Daming: I, Zhu Di, threatened to seize the heir apparent at the beginning!

Chapter 441 Ming’s dilemma! atmosphere!

‘Prince, you can’t understand this? ’

Hu Weiyong was slightly stunned. Then he thought of something and understood.

With the prince's intelligence, he should be able to see the intention of Zhu Silang's behavior.

The reason why I can’t understand.

Because the prince is the crown prince!

He is the future emperor of Ming Dynasty.

From the bottom of his heart, the prince believed that the respect he gave Zhu Silang was enough.

But he couldn't tell the prince directly, so he had to remind the prince in a roundabout way.

Hu Weiyong rolled his eyes slightly and frowned: "Your Majesty, have you noticed how King Yan calls himself when talking to His Majesty?"

Zhu Biao frowned slightly.

Recalling the conversation between Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang along the way.

"baby……"

As soon as the words rang out, Zhu Biao seemed to have realized something, and the disappointment in his eyes flashed away.

The fourth child calls his father a son, not a son.

In other words, in Lao Si's heart, he was no longer a minister of the Ming Dynasty, but just his father's son.

Yan Fan is Yan Fan.

The Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty.

As for being vague about him.

He had already figured out the joints, so how could he not know the reason for Lao Si's vague words.

If Ming wants Laosi's coastal defense guns and cement, it will have to exchange them for something of equal value.

The fourth child wants to settle accounts with him and his brother Ming.

Isn't he good enough for the fourth child?

Could it be that he really had to kill Chang Mao with his own hands and bring to the table the things that happened in the Northern Expedition that would definitely affect him, so that the fourth child would be satisfied?

A moment.

Zhu Biao couldn't help but feel a little angry.

At that time, my father was busy conquering the world.

He assisted his mother, and his eldest brother taught the fourth child and the others like a father.

It was really hard for him to accept that the fourth child had just hardened his wings, and he pretended to settle the score with his brother.

'That's all...'

Zhu Biao shook his head in disappointment and turned to look at Hu Weiyong and the other two, "As long as you know what happened today."

After Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben received their orders, they came out of Zhu Biao's study.

Hu Weiyong kindly pushed the wheelchair for Lu Ben, and Lu Ben observed the architectural style of Prince Yan's Mansion.

Not polished enough.

It's more like the Han and Tang Dynasties, when productivity was backward and low, and the overall architectural style tended to be rough and grand.

At a certain moment, he put away his admiring thoughts and decided that he was far away. He turned to look at Zhu Biao's study, and a smile gradually appeared on his lips, "Hu Xiang, after this, the prince will probably be very angry and disappointed!"

They were intent on destroying the brotherly relationship between Zhu Silang and the prince.

This further led to the rebellion between Ming Dynasty and Zhu Silang and Yan Fan led by the prince.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Silang didn't know whether to live or die, and had a rather arrogant temper. He actually took the initiative to cut off from the prince and Daming.

Without the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Silang has nothing to fear!

Hu Weiyong smiled.

The current situation is indeed very good.

The constant victories and achievements obviously made Zhu Silang a little inflated.

"Lord Lu, we can expect great things!"

Lu Ben smiled and nodded, and the two of them stopped under a banana tree.

Lu Ben stretched out his hand and poked the broad, green banana leaf, looking at the green bananas growing on it, "Hu Xiang, we need to get Zhu Silang's shore defense artillery. We should learn Zhu Silang's amazing skills to improve our strength. , but we must not learn from Zhu Silang’s customs and his evil ideas..."

Hu Weiyong looked at Lu Ben and nodded.

If he learned from Zhu Silang, wouldn't he become Zhu Silang?

If this is the case, I am afraid that when the time comes, the military and the people will not be willing to target Zhu Silang, so how can they take revenge.

……

The room where Lu stayed.

Lu came out of the bath.

Seeing Zhu Yunwen sitting in front of the window glumly, staring out of the yard, following Zhu Yunwen's line of sight, he saw a group of children, Qi Hua, Yong Ming, Zhu Yuxiu, and Zhu Yunxi, playing marbles outside the other courtyard.

Lu touched the back of Zhu Yunzhen's head.

Zhu Yunwen was startled and turned his head, "Mother."

