Domineering Daming

The business that King Ping mentioned refers to the supply of all kinds of clothing, tributes, rice dishes, wine, etc. dedicated to serving the royal family. This was agreed upon before Zhu Xu took the throne.

Zhu Xu knew that this was the deterrent effect of the two cases of King Lu and King Jin, and it was a gesture of goodwill from the kings.

Thinking silently, it will not take a while to solve the clan's problem, Zhu Xu nodded and said: "Well, you can join if you want. They have to convince the local officials and wealthy families that their food, clothing, housing and transportation must also be provided by us. Just do it."

King Ping nodded again and again, "That's right."

He glanced at Zhu Xu, took another sip from the teacup carefully, and said: "Your Majesty, then, our garden must continue to expand, and we need to find more people."

The garden mentioned by King Ping refers to the land specially enclosed for the royal family, and there are breeding, planting, and cultivation in it.

Zhu Xu had no objection. When he thought of farming, he thought of farming in coastal shoals. Perhaps, this was also a help to solve the famine.Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at Cao Huachun, and said, "Send a message to uncle and let him see if seaside farming is feasible."

Cao Huachun was not surprised by Zhu Xu's sudden thought, so he nodded to express his memory.

King Ping looked at Zhu Xu, rolled his small eyes, and said, "Your Majesty, well, all the kings have come to Beijing. Look, do you want to take time to meet him?"

Zhu Xu really didn't like the princes of the clan, and he didn't have the so-called family affection, but he couldn't avoid seeing each other. After thinking about it, he said: "Well, I will send them into the palace when I find a chance. By the way, they all live in the palace. Where?"

King Ping's visit this time was actually because Zhu Xu hadn't received the princes who came to Beijing. He was urged to come to see Zhu Xu. Hearing Zhu Xu's words, he felt relieved and said with a smile: "They all have their own mansions. , are all in the palace."

Cao Huachun watched from behind, knowing that Zhu Xu had other thoughts, so he listened silently.

Zhu Xu picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "Isn't the Ten Princes' Mansion vacant? Let them all move into the Ten Princes' Mansion."

King Ping was taken aback, looked at Zhu Xu, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, do you really want to do this? What if they don't want to?"

Zhu Xu said indifferently: "If you don't want to, then you don't want to. Uncle Huang just makes a suggestion."

King Ping looked at Zhu Xu with an unchanged expression, and said hesitantly, "It's the emperor."

"Let's not talk about that, I want to listen to the opera. In a few days, I will go to the emperor's uncle's house to listen to the opera." Zhu Xu looked at King Ping and smiled.

King Ping suddenly became happy, and said: "Okay, then I will prepare when I go back and wait for the emperor."

Zhu Xu is willing to chat with King Ping, there is no burden, everything is for happiness.

On the second day, inside and outside the palace, things became restless again.

Later, Jinhuang Taiji was changed to Yuan Tiancong, and officially became the bandit chieftain who built slaves. When the news came, Qingliu was furious.

Zhu Youjian was also furious, ran to the imperial study room, and scolded Jiannu severely in front of Zhu Xu.

Zhu Xu shook his head secretly. Huang Taiji didn't change the country name because of scruples, and the timing was not ripe. When the country name is changed to Qing, Daming doesn't know how to make a fuss.

After comforting King Xin, Zhu Xu heard the bad news about the clan vassal again.

Dai Wang, Shu Wang, Zheng Wang and others contacted all the kings, plus a thousand county kings, dozens of people were unwilling to move into the ten princes' mansion, and they quarreled and even cursed at the mansion.

Cao Huachun felt that these princes had gone too far. This was an obvious insult to the emperor when he was young. Standing beside Zhu Xu, he said, "Your Majesty, do you want to reprimand me?"

Zhu Xu stood under the eaves of the Imperial Book House with his hands behind his back, looking at the clear sky and fine weather, he said: "What is there to reprimand, my request is not right in the first place, it's just a test, if they don't want it, they won't." Come on, let's go out of the palace."

