That night the north wind roared, Gao Di tossed and turned in his room and couldn't sleep. No one could sleep well because he fell into Dongchang's hands, but he was definitely not the only one who couldn't sleep.
Prince Zhu Cixiang couldn't sleep either. He often heard about Chang Yu's various deeds, but today was the first time he saw him working. His momentum, aura, scheming, thoughts, and methods were all linked together far beyond those of his peers.
Unparalleled.
So fucking awesome! The dignified commander-in-chief of the town acted like a monkey in front of him. He was so frightened that he couldn't even figure out his true intentions.
Zhu Yuluo couldn't sleep either and kept turning over on the bed. The palace maid asked considerately: "Is Your Highness uncomfortable or is he cold?"
Zhu Ayao ignored her and asked Song Luoyu, who was already sleepy on the ground: "Is Chang Yu so fierce when he fights?"
"Your Highness, when fighting, you don't call it fierce, you call it brave!" Song Luoyu squeezed out a smile. Her bodyguard had not dared to sleep at night for the past few days. She was really sleepy. However, this girl had a lot of things on her mind and asked questions every day.
Xi seems to be a talkative, but she doesn't know that Princess Kunxing sometimes cannot speak more than two or three sentences a day in the palace.
Princess Kunxing also smiled: "That must be more scary. The person he looked at just now was very different from what he usually saw. There was an indescribable feeling."
"Your Highness, our little governor is a multi-faceted person," Song Luoyu joked: "He has one look in front of us, one look in front of civil servants, another look in front of military generals, and another look in front of familiar people and strangers.
It’s different from before, he once told us that people are multi-faceted!”
Princess Kunxing frowned: "No, I only have one look."
Song Luoyu sighed and felt speechless. What you face in the palace every day are fixed groups, either your parents or their minions. You have no chance to be more diverse!
Chang Yu couldn't sleep, listening to the cold wind howling outside the window, thinking in his mind that the grain stored in Shanhaiguan was only enough for three months, but he couldn't transfer all of it, and could only transfer two months' worth at most, but these were far away.
It's not enough to keep Ningyuan alive until next spring.
Although potatoes and sweet potatoes will be ready to be harvested in two months, by that time the mountains outside the customs have already been covered by heavy snow. Transportation is a big problem, but there is no better way now. We can only take it one step at a time.
The official issue was too brain-burning, and I became very irritable after thinking about it for a while. But the more I stopped thinking about it, the more my thoughts went there, and I finally got around it and thought about the killer who came and went without a trace.
Chang Yu was not afraid of him coming to assassinate him, but he racked his brains and couldn't figure out who sent him, and he was so relentless!
Sent by Zhou Kui? Improbable.
Those nobles who have offended? There are so many people who have offended him. From the prince to the Duke, there are people who want to kill him. Even though many people have made peace with him on the surface, he secretly does not feel at all sad about killing him.
There will be less.
But whose person is it?
With the clues at hand, he could not deduce a specific suspect, except to catch the killer.
In a daze, the sky was bright, and Chang Yu felt unusually sleepy. If he hadn't gone to Shanhaiguan, he would have slept until noon.
The sky was very cold, especially the mountain wind that chilled people's bones. Princess Kunxing, who liked to enjoy the scenery along the way, stayed in the carriage and muttered that it was so cold even before winter started. How cold it would be in the depth of winter.
The wild boy Zhu Cixiang continued to run wild. In the past few days, he was either pestering Wang Zhengnan to learn martial arts or learning archery from Kuang Ren. Not to mention his riding skills, he had improved a lot. He was galloping around at the front of the team without stopping.
Uncharacteristically, Chang Yu abandoned his horse and took the carriage, then fell asleep.
Gaudi was free, at least he seemed to be free. He was not tied to Chang Yu's car and riding a horse. His face was solemn and his eyes were red. Needless to say, he didn't sleep all night.
As for his thirty personal soldiers, they were also released from control and followed behind the team.
But Gao Di knew in his heart that if he wanted to escape or had other ideas, he and these thirty soldiers would be chopped into pieces in the blink of an eye. He didn't think that his men's combat effectiveness could compare with Chang Yu's warriors.
Stronger, of course, there is no need for him to do those actions.
Funing is a hundred miles away from Shanhaiguan. Half a day on horseback is enough for a fast horse and a day for a slow horse. However, there is a horse-drawn carriage in Chang Yu's team that can't run. The average speed can only be repaired for less than half an hour at noon, and we finally arrive at nightfall.
Shanhaiguan Stone Riverside.
Everyone dismounted and crossed the river, where the cold wind was howling even more fiercely by the sea. Looking around, the mountains to the north were covered in black shadows. A few lights appeared on the Great Wall, and the pass to the east across the river was dotted with lights. That was Shanhaiguan Pass.
Shanhaiguan is not an independent pass, but consists of seven pass cities. The pass is directly connected to the Great Wall in Yanshan Mountain. Outside the Great Wall, there is Weiyuan City in the north, Weihai City in the south, and in the middle is Dongluo City, which is separated from Guancheng by a wall. The Great Wall
The two wings of Guancheng inside are the North Wing City and the South Wing City, as well as Ninghai City at the mouth of the sea.
Its scale is no smaller than that of a state city in the interior.
The two Zhu brothers and sisters stood on the stone river and looked around. Although it was dark and they couldn't see anything, their expressions became particularly excited. Chang Yu had some idea of why they were excited.
