Steam Daming: Stop calling me to supervise the country

Chapter 338 I want to live

Zhu Zhanqian has been in New Shanghai City for nearly a month. With the formation of the Western Federation, New Shanghai City is getting busier and busier. At least the congressmen who have confirmed their seats must invest in real estate here. It can be sold at a high price. Of course, the money is not enough for Zhu Zhanqian's Western Expedition.

Planning the Permanent Council of the Central and Western Federation, various venues, housing, and commercial centers, once they are all completed, the prosperity of this city will be unimaginable, and Zhu Zhanqian also intends to build this place into the financial center of Europa.

In the past, the economic center of Europa was in Britain, France and Germany, but because of the Hundred Years War between Britain and France, the current Europa economy is underdeveloped, and Zhu Zhanqian's conquest will inevitably cause heavy damage to the two places again, so it is not appropriate to place the economic center there side, and it connects Europe, Asia and Africa, and then the Timurid Empire and the Ottoman Empire.

The capital of the Western Federation.

Zhu Zhanqian worked hard for the Western Federation in the city, while Xiaosheng continued to speed up the opening of the Suez Canal with heavy pressure.

People die in the canal pit every day. Amidst the hammering of iron picks and the sound of trains moving, the Suez Canal opened three days earlier than expected.

On this day, Zhu Zhanqian was on the edge of the Suez Canal, surrounded by all the congressmen and countless wealthy businessmen, all of whom were witnessing the opening of the Suez Canal.

Merchants pay more attention to the commercial value of the Suez Canal. These years have fully proved that under the blessing of Daming's industrial system, Daming's products, whether it is clothes or various materials, are fully supported by Daming for countries without steam engines. hit.

A lower price and more stable quality is a massacre, not to mention ceramic silk tea which is a specialty of Ming Dynasty.

In the face of a powerful military force, Ming's goods were unimpeded, and round after round of massacres were achieved on local production companies in various countries. While boosting Ming's manufacturing industry, it weakened the production capacity of other countries, even the Timurid Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Empire is the same.

When the capital was expanding rapidly, Zhu Zhanqian conquered a large area of ​​land in the Southern and Northern Wars, allowing all businessmen to have a place to develop, thus greatly reducing domestic conflicts.

If these wealthy business houses keep focusing on the country, the conflicts among everyone will accumulate more and more, and war will break out when the conflicts are irreconcilable.

Now it is essentially industrial capital, population, consumer market, and competition for land production. Zhu Zhanqian has conquered more than half of the world, and there are still many allied countries that can develop. This kind of contradiction within the Ming Dynasty will be greatly weakened. up.

At the same time, some of the largest commercial capitals are given titles and rights. Of course, there are many places that need their funding.

If you have money and power, you want to be safe.

Zhu Zhanqian stood at the northern end of the Suez Canal, next to the new Shanghai City, many explosives had been buried in the canal pit, following Zhu Zhanqian's order.

boom

boom

boom

The sound of the explosion of the explosives shook the heavens and the earth, and the whole ground shook three times.

Everyone stabilized their bodies and looked at the dusty explosion site, and listened carefully as if there was a sound of water flowing.

Waiting for the dust to dissipate almost, everyone watched carefully, there was a small stream of water flowing from the earthen wall, Xiaosheng saw that it didn't explode once, and immediately said: "Let people go down and put explosives."

"Wait." Zhu Zhanqian stopped Xiaosheng.

The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed with an ant nest. Although only a few small openings were blasted, the huge pressure directly collapsed the earth wall in a few minutes. In an instant, the turbulent sea flooded into the Suez Canal like a thousand troops, and the waves hit the shore. , Zhu Zhanqian retreated with everyone with a smile.

"It's done, it's done, Your Highness." Xiaosheng said excitedly.

Zhu Zhanqian patted Xiaosheng on the shoulder and said, "Thanks for your hard work."

With tears in his eyes, Xiaosheng said, "Your Highness, I am not working hard."

The Suez Canal was officially opened to water. After the water flow stabilized, a warship as the first ship sailed on the Suez Cloud and Mountains, and successfully arrived at Suez City through the canal and four lakes. Finally, the Suez Canal was completely connected.

The opening of the canal means that Ming can finally start a full-scale attack. Zhu Zhanqian immediately ordered: "Now the Ming warships in Suez City will enter the Mediterranean through the canal in an orderly manner today."

