Chapter 486 Zhu Yuanzhang: I Can’t Sleep!

Hua La La...

The moonlight was reflected on the sea, and the sound of the ship breaking through the waves rang on the deck.

The deck was full of people, but at this moment, everyone was silent, and all eyes were staring at the dim light ten miles away.

Hino Yeko turned her head to Hino Zikang, her lips moved, and her voice rang out.

"Brother, what is that light? How can there be such a large light in the dark night?"

The voice was very light, as if she was afraid to disturb the light in the distance and make it disappear.

The light at night has always been one of the most beautiful dreams in the human world.

The voice trembled a little, full of fear of unknown things.

Hino Zikang held the guardrail tightly with both hands, his face turned slightly pale, and he shook his head.

Zhu Yunwen, Ma Ru, Lu Ben, Hu Weiyong and others stood together.

Ma Ru pursed her lips tightly and asked Zhu Yunwen in a low voice: "Your Highness Yunwen, what is that light?"

"Is it a biogas lamp?" Zhu Yunwen looked at Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben for confirmation.

His eyes widened instantly.

He suddenly discovered.

The proud Hu Weiyong and his grandfather turned pale!

"Impossible!" Lu Ben held the guardrail tightly with both hands and uttered three words with gritted teeth.

Hu Weiyong shook his head, "It is indeed impossible. Although I have never seen a biogas lamp, it is very good that the biogas lamp can illuminate the road a little. A small biogas lamp cannot produce such a large area of ​​light!"

"It is impossible to be so bright!"

"It should be the steamship that reported us. Bonfires were lit everywhere in Yanjing. We can also achieve this effect by lighting bonfires and strong fires on the night of the New Year and Lantern Festival."

Huh!

Zhu Yunwen breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Hu Weiyong's analysis.

Huh...

Hearing a slight exhalation sound coming from the side, I turned my head and saw Ma Ru lowering her head with a shy smile.

Zhu Yunwen smiled immediately.

It seems that his fiancée does not want that the large area of ​​light in the distance is caused by Yanfan's technology.

She has the same thinking and ideas as him.

Before, I didn't like the marriage candidate arranged by my father under the force of my grandfather.

Now I like it a little.

On the cruise ship that Zhu Yuanzhang was riding.

Guanyin Nu's impatient questioning woke everyone up, "Miaoyun, the cause of that light is the biogas lamp, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Xiuying, Zhu Chong, Lan Yu and others all looked at Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun.

Xu Miaoyun smiled and nodded.

After everyone got the confirmation, they didn't say much. The next second, they turned their heads and looked at the hazy light together.

Under the dark night sky.

That large area of ​​light is really too attractive.

As the distance slowly approached.

The light gradually became more and more dazzling from dim.

After a while.

The huge ship slowly sailed into the bay.

Everyone looked up at the huge glass-covered sphere on the top of a three-meter-high concrete pillar at the entrance of the bay.

At night, the methane ignited in the pilot light that guides the direction of the passing ships, and the 20-centimeter-high flame formed burned violently.

The cruise ship had passed the pilot light.

Zhu Yunwen's neck was a little numb, but he still turned around, looked up, and pursed his lips tightly.

He had a bad premonition.

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben retracted their gazes and looked at each other.

They all clenched their fists quietly.

The huge fleet, except for the whispers, seemed silent and continued to sail into the bay.

About three miles away from the fleet.

On both sides of the bay.

There were crowds of people and noises.

The people held a palm-sized, miniature version of the Ming dragon flag and looked toward the entrance of the bay.

"Why haven't you come yet?"

"What do you think our prince will call his country?"

"Dad, are the fireworks ready?"

"Don't worry, they are ready. As soon as our prince's fleet appears, I will go to the back to light the fireworks."

...

"Look! There are swaying lights. They must be lights on the ship. Is it our prince?"

Suddenly, someone shouted excitedly.

The surrounding discussions disappeared instantly, and everyone squinted and looked toward the entrance of the bay.

