When Liu Ji joined the Red Flag Army with three other people, Suning obviously felt a lot more relaxed. Among the civil servants, there were now Li Shanchang, Liu Ji, Song Lian, Ye Chen, Zhang Yi, Hu Weiyong, Fu Shou, and Xu Shouhui.
The naturalized Zou Pusheng is really full of talents.
Even though Zou Pusheng was a blacksmith, he was a high-ranking advisor to Xu Shouhui and later Chen Youliang. Later Chen Youliang was able to almost defeat Zhu Yuanzhang. Zou Pusheng's contribution as a military advisor was very great.
When dealing with Xu Shouhui and other demoted generals, Suning actually had a problem because it was really difficult to arrange Xu Shouhui. Historically, Xu Shouhui had a "burp" with his weak-legged general Ni Wenjun, but now their interests
The group remains consistent.
"Xu Shouhui, our Red Flag Army has always been humane, so whether you go or stay depends on your own wishes."
"King Ming, we brothers have discussed it and want to go to the Henan Red Scarf Army to fight against the Mongolian and Yuan armies."
"That's fine! You can take away the 20,000 troops. As for the other generals, it's up to them to do so of their own free will."
"Twenty thousand? King Ming, these people are too few!
You must know that we surrendered with more than 200,000 troops, why were these troops given to us?" The person who spoke out was Xu Shouhui's "Marshal" Ni Wenjun.
"Haha, I can equip 20,000 people with armor and weapons, which is definitely not what the previous "refugees" can match."
"Ah? Are you serious about what Prince Ming said?" Ni Wenjun couldn't help but feel pleasantly surprised.
"Ahem! Wenjun, be careful what you say!" Seeing how nervous Ni Wenjun was, Xu Shouhui couldn't help but remind him.
"Haha, it doesn't matter!"
"Thank you Ming Wang Gaoyi!" Xu Shouhui thanked Suning with a smile, and then introduced to Suning the subordinates who were willing to leave with him, "Ming Wang, those who are willing to go to Henan with us are Ni Wenjun, Zou Pusheng, Chen Youliang, and Zhang Ding
Waiting for someone."
Every time Xu Shouhui said a name, Suning felt a little painful in his heart, because these are super fierce people, especially Zhang Dingbian, who was the number one master in the late Yuan Dynasty, but he paid too much attention to the brotherhood with Chen Youliang, and it was impossible to leave.
Chen Youliang, and Chen Youliang has always been loyal to Xu Shouhui, so it is impossible for the two of them to join the Red Flag Army.
And Ni Wenjun, a guy who was born as a fisherman, has almost all the shortcomings in the world, including selfishness, cruelty, and greed. He is not the master Suning is willing to serve. He is willing to leave Suning as he wishes.
"Okay! But Zou Pusheng must stay."
"Ah? Why is this?" Xu Shouhui and others were surprised.
"Haha, there are so many reasons why!
I have done so much for you, but one Zou Pusheng is not too much, right?"
"This..." Xu Shouhui couldn't answer for a moment, and then they all looked at the victim, Zou Pusheng.
Meeting everyone's looks, Zou Pusheng understood what everyone meant, which was to let him reject Suning's request. Zou Pusheng saluted with a wry smile and said, "Thank you, King Ming, for your respect!
It's just that I have a deep relationship with my former brothers, and I hope King Ming can understand."
"Considerate? What a joke!
I understand you so much, so who will understand me?
You are surrendering troops and generals. If I killed you directly, no one would dare to say "no".
But I didn't. I fully understood your wishes, agreed to your trip to Henan, and thoughtfully sent you armor and weapons.
I've already treated you like this, aren't you still satisfied?"
"This..." Suning's words completely left Xu Shouhui and others speechless.
"Haha, what's so embarrassing about this.
Zou Pusheng, since King Ming values you so much, you might as well stay!
It can be regarded as repaying King Ming for his great kindness on behalf of us brothers." Ni Wenjun looked at the deadlock and immediately said nonchalantly.
Hearing Ni Wenjun's words, Xu Shouhui, Zou Pusheng and others sighed helplessly. Suning also looked at the rough-looking Ni Wenjun in surprise. Unexpectedly, the Ni Wenjun whom he despised the most was actually the one who made him most comfortable.
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"King Ming, the sinner Zou Pusheng is willing to submit to the Red Flag Army and assist King Ming for the rest of his life."
"Haha, good! That's great!" Suning couldn't help but feel pleasantly surprised, "Since everyone is leaving tomorrow, let's not get drunk and have a good drink tonight."
"Haha, thank you so much, King Ming!"
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After Xu Shouhui and others left, Suning breathed a sigh of relief. When he took over the Hubei Red Scarf Army, he asked Mao Gui and Zhu Chongba to select the real elite soldiers from the surrendered troops.
Ten or twenty thousand soldiers were recruited into the Red Flag Army, but Xu Shouhui only took away what was left over from the Red Flag Army.
The Red Scarf Army in Henan can resist the Mongolian Yuan army for a while longer, which is very beneficial to the Red Flag Army. Not only will it have more time to develop, but it will also consume more of the Mongolian Yuan's strength.