"I want to see the sea," Zhu Yuyao walked up to Chang Yu and whispered in a low voice. Chang Yu hummed, "I'll take you to see it tomorrow morning."
"I just want to watch it tonight." Zhu Yuyao's eyes were shining with a hint of pleading. Chang Yu relented and said, "I will take you there after I finish my business after entering the customs."
"Can I climb the Great Wall tomorrow?" Zhu Cixiang clenched his fists to suppress his excitement and looked at Chang Yu: "It's time you took a closer look at the Ming Dynasty's border..." Chang Yu thought about what else he wanted to say, but let it go.
It feels a little out of place.
After crossing the river and entering the customs, a group of people entered the General Military Mansion to repair. Gao Di sent a message to set up a table and brought over the grain and grass account book. Chang Yu personally checked it. Everyone was almost speechless at the table. After eating, Chang Yu asked Song Luoyu to take Zhu Ainao first.
Go back to the room and wait for him, then take Zhu Cixiang and others to follow Gao Di to the warehouse to verify the grain and grass reserves.
Soon the news that the eunuch of the East Factory led a team to Shanhaiguan to investigate the grain and grass reserves spread throughout Guancheng. All the civil and military officials in charge of grain and grass were called over to accompany the spot inspection. Everyone was trembling with fear, including Gao Di, who was beating a drum in his heart. Although he thought that
I'm innocent, but I can't guarantee whether my subordinates are committing theft!
Chang Yu had a dead face from beginning to end without any expression, until he saw several granaries and inspected them, it was already late at night.
After returning to the General Military Mansion, Chang Yu and Gao Di went into the study to be alone for nearly half an hour. No one knew what they said, but when they came out, both of them had smiles on their faces. Gao Di's previous panic and solemn look
Sweep it all away.
It was already very late at night, and Gao Di was about to send him back to his room to rest, but Chang Yu said that he would go listen to the sea. Gao Di wanted to be company, but Chang Yu refused, saying that he wanted to be alone and quiet. Gao Di did not insist, after all.
Once when the young eunuch was passing by, he ran to the old dragon head to listen to the sea in the middle of the night. Let him go.
Why is it called Tinghai?
Because you can't see anything in the middle of the night.
Chang Yu took the prince, Princess Kunxing, King Luoyu of Song Dynasty Zhengnan and five personal guards out of the General Military Mansion and went up to the Great Wall. He suddenly felt the wind was as fierce as a wild beast roaring in his ears, and there was a smell of the sea in the wind.
Everyone wrapped up their cotton-padded clothes tightly and walked slowly along the Great Wall towards the old dragon head on the seaside. The two guards in front were carrying lanterns. The guards on duty on the city in the distance asked questions, and the guards shook the lanterns in their hands in response.
The lantern says "General Military Mansion".
The wind in Laolongtou is very strong, and the waves are also very big, roaring overwhelmingly. Although you can't see it, you can imagine how powerful it is.
Chang Yu was wrapped in a thin quilt and leaning against the crevices of the wall, looking at the dark sea silently and speechlessly. Zhu Aona suddenly shouted loudly: "Sea, sea!"
Chang Yu couldn't help but sigh.
Although the woman next to me is a princess and is the envy of countless ordinary people, in fact, the life of a princess in this era is far less comfortable and nourishing than that of ordinary women in later generations.
If nothing happens, she will spend half her life inside the high walls of the palace. She will not even be able to see the world outside the palace, let alone the outside world.
Even after getting married, the world you can see is only small.
To be able to go that far right now is probably the limit of her life.
As for the prince who stood motionless, he was probably even worse. He had lived inside a high wall all his life and had to maintain his royal persona at all times. If he did anything out of line, he would be criticized by thousands of people.
"Your Highness," Chang Yu saw that Zhu Cixiang had been motionless and there was no one else here, so he called him softly. Unexpectedly, he heard Zhu Cixiang's sobs, so he walked up to him and patted his shoulder gently: "Men should strengthen themselves!
"
"Do you know what I'm thinking?" Zhu Cixi raised his hand to wipe his tears and sobbed.
Chang Yu sighed and did not answer directly, but asked him: "Your Highness, do you know where the northernmost border of the Ming Dynasty was when Emperor Taizu founded the country?"
"Nuergandu Sinuergancheng" (today's Telin in Russia) Zhu Cixi blurted out, Chang Yu hummed and sighed: "It has been two hundred and seventy-six years, where is the northernmost point of our Ming Dynasty now?"
Zhu Cixiang stopped talking, covered his face with his hands and started to cry loudly. Zhu Yuyao came over and hugged him gently. Chang Yu let out a long breath: "It's in Ningyuan, two hundred miles away from here!" After saying that, he turned and went back.
Go: "Go back, it's windy and there's not much to see. Come tomorrow morning to see the great country of your Zhu family."
"Chang Yu!" Zhu Cixiang suddenly shouted: "You will take it back, right?"
"Yes." Chang Yu didn't look back and didn't stop: "If five years is not enough, let's take ten years. As long as I live, I will not lose an inch of the country that Emperor Taizu conquered back then. No matter who takes it, it will be returned."
"Chang Yu, you must remember what you said today, as evidenced by the mountains and seas!" Zhu Cixiang shouted, Chang Yu stopped and turned around: "Your Highness, you must also remember why you cried today! You must always remind yourself so that you can make a difference in the future.