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

on sea level. ♧♦

One warship after another, riding the wind and waves, approached Jilong Island.

The bow deck of the royal ship.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao took all the royal family members of the Zhu family and looked far away. In the distance, the lush land appeared in their sight.

Sandwiched between two mountains, the sea extends inward.

‘Is this Jilong Island? ’

After two days of sailing, everyone basically experienced some dangers in the sea.

Seeing the bay sandwiched between two mountains, they all secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and a sense of security suddenly rose in their hearts.

Everyone looked curiously at the increasingly larger island as the warship approached.

"Father, look, a boat is coming out!"

Zhu Yunwen suddenly pointed at the two small black spots coming out of the bay and shouted.

He secretly murmured with pride: Look, the imperial court is always on the throne. Not only does the fourth uncle have to go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to welcome him, but now that they are in the fourth uncle's territory on Jilong Island, the people under the fourth uncle also have to rush to please the imperial court.

Grandpa said that after the separation between the Fourth Uncle and the Ming Dynasty, he wanted to have the same status as the Yan Fan and the Ming Dynasty, but it would never come true.

Grandpa was indeed right.

Thinking about...

Zhu Yunwen raised his head slightly and glanced at Yong Ming and Qi Hua who were standing next to Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying, and Cai Lu was chattering in a low voice. He couldn't hear what they were saying.

They brothers and sisters will always be inferior in front of him!

Because his father is the crown prince of Ming Dynasty!

The future emperor!

The father of the Zhu Yongming brothers and sisters was just one of the many sons of the imperial grandfather.

So what if they were pampered by the Imperial Grandfather and Imperial Grandmother!

…

"Fourth brother is here."

While everyone was silently looking at Jilong Island, a princess saw Zhu Di coming from the flagship in a small boat and shouted.

With Zhu Yuanzhang and others watching, Zhu Di boarded the royal ship and quickly came to Zhu Yuanzhang, clasping his fists and saying, "Father, before entering the harbor, the coastal defense artillery on the hills on both sides of the bay will demonstrate shelling for my father. Do you want to see it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and glared, "I am under your rule and I will follow your arrangements. We only have our eyes and ears, you can make whatever arrangements you want."

Zhu Di smiled and gestured to the boat that sent him down below.

Soon, the entire fleet stopped about twelve or three miles away from the entrance of the bay.

"What is this going to do?"

"Yeah, why don't you leave? We still want to see what King Yan's Jilong Island is like. Why did he stop at the door of his house and not let us in?"

"Do you feel that you cannot compare with our fortified cities in the Central Plains?"

…

On another large ship, the officials watched the entire fleet stop and joked.

Zhu Silang is indeed capable.

Over the years, an invincible fleet has been built.

A new army of tens of thousands of people.

But the little money he got was probably all spent on this, right?

Not to mention the city inside Jilong Island.

I'm afraid there aren't any decent buildings, right?

Li Shanchang waved to the shipowner who was standing not far away, and everyone fell silent.

After the ship owner came.

Li Shanchang asked: "What is this going to do?"

The shipowner smiled and bowed slightly, "Mr. South Korea, the warships around us have just signaled that they are about to conduct a coastal defense artillery bombardment demonstration. The ship being towed should be the target ship..."

All officials looked embarrassed for a moment.

"Are you trying to intimidate us?"

"The coastal defense gun is set up on the mountain ridge. How can it hit such a small boat from such a long distance?"

"Want to see it!"

"Yes, I want to see how Yan Fan's shore defense artillery, which was so praised by Jin Yiwei, is doing!"

…

On this ship, Li Shanchang and others were curious, but the other officials were all filled with indignation and had angry faces.

Isn't it just artillery?

Doesn’t the imperial court have it?

Weird and obscene skills!

Lu Ben was sitting in a wheelchair. Neither he nor Hu Weiyong spoke. They looked at each other and looked at the target ship that was getting closer and closer.

On the royal ship.

Zhu Yuanzhang watched the target ship stop three miles away. The naval warship towing the target ship went to Zhu Di's flagship. After receiving the order from the flagship, it sailed towards the bay.

He turned around and asked: "Fourth, from such a long distance, can your shore defense artillery really hit the target ship?"

He made a visual inspection.

The distance between the target ship and the entrance of the bay is at least ten miles.

