Daming: After self-explosive time travel, Lao Zhu's mentality collapsed

Chu Ze's words caused an uproar among the civil and military officials in the court.

"Private enterprise?"

"Is there such a brilliant strategy?"

"This Chu Ze really has a lot of ideas!"

The ministers were talking about it, all of them were dumbfounded.

Zhu Yuanzhang was even more surprised and asked about the pros and cons: "How can the quality of the Great Wall be guaranteed if it is built by private individuals? Where will the wages come from? Will it be easy to breed malpractices?"

Chu Ze explained respectfully: "Your Majesty, the quality is controlled by a dedicated person, and the wages of the laborers are borne by the government and the sponsors. As for the drawbacks, I think transparent and open bidding and regular audits can eliminate them."

As he spoke, Chu Ze took out another stack of drawings and continued, "I have also carefully designed several construction equipment for this purpose, such as pulley cranes, multi-axis spiral drills, etc. With the help of these powerful tools, the progress of the project will be greatly accelerated."

The ministers were amazed again, and all of them gave thumbs up: "This is a great plan!" "Lord Chu has a far-sighted vision, which is really admirable!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and praised him repeatedly: "According to what you said, this method really kills two birds with one stone. Not only can it relieve the people's labor shortage, but it can also stimulate employment. It is really a best of both worlds!"

Therefore, the decision was made immediately and Chu Ze was ordered to make plans immediately and promote it vigorously.

Chu Ze thanked him profusely and was about to leave when he suddenly heard a commotion from the royal highness.

It turned out that two guards were dragging in a soldier covered in wounds. When the soldier saw the emperor, he immediately knelt down on the ground tremblingly.

"Hurray! It's bad! The Mongolian cavalry raided Gansu and our army suffered heavy losses!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked when he heard this and stood up suddenly: "What! The Mongols dare to attack our Ming Dynasty? Come on, tell all the soldiers to be ready for battle!"

Chu Ze took a step forward, knelt on one knee and said: "I am willing to lead the elite troops to rush to Gansu overnight! We must kill those thieves without leaving a single piece of armor, so that the emperor can rest in peace!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed when he saw this and approved it immediately. He handed a tiger talisman to Chu Ze and said solemnly: "I will appoint you as the Grand Marshal of the Western Expedition, and you will be invincible. You can do your best to kill them all as soon as possible and live up to the mission!"

"I will obey the imperial edict!" Chu Ze bowed and accepted the order, then turned around and strode out of the hall.

After a long and dusty journey, they arrived in Gansu three days later.

At that time, the war was tense, and the Mongolian army was advancing frequently with its large numbers. The border guards were already exhausted and the morale of the troops was low.

"General Chu! You are finally here! If you were a step later, the city would have been lost!" When the defending general saw Chu Ze, he pleaded with him as if he had seen a savior.

Chu Ze was not in a hurry, but smiled mysteriously: "Look everyone, I brought you a big treasure this time."

As he spoke, the soldiers behind him unloaded dozens of artillery pieces and lined them up in a row, with the black muzzles facing the enemy camp.

"What is this?" The generals looked at each other, confused.

"This is my new magic weapon - the gel gunpowder cannon!" Chu Ze introduced with great excitement, "It is not filled with ordinary gunpowder, but a highly condensed colloid. Once ignited, it can spray out flames more fierce than a rocket!"

After saying that, Chu Ze walked straight to a cannon, held a torch and ignited the fuse. There was a loud "bang", and a beam of fire that penetrated the sky and the earth suddenly shot out and headed straight for the Mongolian position!

In an instant, the tents and baggage in the enemy camp were all reduced to ashes, and countless cavalrymen were burned to the ground, with people and horses falling to the ground, and wailing everywhere.

"Good guy!"

"This kind of divine power is more effective than an army of 100,000!"

The generals cheered and were all full of fighting spirit.

Chu Ze was also very proud: "Everyone, although the Mongols are brave and good at fighting, they are nothing but paper tigers in front of our new firearms! Follow me on the battlefield, we must kill them all to avenge our previous shame!" "Kill! We will follow General Chu to the death!" The soldiers rushed forward and fought recklessly.

