Great Ming: I, Zhu Di, Declare My Intentions to Seize the Throne from the Start!

The corners of Mao Xiang's mouth moved, looking at Zhu Di's frowning expression as he stared into the distance, and when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them again.

Mountains and seas can be leveled, but people's hearts cannot be leveled.

Even if the young master has the power to level mountains and seas.

But after all, he couldn't control the prince's heart.

Since His Majesty returned to the court and handed over state affairs to the prince, the relationship between Ming Dynasty and Yanhua has become more and more distant.

This alienation.

Not only did Ming merchants use the Chen Dynasty to steal and misappropriate Yanhua's patented technology in an open and honest manner.

The 'brotherly agreement' signed with the prince had almost ceased to exist in name only.

According to the provisions of the agreement, Daming shall not use Yanhua's patented technology without Yanhua's authorization.

Even though the young master was unhappy because he did not want His Majesty and the Queen to live, he did not send anyone to question the Ming court.

The prince is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

Shouldn't the young master's biological brother send someone to explain why Ming merchants stole and misappropriated Yanhua's patents?

Don't say stop it.

The prince sent someone to express his apology. He believed that the young master would be very happy.

But from beginning to end, it took two years.

A large number of patented technologies belonging to Yanhua were stolen by Ming businessmen.

If the patented technology belongs to the Yanhua regime, it will be stolen.

But there are many more, which are patented technologies controlled by Yanhua merchants.

The Ming Dynasty had no attitude towards this, and merchants, even from the Central Plains, complained a lot.

Out of respect for the young master, the merchants of Yanhua did not target the Ming Dynasty, but towards the Chen Dynasty, shouting and killing became noisy.

In fact, this kind of shouting and killing was directed at the Ming court.

If it is the Ming Dynasty, things will continue like this for a long time.

For the benefit of Yanhua, it is impossible for the young master to remain silent as he is now.

Your Majesty, over the past year, people ranging from businessmen to workers and farmers have had an increasingly bad impression of the Chen Dynasty.

Fang Rui suddenly said, This is not only because the Chen Dynasty stole our Yanhua's technology. In recent years, the Chen Dynasty has engaged in an elite monopoly economy. The people under its rule have lived a miserable life. More and more people are sneaking into our place. We, the people under the rule of Yanhua, are very disgusted with the cruelty of the Chen Dynasty.

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The newly recruited officers of the navy and army have been training for more than two years. The army sold the obsolete matchlock guns at a high price to the coalition forces of the Japanese princes under the name of Lend-Lease. They were equipped with new flintlock guns and new steel carts and iron cannons. The navy was even more equipped. We have more than a dozen iron-clad and armored warships.”

Whether it is public opinion or our military equipment, we are fully capable of defeating the Chen Dynasty in the shortest possible time! My subordinates suggest that we use the Chen Dynasty for military training.

The prince wants the soldiers to receive education and refinement in the military camp, and then go to the battlefield to transform the people in the future. His subordinates believe that the quality of the soldiers who are only educated and not baptized by war will not be comparable to the first batch of retired soldiers. Bi, therefore, it is necessary to launch a just war and let the soldiers be baptized in a just war!

Zhu Di came back to his senses and glanced at Fang Rui.

As a member of the Military Intelligence Department, Fang Rui's military advice was within his authority and reasonable.

However, Fang Rui's attitude made him keenly aware of certain changes.

Compared with Mao Xiang, he still had deep concerns and feelings for the Central Plains and the Ming Dynasty.

Although Fang Rui is also from the Central Plains.

But that kind of deep emotion cannot be compared with Mao Xiang.

That’s why these war remarks were made.

On the surface, it was a war against the Chen Dynasty.

In fact, everyone understands that destroying the Chen Dynasty is the most powerful response to the Ming Dynasty headed by the eldest brother.

The new generation of Yanhua people will become more and more confident and find it increasingly difficult to accept unfair targeting from the Central Plains.

Fang Rui's war speech was to vent his anger, led by his eldest brother, and the Ming Dynasty's unfair targeting of Yanhua.

He doesn't value other reasons.

But the reason Fang Rui mentioned at the end is very meaningful.

