My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 715 Show you something
"Is the steam ball you mentioned really powered by steam?"

We will arrive in Xijing soon, Zhu Zhanhe confirmed to Helen again.

"Of course, this invention is the most proud one of our ancestors. It is said that before his death, he had been looking for other ways to apply steam. Unfortunately, until his death, he was unable to use steam for practical purposes."

Helen said with pride.

She found that Zhu Zhanhe had been very surprised ever since he learned that his ancestor had invented the steam ball. He had chased her and asked her many times. This made Helen's vanity greatly satisfied, and she felt that she had finally achieved something in some way. Win the opponent once.

"That's a pity."

Zhu Zhanhe nodded thoughtfully, and then fell silent again.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanhe stopped talking, Helen became even more proud, thinking that the other person was shocked by the achievements of her ancestors. Although the achievements of her ancestors were not her own, they still made her very happy.

Helen, who was in a good mood, opened the car window and looked out at the scenery. She saw golden rice fields on both sides, and villages and towns in the distance. Occasionally, farmers could be seen busy in the rice fields.

The carriage ran on the broad road. Helen knew that this kind of road was called the official road. It was a road built by the Han Dynasty. It was not only wide and smooth, but also had inns at regular intervals for people to rest.

Helen grew up hearing the saying that all roads lead to Rome. She had also seen the roads in Rome with her own eyes. The traffic was indeed very developed, but the roads on the Han side were no worse than those on the other side of Rome.

At this moment, a tall and majestic city finally appeared at the end of the official road ahead, which immediately caught Helen's attention.

Although the distance was still quite far, Helen was shocked by the tall and solid city wall alone. In her impression, perhaps only Constantinople, which was said to never fall, had such a majestic city wall.

"That must be Xijing, the capital of the Han Dynasty!"

Helen murmured to herself that she already had a preliminary understanding of the strength of the big man. A country that could make Osman flatter and cooperate with him should have such a majestic capital.

"That is indeed Xijing, but compared to the Nanjing city where I grew up, our Xijing is still far behind!"

At this time, Zhu Zhanhe also saw Xijing City in the distance from the window, so he introduced it with a smile.

"This is impossible. If Nanjing is bigger than Xijing, isn't it bigger than Constantinople?"

Helen asked very suspiciously.

"Constantinople is indeed a great city, but even when it was most glorious, its population did not exceed one million. But our Nanjing city had a population of more than one million before the capital was moved. The scale of city construction Much bigger than Constantine, too.”

Zhu Zhanhe explained casually.

When it comes to the scale of cities, the cities of the Central Plains Dynasty have always been unique. It was not until the industrialization of later generations that the scale of cities in the Central Plains was surpassed by other countries.

"A big city with a population of more than one million is more powerful than our entire Venice!"

Helen said with a shocked face. In the past, she would have doubted Zhu Zhanhe's words, but after getting along with him for this period of time, she knew that the words of His Royal Highness were still very credible.

"Of course, your main city of Venice only has about 20 people. If you put it in the Ming Dynasty, I haven't counted the cities with about 20 people, but there are at least a dozen."

Zhu Zhanhe smiled again and said, Helen talks about being a noble every day, but in fact, in the Ming Dynasty, she is at most the daughter of a prefect or a prefect. Her family background can only be said to be visible, not prominent at all.

"Then what is the total population of Ming Dynasty?"

After being shocked again, Helen finally remembered to ask this crucial question.

"Before my grandfather passed away, he made a census of the population across the country. There were about 7000 million people."

Zhu Zhanhe answered truthfully. "How come there are so many! The total population of Europe combined is probably less than half of yours!"

Helen almost screamed when she heard this. With a population of 7000 million, she was proficient in mathematics and rarely even used such a huge number.

"What does this mean? My father decided to go overseas and conquer the territory that is now the Han Dynasty. In order to rule this territory, millions of people moved from the Ming Dynasty one after another. With such a large population in Europe, it is considered a very powerful country. country, but to Ming Dynasty, it can only be regarded as superficial!"

Zhu Zhanhe laughed again.

In fact, what he said was a bit exaggerated. Although the Ming Dynasty had a large population, the loss of so many people had a considerable impact on the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, after Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, he would find ways to prevent the loss of population.

"Oh my God, it's a good thing that Ming Dynasty is far away from us. Otherwise, with such a powerful country by our side, I'm afraid other countries will feel terrified and feel that they will be swallowed up by this behemoth at any time!"

Helen put her hand on her forehead and said thankfully.

Although the population does not represent the full strength of the country, in this era, it is the most intuitive reflection of the country's strength. A huge population represents a huge national power. For example, the population of the Ottomans is much larger than that of Venice, so no matter how rich the Venetians are, Nor can it change the balance of strength between the two sides.

Xijing City was getting closer and closer, and Helen could even see the city gate, but unexpectedly, the carriage turned a corner and did not enter the city, but drove in another direction.

"Aren't we going into town now?"

When Helen saw the carriage turning, she asked Zhu Zhanhe in confusion.

"I was originally going to the city, but there's something I want you to see!"

Zhu Zhanhe said with a mysterious smile and did not explain too much.

"Is there something you want me to see?"

Helen was also very surprised when she heard this. Just to let herself see something, she actually turned the entire team around. What is it that is so important?
With full of curiosity, Helen also kept looking out the window. Not far from the carriage, she saw a large group of low-rise houses in front of her. They looked like workshops or the like. Some of the houses were still rising out. Smoke.

"where is this place?"

Helen couldn't help but ask Zhu Zhanhe.

"This is a textile workshop, a place specifically used to spin cotton into yarn and then weave it into cloth."

Zhu Zhanhe explained casually.

"A place for weaving!"

Helen was stunned for a moment, then asked with fear: "You don't want to send me here to be a textile worker, do you?"

"Can you spin and weave?"

Zhu Zhanhe glanced at Helen lightly and asked.

Helen shook her head hurriedly, with a bit of panic still on her face. She was obviously still afraid that Zhu Zhanhe would really leave her.

"That's it. There are no idlers in the workshop. You should stay with me and serve tea and water!"

Zhu Zhanhe had a look of disgust when he spoke. It was because of his kindness that he accepted such a stupid maid like her.

(End of this chapter)