Ten miles!

If a person travels on foot, it will take about three or four incense sticks!

How can artillery fire such a long distance?

Are firearms so powerful?

He never underestimated the power of firearms.

During the Yuan Dynasty, his army already used firearms.

Over the years, the new army trained by Laosi, with bronze cannons and rifles, has proved the power of firearms.

But even though he was ten miles away, he still didn't believe it.

Jin Yiwei has reported this news.

But he still had doubts.

Zhu Biao and others also looked at Zhu Di.

In fact, at this distance, if you look at it visually, it seems impossible.

Zhu Di said with a smile: "Father, the effective range of this coastal defense gun is eight miles, but because it is installed on the mountain ridges on both sides and the terrain is high, the effective range can reach about eleven miles..."

Just when Zhu Di was explaining to Zhu Yuanzhang and others.

Inside the forts on the mountain ridges on both sides.

Wen Qi and other artillery battalion commanders and a group of naval gunners gathered around the giant 3.3-meter-long cannon, drooling greedily.

"It will be great when our army can deploy this kind of artillery."

"Lao Wen, don't dream. It weighs one ton. Even if it is equipped for you, what will your army use to tow such a huge cannon? A war horse?"

"Ha ha……"

"Yes, yes, I heard that you should stop dreaming. Let me tell you, our navy may still have a chance to use this kind of giant cannon. The warship of our navy is the flagship, with a maximum load of thirty tons. As long as the hull is strong, Sexual issues, it may be possible to install such a huge cannon, but except for our navy, your army will never be able to!"

…

While a group of navy and army generals were arguing, the messenger came running up from the mountain, panting.

Shouted: "Your Majesty ordered, start the artillery drill!"

The navy and army generals evacuated the fort one after another.

When Wen Qi and others passed by Dongxu, they all smiled and patted Dongxu's shoulders, encouraging him: "Don't be nervous, our giant cannon is still powerful enough even if it can't hit the target ship!"

Dongxu smiled and nodded, very grateful to these uncles for their encouragement.

He also didn't know whether the improved coastal defense artillery scale he had used in the past few months based on the artillery scale used by the Army was useful.

Because of differences in caliber, projectile size, weight, and powder charge.

He also could not guarantee the accuracy of the newly completed coast defense gun scale.

He just re-adjusted and corrected the original scale based on the multiple relationship between the caliber, projectile, and charge of the two types of artillery.

Regarding ballistics, he now only has superficial practical experience.

The set of rulers used by the Army was summed up by Uncle Wen's cooperation with him, firing a total of 534 rounds of projectiles and repeated measurements.

Although he split the trajectory into horizontal and vertical directions.

And it was proved that the landing time in the vertical direction has nothing to do with the weight of the projectile.

Fall speed and time appear to be positively correlated.

…

But now he is stuck on the issue of time.

The accuracy of the various timing tools he could find now was too poor.

It is simply impossible to effectively summarize the specific relationship between speed and time.

He is trying to find a solution...

…

With apprehension, Dongxu followed the cleared shooting channel, sometimes squinting to visually check the direction of the target ship on the sea, and sometimes placing the ruler close to the gun barrel to measure.

After a moment, he said loudly: "Move two positions to the left and raise the muzzle elevation by one scale mark!"

Lo and behold, this was the trouble he was in now.

Even the adjustment of artillery units was not unified and perfected.

…

Outside the fort.

Wen Qi and others watched as some soldiers in the coastal defense battalion used the turntable to adjust the muzzle elevation, left and right, under the command of Yang Dongxu.

He couldn't help but nodded slightly.

Wen Qi turned to the navy commander and smiled: "Don't look at Dongxu because he is young, but the set of rulers he made for our army is very effective..."

A group of navy commanders could not help but twitch their lips when they heard Qi's words.

Their navy and army are different.

Compare the accuracy rate.

Their navy fights at sea, and they pay more attention to the speed of artillery fire.

The shelling speed increases the shelling density.

The accuracy is not enough and the density is too low!

Nothing else.

On the sea, not only the warships are moving all the time, but the sea surface is also not calm, and is violently turbulent and undulating all the time.

There are too many variables.

The set of rulers summarized by Dongxu cannot be used in the navy at all.

The density of bombardment, and the inexplicable perception and judgment of the artillery officers.

