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

Chapter 391 Return to Dali

In Yongchang Mansion, Zhu Zhen has followed Yan Shitai into the city.

Naturally, tens of thousands of troops stayed outside the city, but the main generals followed Zhu Zhen.

After arriving in the city, everyone's eyes couldn't help but shine.

I saw that the houses and streets in Yongchangfu City were all neat and tidy.

Yongchang Mansion was once destroyed. When Hu Yuan came here to rebuild it, he had ambitions from the beginning and built it completely according to the scale of the current capital. It can be said to be a small capital.

Yongchang Mansion is already quite large, and many of its houses are now built with bright red bricks and tiles, and some are even covered with cement outside, making them even more clean and tidy.

Even the ground in Yongchang Mansion City is now paved with cement, so you can feel comfortable even just walking on it.

Even Xu Miaojin and Tang Xin couldn't help but marvel: "Not only is the scale of Yongchang Mansion almost the same as that of the capital city, but even the so-called cement road is far better than the capital city."

Mu Qiu said with some pride on the side: "You two girls, don't be surprised in a hurry. It won't be too late for you to be surprised when you get to our Dali Prince's Mansion or go home."

Yan Shitai had met Mu Qiu once before. Although he didn't recognize her now, when he heard her calling the palace home, he quickly and understandingly cupped his hands to the three women and said, "I have met three princesses."

After all, it is very convenient to travel to Southeast Asian countries from here. After crossing the Nujiang Bridge, you can go out from Tengchong or Yingjiang.

Zhu Zhen plans to send troops from here one day in the future.

Zhu Zhen didn't say much to him.

"At the beginning, the technology was not yet proficient, so it took a lot of time, but then it became faster. Now it only takes less than ten days to make a Hongyi cannon, and ten can be made at the same time in one go."

You can think of Yan Shitai as Zhang Juzheng who has the incorruptibility of Hai Rui. He has the talents of a prime minister and can still stick to his integrity.

It started accumulating a year ago, and now, it has a total of 500 cannons in reserve.

After all, the whole territory of Yunnan is so big, even just paving the main roads into cement roads will take a long time and cannot be completed in a short time.

"By the way, Your Highness, now every household in Yunnan has developed many snacks using sweet potatoes and corn. You have to try them."

At least not yet.

As for the battlefield in the Western Region, four hundred artillery pieces are almost enough.

How could Zhu Chu be willing to waste it?

This is the main purpose of Zhu Chu's coming here.

This kind of treasure is rare.

Yan Shitai said excitedly: "As the new rice seeds invented by His Highness have been trial-planted throughout the country, there was a great harvest last year. And those potatoes, sweet potatoes and corns do not need to occupy the fields or take careful care of them. On the contrary, it can open up dry fields and make a lot of money.”

"Are we going to fight again?" Yan Shitai was stunned. He was focused on improving people's livelihood in Yongchang Mansion and leading the people to become rich. He was also responsible for developing technology in these factories. He really hadn't heard any news from the west.

At that time, all parts of the country can start construction at the same time. No matter how huge the project is, there is no need to worry. There is strength in numbers.

Yan Shitai led Zhu Chu and others all the way to the cement factory.

After that, Zhu Zhen asked about the current situation of Yongchang Mansion.

"Five hundred," Yan Shitai held out five fingers, indicating that he had built five hundred Hongyi cannons.

Yan Shitai and Qian Gui are different from Gu Wen. This is a local political official who does practical things and is an expert in local governance.

Zhu Chu was also excited and said, "I want to transport four hundred gates."

"Four hundred doors?" Yan Shitai was stunned, why weren't all five hundred doors shipped away?

"Ah," Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "The hundred gates will be kept for other purposes. As for the four hundred gates, I will drag them onto the battlefield."

And Yan Shitai has lived up to expectations and has established three factories under today's limited conditions.

After all, the industrialization era has not yet developed. With the limited technology of the small farmer era, it is already very impressive to be able to achieve this scale of output.

Zhu Ming was very satisfied.

At the same time, Zhu Zhen asked: "The Simoden matter is the main thing. How many Hongyi cannons have you built here?"

Yan Shitai reported the data one by one as if he were familiar with it.

