Jingnan Strategy

Chapter 611: The Underworld: The Crown Prince is Very Kind to Zhu Houzhao

"Pattering..."

When the brilliant light descended, thirty-six years had passed since Zhu Youtang's arrival.

During the thirty-six years, Zhu Gaoxu guided the Imperial Academy, which had grown to more than 500 meritorious officials, and brought the Ming Dynasty's science and technology to a level close to that of human beings in all aspects.

In addition, the lake on the Emperor Island was turned into several large hydroelectric pumps by hundreds of emperors including Zhu Gaoxu.

Although these hydroelectric pumps do not generate much electricity, they are enough to light lights, store the electricity in batteries, and equip light electric vehicles to start.

More than 200 batteries, each one person tall, had long been fully charged by hydraulic pumps.

Therefore, after this advent, most emperors took the cable car to the top of the mountain and the tram around the island.

During this period, some people were curious and reached out to touch the electric wires and were electrocuted into charcoal.

This is because everyone has become a ghost, otherwise the emperors who were electrocuted out of curiosity would probably have died again.

Many interesting things happened during this period. For example, when Zhu Gaoxu brought Zhu Youtang to the Emperor Island, Ying Zheng, Li Shimin, Liu Bang, Temujin and others teased Zhu a lot. Afterwards, Zhu Gaoxu chased Zhu Di and Zhu Youtang and beat them. However, Zhu Gaoxu lived a peaceful life and nothing happened.

Of course, it is also possible that Zhu Yuanzhang estimated that he could not defeat Zhu Gaoxu, so he did not beat Zhu Gaoxu as well.

In short, the changes in Emperor Island are so great, not to mention the land belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

Although Zhu Youtang was indecisive, his arrival still increased the population of the Ming Dynasty to 300,000.

In the past thirty-six years, the hydropower and wind power base stations built in the Ming Dynasty have perfectly solved the problems of daily life and industrial electricity consumption for more than 300,000 Ming people.

Looking down from the sky, the territory of the Ming Dynasty was not only large, but also incompatible with the territories of other countries.

Rising steam and factories that only work two hours a day, plus various industrial goods and products.

Although the ghosts who come to this world will not be born, grow old, get sick, or die, and will not feel hungry, the desire for food and drink is something that ghosts cannot escape.

The erosion of time in this world is equivalent to a prohibition, as if time is frozen at a certain year. As long as there is no operating error in a year, it is basically difficult for machines to age.

In such an environment, various machines would occasionally strike, but most of the time they were very efficient, continuously producing supplies needed by more than 300,000 people in the Ming Dynasty.

After the delivery, everyone went back to their homes and lay down at home.

Such days are very boring if you think about it, so Zhu Yuanzhang prepared to do something big.

"Hell, hell, if this cannot be done, please remind me and I promise not to do it..."

In the Fengtian Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang bowed with both hands and saluted towards the sky.

Zhu Gaoxu was watching from the sidelines and thought: "If the underworld really doesn't want to do it, they should have told us from the beginning."

"That's different. Now that this is done, it doesn't seem necessary for Huaguang to guide us."

Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his long beard and said, "After all, we are installing wires and telephones for the dynasties, and we also need to use airplanes. Do you think that if the airplanes take off, will they violate the rules of this world?"

"It's no use telling me. It depends on whether the underworld will allow me to fly." Zhu Gaoxu responded helplessly, and at the same time said to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"There's only half an hour left before take-off. We should go to the airport."

"Okay, let's go." Zhu Yuanzhang made up his mind.

After the conversation between the grandfather and grandson ended, they walked down the Fengtian Hall and got into an open-top car.

The driver Zhu Zhanhe put on sunglasses, started the car with ease, and drove Zhu Yuanzhang and others out of Fengtian Gate.