The total population of Yanjing is 700,000.

The capital city extends along the east-west direction of the bay, and only expands to occupy half of the bay.

At the narrowest part of the bay, on the coastal defense artillery platform.

The biogas lamp illuminates the whole place.

The officer of the coastal defense artillery team, holding a telescope, stood on the artillery platform.

At a certain moment, he put down the telescope, turned around excitedly, and shouted loudly: "The prince is back, fire the cannon, and report to the upstream!"

Boom!

Boom!

On both banks, two coastal defense guns roared instantly.

The sound of empty guns spread into the bay, and the whole bay was boiling instantly.

"The coastal defense guns are firing as a reminder!"

"It's the prince!"

"It's our prince's fleet!"

"Set off the firecrackers, set off the fireworks!"

...

The people were talking excitedly.

At the cargo dock that had long been taken over by the soldiers.

Ye Mao, Jiang Jinzhong, Tan Yuan and other Yanfan civil and military officials, led the Yanfan's prominent merchants, researchers, union representatives, and outstanding technical workers, and looked at each other excitedly after hearing the roar of the coastal defense guns.

Bang, bang, bang...

The sound of firecrackers instantly enveloped the entire bay.

A moment later, above the dark sky, gorgeous fireworks bloomed.

In the fleet.

Everyone looked up and looked at the colorful fireworks blooming in the night sky.

As the fireworks bloom and then disappear.

The colors reflected on everyone's faces also changed.

A merchant ship carrying emigrants.

The immigrants from Central Plains looked up at the fireworks in the bay.

The uneasiness and confusion about the unknown in their eyes gradually disappeared. Although the fireworks were gorgeous, they were even more excited about the hope and bright future.

After regaining consciousness.

All the immigrants lowered their heads one after another and looked at each other with the "fellow villagers" from the Central Plains around them. Their dark faces suddenly showed smiles as they lived a hard life.

The smile gradually widens...

"Dad, your decision is right!"

"Mom, from now on, I will definitely let you eat white rice every day!"

…

Due to the slow spread of news and the fact that there were too many people who hated Zhu Di, local officials and gentry tried their best to prevent the spread of news about Yan Fan.

Although these immigrants all came from Zhili.

Except for a few immigrants from Jinling.

Other immigrants from various places in Zhili actually knew very little about Yan Fan.

They just know that King Yan Zhu Di is a very powerful prince.

Great fighting.

Now in the Ming Dynasty, the rural areas are living better than the people like them in the city, because King Yan established the rural village community.

If you are good at fighting, if you go to sea with King Yan, you don't have to worry about being bullied, and your life in peace is guaranteed.

And King Yan established rural village communities in the Ming Dynasty, and he will definitely do the same after going overseas.

In the Ming Dynasty, people like them in the city had no land and could not join the local village community. When they went to Yan Fan, after the land was divided, they heard that everyone could join the local village community.

It is because of these two reasons that many people decided to leave the Ming Dynasty and follow Zhu Di to go to sea.

In fact, in recent years, almost 80% of the people who migrated from Ming Dynasty through the Resettlement Office were people in the city who were impoverished and lived a very difficult life.

They are all coastal areas, and the scope of influence of the Resettlement Office is limited.

The remaining 20% ​​were pure tenants in coastal areas who signed personal contracts with the gentry.

There are three types of farmers in the Ming Dynasty.

One is the yeoman farmer.

One is half-farming and half-tenancy.

One is a pure tenant.

There are two types of pure tenants.

One type is tenants who have not signed a contract. This type of tenants has the right to freedom of life, but accordingly, they can generally only rent relatively barren land such as dry land and slope land from the gentry, as well as a small amount of fertile land, and have to bear higher costs. of tenancy.

This type of pure tenant has the right to freedom in life.

They were the silent minority that Zhu Yuanzhang guiltily called "the neglected minority" in the process of establishing rural communities in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang made the decision for these free and pure tenants. In the past ten years, all these pure tenants in the southern provinces moved to Yanfan as long as they were willing.

