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

Chapter 84: Leopard House Journey Continued

Chapter 84: Leopard House Journey Continued

Zhu Houxuan never thought that there would be a day when so many people would chase him and call him uncle. Moreover, these people were dressed in all kinds of clothes and seemed to be of all races, which fully demonstrated Zhu Houzhao's fraternity.

"My brother, are my adopted sons strong and virile?" Zhu Houzhao asked proudly.

Zhu Houxuan carefully observed these nephews. Most of them were strong and sturdy. Their individual combat capabilities should be okay, but their overall discipline was lax. If they were an elite commando team with a number of about a hundred people, their combat effectiveness should be okay. However, if the number was larger, their combat effectiveness would probably be reduced.

Zhu Houxuan was actually a little confused. Since they were adopted by Zhu Houzhao as his adopted sons, they certainly couldn't be used as soldiers. They should be trained as officers. However, looking at their clear eyes that were not polluted by knowledge, Zhu Houxuan was a little unsure. It was okay for them to be low-level officers, but it was a bit of a stretch for them to be mid-level officers.
So Zhu Houxuan could only nod without comment.

Zhu Houzhao was particularly happy and pulled Zhu Houxuan to a room next door.

There were no other close friends around the emperor today, only Zhu Houxuan was there.

Gu Dayong led the troops to quell the rebellion, Liu Jin discussed government affairs with the cabinet ministers on behalf of the emperor, Zhang Yong handled related affairs in the palace, and Qian Ning handled the case personally in the Southern Pacification Office.

Zhu Houzhao picked up a wooden sword from the weapon rack next to him and threw it to Zhu Houxun, then he also picked up one himself, "You can't just be a blacksmith, you still have to learn some self-defense methods. Come, let me teach you some sword skills! My sword skills are very good, and I have never met an opponent who can defeat me."

Zhu Houxuan weighed the wooden sword in his hand and felt it was very light. He bowed and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, my brother."

"Let's fight first to see your skills, and then I'll teach you." Zhu Houzhao said excitedly. Usually he was surrounded by experts who were proficient in various weapons, and this was the first time he taught someone to practice sword.

Zhu Houxuan nodded and got ready.

"You come and attack!" Zhu Houzhao urged.

"Okay!" Zhu Houxun immediately swung the wooden sword and swept it across. Zhu Houxun had never practiced sword in his previous life, so he used 50% of his strength in this sword, but it was already powerful and extremely fast.

Zhu Houzhao knew it was bad as soon as he saw the sword coming. He wanted to dodge it, but it was too fast and he was careless, so he couldn't dodge it at all, so he could only raise his sword to block it.

"Bang!" The two swords collided, and Zhu Houzhao felt a sharp pain in his sword-holding hand, and the sword in his hand almost slipped out of his hand. Just as he recovered, he found that Zhu Houxuan's second sword had already attacked, so he had to raise his sword to block it again.
The two sides fought four or five times, and Zhu Houzhao could no longer hold the hilt of the sword, and the sword in his hand was knocked away.
"My royal brother, you accidentally didn't hold the sword firmly, why don't you try another one?" Zhu Houxun looked at Zhu Houzhao with a smile.

He has now found a way to get along with Zhu Houzhao, which is to treat Zhu Houzhao as his college roommate, and the results seem to be quite good so far.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the flying wooden sword and couldn't believe that he was defeated like this. He was about to get angry, but when he thought that the person in front of him was his younger brother and he was the older brother, he had to pretend to be calm and said, "No, I'm not feeling well today. I'll teach you another day!"

"Oh, then I'll listen to my brother."

"How come you are so strong?"

"I often do blacksmithing at home!"

I actually forgot this! Zhu Houzhao cursed in his heart.

"Brother, have you seen a tiger? How about I take you to see a tiger? I raised the tiger myself!" Zhu Houzhao began to change the subject.

"General?" Zhu Houxuan asked with raised eyebrows.

"Today I am General Zhu Shou!" Zhu Houzhao was proud again. "Who gave you the title?"

"It was conferred by Zhu Houzhao, the Zhengde Emperor of the Ming Dynasty!" General Zhu Shou became even more proud.

Uh. Zhu Houxuan didn’t know what to say.

"Or I can ask Emperor Zhengde of the Ming Dynasty to appoint my brother as the general. It would be a pity if my brother, who is so brave and heroic, doesn't become the general." General Zhu Shou said, slapping his thigh.

"No, I'm not interested in the general." Zhu Houxuan quickly refused. He felt that Zhu Houzhao was really capable of doing this. If he was really appointed as the general, the impeachment memorials from civil servants would overwhelm the entire cabinet.

"Let's go see the tigers. I haven't seen a tiger yet!" Zhu Houxuan wanted to quickly skip the topic of the general.

Zhu Houzhao's tigers were not kept in a leopard house, but in a royal zoo outside Xihua Gate at the southern end of the Western Garden.

Sometimes local people would offer auspicious signs, and foreign envoys would also offer rare animals. Small and medium-sized animals were kept outside Xihua Gate. Large animals were kept in other places, such as the elephant house, which was located outside Xuanwu Gate.

It has been like this since the time of Zhu Di. I heard that he even raised giraffes. It is said that the giraffes were brought from Africa by the eunuch Zheng He. So this royal zoo was not created by Zhu Houzhao himself. Emperors of all dynasties would visit the zoo when they had free time.

But the Leopard House really lives up to its name, there really is a super ferocious leopard in it.

However, the leopard was treated very well, with 240 officials raising it, and their annual salary was more than 2,800 dan. Of course, these officials were not just responsible for taking care of the leopard, but also for entertaining Zhu Houzhao, and many of them were carefully selected warriors.

Zhu Houzhao brought Zhu Houxun to the Imperial Zoo and pointed to a tiger in a cage and said, "Look, my brother, I raised that tiger myself."

"Sure enough, he is the king of beasts." Zhu Houxuan exclaimed

There are a total of seven tigers in the zoo, including Siberian tigers and South China tigers.

The one that Zhu Houzhao raised himself was born in the zoo. He would just come over occasionally to throw a few pieces of meat.

Zhu Houzhao asked: "In books, people often use the phrase 'being able to tear tigers and leopards apart alive' to describe someone who is very strong. My brother is so strong, can he tear tigers and leopards apart alive?"

"Those are the brave warriors in ancient times. I am far inferior to them," Zhu Houxun said hurriedly, fearing that if he spoke too slowly, Zhu Houzhao would really let him try. He now believed that Zhu Houzhao could really do such a thing.

"Oh," Zhu Houzhao said with some regret.

The eunuchs carried a living sheep. Although Zhu Houzhao was not as strong as Zhu Houxun, he was still stronger than an ordinary person. Ignoring the sheep's struggle, he grabbed the sheep's leg and threw it directly into the tiger cage, then sat and watched the tigers pounce on the poor lamb.

As he watched, he commented on the characteristics of each tiger.

Although Zhu Houxuan felt that the sheep was quite pitiful, he forced himself to keep watching because in this era, he had to adapt to this thing. If he couldn't even adapt to the blood of animals, let alone human blood, and what he was going to do would definitely involve a lot of bloodshed.

(End of this chapter)

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