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Chapter 571: Anti-Piracy Treaty

"Wakoku is just a tiny country. Why does it frequently invade the Ming Dynasty's sea borders and disturb our people's livelihood?" Zhu Yijun looked at Oda City and asked a question.

From the Japanese invasion during the Jiajing period to the 19th year of the Wanli period, Toyotomi Hideyoshi attacked Korea even though he knew that Korea was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. Why did he repeatedly provoke the Ming Dynasty?

Although the Ming Dynasty is old, it does not mean that it can no longer fight.

"You don't know the rule of the king, you don't know the longitude and latitude, you don't know the vastness of the Celestial Empire." Oda City said helplessly: "Before coming to the Ming Dynasty, I also thought that the Ming Dynasty was about the same size as Japan, and Shandong was about the same size as Kyushu Island where Nagasaki is located."

Oda City did not think that the Ming Dynasty was very big. In the eyes of the Japanese, Ningbo was the capital of the Ming Dynasty. In their eyes, the soldiers in the military garrisons in the southeast that had been abandoned for many years were the strength of the Ming army. This kind of cognition was widespread. In all the geomancy maps of Japan, the Ming Dynasty was about the same size as Japan.

When he arrived in Daming, Oda Shi saw the geomancy map of the world drawn by Daming for the first time in Shiyi Pavilion. Although the geomancy map on the screen wall of Shiyi Pavilion was not the latest or detailed, when he saw it for the first time, Oda Shi knew that the geomancy map of Daming was the correct one.

Japan is a tiny country, not as big as the Ming Dynasty as they believe.

This is the difference in cognition. At this time, the Japanese really believed that the national strength of the Ming Dynasty was just so-so, not much different from that of Japan.

"Besides not knowing the rule of the king, not knowing the longitude and latitude, not knowing the vastness of the Celestial Empire, it is also because the Tatars have been rampant in the north, the barbarians have been stirring in the west, and the Burmese have been harassing the south, and we have not suffered a great defeat; so the Japanese have taken the opportunity to attack." Oda City said helplessly: "When my brother talked about the Ming Dynasty, he used the idiom 'besieged on all sides', saying that the Tatars in the north of the Ming Dynasty have been raising troops for years and are extremely rampant, and the Burmese bandits are attacking the Ming Dynasty in the southwest. It seems that the Ming Dynasty is already in a state of danger of being surrounded by enemies on all sides. As long as a little force is exerted, the Ming Dynasty will perish."

Zhu Yijun thought for a moment and shook his head and said, "It's like seeing a leopard through a tube, or a blind man touching an elephant."

In the eyes of these foreigners, the Ming Dynasty was already buried in the ground up to its neck and was already dead. All that was left was to put the nails in the coffin. They rushed to put the nails in the coffin. Zhu Yijun finally understood why Japan was so rampant: it was because of ignorance.

Even if the Ming Dynasty is dead, it will take seventy years to completely destroy its health bar. Now the Ming Dynasty's health bar is even thicker!

Zhu Yijun met with Oda Ichi mainly to sign the contents that had been discussed. As the plenipotentiary representative of Oda Nobunaga, Oda Ichi signed the "Anti-Piracy Treaty", which was very unfair.

First, as the Azuchi shogun of Japan, Oda Nobunaga had to issue the "Pirate Prohibition Order."

The ban is divided into three chapters and 17 articles. This pirate ban was drafted by Wan Shihe, the Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty. The main contents of these three chapters include the prohibition of manufacturing sea vessels used by pirates, no Japanese ships are allowed to go out to sea without a compatible ship, and the law of collective responsibility.

The first chapter prohibits the use of ships by pirates, which is a very broad concept. It does not clearly state what kind of ships pirates use, and the definition is very flexible. Once the definition is flexible, it means unlimited expansion.

After the issuance of this ban, all Japanese ships could be regarded as pirates. Banning the use of ships by pirates meant prohibiting the Japanese from building their own ships.

The second chapter is the Japanese ship management method, the purpose of which is that any ship that does not have a suitable tow will be treated as a pirate during the maritime inspection. This method also stipulates that weapons used for self-defense are limited to swords, spears, swords and halberds, and that there cannot be muskets, cannons, bows and crossbows.

The third chapter's "collective responsibility" means that all the countries will be collectively held responsible by the pirates. Once a country with a pirate leader is discovered, all the countries will be collectively held responsible. If there are flatterers who shelter such pirates, those who know about it will have their property confiscated and they may be beheaded as a deterrent.

