Chapter 436: Yan Fan, Yan Fan! The Military Prowess Is Shining! The Wind Is Blowing Across the World!

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!

…

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 crush him to death with our numerical advantage!"

"Besides, although our generals here are not as good as Zhu Silang, Lan Yu, Mu Ying, Geng Bingwen and so many cobblers together are better than Zhu Silang alone. If Lan Yu and others can even do this, If not, 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 was definitely not able to match the talent of King Yan in leading troops and the ability to organize rural communities and employ workers in the body stock system.

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.

The prince lacks something.

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

What the prince lacked existed in Ming 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. We will definitely be able to use these advantages to crush King Yan in the future..."

"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 visit 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, feel the bottom of the fourth child, and 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 suspected that he might threaten 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 lets Biao'er 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 the fourth child 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 people, which is basically equivalent to two battalions of new troops. This new army will be trained by Xiongying himself..."

…

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 strength, 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 team 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 has made for Xiongying. He will 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." I love you, tolerate you, and treat heroes with tolerance..."

Zhu Biao smiled bitterly, clasped his fists and said, "Father, although Xiongying's character is a little different from what I imagined, I am still Xiongying's father. How can 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..."

…

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.

…

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 stigmatization of asset tax is sweeping across the country, which 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.

will never let him go.

In the future, they must have a complete victory or defeat.

Either he will eliminate the Yan clan headed by Zhu Silang.

Or, Zhu Silang will wipe out his entire family.

However, after the news of the asset tax came, he believed that he would definitely eliminate the Yan clan headed by Zhu Silang in the future!

He could not fail.

Because there were too many people who shared the same ideals with him!

Hearing this, Lu Ben's hands trembled slightly with excitement.

The anti-Yan alliance is not only about destroying Zhu Silang.

It also determines whether Yun Wen can sit in that position!

...

Jinling is in a mess.

But these have nothing to do with Zhu Di.

Jilong Island.

It was sunny.

The sun was shining.

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 inscribed with inscriptions, as well as the names and hometowns of the soldiers.

The Martyrs' Shrine was built on a wide area leveled out from the mountain ridge.

The three groups of Dongfan civil and military officers, women, children, merchants and powerful people in Dongfan, and representatives from various resettlement villages stood quietly behind Zhu Di, in the wide area in front of the Martyrs' Shrine.

A staircase extended from Zhu Di's feet to the bay at the foot of the mountain.

Below, the people stood quietly.

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

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

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

Woo woo woo...

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

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

"Stand at attention, raise your guns!"

On the hillside, on both sides of the Martyrs' Tomb, the First Army Town and the First Mixed Brigade were led by captains at all levels, and the horn sounded instantly.

The captain gave the order.

Twenty thousand muskets tilted and raised.

"Fire!"

Bang, bang, bang...

The explosion sounded like frying beans.

Xia Shimin stood in the cemetery and read the sacrifice. The soldiers carefully and solemnly placed the ashes of their comrades in the tomb and began to fill the soil.

Boom, boom, boom...

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

...

Zhu Di stood outside the Martyrs' Shrine, watching the soldiers one by one, and after arranging the ashes of their comrades, he stood up and stood at attention.

After raising his hands and beating his chest to perform the military salute.

He turned around and walked into the Martyrs' Shrine.

The people behind him followed one after another.

In the Martyrs' Shrine, the Ten Sages of the Martial Temple are enshrined in the front.

On the side, there is a monument that records the names of the soldiers who have sacrificed since the establishment of the First Army Town.

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

Then he came to the Heroic Temple, in front of the statues of the Ten Sages of the Martial Temple: Bai Qi, the Marquis of Wu'an, Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu Han, Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo...

Zhu Di glanced at the statues of the sages one by one.

After Jiang Jinzhong handed him the incense and candles, he took them and bowed solemnly to the Ten Sages: "I, the younger generation Zhu Di, stand on the four seas, and want to sweep across the four seas in the name of ideals, for my Central Plains civilization, to open up to the deep blue. I hope that all the sages will protect my Yan vassal, and my martial arts will shine..."

...

At the same time, Zhu Di's eulogy was conveyed to the soldiers outside.

When the soldiers heard that martial arts was shining.

They shouted in unison.

"Martial arts is shining!"

"Martial arts is shining!"

...

This day.

Martial arts is shining, shaking the heavens and the earth. Even though the sacrifice has ended, it is still echoing in the hearts of all those who heard it.

The whole sacrifice is over.

It is already afternoon.

…

Zhu Di’s study.

Kobayakawa Nakaye, Ono Goro and others sat upright, waiting for Zhu Di.

They were all wondering why Zhu Di suddenly summoned them.

Tap, tap, tap…

When footsteps came from outside the door.

Kobayakawa and others got up in a hurry.

Zhu Di appeared at the door with Yong Ming, and the five people saluted in unison: "Greetings, Prince!"

Zhu Di walked in with a smile.

When he passed by with Yong Ming, he pressed his hand and motioned the five people to sit down.

