Han Du raised his head and stared at Huang Zhong, giving him a complaining look: Damn it, why did you say it so unabashedly?
Faced with Han Du's accusation, Huang Zhong felt aggrieved and blinked: Mr. Hou, you didn't say that the prince and Master Fang didn't know. And when you said that, didn't you make the generals mistakenly think that they also knew about it?
Blame it on me~ Han Du smashes it, smashes it, feels a little unhappy.
Huang Zhong quickly lowered his head and pretended to be careless about the end...
Zhu Xi also glanced at Huang Zhong lightly and let him go. He looked up at Han Du and said, "Explain, what is going on?"
Han Du laughed twice and saw Zhu Ping and Fang Xiaoru looking at him aggressively. He had no choice but to say: "I can tell you this, but you must never tell it."
Zhu Ping also nodded happily, "I can promise you."
In this case, Han Du had nothing to worry about and explained: "Actually, the Anping Governor's Mansion prepares 1.2 million gu in tribute for the emperor every year, mainly local specialties and gold, silver and jewelry. .The special thing here in Huangzhong is the pearl."
Zhu Xi was stunned when he heard this. He had never heard his father mention this matter. Then a sudden breath of cold air was roughly poured into his lungs, and he asked in a trembling voice: "The Anping Governor's Palace is like this, but what about the other Governor's Palaces?"
Fang Xiaoru was originally surprised that Huang Zhong would send 1.2 million yuan to the emperor every year, but what he didn't expect was that what surprised him even more was what came next.
Indeed, Huang Zhong is just one of the governors. He has given so much, but what about the others?
Han Du looked a little complacent. After all, the Governor of Nanyang could become like this because of his own contribution. Facing the burning eyes of the two people, he nodded lightly and said: "They are almost the same."
Almost...but this one is almost too scary. Zhu Fang looked at Han Du speechless for a long time. Only then did he understand why his father would call him in front of him and say those strange words when he left Beijing.
Now that he thought about it, he understood it all. Emotional father knew that he had gone overseas and these things could no longer be hidden from him, so he just warned him in advance.
At the same time, Zhu Xi couldn't help but feel very lucky. He really came to the right place overseas. If he hadn't come, how would he have known that this place was such a wealthy place? At least here in Anping, there is definitely no shortage of pearls.
A governor in Huangzhong, with only two thousand soldiers and horses, could make so much money every year. I have tens of thousands of troops at my disposal, why don’t I become rich overnight? Zhu Xi had already made up his mind and was ready to fight here.
Fang Xiaoru also studied mathematics in the academy, and he did well in it. He didn't even need to count with his fingers. After a little calculation in his mind, he knew that this was a huge wealth of more than 40 million yuan every year.
Forty million yuan, Fang Xiaoru could not accurately calculate how much the court could do with so much money.
Since you want to make money, and you don't know anything about the situation here, the best way is of course to ask Huang Zhong.
Zhu Xi pointed to the pearls in the box and asked, "Pearls are abundant here? So where did these pearls come from?"
Seeing that the matter was over, Huang Zhong quickly raised his head when he heard Zhu Xi's words, and explained with a smile without hesitation: "Your Majesty, some of these pearls were salvaged from the sea by the general, and some are from local natives and the general. Replaced."
"Oh? Is it easy to salvage?" Zhu Ming asked quite emotionally.
"It's not troublesome anyway." Huang Zhong nodded, and then said excitedly: "The general didn't know until he came here that there are too many kinds of treasures in the sea here, and there are so many fish alone. Half of them are It’s the saying that half of the sea water is fish.”
Zhu Xi nodded to express his understanding.
Seeing that Zhu Xi didn't speak, Han Du asked curiously: "You said the natives would trade pearls with you? Aren't those Annan harassing you? Are the Annan people willing to trade with you?"
"Of course. In fact, these people are not Annan people at all, and they don't even think they are Annan people. Annan keeps saying that this is their hometown, but in the eyes of the general, this is not the case at all." Huang Zhong said about him the opinion of.
Han Du and Zhu Xi pondered for a moment and felt that what Huang Zhong said was probably true.
"What do you use?
Did you exchange it with them? "Zhu Ping continued to ask.