Add a little luck at the end.

…

Distant on the sea.

During the short period of time when the coastal defense artillery was firing, the officials began to sarcastically comment.

"Isn't it because their shore defense guns are broken?"

"If this is true, King Yan will probably feel very uncomfortable."

"We can't give us any more authority!"

…

Royal ship.

Zhu Biao turned his head and whispered to Zhu Di who was standing next to him, "Fourth, does it take so long to load and launch this coastal defense artillery? At this time and at this distance, if there is an enemy attack on Jilong Island, I'm afraid the enemy has already charged. Are you in?"

Zhu Yuanzhang and others heard the sound and looked at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di smiled and shook his head, pointing to the ridge on the right, "Dongxu has been tinkering with the coast defense artillery scale in the past few months since he came back. It seems that today is the first test launch..."

"The coast defense artillery is one foot long and weighs one ton. It is indeed very heavy and difficult to operate. However, the coast defense artillery is used differently from our infantry artillery and naval artillery..."

"Two cannons are deployed on each side of the hill on Jilong Island. The correct way to use them is to demarcate the shooting area for the four cannons during the training. During the training, as long as the gunners remember that each team is assigned artillery, the artillery fire is fixed. The shooting area, the muzzle elevation angle range, can range from left to right. During the enemy attack, just aim at the shooting area for daily training..."

Coast defense artillery actually does not need any ruler at all.

It's just that Dongxu wants to try it.

His happy support.

Although this kind of research is of little use to current coastal defense artillery.

But there will be a deeper understanding of ballistics.

It should be helpful for Dongxu to study ballistics.

Zhu Biao nodded and looked at Zhu Di from the corner of his eye.

He was very puzzled.

Yang Dongxu is the proud disciple of Lao Si.

Why not let Yang Dongxu join politics and the military?

With Yang Dongxu's ability, if he joins politics or the military and takes a year or two of training, he will definitely become Lao Si's greatest help.

But the fourth child just let Yang Dongxu do these ingenious tricks.

Don't like Yang Dongxu?

Forget it, this is a matter between the fourth child and his students, there is no need for him to say anything.

Boo!

A sudden roar interrupted Zhu Biao's thoughts.

Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang all immediately followed the sound.

When thick smoke rose from the hilltop on the right, a black projectile, about the size of a human head, roared towards us.

boom!

The projectile hit the sea about twenty paces to the right of the target ship.

In an instant, a huge wave of water rose into the sky.

It reached four times the height of the target ship before the waves suddenly dispersed.

The sea is even less calm.

The target ship shook violently from side to side.

Zhu Yuanzhang led everyone on the southern tour, and their eyes widened instantly.

At this moment, everyone finally believed it.

Yanfan's coastal defense artillery can really bombard ten miles!

From this distance, they couldn't even see the shadow of the gunner!

In other words, Yan Fan has mastered the weapon that can kill the enemy without even seeing the enemy?

…

"good!"

Around the fort, Wen Qi and others looked at the impact point of the shells and couldn't help shouting: "Dongxu, good job!"

Yang Dongxu pursed his lips reservedly.

In fact, while chatting with his uncle in the coastal defense camp, he already knew that coastal defense artillery did not need a ruler.

But the master indulged him and encouraged him to study.

Facts have proved that whether it is coastal defense artillery or army artillery, the ballistics are the same.

This turns out to be useful.

The master is like this, always willing to encourage them to do whatever they want.

Dongxu tried hard to collect his thoughts, clenched his fists and raised his arms, extending his thumbs parallel to his eyes.

After visual inspection, he said loudly: "Adjust half of your body to the left again!"

"Adjustment completed!"

"Test fire again!"

Boo!

…

boom!

The eight-inch projectile hit the starboard side of the target ship.

The corners of Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes couldn't help but twitch, "Is the bombardment scale our disciple made so good? Did the second bombardment almost hit the target ship?"

Disciple?

Zhu Di, Ma Xiuying, Chang Shi, Guanyin Nu and others all laughed.

Zhu Di smiled and shook his head.

If my father doesn't like a person, he may be willing to compromise out of interests.

But if you like someone.

That's unabashed.

snort!

Zhu Yuanzhang hummed slightly, "We are their master, aren't they our disciples? We also have a share in what Dongxu has researched, right?"

