The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 512 "Sold" Your Highness

As soon as the assistant king was mentioned, Mu Zhiqing felt infinite joy in her heart, she couldn't help smiling and said: "It is said, how can there be any woman in this world who can resist the charm of His Highness."

Perhaps her smile was too dazzling, Zhen Zhen hastily lowered her eyelashes, and looked at the foot of the bed, "I heard that His Highness has already proposed to the Mu family... I wish you a long life together, forever together."

"Actually, I have long felt that your friendship with His Highness...is no less than mine." Mu Zhiqing lightly held Zhen Zhen's hand, and said softly, "I'm one year older than you, if you don't mind, we will love you How is Jie Jinlan?"

"Between Jinlan?" Zhen Zhen was taken aback.

Mu Zhiqing nodded seriously and said: "According to the rules of our Naxi people - when a woman gets married, she needs sisters to be concubines and marry into her husband's family together. If you and I become Jinlan, we can marry into Prince Chen's mansion together, are you willing?"

"Marry into Prince Chen's mansion together?" Zhen Zhen's eyes widened in astonishment, and after a moment of stupor, he asked tentatively, "Sister Mu, are you serious?! You never thought that you and His Highness... are on par with each other. Life?"

After all, Mu Zhiqing is an ancient woman, and her emotional outlook cannot surpass this era.She smiled and shook her head, "I never thought that His Highness would have only me as his wife. His Highness is not only my husband, but also the prince of the Ming family. How can we continue the incense without three wives and four concubines?

"When I marry into the palace, as long as I can manage the inner house for His Royal Highness and do my duty well, I will be satisfied..."

Then she smiled and looked at Zhen Zhen, "I have said so much, I just want to ask you one thing - would you like to be my concubine and marry into the palace together?"

In the Ming Dynasty, as the matriarch of a family, choosing a concubine for her husband was both an obligation and a right. It was even common for a man to find two more concubines at home when he came back from a long trip.Without Zhu Linming's knowledge, Mu Zhiqing entered the role of the mistress of the palace ahead of time and "sold" him.

"I...I..." Zhen Zhen hesitated for a while, but couldn't come up with an accurate word.

"True sister is usually the most bold and unrestrained, why is she so resigned now?" Mu Zhiqing blinked at her narrowly, "Just say, do you want to?"

Zhen Zhen blushed, her head was almost buried in her collar, and her voice was inaudible, "I wish..."

Tianxing Mansion.

The main hall of Ciqing Palace.

"Empress Dowager, I know that you are now focusing on Buddhism and don't care about government affairs, but this relocation of the capital is not only about state affairs," a courtier in his 50s knelt by the side of the hall, with a worried expression, "but it is more important to see the emperor's dragon body." Is it worth it!"

The white-faced and short-bearded official next to him immediately echoed: "Master Li's words are very true. The Holy Majesty is still in a coma... and the journey to Nanjing is more than [-] miles. unfavorable……"

"Reporting to the Queen Mother, I also heard that the Forbidden City in Nanjing was previously stolen by the Eastern Captives, and there was a lot of damage during that time." Another [-]-year-old man continued, "This time the enemy and our armies are fighting in the Forbidden City again, and the damage is even more serious. If at this time Then go north, you and His Majesty don't even have a suitable residence."

"I also learned that there are still rebel troops in Suzhou and Changzhou in Nanzhili, and Wuhu is fighting fiercely. It is difficult to guarantee safety along the way..."

"The old minister also thought..."

A group of people chattered for a long time, and finally bowed together: "So it is not appropriate to go north immediately, and please discuss with the Queen Mother and His Royal Highness the Assistant King, and carefully decide on the matter of moving the capital. At least it is better to postpone it for a year or two. .”

The Empress Dowager Zeng kept tapping on the wooden fish, looking at the Buddha statue in front of her, until now she said slowly: "My lords, you have bothered, but the important matter of moving the capital is all arranged by Lin Mi, and I have no intention of commenting on it. As for Yuan'er, as the great tomorrow My son, as long as the body can hold on, how can we not restore the old capital to the north?"

"Queen, but..."

"Okay, I still want to pay respects to the Buddha, everyone please go back."

A group of courtiers had no choice but to leave the Ciqing Palace, but they seemed unwilling.Soon, someone whispered: "The Empress Dowager's thoughts are not above political affairs at all, I think it's hard to count on her this time."

"Master Li, you are acquainted with the envoy Song of the Imperial Hospital, you can ask him to come forward and persuade the Queen Mother that the Holy Majesty should not travel..."

"You can give it a try." Master Li turned to look at the people around him, "But what Master Zhang said is right, this matter cannot be entirely up to the queen mother, we have to figure out a way for ourselves. Everyone should think about how to persuade her when they go back. His Royal Highness, the cabinet should also give more advice."

More than 20 officials around him nodded in agreement, and someone suggested: "Why don't we gather at Mr. Li's residence tonight and discuss in detail?"

"Yes, that's exactly what it should be."

"Everyone can invite all the ministers to come and discuss the affairs of the country."

"Okay, that's it!"

……

Nanjing Arms Bureau.

"Yes, that's it." Zhu Linmi nodded with satisfaction while holding a stack of steel bars that the craftsmen had just made that became shorter from bottom to top and slightly warped. Half a foot and an iron frame to fix it."

"Hey," the leading craftsman hurriedly responded, "I'll do it for the little one."

The parts were manufactured yesterday. Several craftsmen skillfully punched holes in the steel bars, riveted them, and installed the fixed frame. A two-and-a-half-foot-long leaf spring quickly took shape, similar to the ones commonly seen on later generations of cars. The shock absorbers are quite similar.

Since none of the craftsmen in Nanjing can understand industrial drawings and have not received standardized training in craftsmanship, Zhu Linmi has been guiding them hand in hand for two days, and the first damping spring for cars in Ming Dynasty finally took shape.Of course, this is for the carriage.

In fact, the structure of this steel plate damping spring is very simple, that is, several layers of steel plates are riveted together, and a certain degree of warpage is left.A skilled blacksmith can make several pairs a day.

However, although this thing is simple, it is the best structure optimized by people of later generations after repeated improvements. It has never appeared in the seventeenth century, and it definitely belongs to the high-tech of this era.

In addition, the steel damping spring has extremely high requirements on the material. If it is made of ordinary iron, it will not only have extremely poor elasticity, but will also break after a short period of time.In order to build this thing, Zhu Linmei specially sent the highest quality medium carbon steel from Longnan to solve the material problem.

On the other side of the workshop, craftsmen are installing a "big wooden box" with wheels, and the work is obviously coming to an end.There is a shaft in front of the wooden box, and the wheels are as high as half a person. It is the carriage of a carriage.

Different from the two-wheeled carriages commonly used in the Ming Dynasty, this cart has four wheels, which are mounted on the frame through two axles.The most unique thing is that the front and rear of the frame are separated and connected together by a longitudinal axis, along which the two front wheels of the car can swing left and right.

This is a standard four-wheeled carriage!

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