Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 118 They are so happy, beat them hard!

In the afternoon, Zhu Di personally set out with ten AKs and about 300,000 rounds of ammunition.

He himself had six hundred princely guards.

Driving more than ten horse-drawn carriages, he was one step faster than the subsequent grenades.

Zhu Yunfeng rode his motorcycle around the imperial city, and the guards at the palace gate almost popped their eyes out.

Zhu Biao was envious of this scene.

Ugh.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Yunfeng seemed to be here for fun in the Ming Dynasty.

Everything I do is just for fun.

But what is undeniable is that they will do everything for you and do it very efficiently.

All kinds of pirated books, if you want to print something, just give him a call.

We have all kinds of agricultural seeds, including rice, wheat, watermelon, cotton and even grape seeds, and they are all high-yield and high-quality, and they will all be delivered to you.

The power station has been built for you, the factory has been constructed for you, there is also a chemical laboratory, and other materials are still being delivered continuously every day.

Zhu Yunfeng imported a large batch of various chemical laboratory equipment and sent them to Daming. He would stroll around during the day or place an order on the Modern Internet. He would buy whatever he thought of and send them all to Daming at night.

The Ming Dynasty is currently adopting a take-it-all approach. They give you fish to eat, teach you how to fish, and teach you how to make nets. After you finish your work, you can do something you like.

Why can others live so carefree while I have to govern such a big country?

Zhu Biao's eyes were full of envy.

When Ji He led Pipi dog back to Daming, he saw Zhu Biao, Zhu Zhen, Zhu Gui, Zhu Zi, Zhu Tan, Zhu Chun, Zhu Bai and others standing on the high platform, staring into the distance.

Ji He untied Pi Pi's rope, walked up the steps outside the Palace of Heavenly Purity, and asked curiously, "What are you looking at?"

"Look over there."

Zhu Biao pointed in the direction of Qianqing Gate in the distance.

Ji He turned his head and saw Zhu Yunfeng riding a motorcycle, humming through the Qianqing Gate and heading towards them.

"He's so happy."

Ji He couldn't help but say.

When the puppy saw his owner coming, he ran over happily.

"Brother, what is that? I want it too."

The later King of Chu, Zhu Zhen, was only 16 years old this year, which was the age when he was curious about this kind of thing.

They got along well with Zhu Yunfeng, and Zhu Yunfeng also gave them a lot of things.

However, since they were usually strictly confined in the palace and had no contact with the outside world, their knowledge was far inferior to that of Zhu Di and Zhu Biao.

"Nonsense, that thing is too dangerous. It's going at such a fast speed, what if it falls?"

Zhu Biao saw that the people below were all looking at him eagerly, and realized that the situation was not good, so he coaxed and lied: "Besides, you probably don't know that you can only ride this thing when you are a grown man, otherwise you can't ride it at all."

Zhu Yu said, "Brother, you are lying. Father has let us ride horses since we were young. We can ride horses, so why can't we ride that thing?"

"Because.Because"

"Because you need something called a driver's license to ride it, and you can only get a driver's license when you are an adult. Otherwise, you can't ride it."

When Zhu Biao felt that he could not continue, Ji He gave him an assist and helped him out.

"Ahem, that's right, you don't have a driver's license, so you can't start it, understand?"

Zhu Biao hurriedly urged, "Okay, go back quickly, we still have evening classes tonight, the teachers will be angry later."

"Yes"

Many little princes left reluctantly.

At this moment, Zhu Yunfeng was twisting and turning around in the square, waving and shouting at them.

“He is really happy.”

Ji He said again.

Zhu Biao sighed: "Sometimes I envy him for being so carefree."

"Of course, there's no pressure and no worries. If you weren't the prince, you would have the money to live a carefree life in modern times and be as happy as him."

Ji Hyuk laughed.

Zhu Biao enviously asked, "When will I be able to do the same?"

"It's hard to say, though."

"But what?"

"But I am also very happy."

Ji He quickly went into the cellar, and then carried out an electric bike with great effort.

Zhu Biao: “.”

When Ji He put the electric bike at the bottom of the steps and was about to ride it, he couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you buy a motorcycle?"

Ji He said as a matter of course: "I don't know how to ride."

After saying that, the electric car drove out.

Zhu Biao: “.”

When Zhu Yunfeng saw Ji He driving a small electric scooter towards him, he waved at him with a smile and then stopped.

Pipi dog rushed forward, waited for Ji He to come over, asked for the leash from him, and used the strap buckle and leash to secure Pipi dog to the motorcycle.

