha happily looked at Zhu Di and said, "Your Majesty, hundreds of acres of land are all sold..."

  He continued with a lot of interest: "The servant has just learned the news, and has earned more than 600,000 taels of silver. And that's not all..."

Slowing down, Yi Shiha said again: "Your Majesty, do you know what the second-hand prices of those houses outside are now? There are already people who are willing to pay 1,400 taels of silver, so... now the whole capital is discussing this matter. "

  Zhu Di just felt dizzy, there is such easy money in the world?

   Just a few hundred acres of land?

   Then Zhen’s Forbidden City covers an area of ​​more than hundreds of acres. If it is sold, wouldn’t it be...

  Of course, this idea is only fleeting.

   After all, Zhu Di is the favorite son of Emperor Taizu Gao. Among the sons, he is also the most filial to Emperor Taizu Gao. If he dares to do this, Emperor Gaozu will die with regret.

I saw Yishiha happily continued: "Not only that, Chengen Bona is also planning to launch a new land. There are rumors that it may sell for 1,500 taels of silver. Now the streets and alleys are spreading wildly about this land. thing."

   Zhu Di was really happy now.

  That’s right, Qixia has land, it’s not about earning six hundred thousand taels of silver.

  The library invested hundreds of thousands of taels, which just recovered the cost. Of course... there are still a lot of profits.

   "Why did it go up again?" Zhu Di was a little unbelievable when he arrived, and excitedly said: "It's only been a few days?"

"It's just because it has risen again, so everyone is spreading it, and they all think it's incredible." Yishi laughed and said: "People who have bought a house now will not sell it even if someone adds money, but now there are many people. I'm jealous and want to buy it."

  Zhu Di said with piercing eyes: "So, the newly launched house can also be sold, or at a price of 1,500 taels?"

  Yi Shiha simply nodded and said: "I think so, and now even my servant is jealous. If I knew this, I bought a house... and now I'm making money."

  Zhu Di laughed loudly: "You are an eggless thing, what are you doing with this? I will not allow you to compete with the people for profit."

  Yi Shiha was actually just making a small joke. He is usually very serious. Today, taking advantage of His Majesty's good mood, he hit the snake with the stick.

  Yi Shiha hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, slaves are confused."

  Zhu Di said excitedly: "That's good, that's good. In this way, I have money."

  Empress Xu was listening, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, even so, the concubine has something to say."

  Zhu Di was obviously in a very good mood at this time, so he smiled at Queen Xu and said, "I'm an old husband and wife, what can I say?"

Empress Xu said: "Your Majesty, is this house sold so expensive now, is there anything wrong with it? Of course His Majesty earned the money, and Zhang Anshi also contributed a lot. These are all the concubine's own people, but the concubine thinks After all, His Majesty is the emperor who inherits the great rule and rules the world, not a merchant who only seeks profit, will the people..."

  She was a little worried.

  The harm of merchants seeking profit is actually not small, especially during the Yuan Dynasty.

  At that time, the people of the Yuan Dynasty were in dire straits, and they were overthrown in just a few decades. The harm of profiteers was also a factor.

  For Empress Xu, whether it is Zhu Di or Zhang Anshi, they are all her own people, and it is precisely because she is her own people that she needs to remind one or two, don't play with fire and set yourself on fire, picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelon.

After Zhu Di heard this, his enthusiasm was extinguished at once. He lowered his head and murmured: "What you said is not unreasonable. Ye Shiha, go and call Zhang Anshi. I will teach him a good lesson and not let him compete with the people for profit." , He listened to my teachings, so he naturally knew how to restrain himself."

  While speaking, he gave Yi Shiha a wink.

   also failed to understand: "The servant obeys the order."

   Not long after that, Zhang Anshi was urged to enter the palace.

  Every time he entered the palace, Zhang Anshi felt it was a torment, and he had to walk after entering the Meridian Gate.

   It’s okay if you go to the Qiandian or Wenlou and Wulou. After all, it’s only a few miles away, but if you go to Da Nei, it’s a journey of seven or eight miles.

  He arrived panting, met Zhu Di, and saluted Empress Xu.

  Empress Xu said cordially: "I'm exhausted, so sit down and talk first."

  Zhang Anshi nodded.

  Zhu Di looked at him and said, "You brat...I heard that you made a lot of money selling the house?"

  Zhang Anshidao: "Your Majesty... I don't care about the accounts."

  Zhu Di's body shook.

  Damn it, this guy is better at pretending than him, can you Zhang Anshi not care?

   "What do you mean by not caring?"

