Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 111 Rice seedlings are sparse, it is already a good year
Zhu Su once saw Lao Zhu mobilize labor to build the city wall of Yingtian: First, solid stones were collected to make the city foundation, and then thousands of city bricks were fired to make the wall.The joints between the bricks of the city foundation and the bricks are filled with mortar such as glutinous rice mortar and quicklime, so that the city wall glued together is very firm.

The Ming City Wall of Yingtian Mansion has indeed stood unharmed on the land of China for hundreds of years.

But in Zhu Su's view, the city wall built in this way is time-consuming, labor-intensive, labor-intensive, and expensive.For just a small section of city wall, it is often necessary to repeat the steps of stacking, compacting, and stacking dozens of times.And it is not easy to make glutinous rice mortar, you must know that glutinous rice is food!At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the cost of glutinous rice as a raw material was already worth a lot.

Zhu Su was also very dissatisfied with the effect of the glutinous rice mortar boiled at such a cost: the bonding took a long time, often taking more than a month.And it is best not to get wet during the process.And it needs to be compacted layer by layer, and the outside also needs to be supported by brackets... The city wall is obviously used to protect soldiers and defend against foreign enemies, but it is more delicate than people themselves.

It is precisely because it is not easy to build, the places where cities can be built in ancient times were also very limited.

Zhu Su was very dissatisfied.The ancients of China used this thing to build a city with a long history?The hard work of the craftsmen should not be wasted on delicate adhesive materials!
Make cement!Cement must be made!With cement, such a towering city wall can be erected in just a few months!It is no longer impossible to build a city in Beimo.With the support of the city wall, the radiation range of the Chinese nation can be extended thousands of miles!
Zhu Su is quite good at studying in later generations. For example, the strategy books that later generations of time-traveling enthusiasts call "must-haves for time-traveling", "Friends of Military and Local Talents", "Barefoot Doctor's Handbook", etc., he has dabbled in a little .But theories are just theories after all, if you want to really burn the cement, you need to keep trying.

Not only cement, but also glass, firecrackers, etc., etc., it is impossible to think too far of the steam engine, at least in the lifetime, you have to get out the breech-loading flintlock pistol, right?

In the future, if I have a chance to fight against a certain Shan Yu in front of the army, Shan Yu loudly challenged my fifth prince Zhu Su, and amidst the exclamation and urgency, I stepped out without any hesitation, facing the Shan Yu who was galloping. The Kuaima Machete calmly took out his pistol, bang!
Shan Yu fell from his horse in panic, blew the gunpowder smoke by himself, left a sentence "Stupid barbarians, the times have changed" and then floated back to the battle, in Shan Yu's dying eyes reflected an invincible back... …

This scene is exciting to think about!
"Brother Su? What are you thinking?" Mu Ying called out.

"It's nothing..." Zhu Su quickly wiped his saliva.Although it must be cool to kill the enemy chieftain unexpectedly with a pistol before the battle.But going to the front line is still too dangerous.A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, just think about it...

This is roughly what Zhuangzi visited.Mu Ying and Zhu Su rode their horses and wandered around.Now it is the turn of summer and autumn, but there is no ripe wheat wave in the field as Zhu Su imagined.The wheat appeared green and yellow, extremely sparse, and of different heights.

Compared with the stooped old farmer who was working hard in the field with his trousers rolled up, the scarcity of wheat made Zhu Su angry.

"Is this year a disaster year?" Zhu Su asked Mu Ying.

"Huh? Why do you ask this question? Although this year is not a bumper harvest, it is probably a good year."

Mu Ying looked at the old farmers who were plowing in the field, showing a look of relief that was completely different from Zhu Su's. "During the Yuan Dynasty, where could we see the people farming happily? At that time, people had no way to survive. Even if they were plowing the fields, they were plowing for the master's family. As soon as the wheat came out, the dog officials of the Yuan court were about to come. Cut a stubble. There is not even a little bit of the grain that can reach the mouths of the people themselves!"

"If it wasn't for me, Daming, how could I live and work in peace and contentment like this?"

Such a scene called peace?Zhu Su felt that Mu Ying's words were a little horrified.If such sparse wheat stubble can be regarded as a scene of living and working in peace and contentment, what kind of purgatory should the people in the history books of the Meng and Yuan Dynasties be living in poverty?
This kind of field ridge is considered a disaster in Zhu Su's eyes.In the eyes of the imperial court, officials, and even the common people, is it a good time to be grateful?

"It shouldn't be like this..." Zhu Su murmured.

"What?" Mu Ying asked.

"It's nothing." Zhu Su squeezed out a smile and looked at the old farmer with a smile on his face, but his heart became even heavier.

The people on this land are the most industrious people.

They shouldn't just be worth it.

"Brother Muying, when can we move to this village?" Zhu Su asked.He can't wait now, and wants to try to do what he wants to do in Zhuangzi.After all, there are too many rules in the palace. Even when a sandpit was dug for exercise in the harem, eunuchs knelt down and said that it would break Feng Shui.If you want to do something, you can't do it in the palace, you will be bored to death.

"In half a month, this Zhuangzi will be completed." Mu Ying said.He walked side by side with Zhu Su, stretched out his ape arm and patted Zhu Su's shoulder: "It's just that when the time comes, I'm afraid my brother won't be able to come here to be your company."

"Huh?" Zhu Su was a little puzzled. "Didn't dad tell you to come and take charge of Wu Wangwei temporarily?" Before the establishment of the village, Lao Zhu told him that he would ask Mu Ying to train Zhu Su's guards to ensure the safety of the Huangzhuang.Mu Ying is the talent of a general, so it would be overkill for him to be Zhu Su's bodyguard.With Mu Ying covering Zhu Su, she felt relieved.

Why have you changed your mind now?
"It was originally arranged like this. But the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion mobilized a few days ago, asking me to lead the troops to Yunnan." Mu Ying laughed. "Fighting for the country is my life's long-cherished wish. My adoptive father has high hopes for me and I can't bear to disobey him. It's just that I broke my promise to you..." The expression was a little tangled.

"What is breaking your promise! Taking Yunnan is a national event! Brother Mu Ying is my famous general of Ming Dynasty, and my King Wei of Wu is at odds with it. Now that Ming Dynasty needs you, why should you keep your promise!" Zhu Su hurriedly called cut him off.But it was strange in my heart: According to the original history, it should take a few years before the Ming Dynasty conquered Yunnan.Why is the mobilization now underway, sending troops to Yunnan?
It seems that Lao Zhu can't wait to tidy up this big mess to recharge his batteries.

"Don't worry, didn't you also say that it is not difficult to conquer Yunnan in history, and he was also a adoptive father a few years earlier. He has his own considerations." Seeing Zhu Su's worry, Mu Ying smiled and comforted him.Zhu Su told him about the conquest of Yunnan, and tried to tell Mu Ying all the historical details he could remember, so that Mu Ying could make plans early and the conquest of Yunnan would be smoother.

However, Zhu Su didn't tell him about Mu's meeting in Yunnan in the future.Thanks to the above, Zhu Wenzheng's tragedy has made Zhu Su understand what the consequences of high expectations will be.He didn't want Mu Ying to have any chance of breaking up with the Zhu family. After all, what if Lao Zhu didn't want to make the Mu family the king of Yunnan?
(End of this chapter)