The pirate ban is equivalent to the Ming Dynasty's unlimited right to declare war.

Asking Oda Nobunaga to surrender Japan's maritime power was not just a verbal agreement, but was based on detailed rules and regulations. Once anyone in Japan violated the agreement, the Ming navy would have a legitimate reason to attack.

In addition to the pirate prohibition order, the second one contains the detailed rules of the Ming Dynasty on setting up a thousand households to guard the Osaka Bay.

The Guardian Thousand Households Office was a very special garrison in the Ming Dynasty, which was directly under the jurisdiction of the Duzhihuisi at the local level. The current Osaka Bay Guardian Thousand Households Office is a department similar to the Special Investigation Department of the Kyoto District Public Prosecutor's Office in Japan, which is directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court and also under the jurisdiction of the Nagasaki Governor-General's Office. Its official name is: Nagasaki Gyodusi.

The Nagasaki Xingdusi had two fifth-rank coastal defense centurions, four fifth-rank deputy centurions, and eight sixth-rank pacification envoys. It had under its jurisdiction twenty-four centurions, twenty coastal defense inspectors, and a total of three thousand people including miscellaneous personnel (all those who could serve as miscellaneous personnel were elite soldiers), two five-masted ocean-going ships, twenty three-masted horse ships, fifty warships, twenty-four hydrofoil sailing ships, and several riggers.

The Nagasaki Xingdusi was an oversized organization, quite similar to the Liaodong Dusi which had not been established as a province before. In fact, according to this scale, Li Chengliang and his guest troops were already close to the level of the Governor-General's Office, while the Nagasaki Governor-General's Office had only 3,000 guards.

In addition to the pirate prohibition order and the Nagasaki Gyodosi, there is also a prohibited list of goods. The Ming Dynasty's coastal defense inspectors are required to prohibit the sale of all goods, and this is also implemented in Japan. Similarly, all Japanese ports must set up military pay stations and coastal defense inspectors to combat smuggling and collect taxes. This has to be implemented by the Ming Dynasty itself. Oda Nobunaga even lost Osaka Bay to the Mori family, and this required the Ming Dynasty's navy to open it up by force.

The fourth item was that Oda Nobunaga issued an order from the Azuchi shogunate, recognizing the legitimacy of the Nagasaki Governor-General's Office. In addition to the signatures of Oda Nobunaga, the Shogun and Kanpaku-no-fu, this legitimacy also required the seal of the Emperor of Japan.

The fifth item was to cede Sakai City, which was the most prosperous port in Osaka Bay, Japan, and the commercial center of Osaka. The entire Sakai City became the territory of the Ming Dynasty and was an enclave under the jurisdiction of the Nagasaki Governor-General's Office, serving as the headquarters of the Guard Thousand Households and the base of the Japanese coastal defense inspectors.

The sixth item is to assist with military expenses. The Azuchi shogunate should provide 300,000 taels of silver every year as military expenses for the Nagasaki Gyotosu.

This treaty revolves around the prohibition of pirates, so it is also called the "Anti-Piracy Treaty", and is entirely centered around reducing the Japanese threat.

Zhu Yijun requested this money for the soldiers of the Nagasaki Xingdusi. The coastal defense inspectors went to "serve" and "protect" the Japanese and suffered so much injustice that Zhu Yijun could only reward them with real gold and silver. The 300,000 silver coins from Japan to aid the military were additional income.

The two very broad areas of maritime power and customs became more specific in the face of these six items. These were also the details that Zhu Yijun had previously submitted to the Nagasaki Governor-General's Office. Faced with such a harsh treaty, Oda Nobunaga wanted to convert the first five items into 700,000 taels of silver, in exchange for one million taels of silver per year.

However, the Ming Dynasty acted extremely overbearingly and did not give Oda Nobunaga any chance to bargain.

"You don't have to sign." Zhu Yijun looked at Oda Ichi and said, "Once you sign, you will be a sinner of Japan. In the future, the Japanese will denounce you as a traitor. It will be the same if I send the letter to Japan and ask Oda Nobunaga to sign it."

Zhu Yijun could see that Oda Nobunaga was very hesitant. Whoever signed this would be scolded for the rest of his life. Since it was Oda Nobunaga's request, let Oda Nobunaga sign it.

If you want to borrow the power of Ming Dynasty, it is not free. Borrowing the power of Ming Dynasty is very expensive.

