Daming: From the end of Hongwu

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The scenery of Annan is different from that of Daming, but for people living in Daming, they really don't like places like Annan.

When Zhen Wu and the others left Qinghua City, the villages were scattered along the way. The people at the lowest level, not to mention comparing with the rich gentry's family, even compared with the people in the city, they seemed to be people from two worlds. There is no trace of decency, and the mess seems to have never been baptized by civilization.

The land outside.

Zhen Wu couldn't help having a deeper understanding of this word.

Tsinghua City is not too close to Champa, and Annan is not considered safe, so Zhen Wu brought a total of [-] soldiers on this trip, and because there were a lot of soldiers, Zhen Wu and the others did not go fast along the way.

Zhen Wu was not in a hurry, he adjusted his mentality, and had the right to gain the knowledge of traveling thousands of miles.

However, Cheng Liang didn't have this kind of leisurely mood, and since he set off, he has been grimacing with worry.

On this day, Cheng Liang came directly to Zhen Wu's side and said, "Master, let's just say no to the king of Champa. Why do we have to act like that?"

Zhen Wu glared at Cheng Liang, and slapped Cheng Liang's head with hatred: "You elm head, let me ask you, if we clean up the Nanyang pirates, will it be good for Champa?"

"Of course there are."

"That's fine. We can't let Zhancheng take advantage of us for nothing. They have to ask us to do it. Otherwise, how can we get benefits? What's more, what they asked for, they will do their best in the future, and wait until next year After Zheng He went to sea, Champa was their first stop. How could Champa not cooperate with us? If there are any pirates, we will wipe them out. If we don’t find them, they will provide us with some. The distribution of forces around them or the nautical charts, etc., with these things, Zheng He and the others can also be more secure."

"But..." Cheng Liang still said with a bitter face: "I really don't know how to act in a humble job."

"Then you fucking go to school, you don't even know how to act, how can I let you out in the future, is it possible that you want to show me the door for the rest of your life?"

"I..." Cheng Liang was speechless, but his face was still a bit embarrassed.

Zhen Wu kicked Cheng Liang angrily, rolled his eyes and said, "Then I will ask you, do you still want Guanyin Bamboo, or Jialanxiang?"

Champa is located in the south of Annan. It is rich in ebony, Guanyin bamboo, Jialan incense, ivory and other special products. Especially Jialan incense is only produced in Champa. It is also called Qinan. It is the best agarwood. ', and there is still a price but no market, but in Champa, as long as there is porcelain, silk can be obtained.

Of course, Zhen Wu and the others didn't have the goods, but Zhen Wu didn't want to exchange or sell them at all. He was waiting for the old king of Champa to give them to him.

Cheng Liang's eyes lit up when he heard Jialanxiang, and his head lit up like a chicken eating rice.

"Fuck." Zhen Wu couldn't help cursing: "It's not impossible to ask you to do something, but if you hear the benefits, you're not welcome."

Cheng Liang scratched his head, grinned and said: "Who made that thing so valuable, we are reluctant to use it, and it would be good to exchange it for silver and send it back to the old lady in my hometown. You know, our bee tail alley is also broken I've been thinking about renovating the house."

His family was Zhen Wu's neighbor in Fengwei Hutong.

The friendship between the two is very deep.

"You don't need to tell me this, it's useless." Zhen Wu snorted and said, "I'll just ask you if you can do this well. If you do well, I'll give you an extra benefit later. If you don't want to, then I will let the monkey do it, believe it or not, if I tell the monkey, he will be very happy."

After struggling for a while, Cheng Liang finally nodded.

But then, he asked worriedly: "But let's just say a few words, can Champa believe it?"

"It depends on how you brag about it." Zhen Wu glared at him.

"But how can I brag?" Cheng Liang asked, but the next moment he saw that Zhen Wu was going to call a monkey, he quickly said, "Farewell, Mr. Guo, I will, I will, I will go down and think about it."

After finishing speaking, Cheng Liang turned his head and ran away, not giving Zhen Wu a chance to repent.

Zhen Wu couldn't help laughing and cursing as he watched.

……

Zhen Wu and the others stopped and stopped along the way, and arrived in Champa smoothly in November.

Speaking of which, Champa had a good relationship with Daming, and belonged to a relatively obedient vassal of Daming in the Nanyang Peninsula, but this was also because Annan often invaded them, and they wanted to use Daming's power to restrain Annan.

Annan is gone now.

The king of Champa was very happy at first, but when he heard that Zhen Wu was coming towards Champa with [-] soldiers and horses, he was so frightened that he couldn't sleep for several nights.

Annan died within a few months.

If Daming hit him, wouldn't that be easy?

In the past few days, the old king even went to the bathroom thinking about whether he had been disrespectful to Daming recently. Finally, he thought about it and thought that there was really no place to offend Daming, so he felt relieved.

When Zhen Wu arrived in Zhancheng, the old king led his courtiers to meet Zhen Wu outside the city in person.

As soon as the old king saw Zhen Wu and the others, he took the lead to meet Zhen Wu and the others without taking too much money. Zhen Wu got off his horse and began to greet the old king and the others with a smile.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, the old king led Zhen Wu and others towards the city.