Cao Huachun has always known that the emperor in front of him is a "narrow-minded", and he will take revenge. These vassal kings don't understand Shangyi, and they are afraid that they will suffer.

Zhu Xu called Cao Bianjiao, gathered his hands, got into the carriage, left the palace, and went straight to the outside of the city.

Cao Bianjiao rode a horse, with a silver-clothed spear and a rustling cloak, followed beside Zhu Xu's carriage, fisted and said: "Your Majesty, everything is ready outside the palace. When we arrive, we can show the emperor the drill!"

Zhu Xu was full of anticipation, and said: "Okay, I'll see if these millions of taels are worth it!"

Chapter 289 Artillery Drill

Zhu Xu's carriage soon arrived outside the city, the base of the Weapons Bureau.

Now it is much larger than before, and it is still at the foot of the mountain, with a large area surrounded by a high city wall, with ten people on one post and five people on one sentry post, and the defense is extremely tight.

Both Xu Guangqi and Bi Maokang came out to welcome them. Both of them had expressions of excitement on their faces. They saluted and said: "I pay homage to the emperor."

Zhu Xu waved his hand and said with a smile: "My lords, please go, let me see the results of your days."

Xu Guangqi is now in charge of the Weapons Bureau. He stepped forward and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, we have made a lot of progress. Please follow me."

Zhu Xu took a step forward and looked at the two of them.

Xu Guangqi was a literati. Literati in the late Ming Dynasty were generally upright, and Xu Guangqi was the same. Perhaps because he had been in this base for a long time, his face also had the toughness of a soldier.

Bi Maokang was still the same as usual, but his eyes were much more eager, like a scientist of later generations, devoted to research.

Zhu Xu looked around while walking.

It already looks like a military base of later generations. Various training facilities, runways, iron column nets, crossbows, guns, can be seen everywhere.

There are also many soldiers who are training, shouting in harmony, full of vitality, and high-spirited.

Zhu Xu nodded secretly, and whispered to himself: "Not bad, not bad, brainwashing is still very important..."

Xu Guangqi and the others didn't hear it, and took Zhu Xu all the way to the highest watchtower in the base, which was the most suitable for watching exercises.

Standing beside Zhu Xu, Xu Guangqi pointed to the [-] guns below, which looked like black cannons made of black gold, and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, after improvement, the current Hongyi cannon has a range of more than a thousand feet, which can definitely suppress the cavalry. , as long as the artillery is sufficient and the power of gunpowder is increased, I believe that the cavalry of Jiannu will be wiped out, and I will never be afraid of Jiannu again!"

Zhu Xu was shocked when he heard about a thousand feet. This is 3000 meters. This distance combined with other things can indeed suppress the cavalry.

However, it is still inappropriate to use artillery to fight cavalry in the field. Surprise is fine. With the mobility of cavalry, it is impossible to let the artillery saturate the attack.

But Zhu Xu would not discourage the enthusiasm of the two scientists, he nodded in satisfaction and said, "Well, not bad, come on, show me the show."

Hearing this, Bi Maokang gestured towards a watchtower not far away.

When the soldiers on the watchtower saw it, they immediately turned around and waved the flag.

As soon as the flag was moved, hundreds of people poured out from various dormitories on the empty exercise site, some went straight to the cannon, and some rushed to the ditch. Among them was a young man in his early twenties, wearing heavy armor and holding a long knife. Standing solemnly in front of the cannon, it gives people a sense of majesty from a distance.

Zhu Xu looked at it with a hint of expectation.

"Kill the enemy!"

The young man waved his long knife, clanged it vigorously, and roared loudly. The bright long knife shone in the air, and the cold air was overwhelming.

"ignition!"

Behind each cannon there was a messenger, and they shouted at almost the same time.

The gunner stepped forward with a torch and lit the cannon.

"attack!"

At the same time, dozens of people ran into the tunnel, holding long guns, pulling wires, carrying Lou Kuang on their backs, and shuttled quickly.