Daming, originally wanted to destroy it, but the system came

Chapter 320 Tang Xin’s double whip?

Zhu Ming never thought that Japanese pirates were already in trouble so early.

This made him sneer again and again. You are seeking your own death. You already have a way to kill yourself.

Originally, Zhu Zhen really didn't want to take care of the small island of Japan, mainly because the place was too small, but he had to prepare a big ship, otherwise how could he transport large troops and various war horses and baggage there?

At least now, it's not the time. After all, there is still so much land to conquer.

He originally wanted to prepare for a maritime hegemony in the future, and he destroyed the Japanese country by the way.

Who would have thought that they would be fighting each other, right?

This is the early Ming Dynasty, when the Ming Dynasty's national power is at its peak.

But Zhu Ming was also curious: "Didn't my father say that we would send troops to destroy them?"

Shen Wang smiled awkwardly.

Wang Fu didn't know what was going on, but the Shen family was local. What's more, when Zhang Shicheng was still there, he had a lot of contacts with the Japanese country, and the Shen family was probably the biggest one.

As for business and trade, it is said that many of Japan's daily necessities, such as silk, cloth, pots, needles and medicinal materials, were supplied by China.

For example, a hundred pounds of silk here may be sold for five or six taels of silver, but in the Japanese country, it can even be sold for five or sixty taels, which is ten times the price.

Capital says that if a capitalist has a profit of 10%, it will be used everywhere; if it has a profit of 20%, it will become active; if it has a profit of 50%, it will take risks; for the sake of With 100% profit, it dares to trample all human laws; with 300% profit, it dares to commit any crime.

This is ten times the profit.

It’s enough to make the capitalists revel.

Facing Zhu Ming's curious eyes mixed with suspicion, Shen Wang spoke eloquently.

It turns out that the existence of Japanese pirates is not a rare thing. Zhu Yuanzhang initially planned to continue to maintain trade with the Japanese during Zhang Shicheng's period, and even sent envoys.

But the current situation in Japan is also very chaotic. It is the so-called period of the split between the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

At this time they had both the Southern Emperor and the Northern Emperor.

This confused the envoys of the Ming Dynasty. Who is your boss?

Since they don't know who is the boss, let them just fight among themselves.

Zhu Yuanzhang later ignored it. After all, the focus of the Ming Dynasty was always in the north.

But the good things of the Ming Dynasty have always been spied by the Japanese. Seeing that the Ming Dynasty blocked trade, they started to take risks and started to snatch them.

In fact, Japanese pirates have been invading the border since Zhu Yuanzhang's Hongwu period.

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to deal with them, but the coastline was too long, from Shandong in the north to Fujian in the south. It can be said that the shadow of Japanese pirates was everywhere.

However, these Japanese pirates are all small boats with not many people. They just come up to plunder and run away when you are not paying attention. It really makes the Ming Dynasty army exhausted and unable to defend themselves.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang simply completely blocked overseas trade, so much so that no one was allowed to enter the sea.

This is also because they are worried that someone else will pretend to be a Japanese pirate and carry out plunder.

"It's simply ridiculous, extremely ridiculous. Just send tens of thousands of troops to destroy a small country like Japan. Why is it like this?" Zhu Zhen suddenly became unhappy.

Fortunately, you are still the Hongwu Emperor, and you are still wise and powerful? That's it? Isn’t this seclusion?

"Your Highness, please be careful. The main reason is that combat at sea is no better than other operations. You don't know that even the wind and waves of the Yangtze River are not as strong as the sea. Once the stormy waves roll in, the entire ship will be drowned, let alone transporting tens of thousands of troops across the ocean. To send it across the sea to the Japanese country, how big of a ship would we need to build?" Shen Wang was startled.

Do you dare to speak ill of Emperor Hongwu? I don't even dare to listen.

The Shen family father and son were scared to death of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Ming snorted coldly: "This distance is called crossing the ocean? If you knew how far away the American continent is, you wouldn't say that. If one day in the future, I plan to send troops by sea and land to capture the European continent. The sea must be developed and the sea areas must be captured.”

In fact, the Ming Dynasty's navigation technology reached its peak during Zheng He's voyages to the West.

At that time, Zheng He had great glory. Once the treasure ship was launched, who would dare to stop it at sea? Who can stop it?