Huang Zhong suddenly laughed and said haha: "That's too much. Everything from our Ming Dynasty is treasure in their eyes. Cotton cloth, iron pot, tea, porcelain, mirror... They want to change We don’t need too many things. And not only did the general exchange with them, but when the prince came, he saw a lot of maritime merchants in the port."
"I saw it." Zhu Xi nodded.
Huang Zhong immediately laughed and said: "In addition to those maritime merchants who were passing by or returning to the voyage to rest here, half of them came here specifically to exchange pearls with the natives. But if they want to exchange pearls with the natives, they need to The general agrees, and if the general doesn’t agree, they can’t get anything in exchange.”
Huang Zhong led two thousand troops to guard here, and of course he had the absolute initiative. Without his consent, the natives would not even dare to approach the port, let alone trade with maritime merchants.
After understanding it clearly, Zhu Xi already had a rough idea in his mind. But he is not in a hurry, the six guards of the palace have not been repaired yet. It happened that he took advantage of this free time to take the princess around Anping Port.
Although Zhu Xi was moved by the princess's persistence, he was still a little unaccustomed to her behavior of staying in the room all day without even leaving the door. Although he didn't want the princess to be as out-of-the-box as Deng, he was a little angry because she had to go out.
Wang was not used to Zhu Xi's directness. After all, it was the first time in so many years that she felt the warmth from this man. When I went out with Zhu Ming all day long, my face was red.
After five days of repairs, Zhu Ping cheered up and was ready to deal with Annan.
When Han Du and others were summoned, Zhu Xi, who was covered in golden armor and had a big horse and a golden sword, sat at the head of the table. He said in a deep voice: "This king wants to attack Annan, do you have any objections?"
Han Du saw that Zhu Ping had made up his mind, and with Lao Zhu's oral instructions, he had already guessed that Zhu Ping's purpose of coming here was to conquer Annan, and this had Lao Zhu's tacit approval. Perhaps Lao Zhu was also impatient with Annan's endless harassment of the Anping Governor's Mansion these past few years. It happened that Zhu Fang was in charge of the feudal clan, so he asked him to deal with Annan easily.
Otherwise, just to send King Qin and his party away, why would Han Du need to bring 50,000 navy troops?
"I respectfully obey the king's order." Han Du was the first to bow and said.
Fang Xiaoru frowned a little. He never thought that he would get involved in such a thing. He was just sent by the prince. He thought that reading thousands of books would be better than traveling thousands of miles to increase his knowledge.
Facing Zhu Ming's aggressive gaze, Fang Xiaoru pondered for a while and said hesitantly: "Soldiers are also deadly weapons. Saints have to use them as a last resort. It is a taboo to rashly raise an army. You must have a famous division."
After Zhu Ping heard what Fang Xiaoru said, his first reaction was to get furious, but he quickly calmed down. This Annan is not Meng Yuan who has a bloody feud with the Ming Dynasty. He can directly send troops to attack without any reason, even if it is a sneak attack.
If you can find a famous reason, that would naturally be the best.
But is such a reason so easy to find? Either it's not substantial enough, or it's too far-fetched.
Zhu Xi felt a little embarrassed for a moment.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little quiet, Huang Zhong suddenly thought of a rumor. He quickly said: "In the past few years, I have fought with Annan dozens of times, but I heard a rumor from the prisoner. I wonder if I should take it seriously?"
What I urgently need now is a reason to be famous. What's the use of a rumor you heard? Zhu Xi frowned and glanced at Huang Zhong without saying a word.
When Han Du saw it, in order to avoid embarrassing Huang Zhong, he came to his rescue and said, "What are the rumors? Let's hear it."
"It's like this. I heard that the current King Annan is no longer Chen." Huang Zhong's light words dropped a huge stone in the hearts of several people.
"What's going on? Tell me quickly?" Zhu Xi spoke before Han Du, grabbed Huang Zhong's arm and asked hurriedly.
Huang Zhong nodded, sorted out his thoughts and said: "General, I heard that Annan has always been in civil strife. As early as the fourth year of Hongwu, Annan's king Chen Rijian was forced to death by his uncle Chen Shuming. Chen Shuming did not dare to do so because he was afraid that our Ming Dynasty would oppose it. Zhuan took the throne and made his younger brother Chen Rui the king. Later Chen Rui was defeated and died in the attack on Champa, and his younger brother Chen Wei succeeded him as king.
