Ming Dynasty: Zhu Biao's younger brother, the most rebellious son in history

Go see Zhu Kai!

In order to express how much he valued Zhu Kai's summons, Lan Yu put on armor when he went to see Zhu Kai to express his urgent desire to go to the battlefield.

"Your Highness, Lan Yu, pays respect to His Royal Highness the Second Prince."

Before, I had thought that when I met Zhu Kai, I must let Zhu Kai know what it means to respect elders, but when I saw Zhu Kai, Lan Yu immediately prostrated himself in worship.

Really fragrant!

In order to lead troops into battle, to achieve great achievements and to be granted a title of nobility or prime minister, Lan Yu thought it was not humiliating at all for him to kneel before Zhu Kai.

In the past, it was Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao who could bring him a future; now it is Zhu Kai, and he can still distinguish this clearly.

Zhu Kai looked at Lan Yu kneeling prostrate, and nodded with satisfaction: "Well, it seems that the reflection that made you sit on the bench for more than a year has been of some use."

"Your Highness, I have benefited a lot from this!"

Lan Yu answered seriously, "Before, I was a mean person. I didn't understand the deep brotherly love between the Crown Prince and Your Highness. I feel ashamed now. Now I just want to die for Your Highness. I will do anything for you. Please give me your orders. I will serve you as your vanguard."

"Easy to say, easy to say."

Zhu Kai laughed and pointed to the seat opposite him: "Sit down first, and talk while we eat."

Lan Yu immediately stood up upon hearing this and sat down next to Zhu Kai. Zhu Kai ate his meal while saying to Lan Yu, "Don't reply to me. What's the matter? People outside our family can't understand it, and neither can you? My two fathers-in-law saw it clearly, but you were intent on dealing with me. If it weren't for my elder brother and father pleading for you, your broken leg would never have healed."

"Yes, Lan Yu is confused."

Lan Yu lowered his head and said with shame: "Second Prince is magnanimous. Lan Yu will never be a villain between you and the Crown Prince again."

After all, Lan Yu's thinking was too superficial. If he had figured these things out earlier, he would not have ended up like this.

"Xu Da, Feng Sheng, Li Wenzhong, and you, the four of you are my relatives. You will definitely have a place among the kings of different surnames in the future Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Kai then threw out another huge temptation, which made Lan Yu's eyes light up after hearing it: "Appoint a king of a different surname? Your Highness, this is absolutely not allowed."

"There is nothing that is absolutely impossible. How far you can go in the future depends on your own ability."

Zhu Kai waved his hand and said to Lan Yu: "In order to stabilize your family's throne, you should take more concubines and have more children when you return home. Find them some reliable teachers to teach them how to be good people. Otherwise, even if you are crowned king, in the end you will only end up with your family broken up and your people destroyed."

"……Yes."

Make the king!

How dare Zhu Kai tell me these things?
Could it be that both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao knew about this and had no objection to it?
Lan Yu's first reaction was to find Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao and ask them whether the idea of ​​conferring the title of king was reliable. However, he just thought about it, passed it through his mind, and then he didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Knowing or not knowing, what does it have to do with Lan Yu?
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao both knew that Lan Yu did a good job and would be given a place in the imperial court. But if they asked about it, wouldn't that offend Zhu Kai again? He said he would go through fire and water for Zhu Kai, and then he started to defraud him?

Having said that, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao didn't know, and Lan Yu could just pretend that this matter didn't exist. Did Lan Yu come to Zhu Kai to confer the title of king of a different surname?
No!

He wanted to lead troops into battle!
"Second Prince, just tell me how to fight this battle, and I will follow your instructions."

Lan Yu waved her hand and said to Zhu Kai: "Looking around the world, no one can rival my Ming Dynasty."

"Perhaps, your enemy is our Ming Dynasty itself."

Zhu Kai looked at Lan Yu. In Lan Yu's surprised eyes, Zhu Kai continued, "Lan Yu, the population of our Daming is too small. With Liaodong and the grassland, the people of Daming cannot fill the gap. Do you know what I mean?"

"know."

Lan Yu patted his chest and said to Zhu Kai: "When the time comes, I will lead the troops to fight and kill as few people as possible. I will bring all the captives to our Daming and let them farm and work, so as to provide more food for our Daming and let the people of our Daming live a good life."

Zhu Kai felt comfortable after hearing this.

Why was he willing to use blue jade?

Because Lan Yu, like him, is a very extreme person. Just like before, he could ignore Zhu Yuanzhang and only choose to help Zhu Biao, and he would help Zhu Biao clear the obstacles even if it meant his death. From this point, we can see that this guy is a very picky person. To put it in a broader sense... Lan Yu is the kind of person who agrees with the saying "Those who are not of my race must have different hearts."

