Chapter eight hundred and eighty eight.
At the end of March, the sun was warm and lazily climbing out of the towering and spectacular coastal mountains. He looked drunk, and Li Dingguo shook out of the tavern next to the Governor's Mansion. In the past few days, he unlocked a great achievement. No matter what tequila with a choking throat, rum or bitter beer, he even drank it all. He was able to whisper at the bottle with the local soldiers and gangsters.
Don't underestimate drinking. When Li Dingguo rebelled with Zhang Xianzhong, many life-saving news were found out from the small tavern. How to march from where and where the official army marched from, and how the food and grass were moved forward? The county magistrate and some of the concubines of someone in the county town were together, and they could be turned against others. These days it was almost the same. If you can come to the tavern near the Governor's Mansion to drink, basically all of them were in-service officers. The complaints about drinking at the table were made to find out the basic situation.
That is the prince is not doing his job properly!
Mao Jue sent him to the New World, with his main mission, like Adrena, taking root, seizing the Spanish Mexican colonies, and then opening up the Isthmus of the Americas, clearing out a direct route to Europe for the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty, so that the Ming warships could also drive to Europe and dominate the world.
Mao Jue was looking forward to the news of the canal building in Hangzhou, but the prince did not worry, but also detained the first batch of New World colonial infantry who followed Adrena. Liu Zongmin's army added more than 160,000 yuan to the family of soldiers and civilians, and 40,000 yuan was transferred to the Snake River Plain on the eastern front to farm on the ground. The eight thousand troops and horses left here to build the Sea of Gems and more than 6,000 civilians, followed Adrena, the head coach, and only one corps left.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty is now in full swing with Spain. In the New World, the prince is actually doing business with the enemy Mexican colonies. The tequila, rum and beer he drinks these days are shipped from Mexico City in southern China.
The emperor and the prince's opinions were openly disagreeing, which was not a good sign! And after the rumors, the prince was not favored by the emperor, and he was so enthusiastic and selfish to develop his own land. It is hard to say whether the prince can return to the Ming Dynasty to inherit the throne! Even at the disadvantage, the emperor may not be able to allow the prince to establish a country in this new continent. Perhaps a war will break out between the two sides in the future.
Just as Li Dingguo was shaking and thinking, bursts of rapid sound of cow hooves suddenly came, looking at the streets, with yellow braids tied on his forehead, several Spaniards actually swayed and jogged in the port of Ming Dynasty, with a lot of goods behind them. I heard that the guy in the leader was Henry and the ridiculous foreign vassal name, and was one of the prince's favorite ministers. Let him beside him, watching Little Henry and the clown pulling out the car and drinking in the tavern, Li Dingguo couldn't help but shake his head again, and then walked towards the port in a hurry.
After all, it was an overseas colony. In a few minutes, he returned to the edge of the port from the center of the city. Li Dingguo was very strict in governing the army. He went out to drink, but the 8,000 troops and a corps were still practicing the formation in the open space at the port. In the past few days, it has become a scene in the Haicheng. Seeing Li Dingguo back, his deputy general Ma Jinzhong and Feng Shuangli were full of armor and clattered, and he came over quickly and greeted him with his fists.
"Three Young Master!"
Following Li Dingguo, Feng Shuangli, who was also a veteran of the Western Army, reported excitedly: "The third young master, there is news on the prince. In three days, the prince and General Liu Zongmin will return to the sea of gemstones with their captives. Should we prepare gifts and go to see each other?"
"No more wait! I will pass this general order and blew the assembly trumpet! The army made rice at noon, set off at noon, and went south along the coastline to Haitianzhou to meet with Adrena!"
This order was really surprising! Full of shock, the two deputy governors exclaimed in disbelief: "Three Young Master, won't you pay homage to the prince?"
"After all, the prince is Governor Rocky. The third young master Shangguan. It's not good to leave so rudely!" Feng Shuangli couldn't help but persuade him again, but at this time Li Dingguo had already made up his mind and shook his head firmly: "My intention is gone!"
"The last general's order!"
Helplessly, the two deputy generals followed and clasped their fists and took the order.
In history, Li Dingguo was able to stick to this with the enemy's few and far behind because of the word "Fruit" in his character, and he was decisive in his work! He didn't even sit on a boat, and even tens of thousands of old and weak families and immigrants were abandoned here. At about 1:00 p.m., 8,000 infantry and cavalry opened the way in front of him, and about 15,000 middle-aged family members and laborers followed behind. Mao Jue didn't want the cannons given by him, and he pushed military rations and gunpowder supplies with a cart. The group marched towards the south in a mighty manner.
Looking back at the sea of gems that began to be hazy in the sea fog, Li Shuai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief while riding a horse. Adrena belonged to the emperor Mao Jue's side, and would rather commit the prince than stand on the emperor's side to show his loyalty.
However, this is a long-term consideration. On the premise of offending the prince, how to manage his poor Haitianzhou and dig out the gold mine is still an imminent problem. While swaying with the war horses, Li Dingguo frowned again and thought carefully.
All his head is full of bad things in power struggles. Li Dingguo, who was thinking, did not notice that there were two more aliens in his team.
When I came, I was the elegant scholar, the beautiful young lady Yu'er, but now I am the Indian chief Yu'er, with Indian crowns covered with Indian feathers, and bought a set of Indian linen robes and cloaks to cover them outside. I painted two more paintings under my little face, and I rode a sea of gems to buy a cow. Mao Jue's heart-wrenching baby little princess looked around and looked around in an endless sea. There are still undeveloped mountains that have never been developed today.
But she was happy, and Duoer, who followed her, even wanted to die. When she rode on the cow's butt, the little girl clasped her fists in great tragic way: "Miss, let's go back to find the prince! Please don't leave again! The maid is afraid!"
