Daming: I, Zhu Di, threatened to seize the heir apparent at the beginning!

Chapter 486 Zhu Yuanzhang: We can’t sleep!

Wow…

The moonlight reflected on the sea, and the sound of the ship breaking through the waves echoed on the deck.

The deck was full of people, but at this moment, everyone was silent, with pairs of eyes staring at the hazy light ten miles away.

Hino Yezi turned his head towards Hino Ziyasu, his lips moved, and his voice sounded.

"Brother, what is that light? How can there be such a big light in the dark night?"

The voice was very soft, as if afraid, disturbing the light in the distance and causing it to disappear.

The light at night has always been one of the most beautiful dreams in the human world.

The voice was trembling again, full of fear of the unknown.

Hino Ziyasu clenched the guardrail with both hands, his face turned slightly pale, and he shook his head.

Zhu Yunwen, Ma Ru, Lu Ben, Hu Weiyong and others stood together.

Ma Ru pursed her lips tightly and asked Zhu Yunwen in a low voice: "Your Highness Yunwen, what is that light?"

"Is it a biogas lamp?" Zhu Yunwen looked at Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben for confirmation.

His eyes widened instantly.

He suddenly found out.

The faces of the proud Hu Weiyong and his grandfather turned slightly pale!

"Impossible!" Lu Ben clenched the guardrail with both hands, gritted his teeth and uttered three words.

Hu Weiyong shook his head, "It is indeed impossible. Although I have never seen a biogas lamp, it would be great if the biogas lamp can illuminate the road a little. A small biogas lamp cannot produce such a large area of ​​light!"

"It can't be so bright!"

"It should be the steamer that reported our arrival. Bonfires have been lit everywhere in Yanjing. We can also achieve this effect by lighting bonfires and making fires on the New Year's Day and Lantern Festival nights."

call!

Zhu Yunwen secretly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Hu Weiyong's analysis.

call……

Hearing a slight exhale coming from beside him, he turned his head and saw Ma Ru smiling shyly and lowering her head.

Zhu Yunwen suddenly laughed.

It seemed that his fiancée did not hope that the very large area of ​​light in the distance was caused by Yan Fan's technology.

Have the same thoughts and ideas as him.

Before, he didn't like the marriage candidates arranged by his father under the force of his grandfather.

I kind of like it now.

On the cruise ship Zhu Yuanzhang was on.

Guanyinnu's eager inquiry woke everyone up, "Miaoyun, the reason for that bright light is the biogas lamp, right?"

Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Xiuying, Zhu Xi, Lan Yu and others all looked at Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun.

Xu Miaoyun smiled and nodded.

After everyone was confirmed, they didn't say anything more. The next second, they turned their heads again and looked at the hazy light.

Under the dark night sky.

That huge area of ​​light is really attractive.

Slowly get closer with distance.

The light gradually became more and more dazzling from hazy.

For a while.

The huge ship slowly sailed into the bay.

Everyone looked up at the entrance of the bay, a huge glass-covered ball on the top of a concrete pillar that was three feet high.

At night, marsh gas ignited in the pilot lights that guided ships in the direction, forming a twenty-centimetre-high flame that burned violently.

The cruise ship has passed the pilot lights.

Zhu Yunzhen's neck was a little sore and numb, but he still turned around and looked up, his lips pursed tightly.

He had a bad feeling.

impossible!

It's impossible!

Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben looked away and looked at each other.

Jundu quietly clenched his fists.

The huge fleet, except for the whispers, seemed silent as it continued to sail into the bay.

According to the fleet, it is about three miles away.

The north and south sides of the bay.

The place was crowded and noisy.

The common people held palm-sized, smaller versions of the Ming Dynasty Dragon Flag and looked towards the mouth of the bay.

"Why aren't you here yet?"

"You said, our prince founded the country, what is the name of the country?"

"Dad, are the fireworks ready?"

"Don't worry, get ready. As soon as our prince's fleet appears, I will go back and light the fireworks."