In the northern provinces, all such pure tenant households were moved to the Mongolian-Han demonstration area.

This type of pure tenant farmers are now very rare in the traditional Ming Dynasty provinces.

But the second type of pure tenants still had a very large number in the Ming Dynasty.

They signed personal contracts with the gentry for various reasons.

Lost the right to freedom of life.

I have to farm land for the gentry all my life.

In these years, 20% of the people in the coastal areas spent all their money to redeem themselves and migrate to Yan Fan.

Of course, there were also those who directly brought their families with them, paid high prices, bribed maritime merchants, and smuggled them into Yanfan.

No matter which category it belongs to.

At this moment, all the people in the fleet were watching the gorgeous fireworks above their heads. Not far away, on the coast, the crowd under the bright lights were all excited with tears in their eyes, cheering and hugging each other.

…

Why!

"We can't help them!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, looking away from the cheering people on the ship behind.

‘It’s not the old man’s fault. If the elder brother had great determination and courage, even if our Ming Dynasty could not keep up with the rapid changes of the fourth Yan clan, we would not let the people be like this! ’

Zhu Xiang opened his mouth, and when the words in his heart came to his lips, he swallowed them again.

Seeing that everyone was hesitant to speak, Zhu Di comforted him: "Father has done a good enough job to end the chaos of the late Yuan Dynasty and bring peace to the Central Plains. After the establishment of rural villages, the broadest range of farmers can have enough to eat. It can be said to be a prosperous age in all dynasties.”

snort!

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, turned his head, and glared at Zhu Di with a smile in his eyes, "Your father knows how much he has done, so don't put gold on our face!"

His biggest regret is that he has no time.

There are many things that I feel I can’t finish, so I don’t dare to move.

Failure to do all the work and leaving a mess for Biao'er would be the greatest irresponsibility to the Ming Dynasty and to the millions of people in the Central Plains!

Zhu Yuanzhang gathered his thoughts and pointed at the fireworks that were blooming in the sky in front of him, "What a waste. The money burned is the people's wealth. We know you are filial and want to make us happy, but you can't waste it like this. Saving these money can make people happy." How many children are studying? The treasury is full and the people can be exempted from taxes. It’s not good to just burn it.”

Zhu Di smiled and said, "Father, we did arrange fireworks, but there are definitely not so many. Moreover, they are so scattered. It is obvious that the people are setting off the fireworks. The people are not so extravagant on weekdays, so they only buy fireworks to set off during festivals. Yan Many people in Beijing eat cheaper corn flour steamed buns for breakfast. The traditional frugality has not been lost. Even the father and mother came to Yan Fan, and the people were happy, so..."

He knew that the people of Yanjing were trying to make him look good.

Zhu Yuanzhang also knew and nodded with a smile.

He shifted his sight and looked forward.

The crowd of people was clearly visible.

"Stand at attention!"

"Salute!"

When the fleet passed the artillery batteries on both sides, the soldiers stood on the artillery batteries and saluted the fleet.

Zhu Yuanzhang watched.

He stood up slowly.

Everyone felt that an imperial aura was spreading.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand, clenched his fist, and gently beat his chest in return.

Zhu Chong, Lan Yu and others also clenched their fists and beat their chests in return after seeing this.

"Welcome, welcome!"

"Welcome Your Majesty to Yanjing!"

...

Soon after the cruise ship passed the artillery batteries, a tide of welcome shouts came.

People on both sides of the north and south.

Holding the palm-sized Ming dragon flag, waving excitedly.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Di and asked with a smile: "This unified Ming small flag is also made by the people spontaneously?"

Zhu Di touched the tip of his nose and smiled.

This way of welcoming was obviously his idea.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and glared, looked away, raised his hand, and waved to the people on both sides of the river.

The waving action immediately ignited the emotions of the people.

