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

Chapter 451 Jin Yiwei complained and found a piece of land that was not inferior to the Ming Dynasty!

Zhu Di returned to the palace. New 𝗑.𝖼𝗈𝗆

After bathing and changing clothes.

Wet hair, hanging on the back, came out of it.

"Dad." Xiao Qihua held a bright bronze mirror and couldn't wait to run to Zhu Di, looking up, "Dad, do you really want to cut off your hair? What if you are not as handsome and powerful as you are now? ah?"

"Otherwise, let me give it a try first. If it doesn't look good, then don't cut it. Anyway, my brother likes to read. If the haircut doesn't look good, just let me stay at home, study every day, and don't see anyone. .”

Yong Ming raised his head helplessly.

Xu Miaoyun, Wu Yunqige, and Naren Tuoya all couldn't help laughing.

Zhu Di lowered his head and looked at his precious daughter with a smile.

It's a little cotton-padded jacket.

He reached out and pinched Xiao Qihua's cheek, "Can you turn around and see how sad your brother is now?"

Xiao Qihua turned her head and stuck out her tongue playfully at Yong Ming.

Zhu Di smiled at Xu Miaoyun, nodded, and walked outside the palace door.

Jiang Jinzhong, Xia Shimin, and Yanfan officials headed by Li Qi, who had been recalled from Yilan, were all present with their families.

Dongxu’s group of children also arrived.

Zhu Di smiled and nodded to everyone, and sat down on the stool outside the palace door.

Xu Miaoyun walked out of the hall holding scissors.

Came behind Zhu Di.

His hand gently touched Zhu Di's wet hair.

In the past, she often helped Shiro wash his hair. To be honest, she really couldn't bear to do it.

But the development of Yan Fan to this point requires the power generated by Shiro to completely break the cocoon formed by thousands of years of staleness.

This process is definitely uncomfortable.

Even for many people, there is pain from the soul.

But now, it’s no longer possible to be unbreakable.

Thousands of years of cultural customs have left countless treasures of wisdom to later generations, but they also left behind countless heavy baggage.

These burdens, like strands of resilient silk, have been severely constrained in this era of development, and the era is making great strides forward.

Shiro had actually discussed this day with her earlier.

Moreover, she also secretly practiced cutting hair for a long time.

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Under the gaze of hundreds of pairs of eyes, Xu Miaoyun leaned slightly and whispered: "Cut it?"

"Cut!" Zhu Di nodded heavily.

He looked at the officer under his command with a smile.

They watched him cut.

After they cut it, they showed it to the officials below and to the people.

From top to bottom, complete this transformation of the cocoon of staleness!

Xu Miaoyun gently held a lock of Zhu Di's hair. After arranging it, she brought the scissors closer.

The moment the scissors open and close.

Xu Miaoyun's hand shook slightly. With so many people watching, she tried to remain calm and put the cut lock of hair into the square plate held by Yong Ming.

Zhu Di turned his head and glanced at a lock of hair on the plate.

To be honest, after staying here for so many years, I feel really reluctant to leave.

He is like that.

For many people who were born in this era, one can imagine the psychological reluctance and mental impact of cutting off their hair.

"It's true that I'm a little reluctant to give up." Zhu Di smiled at everyone and looked at Xia Shimin, "Brother Xia, I will dictate next, and you can help me polish it and write a "Letter to the People of Yanfan"."

"Okay!" Xia Shimin nodded solemnly.

Immediately, Dongxu and Yuanji moved the table and found pens, ink, paper and inkstones.

Everyone watched.

Xu Miaoyun continued to cut.

Xia Shimin sat down in front of the desk, and Zhu Di dictated: "I have been growing my hair for more than 20 years, and the moment I cut it off, I was really reluctant to let it go..."

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"Our body, hair, and skin are influenced by our parents. Everything in our bodies comes from our parents. If we harm our bodies, our parents will feel distressed. It is indeed unfilial to make our parents feel distressed. But I think our parents must hope that we spend our days together. Have a good time..."

"In today's era, our hair has become an obstacle that restricts us from working better in the workshop. It not only restricts us from pursuing higher production and creating greater value, but also prevents our wives and children from living a better life. At the same time, long hair can also cause harm to our bodies during production work. Hair gets mixed into pedal tools, works on blast furnaces, hair blocks vision, and so on..."