……

"Look! There is a swaying light. It must be the light on the ship. Is it our prince?"

Suddenly, someone shouted excitedly.

The surrounding discussions disappeared instantly, and everyone squinted and looked towards the entrance of the bay.

The total population of Yanjing is 700,000.

The capital expanded along the east-west direction of the bay, occupying only half of the bay.

The narrowest part of the bay, on the coastal defense fort.

The biogas lamp illuminates everything.

The officer of the coastal defense artillery team stood on the fort with his binoculars.

At a certain moment, he put down the telescope, turned around excitedly, and shouted loudly: "The prince is back, fire the cannon, and send a message to the upper reaches!"

tom!

tom!

On both sides of the bank, two shore defense guns roared instantly.

The sound of empty gunfire spread into the bay, and the entire bay boiled instantly.

"Shock warning sound of coastal defense batteries!"

"It's the prince!"

"It's our prince's fleet!"

"Hurry up and set off the firecrackers! Hurry up and light the fireworks!"

……

The people discussed excitedly.

At the cargo terminal that has long been taken over by soldiers.

Ye Mao, Jiang Jinzhong, Tan Yuan and other civil and military officials of Yan Fan, leading Yan Fan's well-known merchants, researchers, trade union representatives, and outstanding technical workers, all looked at each other excitedly after hearing the roar of coastal defense artillery.

bang bang bang...

The sound of firecrackers instantly enveloped the entire bay.

After a while, brilliant fireworks bloomed in the dark sky.

In the fleet.

Everyone looked up and looked at the colorful fireworks blooming in the night sky.

As the fireworks bloom and then disappear.

The colors reflected on everyone's faces also changed.

A merchant ship carrying emigrants.

The immigrants from Central Plains looked up at the fireworks in the bay.

The uneasiness and confusion about the unknown in their eyes gradually disappeared. Although the fireworks were gorgeous, they were even more excited about the hope and bright future.

After regaining consciousness.

All the immigrants lowered their heads one after another and looked at each other with the "fellow villagers" from the Central Plains around them. Their dark faces suddenly showed smiles as they lived a hard life.

The smile gradually widens...

"Father of the child, your decision is right!"

"Mom, from now on, I will definitely make you eat white rice every day!"

……

Due to the slow spread of news and the fact that there were too many people who hated Zhu Di, local officials and gentry tried their best to prevent the spread of news about Yan Fan.

Although these immigrants all came from Zhili.

Except for a few immigrants from Jinling.

Other immigrants from various places in Zhili actually knew very little about Yan Fan.

They just know that King Yan Zhu Di is a very powerful prince.

Great fighting.

Now in the Ming Dynasty, the rural areas are living better than the people like them in the city, because King Yan established the rural village community.

If you are good at fighting, if you go to sea with King Yan, you don't have to worry about being bullied, and your life in peace is guaranteed.

And King Yan established rural village communities in the Ming Dynasty, and he will definitely do the same after going overseas.

In the Ming Dynasty, people like them in the city had no land and could not join the local village community. When they went to Yan Fan, after the land was divided, they heard that everyone could join the local village community.

It is because of these two reasons that many people decided to leave the Ming Dynasty and follow Zhu Di to go to sea.

In fact, in recent years, almost 80% of the people who migrated from Daming through the Resettlement Office were people in the city who were impoverished and lived a very difficult life.

They are all coastal areas, and the scope of influence of the Resettlement Office is limited.

The remaining 20% ​​were pure tenants in coastal areas who signed personal contracts with the gentry.

There are three types of farmers in the Ming Dynasty.

One is the yeoman farmer.

One is half-farming and half-tenancy.

One is a pure tenant.

There are two types of pure tenants.

One type is tenants who have not signed a contract. This type of tenants has the right to freedom of life, but accordingly, they can generally only rent relatively barren land such as dry land and slope land from the gentry, as well as a small amount of fertile land, and have to bear higher costs. of tenancy.

This type of pure tenant has the right to freedom in life.