"Today's cement plants can produce more than ten tons of cement every day. Brick factories can bake 100,000 red bricks every day. As for steel plants, if there is enough ore, they can produce ten tons of steel."

The three girls blushed and said a little embarrassedly, "Not yet."

"Based on the current cement production, it will probably take three years to lay the main roads in Yunnan into so-called 'highways'," Yan Shitai secretly calculated in his mind. This is a big project.

"It's coming, it's coming," Zhu Xi said with a smile.

"Each of these Hongyi cannons weighs four thousand kilograms. The barrel is two meters long. It has a large butt and a small muzzle. It can put a large amount of gunpowder. Once launched, it will be a powerful force that will destroy the world. As long as our Ming army can When equipped, whether it is to conquer cities or defend the country, it will be beneficial." Although Yan Shitai was a civil servant, he was very excited at this time.

What can we do if we take him there? Grow potatoes in situ?

This is a talented person, and he will also be a capable minister who can do practical things in the future. However, Yan Shitai hates evil as much as he hates it, and he is upright.

Zhu Zhen had thought about road construction at the beginning, especially the construction of the Nujiang Bridge.

Therefore, Zhu Chu would take his two chiefs to the battlefield, but would not consider taking Yan Shitai.

Zhu Ming nodded and said: "Don't rush this, just take your time. And now you are the only one to build the factory here. To put it bluntly, it is more in the development stage. When the technology matures in the future, it can be established in suitable places across the country. Build more factories.”

The three women rolled their eyes at him together. Zhao Kuo, Mu Sheng, and even quite young Qu Neng were still there.

Qian Gui and Gu Wen are more like counselors.

This is equivalent to the fastest possible level of one cannon per day.

Who doesn’t want his country to be strong?

So he specifically asked Yan Shitai to build a factory in Yongchang Mansion, and gave him some skills in cement, brick burning and smelting steel.

With that said, Yan Shitai quickly ordered the Yamen to prepare.

Yan Shitai is by no means a flatterer. If he had only known a little tact, so-called sophistication, and the principle of self-preservation, he would not have been exiled to Yunnan in the first place.

The reason why Yan Shitai was so enthusiastic about Zhu Chu was because he felt that Zhu Chu was the master of the Ming Dynasty. He had seen with his own eyes that Zhu Chu had done so many good things for the people. How could he not respect him? It was said before that if Zhu Chu was not born, the Ming Dynasty would last forever. Like a long night.

It shows that he can say such disgusting things.

Moreover, Yan Shitai is not very old now, he came from the imperial examination, and he is very talented.

Zhu Zhen was not in a hurry to leave. While having the four hundred artillery pieces prepared to be taken away, he accepted Yan Shitai's warm hospitality.

Xu Miaojin has eaten sweet potatoes before, so she didn't expect much at first.

As a result, Xu Miaojin was dumbfounded when the exquisite snacks were served one after another.

It turns out that people have developed many methods, such as cutting sweet potatoes into small pieces, boiling them with water, and finally boiling them into soup, then sprinkling them with sesame seeds, or making them into cakes with glutinous rice, which are soft, glutinous, and sweet.

Some people even made shredded sweet potatoes, but they didn’t know whether they should be served as a side dish or as a snack.

Zhu Zhen was also surprised. After asking, he learned that the person who invented this dish was a businessman who made candied haws.

Candied haws on ice is also called candied haws, also known as Tangdun'er in Tianjin, and Tangqiu in Fengyang, Anhui. It is a traditional Chinese snack that is said to have originated in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Nowadays, Yunnan's sugar-making technology is more refined. Although it is not as good as soft white sugar, it can at least achieve the effect of granulated sugar.

And the craftsman had a sudden idea, what would happen if the sweet potatoes were coated with sugar?

So the shredded sweet potato was invented.

Zhu Chu was also speechless, and found that the current carrot sweet potatoes were just boiled sweet potatoes, so he told Yan Shitai: "Go tell the craftsman and ask him to oil the sweet potatoes first. It tastes sweet and crispy this way.”

Yan Shitai was deeply surprised. How did His Highness know this?

Zhu Ruxin said, I will tell you, do I still know there are French fries?

If you have time in the future, you can do it to please your wives. After all, you have three wives. If something doesn't go your way, you have to coax them out, otherwise it will be too troublesome if your harem becomes chaotic.

