Great Ming: I, Zhu Di, Declare My Intentions to Seize the Throne from the Start!

Invite them to watch Yan Fan destroy Lu Song?

Show your fangs!

Zhu Laosi is showing his fangs to the Ming Dynasty!

Many people looked angry. ♦♗

snort!

The Ming Dynasty occupied the Central Plains, with vast land, abundant resources, and outstanding people. So what if Zhu Laosi had 50,000 new troops!

Wait until the crown prince succeeds to the throne.

You can also deal with him, Zhu Laosi!

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Zhu Yuanzhang saw the angry, hostile, and contemptuous looks of many officials. His face was a little cold, and he solemnly said: "I understand. I have ordered the fourth brother that after the spring plowing next year, we will patrol the south to let him prepare."

Jiang 𤩽 took the order and left.

After lunch.

All the officials filed out one after another.

Three, three, five and five gathered together to discuss.

"Zhu Silang is taking this opportunity to show us his fangs and show us power!"

"Hmph! Then I should go and see it even more."

"With the financial resources of the Yan vassal, how many soldiers and horses can he arm, how many people, and how much food. On the other hand, our Ming Dynasty has a vast land and abundant resources, and a countless population. After the army is fully reorganized, there will be a million-strong army. Zhu Silang is extremely capable of leading troops. We can also rely on our numerical advantage to crush him to death!"

"What's more, although the generals on our side are not as good as Zhu Silang, Lan Yu, Mu Ying, Geng Bingwen and so many cobblers together are worse than Zhu Silang alone. If Lan Yu and others can even have this ability If there are none, then he should be killed!"

…

Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen walked behind the ministers with old arms and legs.

Listening to the vague discussion that reached my ears.

Li Shanchang's eyes flashed with worry: "Brother Bowen, there is a fog ahead, and people walking in it are frightened!"

He is very worried about the future.

The prince was personally taught by old guys like them.

Undoubtedly excellent.

There is a brother like King Yan who can dominate and is an extremely good brother, and his strategic determination can be maintained to this day.

This is enough to prove the prince's excellence.

Throughout history.

He couldn't find a better prince than the prince.

The people outside felt that the prince was inferior to King Yan.

That's because King Yan is too dazzling in martial arts.

The prince was trained as a prince. From an early age, they taught the prince mainly about power, controlling people, and discernment.

As a prince, you don't need to do specific things.

All you need to do is know how to control people, use power, and be discerning.

Of course, the prince could not match the talent of the King of Yan in leading troops and the ability to propose rural village communities and the system of employing workers and shares.

But as an emperor, you don't need such high abilities at all.

As long as you can clearly distinguish whether the opinions of the people below are good or bad, right or wrong.

He is one of the prince's teachers.

He knew very well what they had taught the prince.

What does the prince lack?

The prince lacks the open vision cultivated by Ye Luzi from King Yan.

What the prince lacked existed in Ming Dynasty officials and many scholars.

"While they are afraid of King Yan, they also have strong confidence in our Ming Dynasty. They believe that we have a vast land, abundant resources, and sufficient manpower and material resources. In the future, we will definitely be able to use these advantages to crush King Yan..."

"I have a hunch that there will inevitably be friction between the Ming Dynasty and the Yan vassal of King Yan in the future. I just hope that this friction will not develop into a full-scale war."

Liu Bowen glanced at Li Shanchang out of the corner of his eye, his eyes also full of worry.

He smiled bitterly and said: "One generation cannot control the affairs of several generations. In the future, we can only rely on the wisdom of those who come after us to face new problems. We are all just ordinary people."

Your Majesty has done so much over the years.

The prince has indeed withstood the whetstone of King Yan, but in the process, the prince's attitude towards King Yan also changed slightly.

I'm afraid your Majesty didn't expect this, right?

…

Royal study room.

After Zhu Yuanzhang sat down, he looked at Zhu Biao and asked with a smile: "What do you want to say to my father?"

"Father, I hope to follow my father on a tour to the south to see Fujian and Dongfan. During this period, heroes can supervise the country, and heroes can also exercise..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly stunned.

