Chapter 970: Mountains and Rivers Appear and Disappear, the City-State is Solid; Jade Sounds Fall Suddenly, Bai Yin Mountain is Offere

Zhu Yiluo was a bystander who was clear, and Quan Tianpei was confused by the situation.

In Quan Tianpei's view, the tooth soldier commander Xie Ruixiang was a hero of Golden Shancheng, and he was also a comrade-in-arms who fought side by side with Quan Tianpei and established Golden Shancheng together. The difficulties and obstacles along the way were borne by the two of them together.

Quan Tianpei completely thought that Xie Ruixiang was dissatisfied with the distribution and hoped for more distribution.

Zhu Yiluo, who had just arrived in Golden Shancheng, did not think so at all, because he saw Xie Ruixiang killing people regardless of human life, and he realized that something was wrong.

Xie Ruixiang might never have regarded Golden Shancheng as his overseas hometown. Otherwise, in the case of a shortage of Han people, he still killed people regardless of human life. In the case of foreign enemies, he still brought the conflict with Quan Tianpei to the surface.

This means that in Xie Ruixiang's heart, Golden Shancheng was fundamentally dispensable. At this time, Quan Tianpei still thought that Xie Ruixiang was throwing a tantrum and making trouble for gold, which was indeed a bit soft-hearted.

"Commander Luo, according to Xie Ruixiang's alliance book, can we set a trap for the Mexico Viceroy's Office, wait for him to drill in, and knock out one of his teeth?" Zhu Yiluo looked at Luo Shangzhi and asked for his opinion.

The Prince of Lu had just arrived at his fief, and the Mexico Viceroy's Office also wanted to test the Great Ming's quality.

Luo Shangzhi nodded and said: "Your Highness is right."

"I am not good at military affairs, so I will leave it to Commander Luo." Zhu Yiluo originally wanted to make arrangements, but when he thought of his military talent, he chose to be like his Imperial Brother and let Luo Shangzhi fight this battle.

A guy with no experience in leading troops, commanding indiscriminately, would probably mess up a good hand of cards.

Zhu Yiluo was not afraid of Luo Shangzhi's betrayal, leading troops to overthrow him, the Prince of Lu, occupying the mountain as king, and occupying Golden Mountain to claim king and hegemony, because at this time, the navy was still completely subordinate to the Great Ming, not the Golden Mountain State.

The three thousand naval troops led by Luo Shangzhi had to be rotated once every three years.

Zhu Yiluo wanted to keep Luo Shangzhi in the Golden Mountain State, but Luo Shangzhi's ambition was not here.

As one of the twenty-eight stars of the Eastern Expedition heroes, and one of the few naval generals, Luo Shangzhi had a bright future and was a strong contender for the Songjiang Navy Regional Commander and the Nanyang Navy Regional Commander. Being a Navy Regional Commander in the Great Ming, or a Great General in the Golden Mountain State, for Luo Shangzhi, obviously being a Navy Regional Commander was more attractive.

With the current conditions of the Golden Mountain State, a general star like Luo Shangzhi could not be kept at all. Luo Shangzhi being able to come together was the grace of the Emperor, and it was his Imperial Brother using his power for personal gain.

"Just try the strength of this Mexico Viceroy's Office." Luo Shangzhi smiled and said: "I don't know if the Mexico Viceroy's Office is a match for these ten fast sailing ships."

The thirty-six-jin ship cannons had not yet drunk blood. The Great Ming's firepower configuration for fast sailing ships relied entirely on design and needed to be tested in practice.

Judging from the daily drills, the combat power of one fast sailing ship is roughly equivalent to five five-masted ocean-crossing ships and ten three-masted galleons. In this era when naval combat means are relatively poor, what is compared is heavy ships and giant cannons.

Ten fast sailing ships, twenty five-masted ocean-crossing ships, fifty three-masted galleons, and a hundred battle-seat ships—even if six ships were lost in the ocean, the strength of the Golden Mountain State's navy was still extremely strong.

And the most advanced warships of the West were equivalent to the Great Ming's three-masted galleons. If ten fast sailing ships fired at full power, the Mexico Viceroy's Office had better have one hundred three-masted galleons.

If the Mexico Viceroy's Office did not have so many three-masted galleons, this harassment of Golden Shancheng by the Mexico Viceroy's Office would be the righteous cause for the Great Ming navy to be famous.

