As spring turns to summer, the situation in Liaodong and the grasslands is excellent.
In Liaodong, Mengge Suhan has successfully controlled the original territory of the East China Sea Jurchens, but the Haixi Jurchens saw that the trend was not in the right direction, and finally chose not to help each other.
So the situation became a confrontation between the East China Sea Jurchens led by Meng Ge Suhan and the Jianzhou Jurchens under his brother Meng Ge Timur.
According to the original history, in the spring of the third year of Yongle, the Jurchen tribes should have been unified, and then the fierce brother Timur, who wrote to the Ming Dynasty and asked for help, is now trapped in Jianzhou and unable to move.
However, it is worth mentioning that in the early spring of this year, Mengge Timur still posted the discount included in the request.
It's just that the Liaodong discount had to go through Beijing, so Chen Kan withheld it without any hesitation.
On the grassland, with Wu Gao's secret instigation and support, the battle between Arutai and Mahamu also reached a fever pitch.
It is said that a large number of cattle and sheep have starved to death on the grassland.
Just because the herdsmen have been captured by Mahamu and Arutai, they are bound to fight to the death on the grassland.
In response to this, Chen Kan responded by directly writing a letter to the three guards of Wuliangha.
The three guards of Wuliangha are the famous Three Guards of Duoyan in history. Zhu Di was able to successfully steal the crystal and forced Jianwen to burn down the palace. The three guards of Wuliangha definitely deserved the most credit.
But the first three Duoyan guards were mercenaries who only recognized money and not people.
That's right, mercenaries.
Originally, the Duoyan Three Guards were the most powerful troops in the hands of King Ning Zhu Quan, and they were bribed by Zhu Di with money to work for him.
The reason why Zhu Quan and Zhu Di cooked rice together was because the three guards of Duoyan rebelled and kidnapped him.
The purpose of Chen Kan's writing to the three guards of Wuliangha was very simple. Since many people on the grassland had already died, why not spend money to hire the three guards of Duoyan to fight.
With Zhu Di giving him the green light, it didn't take long for the leader of the Duoyan Three Guards to reply to Chen Kan, expressing his willingness to cooperate with Chen Kan.
And in a very short period of time, the news that they were willing to take action spread throughout the grassland, provided that they saw who offered a higher price.
As soon as the news came out, both Mahamu and Arutai could not sit still.
Daming is a foreigner and has no qualifications or reason to intervene in the internal fighting on the grassland, otherwise he will lose his reputation of morality.
But the three guards of Duoyan are different. They are Mongolians with upright roots.
Although he voted for Ming Dynasty, his relationship with Ming Dynasty was more of a cooperative relationship, but his race could not be changed.
What's more, the three guards of Duoyan are notorious mercenaries. Regardless of their righteousness or status, they don't care who is the orthodox. They only care about who gives more money.
Now the two of them were anxious, and documents asking for help were delivered to Ming one after another. Mahamu's words were more sincere, asking Ming to support them with a large sum of gold and silver, expressing his willingness to give them a large sum of gold and silver after he conquered the Golden Family's big account. Return all the books, antiques, gifts, gold, silver, jewelry, etc. that were brought to the grassland by the Yuan Dynasty royal family.
Arutai became more arrogant and directly told Zhu Di that he must manage the three guards of Duoyan and stop them from biting people, otherwise he would fight for the position of Grand Master of Yuanting and send troops to invade the border of Ming Dynasty first.
How could Zhu Di be the one to be threatened by this, so he directly responded to a letter to Arutai. The content was very simple, saying bluntly that the three guards of Duoyan were Mongolians and were not under my control.
When you evacuated the Central Plains, you took away the wealth accumulated in the Central Plains over the past century. You can use some of it to ask the Duoyan Three Guards to deal with Mahamu.
A letter directly made Arutai furious.
It was good that they took away the wealth accumulated in the Central Plains for a hundred years when they evacuated the Central Plains, but Yuanting has developed a large number of Bayi nobles who only know how to cook and do nothing else over the years, and the wealth has long been divided up. .
Arutai wants to put down the rebellion and unify the grasslands, that's no problem.
But if he dared to mess with Master Bayi's wealth, his position as Grand Master would be destroyed the next day.
Zhu Di's trick of killing people and killing people is really good.
At the same time, news came from Nanjing that Zheng He's fleet had set sail.
And the bank that Beijingers long for has finally landed in Beijing.
All in all, Chen Kan never imagined that everything would go so smoothly.
But when he thought that he made these plans from the commanding heights of history, those unreasonable things suddenly became reasonable again.
Of course, Chen Kan has not been idle these days. Ever since he started the second stage of teaching Hua Shi and Zhu Zhanji, Chen Kan has been immersed in his house.
Chen Kan taught Zhu Zhanji and Hua Shi, and they taught Zhu Zhanhe. With mutual cooperation, Zhu Zhanhe's progress actually caught up.
Today, Chen Kan ended his teaching after demonstrating to the two what air cannon was.
The summer in the north is very hot. Different from the humid heat in the south of the Yangtze River, the heat in the north is the kind of dry heat that makes the nose hurt.
The hot weather makes people unable to lift their spirits, so the three masters and apprentices who have just finished class all look tired.
"When you are young, go and see the frozen fruit in the well."
Chen Kan waved his hand, indicating to Hua Shi to get the fruit, and then he and Zhu Zhanji came to the pavilion in the inner courtyard and sat down.