Lu smiled and asked, "Why don't you go outside and play with everyone? Isn't it comfortable to sit on the boat?"

Zhu Yunwen shook his head, "Mom, didn't you say that the fourth uncle's Dongfan is very backward? It has only been a few years since the fourth uncle developed Dongfan. How can it give the child the feeling that it is more prosperous than our Ming Dynasty?"

The kind of shore defense artillery that has not yet been visited, but has already demonstrated its power, sinking a large ship with just a few rounds of projectiles.

And that smooth, hard cement.

……

Everything in Dongfan reveals an unheard of impact.

"In the future, will the fourth uncle's Yan Fan surpass our Ming Dynasty and surpass my father? And the workshop that he took us to visit after a good rest, is there something more shocking?"

Zhu Yunshuang lowered her head like an eggplant.

Lu Shi understood immediately.

He smiled and touched Zhu Yunwen's head, sat down across from him, and said earnestly: "Your imperial grandfather is here. We must learn these techniques. Our Ming Dynasty has a vast territory and countless manpower and material resources. Once we learn it, We will soon overtake Fourth Uncle Qi..."

Zhu Yunwen listened, slowly raised his head, and light gradually appeared in his eyes.

……

The main residence where Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying live.

study.

There seemed to be nails stuck under Lan Yu's buttocks, making her restless.

Tang He, Li Shanchang, Mu Ying, Geng Bingwen and other veterans were also among them, waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to finish bathing.

Tang He glanced at Lan Yu, laughed angrily and scolded: "If you can't sit still, get out! How old are you, and you are still so impatient."

Everyone looked at Lan Yu.

Lan Yu was not angry at all, her eyes looked around everyone, and finally landed on Tang He. She stood up and smiled bitterly: "Second brother, are you really not anxious? You haven't seen much yet. Look at what King Yan has shown! "

"We haven't visited the workshop area yet. The coastal defense guns and cement alone are shocking enough."

"If there is cement, I can use the inexhaustible stones from Yinshan Mountain to build fortresses along the Yinshan Mountains, and at the same time, build cities in key locations in the demonstration area, both for defense and gradually encroaching north of Yinshan Mountain in the future. The benefits are endless!”

……

"But now, we must first think about whether we can obtain these technologies mastered by King Yan and Fan!"

The smile on Tang He's face disappeared.

In fact, a group of them gathered in His Majesty's study with a tacit understanding, waiting for His Majesty.

In the final analysis, they all saw the value of the technologies of Laosi Yanfan to the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, we all understand that today is different from the past.

snort!

A slight hum came from outside, "We have obtained these technologies, are you sure we can really make good use of them?"

Hearing the sound coming from outside the door, everyone stood up.

When Zhu Yuanzhang walked into the room, they all saluted and said, "Greetings to Your Majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and sat down behind the desk. After everyone sat down, he repeated: "As I said just now, can we make good use of these technologies and maximize the value of the technologies like Dongfan did? "

"Tell me, why did these technologies appear in Dongfan, Laosi, but not in our Ming Dynasty?"

"Is it because our Ming Dynasty doesn't have as many capable craftsmen as the fourth Yan Fan?"

"Why is it that Yanfan can continue to produce so many new things just by recruiting more than 10,000 craftsmen from Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other places, but how many craftsmen do we have in Ming Dynasty? Why can't we make these achievements? What's wrong with this? Have you ever thought about the reason?"

"The civil servants under Lao Si, headed by Jiang Jinzhong, are probably only middle-level, or even middle-low. Why did they have such a big change after they arrived in Dongfan? They assisted Lao Si and managed Dongfan in an orderly manner, but there were so many people in the imperial court. Smarter officials, but not as good as a group of average or even average people?"

……

Zhu Yuanzhang asked a series of questions.

Tang He and Li Shanchang nodded slightly.

Your Majesty has realized the crux of the problem.

Lan Yu and others fell into silence, pondering silently.

"As for the technical issues, we will find a solution. The fact that you can come here proves that you are much better than those who only know how to hate the fourth child. Next, when you visit, you should take a good look, look carefully, look carefully, and take a look. What is the reason that makes the same people unable to achieve results in the Central Plains, but they can do it in Dongfan!"

As far as he knows.

The fourth child played a small role in this.