There was no such thing as Pirates of the Caribbean at that time. Zheng He calmly went to sea seven times and returned with a full load every time.

Japanese pirates? pirate?

As soon as the cannon comes out, they all feed me the fish.

Many people once mistakenly thought that Zheng He's voyages to the West were like a money-spreading boy who made money along the way.

In fact, it is not true. It is better to say that many things introduced into the country from the Ming Dynasty were brought back from abroad by Zheng He at this time.

They may even have brought back many craftsmen and talents, as well as recorded nautical maps and so on.

It is a pity that the descendants of the Zhu family were too prodigal, including Zhu Zhanji, who had to end Zheng He's voyages to the West under the pressure of the court ministers.

If those Ming armies were in the Ming Dynasty, even if Zhu Zhanji lived ten more years, it might not be his turn to launch a great voyage in Europe.

Now Zhu Zhen has his plan.

He knew that even in future generations, with the prevalence of air transport, sea transport would still be an important transportation route for appearance trade, not to mention that there was also the theory of maritime silk, and the sea area was a very important territory.

It is absolutely impossible to close the country in isolation. Can a mere group of Japanese pirates make the Ming Dynasty fearful?

Zhu Zhen secretly made a note in his mind. It seems that when he goes to Jiangnan in the future, he might have to investigate the current situation along the seaside.

Then Zhu Ming asked about the situation in Yunnan.

As a result, the last news about Yunnan was only half a month old. I am afraid that the messenger who delivered the letter has not yet arrived in Yunnan, let alone the return and return for at least a month.

This is the limitation of ancient times.

It is not as good as modern times. Whether it is advanced communication equipment, transportation, roads, railways, etc. that extend in all directions, you can reach the north from the south of the sky in the shortest time.

In fact, Zhu Zhen once told Yan Shitai that while building the Nujiang Bridge, he should not forget to continue manufacturing cement factories and then prepare to build roads.

But that didn't happen overnight. Let alone building roads in the entire Ming Dynasty, it would take many years to pave cement roads throughout Yunnan.

This is a big project.

Afterwards, he explained some things to Shen Wang, and Zhu Xi was ready to leave.

"By the way, Your Highness, the things you asked me to prepare have been prepared and are on the carriage outside," Shen Wang suddenly said.

"Oh? This is good news," Zhu Zhen raised his eyebrows and showed a mysterious smile.

Wang Fu asked curiously: "What good news is it?"

Zhu Ming shook his head and said: "You will know later, don't ask now, come with me to Xu's house. This is a gift for my sister, and it may also be used in the military in the future."

Then Zhu Chu and Wang Fu came out, and sure enough, they saw another carriage with some metal objects on it beside their carriage.

Zhu Chu walked over and stood beside the carriage, gently stroking the cool metal objects with his hands.

In fact, there is nothing mysterious about this thing. It is just a bunch of parts. After being assembled, it becomes a bicycle.

It turns out that when Zhu Zhen led the army to rescue Ningxia Town years ago, he had lamented the hardship of the rapid march and the huge pressure on the army.

Due to the serious shortage of war horses, before the invention of steam engines or even automobiles, if an army could be equipped with bicycles, it would definitely speed up the journey greatly, and it would not consume too much of the soldiers while ensuring the speed of the soldiers. physical strength.

What's more, the baggage carriages used today still have axles made of wood, which often break while walking.

In fact, ancient Chinese carriages had the concept of bearings for a long time, thousands of years earlier than Western countries.

However, carriages in ancient times were still made of wood and were difficult to use for a long time.

It seems that this is just a bicycle, but whether it is gears, transmission belts, or bearings, it will be a big technological improvement.

"The only pity is that bearing technology is too difficult," Zhu Zhen sighed.

He had previously given Shen Wang a drawing and asked him to prepare the parts of these bicycles according to the above requirements.

Transmission belts, gears, and frames are all not difficult. Nowadays, there are two most difficult parts, namely brakes and bearings. Neither brake lines nor bearings can be easily manufactured in this era.

As for the wheels, the development of rubber technology has not yet begun, so wheels made of metal can only be used directly.

Anyway, ancient wheels were made of solid logs, and shock absorption was not taken into account. If you want to absorb shock, it all depends on whether the cushions in the carriage are soft and soft enough.

