He is just an old bachelor in his twenties who has never touched a woman.
"There are only good people in the pub," he thought to himself.
Finally, unable to resist Zhu Youjian's insistence, he accepted an intermediate storage ring, an Iron Man suit, ten Green Goblin suits and some other miscellaneous things given by the other party.
Including some gorgeous clothing.
He didn't want this "ancestor" from another world to be too shabby.
According to Zhu Youjian, we are all members of the Zhu family and cannot be outdone by outsiders.
But under Zhu Yuanzhang's insistence, Zhu Youjian reluctantly agreed to "each discuss his own case."
The relationship between the two people became closer invisibly.
Zhu Yuanzhang came wearing straw sandals and tattered clothes, but when he left the tavern, he was dressed brand new.
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Late Yuan Dynasty, Fengyang.
On a busy street.
Zhu Yuanzhang's figure suddenly appeared.
There was silence all around for a moment.
It's easy to be frightened when someone suddenly appears in broad daylight.
If he still looked ragged as before, he would probably be mistaken for an evil ghost.
But now Zhu Yuanzhang was dressed in silk and satin, which was much more gorgeous than those Mongolian nobles, and it made him look more noble, so the atmosphere became subtle.
Most people had faces filled with fear, but many also had expressions of awe, and one man with a backpack had an eager gaze.
The man's name was Xu Da. He was dressed in coarse linen clothes. He was tall and strong.
There was a clucking old hen in the backpack.
There was no food at home today, so Xu Da had no choice but to take the chicken to the market to sell it.
Before he met a legitimate buyer, he ran into a skinny and unkempt young man who told him something about the White Lotus Sect and the Ming King.
Xu Da had certainly heard of it.
The White Lotus Sect was banned by the imperial court, and once discovered, it was a capital crime.
But when he heard that the White Lotus Sect was sending rice and porridge, many people secretly joined, and Xu Da naturally did not resist.
But this missionary wanted his old hen, and said that if he offered his old hen, he would be favored by the king...
Is this guy thinking he's stupid?
There are actually people who commit fraud under the banner of the White Lotus Sect!
He was about to shout "There is a White Lotus Demon here" when he suddenly saw a figure appear.
The man appeared in the middle of the street, very conspicuous, and his luxurious clothes made him stand out like a crane among chickens, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
Xu Da was subconsciously frightened like everyone else, but after seeing the man's appearance clearly, he was suddenly shocked.
Zhu Chongba! He knew him.
Wasn't he a beggar who was driven out of the temple? He had even gone to his house to beg for food a few days ago! After chatting for a while, he found that Zhu Chongba was very eloquent and knowledgeable, and he was deeply impressed.
"Could he be a deity sent down to earth to test me?"
Xu Da's heart moved and his eyes became extremely hot.
The Zhu Yuanzhang in front of him could not be compared with a beggar in any way!
He glanced at the skinny young man beside him, then suddenly knelt on the ground and shouted, "Welcome the Ming King to appear in the world and lead us out of our suffering!"
The young man was stunned for a moment, then quickly reacted and knelt down and shouted, "Welcome to the Ming King!"
Xu Da knelt too quickly and the old hen in the backpack fell out, cackling and running towards the roadside.
But no one around cared about this, and everyone fell to their knees.
…
After leaving the tavern and suddenly appearing on a busy street, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment, but soon his expression returned to normal.
Facing all kinds of gazes, he was thinking about how to maximize his benefits when he suddenly heard Xu Da's words.
Then came the voice of the young man next to Xu Da, who almost shouted at the top of his lungs.
Welcome the Ming King?
Looking at the kneeling figures around him, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression became complicated.
So this is the Purple Air Coming from the East!
He was originally thinking about how to open up the situation.
Looking at the person who took the lead in speaking, his face was full of admiration.
When he saw the other person raise his head, he was a little surprised again.
I seem to have seen this guy before.
But he didn't think much about it, but stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly: "I'm not some Ming Wang."
Seeing that many people looked confused and frightened, Zhu Chongba said again: "But I did come here to save the people!"
He said loudly: "My great China was trampled by a group of Mongolian Tartar cavalry..."
Zhu Chongba's voice became louder and louder.
He took out the latest model of nano Iron Man suit from the ring, stepped on it with both feet, covering half of his body. With the support of the suit, he soared into the air and flew to a height of more than ten meters.
