Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 153 New Adventure
At the end of December, Nanjing was experiencing another snowless winter. The sun was shining brightly during the day, and the cold wind made people feel warm.

But at night and in the morning, the coldness made people shiver all over.

After a year, the city has changed again.

There are brand new streets and crowds of people, and the previous wooden buildings are slowly beginning to develop into concrete bungalows.

A fire broke out on Datong Street this summer, which made Zhu Biao reflect deeply and decide to make great efforts to rectify Yingtian Prefecture. At least the capital must ensure fire safety.

In the morning, Zhu Yunfeng and Ji He Zhu Di came back from shopping in the city.

They had fun and had a lot of fun this year just like they had in the past. They even managed to get three off-road vehicles and went on off-road trips whenever they had nothing to do.

Compared to Zhu Biao who worked himself to death, seeing the three of them being carefree and living a happy life, I was really envious.

As the warm afternoon sun began to shine, Zhu Biao came out of Zhu Yuanzhang's study and happened to see three Mercedes-Benz Gs driving into the square outside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Di obtained a permanent residence permit through the talent introduction program and even took a driver's license test.

Seeing them coming down, Zhu Biao walked up.

Before he got close, he heard Zhu Yunfeng complaining as he got out of the car: "Old Four, do you know how to drive? You almost hit me just now. There's no place to repair the car here."

"You were driving too slowly."

Zhu Di got out of the car and grinned. He was only wearing a single piece of clothing in winter, which could not hide his muscular body.

He was too idle in the past two years and gained 30 to 40 pounds. Old Zhu couldn't stand it anymore, so he scolded him and forced him to work out every day.

Now he has regained his muscular image.

Even Ji He lost a lot of weight.

In the past, Ji He was fat, greedy and lazy.

Even though he is a poverty alleviation worker, nowadays even the most remote villages are connected by cement roads, and people have to drive to go to the countryside and villages, so he can't lose weight at all.

After Zhu Di started exercising, Ji He had someone take him to exercise together. They encouraged each other and slowly they lost weight.

When I was at my heaviest, I weighed about 300 pounds. Last year I weighed 270 pounds. This year I have lost weight to 200 pounds.

If he continues like this, and loses weight to around 140 pounds, he should be close to reaching his ideal weight.

"Where did you go today?"

Zhu Biao said with a smile.

The three of them turned around and greeted him quickly, "Tai Bo Ye (Big Brother)."

“I just took a stroll along the river.”

Zhu Di said.

"It's New Year's Eve, spend some time with your family."

Zhu Biao finished speaking to Zhu Di, then looked at Zhu Yunfeng and Ji He and said, "It's time for you two to get married. Father has been thinking about this."

"Okay, I'll marry you next year."

Zhu Yunfeng used the same old rhetoric to evade the question. He said the same thing to Zhu Yuanzhang last year.

"Then it depends on whether your mother will believe you."

Zhu Biao chuckled and said, "I heard from my father that my mother will personally choose a princess for you."

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Zhu Yunfeng knew he was finished.

He is going to marry an old woman who is more than 600 years older than him.

Old Zhu can make excuses.

Just like how he has been evading his parents in the past two years.

No matter how you urge me, it's useless. I just won't look for it, and you can't do anything to me.

But it’s not the same with my grandmother.

As the Empress who has the final say in the Ming Dynasty.

You can shit on Lao Zhu's head, but you can't argue with Tai Nai.

If it was really the grandmother who arranged the marriage, Zhu Yunfeng would feel very uncomfortable, as he would have no ability to resist at all.

Just then, Mao Xiang came over.

He first bowed to Zhu Biao and then said to the three children, "Your Highness Prince of Yan, Your Highness Prince of Wu, Duke of Chu, His Majesty allows you to pass."

"Take care of yourself."

Zhu Biao smiled, then rode on the small electric scooter parked in the shed next to him and headed towards the six ministries.

Zhu Yunfeng and Ji He looked as pale as death.

It seems there is no escape.

When I entered the study, Zhu Yuanzhang was writing notes in the study.

Zhu Yunfeng leaned over to take a look without any respect and found that it was actually a New Year's greeting to the officials of the Yongle Dynasty.

During the New Year of the Ming Dynasty, officials would present gifts to the emperor and write congratulatory messages. The emperor would also return the favor by writing an encouraging message and giving him some festival money.

Now Zhu is not only in charge of the Hongwu Dynasty, but also has to show up occasionally during the Yongle Dynasty.

Although he only goes there during the New Year to deepen his theocratic status, the proper procedures must still be followed.