The newly recruited soldiers have not been baptized by a just war and cannot bear the burden of transforming the people with him after retirement.

This analysis does make sense.

Chen Zuyi used the monopolistic elite economy in the city in exchange for retainers and elders to support him in establishing rural village communities.

In the early days, it did allow Chen Zuyi to use this to smoothly consolidate the rule of the Chen Dynasty.

Won the support of the majority of rural people in Malacca under the rule of the Chen Dynasty.

However, within the past few years, the business controlled by the retainers and elders, with the convenience of monopoly, has developed into a scourge.

Tell me about Chen Chao's current situation.

When Fang Rui heard this, his face flushed with excitement and he looked at Mao Xiang.

Mao Xiang glared and scolded with a smile: I was so active when I didn't ask you to say it, but why are you pretending to do it after I asked you to say it!

Treat Ming Dynasty unfairly.

The upper echelons of the navy, army, and Yanhua civil service are still very stable.

That's because the upper-level civil servants, led by Ye Mao, Xia Shimin, and Jiang Jinzhong, all have deep feelings for the Ming Dynasty.

Although they were angry at the prince, the elite of the Ming Dynasty did not respect martial ethics.

But now this kind of damage to interests is barely acceptable to everyone.

The anger caused by the loss of interests has not overtaken his feelings for Daming.

So does the military.

Two years ago, there was a large-scale retirement, and all generals above the rank of deputy chief and deputy chief were retained and became professional military commanders.

And a small number of veterans have also been transferred to the professional military ranks.

These generals, as well as professional veterans, are the most influential group of people in the military.

They have deep feelings for Ming Dynasty, just like the upper class of civil servants.

I can bear the current damage to my interests.

Due to its closed management, the military has little contact with outside information, so the overall situation is very stable.

But the middle and young generation of the lower class of civil servants.

As for their Military Intelligence Department, young and middle-aged people like Fang Rui are already very angry.

Of course, they did not want to push the young master to take them back to the Central Plains to fight for orthodoxy.

In the government affairs training and education of Yanhua.

There has always been a central idea.

That is, Yanhua wants to explore the deep blue, and lead the descendants of Yan and Huang who are scattered across the four seas and have fallen far behind in development and civilization to expand the living space for future generations of China.

Therefore, in the heart of every Yanhua person.

None of them wanted to return to the Central Plains to fight for orthodoxy.

But that's why.

When the prince, the elite of the Ming Dynasty, just didn't help Yanhua, they even hindered and targeted Yanhua.

Fang Rui, a group of young and middle-aged people, was very angry.

Urgently, I hope to give the elite of the Ming Dynasty a heads-up.

But from the fact that Fang Rui deliberately avoided the Ming Dynasty and fought against the Chen Dynasty, we can see that Fang Rui is rational.

In recent years, the internal training and education of the Military Intelligence Department has been effective.

No matter how angry you are.

I never thought about fratricide.

I never thought about going to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

This group of angry young and middle-aged people just hope that Ming Dynasty can truly realize the status of Yanhua, and that both sides can communicate harmoniously and complement each other with an equal attitude.

And so it is.

Only then can he laugh.

Fang Rui cast a grateful look at Mao Xiang.

The director is his superior and his mentor.

Taking a deep breath, he reported: Over the years, the Yanhua branch of Jinyiwei has continuously sent a large amount of technical information they have obtained to the Chen Dynasty. The Chen Dynasty has mastered the small blast furnace iron smelting technology, water hammer forging technology, manpower Pedal machine tool drilling technology, as well as our Yanhua first-generation artillery technology, hybrid power technology...

A sneer appeared on Fang Rui's lips.

These technologies are just backward production technologies that Yanhua has eliminated.

As far as he knew, the prince originally wanted to give this part of the technology patent to the imperial court.

However, the prince was really impatient.

Unable to wait, he used the Chen Dynasty as a fig leaf to acquiesce in the Ming merchants' trick of taking advantage of others.

Even, he secretly participated.

If not.

Why did Jinyiwei's spies in the Yanhua branch transfer these technologies to Chen Chao.

The prince thought he had done beautifully.