They were the silent minority that Zhu Yuanzhang guiltily called "the neglected minority" in the process of establishing rural communities in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang made the decision for these free and pure tenants. In the past ten years, all these pure tenants in the southern provinces moved to Yanfan as long as they were willing.

In the northern provinces, all such pure tenant households were moved to the Mongolian-Han demonstration area.

This type of pure tenant farmers are now very rare in the traditional Ming Dynasty provinces.

But the second type of pure tenants still had a very large number in the Ming Dynasty.

They signed personal contracts with the gentry for various reasons.

Lost the freedom of life.

I have to farm for the gentry all my life.

In these years, 20% of the people in the coastal areas spent all their money to redeem themselves and migrate to Yan Fan.

Of course, there were also those who directly brought their families with them, paid high prices, bribed maritime merchants, and smuggled them into Yanfan.

No matter which category it belongs to.

At this moment, all the people in the fleet were watching the gorgeous fireworks above their heads. Not far away, on the coast, the crowd under the bright lights were all excited with tears in their eyes, cheering and hugging each other.

……

Hey!

"We can't help them!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and looked away from the cheering people on the ship behind.

'It's not the old man's fault. If the elder brother had great determination and courage, even if our Ming Dynasty could not keep up with the rapid changes of the fourth Yan clan, we would not let the people be like this! '

Zhu Xiang opened his mouth, and when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them again.

Seeing that everyone was hesitant to speak, Zhu Di comforted him: "Father has done a good enough job to end the chaos of the late Yuan Dynasty and bring peace to the Central Plains. After the establishment of rural villages, the broadest range of farmers can have enough to eat. In all dynasties, it can be said to be a prosperous age."

snort!

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, turned his head, and glared at Zhu Di with a smile in his eyes, "Your father knows how much he has done, so don't put gold on our face!"

His biggest regret is that he has no time.

There are many things that I feel like I can’t finish, so I don’t dare to move.

Failure to do all the work and leaving a mess to Biao'er would be the greatest irresponsibility to the Ming Dynasty and to millions of people in the Central Plains!

Zhu Yuanzhang gathered his thoughts and pointed at the fireworks that were blooming in the sky in front of him, "What a waste. The money burned is the people's wealth. We know that you are filial and want to make us happy, but you can't waste it like this. Saving these money can make people happy." How many children are studying? The national treasury is full and the people can be exempted from taxes. It is not good to just burn like this."

Zhu Di smiled and said, "Father, we did arrange fireworks, but there are definitely not so many, and they are so scattered. It is obvious that the people are setting off the fireworks. The people are not so extravagant on weekdays, so they only buy fireworks to set off during festivals. Yan Many people in Beijing eat cheaper corn flour steamed buns for breakfast. The traditional frugality has not been lost. Even the father and mother came to Yan Fan, and the people were happy, so..."

He knew that the people of Yanjing were trying to make him look good.

Zhu Yuanzhang also knew it and nodded with a smile.

Shift your gaze and look ahead.

The crowded crowd was clearly visible.

"stand at attention!"

"salute!"

When the fleet sailed past the forts on both sides of the strait, the soldiers stood on the forts and saluted the fleet.

Zhu Yuanzhang watched.

Slowly stand up straight.

Everyone felt that an imperial aura filled the air.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand, clenched his fist, and gently beat his chest in return.

After Zhu Xi, Lan Yu and others saw this, they clenched their fists and beat their chests in return.

"welcome!"

"Welcome to Yanjing, Your Majesty!"

……

Not long after the cruise ship passed the fort, a wave of welcoming calls came in.

People on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Holding a palm-sized Ming Dynasty dragon flag, he waved it excitedly.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Di and asked with a smile: "Is this kind of unified Ming flag made by the people spontaneously?"

Zhu Di touched the tip of his nose and smiled.

This way of welcome was clearly his idea.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and glared, looked away, raised his hand, smiled and waved to the people on both sides of the north and south.

The gesture of waving immediately ignited the emotions of the people.

The cheers instantly became more intense.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and swung his arms wider in response to the people.

