Yang Feng only stayed on Zhu Yuanzhang's side for a month, and at the same time that Xu Da and Chang Yuchun led the elite of the Wu army to quickly take Jinhua and Chuzhou, Zhang Shicheng, who confirmed that he was on the Mandate of Heaven candidate list, did not hesitate to draw a line with the Yuan Dynasty......

He didn't really take refuge in the first place.

The reason why he surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty was to deceive Hangzhou, which was still under the control of the Yuan army at that time, and secondly, he was worried that he and Liu Futong, Zhu Yuanzhang and others would stab him in the back when they grabbed the territory, after all, he was in a special position among the heroes, and the Yuan army must first open the canal if it wanted to go south.

But he must also have ambitions, sitting on the almost largest population of the era......

He is indeed the most populous.

The Suzhou, Huzhou, Jiaxing and Hangzhou provinces he ruled all had a population of more than one million, of which Suzhou and Jiaxing were all two million, and almost none of them were actually destroyed by the war.

Although there were also wars.

But there was no large-scale war, especially the most brutal tug-of-war, Suzhou was easily captured by him and there was no more war, and the remaining territory, especially Hangzhou, was he who took advantage of the contradiction between Dazhi Timur and Yang Wanzhi after surrendering to the Yuan Dynasty, and was led to Hangzhou by the former to attack and kill Yang Wanzhi, who was actually a Miao but also his main opponent. This Miao man defeated him many times, and firmly blocked his expansion to the south, but was betrayed by his top boss, in fact, there were many brain-dead behaviors on the part of the Yuan Dynasty in this war, such as the previous dismissal caused the millions of troops outside Gaoyou City to disperse, and since then the Yuan army has no ability to deal with the rebel army in the south.

Zhang Shicheng quickly took control of Hangzhou after killing Yang Wanzhi, took advantage of Emperor Yuan Shun's need for his food to save his life and obtained the official position of Taiwei, and then imprisoned Dazhi Timur, and finally completely controlled the Suzhou-Hangzhou Lake, which can be called the richest triangle in China, which alone has a population of more than 6 million, plus Shaoxing, Huzhou, part of Changzhou, Songjiang Mansion, and Tongtai Erzhou, to which Yangzhou Road belongs to the north, and Gaoyou, where he started, it can be said that he currently rules no less than 10 million people.

Don't underestimate this guy, this guy is no worse than Zhu Yuanzhang in terms of population and financial resources, but his subordinates can fight too little.

This is his weakness.

He originally had a younger brother Zhang Shide who was the most capable of fighting, but the latter died of hunger strike after being captured by Zhu Yuanzhang, so that Zhang Shicheng's subordinates could rely on Lu Zhen, but Lu Zhen and Chang Yuchun, Xu Da and others are obviously a little bit different, especially after occupying Suzhou and Hangzhou, two cities that can be called paradise on earth, the generals under him are also useless.

The gap between him and Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang is obvious, so Zhu Yuanzhang never regarded him as his biggest opponent.

But Zhang Shicheng doesn't think so.

Knowing that he was also among the candidates for the Mandate of Heaven, he suddenly cheered up in the singing and dancing wine, and without hesitation stopped the 140,000 stone grain that was originally going to be sent to Dadu, and then put the Dazhi Timur and Puhua Timur under house arrest in his hands, and even included the Talan Timur and Zhenbao who had been patting him on the back to protect themselves, in short, these main Mongolian officials in the former Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces were all pulled out and chopped, and then pickled a boatload of human heads, and sent his younger brother Zhang Shixin to Yingtian with a generous gift to Yingtian to welcome the angel to him.

"How do you explain the matter of Anfeng?"

Yang Feng sat on the main hall of the Immortal Palace and looked at Zhang Shixin who was kneeling down.

"This ......"

Zhang Shixin looked at Chen Ji next to him.

This Confucian who was the same as Song Lian said unhurriedly: "Hui Xianshi, King Wu Yue was confused by traitors and attributed to the pseudo-Yuan, the position is just a vacant position, the military power of Jiangsu and Zhejiang belongs to the puppet Yuan's Xingtai, and the order to attack Anfeng is also issued by the puppet Jiangsu-Zhejiang Xingtai right Cheng Da Zhi Timur, and the generals in front are just obeying orders, Wu Yue King suddenly woke up at this time, so Zhu Da Zhi Timur and other thieves surrendered to the Song Emperor to apologize. ”

Zhang Shicheng has changed his name to King Wu Yue.

Originally, he was called King Wu in history, but at this time Zhu Yuanzhang was already called King Wu, so it was not good for him to be called King Wu, and at this time, his core control area was basically equivalent to Wu Yue of Qian Biao, so it was better to simply change his name to King Wu Yue, anyway, it was just excessive.

