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

Chapter 604 Divination
  It’s all about divination and all those magical things.

Zhu Xuan did not deny that sometimes divination really worked. At least when Ji Wenjing dealt with Yao Guangxiao in private before, it was exactly the result of his divination.

"What did you predict?"

Zhu Xuan asked casually.

Ji Wenjing explained: "Based on my predictions and the recent horoscopes, I came to the conclusion that the disaster stars appeared in the north and west. There should be another war in the Ming Dynasty in the past three years."

Zhu Xuan didn't believe it and said, "The battle just ended."

"I know that the war just ended, but this year's war in the north is different from what I predicted."

Ji Wenjing added confidently: "The scale of the war predicted by Divination is much larger than this year's war, and what I said is that there may be a fight not only in the north, but also in the west."

"In the West, the scale is even bigger?"

Zhu Xuan touched his chin, thinking that the West could be Central Asia, right?

Central Asia during this period should still be Ottoman, right?

They blocked the passage from Europe to Asia, which led the Europeans to do everything possible to open up a sea route to Asia through the sea, and new routes were opened.

"The West I calculated is probably not the West His Highness thinks."

Ji Wenjing said again.

“What kind of West is that?”

Zhu Xuan asked curiously.

Ji Wenjing pretended to be mysterious and said: "The secret must not be leaked. Your Highness will know it soon. I am very confident in my prediction. In addition, I feel that the promotion of my senior brother is indispensable behind the whole thing."

Zhu Xuan said: "Yao Guangxiao?"

Ji Wenjing said: "My senior brother has evil intentions and wants to use the dragon-slaying skills he learned. Although King Yan Zhu Di is gone, he will never give up. Your Highness does not believe it. You can look forward to watching."

Yao Guangxiao, that monster monk, wanted to prove his dragon-slaying skills.

Zhu Xuan still believed this.

Zhu Xuan said: "That senior brother of yours will only keep causing trouble for me. Fortunately, you are not that kind of person."

"I don't dare to be that person."

Ji Wenjing smiled and said: "My thoughts are different from his. I just want to help a capable person stabilize the world, but he wants to stir up the situation and is unwilling to be lonely. If the so-called dragon-slaying skill is not used, he will use it. It’s so itchy.”

Zhu Xuan sighed: "He is such a stir-up, yet he is still restless as a monk. He is really a monster monk."

Since Ji Wenjing didn't explain clearly what kind of west it was and how the war in the north would start, he didn't bother to ask further. Instead of asking Ji Wenjing about futile things like divination, it would be better to go directly to the people in the Science Pavilion and ask them to speed up the process. The development progress of new weapons.

Old weapons must also be improved as much as possible.

As for whether Ji Wenjing's calculation is accurate, Zhu Xuan is currently unable to determine.

Ji Wenjing quickly went back to work.

He also needs to be prepared to respond to Zhu Xuan and assign his own tasks to the people below.

After a while, Mu Yuanjun and the others came back.

They went back to the mansion on the edge of Zhilan Lake.

Wu Yongfeng has always taken good care of the mansion. It is spotless, not even a weed.

"The chance of coming back in the future is basically gone."

Zhu Xuan looked at the mansion and said, "If I had known better, I wouldn't have built it so luxuriously. Should I consider using this mansion for people in the Science Pavilion, or demolish it and restore it to farmland?"

Mu Yuanjun asked: "Brother, don't you want to be here anymore?"

Zhu Xuan said: "After this year, we won't have much chance to come back. It's not that we don't want it, but leaving it empty is a waste. We might as well make good use of it."

"Your Highness is right."

Cen Hua agreed: "There are still many people in the Ming Dynasty, and they don't even have a place to live." Zhu Xuan said: "Then demolish it, sell the things in the house, and use the money to help refugees, beggars, or disaster victims. From now on, Even if there is a chance to come back, I can just make do with it in the Chamber of Commerce building."

"Brother Rende."

Xu Miaojin smiled.

Zhu Xuan laughed, pinched Xu Miaojin's little nose, and said, "How come Sister Miaojin has learned those flattering words for me?"

Nowadays, people who flatter Zhu Xuan feel that they are out of date if they don't say a word or two about kindness.

They were quick and laughed.

Zhu Xuan asked them to have a good rest, then asked his servants to pack their things, and then went to the Science Pavilion next to them.

Internal combustion engines, radios and other things need to be established as a project, and then they can be slowly studied, as well as hot air balloons.

After assigning this task, Zhu Xuan also got an unexpected gain, that is, a major breakthrough in the storage of electrical energy. The stored electrical energy is no longer converted into chemical energy.

Insulation technology has also been developed.

Those transformers, etc. also have certain guarantees.

In other words, large-scale use of electricity, even commercial use, will soon be implemented.

The commercial use of electric energy is a great progress and a major leap in this era.

"Arrange for people to send the insulated wires to the sky."

Zhu Xuan thought that there was also a power plant outside the capital city, which was hydroelectric, and added: "There are cables buried inside and outside the city. I want to send the electricity to the palace for use."

It's time for Grandpa Huang to experience how convenient electric lights are.

In the past, there was a practice of laying wires into the palace, but they were made of rubber insulating material. There were not many wires and the voltage was not stable enough. They were just for lighting the lamps.

Now that electricity is almost commercially available, Zhu Xuan wants more than just light bulbs.

Many electrical products should also appear.

The people in the Science Pavilion went to prepare after receiving the order.

After walking around the Science Pavilion, Zhu Xuan returned to his mansion and saw that his things were almost packed. He had dealt with so many things on the first day back, and he was actually a little tired.

rested one night.

Early the next morning, Zhu Xuan led Zheng He to personally supervise the cigarette manufacturing.

Zheng He was very fast and the first batch of workers arrived quickly.

They made cigarettes according to the design given by Zhu Xuan, and it went smoothly. There were no other problems for the time being, and Zhu Xuan began to determine the time for the next overseas trip to the West.

After this batch of cigarettes comes out, we can immediately go to the West for the third time.

After this trip to the West, there will probably not be a fourth time.

Being the grandson of the emperor is good for everything, but nothing is bad. After all, there are too many restrictions, and the emperor will not let himself run around anymore.

After settling the matter simply, Zhu Xuan took his little wife with him and walked around Guangzhou.

It is obvious that some foreigners can be seen in the city.

For the sake of public security in the city, Xu Qi restricted foreigners from entering the city at will. If they want to enter, they must have a pass. However, there are very few people who are qualified to obtain a pass, and only a small number of foreigners can enter the city.

"Your Highness!"

At this time, a blond and blue-eyed Western beauty called them to stop.

Zhu Xuan looked at the sound and recognized this person.

It was at the beginning that Turner requested one of the missionaries sent to Guangzhou to preach, and his name seemed to be Alice.

(End of this chapter)