In front of Empress Xu, Zhang Anshi had already received a 'reminder' from Yi Shiha before entering the palace. Silver, Your Majesty... Are you afraid that you won’t be able to earn money from other places with such a large business store? If you don’t talk about other things, if you just talk about selling books, the money you earn is still less?"

  Zhu Di: "..."

  Empress Xu only looked at Zhang Anshi silently, without saying a word.

  Zhang Anshi continued: "The original intention of selling the house is for the national economy and the people's livelihood, for the common people in the world."

  Zhu Di actually couldn't hold back anymore and wanted to have fun.

   Fortunately, he turned his face away, so he tried his best to stop laughing, and said unhurriedly, "What's the point?"

Zhang Anshidao: "I heard that there are many families who are extravagant and licentious. I heard that the army needs a lot of mules and horses and rations, so they are all buying grain, mules and horses. Your Majesty...you said that these people...have so much money hidden in their homes, but just like the old tung oil merchants, they inflated prices, this common people...can he bear it?"

   "Small fluctuations in prices, the victims are those people who don't have much savings on weekdays. Seeing the pain in my heart, I couldn't sleep. I thought in my heart, what will happen to these rich people if they continue like this."

"It's just that nowadays, when the army is on the march, countless money, food, and ordnance are constantly being consumed. To solve the rise in prices, there are no more than two ways to increase income and reduce expenditure. The so-called increase in income means to increase the supply of goods. What grows out depends on God's reward for food, please tell me, Your Majesty, can this open source work?"

  Zhu Di came to his senses. At first he thought Zhang Anshi was trying to quibble, but in fact, Zhang Anshi just found a reason to fool around, that's all, anyway, he just gave an explanation to Empress Xu.

  But now... he actually found out that Zhang Anshi's words had some truth, so he said enthusiastically, "Then what about throttling?"

   "Throttling is to reduce the supply of silver on the market. You see, those who hoard food wantonly have no money at hand. How do they hoard food?"

  Zhang An Shidao: "I think about it, rather than letting these people follow the example of those tung oil merchants, to increase the price of rice and harm the people of our Ming Dynasty, it is better...let them come to harm the minister...and harm Qixia."

   As he spoke, Zhang Anshi wiped his eyes, um, as long as he wiped hard, there would always be some tears.

  There seemed to be tears in Zhang Anshi's eyes, and he said with a sincere look: "If they have any plans, they will come to the minister, and if they have any means, they will go to Qixia."

  Zhu Di glanced at Empress Xu.

  Empress Xu frowned, although she always felt that something was wrong, but after careful consideration, it seemed to make sense.

  But seeing Zhang Shian said again: "Besides, the sale of the house... is mainly for the bank."

   "Qianzhuang?" Zhu Di was taken aback.

Zhang Anshidao: "The minister sorted out those banks, and now eleven banks have formed a joint bank. The purpose is to spread this joint bank. May I ask your Majesty, what is the most important thing about this bank? "

  Zhu Di said very simply: "Don't ask me, I don't understand this."

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "The most important thing for a bank is credit. Only when credit is established can it be spread out in an all-round way. With the help of these eleven large and small bank associations, people all over the world can trust it. How difficult it is to have credit."

"But it's different now. I took the opportunity of selling the house, and started business with those who bought the house. These people... are either rich or expensive. Over time, they will get used to relying on the United Bank. Even they trust the bank. Then other ordinary people are willing to accept it. People have the mentality of following the crowd. Many people will think that even a local big family dares to put money in the bank and borrow money from the bank. Do you not trust it? Your Majesty, do you think so?"

  Zhu Di said: "So it's for this?"

  Zhang An Shidao: "My minister's move can be said to kill three birds with one stone. The first is to stabilize prices, and the second is to build a joint bank for His Majesty and spread the business of the bank. Finally, it is to earn some hard money for selling land."

"Of course, with this money, the library can be maintained. I also plan to throw some more money, expand some principles nearby, build some reservoirs, build some schools, and build some medical centers. All of these will cost a lot Price convenience measures, will this also harm the people?"

Zhu Di put his hands behind his back, smiled and said to Empress Xu: "Look, I have already said that Zhang Anshi and I care about the common people! But you are suspicious, the world belongs to me, can I still harm people? Zhang Anshi has done so many things, worked hard for the country and the people, and always thought of the country and the people, this is my Guan Zhong, don't be suspicious anymore."

  Empress Xu smiled and said, "The concubine is confused."