"Don't go back!"
The little head was shaking like a rattle, and Yu'er pouted her little mouth angrily: "Why can the fifth and seventh aunts go to the newspaper office to work? I'm busy with this and that, my mother forced me to learn some female ethics. She also looked at Pang Youde and Shen Furong's disgusting faces of the three generations of rich men! Why?"
Full of combat power, this girl was shaking her fist with a star-eyed look on her face: "Who said a woman is not as good as a man! I also want to make a career and show it to my eldest father and mother!"
Yu'er was so powerful that she was grinding her fists and palms, but the little maid was almost crying when she heard it. She was extremely sad and screamed again.
"Miss!!!"
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Li Dingguo left in time. He had just crossed the Columbia River, and Mao Xingjian led his troops to pass by him along the mountains of Mount Rainier.
He also had about 8,000 troops under his command, but he escorted more than 5,000 prisoners. Among the ranks, indigenous Indians dressed in linen were tied to rope condoms with their hands and necks. Two soldiers escorted more than ten people, one by one, one by one, and one by one. The cavalry regiment in front opened the way left and right, and as the war horses swayed, Mao Xingjian calmly supervised the Central Army.
Compared to the prince who just came to the New World, Mao Xingjian's face now has a lot of traces of wind and frost on his face, but he is more mature than before. His appearance has not changed much, but his temperament is completely overturned. I guess even Mao Jue will sigh that his son is completely different from before.
A series of events did make Mao Xingjian grow up, making him realize that the world is far less beautiful than Confucian books, and breaking out of the rules and regulations of the saints' subtle words. This spring is a clear proof. The prince, who originally advocated education, only rested for a month after the end of the Battle of the Knee Valley, then looked through Rocky Mountain again, and also led the Mississippi River, the heads of the Tianwu who was killed in winter and the heads of other tribe chiefs, deliberately angered the local Mandans. Ashini himself challenged. As a result, a group of Indian tribes that were fighting were defeated. Thousands of people were killed on the spot, and more than 20,000 men and women were captured. More than a dozen large tribes surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and became their vassals.
The prince's political style has completely changed.
Just like when the kings returned from victorious victory in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, looking at the crown prince's banner, the whole gem sea suddenly became boiling. Men, women, young and old watched the army enter the city with enthusiasm, pointing at the Indian tribes with messy hair and embarrassment. Many big merchants from the Ming Dynasty were excited and pinching their chins to consider whether they would buy a few cheap labor and put them in the store.
However, Mao Xingjian had just returned to the Governor's Mansion and had no time to take a sip. Liu Fenggu, the staff officer of the Ninth Corps who was in charge of the headquarters, was already angry and came up.
"Prince Prince, you are not here during this period. The New World supply fleet has arrived at the Gem Sea for the sixth time."
"Isn't this a good thing? Why do you look like this?"
While taking off the general's coat and hanging it on the clothes rack in the room, Mao Xingjian smiled casually, and listening to Fatty Liu, he shook his head anxiously: "This time, His Majesty also appointed him as the Marquis of the End of the East, the Admiral of Haitian Prefecture, and asked Li Dingguo to come, and also brought a corps army. However, Li Dingguo was arrogant and rebellious. He didn't even say hello to the Governor's Office, and led his army southwards. Before leaving, he took the sheep and snatched away more than 100 cows in our Snake City. He didn't even take the Prince and Governor's Office seriously!"
Liu Fenggu felt awkward when he was waiting well, but suddenly he left without saying goodbye. He gave a report with qi, which made Mao Xingjian feel stunned. But after a moment, he smiled easily and shook his head: "It seems that the old man is a little anxious, but it doesn't matter. The third aunt will explain it to us!"
"That's it?"
"Of course I can't forget it. Old Liu, you will bring two hundred cows in a while, pull some food and follow them, and send someone to tell Li Dingguo what Jianhai Tianzhou is short of, just take it with the Governor's Office!"
Now, Liu Fenggu was stunned. He didn't want to worry about this guy, but he would pay the money. What's the matter?
However, Mao Xingjian really didn't take it seriously. On the one hand, only in a foreign land can we experience the preciousness of our fellow villagers and tribes. The longer we stay, the more we experience it, the more we experience it. Especially when the Snake City broke the city, it left a deep impression on Mao Xingjian and also reshaped his character.
On the other hand, Mao Jue sent him here to experience, how to deal with the conflicts under his command, and to unite the big guys. This is the basic skill of being a leader. Because of this, no matter how rebellious Li Dingguo is, Mao Xingjian can laugh it off, because this is a great opportunity to train him to gather the dominance of the team. While humming, he also sat leisurely at the desk and poured tea for himself, slowly giving instructions.
"Is little Henry back? Let him come to see me later."
Mao Xingjian had already made a plan, and no matter how depressed Liu Fenggu was, he didn't dare to say anything. He could only helplessly clasp his fists and turn around and go out.
However, within half a minute, the fat guy came back in a hurry, with sweat beads on his forehead and handed over a black-skinned document with both hands.
"Crown Prince, Maple Leaf Hou Ma Bao urgently reported it!"
"This guy has a more powerful nose than a dog. He knows that there are some people under the Gu Shi, so he smells the smell and comes over!"
He followed Mao Jue's appearance and took the official document with a teacup in one hand and cursed and took it. While drinking it, he looked through it. But as soon as he saw the first line, the prince squirted out all the hot tea. He was just now in the qi cultivation kung fu and the Taishan collapsed in front of him and his face remained unchanged. Mao Xingjian jumped up like a hot butt, and his face pulled out like a sand skin, shouting in anger.
Chapter completed!