That night the north wind roared, Gao Di tossed and turned in his room and couldn't sleep. No one could sleep well because he fell into Dongchang's hands, but he was definitely not the only one who couldn't sleep.
Prince Zhu Cixiang couldn't sleep either. He often heard about Chang Yu's various deeds, but today was the first time he saw him working. His momentum, aura, scheming, thoughts, and methods were all linked together far beyond those of his peers. Unparalleled.
It’s so fucking awesome! The dignified commander-in-chief of the town acted like a monkey in front of him. He was so frightened that he still couldn't figure out his true intention.
Zhu Ailao couldn't sleep either. She kept turning over on the bed. The palace maid asked considerately: "Is Your Highness uncomfortable or cold?"
Zhu Ayao ignored her and asked Song Luoyu, who was already sleepy on the ground: "Is Chang Yu so fierce when he fights?"
"Your Highness, when fighting, you don't call it fierce, you call it brave!" Song Luoyu squeezed out a smile. Her bodyguard had not dared to sleep at night these days. She was so sleepy. However, this girl had a lot of things on her mind and asked questions every day. Xi seems to be a talkative, but she doesn't know that Princess Kunxing sometimes cannot speak more than two or three sentences a day in the palace.
Princess Kunxing also smiled: "That must be more scary. The person he looked at just now was very different from what he saw in ordinary times. There was an indescribable feeling."
"Your Highness, our young governor is a multi-faceted person," Song Luoyu joked: "He has one appearance in front of us, one appearance in front of civil servants, another appearance in front of military generals, and another appearance in front of familiar people and strangers. It’s different from before, he once told us that people are multi-faceted!”
Princess Kunxing frowned: "No, I only have one look."
Song Luoyu sighed and felt speechless. In the palace, you face a fixed group every day. They are either your parents or their minions. You have no chance to be multi-faceted!
Chang Yu couldn't sleep, listening to the cold wind howling outside the window, thinking in his mind that the grain stored in Shanhaiguan was only enough for three months, but he couldn't transfer all of it, and he could only transfer two months' worth at most, but these were far away. It's not enough to keep Ning Yuan going until next spring.
Although potatoes and sweet potatoes will be ready to be harvested in two months, by that time the mountains outside the customs had already been covered by heavy snow, making transportation a big problem. But now there is no better way, we can only take it one step at a time.
Official matters were too brain-burning, and I became very irritable after thinking about them for a while, but the more I stopped thinking about them, the more my thoughts went there, and I finally got around them and thought about the killer who came and went without a trace.
Chang Yu was not afraid of him coming to assassinate him, but he racked his brains and couldn't figure out who sent him, and he was so relentless!
Sent by Zhou Kui? Not too possible.
Those nobles who have offended? There are so many people he has offended, from the princes to the dukes, there are people who want to kill him. Even though many people have made peace with him on the surface, he will not be less worried about killing him secretly.
But whose people are they?
With the clues at hand, he could not deduce a specific suspect, except to catch the killer.
In a daze, the sky was bright, and Chang Yu felt unusually sleepy. If he hadn't gone to Shanhaiguan, he would have slept until noon.
The sky was very cold, especially the mountain wind that chilled people's bones. Princess Kunxing, who liked to enjoy the scenery along the way, stayed in the carriage, muttering that it was so cold even before winter, and how cold it would be in the depth of winter.
The wild boy Zhu Cixiang continued to run wild. In the past few days, he was either pestering Wang Zhengnan to learn martial arts or learning archery from Kuang Ren. Besides, his riding skills had improved a lot. He was galloping around at the front of the team without stopping.
Chang Yu uncharacteristically abandoned his horse and took the carriage, and fell asleep.
Gaudi was free, at least he seemed free. He was not tied to Chang Yu's car and riding a horse. His face was solemn and his eyes were red. Needless to say, he didn't sleep all night.
As for his thirty personal soldiers, they were also released and followed behind the team.
But Gao Di knew in his heart that if he wanted to escape or had other ideas, he and these thirty soldiers would be chopped into pieces in the blink of an eye. He didn't think that his men's combat effectiveness could compare with Chang Yu's warriors. Stronger, of course, and he didn't have to do those moves.
Funing is a hundred miles away from Shanhaiguan. Half a day on horseback is enough for a fast horse and a day for a slow horse. However, there is a carriage in Chang Yu's team that cannot run, and the average speed can only be repaired for less than half an hour at noon. By dark, we finally arrive. Shanhaiguan Stone Riverside.
Everyone dismounted and crossed the river. The cold wind was howling even more fiercely here by the sea. Looking around, the mountains due north were covered with shadows. A few lights appeared on the Great Wall. The pass due east across the river was dotted with lights. That was the Shanhaiguan Pass.
Shanhaiguan is not an independent pass, but consists of seven pass cities. The pass is directly connected to the Great Wall in Yanshan Mountain. Outside the Great Wall, there is Weiyuan City in the north, Weihai City in the south, and Dongluo City in the middle, which is separated from Guancheng by a wall. The Great Wall The two wings of Guancheng inside are the North Wing City and the South Wing City, as well as Ninghai City at the mouth of the sea.
Its scale is no less than that of a state city in the interior.
The two Zhu brothers and sisters stood in the stone river and looked around. Although it was dark and they couldn't see much, their expressions became particularly excited. Chang Yu had some idea of why they were excited.
