Daming heir

The construction work of New Jinling has begun in an orderly manner.

The craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry who arrived in the New World with the East China Sea Fleet had rich experience in city construction. They took local rocks from the west coast and combined them with the cement plants that had been built in a hurry. The construction of the city was no longer complicated, but became simple.

The Yin Di'an people who surrendered are now becoming more and more respectful.

The huge warship is docked in the deep water area of ​​​​the inner water.

Just by looking at it, it seems that these warships can destroy the strongest castle in the world.

These people from heaven are as powerful as gods.

Fortunately, these heavenly beings were kind enough. They not only provided enough food for the tribe, but it was also more delicious.

They even began to build an unprecedented huge city on the land in the bay, building houses that could completely protect them from wind and rain.

Those people also carried an extraordinarily soft thing from the ship, which the visitors from heaven called cotton, and began to teach the women in the tribe how to use something called a spinning machine or a loom to spin the cotton. Transform into soft and warm clothes.

They also brought cotton seeds and began cultivating them on land that could not grow food.

The people of Yin Di'an began to imagine that one day they would be able to live a life without worries about food and clothing just like the people in the Kingdom of Heaven.

On the great plains thousands of miles away in the east, the Ming army also began to launch a larger offensive on a large scale against the tribes who were unwilling to surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

People are productivity.

These tribal people who are unwilling to surrender will become the subordinates of the Yin Di'an people who have surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, and will become the lowest-level group in New Jinling.

The advanced production technology completely crushed the original American continent, and the effects were obvious.

“The development of the New World will take a long time and cannot be achieved overnight.

Before the arrival of the Marquis, we had explored places thousands of miles away to the east. The land here is very fertile, not inferior to the Jiaozhi Road and other places that the court has been promoting.

However, the land here is vast and sparsely populated. Whether it is transporting the grown food back to the Central Plains or migrating me from the Central Plains to the people, countless people will be fed.

Not to mention the various gold, silver, copper and iron deposits we have discovered here, as well as the black oil that Taisun mentioned a long time ago. "

To the west of New Jinling City, on the seaside, on the walled city that was being renovated into a coastal defense watchtower, Zhu Yunwen looked at the several warships that had anchored and sailed westward on the sea ahead, and spoke calmly.

Beside him, Marquis Zhu Shou was dressed in the uniform of a general, with a sword on his waist.

Zhu Shou said with a smile: "The governor went through hardships and traveled thousands of miles to open up a route to the New World for the imperial court. This achievement will leave a mark in history."

"The so-called leaving a name in the history is just a false name after death, just to talk to future generations." Zhu Yunwen was very calm now. He looked at the ships drifting away on the sea and asked curiously: "How long will it take to return to Yingtian?" ?”

Zhu Shou thought for a while and said: "It will take about half a year, no matter how fast it is, it won't be much faster. When the iron-clad steamship comes out in the future, it may be faster."

Zhu Yunwen sighed: "It will take so long... this road is really long."

He had never seen what this sea route looked like. They all followed the legendary route and found the frozen strait before walking all the way to the New World.

Zhu Shou said: "Actually, the main reason is that we are not familiar with sea routes. The fleet can only sail where the coast can be seen, so it takes a lot of time. If we can find and record the sea route from Songjiang Prefecture to Xinjinling, it will only take about three or four months. You can get there.”

"Morning and evening, I wonder if people in the future will be able to do this." Zhu Yunwen began to think about it.

In his opinion, such a thing is very likely to happen.

After all, in the past, people did not know that there would be a new continent on the other side of the sea. It had always existed in legends.

And now, they have indeed found the New World.

Zhu Shou said with emotion: "It's coming in the morning and in the evening... I'm afraid it will take many, many years."

Zhu Yunwen smiled and shook his head.

He stood on the watchtower and turned around to look at the new Jinling City under construction.

"I heard some things before when I left the Central Plains."

Zhu Shou turned around, looked sideways and asked, "What did the governor hear?"

The court's current view of this man is very complicated.

Many officials believe that the royal family is too tolerant of them. Although the New World is far away from the Central Plains at this time, it should not be granted high positions and power.