Suning knew that Zou Pusheng was a capable man, so he was assigned to the navy specifically responsible for developing the Red Flag Army. Although there were many strong generals in the navy, such as Yu Tingyu and Yu Tonghai, and the two brothers Liao Yongan and Liao Yongzhong, he was directly responsible for the development of the Red Flag Army.
There is really a shortage of capable people for the development of the navy. In the past, Chen Boda was responsible for maintaining the navy alone. Now that Zou Pusheng is more suitable, Chen Boda can also be responsible for the Jinyiwei.
In fact, it is very inappropriate to let Chen Boda, the father-in-law, be in charge of Jinyiwei. Suning has also been looking for candidates to replace Chen Boda, so that Jinyiwei can truly become a knife in his hand.
As expected, Fang Guozhen in eastern Zhejiang accepted the surrender of the Red Flag Army, and then Suning detached a division from the original navy and handed it over to Fang Guozhen to lead, and then stationed it in the waters of eastern Zhejiang for a long time.
As for Fang Guozhen's former pirates, in Suning's eyes they were just "shrimp soldiers and crab generals". He first arranged for Liao Yongzhong to select elite soldiers and generals from them and set up two naval divisions, and the remaining old and weak ones were dismissed and sent home to farm.
With Fang Guozhen's surrender, the Red Flag Army's strength immediately increased sharply, especially the strength of the navy, which was definitely the best in China at this time, and was completely beating Meng Yuan's navy at this time.
"Suning, have you heard?"
"What?" Suning looked at Liu in confusion.
"Zhu Chongba is currently having a heated relationship with Li Shanchang's daughter, and depending on the situation, they will get married soon."
"Ah? Li Shanchang's daughter?" Suning's eyes widened in surprise. She didn't expect Zhu Chongba to be so good at cheating.
"Haha, that's fine!
Zhu Chongba is not young anymore, and it is time to get married.
Sissi, please pay more attention to their wedding date, so that Zhu Chongba cannot be disrespectful and lose the face of our Red Flag Army."
"Yeah! I understand.
Aren’t you worried about Zhu Chongba and Li Shanchang colluding?”
"Haha, I'm really not afraid now!
When the world is unified, I will arrange a good place for Zhu Chongba."
"Ah? Where?" Liu looked at Suning curiously.
“North America, Europe, everything is fine!
Anyway, let Zhu Chongba make his own choice when the time comes!"
"Ah? So far?
I thought you would place him in Southeast Asia or Japan!"
"impossible!
These places are too close and I don't feel safe leaving them to him.
Besides, although North America is now a wilderness, it is very promising for development. Europe is a land of plenty, and these are all first-class good places."
"Well! That's good too.
If the sky is high and the sky is high, just let him do whatever he wants." Mrs. Liu soon agreed with Suning's plan, because Zhu Chongba was too fierce and not safe to have around him.
"After occupying Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and other places, I will enact laws to encourage childbirth. The state will be responsible for raising children, and the death penalty will be abolished. Criminals are sometimes rare population resources."
"Ah? Is your plan so fierce?"
"Haha, how can you control the whole world without being fierce?"
It didn't take long for Zhu Chongba to marry Li Shanchang's daughter Li. The Ming Palace personally organized the wedding for them. All the dignitaries in the south attended Zhu Chongba's wedding, and even the Red Scarf Army from Henan was sent.
Mr. Gu attended the wedding, and the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty also sent envoys.
Seeing Zhu Chongba getting married happily, Suning also felt a little incredible. Unknowingly, she and Liu had changed so many things.
Now Zhu Chongba is just one of his generals, and Ma Xiuying, who was supposed to be his wife, has become his side chamber. It is absolutely impossible for Zhu Chongba to replace him like he did with Guo Zixing in history.
In the procession to welcome the bride, Zhu Chongba rode on a pure red horse, clasping his fists and returning the greetings to the congratulatory people on the roadside. He felt that this was the pinnacle moment of his personal life.
Suddenly, two teenagers and a child appeared in the crowd on the roadside. They knelt down in front of him. The frightened big red horse was about to be kicked away. Zhu Chongba quickly pulled the sitting red horse hard.
"Xu..."
Fortunately, Zhu Chongba's riding skills were superb, otherwise he would have seen tragedy happen. After Zhu Chongba got off the horse directly, he didn't care about the tatters and stench on the three children.
"Where did you three children run away from?
You’re not afraid of being kicked by a horse either!”
"Uncle, I am Wen Zheng!" As soon as the older boy saw Zhu Chongba, he couldn't help crying.
"Wenzheng? Are you my nephew Zhu Wenzheng?" Zhu Chongba's eyes widened in surprise.
"Yes! Uncle!
He is Li Wenzhong from his aunt's family!" Zhu Wenzheng pulled another young man next to him and said to Zhu Chongba.
"What? He is Wenzhong?" Zhu Chongba could no longer restrain the surprise in his heart at this time.
"Uncle! I am Li Wenzhong!" Another boy also cried while holding Zhu Chongba's thigh.
