Yang Feng put on what he thought was a sunny smile and quietly appeared next to Zhang Fu's sister.
And he was holding someone else's slingshot in his hand.
The latter smiled sweetly at him, took the slingshot from his hand readily, and looked at him again. Yang Feng quickly continued to show his smile. Miss Zhang smiled sweetly again, and took out a sun-dried one from her waist pocket.
Put the clay projectile in the pocket in the middle of the bow string, draw the bow and aim at a distance.
"Watch it!"
she said.
Yang Feng nodded quickly.
The next moment, the slingshot in her hand suddenly downwards.
Immediately afterwards, the bowstring in the right hand was released, and the left hand holding the bow body was swung outward.
The projectile instantly hit the helmet that suddenly appeared in Yang Feng's hand. Although the hardness of this special mud pellet was not low, it still shattered on the helmet and turned into countless tiny debris.
"I understand, you have to shake it when you ejaculate, otherwise it's easy to hit yourself."
Yang Feng said seriously.
Miss Zhang, who failed in the sneak attack, snorted angrily, raised her head and stomped on his feet, and then instinctively crushed them hard, but then she frowned and looked like she wanted to cry...
"I picked a stone on it."
Yang Feng said sincerely.
This is indeed outrageous. You must know that although she rides a horse, a wealthy daughter like this can only wear small leather boots even if she rides a horse...
Ah, Zhu Yuanzhang was not allowed to wear leather boots.
However, she did wear a pair of small leather boots on her feet. Obviously, no one would care about her as a little girl in such a place where the sky is high and the emperor is far away. But anyway, the soles of the shoes at this time are only a layer of leather at most, and she is stamping on her feet.
He rubbed the stone on the toe of his boot hard, and his heel felt sore all of a sudden.
Still unwilling to give in, Miss Zhang gritted her teeth and hit him in the chest with her right arm with all her strength. Then she finally cried in pain.
"I have something called a bulletproof insert on my chest. It's very hard. I really didn't mean to do this. Since I came to you, I have been keeping vigilant. Don't look at your brother and I chatting happily. In fact, I also
I don’t know if your emperor has given him a secret order. Find an opportunity to shoot me in the back. The mutual trust between your emperor and I is very fragile, so in this situation, as long as I am with someone like your brother, I will do it.
Take adequate defense, including body armor and even weapons.
I don’t like this kind of life very much, but for the sake of safety, I’d better endure it for the time being!”
Yang Feng sighed beside her.
What he said was true, and the mutual trust between him and Zhu Yuanzhang was very fragile.
He really didn't know that His Majesty the Emperor would suddenly become cruel and strangle this scourge to death, so he still had to be vigilant at all times.
Miss Zhang was so painful that she was crying. How could she be in the mood to listen to his nonsense explanation? She covered her right elbow that was almost numb, limped one foot and walked forward crying, looking completely helpless.
.
By the way, is this Zhu Di’s noble lady?
However, judging from the age, they should be about the same. Originally, in history, Zhang Guifei was granted the title of Concubine Zhang in the seventh year of Yongle, but this cannot be used as an age reference. After all, she must have followed Zhu Di long ago.
No one noticed the interaction between the two of them. At this time, Zhang Fu was still studying those Franchise machines with the civilian and military generals. Especially those military generals who were stationed here often went deep into the grassland. Naturally, they were very aware of such a kind of machine.
The value of lightweight rapid-fire artillery. In the past, they had an absolute advantage over Can Yuan. In fact, every time the Ming army fought deep into the grasslands in these years, the result was a complete victory. With these artillery, it can be said that it is even more powerful.
Pressed.
Yang Feng looked around with emotion, surrounded by military households watching the excitement.
However, this city really does not have a large population. The population statistics in the eighth year of Hongwu were 70,000 with civilian registration and 70,000 with military registration. They were exactly the same. In fact, there were 1,000 more military registrations. His population statistics were not Ding. The statistics of Hongwu Dynasty were all
They are men, women, old and young. On his yellow book, a family of men, women, old and young has all the land and real estate. Even several families together have maps to accompany them. A map is the most basic unit.
Therefore, this number is the actual population, and it is difficult to conceal the population. After all, this was not the time in the late Ming Dynasty when local gentry did whatever they wanted.
Even if there is more than ten years of growth after this, it will not increase too much. The biggest increase is probably Zhu Di's three guards, but in fact it is an increase of one guard, because two of the guards were originally commanded by Peking.
Adapted under the jurisdiction of the department.
So now there are at most 200,000 people.
The population structure should still be half military and half civilian. This is a pure border fortress.
And not all of them live in Beiping City, because their nationalities are from Daxing and Wanping counties, and a large number of them with military status are in the surrounding military camps.
There are only a few hundred thousand people living in the city at most.
"What did you do to my sister?"
Zhang Fu, who finally discovered that his sister was crying, walked up to Yang Feng and said in a bad tone.