"People with lofty ideals should follow me, kill the Tartars, overthrow slavery, and rebuild China!" His voice rolled out like thunder.
The crowd was silent for a moment, and then Xu Da was the first to shout: "Rebuild China!"
"Rebuild China!"
One voice after another rang out, and soon they gathered together and soared into the sky.
Zhu Chongba waved his hand and flew forward suddenly.
Everyone followed him enthusiastically and rushed straight to the county government office.
The county chief was called Darughachi, a Mongolian noble.
At this time, he was talking to the military officer stationed there.
Recently, more and more people in various places have taken advantage of the White Lotus Sect to start uprisings. The imperial court is overwhelmed with the response and the pressure has been passed down layer by layer.
Although they are temporarily stable here, there is no guarantee that there will not be rebellion by unruly people.
The two men were discussing taking action in advance to capture and behead some suspicious White Lotus members in order to deter others, when they suddenly saw a servant running in crawling.
"My lord, this is bad, King Ming... the gods have brought people to punish you!"
Hearing the servant's panicked voice, both of them frowned.
"What Mingwang immortal..." The Mongolian officer said this, and suddenly narrowed his eyes, "Could it be that you are also the White Lotus demon?"
If this old servant had not followed him for a long time, he would have wanted to kill him with a knife.
But the noise outside the door was already very obvious, coupled with the sounds of fighting and crying, so he glanced coldly at the servant kneeling on the ground, stood up and walked out with the thousand-household official.
Then, the two of them were stunned.
Why is that person flying?
The two felt even more confused when they saw the ragged people who usually behaved as well as chickens, now with ferocious faces, carrying shovels, hoes, shoulder poles, wooden sticks, and even various weapons such as kitchen knives and shovels, and beating the Mongolian guards until their heads were covered with bruises.
Am I dreaming?
Until a loud shout was heard from the crowd.
"The Tartar commander is there, kill him!"
Immediately afterwards, a group of people rushed towards them.
The Qianhu official drew the sword from his waist.
But just as he raised the knife, he heard a muffled sound, and then felt a pain in his wrist, and the knife fell to the ground.
He howled miserably, and the officer who was about to pick up his sword noticed the bloody wrist.
The officer looked at the figure in the air and saw that the man was slowly withdrawing his hand.
He could see clearly that the man had used some hidden weapon.
He was shaking all over, as if he had fallen into an icy cave.
Is this really something a human could do? Thinking of the Han girls he tortured to death and the human bones buried in the backyard, he felt even more terrified.
This kind of thing was very common among these Mongolian nobles.
There are even people who like to eat two-legged sheep, which makes even a pervert like him feel that they are perverts of the same species.
Even though this is not allowed by law, the higher-ups have only hinted that they should not go too far and arouse public resentment.
Could it be that the Han people’s god couldn’t stand it anymore and came down specifically to punish them?
Just when he didn't know what to do, a muffled sound came from his forehead.
His head felt dizzy, and then all kinds of weapons fell on him.
Zhu Chongba was suspended high in the sky.
He watched silently as this mob attacked the county government office and killed people at will.
Everyone was almost crazy in this killing, but he did not stop.
Maybe some innocent people will be harmed, but among those who work here, if we kill ten and leave one, there will definitely be some who slip through the net.
The people need to vent.
He also needs to see if there is any talent to be cultivated among this motley crowd.
He actually saw some good talents.
The man carrying a chicken on his back who was the first to worship him was one of them.
He also remembered this person's identity.
I had seen him begging for food a few days ago, and he even gave him a bowl of porridge. He was a man of great insight.
He plans to use these people as his team to start his own road to rise!
Seeing that everyone had almost vented their emotions, he asked everyone to stop.
But some people were so bloodthirsty that they turned a deaf ear to his words.
Some people even took advantage of the chaos to rush into the inner house and raped the women there.
These were not all Mongolian families, there were also Han women who were abducted.
Listening to the miserable cries of the women, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was cold.
He glanced around, swooped down, and grabbed the two stone lions in front of the county government office.
After flying high into the sky, he threw the two stone lions over the two houses in the backyard.
With a loud bang, the sound in the room stopped abruptly.
The entire county government office suddenly fell silent.
The group of people who were originally blood-thirsty came to their senses, looked at the angry "Ming Wang", and knelt on the ground.