Then Zhu Yunfeng stepped on the accelerator, followed by Ji He. The two of them and the dog drove out of the Qianqing Gate and headed towards the Wumen Gate.

“They are really happy.”

Looking at their departing backs, Zhu Biao sighed deeply, then returned to his study in the Qianqing Palace dejectedly.

That moment.

Everyone feels that the position of emperor is not attractive anymore.

At the end of the 13th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty was thriving and full of vitality.

The provincial governments, prefectures and counties in the south began to promote the planting of new rice crops.

This crop actually replaces the original rice and is more drought-resistant, so there is no need to develop new water conservancy facilities. The original water conservancy facilities used to irrigate previous crops can be used.

But Zhu Biao knew clearly that these were only basic growths. If he really wanted to continue to increase grain production, he still had to reclaim wasteland, and to reclaim wasteland he still had to build water conservancy projects.

So taking advantage of this period of time, Zhu Biao and the six ministries began to make plans for the Ming Dynasty's next year.

First of all, the grain has not yet been fully promoted. In the first half of next year, the third generation of seeds will take root and sprout across the country, and his imperial farm has already been opened up to 30,000 acres.

In this way, Zhu Yunfeng continued to expand the scale of the landlords and get more seeds, and the imperial farm started planting directly from the first generation and promoted it to the second generation, thus eliminating the extra generation in the middle and getting more grain.

Secondly, military development has not yet reached the era of firearms, and economic policies have not yet been adjusted. These are things that need to be considered.

Therefore, Zhu Biao decided to carry out a comprehensive promotion in agriculture in the first half of next year, and increase the tax rate in the second half of the year when the autumn tax is collected, but still to one-thirtieth. However, as the cake has increased, the treasury's income will also soar.

For example, we should have harvested 3000 million shi of grain this year, but if grain production doubles next year, we will naturally have to harvest 6000 million shi.

In addition, the population is still the same and has not increased immediately. In this case, even if twice as much grain is harvested, the overall wealth of the people will still double and the national strength will increase instantly.

With such a premise, Zhu Biao had the confidence to carry out various national-level projects, such as building steel mills, digging canals, constructing river water conservancy facilities, etc.

He believed that the future of the Ming Dynasty would be bright.

While Zhu Yunfeng and Ji He were riding their motorcycles and electric scooters and strolling around the capital of the Ming Dynasty with their dogs, Zhu Biao was diligently planning the future of the Ming Dynasty.

In mid-November, after a long journey of more than 20 days, Zhu Di finally arrived in Qujing, Yunnan, after running over 2,000 kilometers from Nanjing.

He had never suffered such a punishment in his life. After all, he had not yet experienced the second half of his life, so the first half of his life was spent growing up in the palace and Fengyang, and at most he had experienced military training.

But this ordeal of more than 2,000 kilometers really felt like it took half his life.

Compared to modern times when we are used to riding in cars, even riding a car for more than 2,000 kilometers is like being in prison, let alone riding a horse?
"Your Highness, the main camp is ahead."

Zhu Di lost several pounds while riding on the horse. Although he was still a little fat, his face was not as round as before.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and touched the pain in his butt.

To be honest, he was also wearing shock-absorbing pants, the kind you wear when riding a bicycle.

Friends who have cycling experience know that if you don’t prepare anything and just ride a bike, your butt will turn purple after riding for half a day.

Therefore, Zhu Di had taken precautions in advance and prepared shock-absorbing pants, including shock-absorbing pads on the saddle.

But even so, his butt was still purple, which shows how painful it is to ride a horse.

But Zhu Di looked around.

This is a plain area east of Qujing, which on the map is the area around Daying Village in Zhanyi District, Qujing City in later generations.

Since there was no strategic location to defend from Guizhou to Qujing, Zhalawalmi had no choice but to hold the Nanpan River and confront the Ming army across the river.

The banks of the Nanpan River are relatively flat, with only some uneven hills and low slopes. To the southeast of the Ming army are mountains and forests, with a continuous range of small mountains, which later became the Qujing Pachi Mountain.

Yunnan has dense forests and abundant miasma, which easily leads to epidemics.

However, Lao Zhu now knew the source of these miasma and plague, so he sent people in the camp to distribute the "Barefoot Doctor's Manual" to the doctors accompanying the camp.

In addition, measures such as killing leeches, prohibiting drinking raw water, and using more mugwort to repel mosquitoes have prevented the Ming army from suffering from any plague so far.

Zhu Di rode his horse slowly into the military camp. The camp was scattered and the camps supported each other in an orderly manner, showing extremely high military qualities. He even saw the observer on the watchtower holding a walkie-talkie.

"Report, His Royal Highness Prince Yan has entered the camp."

