Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 94: Jianwen Dynasty? There is a big drama to watch!

It was decided that Zhu Yuanzhang would lead the army in person.

Historically, in the early Ming Dynasty, there was a shortage of materials, the country was poor and the people were weak, so the country could only develop step by step.

Even so, in order to support Xu Da, Mu Ying and others in fighting in the north, the national treasury suffered serious losses.

As a last resort, Zhu Yuanzhang created the Guo Huan case to recover the so-called stolen money in order to make up for the expenditure of the national treasury.

But it is no longer necessary now.

Zhu Yunfeng can provide more than 10 million silver dollars every year. This year, the grain harvest is very good, and the new crops have greatly increased the yield.

Although the plate has just been laid out and it will take time to further improve, it is enough now.

As long as the national treasury is not in deficit and the people have enough food, he can support his Northern Expedition.

The only regret is that weapons and equipment cannot be upgraded.

The scientific research capabilities and technical conditions for thermal weapons are still immature. At least the Ming Dynasty has to solve the energy and power problem before it can produce guns in large quantities.

It is actually possible to upgrade cold weapons. You can buy a large amount of modern steel and send it to ancient times for forging. Each weapon will be made of tempered steel and will be much stronger than ancient wrought iron weapons.

But it also takes time.

Moreover, the upgrade of thermal weapons is actually not slow. Zhu Yunfeng's plan is to develop electric power. In the second half of the year, he will spend hundreds of thousands to buy hydroelectric generators from Hyundai, dismantle them and transport them to Ming Dynasty in the way of ants moving.

Then find a river with faster water flow, reassemble the generator and start building a power station. Then buy electric motors from Hyundai, and you can start building electric power right away.

At that time, we will buy raw materials such as steel pipes from modern times, get the gun design drawings, and then process and assemble them directly in Ming Dynasty.

The bullets are simple too.

In the Ming Dynasty, we made our own nitroglycerin, and we got some cotton to make nitrocellulose. We put a little bit of it in bullets, fired it with a striker, and we could immediately surpass the matchlock and flintlock rifles and enter the era of hot weapons during World War I and World War II.

Moreover, generator sets, electric motors, steel pipes, firearms formulas, and lathes are all legal things to obtain in modern times. Things that cannot be obtained can be obtained in the Ming Dynasty, and they are much more secretive in terms of security.

So there is actually no need to spend so much effort upgrading cold weapons or making matchlock rifles or flintlock rifles.

Now let's use granular black powder with a perfect proportion formula to make a batch of grenades and cannons. After two years, we can directly use electric power to make modern firearms. Wouldn't that be better than primitive weapons?

After all, in this era of great talent and power, there are people who can use their steel hands to rub a double-barreled shotgun.

With a generator set, an electric motor and a lathe, it is equivalent to having complete industrial capabilities. As long as the raw materials are supplied, making guns is easy.

At noon, Zhu Yunfeng, Ji He and Zhu Di returned to the modern era.

During this time, Zhu Di even took the time to return to Chunhe Palace and chat with his wife Xu Miaoyun for a while.

After returning from the Ming Dynasty, Ji He looked Zhu Di up and down and asked, "Old Four, why did you go to Chunhe Palace just now?"

"Look at my wife and kids, is there anything wrong?"

Zhu Di said as a matter of course.

"This guy often runs back in the middle of the night."

Zhu Yunfeng said disdainfully, "He goes there at one or two o'clock every time and comes back in the morning, sneaking around like a thief."

"I have a wife, do you have one?"

Zhu Di put his hands on his hips and looked smug and mean: "Two single dogs."

"I'll blanch it."

Ji He had a bad temper, rolled up his sleeves and said, "This cannot be tolerated."

"Forget it, Brother Chi, give me some face."

Zhu Yunfeng hugged Ji He's broad body and said, "He doesn't even have an ID card now, so he can't even get a hotel room. Next time we go to Changsha, we won't take him with us."

