Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 783 The Western Yi Rebellion

Everyone noticed the difference in Lao Zhu's expression, and the scene fell silent for a moment. When Erhu leaned over to leave, Empress Ma asked: "Chongba, what's the matter?"

"Just now, Tang Shengzong and Lu Zhongheng confessed in the Penal Department Prison." Lao Zhu's face was quite serious.

"Could it be that the implication of his confession is very extensive?" Empress Ma frowned slightly. She knew that her husband was a character that could not be rubbed out of her eyes, so she was a little worried that Lao Zhu would use the topic again and open up again in the court. One pass to kill. "Perhaps these two saw that there was no hope for mercy, so they started biting each other indiscriminately. Chongba, we must carefully screen them and don't kill good people indiscriminately."

"Don't worry, sister, we won't do anything random." Knowing that his wife was worried about her anger, Lao Zhu patted Queen Ma's hand to comfort her. The expression turned colder at the back, and the slightly narrowed eyes were quite playful. "Boss, second, fourth, fifth."

"Guess who Lu and Tang confessed to?"

"Could it be a famous official in the court?" Zhu Biao guessed.

Lao Zhu shook his head.

"... Could it be some general from the Huaixi lineage?" Zhu Di guessed. Lao Zhu still shook his head and said: "Although the border generals gave them a convenience and made a profit for themselves, they still deserved death. But who dares to cause trouble... I'm afraid no one has that kind of trouble. A bear’s heart but a leopard’s courage.”

"Tang Shengzong and Lu Zhongheng are just broken jars."

Lao Zhu's words revealed an extremely powerful confidence. Also, with his Dinghai Shenzhen in charge, Daming and others will not be able to get into trouble.

Even Tang Shengzong and Lu Zhongheng did not think about rebellion when they gathered slaves. They only thought about going to Fengmingzhou to claim territory and become king and live happily...

Not a courtier, not a general, who else could it be... Zhu Su remembered what he had said just now, "Without any help from behind, I would just be a monkey when I went to Fengmingzhou" and blurted out: "Could it be... Tang Shengzong and Lu Zhongheng Confessing what they relied on behind the scenes."

"Is there anyone willing to wait for them to get to Fengming Continent and help them get established in Fengming Continent?"

"Not bad." Lao Zhu nodded. "exactly!"

"Do you know who encouraged these two idiots with these words?"

This time, Lao Zhu gave the answer himself without waiting for the Zhu brothers to guess. "It's Xiyi."

"Xiyi?" Zhu Su, Zhu Biao and others were stunned.

"Not bad." Lao Zhu nodded. "Tang Shengzong confessed: Several red-haired Yi people found them and said that they were willing to help them go to Fengmingzhou to establish themselves."

"I hope Tang and Lu can buy slaves and go to Fengmingzhou to mine gold mines. They are willing to take them to Fengmingzhou to trade with Tang and Lu. They are also willing to send people and horses to help them open up the territory. All the land in Fengmingzhou will be owned by Tang and Lu..."

"No wonder these two people are so confident. Even if there are many gold mines in Fengming Continent, if they cannot be used for trading, they will be nothing more than a pile of dead stones. But if there is a country willing to trade with them, then the gold will be countless wealth. These two people are becoming increasingly poor in Ming Dynasty, and they feel that they have suffered humiliation, so it is reasonable to be persuaded." Zhu Biao said. Zhu Di smiled and said: "This must be just an excuse to deceive the two of them. How stupid! There is no such cheap thing in the world. They were the high-ranking founding princes of the Ming Dynasty. If these Western Yi deceived him, The imperial court will stand up for them... But if they get on the pirate ship of the Western Barbarians and stay away from the Ming Dynasty, then the sky will not respond and the earth will not respond. Isn't that what the Western Barbarians say?"

"When the time comes, let alone claiming the land as king...I'm afraid the two of them will have to mine gold for the Xiyi people in Fengmingzhou to make a living!"

Zhu Su also found it funny, and what Zhu Di said was reasonable. Most of the Western Yi people don't know about etiquette, integrity, or promises worth a thousand dollars. If Tang and Lu trusted them, they might really be sold to Fengmingzhou to dig for gold.

Perhaps it was because the two of them were already arrogant and thought they were smarter than Xi Yi, so they easily believed such nonsense.

After all, in the eyes of ordinary Chinese people, today's Western Europeans are no different from savages who drink hair and drink blood.

"How come these red-haired Xiyi are connected with them?" Queen Ma was a little confused.

"Huh, I just heard their complaints somewhere, what else could it be?" Lao Zhu said with a gloomy face. "These red-haired barbarians are not honest either. Mao Xiang once went to the secret site and said that after these red-haired barbarians went to Fengming Island, they sneaked out of Jinshan Fort several times to explore the terrain and have the ambition to demarcate the territory. Iron Xuan Ming beat them secretly several times before they became more honest... Now he has his mind set on the slaves."

Today, the theory of the round earth has not yet become popular in Europe, and the route to Fengmingzhou is occupied by the Ming Dynasty. Without the Ming Dynasty's treasure ships to pilot it, it would be difficult for merchants and Western Yi ships to reach Fengmingzhou.

This also means that if you want to go to Fengming Continent, you must first come to the Ming Dynasty... The Ming Dynasty and Europe are already separated by thousands of mountains and rivers. Even if those Western barbarians intend to occupy the sacred land of Fengming Continent, For a while, it was also powerless because of the long distance and the inability to transport sufficient manpower.

Many of their Western European countries still had a slavery system. Since manpower from their own countries could not be brought in, they turned to the many local slaves of the Ming Dynasty. However, the Ming Dynasty regarded them as barbarians, and even the managers of the human market looked down upon them. Moreover, the Mongols and Japanese in the city are unwilling to succumb to their lustful races, so even if they want to buy slaves on a large scale, they are powerless.

So they set their sights on Lu and Tang, who had complaints against the imperial court and wanted to go abroad to achieve fame. They wanted to use their connections to gather slaves, and then eat them for free when they were transported to the sea. Next...this is very reasonable.

"No wonder my fourth brother and I saw a lot of Western Yi ships on the sea road when we returned. It seems that the interests of Fengming Continent have spread to many Western Yi people..." Zhu Su said.

"Most of their countries have more people and less land, so it's not surprising that they are eager to visit Fengming Continent." Zhu Di said. After several years of western expedition, he also had a certain understanding of the situation in European countries to the west. "Dad, how are you going to punish these Western barbarians? These people are not good people. I also fought against these people during the Western Expedition."

"Most of them are shameless and have no credibility at all. You must be on guard against them."

"We know." Lao Zhu nodded. "These Westerners are at various ports in the Ming Dynasty, and there are still many fleet cargoes stranded."

"We are going to seize all their ships and goods to teach them a lesson they will never forget!"

(End of this chapter)