Does Biaoer want to experience the new atmosphere up close?

Or do you want to get up close and feel the bottom of the fourth child to prepare for the future?

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered silently.

I don't know when he started to lose his unconditional trust in Biao'er.

Of course, it was not that Biao'er was suspected of threatening his imperial power.

If Biao'er has this ability, his ability is enough.

He can hand over the throne to Biao'er now.

He took Xiuying back to Fengyang to accompany him to his hometown.

He just didn't dare to trust Biao'er unconditionally because of his attitude towards Lao Si.

"Well, let Xiongying supervise the country and you go with us." Zhu Yuanzhang agreed with a smile.

You might as well go and have a look.

First of all, feel the new fashion in Fujian.

Secondly, it also allows Biao'er to know the strength of the fourth Yan Fan, so that he will not be blindly coerced by some people in the court and make irrational blind actions.

He still remembered.

The night before the fourth child left.

He called Lao Si in front of him and asked Lao Si: "If the Ming court headed by your eldest brother becomes aggressive towards you in the future, what will you do?"

The fourth child's answer.

He still remembers it vividly.

"Blindly compromising will only make Ming Dynasty think it is weak. When it is time to fight, I will fight without hesitation!"

The fourth child did so.

No, when they returned to Dongfan, they immediately expanded their army and invited them to observe the destruction of Luzon.

He believed in the fourth child.

Even if the two brothers clash in the future, the fourth brother will stop beating Daming, headed by Biao'er, if it hurts.

He has confidence in the fourth child.

Now, he only hopes that the people inside the imperial court can really wake up after being beaten in the future.

As for why he didn't clean up the court and replace it with a new group of people?

He has also thought about this issue.

You can look at the Ming Dynasty today.

There are some people who can truly accept Lao Si’s philosophy, but not many!

If there were a different group of people, wouldn’t they still hate the fourth child?

On the contrary, those who are promoted hastily lack political experience.

And unlike the current group of people in the court, who have really dealt with the fourth child, they are not familiar with the fourth child, and are more likely to rush in blindly.

On the contrary, it is not as good as these old things.

Don't look at these people being hostile to the fourth child.

But this group of people are also afraid of Lao Si from the bottom of their hearts.

There are some things that I only dare to poke at secretly and don't dare to do blatantly.

Just like targeting Miaoyun girl and the others, this group of people didn't dare to jump out and rush into Zhu's mansion!

"My dear father, thank you!" Zhu Biao smiled excitedly. After thanking him, he asked tentatively: "Father, the people of Tuqiao Village will be moving out soon. What will be the future arrangements for Tuqiao Village?"

Regarding the eviction of Tuqiao Village.

He felt sorry.

Tuqiao Village is one of the most advanced rural communities in the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Ba and others have already found a way.

This group of people could have become a model for countless rural villages and communes in the Ming Dynasty.

But the fourth child was worried that after he left, the folks in Tuqiao Village would be retaliated by haters, so he wanted to move to Tuqiao Village.

It's not easy for him to object.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not ask Zhu Biao what he thought, and said directly: "My father has already made arrangements for this matter. We will recruit a group of children of similar age for the heroes. This group of children will learn the art of war, new army drills, and other things in Tuqiao Village. Knowledge is cultivated at the same time, and the court is responsible for raising it..."

"The number is tentatively set at one thousand, which is basically equivalent to two battalions of new troops. This new army will be trained by Xiongying himself..."

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This was mentioned by the fourth child the night before he left.

Ask him to equip the hero with an absolute elite team of confidants.

He knew what the fourth child was worried about.

Xiongying is Biao'er's eldest son except by blood.

But his personality and work style are just like the replica of Lao Si.

In the future, Xiongying will definitely spread Laosi's concepts and new ideas to the entire Ming Dynasty.

There will certainly be many opponents.

This requires that the hero must have a force by his side that is completely trustworthy, capable of both civil and military force, and capable of taking on various positions.

Recruit a group of teenagers.

Let Xiongying train himself.

He has also thought about the candidates to teach these children.