"Forehead"

Zhu Di's smug look froze for a moment, and then he said in a flattering manner: "Fengzi, Chichi, we are all brothers, you can't be so disloyal."

"Hahahaha."

Ji He and Zhu Yunfeng both laughed.

The three of them joked and played with each other for a while, then went to the kitchen to make lunch.

Zhu Yunfeng’s cooking skills are actually average. He’s fine for making some home-cooked meals, but he’s not so good at making big dishes.

Ji He is a good cook. He can cook both braised food and main dishes. Beer duck, stewed pig's trotters, braised pork with preserved vegetables, and braised pork are all good.

It makes sense that he could grow to 260 or 270 kilograms.

After lunch, Zhu Di was about to go upstairs to play games, but was stopped by Zhu Yunfeng in the living room on the first floor.

"Fourth."

"Ok?"

"We have to do something big today."

"What are you doing?"

"Go to the Second World!"

"now go?"

"Ah."

Zhu Yunfeng nodded and said, "The first stage for Daming has been completed, and we are indeed starting to prepare to explore the second world."

The first stage is to produce food and boost the economy.

The Ming Dynasty has already distributed seeds and fertilizers. In the second half of this year, there will be one million acres of land in Taihu Lake. Even if the output is reduced from 1600 jin per acre to 1000 jin due to the use of traditional composting methods, there will still be an output of more than 500 million shi.

You should know that the annual tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty during this period was only about 3000 million shi. Although it is not a big increase, these 500 million shi can be widely distributed in the Taihu Lake and Dongting Lake basins next year.

In addition, with the promotion of crops such as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes in the north, and the extensive use of traditional composting methods to increase yields, it is hard not to increase production.

It is expected that in the first half of next year, the Ming Dynasty will be able to complete the entire grain doubling plan.

In terms of economy, more than one million strings of silver coins were transported to the Ming Dynasty every month, which amounted to more than ten million silver coins a year, greatly increasing the Ming Dynasty's treasury revenue.

Although it is not possible to shake up the entire Ming Dynasty's economic system for the time being, things will be different next year.

Because according to Zhu Yunfeng's estimate, next year he will transport various equipment to Daming including hydroelectric generators, generator sets, a large number of wires and cables, as well as lathes, stamping machines, etc.

In addition, we also deliver various high-precision tools, rulers, beakers, wrenches and hammers made of various high-strength alloys.

There is absolutely no problem in setting up a small physical processing plant.

At that time, we will teach them basic physics and chemistry knowledge, and let them get the chemical raw materials and smelt and forge various minerals by themselves.

Making silver coins by ourselves through factories is definitely much better than producing them secretly as it is now.

So there is nothing to worry about at this point.

This completes the first phase of the transportation mission, and now it’s time to study this second world.

So curious.

Half a year has passed since Lao Zhu discovered this second world.

Every time Zhu Yunfeng went to Daming, he couldn't help but take a look at the small protruding ball in the middle of the second pair of dragons and phoenixes on the stone tablet.

The first sphere has become very smooth due to people coming in and out all year round.

The other spheres even had a thin layer of dust on them.

"What are you waiting for? Go check it out."

Zhu Di also became excited. His position and situation in the Ming Dynasty was quite embarrassing, and exploring the second world could help him find something to do.

"Let's go get something."

Zhu Yunfeng waved his hand.

The three of them went to the bedroom on the first floor.

There is also a bedroom on the first floor of Zhu Yunfeng's house, on the left side when entering the main room.

The living room is on the right side of the main hall, and the kitchen and utility room are on the right side of the corridor.

Walk further into the living room and you will reach the second floor.

Now the utility room, which serves as the entrance to Daming, has been closed, and the debris inside has been cleaned up and piled up in the bedroom on the first floor.

Some miscellaneous things that Zhu Yunfeng bought were also placed here.