There was no way, no matter how much knowledge Zhu Ming had in his head, due to the limitations of this era, it was difficult to complete even a small bicycle. If the bearings could not be made, he could only use steel balls instead.     Fortunately, it's just a bicycle and doesn't need such precision bearings.

Of course, Zhu Zhen suddenly wanted to get a bicycle. In addition to the above-mentioned goals regarding the army and some technical improvements, he mainly wanted to compensate Xu Miaojin.

Xu Miaojin chased her to the border at all costs, and even left Helan Mountain alone, because she came here to die for her love.

Later, the two of them made a life-long private arrangement in the important border town, and Xu Miaojin did not hesitate to follow Zhu Chu outside the Great Wall, and followed him on the grasslands to fight in the north and south.

Xu Miaojin also made great achievements, but she couldn't take credit for it. Not only did she not receive rewards based on her merits, but she also had to watch Mu Qiu being canonized as a partial concubine.

No matter how you think about it, I feel so sorry for this girl.

That's why Zhu Chu prepared such a gift.

Too bad it's not pink.

Then Zhu Chu said goodbye to Shen Wang, and drove a car with Wang Fu straight to the Xu Mansion.

Zhu Chu didn't pay much attention to it, he just wanted to catch a carriage.

On the other hand, pedestrians on the street turned their attention to him. He was wearing a python robe, and a prince was driving a carriage by himself? You, a prince, came to the street to drive a carriage?

Good guy.

But as soon as they heard that this was His Highness the King of Dian, many people showed relief.

Gradually, Zhu Xi has become a sight in the capital. Many people have heard that His Highness hates those playboys the most, especially Li Jinglong, who is often reprimanded by him.

Many people still regret that it would have been better if the group of dandies headed by Chang Mao were still there. I wonder what kind of sparks could have burst out between His Highness and the big devil.

But ordinary people are not afraid of Zhu Zhen, because Zhu Zhen prefers the common people.

It is said that an old man accidentally frightened his horse. Instead of blaming him, His Highness dismounted and used his own strength to reverse the direction of the frightened horse and stop it.

Otherwise, the old man would not be able to get out after being hit and trampled by the horse.

Afterwards, His Highness kindly helped the old man up, and summoned his own physician to take care of him personally. He left a few taels of silver behind after confirming that he was fine, making it seem as if it was His Highness's fault.

There were many times, for example, when he met some people who looked poor on the road, His Highness not only did not dislike it at all, but even paid for it out of his own pocket, either from his own house or from a nearby restaurant to open a porridge shop. Distribute winter clothing and clothes.

Even in the past there were some ruffians, scoundrels and idle men who would cause trouble if they had nothing to do all day long. They bullied the people, cheated and deceived them, and did not only do good things, but also did all kinds of bad things.

A few days ago, His Highness specially brought the officials from the government office and more than a hundred of his guards to walk around the imperial city several times and captured all those who should be captured.

This time, not only did the people love him, but his majesty also praised him.

Zhu Ming also gave those people a good lesson. If the circumstances were not serious, he would be beaten. If the circumstances were serious, he would even be directly exiled to Yunnan.

There is no talk of distributing Ninggu Pagoda in Heilongjiang.

All in all, whether he is in Yunnan, the Tatar grasslands, or in the capital, Zhu Chu can quickly gain the support of the people.

This is the charm of his personality. The lower class people, whether they are common people or soldiers in the army, as long as they have followed him for a period of time, they want to give their lives to him, and it will be difficult to betray him.

In fact, it is not surprising. After all, in this feudal society, it is often difficult for even the virtuous kings in history to do what Zhu Zhen himself does not realize. It is not an exaggeration to say that he loves his people like his own children.

This has also made Zhu Chu's reputation rise rapidly. Even if it has not reached the level of becoming famous all over the world, with his achievements in the first two years and two years ago, coupled with his gradually revealed virtuous reputation, he still makes people all over the world. See it in your eyes.

Even many children from aristocratic families lamented that if the eighteenth king hadn't come from such a poor background, I'm afraid that nothing would have happened to the emperor's grandson.

