Daming: Let you do your best to manage, do you go to health?

Chapter 99 Grandpa, are you here to raid the house?

"Is that a mountain?" Zhu Di looked at the towering thing far away. Although he couldn't see it clearly, how could it be a mountain.

Involuntarily, Zhu Di turned to look at Zhu Zhanji beside him with a suspicious face.

Facing the old man's gaze, Zhu Zhanji pretended to be calm and pulled Zhu Zhanyong over, pointed at the place the old man said, and asked, "Old man, look, is that a mountain?"

Zhu Zhanyong also pretended to squint his eyes, looked at it carefully, and said, "Isn't that a mountain? Otherwise, what else could it be? It's so high."

Zhu Di looked at the two brothers suspiciously, always feeling that the two boys were fooling him.

Especially when these two boys get together, it is even more difficult to believe it easily.

Immediately, Zhu Di called Fan Zhong and others on the other side, and said, "Look, what is that in the distance?"

"Yes, it's over there, further away, yes, it's there."

Listening to Zhu Di's question, Fan Zhong and Zhao Quan, as well as Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui who were not far away from Zhu Di also came over.

Looking in the direction the old man pointed in the distance, everyone said they couldn't see clearly.

"Is that a mountain? Why does it feel square? Mountains are square?"

"Yes, second child, your eyes are good, let's take a look." Zhu Gaochi pulled Zhu Gaoxu and asked.

Zhu Gaoxu, king of the Han Dynasty, looked carefully back and forth, and said: "It's so high, what is it if it's not a mountain? I guess it's too far away to see clearly, it looks like a square shape, and it's probably round when you get closer."

Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji hurriedly said: "Let me just say, what else can it be if it's not a mountain, second uncle, fishing or not, there are probably quite a few in this reservoir."

Hearing Zhu Zhanji deliberately diverted the topic, Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu naturally didn't think so much, and said, "Okay!"

Just when Zhu Zhanji hooked up with his second uncle Zhu Gaoxu and was about to leave, Zhu Di stared at Zhu Zhanji and said suddenly: "Come back!"

After finishing speaking, Zhu Di winked at Fan Zhong who was beside him, and then said: "Isn't it clear that you can't see clearly, let's go, second child, third child, and you two boys, go take a look with the old man and me."

"But let's talk about it first, since it's not yours, it's the old man's."

Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji's forehead went dark.

Why is this old man as smart as a fox?

However, he still said: "Grandpa, this Wangshan ran to death, how long did it take to run so far."

But the more Zhu Zhanji said that, the more energetic the old man became: "What are you afraid of, isn't it just riding a horse, let's go."

Seeing that the old man insisted on going, Zhu Zhanji felt anxious like a fire.

Those who ride horses, there is a mining area, and all the truth will be revealed when you go there.

Zhu Zhanyong on the side also hurriedly persuaded: "Yes, grandpa, you said that our family is fishing here, how good it is."

But before Zhu Zhanyong finished speaking, he was scared away by the old man's eyes.

Immediately turned to look to the other side.

Seeing that the old man insisted on going, Zhu Zhanji could only say helplessly: "Yes, grandpa, why don't my grandson explain to you? My grandson built some houses there."

Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, all the people around came together.

"Boy, is that a house?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked with a pair of bull's eyes.

Zhu Zhanji said helplessly: "Yes, the house."

"So tall?" Dad Zhu Gaochi asked.

Zhu Zhanji nodded: "Yes, that high."

Third Uncle Zhu Gaosui said: "How did you build it?"

Zhu Zhanji: "That's how it was built."

Listening to the rambling words of the people around him, Zhu Zhanji wanted to die.

But when the old man on the side saw Zhu Zhanji finally admitting it, he couldn't help but cocked his mouth and said, "Since you admit it, let's go. Let's take a good look at the house built by the grandson. What's so special about it."

Seeing that the old man was going, Zhu Zhanji couldn't stop him.

After the old man rode away first, Zhu Zhanyong hurried over and said, "Brother, this is not my brother who betrayed you."

After speaking, he quickly mounted his horse and followed.