In fact, in Japan, the Muromachi shogunate submitted to Emperor Chengzu Wen, which the Japanese saw as a lucrative Kan'ei trade. The Japanese were even reluctant to use the word Kan'ei tribute, which implied submission, and instead called it trade, and identified the imperial edict of enthronement as the Kan'ei Treaty.

This is the consistent propaganda of the Muromachi shogunate. It seems that the Muromachi shogunate has gained huge benefits from the Ming Dynasty and paid a little nominal price, so the Muromachi shogunate is not a sinner.

This is also the reason why Korean envoys have always called Japan a rebellious country. Although they were clearly canonized and benefited a lot from the tribute system, they were still unwilling to acknowledge their status as a vassal state.

In the eyes of the Japanese, the Ming Dynasty was like a fool and was very easy to fool. They wanted to save face but suffered in the Kanhe trade. Japan could exchange three ships of sulfur, Japanese swords and other items for ten or twenty times the amount of goods. A large number of copper coins, silk, ceramics and other valuables were brought back to Japan as rewards from the court.

Japan made huge profits from the Kan'ei trade, and the price it paid was just verbal recognition of the Ming Dynasty's suzerainty. In fact, the Ming Dynasty had no control over Japan, neither sent troops to station there nor participated in any national management of Japan.

Every time a deal was signed, it was a huge loss for the Ming Dynasty and a huge profit for the Japanese.

Now, this bloody treaty not only requires the control of the daimyo of the country, but also the dispatch of troops to be stationed there, the participation in the management of state affairs, and even the cession of territory and payment of compensation by Japan. These six items are the best response to all this.

Even though Oda City was a woman, she knew how terrible this treaty was. The Japanese would probably poke her back and curse her for hundreds or thousands of years in the future.

The Ming Dynasty was indeed easy to talk to. What was easier to talk to than the present Ming Dynasty was the Ming Dynasty in the past. Before that, the Ming Dynasty tried to appease foreigners by carrying out a 170-year-long trade program that was almost like economic aid, but it eventually led to the bitter fruit of the Japanese invasion in the southeast.

The Ming Dynasty had to swallow this bitter pill, and the Japanese invasion in the southeast was eventually pacified. But now, it's time to collect the debt.

Zhu Yijun was a disciple of Zhang Juzheng, who was vindictive. Zhu Yijun was a man with a heart smaller than a needle tip. He did not want the Ming Emperor to write him down in his little notebook, otherwise he would have to bear the wrath of the Ming Emperor, the emperor of the world.

As for the issue of Japan, even the most despicable Confucian scholar could not say the three words "be lenient to foreigners" to the emperor, so such a harsh treaty was the result of yesterday's cause.

"Your Majesty, there will probably be no Japanese in the future." Oda City picked up the pen, looked at the emperor and asked solemnly, inquiring about the emperor's intentions towards Japan. If the Ming Dynasty destroyed Japan, there would be no problem of bad reputation.

Zhu Yijun had no intention of hiding anything, and nodded confidently, saying, "Well, there will be no such concept as Japanese in the future."

"Then what is there to worry about?" Oda Ichi wrote down his name, took out the special envoy's seal, and stamped it on the six treaties, in triplicate, one for the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, one for the imperial court, and one for Japan.

After signing and using his seal, Oda looked at Wan Shihe and said in a humble tone, "Your Majesty, only the Tang Dynasty needs to be responsible for history. History is a heavy burden and a shackle."

"I am the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!" Zhu Yijun was very dissatisfied with the fact that Japan called the Ming Dynasty the Tang Dynasty. This name was very common. Its purpose was naturally to promote the theory that "there is no China after Yashan", putting the wrong name on the wrong head, stealing the orthodoxy of China, and having evil intentions towards the Central Plains.

Zhu Yijun disliked this very much and asked Japan to correct this rhetoric.

"This is the Central Plains." Oda City said with deep emotion. What the Ming Emperor corrected was not a name, but etiquette. The Ming Emperor cared so much about it, in fact, what he cared about was the responsibility to history.

Japan does not have a culture of being responsible for history, so people do things without any taboos and have no sense of propriety, morality, or shame.

Zhu Yijun was too lazy to pay attention to this woman who was shocked by the Ming Dynasty culture. A geomancy map was enough for her to study for a lifetime. Zhu Yijun communicated with Oda City and found out that the Japanese thought that the Ming Dynasty was not big, it was very weak, and it was a broken house that would collapse with a kick.

