After Zhu Daguan developed the thunderbolt bomb, this was the first time it was used in actual combat. Zhu Tianjiang's original idea was to deal with martial arts masters, but now it is used in charging into battle.
Zhan Hongju and others had never seen such a hidden weapon before. They had seen a lot of explosive fireworks and firecrackers. Those things could only scare people and could not cause much harm at all. However, this time they were defeated.
Blood mold.
If Zhan Hongju didn't talk so much nonsense, or directly defended and waited for Zhu Tianjiang's army to fight hard, it would be hard to say who would lose and who would win. Defense itself has an advantage over offense, and with forty martial artists interspersed among them,
Even if Zhu Tianjiang could win, it would only end in a miserable victory.
But as soon as the fire exploded, the situation changed decisively. Zhan Hongju waved his knife to cover his face, but his arm was still covered with iron nails. The people behind Zhan Hongju were even worse, some were killed by thunderbolts.
Blinded.
With the screams, Zhan Hongju was filled with rage. This injury was nothing to him. Zhan Hongju was about to order an attack. Suddenly, Zhan Hongju felt his eyes go dark and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
The thunderbolts that Mr. Zhu Daguan spent a lot of effort to create are worth their money because of the poison. If it weren't for the fact that this kind of highly toxic poison is difficult to temper, Zhu Daguan would have mass-produced it long ago. If he didn't smear the venom, it wouldn't be possible at all.
If the money is not enough for the manufacturing cost, even if the explosion is nothing more than iron nails piercing people, it may make people panic and increase their combat effectiveness.
Seeing a group of people plop~ falling under the horse, Zhu Tianjiang was excited and took out another one in distress, "Zhu Yi, this one will knock down all the other archers for me, so I won't have to wait."
It will pose a threat to us when it rushes to kill."
"Sir, please let me live my life." Before Zhu Yi could say anything, Daniel stretched out his hand and said pitifully.
"Damn! Your shoulder is injured. It would be a waste if you can't throw it over their heads." Zhu Tianjiang glared worriedly.
"Sir, if I can't throw it over their heads, I will study and write when I return to the capital, and I will never leave my house again." Daniel vowed.
Zhu Tianjiang nodded, "Okay, you kid used to wear a bellyband with thunderbolt bombs every day, and it would be unreasonable not to let you pass. Don't throw it in the wrong direction and paralyze your own people. I will let all brothers
Blast your asshole."
"Hey, don't worry~!" Daniel said, lighting up the twisting thread, riding forward for about ten meters, and throwing it with all his strength.
The group of archers at the front of the convoy saw the bosses on their side falling to the ground crying and howling before the fight started. They were already frightened and lost the desire to fight. Then they saw another fire point flying over, and the group of bows and arrows
Without saying a word, his hand fired a burst of arrows into the air.
Boom~! There was another loud noise, and the archers at the front of the formation screamed and dropped their crossbows. Some covered their faces, some hugged their heads, and they all fell down in an instant. The more concentrated they were, the thunderbolts
The more powerful the bullet is, and it still explodes in the air.
Zhu Tianjiang drew out his sharp knife and swung it forward. "Brothers, kill!" Zhu Tianjiang finished shouting and just picked up the reins. Zhu Yi and Xia Qing held Zhu Tianjiang down at the same time.
"My lord, you can't go! Xia Qing, you are responsible for protecting my lord!" Zhu Yi said, picking up the horse's reins and jumping out.
Xia Qing grabbed the reins of Zhu Tianjiang's horse and smiled bitterly, "Sir, please don't embarrass me."
Zhu Tianjiang sighed, "Forget it, I won't participate in the fighting and killing in the future." After Zhu Tianjiang finished speaking in a depressed tone, he could only stand in the distance and watch the brothers fight.
Once the opponent's general and main force died, it would be a one-sided battle. Besides, these people were hired by Zhou Yantian with money, and no one wanted to risk their lives here. As soon as the two sides fought, many people started to flee.
In less than two packs of cigarettes, the battle ended in a melee. The elite group trained by Zhu Si was also very vicious, leaving no one alive except those who escaped.
Zhu Si led his brothers to clean up the battlefield, found a trench nearby, and threw all the killed personnel into the trench for burial. Especially those who were poisoned by thunderbolt bombs, Zhu Tianjiang asked Zhu Si to set up fire and burn them directly.
.Otherwise if it is picked out and eaten by some animal, it is likely to bring a plague to the surrounding people.
"Sir, the carriage is full of money, and I also made a lot of tea and cloth." Da Niu said with a grin.
"You are a pig's brain. Those tea leaves and cloth were bought with our money." Zhu Tianjiang said distressedly.
It took everyone a full watch to clear the battlefield. It was already late at night. Zhu Tianjiang directly gave the order and rushed to Qinzhou Mansion with his carriage.