Zhu Di said: "What's more, with money, the conquest of Annan will be smoother. It is a long way to go to Annan. Hundreds of thousands of troops marched by land and water. Hey... I don't know what happened to them, this guy Zhu Gaoxu ...wouldn't be eager to do meritorious service."

   After all, Zhu Di bowed his head. Although he sometimes gritted his teeth with hatred for Zhu Gaoxu, but now that guy really wants to lead the army, after all, Zhu Di is still a little worried.

  Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have a plan in my pocket, and I guarantee that they will return in triumph."

   "Brilliant tricks?" Zhu Di laughed and said, "This marching and fighting is not the jokes and nonsense of those scholars. On this battlefield, there are changes, so where is there any tricks? Don't listen to some **** dramas, have you ever been on the battlefield?"

   This still hit Zhang Anshi's bruise, Zhang Anshi said with a guilty conscience: "This... not yet."

Zhu Di said with a serious face: "In a real battlefield, victory or defeat may be just a matter of thought, or the two armies may fight fiercely. Before a stick of incense, the opponent still has the advantage, but after a stick of incense, it may be because of a heavy rain. Or it may be because of a miscommunication of the coach's order, which may reverse the situation."

"You are thousands of miles away. By the time you know the news, ten days and a half months have passed. What kind of tricks are there? It's a group of people who have never been on the battlefield. People who have never been on the battlefield are talking nonsense. Such people are the most annoying .”

After a pause, Zhu Di showed disgust: "The generals are fighting outside, crawling out of the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood. When they win, scholars will always arrange one or two so-called strategists. It will never succeed. But once it loses, it must be the fault of the generals and has nothing to do with them."

"You are still young, don't be fooled by these people. Military affairs are not child's play. How can you succeed by just sitting down and talking about Taoism? Don't give them any **** tips. This time they set off to fight, what they are talking about is general Outside, the king's order is not accepted, if I have a will, they will not listen, why are you meddling?"

  Zhang Anshi: "..."

  Zhu Di said: "You won't really give them any tips, will you?"

  Zhang Anshi said awkwardly: "Ah...this..."

  Zhu Di said: "They should not be fools, they may not listen to your actions. Do you think so?"

  Zhang Anshi felt helpless, so he could only say: "Ah... yes, yes, yes..."

  Zhu Di was a little worried: "Are they fools?"

   "This..." Zhang Anshi said with difficulty: "I think...they should...maybe...maybe not."

   "Fuck it!"

  Zhu Di scolded for a while.

  Zhang Anshi felt that he could not stay here any longer, so he resigned quickly in resentment.

   Sure enough, people's bad things are broken by one mouth, so why do you compare yourself to this?

   Fortunately, Zhu Di just scolded the four murderers in the capital, so what does it have to do with me, Zhang Anshi?

  Zhang Anshi stumbled out of the hall, not far away, saw Yiwang Zhu hiding under a tree, and suddenly rushed out.

  Zhang Anshi was really taken aback. He patted his heart and said, "You bastard, what are you going to do? Shock me."

  Zhu did not make a sound, stuffed Zhang Anshi a note, and then said in a low voice: "Burn after reading."

   Let’s talk, he ran away without a trace.

  Zhang Anshi clutched the note, but waited until he was out of the palace before lowering his head to read it.

   After all, it was all Zhu Di's movements about Xu Jingyi and Zhang Anshi, densely packed, unexpectedly very professional.

  Zhang Anshi couldn't help but shook his head, smiled wryly, dragon begets dragon, phoenix begets phoenix, this mouse's son can make holes, so the question arises, who gave birth to this mouse?

  ...

"Zhanji, do you know that Uncle left you two houses, do you know how much the price of these two houses will rise in a hundred years? But Uncle loves you, this is the best location, It's all for you."

  Zhang Anshi touched Zhu Zhanji's head.

  After he came out of the palace, he rushed to the East Palace.

  Zhu Zhanji tilted his head, thought for a while and said, "But Uncle, I will be dead in a hundred years."

   "Nonsense." Zhang Anshi scolded him: "You can't think of the best at such a young age? Hey... Only my uncle in this world thinks about you and thinks that you can live to be a hundred years old."

   Zhu Zhanji said very seriously: "But I don't want a house, I just want Uncle to return my popsicle."

  Zhang Anshi said: "Speak less, think more."

   "Uncle, Uncle, I heard from the teacher who taught me that Uncle is cheating just to make money..."

  Zhang Anshiyu looked at him earnestly and said: "It's because people are jealous of us. These people are really damned. They even lied to you, a child. You must remember that you can't believe what they say, you know?"

  Zhu Zhanji hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.

  Zhang Anshi said: "Did sister miss me recently?"