Since it is the Forbidden City in Beijing, and the Forbidden City in Beijing was designed by Zhu Gaoxu to cope with the future, there is no threshold in the Forbidden City. The curvature of bridges such as the Wulong Bridge and the Sanlong Bridge is not too large, so cars can easily enter the Fengtian Hall Square.

After driving out of the Meridian Gate and the Daming Gate, what appeared in front of the three people was the square in front of the Daming Gate and hundreds of people playing in the square.

The wide streets are bustling with traffic. After all, Nanjing, a city with more than 300,000 people, is not the Nanjing of the human world, so it is a little crowded.

Fortunately, the work of population relocation has already begun. A city near Nanjing in this world has been renamed Suzhou City, and a railway of more than 200 miles has been built to connect Nanjing, preparing to relocate more than 100,000 people there.

There are restrictions on the border of the Ming Dynasty. Ships cannot fall down, and the same goes for people and vehicles. The only thing where the outcome is unknown is in the air.

So in order to test whether there were any restrictions in the air, Zhu Yuanzhang built an airport and asked Zhu Gaoxu to lead the people from the Imperial College to build a simple aluminum-wood airplane.

The pilot flying the plane was Zhu Yunwen, the Ming Emperor, who was carefully selected by Zhu Yuanzhang.

The car stopped and Zhu Yuanzhang stepped out.

At this moment, many people had gathered at the airport, including Zhu Biao, Zhu Xiongying, Zhu Yunhuan, Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaosui, Zhu Zhanqi, Zhu Qiyue, Zhu Jianshen, Zhu Youtang and others.

"Are you all ready?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Biao, who nodded and said, "We are ready. Yunwen has also received two and a half months of training. I guarantee there will be no problem."

"Let's start!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand to signal Zhu Biao that he could start.

Seeing this, Zhu Biao glanced at Zhu Xiongying.

Zhu Xiongying, who is now 207 years old, was only eight years old when he died. It has been almost two hundred years since he died, but he looks only ten years old.

After receiving the eye signal, the mature Zhu Xiongying trotted to the front of the plane, walked up to the shelf and looked at Zhu Yunwen in the cockpit.

"Second brother, be alert and don't lose face. Millions of people in this world are watching us!"

Zhu Xiongying looked at Zhu Yunwen, whose face was pale in the cab, and made faces.

"Brother, how about we switch..."

Zhu Yunwen tried to save himself, but Zhu Xiongying was surprised: "I'm so small, I can't even step on the brakes."

"This is an airplane, there are no foot brakes." Zhu Yunwen was speechless.

"That's right. I don't understand as well as you do. Just go ahead and do it honestly. If you are really unlucky, my father, grandfather, fourth uncle and others will definitely burn more incense for you."

"Thank you..." Zhu Yunwen was as weak as an eggplant hit by frost and could not respond.

"Xiong Ying, what are you guys mumbling about? Everyone is waiting for it to start!"

Zhu Biao couldn't help but open his voice. Almost two hundred years had passed, and his temper had become worse and worse. He didn't know if it was because of Zhu Yunwen who made him angry.

"Hey! The second one is ready!"

Zhu Xiongying went down the stairs and followed Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaosui and Zhu Zhanji to push the boarding ladder away.

"Three...two...one, go!"

As Zhu Zhanhe spoke, Zhu Yunwen began to start the plane.

In front of everyone, the internal combustion engine started, the propeller kept turning, and the plane began to move forward.

One hundred meters... two hundred meters... three hundred meters...

As the runway gradually became shorter, Zhu Yunwen, a trainee pilot who had been training for two and a half months, successfully lifted the plane and flew into the sky.

"Buzzing..."

The sound of propellers rang out over Nanjing City. Zhu Yunwen looked at the gradually shrinking airport and suddenly had the idea of ​​flying a plane to crash the airport into pieces.

However, when he thought about the fact that killing ghosts in the underworld would send him to the eighteen levels of hell, and that they could not be killed normally, Zhu Yunwen finally gave up this idea.

With a nervous mood, he drove towards the Yuan Dynasty and Song Dynasty, which were closest to the Ming Dynasty.

