Chapter 63: The Four Great Dukes (Part 1)

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In order to facilitate the narration of the following story, let us first introduce the more powerful characters in the Ming Empire.

The first one is naturally Zhu Xiluo, the emperor of the Ming Empire. We have already introduced his life above, so I won’t say more.

Since Zhu Xiluo had no brothers or sisters, naturally there was no prince or anything like that. Then there were the four great princes who followed Zhu Xiluo to conquer the world.

Listed in no particular order.

The first one, Duke Min Guo Shooyi, has the same name as the man who sells thirteen incense. Wang Shouyi was the boss of a ship that made a living on the coast of Fujian. Because he was shrewd and happy, he quickly won over some brothers. You must know that the Shun Dynasty was also closed to the country at that time, and no one was allowed to go to the sea. To make a living on the sea, it was all about his head. Pinned to his waistband, he was not only strictly investigated by the government, but also plundered by pirates. If he didn't have a few brushes, he would probably be buried in the sea. But Wang Shouyi not only did not die, but his power gradually became stronger. Within a few years, , has become the largest force in the coastal area, with dozens of large and small ships, and tens of thousands of men, and has the confidence to challenge the government. In his most glorious period, Wang Shouyi once drove several broken ships to the offshore position of the Japanese country. After calling for a few cannons for a long time, no one of the Japanese big names came out to fight. In the end, Wang Shouyi robbed some people in the coastal area, left behind Wang Shouyi's calligraphy treasures from his visit, and left.

There were people who owned boats and had a lot of money, and the government tried their best to win over them, turning a blind eye and acquiescing to Wang Shouyi's unauthorized going to sea.

But Wang Shouyi is a man with ambitions. He saw the scarred Shun Dynasty and the poor people who were hungry, but the people in power were still in the gentle countryside, drunk and dreaming, and never cared about the lives of the people. In the court, Those officials are also in their positions and do nothing to achieve their goals. The world is unkind and treats all living things as shit dogs. The saints are unkind and treat the people as shit dogs. They really treat the people under their rule as beasts and kill them at will. Seeing this, Wang Shouyi wants to change the world. If you are poor, you can be alone. Then indirectly the world, now that there are money and people, naturally he has to do something for the people of the world. He has taken in a large number of refugees, donated money and porridge, and is always ready to rise up and overthrow the tyrannical rule, so that the people of the world can escape from the sea of ​​suffering. Finally one day he met a person, Zhu Xiluo. At that time, Zhu Xiluo had only a thousand people under his command, so he launched a slogan of upholding justice for heaven. Wang Shouyi did not hesitate at all, taking his people and the wealth he had accumulated over the years, After defecting to Zhu Xiluo, he did not want to occupy the position of boss just because he had more people than Zhu Xiluo and had more money than Zhu Xiluo. Instead, he continued to serve Zhu Xiluo as his master. Everything was like a cloud. Wang Shouyi just wanted to I want to do something for the people of the world, that's all.

The second British male, Zhang Luzi, according to rumors in the world, Zhang Yuzi's ancestor was Zhang Yu who followed Zhu Di in Jingnan, and his body also had the blood of noble generals. As the name suggests, Zhang Luzi has a donkey-like temper, he is very fiery and stubborn, and he will draw a knife if he disagrees with him.

Although Zhang Luzi may be a descendant of Zhang Yu, that happened a long time ago, and it was not easy to do in the Shun Dynasty. Zhang Luzi, who had been without parents since he was a child, had no choice but to buy himself and herd cattle for the landlord's family in order to survive. Well, it’s very similar to Lao Zhu’s experience. Zhang Luzi has been herding cattle for nearly ten years. The number of cattle he had at that time has now increased to more than fifty. The landlord's cattle have also increased, but his situation has not changed at all. Zhang Luzi is not like a cowherd. With good luck, he meets Weaver Girl and solves his single problem. I don’t know if Zhang Luzi has ever heard of the words “The generals in the world will rather have the same kind”. In short, he is very dissatisfied with his current situation. If this continues, Zhang Luzi will still herd cattle for the landlord’s family until he gets old and dies. After all, no girl from any family would marry a slave who herds cattle for the landlord's family.

But Zhang Luzi is not a person who is content with his duties. All landowners in the world are the same. They want to pay the least benefit and gain the greatest wealth. The crows in the world are as black as the landowners in the world. Finally, Zhang Luzi could not bear it anymore. He found his employer and asked his employer to pay him a salary. Well, you are right. Zhang Luzi worked for the landlord for ten years without any salary, just two meals a day. , not caring about being full. When the landlord heard this, he was very happy. Someone actually tried to rip him off. He belonged to Pixiu and could only get in and out. The landlord's attitude towards Zhang Luzi was not very good. Of course, it was necessary to scold his father and mother. Everyone There are endless kinds of dirty words. The main meaning is that it is impossible to get a salary. It has not existed before and will never happen in the future. The sea can dry up, the rocks can rot, the sky can collapse, the earth can crack, and wages are not allowed. Yes, go ahead and do what you have to do. The time you waste now will also be deducted from your rations.

Zhang Luzi was furious when he heard this. He worked hard and worked as a cow and a horse for you. None of the cows under his hands died of illness or got lost. The number also increased year by year. He created countless wealth for your family. Today is just I just wanted some wages, but I never thought that the landlord was a tough guy.