Although the flag was prepared by the fourth child out of filial piety.

But whether the people of Yan Fan welcomed him was true or false, he could tell it from the people's voices.

It really can’t be true anymore!

Looking at Zhu Di from the corner of his eye.

He is proud to have such a son!

He knew very well that the people here welcomed him from the bottom of their hearts when he visited Lao Si Yan Fan because he gave birth to such an outstanding son as Lao Si.

In the eyes of the people, he taught well, so Lao Si created their current life and days.

Of course, he knew it too.

The people welcomed him with a glimmer of hope.

I hope that as the emperor, he can build their hometown in the Central Plains into Yanfan, so that their relatives in their hometown can live as good a life as they do.

'Biao'er should really come and see it and feel the expectations of these Central Plains people who have left overseas for their hometown in the Central Plains! '

Boom!Boom!thump...

The sudden ringing of bells sounded amidst the cheers, as if they were also using their own unique voice to welcome the Ming Emperor to Yanjing.

Everyone's eyes shifted, and then they followed the sound.

The thick square cement pillars are the first to come into view.

Everyone heard the long-lasting wave of welcome, slowly raised their heads, and their eyes extended upward along the cement pillar in the distance.

In the three lights of Yanhuang Tower, the shining golden characters came into view.

then……

Inside the glass cover, a huge clock reflected in the biogas lamp appeared in sight.

Just now, they were all attracted by the warm welcoming people on the shore, but they actually ignored such a magnificent and huge building!

hiss!

Everyone was stunned when they looked at the huge clock tower that was fifteen feet high.

Zhu Di is no exception.

When he left, there were no plans for the bell tower during the construction of Yanjing.

It's eight o'clock in the evening.

Eight bells tolled and ended with cheers.

The fleet slowly passed the bell tower.

Drive under the Century Bridge.

Although everyone's necks were a little sore, they still raised their heads and looked at the large iron bridge slowly 'retreating' overhead, as well as the huge cement support pillars that supported the iron bridge and went deep into the water.

"This...is this Yanjing?"

Ma Ru's incredible murmur reached the ears of Zhu Yunwen, Hu Weiyong, and Lu Ben.

Ma Ru looked at Zhu Yunwen quietly.

Seeing that Zhu Yunwen's face was very ugly, he shifted his gaze to the cruise ship where Zhu Di was.

Look for Yong Ming’s shadow.

In the future, all these amazing foundations created by King Yan will be inherited by the Crown Prince of Yan, Zhu Yongming!

Which woman will be favored by God and become the princess of Prince Yan?

How great would it be if it were her?

Before, she looked down on Prince Yan and Zhu Qihua, but now...

Before, she was jealous. How could that country girl named Cailu be the grandson's concubine?

But now, picking green is not as good as the future princess of Prince Yan!

It's a pity that the Crown Prince Yan is not on the ship, but still in the Japanese country, and she is already Zhu Yunwen's fiancée. The future Crown Princess Yan who enjoys all this will never be her.

She now somewhat believes that King Yan does not even bother to inherit the Ming Dynasty.

With such civilized and martial arts, why should we inherit the Ming Dynasty?

King Yan, you can conquer it yourself and create a better Ming Dynasty!

It's ridiculous, but Zhu Yunwen regarded King Yan and Prince Yan as his enemies.

……

Zhu Yunwen didn't know that in just a short moment, his fiancée had changed his mind.

Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben quietly looked at each other and looked away instantly.

Lu Ben looked at Yanjing, which did not have half an inch of city walls, and a cold smile flashed across his lips, "The rich and prosperous Yanjing, and the future industrial technology will all belong to his Lu family!" '

He has already decided.

Wait until the prince kills Zhu Silang.

With the help of the Falling Yan Alliance, Yun Wen was supported to sit on the throne of the Nine-Five-Year Plan.

He persuaded Yun Wen to grant Yanjing to the Lu family.

His demands are not high, he does not want the whole of Luzon, just Yanjing is enough.