The cheers became more boiling in an instant.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and responded to the people with a larger swing of his arm.

Although the flag was prepared by the fourth son out of filial piety.

But he could tell from the voices of the people of Yan Fan whether their welcome to him was true or not.

It couldn't be more true!

He looked at Zhu Di from the corner of his eye.

He was proud to have such a son!

He knew very well that the people here welcomed his visit to the fourth son's Yan Fan from the bottom of their hearts because he gave birth to such an excellent son as the fourth son.

In the eyes of the people, it was because he taught well, so the fourth son created their current life and days.

Of course, he also knew it.

The people welcomed him, and there was a glimmer of hope.

They hoped that he, as an emperor, could build their hometown in the Central Plains into a Yan Fan, so that their relatives in their hometown could live as good a life as they did.

‘Biaoer should really come and see, and feel the expectations of these people from the Central Plains who have gone abroad for their hometown in the Central Plains! ’

Dong! Dong! Dong...

The sudden sound of the bell rang amid the cheers, as if it was also using its own unique voice to welcome the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to visit Yanjing.

Everyone shifted their sights and looked in the direction of the sound.

The sturdy square cement pillars first came into view.

Everyone heard the long-lasting welcome wave, slowly raised their heads, and their sight extended upward along the cement pillars in the distance.

The three lights of the Yanhuang Building reflected the golden characters, which came into view.

Then...

In the glass cover, the huge clock reflected by the biogas lamp appeared in sight.

Just now, they were all attracted by the warm welcome of the people on the shore, and they actually ignored such a magnificent and huge building!

Hiss!

Everyone was stunned when they saw the huge bell tower that was 15 meters high.

Zhu Di was no exception.

When he left, there was no plan for a bell tower in the construction of Yanjing.

It was eight o'clock in the evening.

The eight bells ended with cheers.

The fleet slowly passed the bell tower.

It sailed under the Century Bridge.

Although everyone's necks were a little sore, they still looked up and looked at the slowly 'receding' iron bridge above their heads, and the huge concrete support pillars that supported the iron bridge and went deep into the water.

"This... is this Yanjing?"

Ma Ru's unbelievable murmurs reached Zhu Yunwen, Hu Weiyong, and Lu Ben.

Ma Ru looked at Zhu Yunwen quietly.

Seeing that Zhu Yunwen's face was very bad, he shifted his sight and looked at the cruise ship where Zhu Di was.

Looking for Yongming's shadow.

In the future, all the shocking foundations created by the King of Yan will be inherited by the Prince of Yan, Zhu Yongming!

Which woman will be favored by God and become the princess of the Prince of Yan?

How great would it be if it was her?

Before, she looked down on Prince Yan and Zhu Qihuan, but now...

Before, she was jealous of Cailu, that country girl, why could she be the Crown Prince's Consort?

But now, Cailu is no match for Prince Yan's future princess!

It's a pity that Prince Yan is not on the ship, but still in Japan, and she is already Zhu Yunwen's fiancée. The future Princess Yan who enjoys all this will never be her.

She now believes that Prince Yan simply disdains the idea of ​​inheriting the Ming Dynasty.

With such civil and military achievements, why bother to inherit the Ming Dynasty.

Prince Yan can conquer and create a better Ming Dynasty by himself!

It's ridiculous that Zhu Yunwen regards Prince Yan and Prince Yan as enemies.

……

Zhu Yunwen didn't know that in just a short moment, his fiancée had changed his mind.

Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben looked at each other quietly, and their eyes moved away in an instant.

Lü Ben looked at Yanjing, which had no walls, and a cold smile flashed across his lips. ‘The prosperous Yanjing and the future industrial technology will all belong to his Lü family! ’

He had already decided.

After the prince killed Zhu Silang.

With the help of the anti-Yan alliance, he supported Yunwen to sit on the throne of the emperor.

He persuaded Yunwen to grant Yanjing to the Lü family.

He did not ask for much, he did not want the whole Luzon, just Yanjing was enough.