Coast defense guns and a blast furnace that had never been seen before were all built by craftsmen from Dongfang during the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition.

And these craftsmen were originally from the Ming Dynasty!

I haven’t visited the workshop area yet.

But he is sure.

There must be something different between Lao Si and Daming.

The same seeds, only the soil and climate are different, and the harvest will be different.

He doesn’t understand technology or industry.

But he knows how to farm.

In his opinion, this technology and industry should be the same as farming.

……

Zhu Yuanzhang rested for three days.

During this period, Zhu Di took Zhu Yuanzhang and others to visit ordinary people's homes and businesses in Jilong Island Bay.

And held a bonfire and fireworks party on the beach.

Enjoy three days of rest.

On the fourth day, everyone cleaned up early.

In Wang Meiren's room, Wang Meiren was arranging Zhu Biao's clothes and comforting her softly: "Prince, I don't know anything else, but I know that even brothers from ordinary people's families, after they get married and start a career, they will share with each other. King Yan Although I am not sensible and cannot appreciate the Crown Prince’s good intentions, King Yan went to sea and established the Yan vassalage. In essence, he separated from our Ming Dynasty and was different from other princes..."

After watching Yan Fan.

She felt from the bottom of her heart that even Yan Fan had gone too far.

It is best for the Crown Prince not to quarrel with Yan Fan.

Just get along like brothers from a civil family.

If you really have a problem, you can help.

If we get along on a daily basis, it's fine if brothers settle accounts clearly and no one owes anyone.

Zhu Biao stretched out his hand to pinch Wang Meiren's cheek and said with a smile: "I know, I have already adjusted."

"Didn't you say before that you wanted Yunren to learn from the fourth uncle? Do you still have this idea? I believe that as the fourth uncle of Yunren, the fourth uncle will not refuse this request. If you still have this idea, Gu Come and talk to the fourth child."

Beauty Wang shook her head with a smile, "Prince, I just said that I don't have the skills of the Crown Princess sister. I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep even if I think of Yunzhen staying so far away."

In fact, she really wanted Yunzhen to learn from this brother-in-law.

When I came here, I did have this idea.

But now things have changed.

She didn't want the prince to beg King Yan.

Yunzhen is just an ordinary grandson of the emperor. He doesn't need to be very talented, as long as he honestly doesn't dream about things that don't belong to him.

In this life, prosperity, wealth, and pampering are definitely indispensable.

Even so, return to the motherland of Goryeo.

His father and brother Wang also had to hold him high.

that's enough.

There is no need for the prince to be humble to King Yan for Yunren.

……

Outside Zhu Yuanzhang's courtyard.

Zhu Di, Zhu Xi and a group of brothers were waiting.

Zhu Xi put his arms around Zhu Di's shoulders and asked with a smile: "Fourth, where are the advisory groups you provided us? Where are the blunderbuss and artillery that you promised us!"

Hearing this, Zhu Fan, Zhu Zhu, Zhu Zi and others also spoke one after another.

"Fourth brother, you can't break your promise and get fat!"

"Fourth brother, the production speed of the imperial craftsman supervision is too slow, and the imperial army has to be assembled. When it is our turn, we really have to wait until the end of the year of the monkey. We are counting on fourth brother now. This time, I will bring all the money for the purchase. coming!"

"Old Eleven, you are such a thief! Why didn't you discuss it with your brothers when you brought money?"

……

Zhu Di suddenly smiled when he saw everyone switching from attacking him to attacking Lao Shiyi.

"Don't worry. Although I will expand the four mixed associations this time and basically equip the rifles I have stored up, but give me a year or two to ensure that I will gradually provide you with the rifles and artillery you need. Send it, you decide the order first, the reorganization advisory group will go with the equipment, equipment first, and the advisory group will help you train first."

"I think we should start with us King of Sai first." Zhu Xi looked at his brothers, "The second brother is not bullying the younger brother. In fact, we need to reorganize and assemble as soon as possible."

"Yes, yes, let's start with us Northern Sai Kings."

"Second brother, you are so thick-skinned. After the Northern Expedition, do you kings of Sai still have battles to fight in a short period of time?"

……

"What are you talking about? Are you so happy talking?"

A cheerful voice came from inside.

The brothers who were arguing lively turned around and looked at the sound...

Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Xiuying, and Zhu Biao came out together with a group of family members.

"Meet my father."

Zhu Di and a group of brothers paid their respects to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Di explained with a smile, "Second brother and the others want to buy rifles and artillery from Ha'er. At the same time, they want Ha'er to send them several training advisory groups. They are arguing about who comes first."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Xi and others and said with a smile: "From the oldest to the youngest."

The second, third, and third brothers are about to accept a large number of military-honored and trusted soldiers.

Taking the opportunity to reorganize the advisory group sent by Lao Si directly in the name of training the new army, we can cut off the connection between these soldiers and martial arts to a great extent.

This is a good thing.

Zhu Xi suddenly said happily: "Father is wise!"

snort!

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted.

Looking at Zhu Di, "Have the officials arrived?"

"We're here. We're already waiting outside the palace."

"Then let's go and have a look at your workshop area."

Accompanied by Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang and the officials gathered together and headed to the workshop area.

Gongfang District is located in the deep southwest of Jilong Island, on both sides of the Jilong River Valley.

……

"Father, the entire workshop area covers an area of ​​nearly a hundred acres along both sides of the river valley. Currently, only about fifty acres are developed and used. The north of the river valley is mainly occupied by gunpowder workshops, iron smelting workshops, cannon casting workshops, and gun casting workshops. The workshops are mainly concentrated on the south bank of the river valley. The gunpowder workshops have high safety requirements and are very prone to danger, so they are temporarily set up on the north bank alone. Let’s go to the south bank first..."

Zhu Di gave everyone a general introduction to the workshop branch as he walked.

Zhu Yuanzhang and others listened carefully.

After about half an hour of hiking.

The sound of tinkling bells faintly reached my ears.

A huge workshop came into view.

Zhu Di pointed to the workshop and introduced: "Father, in front of you is the water hammer workshop, which we have seen in Fujian. The water hammer workshop technology in Fujian is copied here. Now the water hammer workshop has two areas, one area is mainly responsible for the The iron embryos are forged in various ways, some are directly forged into iron sheets to make blast furnaces, and some are used to make gun barrels or blunderbuss tubes..."

Pig iron produced directly in the blast furnace is too brittle and not ductile enough.

During the red-hot forging process, excess carbon in the pig iron is burned and squeezed out.

Forged iron is actually steel.

It's just called wrought iron.

Craftsmen have mastered the method of smelting wrought iron.

The pig iron produced for the first time is returned to the furnace and melted again. During the melting process, the bellows are constantly used to blow air into the blast furnace.

Wrought iron is easy to refine.

Just melt it back in the furnace and continue to allow the carbon and oxygen in the pig iron solution to react.

But steel, which is between pig iron and wrought iron, how to grasp the oxygen content and control the carbon content in the process of refining pig iron. The craftsmen are still pondering over it.

I'm afraid it will take some time.

After all, today’s craftsmen don’t even know the chemical reaction between carbon and oxygen.

Not to mention, the identification of carbon content in steel.

This is also an inevitable stage of technological development.

Making gun barrels and blunderbuss tubes requires "iron" with good toughness, ductility, and a certain strength.

Driven by demand, craftsmen continue to experiment and experiment based on experience.

Eventually, with experience, you find a way to make it.

In the future, some people will inevitably explore the elements and the chemical reactions during the smelting process out of curiosity.

Slowly study in more subtle directions.

This is the only way for scientific development.

Historically, Western modern technology was also derived from this.

"The other work area is mainly for making cement. The cement flows out of the blast furnace in the form of molten slurry. As it cools, it will form stone-like blocks, which need to be crushed again..."

In Zhu Di’s explanation.

Zhu Yuanzhang and a group of people visited Shuizhuifang.

They had seen water hammer in Fujian.

The only difference is that the Water Hammer Square here is larger.

There are hundreds of water hammers in one area.

Whether it is iron or cement blocks, they have to be beaten with water hammers of different sizes.

Although very noisy.

But it’s also very spectacular!

After coming out of Water Hammer Square.

Zhu Di pointed to the factory a hundred steps away, "Father, in front is the workshop for making gun barrels and gun barrels."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but quicken his pace.

Zhu Biao and others also showed impatience in their eyes.

