My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 94 Midlife Crisis
Jinling seldom snows in winter, but it often rains. The water vapor from the Yangtze River blows into the city, turns into drizzle and falls, accompanied by small gusts of cold wind that go straight into people's collars.

In such a winter rainy day, Zhu Zhanhe was unwilling to go out again.

During this period of time, he went to the Zhen Fu Division from time to time, making Ji Gang think that he was trying to plot the real power of Jin Yiwei, and put a lot of pressure on the other party.

And Ji Gang's every move was also closely watched by Yao Guangxiao's subordinates. He probably didn't even think that he, the leader of Jinyiwei who specializes in spying on others, would be watched by others.

In addition, Zhu Di also began to secretly arrange in the Jinyiwei, so that after disposing of Ji Gang in the future, the Jinyiwei can be settled down quickly. After all, the Jinyiwei has a great responsibility and no troubles must happen.

In the study room, Zhu Zhanhe carefully unfolded a map, which was the "Map of Western Territories" given to Zhu Gaochi by Wang Jinghong.

Zhu Zhanhe liked this picture very much, so Zhu Gaochi had someone copy it, and it was delivered to him today.

Looking at this familiar map, Zhu Zhanhe was also excited. Then he reached out to pick up a large wooden ball on the table, and drew the latitude and longitude lines on it with a charcoal pencil, preparing to make a globe.

Although this picture is not complete, Zhu Zhanhe still remembers the general outlines of the seven continents and the four oceans, and he will just use his own memory to help complete it. Of course, there will definitely be many mistakes.

In fact, this "Western Territory Map" drawn by Wang Jinghong is not very accurate. Many places are quite different from Zhu Zhanhe's memory, but this is not bad. After all, there are no satellites in the era, only relying on land and sea. It is very difficult to draw an accurate map for the exploration on the Internet.

"What is the son doing?"

Sun Ruowei stood aside and watched for a long time, and finally couldn't help asking.

"I want to paint the whole world on this wooden ball!"

Zhu Zhanhe said in a mysterious way.

"I understand!"

Unexpectedly, Sun Ruowei slapped his hands and said excitedly.

"You understand that?"

Zhu Zhanhe looked at Sun Ruowei suspiciously and asked.

"The ancients once said that the sky is like a chicken, and the earth is like the yolk in an egg. My son, you are holding a ball in your hand, and you want to draw the "Western Territory Map" on the table on this ball that represents the earth."

Sun Ruowei was so intelligent that he guessed Zhu Zhanhe's intentions in no time.

"Girls are too smart, they won't be able to marry in the future!"

Zhu Zhanhe gave Sun Ruowei an angry look. He originally wanted to pretend to be tough and show off his knowledge of astronomy and geography, but he didn't expect that the little girl never gave him this opportunity.

"Hee hee, then I won't marry!"

Sun Ruowei looked at Zhu Zhanhe's deflated appearance, and said with a mischievous smile, she didn't care whether she married or not.

Zhu Zhanhe used charcoal to draw lines on wooden balls. He had learned sketching by himself, so he still had a little foundation in painting. He quickly drew "The Map of the Western Regions" on the globe.

Sun Ruowei, who was next to him, saw that Zhu Zhanhe had finished painting, and was about to go forward to pack up his things, but he didn't expect Zhu Zhanhe to start drawing again in other blank places, which made her also look surprised.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhu Zhanhe finally finished drawing the seven continents and some of the islands he remembered, and the rest was naturally ocean.

"All right!"

Zhu Zhanhe breathed a sigh of relief after drawing the last line.

Of course, this is only a semi-finished product. Later, he will call the carpenter in the mansion and ask him to carve the wooden ball according to the line he drew, and punch holes between the two poles, and then match it with a wooden shelf for display. It must look beautiful on a desk.

"My son, what are the paintings behind you, are they also land and sea?"

Sun Ruowei couldn't help asking again.

"Don't you know a lot?"

Zhu Zhanhe deliberately asked back.

"My lord, I was wrong, please tell me quickly!"

Sun Ruowei said coquettishly holding Zhu Zhanhe's arm.

After getting along for such a long time, Sun Ruowei has already figured out Zhu Zhanhe's temper, and she gave her life to save her before, Zhu Zhanhe is even more conniving towards her.

"Okay, I'll give you a geography lesson today!"

Zhu Zhanhe pointed to the position of Qiu Daming and introduced.

"This is our Ming Dynasty. It is located on the largest piece of land on Earth. It can be regarded as part of the world. Let's call it Central Continent..."

Zhu Zhanhe always felt that the name of Asia was not pleasant, like the second child of ten thousand years, so he directly changed it to Zhongzhou, and kept the names of other continents.

Human beings have been exploring their surroundings continuously since the beginning of their birth. This instinct also makes human beings full of curiosity about the world they live in.

Although Sun Ruowei knew about Hun Tian's theory, she didn't know much about the environment inside the entire earth. Only now, following Zhu Zhanhe's narration, did she realize that on this earth she lives, the ocean is much larger than the land, and The land is divided into seven large pieces, and countless islands.