When a large group of people escorted the convoy and arrived at the gate of Qinzhou City, it was just dawning. As soon as the officers and soldiers on the city gate saw the large group of people, they quickly sounded the alarm, and the archers on the city wall aimed at the city in a panic.
"What do you do? Tell me your name!" A city gate official shouted to Zhu Tianjiang and others.
This group of people were neither officials nor civilians, and everyone carried weapons. The officers and soldiers at the city gate were on guard carefully as if they were facing a powerful enemy.
"Daniu, go up and tell them your name and ask them to open the city gate." Zhu Tianjiang ordered.
Daniu urged his horse forward, "People on the city, listen, Dafeng Chaoyuan's security envoy Zhu Tianjiang, Master Zhu, is here~hurry up and open the city gate."
The officers and soldiers on the city gate looked down and did not believe what Daniel said. Zhu Tianjiang and the fourth prince had already gone south from Hedu Mansion. No one knew about this.
"Boys~ I see that you are clearly horse thieves. Mr. Zhu has already gone south, you can't deceive me." The city gate official shouted to Daniel.
Zhu Tianjiang secretly nodded. Some time ago, the official silver of Hedu Prefecture was robbed. Although this matter was not reported to the court, several nearby prefectures have already received the news. Qinzhou Prefecture should be so cautious.
Zhu Tianhua lowered his belt and handed it to Xia Qing, "Xia Qing, throw it to them."
Xia Qing took the waist badge, urged his horse to run to the bottom of the city, raised his hand, and threw the waist badge up with a whoosh.
"This is Master Zhu's badge. Open the city gate quickly." Xia Qing shouted majestically to the city.
The city gate officer took the waist badge and saw the three words "An Cha Shi" in gold on it. His legs almost went weak with fear. This kind of gold waist badge with unicorns carved on it is not something that ordinary people dare to imitate. And they are all
There are rubbings in the government office, and there are twenty-three secret seals on them. You can find out the authenticity by comparing them. The city gate official still didn't dare to open the door, so he hurried to Qin Zhong's government office. If God Zhu Dawen came, I'm afraid
Mr. Fu Yin had to get out of bed to greet him.
Zhu Tianjiang waited for a long time and there was no movement. He cursed at the city gate angrily. Zhu Tianjiang knew that this small city gate official did not dare to make decisions without permission, so he probably asked for instructions.
After a while, the city gate creaked open to both sides, and a large group of officials came running out.
The leader, wearing a mang robe official uniform, knelt down on the ground with his hands clasped in fists, "I am under the command of Qinzhou Prefecture Yin Xu Qian, and I respectfully welcome Mr. Ancha Envoy." After the Qinzhou Prefecture Yin said this, all the officials behind him knelt down.
On the ground.
Zhu Tianjiang jumped off his horse and walked forward, "Master Xu, there is no need to give a big gift. You and I are both third-rank officials, and I can't bear your bow." Zhu Tianjiang said and pulled Xu Qian up.
Xu Qian stood up tremblingly. He didn't understand how the God Zhu Dawen could appear in Qinzhou Mansion. Could it be that he didn't kill people in Hedu Mansion and went to Qinzhou specifically to perform the surgery? Otherwise, why did he bring it?
So many people and horses.
"Sir, didn't I hear that you went south?" Xu Qian asked cautiously.
"Oh, I originally went south, but I remembered that I still had some things to do in Qinzhou, so I came here to visit Mr. Xu." Zhu Tianjiang looked at Xu Qian with a smile.
The more he said this, the more frightened Xu Qian became. Xu Qian quickly returned his waist card to Zhu Tianjiang, and led the Qinzhou officials to carefully welcome Zhu Tianjiang into the city. As soon as they entered the city, the three men from Qinzhou Mansion
Anzi took the convoy directly to Zhu Jiyin Tower. Zhu San's business was quite prosperous. Except for remote and poor capitals, Zhu Jiyin Tower was set up in almost all cities.
Zhu Tianjiang looked at the numerous house numbers on both sides of the street. Although it was not very far from Hedu Prefecture, Qinzhou and Hedu were naturally different.
"Old Xu, it seems that you are managing Qinzhou well. Judging from the store signs, it should be quite wealthy." Zhu Tianjiang said on his horse.
"My lord, the envoy to Ancha, Qinzhou is an important transportation route to the north, and there are many merchants coming and going. The people here are relatively wealthy due to trade." Xu Qian said cautiously.
"Old Xu, I have no other reason to come here. I just want some money for the emperor. How about it, how much can you give me?" Zhu Tianjianghao asked without concealing anything.
Zhu Tianjiang could only stay in Qinzhou for one day, so he had to rush south to join Xuanzhu. Seeing that Xu Qian was quite honest, Zhu Daguan didn't plan to kill him here. So, he just extorted some money and that was it.
When Xu Qian heard this, he started to sweat. It was really difficult for him to answer Zhu Tianjiang's question. If he said too little, he would be afraid that Zhu Dawen would be dissatisfied. If he said too much, it would appear that the Qinzhou government had too much silver hidden away.