As everyone knows, the Jinyiwei Yanhua branch system has long been infiltrated into a sieve by the Military Intelligence Department!

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Chen Zuyi, now he is somewhat unable to control the situation in the Chen Dynasty.

At the beginning, Chen Zuyi used the monopoly of industry and commerce as a bargaining chip to exchange for the support of his retainers and elders in promoting rural communes, but he ignored that once the monster of the monopoly economy was released, it would be difficult to put it back in the cage.

Over the years, the Chen family's retainers and elders have divided up their territory according to their respective commercial powers in the Chen Dynasty, and developed and developed it. It is similar to the local protectionism in the early Ming Dynasty, and its protective color is even stronger.

In recent years, not only the people in the city have been exploited and unable to survive, but even the rural communities in the countryside are in danger and facing total collapse.

Zhu Di frowned slightly and said, Be specific.

In the past two years, he has hardly cared about government affairs.

Mainly does two things.

Or focus on transforming the people.

Or spend time in the experimental workshop of the Research Department.

It is inevitable that a monopoly economy will develop local protectionism.

Beginning in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, after his eldest brother took control of the country, he began to vigorously crack down on local protectionism in the Ming Dynasty.

Up to now, the local protection of Ming Dynasty has been very weak.

This is also the main reason why the Ming Dynasty student movement did not happen quickly.

After abolishing the protection of counties and state capitals, the living conditions of the people in the Central Plains have improved to a certain extent.

The economy is slightly better.

Many internal contradictions are hidden beneath the surface.

Fang Rui hurriedly said: Chen Zuyi's centralization of power in the Chen Dynasty cannot be compared with that of the Ming Dynasty. In these years, Chen Zuyi organized and trained new armies, but his retainers and elders were not stupid either. From the early days, they used their wealth to continuously bribe and win over The generals of the new army of the Chen Dynasty ensure their own wealth and status.

When these retainers and elders divided the commercial territory and their family wealth continued to expand and accumulate, they were no longer satisfied with industry and commerce, and extended their tentacles to the rural areas within their economic control territory...

Zhu Di understood.

The sales channels for rural output are completely controlled by this group of retainers and elders due to monopoly.

This group of retainers and elders first began to desperately lower the prices of the goods produced by farmers.

The rural village communities of the Chen Dynasty produced other additional products besides crops, which were the most traditional handicraft industries.

Not only is the quality poor, it's also not high quality.

Not to mention competing with Yanfan products.

Even if it competes with the handicraft products in rural areas of Ming Dynasty, it lacks competitiveness.

But this group of retainers and elders used their monopoly to push the purchase price to an extremely low level, infinitely close to the cost.

Only by taking advantage of low prices can we compete with Ming products and Yanfan products.

They use methods that greatly harm the interests of the people to ensure their own profits.

As for Chen Zuyi's regime operation, almost all the money and food for raising soldiers came from the farmers under his rule. Since industry and commerce were controlled by retainers and elders, it was difficult for them to become the subject of taxation.

So, now the people of the Chen Dynasty are facing two mountains of oppression. First, the cruel exploitation of the retainers' monopoly economy, and second, the high taxes imposed by the Chen Dynasty regime. The prosperity that was seen in the early days of the implementation of rural village communes has long since disappeared, leaving only Despair and numbness.”

Your Majesty, according to the report from the Military Intelligence Department, Chen Zuyi is also eager to launch a foreign war and send his retainers and elders out of the Chen Dynasty territory according to the originally promised enfeoffment.

But the prince took the lead in supporting the Japanese princes and occupied the coastal areas of the subcontinent. In recent years, Borneo has been occupied by our immigrants, and Srivijaya, the snobbery of the Liang leader, united with the Srivijaya dynasty to prevent him from entering. Chen Zuyi wanted to send these retainers and elders further west, but these retainers and elders are particularly united in this matter and will never go to the wild lands of the west. If we want to entrust the enfeoffment, we must be closer to our Yanhua.

These old guys can see clearly.

With Yanjing as the center, Nanyang in the future will be the most fertile, technologically advanced, and culturally advanced center in the world.

In this situation, who would want to go further west and deal with those stinking barbarians!