"I want to see the sea." Zhu Aona walked up to Chang Yu and whispered softly. Chang Yu hummed and said, "I'll take you to see it tomorrow morning."
"I just want to watch it tonight." Zhu Yuyao's eyes were shining with a hint of pleading. Chang Yu relented and said, "I will take you there after I finish my work after entering the customs."
"Can I climb the Great Wall tomorrow?" Zhu Cixiang clenched his fists to suppress his excitement and looked at Chang Yu: "It's time you took a closer look at the Ming Dynasty's border..." Chang Yu thought about what else he wanted to say, but let it go. It feels a little out of place.
After crossing the river and entering the customs, the group went to the General Military Mansion to repair. Gao Di sent a message to set up a table and brought over the grain and grass ledger. Chang Yu checked it in person. Everyone was almost speechless at the table. After eating hastily, Chang Yu asked Song Luoyu to take Zhu Ainao first. Go back to the room and wait for him, then take Zhu Cixiang and others to follow Gao Di to the warehouse to verify the grain and grass reserves.
Soon the news that the eunuch of the East Factory led a team to Shanhaiguan to investigate the grain and grass reserves spread throughout Guancheng. All the civil and military officials in charge of grain and grass were called over to accompany the spot inspection. Everyone was trembling with fear, including Gao Di, who was beating a drum in his heart. Although he thought that Innocent, but I can’t guarantee whether his subordinates are committing theft!
Chang Yu had a dead face from beginning to end without any expression, until he saw several granaries and inspected them, it was already late at night.
After returning to the General Military Mansion, Chang Yu and Gao Di went into the study to be alone for nearly half an hour. No one knew what they said, but when they came out, both of them had smiles on their faces. Gao Di's previous panic and solemn expression Sweep away.
It was very late at night, and Gao Di was about to send him back to his room to rest, but Chang Yu said that he would go listen to the sea. Gao Di wanted to be company, but Chang Yu refused, saying that he wanted to be alone and quiet. Gao Di did not insist, after all. Once when the young eunuch was passing by, he ran to the old dragon head to listen to the sea in the middle of the night. Let him go.
Why is it called Tinghai?
Because you can't see anything in the middle of the night.
Chang Yu took the prince, Princess Kunxing, King Luoyu of Song Dynasty Zhengnan and five personal guards out of the General Military Mansion and went up to the Great Wall. He suddenly felt the wind was as fierce as a wild beast roaring in his ears, and there was a smell of the sea in the wind.
Everyone wrapped themselves up in cotton-padded clothes and walked slowly along the Great Wall towards Laolongtou on the seaside. The two guards in front were carrying lanterns. The guards on duty on the city in the distance asked questions, and the guards shook the lanterns in their hands in response.
The lantern says "General Military Mansion".
The wind in Laolongtou is very strong, and the waves are also very big, roaring overwhelmingly. Although you can't see it, you can imagine how powerful it is.
Chang Yu was wrapped in a thin quilt and leaning against the crevices of the wall, looking at the dark sea silently and speechlessly. Zhu Aona suddenly shouted loudly: "Sea, sea!"
Chang Yu couldn't help but sigh.
Although the woman next to her is a princess and is the envy of countless ordinary people, in fact, the life of a princess in this era is far less comfortable and nourishing than that of ordinary women in later generations.
If nothing unexpected happens, she will spend half of her life inside the high walls of the palace. She will not even be able to see the world outside the palace, let alone the outside world.
Even after getting married, the world you can see is only small.
Being able to go that far right now is probably the limit of her life.
As for the prince who stood motionless, he was probably even worse. He had lived inside a high wall his whole life and had to maintain his royal persona at all times. If he did anything out of line, he would be criticized by thousands of people.
"Your Highness," Chang Yu saw that Zhu Cixiang had been motionless and there was no one else here, so he called him softly. Unexpectedly, he heard Zhu Cixiang's sobs, so he walked up to him and patted his shoulder gently: "Men should strengthen themselves! "
"Do you know what I'm thinking?" Zhu Cixiang raised his hand to wipe his tears and sobbed.
Chang Yu sighed and did not answer directly, but asked him: "Your Highness, do you know where the northernmost border of the Ming Dynasty was when Emperor Taizu founded the country?"
"Nuergandu Sinuergancheng" (today's Telin in Russia) Zhu Cihong blurted out, Chang Yu hummed and sighed: "Two hundred and seventy-six years, where is the northernmost point of our Ming Dynasty now?"
Zhu Cixiang stopped talking, covered his face with his hands and started to cry loudly. Zhu Yuyao came over and hugged him gently. Chang Yu let out a long breath: "It's in Ningyuan, two hundred miles away from here!" Then he turned and turned back. Go: "Go back, it's windy and there's not much to see. Come tomorrow morning to see the great country of your Zhu family."
"Chang Yu!" Zhu Cixiang suddenly shouted: "You will take it back, right?"
"Yes." Chang Yu didn't look back and didn't stop: "If five years is not enough, then ten years. As long as I live, I will not lose an inch of the country that Emperor Taizu conquered back then. No matter who takes it, it will be returned."
"Chang Yu, you must remember what you said today, as evidenced by the mountains and seas!" Zhu Cixiang shouted, Chang Yu stopped and turned around: "Your Highness, you must also remember why you cried today! You must always remind yourself so that you can make a difference in the future. A wise king."