Zhu Yiluo picked up the second memorial given by Quan Tianpei, which discussed a problem: Golden Shancheng lacked coal mines. Golden Shancheng was warm in winter and cool in summer, very livable, but cooking required coal. Because of the climate, the firewood here was not enough.

Actually, to be more precise, the Golden Mountain State lacked enough geomancers.

"This time, I brought three geomancers, as well as their disciples, who will stay in the Golden Mountain State for three years." Zhu Yiluo did not completely solve this problem, because the main destination of these three geomancers was the gold mines of Golden Shancheng.

These three geomancers would take a boat and leave to return to the Great Ming during the next rotation.

"Either find a coal field before they leave, or Golden Shancheng can train geomancers who can find dragons and divide gold by themselves before they leave. In this way, Golden Mountain Earl, you pick a few clever apprentices to follow these geomancers and learn well. Don't be lazy."

"Relying on mountains, mountains will fall; relying on people, people will run. Relying on anyone is not as good as relying on ourselves." Zhu Yiluo gave very clear instructions to advance together.

The Golden Mountain State must have its own geomancers, find enough mineral deposits, and collect these mineral deposits in exchange for enough Great Ming goods.

"Respect Your Highness's royal order." Quan Tianpei said immediately. Quan Tianpei was one of the founders of Golden Shancheng, and his love for Golden Shancheng was above the Prince of Lu. The Prince of Lu could pat his butt and return to the Great Ming, and the Emperor would not make things difficult for this noble, but if the development opportunity of Golden Shancheng was gone, it would really be gone.

"For the Hopi tribe of barbarians, contact them a few more times. If they still don't give up attacking our Golden Shancheng, then try every means to defeat them!" Zhu Yiluo gave very clear instructions on foreign affairs, trying not to have conflicts if possible.

First courtesy, then soldiers. If he could appoint a few native officials, pick them from the outside, and slowly expand, if there was no way to take it slowly, then Zhu Yiluo's fists and feet were not necessarily unfavorable.

"Also, is the management of horses in Golden Shancheng a bit too loose?" Zhu Yiluo studied the memorial and found that there were horses in the trade between Golden Shancheng and the barbarians!

Zhu Yiluo said quite puzzled: "The biggest advantage of the Golden Mountain State over the barbarians, besides firearms, is horses. On the battlefield, soldiers value speed, and you dare to trade horses that move quickly? Even the grassland people have to play ten thousand tricks when trading horses with us."

"You trade horses to these barbarians, this is digging your own grave."

"Your Highness, the Golden Shancheng was just established at the beginning. In order to take root, I had to do this." Quan Tianpei explained why he traded horses. He said in a low voice: "They are all castrated. The horse breeds were not traded out. They are all pack horses."

Beimeizhou and South America, these two new worlds, had no horses and very easy-to-mine iron mountains, so the natives in these two places were still in the Bronze Age, and the appearance of large livestock like horses aroused the interest of the barbarians.

Although Quan Tianpei traded some horses, the management of horse breeds was very strict. After standing firm, the trade of horses was gradually tightened.

Sometimes, Quan Tianpei even felt a bit strange. These proper Great Ming people, after arriving in the Golden Mountain State, were a bit like grassland people.

Six memorials, of which Zhu Yiluo gave answers to four. The remaining two, Zhu Yiluo did not continue to communicate with Quan Tianpei, because he had no way. One was that Golden Shancheng lacked enough schools, and the other was that Golden Shancheng lacked enough medical clinics. Zhu Yiluo had no good way for these two things.

The accompanying doctors could train doctors, but in the short term, they could not change the situation in Golden Shancheng.

On the morning of the next day, Zhu Yiluo took 120 Embroidered Uniform Guards out of the city and headed south. In half an hour, he walked thirty li, and then walked forty li west. The Embroidered Uniform Guards scattered to scout, and in the afternoon, Zhu Yiluo returned to Golden Shancheng.

Within thirty li of Golden Shancheng, there was not much danger.

On the 26th day of the fourth month, Zhu Yiluo ordered the establishment of four sentry posts at high places within thirty li, which could observe the movements of the barbarians.

This was a method he learned from Qi Jiguang. Thirty li was a sufficiently safe warning range. In the first year of Wanli, Qi Jiguang ambushed Dong Huli and his nephew, which was the merit of the sentry posts.

