Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 86 Emperor Hongwu’s sense of oppression
"This this……"

Looking at the dense red bloody handprints on the banner, even Zhu Di couldn't help but murmur in his heart.

When he led troops to fight, he was naturally not afraid of this mere blood, but was worried about whether Zhu Yuanzhang could bear it if he showed the blood book of thousands of people to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Highness, it seems that we all think of this matter simply." Dao Yan sighed with emotion from the side.

Zhu Di put down the banner in his hand silently, "Where can there be simple things in this world? What's more, when it comes to opening up the sea, it will never be simple."

Dao Yan nodded in approval, "What His Highness said is absolutely true."

"Master, you've been working hard all the way. Let's go and rest first."

"I'll excuse you, poor monk." Dao Yan responded, turned around and walked out of the room.

Zhu Di picked up the Wanmin Blood Book again and saw a thick blood red color.

Although Zhu Di did not come to Fujian in person, from this banner, he could see the desire of Fujian people for the opening of the sea!

Zhu Di even felt that the people in coastal areas such as Fujian were more pitiful than those in the northern frontier areas.

Although there are frequent wars and plundering by foreign tribes in the north, the Ming Dynasty will send troops to fight in the Northern Expedition to protect the people on the border. In times of difficulty, everyone endures hardships together, and when battles are won, everyone is happy together. After all, there is always hope.

As for the people in the coastal areas, although they did not face the pressure of the enemy, they were troubled by Japanese pirates and the like all day long.

The Japanese pirates were small, but ordinary people had no power to resist when they encountered them, so they could only be killed.

And for the past few decades, they have been harassed by Japanese pirates, but no one can give them hope. They have been in dire straits, and they are always on tenterhooks, worried that Japanese pirates will suddenly appear in front of them. It can be said that they have been in a state of constant danger. In despair!
Zhu Di stared at the bloody banner in his hand in a daze, feeling heavy...

"Cao Wei, Cao Wei, you advocated opening up the sea in front of my father, but did you also think of this?" Zhu Di murmured to himself.

Dao Yan returned to Prince Yan's Mansion early in the morning, and it was just past time.

After noon, Zhu Di packed up, took the joint memorial and the blood letter from all the people out of Prince Yan's Mansion, and headed towards the palace.

Now that he has decided to make a decision, he will have to face it sooner or later. It is not Zhu Di's character to give up halfway, so he simply went to meet Zhu Yuanzhang directly.

And at this moment,
palace,

Royal study.

Cao Wei was standing in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

He held a short sword in his hand, which was polished to a shiny finish.

It was only with Zhu Yuanzhang's permission that Cao Wei was able to bring this dagger made with a new steel-making method into the imperial study.

The chief eunuch was obviously much closer to Zhu Yuanzhang than before. Although his expression was not nervous, it could be seen from his eyes that he still cared about the dagger in Cao Wei's hand.

"Is this made by the new steel-making method you mentioned?" Zhu Yuanzhang also stared at the dagger in Cao Wei's hand.

"Your Majesty, that's right!" Cao Wei replied.

Previously, with the help of the Ministry of Industry, it took 24 days to successfully build the open-hearth furnace that Cao Wei wanted in the western suburbs.

In the next few days, Cao Wei led the craftsmen to experiment and build the factory building.

Because it was the first time, the scale of the open-hearth furnace was not large, and because of the high efficiency of the engineering department, it only took more than 20 days to build it.

However, the open-hearth furnace was left open in the courtyard in the western suburbs. After that, Cao Wei had to organize his own manpower to build a factory to shelter the open-hearth furnace from wind and rain.

In such busyness, Cao Wei experimented for several days and finally succeeded in producing the steel he wanted last night!

The total shipment of the new steel was only about two hundred kilograms, so Cao Wei ordered someone to make a short sword overnight and brought it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Send it up," Zhu Yuanzhang raised his chin, and the chief eunuch walked to Cao Wei in small steps, took the dagger and returned to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty," the chief eunuch held the dagger respectfully, and Zhu Yuanzhang took it.

The first thing I felt when I got it was how light it was!

Zhu Yuanzhang had been on the battlefield for many years and was very familiar with weapons such as swords.

However, Cao Wei's dagger is obviously lighter than ordinary swords.

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at the gleaming dagger in his hand, looking left and right, and finally looked at Cao Wei with suspicion in his eyes.

"Cao Wei, are you sure you're not mistaken? Why is the dagger so light?" Zhu Yuanzhang said and weighed the dagger in his hand.

Cao Wei was slightly startled and then reacted.

Normally speaking, steel is lighter than ordinary iron. Although the Ming Dynasty had hundreds of steel-making technologies, its weight was not significantly different from ordinary iron because it had more impurities and insufficient decarburization.

Cao Wei's new steelmaking method is a formal and scientific steelmaking method. After the pig iron is refined into steel, impurities and carbon content are removed, and the quality will be significantly lighter.

Zhu Yuanzhang had never seen it before, and he doubted whether such a light dagger would not last long.

Cao Wei couldn't help grinning and said with a smile: "There is absolutely no problem with the steel made by the common people. If your Majesty is worried, just get another sword and let them touch it. Won't you know which one is stronger and which one is weaker?"