Luzon is far from Daming, and the journey by boat only takes more than two months.

Too remote, suitable for enfeoffment.

Yun Wen granted this place to his grandfather, so that he could help him preserve the wealth here.

Although, he hasn't seen the whole picture of Yanjing yet.

At night, the industrial area also ceases operations.

But just by the bright and new clothes of the people, the biogas lamps that illuminate the darkness, the Yanhuang Tower, and the majestic iron bridge behind them.

It has been proved that Yanjing is advanced, advanced and rich!

In the future, this place must belong to the Lu family!

Everything Zhu Silang did was to make wedding clothes for the Lu family!

……

Everyone was either envious, jealous, or admired, and everyone was thinking about it.

The cruise ship slowly approached the huge dock that could dock fifty ships at the same time.

Zhu Di said softly: "The emperor and the queen are here."

Hearing the sound, everyone came back to their senses.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Let's go, take us and your mother off the boat."

People poured off the pier from cruise ships and merchant ships.

Stepping on the completely cement-hardened pier, I looked at the large, square, steel gantry for lifting goods on the pier, and the square wooden boxes neatly stacked around it.

Everyone heard the sound of welcome coming from outside the pier, and looked curiously at this large and majestic pier.

Ye Mao led the crowd and hurried up to meet him. When he got close, he bowed and saluted: "Greetings to your majesty and empress! Welcome to the king and concubine of Yan!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the civil, military and businessmen in front of him.

Finally, his eyes fell on Ye Mao, Jiang Jinzhong, Xia Shimin, Tan Yuan and others.

These people have made mistakes in the past.

There are mediocre ones.

Some are in humble circumstances.

There are also outstanding ones.

But after coming to the fourth Yan vassal, they all changed dramatically. They assisted the fourth lord in governing the Yan vassal into such a prosperous age.

If many of them were in the Ming Dynasty, would they still be able to achieve such achievements?

I'm afraid not!

The outdated style of Ming Dynasty will dye them black.

It will also restrict their ability to work hard.

Zhu Yuanzhang gathered his thoughts and reached out his hand to help Ye Mao, Jiang Jinzhong, Tan Yuan and Xia Shimin one by one, "No need to be polite."

When everyone stood up, they looked at Ye Mao and nodded: "Changed!"

Ye Mao knew what Zhu Yuanzhang was expressing and bowed gratefully: "Your Majesty gives me a chance. Your Majesty will create me again. I...I..."

Ye Mao choked up as he spoke.

In the beginning, if His Majesty hadn't given him a chance to go to sea with the prince.

And the prince took him in and accepted him.

There would be no Ye Mao now!

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and patted Ye Mao's hand, "How is your father?"

At first, he was willing to keep Ye Mao, except that Lao Si was building Fujian and needed Ye Mao.

There is also Ye’s father, who wrote to Ye Mao, praising Lao Si’s rural village community and urging Ye Mao to cooperate with Lao Si to benefit the people.

Ye's father was born as a farmer. The father is more valuable than the son, but he has not forgotten his roots and still maintains the simplicity of being a farmer in the past.

Ye Mao's eyes turned red and he said with a smile: "Your Majesty, my father passed away at a young age. Before he died, he pulled me and said that he had witnessed a truly prosperous age for farmers. My father was in mourning."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and nodded.

Ye Mao reported to Zhu Dihui: "Your Majesty, the carriage is ready. Your Majesty and the royal family will follow the prince back to the palace. The officials of the Ming Dynasty have arranged everything at the guesthouse, and the camps for the temporary residence of the relocated people have also been built. Now, the Ming Dynasty will come to visit officials and relocate the people. I will make arrangements for it. Your Majesty, your Majesty and your Majesty will work in boats and carriages. Your Majesty, please take Your Majesty and your Majesty back to the palace first."

Zhu Di was very satisfied with this arrangement, "Just follow your arrangements."

A group of people got on new carriages.

Drive out of the dock.

Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben were sitting in a carriage, looking through the glass window at the people returning home after the welcome ceremony.