"Where did the prince know this?"

After listening to Zhu Zhanhe's narration, Sun Ruowei couldn't help asking in amazement.

"A foreign merchant."

Zhu Zhanhe used his shield again, and asked intimately, "Do you also want to meet this foreign businessman?"

"I'm a little girl, what do I see foreign merchants doing? They all look scary."

Unexpectedly, Sun Ruowei immediately shook his head. In the eyes of ordinary people in Daming, most of the Fanbang people looked weird, and few people were willing to deal with them.

"That's good!"

Zhu Zhanhe breathed a sigh of relief, if Sun Ruowei wanted to see him, he would have to let this foreign businessman die to nothing.

At this moment, a maid suddenly came in to report: "My lord, my lord invites you over, saying that I want to drink with him!"

"Drinking? What are you drinking in broad daylight?"

Zhu Zhanhe was a little helpless, but he tidied up, and then walked to the front hall.

The winter rain outside is getting heavier and heavier, and the cold wind is engulfing the drizzle, making it even more chilly.

When Zhu Zhanhe entered the hall, he saw Zhu Gaoxu sitting cross-legged on a tiger skin. There was a table of sumptuous wine and vegetables on the low table in front of him. There was already an empty wine jar on the ground. It seemed that he had already I drank a lot.

"Son, come and drink with me!"

Zhu Gaoxu greeted Zhu Zhanhe with a bit of drunkenness.

Zhu Zhanhe stepped forward and almost tripped over something suddenly. He lowered his head and saw that it was a strange looking long spear.

Zhu Zhanhe bent down to pick up the spear, and saw that the tip of the gun was made into the shape of a writing brush, and the curved tip of the pen looked exactly like Zhang Fei's Zhangba Snake Spear.

"Why did father throw this stylus gun on the ground?"

Zhu Zhanhe took the gun and walked to the table and sat down, then put the gun beside Zhu Gaoxu and asked.

This gun is exactly the stylus spear specially made by Zhu Gaoxu after he left the Wenhua Palace, and he often practiced it.

"I wanted to practice the gun just now, but it was wrong no matter how I practiced, so I just threw it away."

Zhu Gaoxu drank another glass of wine while talking, and seemed to be in a bad mood.

"Father has something on his mind?"

Zhu Zhanhe asked.

In fact, Zhu Zhanhe was also paying attention to Zhu Gaoxu during this time. After he left Wenhua Palace, he was still very excited. He ate and practiced martial arts every day, and his body recovered quickly.

But in the past few days, Zhu Gaochi started to become irritable again, always reprimanding his servants. Gao Guang even approached Zhu Zhanhe in private, hoping that he could help persuade Zhu Gaoxu, but he didn't expect him to act before he had time. Instead, Zhu Gaoxu took the initiative to find him.

"This... I don't know what to say?"

Sure enough, Zhu Gaoxu had something on his mind, that's why he came to Zhu Zhanhe, after he almost died of allergies last time, he felt that in this family, only Zhu Zhanhe could understand him.

"Does father feel that he can't be motivated to do anything, even the favorite martial arts and military training, he doesn't want to do it anymore?"

Zhu Zhanhe suddenly asked.

The last time Gao Guang went to look for him, Zhu Zhanhe also inquired about Zhu Gaoxu's situation in detail, and had a rough guess about his situation.

"how do you know?"

Zhu Gaoxu was taken aback for a moment, he really can't get excited about anything now, every day it's like eating and waiting to die, this feeling makes him very irritable.

"It's normal for you to be in this situation. In the past, you wanted to be the crown prince with all your heart, but now you voluntarily gave up. This made you lose your goal all of a sudden, and you don't want to spend the rest of your life in mediocrity. , and that’s why I feel irritated.”

Zhu Zhanhe patiently explained.

In fact, Zhu Gaoxu is a typical middle-aged crisis. Originally, he wanted to fight for the crown prince. This was his goal. As long as people have goals, they will not fall into confusion.

But now that Zhu Gaoxu gave up the fight for the position of prince, he lost his goal all of a sudden, and he didn't know where to go?
"Son, you are amazing, that's what I thought!"

When Zhu Gaoxu slapped the table excitedly, he knew that his son would definitely understand him.

In the past, Zhu Gaoxu practiced martial arts and trained soldiers, in essence, he was preparing for the fight for the prince. Even in his subconscious mind, he had the idea of ​​using force to seize the throne. Now he has completely given up, and naturally he has lost interest in these things.

"Son, I'm only 35 years old this year. Your grandpa will definitely not let me go to the battlefield again. There are still decades left in the rest of my life. I can't just go to my fief and wait to die of old age like other princes?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked Zhu Zhanhe again.

"This one……"

Zhu Zhanhe also hesitated at this time. Things like middle-aged crisis are really difficult to solve. He didn't come to Gao Xu because he didn't think about it before. Now that the other party asks him, he doesn't know. How should I answer?

(End of this chapter)