Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 37 Lao Deng, it’s time to explode the gold coins!

In the winter of the 16th year of Hongwu's reign, the city of Nanjing was covered with a thick layer of snow.

In the imperial city, Qianqing Palace.

As the emperor's palace, the warmth emanating from the earth dragon gently brushes the square tiled floor, keeping the room always as warm as spring.

Zhu Yuanzhang was covered with quilt and was immersed in sleep. The busy government affairs during this period made it difficult for him to fall asleep directly. He fell asleep directly from exhaustion today. It was a rare good sleep.

In the past year, many things happened in the Ming Dynasty, but the most important thing was the recovery of Yunnan, the enclave of the Northern Yuan Dynasty that was held by Liang Wang Bo'er Ji Jin and Jia Zala Walmi, which made the Ming Dynasty feel like a thorn in its throat. , the subsequent impacts are gradually emerging.

With Yunnan, the Ming Dynasty has added a stable communication channel to Siam, Champa, Chenla and other countries in the south of Yunnan. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty began to naturally start exploration and trade with these countries. The Ming Dynasty Central Committee issued a Its collection serves as a certificate for tribute from various countries.

As for the snowy areas in northwest Yunnan, the Ming Dynasty also further strengthened its control. Not only did it form the Songpan Jingqi, a powerful plateau cavalry unit, but it also controlled the Soothing Division and Xuanwei Division in Songpan and other places according to its regulations. The number of household registrations was used to measure the strength of the chieftains. According to different strengths, they were required to provide horses and postmen to help the Ming Dynasty establish a formal post system here to facilitate information transmission and transportation.

In short, everything is developing in a good direction. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's plan, as long as the Ming Dynasty resolves Nahachu in Liaodong, it can prepare to launch a war to completely destroy the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

However, in the middle of the night when everything was silent and Zhu Yuanzhang rarely had a good rest, his personal eunuch eagerly woke him up.

"Your Majesty, wake up." The eunuch's voice was trembling. Of course he knew what would happen if he angered Zhu Yuanzhang, but he had no choice.

Zhu Yuanzhang opened his eyes drowsily, an unhappy look flashed across his face, but he heard the eunuch say solemnly: "Your Majesty, the artifact is ringing."

These words made Zhu Yuanzhang wake up instantly.

The artifact refers specifically to the two extremely precious radio stations. One is hidden deep in the Wu Tower in the forbidden area of ​​the palace, and the other is placed on the Shengsun Altar at the top of Zhongshan Mountain.

These two places were not only heavily guarded, but also had people who could operate the radio stations on duty day and night, just to transmit the most urgent and highest priority news in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart to the palace as quickly as possible.

Since the last closure of Yin Yang Qi Hai, Zhu Yuanzhang was filled with worry, fearing that he would never hear news from his grandson again.

Qiu Xuanqing and Dao Yan's explanation for this is that Yin Yang Qi Hai is working hard to build a more stable connection. The previous few times were tentative. Once the construction is successful, it means that the channel between the two worlds will be more stable. Specifically The performance is that the next opening time will be longer, the scale of Qihai will be larger, and the transmission loss of items will also be reduced.

This is undoubtedly great news for the Ming Dynasty, because with the elixir that saved Queen Ma, the information about the "empty seal", and the emergence of radio stations capable of long-distance communication, it was proved that the message was sent from the other side. The "mysterious secret information" and "underground advanced products" that come from this world will undoubtedly become a catalyst to accelerate the development of Ming Dynasty, and even directly determine the direction of Ming Dynasty's national destiny.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little relieved by the explanations of Qiu Xuanqing and Dao Yan, two masters of Taoism, he could never let go of his concern.

Now, the news that Yin Yang Qi Hai has been reopened has finally made him relieved.

"Call Master Qiu to Zhongshan, and don't call the others for now."

Zhu Yuanzhang put on heavy clothes and walked out of the warm Qianqing Palace. Outside the palace, the cold wind howled and snowflakes fell.

It's obviously been surprisingly cold this year, at least much colder than when Zhu Yuanzhang was a child. But this comparison is actually unfair, because Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown is in Fengyang Mansion in the north of the Yangtze River, and this is the south of the Yangtze River that should theoretically be warmer. .

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't think much about this, he just thought it was the cold weather.

It was still dark when he arrived at the Zhongshan Saint Sun Altar. By the light of the brazier, Zhu Yuanzhang saw the yin and yang sea that haunted him.

Not long after, Qiu Xuanqing also arrived. Although there was no sound yet, Zhu Yuanzhang's heart was still full of expectations. He silently stared at the sea of ​​​​Yin and Yang to know that the eldest grandson had not yet appeared since he was conferred as a saint.

Well, in fact, Zhu Xiongying was also worried that his grandfather would be hit on the head because of the empty seal case.

"Grandpa, can you hear me? Is the radio working?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's joy was beyond words when he heard Da Sun's voice coming from the yin and yang sea.

If Qiu Xuanqing and Dao Yan had not lied to him, the opening time of Yin Yang Qi Hai this time would be longer than before, which gave him a rare opportunity to ask about Zhu Xiongying's current situation.

"Very useful. How have you been doing this year, grandson?"

However, Zhu Xiongying's answer surprised him.

"Grandpa, I have only been here for more than a month."

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart shivered and he looked at Qiu Xuanqing. Qiu Xuanqing's beard and hair were dyed white by the snowflakes. At this time, he even showed his immortal demeanor. He whispered: "One day in heaven and one year in the world. Although the underworld is not as good as the heaven, it is still the same as the underworld." One year on Earth.”

This makes sense.

Zhu Yuanzhang had already completely believed that his eldest grandson was in the underworld, and this sentence was just evidence.

After all, time flows at different speeds.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned to ask: "Dasun, has your territory changed?"

"Grandpa, the woodland is fully formed."

There was a sense of confidence in Zhu Xiongying's voice, which made Zhu Yuanzhang feel extremely pleased. Since Da Sun's territory has been fully formed, there is no need to worry about the minimum safety. The next step should be to recruit troops and continue to expand the territory.

Later, Zhu Xiongying told Zhu Yuanzhang a very exciting news: "Grandpa, I brought the second batch of fifteen radio stations and hand-operated generators this time. The original user manuals are also matching. In this way, the radio The station will not fail due to lack of power.”

Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately overjoyed. Before, only two radio stations were not enough, and they could only maintain the connection between Zhongshan and the palace. Now that there are more radio stations, all the chief envoys can be equipped with one. In this way, it is similar to air traffic control. Problems caused by communication costs such as printing will naturally be solved.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang unexpectedly discovered that after the rectification of the Kongyin case, although the scale of the investigation of this major case was not expanded to the prefecture and county level, many corrupt officials were unexpectedly uncovered and the court was cleared for the Ming Dynasty. environment.

Of course, even with the second batch, these radio stations are still far from enough for the huge Ming Dynasty.

Because millions of Ming troops also needed to be equipped with radio stations for better communication and command.

So, Zhu Yuanzhang asked eagerly: "Dasun, can you get some more radio stations?"

Zhu Xiongying on the other end thought for a moment and then replied: "Grandpa, it's okay, but I don't have enough money."

Well, Lao Deng, it’s time to explode the gold coins!

(End of this chapter)