Let Fang Xiaoru, a new figure in the court, take turns teaching the children from time to time.

In short, these children will never let the conservative old guard in the DPRK interfere.

In a few years, Xiongying and the big-eyed girl will get married.

Tuqiao Village Trading Company, the villagers all gave it to this girl.

The profits earned by the trading company can completely support this elite group on their own.

Even if he is no longer here.

Everyone in this elite group is at least qualified to serve as a camp leader. They are a private army that belongs entirely to heroes, and no one can get involved.

"Biao'er, this is the last arrangement that my father made for Xiongying to inherit the throne after you. He will only arrange a thousand people for Xiongying. My father hopes that in the future, when my father is gone, you can be like my father. Love you, tolerate you, treat heroes with tolerance..."

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly, clasped his fists and said, "Father, although Xiongying's character is somewhat different from what I imagined, I am still Xiongying's father. How could I embarrass my child..."

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up, walked to Zhu Biao, looked at him, patted Zhu Biao's shoulder, and said sincerely: "The nine sons of Longsheng are all different. You and your father have different personalities, and my father has never treated you more than half because of this." A little shaken, we hope that this good tradition of our family can be passed down..."

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A few days later.

News that Zhu Di was in Fujian and discussing with scholars in the academy reached Jinling.

The people were unable to judge whether the property tax would replace the land tax and the capita tax, and there was a lot of discussion.

But the court suddenly exploded!

Asset tax!

This means that everyone in the world who has family property must pay taxes.

Countless people hated Zhu Di and gnashed their teeth at the same time.

Start stigmatizing property taxes.

The purpose is to completely stigmatize asset tax before the people understand it!

Let the people also resist.

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Lu Mansion.

Ha ha……

Hearty laughter came from Lu's study room.

Lu Ben sat in a wooden wheelchair, stroking his beard and laughing heartily: "Prime Minister Hu, when Zhu Silang's asset tax remarks come back, I am afraid that except for Fujian, a place that betrays its ancestors, the gentry all over the world will hate Zhu Silang even more. No, as time goes by The asset tax stigmatization is sweeping across the country, and it can also affect Zhu Silang's impression in the minds of ignorant people!"

In words.

Lu Ben patted his thigh.

Inadvertently, he touched the edge of amputation, and the hatred in his eyes suddenly flashed away.

All of this was caused by Zhu Silang!

He must avenge this!

And this wish seems increasingly likely to come true.

After the asset tax came.

All the gentry in the world hated Zhu Silang.

Hu Weiyong smiled and nodded, "Master Lu, now that you are free at home, the development speed of our Anti-Yan Alliance should be faster. Taking advantage of the current atmosphere where the gentry hates Zhu Silang, it will be more conducive for us to develop the Anti-Yan Alliance..."

He believed that Zhu Silang only needed to know what he had done from Chang Mao's mouth.

He will never let him go.

In the future, there will definitely be a clear winner between them.

Or he could eradicate the Yan Fan led by Zhu Silang.

Or, Zhu Silang will destroy his whole family.

However, after the news of the asset tax came, he believed that he would be the one to eradicate the Yan clan headed by Zhu Silang in the future!

He cannot fail.

Because there are so many like-minded people with him!

When Lu Ben heard this, his hands trembled slightly with excitement.

Overthrowing the Yan Alliance is not only about destroying Zhu Silang.

It was also decided whether Yunwen could sit in that position!

…

Jinling is a mess.

But these have nothing to do with Zhu Di.

Jilong Island.

The weather is calm and sunny.

sunny.

On the hillside on the east side of the bay, teams of soldiers carried exquisite urns and stood quietly in front of the heroic monuments that had been erected and had inscriptions written on them, as well as the names and birthplaces of the soldiers.

The Hall of Heroes was built on a broad piece of land flattened out of a mountain ridge.

The civil, military, sea and land groups of Dongfan, women, children, powerful merchants in Dongfan, and representatives from various resettlement villages stood quietly behind Zhu Di in the broad space in front of the Temple of Heroes.

A staircase extends from the foot of Zhu Di to the bay at the foot of the mountain.