Seeing that Cao Wei was so confident, Zhu Yuanzhang dispelled most of his doubts. On the other hand, he also felt that what Cao Wei said was reasonable, so he ordered the eunuch chief beside him:
"Go, find us a sword." There are many guards in the palace, with posts at five steps and posts at ten steps, as well as patrols everywhere. It is easy to find a sword.

After a while, the head eunuch came back with a sword.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and took the sword.

He held a short sword in one hand and a long sword in the other, and used both arms to exert force.

"clang!"

With a crisp sound, the sword broke at the waist!
"Clang!" Half of the sword fell to the ground.

Cao Wei couldn't help but raise his eyebrows as he watched.

Lao Zhu’s hands are really strong!

Because the carbon content of iron is relatively high, it is relatively brittle. If Cao Wei were to use two swords to cut each other, he could do this, but he did not expect that Zhu Yuanzhang was so old that he could cut off the iron sword with one blow. .

This old man is really getting stronger with age!
Zhu Yuanzhang and the eunuch chief beside him both stared at the half-sword with wide eyes, as if they couldn't believe it!
How could the dagger made using this new steel-making method be so powerful? !
Wouldn't this become the legendary process of cutting iron into clay?
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the dagger in his hand again and looked at it carefully. He only saw a tiny gap on the blade, which hardly affected its use.

"Good! Good! Good! Good sword! Good steel!"

Zhu Yuanzhang said "good" three times in a row, which shows that he is very satisfied with the dagger refined by Cao Wei.

"As long as your Majesty is satisfied." Cao Wei relaxed upon seeing this and returned to his unruly look.

Zhu Yuanzhang was about to ask Cao Wei about the steel production volume of Cao Wei's new steelmaking method, when a voice suddenly came from outside the door.

"Father, I would like to see you." It was Zhu Di's voice.

The new steel-making method was successfully developed. Zhu Yuanzhang was in a good mood and responded without thinking: "Come in."

Zhu Di pushed the door open and entered the imperial study. He was slightly surprised to see Cao Wei, and his heart skipped a beat when he saw half of the long sword on the ground.

What's happening here?
Zhu Yuanzhang had already sat down again and said cheerfully to Zhu Di: "I'm just in time to see the dagger made by the new steel-making method."

When Zhu Di heard this, he probably understood that Cao Wei's new steel-making method was successful.

However, at this time, his only thoughts were on the memorial and the blood book of all peoples in his hand.

Zhu Di is also a little nervous now.

He raised the memorial and the blood letter of all the people in his hand, "On the way here, I happened to see the gatekeeper coming with the memorial, so I took it to my father. Let's see if there is anything important first."

"Okay, okay, bring it up." Zhu Yuanzhang still had a smile on his face.

The chief eunuch took the memorial and the blood letter of all the people and placed them on the table in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang first picked up the memorial and read it, just for a moment!His face darkened!The more I look, the more dark clouds are gathering.

Seeing such a huge contrast between Zhu Yuanzhang's front and back, Cao Wei couldn't help but sweat in his heart. The main reason was that Zhu Yuanzhang's complexion was so bad. At this time, he was like a piece of solid ice, exuding a terrifying chill all over his body!
Cao Wei couldn't help but glance at Zhu Di standing next to him, curious about what was written in the memorial.

The next moment, Zhu Yuanzhang finished reading the memorial, put it aside, picked up the banner next to it and unfolded it...

"Ah..." The head eunuch suddenly screamed and then covered his mouth tightly.

Cao Wei turned around and looked over, and was immediately startled!
Although there was a slight distance, Cao Wei could still clearly see the shocking dark red color on the banner!The fingerprints are all densely covered with blood!

Damn it! !
Cao Wei swallowed unconsciously.

Is this horse riding a memorial?

Who could be so unreasonable as to hand this thing to Zhu Yuanzhang?Are you tired of living?
You should not stay here for long, you should leave quickly!

Cao Wei thought about this and said: "Your Majesty has to deal with political affairs, so the common people will leave first."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't make any move. He only looked at the bloody banner in his hand with a cold face.

Cao Wei was a little embarrassed. Even if Zhu Yuanzhang didn't nod, he couldn't leave without permission.

As a last resort, he could only speak out again, "Your Majesty, common people..."

"What's the hurry?" Zhu Yuanzhang interrupted Cao Wei, his tone extremely low!

Zhu Di also became concerned at this time. It seemed that the impact of this matter on Zhu Yuanzhang was much more serious than he thought.

Looking at the dagger in Zhu Yuanzhang's hand, and Zhu Yuanzhang's face as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Zhu Di was worried that Zhu Yuanzhang would be so angry that he would pick up a dagger and poke a few holes in himself.

Cao Wei may not be clear about it, but both Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang know that memorials and duplicate title books are different and generally do not pass through other people's hands. They are presented to the emperor in batches by the administrators of the General Affairs Department. .

Zhu Di came over with the memorial. No matter what he said, this memorial had nothing to do with him!To be more direct, Zhu Yuanzhang can think that this memorial was created by Zhu Di.

The head eunuch's face was pale, and sweat was oozing from his head. If the timing and occasion hadn't been wrong, he would have just rolled his eyes and fainted like Huang Zicheng some time ago.

(End of this chapter)