"Conscience of heaven and earth, I just asked her how to use a slingshot, and she taught me how to use a slingshot. Do you think I am the kind of person who molests women, and you don't want to accuse someone of their innocence out of thin air?"
Yang Feng said with an innocent face.
"That's all?"
"Otherwise, what do you think, what heinous things did I do to her? If you suspect that, then I can admit it. Tell me, what do you want me to admit?"
"Well, that's not what Zhang meant. He just came here to ask."
Zhang Fu said quickly.
Indeed, even if this bastard really did something, he can't be allowed to admit it!
His sister is not married yet. If it is really spread as a rumor, how can she get married? However, he still has a certain trust in Yang Feng. After all, this guy has already rejected Zhou Dexing's bunch of beautiful girls in the capital.
The news spread. And there was a little maid beside him, who actually stayed in the capital for so many days without making a move. This was something that the imperial guards were watching from the side. The little maid made it clear that she could let him do whatever he wanted, but in his case
He actually never started.
Therefore, Ambassador Yang is not a lecherous person. This is already known to everyone in the capital. In this case, it should be regarded as a misunderstanding.
Misunderstanding or not, misunderstanding!
"Why do I think the morale of the military households around me is poor!"
Yang Feng said.
The spirit of the military households here is obviously lower than those in the capital, but it is definitely not because they are not full. Judging from their faces, the nutritional level is sufficient, but the atmosphere just feels not as good as that in the capital, or it can be said that the proportion of smiles on their faces is lower.
Unlike in the capital, where people are always laughing and joking around when they go out, the atmosphere here is obviously a bit depressing.
"The military households in Peiping are all from the south. They came from the flowery land in the south of the Yangtze River, where the yield was a few stones per mu, and were sent to this bitter cold land in the north. They worked hard and produced a stone per mu for a year, which was regarded as a good year, and they will be prosperous for generations to come.
You have to be here, and then think about the people who used to fight for His Majesty, but still enjoy the blessings in Jiangnan, who do you think can laugh?"
"Well, it's not too hard here, right?"
"It's not very bitter. Compared with Kaiping and Daning, it's certainly not bitter. But don't forget that they were all born in the south of the Yangtze River for generations. After a while, the weather here will be cold and freezing, and there will be violent storms and snow. Those who stayed in the south will
, but we are already looking at the winter wheat and waiting for next year’s harvest.”
"But there is nothing we can do to protect the country's borders."
"There is really nothing we can do, so we all stay here, but you can't expect them all to laugh. They obviously can't laugh. Do you have to force them to laugh?"
Zhang Fu said.
So it is understandable that the armies in Peking supported Zhu Di so much.
They didn't support Zhu Di. They obviously wanted to leave this ghost place quickly and go back to their hometown in Jiangnan to be happy. However, they did get what they wanted, but in the end, Zhu Di moved the capital and had to follow the emperor back. Fortunately, the emperor did not have to worry about scarcity here.
But when it came to Tumubao, the first reaction of the nobles in the capital was to hurry Tamar away and go back to Nanjing, so that he would no longer suffer here.
"Does your Majesty have a man named Zheng He? He may also be called Ma He."
Yang Feng changed the topic and said.
The time when Zheng He was given the surname was all guesswork. In fact, there is no clear record of when. In fact, eunuchs of this kind usually do not use their own surnames. It is standard practice to change their surnames when they enter the palace. The main reason is that when they enter the palace, they are equivalent to being
Expelling the original family's genealogy, theoretically cutting off ties with the original family. As for later becoming successful, the family needs to flatter him at that time, and of course he can change back to Guangzong Yaozu.
For example, when you enter the palace at the age of 9,000, you change your surname to Li, and when you become successful, you change your surname back to Wei.
In fact, even if many people become successful, they only honor their ancestors when they are alive, but they still cannot enter their ancestors' graves when they die.
Therefore, eunuchs like to give money to temples and the like.
Because after they die, these temples will handle their funeral affairs and even protect their tombs in the future.
"Ma He?"
Zhang Fu's eyes searched...
"Where did Ma He go?"
He asked a royal official.
"Chang Ma is going to Marco Polo Bridge to meet Princess Hanshan and her entourage on the orders of the princess. I think they will be here soon."
said the latter.
"Well?"
Yang Feng's eyes immediately turned to the direction of Marco Polo Bridge.
Because a long team had already appeared there at this time, he quickly took out his binoculars and looked there, and then his special carriage appeared in his field of vision, but at this time, sitting on the carriage was a
A familiar figure, holding the same telescope, was looking here. Then she put down the telescope, stood up on the carriage, and waved excitedly to this side, and next to her was a young man riding a horse.
He looked at her in obvious surprise.
"Let's go and meet the princess."
Zhang Fu said.
The officials and generals who were still watching Fran Ji before this also mounted their horses and headed to the reception pavilion not far away to greet their Princess Hanshan...
Although their princess is standing on the carriage like an excited rabbit.