In addition to sweet potato snacks, corn is certainly not bad either.

It's a pity that no one has invented popcorn yet, but some people have already researched and made corn into a more delicious food.

For example, the corn is picked when it is still unripe, and then the sweet syrup is squeezed out to make what is called polenta.

It's really sweet and delicious, and it doesn't stick to your teeth or mouth.

"Miaojin, no wonder you showed off to me before and praised these sweet potatoes and corns so much. They are so delicious," even Tang Xin was full of praise.

But Xu Miaojin looked at Zhu Ming with resentful eyes. She had only eaten roasted sweet potatoes and roasted corn, which was not the same thing as this exquisite snack.

"Don't look at me, I haven't eaten either," Zhu Miao shrugged and said, "Okay, hurry up and finish your meal before we leave." "Do you dislike me?" Xu Miaojin pretended to be aggrieved.

"My eldest lady, we have to go home," said Zhu Ming, funny and angry. It had already taken a long time to drive around from Smoden. Next, he had to pull 400 cannons on the way. By the time I get back to Dali Mansion, it will probably be more than ten days.

There is no other way, just let Muchun wait.

Because Wang Fu had been asked to call Muchun from Kunming before, and because he still had many things to do, Zhu Ji declined Yan Shitai's offer to stay and quickly went on his way.

On the way back to Dali, Zhu Zhen was both familiar and unfamiliar.

He had walked this road before, in pursuit of Dao Ganmeng.

But now this road has begun to be paved with a layer of cement, making it spacious and smooth.

Given time, Zhu Zhen will inevitably rebuild all the roads in the country.

"Although it's a good thing that the road is easy to walk, isn't this a bit extravagant and wasteful?" Xu Miaojin looked at the road under his feet and felt that maybe there was no need to do this.

"Sister, don't just look at the present, but look at the future." Zhu Ming shook his head and expressed his ambition: "My father once said that I was too anxious and wanted to finish the work of several generations in one generation. He You are right, I just want to do things well in our generation, and then let future generations enjoy the blessings based on the credit book."

"Think about it, since ancient times, transporting grain has been a hard job for the common people. It's because the mountain roads are difficult to travel. If something goes wrong, not only will there be no merit, but there will be fault. But if the world's roads extend in all directions Woolen cloth?"

"By then, not only will the world be completely connected, the capital will be able to know and respond to anything that happens in Shu within three days. It will take less than five days to transport grain from the south of the Yangtze River to the north. Things in the capital, It can be sold nationwide.”

"What a grand occasion this is? It is a great cause that will benefit the country and the people for centuries. If the north is short of food, it can be dispatched from the south. If the south is short of food, it can be shipped from the north."

"Besides that, the most important thing is to be able to quickly and flexibly mobilize all the troops and horses in the world. This is the key."

Only then did Xu Miaojin realize that Zhu Zhen's gaze was so far away.

Zhu Xinxin said that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads, and this is true.

But at the beginning, there was a group of people who pointed fingers at the national policy and denounced it, saying that it was too exaggerated to say that we only had so many cars and building roads across the country.

But looking back now, I see how far-sighted the national policies are.

Those people are either stupid or bad.

Since Zhu Chu has the memory and thinking of modern people, he naturally has many policies and politics that can be learned from.

So even if others couldn't understand it for the time being, he would still do it.

Just like the Nawusi Zang tribes were already the commanders and envoys of the restraint system established by the Ming Dynasty, and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate also paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty and claimed to be a vassal state.

But if you get complacent about it, you'd be a fool.

Those places were never in the hands of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Ming emphasized seeking truth from facts, and what he ate into his stomach was his own.

So Zhu Zhen led a large group of people and quickly rushed back to Dali.

"Finally home."

Even Zhu Ming couldn't help but sigh, he was finally back after being away for so long.

At this time, all four gates of Dali City were open, and countless people left the city in advance to wait, eagerly waiting to welcome their king back.

Li Shuran, the prefect of Dali Prefecture, was naturally among them, accompanied by Xiping Hou Muchun, who had arrived from Kunming the day before yesterday, as well as Wang Fu, Peng Yue, Niu Sheng, Cen Hua and other generals.

When Zhu Chu's team appeared in the eyes of the Dali people, there was a thunderous mountain cry.