There are still some reckless retainers who propose to attack our Yanhua. Our Yanhua piece of fat has already made many people salivate. In addition, the large-scale decommissioning two years ago has caused many people, and now We at Yanhua have the impression that we are very weak.

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These people are really blind.

Not to mention, the dozen iron-clad steam warships that have not yet been unveiled at the Jilongyu Shipyard are being trained secretly near an island in the southern Pacific.

It is the Yanhua Army.

They are all top-notch elites!

Not to mention weapons and equipment.

The combat qualities of the soldiers are not bad either.

You know, those who retired were ordinary soldiers.

The prince retained the entire chain of command and generals.

This is the Yanhua Army, the real elite.

The tactical command ability depends entirely on the performance of the bottom-level staff, team officers, and managers.

Don't be proud. Zhu Di glanced at Fang Rui, who was full of pride, and reminded him, Go and send a message to the cabinet and ask them to send someone to the Chen Dynasty to question the Chen Dynasty about misappropriating our Yanhua patents. I sternly inform the Chen Dynasty monarchs and ministers to immediately stop this infringement that hurts the sentiments of businessmen and people in both countries. If it is not stopped immediately, the Yanhua court will retain the power to safeguard the interests of our businessmen, workers, and farmers in any form!

In addition, let the cabinet handle the matter in a more grand manner and let workers and businessmen know about it. We can even select some representatives of businessmen and workers to visit the Chen Dynasty together.

Fang Rui's eyes widened and he looked at Zhu Di suspiciously.

That's it?

That's it!

do not fight! ?

Your Majesty... Fang Rui said eagerly.

boom!

Mao Xiang kicked Fang Rui angrily and scolded him with a smile: All I can think about is war and war. When visiting the Chen Dynasty, this is to be polite before fighting. He kept saying that this is a just war. Since it is a just war, we must do it. Others are convinced and can’t find any fault with it!”

Mobilizing businessmen and workers to elect representatives and accompany them on trips is to mobilize public opinion. In recent years, our businessmen and workers have not received any royalties for patents and have been infringed. They are also very angry. Now we are going to take action and also give businessmen and workers An outlet!”

In this way, the merchants and workers of Yanhua will feel that the Yanhua court attaches great importance to them.

Accompanying the trip.

What is this if not attention?

Which court would be willing to give them such honor!

This move can further unite the hearts of Yanhua people!

Formed, the unique sense of pride of Yanhua people!

Fang Rui scratched his head with a smile, then stood at attention and saluted Zhu Di, looking at Zhu Di with admiration, Yes!

After receiving the order, he left in a hurry.

Zhu Di looked at it with a smile and commented: This boy is not bad. He is much better than Jiang Wei and Ji Gang of Jinyiwei. Continue to train him well. Don't think about retiring all day long. You are not old yet. You can't do it. When moving.”

Jiang Jian, Ji Gang and others have too much selfish desires.

Moreover, the ambition and vision are not as good as those of a generation of young people like Fang Rui who grew up overseas.

Mao Xiang smiled bitterly.

He really wanted to retreat.

It's not that the Military Intelligence Department was uncomfortable.

Compared with Jinyiwei, Military Intelligence Department is very comfortable.

Don’t be afraid of not being able to land safely.

He just wanted to serve the young master better after he retired. The Military Intelligence Department was wasting his energy too much.

Then I'll keep an eye on the young master for a year or two.

Within the next two years, even if he was beaten with a stick, he had to let Fang Rui grow up and meet the young master's requirements.

Zhu Di smiled and glared at Mao Xiang.

He knew what Mao Xiang was thinking.

Come on, come with me to Zhou Chao's biological laboratory.

…

Zhou Chao's biological laboratory is located on the north side of Yanjing Bay, in the suburbs.

Near the horse farm, next to the mangrove forest.

It is said to be a laboratory, but more like a farm.

Zhu Di took a carriage and just entered the 'farm'.

A chicken clucked and flew onto the roof of his car, leaving a pile of white and black sticky chicken droppings on the bright glass on the right side of the carriage.

Zhu Di looked at the watery white and black chicken manure, sliding down the glass under the influence of gravity, and the corners of his lips twitched fiercely.