After sitting down at the desk, Yong Ming stood beside him obediently.

Kobayakawa and the other five looked at Zhu Di and his son in silent awe.

Today.

The scene of the navy and army shouting "Martial Lie Zhao Zhao" in unison under the rule of the entire Yan Fan, and the shocking momentum that instantly enveloped the entire Jilong Island, they still can't forget it until now.

After the King of Yan returned to Dongfan, he started a round of large-scale expansion of the navy and army.

Today, the sound of "Wulie Zhaozhao" resounding throughout the bay showed without a doubt that it would not be long before the Yan Wang, who was extremely good at both civil and military affairs, would use military force against foreign countries.

Before being summoned.

They were still discussing where the Yan Wang would use military force.

Was it their Japan or Luzon?

Ohno looked at Zhu Di, and his worries flashed across his mind.

If this man occupied Japan.

He was very sure that the emperor of the eternal line would be completely eradicated by this man.

Moreover, the Japanese would never resist.

This man had the ability.

Look at the Mongols who were sent back.

As a defeated person.

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

He himself admired him very much.

Sometimes, he would have the idea from time to time that being ruled by this man was not a bad thing.

Whenever this idea came up, he would break out in a cold sweat.

Then he could suppress this idea with a strong will.

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-shareholding system can succeed?"

"have!"

Ohno stood 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 colleagues will 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 powerful!

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 am 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 like the Army's First 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: "What are you doing sneakily? 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 the reason why he wants to subversively destroy and disperse the Japanese country.

This small country is very xenophobic.

Plus 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 wars, hunger, and civil strife!”

hiss!

Mao Xiang secretly breathed in and smiled bitterly.

Destroy a million people?

Is this not a high requirement?

"Master, I promise to complete the task!"

Yes!

He had to immediately devote his energy to developing and improving the system of the Military Intelligence Department in Japan.

Otherwise, with only the current melons and two dates, how could the master's goal be achieved?

"By the way, your eldest son is fifteen years old, this time we will form four mixed corps and send him to the barracks."

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

Zhu Di smiled as Mao Xiang left, then retracted his gaze and looked at Yong Ming. He stretched out his hand and pinched the little guy's face: "Stinky boy, do you think your father is too cruel?"

Yong Ming shook his head, "Father is not such a person. If father is such a person, he will treat the states in the South China Sea with the same attitude. I just don't understand why father treats Japan like this?"

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses and said: "Their ten thousand generations of one dynasty has a long history and has a great influence on the people of Japan. You just heard Mao Xiang say that the Central Plains people who fled to Japan were isolated and ruled by these princes. This also shows that Japan is very xenophobic."

"Japan has a population of more than three million, ten thousand generations of one dynasty and Xenophobia. If we treat the Mongols with the same open and tolerant attitude, we will never be able to assimilate this force. On the contrary, it will become an unstable factor in the future, causing us to continue to consume financial and material resources in Japan. Either we let go in the end, or we bleed to the last drop of blood. "

...

"In this case, then be ruthless. Their civil war has nothing to do with us. They kill their own people. A million or so people will die. In the future, when they are exhausted and Kobayakawa and others are desperate to unify Japan, they invite us, and then we will legitimately send troops to intervene..."

...

"In short, you must remember that as a superior, you should never have the kind of equal treatment in mind. Compassion, our compassion, only serves the overall situation. Those who are excluded from the overall situation, or who do not cherish themselves and jump out of the overall situation, whether they are pitiful or not, must be sacrificed. "

"Dad started a rural village community in Fujian. At first, some people were skeptical. In some villages, some people were unwilling to participate. These people were abandoned at the beginning. Now, they want to join, but their fellow villagers are unwilling to give them the same shares. They have to accept it with a pinch of their noses. Does Dad have to spend countless time for this small number of people? A person's energy, time, and ability are limited. We can never take care of everyone. Those who can't keep up with the tide of the times will fall behind. "If you have a broken leg, you should abandon it without hesitation..."

"And the people in the control villages, you followed your father back this time, and you also heard from Ye Mao that the people in the control villages are now in a very miserable state after losing their equity. Do you want to report to the authorities? The lackeys and thugs of the gentry will not even let them leave the village. This is their choice, and the time for the liquidation in Fujian must wait until your royal grandfather arrives on his southern tour. Therefore, for the sake of the overall situation, even if I know that they are living a hard life, and some have even started to sell their children, I cannot intervene!"

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

...

After speaking, Zhu Di saw the brat in deep thought.

Smile.

He picked her up and said, "Don't worry. You still have a long time to grow up. Daddy can still take care of you for a long time. You can think about it slowly. Daddy just wants you to understand this truth, not to ask you to be like Daddy."

Little Yongming hugged Zhu Di's neck, climbed on Zhu Di's shoulder, nodded, smiled secretly, and the little arm around Zhu Di's neck couldn't help but tighten...

...

The sun rises and sets.

The tide rises and falls.

In the following time, Zhu Di devoted himself to the training of the four mixed corps.

