"Father, where are we?”
"Father? What father? Do you know that I'm here incognito? What, you can't even call me father?”
"Uh... Father, you know that's not what I meant!”
...
On the bumpy road.
In a gorgeous carriage.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was dressed in plain clothes and had his hair tied up, felt the bumpy feeling of the uneven road.
He looked at his fourth son, Zhu Di, who was pale and obviously couldn't stand the jolting of the carriage.
"Father, we are doing well in the Ying Tian Prefecture. Why do we suddenly have to go on a private visit in disguise? You're already so old. Why did you come here to suffer?"
Zhu Di watched as the old man retracted his hand, which was about to hit him. Then, he chuckled and began to interrogate him again.
He looked at the young Zhu Di.
Zhu Yuanzhang said earnestly.
"Fourth Bro, you have to remember that even though we've conquered this world for you, you're still the same. However, whether you can defend it or not is your brother's business. Big Ming is the Big Ming of our Old Zhu family. Some things can't just be heard by others. You have to see it with your own eyes before you understand.”
"Do you understand?"
Zhu Di listened to the old man's extremely serious tone.
The smile on his face could not help but disappear.
He knew that the old man was teaching him.
"Father, don't worry. I'll remember what you said."
After Zhu Di finished speaking, the carriage seemed to have run over a rock or something.
Suddenly, it jumped violently.
This almost made Zhu Di, who was already feeling nauseous, throw up.
However, after this jolt, the carriage suddenly became abnormally stable.
"Master, we just passed the border of Fengyang County.”
Zhu Di finally heaved a sigh of relief.
Outside the carriage, the coachman's voice could be heard.
"Alright, slow down a little. Looking along the way, after so many years, he wondered if things would remain the same and people would change!”
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard that they had entered Fengyang City,
He, who had been teaching the child just now, could not help but have a complicated look in his eyes.
Fengyang!
This was his hometown, but unfortunately…
"Fourth Bro! Fengyang is the root of our Zhu family! Back then, your grandparents starved to death under the governance of the Yuan people…Hey, are you listening to me?”
Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to express his feelings in front of his son.
In the end, he turned around.
However, she realized that Zhu Di was staring out of the window curiously.
This made Zhu Yuanzhang, who originally wanted to tell his tragic life and give his son a warning, feel very embarrassed.
He raised his hand and slapped Zhu Di's forehead.
His voice also became a little unhappy.
However, what he did not expect was…
Zhu Di didn't cry out in pain after being slapped by him.
Instead, he looked out of the window in surprise.
"Dad, look, this road... Isn't this road a little too wide? Moreover, they are all black…"
"Isn't it just a road? Look at how inexperienced you are…"
Zhu Yuanzhang heard that his son did not listen to his glorious history.
When he was actually staring at a road outside, he was instantly a little unhappy.
This kid, could it be that his legendary experience was not as attractive as any other path?
With curiosity and a strange desire to win,
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but look out the window.
However, his eyes widened when he saw it.
The wide road was paved with a layer of black gravel. The carriage was unusually stable on the road.
Looking through the car door, the entire road unfolded like a scroll.
Not to mention steep slopes, there were very few bends.
And he didn't know if it was an illusion.
He had a feeling that ever since he entered Fengyang County, there seemed to be more carriages and pedestrians on the road.
Along the way, they had seen many commoners.
However, compared to other places.
The closer they got to Fengyang City…
The smiles on the faces of the commoners seemed to become more cordial, and their eyes seemed to be filled with anticipation for tomorrow.
That smile that was filled with hope and yearning for life was something he could not see anywhere else.
"Will such a smile really appear in a county under the jurisdiction of corrupt officials? Or was this just a facade? Could it be that someone had leaked the fact that I was incognito?”
Zhu Yuanzhang himself had experienced a life of survival under the control of corrupt officials.
He knew better than anyone else how desperate the lives of the people would be if the official in charge of a region was a corrupt person.
They didn't even have the mood to cry.
Because at that time, living a little longer was all the commoners could hope for.
However, looking at the pedestrians carrying goods or children...
The smile on his face, the light in his eyes.
All of this seemed so unreal!
"Dad, look ahead. Isn't that our hometown? Didn't you always say that our hometown in Fengyang is very poor? This... This doesn't look like it either!"
While Zhu Yuanzhang was still suspicious, Zhu Di exclaimed again.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked in the direction his son pointed.
His eyes immediately became numb.
Towering city walls stood tall.
Below the city wall, there were actually two wide city gates.
Under the right side of the city gate, the pedestrians and carriages entering the city formed a long queue in an orderly manner.
Just by looking at it, it was at least two miles away.
On the other side of the city gate, an endless stream of pedestrians and carriages slowly walked out of the city.
Although they had yet to enter the city, just the city gate alone was enough to make one imagine how prosperous the city was.
But... This was Fengyang!
"This... Is this really our hometown, Fengyang? Did we come to the wrong place?”
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