Zhu Di caught everyone's expressions in his eyes, smiled, and quickened his pace.

"Your Majesty!" The master craftsman in charge of the workshop was waiting at the door. When he saw Zhu Di coming, he saluted Zhu Yuanzhang and walked in with Zhu Yuanzhang and others.

The entrance is a row of small stoves.

Zhu Di introduced: "Father, this is a crucible furnace. The forged iron is melted again and used to directly cast the gun barrel, or it can be shaped into an iron rod. Wait until the next process to drill holes to make the gun barrel..."

Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the piles of iron rods placed next to him, weighed them, and cast his eyes forward.

Zhu Di hurriedly took Zhu Yuanzhang to the vertical drilling machine and pedaled the 'lathe'.

A strong man sat on the side of the lathe, pedaling on the pedals.

A craftsman stares at the iron rod fixed in the middle of the vertical lathe.

The iron rod, which was still slightly red, rolled out circles of iron filings under the grinding of the drill bit.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it and said, "It's different from the hand-operated lathe you provided to the court before."

"Yeah." Zhu Di smiled, "They only came up with this in the 16th year of Hongwu. The basic principle is the same. It is to stand up a hand-operated lathe and enlarge it. During the process of making the blunderbuss, the craftsman felt the power of the hand-cranked lathe. It was too small and slow to make, so they came up with this kind of vertical pedal lathe. One of these lathes can make thirty blunderbuss a day. If they hadn't improved the lathe, the four newly compiled blunderbuss would probably be useless. It’s also impossible to equip all of them with rifles…”

Zhu Yuanzhang carefully watched the two craftsmen working together to make the gun tube.

He smiled and said: "After visiting the completion workshop, I will go and see your fifty thousand army."

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang took matters into his own hands, stepped on the pedal, and with Zhu Di's assistance, made a blunderbuss tube.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the quenched and cooled blunderbuss tube, wiped his sweat, turned around and handed the blunderbuss tube to Zhu Biao, and said with a smile: "My father gave this blunderbuss tube to you."

"My dear father, thank you." Zhu Biao accepted it and thanked him with a smile.

Behind him, all the officials looked at each other suspiciously and said to themselves: ‘What does your Majesty want to express with this move? ’

Every action of the emperor cannot be taken lightly.

And this move must have a deep meaning.

It’s just that everyone can’t figure it out for a while.

Zhu Di glanced at Zhu Biao, nodded with a smile, and continued to take Zhu Yuanzhang around the factory.

After visiting the cannon foundry.

When going out through the back door.

"Master Zhang, I think we must establish a new measurement standard and make it tenfold..."

When passing a room at the back door of the cannon foundry, Zhu Yuanzhang heard the arguing coming from inside and stopped curiously.

Looking at Zhu Di suspiciously, "We seem to have heard the voice of that little guy Yuan Ji?"

Zhu Di nodded, "It is Yuanji and several other children who are arguing with several master craftsmen over how to subdivide the length. The smallest inch we have now has too low precision, which is very unfavorable for making high-precision things..."

"Go and have a look." Zhu Yuanzhang became interested and opened the door curiously.

Everyone inside was startled by the sound of the door being pushed and fell silent instantly.

When Xia Yuanji and others saw it was Zhu Yuanzhang, they hurriedly saluted: "Greetings to Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, glanced at the blackboard full of things written on the side and equipped with a ruler pattern, and asked with a smile: "Yuanji, tell Master, what are you arguing about."

After receiving the order, Xia Yuanji turned around and pointed at the blackboard, "Master, we are dividing an inch into equal parts, but it can be divided into three equal parts or ten equal parts. No matter how it is divided, it cannot be divided into equal parts again..."

Zhu Di listened with a smile.

Of course it's hard to tell.

An inch is 3.33 centimeters, and the farther back it is divided, the more difficult it becomes to divide it.

In fact, now it only needs to be divided into millimeters to meet the needs.

"We hope to re-establish a set of length standards. We put forward two ideas. One is to use the diameter of a hair as the smallest unit to measure length, and then increase it by ten times. The accuracy of this method is sufficient. The distance between hairs can be marked on the ruler, but it is impossible under the current conditions..."

"2. Take ten millet grains of uniform size, use the diameter of one grain of millet grain as the smallest unit, and proceed progressively according to the relationship of ten times..."