And Zhu Zhanji, no matter how helpless he was, had to follow.

Seeing all these people riding away, looking at all this, Xia Yuanji, who was already happy in his heart, was not willing to let go, so he hurriedly brought a horse to follow.

With Xia Yuanji's appearance, the rest of the officials followed suit.

Only Zhu Zhanji's father, who was too fat to ride a horse, got on the carriage and asked people to follow him quickly.

Fortunately, this road is paved with concrete, and the speed of the carriage is also much faster.

About a quarter of an hour later.

The people who ran wildly all the way finally came to the towering building.

On the way here, everyone felt the towering height of the building as they got closer and closer.

However, it wasn't until they came to the ten-meter-high, five-storey downstairs that they really felt how majestic the building was.

Although there were many buildings in ancient times that were much taller than this, and even far surpassed this building.

However, such buildings are basically made of wooden towers, and the scale of the buildings is not large. Some of them reach the top floor, but they are only a small area.

But the buildings in front of them today are not like this.

The length and width of two 30 meters at every turn, and the height of nearly 20 meters.

Most importantly, when they got closer, they realized that there was not only one building!
But a whole row!

Several columns!
Even though the surfaces of these buildings looked very rough and didn't seem to be carefully polished, this didn't prevent them from being shocked by such completely unfamiliar things.

Involuntarily, Zhu Di turned his head to look at Zhu Zhanji beside him, and said, "Smelly boy, tell me, what's going on?"

Facing Zhu Di's inquiry, everyone around looked at Zhu Zhanji.

Those who didn't know much about Zhu Zhanji, or were not familiar with him, looked at His Royal Highness the eldest grandson with incredible eyes.

His Royal Highness, the eldest grandson, who usually seems out of shape and doesn't even want to be dealt with by the government, has done so many important things behind his back!

The reservoir and canal just now shocked them.

After all, that's the real thing.

With these, hundreds of thousands of acres of land will be turned into fertile fields in an instant.

One mu of fertile land planted with rice can produce 8-10 shi of grain in one season, and a common people can eat with only 3-5 shi of grain every year.

These hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land can produce millions of shi of grain every year, which can meet the needs of millions of people!
If only food is considered, and expenses and labor are not considered, this one place alone can satisfy the food problems of the entire surrounding capital, and even most of the people in Yingtianfu!
These are all real political achievements, real achievements!

Who dares to say that any one of these officials can be stronger than the matter of the reservoir and canal?

What's more, these things were all done by His Royal Highness the eldest grandson and the three grandsons, and even the imperial court was not alarmed.

Just ask, which of these officials can do it.

These alone were enough to shock them beyond measure.

Today, these buildings have been discovered again, but I don't know what is so special about them.
Facing everyone's attention, Zhu Zhanji could only say: "These are actually nothing special, they are just ordinary houses."

Listening to Zhu Zhanji's words, Zhu Di didn't believe his words at all.

He turned his head and looked at Zhu Zhanyong, who was on the side, and asked, "Smelly boy, tell me."

Facing the old man's question, Zhu Zhanyong suddenly had a bitter look on his face.

Especially when he saw the warning eyes of his elder brother.

"Grandpa, why don't you ask me how old I am?"

"Hurry up!" Before he finished speaking, Zhu Di scolded angrily, and that kid Zhu Zhanyong almost didn't cry.

There is still a little bit of the appearance in the court before.

There is no way, for this old man, these children have been afraid since childhood.

There are psychological shadows.

Even under Zhu Zhanji's vicious threats, Zhu Zhanyong still couldn't bear the power of the old man, and muttered: "It's nothing. That's it"

Hearing this, the old man Zhu Di frowned: "Speak up!"

For a moment, Zhu Zhanyong hurriedly said: "It's nothing, it's just that these houses are stronger than ordinary houses, and there can be a lot of people in them. Like this house, at least four or five people can live in ten families. .When it was first built, it was for the farmers who cultivated here to live.”

After Zhu Zhanyong finished speaking, Zhu Di understood, and Zhu Zhanji was relieved.

