Zhu Gaochi's royal residence, which usually seemed a bit empty, actually became a bit crowded after Zhu Di's arrival.
Without him, he would place the proud soldiers and generals who followed him all the way.
After other vassal kings did not withdraw from the vassal, their generals would either obey the court's orders and be transferred elsewhere, or they would simply take off their clothes and go home to the local masters.
Only Zhu Di's subordinates were willing to follow Zhu Di, even if they were fourth-rank generals, they were willing to serve as personal soldiers.
This shows the depth of Zhu Di’s personality charm.
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"Hurry up and get ready to heat the pot!"
Zhu Gaochi glanced at Zhu Di who was sitting in the room, and stood under the eaves and said to Shaoyao.
"My father's people are all from the north. They are not used to southern food, so let the kitchen prepare white meat pots, soy sauce meat, and bake some hot cakes!"
Shaoyao agreed quickly, and when he turned around, he said nervously, "Uncle, do you want some wine?"
Zhu Gaochi thought about it and said, "No!"
As he said this, he suddenly remembered something, "You ask someone to send you there, and you can just order others from behind. Don't show your face!"
"I got it!" Shaoyao turned around and smiled, charmingly, swaying her waist and walked away.
Suddenly, Zhu Gaochi couldn't move his eyes away.
But then he immediately shook his head and turned around and entered the house.
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In the room, Zhu Di was staring at the food and wine on the table, thoughtfully.
Hearing Zhu Gaochi's footsteps, he raised his head and whispered, "The grain taxes from Guangdong and Guangxi provinces are used as military rations. Each civilian worker is paid twenty-five cents a day to ensure that the military rations are continuously transported to the front line!"
As Zhu Di spoke, Zhu Gaochi sat down next to him and filled him with a glass of wine.
"What a great courage!" Zhu Di picked up the wine glass and exclaimed, "Not counting the military pay and equipment of the 200,000 troops, the food and civilians alone are worth several million!"
Speaking of this, he looked at Zhu Gaochi again, "Boss!"
"father!"
"What if..." Zhu Di said, lowering his voice, "If it were you, do you have the courage?"
Zhu Gaochi subconsciously looked around and saw that there were only two of them in the room, and there was no one within ten steps outside the door. He thought for a while and whispered, "Dad, this is not a matter of lack of courage! Zizi...
..Well, that one is the one who never does business at a loss!"
As he spoke, he whispered, "When we were about to use troops against Burma, the ministers in the DPRK and China all said that it was a small and barren land that wasted money and food from the national treasury. If we had to send people to manage it, no one would be willing to go.
But what do you think now?"
"Based on my son's understanding of him, fighting in his heart is a business!"
As he spoke, Zhu Gaochi moved the bench closer and whispered, "A year's worth of food for two provinces and the wages of civilian workers are the capital. After conquering Annan, how can the black-hearted man above the court be able to
Get Annan out of the dough!"
"As for the military pay you mentioned..." Zhu Gaochi said, paused, and then lowered his voice and said, "Don't you know that the most talented soldiers in the army just feed themselves on the enemy!"
Zhu Di smiled and took a sip of wine.
"My son went to Burma last time!" Zhu Gaochi added, "As for Wu Lun, he couldn't even put down the things he robbed, and he was transporting them to the capital in boatloads..."
Suddenly, Zhu Di interrupted him, "You, you know nothing about war! What are you guys working for outside? It's just these things! It doesn't make sense to ask people to work for their lives but not to allow others to rob them!"
As he spoke, he sighed again, "The military pay is based on the enemy? Haha, isn't that a common thing?"
Then he took another sip of wine and said slowly, "The emperor said that Annan should be captured and used as a fiefdom for our family!"
"Do you believe him?" Zhu Gaochi shook his head and thought to himself, "You have believed in him so many times, and how has it ever happened that you have not suffered a loss? Did he even say that he would stay in the border fortress forever and become the king of the fortress of the Ming Dynasty?"
He could only say this in his heart, not with his mouth.
