People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Chapter 388
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang was finally willing to ask Zhang Yi's question, Mu Ying smiled:
"If the emperor needs it, the minister can go there now!"

"It's almost New Year's Eve, what are you going to do with that kid?
Everyone is going to have a good year, you will be on the sea from now on, so spend time with your wife and children!
When next spring comes, take some plants with you and go find that brat! "

Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that Mu Ying would misunderstand him, so he even added:
"After all, he and Longhushan have invested in this business. We have to keep our promises, and we don't even share dividends..."

The emperor is a dead duck with a stubborn mouth, so Mu Ying will naturally not expose the emperor.

"What Emperor Father said is that Longhushan has invested a lot of money in this matter, we have to keep our word!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with Mu Ying's well-behaved and sensible behavior. He patted Mu Ying on the shoulder and went to rest alone.

Hongwu five years, the first month,
On Longhu Mountain.

A thin layer of snow floated in the sky, dyeing Longhu Mountain white.

"There is no heating, what a shame!"

There is a big difference between the buildings in Longhushan and three years ago, that is, almost every house has a metal chimney.

Green smoke curled up, Zhang Yi was in his room, roasting by the stove, complaining:

"Before I was stabbed, I wasn't so afraid of the cold!

If I knew it earlier, I followed Song Zongzhen to Hainan to open up the market..."

"Where is Hainan?"

"It's Qiongzhou!"

Zhang Yi casually answered Lao Mo who had just returned from adding firewood.

Under his modification, his metal chimney has been changed to add firewood from the outside.

In order to burn more efficiently, he also invented an efficient fuel synthesized from sawdust.

Lao Mo looked at his new master, Zhang Yi, who was 12 years old this year.

In this era where the average age is only in the 30s, 12 years old is not an adult in the true sense, but it is almost the same.

Mu Ying went to the battlefield at the age of 12!
Zhu Biao was only 13 years old when he met Zhang Yi.

The young Zhang Yi lost the immaturity on his face, but was a little more handsome.

"Little real, why do you care so much about Qiongzhou?"

Zhang Yi's status on the mountain at this time is completely different from when he left Longhu Mountain.

When Lao Mo first came to Longhu Mountain, he heard people say that Zhang Yi used to be an isolated existence.

Not many people play with him, and not many people will respect him.

But this time back to the mountain, Zhang normal gave Zhang Yi great power, or even if he was allowed to mess around, Lao Zhang fully supported him.

From the rebellious son of the Zhang family to the de facto deputy headmaster of Longhu Mountain, Zhang Yi's status has undergone earth-shaking changes.

He is also using his power to change Longhushan.

The first is about the ancestral alchemy of Longhu Mountain. Zhang Yi, with the support of Zhang Normal, first imparted a kind of knowledge called chemistry.

The legendary alchemy has become a special discipline!

A qualified Taoist priest cannot understand chemistry...

When Zhang Yi shouted this slogan, the Taoist priests were still opposed to it at first, but the head teacher Zhang Zhengcheng was obsessed with this subject at first.

As a madman of alchemy, Lao Zhang has different hobbies from others.

These changes were gradually implemented.

And conduct an assessment...

Not only chemistry, but also mathematics, physics, and Zhang Yi taught all kinds of strange knowledge on Longhu Mountain...

Now Longhu Mountain is full of the sounds of the ninety-nine multiplication table and the periodic table of elements.

A large religious place is more like an ancient academy.

By spreading knowledge, Zhang Yi gained prestige and power.

He began to extend his claws to more places. '

Longhushan is the general leader of Taoism in the world. Although the emperor has taken back a lot of power, the places it can affect are still vast.

But in the past two years, Zhang Yi has been planning a place, and that is Qiongzhou.

He told Lao Mo that it was very, very important there.

Seeing Lao Mo asking again, Zhang Yi said casually:

"Because this is the only place where we can grow rubber in Daming, don't plan ahead!

When our ship comes back from the sea, we must first arrange to plant rubber!
This is something that can change the destiny of the country! "

Zhang Yi said that there are too many things that can change the fate of the country, and Lao Mo is no stranger to hearing it.

Tropical, though, is a novel term.

Lao Mo was about to ask him, but he heard Zhang Yi talking to himself:

"Our Daming army is also attacking Yunnan, right?"

Lao Mo was taken aback, how did Zhang Yi know the news.

On Longhu Mountain, although the old Zhang family also has its own news channel.

But Zhang Normal didn't go out of his way to inquire about the news.

Hongwu four years.The emperor did use troops against Yunnan...

So Lao Mo nodded:

"This is indeed what the pilgrims on the mountain said..."