Everyone wants to knock down the shabby house of Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yijun wants to tell these idiots the truth that the shabby house of Ming Dynasty cannot be kicked down by anyone who wants to!
Oda Ichi would stay in the Ming Dynasty as a prostitute. She was a hostage left by Zhu Yijun and also a channel of communication. She also sent out some signals, allowing the carnivores in Japan to squeeze as much as they could, to fight among themselves, and to invade each other. Whoever was more ferocious would become the dog of the Ming Dynasty.

After Oda Ichi left, the Ming Emperor summoned Sanniangzi, the governor of Suiyuan who came to the capital to deliver wool.

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was very busy, and in order to reduce the workload of the Emperor, the Ministry of Rites would usually arrange for foreign envoys to meet the Emperor on one day so that they could handle all the matters in one day. "I am Na Yanchu, the governor of Suiyuan, and I pay my respects to Your Majesty. May Your Majesty be well and healthy." The third lady performed the ceremony of bowing five times and kowtow three times.

Sanniangzi is the governor of Suiyuan of Ming Dynasty and also an envoy of Northern Tartar. She will also be the last envoy of Northern Tartar. After her, Suiyuan will be completely transformed into a county. Her retention is a promise made by Ming Dynasty to Northern Tartar, which means that she can still speak for Northern Tartar. Also, her responsibility is to help Ming Dynasty complete the kingship of Suiyuan.

At that time, her departure will become a symbol, a sign that the Ming Dynasty will completely monarchize Suiyuan.

"Madam Zhongshun, how is Suiyuan doing now? I heard that the wool production in Suiyuan has increased by about 10% this year compared to last year." Zhu Yijun motioned for the third lady to stand up and inquired about Suiyuan's recent situation. The amount of wool has increased, which is certainly a good thing, but whether Suiyuan's barren land can bear it is a question that must be concerned about.

"Road construction, coal mining, alkali mining, gold, silver, copper, iron, and pasture management, everything is in order." Sanniang bowed her head and said, "Thank you for the concern of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Everything is fine in Suiyuan."

"It's really good. No one froze to death in Guihua City last winter, and an orphanage was built to accommodate women and children."

Women and children refer to women and children. On the grasslands before, when the white hair wind came, women and children were the second group of people to starve to death or freeze to death. The first group was the elderly, and the able-bodied men were the last to starve to death. The next year, there were wars, burning, killing and looting.

Now the Ming Dynasty has built cities in Guihua, Shuofang, Wuyuan, and Shengzhou. There are also official residences in the cities where the orphanages are located. Many women and children have been resettled this year. Have people frozen to death or starved to death? Of course there have been, but compared to previous years, the number has been greatly reduced, and there are ways to survive. This is hope.

The kindness of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to the grassland is like the Eternal Heaven who could no longer bear to see the suffering of the grassland people, so he asked Your Majesty to come to the grassland with the etiquette and laws of the Ming Dynasty and bring grace and blessings to the grassland. This is a blessing like that from heaven.

"Has the need to raise sheep led to a significant reduction in grain production?" Zhu Yijun asked about the issue of food. The enclosure problem in the Ming Dynasty was similar to the enclosure problem in England. Raising sheep meant that the land could not be cultivated, and the food supply would be reduced. When people were hungry, they had only one worry, and that was hunger.

"Not really. After all, the border residents didn't farm before." Sanniang said with a slightly helpless look on her face, "It's just that Governor Pan's requirements on some issues are too strict, and the border residents are a little...uncomfortable."

"How strict is Governor Pan's law?" Zhu Yijun was a little confused and asked for details. Pan Jixun was an honest official in the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yijun was curious about what Pan Jixun actually required.

The third lady said with a complicated expression: "It's about changing customs and habits."

"Governor Pan required that no one should donate money or materials to lama temples without ordination certificates. On the other hand, various lamas without ordination certificates were returned to secular life. No lama temple in Suiyuan had ordination certificates. In fact, donations were prohibited. Many lama temples were closed down and converted to Han Buddhism."

"This is approved by me. Governor Pan reported that the annual surplus of border residents is only two taels of silver, but they have to donate three taels of silver alone to the Lama temple. How can this be possible?" Zhu Yijun knew everything about this matter. Pan Jixun's words were not as polite as the emperor. In the memorial, Pan Jixun directly scolded the bald donkey for not doing anything productive, taking the incense money from the border residents and giving it to the so-called monks in the name of gold.