Zhang Luzi picked up a wood-cutting machete nearby, pointed at the landlord's nose and said, wages must be paid today and in the future. Not only that, but also five insurances and one housing fund, weekends, and every major holiday. You also need to take breaks. If you work overtime, you must get double pay. There is a heatstroke prevention fee in summer, a heating fee in winter, three meals a day, and meat dishes every three days.

Looking at the machete, the landlord was unmoved. With such a big family fortune, getting rich through hard work is just a joke played by God on the world. The landlord is not a good person. Fighting, killing, and doing all kinds of evil are also necessary skills. , the number of lives under his command was not a hundred, but fifty. In the era of war and chaos, human lives were like a piece of grass. Even if a few dozen people died, the government would not care. Facing Zhang Donkey, the landlord was not afraid at all, and perfectly explained why Mount Tai collapsed in front of him but his appearance remained unchanged, and the elk moved to the left but never blinked. Pointing at Zhang Luzi is like swearing, and the general meaning is similar, that is, having some super friendship relationships with all the women in your Zhang family, without any salary, and naturally don't even think about the benefits.

Zhang Luzi was so angry that he chopped off half of the landlord's head with a machete. According to Zhang Luzi's recollection, the landlord had his eyes open and his mouth wide open when he died, looking like he would never believe it.

Since the landlord had died in his own hands, Zhang Luzi just kept going and killed every one of the landlord's family members. There was no good person in the landlord's family, and there were even a few maids that the landlord's wife beat to death. He bought the maids around him to Africa to be wives for others, and his sons were even more like this. He could count the number of good-natured women who were driven to death and crazy by hand. What was even more ridiculous was that he once had sex with the people in the town. Several dandies met to see who could win more girls in a month. The gambling capital was 10,000 taels. Without any accidents, the landlord's son won with overwhelming momentum. His score was more than 1,000 taels. There are seven or eight-year-old girls, nuns from the monastery, and soon-to-be daughters-in-law who are getting married. His record was kept until the day he was killed, and he was not as good as a beast, that is to say, a person like the son of a landlord.

People were also killed, and the houses were burned down. In order not to be found by the government, Zhang Luzi took the dozen cows and fled outside the customs. That area belonged to the Mongolian sphere of influence, and the officials of the Shun Dynasty did not dare to cross the border. step. When Zhang Luzi left, he didn't take any money from the landlord's family. You have to be principled. These dozens of cows are your wages. Taking too much will be useless. And Zhang Luzi relied on these dozen cows to gain a foothold on the grassland. Because Zhang Luzi was righteous and dared to fight, many Han people living on the grassland soon came to seek refuge. Zhang Luzi's power It is getting bigger and bigger, and Zhang Luzi is also very courageous. He actually led people to rob the Mongolian Khan and kidnapped the Khan's son for ransom. How could the Mongolian Khan be willing and send troops to conquer, but at that time The Mongolian cavalry's combat effectiveness was not as good as before, and they returned with a huge defeat. They had no choice but to pay a ransom to redeem their precious son. Suddenly, Zhang Luzi became famous, and more and more people took refuge in him. If they wanted to survive in a strange environment, they could only join the group to keep warm.

Zhang Luzi is also a man with great revenge. His goal is to be the leader of the grassland. No one expected that Zhang Luzi’s wish, which he had been suffering for most of his life, would come true. And what makes Zhang Luzi the most happy is that he actually married When she got a daughter-in-law, she married the most beautiful woman in the grassland. She was the later British Duchess, a century-old woman. Zhang Luzi became the overlord on the grassland. To be honest, the Mongolian cavalry did not dare to do anything to him, and the Shun Dynasty officials did not dare to ignore his edge. Zhang Luzi also lived a very carefree life. It was completely accidental that he joined Zhu Xiluo's camp. After losing the game of cards, the Mongolian grassland is not like the Central Plains where there are some entertainment facilities. It is endless. One tribe may be only a few kilometers away from another tribe. There are no entertainment facilities. So Zhang Luzi fell in love with playing cards. According to later generations, A gambling king revealed that the card game of Landlords was also a gambling game that Zhang Luzi came up with based on his experience of Landlords.

Because of Zhang Luzi's status, he also won every bet, and his heart gradually expanded. When Zhu Xiluo found Zhang Luzi and asked him to work with him, Zhang Luzi refused. He now has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. , If you want money, you have money, you want horses, you have horses, you want cows, you have cows, why do you have to do that life of licking blood with others? Quite dangerous. However, Zhang Luzi, as a man in the world, still gave Zhu Xiluo a chance, which was to play cards. If Zhu Xiluo could win, he would play with him. Zhang Luzi completely overestimated his gambling skills. The two of them bet in a dark way. From the beginning of the game, the winner or loser was determined, and then it became the best of two out of three games, the best of three out of five games, and the best of ninety-one out of one hundred and eighty games. Well, the loser was always the winner. Zhang Luzi, Zhang Luzi did not expect that his grassland gambling god would be defeated by an unknown figure in the gambling world. However, Zhang Luzi was also a man of his word. He was willing to admit defeat, so he followed Zhu Xiluo. Fortunately, he He was lucky enough to be with the wrong person. The Ming Empire was established and he became one of the four great princes. It was not until later that Zhang Luzi found out that Zhu Xiluo had used a trick to play cards with him, which was cheating.