Luo Shangzhi returned from overseas on the 26th, telling that the fleet sent by the Mexico Viceroy's Office had been destroyed. The fleet had only three three-masted galleons, and the number of people was only five hundred. Two were directly sunk by thirty-six-jin ship cannons, and one escaped back to the Mexico Viceroy's Office.

The enemy ship's escape was intentional by Luo Shangzhi, the purpose of which was to let this ship bring fear back to the Mexico Viceroy's Office. Only in this way would the Mexico Viceroy's Office not interfere with the Great Ming's activities.

Luo Shangzhi planned to establish twelve coastal defense inspection divisions in the coastal areas. In addition to scouting sea pirates, they could also serve as outposts for exploration.

Land sentry posts, sea coastal defense inspections—within less than half a month of Zhu Yiluo's arrival in Golden Shancheng, the prototype of the Golden Mountain State's defense was built.

Luo Shangzhi suggested immediately sending an envoy to the Mexico Viceroy's Office, demanding compensation from the Viceroy's Office for the sneak attack on Golden Shancheng, to appease the anger of His Highness the Prince of Lu. Zhu Yiluo readily agreed.

How much compensation can be demanded is not very important. The Golden Mountain Navy has just arrived, and it will not immediately have a large-scale conflict with the Mexico Viceroy's Office. The main thing is to set up a stance. Bluffing is also momentum.

Quan Tianpei visibly relaxed. He could manage Golden Shancheng with peace of mind, without having to be distracted by those military affairs, diplomacy, and long-term planning that he was not very proficient in.

Zhu Yiluo found that Quan Tianpei was very good at management, and the entire Golden Shancheng was managed in an orderly manner by Quan Tianpei, but he was indeed a bit soft-hearted, especially too tolerant of the Han people. As long as he didn't kill people, Quan Tianpei almost didn't have any punishment for the pioneering Han people.

Quan Tianpei was a good person, but the Prince of Lu was not. The Prince of Lu promulgated the Golden Mountain Law based on the Great Ming Law, established the Golden Mountain Dai Fuya, recruited two hundred people as yamen runners, and took back the power of the judicial department from Quan Tianpei's hands.

After the entire fourth month, Zhu Yiluo had a more comprehensive understanding of the power of the ruler. The establishment of the Golden Mountain Dai Fuya immediately brought many changes to Golden Shancheng, with clear government and harmony, strict rule of law, and peace in the neighborhood.

This change made Quan Tianpei's management of Golden Shancheng even easier, and even had a feeling of being able to use it as an arm.

At this point, Quan Tianpei also clearly knew that this Highness the Prince of Lu was not a troublemaker who only knew how to mess around as rumored. His Highness the Prince of Lu had quite a talent for learning and did things with rules.

But another rumor was confirmed: His Highness the Prince of Lu really liked beauties from ten thousand countries, because on the day of the inspection on the 3rd day of the fifth month, the Prince of Lu brought back a beauty from the outside, named Ivimoda, which means dew on flowers in the barbarian language.

Soon, this beauty became one of the Prince of Lu's harem.

Ivimoda's figure was quite tall, half a head taller than ordinary palace maids, and she was not inferior to the strong Prince of Lu. A head of thick black-brown long hair was as smooth as flowing water, and her wheat-colored skin was smooth and tight. When she first appeared, she wore a deerskin skirt, and wore necklaces made of shells, animal teeth, and shiny black stones. These ugly decorations still couldn't hide her beauty.

Ivimoda's identity was not simple. Her father was the chief of the Hopi tribe, and the Hopi tribe was the largest tribe nearby, with more than 150,000 people. After her mother was executed, she began to flee and finally fled to the vicinity of Golden Shancheng, where she was captured by Zhu Yiluo.

And the reason why her mother was executed was quite surprising, because her mother learned Chinese and collected several books used for enlightenment in the Great Ming. Originally, her mother was a translator, responsible for communication with Golden Shancheng merchants, but because of the hostility with Golden Shancheng and other reasons, learning Chinese and collecting books became an unforgivable crime.

This dramatic change was not just Ivimoda's mother, but also several other translators and barbarians who had too much contact with the Great Ming people were also executed.