At the same time, Zhu Zhanqian also received reports from the front lines of Ingoland and France. The Duke of Burgundy in France was originally in the Ingoland Alliance, that is, he captured Joan of Arc and sold it to the English. After a defeat, the Duke of Burgundy turned his back again, renewed a firm agreement with the French prince, returned to the embrace of France and launched a war against Ingoland.

This wave of repeated jumps makes people feel that Joan's affair is a conspiracy. The French people are very resentful towards the French prince and king, but it is undeniable that France has regained a large part of its territory and its morale is high.

Joan will be tried and executed by the Ingolans.

When Zhu Zhanqian got the news, he immediately ordered the Ming warship to attack and head to Yinggelan to launch an all-out war.

Xiaosheng hurriedly dissuaded: "Your Highness, is this too hasty, and I haven't made a plan yet."

"The power of the Ming warship does not require much planning."

Xiaosheng was a little hesitant, but he still said: "Your Highness, I'm afraid it's not worth it to work so hard for that Joan of Arc." He thought that Zhu Zhanqian was going to save Joan of Arc, but if he was going to save someone, it would mean that the other party would not be able to save her. You can hold this person hostage, and I and these people have worked so hard for so long, if a woman breaks things, it will be good.

But he also knew that Zhu Zhanqian was never an emotional person, even if he really fell in love with this Joan of Arc, he probably wouldn't be so impulsive.

"Xiaosheng, which woman do you think I have a crush on?"

"Wei Chen dare not."

"Although I like beautiful women, I am not a lustful person, and Joan of Arc is not so talented. I went to save her only because she is useful."

Zhu Zhanqian looked at the now calm Suez Canal and said, "Xiaosheng, you know that many people in Europe believe in gods, right? Even England and France, who are at war with each other, believe in the same god, Joan of Arc To be called a saint is to be the saint of the Holy See."

"The core ideology and culture of a nation builds the core of this nation. For example, the core of our culture is the continuous development and evolution of the cultural core built by our history and culture, Confucianism and Taoism. Although many people say that Confucian culture is pedantic, But if Confucian culture is completely removed from our culture at this time, then within two to three decades, what the new generation of children agree with and what they know will be completely different from ours, and our culture will slowly die out. "

Zhu Zhanqian picked up a handful of sand on the ground: "A nation without core cultural cohesion is like a plate of sand, it doesn't need the wind to blow, and it will be scattered after two steps."

"The same is true for Europa. God occupies a huge proportion in the core of their culture. If the gods given to them are removed from the core of their culture, and there is no need to deliberately change it, their culture will fall apart."

It's like Koreans have never abolished Chinese characters. They rarely use them in daily life, and they are often ridiculed because of this. However, in their historical documents, many historical cultures use Chinese characters. If it is completely abolished, after 30 to [-] years, the newly grown children will feel that these historical documents are very strange, as if they are not their culture, and they will cut off their own history and culture.

It's shameful that they plagiarize culture to supplement their history, but what about those who have been taught these cultures since childhood, they will subconsciously think that this is their stuff.

Zhu Zhanqian told Xiaosheng his purpose: "I didn't save Joan of Arc because she was a woman, but because of where Joan of Arc is."

Xiaosheng didn't understand it very well, but he confirmed that Zhu Zhanqian was not acting on his own will, as long as His Highness is not superior, he will always be right.

"Your Highness, I understand."

"Let's get people ready. I want to set off as soon as possible. It would be a pity if Joan was killed."

The Ming army marched to Yinggelan in mighty strength. Zhu Zhanqian knew the time when Joan of Arc was going to be punished through the inside line, and he brought a few people into London in advance.

And before Mrs. Catherine was ready to attack Joan of Arc, she ordered the army warship to sail into the Thames River. Whether Joan of Arc can be saved or not is one thing, but I must fight this Ingoland.

Zhu Zhanqian watched Joan of Arc's trial from a distance with a windbreaker and cloak. He could feel Joan's helplessness and despair.

She is like a foreigner, everyone around her is rejecting her, even God has abandoned its lamb.

When the last French knight launched a fearless charge, Zhu Zhanqian was also moved. After all, there are bloody people, but it is a pity that their bravery and perseverance are not praised by France today. After their sacrifice, no one will Remember their names.

