Chapter 46: Do your best and leave the rest to fate

"So, this time, we submit a joint memorial to Your Majesty. Although Songming City does not wish to be an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, their desire to become like the Duan Clan of Dali is probably miscalculated."

"You and I will definitely stay in Yunnan in the future, guarding the area. Leaving behind such an enemy is probably not what we want, so this memorial..."

I understand, I understand everything. When Fei Ju heard Mu Ying say this, his mind suddenly became clear as if by a mirror, and his expression changed instantly.

Mu Ying simply wanted to help out by submitting a joint petition to clearly explain how Songming City had disrespected the Ming Dynasty today and how terrifying their defensive crossbow formation was...

Fei Ju already understood that Mu Ying's purpose was to shift the blame and put all the responsibility on Songming City, but he was worried that he would not agree, so he threatened him just now.

In fact, no matter whether Mu Ying wanted to threaten him or not, Fei Ju would handle the matter impartially. However, after Mu Ying's action, Fei Ju naturally listened to Mu Ying's orders. After all, he really had something to hide about the matter of Songming City!

The two marquises of the Ming Dynasty hit it off immediately. On the top of Songming City, Zhu Chong also saw the retreating figures of the Ming army, which gradually disappeared at the end of the horizon. He finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"My lord, even though the Ming army has retreated, I'm afraid that from now on, our Songming City will become a thorn in the eyes of both the Ming army and the former Yuan Liang Wang. My lord, you need to make plans early."

Seeing the Ming army retreat, Lin Shu was the first to speak frankly to Zhu Chong, and Li Xiuning, Yuan Chenghuan and others followed suit.

Zhu Chong naturally knew that Mu Ying had suffered such a big setback at the foot of Songming City. It would be strange if Zhu didn't pay special attention to Songming City after knowing this. The geographical location of Songming City was naturally a thorn in the eyes of King Liang.

But the problem is that Zhu Chong did not feel any psychological pressure when dealing with King Liang, but if he really had to confront Old Zhu, Zhu Chong really didn't have the heart to do so.

Not to mention that he has no intention of rebelling at all. Even if he does, his current strength is not enough!

Besides, Zhu Chong didn't think being an emperor would be happier than he was now. If the system continued to give him "rewards" like this, in five years at most, the population under his command would exceed that of the Ming Dynasty.

But the problem is that he never thought about becoming an emperor. Who traveled through time and space to manage a large group of people?

Working hard to dominate the world is something that only people with passion would do. As long as you can live happily, isn't that better than anything else?

Now, everyone under Zhu Chong's command is 100% loyal to him, and he doesn't have to worry about anyone betraying him. Why would he want to fight with Zhu for the kingdom that is already his? Doesn't he think the current troubles are enough?

In today's Songming City, Zhu Chong has escaped the food crisis with the help of the system. However, Songming City has limited space after all. As time goes by, the population continues to grow, and Zhu Chong's new troubles and pressures will only grow greater.

What he was thinking about more now was how to get out of Songming City and arrange a place for the newly added population, rather than thinking about fighting or rebelling with anyone.

Zhu Chong had actually thought it through very early on and realized that rebellion was a thankless task.

To put it bluntly, if brothers fight against each other, they will add tens of millions of mouths to feed and may end up in an endless quagmire of war.

It's different from the current situation. He only needs to take care of his own little piece of land and doesn't have to worry about whether his subordinates and subjects will betray him.

As long as Zhu Chong works hard and is given enough time, it is not impossible for him to create a world that belongs only to him, Zhu Chong.

But now that Mu Ying has happened, Zhu Chong's plan to develop in a low-key manner has completely gone to waste. He must replan his development plan and formulate a new plan that suits the current situation.

A month later, Mu Ying's joint memorial with Fei Ju caused a stir in the court. Zhu Yuanzhang urgently sent an imperial edict to the dispatched delegation and Mu Ying respectively.

The imperial edict given to Mu Ying was to hand over his troops to Fei Ju for temporary command, and to immediately return to Yingtian Prefecture to report on his work.

Another imperial edict to the delegation informed them of Mu Ying's affairs and asked them to act at their own discretion after entering Yunnan and Yunnan, without having to stick to the requirements Zhu Yuanzhang had given them before.

When the officials who were sent to Songming City by Zhu Yuanzhang saw this imperial edict, they felt dizzy and felt that their trip to Songming City was in great danger.

However, it was difficult to disobey the emperor's will, and this time, in order to demonstrate the power of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang specially arranged for a thousand imperial guards to accompany the delegation.

In other words, the delegation had to go whether they wanted to or not. But when the delegation really arrived outside Songming City and saw the magnificent city walls, they were all dumbfounded.

The chief envoy and the deputy envoy looked at each other and could see the bitterness in each other's eyes.

"Sir," the deputy envoy looked at the chief envoy eagerly, "it seems that our trip to Songming City was wrong from the very beginning."

The chief envoy was still staring at the towering walls of Songming City with his mouth wide open. Upon hearing his deputy's discouraging words, he shook his head and sighed, "So what? Now that we're here, we can only do our best and leave the rest to fate."

After hearing the leader's words, the envoys of the delegation became as wilted as eggplants hit by frost.

In fact, before everyone received Zhu Yuanzhang's order, they still believed that once they stepped into Songming City and demonstrated the power of the Ming Dynasty, they would be able to intimidate the other side, thereby winning over their minds and breaking down their mentality, and finally achieve the purpose of the negotiations.

But in a situation like this, where Mu Ying has failed in the battle against Songming City and even Zhu Yuanzhang himself is not sure about the outcome, isn't it ridiculous to hope that the diplomatic corps can turn the tide?

As the delegation continued to approach the territory of Songming City, what they saw and heard around Songming City opened their eyes again.

Before coming, everyone in the delegation believed that Songming City was just a wild and desolate place with a sparse population. It was just a small, dilapidated city built by a group of rioters who were forced to do so, and there was no need to worry about it at all.

But at the moment, the fertile fields that have been developed, like blocks of tofu, are full of hardworking figures.

The tall walls of Songming City looked even more imposing than those of Yingtian Prefecture. Most importantly, people were constantly coming in and out of Songming City. From the faces of these people, not even one of the people in the delegation was seen without a smile on his or her face.

With a city like this and such a large population, is this really the barren land and barbarian city that Zhu Yuanzhang described?

The members of the delegation were in a state of panic. As they continued to approach Songming City, they saw a surge of people on the city walls. A large group of cavalry and a large number of infantry rushed out of the city gate and swarmed in, surrounding the delegation.

"Who are you? What are you doing in Songming City?"

With a loud shout, the atmosphere at the scene froze instantly...