Otherwise, it will be as if you are making fun of your own father, which is disrespectful.
But it is said that a son is better than his father. When Zhu Di saw Zhu Gaochi's expression, he knew that his fat son was murmuring in his heart.
"I also know that nowadays, there are many things that he can say and we can listen to, but they don't count!" Zhu Di sighed, "But nowadays, people are killed with swords and I am fish and meat. Since we gave in, we have been killed by others.
Hold it in the palm of your hand. You have to do it even if it works, and you have to do it if you don’t! Dad can’t help it!"
"Dad, you eat vegetables!" Zhu Gaochi felt sour in his heart and wanted to change the subject.
As long as you are a son, you hope that your father will be an unparalleled hero.
When I was young, I might have looked down on my father because he was not heroic enough, and imagined what I would do if I were him.
But as you get older, you will understand how much helplessness a man's life is filled with, how much he can't help himself, and how much he has to swallow his anger.
"Going to Guangdong and Guangxi to train troops..." Zhu Di mused again, "I also know that once I go, I will never be able to return to the Northland in this life!" As he said, he suddenly squeezed the wine glass, "The Tartars are not destroyed, I
..."
"Dad, don't think so much!" Zhu Gaochi advised, "You said it yourself, you can't help yourself!"
As he spoke, he looked at Zhu Di's expression and said, "Actually, that man was pretty good to us men! At least he gave you military power. Look at the other uncles..." As he spoke, he sighed again, and then lowered his voice.
, "Uncle Wu and the others are dead, stupid, stupid... crazy, crazy..."
Zhu Di took a sip of wine, and his mouth was full of bitterness.
"They...poor people must be hateful. Most things are their own fault!" Zhu Di said, "I want to die, who can stop me?"
Then he turned to look at Zhu Gaochi, "Do you feel that your father is not as heroic as before and is a little timid now?"
"No!" Zhu Gaochi said hurriedly.
"Cowardice means cowardice!" Zhu Di patted his son on the shoulder, "It won't work if you don't give in to cowardice! The man who told your father in Qianqing Palace that if I don't accept cowardice..." After saying that, he suddenly smiled and said, "Just give up."
All the fat on your body will be cut off and refined into oil..."
Suddenly, Zhu Gaochi's body trembled with fat.
He believed that Xizi could do this!
"Actually, it's not a bad thing to beat Annan!" Zhu Di added, "At least I can call the second and third sons to my side!" Then he looked at Zhu Gaochi again, "Dad has always been a hero all his life, but when he gets old,
But I can’t leave anything for you!”
"No matter who said that Annan gave our family a fiefdom, he did it or not! But one thing is that he can allow us men to have a share of the family inheritance! When the time comes, you, the second child, and the third child will not be able to do it!
As for leaving nothing behind!”
"In the future, when your sisters get married, their parents' family will not be powerless and bullied by others!"
What he said is that a hero is short of breath but a son and daughter love each other long!
"Then..." Zhu Gaochi thought about it, "You also bring all those people under your command?"
"Take it with you!" Zhu Di took a bite of the food and said without tasting it at all, "They have been following me since their father's life. We can't let them end badly! It's okay to go to Guangdong and Guangxi to train troops.
Bring them all with you to conquer Annan!"
As he said that, he suddenly smiled and said, "If you can't defeat the Tatars, then go beat the Annan barbarians! You must show the world what your father, I... and the northern men under my command are really capable of!"
"Don't worry, Dad, my son will definitely take care of everything for you in the center!" Zhu Gaochi said through gritted teeth, "Food, wages, equipment, civilians, clothing, livestock, and even medicinal materials have all been prepared for you!"
"Well!" Zhu Di patted his son on the shoulder again, "Just like before, I go out to fight, and you sit behind!"
As he said that, he threw away his chopsticks with a snap and said, "I won't eat anymore. Please boil some hot water for me to take a bath! Boss!"
"exist!"
"Rub your dad's back!" Zhu Di said with a smile, "Damn it, you can weigh two pounds in chaps!"