Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 115 Artillery
  the next morning.

Zhu Xuan continued to take leave from the palace, but first went to the publishing house and handed the article to Zhang Wu for printing. However, it happened that the second brother also took leave today and did not go to class to handle some matters at the publishing house.

"Second brother!"

Zhu Xuan said.

Zhu Yunxi turned around and said, "My little brother is here, are you going to publish something else?"

Nowadays, Daming Daily is developing faster and faster, and its audience is getting larger and larger. The layout has been reformed several times. In addition to the original news and novels, some advertisements have also been added. There are many people willing to pay for advertisements.

The publishing house began to help others publish and print books.

Things such as book numbers and copyrights have also been prepared, and there are even legislative guarantees. The entire industry chain is now becoming more and more complete, and this is the only company in Ming Dynasty that can do it.

"Yes!"

Zhu Xuan took out the article and said, "I would like to ask my second brother to make some arrangements and leave me a space for it to be published in the newspaper tomorrow."

Zhu Yunxi was responsible for most of the newspapers in the Ming Dynasty. The person who controls the public opinion of Yingtian Mansion now is Zhu Yunxi, but he did not use these to do anything and always behaved himself.

If it were Zhu Di and others, they might have used newspapers to win over the people.

Zhu Xuan didn't care whether Zhu Yunxi would use it to win over the people. Anyway, whoever the emperor wanted to be the emperor, then let him be the emperor!

"Brother, you..."

Zhu Yunxi hadn't read the content of the article yet. He only read part of it when he was startled. He shook his head quickly and said: "This article cannot be published, otherwise it will have a very negative impact on you and ruin your reputation."

Zhu Xuan knew that his second brother would have such a big reaction, and said calmly: "Don't worry, second brother, these influences are all within my control. Nothing will happen. Don't worry about publishing."

"Grandpa Huang will definitely be angry if he sees it."

"I also want Grandpa Huang to see it. He may be angry for a while, but I will explain it clearly."

Zhu Xuan said calmly: "Second brother, please help me publish it? If second brother doesn't help, I will have to find another way."

Zhu Yunxi held this article like a hot potato, feeling that his younger brother was becoming more and more courageous and dared to do such deviant things.

"Brother, are you sure there will be no problem?"

"Absolutely no problem!"

"That's it!"

Zhu Yunxi knew that Zhu Xuan had many little ideas, and maybe he had some special purpose for doing so. If he didn't help, something more serious would happen. He continued: "At worst, if something goes wrong, my younger brother and I will carry it together, Grandpa Huang." If you want to be punished, I will punish you too."

"Thank you brother!"

Zhu Xuan said confidently: "Grandpa Huang will not punish us, but will praise us for doing a good job."

This article was even opposed to the Eight-Part Writing Scholarship Recruitment. It also used some Mohist concepts to forcefully demonstrate the study of things to achieve knowledge. It was directly opposed to Confucianism. Zhu Yunxi really couldn't figure out how the emperor would praise them for their good work.

In the past, Zhu Xuan's popular science articles would also include private information and write some ideological enlightenment content.

But the previous ones were not as intense as this one, and there were few private articles.

Now this article is no longer pretentious, and the content is very obvious. I am afraid that all the great Confucian scholars will rise up against Zhu Xuan.

Now the gentleman of the main hall is Fang Xiaoru.

This great scholar is an old antique.

Those decadent Confucian thoughts were deeply rooted in his mind.

The people who read the Daming Daily are no longer Imperial College students or ordinary people in Yingtian Mansion. Even the officials in the court are reading it. If Fang Xiaoru sees it, Zhu Yunxi can't imagine what the consequences will be.

What's more, when Zhu Xuan wrote these articles, his pen name was his own name without any disguise, so others would know who he was at a glance.

"I just hope that I can get less slaps."

Zhu Yunxi smiled helplessly.

Zhu Xuan said: "Second brother, you have to have confidence in me."

Zhu Yunxi: "..."

I really have no confidence.

Since he couldn't persuade Zhu Xuan to give up publishing, he decided to fight for the sake of brotherly loyalty. The worst he could do was get a beating from Grandpa Huang.

It's not a big problem. Zhu Xuan left the publishing house, went out of the city, and came to the factory. First, he went to the shipyard. The steel cruise ship he wanted was actually built in the past two years.

The huge shape stood on the riverside, attracting many nearby people to watch.

There are many things inside, and they are fully equipped, except for power units and weapons.

The power device is, of course, the steam engine.

Hou Xian and the others are still debugging.

As for weapons, they are artillery. What Zhu Xuan is asking him to make now is the red cannon, which has not been completed yet. Otherwise, Zhu Xuan would have already thought about going to sea. He would go to the Japanese country first and give him a try by firing two cannons.

Give those Japanese people a little shock.

"Not bad!"

Zhu Xuan looked at the big ship for a while and then said: "When the steam engine is ready, Zheng He, you first go to sea and go to Nanyang to promote the power of our Ming Dynasty and destroy a few small Nanyang countries for fun."

"it is good!"

Zheng He said excitedly.

He knew what the little emperor's grandson's ideals were.

If he wants to conquer the entire world through the sea, then the process of conquest has something to do with himself. As long as Zheng He thinks about this, he will be extremely excited in his heart.

"Let's go back!"

Zhu Xuan said.

Back to the factory.

Hou Xian was already waiting and quickly led Zhu Xuan to their steam engine factory.

Gears, bearings and other things have long been made by Hou Xian and others.

The current steam engine is connected to a gear, and then transmits the power to two wheels through several bearings, and the entire steam engine is placed on a four-wheeled cart.

This is one of their experiments.

It will also make it easier to build a car directly in the future.

It's impossible to make a car, but it should be okay to try to make a train.

"The steam engine is almost done, but it's not very good in terms of speed control and continuous power output."

Hou Xian explained and asked people to start the steam engine.

rumbling...

There was a sound and the steam engine started to turn.

Hou Xian moved another control lever, and the four-wheeled cart started to move. He stood on it and controlled the direction to spin in circles.

Zhu Xuan could see that the car was fast for a while, slow for a while, and seemed to have insufficient power for a while.

After walking for more than ten laps, Hou Xian stopped the control and said: "We are overcoming this difficulty, but technically we are still a little behind."

"Already very good!"

Zhu Xuan's current requirements are not very high, and he is quite satisfied with the results of Hou Xian and others, and said: "Slowly improve it and strive to complete it within the next three years. Go take a look at those artillery!"

"Little grandson of the emperor, please come this way!"

Hou Xian felt a little relieved when he saw that Zhu Xuan would not blame him. He secretly thought that he must continue to work hard and rebuild the steam engine within a year.

Three years was too long, and he felt a little sorry for Zhu Xuan's trust.

Come outside the arsenal.

Two artillery pieces have been placed in the open space, with their long barrels pointed at the mountain next to them.

The longest one is the red cannon.

The shorter one, called the Crouching Tiger Cannon, is a weapon of the Qi Army. Although it is not very powerful, it is suitable for mountain warfare and is used in a similar way to a mortar.

They also have another one, the Krupp muzzle-loading cannon, which is under development and will be put on the ship when the time comes.

(End of this chapter)