Zhu Yiluo found it difficult to understand the barbarian slave chief's approach, because of the hostility with Spain, could his Imperial Brother execute all the translators in the Ministry of Rites who were proficient in Latin and Spanish? Li Yashi was still alive and kicking!

After in-depth communication with Quan Tianpei, Zhu Yiluo chose to understand.

Barbarians do things according to their own reasons. With the thinking style of the Great Ming people, it is difficult to understand.

For example, in the eyes of the Great Ming people, floods are caused by not building enough water conservancy facilities, not doing a good job of inspecting river embankments, and cutting corners. Many river officials in the Great Ming were executed for embankment breaches.

But barbarians are not. Barbarians believe that floods are divine punishment, that mortals have committed unforgivable sins, and that they have brought about divine punishment. Anyway, whatever difficulties they have, they push them to God.

In the range of the Hopi tribe, there was a mountain fire that could not be extinguished for several months. The Hopi people naturally thought that this was the divine punishment of the Sun God, and the contact with the Great Ming people was the sin committed by the nearest tribe.

Ivimoda's mother being executed became very normal in the logic of barbarians.

Quan Tianpei believed that in this land, the induction between heaven and man had extreme advancement. The Shang kings would explain divination according to their own ideas, and even take the "cutting off the communication between heaven and earth" done by Zhuanxu in the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, which could also bring practical changes to the barbarians.

In late May, the Mexico Viceroy's Office sent twelve beauties, two thousand slaves, and two hundred thousand taels of silver, and guaranteed to send two hundred thousand taels of silver to Golden Shancheng every year to exchange for His Highness the Prince of Lu's understanding of the previous misunderstanding, requesting His Highness the Prince of Lu not to report this trivial neighborhood dispute to His Majesty.

On the one hand, the fast sailing ships brought enough fear, and on the other hand, the Pan-Pacific Commercial Alliance was mutually beneficial. The Viceroy had already set off for the Great Ming. These colonialists left behind by the Viceroy's Office were creating obstacles for the Pan-Pacific Commercial Alliance.

Zhu Yijun stated:

In principle, provoking a Great Ming fiefdom is equivalent to provoking the Great Ming. The Great Ming is a heavenly kingdom, and it will never allow provocation to happen. The Great Ming fast sailing ships have enough firepower to defend the Great Ming territory and eliminate all provocateurs to ensure the majesty of the heavenly kingdom.

The Mexico Viceroy's Office colluded with the rebel Xie Ruixiang to seek the Great Ming's Golden Shancheng, which is an unforgivable act. The Golden Mountain State has made enough war preparations. The Mexico Viceroy's Office must accept severe punishment to learn a lesson and not dare to easily provoke the Great Ming's majesty.

However, since the opening of the seas, the Great Ming and the Mexico Viceroy's Office have maintained a very good trade relationship. The Mexico Viceroy's Office has guaranteed the safety of the Ming Hall. Arbitrarily expanding the scale of the war and destroying the good relationship is not a good choice for both sides. In the end, it will only become a lose-lose situation.

The Mexico Viceroy's Office is willing to provide enough compensation, and the red-haired barbarians who colluded with Xie Ruixiang have also died under the Great Ming's artillery fire.

Based on these considerations, if the Mexico Viceroy's Office is willing to provide compensation of 500,000 taels of silver per year, then he, the Prince of Lu, can forgive the mistakes made by the Viceroy's Office generously and magnanimously, and not let this trivial matter disturb His Majesty.

The envoy of the Mexico Viceroy's Office communicated with Chief Secretary Meng Jinquan in every possible way, bargained, and reduced the silver compensation to 300,000 taels of silver per year.

And the Viceroy's Office provided a piece of news that was very beneficial to Golden Shancheng.

Six hundred li away from Golden Shancheng, there was a silver mine location explored by the Viceroy's Office in the early years. This silver mine had rich reserves, with an annual output of more than four million taels of silver, and could be mined for hundreds of years.

The Mexico Viceroy's Office once tried to develop this silver mountain with 120 colonialists and 800 slaves, but because this silver mountain was in the territory of the Hopi tribe, it was very easy to be attacked by the Hopi people along the way. After mining and smelting for three years, the Viceroy's Office had to abandon this silver mountain.

If the Great Ming scouts go to that silver mountain, they can see the small towns, stables, taverns, gambling houses, and various tools left behind by the mine.