Are those monks? They are nothing but a bunch of insects!
If Pan Jixun's request had been followed completely, he would not have been asked to return to secular life, but would have been taken directly to the mines to work, and would have died once and for all.

"If these lamas refuse to return to secular life, they will be sent to the mines. If they dare to gather border residents to cause chaos, they will all be treated as traitors." Zhu Yijun looked at Sanniang and reiterated the court's decree. These lama temples were built more magnificently than each other. The border residents are now people of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty did not collect such heavy taxes, but these guys dared to collect so much!

The imperial court is still easy to talk to now. We can force them to return to secular life. If they dare to gather together and cause chaos, we will destroy them all and start another anti-Buddhist movement without any hesitation.

The reason for making people return to secular life was actually to serve as bait, so that these lamas could gather together those who stubbornly refused to submit to the king's rule, and then catch them all in one fell swoop in the name of suppressing bandits and rebellion. This was the idea proposed by the Minister of Rites Wan Shihe.

Wan Shihe was also a scholar.

Lama temples are mainly used to maintain stability. The Ming Dynasty does need stability on the border, but now that it has begun to rule the country, it no longer needs these Lama temples that harbor filth and corruption. Moreover, Pan Jixun bluntly said that these Lama temples are the nests for the spread of various venereal diseases. Only by destroying these poisonous nests can we talk about long-term peace and stability.

This was completely different from the Ming Dynasty's previous attitude towards Lama temples. Previously, the Ming Dynasty had let the Lama temples on the grasslands go, and even wished that there would be Lama temples everywhere in the Northern Tartars to soften their offensive capabilities and prevent them from moving south. Now that the Ming Dynasty had begun to treat Suiyuan Wanghua, its attitude took a 180-degree turn and it immediately began to clean them up.

Since it is not their land and their people are not theirs, they naturally do not feel sorry for it. But since they have already been conquered and determined to occupy the counties and prefectures, they must do it well.

"The second is that humans and animals are not allowed to live together." When Sanniang said this, her eyes were a little evasive and she looked away.

Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "I don't know yet. Are they cats and dogs? If so, they need to be cleaned and trimmed regularly, which is very troublesome. The grasslands are not abundant, so it is better not to raise them. Hunting dogs should still be raised to drive away wolves."

"It's cattle and sheep." Sanniang said only three words and lowered her head slightly in shame.

Zhu Yijun was obviously stunned. As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he had seen people who treated cats and dogs as family members, but he had never seen anyone living with cows and sheep.

Wan Shihe quickly stood up and bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I can understand why the border residents do this. Before there were no cattle and sheep pens, people were naturally afraid that the cattle and sheep would get lost, stolen, or simply freeze to death, so people and animals lived together. Now that there are cattle and sheep pens, it is natural for Governor Pan to ask that they not live together."

"Stealing livestock is also a common occurrence among the people of Ming Dynasty. Anyone who steals cattle will be beaten to death."

The cow thief was caught and beaten to death by the villagers. He deserved it. This law was already very lenient. Cows were more important than life to the people.

Wan Shihe tried to make up for Sanniangzi a little. The mixed living of humans and animals was caused by low productivity. The border residents knew what was good and what was bad. The law that humans and animals should not live together in a pen was a law that was adapted to local conditions.

"There are some others." Sanniang knew that Wan Shihe was trying to make amends for her, but she still introduced the specific regulations for changing customs, such as collecting feces for composting, not hiding cow dung in the bedroom, not sitting on the floor, not eating with hands, etc. When Sanniang finished speaking, Wenhua Hall became quiet.

Wan Shi and this person who was good at finding amends didn't know how to find amends. Even during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were not so many areas that needed to change customs.

"The road to long-term peace and stability is long and arduous." Zhu Yijun could only say this. Wan Shihe had given Sanniangzi a way out, but Sanniang refused to back down.

The third lady said solemnly, "Your Majesty, what I said may seem like bad habits and a joke, but the border inhabitants of the Ming Dynasty also want to pursue a stable life. Governor Pan has made these decisions to change the customs according to local conditions, and we, the old captive nobles, are willing to cooperate in the implementation. If ten or twenty years is not enough, then thirty or fifty years will do."

Sanniangzi is an old captive, a noble of the former Northern Captives, and a representative of the reconciliation faction. She is now leading the old captive nobles to resolutely implement these seemingly overly broad decrees, in the hope that in a few decades, they will truly be indistinguishable from each other, and truly become the same sky, the same Ming Dynasty, and the same people of the Ming Dynasty.

