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A few days later, Zhu Gaoxu returned to Peiping with the Yan army.

The gun wound of Wang Bin of a hundred households was just a skin injury, and as long as it was not infected, it would be fine. Zhu Gaoxu asked him to take off his clothes and observe. Seeing that the wound was healing, he felt relieved and asked Wang Bin to go home to recuperate first.

When he returned to the county prince's mansion, the eunuchs and servants in the mansion came out and asked about his well-being. Zhu Gaoxu took off his armor and uniform and went back to the inner hall to rest.

The mansion is almost the same as those people, but for some reason, Zhu Gaoxu always feels very deserted. It is like a person who has been working outside all year round, suddenly returning to his empty home, and instead feels strange.

The Prince's Mansion is not empty, there are many people. Zhu Gaoxu quickly understood: Du Qianrui is missing.

Without her, there will be less delicious and exquisite meals, less expectation of meetings and interesting conversations.

Zhu Gaoxu was fine and didn't want to sleep. He was in a state of impetuousness and could not do anything like reading books and playing chess. So he changed into a brown robe, called Wang Gui, and took some money and rode out on horseback.

Following the place where I forced myself to remember, Zhu Gaoxu and Wang Gui went to the slim street on the north bank of Haizi.

That day, under Zhending City, a personal soldier named Chen Dachui. When he asked the war horse to Zhu Gaoxu, he told his address. The situation was urgent at that time, and Zhu Gaoxu almost forgot what the soldier looked like, but he only remembered the address... I must remember that it was exchanged for Chen Dachui's life!

At that time, there were many encirclements, surrounded by enemy soldiers. Zhu Gaoxu led the troops and horses and ran very fast. If the cavalry lost their horses in such a battle formation, it would be a great disaster. The soldier took the initiative to send his war horses and reported them to the house. The meaning was very obvious: after he sent the horses, his life would be lost, and the prince would take care of his family!

Although Chen Dachui is a soldier, Zhu Gaoxu will not despise his life because of his status.

The two of them came to Xiejie and asked passers-by to find Torch Lane. Zhu Gaoxu also instructed Wang Gui to inquire about this dilapidated alley.

"The military household living nearby is named Chen Dachui. Do you know him?" Wang Gui's voice came not far away.

Zhu Gaoxu walked slowly, waiting for Wang Gui to inquire, while looking around. This place was similar to the unrenovated old streets I had seen in my previous life. There were low hard mountain-top houses everywhere. Even if the ground was swept over, it looked dirty. From time to time, there were shops with doors to do small business.

In the entire city of Peking, except for the mansions of nobles and wealthy people, most of the houses are like this. At this time, the doors and windows of ordinary houses were very small, and most of them were extremely poor in lighting.

After a while, Wang Gui came over with his horse and said, "Young Master Hong, I have found out, right in front of me."

Zhu Gaoxu asked Wang Gui to lead the way and walked a while. Wang Gui pointed to a shop that opened towards the road and said, "Young Master, that's it!"

Zhu Gaoxu looked over and was a little puzzled. The shop looked like a restaurant selling pastry and snacks. A big man was washing dishes at the door, with his hair tied up with a cloth towel on his head. Zhu Gaoxu was vaguely impressed: this man seemed to be Chen Dachui.

"Chen Daehui?" Zhu Gaoxu said.

The man suddenly raised his head, was stunned for a moment, stood up and wiped his hands on his clothes, and suddenly "punched" to one knee, clasped his fists and said, "I'm going to pay homage to the prince, why...

"Are you dead?" Zhu Gaoxu blurted out, then went up and grabbed Chen Dachu's forearm with both hands, and raised it up, with the standard "Yan King's posture".

At this moment, a young woman in a dirty apron also walked out of the door. She led a boy and stared at him, staring at him without moving.

Although Zhu Gaoxu wore ordinary clothes, he was served by a group of people at home as an old man. The materials of the clothes were exquisite and flat and clean, and the brown robe was covered with white silk underwear. When he walked to such a place, he was not an ordinary person and was rare.

Chen Dachui turned around and pulled the woman, saying, "Prince, this is my wife, the eldest son. Come and kowtow to Prince Gaoyang!"

"It's free." Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and looked at Chen Dachui.

Chen Dachui actually gave a look and shook his head slightly to indicate. Zhu Gaoxu seemed to understand a little: he didn't want his wife to know that he would sacrifice his life on the battle formation to avoid worrying his family?

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt a strong feeling of affection.

Chen Dachui hurriedly welcomed Zhu Gaoxu inside and invited him to the seat. He also ordered his wife to take out the best tea cups and tea leaves to make tea. The room was dark, mainly because there were no windows, and the place next to the door was fine, but it was simply dim.

Chen Dachui didn't dare to sit, and stood beside him and said, "Many people died that day, and many horses were running in the air. I caught one, looked at the prince's Red Flag man and rushed out!"

"Haha, that's great." Zhu Gaoxu smiled, "When I came here just now, I was thinking about how to comfort your crying family... But now I'm fine, I can breathe a sigh of relief."

Chen Dachui laughed with him, not very good at speaking the scenes, and was just worried about laughing.

Zhu Gaoxu asked casually again: "How many people are you in your family?"