Time passed faster when he was busy.

The new year began.

In the middle of February of the eighteenth year of Hongwu.

This day.

Zhu Di rarely did not go to the military camp.

He brought Jiang Jinzhong and Xia Shimin to the iron smelting workshop early.

During this period, the iron smelting workshop added four blast furnaces.

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

However, it is still impossible to forge a huge iron sheet of ten feet high.

The blast furnaces are all narrow iron sheets connected by rivets.

A total of five blast furnaces.

One of them is even bigger.

It is twice as big as the other four!

Seeing Zhu Di focusing on the largest blast furnace, Jiang Jinzhong smiled and introduced: "Your Highness, this is the No. 2 blast furnace we are experimenting with this time. If it can withstand it, we will expand it in the future. We will expand this No. 2 blast furnace that produces two tons of iron."

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

Jiang Jinzhong hurriedly replied: "Your Highness, this is also a new idea. It is too difficult to forge iron sheets with water hammers. Several master craftsmen designed this set of rollers. The gaps between each set of rollers are different. They imagined that the red and soft iron blocks would pass through a group of rollers with smaller and smaller gaps, and after being squeezed, they would eventually become the iron sheets we need."

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

Zhu Di pointed to the left side of the rollers, and the strong man standing next to a group of winches.

"I'm afraid there's not enough manpower."

The principle of the mechanism is correct.

But the manpower is too small.

It's not enough to squeeze the red-hot iron into iron sheets.

Water power may not be able to meet the requirements.

If there is a steam engine, it may be possible.

"Don't spread my evaluation of this matter, let the masters experiment as much as they want!" Zhu Di turned his head and said.

Although it was determined that it was impossible to succeed.

But he didn't want this to spread and dampen the enthusiasm of the masters.

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

As you do it, you may be able to overcome difficulties.

Even if you can't overcome them.

In the process of experimentation, you may create technologies that can be used in other aspects.

Jiang Jinzhong smiled and nodded.

The prince has always treated the craftsmen's experiments in this way.

Even if it costs money, he tightens his belt to support it.

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

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

This kid is the kind of active and can't sit still.

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

When he returned to Jilong Island from Daming, he asked the craftsmen to find stones similar to those near volcanoes.

This kid asked to follow the master craftsman.

During the Chinese New Year, Uncle Ba and his friends arrived, but the stinky boy didn't come back.

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

Wang Jinmi trotted to Zhu Di, sweating profusely, and smiled: "Master."

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

Wang Jinmi nodded repeatedly.

"It's very tiring, but you're not afraid?"

"Not afraid!"

Zhu Di couldn't help but smile, "Well, you will study these in the future, and the master supports you."

Smelting and geology are actually upstream and downstream relationships.

If the brat likes it, he will support it.

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

"Thank you, master!"

Wang Jinmi jumped up excitedly. Zhu Di smiled and stared at him, then stopped with a smile and stood beside Zhu Di. Zhu Di waited and reminded him: "Even if you like it, you must pay attention to safety. This time, the craftsmen reported that some of your reckless behaviors made the master very angry..."

When Zhu Di taught Wang Jinmi.

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

Zhu Di nodded, "Then let's start."

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

Flowed into the trough next to it.

Zhu Di waited quietly for cooling.

Not long after the first gray "stone" cooled, several craftsmen carried it and ran to the water hammer workshop.

Zhu Di and others followed.

Not long after, it was hammered by the water hammer.

The ‘stone’ turned into 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 Highness..."

Zhu Di laughed and said: "You do your experiments, 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, under the gaze of everyone, Zhu Di took an iron rod and poked the ‘cement’ in the bucket hard.

A hard feeling came.

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

Although the solidification time is much slower than the cement he has seen.

But it does have the property of bonding when it comes into contact with water.

"It's done!"

"It's really done!"

...

After the craftsmen were very excited, Zhu Di looked at the craftsman and smiled: "Send it to the artillery fort on the mountain ridge, dismantle the artillery fort and use this adhesive to do experiments to see if it can withstand the recoil of the artillery."

He was also very happy.

With this thing.

Water conservancy construction and permanent official roads can all be built.

…

Early April.

Army camp.

50,000 people lined up.

Cannons were arranged in front of the array.

A total of 126!

The first army town is still equipped with 36 cannons.

Five mixed brigades, one artillery battalion is still 18 cannons for the time being.

No other reason, copper-cast cannons are too expensive.

He has already invested 1.5 million taels of silver in training four mixed brigades.

The remaining 1 million taels are allocated to the navy to replace medium-sized warships.

Moreover, this firepower configuration is sufficient.

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

Jinyiwei sent a message that his father had set off from Nanjing ten days ago.

He also wanted to leave and go to the Shen family in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to meet him.

After observing Fujian, he brought his father to Dongfan.

And this elite force in front of him.

It is his greatest 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.

Five thousand people shouted at the same time!

"Wu Lie Zhao Zhao!"

"Wu Lie Zhao Zhao!"

...

The wind is blowing in all directions...

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