"It's good to fight Yunnan. I remember that our army will fight as far as Jiaozhi. It's best to fight all of them... There are more places where rubber is grown..."

Zhang Yi said that what he recalled in his mind was about Yunnan.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty in 1368, in fact, it has not been completely unified in all directions.

Yunnan has always been guarded by the remnants of Mongolia. Lao Zhu didn't want to fight at first, but mainly tried to persuade him to surrender.

However, the Yuan army guarding Yunnan refused to surrender and even killed the envoys.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he finally started the process of conquering Yunnan last year.

Although the war has only just begun, Zhang Yi already knew the result.

The Ming army in the early Ming Dynasty won wherever they fought, and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau was brought under the effective rule of Ming Dynasty. When the battle line was pushed the farthest, it even reached the territory of Vietnam in the future.

It's a pity that Daming didn't maintain an effective rule there for too long, and gradually lost that place.

Zhang Yi had nothing to do about it.

Where the army can go, does not mean that the court can rule effectively.

Given the traffic conditions in ancient times, the high mountains on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau were the most natural barrier.

How can it be possible to rule effectively when people can't get through it?

Zhang Yi felt pity every time he thought about this, but he also felt more and more precious about Hainan.

"It would be great if Daming's navy was stronger. If the navy can keep up, we, Daming, can actually control Southeast Asia effectively!

Industrialization, it is impossible not to have a place for rubber!
But there are too few places to grow rubber!

But fortunately, Qiongzhou is still a barren land now. It is better to plant rubber than betel nut..."

He spit out a few words casually.

Regarding this matter, a Taoist priest came outside and said:
"Junior Brother Zhang, the master told you to change your clothes, saying that there are distinguished guests visiting?"

"VIP?"

Zhang Yi was taken aback, it was still snowing on Longhu Mountain, why did descendants pay a special visit?

He got up and said:
"who's that?"

There are not many people who can call Longhu Mountain a distinguished guest.

The priest respectfully replied:

"Junior brother, I don't know either. However, the head teacher called him Master Chang..."

"Chang Yuchun!"

Zhang Yi was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed.

He doesn't have many acquaintances in the capital, Chang Yuchun is more or less one of them.

Ever since he left the capital that year, he and Huang's elder brother, Kong Na and others still had correspondence.

But General Chang cut off the news.

What kind of evil wind was this that brought Chang Yuchun to Longhu Mountain.

"You tell my dad to wait, I'll come right after I change my clothes."

At home, Zhang Yi's current clothes are really inconvenient to meet guests. He wrote back a letter to the Taoist priest and went into the house to change clothes.

At this time, on Longhu Mountain, Zhang Normal is walking with Chang Yuchun, looking around.

"General Chang, it's just the New Year, why are you out?"

"Your Majesty asked me to go to Zhejiang to take up a post. I thought it was hard to get out of the capital again, and I still have enough time. I decided to detour to Longhu Mountain for a long time, and ask for safety...

The king of medicine is too high, I have also recited it for two years!
But the biggest Medicine King Hall is in Longhu Mountain..."

Zhang normal smiled when he heard this.

The King of Medicine, Taishang, is now the number one belief in Ming Dynasty, surpassing Amitabha and Zhunti to become the most popular deity in Ming Dynasty.

Every family recites the King of Medicine, and every household drinks boiled water.

With the "King of Medicine" and the belief of the King of Medicine, Longhushan has long established itself as the number one sect of Taoism.

Not only did Longhushan benefit, but the entire Taoism also benefited a lot.

It's not surprising that Chang Yuchun is a follower of the Medicine King.

However, if it is said that the third person in Ming Dynasty, Zheng Guogong Chang Yuchun, would travel thousands of miles to Longhu Mountain to offer incense, just to offer incense, that would be too insulting to his IQ.

I am afraid that Chang Yuchun came here with a mission.

What is the specific task, Zhang normal is clear, and Chang Yuchun also understands, but they do not break the existing tacit understanding between each other.

"Helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, and neon..."

Chang Yuchun was walking between the halls, but sometimes he saw some incantations that he didn't understand.

He was a little curious and said:
"Where is this secret mantra of the gods, which is more than the name of the king of medicine?"

Zhang Normal suppressed a smile and said:
"Back to the general, this is not a melody, but a periodic table of elements!
There is a rule in Longhushan, one chemistry test is taken every month, if those who do not pass the test, the salary and experimental funds will be reduced later..."

"Experiment funding?"

It was the first time Chang Yuchun heard such a weird term, Zhang Changsheng explained:

"This was Zhang Yi's instigation, and he also gave out the money...