Zhu Chongba looked at everyone with a stern expression: "I can lead you to resist the tyranny of the Mongols, but I am only a leader, not your servant. I will not ensure your life or death..."
After pouring cold water on everyone, he changed the subject: "Now, I give you two choices!"
"You can go to the house and take all the money, then go back and live your life in peace, just as if this incident never happened. I will take care of everything!"
"Or, you can come with me to rebuild China, but the road ahead will be difficult, bloodshed is inevitable, and death is common..."
After he finished speaking, he pointed and said, "Those who want to follow me can stay here, while the rest can go get the money and leave!"
"Besides," he said, looking at the two dishevelled men who had just emerged from the ruins of the house, "under my command, you should treat the people like brothers and sisters, and not bully the weak, otherwise you will be no different from the Tartars!"
He raised his hand and pulled the trigger.
His physique a hundred times stronger makes him sharp-eyed and sharp-eared, making him a rare sharpshooter.
Using the pistol given to him by Li Yunlong, he shot the two men in the head with two shots!
This action made several people who had already moved and were about to approach him stop.
Xu Da's eyes became brighter and he became more determined.
There is no order without rules. If you really let your subordinates do whatever they want, how long can you maintain your power even if you conquer the world? This kind of attitude is the way to achieve great things!
He strode towards Zhu Yuanzhang.
Others came one after another.
After half a day, the county government finally quieted down.
Most people hurriedly grabbed some money and left, leaving only forty or fifty people in the courtyard.
What made Zhu Yuanzhang happy was that several people he had favored earlier were among them.
He stood in front of everyone and said with a smile: "Have you thought it through?"
"The Mongols are unjust, and the people are living in misery. People all over the world are rising up. I, a good man, should follow the will of heaven," Xu Da said in a resounding voice. "Now that a wise leader is before us, facing such a rare opportunity in the ages, wouldn't it be foolish for us to leave?"
Zhu Chongba laughed loudly and pointed at Xu Da and said, "You are quite knowledgeable!"
Xu Da smiled and said, "You disguised yourself as a beggar to test me a few days ago. During those days, I often dreamed of a bright blue sky with stars hanging high in the sky. I never thought that a god really came down to earth to save the world!"
"I'm not pretending to be a beggar," Zhu Chongba said, smiling at everyone, "I really can't afford to eat, so I have no choice but to beg. I originally wanted to go to another place to join my brother who revolted, but..."
He looked up at the sky, his tone full of emotion: "There is a true god who has mercy on mortals and said that I have a destiny. But in order to save the world from suffering for decades, he invited me to his cave..."
He looked at everyone and said, "Are you willing to join me in overthrowing the Mongols, rebuilding China, and building a fairyland together?"
"It's our honor!" Xu Da took the lead.
His eyes were burning as he stared straight at Zhu Chongba.
Zhu Chongba nodded slightly, stretched out his hands, and a set of Green Goblin suit appeared in his palms.
This method of taking something out of thin air shocked everyone.
Just as they were about to kneel down, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand to interrupt them.
He said to Xu Da: "You are the most courageous this time, so I will give you this set of armor. It can take you to the sky..."
"Thank you, my lord!" Xu Da half-knelt on the ground, looking excited.
The Green Devil suit is insignificant in the tavern, but for an ordinary farmer like Xu Da who lived in the late Ming Dynasty, it is no different from the armor of heavenly soldiers and generals.
Zhu Chongba instructed him how to put it on and described to him how to use it.
When seeing Xu Da riding on the Green Goblin skateboard and wobbling into the air, many people showed envious looks.
They want to fly too.
After circling in the air, Xu Da landed on the ground and thanked Zhu Yuanzhang profusely.
Zhu Chongba smiled at everyone and made a big promise: "In the future, as long as you make contributions, let alone this kind of armor, even if you want to live forever, it won't be difficult to change the world!"
"We will follow our Lord till death!" Everyone expressed their loyalty.
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When Zhu Yuanzhang accepted the first team and planned to raise the banner of "Rebuilding China", the atmosphere on the Douqi Continent was somewhat strange.
The strongest man in the Douqi Continent, the patriarch of the Soul Clan, is meticulous, ruthless, and has been planning for a thousand years. Hun Tiandi, who is determined to become the Dou Emperor, now looks confused.
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(End of this chapter)