"What are you doing sneaking around like that?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked up and saw Zhu Yunfeng peeking out. He said unhappily, "You are already 29 years old, why are you still not in good shape?"

"Twenty-eight!"

Zhu Yunfeng was very dissatisfied with the ancient age calculation and emphasized again: "I am only 28 years old."

He was born in 2024, and the 24th year of Hongwu corresponds to the modern year . He was years old at that time. Now it is the end of the th year of Hongwu, and he is already years old.

All in all, four years have passed since Lao Zhu came here in October 2024, and it is now January 10.

In modern times, Zhu Yunfeng's assets have reached nearly 20 billion, and the scale is still increasing, and the company's performance is booming.

He has nothing to worry about in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Biao did a good job in governing the country, and he also established a great empire. This year, Xu Da launched another northern expedition and drove the Mongols to Central Asia. Northeast China and the Mongolian grasslands were also incorporated into the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

Now, apart from Southeast Asia and the Korean Peninsula, even Japan has been occupied.

Next, when the Ming Dynasty develops to a certain level, completes the first industrial revolution, enters the era of electrification, expands overseas, and it is only a matter of time before it dominates the world.

So Zhu Yunfeng no longer has any desires. He just wants to have fun every day. He walks around Nanjing city like a big boss when he has nothing to do. It’s also good to be a big boss.

But obviously Lao Zhu doesn't think so.

He stared at Zhu Yunfeng and said, "When I was your age, Biao'er was already two years old. Not to mention that I got married too late during the war. There are countless ordinary families who have children at the age of fifteen or sixteen. How could they be as ridiculous as you guys?"

"We advocate late marriage and late childbearing, and good eugenics, which is different from yours."

Zhu Yunfeng argued, "The Ming Dynasty will have to do the same in the future. When the population increases, the childbearing age of men and women will be raised. Otherwise, men and women in their teens are not yet fully developed. If they give birth to children early, it will easily cause congenital deficiencies in the fetus and increase the mortality rate. This is science."

"You are already 28 and still haven't fully developed. I think your brain is not fully developed. You are always laughing. During the Republic of China period, some people led an army to defend their country at the age of 28, but you are still acting like a playboy here."

Old Zhu said angrily, "Don't worry about it. Your great grandmother has said that you must get married this year. If you can't get married in the modern world, you can get married in the Ming Dynasty. How can the Old Zhu family have an heir who is almost thirty years old and still unmarried? Your great grandmother is the one who makes the decision on this matter."

"alright."

Zhu Yunfeng hung his head.

There is no way. His last name is also Zhu, and urging marriage is the Zhu family's own family affair. What can he do?
Zhu Yuanzhang continued, "You don't know what to do every day. I asked you to go to the court but you don't go. You are lazy to do other things. Getting married can change your temperament. It is much better than going on like this."

Zhu Yunfeng sat down on the sofa opposite the desk and said lazily, "Why go to the court? I'm not the emperor. It's Grandpa Taibo who should worry about it. I'll just relax for a while."

"So you really plan to continue to be idle like this for the rest of your life?"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.

He was actually very resistant to Zhu Yunfeng entering the court at first.

But later, he became more and more satisfied with Zhu Biao's handling of government affairs.

Zhu Biao's position was as solid as a rock, and he was no longer at risk of dying young.

In this case, there is no need to worry about Zhu Yunfeng taking advantage of his modern status to cause trouble.

And later he realized that his initial caution was unnecessary.

Zhu Yunfeng is not the type of person who likes to stir up trouble. He is too lazy. He is too lazy to do many things unless you force him to do them.

To suspect that he has ideas about power is pure groundlessness.

The result was that after four years, Old Zhu became increasingly annoyed with Zhu Yunfeng's laziness and wanted to find him something to do.

But Zhu Yunfeng naturally resisted.

You are kidding.

In modern times, it means money; in ancient times, it means power.

You can enjoy various life conveniences.

Are the young models in the club not fun, or are the luxury cars, mansions and 6090 graphics cards not satisfying enough?
Do you have to go to the court to suffer?

Makes no sense.

However, now facing Lao Zhu's urging to get married and work harder, Zhu Yunfeng had no reason to refute.

You can't just admit that you want to be a useless person your whole life.

Even though he was a rich and powerful loser, it still made elders like Lao Zhu feel uncomfortable.

So when faced with Lao Zhu's questioning, his brain started working quickly, and suddenly his eyes lit up and he came up with a good idea.

"Of course not."

Zhu Yunfeng said righteously: "It's time to find something to do next year."

"Well, I'm glad you have this intention."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Ready to charge."

"Charging? What?"

"Recharge the stone tablet."