"Yes, yes." Zhu Di smiled and shook his head. Anyway, the artillery ruler had been given to Lan Yu and others. Zhu Di explained: "The artillery ruler is indeed very helpful in improving the accuracy of artillery, but it is not as good as it was just now. sharp……"

Limited by the accuracy of artillery barrels, shells, and charges, even with the aid of a ruler, the results of each shelling show a very large gap.

It's like a gun barrel.

When making wooden gun barrel molds, there are always gaps between each mold.

And there will be a gap when pouring the mold.

With an eight-inch gun barrel, the accuracy difference between each gun is actually very large.

When making projectiles, you must leave enough margin.

However, the master craftsmen in the workshop are already looking to improve these problems.

Find ways to make measurement tools more refined.

For example, the smallest unit of length in all dynasties was the inch.

But this accuracy is too big for making artillery and muskets.

Previously, craftsmen had divided the inch into three equal parts.

Slightly larger than 1 cm.

This precision is again dividing one centimeter into three equal parts.

This accuracy can only be said to be barely adequate.

Now, several of Haraji's children with the best math skills are working with a group of master craftsmen to study how to make the unit of length precise to a smaller size.

Many problems were encountered during the experiment.

We are also discussing whether to re-establish a set of length units.

Because they ran into trouble trying to figure out how to divide the inch.

After dividing an inch into three equal parts, each portion is 1.11 centimeters.

This number is difficult to divide into equal parts.

I don’t know what the outcome of the argument between Hara Yoshi’s children and the master was.

Boo! Boo! Boo!

Just as Zhu Di was lost in thought, three more rounds of test shots were conducted on the hilltop on the right.

boom!

When the third round of calibrated shells fell, they hit the target ship.

Not a small target ship.

With everyone watching, the moment the projectile hit the bow deck, the stern of the ship actually tilted upward!

hiss!

"What a powerful force, this ship is not small!"

Everyone screamed in surprise.

…

new

Boom boom!

After Dongxu commanded a coastal defense gun to hit the target ship, the other three coastal defense guns, which had already been adjusted to the shooting area of ​​the target ship, began to join in the bombardment.

boom! boom! boom!

Cannonballs hit the water one after another, causing waves one after another.

The target ship rocked violently on the sea.

In the shooting area where the target ship was located, the sea suddenly surged and undulated like a river.

Click!

It was hit four more times in succession. Even if they were two or three miles apart, everyone could clearly hear the violent cracking sound.

Immediately, the eyes of everyone in the observation group who were already holding their breath and concentrating with extremely solemn expressions widened in an instant.

I saw that the target ship, which was already riddled with holes, suddenly split into two.

Immediately afterwards, a huge vortex appeared on the sea surface, and at a speed visible to the naked eye, it engulfed a target ship that in everyone's eyes was not small and could go to sea!

The officials looked pale and whispered.

"Is this a broken keel?"

"It must be, otherwise it would be impossible to split it into two. Are there any people who can completely destroy such a large ship that can sail in the sea with just a few hits?"

"Five times! Just five times!"

…

There were several people, and after speaking out, all the officials were silent for a moment.

Five hits to sink such a big ship in their eyes?

What about the naval warships currently used by the imperial court in rivers and lakes?

I'm afraid it only takes two or three rounds to send it into the sea, right?

Royal ship.

Silence fell.

Zhu Biao finally came back to his senses, looked at Zhu Di, and said with a smile: "Old Fourth, can you provide your coastal defense artillery manufacturing technology to the imperial court? If the imperial court has it, can it be made with the imperial craftsmen?"

The imperial court needs such artillery!

As the warships were equipped with artillery, their power became more and more powerful.

Originally, the navy could only be regarded as a supplement to the Ming army.

But things are different now.

In the future, it would be best if the waterways of the Ming Dynasty enter the sea and both sides of the Jinling and Qinhuai Rivers are equipped with this kind of shore defense artillery.

"Brother, I don't know much about the skills of the imperial cannon-casting craftsmen." Zhu Di smiled and was vague.

The imperial court wanted the technology of coastal defense artillery.

You have to exchange something.

From now on, it will not be given to you in vain.

The eldest brother didn't say anything clearly.

But if the imperial court wants to deploy coastal defense artillery, who should it be guarding against?