"That's it!"

Yang Feng looked at Han Lin'er.

"What do you want to do?"

He asked.

Theoretically, he shouldn't be in charge of mortal affairs, but Han Lin'er or Zhao Lin'er is his apprentice, and he has the responsibility to come forward as a master.

"Back to Shizun, since this is the case, the disciples will no longer be pursued, but the families of Liu Gong and An Feng's victims still need to be compensated, and King Wu Yue will not escape his responsibility after all, these people will be taken care of by King Wu Yue, right?"

Zhao Lin'er said.

"Obey the order!"

Zhang Shixin said without hesitation.

Obviously, for them, as long as money can solve the problem, it is not a problem, they were defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang before, and they plan to buy peace with 500 taels of gold and 300 catties of silver every year! There are not a few people in An Feng who escaped, and they don't need much food in a year, they used to send it to Dadu, and this year's 140,000 stones have been loaded onto the ship, and now they don't send it to Dadu, it's just to drive over and change it to these people.

"That's it!"

Yang Feng nodded and said.

In this way, Zhang Shicheng's previous surrender to the Yuan Dynasty and the killing of Liu Futong were revealed, and he officially transformed from the Yuan Dynasty Taiwei to the King of Wuyue in the Great Song Dynasty, and became a prince alongside Zhu Chenming.

Then Yang Feng boarded the ship and entered the Jiangnan Canal under the escort of Zhang Shixin to Suzhou, and in the millions of military and civilian onlookers in Suzhou, Zhao Lin'er first officially canonized Zhang Shicheng as the king of Wuyue, and then Yang Feng presided over the ceremony of worshipping the heavens, and awarded him the jade book of the Mandate of Heaven. This is also the last piece, because Ming Yuzhen refused, so the candidates for the Mandate of Heaven are ultimately Chen Youliang, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Shicheng, and the others are not qualified, Yang Feng definitely can't also give Wang Baobao a piece, so the future emperor is also produced among them, it depends on which of them can enter the capital first. Of course, it is not only to enter the capital, but also to capture or kill the puppet lord alive, that is, Emperor Yuan Shun, even if he escapes, before he is caught, this destiny is still not completed, in short, Yang Feng's task of sending the jade book is completed, and the rest is that these people show their ability to fight for this destiny.

But Zhang Shicheng has a problem here.

His military-industrial base.

"Immortal Master, is there no other place besides Xuzhou?"

In the palatial palace of King Wuyue, Zhang Shicheng said cautiously.

His standard of living is very high, the grade of this palace is far beyond others, and it can really be described as a king, compared with this palace, not to mention Yuzhen's broken yamen, that is, the palace that Chen Youliang repaired to Xu Shouhui is far behind.

"Why can't it be Xuzhou?"

Yang Feng asked.

"The immortal master didn't know, although Xuzhou belonged to the disciple's jurisdiction, but there was no one there, before Sesame Li raised troops there, and later Tokhtar led the Tartars to the south to crusade, and Xuzhou was directly killed into an empty city, and then Lu Ju recruited some refugees there to gradually recover some popularity, before the disciple attacked Xuzhou he then surrendered. But because it is located in the land of the four wars, no one dares to go back, until now there are only a few people, if you want to reopen the Li State Prison must emigrate a large number of people, after all, mining and iron smelting need people, and you have to defend Xuzhou, before the disciples mistakenly threw themselves into the Tartar captives, so there is no war there, but now Wang Baobao once the battle with Polo Timur is resolved, it will inevitably attack south, and Xuzhou will bear the brunt of the attack. ”

Zhang Shicheng said.

He was telling the truth.

Xuzhou was slaughtered before the city, it can almost be said that it was killed as a ghost town, and then Lu Ju recruited some homeless people there to recover a little, this guy has no strength there and doesn't want to die, so whoever goes he surrenders immediately, before surrendering to Zhang Shicheng, and then surrendering to the Yuan Dynasty, and then surrendering to Zhu Yuanzhang, and it is also a famous minister under Zhu Yuanzhang who is included in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

But at this time, there is no real real recovery there, and the population is still pitifully small.

The real recovery of Xuzhou's population was later Zhu Yuanzhang's military tun, especially after the destruction of Xia, the main force of the Xia army was forcibly relocated to Xuzhou, and since then Xuzhou has really prospered, and at this time Zhang Shicheng must have a large number of immigrants to develop Xuzhou's steel industry, and a large number of garrisons must be stationed to protect this steel base. After all, Xuzhou to the north is the area controlled by Wang Baobao, although Wang Baobao doesn't care about the south at this time, but it is just that he is busy with the civil war with Polo Timur, and Zhang Shicheng is also a minister before all, and most of the capital still expects him to continue to send food! But it won't work in the future, once Wang Baobao solves Polo Timur, then he will definitely attack Xuzhou first.

