Bringing the Railway to Daming

Chapter 256: Major Renovation of the Fort! Dangerous Action Movie [Please Subscribe]

Liu Kuan was speechless after hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang said, and thought to himself: Old Zhu, you know there is no need to repair it, but you still want to repair it. Are you trying to be a tyrant?
He pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, there really is no need to rebuild the Great Wall anymore. In fact, during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the Great Wall only had the many city gates built today, and they were not connected by border walls."

"It was several decades later that the Ming Dynasty began to take a defensive stance in the north, shrinking its defenses. It was then that border walls were built, relying on various city gates and mountain ridges, forming the Great Wall of Ming."

"Now the Ming Dynasty not only possesses the military strength to deal with the nomadic tribes on the grasslands, but also has the means to completely bring the grasslands under its rule. A hundred years from now, the nomadic peoples on the grasslands will no longer be a threat. What is the need for building the Great Wall?"

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Di.

Others didn't know what Zhu meant, but Zhu Biao, Zhu Di and Liu Kuan understood - the reason why the Ming Dynasty in later generations was reduced to building the Great Wall (border wall) to block the grassland tribes was not because of Zhu Di's good grandson?

Zhu Di was embarrassed, but he couldn't say anything in this situation.

Zhu Yuanzhang said, "That makes sense. There's really no need to build the Great Wall. But what about the Guizhou Tunbu?"

Liu Kuan said: "The construction of tunbao is still possible, because the existence of tunbao is not only to deter local ethnic minorities, but also has the positive significance of promoting the integration of these ethnic minorities with the Han people."

"In addition, the construction of tunbao has also, to a certain extent, strengthened the exchanges and communication between Guizhou and the outside world, which is beneficial to the development of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau."

"Now that we in the Ming Dynasty have cement, we can even build better garrisons, post stations, and post roads in Guizhou."

"When railway and bridge construction technology reaches a certain level in the future, we can also overhaul railways, bridges, and roads, as shown in the video just now, to ensure unimpeded access to Guizhou and the outside world."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Well said! We must not only build this Guizhou Tunbu, but also build it better and on a larger scale!"

Zhu Biao also said, "What my brother-in-law said is indeed reasonable. Tunbu is not only a military building, but also a place where soldiers and civilians of the garrison live. It will be of great benefit to the development of Guizhou and should be built on a large scale."

"Even in places like Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Beibei, where the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and where ethnic minorities and tribes refuse to submit to the king's rule, more garrisons should be built and garrisons established."

Afterwards, Old Zhu discussed with the older princes for a long time the many advantages of establishing a garrison in the southwest before they stopped.

"Didn't you prepare a movie? Turn it on and play it."

Zhu's concubines and young children had been drowsy from listening to the men discussing the military settlements, but when they heard about the movie, they all perked up.

The children, in particular, stared at Liu Kuan and Pingban with their dark eyes wide open.

Liu Kuan didn't waste any time. He smiled and turned on the movie he had prepared.

Lao Zhu asked: "What is this movie about?"

"Your Majesty, I downloaded this movie on August 3rd of the year before last. Perhaps its content isn't worth learning from for the Ming Dynasty, but it's definitely good."

Zhu Yuanzhang was not disappointed after hearing this. He said, "As long as it looks good, it's fine. It's New Year's Day, so let's have some fun together."

Liu Kuan had already turned on the movie, and after hearing what Lao Zhu said, he couldn't help but remind him, "Your Majesty, this movie is not a comedy, but a thrilling and exciting action movie."

A thrilling and dangerous action blockbuster?
The Zhu family was a little confused after hearing this. They couldn't imagine what a film with this description would look like.

Liu Kuan didn't explain much, put the tablet away and started playing the movie.

At this time, the name of the movie also appeared above the video - "Crisis Route"!
Crisis route?

Is it about future navigation or aviation?
When the movie's producer's opening credits were playing, Lao Zhu, Zhu Biao and others began to speculate on the content based on the names.

Soon the opening credits ended, and three small words "Eight Years Ago" appeared on the black screen, followed by a series of fragmented memory shots.

Only a few people like Lao Zhu seemed to understand that it seemed that in a family in later generations, the couple were always in conflict, which had some bad influence on their daughter, and then the family had a car accident.

Then the couple divorced, the husband left alone, and the wife lived with their daughter.

Over the past few years, the wife seemed to have forgiven her husband and was interested in reconciling, but the daughter was unwilling to forgive her husband.

Seeing this, although Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma and others used their intelligence to deduce the general plot, it was still a little difficult to understand.

Firstly, this segment is made up of fragmented memories and the plot is incoherent; secondly, filial piety was the most important thing in the Ming Dynasty, and the husband was the head of the family. Even if a man made a mistake, as long as it did not violate moral principles, he would not be forced to divorce his wife and not be forgiven by his daughter.

"It seems that the customs and even moral principles of later generations are very different from those of the Ming Dynasty."

"Just looking at the plot of this movie, I'm afraid such changes in the future aren't a good thing."

When Zhu Yuanzhang and other "ancients" speculated about the moral principles of later generations, the protagonist Gao Haojun's memories ended and the main film began.

The first ten minutes or so of this film were quite bland, and in later generations, it seemed like an ordinary urban drama, which is why its box office performance was mediocre.

But for the Zhu family, everything in the future is interesting, even if it is just an ordinary urban drama.