Below, the people stood quietly.

Jiang Jinzhong looked at the sun, came close to Zhu Di, and whispered: "Your Majesty, the auspicious time has come."

Zhu Di nodded and ordered: "Tan Yuan, blow the trumpet!"

Led by Tan Yuan, the navy and army generals raised their horns one after another.

Woo woo woo...

The dull sound of the horn sounded first at the Martyrs' Shrine on the mountain.

In an instant, warships and merchant ships blew their horns one after another in the bay.

"Stand at attention and raise the gun!"

On the hillside, on both sides of the tombs of the heroes, the first town of the Army and the first mixed association were led by leaders at all levels, and the horn sounded instantly.

The pipe belt gave the order.

Twenty thousand firecrackers were raised at an angle.

"put!"

Bang bang bang...

There was an explosion like fried beans.

Xia Shimin stood in the cemetery and read out the memorial service. The soldiers carefully and solemnly placed Paoze's ashes into the tomb with their own hands and began to fill it with soil.

Boom boom…

On the ridges on both sides of the bay entrance, four coastal defense guns began to fire.

…

Zhu Di stood outside the Temple of Heroes, watching the soldiers place the ashes of Pao Ze, then stood up and stood at attention.

Raise your hands and beat your chest as a salute during the march.

Turn around and walk towards the Hall of Heroes.

Everyone behind him followed suit.

In the Temple of Heroes, the Ten Philosophers of the Martial Arts Temple are enshrined on the front.

There is a monument on the side, which records the list of soldiers who died since the establishment of the First Army Town.

Zhu Di led the crowd to burn incense for the fallen soldiers first.

Then we came to the Martyrs' Shrine, in front of the ten heroes of the Martial Temple: Bai Qi, Lord of Wu'an, Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu Han, Li Jing, Duke of Wei...

Zhu Di glanced at each sage, heroic spirit, and Dharma image.

After Jiang Jinzhong handed over the incense candle, he took it and bowed solemnly to the ten philosophers: "Zhu Di, a junior from the later school, is based on the four seas. He wants to sweep across the four seas in the name of ideals and open up the deep blue for our Central Plains civilization. I look forward to all the sages, Protect my Yan Fan, Wu Lie Zhaozhao..."

…

Zhu Di's memorial message was conveyed to the soldiers outside at the same time.

When the soldiers heard that Wu Lie was Zhao Zhao.

shouted in unison.

"Wu Lie Zhao Zhao!"

"Wu Lie Zhao Zhao!"

…

This day.

Wu Lie's revelation shook the heaven and the earth, and even if the sacrifice had ended, it would still echo in the hearts of all those who heard it.

The whole sacrifice is over.

It's already afternoon.

…

Zhu Di's study.

Kobayakawa Nakaye, Ohno Goro and others were sitting at attention, waiting for Zhu Di.

They were all wondering why Zhu Di suddenly summoned them?

Ta-ta-ta...

When footsteps came from outside the door.

Kobayakawa and others got up hurriedly.

Zhu Di appeared at the door with Yong Ming, and the five of them saluted in unison: "Greetings to the prince and prince!"

Zhu Di entered with a smile.

When passing by with Yong Ming, he pressed his hand and motioned for the five of them to sit down.

After arriving at the desk and taking a seat, Yong Ming stood obediently beside him.

The five Kobayakawa people all looked at Zhu Di and his son in silent awe.

today.

Under the rule of the Yan Fan, they could not forget the sight of the navy and army shouting "Wu Lie Zhao Zhao" in unison, and the shocking momentum that instantly enveloped the entire Jilong Island.

After King Yan returned to Dongfan, he launched a round of major expansion of the navy and army.

And today, the sound of "Martial Lie Zhao Zhao" resounded throughout the bay, indicating without any suspense that it won't be long before the King of Yan in front of him, who is extremely excellent in both civil and military affairs, will use foreign troops.

Before being summoned.

They were still discussing where King Yan would use his troops.

Is it their Japanese country or Luzon?

Daye looked at Zhu Di, and his worries disappeared in a flash.

If this person is allowed to occupy the Japanese country.