“Not only do we need to bring in people, we also need to find people who are particularly capable.”

Zhu Kai said to Lan Yu, "For example, if we invent a tool, other people can only plant 20 acres of land at most, but the tool we invented can allow one person to plant 100 acres of land a day. We need to find someone who can make this tool."

"There are people like this in the Artisan Camp."

Lan Yu knew a little more than Zhu Kai: "Your Majesty has a place that specializes in making weapons for soldiers. I don't know what they have invented, but at least they are professionals. Can we bring some people from the Artisan Camp, and then recruit a group of people from the public, and then we can set up our own Artisan Camp."

"That's a good idea."

Zhu Kai was very satisfied with Lan Yu's answer.

After searching for so long, I finally found a partner who is compatible with me.

Xu Da, Feng Sheng, and Li Wenzhong are Zhu Kai's elders. Although they will indulge Zhu Kai when doing things, they will not talk too much to Zhu Kai, nor will they do things according to Zhu Kai's ideas. Lan Yu is different. In terms of seniority, he is also Zhu Kai's elder, but Lan Yu is young and has offended Zhu Kai. Now he works as Zhu Kai's subordinate. In addition, he has experienced many wars, so his ability is naturally impeccable.

Therefore, Zhu Kai is very satisfied with him. At least based on the current situation, Lan Yu will be a good partner.

"Then leave it to you."

Zhu Kai waved his hand, signaling Lan Yu to solve the problem: "I plan to build a large factory in Liaodong. I want Liaodong to become the birthplace of Ming Dynasty materials. Only Liaodong can be responsible for this task."

"clear."

Lan Yu grinned, "Don't worry, Your Highness. I will send all the skilled craftsmen I recruited to Liaodong! Please give me 50,000 soldiers first, and I will have them build houses in Liaodong to pave the way for our subsequent plans."

Zhu Kai waved his hand and said, "Go find my father-in-law and tell him that I asked you to go."

Liaodong and the grasslands are now under the management of Yanjing, and are basically semi-militarized. The leader of the northern border army is Feng Sheng, so it would be right for Lan Yu to find him.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Lan Yu bowed and accepted the order, "Your Highness, I will go and make preparations now."

"Go."

Zhu Kai fished out another letter from his sleeve: "This is a letter to Hu Weiyong. Give it to him when you pass through Qi and Lu. If you need any supplies and Feng Sheng is not convenient to provide them, you can contact him directly. Wu Zhen will also cooperate."

The southernmost tip of Liaodong is very close to the easternmost tip of Qi and Lu, and sea transportation is also a very convenient means of transportation. Zhu Kai gave Lan Yu two insurances, which at least allowed him to develop Liaodong honestly without any problems.

...Zhu Kai really wanted to invent something, and the first invention he wanted to make was the steam engine.

On the super ocean freighter, there are books about the development history of the European Industrial Revolution, and in the history of ship development, there is also an introduction to the steam engine.

However, these books do not record very detailed production steps. What they say is that James Watt, a scientist in England, created a steam engine that can be used for industrial purposes based on the Newcomen steam engine, and then the steam engine accelerated the pace of progress of the European Industrial Revolution...

Without the corresponding production steps, Zhu Kai only knew that the steam engine used the principle of steam generated after boiling water to drive the steam engine to start working. As for the rest... Zhu Kai really didn't know.

Yes, there is only one picture.

All Zhu Kai could do was to enlarge and color-print the drawing of the first generation steam engine, hand it over to the more outstanding craftsmen, explain to them the working principles of the steam engine, and then urge them to make it quickly, promising them a generous reward after they succeeded.

The craftsmen who have worked with Zhu Kai all know that Zhu Kai likes to come up with some incredible ideas and then ask them to do them. Although the ideas proposed by Zhu Kai are very troublesome, Zhu Kai is generous. If you make something that meets his requirements, Zhu Kai will give generous rewards. This time is naturally no surprise.

After arranging his own tasks, Zhu Kai went back to Fengxian Hall to play.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were listening to a report on Zhu Kai's activities.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't take the trivial matter of Zhu Kai meeting Lan Yu to heart. What he cared more about was Zhu Kai's search for craftsmen.

Hearing that Zhu Kai asked the craftsmen to make something new again, and then promised to pay them generously after it was completed, Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but frown: "Isn't it just asking the craftsmen to make something? Why pay them? It's a waste of money."