Soon, it was time for the movie to introduce the A380 large passenger aircraft that had just been launched by Aerospace Corporation.

"This five-star hotel in the sky has first-class cabins, duty-free shops, restaurants, beauty salons and massage rooms on the top floor. The second floor is business class, business center and economy class..." The Zhu family was stunned by the interior layout and decoration of the large passenger plane shown in the movie, as well as the various services that passengers can get.

They didn't expect that people in the future would not only be able to build airplanes as big as a building, but also decorate them so luxuriously, even extravagantly.

Zhu Yuanzhang even felt that compared with the environment and various services provided by passengers on the plane, the enjoyment he enjoyed as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was nothing.

The gap in their enjoyment is as huge as that between a local rich man in the countryside and a powerful official in the capital!

Zhu Biao and others also had similar feelings.

At the same time, Zhu Biao also vaguely understood why Liu Kuan wanted to return to the afterlife so much - the life of an ordinary person in the afterlife was much better than that of the princes and nobles of the Ming Dynasty, so Liu Kuan naturally did not want to stay in the Ming Dynasty and "suffer."

Because attention is focused on the luxurious configuration of the large passenger aircraft, few people pay attention to the various mysteries or foreshadowings hidden in the subsequent boarding plot.

So, more than ten minutes later, the robbers hijacked the plane, and the Zhu family was completely stunned.

Zhu Ying couldn't help but exclaim, "Are these people crazy? They're actually robbing on a plane? Even if they get the money, where can they escape to?"

Lao Zhu and others also looked at Liu Kuan, obviously having similar questions.

Liu Kuan had to explain, "Your Highness, Prince Jin, just keep reading and you'll naturally find out how the robbers escaped."

"The robber really escaped?" Zhu Ying was obviously dissatisfied.

Liu Kuan didn't answer again.

Zhu Ying didn't want to say anything more, and everyone looked back.

Later on, of course, the plot is about Andy Lau playing an airplane security officer who fights wits and courage with a group of robbers in order to save his wife, daughter and many passengers.

For Liu Kuan, who has watched many later blockbusters, this segment is actually quite ordinary. The fight between Andy Lau and the robbers is quite thrilling and exciting, which makes men's adrenaline surge.

At the same time, the robbers' brutality, madness and indiscriminate killing of innocent people also left a deep impression on people.

Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Xing, Zhu Di and others have been to the battlefield, fought hand-to-hand with the enemy many times, and even commanded thousands of troops, but they still kept their eyes fixed and even their minds were tense when watching this plot.

Because in their perception, these people were fighting on a plane. If the plane was damaged, wouldn't everyone be doomed?
If you are on a boat and the boat sinks, there is a certain chance of survival if you jump into the sea, but what should you do at high altitudes?
When the parachute was mentioned repeatedly, Zhu Yuanzhang and others realized that the robbers were planning to escape using a parachute.

At this time, they were even more worried about the passengers on the plane, because after the robbers parachuted away, there would be no one to fly such a large plane, and something would definitely happen!
Fortunately, later in the story, after being rescued, the president of the aerospace company said that he could fly the plane. However, the plane had been severely damaged in the previous fight and had to make an emergency landing.

Although the Zhu family did not know what an emergency landing was, they could see that it was a very dangerous thing.

When the plane door opened, the most thrilling part of the film began.

First, Gao Haojun confronted the leader of the robbers. At the same time, the brave passengers and crew members took the opportunity to counterattack the other robbers who were about to escape, and finally eliminated them all.

Gao Haojun's daughter accidentally fell out of the plane during the fight. Fortunately, she grabbed the rope and was rescued by a female flight attendant who could parachute.

When it came to the last part where the plane made an emergency landing on the highway and learned that the plane had to land its front wheels on two large trucks, almost everyone in the movie had their hearts in their throats.

The scene in the film where the A380 passenger plane flies low over the city and lands on two large trucks at high speed is really too shocking.

When Liu Kuan, a later generation, saw it for the first time, he felt so shocked that his hair stood on end, not to mention the Zhu family who had never seen such a blockbuster.

When the plane finally landed safely, Liu Kuan even heard a collective sigh of relief.

A few minutes later, the movie subtitles were finished, and Zhu Yuanzhang and others came to their senses.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, "If something were to happen to a means of transportation like airplanes in the future, it would be truly horrific. If this happens to airplanes, I'm sure the same will happen to trains. Now I understand even more clearly why you set such strict security regulations for train passengers."

Zhu Biao also agreed. "Your Majesty is right. If the trains of our Ming Dynasty were running at the speed they did, passengers would still have a chance to escape by jumping out of the window in the event of an accident. But if the trains were to reach the speed of later generations, it would be difficult for passengers to escape."

"However, even though our Ming Dynasty trains are slow, we still have to strictly prohibit civilians from carrying weapons such as knives and guns on board. Oh, and we also have to be vigilant against train staff colluding with robbers, both inside and outside the city."

No wonder Zhu Biao focused on the key points so much. The collusion between the flight attendants and the robbers in the movie was so impressive.

After talking about the safety issues of airplanes and trains, Lao Zhu became jealous of the big planes in the movie.

He said, "Liu Kuan, I heard that the Machinery Manufacturing Bureau and the Locomotive Manufacturing Bureau have been jointly developing steamships with the Baochuan Factory."

"Among the main means of transportation in the future, we in the Ming Dynasty already have trains, and ships will soon be available. But when will airplanes and cars be built?"

　First update.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)