"The prince is back, our head is back."

The people were so excited that they couldn't help themselves.

Zhu Min listened from a distance, but felt strange. It is not acceptable to treat this king as the bandit leader.

What does it mean to be in charge?

"Kowtow to the King of Dian, my king is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old."

Li Shuran, who was already very old, was so excited that his whole body was trembling, and he knelt down from afar.

Under his leadership, the people also knelt down and worshiped, and the mountains roared with thunder.

And not just once, but again and again, and again, and again.

Until Zhu Chu came closer and shouted: "Everyone is equal."

The people then stood up to thank him.

Li Shuran also stood up, looking at Zhu Zhen's familiar yet unfamiliar face, and suddenly recalled the first time they met.

At that time, when Li Shuran learned that the imperial court had once again canonized a new king and came to Dali to join the feudal vassal, he felt a hundred unwillingnesses, a thousand unwillingnesses, and the resentment of the boss.

That's because first there was Jingjiang King Zhu Shouqian, and then there was Zhou King Zhu Ju, which left a huge psychological shadow on him.

It's okay for Zhou Wang Zhu Ji, but Zhu Shouqian is really bad, so let's not mention it.

Originally, Li Shuran thought that Zhu Zhen was also a playboy, and his true colors would be revealed after he came.

Sure enough, on the night Zhu Lun came, he had people open the city gate overnight, and even led his troops to Yunlong County to cause trouble.

At that time, Li Shuran was determined to be killed in front of Zhu Chu. Even if his blood was splashed all over him, he still wanted to let Zhu Chu know what he was doing.

Of course, Li Shuran later learned that Yunlong County had been attacked.

Especially in the past two years, Zhu Zhen wiped out all the chieftains in the territory. At first, Li Shuran was worried that it would arouse strong resistance from the people of all ethnic groups in Yundi.

But in the past two years, the people finally felt the benefits of having the land in their hands. Without the oppression of chieftains of various ethnic groups, under the management of the imperial court, they could live a good life that they could not have imagined before.

Those crops and those commodities have enriched and improved the quality of life of the people.

Compared with three years ago, Dali Mansion today is no longer what it used to be.

The people all became rich.

In addition, Shen Rong also established many large-scale animal husbandry farms in various parts of Yunnan in accordance with Zhu Xi's instructions.

Nowadays, people in Yunnan can even eat meat luxuriously.

This is unimaginable in other places, and you still eat meat? Having enough food is already a luxury.

So it is conceivable how high Zhu Yuan's reputation is in Yunnan. Zhu Yuanzhang's worries and suspicions are not groundless. If this brat has been in Yunnan, not only will the father and son be suspicious of each other, but once this bastard gets confused and raises his arms, he can really start an army. million.

"Your Highness, you are willing to come back. I miss you dearly," Li Shuran even cried a little.

Zhu Ming curled his lips in disgust, you are such a bad old man, do you want me to come back to work again?

This Li Shuran is actually a rotten scholar, very rotten and pedantic.

Zhu Chengdu said that although he was the vassal king, he could not participate in local political affairs, so the old man would not let him go.

Now that he finally has his hope back, he wants to enjoy happiness, right?

There is no door.

Zhu Ming didn't look at Li Shuran, but turned to look at Muchun, and said excitedly: "Nephew, long time no see, do you miss your uncle?"

Muchun's mouth twitched, hey, he's taking advantage again.

But Mu Chun not only had no grudge, but said excitedly: "Uncle Wang, my nephew is in Yunnan, and I also heard about your feats at the beginning of the year. You only led 15,000 troops from Ningxia Pass to the Mobei Grassland. In the end, it swept through all the Tatar tribes. It was really happy and heroic. My nephew was convinced."

Muchun cupped his hands and bowed deeply.

Niu Sheng on the side raised his head and was very pleased with himself. After all, he followed His Highness to do this.

It's a pity that others don't know that he also has merit.

Although Peng Yue was more calm, he was also very excited, especially when he felt Zhu Chu's terrifying reputation in Yunnan, and felt in his heart that fortunately he had made a wise choice.

Moreover, following Zhu Chu's experiences along the way, Peng Yue understood even more clearly that His Highness is the wise king.

"Okay, let's enter the city first and then talk about it."

(End of this chapter)