How many people the house can live in and how strong it is are secondary, and it doesn't matter much.

After all, the Ming Dynasty had no shortage of land.

What he is most afraid of is that this kid will tell the secret of concrete.

This is one of Zhu Zhanji's few hole cards.

Zhu Zhanji's hanging heart finally sank when he saw that although everyone was amazed by the existence of this building, they all seemed to be somewhat dispirited.

Fortunately, no one asked what was the thing that built this thing, and how long it took to build it.
As everyone continued to go deeper, although they were still surprised by the scale of the building, they didn't say anything more.

Passing through this area of ​​concrete buildings, they entered the mining area in a serious manner.

It was also the first time I saw a living person.

In that mining area, an extremely slow miniature train was running on the laid track.

At the head of the little train is an extremely bloated locomotive that looks very complicated.

Of course, this is not the Watt-improved steam engine that Zhu Zhanji got in the villa at the beginning, but an extremely simple front that uses steam as power.

This thing has nothing to do with the system's rewards, it's all based on Zhu Zhanji's 21st century brain.

In fact, the principle of steam power is very simple, just like boiling water at home will make a "beep beep" sound, and the lid of the kettle will continue to rise and fall after the kettle is heated to a certain level.

Although the thing he designed himself is not sophisticated, the energy utilization rate is not high, and the energy conversion rate between equipment is also low, but fortunately, there is no such thing in this era, and there is no need to compare efficiency with others. Small energy generation sources are not enough, so come big ones.

This is why the locomotive is extremely bloated despite the apparently miniature train container.

It is really that the energy conversion is not high, resulting in insufficient power
So there are not many things that can be delivered each time.

But fortunately, it lasts long, and labor in the Ming Dynasty is not expensive.

As for how much efficiency can be improved compared to manual work, in fact, it can't be improved much. It is entirely Zhu Zhanji's previous hobby in his spare time.

But now that it has been made, it is used here, so that it can be tested from the actual situation, carrying capacity, speed and other data.

Then improve a little bit.

After all, when this thing was created before, the system hadn't rewarded Nawatt's improved steam engine.

And this thing, at most, is the prototype of guns in this era, the firecracker is the same reason.

The firearm sounds complicated and advanced, but this ancestor firecracker is very simple, it doesn't even need any craftsmanship at all, it's just a hollow iron lump inside, at most the iron wall inside should be smoother.

The gunpowder is stuffed first, and then the ammunition is placed on the gunpowder. Even lead bullets are not needed, and there is not much difference in getting some stones.

Then through a reserved ignition port, ignite, the gunpowder explodes, and the impact force is generated, and the stones, iron blocks, and lead bombs in front are blasted out.
Simple and rude, as for aiming
See your luck.

Now the thing designed by Zhu Zhanji is the same as the firecracker, and it is in its infancy.

It's just that Zhu Zhanji is clear about these things, but the old man and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are not.

"What is this!"

"Why can I walk by myself! Weird, weird"

"Zhao has lived for decades, and has never seen such a strange thing!"

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Even Zhu Di, the emperor's old man, was not much better than these ministers. At this time, he stared at the big toy Zhu Zhanji made in disbelief.

Simply astonished.

They had never seen anything dead that could travel by itself.

Although there was a person standing at the front of the car constantly shoveling things into it, that person was obviously not pulling the iron bump hard.

Why did this iron lump move by itself?

I have to say, for people of this era, how can they not be amazed when they see this thing for the first time.

If it wasn't broad daylight, I'm afraid they would have thought they had seen a ghost.

It even makes two beeps from time to time. It's really scary to see this thing alone at night.

Seeing the shocked expressions of everyone in the scene, Zhu Zhanyong couldn't help but feel worried.

Although this thing does not belong to Zhu Zhanyong, at least it is in his hands.

Now seeing so many people thinking about it, thinking of the old man's robber nature, maybe he will be taken away again.

For a while, that kid Zhu Zhanyong was in a lot of pain.

However, Zhu Zhanji, the owner of this miniature steam train, didn't feel the slightest bit at all.

For him, Zhu Zhanji, this thing is a defective product, not even a defective product, but a big toy.