Bit. At this time, due to civil strife and military defeat, Annan's power had gradually fallen into the hands of Li Jiyou. Just this year, General Mo found out that Li Jisu secretly got rid of Chen Wei and made Chen Rikun the king. "
After listening to Huang Zhong's words, Zhu Ping was already so excited that he was a little incoherent. "Whether we are trying to bring chaos to the country or to usurp the throne, whether we are trying to rectify the chaos or restore the Chen family, we will be famous. No matter which one, we can do it." Let Li Jiya die without a burial place."
Zhu Chen suddenly punched the palm of his left hand with his right hand and kept rubbing it, which showed that he was extremely uneasy inside.
"If this is really the case, then the teacher has a good reputation." Even Fang Xiaoru had to nod his head in approval of Zhu Ping's sending troops. If Confucianism emphasizes that teachers should be famous, they also hate those who commit crimes against superiors and seek to usurp the throne. Since Li Jisu did such a thing, he deserved to die.
Just when the three of them strongly agreed to send troops, Han Du calmed down after hearing Huang Zhong's words.
When Zhu Xi saw it, he asked impatiently: "Han Du, what do you think? Don't you agree with me to conquer Annan?"
Um? Han Du looked up at Zhu Xi and realized what he had just said. Shaking his head slightly, he said, "It's not that I disagree, but I feel that no matter whether we send troops under the guise of bringing order to the chaos or restoring the Chen family, there will be endless troubles in the future."
Zhu Fang didn't understand what Han Du meant. He looked up at Huang Zhong and Fang Xiaoru, and saw that they also looked confused. So he had no choice but to ask: "Oh? If there is any future trouble, you should come and listen to it and let us consider it."
Han Du was not polite and said directly: "It's like this, whether it is to bring order to the chaos or to restore the Chen family, although it is very beneficial for our division to become famous now, but what about in the future? After defeating Annan, do we really want to support the Chen family?" Will he return to the throne?"
As soon as Han Du's words came out, Zhu Ping was immediately stopped.
Yes, it is easy to defeat Annan, but what happens after defeating him? Do you really want to help the Chen family rise to power?
Are you kidding me? King Qin fought tooth and nail to bring down Annan, but in the end, Mrs. Chen picked the peaches. How could he bear this? This Chen is not his father, so what right does he have to make him work so hard?
But wanting to keep one's word is also a huge hidden danger.
Han Du also thought of this and continued: "If we break our promise and get rich, I am afraid that the people of Annan will no longer agree with us. Even if we take it by force, we will face endless troubles later."
Zhu Xi nodded subconsciously, agreeing with Han Du's statement. But then he couldn't think of any way to resolve it, so he simply felt angry and said: "If you break your promise and get fat, you will get fat if you break your promise. So what if there is trouble? I am not afraid of them. If you are afraid of them, I will guard Annan and keep fighting with them."
Han Du glanced at Zhu Ping helplessly, feeling troubled by his directness. What do you want to do, at least listen to what you have to say first. It was too rash to make a decision rashly without even hearing the words. To put it mildly, this is called impatience, but to put it more seriously, it is called lack of composure.
Now Han Du finally knew why Lao Zhu chose Zhu Biao as the crown prince instead of someone else. Compared with Zhu Biao himself, these younger brothers of his are really younger brothers.
"Don't worry, my lord, I do have an idea. I don't know whether to talk about it or not." Han Du had no choice but to say again.
"Say it, I'm here to listen." Zhu Xi motioned to Han Du without hesitation that it would be okay.
Facing the gazes of the three people, Han Du calmed down his thoughts and said, "I think so. Although Annan was secretly seized power by Li Jiya, he would not dare to openly kill the disciples of the Chen family. The Chen family should still be there now." Is there a successor?"
Han Du said the last sentence towards Huang Zhong. Only he knew Annan's current situation.
Huang Zhong watched Zhu Xi turn his eyes to him, and said with some embarrassment: "This general is really unclear. The general never thought of investigating carefully before. What he knows now is just hearsay. But I think that after all, the Chen family has been in charge of Annan for many years, so they shouldn’t cut off their heirs easily, right?"
Han Du smiled and nodded, thinking that what Huang Zhong said was reasonable, and the Chen family should have a successor. After all, he was once the head of a country, and he could find a successor no matter what.
"It would be easier if the Chen family still has a successor."