Zhu Chongba, who saw his close relative at this time, couldn't help but burst into tears. After a long time, he looked at the youngest child next to him and asked, "Wen Zheng, who is this child?"
"Uncle, this is what Wen Zhong and I met on the way to escape.
His name is Mu Ying, and now he is also a child without a father and a mother."
"Okay! My poor children!
From now on, the three of you will be my adopted sons, Zhu Chongba.
As long as I, Zhu Chongba, am here, I will never let you suffer again."
[The appearance of Zhu Wenzheng, Li Wenzhong and Mu Ying will definitely not be so dramatic. But this is a novel, and the author hopes readers will accept this arrangement]
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When Liu Ji brought the "Four Sages of Western Zhejiang" to Jiqing Road, Suning and Mrs. Liu prepared a sumptuous dinner for the four of them. Suning and Mrs. Liu personally hosted a family banquet to entertain the "Four Sages" with modern thinking.
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Although there was no crowd of guests and no silk and bamboo orchestra, it was just a simple dinner prepared by Mr. Liu himself, but it still made the "Four Sages of Western Zhejiang" feel the high standard. Perhaps this was the most awesome dinner in the late Yuan Dynasty.
"Four gentlemen, this is a dinner made by me myself. It is all made according to the tastes of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. I hope you like it."
"Ah? Princess, how can I let you cook for us personally? It is really the fault of the four of us." The "Four Sages of Western Zhejiang" looked at each other in surprise, and then Song Lian, the eldest, couldn't help but be moved.
"Haha, you are all great sages of our Red Flag Army. Mr. Liu is just cooking a meal, not as exaggerated as Mr. Song said."
"Everyone, stop standing around and come and sit down!" Suning quickly asked everyone to sit down.
"Your Majesty, Princess sit down first!"
"Haha, everyone sit down!"
"This is the first glass of wine to welcome all the wise men. I would like to thank you all." Suning watched everyone sit down and immediately raised his glass and toasted to everyone.
Liu Ji and Song Lian quickly stood up and responded excitedly, "My lord, you really embarrassed us."
The four of them couldn't help but light up as Suning drank it all. Song Lian, who was already good at drinking, praised, "Your Majesty, this wine is good!
It’s soft in the mouth and has a mellow taste!”
Suning and Mr. Liu looked at each other with a smile, because this wine was Moutai that was rarely stored in Suning's space, "Haha, Mr. Song is a master of drinking at first glance.
Gentlemen, if you like to drink, then drink more."
"Haha, you must drink more wine, Your Majesty." Looking at Suning, who had no airs, the four of them relaxed.
After three drinks and five dishes, Liu Ji suddenly looked at Mrs. Liu with a smile, "Princess, I heard from the prince that I am very famous in Shandong. Is that true?"
Hearing Liu Ji's question, Liu looked at Suning who was laughing and said nothing in a funny way, and then explained with a smile, "Haha, it's more than just being famous!
It's so familiar.
He is omnipotent in heaven and earth, and is especially good at predicting the future. He has traveled all over the world with his "Push Back Chart"."
"Actually, what the prince said is correct. My prince and I grew up listening to Mr. Liu's stories."
"Ah? Push back picture?" Liu Ji's eyes widened in surprise.
"Huh? The princess, the prince, and the push-back picture were created by Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang of Tang Zhenguan. What does it have to do with Liu Ji?" Song Lian on the side couldn't help but say something.
"Haha, maybe the adults in our family know that we are young and like to listen to stories, so they deliberately adapted and joked about Mr. Liu Ji's deeds!" Suning explained with a smile.
"Oh? That's no wonder!" Liu Ji and the other four were somewhat relieved.
"Your Majesty, Ye has also been in Shandong, so why haven't you heard of the Su and Liu families in Jiaozhou, Shandong?"
"Haha, our Su family has always disliked being outside the world, and most of our business is overseas trade. Things that are exposed to others are usually left to outsiders, so the world doesn't know."
"Oh? So that's it!"
"Your Majesty, since you are now king, you should rename Jiqing Road as soon as possible." Liu Ji suddenly suggested to Suning.
"Well! Mr. Liu, do you have any good suggestions?"
"Your Majesty, the four of you agree that Jiqing Road should be changed to Yingtianfu."
"Yeah! Okay!
But not yet!”
"Uh? Why is this?"
"Now there are no decent forces in the Jiangnan area, so our Red Flag Army needs to capture Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places as soon as possible to secure half of our Red Flag Army's territory. So at this stage, it is better not to irritate the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties too much."
"Goodbye, Your Majesty!"
"Haha, with the help of the four of you in the future, I can sit back and relax."
While the Prince Ming's Mansion was happily having a dinner and entertaining the "Four Sages of Western Zhejiang", Li Shanchang also got the news at this time and threw several glasses angrily.
"Father-in-law, why are you so angry!"
"Hmph! Chongba, you don't understand!
In the future, Liu Ji and the four of them will join the Red Flag Army, and our power will be suppressed in the future."
"Huh? Father-in-law, you should be more open-minded.
Anyway, as our Red Flag Army grows, it is inevitable that new people will come in.
As long as we work hard for the prince, the prince will not treat us badly."