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"In the future, as our Yan Fan thrives and develops, there will be more traditional cultural customs that will restrict our further pursuit of a better life. We can remember these customs in books and pass them through various channels that do not conform to the development of the times. There are various ways to remember, but when it’s time to let it go, it should be let go.”

"By putting down each burden, we can travel lightly and embrace a better future."

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“Whether you are filial or not does not depend on your hair.”

"Insisting on not adhering to tradition, not looking at one or two, is not in line with the development of the times. We should grasp the core behind the appearance of traditional representations that are stored deep in our memories and in books and texts."

"For example, in tradition, growing hair represents filial piety, and growing hair is just a representation of the Chinese people who take filial piety as the core. When the development of the times is restricted by the appearance reflected in the traditional core culture, our group dared to take the lead in going out to sea and marching forward. The brave pioneers to the deep blue should learn to give up appearances and hold on to the core!”

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Give up the appearance of traditional refraction and stick to the core!

After Zhu Di's discussion came out.

Xia Shimin's hand trembled suddenly and he suddenly raised his head.

Secretly sighing, 'Your Majesty has a very deep theoretical foundation in traditional culture! ’

Most people simply cannot say this.

Of course, it’s even more difficult to see through!

He, Fatty Jiang, and thousands of scholars from all dynasties in the Central Plains.

Thousands of years.

Bound by traditional appearances.

No one can say such a concise and profound summary!

"Your Majesty." Xia Shimin took advantage of Zhu Di's pause and asked, "I think that the Prince's speech does not need to be polished into written language, and it is best to use this kind of everyday vernacular."

There is this saying, ‘Abandon the appearance of traditional refraction and hold on to the core’.

Even in vernacular.

This speech has reached a very high level.

It can be included in a book.

Zhu Di was slightly surprised.

Brother Xia’s proposal is just vernacular, isn’t it?

Zhu Di asked with a smile: "Brother Xia, tell me your reasons?"

Xia Shimin stood up and bowed solemnly, "As the prince said, grasp the core of tradition. For the majority of people, what is the core of writing? Is it gorgeous rhyming, obscure parallel prose that is difficult to understand? After listening to the prince's words, I think No, I think the core is the characters that have been formed by the continuous development of the Central Plains civilization since Cangjie created the characters. We only need to stick to the core of Chinese characters and use vernacular that the common people can understand, which is more in line with our current development... …”

Under the rule of Prince Yan Fan.

In order to improve the overall quality of soldiers.

In order to improve the overall quality of workshop workers.

Literacy classes have always been held.

The future system of county schools, government schools, and provincial schools also determines that the literacy rate will be greatly improved.

But the specialization rate won't be too high.

Because under the Yanfan system, there were financial expenditures, and only village schools were able to enjoy free education for everyone.

The essential significance of the existence of village studies is to train other ethnic groups under the Yan Fan rule to speak Chinese and recognize Chinese characters, and ultimately achieve the unification of language and writing.

After free village school, county school started with paid teaching.

Although Yan Fan's county schools and government schools were supported by financial allocations to a certain extent, they were not like the imperial court, which regarded county schools and government schools as small treasury for local profits.

But after all, it is paid teaching.

Starting from the county school, the higher you go, the more expensive it becomes.

Because the teaching content settings are different, the cost consumption incurred becomes larger.

It's like following the design plan they have already made.

The county school requires students to learn to recognize medicinal herb specimens, learn to play Cuju, and learn to bow and shoot.

And when you go to the government school, you have to learn riding, archery, firecrackers, etc...

These costs will become higher and higher, and so will the costs borne by scholars.

At the same time, the difficulty of promotion will also increase exponentially.

Various reasons have led to it. After all, it is impossible for everyone in the world to master this kind of parallel prose.

The core of Chinese culture is Chinese characters.

Not articles in various forms.

As long as we grasp the core of Chinese characters, we will be able to adapt to the broad masses of people without abandoning the traditional core of Chinese culture.

Zhu Di smiled happily, "Okay! Just follow Brother Xia's suggestion."

Xia Shimin happily sat down and re-paraphrased Zhu Di's speech based on memory and polished parts.

Zhu Di looked at Jiang Jinzhong, "Jinzhong, that young man who was the first to cut his hair, on what day did he get his hair cut?"

Jiang Jinzhong was stunned for a moment, then rubbed his hands and laughed, "Your Majesty, I really know this day. After all, I sent people to instigate behind the scenes. It is the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month this year."