Six hundred li is not a straight-line distance, but a road distance, because it is in the mountains, the road is relatively tortuous, and because it is mostly mountain roads, it provided opportunities for the Hopi people to sneak attack.

Zhu Yiluo sent the distant marquis of the pier to explore this place called "Maiden Bai Yin Mountain." If the Mexico Viceroy's Office dared to deceive His Highness the Prince of Lu, then the Mexico Viceroy's Office would have to bear the anger of the Great Ming.

Compared to gold, silver is more important to the Great Ming.

If this exploration really finds the so-called silver mountain ruins, the Golden Mountain State will have both gold and silver mountains, and the importance of the Golden Mountain State to the Great Ming will rise again.

For this exploration, Golden Shancheng attached great importance to it. The distant marquis adventure team of the pier sent out six teams, following the map provided by the Mexico Viceroy's Office, to search.

Soon, the distant marquis of the pier found the location of Maiden Bai Yin Mountain, and the information of the exploration came one after another.

The good news is that what the Mexico Viceroy's Office said is true. It is indeed a silver mine, and the distant marquis of the pier successfully brought back a batch of ore, and the abundance is comparable to that of a rich silver mine.

The bad news is that this silver mountain has been firmly occupied by the Hopi tribe. Just around the mine, there is a tribe of six thousand people.

Zhu Yiluo, Meng Jinquan, Quan Tianpei, Luo Shangzhi, and others discussed it simply and decided to withdraw all the distant marquis of the pier and not make further exploration in the short term.

In the direction of Golden Shancheng's expansion, expand in the direction of the silver mountain, hoping to include Maiden Bai Yin Mountain in the Golden Mountain State's rule within five to ten years.

And Zhu Yiluo held the first public trial in Golden Shancheng. The public trial list of 128 people headed by the rebel Xie Ruixiang surprised the people of Golden Shancheng.

The public trial execution platform was set up on the pier of Golden Mountain Port. Seven days before the public trial, the Golden Mountain Prefecture began to preach the crimes of these 128 people.

Quan Tianpei believed that Xie Ruixiang had a high reputation in Golden Shancheng, and it was easy to cause unrest if he was disposed of easily, but Zhu Yiluo used the method of public trial, public judgment, and public execution, avoiding the people's random speculation about the case.

In Zhu Yiluo's view, the people have never been unable to distinguish right from wrong, good from bad, but they cannot get enough news, so they will speculate randomly. If they are willing to fully disclose the human evidence, material evidence, and book evidence of the case, naturally there will not be so many doubts.

The public trial and public judgment proceeded smoothly. After the evidence was publicized for three days, Xie Ruixiang and 128 others were ordered by the Prince of Lu to be beheaded and displayed to the public.

While Xie Ruixiang was beheaded and displayed to the public, and the Prince of Lu was busy sorting out the affairs of the Golden Mountain State, the Great Ming Emperor received the reply of the Prince of Lu's safe fiefdom on the 22nd day of the sixth month. Looking at the personal seal representing the Prince of Lu's safety, Zhu Yijun breathed a sigh of relief, at least it meant that this younger brother had arrived smoothly.

That's enough. Even if the Prince of Lu couldn't stand it and ran back, Zhu Yijun would not blame him. Planting the royal banner in Golden Shancheng was more than enough.

"Hahaha." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhu Yiluo's memorial and suddenly laughed.

Zhu Yiluo's memorial was less like a memorial and more like a long letter. In the letter, Zhu Yiluo chattered a lot, such as the sixty-three-day voyage, such as the majesty of the volcanic rocks of Golden Spring Island.

What made Zhu Yijun feel interesting here was that Zhu Yiluo complained that he had to grind as soon as he arrived, and he couldn't stop for a moment, and it was continuous grinding.

Now, Zhu Yiluo was also a donkey in the mill. The boomerang of many years finally hit Zhu Yiluo's forehead. ===== CHAPTER 971 =====

Zhu Yiliu dispatched the Marquis of Duntayuan to explore this place known as the "Maiden Bai Yin Mountain"; if the Viceroyalty of Mexico dared to deceive His Highness the Prince of Lu, then the Viceroyalty of Mexico would have to bear the wrath of Great Ming.

Compared to gold, silver was more important to Great Ming.

If this exploration truly found the ruins of the so-called silver mountain, Golden Shancheng would possess both a gold mountain and a silver mountain, and the importance of the Golden Mountain State to Great Ming would rise once again.