The courtiers' concerns were justified.

Once the New World develops and people and soldiers migrate there in the future, this will be a country independent of the Central Plains. If this person has any other thoughts, the imperial court will completely lose the New World.

In fact, as long as this person is willing and devotes himself to training and gathering troops and food in the New World, perhaps one day thousands of soldiers and horses will suddenly appear under Yingtian City.

But some officials feel that the royal family can be so tolerant and can be said to be a role model for royal families in all dynasties. No matter what this person chooses in the future, the royal family will always be morally invincible.

As for the New World's counterattack on the Central Plains, to these officials, this is probably a fantasy.

Whether the New World could develop and to what extent it would develop depended on the support of the imperial court.

As long as the imperial court gives an order, the development of the New World will be stopped and the officials and soldiers here will be withdrawn. As long as these people's families are still in the Central Plains, not many people are willing to risk genocide to fight for their future with this person.

Between these various positions, Zhu Shou chose to obey the emperor's will, or the orders of the prince and grandson.

At least for now, Zhu Shou couldn't see any dissatisfaction with the man in front of him.

Even if there were, the tens of thousands of naval officers and soldiers he brought would be able to control all risks in this distant land of the New World without the court knowing about it.

Even if one day in the future, the imperial court sends another military general to replace him.

Zhu Shoudu believed that no one under the governor's office would be able to cause trouble in the New World.

Little did Zhu Yunwen know that in such a short period of time, Zhu Shou, the Marquis of Shunshen, would have already thought so much.

He smiled and said: "I heard at that time that Zhang Ergong, the Minister of Industry, and his people developed something called a train, which runs on two railway tracks. Although the current speed is not much faster than a galloping horse, it is better than Lots of cargo.

I wonder if there will be any craftsmen in this field coming to the court this time?

After all, in the New World, as long as you cross the mountains on the west coast, you will find endless plains, which are very suitable for building railways.

At that time, various resources along the route can be transported here faster, and then loaded on ships and sent to the next day. "

Zhu Shou frowned and thought for a moment before explaining: "It requires a lot of manpower to do it, and it also requires countless money and food."

Zhu Yunwen waved his hand: "This is all easy to handle. We don't need much money and food. As long as we continue to cultivate the land here, we can be self-sufficient in food. We just need to lead the army to continuously launch offensives on the plains in the east and push the locals If everyone is captured, there will be no shortage of manpower to build the railway."

Zhu Shou was stunned for a moment.

In his mind, the operation Zhu Yunwen mentioned seemed so familiar.

Zhu Yunwen has already continued: "The railway must be built, otherwise the new continent is so vast, the cost of our rule will be far more expensive than building the railway. I even want to build this railway to the other side of the continent to see where it is. There will be something next to it.”

Zhu Shou became thoughtful at this time.

After a long time, Zhu Shougang spoke again: "At least we have to wait until we have thoroughly investigated this land before we can know what is on the other side of this land."

Zhu Yunwen shook his head.

He turned around and looked at Zhu Shou intently.

This made Zhu Shou a little uncomfortable, and his neck turned stiffly.

Zhu Yunwen said: "I wonder if Marquis Shunshen has ever heard of this theory."

Zhu Shou bowed slightly and nodded: "Please ask the governor to give me some advice." "I don't dare to give you advice, it's just a way of saying it." Zhu Yunwen waved his hands casually, then raised his arms and hugged him in front of his chest. He smiled. Said: "This statement means that the land under our feet is actually a huge sphere, so big that we cannot see the arc of the sphere with our eyes.

But as long as we keep walking in one direction, we can already get back to the starting point. So I was thinking that since we crossed the sea to the east, we could find a new continent. So if we continue walking eastward along this land, will we reach Europa and then go back to the Central Plains against the original route of the Yuan Dynasty? "

"This……"

Zhu Shou's eyes widened, shocked by such a statement.

He never thought that the ground beneath his feet was actually a sphere.

If it were really a round ball, wouldn't the person on the other side have to fall in?

Shouldn't the world be equal?

On this plain, because there are different levels, there are mountains and rivers, so the water in the rivers flows towards the lower areas.