After thinking about it, he flew to the Song Dynasty.

Seeing himself getting closer to the border of the Ming territory, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but squint his eyes.

Amid his anxiety, the plane safely passed the restriction and headed towards the Song Dynasty, which was only one-thirtieth the size of the Ming Dynasty.

He flew to Bianliang, and at that moment in the Bianliang Palace, Zhao Ji was painting leisurely.

"Hmm, a line of egrets flying in the sky, a line of... hm?"

Zhao Ji looked at the bird in the sky that was getting bigger and bigger, and no matter how he looked at it, something seemed wrong.

"That bird seemed to have flown from the Ming Dynasty..."

Zhao Ji subconsciously shouted: "Taizu! Daming is flying over here!"

"What bullshit are you talking about?!"

Zhao Kuangyin walked out of the palace behind Zhao Ji cursing. As soon as he walked out, he followed Zhao Ji's instructions and saw the plane flying towards them.

"This should be the plane that Zhu Gaoxu mentioned. However, if this thing can pass through the restrictions, doesn't it mean that the islands can communicate with each other in the future?"

"Taizu, do you want to say hello?" Zhao Ji asked Zhao Kuangyin, but was slapped on the back of the head by Zhao Kuangyin:

"Let me listen carefully in the meeting. Didn't Zhu Chongba say last time that he would use airplanes to measure the distances between islands so that he could lay telephone lines?"

"I...I forgot..."

Zhao Ji responded with shame, which made Zhao Kuangyin furious.

Soon, screams were heard from the palace, and Zhu Yunwen in the air suddenly felt a palpitation and subconsciously touched his chest.

"Strange, why do I feel a little scared?"

After shaking his head to get rid of the discomfort, Zhu Yunwen looked at the odometer and began to return. Seeing that the Ming Dynasty was getting closer and closer, Zhu Yunwen's breathing became a little heavy.

With a heavy heart, he breathed a sigh of relief when he safely flew the plane through the restriction.

There is about a quarter of fuel left, and the range of the Ming Hongwu aircraft in the underworld is 800 miles, which means that the straight-line distance from Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty to Bianliang in the Song Dynasty should be 300 miles, and 600 miles round trip.

"Okay, mission accomplished, we can land now."

Zhu Yunwen prepared to land with peace of mind, but at this moment the Ming Dynasty in his eyes began to shake.

"What's going on? Airflow? No... Zhu Gaoxu, I ****!!"

Amid Zhu Yunwen's abuse, rays of brilliant light descended upon the Ming Dynasty, and the territory of the Ming Dynasty began to shake and expand.

Seeing this, Zhu Yunwen's plane was also directly controlled to circle in the air.

"No, why are you here?!"

Most of the emperors in this world looked up. In their eyes, the continent where the Ming Dynasty was located began to expand again.

Fortunately, this expansion was not too large, only about the size of the Great Song Dynasty, increasing from 9,200 li to more than 9,600 li.

"Buzz..."

The brilliant light descended outside the city of Nanjing, and hundreds of thousands of people arrived one after another, including the descendants of former meritorious officials and newly promoted meritorious officials.

After their arrival, the population of the Ming Dynasty approached one million, which shows that the Ming Dynasty on earth also entered a period of rapid population growth during this period.

"Good, good, good! Our Ming Dynasty has finally exceeded one million in population, hahahaha..."

Zhu Yuanzhang's joy was beyond words, and Zhu Di's face also showed a look of relief after his solemnity.

"It seems that Hou Zhao is still good. He should have come to the Forbidden City. Dad, should we go back to see him?"

"Of course!"

Zhu Di asked and Zhu Yuanzhang answered subconsciously.

"But my elder brother is still in heaven, shouldn't we wait for him?"

Zhu Gaochi pointed at the plane circling in the sky, but Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "He is so old, is he afraid that he can't find his way home? Let's go!"