Zhu Di smiled, and then solemnly said: "Then the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month will be designated as Filial Piety Festival! It can also be called Parents' Day. In order to adapt to development, we gave up the appearance of the core of filial piety being refracted and extended by our parents, but we We will not give up this core and core virtues. We designate the first day when we cut our hair to adapt to development as the Filial Filial Festival. In the future, our people of Yan Fan will remember this day firmly and also You will have a deeper understanding of the core virtue of filial piety.”

"Cutting hair will not have any impact on our filial piety and virtue. On the contrary, it will make us more grateful for the hard work of our parents in raising us!"

"Your Majesty, why not set it today." Jiang Jinzhong immediately admonished, "Your Majesty, as the leader of our Yan clan, has taken the initiative to break through the cocoon of traditional shackles. It is more appropriate for the Filial Filial Festival to be held today."

Everyone looked at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di looked at Jiang Jinzhong and shook his head with a smile.

Today's Jinzhong is completely different from the fat man Jiang in Jiangning County who liked to engage in formalism to show off his vanity.

He is a hard worker.

At the same time, he will also be more considerate of good officials who care for the people.

But his human realm has not yet been fully sublimated.

Not people like Yu Qian and Hai Rui.

In essence, loyalty to him occupies a dominant position in Jinzhong's heart.

That’s why I wanted to set the Filial Filial Festival today.

"Jin Zhong, the core of filial piety culture, is the core of millions of people in the general public, not just me. Don't you think that we designate the day when ordinary young people get their hair cut as filial piety festival, which can better reflect the filial piety. Is virtue widespread and universal?”

Today is the day of filial piety.

It can indeed leave him with a good reputation.

But what's the point?

He doesn't care about this.

Compared with the good reputation about him.

He also hopes that through this festival, the breadth of the virtue of filial piety can be demonstrated.

Jiang Jinzhong was thoughtful.

After a moment, he nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I understand."

Zhu Di stopped talking and quietly let Xu Miaoyun cut her hair.

Time passes little by little.

Zhu Di noticed that everyone's eyes gradually widened.

Short hair looks ugly?

Is Miaoyun not good at craftsmanship? Did you make me look ugly?

right!

It's very possible!

At a certain moment, Xu Miaoyun stopped, used a wet towel to carefully wipe off the hair fragments on Zhu Di's neck, looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "Okay."

Wow!

There were exclamations.

Zhu Di followed the sound and looked.

Xiao Qihua's big black eyes were very bright. She looked at Zhu Di, jumped up and down, held up the mirror with both hands, and said excitedly: "Dad, look, look, Dad, you look so good after cutting your hair! "

When everyone came back to their senses, they all knew that Zhu Di doted on Xiao Qihua. They couldn't help laughing, but they also nodded in unison.

Zhu Di stared with a smile, took the mirror, and couldn't help but be stunned...

He looks... really... quite handsome!

A new split military uniform, combined with the short hair, makes you more energetic and imposing!

"Daddy, don't block it with the mirror. Let me take a look again." Xiao Qihua jumped up and down anxiously.

Zhu Di put down the mirror, stretched out his other hand, and held down the little cotton-padded jacket.

He turned around and looked at everyone with a smile, "Is it okay?"

‘It’s more than okay, it’s so refreshing and so beautiful! ’

Everyone looked at it with smiles and whispered secretly.

Mao Xiang smiled and said: "Your Majesty, tonight, I will ask Mingyue to cut my hair according to the prince's style. Although my haircut is definitely not as good as the prince's, it should not be bad at all."

Mingyue stood next to Mao Xiang, smiled and pinched Mao Laoliu quietly.

Ha ha……

Everyone burst into hearty laughter.

Later, in front of everyone, Xu Miaoyun cut Yong Ming's hair again.

As Xiao Qihua shouted excitedly, "My brother is so handsome, my brother is so handsome," everyone left laughing heartily.

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study.

After everyone left.

Zhu Di came to the study.

Mao Xiang also came.

After Mao Xiang sat down, Zhu Di asked: "Is there no news about Yu Jing and the others?"

Mao Xiang shook his head in despair.

Zhu Di curled his fingers slightly.

Yu Jing's expedition team has been away for more than a year.

Logically speaking, if you keep heading south, you should arrive in Australia early.

It's even time to return.

But it has been more than a year, and he now regrets letting Yu Jing go on an adventure.

He forcibly gathered his thoughts and changed the subject: "Give me a summary of what happened in the Ming Dynasty, the Japanese Kingdom, and the Chen Dynasty in this year."

new

He can no longer interfere with the expedition's affairs.