The streets in the city have long been cleared by the soldiers, but this still cannot stop the curiosity of the people in Champa. Both sides of the street, whether on the road or in the attic on the second floor, are crowded with people.

When these common people saw the elite soldiers of Ming Dynasty.

One by one couldn't help but exclaimed.

What a mighty man.

No wonder the group of Annan monkeys were bloodbathed in a few months.

"hero."

Some people shouted.

Immediately afterwards, the voices of shouting for heroes rose.

Zhen Wu was a little puzzled, and the old king explained: "There have been many blood feuds with Annan these years, and now the Duke leads people to destroy Annan, and we are all very happy."

This…

Zhen Wu felt quite surprised, and what surprised him even more was that when they came to the palace, there were people in the attics on both sides of the street who voluntarily scattered flower petals down.

Zhen Wu didn't know the specific petals.

Anyway, it is very beautiful when it is fluttering.

This made Zhen Wu feel that hatred is really a good thing.

"The subjects of your country are really warm." Zhen Wu sighed.

The old king smiled. Seeing Zhen Wu's appearance, he finally let go of his previous worries. He was really afraid that such a murderous talent like Zhen Wu would cause trouble for them regardless of Sanqi 21.

"Mr. Zhao was joking. I have been friends with Daming for several generations. Now that Mr. Zhao is here to ask me to occupy the city, I will naturally welcome him warmly."

Zhen Wu nodded, smiled back and said, "If your country will send you an envoy or pay tribute to Daming in the future, please be sure to notify me in advance, so that I can do my best as a landlord."

The old king agreed with a smile.

After arriving at the palace, the banquet had already been set up. The old king brought several important courtiers to entertain Zhen Wu. After thirty days of drinking, the old king asked about the business.

"I don't know why the Duke came here this time?"

Zhen Wu put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "This time I was ordered to conquer Annan, and the lord of the country should also know that before departure, the emperor of Ming Dynasty asked me to visit you. Now that Annan is over, I naturally want to find an opportunity to meet the lord of the country. , take advantage of the opportunity to discuss with you the border issue between your country and Annan."

"Thank you so much, His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. After the Duke returned, please ask the Duke to greet His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty on my behalf. As for the Duke of the border, don't be too anxious. It just happens to be a little more in my Zhancheng. I call me the most promising one." My son will accompany the Duke," said the old king.

Zhen Wu should be.

Afterwards, the topic of the two parties turned to the more relaxed romance, but as they talked, they didn't know what happened, and the topic of everyone actually talked about pirates.

Cheng Liang, who had been standing behind Zhen Wu, couldn't help but chuckled in his heart.

This topic went back and forth, but Zhen Wu kept dragging it away.

But he also knew that it was time for him to play.

He had imitated many times along the way before, and now he was not nervous, so he pretended to be carefree and said, "Duke, since Champa has been suffering from pirates, why don't we help and destroy it easily? It doesn’t take much effort.”

"Shut up." Zhen Wu frowned and scolded, "Is there something for you to say!"

After reprimanding Cheng Liang, Zhen Wu turned his head and apologized to the old king: "The people below are used to being savage, no matter how big or small, the king should not blame them. Although the pirates are vulnerable, mobilizing troops is not a trivial matter. No one dares to start a war without the permission of His Majesty the Ming Emperor."

Cheng Hao seemed very unwilling, and still muttered: "The Duke went to ask His Majesty to ask, and His Majesty would not allow it."

Zhen Wuqi raised his eyebrows and looked at Cheng Liang with tiger eyes, which made Cheng Liang completely shut up.

However, the old king was moved at the moment.

Speaking of pirates, they were really suffering. If Daming was willing to send troops to wipe out the pirates, that would be a great thing.

Afterwards, the old king began to bring the topic to the pirates indiscriminately.

Instead, Zhen Wu didn't answer the question.

The old king sighed repeatedly when he talked about it, especially when he talked about Chen Zuyi, a sea tycoon, he sighed and felt helpless.

Speaking of Chen Zuyi, Zhen Wu naturally knows him well. It is rumored that he is from Guangdong. When Hong Wu fled to the sea and became a pirate, then in just a few years, his power grew rapidly, and now he is the leader of the sea. Pirate leader.

Its forces are entrenched in Malacca, across the South Seas and the Indian Ocean, from Daming and Fujian in the north to the old port of the Srivijaya Kingdom (Palembang, Indonesia) in the south.

As for small countries like Champa, Chen Zuyi even dared to land, plunder and kill.

The old king was not reconciled to Zhen Wu's reticence, so he couldn't help asking Daming's opinion of Chen Zuyi.

Zhen Wu smiled and said: "If Da Ming sent troops, Chen Zuyi would be vulnerable, but Chen Zuyi didn't dare to rape me, Da Ming, so there is no need for me, Da Ming, to send troops to exterminate him."

Cheng Liang behind Zhen Wu couldn't help but want to laugh again, he really learned something from Zhen Wu, because he knew that Zheng He was going to go to the West, and Chen Zuyi was also on the list that must be wiped out.