"Report, His Royal Highness Prince Yan is coming from the rear camp to the middle camp."

"Report, His Royal Highness Prince Yan has arrived at the commander-in-chief's camp."

It can be said that Zhu Yuanzhang was informed of his whereabouts along the way, and he knew where Zhu Di was.

Almost as soon as Zhu Di arrived at the commander's camp, Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly emerged from the tent, smiling happily, and said, "Old Four."

"His Majesty!"

Zhu Di quickly dismounted, came closer, knelt on one knee and saluted, saying: "Fourth Son Di pays respect to Your Majesty."

It is a tradition in the Zhu family to refer to one's job title when working.

Because in the Zhu family's own official documents, even Zhu Biao could only address Zhu Yuanzhang as "Father Emperor" and call himself "Eldest Son Biao".

The official document that Zhu Di sent to Zhu Yuanzhang was addressed to his fourth son Di as "Your Majesty". It can be seen that "Your Majesty" could only be considered an exclusive title for Zhu Biao, and the other sons did not have this privilege.

"stand up."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the carriage behind him and asked, "Where's the gun?"

Zhu Di stood up and quickly ran to the back of the carriage to take out an AK. He walked over like he was offering a treasure and said, "Your Majesty, an AK!"

He actually had been carrying an AK on his back before, but now that he was in the military camp, he certainly couldn't be so arrogant.

"Good good."

Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed. He took the AK and stroked it like a treasure, nodding repeatedly and saying, "What a good thing."

After that, he handed it to Zhu Di and said, "Come, show it to your father."

"Yes."

Zhu Di then shouted.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Li Wenzhong to take them to the parade ground, and he followed behind.

The group arrived at the training ground in the camp.

Zhu Di took an AK, filled the magazine with bullets, pulled the safety, and started shooting at the wooden target in the distance.

To be honest, his shooting skills are not very good. After all, good shooting skills are developed with bullets, and it also requires time for daily target practice.

But what do you need shooting skills for when you already have an automatic rifle?
No matter what you are, after a volley of bullets, even if the sun is setting, you will still get hit a few times.

With AK bullets, you can be killed with just one shot, let alone a few shots.

So you can see that the wooden target was shaken by the impact and seven or eight holes appeared on it.

"Well"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "I don't feel anything when I look at it."

Seeing that there were not many people around, Zhu Di said quickly: "Father, it looks like just a hole, but the person's internal organs will be crushed, and the whole stomach will be rotten with one shot."

"Oh? So powerful?"

"Yes, it's called something like the cavity effect of a bullet."

"it is good."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded repeatedly and asked, "Do you feel tired?"

"The child is not tired."

Zhu Di's heart was bleeding. Wouldn't he be tired after traveling such a long distance?
But of course I still have to keep it together.

"Then go to the battlefield and show your father."

Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily: "Father has built a big ship for you. It is right on the shore."

Zhu Di immediately said: "I will kill them all without leaving a single one alive."

After saying that, he gave an order.

The carriage carrying AK immediately headed towards the river.

Zhu Yuanzhang followed behind with his personal guards.

Coming to the river, the waves of the Nanpan River flow slowly.

On the other side of the river, flags stretched for more than ten miles and various tents stood tall.

However, the Nanpan River is not a big river, and the width of the river is only thirty or forty feet, so the tower ship stopped on the shore of the Ming army.

At this moment, the Mongolian army on the other side of the river was patrolling on horseback, ready to guard against the Ming army crossing the river and attacking at any time.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di boarded the ship. The floor was five zhang high, or fifteen meters. Standing on it, they could look down and clearly see the situation of the opposing defenders with a telescope.

After Zhu Di came up, he asked the soldiers to get ready while he found a position and started to set up his gun.

"Let me see where the person on the other side is."

Zhu Yuanzhang's drone was placed in the cabin, and there was even a solar charging panel on the roof to charge the drone. He could take out the drone and fly it out.

The display screen on the manipulator soon showed the situation of the Mongols on the other side.

We saw groups of soldiers conducting drills on the Mongolian parade grounds, soldiers patrolling inside the camp, and cavalry galloping outside the camp.

There are watchtowers at every distance of each fence.

Zhu Yuanzhang pointed to a watchtower in front of him and said, "There are two people on top of it. Can you see them?"

"visible."

Zhu Di took a telescope and observed for a while, then picked up a gun and pointed it at the Mongolian camp and shouted: "Shoot, hit hard."

"Beep beep beep beep!"

In an instant, ten AKs burst into flames, and 300 rounds of bullets were used up in a few seconds.

(End of this chapter)