At this moment, some things were piled on the wooden bed in the bedroom on the first floor, including oxygen cylinders, protective clothing, pressure plates, miner's lamps, gloves, helmets, masks, engineer shovels, etc.

The three men moved all the things into the cellar, and everyone gathered around the stone tablet, looking at each other.

"Who's going?"

Zhu Di asked.

Ji He gritted his teeth and said, "Let me do it."

"Forget it, I'll go." Zhu Yunfeng took the protective suit and started putting it on.

Ji He said worriedly, "What if something unexpected happens if you go? We can't leave you here now."

"People have to be responsible. Since it was me who proposed it, I will definitely go."

Zhu Yunfeng put on his helmet as he spoke.

He actually thought about asking Lao Zhu to send death row prisoners over for experiments.

But there is a high probability that death row prisoners will never return.

Sending soldiers is not a good idea either.

Not to mention that the soldier's life is also a life. Based on his understanding of Lao Zhu, even if the soldier's exploration is successful, the soldier will most likely be killed.

What's more, the situation over there is very complicated. It may be underground and we don't know if there is any space to move around.

The ancient soldiers' understanding of modern technology was not enough to support a panicked person to calm down and respond.

In a nervous situation, I was bumping around everywhere, not knowing how to breathe with the oxygen cylinder, and not knowing what to do. If I hit the miner's lamp above my head, the impact might cause a secondary collapse on that side.

If he is really buried underneath and cannot find the stone tablet to return to, he will turn into a corpse over time, which will most likely cause the only space through which he could travel back to be blocked.

Then there would be no way to go to the second world.

So Zhu Yunfeng had to go in person.

Even if he found that something was wrong, he could handle it calmly, find the stone tablet and get back.

Soon he was fully armed.

He was wearing protective clothing, a miner's hat on his head, a mask on his face, an engineer shovel in his hand, and an oxygen tank on his back.

The pressure-resistant board was made into the shape of a coffee table and placed on the stone tablet. Zhu Yunfeng lay in the middle and the stone tablet was underneath.

Zhu Di and Ji He beside him were very nervous and said, "Fengzi, if the situation is not right, come back immediately."

"rest assured!"

Zhu Yunfeng responded, then took a deep breath, put the breathing plug of the oxygen cylinder into his mouth, hugged the pressure plate with his right hand, and touched the second ball on the stone tablet with his left hand.

"Whoosh!"

Almost in an instant, Zhu Yunfeng's figure disappeared from the sight of Zhu Di and Ji He, making them both nervous.

At this moment in another parallel world, Zhu Yunfeng's figure appeared.

Zhu Yunfeng stared straight ahead. In an instant, the space fluctuated and another scene appeared before his eyes.

This is a very narrow space. There is soft soil in front of it. The stone tablet lies quietly underneath, with scattered soil and stones everywhere around it.

Glancing around, Zhu Yunfeng discovered that this was indeed a cave, with space barely enough for him.

It was probably because Lao Zhu moved around last time, causing some of it to collapse. The stone tablet on the ground was completely covered with mud, and broken stones and soil were scattered all over the ground.

All I can say is that it’s a blessing that it didn’t collapse completely, and the stone tablet wasn’t completely buried in the earth. Otherwise, I don’t know whether it squeezed out of the space with its flesh, or was squeezed into meat paste by the earth.

Zhu Yunfeng raised the engineer shovel with difficulty and dug up the soil in front of him, but he found that it was too narrow and there was no place to put the soil. Finally, he decided to go back to the modern era and get a snakeskin bag to hold the soil.

"how is it going?"

When Zhu Yunfeng appeared on the stone tablet again, Ji He and Zhu Di asked hurriedly.

"Luckily you didn't go Chichi, otherwise it would be over."

Zhu Yunfeng climbed up from the stone tablet and said, "It's really small over there, probably only one or two cubic meters of space. You can't even stand there, you can only lie down. If you go there, you will definitely get stuck in the soil. I guess our ancestors caused it to collapse last time, otherwise it wouldn't be so difficult for me to deal with it."