Chen Dachui said: "My family is a military household, the land is in the countryside, the eldest sister married a military household, and her parents and brothers are at home. I am a regular army, and I work as a servant in the prince's mansion, and I take my wife and two children to make houses in the city. There is also a cousin going out to buy rice and flour, and he is Junyu, so I follow me."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded. Most of the soldiers in the Ming Dynasty were like this. Military households and families were always military households, and they could not be changed. If you choose a strong man as a soldier of the "Main Army", you must also choose one or two "Military Remnants" in the family to serve the main army specifically; as compensation, both the main army and the military remnants were exempted from corvee service.

An ordinary soldier in the army, trained into a soldier, weapons, armor, horses, food and fodder, consumed a lot, and many people needed to serve him. However, such a soldier would lose tens of thousands a day in a battle like Zhending, so war was an expensive and cruel activity. Raising an army was also the most huge expense of the court.

The Ming system seems OK, but in fact there are more and more problems, and Zhu Gaoxu has heard of them.

After a while of greeting, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and looked at Wang Gui.

Wang Gui walked up and took out some things from his arms one after another, piled them on the black wooden table, with several Daming treasure banknotes and piles of copper coins.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I thought you were dead, and I planned to pay money privately from time to time to give your family. Now it seems that there is no need. I brought some things today to serve as an additional reward for you."

Chen Dachui hurriedly said, "Thank you, Prince!"

Zhu Gaoxu slapped his hands on his thighs, and then he stood up and slapped Chen Dachui on the shoulder: "I see that you are both loyal and brave. I will not treat my brothers badly after following me in the future."

Chen Dachui kept nodding and followed him out of the house, "Greatly send you off to the prince!" He stood there with his fists and military salute for a long time.

Zhu Gaoxu took a detour to the "Bin" tavern again. The door was locked and it was almost closed. He stayed in the tavern for half an hour and then went straight home.

...The next morning, Zhu Gaoxu packed up and went to the Yan Prince's Mansion. When he came back from the front line, he should go to greet his mother. This is an ordinary etiquette.

After entering the gatehouse of the Yan Prince's Mansion, Zhu Gaoxu walked for a while and saw the eunuch Ma He coming towards him. Ma He said, "The prince is in the front hall and is about to meet King Gaoyang. King Gaoyang will go to the front hall with me first."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and agreed.

He walked up the steps and entered the hall, and saw another man next to the King of Yan, Jin Zhong dressed in a robe.

"My son pays homage to my father." Zhu Gaoxu stepped forward to hold a tribute.

"Okay." King Yan looked up, reached out and made a gesture, and then buried his head in the picture on the desktop.

The joy and joy that he showed in the army had already disappeared from the face of the King of Yan. He was very happy that day, and he had the intention to inspire the generals?

After a while, the King of Yan breathed out, relaxed his upper body and leaned on the back of the chair, and said, "Li Jinglong is known as 500,000, and is gathering troops near the Hutuo River. We have too few people after all, and we are still weak..."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't say anything, just listened.

The King of Yan said again: "Li Jinglong is in the south and in the north, and the three guards of Urianha threatened me from both sides. Especially the elite vassal cavalry of the three guards of Taining under the command of King Ning, Fuyu, and Taining, who are very brave.

I discussed with Daoyan and others and decided to defeat each one, and ignore Li Jinglong first. We should focus on winning over the troops of King Ning and guards, and then strengthen our strength and then deal with Li Jinglong."

Jin Zhong immediately bent down and said, "The prince is wise!"

The King of Yan looked at Zhu Gaoxu and said, "I see, when Gao Xu wins over Zhang Xin, he is quite organized. I want to send you to Yongping Guard to train troops. While trying to contact King Ning, he summoned more troops in Yongping Guard to increase the strength of the Yan army. Does Gao Xu have any objections?"

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a moment, clasped his fists and said, "My son should follow the orders of his father, but Mr. Ning has no contact with King Ning, so I am afraid he may not be able to help his father..."

King Yan waved his hand: "As long as Gao Xu does his best, he will definitely achieve success." He pointed to Jin Zhong, "If there is any news from King Ning, I will send Jin Zhong to contact you."

Having said this, Zhu Gaoxu said, "Son of the Lord!"

At this moment, King Yan said in a very casual tone, "Jin Zhong goes to pick up the news about King Ning and hand it over to Gao Xu later."

Jin Zhong bowed and said, "Yes, the official is leaving."

When Jin Zhong went out, King Yan pondered: "Gao Xu looks very much like me, and the princess also said she looks like the same mold..."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but look at King Yan. King Yan was burly, with thick bones, wide and upright face, big eyes, straight nose, and thick lips. In Zhu Gaoxu's opinion, King Yan was not the handsome guy with a shoe-horned face in later generations, but he had the temperament of a real man. As expected, a man with a narrow face and too thin face was difficult to have this kind of real manly spirit in ancient and modern times.

The King of Yan continued, "According to my wishes, I chose Gao Xu as the prince early in the morning."

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly said, "Father, you must not. The sons really don't value power. This will make the elder brother angry. Why bother?"

This is the second time. Zhu Gaoxu can feel the sincerity of the King of Yan: At least at present, the King of Yan doesn’t care about anything. The huge pressure makes him just want to do his best to accomplish great things! Zhu Gaoxu can help him, and he is the most trustworthy son in comparison. He is simply willing to give anything at this time!

At this time, suspicion and restraint are not conducive to exerting the enthusiasm of subordinates. Delegation of power and motivation are the best way to calculate, and the King of Yan still has great experience in hiring people.
Chapter completed!