Zhu Biao said, "Brother Kai said that invention is the primary productive force. I think what Brother Kai wants to invent is closely related to his business of managing Liaodong and the grassland. Dad, I heard that Brother Kai wants to make a tool that can be used by one person to cultivate 100 acres of land. Maybe he is going to do that."

"One person planting a hundred acres? What a joke... No matter how powerful the tools are, it's impossible to plant so much."

Zhu Yuanzhang found it unbelievable, "It's impossible. The child has never farmed before. This is just a fantasy."

Zhu Biao was helpless when he saw that Zhu Yuanzhang did not believe him, but he believed Zhu Kai more. If he said it could be made, then it could definitely be made.

He said that if a person can cultivate a hundred acres of land, then he can definitely cultivate a hundred acres of land.

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang also became a little unconfident: "That guy, can't he really build it? One person cultivating a hundred acres of land... is it realistic?"

"This guy, didn't he make money again? He told me that he didn't make money, but he just wanted to cheat me."

Zhu Yuanzhang felt very unhappy when he thought about how he was tricked by Zhu Kai.

"This bastard only knows how to cheat us, our money... and you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that his constant complaints would not get Zhu Kai to give him money, so he complained directly to Zhu Biao: "You said you could fight for your dignity and think of two ways to make money for us, instead of making us look at that guy's face all day long, right?"

Zhu Biao said with a serious face: "I have a way to make money."

"Have?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up like a cat smelling blood. "What's the way? Tell me about it?"

Zhu Biao spread his hands and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Give the money to Brother Kai, and you will have everything."

"..."

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed his hand outwards and said, "Get out of here, you little bastard. You've learned to irritate me, haven't you?"

Zhu Biao didn't care. It was obvious that Zhu just wanted to make things difficult for Zhu Kai and find an excuse to beat him up. He had to find all kinds of excuses. Zhu Biao knew Zhu Yuanzhang's little thoughts very well. At most, he would be scolded by him, but it would not prevent him from making money.

……

Lan Yu was busy for two days before returning home. Chang Mao had been waiting impatiently. Lan Yu went to see Zhu Kai and had not returned home for two days. Chang Mao thought that Lan Yu had been secretly executed on the spot by Zhu Kai. When he saw Lan Yu coming back, he was so excited that he kept asking Lan Yu how the conversation between him and Zhu Kai went.

"It's settled. I will follow Zhu Kai and go north with him to manage Liaodong and the grasslands, and then go west to the Western Regions to expand the territory."

When Lan Yu mentioned the task assigned to him by Zhu Kai, he became full of energy, because this was his ideal.

"Great!"

Chang Mao also became excited and said to Lan Yu: "Uncle, you wanted to show your power outside the Great Wall and rein in the Yinshan Mountains. Now what Zhu Kai asked you to do is in line with your wish, isn't it?"

"Yes, that's my wish."

Lan Yu was very happy and waved his fists vigorously, but when he thought about his own ideal, it was not just to fight on the battlefield and conquer the Wolf's Lair, he also wanted his family to be safe and sound and for every family member to live without worries.

Now Zhu Biao doesn’t have to worry. Chang Sheng and Chang Sen are playing with Zhu Kai, so he doesn’t have to worry about them as long as Zhu Kai is around.

Only Chang Mao...is still not living so thoroughly and shrewdly.

After thinking for a while, Lan Yu said to Chang Mao: "Nephew, your uncle is going to fight outside. If you have nothing to do at home, you can have more children. It will be good for you."

"How can nothing happen?"

Chang Mao didn't understand what Lan Yu said, and pointed at himself and said, "Uncle, when you go out, take me with you, I want to go to the war too! I want to be the King of the Wolf, too!"

Chang Mao also wanted to seal the Wolf's Lair.

Lan Yu felt a little headache after hearing what Chang Mao said.

This kid doesn’t have big abilities, but his dreams are big.

Lan Yu patted Chang Mao on the shoulder and said, "Nephew, listen to me. Going to the battlefield is a big deal. You can't handle it now. Just let your uncle go."

This kid Chang Mao can only become a king of a different surname in this life, but the prerequisite is that he does not cause trouble and listens obediently to Lan Yu's arrangements.

To put it bluntly, I just look down on him.

……

Ever since the Lu family obtained the operating rights for the entire street in front of the palace, they have been walking with their heads held high.

She could clearly feel that since she had the management rights of Fuqian Street, her status in the palace was different. Many people were fawning and flattering when they saw her.

right!
It’s really good stuff.

Now people come to her for basically one thing: to flatter her and rent a shop. (End of this chapter)