With a wave of Zhu Yuanzhang's hand, everyone drove away in more than a dozen cars.

At the same time, as the brilliant light faded away, Zhu Yunwen finally arrived at the airport before the fuel ran out.

He opened the cockpit and tried to accept the applause from the crowd, but at this moment all he saw was the empty airport and a bicycle parked in the corner.

"What about people?"

Zhu Yunwen opened his eyes wide, but he didn't expect that Zhu Yuanzhang and others had already returned to the Forbidden City.

Outside the Forbidden City, the large number of people who arrived began to trace their roots, and then accepted the migration to Suzhou City.

"It seems that the railways to the third and fourth cities have to be put on the agenda."

Zhu Yuanzhang stroked his beard and waited for the car with a smile. As the door opened, he saw a street urchin wandering around with a bit of a knight-errant air as soon as he got out of the car.

"Boy!"

Zhu Houzhao, who was strolling around, had already learned about the things in this world from the eunuchs in the Forbidden City. When he saw more than a dozen cars appear, he was already prepared.

Looking at the people getting off the car one by one, whose appearance was very similar to those in the Ming Tombs at Tianshou Mountain, Zhu Houzhao went straight to Zhu Gaoxu, who was the tallest.

"Emperor Shiwu! I actually met you!"

"Well, are you Zhu Houzhao?"

Zhu Houzhao rushed up and nodded and bowed to Zhu Gaoxu, ignoring Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di and others.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't have any special feelings. He just said hello and then asked, "It seems that you are expanding the territory. I wonder which territory you are expanding?"

"Returning to Emperor Wu, when I was in power, I destroyed the Western Continent countries at sea, led the army to personally invade Korea, fought against the Japanese invaders and aided Korea, divided Western Continent into four factions, and annexed Korea, Japan, the Black Sheep, the White Sheep, and 70% of the Arabian Peninsula."

"Of course, I also made some mistakes. I reduced the power of the feudal lords and changed the tax system, which led to some officials and businessmen supporting the rebellion of the princes such as the King of Song, the King of Xiang, and the King of Xiang."

"Fortunately, I put down the rebellion and reduced the military power of many vassal kings, so that the military power of the court was centralized again. Even though the remnants of the Southern Kingdom continued to rebel in the rain forest of East Continent, it was only a minor problem and would not cause any trouble."

"The young man abdicated at the age of fifty-three and became the emperor emeritus. He died at the age of seventy-three. The crown prince was kind and filial. The young man left him civil and military officials such as Wang Shouren, Qi Jiguang, and Li Chengliang."

"In addition, the crown prince Zhu Yixian is a scholar at the Imperial Academy, and the Prince of Zheng Zhu Zaiyu is also a good scholar. I think there shouldn't be any problem if I guide them to study climate and science."

Zhu Houzhao explained his achievements and plans for his death. Zhu Gaoxu was satisfied and said, "As long as Zaiqi is obedient and honestly follows the advice in the book I left behind to store grain and rectify the administration, the Ming Dynasty can prosper for decades more."

"Don't worry, my ancestors. The population of the Ming Dynasty is now over 400 million, but there are more than 3 billion mu of arable land. We can't even eat all the food we produce each year. Most of it is used to make wine and feed."

Zhu Houzhao was very confident. Although Zhu Gaoxu still felt uneasy after hearing what he said, he generally chose to believe Zhu Houzhao.

"Okay, you just came here, go and have a good rest."

Zhu Yuanzhang stood aside and listened to the report, feeling very satisfied. Zhu Di also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard it. Then he glanced at Zhu Youtang and snorted coldly:

"You gave birth to a good son, so I won't teach you a lesson anymore!"

"Thank you, ancestor..." Zhu Youtang was embarrassed, but Zhu Houzhao knew it very well.

If it weren't for his father being so indecisive, the situation would have been better after he ascended the throne.