Mao Xiang sat in front and drove the car.

Turning his head, he saw Zhu Di's expression through the glass window and tried his best not to laugh.

As far as the eye can see.

Rabbit, chicken, duck...

Running everywhere.

In the distance, Zhou Chao, a boy with a messy chicken coop hairstyle, was leading a group of people, chasing the messy poultry.

After Zhu Di got off the car.

Zhou Chao trotted over, his face slightly red, panting and scratching his head, Master, why are you here? I am not prepared at all...

snort!

Zhu Di smiled and snorted, raising his hand to point at the animals running around, Why are you not prepared? Isn't this a welcome for the master? The welcome ceremony is quite grand and lively...

Zhou Chao grinned, scratched his head and said, Master, stop talking, that boy of mine came here and accidentally opened the doors of the chicken coop, rabbit coop, duck coop...

Zhu Di stretched out his hand to rub Zhou Chao's hair, which looked like a chicken coop, and reminded: It's time to cut your hair. How slovenly it has become. Your wife, you and your sister-in-law and senior sisters entered the house a few days ago. Gong, I also told your wife that you haven’t been home for more than two months.”

Zhou Chao married Ye Mao's youngest daughter.

To be honest, students like him are not doing their jobs properly and are not officials.

In fact, many people who don't know the inside story are not willing to marry their daughters to them.

On the other hand, officials like Ye Mao knew very well how much impact these children's work would have on the future, and they were willing to entrust their daughters and nieces to them.

He didn't stop him.

As long as the girl the other party connects with his students is virtuous and virtuous, and is a good woman, he will support it.

That is, Xianliang, the little girl of the Ye family.

If it were a woman who came from a wealthy family, this boy might have started to cause trouble by making himself so slovenly.

No, Zhou Chao was too busy to go home, so he took his son to see Zhou Chao in person.

Zhou Chao smiled and nodded, Master, I originally decided to go back today.

snort!

Zhu Di glared. If his wife hadn't come with her children, would this brat be able to go back today?

What about that food chain you studied?

Zhou Chao walked in with Zhu Di and asked curiously: Master, is the locust plague in the imperial court getting more and more serious?

how do you know?

Zhou Chao curled his lips quietly and murmured in a low voice: You guessed it. Two years ago, Liang Guogong introduced that there were more locusts in the Mongolian and Han demonstration areas. When the master came today, he asked me about the research on the food chain. Combined with the master's feelings for our Central Plains, , you can guess it.”

Mao Xiang followed behind and snickered.

Nowadays, only little guys like Zhou Chao dare to talk to the young master like this.

You guessed it right! Zhu Di nodded and stepped into the door of the research room.

As far as the eye can see, glass 'picture frames' are hung all over the four walls.

There are all kinds of insect, plant, and animal specimens inside.

Next to the wall, there is a row of microscopes.

Microscopes and telescopes both involve the refraction and focusing of light.

Although the principles are slightly different.

But when the telescope was made, it would be seven or eight years later.

In the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu, a few months after his father and mother left, a factory specializing in glass production and research finally followed Zhou Chao's request and built this microscope that could observe minute things.

A very large, original antique.

The light source is formed by several refractions in the light transmission tube through glass mirrors.

During the day, it can refract sunlight.

At night it can only refract the light of candles.

Therefore, the observation effect of this microscope at night is very poor.

Zhu Di stood in front of the table, leaned over, put one eye next to the eyepiece, and adjusted the light source tube.

It was discovered that the objects observed in the stage should be cells of some kind of plant.

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While Zhu Di was observing, Zhou Chao replied: Master, we have already studied the food chain. Although we have not yet practiced it, as long as Master allows us Yanhua to help, I am confident that we can help the Ming Dynasty quickly solve the locust plague. At present, chickens have cultivated four Thousands, and even one hundred thousand starlings have been cultivated and bred. Even if it is not enough, with the construction of rural communities in the Central Plains in recent years, every village has chickens, so raising enough chickens is not a problem.

…

Just when Zhu Di listened to Zhou Chao's introduction.

Jinling.

royal palace.