In fact, Qi Tai has been confronting Zhu Zhen more than once recently. It is mainly because he is curious. Since he is so wise and does not look like an unreasonable tyrant and a coward, why is he always unhappy with their civil servant group? Always calling them shit?

Zhu Ming sneered, thinking: What good things have the Donglin Party ever done?

It was undeniable that Zhu Zhen had an upright and good official like Hai Rui, but how many Bi Gans had there since ancient times? How many Wei Zhengs? How many Mr. Bao? How many Hai Rui?

In fact, Hai Rui and the others just did their jobs, and what they did was supposed to be the fulfillment of their duties.

As a result, just by doing a competent job, he can already be called a good official.

This shows how miserable these civil servant groups have been since ancient times.

Far away.

In the blink of an eye, Zhu Xi and Wang Fu arrived at the Duke of Wei's mansion.

Naturally, Xu Mansion will not stop him.

The two of them drove the carriage directly into the backyard one after the other.

The people in the mansion also knew that His Highness would not leave soon after he arrived, and everyone in the mansion basically treated him as an uncle, and even reserved a parking space.

It's just that this time Zhu Chu brought some strange things, which made people curious.

Xu Miaojin received the news immediately, but there were guests in her yard today, so she couldn't take the initiative to find them.

"Is it your sweetheart, His Highness?" Tang Xin covered her mouth and snickered.

Tang He also had a Duke of Xin State's Palace in the capital, and it was not far from the Duke of Wei's Palace. After all, Tang He's achievements were all there, and he had a good relationship with Xu Da. Anyway, the two families were not related by marriage. Don't be afraid to let them move closer.

Now that he has just returned to the capital, there are people accompanying him to look after Tang He, but there is no need for Tang Xin to serve him day and night.

After all, she is a eldest daughter who has not yet left the palace, so she can't just carry Tang He's poop and pee.

Usually there are still people dedicated to taking care of other aspects.

And Xu Da hasn't returned to the mansion yet. He probably went to see Tang He to reminisce about old times.

So Tang Xin took advantage of the situation and ran to Xu Miaojin to chat.

The two girls are of the same age and have similar family backgrounds. If they were not both women and there was no trouble from the old Zhu family, they would probably have been married since they were childhood sweethearts.

"Just laugh at me," Xu Miaojin rolled her beautiful eyes, feeling a little regretful in her heart.

How did Tang Xin know about her in Fengyang? It wasn't Xu Miaojin who wrote the letter himself.

While Tang Xin smiled, he remembered the scene when he met Zhu Xi for the first time. He couldn't help but nodded and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Dian is now well-known. Not only does he have outstanding military exploits and dominate the world, but judging from the current generals in the court, he is very famous. No one can match him. I'm afraid even my father and Uncle Xu were not as good as him back then. He is also a hero."

Even though Tang Xin looks like Xiaojiabiyu, she actually revealed a heroic spirit when she said these words.

After all, she is also Tang He's daughter.

Xu Miaojin suddenly felt something in her heart and said sultryly: "Xin'er, we haven't competed for a long time. How about some exercise?"

Tang Xin's eyes lit up, but she had no choice but to smile bitterly: "I didn't bring a whip."

"But I have a wooden mace here, why don't you deal with it? I'll also use the headless gun barrel, how about that?" Xu Miaojin couldn't help but seductively asked.

It should be noted that the whip mentioned by Tang Xin is not a long whip, but a unique weapon. It is said that Yuchi Jingde of the Tang Dynasty used a double whip.

The mace is also a similar weapon. As the saying goes, there is no distinction between whip and mace. Qin Qiong of the Tang Dynasty also used double mace.

I still remember the door gods posted when I was a kid. In fact, they were Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde, but many people couldn't tell who the two were, and thought they were using the same weapon.

In fact, whips have sections, and the emphasis is on the thirteen-section whip.

The mace has no joints and is more like a long stick, but don't think that the mace is not threatening. It also has a blood groove on it and an angular edge.

After being chopped down with a mace, the lighter ones had their limbs broken and the more severe ones were killed on the spot.

And because of the special nature of the mace, it is very good at splitting the enemy's armor on the battlefield.

This also allowed Qin Qiong to dominate the battlefield with his long and short weapons, making him a rare opponent.

What is unexpected is that Tang Xin, a cute and adorable girl, actually uses such a weapon.

(End of this chapter)