Luzon was more than two months away from the Ming Dynasty by boat.

It was too remote, suitable for enfeoffment.

Yunwen gave this place to his grandfather, so that he could help him keep the richness here.

Although, he had not seen the whole picture of Yanjing.

At night, the industrial zone also stopped operating.

But just by the bright and new clothes of the people, the biogas lamps that illuminate the darkness, the Yanhuang Tower, and the majestic iron bridge behind them.

It has been proved that Yanjing is advanced, advanced and rich!

In the future, this place must belong to the Lu family!

Everything Zhu Silang did was to make wedding clothes for the Lu family!

…

Everyone was either envious, jealous, or admired, and each had his or her own thoughts.

The cruise ship slowly approached the huge dock that could accommodate fifty ships at the same time.

Zhu Di said softly: "The emperor and the queen are here."

Hearing the sound, everyone came back to their senses.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Let's go, take us and your mother off the boat."

People poured off the pier from cruise ships and merchant ships.

Stepping on the completely cement-hardened pier, I looked at the large, square, steel gantry for lifting goods on the pier, and the square wooden boxes neatly stacked around it.

Everyone heard the sound of welcome coming from outside the pier, and looked curiously at this large and majestic pier.

Ye Mao led the crowd and hurried up to greet you. When he got close, he bowed and saluted: "Greetings to Your Majesty and Your Majesty! Welcome to the King and Princess Yan!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the civil, military and businessmen in front of him.

Finally, his eyes fell on Ye Mao, Jiang Jinzhong, Xia Shimin, Tan Yuan and others.

These people have made mistakes in the past.

There are mediocre ones.

Some are in humble circumstances.

There are also outstanding ones.

But after coming to the fourth Yan Fan, they all changed drastically. They assisted the fourth person and managed the Yan Fan into such a prosperous age.

If many of them were in the Ming Dynasty, would they still be able to achieve such achievements?

I'm afraid not!

The outdated style of Ming Dynasty will dye them black.

It will also restrict their ability to work hard.

Zhu Yuanzhang gathered his thoughts and reached out his hand to help Ye Mao, Jiang Jinzhong, Tan Yuan and Xia Shimin one by one, "No need to be polite."

When everyone stood up, they looked at Ye Mao and nodded: "Changed!"

Ye Mao knew what Zhu Yuanzhang was expressing and bowed gratefully: "Your Majesty gives me a chance. Your Majesty will create me again. I...I..."

Ye Mao choked up as he spoke.

In the beginning, if His Majesty hadn't given him a chance to go to sea with the prince.

And the prince took him in and accepted him.

There would be no Ye Mao now!

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and patted Ye Mao's hand, "How is your father?"

At first, he was willing to keep Ye Mao, except that Lao Si was building Fujian and needed Ye Mao.

There is also Ye’s father, who wrote to Ye Mao, praising Lao Si’s rural village community and urging Ye Mao to cooperate with Lao Si to benefit the people.

Ye's father was born as a farmer. The father is more valuable than the son, but he has not forgotten his roots and still maintains the simplicity of being a farmer in the past.

Ye Mao's eyes turned red and he said with a smile: "Your Majesty, my father passed away at a young age. Before he died, he pulled me and said that he had witnessed a truly prosperous age for farmers. My father was in mourning."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded.

Ye Mao reported to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, the carriage is ready. Your Majesty and the royal family will follow the prince back to the palace. The officials of the Ming Dynasty have arranged everything at the guesthouse, and the camps for the temporary residence of the relocated people have also been built. Now, Ming Dynasty will come to visit officials and relocate the people. I will make arrangements for it. Your Majesty, your Majesty and your Majesty will work in boats and carriages. Your Majesty, please take Your Majesty and your Majesty back to the palace first. "

Zhu Di was very satisfied with this arrangement, "Just follow your arrangements."

A group of people got on a new carriage.

Drive out of the dock.

Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben were sitting in a carriage, looking through the glass window at the people returning home after the welcome ceremony.