Sanniangzi's reconciliation is not simply kneeling down and surrendering, but leading the border residents to pursue a more stable life. In the past, it was through trade with the Ming Dynasty, and now it is through the implementation of the Ming Dynasty's royal decrees. Ever since the Yuan court lost the deer, the Ming Dynasty and the northern barbarians have been fighting for two hundred years, and there has been no result until now. Reconciliation is the most practical and beneficial thing.

"I am also willing to witness the road to the kingship of Suiyuan together with the border residents." Zhu Yijun looked at Sanniang and said confidently: "As long as you follow the imperial decree, I have the patience to completely rule Suiyuan."

Zhu Yijun is still young, at the age of twenty-one, he is in the prime of his life. He practices martial arts and keeps fit, so he can live a very long time. The new policies of the Wanli Reform will be effective for a long time. What the Ming Dynasty is most worried about now is the fateful disaster of the emperor's death.

"On behalf of all the people in Suiyuan, I would like to thank Your Majesty for his grace." The third lady bowed her head again and thanked the emperor for his grace.

"When Madam Zhongshun left last time, she said she wanted to adopt a son. It's been so long, and I heard that Madam Sanmaid has rejected all the people recommended by the old nobles?" Zhu Yijun asked about Madam Sanmaid's adoption of a son.

The adopted son of Sanniangzi was beheaded along with Altan Khan, and now Sanniangzi has no children.

"I plan to adopt two daughters." The Third Lady answered this question very cleverly. She did not raise an adopted son, but an adopted daughter. With her status, raising an adopted son was equivalent to raising an heir. The Third Lady did not think that this adopted son would have any good ending after she was gone, so she finally decided to raise an adopted daughter.

An adopted daughter is not an heir.

"That's fine." Zhu Yijun smiled. The political treatment of the northern barbarians or border residents was completely different from that of the Japanese. Some things could not be said too clearly, and they had to be understood tacitly.

The third lady is very sensible.

If Sanniang's adopted son really gathered troops to resist Wang Hua, Zhu Yijun would not be merciful because of the so-called friendship. After the rebellion was pacified, he would be dragged to Caishikou and beheaded in public, which would be the only outcome.

History always spirals upward, or in other words, history always turns over and over like a pancake.

When the Ming Dynasty's rule gradually becomes successful, the Suiyuan area will forget why they set out in the first place, and forget their current embarrassment and living difficulties because of the success of the rule. Instead, that small group of fools will, because of their so-called ambitions, destroy the hard-won results of the rule.

There are political risks in raising a son, but the risk is much lower when raising a daughter.

Sanniang chatted with the Emperor for a long time, mainly about some interesting things outside the Great Wall. Zhu Yijun rarely had the opportunity to visit the grassland in person, and he could only hear about the lives of the herdsmen from hearsay, which was also interesting.

On the grassland, wolves have never been worshipped, nor are they spiritual totems. On the contrary, hunting wolves is a part of grassland people’s daily life. They will try every possible means to hunt wolves. The wolf disaster on the grassland is a nightmare-like existence.

What makes the border residents particularly worried is that these wolves, even though they obviously cannot eat that much, still insist on biting the sheep to death. Even though they are obviously full after eating one sheep, they will not stop until they bite all the other sheep to death. There is no grassland person who does not hate wolves, unless he is not a grassland person.

In addition to hunting wolves, when grazing, one must be extra careful of the holes dug by marmots. If one accidentally steps in one, one may easily break a leg. Also, on the grassland where there are no roads, one must never ride a horse at night, otherwise the horse may stumble and lose one's life.

These were grasslands that Zhu Yijun was unfamiliar with.

"Madam Zhongshun has come from afar, and I have nothing good to reward her. According to the old rules, I will still reward her with 100 imperial silver coins, a double-breasted cloak, ten bottles of imperial cellar, four pieces of silk, and 5,000 strings of cash." Zhu Yijun bestowed upon the envoy who came from afar. It can be said that the third lady was very sensible.

"Your Majesty, Li Yashi is waiting outside the palace." Feng Bao reminded his majesty of today's schedule. In addition to Oda City and Sanniangzi, there is also a Li Yashi. Li Yashi came to join in the fun. He now looks more like a Ming Dynasty bureaucrat from beginning to end, especially when it comes to flattering others.

(End of this chapter)