Daming Military Empire

Chapter 265
On the [-]th day of the first lunar month of the tenth year of Chongzheng, the Chinese New Year has just passed, and most people are still enjoying the aftertaste of the Spring Festival at home, but Dongdaying Xingang is full of people and busy.This day was the day when the second batch of arms from the Ming Dynasty was sent to the European continent. Zhu Cijiong had already sent all the members of the Nanyang Navy to go north to Dongdaying to load up the arms, and at the same time sent back the European envoys.

However, few of the European missions actually boarded the ship. Most of them decided to stay in Daming to study Chinese, and they were standing on the shore to see them off.

This time the regent Zhu Youjian did not accompany him to Europe. Last time, it was the first time that Ming’s fleet went to Europe. It had a special meaning. This time it is different. After a trip, besides, he still has important things to do, and he doesn't have time to play in Europe.

On the same day, the regent Zhu Youjian exercised his power as regent for the first time, without consulting the emperor at all, and directly promulgated a decree, er, it wasn't that his wings were stiff and he wanted to shake the sky, he didn't consult the emperor However, this was the intention of the two empress dowagers. These two sister-in-laws were directly in charge of the emperor. He expressed his fear, so as soon as the empress dowagers spoke, he immediately obeyed and promulgated the decree bypassing the emperor.

This decree is terrible. It may scare all the people of Ming Dynasty to hide their daughters. Accept the screening of officials' wives from all over the country, and those with outstanding appearance will all be sent to the capital!

Oh god, it’s really a talent show, and not only Daming, but all the vassal states have to choose. The two empress dowagers probably got the inspiration after seeing Princess Anna. Such a pink doll is so cute, I have to give it to you The emperor chooses a few more!
Well, let’s say that there are people who look like foreigners in the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, but the general vassal states don’t pay much attention to Ming. Except for Dongying, Ryukyu, and North Korea, the three vassal states that the Ming has rectified, the other vassal states give you Choose a yarn.

The two empress dowagers are very concerned about the draft. They never interfere in political affairs, which doesn't mean they are lazy. They just don't want to interfere with the emperor's freedom. But this time, the emperor is out of control. They have to take care of the matter of choosing a daughter-in-law!
During the drafts of the past dynasties, the folks almost caused panic. There is no way, because just like the Hou Men, as deep as the sea, once you enter the palace, if you don’t get the emperor’s favor, you will have to die alone. Generally, as long as you are not poor Can't get rid of the pot, who wants to let his precious daughter suffer this crime.

But the Chongzheng Dynasty was strange. After the promulgation of the draft order, there were really wealthy families and even official families who tried their best to send their daughters to the palace. Are these people idiots?

Of course they are not idiots, on the contrary, they are very smart, have you not seen the treatment of the old Qin family? It is rumored that the emperor took a fancy to the daughter of the old Qin family, who loves the house and black, so he promoted and reused the old Qin family. How eminent!

Many people know that this is not a rumor, but a fact. The emperor is good at everything, but he is a bit nepotism. As long as he knows, there is no one who is not brilliant, so they all desperately sent their daughters to the palace. Well, they don't ask their daughters to be queens or concubines, they just need to be favored by the emperor occasionally and even have the opportunity to serve the emperor in daily life.

Later, there was a court lady serving Zhu Cijiong who told him inexplicably, my father is so-and-so, and my brother is so-and-so, who is your father's brother has nothing to do with me, Zhu Cijiong felt that his head almost crashed.

Of course, these are all things for later, let’s skip them for the time being. Since the matter of the draft cannot be stopped, we can only let him go. Our Chongzheng Emperor Zhu Cijiong still has many things to do, the most important of which is of course Regarding the construction of the four new factories, especially the machinery factory and the cement factory, Fandilong is related to the harvest of hundreds of millions of acres of land in the northwest, and cement is even more related to the future development of Daming. These two things are the focus of his attention .

He doesn't really need to worry about the earth-turning dragon. Wang Zheng and Song Yingxing are mechanical experts. When it comes to making mechanical equipment, Zhu Cijiong can't keep up with them. The reason why he didn't make the earth-turning dragon before is mainly because As for knowledge, they don't have the knowledge of Zhu Cijiong's later generations.

Zhu Cijiong drew a sketch of the crawler chassis. Basically, there is nothing wrong with the Dilong. Wang Zheng and Song Yingxing did not rest during the New Year. They worked overtime with the people from the Ministry of Industry. The prototype was also made!
No, before the first month, Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng and Song Yingxing ran over excitedly, asking the emperor to see the prototype of Dilong.Zhu Cijiong was happier than them. He didn't expect the Dilong to be made so quickly. It was an unexpected surprise. This steam-powered locomotive ran off the track and ran on the ground. He had never seen it before, so he had to go and see it.

When he came to Xicheng District, even he was shocked by the scene in front of him. In the distance, there was a city wall that could not be seen at a glance, towering between the sky and the earth, majestic and majestic. ; Buildings are rising from the ground, roads are leading to the sky, and 50 people are fighting together. What a spectacular scene, even he, who is used to seeing hundreds of thousands or even millions of troops fighting, was shocked arrive.

For the first time, he realized that a large number of people is also an advantage. The population of Ming Dynasty is more than that of all the great powers combined. In this era, this is an absolute advantage. How to make use of this advantage?

Just as Zhu Cijiong lowered his head and pondered, the place where the Dilong was parked finally arrived. To his surprise, it was not in the machinery factory, because the machinery factory should be in the southeast corner of Xicheng District, and this place is obviously near the center of Xicheng District. Location.

This strange machine in front of me, Zhu Cijiong has never planted land before. He has only occasionally seen some agricultural machinery on TV. A harvesting device was stretched out, but this earth-turning dragon had a row of plowing blades hanging on the back.

Zhu Cijiong went out of the palace this time, in order not to cause a commotion, he just brought hundreds of Jinyiwei masters, and sat in an ordinary sedan chair carried by four people, while Wang Zheng and Song Yingxing followed slowly on horseback, it was convenient to talk, Now that the meeting is at the right place, Song Yingxing immediately suggested: "Your Majesty, why don't you let me drive them?"

Zhu Cijiong had long wanted to know the effect of this thing when it was turned on. Hearing this, he nodded quickly and said: "Well, turn it on and let me have a look."

Song Yingxing got the order and immediately rushed to the side of the earth-turning dragon, and said a few words, only to see white smoke puffing out from the top of the earth-turning dragon, and there was a sound of gears turning, and the row of The sharp blade of plowing the field slowly pierced into the soil!Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of pistons running, and the earth-moving dragon really started to move. The speed was not very fast, it was about the same speed as a person walking, but the place it drove through was about ten meters wide on the ground. All the soil has been turned over, and turning the ground has become so simple!
Even Zhu Cijiong, who had traveled through time, couldn't help being surprised and said: "Well, very good, with this earth-turning dragon artifact, it will be much easier for common people to farm in the future."

Wang Zheng on the side said as if offering a treasure: "Your Majesty, there is an unexpected surprise. Not only is it easier to farm the land, but it is also easier to open the road."

Before Zhu Cijiong understood what was going on, a group of prisoners came running behind with shovels on their backs, and shoveled the loosened soil aside, and then another group of prisoners carried the processed thick stone slabs to the ground. The captives shoveled soil and paved stone slabs just like this, and soon a small road with a width of about ten meters extended hundreds of meters away. It turned out that they were building the road here!

(End of this chapter)