   "Yes." Zhu Zhanji said: "I said you have no rules, and I want to clean you up."

  The corners of Zhang Anshi's mouth twitched, and he said with emotion: "The tree is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it! In this case, I have to go, and I can't let my sister see it."

   After finishing speaking, he ran away in a hurry.

  ...

  The ninth day of June in the third year of Yongle.

  The Chinese army has reached the front line of the Baihe River on the border of Annan.

  A large army gathered. At this time, the coach Zhu Neng had already learned about the situation of Annan's army and horses on the opposite side of the river.

  Since the Hu family usurped the country, it has been strengthening the defense of the border, building a large number of fortresses, and mobilizing troops. Several lines of defense have been established along the border.

  Zhu Neng believed that Annan's army and horses were ready to take advantage of the territory, and the army should not act recklessly when the army came from afar.

   Therefore, although the vanguard army was sent to cross the river and began to slowly pull out the Annan army's fortress, the Chinese army stayed still and waited to advance slowly, step by step.

  He is an old man, so he naturally knows that he has the advantage of a military horse. As long as Annan's army horse is not given the opportunity to push forward a little bit, this Annan will definitely be destroyed.

  In the past few days, his body has caught some wind and cold, and after taking the medicine in the army, he got better a little bit.

  So he summoned the deputy general Zhang Fu to discuss the next military action.

  Zhang Fu's suggestion was very simple, allowing the Mu family's military horses to attract Annan's attention from the flanks.

  The Chinese army continued to divide and record the army and horses to advance, and only waited for the opponent's defense line to show a flaw, then the three armies' general attack could be decided at one go.

  The entire army has 500,000 people. Of course, the 500,000 people include a large number of civilian men who transport supplies. The real soldiers are around 150,000 to 200,000.

  This is a battle to destroy the country, and the other party is obviously ready to die.

   Therefore one must be cautious and not reckless.

  After discussing the next strategy, Zhu Neng said, "Where are those boys...?"

"I heard that their military horses have also arrived, and they are stationed dozens of miles away." Zhang Fu's serious face showed a rare smile, and said: "But they are only vanguards, and there are more than 10,000 soldiers in total. Ma, the follow-up three guards are still arriving one after another."

  Zhu Neng curled his lips and said: "Let them follow us and protect our grain roads. These guys... only Han... no, only Zhu Gaoxu has the talent to command the army, and the rest... are crooked!"

   "The ability to march and fight has to be learned from them. If they can lead tens of thousands of people without making mistakes, they are considered good at it. In real combat, they are not needed."

  Zhang Fudao: "Yesterday I sent people to contact them, that's what I meant too...but...the people who went there came back and said..."

   "What did you say?" Zhu Neng was taken aback.

  Zhang Fu smiled wryly, "Only Zhu Yong replied with a word."

On the expedition, thinking that his son was dozens of miles away, Zhu Neng felt very kind in his heart, and said, "This kid...but he misses his father and me? Really, it's not far from my father's place. What else do you need to tell me?" , come directly to Daying to see me. What did he say?"

   "He said..." Zhang Fu hesitated.

  Zhu Neng couldn't help but glared at him and said, "Zhang Fu, why are you so coy, like a woman."

  Zhang Fu had no choice but to say: "He told the general who delivered the order...to marry your mother and get out of here. Of course, he didn't say this to Shi Bo, but to the general."

Zhu Neng's face twitched, his eyes suddenly burst into flames, and then he hurriedly buried his head, deliberately reading the report sent by the vanguard army horse, and muttered in his mouth: "The vanguard said... the bandit army's defense lines are layered. It seems that they have been prepared for a long time, they conscripted all the men in Annan, and there are hundreds of thousands of them, and they plan to fight us to the end."

   "Hey... this Annan forest is densely covered, and the Annan people are waiting for work. If we want to gnaw this hard bone, we still need to be prepared for a lot of losses."

  Zhang Fu bowed his head and remained silent.

   After a while, someone entered the account in a hurry and shouted: "General, general...there are soldiers and horses crossing the river..."

  Zhu Neng frowned: "Who is crossing the river? Didn't I say, don't act rashly?"

   "The ones crossing the river are... the men and horses of the commercial firm... They built a pontoon bridge 30 miles upstream and crossed the river in a big way... It seems that they are about to go deep into the enemy's territory."

  Zhu Neng was shocked when he heard it: "I'm **** his mother!"

  ...

  The mighty people crossed the Baihe River directly, and there was no Annan army on the other side, because the vanguard of the Chinese army had already cleared the fortress of the Annan army on the other side of the river.