The gel cannon fired repeatedly, and the Mongolian camp was blown to pieces, with corpses everywhere. The remaining troops saw that the situation was hopeless and had to flee in panic.

The Ming army pursued the enemy and killed many more. More than half of the Mongolian troops were killed or wounded, and they were no longer able to fight, so they had to withdraw from the border and escape.

"General Chu is amazing!" "This victory is truly inspiring!" "The gel cannon is our army's trump card to defeat the enemy!" The border defenders were jubilant and lifted Chu Ze onto the high platform, with cheers resounding through the sky.

The news soon spread back to the capital, and the whole country was jubilant.

Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and immediately summoned Chu Ze and personally presented him with the title.

"My dear Lord Chu, you have done something extraordinary again! This gel cannon is truly a divine weapon. With this weapon in hand, why worry about the barbarians being submissive and the eight directions being in turmoil? You have made an invaluable contribution, and I will reward you greatly!"

As a result, Chu Ze was promoted to Duke of Dingguo, commanding 100,000 elite troops and responsible for border defense. He issued orders to the whole country, and no one disobeyed him.

Chu Ze kowtowed to express his gratitude, secretly rejoicing: "Fortunately, I remembered some modern military knowledge, so I was able to save my life! If it weren't for the miraculous work of this gel cannon, I'm afraid I would have died in the northwest."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel scared, and secretly resolved to go to a higher level in the future and develop more advanced weapons to strengthen national defense and protect the people.

In this way, Chu Ze's reputation grew, and he was so popular that no one could match him in the court and the country.

But at this moment, the undercurrent in the capital was quietly surging.

When Crown Prince Zhu Biao heard that Chu Ze had achieved another remarkable feat, he became even more uneasy.

He found the prince's tutor Gao Yong and said worriedly, "Ever since Chu Ze started the Western Expedition, my father has praised him highly. Now he has been given the title of Duke Dingguo and is in charge of a large army. If this man really has ulterior motives, wouldn't he be plotting a rebellion?"

Gao Yong was worried that he would not have the opportunity to sow discord when he heard this, so he quickly agreed, "Your Highness, your opinion is great! Chu Ze is just a boy from a poor family, but now he is self-righteous and disrespectful to his master. As the crown prince, Your Highness should prepare for a rainy day."

Zhu Biao nodded and said, "Then in your opinion, how should we prevent it?"

Gao Yong pondered and said, "In my opinion, it would be better for Your Highness to report to the Emperor and question Chu Ze's way of commanding the army. Then entrust a confidant to secretly monitor him and wait for an opportunity to find evidence against him. This way, the Emperor will surely become suspicious of him, and you and I can take the opportunity to get rid of this great threat."

Zhu Biao was immediately interested when he heard this: "What a good idea! Please draft it quickly. I will go to the palace to see the emperor right away!"

At the same time, Chu Ze was training his soldiers in the military camp.

He was seen in military uniform, looking very heroic, directing the soldiers to practice new tactics.

"All troops, line up! Stand in rows on the ground, grenade launchers in hand, surround the enemy!"

"Artillery, take position, aim, and fire! Blast him to pieces!"

Flames shot up into the sky, smoke rose everywhere, and countless wooden stakes collapsed and were blown to pieces in the simulated battlefield.

"Good!" "Awesome!" "As expected of General Chu, leading the troops to fight is truly like god's help!" The soldiers were fascinated by the scene and all of them were full of fighting spirit.

Chu Ze was not satisfied, and continued to pace aside in deep thought.

Suddenly, Zhao Si came hurriedly, his face full of anxiety: "General, it's not good! The emperor has ordered you to return to the capital immediately to see the emperor!"

"Oh? So urgent?" Chu Ze was stunned. Before he could ask in detail, Zhao Si said:

"There are rumors in the army that the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace has submitted a petition to impeach you, General. I don't know what it is about, but it looks like it will be bad for you!" (End of this chapter)