It's already eight or nine o'clock in the evening.

These Yanjing people did not go home.

Instead, he took his wife and children to the stalls that were opened in a hurry after the welcome ceremony and sat down.

Drinking wine and eating some food they had never seen before.

When the motorcade passed by, he smiled at them and waved the small flag of Ming Dynasty in his hand.

The cement has hardened, and an iron biogas lamp post stands every ten meters on both sides of the wide avenue.

There are rows of cement brick houses with multiple rooms on one floor or two or three floors.

Everything is so bizarre.

It wasn't until the carriage stopped and Ye Mao's voice came from outside that Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben came back to their senses, "My lords, please get out of the car."

Ye Mao personally led the team, got off the carriage, and shouted hello.

After Hu Weiyong got out of the car, he was assisted by several colleagues.

Lift Lu Ben into the wheelchair.

Everyone stood in front of a four-story brick building lined up and looked up.

Ye Mao looked at the officials of the Ming Dynasty with a surprised and curious look on his face. He couldn't help but smile and clasped his fists and said: "My lords, the Concierge Hotel has arrived. This is the place where our Yan Fan specially entertains visiting officials from various countries. It is equivalent to our Ming Dynasty's Huitong Pavilion. .”

In fact, in order to make a profit, it usually accepts maritime businessmen to stay.

However, during this period, merchants will not be received.

"My lords, please!"

……

After Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben entered, they were assigned a young "waiter".

Under the guidance of the waiter, we came to the door of a room.

The waiter smiled politely and made a greeting gesture, "Two adults, at the request of the two adults, this room can accommodate two people at the same time."

As he spoke, the waiter opened the door first and walked in.

Hu Weiyong and Lu Ben frowned slightly, and secretly said in displeasure, "There are no rules!"

When will a humble shop waiter be able to walk in front of them and break into a house?

Don't bend down yet, walk straight.

Hu Weiyong pushed Lu Ben inside.

The waiter came to the glass window, pointed to the glass lampshade, and introduced: "Two adults, this is a biogas lamp. To turn off the lights, just turn this valve. When you go to bed at night, after closing the valve tightly, remember to remove this If the movable or folded lamp pole is pushed out of the window, because the biogas lamp has been used for a long time, the valve may leak. In a closed environment, breathing in too much unburned biogas will be life-threatening."

……

Wait for the waiter to leave.

Lu Ben and Hu Weiyong stood in the indoor bathroom.

Looking at the faucet running water on the ceramic sink.

Lu Ben reached out and closed the water valve repeatedly.

The water flow is intermittent.

At a certain moment, Lu Ben looked up and looked at himself and Hu Weiyong in the large glass mirror, "Hu Xiang, tell me, if we start visiting tomorrow, what other shocking things can we see? Zhu Silang, what on earth did you do?" Who produced these things!?”

Hu Weiyong stared at the clear water flowing into the washstand. After a long time, he said: "I don't know, but Mr. Lu, I firmly believe that all this will be ours in the future!"

A smile suddenly appeared on Lu Ben's lips, "Yes! They are all ours!"

……

Inside the palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood at the door, watching Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun leave with Qihua and Jindouzi.

No more pretending.

Quickly come to the window.

Tighten the valve and the flame in the glass cover of the biogas lamp goes out.

Unscrew the valve.

Pull the rope.

The flints collided, and the flames burst into flames.

After repeating it a dozen times, he followed Zhu Di's instructions and pushed the lamp head and the movable lamp pole out of the window.

Ma Xiuying looked at it and scolded with a smile: "Are you still sleeping?"

Zhu Yuanzhang turned around with a smile, looked at the room illuminated by more than a dozen biogas lamps, and said with emotion: "Lao Si said that it is troublesome to make this kind of lamp now, and it is only used in palaces and concierge hotels, but this is amazing, you Look at the biogas lamps placed every dozen steps on the street. I wonder what shocking things we will see during the day tomorrow! We are so excited that we can’t sleep!"

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