He was very sure that all the emperors of the eternal lineage would be completely eradicated by this one.

Moreover, they Japanese people will never resist.

This one has this ability.

Look at those Mongols who were sent back.

As the loser.

Not only did he not hate King Yan, but he admired him very much.

As for himself, he admired them very much.

Sometimes, the thought comes up from time to time that being ruled by this person is actually not a bad thing.

Whenever this thought comes up, he breaks into a cold sweat.

Then use a strong will to suppress this thought.

As for Kobayakawa, he had long been a traitor to the Japanese country. He always told them repeatedly that they should accept King Yan's rule over the Japanese country, so that the people of the Japanese country could live a good life.

Zhu Di saw all the subtle expressions of several people in his eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips, "In recent years, you have made a lot of efforts to build rural villages for me in Fujian and Dongpan..."

indeed so.

these years.

These five little Japanese pirates work very hard.

They even worked harder than the civil servants under Dongfan's rule.

"Now, are you confident that rural village cooperatives and the employee-share system can succeed?"

"have!"

Ohno got up first, bent down at 90 degrees, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, I now believe that the rural village community and the employee stock system can be successful. I want to return to Japan to promote the prince's ideas! In the future, the emperor and his family will lead the people The Japanese country will definitely look up to you with your Majesty’s lead!”

At the beginning, he did have doubts about King Yan's philosophy.

However, as prisoners, they could only do whatever King Yan asked them to do.

But Fujian succeeded!

This gave him the confidence to establish a rural village community and a labor-employed shareholding system in Japan.

As long as it succeeds, the Japanese country will be prosperous and strong!

Of course, his rush to say these words was also a subtle expression to King Yan of their Japanese country's resistance to King Yan's annexation.

Kobayakawa glanced at Ohno, then looked at Zhu Di nervously and worriedly.

He could hear the sting in Daye's words. How could a man as wise and powerful as King Yan not hear it!

He and Ohno have different ideas.

But I don’t want Ohno to die.

Zhu Di smiled, "I have no interest in your Japanese country. I am on the South China Sea. Luzon, Srivijaya, Malacca, Champa, and the Southern Dynasties. The natural conditions of any political power are better than your Japanese country. If you Japanese country has something What I care about is probably your silver mine..."

Daye and others felt nervous when they heard that Zhu Di was thinking about Japan's silver mines.

"I'm going to let you go back. At the same time, I also plan to arm the thousand Japanese pirates I captured earlier with Fuguns and receive training from the first town of my army, so that you can take them back to Japan to promote my ideas..."

Everyone in Daye looked up in surprise.

He looked at Zhu Di in disbelief.

It’s okay if you don’t have the intention to annex the Japanese country.

This prince actually wants to train an elite army similar to that of Army No. 1 Town for them?

Although a thousand people are not many.

But if a thousand people can be as good at fighting as Army No. 1 Town.

They are confident to wipe out the entire Japanese country!

Unify Japan!

"You also know that my maritime trade is in urgent need of silver and gold. I have only one hope for you. In the future, you will unify Japan and we will launch bilateral maritime trade. You will provide me with silver and help me catalyze the prosperity of maritime trade... …”

If he has no interests at all.

These little Japanese pirates might be suspicious and wary of him.

Ohno seemed to be afraid that Zhu Di would regret it, so he hurriedly replied: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, as long as we unify the Japanese country, it will be no problem even if we hand over the largest silver mine in the country to Your Majesty for mining!"

It’s weird if I believe you!

Zhu Di sneered in his heart, but on the surface he looked very satisfied and nodded, "Okay, then let's make it a deal. You go to the army camp. Your compatriots have been summoned to the camp. Next, You will train with the Second Mixed Association, and I will send you back to Japan around April next year."

Plop!

Ohno immediately knelt down.

Several other people also hurriedly knelt down.

Daye kowtowed to Zhu Di, burst into tears with gratitude, and choked with sobs: "Your Majesty's kindness to our Japanese country will never be forgotten!"

Zhu Di comforted them before sending them away.

The Japanese Rebellion Five-member Group was established!