Looking at the world, in the next fifty years, the only one who can threaten the Ming Dynasty is Yan Fan, right?

It was obviously to guard against him.

Before the navy followed him back to the Ming Dynasty, some people deliberately spread rumors about how his navy threatened Jinling.

It is said that the eldest brother intends to move the capital to Guanzhong, just like in history.

He didn't know.

In this era, the eldest brother moved the capital to Guanzhong, and he really just liked Guanzhong.

I still wanted to be on guard against him.

Of course, these are not important.

As the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

It is normal for the eldest brother to consider Ming Dynasty’s homeland security.

Zhu Biao was slightly stunned.

I always felt that Zhu Di was being vague.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Biao and Zhu Di and said with a smile: "The bombardment is very shocking. Next, take us into the harbor and take a good look at your Jilong Island."

He spoke slightly louder on 'you'.

‘I hope Biao’er can realize soon that the fourth child now is no longer the fourth child who led troops back to the DPRK to help in the war! ’

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed secretly.

What Biao'er said just now was like before, asking for nothing for nothing.

But the whole Ming Dynasty was shouting and killing, and Biao'er's attitude towards Chang Mao after he woke up.

Can the fourth child still give everything to the court for free?

He understood it even then.

Therefore, Qianxian gave a year's tax in Fujian to Lao Si on the grounds of his outstanding achievements in the First Army Town.

Otherwise, if he, as a father, wants to give the fourth child something in the future, he will not be able to give it to him.

The imperial court was originally opposed to his funding Lao Si.

Once the fourth child wants to negotiate terms with the court.

Everyone in the imperial court was definitely more opposed to his free funding of Lao Si.

He gave it to the fourth child.

This time, the fourth child did not refuse and accepted.

Only their father and son understand this. This is between father and son, the father's father's love for his son, and the son's filial piety not wanting his father to worry!

later.

Biao'er wants to get something from Lao Si again.

First of all, the fourth child must be willing.

Secondly, we have to settle the accounts with our brothers!

After Zhu Di accepted the order, he quickly issued the order.

Woo woo woo...

The horn sounded.

"Let it go! Let it go! Let it go!"

The outer warship commanders began to issue orders.

Boom boom…

Hundreds of cannons pointed outwards, and aerial cannons fired as the fleet slowly sailed into the bay.

Within the bay.

Other warships of the navy were already waiting on both sides of the coast.

After the fleet entered the bay, they all greeted it with a cannon salute.

"Long live Long live Long live!"

"Long live Long live Long live!"

…

On the coast, the people who greeted the Holy Emperor knelt down and worshiped him.

The captain of the ship was in the middle of the fleet.

Zhu Yuanzhang entered the bay amidst the cannon salute and the shouts of "Long Live the Mountain".

As far as the eye can see, there are dense crowds of people kneeling and worshiping.

Behind the people, rows of red-brick, wooden and tile-roofed houses stand.

On both sides, after the gun salute was completed, naval officers wearing new military uniforms stood on the inner side of the ship and stood at attention to salute.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned his head, his face flushed slightly, he couldn't control his smile, he glared angrily and cursed: "What are you doing with these vain things!"

Ma Xiuying smiled and shook her head with Chang, Guanyinnu and other daughters-in-law.

It was too loud.

They had never seen such a welcome.

So shocking.

Chongba obviously likes the fourth child's arrangement, but he still doesn't want to admit it.

Zhu Di nodded with a smile: "Father, I understand. Next time Father comes, he will not engage in such foolish things. This time Father will bear with it."

‘Let’s just talk about it, why do you take it seriously! ’

Zhu Yuanzhang's lips twitched.

Suddenly, I couldn't help but feel a little sad.

next time……

He is already so old, can he still visit the fourth child again?

I'm afraid, this is the last time, right?

That's why this brat said this.

The boat arrived at the dock.

Zhu Yuanzhang was the first to disembark.

Followed by Zhu Xi, Lan Yu and others on the flagship.

When it was the turn of the civil and military officials on another giant ship, except for Li Shanchang and a few others, all the civil and military officials were a little lost.

The welcoming ceremony just now was so shocking.

For a moment.

They thought Zhu Silang wanted to take the opportunity to kill them all!

Moreover, Dongfan does not seem to be desolate.