As long as he wanted, he could make another one at any time, but it was just a matter of finding some blacksmiths.

And when he saw the shocked expressions on the faces of these people, Zhu Zhanji suddenly felt that it would be unreasonable not to kill a wave of acquaintances at this time.

really.

As everyone gradually recovered from the shock, the old man Zhu Di was the first to turn his head to look at Zhu Zhanji, and asked incredulously, "You also made this thing?"

Facing the old man's question, Zhu Zhanji didn't hide anything, nodded, and said, "Well, I usually get it out for fun."

Zhu Zhanji was telling the truth.

However, the old man was too ignorant, so he stared at his eyes and said, "Just play?"

After leaving Zhu Zhanji behind, he turned his head to look at the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry in the distance, and waved.

The minister of the Ministry of Industry hurried over.

"emperor."

Zhu Di nodded and asked, "You are the minister of the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court. Have you seen this thing before?"

The minister of the Ministry of Industry shook his head: "Back to the emperor, this is the first time I have seen you."

"Then the craftsmen of your Ministry of Industry may make this thing?"

Facing Zhu Di's question, the minister of the Ministry of Industry immediately said with embarrassment: "Your Majesty, this thing is really weird, and I am afraid that the Ministry of Industry will not be able to make it."

Hearing that the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty could not make this thing, Zhu Di immediately understood the value of this thing.

With a cheeky face, he said to Zhu Zhanji who was on the side: "Boy, you made this thing with the money from the imperial court's confiscation, right? It's confiscated!"

Hearing this, before Zhu Zhanji said anything, Xia Yuanji was the first to jump out and shout: "The emperor is holy!"

Listening to the old man singing with that bastard Xia Yuanji and about to take away his miniature steam train, before Zhu Zhanyong was in a hurry, Zhu Zhanji was the first one who couldn't help it, and immediately turned to Xia Yuanji Cursed: "Your uncle Shengming, Shengming."

There is no such thing as playing, this is not a calculation, it is simply grabbing in the open.

But as soon as the words came out, Zhu Zhanji immediately realized that the words questioned the meaning of the old man. In order to prevent the old man from making use of the topic, Zhu Zhanji hurriedly pleaded guilty.

However, after pleading guilty, Zhu Zhanji still said very solemnly: "Grandpa, you should be clear about whether the grandson is useless or not, and how much money the court has shared. How can a grandpa cheat his grandson like this? Don't be afraid." The courtiers joke."

Hearing what Zhu Zhanji said, Zhu Di was somewhat embarrassed.

If there is only their family here at the moment, Zhu Di will be ashamed if he is shameless, and he will be ignorant of his conscience if he is ignorant of his conscience.

But now in front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, Zhu Di still has to take into account the majesty of some emperors.

After the old man coughed twice, he said, "Whether this thing is made of imperial silver or not, I won't mention it for now, but you boy, tell grandpa first, how does this thing work?"

Listening to the old man's question, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help scratching his head.

How to explain this problem?
If you are talking to a modern person, as long as you say that the kettle is steaming, he can basically guess the same.

After all, they all came out of the nine-year compulsory education.

But how to explain the conversion of energy?
After thinking about it carefully, Zhu Zhanji finally explained what he knew, bit by bit, from the shallow to the deep in front of the civil and military men and the old man.

Listening to Zhu Zhanji's words, although some people still don't understand, there are still smart people.

And after they figured out what Zhu Zhanji said about the transformation of thermal energy into pressure, then from pressure into power, and from internal energy into mechanical energy, it seemed as if they had opened up the two veins of Ren and Du in an instant, and they suddenly became enlightened.

It was as if a window to a whole new world was opened by Zhu Zhanji and appeared in their cognition.

This is a cognition that they have never thought about or realized during the decades they have been alive.

They did not expect that the energy generated when boiling water at home could be converted into a pulling force like a horse-drawn cart through some equipment and procedures
Especially the minister of the Ministry of Industry, after listening to Zhu Zhanji's explanation, he looked at the miniature steam train, and suddenly had a new understanding of this completely incomprehensible thing.

