The disgraced official I took care of was actually Zhu Houcong's childhood friend.

Chapter 327

After leaving the Wang family, Zhou Chu returned to the military camp. In the few days that the Tiger Legion had not arrived, Zhou Chu did not intend to be idle.

Now that the soldiers have received their pay, Zhou Chu naturally wants to give these 30,000 troops a good workout. In the past, they lacked fighting spirit because they didn't receive their pay, but now it's different. They are all full of fighting spirit, and Zhou Chu naturally wants to take advantage of their momentum to train them properly.

You can't just take the money and do nothing.

The original centurions and commanders have mostly been dealt with. Now, the first problem Zhou Chu faces is the appointment of new centurions and commanders. Otherwise, without centurions and commanders, Zhou Chu will have difficulty commanding his army.

"You've been paid your full pay. Now it's time for you to train properly with me. Soldiers should act like soldiers. Look at you all, what a mess you are now! You're all slouching and looking like trash."

Zhou Chu glared at the army in front of him and said.

If anyone else had said this, the soldiers might have objected, but it was Zhou Chu who spoke. Who was Zhou Chu? He was their provider. When Zhou Chu said this, they couldn't find an excuse to refute him, and they all lowered their heads.

Seeing that these people had all given in, Zhou Chu stopped scolding them and began to formulate a training plan.

As for the centurions and chiliarchs, they will be trained for two days and observed before being officially appointed.

Zhou Chu was directing his army's training when the sentry guarding the camp approached him with a strange expression.

Inside the Prince Dai's residence, Zhu Junzhang looked at the women before him and seemed dissatisfied with none of them, so he summoned the steward.

"Master, what are your orders?"

The butler approached Zhu Junzhang and said.

"Go and select a few top-quality young horses, they must be virgins, and send them to Zhou Chu, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard."

Zhu Junzhang looked at the steward and said.

As a princely residence, and especially given Zhu Junzhang's licentious nature, the Prince Dai's Mansion had been cultivating young girls, starting from a very young age.

However, although Zhu Junzhang was licentious, he was not too harsh on these women. His method of cultivating "thin horses" was different from that of the Yangzhou "thin horses". Overall, he was more inclined to be healthier, mainly because Zhu Junzhang did not like those "thin horses" who were slightly sickly.

"Father, I heard you saw Commander Zhou today?"

As soon as the butler left, a young girl of about sixteen or seventeen came up to Zhu Junzhang, looking excited.

This person was none other than Zhu Junzhang's eldest daughter, Zhu Siying.

In fact, Zhu Junzhang's debauchery was entirely inherited from his father, Zhu Congmo. When Zhu Junzhang was deposed and reduced to a commoner, those crimes were also suffered on behalf of his father, Zhu Congmo.

However, in order to preserve Zhu Congmo's dignity, and because of Zhu Junzhang's filial piety, the court later allowed him to take the blame for the infamy of being dissolute during the mourning period.

When Zhou Chu first learned of this, he was somewhat bewildered. Unaware of the truth, Zhou Chu even thought that there was a discrepancy between the history he remembered and reality.

According to Zhou Chu's memory, the one who was licentious was indeed Zhu Congmo, but according to the information given by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, it became Zhu Junzhang.

Although Zhu Junzhang was somewhat licentious, he was not a lecherous wretch; in fact, his lust was something he deliberately displayed.

The previous rebellion of Prince Ning made him wary, fearing that the emperor would suspect him. However, if the Prince Dai's mansion had no connection with the merchants and gentry in Datong City, life would not be easy.

The vassal kings of today are not what they used to be, and Zhu Junzhang is merely struggling to cope with the situation. He is actually watching many things in Datong, but he can only watch and has no means of countermeasures.

If anything truly out of control were to happen, Zhu Junzhang would immediately submit a memorial to the emperor. However, the money that the merchants sent to the Prince of Dai's residence was merely a way to keep him quiet; they wouldn't let him know many things.