"Millet meets two conditions. Its diameter is very small. At the same time, the existing conditions, the diameter of millet, can be depicted on the ruler..."

Zhu Di's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard this.

The relationship is progressive tenfold.

In fact, it is decimal.

There are great advantages to using decimal units of measurement.

That is the relationship between each unit adding zero or subtracting zero.

Easy to calculate.

This is very convenient for practical applications.

"We have tried repeatedly, but one inch has never been able to accommodate an integer multiple of millet. Now Master Zhang and the others believe that if a new unit of length is overthrown, it means that all standards in the workshop will be overthrown. Even the current military Due to the new standards, all the firecrackers and artillery used in the war will either be reserved as a special set of projectile-making equipment, or it is very likely that they will all be decommissioned after the new standards are established. The cost is too high. Master Zhang and the others are reluctant to part with these possessions and are also worried. Adding trouble to my master..."

Zhu Di was thoughtful.

Setting new standards now does mean existing workshop equipment and finished products.

All are facing retirement.

Projectiles used in muskets and artillery may be able to be overcome.

But the workshop equipment will definitely need to be completely replaced.

But now this set of measurement units has indeed seriously restricted technological development.

Zhu Di looked at Xia Yuanji and several master craftsmen, "Don't worry about money. The development of our technology has been severely restricted by measurement accuracy. If we don't change it now, we will have to change it in the future, and the investment will inevitably be greater. First, according to the diameter of the millet, take ten relationship, come up with a new set of measurement standards, build a few small lathes, and let's try it out. If we can't determine the route after repeated discussions, we'll try all the routes to find the best one. route!"

The Haraji children laughed excitedly.

Even a few stubborn masters laughed.

……

Everyone looked at each other in shock.

Zhu Yuanzhang encouraged Xia Yuanji and others, came out of the small room where the discussion was held, and asked curiously: "We can understand that Yuanji and others are happy, but why are the craftsmen who opposed Yuanji and others' proposals also happy?"

Zhu Biao, Chang and others all looked at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Father, you were deceived by the honesty of those master craftsmen. They were eager to try all the routes, but they were worried about wasting money. I was angry and deliberately played a white face and fooled Yuanji and others. , waiting for me to speak!"

These craftsmen are ‘cunning’.

Although I still retain the fear of power.

I dare not cry, make trouble, or hang myself in front of him. We need talents and funds.

But he achieved his goal through this method.

He had already seen it.

Hara Kyoshi and the others were still young, so they didn't realize that these masters were using them to sing a double act.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked thoughtful when he saw that Zhu Di was not angry at all.

Visited till now.

Look at the way those craftsmen get along with the fourth child.

He vaguely discovered the reason why the same craftsmen, who could not work well in the Ming Dynasty, came to Dongfan but repeatedly created new achievements.

The fourth child gave the craftsmen great respect.

Great support!

Can Daming do it?

He was willing to give it.

As long as it is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty and the Zhu family, he can do anything.

But this kind of atmosphere of respect and support for craftsmen.

Can we tolerate the dignified, humble, and stale atmosphere of Ming Dynasty now?

The atmosphere does not change.

I'm afraid the imperial court just copied all of Laosi's techniques back.

There will be no such prosperity as Jilong Island, let alone development and creation.

There is a high probability that they will be diseased like crops in barren land.

Changing the trend cannot be accomplished in one generation.

Besides, he is already this age.

I don’t know how many more years I can live.

In short, God will never give him another twenty years.

I'm afraid that even ten years may not be given to him.

Does Biao'er understand the purpose of giving him the hand-made gun tube?

This gun tube was made by himself as an emperor on Jilong Island.

It means that he hopes to fully learn everything under the rule of the fourth Yan Fan!

Now the fourth child's attitude has been very clear, and he will no longer work in a thankless manner to promote changes in the Ming Dynasty.

Wow!

The princess exclaimed, interrupting Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts.

It turned out that before I knew it, I had reached the door of the high wall.

Look inside along the door.

There were eight towering giant iron stoves emitting billowing smoke.

"Is this the blast furnace?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked, his eyes fixed on the blast furnace, and his steps could not help but quicken.

Zhu Di hurriedly followed.

Others couldn't wait to follow.