Zhu Yunfeng asked tentatively: "Do you remember the future world I told you about? Don't you want to visit the future Ming Dynasty? Although the Ming Dynasty in this world has become different, what about the other Ming Dynasties in the parallel world? Those are also your descendants, don't you want to help them? Especially during the late Ming Dynasty and the Southern Ming Dynasty."

"Oh?"

Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang remember this matter.

Naturally, he wanted to see the future world of the Ming Dynasty, but too many things happened in recent years and he was delayed.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty during the Hongwu Dynasty was already on the right track and was carrying out preliminary industrial chain construction.

Before the global industrial system matured, during the Second Industrial Revolution, even countries like Belgium had their own industrial system.

This system can be understood as isolationism like that of the United States and my country's internal circulation system.

However, as industrialization deepens, industrial scale continues to expand, and technology continues to improve, small countries can no longer play and can only join the wave of globalization.

The Ming Dynasty is now in its early stages and needs to improve its country's internal circulation system. Therefore, both Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao are currently moving towards this goal.

The first two years were spent on accumulating technology, and the past two years have been spent on paving the way. First, steel mills were built across the country, followed by textile mills, cement mills, glass mills, sugar mills, bicycle factories, sewing machine factories, and so on.

We may not be able to get refrigerators, televisions and washing machines now, but at least we have to repair the roads and build the railways so that the people can have warm clothes, fruit and sugar.

Under such circumstances, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao focused on development and forgot about the world behind them.

Now that the Ming Dynasty is in good order, Zhu Biao is fully capable of planning the path that the Ming Dynasty will take in the next five, ten, even fifty or one hundred years, without having to worry about future problems.

Perhaps it is time to consider traveling to another world and see what the scenery of the Ming Dynasty was like in other periods.

"Well, this matter can indeed be put on the agenda."

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "I am very pleased that Biaoer is governing the country well. Now that he has some free time, he occasionally goes out for an outing with your grandmother, or handles some military affairs, such as the local corrupt officials reported by the Jinyiwei and the Inspectorate. There is nothing else to do. It would be nice to meet other emperors, so let Biaoer do it."

"what?"

Zhu Yunfeng wondered, "Are you going to abdicate and become the emperor?"

"Hahahahahaha."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "If Biao'er wants to be the emperor, then I will abdicate and become the emperor emeritus. Anyway, whether he is the emperor or the crown prince, the relationship between Biao'er and me is nothing more than a matter of status. In the past, I was afraid that Biao'er would be indecisive or make bad policies that would harm the country, so I only let him supervise the country but not let him govern. Now Biao'er is a qualified emperor, so it is right for him to be the emperor."

'Ah!~'

Zhu Yunfeng showed a look of disgust on his face and shushed Zhu Yuanzhang in his heart.

You are so stubborn, don't you know how many bad policies you have implemented? You even have the nerve to say that you are afraid of Zhu Biao's bad policies. You are really trying to flatter yourself.

In the final analysis, you always think that your policies are good policies, and that Zhu Biao's policies are bad, so you just suppress them with force.

But he certainly couldn't say this, so Zhu Yunfeng said, "That's it, I'll go back first. It will probably take a long time to charge the battery, and then I'll move the stone tablet away and stop the traffic for a while."

"Well, come back next February."

Zhu Yuanzhang said it was no problem.

"Let's go."

Zhu Yunfeng quickly took Ji He and Zhu Di and ran away.

His parents were too embarrassed to urge him to get married, but now his ancestors for more than 20 generations are urging him to get married. It's so hard to deal with this.

Back to the present, Shangfeng Mountain is covered with heavy snow again.

This is almost becoming a regular feature of every winter.

It is strange that there is no snow in the town at the foot of the mountain, but it always snows on the top of the mountain in winter.

Zhu Yunfeng moved the stone tablet a little, turned on the charger, used industrial electricity directly, and increased the horsepower to charge the stone tablet.

Zhu Di was quite happy.

I haven’t had to see my parents for two months. Living conditions are good in modern times and I am living a comfortable life.

However, the mountain was blocked by heavy snow, so no matter how good the road built by Yunfeng Group was, it was useless.

Zhu Yunfeng's home on the top of the mountain has now been turned into a villa, and the fields behind the house have been flattened and turned into a garden.

The three little ones turned on the central air conditioning in the house to dispel the cold.

When you open the floor-to-ceiling window, you can see the grass in the garden behind covered with snow, and the trees that are still lush and green in winter and covered with snow.

"It's time to explore another world again."

Zhu Yunfeng stood on the second-floor balcony with his hands on his hips, overlooking the garden. He was also full of anticipation for the world behind the stone tablet.

(End of this chapter)