It is even possible to apply the principles Zhu Zhanji said to this miniature steam train.

Although they do not have this knowledge, they are not stupid.

Seeing the sudden enlightenment of the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Zhu Di couldn't help asking: "Now you can make this thing?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry still shook his head: "After listening to His Highness Changsun's words, although I understand some truths, I can understand this thing, but without a real reference, I still can't make it."

Isn't the meaning inside and outside the words of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry still not clear enough?

Zhu Di is such a shrewd person, how could he not understand.

Can't help coughing, and then said to Zhu Zhanji beside him: "Stinky boy, look."

Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji immediately said: "Impossible, this is my grandson's own. Grandpa, you are the emperor, or an elder. You should not be able to do the things you have robbed, right?"

Seeing Zhu Zhanji's resolute attitude, Zhu Di had no choice but to say earnestly: "Stinky boy, think about it, if you put this thing with you, it's just a matter of transporting things at most, but if you think about it, if the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry If you think about it, you may be able to create more."

"At that time, grandpa will give you three!"

Zhu Zhanji said with disdain, "No."

"Five!"

"do not want!"

"Ten!"

"do not want!"

"Little bastard! It doesn't make sense to you, does it?"

Seeing that the old man got angry, Zhu Zhanji could only accept it as soon as he saw it, and said, "Grandpa, it's not impossible for you to want this thing."

"Oh?" Seeing that there was room for negotiation, Zhu Di also calmed down.

"But I don't need the Ministry of Industry to build it for my grandson, and my grandson doesn't want anything else. You can't take away the land outside. As long as you promise, this thing will be given to you by your grandson."

Hearing this, Zhu Di didn't even think about it, so he said directly: "No way! That's hundreds of thousands of acres of rice fields!"

Looking at the virtue of the old man, it seemed that the rice field belonged to him in the first place, so he refused with confidence.

Although Zhu Zhanji was depressed, he was talking about business after all, so he was polite.

The old man, it's definitely not fruitful to talk to him. Showing softness to him can even screw you to death.The only way is to fool around.

It can't be too watery.

This man has been an emperor for decades and has fought wars for decades, and the man is talking about him.

Then Zhu Zhanji explained the truth to the old man earnestly, and said, "Grandpa, why can't you see through it."

"Think about it, what's the use of those lands in your hands? At most, it's just to increase the court's finances? Even if it helps, it won't be too big. This yamen's point, that yamen's point, to In the end, nothing big can be done.”

"However, if you think about it, if this land is in the hands of grandson, it will be different. When grandson had no money before, he could produce so many things. What if he had this cultivated land? If grandson What about creating one, two, three, four, five reservoirs and canals? What is this called? It’s called concentrating resources to do big things!”

"Besides, I'm your grandson. Even if the arable land is in the hands of the imperial court, won't it still be handed over to my father one day? And it's in the hands of my grandson. It's in the hands of my grandson, but Can I eat so much food by myself? Didn’t it end up in a place that is beneficial to the court.”

"Grandpa, pattern, you are the emperor, pattern needs to be opened~"

"If grandpa is really worried, how about asking the imperial court to set up an additional yamen, which is not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, but only at your command, grandpa, and put all these lands, reservoirs, and canals in this yamen. And this yamen doesn’t do anything, just do one thing, to make money for you, Grandpa! Earn food! Earn money with all your might.”

"When you grow stronger, grandpa, you still need to be secretly restrained by those bastards when you fight?" While speaking, Zhu Zhanji motioned the old man to look at those bastard ministers.

Listening to Zhu Zhanji's words, Zhu Di was really shaken for a while.

Although he knew very well that his eldest grandson Zhu Zhanji was fooling himself, there was still some truth in these words.

For example, as he said, the annual increase in cultivated land is distributed to the various yamen of the imperial court, which is of little use to put it bluntly.

After all, the imperial court governs a country, every government office, and every place.
But if the land is left in the hands of the grandson, if there is enough money, if more reservoirs and canals can be developed.
How much arable land can this add to the Ming Dynasty?

