The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 740
The two empresses of Daming liked to associate with Cai Er, but now that they are not outsiders, of course they are more caring. When the three of them are together, they dare to say any private whispers.

Caier brought a KitKat to open the eyes of the two queens, because she herself likes that thing, Caier is a free foot after bound feet, if you walk a little longer, your feet will always hurt badly, and walking is not fast. stand up.

With the help of bicycles, Caier, who is busy with things, finds it much more convenient and spends less time on the road.

In front of the gate of Kunning Palace, Cai'er said loudly to the two empresses: "Second sisters, look carefully, we women can also ride Hot Wheels. This bike that we ride and pedal is called a bicycle or a bicycle."

For many years, Cai'er has been dealing with Chongzhen's empresses and concubines as sisters. For a while, she didn't realize that she was inferior, and she still called the two empress sisters.

Zhang Yan thought that everyone was different, and he didn't mean to make Lan Caier change his mind, so he still called her sister Caier.

Caier rides on a delicate bicycle, which is about the same size as the women's bicycles of later generations. Caier, who is a little over 1.6 meters tall, can sit on the seat and firmly support the ground without tiptoeing.

Behind Caier are the four maidservants she has trained in the past few years. Caier's personal maidservants have changed three or four times, and most of them have become popular roles. .

The four teenage girls are also selected psychic women, and they are all the stars of the crew. At this time, they are riding on bicycles happily, preparing to show off in the Daming Palace.

Cai'er and five people rode their bicycles around the Kunning Palace. Several empresses and concubines of the Ming Dynasty were attracted, and they were eager to try. car.

Most of the concubines in the palace had liberated their feet, and the fact that their feet were liberated was the result of Huang Sheng's reversal of the trend.

The emperor's daughter doesn't have to worry about marrying, and Princess Kunxing certainly doesn't need to be abused by the foot wrap, she is naturally a natural foot.

She learned to ride a bicycle very quickly, and she mastered the balance in only half an hour. She rode the bicycle to the royal study to pay her respects to her father, causing several eunuchs and palace maids to chase after her and almost died.

There are five more bicycles with different colors and bright colors in the Forbidden City. There are more crisp bicycle bells and the silver bell-like laughter of Princess Kunxing.

I have seen my daughter riding a bicycle around the court many times in a hurry. There is no ladylike demeanor in this, it is simply unseemly. Chongzhen thinks that her daughter can no longer be allowed to let her go, and is going to find an opportunity to reprimand her.

On this day, when he heard the car bell ringing again, Chongzhen hurried out of the imperial study room to stop his daughter who was passing by to give a warning. Who knew that this time it was not Kunxing but his own emperor's sister-in-law Le Zizi who passed by on a bicycle with excitement on her face. Fluttering red.

Emperor Chongzhen hadn't seen his sister-in-law show off her face for a long time, and Leng Keke looked at it for a long time. He seemed very happy to see his wife riding a bicycle surrounded by a group of palace people, so he immediately decided not to mention it again, regardless of the matter of cycling in the palace .

Soon Caier went home, and she brought back two thousand court ladies and one thousand eunuchs who were relatively older, and then the 'Nanming' official post house and inn widely publicized that this is the etiquette of the Ming court, and guests will enjoy royal services.

As a result, of course, the business of every post house and inn rebuilt from the royal palace was booming and prices soared, and the [-] people who were abolished by the Ming Dynasty not only received monthly money, but also received benefits and bonuses.

The overall quality of the [-] Daming Palace people who are accustomed to etiquette is of course higher than that of ordinary people, and their literacy rate is also high. They were also organized to study new schools while working, and soon many court ladies and eunuchs were recruited by the "Huaxia Big Bank" , They are about to become white-collar workers of the bank.

The maids who had lived a happy and free life wrote letters to their close sisters one after another, telling them about the completely different new life in 'Nanming'. Many people especially liked the warmth here.

They also wrote letters to their families, telling them that they can go to Nanming with confidence. There are so many job opportunities here, and everyone will have the opportunity to support themselves.

Many eunuchs fell in love with the harmonious atmosphere of "Nanming". The civil servants and generals here did not become opposites to the eunuchs, and the common people did not discriminate against them while they did not praise them.

The eunuchs work and live in "Nanming" very stable. There is no lynching here, so no one will be executed with a stick, and criminals will be judged only after a public trial.

At the end of the 14th year of Chongzhen, the Daming Mission came to New Hangzhou, and Xu Guangqi, the Minister of Rites, presided over the foreign affairs reception.

In the sound of ritual and music played by Huang Zhong and Da Lu, the King of Nan was sitting facing south in the main hall of the palace, making Liang Tingdong present the letter of credence and the list of ceremonies.

After receiving Daming's letter of request for help, Nanwang immediately called a meeting of civil and military ministers the next day without pushing back.

The Southern King announced in a high-profile manner that Jiannu was doing evil in Liaodong, killing our Han soldiers and civilians. "Nanming" could not ignore it, and immediately sent troops to the Northern Expedition. The strategic intention was to completely occupy Liaodong and Koryo, and the tactical requirement was to annihilate all Qing troops.

Seeing that there was no big battle to fight in the Indochina Peninsula, the generals felt weak. When they learned that the Patriarch was planning to go to Daming and Liaodong to wipe out Jiannu, everyone was eager to fight.

In order to meet the needs of the Southern Expedition and the Northern War to defend the territory and open up the frontier, Huang Sheng announced another expansion of the army.

The army will be organized into 72 battalions, with nearly 30 horses, and the navy will increase the number of sailors and marines while increasing the number of heat-powered ironclad ships, and the number will reach 20.

This also means that 'Nanming' will soon have 50 thermal weapons troops and modern steel warships driven by steam engines.

The King of the South asked the civil and military forces to mobilize and leave 36 battalions to guard the "Nanming" territory. With Huang Dongshan, Zhao Shimin, and Cheng Quangong as the leaders of the three-person regiment, stay behind at the General Zanhua Department, and make persistent efforts to eliminate the remaining hostile forces in the Indochina Peninsula.

When the time is right, the people training in "Nanhua Island" can consider taking down Java Island, which has become a pot of porridge, and the next goal is to seize Kalimantan Island.

Huang Sheng left [-]% of the navy to patrol the sea area, and Huang Mingdao was the commander-in-chief of the navy. His mission was to protect foreign trade, fight against pirates, attack small countries on the sea that refused to surrender, and seize new territories.

The King of the South is about to conquer the puppet Qing Dynasty in person. At that time, the 36th battalion of the army will be dispatched to form the Northern Expedition Army, and the navy will dispatch [-] warships and [-] transport ships.

Mobilize Zhoushan, Daishan, "Huaxia Island", Yongping Mansion, Huangjiawan Island, Zhongmingbao, and Juehua Island to join the battle. The minimum number of people is [-], and there is no upper limit.

There are a lot of people ready to dispatch, and the preparation of soldiers, horses, money, food, and supplies cannot be done overnight.

Zhongmingbao, Yongpingfu and Huangjiawan Island must organize at least [-] war horses, and the more horses they organize, the better.Although the 'Nanming' system is very efficient, it may take more than half a year to complete the assembly of these materials.

(End of this chapter)