It's already eight or nine o'clock in the evening.

These Yanjing people did not go home.

Instead, he took his wife and children to the stalls that were opened in a hurry after the welcome ceremony and sat down.

Drinking wine and eating some food they had never seen before.

When the motorcade passed by, he smiled at them and waved the small flag of Ming Dynasty in his hand.

The cement has hardened, and an iron biogas lamp post stands every ten meters on both sides of the wide avenue.

There are rows of cement brick houses with multiple rooms on one floor or two or three floors.

Everything is so bizarre.

It wasn't until the carriage stopped and Ye Mao's voice came from outside that Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben came back to their senses, "My lords, please get out of the car."

Ye Mao personally led the team, got off the carriage, and shouted hello.

After Hu Weiyong got out of the car, he was assisted by several colleagues.

Lift Lu Ben into the wheelchair.

Everyone stood in front of a four-story brick building lined up and looked up.

Ye Mao looked at the officials of the Ming Dynasty with a surprised and curious look on his face. He couldn't help but smile and clasped his fists and said: "My lords, the Concierge Hotel has arrived. This is the place where our Yan Fan specially entertains visiting officials from various countries. It is equivalent to our Huitong Pavilion of the Ming Dynasty. ”

In fact, in order to make a profit, it usually accepts maritime businessmen to stay.

However, during this period, merchants will not be received.

"My lords, please!"

…

After Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben entered, they were assigned a young 'shop waiter'.

Under the guidance of the waiter, we came to the door of a room.

The waiter smiled politely and made a greeting gesture, "Two adults, at the request of the two adults, this room can accommodate two people at the same time."

As he spoke, the waiter opened the door first and walked in.

Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben frowned slightly, and secretly said in displeasure, "There are no rules!"

When will the humble waiter be able to walk in front of them and enter the house?

Don't bend down yet, walk straight.

Hu Weiyong pushed Lu Ben inside.

The waiter came to the glass window, pointed to the glass lampshade, and introduced: "Two adults, this is a biogas lamp. To turn off the lights, just turn this valve. When you go to bed at night, after closing the valve tightly, remember to remove this If the movable or folded lamp pole is pushed out of the window, because the biogas lamp has been used for a long time, the valve may leak. In a closed environment, breathing in too much unburned biogas will be life-threatening. "

…

Wait for the waiter to leave.

Lu Ben and Hu Weiyong stood in the indoor bathroom.

Looking at the faucet running water on the ceramic sink.

Lu Ben reached out and closed the water valve repeatedly.

The water flow is intermittent.

At a certain moment, Lu Ben looked up and looked at himself and Hu Weiyong in the large glass mirror, "Hu Xiang, tell me, if we start visiting tomorrow, what other shocking things can we see? Zhu Silang, how did you do this?" Of these things?”

Hu Weiyong stared at the clear water flowing into the washstand. After a long time, he said: "I don't know, but Mr. Lu, I firmly believe that all this will be ours in the future!"

A smile suddenly appeared on Lu Ben's lips, "Yes! They are all ours!"

…

Inside the palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood at the door, watching Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun leave with Qihua and Jindouzi.

No more pretending.

Quickly come to the window.

Tighten the valve and the flame in the glass cover of the biogas lamp goes out.

Unscrew the valve.

Give the rope a tug.

The flints collided, and the flames burst into flames.

After repeating it a dozen times, he followed Zhu Di's instructions and pushed the lamp head and the movable lamp pole out of the window.

Ma Xiuying looked at it and scolded with a smile: "Are you still sleeping?"

Zhu Yuanzhang turned around with a smile, looked at the room illuminated by more than a dozen biogas lamps, and said with emotion: "Lao Si said that it is troublesome to make this kind of lamp now, and it is only used in palaces and concierge hotels, but this is amazing, you Look at the biogas lamps placed every ten steps on the street. I wonder what shocking things we will see during the day tomorrow!"

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