After Kobayakawa and others left.

Mao Xiang walked in quietly.

Zhu Di laughed and scolded: "Why are you so sneaky? Does our Military Intelligence Department have any members in Japan?"

Mao Xiang smiled sarcastically and replied: "Yes, the system of the Military Intelligence Department in the Japanese country is immature. There are only three members, all of whom were from the Central Plains who lived in the Japanese country. There is a doctor, a scholar, and a blacksmith..."

Because I know that the young master wants to develop in the direction of Luzon.

Therefore, in recent years, he has trained and developed members of the Military Intelligence Department, mainly focusing on these directions.

They only supported the development of Japan.

"The Japanese people are more wary of those who have wandered from the Central Plains, and they rule in isolation from ordinary Japanese people..."

Zhu Di listened patiently.

This is why he wanted to subversively destroy and disperse the Japanese country.

This small country is very xenophobic.

Coupled with the so-called eternal series.

Although it is backward, it is very different from other neighboring countries.

Zhu Di nodded and ordered: "Give Tan Yuan the list of Military Intelligence Department members who have been trained and developed among a thousand Japanese pirates. In the following training, support these developed Military Intelligence Department members to various positions. Remember, don't Support them all to high positions, beware that when Ohno and others return to the Japanese country, they will purge the people we have selected and place them in the position of Tenzheng, so that they can climb up by themselves based on their military exploits..."

…

"In addition, once Ohno and others grow up in the Japanese country, we will arrange for our people to provide other Japanese princes with musket making technology, and push the intensity of the war on the Japanese island to the highest level. I will give your Military Intelligence Department's Japanese action goals The requirements are not high, at least let me wipe out millions of Japanese people in high-intensity war, hunger, and civil strife!"

hiss!

Mao Xiang secretly breathed in and smiled bitterly.

Kill millions of people?

Is this not demanding?

"Master, I promise to complete the mission!"

Hey!

He must immediately allocate his energy to develop and improve the Military Intelligence Department's system in Japan.

Otherwise, how could it be possible to achieve the young master's goal with just three melons and two dates?

"By the way, your eldest son is now fifteen. This time, we will form four mixed associations and send him to the military camp."

"Yes!" Mao Xiang happily accepted the order and left.

Zhu Di watched Mao Xiang leave with a smile, then looked away, looked at Yong Ming, reached out and pinched the little guy's face: "Bad boy, do you think your father is too cruel?"

Yong Ming shook his head, "My father is not such a person. If my father were such a person, he would have the same attitude towards the countries in the South China Sea. I just don't understand why my father treats the Japanese countries like this?"

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and said: "Their Wanshi lineage has a long history and has a great influence on the people of the Japanese country. And you just heard from Mao Xiang that the Central Plains people who were exiled in the Japanese country were isolated and ruled by these princes. , This also shows that the Japanese country is very xenophobic."

"The Japanese country has a population of more than three million. It has a long history and is exclusive. If we follow the open and inclusive attitude towards the Mongols, we will never be able to assimilate this force. On the contrary, it will become a destabilizing factor in the future, causing us to continue to By consuming financial and material resources in Japan, we will either give up in the end or bleed our last drop of blood."

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"In this case, then be cruel. Their civil war has nothing to do with us. They are killing their own people and killing their own people. Millions of people will die. In the future, when they are exhausted from fighting, when Kobayakawa and others will fight against He was desperate to unify Japan, so when he invited us, we justifiably sent troops to intervene..."

…

"In short, you have to remember that as a superior, you should never have that kind of compassion that treats everyone equally. Our compassion is only to serve the overall situation. If you are excluded from the overall situation, or if you don't cherish it, you jump to the overall situation. People outside the country, no matter pitiable or not, must sacrifice when they deserve it.”

"My father set up a rural village community in Fujian. At first, some people were skeptical. In some villages, individual people were unwilling to participate. These people were abandoned at the beginning. Now, they want to join, but their fellow villagers, But he is unwilling to give them the same shares, and they have to hold their noses and admit it. Do you want to spend countless time for these few people? A person's energy, time, and ability are all limited, and we will never It may be possible to take care of everyone, but those who cannot keep up with the trend of the times and those who are lagging behind should be abandoned without hesitation..."