  After Zhu Gaoxu landed, Zhu Yong and the others surrounded him.

  Zhu Yongdao: "There is only one confession in the first kit, which is to rush to death, nothing else. More than 10,000 of us... can we rush over?"

  Zhu Gaoxu smiled wryly and said: "It is possible to rush. There are more than 10,000 of us, with 13,000 horses and 6,000 mules and horses. We have enough weapons and supplies. I have never been so rich in my life."

  Zhu Gaoxu paused for a moment, and then said: "But... just rushing over like this? Could it be...too reckless."

  Zhang Fu also hesitated: "Yes, yes, the eldest brother may not know the situation here, should we send more scouts to investigate first."

  Zhu Yong said: "What are you talking about? I don't listen to what my elder brother said. Fourth brother, what do you say?"

  Qiu Song kept his head buried in silence. He didn't say ten words a day. At this time...a fierce light flashed in his eyes: "If you don't listen to elder brother, I'll blow him up."

  Zhu Gaoxu: "..."

  Zhu Gaoxu gritted his teeth and said: "There's nothing to say, everyone is here, the elder brother is right, if you don't rush, if you let that old thief Zhu Neng..."

  Zhu Neng immediately said angrily: "Don't scold my father, you can call him an old man, you are not allowed to call him an old thief."

  Zhu Gaoxu said: "If they take the lead, this Annan will not belong to the firm, and the money will be gone. Big brother spent so much money, you can't lose money, so go ahead."

   So the four agreed.

   But the Chinese army encountered an unimaginable situation.

  When Zhu Neng heard that the merchant's army was crossing the river, his first reaction was to order the scouts to give him an order that Zhu Gaoxu must not advance an inch and must camp on the other side of the river. He must not be reckless.

   It's a pity that when the scouts passed by, they came back with their heads bowed, saying that when he got there, Zhu Gaoxu had already set off with more than 10,000 horses, heading for an Annan military camp more than ten miles away.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Neng patted himself on the head, and said angrily, "Damn it, are they crazy? What are they trying to do? Hurry... hurry... and send someone to urge them to come back, do they think it's a joke? "

  So, swearing.

   A day later, the scouts brought back the news that they broke through the opponent's line of defense.

   Another three days later, it was discovered that Zhu Gaoxu and others had encountered several small-scale Annan Army, which had penetrated as far as Duobang City.

   Five more days.

   The more frightening news came, after the opponent reached the state city, they did not attack, but bypassed the state city, and continued to go deeper...

  It's clear...they are going to the 'Shanglong City' in Annan Kingdom.

   "Isn't this... stuck in the opponent's pocket? This is courting death." Zhu Neng shivered as he spoke.

   Such a lone army goes deep, or even directly bypasses the opponent's military fortress, which is tantamount to putting itself in a situation of being besieged on all sides.

   As for Shenglong City, this Shenglong City is located in the northwest of the Annan Red River Delta. It is the largest plain area in Annan and the capital of Annan.

   "They are looking for death, they are all crazy." Zhu Neng was furious.

  The news brought by the scouts confirmed Zhu Neng's judgment.

  An Nanguo seems to be shrinking the line of defense, and the mobilization of the army is very frequent.

  Obviously, An Nanguo immediately sensed the opportunity for a big fish that rushed into the territory recklessly.

  At this time, just in time for Daming's central army to be ready, they shrink the soldiers and horses everywhere, surround this lone army, and then... wipe them all out.

  ...

  The weather in Annan is scorching hot, but Zhu Yong still has armor all over his body.

  At this time... on the banks of the Huangjiang River, more than 10,000 horses are already busy.

   Not far away is Yimapingchuan, which can directly reach Thang Long.

   A large number of soldiers and horses began to appear nearby, especially the left wing, and Annan's army was mobilized more and more frequently.

   If nothing else, they were surrounded.

  And at least one large army is coming, tightening their pockets, to completely surround and trap their lone army to death.

  But now... Zhu Gaoxu and the others, because of the heat, sprinkled river water on their bodies one by one to cool off the heat.

   But the busiest one was Qiu Song.

  He is leading a group of people, holding a shovel, sweating, and working hard to make holes in the ground.

   He observed the nearby terrain, and carefully buried the packs of gunpowder in the place he preset.

  The tens of kilograms of gunpowder packs brought by him were all unloaded from the mule.

   "Fifty catties will be buried here, and here... from here to here..." Qiu Song was no longer reticent at this time, he ordered in an orderly manner, his eyes sparkling.

  (end of this chapter)