How much grain harvest will be increased?

And this kid also said that these can be incorporated into a new government office of the imperial court, and by then, these will all belong to the imperial court in name.

It's just that other yamen in the imperial court don't have the power to govern, but Zhu Di does.
The most important thing is that what the kid said is correct, how many years can Zhu Di live, and these things will not be in the hands of the kid by then.

Since I want to spend money and this kid doesn't refuse, what else do I have to worry about?

Thinking of these, Zhu Di felt more and more feasible.

However, after seeing the change in Zhu Di's face, Xia Yuanji was anxious.

This is a paddy field of hundreds of thousands of acres!

Once it is in the hands of the imperial court, I don't know how much financial pressure it can relieve the imperial court.

Dang even jumped out and said, "Your Majesty! No way! This court."

However, before Xia Yuanji finished speaking, Zhu Zhanji immediately pointed at Xia Yuanji and scolded: "Xia Yuanji! The last time you brought someone to block the gate, you haven't settled with you yet! No more nonsense, let's deal with it first!" You are a crime of disobedience!"

Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, Xia Yuanji froze in place.

However, thinking that the prince had instigated that matter, when he was about to defend himself, he suddenly heard Zhu Di say: "Okay, stop talking nonsense."

After finishing speaking, after a moment of silence, he looked at Zhu Zhanji and continued: "This matter will be done according to your wishes."

Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji was overjoyed immediately.

"Emperor Shengming!"

Seeing how quickly his kid changed his face, Zhu Di shook his head helplessly.

But Xia Yuanji immediately turned his face into tears. He ate all the meat in his mouth and spit it out?
With the end of the matter here, everyone went to the depths again.

However, after discussing with the old man about the establishment of a separate yamen, Zhu Zhanji did not have much resistance to everyone going this time.

Because there is only one arsenal left.

It is a group of craftsmen, blacksmiths and other special types of people that he has gathered all over the country in the past few years.

What they developed was precisely that munition.

The most important reason why Zhu Zhanji no longer has too many conflicts is that he knows that the old man is going to fight this time.

Most of these things that have been developed so far will be handed over to the old man before the army goes out.

Although Zhu Zhanji is sometimes a bit stingy and doesn't want to expose some things so early, he is still sensible when it comes to things like war.

After all, those who went to the front line were all heroic men of his Ming Dynasty.

Even if one person could die less, it would be a complete family.

Just when everyone kept walking towards the inside.

Peng!
The sound of an explosion instantly startled everyone present.

The soul was almost scared away.

The sound was too loud, and it came so suddenly that no one expected it.

Even Zhu Zhanji is the same.

Only Zhu Zhanyong, who was used to being scared, was better.

But even so, he just reacted faster than others.

Just when everyone looked around in a daze, wondering what was making the huge noise.

The old man also came back to his senses. After thinking about it, Dang even looked at Zhu Zhanji beside him, and asked, "Stinky boy, what the hell is going on? What's going on?"

Listening to the old man's question, although Zhu Zhanji was not very clear, he still said: "It should be the sound of artillery."

"artillery?"

It never occurred to Zhu Di that this kid had something about artillery under his hands.

Can't help asking: "How is it compared to the artillery of the imperial court?!"

Zhu Di, who knew that his kid liked to do amazing things, and now that Zhu Zhanji was still studying artillery, couldn't help it.

After all, no one in the world knows the role of firearms in war better than Zhu Di.

The army of the Ming Dynasty relied on firearms to win.

Even when Yu Qian, the later generation, was defending the city of Beijing, it was only by relying on the Shenjiying that he had the basis for a comeback.

Hearing the old man talking about firearms and cannons, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui also hurried over.

Seeing their nervous appearance, Zhu Zhanji suddenly smiled and said, "If there is no accident, they should be stronger."

Hearing Zhu Zhanji's words, although Zhu Di hadn't seen the cannon yet, he was so excited that he couldn't restrain it.

The look of joy was beyond words.

"Go, take grandpa to have a look!"

　I'm a little busy today, so I'm delayed, so I'll post [-] words, and I'll make up for it tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)