The last time Lao Zhu went there, he could still barely stand, but now he can only lie down. It can be seen that Lao Zhu still caused a great impact last time.

But at least it’s a good thing that it didn’t collapse completely, and there’s still room for recovery.

"What should we do now?"

"Get a snakeskin bag to hold the soil and dig slowly."

"Row."

Ji He climbed out of the cellar and soon brought down a lot of snakeskin bags.

Zhu Yunfeng took one and returned to the second world to start digging.

But the place was too narrow, so they could only go slowly. Moreover, as they dug, stones and soil kept falling on their heads.

If it weren't for the pressure plate on his head, he would have been knocked dizzy even with a helmet.

After digging for an entire afternoon, Zhu Yunfeng dug out two large bags of snakeskin bags and barely dug out a space of three or four square meters and two meters high.

He came back in the evening and had a meal. He was very tired. This time, Ji He took over.

Ji He dug until 9 o'clock in the evening. After about 3 hours, he couldn't do it anymore because he was too fat and didn't have enough physical strength. So Zhu Di took over.

Zhu Di worked until about one o'clock in the morning of the next day before leaving get off work to rest.

2025年阳历7月7日，农历6月13日早上8点钟，朱云峰又开始了新的挖掘工作。

This time he was not only fully armed, but also brought pepper spray in case of any accidents, because he felt it was almost done. They dug for more than ten hours in total, and they transported out five large bags of soil.

The space under the cave has become very large, especially near the stone tablet, which has been completely dug out, and a pressure-resistant plate is placed on top of the stone tablet to prevent it from collapsing and crushing it.

Zhu Yunfeng was digging the soil, while Ji He and Zhu Di were putting up pressure-resistant boards at the back. If there was a total collapse, they would have to use the pressure-resistant boards to create a way out.

At this time, Zhu Yunfeng had already started digging upwards. He found a stepladder, stood on it and dug down the soil above his head.

“It feels open.”

Zhu Yunfeng dug away the last bit of soil, used an engineer's shovel to touch the ground above him, and said in surprise: "It should be a stone slab."

"Can you poke it open?"

Ji Hyuk asked.

"Let me try."

Zhu Yunfeng used an engineer shovel to push hard.

I didn't expect it to actually open.

After lifting up a piece of ground, fresh air blew in their faces, and the scorching sun above their heads made the three people below feel blinded and unable to see anything.

After getting a little accustomed, Zhu Yunfeng stood on the top of the stepladder and stuck his head out to look.

I saw that this was a familiar place - the square outside the Qianqing Palace!
It was quiet all around, with no one around.

'This is? ’

"Ming?"

Zhu Yunfeng opened his eyes wide and looked around. This place was so familiar. He used to come here every day.

But why is the Qianqing Palace so deserted?

Just when Zhu Yunfeng was confused, a noisy sound suddenly came from the distance.

Countless people rushed in through the southern gate of the Qianqing Palace, all wearing scarlet robes, surrounding a panicked young man and heading towards the Qianqing Palace.

Upon seeing this, Zhu Yunfeng hurriedly pulled the stone slab over and covered his head with it, leaving only a crack.

Then he heard a chaotic noise outside, someone cursed: "Zhu Tan and Li Jinglong are two beasts, they have failed the emperor's grace."

Someone said, "Quickly escort His Majesty and gather the soldiers to resist."

Someone else said, "It's bad. The Yan thieves have already entered the city and are heading for the palace."

'I'm boiling!'

Zhu Yunfeng's eyes widened and he became very excited.

This is the Jinchuan Gate Incident.

It turns out that the second gate is the Jianwen Dynasty of Zhu Yunwen!

"Hurry, there's something interesting to watch."

Zhu Yunfeng immediately closed the stone slab and jumped off the ladder excitedly.

"What's going on?"

Ji He asked hurriedly.