The rows of buildings with red brick roofs seemed more majestic than what Jian'an had seen!

Boo! Boo! Boo...

When the sound of cannons sounded again, the devastated officials came back to their senses.

They all looked forward.

An army formation stood in formation in a broad field in front.

Rows of yellow-orange-orange bronze cannons, with red silk tied to the barrels, roared with bursts of white smoke rising.

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed forward and asked with a smile: "What kind of nonsense is this?"

Zhu Di rolled his eyes helplessly.

This old man obviously likes her very much, but he insists on speaking harshly.

He really wanted to order the withdrawal directly.

Angry old man.

Forget it, this is probably the first and last time the old man comes to Dongfan to see him. Let him do whatever he wants.

He introduced with a smile: "Father, this is the review ceremony, the etiquette of Yanfan and feudal vassals. During the exchanges between countries, when welcoming important envoys or the head of a country, this kind of etiquette will be used in the future, and the scale will be different. This time Welcoming the emperor is of the highest standard, with the navy and army reviewing it at the same time."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Then dad will inspect and review."

As he spoke, the corners of his lips could not help but curl toward his ears.

So happy!

Zhu Di accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang in the front, followed closely by Ma Xiuying and Xu Miaoyun, followed by Zhu Biao, Crown Princess Chang and others.

At the end are the civil and military officials.

"stand at attention!"

despair!

When Zhu Yuanzhang passed by, Zhang Wu, the commander of the First Association and the First Standard Association, shouted loudly, and the first standard soldiers immediately raised their heads and stood at attention.

"salute!"

Snapped!

Thousands of soldiers beat their chests and saluted.

Pay attention.

When Lan Yu and Mu Ying passed by, they looked at Zhang Wu and others, nodded and smiled, and whispered: "Not to mention, Zhu Laosi's welcoming ceremony not only showed grandness and solemnity, but also demonstrated the power of Yan Fan. , it would be great if the imperial court could follow suit."

Mu Ying glanced at the civil servants and smiled bitterly, "Impossible, our civil servants in the court can let our military get such limelight? In the eyes of the civil servants, we are a bunch of vulgar people!"

The look of disappointment in Lan Yu's eyes flashed away.

…

After Zhu Yuanzhang passed by the reviewing team, Jiang Jinzhong and others came up to him, and they all bowed and paid homage.

There was no kneeling.

Just bow and worship.

This scene fell into the eyes of the officials, and whispers sounded.

"snort!"

"Even their masters knelt down to worship His Majesty, but they just bowed!"

"Yan Fan is really rebellious!"

…

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't mind at all.

He had known that under Lao Si's rule, the kneeling ceremony was cancelled.

Not just officials.

Even the common people are like this.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Jiang Jinzhong and Xia Shimin...

Especially Jiang Jinzhong and other officials who followed Zhu Di to Dongfan early to build Dongfan.

These people tell the truth.

Placed within the territory of the Ming Dynasty, they are all average-looking.

It stands to reason that anyone picked in the imperial court would have better qualifications than this group of people.

But in terms of doing things, it's just the opposite.

This group of people in Dongfan helped Lao Si create this prosperous and astonishing business.

Extremely strong in practical ability.

But those in the court who were more talented and better qualified were doing nothing.

What is it that causes outstanding talents to be inferior to those with average qualifications?

Zhu Yuanzhang came to his senses and patted Jiang Jinzhong on the shoulder, "Jinzhong, you have worked hard to assist our fourth child these years. I hope you can continue to do this in the future. Our fourth child will definitely not treat you badly."

Jiang Jinzhong's voice trembled with excitement, "Your Majesty, Jinzhong will continue to work hard and never forget his original intention!"

This is Your Majesty!

How could His Majesty ever do this to an outsider?

I'm afraid that in the world, Jiang Jinzhong is the only one who has this honor.

Zhu Yuanzhang encouraged everyone a few more words, and then he and Zhu Di continued to walk forward. Jiang Jinzhong went to the back to find Lan Yu, Fang Xiaoru and others who were familiar with him.

After walking down the red carpet.

Huh!

Zhu Yuanzhang let out a sigh and finally noticed the smooth pavement under his feet without any gaps.

Others were alarmed by Zhu Yuanzhang's movements and lowered their heads.

Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his toes and looked at Zhu Di curiously: "Fourth, what kind of stone is this? How did you use it to create such a long, wide, and complete stone slab?"

Finally found it!

Zhu Di smiled secretly and replied: "Father, this is not a stone, this is cement. We, Yan Fan, have just made an adhesive that is somewhat similar to the rice slurry used in city building, but it is cheaper than rice slurry. Stones are used in the blast furnace. It is fired at high temperature inside, mixed with sand and gravel, and solidified when exposed to water..."

…

"The cost is very low, and the problem of large-scale mass production has been solved. It can be used to build such permanent roads, and can also be used to build houses and farmland water conservancy. In short, it has a wide range of uses and is durable."

…

Behind the crowd, Baiguan's expression became more solemn again.

Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben looked at each other silently.

Zhu Yunwen bent over, reached out and dug hard.

Lan Yu walked quickly to Zhu Di and couldn't wait to ask: "Your Majesty, this kind of cement can build houses, can it also build fortresses?"

He is now the top military commander of the demonstration area.

The entire grassland north of Yinshan Mountain has turned into a mess.

He wanted to ensure the stability of the demonstration area.

It must be ensured that the war north of Yinshan Mountain cannot spread to the demonstration area south of Yinshan Mountain.

Cement if strong enough.

Can build forts.

There is no shortage of stones in Yinshan Mountain.

He could build large fortresses at chokepoints like the Three Gorges Pass in Yinshan Mountain, and then build a series of small fortresses along the Yinshan Mountains.

In this way, the entire demonstration area is impregnable.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di both understood immediately why Lan Yu was so eager.

Zhu Di also hopes that the demonstration area will be good.

The Mongolian people in the demonstration area were kind to him.

And it is a political wealth he left to Xiongying.

He nodded with a smile, "Yes, the turret of the coastal defense gun is made of cement and can withstand the shock of the eight-inch cannon. As long as the fort is properly built, even ordinary infantry artillery will be difficult to blow up."

Lan Yu nodded, smiled and rubbed her hands.

However, he did not ask Zhu Laosi directly.

Time has passed and the situation has changed.

Zhu Laosi was shouted at and killed.

The prince has that attitude again.

How could he be so embarrassed to directly ask Zhu Laosi for it?

Just make sure the cement works well.

After settling down, he asked His Majesty for instructions and listened to His Majesty's wishes.

After the interlude.

Zhu Di accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang and continued to move forward.

"What a thick smoke! Fourth brother, is it on fire?"

While marching, behind me, Lao Jiu pointed to the deep southwest side of Jilong Island and exclaimed.

Everyone who was talking looked in the direction of Old Nineteen's finger.

I saw seven or eight billows of thick smoke rising into the air.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it.

Zhu Di explained with a smile, "Father, over there is a gathering area of ​​various workshops. The thick smoke is produced by blast furnaces smelting iron and firing cement."

Such thick smoke?

How big is Zhu Silang's blast furnace?

After hearing this, all the officials looked at each other secretly.

Zhu Di followed Zhu Yuanzhang's gaze and looked at the workshop area in the distance.

In the bay, there is generally more wind blowing from the sea.

Therefore, the workshop area was built in the deep southwest and downwind position.

There was minimal impact within the bay.

He was confident that the prototype of large-scale industry in the workshop area would definitely give his father a strong shock.

Let the father truly realize the power of large industry.

"Father, do you want me to take you to the workshop area now?"

Zhu Yuanzhang came back to his senses, smiled and shook his head: "Father will stay at Jilong Island for a long time. It won't take more than an hour and a half. Let's take us to rest first."

He didn't want to take a quick look.

After a good rest.

Take a closer look!

It's not easy to come here once. If he doesn't watch it thoroughly, he may regret it for the rest of his life.

Therefore, even if his heart is very urgent, he still has to suppress it.

Everyone could only suppress their eagerness and follow Zhu Yuanzhang to where he was staying.

The royal family moved into Zhu Di's palace.

After Zhu Biao settled down, he waited for Hu Weiyong in the study.

After a while, Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben came hand in hand.

Zhu Biao saw Lu Ben frown slightly, but didn't say anything. When the two of them sat down, he asked: "Mr. Hu, the fourth child made some vague remarks today. I need your help to analyze it..."

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