Obviously, Zhu Shou could not accept this statement.

But Zhu Yunwen just smiled, his eyes already cast to the sea in the distance.

While Zhu Shou was still digesting this statement and thinking about what words to use to refute.

But he saw that Zhu Yunwen had already raised his hand and pointed to the sea.

"Then...how does Marquis Junfu explain that in the fleet we see now, we can only see the sails but not the hull?"

Zhu Shou's face looked dazed for a moment, and he turned around stiffly, looking towards the sea.

Far away on the sea, the fleet that had returned to the Central Plains with some of the new species that had been searched for in the new Jinling side was suddenly left with only huge sails on the sea.

But the hull of the ship has completely disappeared!

Zhu Shou's pupils contracted violently several times, his mouth opened slightly, and he exhaled rapid streams of air from his throat.

Zhu Yunwen smiled: "Did these ships sink into the sea?"

"impossible!"

Zhu Shou spoke urgently.

Even if the ship that just sailed out has a leak and is sinking to the bottom of the sea, it is impossible for all ships to be sinking.

The body of the founding Marquis, who had fought his way out of the mountains of corpses and blood in the early days of the Kingdom, began to tremble slightly.

Being able to sit in this seat shows that Zhu Shou's mind is normal.

He quickly imagined a sphere in his mind.

When he stood at this point, the fleet gradually moved away on the sphere.

Then the current situation will arise.

The hull disappeared from sight first, and then the sail 'dropped' little by little to the bottom of the sea.

!

In Zhu Shou's eyes, the sails of the fleet were slowly but visibly sinking to the sea as he imagined.

Bang.

Zhu Shou could no longer digest this fact and fell to the ground.

His mind was running rapidly, but he couldn't figure out why it was like this, and those of them standing on the ball would not 'fall'.

Zhu Yunwen still had a smile on his face.

He discovered this fact when the fleet sailed from the sea to Xinjinling that day.

After combining what he heard at the beginning, what Brother Xi said to his uncles and nephews in the main hall. So Zhu Yunwen was convinced that the world was a ball.

It’s just that I still can’t figure out why people and things on the other side of the ball don’t ‘fall’.

This is a question worth thinking about.

But it can also break people down.

Hou Shun was almost on the verge of collapse.

then.

Zhu Yunwen bent over and stretched out his arms.

Snapped.

The slap hit Zhu Shou hard on the face.

Zhu Yunwen shouted in a deep voice: "Marquis Shunshen! Wake up!"

Zhu Shou's face hurt, and Zhu Yunwen's roar echoed in his ears. His eyes, which had gradually become confused, gradually regained their clarity.

Zhu Yunwen immediately said: "Don't think about this, we still need to build the new Jinling City!"

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Shou finally moved his lips slowly: "Yes! Yes! I will also build a new Jinling City...build a city...build a city..."

After a while.

Zhu Shou finally raised his head and looked at Zhu Yunwen, who had a tense face, and a grateful smile appeared on his face.

Wait until this time.

Only then did Zhu Yunwen reveal his inner plan.

"So, that's what I thought."

Zhu Shou already understood at this time that Zhu Yunwen had just saved his life.

Otherwise, if I keep falling into that fatal problem, I'm afraid I will become an idiot in this life.

Zhu Shou stood up and clasped his hands in his fists: "Please give me some advice from the governor."

Zhu Yunwen nodded: "I hope Lord Marquis can send a fleet to continue south along the coast. If there is a place leading to the east, go there and see if we can reach Europa from here."

Zhu Shou also understood at this time and said: "As long as we can reach Europa from here to the east, it proves that the governor's statement is correct! If we can find Europa, we can return to the Ming Dynasty from the east of this land!" "

Zhu Yunwen smiled and said: "That's it. Therefore, I also hope that Lord Hou can send a team of brothers all the way east to see if the east side of this new continent is actually a sea."

Zhu Yunwen no longer needed to remind him, Zhu Shou already understood a lot at this time.

He then said: "If there is a sea, it means that there are continents in the world surrounded by oceans!"

Zhu Yunwen laughed out loud.

"That's the truth!"

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