"There are also those people in the control village. This time you are going back with Dad. I also heard from Ye Mao that these people in the control village are living in a very miserable life after they lost their equity. Do you want to report to the government? Squire? Their lackeys and thugs won’t even let them out of the village. This is their choice. The time for the liquidation of Fujian must wait until your imperial grandfather arrives during his southern tour. Therefore, for the sake of the overall situation, even though I know that they are living a very hard life, some have even already When they start selling their sons and daughters, I can’t even interfere!”

"Because compared to giving the world a soul-shaking wake-up call, the people in a few villages are insignificant!"

…

After saying this, Zhu Di saw the brat thinking deeply.

Smile.

He picked him up and said, "Don't worry, you still have a long time to grow up. Dad can still take you for a long time. You can think about it slowly. Dad is just letting you understand this truth. He is not asking you to be like Dad." father."

Xiao Yongming put his arms around Zhu Di's neck, climbed on Zhu Di's shoulders, nodded, and secretly smiled. His little arms around Zhu Di's neck couldn't help but tighten...

…

Sunrise and sunset.

Ebb and flow.

In the following time, Zhu Di devoted himself wholeheartedly to the training of the four mixed co-organizers.

When you are busy, time passes faster.

A new year begins.

It was mid-February of the eighteenth year of Hongwu.

This day.

Zhu Di rarely went to the military camp.

I took Jiang Jinzhong and Xia Shimin to the Ironworks early.

During this time, four more blast furnaces were added to the ironworks.

The use of water hammer is not too difficult for forging iron sheets.

However, it is not yet possible to forge such a huge iron sheet that is one foot high.

Blast furnaces are made of narrow iron sheets connected by rivets.

A total of five blast furnaces.

One of them is even larger.

It is twice as big as the other four!

Seeing that Zhu Di was focusing on the largest blast furnace, Jiang Jinzhong smiled and introduced: "Your Majesty, this is the No. 2 blast furnace for our experiment. If it can withstand it, we will expand it in the future, and we will expand it to produce two tons of iron." Blast furnace No. 2.”

Zhu Di nodded, turned around, pointed to one of the blast furnaces, and in front of the iron water tank, there were several sets of rollers about one meter apart, and asked, "What are these for?"

Jiang Jinzhong hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, this is also a new idea. It is too laborious to forge iron sheets with water hammer. Several master craftsmen designed this set of rollers. The gaps between each set of rollers are different. They imagined that the red and soft The iron block passes through a group of rollers with increasingly smaller gaps, and after being squeezed, it finally turns into the iron sheet we need."

Zhu Di smiled and shook his head, "The idea is correct, but I judge that it will fail. Your roller mechanism is driven by human power..."

Zhu Di pointed to the strong man standing next to the winches on the left side of the roller.

"I'm afraid the manpower is not enough,"

The machine principle is correct.

But the manpower is too small.

Not enough to squeeze the red-hot iron into sheet metal.

Hydraulic power may not be able to meet the requirements.

Maybe it would work if there was a steam engine.

"Don't spread my comments on this matter, let the master craftsmen experiment as much as they like!" Zhu Di turned around and confessed.

Although it is judged impossible to succeed.

But he didn't want these words to get out and dampen the enthusiasm of the master craftsmen.

Some things should be done with a positive and full attitude.

If you keep doing it, you may be able to overcome the difficulties.

Even if it can't be overcome.

During the experiment, technologies may be created that can be used in other areas.

Jiang Jinzhong smiled and nodded.

This is how the prince always treats the craftsmen's experiments.

Even if it costs money, we will tighten our belts to support it.

Zhu Di stopped observing the four newly built blast furnaces and came to the first blast furnace.

Seeing the student Wang Jinmi standing on the shelf of the blast furnace, staring at the interior of the blast furnace, his little face was flushed by the firelight in the furnace, and he was sweating profusely from the heat. He couldn't help but smile and shouted and waved: "Jin Mi."