We can only look at the fate of Yu Jing and others.

According to reason.

With that flagship, it should be able to withstand the wind and waves on the sea.

Mao Xiang was well prepared. He took out a thick summary from his sleeve and handed it to Zhu Di. At the same time, he introduced: "At the imperial court, I strictly followed the young master's order and did not dispatch or develop members of the Military Intelligence Department. All news, They all come from the resettlement office and the maritime caravans traveling to and from the Ming Dynasty..."

"Last year, the imperial court moved 70,000 people from Shanxi and Shaanxi to the demonstration area..."

"The development of the Jinling Demonstration Zone is not optimistic. However, it is not a problem to balance the balance of payments or maintain a slight loss. With the gradual establishment of rural villages in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other places, businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang began to work with the princes who were originally from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Very recently, Shen Zhi's younger uncle Gu Xuewen is very active in Jinling and is seeking to obtain the imperial court's cement-burning technology..."

"Do they want to do it privately? Do they want to establish a labor share system?" Zhu Di interrupted Mao Xiang.

Mao Xiang shook his head and said, "Master, how could this group of people set up a shareholding system for workers? They have seen the huge value and benefits produced by cement in farmland water conservancy and river embankment repairs. The prince is an official from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and is lobbying the prince to let go." Their reason for establishing the court's monopoly on cement firing was that if merchants were allowed to bake cement, the cost would be reduced, and the prince seemed to be interested and wanted to give it a try."

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Zhu Di frowned slightly.

He shook his head and said, "Look, the people engaged in industrial labor in Ming Dynasty will have a hard time in the future!"

How to reduce costs?

There is no breakthrough in smelting larger-scale blast furnace technology.

There is only one way for merchants to undertake the firing of cement.

That is to squeeze and exploit workers desperately.

The bloody exploitation during the first industrial revolution in the West will definitely be staged in the Ming Dynasty!

"Our ability to reduce costs is actually due to two aspects. One aspect is technological breakthroughs. The cost of a ten-ton blast furnace has been reduced by at least 30% compared to a one- or two-ton blast furnace!"

"On the other hand, our iron ore and the various rocks used to make cement were obtained from Champa and the Southern Dynasties in exchange for cheap ore through high-priced silk and other commodities. This is equivalent to us passing on part of the exploitation to Champa. On the people of the city and the Southern Dynasties..."

Mao Xiang nodded.

Of course he knew.

This was the collective intention of the entire Yan Fan.

Not just for the pursuit of economic benefits.

It was also intended to make the people of Champa and the Southern Dynasties reject their court.

Over the years, these two dynasties first hired people to mine in order to exchange for things that would satisfy their extravagant desires.

Later, the royal family and the elite involved were not satisfied with the profits.

But it keeps workers’ wages low.

Later, they became more ruthless and sent the prisoners directly to mine.

Now, if there are not enough prisoners, young men are being arrested in their country for various reasons and on different charges!

When people in both countries revolted.

It was when Yan Fan sent troops to comply with public opinion and overthrew the royal rule of the two countries.

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"I don't think businessmen in the Ming Dynasty would have the motivation to develop larger blast furnaces when it was profitable to master one or two tons of blast furnaces. Compared with the investment in R\u0026D, it would be easier to reduce costs by squeezing workers."

Isn’t that what the future generations will be like?

As long as their survival is not at stake, most businessmen have no motivation to upgrade their industries or technologies.

I prefer to reduce costs and increase efficiency in terms of employment.

"At the same time, the more they exploit workers, the less motivated they are to innovate, and the less likely they are to produce inventions and creations in production practice."

Why do the workers in his factory like to innovate and engage in research and exploration so much?

Except for his support.

In addition, every worker knows that innovation makes the factory more efficient, and their shares are assigned to them, and the more dividends they receive at the end of the year.

Simply put, my father is already fully promoting rural communities.

As long as countless rural areas within the Ming Dynasty remained in chaos, even if the exploitation was a little harsher, the stability of the imperial government should not be shaken.

"What about Japan? Do you have any general statistics on how many of our own people they have killed this year?"

This year, he has been paying attention to the situation in Japan.

I have to say, very sharp.

It has simply developed to the point where it will never stop.

He didn't even expect that it would be like this.

The elite of the Japanese country not only wanted to kill the upper class headed by Ohno Goro.

Even ordinary Japanese people who participated in local village communities were not spared.

There is a pair that completely closes Pandora's box by destroying it physically.