With proximity to the blast furnace.

A wave of heat hit my face.

The hot red molten iron flows out and flows directly into the molds.

The craftsmen worked in pairs, shirtless, holding the molds with iron pliers and carried them to a distance. A cast iron pot was placed upside down next to it.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at it visually and was slightly surprised.

There are at least tens of thousands of iron pots!

"Your Majesty, why are you making so many iron pots? Do you want to transport them back to the Central Plains for sale?" Hu Weiyong suddenly interrupted and asked.

Everyone looked at Zhu Di.

So many iron pots were trafficked back to the Central Plains.

The impact on the Central Plains was huge.

More importantly, how much money will Zhu Silang earn from this?

They just don't know the cost of making iron pots here, but they also judge that the cost of making iron in such a large blast furnace must be extremely low!

Zhu Di glanced at Hu Weiyong, but said to Zhu Yuanzhang with a smile: "Father, these iron pots are going to be distributed to the people under the rule of Luzon in the future. While gathering the people's hearts, they will use this as a reward in exchange for the people of Luzon to provide new services for the new era." The dynasty will pay for corvee and build a new dynasty. In the future, Luzon will build official roads, palaces for children, farmland and water conservancy, etc..."

this era.

Iron pot from the Central Plains.

That would be the same as chips from later generations.

It is a neck-stuck technology.

Historically, the imperial court relied on blocking iron pots to keep the prairie people from even having a cooking pot.

Not just grassland.

In places like Japan and Luzon around the Ming Dynasty, cooking pots have always been hard currency.

A cheap iron pot.

It is enough to stabilize the people's hearts and allow the people of Luzon to happily serve as corvees and build Luzon.

Anyway, this kind of iron pot is not too easy for Dongfan.

One or two tons of molten pig iron can be used to make hundreds or thousands of iron pots.

In order to shock the court, several more blast furnaces were added.

There are eight blast furnaces in total.

Production capacity is useless.

The only difficulty is iron ore.

However, the surrounding Champa and Southern Dynasties welcomed his ships to buy this thing.

Those royal families arrested young men everywhere on various charges, and then threw them into the mines to mine iron ore.

It made people angry and resentful at the same time.

Every year, he exchanged a large amount of silk and ceramic products from him to satisfy his extravagant desires.

He was also so happy.

He was waiting for the city to be occupied and the people in the Southern Dynasties to be resentful, so he could take the opportunity to send troops to save the people from fire and water, killing two birds with one stone.

"Father, our unreasonable planning has resulted in the production of too many blast furnaces. Now the amount of iron produced is too large and has no use. It is used to make iron pots to prepare for the future rule of Luzon. It is very cost-effective..."

Zhu Di deliberately performed Versailles in front of everyone.

Just say: Do you want these blast furnaces? As long as you can afford the price, I can package and sell them!

There were all old foxes present, how could they not hear Zhu Di's hint.

However, this Versailles look is so annoying.

The officials gritted their teeth secretly.

Many people snorted and said to themselves: "When Zhu Silang is defeated in his attack on Luzon and asks for help from the imperial court, the imperial court will negotiate with you again!"

Everyone has realized that Zhu Di wants to negotiate with the court.

But they don't want to talk at this time.

Luzon assembled 189,000 troops.

What if Zhu Silang is defeated?

At that time, if we continue to negotiate, the court will have the upper hand!

When Zhu Yuanzhang visited the blast furnace for refining cement, he met Wang Jinmi.

After coming out of the iron smelting workshop.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked: "Why are all your students arranged to do these Kit Kat studies?"

After visiting, almost all the students of Laosi were like this.

After a while, the fourth child will wait for them to visit Chunxiao and Minfeng's pharmacy.

It seems that all the students of Lao Si have done some miscellaneous arts.

Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Di.

He had discovered this problem long ago and was full of curiosity.

It's just not convenient to ask.

　Finally, the busy year-end is over. Starting tomorrow, I will resume the 10,000-word guaranteed update. In the past few days, I have been so busy that I can’t even finish the detailed content. Here, I would like to solemnly bow and apologize to all the book friends.

　　Finally, can you be more shameless and ask for monthly tickets, recommended tickets, follow-up subscriptions, and full subscriptions?

　　

　

(End of this chapter)