This kid is the kind of person who is restless and can't sit still.

This was the case when I was training in the military camp.

When he returned to Jilong Island from the Ming Dynasty, he asked the craftsmen to look for stones similar to those near the volcano.

This boy asked for orders to follow the master craftsman.

During the Chinese New Year, Uncle Eight and the others arrived, but the brat didn't even come back.

A month ago, Cai and the craftsmen who went to find stones returned with a boatload of stones.

Wang Jinmi trotted to Zhu Di, sweating profusely, and said with a smile: "Master."

Zhu Di smiled and rubbed the little guy's head, "Are you interested in studying things like smelting and stones?"

Wang Jinmi nodded repeatedly.

"You're very tired, but you're not afraid?"

"Don't be afraid!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but smile, "Well, you will study these from now on, and the master will support you."

Smelting and geology are actually upstream and downstream relationships.

If the brat likes it, he will support it.

"After we capture Luzon, the master will form a scientific expedition team and set off south. You brats who like to run wild will follow the scientific expedition team."

"Thank you, master!"

Wang Jinmi jumped up excitedly, and Zhu Di stared at him with a smile. Then he stopped laughing and stood next to Zhu Di. While waiting, Zhu Di warned: "You must pay attention to safety if you like it. This time, the craftsman reported some of your reckless behaviors, master." Just very angry..."

When Zhu Di taught Wang Jinmi.

The craftsman guarding the blast furnace trotted over and reported: "Your Majesty, I feel almost done."

Zhu Di nodded, "Let's get started."

After a while, streams of fiery red magma flowed out of the magma mouth.

Flows into the trough next to it.

Zhu Di waited quietly for cooling.

Shortly after the first gray 'stone' cooled down, several craftsmen carried it and ran to the water hammer shop.

Zhu Di and others also followed.

Soon after, it was hammered by water.

The ‘stone’ turns to gray powder.

The craftsman found an empty bucket and a bucket of water, put the gray-black powder into the bucket, and looked at Zhu Di nervously: "Your Majesty..."

Zhu Di said with a smile: "You are doing your experiments, but I don't understand. I only brought my eyes and ears."

The craftsman then nervously added water to the powder.

Stir.

Then wait quietly.

About half an hour later, with everyone watching, Zhu Di took an iron rod and stabbed the 'cement' in the bucket hard.

A hard feeling came.

Zhu Di smiled excitedly, stood up, and looked at the craftsman, "It should be done!"

Although the setting time was much slower than the cement he had seen.

But it does have the property of bonding when exposed to water.

"It's done!"

"It's really done!"

…

After the craftsmen were excited for a while, Zhu Di looked at the craftsmen and said with a smile: "Send it to the fort on the mountain ridge, dismantle the fort and use this adhesive for experiments to see if it can withstand the recoil force of the artillery."

He was also very happy.

With this thing.

Water conservancy construction and permanent official roads can be built.

…

Early April.

Army camp.

Fifty thousand people stood in formation.

Artillery pieces were arrayed in front of the array.

One hundred and twenty-six doors in total!

The first town of the Army still assembled thirty-six gates.

Five mixed associations, one artillery battalion is still eighteen guns for the time being.

Otherwise, copper cannons are too expensive.

He has invested 1.5 million taels of silver in organizing four mixed associations.

The remaining one million taels are allocated to the Navy to replace medium-sized warships.

Moreover, this firepower configuration is enough.

Zhu Di rode his horse and turned in front of the array, looking at the powerful soldiers under his command.

Jinyiwei sent news that his father had set out from Jinling ten days ago.

He also wanted to leave, first to pick up the driver from Shen's house in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

After visiting Fujian, I took my father to Dongfan.

And this elite team is in front of them.

This is his biggest reliance to destroy Luzon and show his fangs to those who hate him in the Ming Dynasty!

"Wu Lie Zhao Zhao!"

Tan Yuan suddenly raised his arms and shouted.

Fifty thousand people shouted in unison at the same time!

"Wu Lie Zhao Zhao!"

"Wu Lie Zhao Zhao!"

…

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