First of all, a two-masted ship slowly approached the port, anchored in the river west of Majiagang, and a few familiar faces dressed in cotton armor walked down the boat, which was the flag army that stayed in Wangxia Prefecture and Heishui Ya Islands when Magui traveled far away.

Not long after the pilot ship docked, fourteen pitch-black and red brigs with fish-eyes slowly approached the port, and five 500 shark ships arrived closely under the leadership of the thousand warships.

The soldiers on the big ship were naked and bare-robed, and the chief eunuch wore a fox fur robe embroidered with red silk on the bow of the ship, looking at this small and clean ship port from a distance, the climate was cold and it seemed that there were not many troops, everyone wore deerskin bear skins or fur coats that did not know what it was, and they looked like more Jurchens than Han Chinese.

It can be said that it is extremely shabby, but the eunuch involuntarily opened his mouth to show a relieved smile - he passed through many places along the way, and was accustomed to seeing the igloos of the Heishui Ya Jurchen and the simple watchtowers of the Shuihu Peak, this was the first time he saw the soldiers of the expeditionary force build out of the wall, build houses, and even look like they are still ready to reclaim the land, they are really alive, and they are living better and better, isn't it worth smiling happily?

No!

Chen Ju realized that the smirk he opened would reveal his black teeth that had eaten sugar when he was a child, so he immediately pursed his mouth reservedly, leaving only a shallow smile at the corner of his mouth, and slowly nodded his head.

In the Eastern Expeditionary Army, Chen Ju found Ma Gui's tall figure, without the slightest decoration on his body, just like those impermeable flag troops, the only difference in uniform is that the flag army is brown or variegated fur coats, only Ma Gui's big jacket is snow white, which is very conspicuous in the crowd.

The trestle bridge that had already been built was not enough for a huge fleet to dock, and the eight warships were moored offshore, putting down small boats to meet the soldiers, and Chen Ju's ship was moored next to the bridge first, waiting for him to get off the ship, and began to carry goods with the flag army.

"Under the orders of the emperor, the eunuch Chen Ju set off from Beijing on September 13, and traveled through Tianjin, Ezo Wei, Kuwu Island, and 4,000 miles and 100 households to North Asia to deliver a message to the general and the warriors of the Eastern Expedition, and hand over all the baggage."

Chen Ju paused when he said this, and gave everyone the opportunity to answer the emperor's order to bow down, and said in as loud a voice as possible: "The emperor knows that all the monarchs are hard, and he specially gives the land of Bansheng and the clans of all the monarchs, regardless of the Mongol, Han and Jurchen Koreans, without discrimination - Bansheng, now it is the land of the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Bansheng land?

Ma Gui and Ma Jin and the others originally heard that the emperor knew their hard work, and the grateful smile on their faces had not yet been raised, and they immediately froze, which sounded like a reward for the Jurchen and Korean soldiers, but it seemed to be a punishment for the Han and Mongols, especially the few remaining officers of their expeditionary force were all from the Xuanfu Lecture Hall in Wanquan, and they knew too well what place Bansheng was.

That's outside the plug, without the protection of the Great Wall!

"This, please also ask the governor to publicize it, Bansheng?" Chen Ju read out the emperor's order, even Ma Gui had to bow down and obey the order, at this time he raised his head with a look of disbelief, and asked with great unwillingness: "We are waiting for the emperor's order to overcome thorns and thorns, the dead are seventeen, and the number is isolated by audio, Ma has even received a posthumous seal, Your Majesty, Your Majesty will move our clan to Bansheng?" ”

"Everyone, please wake up, this is a long story, and please be calm. That is, this year's events, let's tell you in detail, this is really a great reward for Your Majesty to thank you for your loyalty and bravery. ”

Chen Juzheng shivered by the cold wind, this is not until this time he feels cold, his autumn is over when he sails from Kuwu Island to four thousand miles, he is just thinking about how to explain the changes in the situation to these expeditionary soldiers who have been away from home for more than two years.