"Master, to be honest, I was also shocked by the paranoia of the Japanese people, especially the rogue samurai who were attached to the daimyo and lords. They were simply inhumane. Once they broke into the area controlled by Ono Goro and others, they would execute sword-cutting, stone-cutting, The policy of killing, robbing, and burning all the people, even the infants of their own race, is completely inhumane."

Mao Xiang said with emotion on his face.

He also went to see it on a warship carrying artillery and muskets.

He, the former leader of the Jinyi Guards and now the head of the Military Intelligence Department, was subjected to the beastly behavior of the Japanese country, which made him unable to sleep for a long time after he came back.

"Where are Ohno Goro and others? How extreme are their revenge reactions?" Zhu Di asked curiously.

Although Mao Xiang didn't know why Zhu Di asked such a question, he still replied: "Ohno Goro and others are also very ruthless. Once they invade the territory of the daimyo, they will implicate themselves. The relatives of the lower-level warriors, one by one, will implicate... "

"In just over a year, our military intelligence brothers in Japan reported that the two sides were killing each other, and coupled with the hunger caused by the war, at least half a million people died!"

Zhu Di's eyes twitched and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Over a year, half a million people died!

To be honest, even if he decided to reduce his salary by one million, he was still shocked when he heard this figure for one year.

"Ohno Goro and others have entered an extreme state. If they cannot be corrected and continue to maintain this extreme extreme situation, they will not succeed. But if they can quickly correct themselves from immature extremes and become mature, if they really let go They have seized the power of Japan, and I am afraid it will be very difficult for us to eradicate them in the future!"

A regime.

An ideal.

There must be a period of childish immaturity.

A lot of mistakes will be made.

Especially in times of extreme difficulty, or when you are making great progress.

Once you grow and mature from your mistakes in time, you will be in a lot of trouble if you want to eradicate Ohno Goro and others.

Very difficult.

Zhu Di pondered for a moment and ordered: "Let our members of the Military Intelligence Department around Ohno Goro pay close attention to the ideological changes of Ohno Goro and others."

Mao Xiang tentatively asked: "Young Master, do you want our people to keep this extreme and immature childishness alive? Ohno Goro and others did secretly cleanse the thousand elites we trained, but thanks to the Young Master I was told in advance to place a large number of seeds in the positions of generals at the bottom of the shed level. These people have avoided the purge and are now the decision-makers of the Ohno Goro Group. By using them, we can ensure that immature people like them Extreme and extreme, keep it that way.”

Zhu Di shook his head, "No, no, no, we won't do this. In fact, I want to see what Goro Ohno and others can develop into. At least, don't interfere now."

"Where is Chen Chao? How is Chen Chao?"

Mao Xiang then laughed and said: "Not to mention, the Chen Dynasty really turned into a rural village community. The pseudo-emperor Chen Zuyi imitated the allusion of Han Emperor Gaozu who beheaded the white horse to make a covenant. He and his retainers and elders worshiped the sky in the Chen Dynasty in Malacca and killed the white horse to form an alliance. , used the trade monopoly, added the future to fight, supported the retainers and elders, split the soil and divided the country, in exchange for the retainers and elders' support for the local village communities."

"Although this Chen Zuyi is a pirate, don't tell me, he looks a bit majestic." Zhu Di shook his head and smiled.

Order: "Under the surveillance of the Military Intelligence Department, Chen Zuyi sent several waves of spies to Luzon to secretly learn from us in establishing rural villages. Let them learn and help us spread our ideas further. Perhaps, someone will take the initiative in the future." Come to us and let us rule them."

When Mao Xiang heard this, he couldn't help but think about it.

It's not impossible.

As long as Young Master Yan Fan is unswerving and implements the rural village community and the employee-share system, such people will definitely appear!

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That night.

In the sleeping hall.

The lights flickered and everything calmed down.

Zhu Di looked at Xu Miaoyun nestled on his arm with a smile, and deliberately teased: "The little waist is very arrogant tonight."

puff!

Xu Miaoyun smiled and covered her face on Zhu Di's chest.

At the same time, 'Fierce Baba' opened his mouth and took a bite.

After a while, he raised his head, turned around and crawled next to Zhu Di. He held his chin with his hands and looked at Zhu Di. At a certain moment, he reached out and gently touched Zhu Di's short hair on his ears and temples, "Oh, it's so beautiful, I can't help but..."

