Domineering Daming

As soon as Zhu Xu finished speaking, the two small figures ran out, wrapped like zongzi, but still galloping forward.

"Here we come." Zhu Xu watched, the two little girls were still holding hands, running like a whirlwind.But when he got closer, he was taken aback. The two little girls were wearing men's clothes, like a little prince from a noble family, carved with jade, with piercing eyes, really cute.

"Uncle Huang, let's go..." As soon as the little girl rushed over, she grabbed Zhu Xu's arm, as if about to rush out of the Xihua Gate.

Zhu Xu stretched out his hand, pulled the little girl back by the collar, looked at her and Li Xiangjun's clothes, and said, "Who told you to dress like this?"

Li Xiangjun's face was reserved, and he shrank his neck, not daring to look at Zhu Xu.

Little Yongning didn't care, he raised his face and said with a smile: "I studied with books, I wanted to find a sword, but I couldn't find it..."

Zhu Xu laughed, and said with a satisfied face: "Well, yes, you have the demeanor of an uncle, let's go!"

"Let's go, leave the palace..." The little girl was about to run out of the palace towards the Xihua Gate like a wild horse.

Zhu Xu pulled her back again and said, "Take a carriage and go out of the city."

The little girl opened her eyes wide and said, "Out of the city? I haven't left the city yet, Uncle Emperor, is it fun outside the city?"

Zhu Xu looked at the little girl's excited face and said, "You really never went out once?"

"Yeah." The little girl nodded like pecking at rice, extremely excited.

Zhu Xu sighed inwardly, not only he was living in a cage, but this little girl even reached out and rubbed her little head, saying: "As long as you are obedient and don't get angry with the emperor's wife, there will be opportunities in the future!"

The little girl's eyes widened even wider, and she pulled Zhu Xu's sleeves and said, "Really? I promise I won't be angry with my mother in the future! Uncle Emperor, take me out to play!"

"Let's go!" Zhu Xu smiled all over his face, and waved his hand heroically, leading her to the carriage not far away.

The little girl was overjoyed, and she dragged Li Xiangjun to the carriage quickly.

There is a heater in the carriage. When several people came up, they immediately felt much warmer. The little girl was very interested in these things. She looked around and touched them, and said, "Uncle Huang, your carriage is really nice. There is one, it will not be cold when you leave the palace..."

Li Xiangjun was next to Xiao Yongning, and he also opened his eyes wide, looking at him curiously, but he was more restrained and seemed very polite.

Zhu Xu leaned against the wall and ignored her, looked at Cao Huachun and said, "How is the preparation at the base?"

Cao Huachun had just rested for a day and had recovered a lot. Hearing this, he said, "Lord Bi has notified you and sent you a reply. Everything is ready."

Zhu Xu nodded slightly. He was going to inspect the Military Weapons Bureau base outside the city.

It has been almost ten years since the base of the Military Weapons Bureau has gathered the top "scientific" forces of Ming Dynasty, coupled with the help of missionaries, and the development of the Royal Political Council in the past few years, all have greatly helped the Military Weapons Bureau .

Now whether it is artillery, artillery, gunpowder, the quality and output have been greatly improved, and they can basically meet the needs of the Ming army.

The threats in the surrounding area, Zhu Xu has used various methods over the years, have basically smoothed over them. For a foreseeable period of time in the future, there will be no wars in Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the main goal of the Weapons Bureau is to develop and upgrade weapons The power of the military is not to meet the needs of the army, on the other hand, it is a potential arms transaction.

The target of this transaction is not only Western Europe, but all over the world. With the increase of sea trade in the Ming Dynasty, the sales of firearms and gunpowder will definitely increase greatly. This will greatly affect the mining, ironmaking, machinery, etc. of the Ming Dynasty. There is an unpredictable boost.

Heavy industry is the most important economic indicator of a country. Even though the Ming Dynasty has not entered into a capitalist society, Zhu Xu still hopes to lay a foundation, promote and accelerate it.

Chapter 819 Race against the world

Now the carriage is stable and very good, there is a heater in the carriage, there are some snacks, hot water, Xiao Yongning is very happy, chattering non-stop.

Li Xiangjun echoed occasionally, and at other times carefully looked at Zhu Xu.