He cleared his throat and said: "In recent years, the generals of Northern Xinjiang have been in a state of lack of success, and Saibei has seen that my generals are young and think that they are weak and can be bullied. At the beginning of this year, I asked the emperor for a reward, and also threatened to meet each other if I did not give a reward. ”

Ma Gui's eyes widened and he scolded: "It's too much to deceive people, Ma can fight!" Take a boat back and fight! ”

"The general doesn't have to be anxious, His Majesty has no choice but to ask Ma Shuai, a lecturer in the Xuanfu Lecture Hall to enjoy his old age, to be the general of Zhenshuo, Ma Shuai took office to rectify the soldiers and horses for two months, and led the cavalry out of Bansheng and the suburbs of Xuanfu, and hunted many times."

Speaking of the word safari, Chen Ju had an intriguing smile on his face, and said: "All the departments outside the Saiwai have spread the word 'Matthew Master returns', and all the departments have died down, and I have sent riders to detain the pass to the Beijing Division to apologize for their sins, and regret the past, a military disaster has disappeared invisibly, and the Oriental Chen Marshal, who loves to have crooked ideas, sent a message to the imperial court, saying that the emperor knows that I am being bewitched by a traitor, and this time he will not punish him, but ask him to hand over the traitor who bewitched him, and collect his subordinates, send his subordinates to serve in the army, and cut off the board to ascend 300 li to show punishment. ”

"We don't know what's going on, I not only agreed, but also happily handed over the two tribal leaders who were named commanders to Kou City, and when we went to sea, I was discussing with Ma Shuai how many people to pay for military service."

Chen Ju looked at Ma Jin and the others in disbelief, and said: "The imperial court has set up a ban sheng guard outside the fortress, and in addition to the military field, 50,000 acres of land have been allocated to the families of the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition, as a consolation for the suffering of the monarchs - this place is too cold, and the people in the south who have surrendered to rebellion will die of frostbite and frostbite before they have passed Kuwu Island, so they have been sending to Xinming, and have not sent additional manpower to General Ma. ”

"This time, we will escort the northern places to recruit 700 banner troops, 290 craftsmen from all walks of life, 2,700 tools such as saws, hammers, axes, shovels, hoes, etc., more than 40,000 catties of iron, copper, tin, lead and other things, all kinds of medicines, 98,000 horses of cotton cloth for trade, and the things that General Ma needs most."

Chen Ju had a smile on his face, accidentally showed his black teeth again, quickly pursed his lips, and continued to say reservedly: "Dongyang Chen Shuai opened a quilt factory in Beiyang, Tianjin, and prepared 2,400 thickened quilts and cotton mattresses for the Eastern Expeditionary Army, and 2,400 sets of new military uniforms and cotton clothes, this is a letter sent by Chen Shuai, who is preparing for baggage, and then ......"

The Eastern Expeditionary Army listened to the ins and outs of the matter, and still didn't feel how good it was to give them 50,000 acres of land in Bansheng, if it was anywhere south of the Great Wall, but it was north of the Great Wall, which made them a little worried, but I heard that Ma Fang is now the chief soldier of Xuanfu, in the end it is still reassuring.

Ma Gui and the others are all Ma Fang's old troops, knowing that he is the only old general who can lead the Ming cavalry to kick the Mongolian camp, they are full of trust in him, and what makes them happiest is that in North Asia Melika, most of the supplies they need have been replenished with the arrival of Chen Ju, which is already the best result for them.

When the fields are cleared and the harvest is reaped – they will most likely find a way to bring their families over.

Where the people are, where the land is, there is home.

The young eunuch winked at Ma Gui and the other soldiers, seeing that everyone didn't say anything, just waiting for him to speak, he had to ask, "Can you give a bowl of hot water, so that we can go into the house to warm up?" By the way, the emperor wants to meet the people of Anian, the next time we come here should be June, I hope that General Ma can invite the leaders of the tribes from all over the country to take a boat to Beijing to pay tribute, and His Majesty ordered the twenty-four yamen to make a banner to reward them. ”