Li Shanchang's words were very reasonable. Xiao Yun made great contributions, but only a few familiar soldiers knew that the soldiers in Jinling below were mostly Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong, Feng Guoyong, Deng Yu, Hu Dahai, Liao Yongzhong and others, who were very unfamiliar with Xiao Yun. Li Shanchang's words did come to the point, and many people agreed at the moment.

Seeing everyone agreeing, Li Shanchang quickly glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang sitting on the dragon throne. Seeing that he nodded frequently, he immediately looked strong. After a brief pause, he said loudly again: "Besides, our Jinling soldiers are only more than 300,000. General Xu and General Chang are in the north to attack the Central Plains. The 250,000 army is heading north. The remaining 50,000 soldiers follow General Hu and General He send troops to Fujian. There are no extra soldiers in our Jinling City, but we are afraid that we will recruit troops again. In this way, with General Xiao's age and prestige in the army, it is difficult to bring these new recruits well?"

"Haha, the words of the prime minister are old-fashioned. It is indeed difficult to fight if the general does not know the soldiers and the generals. However, everything has two sides. Now that our Jinling army is in the north to attack the Central Plains and the southern expedition of Fujian is about to be issued, there is no way to recover it. It is said that two evils are persuading each other to help each other. Brother Xiao is of mild age and prestige is indeed shallow, but the lord is enough to send more good generals in the army to assist. With Lord Xiao's ability, it is not difficult to establish prestige in the army. I think the candidate for escorting food and grass is the only one who belongs to General Xiao?"

Everyone saw Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, and Liu Bowen recommended Xiao Yun, and many soldiers who were waiting and watching also began to agree.

The hall became lively again.

After listening to the crowd silently, Zhu Yuanzhang took a memorial from the imperial case and laughed: "Yesterday, the Gu Wang received the news from the Ministry of War. After Zhang Shicheng's death, many strong soldiers from Jianghuai were willing to join our Jinling army. These soldiers were not bad at all than our Jinling army. During these days, the Gu Wang Wang asked Geng Bingwen to increase his training, which was enough. Brother Xiao's literary and martial arts are unparalleled. Is it most appropriate to let him take charge of the escort of food and grass?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he glanced at Li Shanchang and suddenly asked, "What do you think the Prime Minister think?"

Li Shanchang was stunned and hurriedly said, "Your Highness is wise, I have no objection!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly, nodded, and said, "Okay, this matter will be decided. The Prime Minister will make arrangements as soon as possible. At noon tomorrow, our army of Jinling will gather in the 300,000 schoolyards. The Lone King will personally mobilize the Northern Expedition!"

"Wei Minister, let's prepare now?" Li Shanchang responded and returned to the throne of the literati.

When dealing with these two major matters, Zhu Yuanzhang handled other government affairs. Seeing that the sky was getting brighter, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand. The ministers shouted a few times. Long live the King of Wu, and they retreated one after another.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not return to the palace immediately, but sat upright on the dragon throne, watching everyone retreat one by one, and seeing that Liu Bowen was about to leave, he hurriedly shouted: "Sir, please stay?"

Hearing the shouts, Liu Bowen, who had turned around and left, stopped quickly, turned around and made a series, and said, "Did Your Highness call me?"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "Brother Xiao is definitely the best candidate for escorting food and grass, but Brother Xiao may not be willing to do this. If he doesn't work hard, will the Lone King be afraid that my 250,000 troops in Jinling will go hungry?"

"Haha--?" Liu Bowen smiled faintly, and the morning court was gone. The two of them also lost all the red tape and had a little more casualness.

"Do you want me to see Brother Xiao?" Liu Bowen said with a smile.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "No, this time the Lone King will meet Brother Xiao in person. He is in good condition and asks Mr. to go to Xuanwu Lake and come to see the Lone King with him?"

"I understand?" Liu Bowen responded, then turned around and left, and disappeared outside the hall soon after.

Xuanwu Lake, known as Sangbo in ancient times, was originally just a swamp wetland formed by faults, and the lake water came from the northern foot of Zhongshan. During the Three Kingdoms, King Sun Quan of Wu led water into Houhu, the Xuanwu Lake had just begun to take shape. Because Xuanwu Lake is located north of Yanque Lake and the palace city, it is also known as "Houhu" or "Beihu". After Qin Shihuang destroyed Chu, he changed Jinling to Moling County, and Xuanwu Lake was renamed Moling Lake. Because Jiang Ziwen, the commander of Moling during the Han Dynasty, was buried on the shore of the lake, and Sun Quan avoided his grandfather and Sun.

Zhong Ming was named "Jiangling Lake". In the early years of the Yuanjia period of the Liu Song Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Song Dynasty dredged Xuanwu Lake on a large scale, and the dug lake mud accumulated together to form a small island exposed to the water. The largest of them were "Penglai", "Bianbing", and "Yingzhou", collectively known as "Sanshenshan". Perhaps this is the predecessor of Zhongliangzhou, Huanzhou and Yingzhou in Xuanwu Lake today. Legend has it that in the 25th year of Yuanjia in the Liu Song Dynasty, "Black Dragon" appeared in the lake twice, so it is also called Xuanwu Lake.

During the Six Dynasties, Xuanwu Lake was a place for feudal emperors to play. In the third year of the Song Dynasty, Shanglin Garden was established on the lake, and the Leyou Garden and Hualin Garden were also established on the south bank. During the Ming Dynasty of Qi, Emperor Wu often went hunting in the middle of the night, either to Zhongshan or Mufu Mountain, and tens of thousands of palace maids were accompanied by strict clothes. When they came back at dawn, they just heard the rooster crowing and the rooster crowing and embroidering robe returning from the mouth of the rooster crowing" originated from this. There is still a place name for the rooster crowing near the Wu Temple Gate.

After Zhu Yuanzhang occupied Jinling, he expanded the scope of Jinling City. Xuanwu Lake has since become a moat outside the Jinling wall. The lake surface is only one-third of that of the Six Dynasties. The Huangcai Library was built in Zhongzhou (Liangzhou). As a warehouse forbidden area for the Ming Dynasty government to store the national household registration taxes and service lists, ordinary people were not allowed to enter at will. At that time, people had the irony that "Yingzhou is close to the point of going to the sky, and the islands are in the air and are confused. In order to store the territory, people rarely come, but only the pavilions are low in the sunset."

It was October at this time. I could not see the green water surface in summer, with pink lotus hidden in it, and the beautiful scenery of the lake filled with fragrance. However, Xuanwu Lake is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with Jilong Mountain screens arranged in the south, Xiufeng Pagoda scenery shining across the city, Chaoyang, Mufu Mountain stretches in Hubei, surrounded by mountain cities, and many famous scenic spots along the lake, towering Ming City Wall, beautiful Jiuhua Mountain, and the quaint Jiming Temple surround it. With the morning sun, there is also an indescribable beauty.

At this time, a man lay on a shallow lake by Xuanwu Lake, and turned his head to look around. The shallow lake, pebbles, rockery, reeds, metasequoia forest by the lake, and the ancient city wall formed a beautiful scenery. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's a good place. Today, my husband is rarely with you, so I'll have fun for a day. The scenery here is good. Otherwise, I'd better sleep here tonight. No one dares to come. Anyway, I'll go back early tomorrow?"

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Chapter completed!