In Zhu Xu's hand are two memoirs, namely "Shenzong Shilu" and "Xizong Shilu". As for his father, Guangzong, his time as emperor is too short, and the things involved in it are too sensitive, which is unbearable. Xu has been pressing, but there is no book.

This is Zhu Xu's seventh time reading "Records of Shenzong", which has a long section to describe the great achievements of Emperor Shenzong, flattery and praise, and there are also cryptic references to embarrassing things for the royal family.

As a grandson, Zhu Xu also had to hide the shame of his ancestors, circled it from time to time, some things needed to be revised, and some things should be hidden.

Looking at it, he couldn't help worrying about what happened to him after his death. Over the years, he had completely destroyed the "ancestral system" of Ming Dynasty, dismantled it to pieces, and there were constant criticisms among scholars. Poor, probably much worse than Taizong Emperor Zhu Di, and I don’t know how future generations will describe him. It is estimated that there will be endless unofficial history, filled with this period of time, enough to drown the official history, and it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false.

These will embarrass the experts of later generations.

Zhu Xu watched slowly, Xiao Yongning and Li Xiangjun muttered, not knowing what they were talking about, Cao Huachun sat at the farthest distance, kept his head down slightly, and made no sound.

There was a sound of horseshoes outside, and Wang Wensheng's voice sounded, "Your Majesty, it's snowing."

"It's snowing?" The little girl was overjoyed, she got up quickly, opened the curtains, looked out, and immediately yelled: "It's snowing, it's really snowing, Uncle Emperor, it's snowing, come down to Xiangjun!" It's snowing..."

Zhu Xu put down the book and opened the curtain on the left hand side. Sure enough, there was a heavy snowfall outside, and the sky was all over the fields. In addition to the wild wasteland, it was even more chilly.

The little girl turned her head and shouted excitedly to Zhu Xu: "Uncle Huang, let's go down, it must be more fun outside..."

Zhu Xu looked at the field outside, his heart moved slightly, and he asked outside: "How long is it?"

Wang Wensheng hurriedly said: "Back to the emperor, there is still half an hour for the carriage."

Now the carriage can't move fast, after thinking about it, Zhu Xu said: "Stop, let's all walk."

"Yes!" Wang Wensheng responded and made the carriage stop slowly.

"Xiangjun, let's go!" The little girl couldn't wait, and pulled Li Xiangjun out of the car door first.

Zhu Xu hurriedly said, "Put on your clothes, it's cold outside."

The little girl couldn't hear it, she rushed out cheering, and there was no movement outside.

Zhu Xu wrapped his clothes and went out, only to see two little girls hugging their small bodies, standing beside the carriage trembling, blinking non-stop.

Zhu Xu shook his head, there was a heater inside, and it had just snowed outside, so it's no wonder they weren't cold after rushing down like this.

"You girl!" Zhu Xu flicked on the little girl's head, and took off the cloak for the two of them.

The little girl hurriedly wrapped it tightly, although her face was pale from the cold, her eyes were still shining brightly, she was extremely excited.

Li Xiangjun held the corners with his small hands, pursed his lips, and said softly, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Xu smiled and rubbed her little head, looked up and looked around.This is an official road, with farmland on both sides, some places are lush and green, and some are bare and nothing.

Zhu Xu walked forward slowly, looking left and right.

Xiao Yongning also opened her eyes wide. It was the first time she saw the outside world, and she was extremely happy. She followed Zhu Xu step by step, looking left and right, but did not run around.

After walking for a while, Zhu Xu said, "There are a lot of sweet potatoes planted here, right?"

Cao Huachun took two steps forward and said, "Yes, according to Shuntian Mansion, almost half of Hebei is growing sweet potatoes."

Zhu Xu nodded slightly and continued walking.

Sweet potatoes have been popularized for some years. As the disaster worsened, many people began to plant them consciously. There are two seasons a year, and the output is more than three times that of wheat and rice.For sweet potatoes, the imperial court has not levied taxes for the time being, and has been encouraging planting.

This is of great use in coping with disasters and increasing farmers' income.

The most planted place should be Liaodong. More than 60.00% of the newly reclaimed fields are sweet potatoes. Shaanxi and other six provinces are also stepping up efforts to promote it. As for the two provinces of Annan and Nanhai, Zhu Xu has not yet requested it. Large-scale land reclamation is required, and relatively little mature land is available.