Before Joan set foot on the execution ground, the voice in her ear was Duke Humphrey's man. That man was mixed in with the guards, and the journey to escort Joan to the final execution ground was a bit difficult, and the psychological burden was relatively heavy, so some people in the guards If he didn't want to, that person volunteered and he was the one who escorted him up.

"If you want to live, then yell, yell that you want to live, don't yell to God, yell to those who can save you."

When Joan heard this sentence, her face was filled with astonishment. She immediately understood who arranged it. Zhu Zhanqian had arranged for her rescue once before, but that time she firmly believed that her god would come to rescue her. Everything about her was arranged by God, so she insisted on not leaving, and now she came for the second time, the second time the man came to save her.

She looked at the group of English people watching the excitement, and the buildings around the square were overcrowded. She quickly scanned around and found no trace of Zhu Zhanqian, but she was sure that Zhu Zhanqian was hiding in it.

He has come to save himself.

The man who only met once came to save himself.

Why did he save himself?
Was it God who asked him to save himself?

Do not!
This man does not believe in God, he even slanders God.

How could he save himself for the sake of God?

Zhu Zhanqian led an elite team to lie in ambush all the time. He was waiting until Joan called for help. If she still firmly believed that it was her god who came to save her, then it would be useless even if she saved her by herself. All credit goes to God.

NND, I worked so hard to save you, you don't thank me, thank God?
Don't say thank you, let's make a promise with your body, at least say thank you, brother, and listen to it.

And as long as she still believes in God so firmly, I can't change her mind, and she can't be used by me.

Give up God, Jeanne.

Be human, Jeanne.

Abandon all illusions, it doesn't matter whether you can receive the oracle for real or fake, and become a real person starting today, what Zhu Zhanqian needs is a person of flesh and blood.

Joan of Arc was tied to the stake by herself, surrounded by onlookers. There were countless sneers in her eyes. They were waiting for the start of the execution and the igniting of the flames, as if they were watching an animal show. rise.

Indifferent, ridiculed, sad, the moment the cross fell she knew her god would not come.

She stared blankly at the pile of firewood that was about to be ignited, and there was a flag she was proud of. The flagpole was broken and thrown into the firewood as part of the fuel.

She recalled that she was just a country girl, and she yearned for the knight riding a horse. She set out with the belief in saving France. Even the rain of swords, guns and swords could not scare her, and the wounds of flesh and blood could not shake her determination.

It's just that the prince of France was jealous of her and broke her heart. The bishop expelled the pious believers from the church because of his own selfishness, and God did nothing about all of this.

The flames fell on the wood, and the flames started to burn slowly, and gradually grew bigger, and cheers came from the crowd.

"Burn her."

"Burn this witch."

"Burn this demon to death."

Joan of Arc slowly closed her eyes amidst the scolding, as if she had accepted her fate.

"Maybe I deserve to die..."

boom

While everyone was cheering, an explosion sounded, interrupting Joan's emo moment, and Daming's warship was approaching.

The sound of the explosion was not far away, and the place of the explosion could not be seen, but there was thick smoke rising, and the sound of the Ming army coming in was heard for a while, and a group of mobs began to flee one after another.

People like Mrs. Catherine disappeared without knowing when, causing panic among the people.

Joan of Arc opened her eyes again, looking at the panicked crowd, she felt a sense of desolation in her heart, and a belief in survival surged out of nowhere, and she shouted softly, "I want to live."

Immediately afterwards, he shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness, I want to live!!"

She understood that she wanted to live on.

砰

A flagpole fell in front of Joan of Arc, and the man stood in front of her, with the Great Ming dragon flag fluttering.

"I can't hear what you said."

With tears in her eyes, Joan shouted, "I want to live."

The knife was unsheathed, the cold light flashed, the rope tied to Joan of Arc was cut, Joan of Arc sat kneeling on the ground, and the surrounding Ming elite troops directly rushed into the venue, and were dispersing the Ingolan army surrounding Joan of Arc.

Zhu Zhanqian put the Daming Dragon flag in front of Joan of Arc in the sun, turned his back to her and said: "If you want to live, you have to live well, hold my flag in the future, I told you that the Daming Dragon Where the flag is, where the sword of Daming is pointing, as long as you hold the Dragon Banner of Daming anywhere, I will always lead the army.”

"God never saves the world, your god doesn't save you, I will save you!"

(End of this chapter)