This time Zhen Wu was like a fisherman, setting his hooks little by little, waiting for the old king to come to give gifts on his own initiative.

Afterwards, Zhen Wu refused to say anything more, and started playing Tai Chi with the old king.

After all, the old king was also a king. Seeing that Zhen Wu didn't want to get in, he gave up for the time being. He just took a few glances at Cheng Liang and secretly made up his mind.

Wait until evening.

As soon as Cheng Liang got off the watch, he was taken away by some people from Zhancheng to have a drink. At the wine table, they asked Cheng Liang Daming if he would consider beating Chen Zuyi.

Cheng Liang seemed to have drunk too much, and said with a big tongue: "It's nothing, of course I won't fight Chen Zuyi for no reason, but if our Duke goes to report to His Majesty, then His Majesty Ming will definitely send troops, you know Annan is our country's Princess Zhang's troops."

As he said that, Cheng Hao seemed to be talking more excitedly. He pulled those people and started to blow up Zhen Wu.

But everyone in Champa believed it.

The next day, the old king began to think of ways to benefit Zhen Wu, making up his mind to gain Zhen Wu's favor.

In the days that followed, no rhinoceros ivory, any one-foot-eight-foot Avalokitesvara bamboo, any Jialan incense, could not be accepted by Zhen Wu. Everyone squinted and smiled every day.

Until the discussion on the border issue was over and Zhen Wu was about to leave.

The old king couldn't help talking about the pirates again. He pulled Zhen Wu and said, "My brother, I really miss you."

"I can't bear to part with my old brother, too. My old brother treats me so well." Zhen Wu said emotionally.

Seeing this, the old king hit the rails while it was hot: "The old brother has an unfeeling request, and I am willing to help the old brother."

"Based on our friendship these days, brother, you can speak directly."

"Brother, can you tell His Majesty Daming about the problem of pirates?" The old king sighed and said with a sad face: "You don't know, we are suffering in Zhancheng, so it's fine for Chen Zuyi to enjoy himself at sea, but he still does it from time to time. Landing and plundering my subjects, I only hate that I can't capture the city and can't destroy him, but as their king, every time I think about it, I feel so sad."

"This..." Zhen Wu pondered for a while, and then slowly said a sentence that everyone understood.

"It's a little difficult."

Hearing this, Cheng Liang almost stared.

Want more? !

They have collected a lot of things these days.

Are you going to die?

Zhen Wu glanced at Cheng Liang secretly, this kid is inexperienced after all, although Chen Zuyi cannot be avoided in Zhu Di's Nanyang trade, but once the Ming Dynasty destroys Chen Zuyi, the nearby kingdoms will all benefit.

He couldn't do anything far away, and Zhancheng was so close, why didn't he make the most of the benefits.

The old king was much more sensible. Seeing what Zhen Wu said, not only did he not feel sorry for anything, but also showed joy on his face, and quickly said: "My brother will help you with your troubles. Don't worry, I will never let my brother waste your troubles in vain. I have prepared something for you here." Some small things for my brother to play with."

hiss.

so happy? !
fuck.

Zhen Wu was a little upset.

His mother is still less.

However, Zhen Wu turned his eyes, and then a smile appeared on his face: "Since this is the case, then I will agree, but it is too abrupt for me to mention this matter rashly to my Majesty Daming, why not go to Zhancheng this year I pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, so I might as well add another gift list, and then you ask His Majesty the Ming about this matter first, and when the time comes to discuss it in the court, I will definitely open my mouth to facilitate this matter, so that my Ming Dynasty can raise troops to go out to sea on a huge boat, and wipe out Chen Zuyi."

Zhen Wu looked at the old king expectantly.

The old king was a little confused.

Want to make another payment?
He calculated in his heart, this time made him feel a little pained, but after the calculation, he still gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement with Zhen Wu's proposal.

Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain.

For once and for all, it is always worth it.

When Zhen Wu saw this, he also laughed in his heart.

This mission was successfully completed.

A lot of benefits have been gained.

The reason for Zheng He's voyage to the West was also found for Zhu Di.

……

Zhen Wu rested briefly in Zhancheng for another day, and then returned to Tsinghua City with Cheng Liang and others.

When I came, I packed lightly.

When I went back, there were a few more cars of precious treasures.

Cheng Lianghouzi and the others were so happy that they wished they could sleep in the carriage every day.

But Zhen Wu suddenly felt a little sad, now it is almost December, and they want a class teacher at least next year, this Spring Festival he will inevitably have to celebrate the New Year in other places.

Seeing Zhen Wu, Cheng Liang felt a little sad, and asked, "Grand Duke, why are you unhappy when we got so many things this time?"

Zhen Wu smiled, with a hint of bitterness, but it was not conspicuous: "The child in Jin'er's stomach should have been born for two or three months, but I still don't know what happened."

Cheng Liang was taken aback.

Zhen Wu then smiled casually: "Fortunately, I got a lot of treasures this time, so I can choose some carefully and give my children two good ones."

Cheng Liang laughed again.

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