"Then it's time to emigrate!"

Yang Feng said indifferently.

He chose Xuzhou for this, otherwise Lizhu would not be without iron ore.

"Immortal Master, disciples can actually get coal and iron in Suzhou, but the amount is a little less."

Zhang Shicheng said.

"Isn't that it, Chen Youliang can produce more than 100,000 catties of steel a day, of which more than 30% is stainless steel, can you guarantee the same output as him here?"

Yang Feng said.

Zhang Shicheng shook his head without hesitation.

His control area does not include Changxing, he wanted to fight but was beaten back by Xu Da, so don't count on the coal mine in Niutou Mountain, although there are still coal production points around Taihu Lake, but the quantity is very small, and the iron ore is also collected in the mountains of Shaoxing, and the quality is not good, it can't be compared with Daye, so even if Yang Feng also builds the same iron smelting furnace for him, it is difficult for him to reach the output of Chen Youliang.

"Then how did you defeat him?"

Yang Feng said.

"In the future war, all firearms, even artillery shells have to be cast in iron, and the war is more than whose steel is more, Chen Youliang can produce more than 100,000 catties of steel a day, and it is said that he himself is learning to build the same iron-smelting furnace, and by the end of this year, he can guarantee a daily output of more than 200,000 catties, his soldiers are not only firearms, but even all of them are equipped with new plate armor, he is also casting a cannon for siege, a cannonball weighs 20 catties, and he will be able to arm tens of thousands of such troops in two years at most, So how do you defeat the enemy before he gets a fifth or even a tenth of his steel production? ”

He continued.

Zhang Shicheng was sad for a while.

"There are no big iron mines near you, let alone big iron-rich mines, and there are no big coal mines, only Xuzhou has them, but you give up because you don't want to immigrate, do you know that what you are fighting for is the world, the throne, and the foundation of eternity?"

Yang Feng said speechlessly.

"Disciple, disciple immediately go and organize immigration!"

Zhang Shicheng said.

Indeed, he wants to fight for the world, and everything must serve this principle, isn't it just to move the people! There are tens of millions of people under his rule, what is it to move tens of thousands? What's more, there are also countless fertile fields in the Huaibei area, which can be reclaimed, and the protection of the garrison is simpler, just where a Northern Expeditionary Army was organized and turned Xuzhou into an advance base, so that he also gained an advantage over Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang......

From Xuzhou to Dadu, this distance can be a lot shorter.

"Then you go and get busy!"

Yang Feng said with satisfaction.

That's what he wants.

In fact, it was not just Zhang Shicheng, at this time the other two were immigrating to the north, or building a base for the north to advance.

Especially after Chen Youliang made the first batch of flintlock pistols and cannons, he had already begun to attack Henan, and in the first battle, he easily took Nanyang with artillery, or he was scared to surrender in the city, he also needed a base for the advance of the Northern Expedition, after all, he could not have the transportation line from Wuchang, his goal should be Luoyang, capture Luoyang to block the Cuihan Road, and then start from Nanyang to transport grain to Luoyang by land, build a huge grain depot there and reclaim it with the army, and complete the material reserve in one to two years, Then take Luoyang as the starting point for the Northern Expedition by land.

And Zhu Yuanzhang is also making preparations with both hands.

He was suspicious of Yang Feng's plan for a cross-sea expedition, after all, no one had ever done this, so he also began to use Anfeng as a starting point to transfer the main force of his army, and at the same time emigrate to the Huaixi area and dredge the heavily silted waterways, preparing to go north until Bianliang if necessary to reopen the Yinghe and Cai River water transport lines, and then use Bianliang as a backup starting point for the Northern Expedition.

In this way, all three have already begun to act.

The two banks of the Yangtze River, which had been in the midst of a great war at this time, and even had to continue for many years in the future, completely restored peace on both sides of the Yangtze River, and all cities and villages began to turn into production and construction, and the battlefield moved to the north of the Huai River, and the hundreds of thousands of troops of the three princes spread to Henan like a moving tide.

At this time in the north, preparing to go from Shaanxi to Luodao to crusade against Chen Youliang's Polo Timur, but in Lantian was intercepted by Wang Baobao's subordinates, Polo Timur's request for Wang Baobao's troops to withdraw from Tongguan was refused, at the same time Polo Timur sent the general Zhuzhen into Jingzhao, and then Wang Baobao and Li Siqi joined forces to attack Jingzhao, Zhuzhen had to go out of the city and surrender, and the war between Polo Timur and Wang Baobao intensified......