Zhu Di couldn't help being amused, turned around, stretched out his hand to pinch Xu Miaoyun's cheek, "Don't make me angry! You must understand that I have been away from home for half a year, and I haven't had any meat in half a year!"

Xu Miaoyun's pretty face turned red instantly.

He put his forehead on Zhu Di's shoulder, covered his mouth and snickered.

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The next day.

Zhu Di took the civil and military officials, all of whom had short hair, around the Jilong Island Bay overnight.

After the "Letter to the Common People of Yan Fan" was posted everywhere.

It immediately aroused great discussion among the people.

"Dad, the prince has taken the lead. The prince even decided to cut off the child's hair as a day of filial piety! You have to pay for my leg! It will take a hundred days to break the muscles and bones. You are so cruel, old man!"

"Is what is written here really what the prince said?"

"Absolutely! I think the prince is right. The prince has already cut his hair. I will cut it after I go back today!"

"Abandon the appearance derived from traditional refraction and grasp the core! It is inspiring! It is deafening and enlightening!"

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On this day, Zhu Di set an example, and many people who worked in factories and had long been uncomfortable with long hair took the lead in cutting their hair.

For a time, the vigorous hair cutting trend took the lead in Jilong Island, and in a very short period of time, it took the lead in spreading throughout Dongfan.

at the same time.

“King Yan’s rebellious behavior will definitely make His Majesty very unhappy!”

The Jin Yiwei lurking in Dongfan were discussing excitedly and secretly, waiting for the ship to leave the port for the Ming Dynasty. They couldn't wait to send the news back to the Ming Dynasty.

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On New Year's Day.

On the deep blue, awe-inspiring sea.

Several warships galloped forward.

The officers and men on the ship, whose military uniforms were in tatters and with their sleeves and trouser legs cut in half, were carrying buckets and carefully wiping the deck.

Yu Jing's military uniform was the same as that of the soldiers, with some frayed sleeves and trouser legs cut off.

His exposed skin was completely tanned.

He came out of the cabin holding a compass and linen cloth.

He walked towards the bow of the ship in the direction of Wang Jinmi and his children.

After getting closer, he stood back and looked down.

A small crucible was placed in a red coke furnace. Something was melting in the crucible.

"Jin Mi, how's it going? Has the research been completed?"

Wang Jinmi turned around and said in frustration: "Uncle Yu, maybe the ore we took away from the volcano was wrong. I have tried all the matching methods, but I have never been able to smelt this kind of iron."

As he spoke, Wang Jinmi opened his palm and found a lump of iron.

Yu Jing picked up the iron piece and looked at it.

They explored all the way south and picked this up near the crater of a small island.

These little guys experimented.

This piece of iron has very good ductility. The most valuable thing is that the toughness of this piece of iron is very good!

Excellent cannon casting material.

When he left, Jin Mi collected various ores near the volcano, hoping to find a method for smelting this iron.

"Don't be discouraged. When we return and pass this island, we will bring more with us so that you can start experimenting."

Because during the adventure, you need to bring more food and fresh water.

So I didn’t bring too much ore this time.

You don’t have to worry so much about food and fresh water on the way back.

Wang Jinmi nodded, "Uncle Yu, although I haven't tested it yet, I have a conjecture that this kind of iron must be more than just iron ore. Under the high temperature of the volcano, there must be other things that are integrated into it. This provides me with ideas. In the future, I plan to experiment with adding various ores to wrought iron..."

Yu Jing couldn't help but smile and touched the heads of several young men: "Okay, Uncle Yu supports it. Uncle Yu will wait for you to smelt better iron and replace it with more powerful artillery on Uncle Yu's warship... "

"Land! Land!"

"What a huge land!"

…

At this moment, the watchman on the mast suddenly exclaimed excitedly.

Yu Jing raised his head and looked around...

The long coastline appears in sight.

The coastline is so long that it is impossible to fully see it!

‘I’m afraid it’s a land as vast as the Central Plains! ’

Yu Jing ventriloquised and clenched his fists excitedly at the same time!

Along the way, they suffered a lot.

During the journey, the monsoon and ocean currents changed.

As a result, not only the sail cannot be used most of the time.

Animal power provided the power, and they had to sail completely against the ocean currents.

Maddeningly slow.

This time when we go back, we must force the shipyard to produce a warship with better power as soon as possible.

Despite all the hardships.

But he finally found a piece of land that was not inferior to the territory of the Ming Dynasty!

What will be waiting for them on this land?

This journey has opened their eyes!

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