Daming Military Empire

Chapter 423
As soon as the plan for the new city was finalized, Zhu Cijiong immediately summoned relevant personnel to start building the new city. The first step was naturally to build the city wall. Fortunately, the construction army was resting in Dongdaying, and it was enough to recruit them directly.

Of course, the construction of an urban area is not just a plan, but also a specific construction plan and architectural drawings. In this regard, the Nancheng District does not need to worry about it. The city wall is repaired, the roads are repaired, and the infrastructure such as water supply and drainage is completed. That's it, the rest is to auction the land. Not only does it not require investment, but it can also make money. Now the land price in the capital is also rising. For such a large area in Nancheng District, it can earn at least tens of millions of taels if it is auctioned!
It’s different in Beicheng District. The investment alone is 100 million taels of silver. Don’t even think about putting it in the Chongzhen Dynasty. At that time, the only place in the world that could spend so much money was Spain. Daming’s poor [-] million Both are hard to pick out.

It's different now, once the wool of the Mughal Empire is sheared, the gold and silver are rushing to Daming, plus the income of major firms in other places, this year, Zhu Cijiong doesn't know how much money he can make, He is not the kind of master who only knows that making money will not cost money. If the money is earned but not spent, what is there to do there?Are you looking?

Earning money must be transformed into strength. Whether it is military strength or economic strength, it must be strengthened. If you pick and choose, you will still be robbed by others in the end. With the expansion of the capital, the growth of economic strength is obvious. A Nancheng District , I don’t know how much income can be added to the Ming court and the people.

As for the military strength, it is actually growing faintly. The purpose of establishing schools and cultivating talents is to develop military and civilian industries. When the military industry develops, the military strength will naturally follow. However, this cannot be achieved immediately, and it takes time to accumulate.

Running a school is related to a half-year plan, so Zhu Cijiong is very concerned about the construction plan of Beicheng District. He has to read all the architectural drawings in person. Although he is not an expert in architecture, he has seen many universities in later generations. No one can compare to him in terms of experience in building a school, so whenever he puts forward suggestions for improvement, the design officials of the Ministry of Industry are amazed and praise the emperor for his wisdom.

With his participation, the architectural design is becoming more and more perfect, and the infrastructure construction is also progressing rapidly. If you want to say that the current level of construction in Daming is appalling, it is like building a city wall. Slowly pile up, and then burn bricks to build bricks on top, the whole process is extremely complicated.

It’s all right now, it’s a lot of money, just put the reinforced concrete on it, once the deck is put on, the steel bars are tied, and the cement concrete is poured, the wall surface is basically ready, then fill the middle with soil, and continue to reinforce the concrete on the top, the speed, Just like building blocks.

Building roads is even more exaggerated. The earth-turning dragon turns over all the way, and then shovels away the soil directly. The roadbed is completed. Then, as soon as the deck is put on, the steel bars are tied, the cement concrete is poured, and then the top is smoothed. Wait for the cement to dry. One road is finished!

Just as the construction of the capital was in full swing, Cao Huachun suddenly came to report: "Sun Chengzong, the Duke of Zhenguo, begged to see him."

The Taifu actually came, Zhu Cijiong's surprise was no small matter, it was definitely a major event, otherwise the Taifu would not have come to the capital suddenly, could it be that Monan rebelled!
Impossible, he should have sent a telegram to inform the capital of such a thing, and he would immediately lead the troops to suppress the rebellion. It is absolutely impossible to go to the capital to report in person. What is it?
Zhu Cijiong quickly dropped the architectural drawings and said loudly, "Xuan."

Soon, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and Zhu Cijiong immediately got up and came to the door, and welcomed the white-haired Grand Tutor Sun Chengzong in, and asked in surprise, "Teacher, why are you here?" ?”

Although Sun Chengzong is over 70 years old, he is still in good health. You must know that during the Chongzhen Dynasty, when he was over 70 years old, he led the army and people of Gaoyang City to fight against the Qing army. Unfortunately, he was captured in the end and hanged himself to death.

Now he naturally doesn't need to go into battle in person anymore, but his loyalty to Daming is unwavering. No, he dared to travel so far at such an age to come to the capital in person to meet the emperor. The heart of the country for the people can be seen.

Seeing the worried look on the emperor's face, he quickly comforted him: "Don't worry, your majesty, I have come to the capital this time because I have something good to discuss with the emperor."

In Sun Chengzong's eyes, maybe Zhu Cijiong will always be that innocent little prince who needs to be cared for.

Hearing his child-like tone, Zhu Cijiong was not only not angry, but was moved to tears, and he said in a slightly reproachful tone: "If there is anything to do, you can just send a telegram, why go to the capital in person Come on, you are so old, can't you live in Liaodong and take care of your old age?"

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he laughed and said: "Your Majesty, my minister is in good health, let alone sitting on the train for a few days, it is no problem to go into battle and kill the enemy."

Indeed, Sun Chengzong's face is still full of red, he is full of energy, and there is no sign of old age. Zhu Cijiong took a closer look and felt that Sun Chengzong didn't want to be pretending, so he let go of his worries and asked curiously: "Then why did the Taifu come to see you?" What about me?"

When Sun Chengzong heard the words, he immediately said excitedly: "I wonder if the emperor has ever heard of Nuer Gandusi?"

This Zhu Cijiong naturally knew, he immediately got up and found a map of the largest territory in the Ming Dynasty, spread it on the conference table, pointed to a large area in the northeastern part of Liaodong, and said: "This is the Nuer Gandu Division that the Taifu said?"

When Sun Chengzong saw the map, he immediately stroked it excitedly. While stroking, he murmured: "Yes, it's here. There are Qinzhenhewei, Gaipingwei, Yimuhewei, Hulumuwei, and Manjinghewei in the north." There are more than 200 guards such as guards, when did this map come out, why have I never seen it before?"

Zhu Cijiong smiled naively and said: "Hehe, this is what I asked people to piece together the largest territory of the Ming Dynasty and draw it. Of course, the Taifu has never seen it."

Sun Chengzong said excitedly: "Then what does the emperor mean, is to regain all the lost territory?"

Zhu Cijiong didn't realize it until now, and instead of answering, he asked: "Could it be that the purpose of the Taifu's coming this time is to recover the large territory north of Nuer Gandusi?"

Sun Chengzong nodded firmly and said: "Yes, from Liaodong to the sea of ​​ice and snow in the north, this large piece of land was originally the territory of Ming Dynasty, and I have long wanted to take it back, but the emperor has needed to use Liaodong for the past few years to fight north and south. Therefore, Weichen can only wait for a while. Now Liaodong has gathered 40 soldiers and horses. In addition, it is the scorching midsummer, which is the time when northern Xinjiang is thawing, so Weichen wants to lead the army to advance northward. I also hope that the emperor will grant you."

Zhu Cijiong just remembered now that after the Mughal Empire war, he sent the Guanning Army and the Dongjiang Army back to Liaodong to rest. Isn't it exactly 40?

Zhu Cijiong immediately nodded and said: "This is a good thing, you can just send a telegram, and I have no reason to refuse!"

(End of this chapter)