, the god Zhu Dawen may be offended and he will have to chop a few more when he is angry.
"Master Zhu, how much do you think should be turned in?" Xu Qian asked back.
"Don't get me wrong, I'm not talking about the normal tax, but the extra amount paid." Zhu Tianjiang reminded.
"Your Majesty knows that Mr. Zhu worked tirelessly for my Dafeng. Qinzhou officials should spend some of their personal money to contribute to the court." Xu Qian nodded in agreement.
Zhu Tianjiang nodded with satisfaction, "Old Xu, seeing that you are still on the road, just hand over five million taels."
When Xu Qian heard this, the muscles on his distressed face began to twitch. But in front of Zhu Tianjiang, he did not dare not agree. Otherwise, if he offended this great plague god, he would not be able to get five million in Qinzhou.
Something happened.
Zhu Tianjiang was extorting money from the government in Qinzhou. At this time, in the Dafeng Palace, Emperor Chengwu read several secret letters about Zhu Tianjiang.
Emperor Chengwu frowned, and the expression on his face changed from time to time. After reading several secret messages, Emperor Chengwu stood up and took a few steps back and forth.
"Wei Zhan, can you confirm that the person who robbed the disaster relief money is the remnant of Zhou Yantian?" Emperor Chengwu asked in a deep voice.
"There is no doubt that the leader is known as the ghost doctor Zhuo Xing in the world. He is very cunning and good at disguise. His enemies paid a lot of money to buy his head many times, but they could not find his whereabouts. Unexpectedly, he was taken in by Zhou Yantian.
." Wei Zhan answered softly, holding the sword in his arms.
Emperor Chengwu thought for a while and said, "This kid Zhu Tianjiang has made a great contribution by pacifying the people of Hedu. But when my son was injured by him in a dangerous place, this kid actually knew about it and refused to report it. The merits and demerits are equal to each other."
After Emperor Chengwu finished speaking, Wei Zhan nodded. He did not protect the prince well and should indeed be punished.
"But~!" Emperor Chengwu continued, "This guy actually hid such a large amount of money secretly, which is really beyond my expectation. Humph, he actually dared to use the word 'Zhu Ji' publicly, how dare he
That's not a small thing. As a security envoy, he is the most corrupt official in our Dafeng Dynasty. Haha, he has me in his hands." Emperor Cheng Wu's face was warm and angry, and his breathing became thicker.
Wei Zhan frowned and looked at Emperor Cheng Wu, but he did not defend Zhu Tianjiang.
Emperor Chengwu also glanced at Wei Zhan, suddenly smiled and said, "Wei Zhan, I know you want to defend this boy. Don't worry, I won't touch this boy until he collects money for me."
"Your Majesty, Wei Zhan thinks so too. Although Zhu Tianjiang has done it before, his contribution is not small. Apart from him, it is really difficult to find anyone in the Dafeng Dynasty who can suppress all officials in the world." Wei Zhan said silently.
said.
Emperor Chengwu nodded, picked up the tea cup and took a sip, "Wei Zhan, it seems that I haven't traveled around the world for a long time. Now the world is getting more stable, and there are no major events in the capital. How about it, would you like to go out with me for a walk?
It is said that Shu Tian is the richest in the world, so I want to see what this 'Zhu Ji' head office is like." Emperor Cheng Wu suddenly said a surprising topic.
Wei Zhan was stunned for a moment, "Your Majesty, do you want to tour the world? At present, the national treasury is not full, and labor and troops are mobilized along the way. I'm afraid it will be detrimental to the people below."
Emperor Chengwu smiled slightly, "No, no, I don't plan to mobilize troops. Zhu Tianjiang's actions have reminded me. We can also bring a small group of people for a private visit incognito."
"What about the capital?" Wei Zhan asked with a frown.
"With Prince Jing in charge, nothing will happen to the capital."
Emperor Chengwu's "youxing" became so popular that he immediately decided to pay a private visit incognito. The first stop was to see how rich Shutian Zhuji was. When Zhutian came, he was able to collect three million taels at Zhuji's two branches.
Emperor Chengwu was very surprised by this fact. If Zhu Ji was really the richest man in the world, Emperor Chengwu was prepared to let Nianganchu take it over. As for Zhu Tianjiang, Emperor Chengwu was also prepared to trap him in the capital forever as a
punish.
Emperor Chengwu secretly recruited Prince Jing overnight and asked Wei Zhan to send a message to Zhu Tianjiang to rush to Shutian Mansion. He said that the Ministry of War was preparing to set up a barracks in Shutian and asked Zhu Tianjiang to assist in the deployment.
After the morning court the next day, everything in the capital was as usual. At the back entrance of the palace, sixty Qinglong guards disguised as civilians accompanied three ordinary carriages and quietly left the palace.