Chapter 63 Found a Treasure
Zhu Chong, who was working on construction in Yunnan and Yunnan, had no idea what was happening in Yingtian Prefecture at this time.
Of course, even if he knew about it, he was too lazy to care about it. At this moment, Zhu Chong was already very busy and had no time to take care of other things.
Reports came in every day from Songming City that the Ming army in Qujing had remained inactive, but there were signs that a large number of Ming troops were leaving the Yunnan-Yunnan area, and according to reliable sources, Fu Youde, Zhu Di and others were already on the official road back to Yingtian Prefecture.
After getting this news, Zhu Chong felt more confident. Even Fu Youde, Mu Ying and others had left, leaving only Fei Ju. It was impossible for him to continue attacking Songming City.
This meant that he had more time to vigorously develop his territory, so Zhu Chong immediately accelerated the process and sent troops and laborers to the vicinity of Wuding Prefecture to select sites and build some smaller auxiliary cities.
Since the Ming army will not attack Zhu Chong in the short term, he will start to expand outward, and the Dali Kingdom will be his next target.
However, Zhu Chong did not want Wuding Prefecture to become a direct target of enemy attack once the war broke out, so it was absolutely necessary to build some auxiliary cities outside Wuding Prefecture.
On the one hand, it shared the population, and on the other hand, it made these cities the bridgeheads for the future attack on the Dali Kingdom, and also shortened the logistics supply distance.
As a result, Zhu Chong sent a large number of people out of Wuding Prefecture every day, and dozens of small cities sprang up around Wuding Prefecture like mushrooms after a rain.
With the emergence of the small town, the pressure on Zhu Chong's shoulders was finally relieved a lot. Just as he was thinking about how to develop externally more efficiently, a sudden system prompt sound made him ecstatic.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for surviving for over 300 days in this world. A gift package is being distributed.]
[Ding, the gift package is automatically opened successfully, rewarding the host with a points doubling card and 3 portals.]
[Portal: A special reusable item. After the host uses it, the location of the portal will become the next location for the system to distribute reward population.]
When Zhu Chong heard the system prompt, he was immediately ecstatic. The system finally gave him benefits.
Although the population has not stopped being distributed, with the points doubling card and the portal item, he can be completely liberated and no longer have to worry about where to go. A large number of people will inexplicably appear around him every day.
Zhu Chong placed a portal without hesitation in a rockery cave in his palace in Wuding Prefecture.
Songming City is now completely exposed to the forces of the Ming Dynasty and the former Yuan Dynasty. It will be a battlefield in the future. It makes no sense to place the portal anywhere.
Wuding Prefecture is different. In the future, it will be a bridgehead for its own development and a central city for transporting population to nearby counties and prefectures.
When the conditions are right, he will begin to implement his plan of westward development, go to war with foreign tribes such as the Dali Kingdom and the Lichuan Kingdom, and carve out a territory that truly belongs to him.
However, just when Zhu Chong was preparing to make a big move and start the prelude to his magnificent life, a piece of news made him stop in his tracks. The puppet from Yingtian Prefecture sent a shocking message.
Zhu Xiongying, the eldest son of Crown Prince Zhu Biao, was seriously ill. When Empress Ma was taking care of him personally, she also contracted the disease. Now both of them are in critical condition.
When Zhu Chong heard the news, his first reaction was that it was impossible, and then he felt that something was not right.
According to the history that Zhu Chong knew, Empress Ma died of illness in the 15th year of Hongwu. Now it is only the 11th year of Hongwu. How could she suddenly be seriously ill and in critical condition?
After careful recollection, Zhu Chong felt more and more that something was wrong. In history, the death time of Empress Ma and Zhu Xiongying, the grandfather and grandson, was indeed only a few months apart, and Zhu Xiongying died before Empress Ma.
Zhu Xiongying is the first legitimate grandson of the Ming Dynasty and the first child of Crown Prince Zhu Biao and the daughter of Chang Yuchun. He was born in the seventh year of Hongwu and just turned four this year.
A four-year-old child was seriously ill, and the queen was infected after personally serving him. Both of them were in danger at the same time. It is hard not to make people think about it.
Logically speaking, this matter has nothing to do with Zhu Chong, as he is not from this world. However, Empress Ma is his mother in this world. Regardless of the fact that blood is thicker than water or for various considerations, Zhu Chong believes that it is necessary for him to go to Yingtian Prefecture.
In fact, since Zhu Chong traveled to this world, he had a vague feeling that the historical process of this world was different from the original world.
The former King of Qin, Zhu Chong, was enfeoffed in Chang'an, but was exiled to Yunnan and Dian. On his way to Yunnan and Dian, Zhu Chong was assassinated by people suspected to be the Jinyiwei. In addition, his previous life had an inexplicable entanglement with Xu Da's daughter, which made Zhu Chong always feel that something was wrong.
He originally thought that after arriving in Yunnan, where the emperor was far away, he could live a carefree life as a prince. However, the changes in the system made it impossible for him to protect himself, and he had to consider the people around him.
Empress Ma must not die now. Historically, after Empress Ma passed away, there was no one around Zhu Yuanzhang who could control his strange temper.
It was also after the death of Empress Ma that Zhu Yuanzhang began to wield his butcher knife and engage in a frenzied killing spree. He was a very suspicious person, and anyone he thought was suspicious or displeased would be executed by him under various pretexts, and even the entire nine clans would be implicated.
So it was the critical moment when Zhu Chong began to vigorously develop his own territory. If Empress Ma died at this time, Zhu Chong was worried that there would be new changes in Yunnan and Dian.
He was not afraid of conflict with Lao Zhu, but he did not want to have unnecessary conflict, especially something like this where he was being taken out on others.
In addition, Zhu Chong vaguely felt that there was something fishy about the illness of Empress Ma and Zhu Xiongying. If he relied solely on puppets to convey messages to him in Yingtian Prefecture, he would be afraid that if something really happened, he would not be able to deal with it in time, so he felt it necessary to go to Yingtian Prefecture.
Of course, before leaving, Zhu Chong knew that he had to settle all the matters concerning Wuding Prefecture and Songming City.
There is no need to worry about Songming City for the time being. Yuchi Gong, Shangguan Wan'er and others are stationed there. As long as there is no need to develop externally, there will basically not be any major problems.
However, Zhu Chong would only feel at ease if he could have a capable and ambitious person in charge of the Wuding Prefecture.
Fortunately, the number of points Zhu Chong has now reached a relatively rich number, especially after using the double points card, he can get double points every day. Zhu Chong will certainly not be stingy in using them.
[Ding, congratulations to the host, you have exchanged for the outstanding talent Yuwen Tai. ]
[Ding, congratulations to the host, you have exchanged for the elite talent Su Chao.]
[Ding, congratulations to the host, you have exchanged for the elite talent Li Cunxiao. ]
When Zhu Chong heard the system prompt, he was completely stunned. He didn't expect that he had picked up a treasure this time!
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