Golden Shancheng attached great importance to this exploration, dispatching a full six teams of the Marquis of Duntayuan's adventure squads to search along the maps provided by the Viceroyalty of Mexico.

Soon, the Marquis of Duntayuan found the location of the Maiden Bai Yin Mountain, and intelligence from the exploration began to arrive in a steady stream.

The good news was that what the Viceroyalty of Mexico said was all true; it was indeed a silver mine, and the Marquis of Duntayuan successfully brought back a batch of ore samples, with a grade on par with a rich silver mine.

The bad news was that this silver mountain had already been firmly occupied by the Hopi tribe, and there was a tribe of six thousand people just in the vicinity of the mine.

Zhu Yiliu, Meng Jinquan, Quan Tianpei, Luo Shangzhi, and others held a brief discussion and decided to recall all of the Marquis of Duntayuan's teams, making no further explorations in the short term.

Regarding the expansion direction of Golden Shancheng, they would expand toward the silver mountain, hoping to encompass the Maiden Bai Yin Mountain within the ruling scope of the Golden Mountain State within five to ten years.

Meanwhile, Zhu Yiliu convened the first public trial in Golden Shancheng; the public trial list, headed by the traitor Xie Ruixiang and totaling 128 people, greatly surprised the people of Golden Shancheng.

The grand execution platform for the public trial was set up on the Golden Mountain Port wharf, and for seven days before the trial, the Golden Mountain Prefecture began to proclaim the crimes of these 128 people.

Quan Tianpei believed that Xie Ruixiang had high prestige in Golden Shancheng and that dealing with him lightly could easily lead to social unrest, but Zhu Yiliu adopted the method of public trial, public judgment, and public execution to avoid wild speculation by the people about the case.

In Zhu Yiliu's view, the people were never unable to distinguish right from wrong or good from bad; it was just that they could not access enough information, which led them to speculate wildly. If one were willing to fully disclose the human evidence, material evidence, and documentary evidence of the case, there would naturally not be so much suspicion.

And the public trial law had been practiced in Great Ming for five years, proving the saying that justice resides in the hearts of the people.

However, contrary to what Zhu Yiliu thought, he believed the people would hate Xie Ruixiang to the bone for his reckless disregard for human life; not to mention Xie Ruixiang's subordinates, Xie Ruixiang himself had seven murder cases on his hands, including that of a seven-year-old child.

After the crimes were made public, the people hated Xie Ruixiang even more for secretly colluding with the red-haired barbarians to plot against Golden Shancheng.

When the external environment was poor, people were willing to cede part of their power in exchange for more stability; the worse the external environment, the more willing they were to cede more power. The people had long heard of Xie Ruixiang's killings, but as long as he was still guarding Golden Shancheng, everyone could turn a blind eye, after all, the tragedy had not befallen them.

But Xie Ruixiang colluding with the red-haired barbarians to betray Golden Shancheng was a monstrous disaster that fell upon everyone's head.

The public trial and judgment proceeded smoothly, and after the evidence had been publicly displayed for three days, the Prince of Lu ordered Xie Ruixiang and the other 128 people to be beheaded and displayed to the public.

While Xie Ruixiang was being beheaded and displayed, and the Prince of Lu was busy sorting out the affairs of the Golden Mountain State, the Emperor of Great Ming received the reply on June 22nd that the Prince of Lu had safely reached his fief. Looking at the signature representing safety from the Prince of Lu, Zhu Yijun breathed a sigh of relief; at the very least, it meant this younger brother had arrived safely.

That was enough; even if the Prince of Lu couldn't stand it and ran back, Zhu Yijun would not blame him. Having the royal flag planted in Golden Shancheng was completely sufficient.

"Hahaha." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhu Yiliu's memorial and suddenly laughed.

Zhu Yiliu's memorial was less of a memorial and more of a long letter. In the letter, Zhu Yiliu rambled on about many things, such as the sixty-three-day voyage and the majesty of the volcanic rocks on Golden Spring Island.

What Zhu Yijun found interesting here was Zhu Yiliu complaining that he had to start grinding as soon as he arrived, unable to rest for a moment, and that it was continuous grinding.

Now, Zhu Yiliu was also a donkey in the mill; the boomerang of many years had finally smashed onto Zhu Yiliu's forehead.