I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 114 A Gift from Qizhou

The anger on Zhu Houzhao's face disappeared instantly, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"It's only the beginning of September. How come the gifts come so early this year?" Zhu Houzhao said in surprise.

"Hurry up and let the envoy from Prince Jing's Mansion in!" Zhu Houzhao said impatiently.

Seeing that Zhu Houzhao became happy, Qian Ning and Jiang Bin both breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Houxuan had been away for three years. Because of the war, Zhu Houzhao never summoned Zhu Houxuan to Beijing again, but Zhu Houxuan still found ways to send gifts to Zhu Houzhao every year.

In addition to the fifth year of Zhengde, Zhu Houxuan gave Zhu Houzhao gifts twice, in the sixth year of Zhengde and the seventh year of Zhengde.

They were 600,000 jin of steel ingots and 600,000 pieces of Qizhou wide cloth.

Both gifts greatly helped Zhu Houzhao in quelling the rebellion.

There is no need to talk about the role of steel ingots. Cloth can be distributed to officers and soldiers as military pay. Because the military pay of the Ming army was mostly in kind, cloth itself was a kind of military pay of the Ming army.

The reason why he didn't send any gifts in the fifth year of Zhengde was that after Zhu Houzhao took over Zhu Houxun's two properties, he forced Zhu Houxun not to send him any birthday gifts in the future. Having these two properties was enough for him.

Zhu Houxuan hadn't sent a gift for only a year, but when the war broke out, he quickly sent a birthday gift to Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Houzhao watched the war escalate and no longer mentioned the ban on gifts, and directly accepted the gifts.

In short, Zhu Houxuan's gifts always brought surprises to Zhu Houzhao.

After a while, Zhang Yong came in with Yu Chunlai.

"Yu Chunlai, the Chief of the Chengfeng Division of the Prince of Jing's Mansion, pays his respects to Your Majesty!" Yu Chunlai said as he knelt down.

"Please stand up!" Zhu Houzhao looked at Yu Chunlai, "I remember now, it was you who gave me the Bloodthirsty Sword four years ago!"

"Yes, I didn't expect that Your Majesty still remembered me. I was disrespectful in front of the king at that time and made Your Majesty laugh!" Yu Chunlai said somewhat embarrassedly.

"Of course I remember, thanks to you for clearing up the misunderstanding! Where is the gift my brother gave me?" Zhu Houzhao couldn't wait any longer.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. The gifts have been safely delivered outside." Yu Chunlai said with a smile.

"Take me to see it quickly!" Zhu Houzhao pulled Yu Chunlai and walked out.

When I walked outside, I saw four big men standing in a row. Each of them was about 1.8 meters tall. But what was strange was that each of them was wearing a black robe, covering them tightly from head to toe, leaving only their eyes exposed. It could also be seen that these four men were very strong, and they were bulging under the robe.

Moreover, when these four people saw the emperor coming out, they remained motionless, which was very strange.

"What's going on with these four people?" Zhu Houzhao was shocked. This was the Leopard Room, and he didn't remember anyone dressed like this in the Leopard Room.

"Your Majesty, this is the gift from His Highness!" Yu Chunlai said with a smile.

"Are these four people gifts?" Zhu Houzhao was confused.

"That's right! Your Majesty will know it at a glance!" Yu Chunlai clapped his hands and said to the four people, "Let's get started!"

The man on the far left reached out and untied his robe, revealing the armor he was wearing. The armor was made of multiple rectangular armor plates connected in series. He had no helmet, only a leather crown, and his hair was combed into a left bun.

The man stared at Zhu Houzhao, suddenly drew out the bronze sword from his waist, posed and shouted: "Old Qin, recover our land! We will not stop fighting until our blood is dried and we die!" Zhu Houzhao understood what was going on in an instant, and the words the man shouted made his blood boil instantly.

"Qin armor! This is Qin armor! I have seen the pattern in a book!" Zhu Houzhao said excitedly.

Then the second man also reached out and untied the robe, revealing the armor he was wearing. The armor plates were painted black and connected with red ribbons. It was a set of armor, but the armor plates were much smaller than those of the Qin armor. He wore an iron helmet on his head, which was decorated with two long red feathers, which was very eye-catching.

This man also stared at Zhu Houzhao, slowly drew out the iron sword from his waist, and also struck a pose, saying in a deep and firm tone: "Whoever offends the mighty Han will be punished even if he is far away!"

"Han armor! Black iron armor!" Zhu Houzhao had completely understood the pattern of the gifts sent by Zhu Houxun, and said with great excitement.

The third person also reached out and untied his robe, revealing the armor he was wearing. There were metal round guards on the chest and back of the armor, which were polished very smoothly, much like a mirror. Under the sunlight, they reflected dazzling light. Apart from these, the rest of the body was covered with fine scales. There was also skirt armor on the legs and a phoenix-wing iron helmet on the head.

This man also stared at Zhu Houzhao, slowly drew out the sword from his waist, struck a pose, and said in a heroic tone: "I have worn my golden armor through a hundred battles in the yellow sand, and I will not return until I have conquered Loulan!"

"Tang armor! Ming Guang armor!" Zhu Houzhao said without thinking.

The last person also reached out and untied his robe, revealing the armor he was wearing. This armor was in the shape of a lapel, with shoulder pads, armor body, leg skirt, helmet curtain leaves, etc. The helmet was draped over the neck, leaving only the eyes exposed, and almost covering the whole body. The armor was covered with thick silver armor plates, and he looked amazing just standing there.

This man also stared at Zhu Houzhao, raised an iron mace, struck a pose, and shouted: "It is easy to shake a mountain! It is difficult to shake Yue's army!"

"Song armor! Infantry armor!" Zhu Houzhao laughed.

"My brother really understands me! I like this gift so much!" Zhu Houzhao finally stopped laughing and said to the people around him.

Zhu Houzhao was also an armor enthusiast in his previous life, but he was short of money at the time, and he was not a big shot, so he didn't buy any armor on Taobao. However, he still watched every episode of Wuzhen Tianwang Jie Ge's videos, and he also watched a lot of other videos about ancient armor. In addition, he read ancient books, and made these four sets of armor, and by the way, he played cosplay with Zhu Houzhao.

If you just give armor as a gift, it won’t have such a good effect, but with cosplay and carefully selected slogans, the effect is extraordinary.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly realized that the figures of these four people were very similar to him, and he understood Zhu Houxuan's painstaking efforts. He pointed at the third person and said, "You, take off your armor and give it to me!"

After getting the armor, Zhu Houzhao went straight back into the house and started changing it. Among the several sets of armor, he still liked the Ming Guang armor the most.

Jiang Bin was very familiar with how to put on and take off armor, so he helped Zhu Houzhao put on his armor.

"What do you think? Am I brave and brave?" Zhu Houzhao said proudly.

"Your Majesty is extremely brave and heroic!" everyone around exclaimed in admiration.

Zhu Houxuan made some adjustments to these sets of armor to make the weight distribution of the armor more reasonable, making the wearer more comfortable without reducing the defense.

"Quickly bring me a mirror so I can take a good look at myself," Zhu Houzhao ordered.

The people around hurriedly looked for the bronze mirror.

"Your Majesty, please use this mirror!" Yu Chunlai and Zhang Yong held up a mirror.

Zhu Houzhao turned around and saw that the mirror in their hands was more than a person's height. He looked into the mirror again and saw that his reflection was clearly visible. He was used to the dim bronze mirror and was a little uncomfortable for a while.
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(End of this chapter)