Father can be an enemy to the country

On the second day of the first lunar month, ice trucks from all over Beiping Prefecture came out in droves.

Drivers drive a variety of ice trucks, ice beds, and ice rafts, starting from Beiping City, Daxing, Shunyi, Changping, Fangshan, Sanhe, Jizhou and even farther away from Zunhua and Xinglong, along the Yongding River, Chaobai River, Juma River and other large and small rivers are rushing to the same destination - Tongzhou!

Before sunset that day, all the twelve thousand coachmen who had been recruited were in place. You must know that Zunhua and Xinglong are nearly three hundred miles away from Tongzhou... The coachmen did not even have to get up too early. They could go out in the morning and be ready in the afternoon. Arrive, you can see the amazing speed of the ice truck.

Only the General's Mansion could summon so many soldiers and civilians who knew how to skate in such a short period of time.

Because it was Xu Da who single-handedly recaptured Youyan, and then stationed in Peiping for eighteen years. He personally built a border defense system that unites both soldiers and civilians, and brought peace to this land for eighteen years. His status in the minds of the soldiers and civilians in Peiping was like that of a god.

So Zhu Zhen only needed to tell them that this was the general's last wish before he fell into coma, which was enough to eliminate the resentment of the soldiers and civilians in Peking who were summoned. Coupled with his specialty of opening roads with red envelopes, it was no surprise that the drivers were full of energy.

They then loaded the boards that the carpenters had untied, as well as the tents, firewood, and rations that King Yan had allocated from the army, into the cart and tied them up.

The next day, at dawn, 12,000 cart drivers and 2,000 craftsmen, under the personal leadership of the Sixth Prince, drove large and small ice carts along the frozen canal and headed south in a mighty manner.

The coachmen held their guns and drove their cars at lightning speed on the ice, chasing each other, and the roar of pleasure could not be heard.

Just like this, the cold wind became more and more biting, and the hot breath he exhaled turned into a layer of white frost in the blink of an eye, covering his face. Coupled with the help of Xue Mozi who rushed towards him, his beard and eyebrows were all covered with ice chips.

Fortunately, they are all used to it...

As a prince, Zhu Zhen's riding conditions are naturally a little better than theirs. He was sitting on an ice bed that was so gorgeous that it could be called a luxury, or an ice boat would be more appropriate.

Because the head of this ice bed is slightly tilted like the bow of a ship, and the base is huge, it is about the same size as a medium-sized boat. There are eight coachmen standing on both sides with spears driving.

There is a carriage like a ship's cabin above the ice bed. The carriage is made of sandalwood and is square in shape. The roof has four corners with double eaves, and the four corners are decorated with combs. There is a chimney on top to exhaust smoke.

The interior of the carriage is very spacious. Not only is the heater lit, there is even a brass hot pot on the heater...

"It's so enjoyable to be able to eat hotpot in an ice truck, isn't it?!" Zhu Zhen was amazed while sipping the finest 'cucumber strips'.

"The main reason is that it's stable. Even though it's so fast, it's more stable than riding a boat." Zhu Di prefers the meat, because it's thick and it's very satisfying to eat in big mouthfuls. He fucked his head hard and said proudly: "How about it, if Fourth Brother doesn't follow you, how can you think of sitting in an ice truck and eating hot pot?"

"Yes, yes, you can eat meat wherever you go with Fourth Brother." Zhu Zhen nodded happily and ate a chopstick of extremely tender cucumber strips. He felt that today's mutton-shabu-shabu was particularly fresh. It really mattered where to eat it.

Of course, the ingredients themselves are not ambiguous either. There were only two cucumber strips on a sheep, and they couldn't even be cut into one plate... This was already his tenth plate today, but he still didn't have enough, so he asked the cook to cut ten more plates.

While waiting for the next wave of meat to be cut, Zhu Zhen asked with a smile: "No, I said fourth brother, don't you want to investigate the case? Why did you follow me south?"

"It's not the time for a trial yet." Zhu Di said with a sly smile: "I have to check the direction of the wind first. Should I do a limited investigation or an all-out investigation? Do you think so?"

"It makes sense." Zhu Zhen nodded. He already had a premonition that the terrible Guo Huan case was about to begin. "So you just used the excuse of transporting food with me and came out first to delay?"

"It's a little interesting, but the main thing is that I'm afraid you'll be lonely." Zhu Di chuckled: "Besides, brother, I also want to come out and get some air."

As he spoke, he said a little bitterly: "Do you think we are like you, that we can go back to Beijing whenever we want? We can go wherever we want to go?"

"Ah, isn't it?" Zhu Zhen said in surprise: "I thought you were just like me."

"Originally it was the same, but then my father issued a special decree and re-established the rules for us. The first rule is that the vassal king is not allowed to leave the fiefdom without any reason." Zhu Di sighed and said: "Is it necessary to guard against us like this?"

"I think it's because you return to Beijing too often, so I can let you build the vassal state with peace of mind." Lao Liu guessed.

He sighed again, "Building a vassal state? Local matters are under the jurisdiction of the government, and the palace has no involvement at all." Zhu Di said gloomily: "No matter how many people you say are violating it, I can't really do anything to them anyway."

"Fourth brother doesn't want to cause trouble. Otherwise, look at the seventh brother. If he disobeys, he will be arrested and punished in the palace. Even Ping An will be punished. Which civil and military officer in the province dares not to listen to him?" Zhu Zhen He smiled and said, "Of course he went too far."

"Yeah, sometimes I want to clean up those guys, but your sister-in-law always stops me..." Zhu Di sighed again: "She said that after the war is over, it must be a world dominated by civilian officials. No one can change this. Yes. The vassal king cannot have grudges with civil servants, otherwise he will be in trouble in the future."

"Sister-in-law, you are so thoughtful." Zhu Zhen praised sincerely, then smiled lightly and said, "Then let's just let the war never end?"

"You're not saying that raising bandits is self-respecting, are you?" The fourth child couldn't help but open his mouth.

"What are you thinking about?" Zhu Zhen said speechlessly: "Fourth brother, you know that I have never been interested in the war in the north."

"Ah. You mean the south?" Zhu Di breathed a sigh of relief. I thought Lao Liu had similar ideas to me. “Isn’t the battle in the south over?”

"It's still early." Zhu Zhen shook his head and pointed: "Last autumn, Brother Wenying captured Bago and recovered the entire territory of Myanmar. But there are still Ayutthaya, Annan, Divination, Laos... so many on the Indochina Peninsula. The country has not surrendered yet. There are endless countries and lands outside the peninsula waiting for us to conquer..."

"Really?! That's great!" Zhu Di excitedly ordered another plate of meat. While sandwiching the meat for Lao Liu, he said happily: "When I saw the Yunnan battle report years ago, I thought the war in the south was over. In my heart, It’s so embarrassing, why do you think you’re taking care of your god-brother and forgetting your biological brother?”

"How could you forget?" Zhu Zhen laughed and said, "I will save the honor of recovering Annan for you!"

"Okay! Then we have an agreement!" Zhu Di excitedly toasted Lao Liu with a glass of wine: "As soon as the battle here is over, I will immediately request to transfer the title. Instead of being the King of Yan, I will become the King of Yue! You must not Let Brother Wenying snatch Annan away again."

"Hahaha, don't worry, it won't happen." Zhu Zhen smiled and shook his head: "I have asked my father to make Brother Wenying the Duke of Myanmar, and I am going to let him work hard in Myanmar. The rest will be left to the brothers. ”

"That's good, that's good!" Zhu Di happily opened the car window and shouted outside: "My sons, speed up, don't miss the army's departure!"