To be honest, in terms of earning ability, this kid is stronger than our Taoist priests in Longhu Mountain combined, but this kid spends money faster...

In the past two years, he has made a lot of money from various businesses, and the money sent up the mountain every year is a lot of money!
But he quickly sent them to the Taoist priests on the mountain through various names!
As long as the Taoist priests can complete the tasks he assigned!

To tell you the truth, a large part of the old man's experimental funds is funded by my son.

Transforming...alchemy is too expensive..."

Chang Yuchun found it interesting when he heard the words, and sure enough there was Zhang Yi, so there would definitely be no lack of fun.

He continued to walk, and saw that there was a place full of heat, and the sound of clanging and clanging could be heard endlessly.

Lao Chang is someone who came out of the army, so he can already hear what's going on there without getting close?
"Master Zhang, this... you are not afraid that someone will sue Longhushan for rebellion?"

Chang Yuchun had a strange face, forging ironware privately, which would be taboo in any dynasty.

Even if someone wanted to build it, it would be done quietly.

Longhu Mountain is very big, and not many people know about it if you just find a back mountain.

Zhang Normal smiled bitterly when he heard the words:

"So that General Chang would know that although Longhushan used a lot of iron, it didn't produce a single kitchen knife...

General follow me to see! "

Zhang Normal led Chang Yuchun to the iron shop in Longhu Mountain.

Contrary to Chang Yuchun's imagination, in addition to some people forging, there are many strange tools in the iron room.

For example, he saw someone using human power to press some iron into a flat shape through an instrument.

Someone could be seen operating some special machines. Zhang Changsheng introduced that they were machine tools...

Chang Yuchun was still confused, what is a machine tool?
However, when he looked around, he did not find that Longhushan had done anything fatal.

"The kid tinkering with these is mainly to research the alloy formula suitable for making needles. It is said that it is a kind of steel that will not rust!"

Zhang Changshang explained to Chang Yuchun:

"Back then, Mr. Xiao Jiuxian used a goose feather as a needle to give my son a blood transfusion, which saved his life!
The child Zhang Yi came back and said that the risk of goose feathers was too great, so he wanted to develop a hollow metal needle!

However, metal needles have problems with metal needles. It is best to have enough toughness and hardness, so he decided to study stainless steel...

Because of this kind of craftsmanship, if it is only made by hand, it is very difficult and requires the assistance of equipment!
So Zhang Yi invented these so-called machine tools and various appliances to make hollow metal needles!

A lot of iron ore has been transported up from Longhu Mountain in recent years, but in fact most of the things are used to build these machines..."

Old Zhang explained helplessly.

Chang Yuchun was completely shocked, looking at those strange iron machines, he was speechless for a while.

"If you just let him do whatever he wants, you won't be afraid that His Majesty will say you're rebellious?"

Chang Yuchun pulled Zhang Normal and Zhang Normal aside.

Transporting so many ironware up the mountain is a big deal at any time.

Zhang normal smiled bitterly, and asked:

"General Chang, do you think His Majesty doesn't know every move of Longhushan?"

Chang Yuchun was speechless.

"Among the blacksmiths, there may be people from Jinyiwei...

Our conversation today will also appear on His Majesty's desk!
It's not that the old Taoist doesn't know how to avoid taboos, but that the old Taoist understands that the emperor knows Longhushan very well, so he can rest assured of Longhushan!

In the past two years, Zhang Yi has been looking for a lot of rare metals outside!Ordinary people can't find it at all.
And most of these metals have been found, and the channel is the Huang family's firm..."

The Huang family's firm was run by Jin Yiwei...

How much iron ore the Zhang family took and what they were doing on Longhu Mountain is estimated to be clear in the palace.

Chang Yuchun suddenly felt that he was worrying too much.

He felt relieved and started to walk around.

Chang Yuchun casually picked up a piece of waste on the ground, but found that these things were not simple.

"steel……"

The ancients also had the skills to make steel, and steel is not a very surprising thing.

But even if this thing is not rare, it is very rare.

Chang Yuchun didn't pay attention at first, but then he realized that steel could be found everywhere in this ironworks.

"Are these things good materials for making weapons?"

"It doesn't matter. The method of steelmaking is not hidden on Longhu Mountain. It is estimated that His Majesty has learned it long ago..."

Zhang normal said something meaningful.

The reason why Lao Zhang dared to let Zhang Yi mess around on the mountain was because he was convinced that the imperial court could benefit from these things.

As long as there are benefits in the future, plus no danger.

Zhu Yuanzhang will rest assured...

Of course, Longhushan doesn't spread any knowledge casually, such as electricity...

(End of this chapter)