But it is useless to say all this now. He is dead anyway. Since his son is obedient and has a supporting team, it is normal for the Ming Dynasty to prosper.

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao went to rest under the guidance of Zhu Youtang.

Seeing this, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered everyone to disperse one after another. So when Zhu Yunwen rode a bicycle for more than ten kilometers to return to the Forbidden City, what he saw was the quiet Forbidden City where the people had eaten their fill and fell asleep.

"What about me? No one welcomes me?"

Zhu Yunwen felt like he was about to break, but when he thought that he was not beaten when the emperor came this time, he secretly rejoiced.

It seems that Zhu Gaoxu's lineage is about to die.

When Zhu Yunwen thought that Zhu Gaoxu's pulse was about to fail, he immediately became happy and rushed to the East Palace humming a little tune.

A few years later, as the emperors came to the Emperor Island again, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally showed off his descendants again.

Faced with his complacent look, everyone was filled with hatred but could do nothing about it.

Fortunately, after the show-off, Zhu Yuanzhang began to put forward follow-up suggestions on the construction of this world.

Over the past few years, the Ming Dynasty has used airplanes to measure the distance between the lands of various dynasties and the Ming mainland.

According to the timeline, the Qin Dynasty was the farthest from the Ming Dynasty, with a straight-line distance of more than 4,800 miles. Zhu Yunwen stopped in the Tang Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty and refueled twice before arriving.

Although the distance was far, with the population of the Ming Dynasty exceeding one million, it was not impossible to build electrical wires, it just took too long.

But it doesn’t matter. No one will die anyway, so the sooner it is done, the better.

In addition, if you can't get the wires, you can also use radio telegraphy, just add an antenna.

After explaining the matter of Emperor Island in a few words, Zhu Yuanzhang began to show off again.

"In fact, my son Houzhao is average, but his son and grandson are quite good. After a few decades, when they come down, I will bring them to you to meet them."

"But it's not certain that it will take several decades. After all, my family has always lived long lives. We believe in science and not in superstition about elixirs. My Gao Xu died of illness at the age of 65, which is considered "death in the prime of life". It's really not easy to wait."

"Next time, when my Zhu Zaigui comes, I will definitely bring him here to explain things to you all and show off the prestige of China, haha..."

Zhu Yuanzhang is still showing off. After all, Zhu Zaigui, as described by Zhu Houzhao, is a child who follows the rules. As long as he works hard, the territory of the Ming Dynasty may expand by hundreds of miles.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Shimin, Ying Zheng, Zhao Kuangyin and others with black faces, shook his head and turned away.

"Alas... Why don't you study science instead of taking pills..."

"Zhu Yuanzhang you..." Li Shimin's face was as dark as water, and Ying Zheng's face was even uglier.

"By the way, my Zhu family seems to have had seven wise rulers who expanded the territory, and the national strength is growing day by day."

Zhu Yuanzhang's words made the faces of Liu Bang, Liu Che, Liu Xiu and others who were watching the show nearby turn black.

Seeing their frustrated looks, Zhu Yuanzhang walked away happily, and Zhu Di, who was following behind Zhu Yuanzhang, also said happily:

"By the way, our Ming Dynasty seems to be eight times the size of the Tang Dynasty, and fifteen or sixteen times the size of the Han Dynasty, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Di hurriedly followed Zhu Yuanzhang, while Zhu Gaoxu followed lazily with Zhu Zhanhe and the others.

Looking at the back of the old Zhu family, Liu Bang whispered to Liu Che, Liu Yu and Liu Xiu on his left and right: "Next time, find a time when Zhu Gaoxu is not around and give him a blow."

"Yes! Taizu, you are right!"

As he was speaking, Liu Bang saw Zhu Yunwen strolling not far away: "This guy doesn't get along with the Zhu family, let's attack him first."

"Listen to your Excellency, the Liu family, and stand shoulder to shoulder!"

"Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing? What are you going to do... don't hit people in the face... ah!"

(End of this chapter)