A very intense midday dynasty was also taking place in Fengtian Hall.

Prince, Chen and Zhang Yu once invested money in Zhou Chao's biological research on behalf of the Mongolian-Han Demonstration Zone. Now it is completely reasonable and reasonable to ask Zhou Chao to return to the court to help eliminate the locust plague. We cannot delay it any longer. Otherwise, the Mongolian-Han Demonstration Zone will not only have no food harvest this year. , even the pasture may be eaten up by locusts!”

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Lan Yu was excited and looked at Zhu Biao sitting next to the dragon chair in the dragon court.

As soon as Lan Yu finished speaking, Fang Xiaoru said sincerely: Prince, the Mongolian-Han Demonstration Zone involves millions of people. Moreover, Shanxi, Beiping, Shaanxi and other places in the north have submitted reports one after another. They have also appeared in these places. Due to the sporadic locust plague, I am worried that once the locusts in the Mongolian-Han Demonstration Area have eaten away all the crops and grass in the Mongolian-Han Demonstration Area, they will cross the Great Wall and move southward.

Liu Bowen withdrew after following Zhu Yuanzhang back to the court in the 26th year of Hongwu.

Before leaving, he recommended Fang Xiaoru to the court.

Today, Fang Xiaoru is the left prime minister of the Ming Dynasty and the first person in the cabinet.

Scaremongering! Huang Zicheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and also a cabinet minister, snorted and retorted, Since ancient times, it has never happened that a locust plague has crossed the Great Wall. What's more, chickens can eat locusts. We also know that as long as the court collects enough We can just send the many chickens to the Mongolian-Han Demonstration Area, why do we need to invite an outsider to come back and control the locust plague for our Ming Dynasty?

Shameless!

Tie Xuan was furious, pointed at Huang Zicheng, and cursed: Master Huang, do you know that chickens are omnivorous birds? How many chickens can be put in to eliminate the locusts without harming the grass and crops! Too much chicken manure will burn the grass roots. Leading to the death of forage, does anyone in this court know these reasonable data?

“There’s no shame in asking for help!”

It's embarrassing to pretend to understand when you don't understand and to be irresponsible to the people! Not only is it embarrassing, it's also shameless!

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…

Suddenly, the two factions began to quarrel fiercely in the court.

Zhu Biao frowned slightly.

The hands in the sleeves were squeezed silently.

Could it be that without the help of the fourth son Yanhua, the Ming Dynasty could not even control the locusts?

Huang Zicheng's group doesn't agree with asking for help. Apart from opposition, why doesn't anyone study how many chickens are suitable?

They just objected blindly, but no one was willing to study it!

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Wudingmen.

A carriage, escorted by hundreds of fine cavalry, slowly entered the city.

Your Majesty! It's His Majesty's carriage!

Your Majesty is back!

It must be about the quarrel about the locust plague!

It would be great if His Majesty comes back!

…

When the people saw the carriage, they talked excitedly.

Zhu Yuanzhang held a walking stick with both hands and looked out the car window at the biogas light poles standing on both sides of the street. He asked with a smile: I heard that in recent years, your two factories have mastered the casting process of large iron pipes and glass lampshades. Blowing process?”

Xiongying and Cailu, who were already slightly mature, sat opposite.

Hearing this, Cailu replied with a smile: Grandfather, under the guidance of the engineers sent back by the master, the workers in the factory have already thoroughly understood these technologies.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Cai Lu and nodded happily, You are better than some people. If you want to learn these techniques, why can't you take the initiative to ask for advice? Why do you choose to steal them!

Bang bang bang!

Zhu Yuanzhang held the crutch in his hand and poked the floor of the car hard.

We see that he has been the crown prince for a long time. He takes his own face too seriously and treats those useless feathers as treasures! He sacrifices his own foundation for the bottom line! Confusing! Stupid!

Heroes and greens are silent.

They all knew who the imperial grandfather was talking about.

This time, I am afraid that my father will at least be punished!

After Zhu Yuanzhang got angry, he became much calmer and said: Let's deal with these troublesome things. Tonight, you two good children will accompany the emperor's grandfather to see the scene of our Jinling City being lit up at night.

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