Zhu Zhanji stuck out his tongue and gasped: "Teacher, when will the microscope you mentioned be built?"
Chen Kan wiped the sweat from his forehead, shook his head and said: "The glass produced in the Ming Dynasty is not pure enough, and the polishing technology is not good enough. I'm afraid it will take a while."
The microscope is an indispensable teaching tool for Chen Kan and the two of them at this stage of teaching, whether it is biology, physics or chemistry.
Before making a microscope, Chen Kan felt that even Leeuwenhoek could rub a microscope with his hands. He was a time traveler who could not do it with his hands.
But the final result was disappointing. Chen Kan couldn't even use a magnifying glass, let alone a microscope.
Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty had many skilled craftsmen, so Chen Kan handed over the work of making microscopes to the Ming Dynasty glaze craftsmen.
Zhu Zhanji looked a little disappointed. Chen Kan had told him that the so-called Buddhist saying of one flower, one world, one leaf and one tip was true, and he had always been skeptical about it.
Later, Chen Kan said that some tiny organisms that could not be observed with the human eye could be observed with a microscope, so his suspicion turned into hesitation.
But the microscope has not been built for a long time, and he has no patience anymore.
The weather was very hot, Chen Kan didn't want to talk, and Zhu Zhanji also lost interest in talking.
Soon, Hua Shi came to the pavilion carrying a basket of fruits.
There is an old well in the backyard of the Hou Mansion with cool water.
Yuncheng had already put these fruits in and chilled them when he got up in the morning.
Among them are the watermelons grown by the Hou family this year.
Yes, Chen Kan eventually planted watermelons on a dry plateau twenty miles west of the Marquis Mansion.
Facts have proved that watermelons should be planted on dry plateaus. Watermelon seeds planted in fertile fields are more watery and less sweet.
Watermelons grown on dry plateaus have fewer seeds, a crunchy texture, and more importantly, a high level of sweetness.
There are three watermelons in the basket and three people in the pavilion, so there is no need to cut them. Use a silver spoon to dig a hole in the watermelon, and then dig in with a spoon to eat. This is the correct way to open the watermelon.
The three of them each held a watermelon the size of a human head and ate it deliciously.
Zhu Zhanhe, who arrived last, saw that there was no watermelon to eat, so he had to take a bite of fruits such as golden apricots and peaches in the basket with a look of resentment.
"Don't waste food."
Chen Kan hit him on the head violently, and Zhu Zhanhe could only cry and eat all the fruits he bit.
"Hiccup~"
After eating the watermelon, Chen Kan burped.
Then he looked at Zhu Zhanhe: "Let your two senior brothers teach you next. I'm going to go back to sleep..."
After saying that, he stood up to leave.
"Master Hou, Master Hou, there is a person coming outside, claiming to be an envoy from North Korea..."
Suddenly, Yun Cheng's voice clearly reached the ears of the four masters and apprentices in the pavilion.
Several people had curious looks in their eyes at the same time.
"North Korea's envoy?"
Chen Kan asked back. Seeing the panting Yuncheng, he couldn't help but subconsciously asked: "Did you bring a gift?"
"ah?"
Yuncheng raised his head with a confused expression.
Chen Kan frowned and asked in a more serious tone: "I said, that North Korean envoy came to see me, did he prepare any gifts?"
Yuncheng looked thoughtful, then shook his head: "I didn't see the envoy bringing any gifts, but he looks like a beggar."
"I didn't bring a gift, so I won't see you!"
Just kidding, if anyone comes and says that he is an envoy of some country and wants to meet him, then he will be busy all day.
What's more, if an envoy from a country comes to visit and doesn't even bring a gift, who knows if he is a fake.
Yuncheng was stunned for a moment, then twitched his lips: "Yes, yes, I will send him away now."
Zhu Zhanji looked at Chen Kan curiously: "Teacher, what if that person is really a North Korean envoy?"
Chen Kan grinned: "Which envoy goes out without an entourage and doesn't bring gifts when visiting others? And didn't you hear what Yuncheng said clearly? He looks like a beggar. Which envoy is so poor that he begs for food?"
"That's right, it makes sense."
Zhu Zhanji, Hua Shi and Zhu Zhanhe nodded at the same time to express their acceptance.
Chen Kan yawned: "You study hard, my teacher is really going to sleep."
But Yuncheng left and came back again at this time.
"Master Hou, Master Hou..."
Chen Kan looked at him askance: "Why, you refuse to leave?"
Yun Cheng shook his head: "No, Lord Marquis, that person seems to be the real envoy of North Korea. Well, there is also a letter of credence."
After Yuncheng finished speaking, he handed a copy of the booklet to Chen Kan.
When he saw the credentials, Chen Kan's face suddenly darkened.
He was considering the possibility of a different butler.
His attitude had been very obvious just now, that he didn't want to see any North Korean envoys, but Yuncheng actually accepted the credentials directly.
Yes, Chen Kan had known for a long time that the identity of the Korean envoy was true, and he was the one who planned that envoy to become the beggar that Yun Cheng said.
That's why he had that attitude just now.
This Yuncheng, really, really succeeds more than fails.
The credentials have been received, and now Chen Kan can't even think about it.
Taking the credentials from Yuncheng with a dark face, Chen Kan said angrily: "Take him to the side hall and wait!"
