The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1853

[1853. Chapter 1763 Dominate the world]

Jifan couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.

Some clan members are really unable to hold up the wall.

They were given enfeoffed land and guards, but in the end, they fell almost as fast as a vertical fall, and they still landed face first.

Of course, in fact, these clan members cannot be entirely blamed for this!

On the one hand, it is indeed a lack of ability! The favorable conditions in the past meant that they no longer needed to learn any skills, and they could live without worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives. What’s more, even if you learn skills, what’s the use?

On the other hand, although the clan members brought guards and certain immigrants, the development of the world has always had a magnetic effect.

The biggest advantage of Qilu is that the Fang family has a large population. With a large population, demand will be strong and more and more fields will be cultivated. Then, commerce will appear. After a large number of commerce appears, there will be prosperity!

On the other hand, the clan fiefdom with a population of tens of thousands of households is too small. After all, they do not have too many clans. Although the royal family is like the Fang family and has relatives all over the world, there are zero clans in the world. Scattered, there is nowhere to hold Fang’s family together.

As a result, tens of millions of relatives of the Fang family settled in the Five Great Lakes and began frantic reclamation and development. The prosperity of the Five Great Lakes was already visible for the first time, attracting more immigrants to the point where the clansmen could not stand living in their fiefdoms. In the bitter cold, there was no need to worry about the fiefdom, so he quickly took his family with him and went to the Fang family’s territory to work as an apartment.

Just as he was talking, a eunuch came. He came in a hurry, so he gasped and said: “My lord, Mr. Xu, your majesty invites you to come to the palace to see me.”

Fang Jifan was not surprised. In some respects, Zhu Houzhao was indeed a filial son. .

He stood up first and glanced at Xu Jing.

The two tidied up their clothes and set off immediately, got on the carriage, and entered the palace at the Meridian Gate.

Just halfway through, Xu Jing suddenly said: “My mentor…the students will keep silent about the affairs of the clan members.”

Fang Jifan gave Xu Jing a strange look.

This bitch is indeed Linglongxin.

He must have been afraid that the Fang family’s magnetic attraction would cause the emperor to worry.

Fang Jifan said harshly: “It doesn’t matter whether you say it or not. Your Majesty believes in me.”

Xu Jing said nothing.

The two entered the palace.

Zhu Houzhao was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back. When he saw Fang Jifan and Xu Jing coming, he said excitedly: “You are here, Xu…Xu Qing’s family, if you come, I will give you a seat, give you a seat, come into the palace, It’s like coming to your own home, don’t worry.”

Fang Jifan sat down, and Xu Jing waited for Fang Jifan to sit down before leaning forward and sitting on the Jindun.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Xu Jing carefully and couldn’t help but be moved: “Are you so old?”

Xu Jing said ashamedly: “Your Majesty is still in his prime, and the dragons and tigers are fierce.”

Zhu Houzhao put his hands on his hips and laughed boldly: “I just like you. To be honest, I called you here because I wanted to know about the emperor. How is the emperor doing now? “

“Return to your majesty,” Xu Jing said, “The emperor’s emperor arrived in Huanghuangzhou to the north of the Five Great Lakes. , opened up a place, and took his retinue and hundreds of officials to cultivate there. It was a bitter and cold place, and I never expected that the emperor would choose that place. After learning the news, the king of Xinjin immediately went to see him. , asked the emperor to move the emperor to a warmer place, but the emperor refused… So the king of Xinjin brought many tributes, but the emperor refused. “

“The emperor made it clear that these immigrants from the Ming Dynasty were still doing the farming themselves. Feed on this. The emperor has no reason to be worshiped. He comes here just not to cause trouble to others and let the prince of Xinjin do his own thing. “The

prince of Xinjin is helpless and worried about the safety of the emperor. Therefore, a team of troops was stationed a hundred miles away from the emperor. The guards were naturally concerned about the defense of Kinki, but if there was an attack from a foreign enemy, they could rush to help at any time to prevent any unexpected events.”

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he burst into tears. It fell without any warning. He saw Fang Jifan looking at him and hurriedly wiping away his tears, deliberately showing his carelessness and carelessness. Unfortunately, the tears could not be wiped away, so he said: “Father didn’t bring it Is it a decree or a letter? “

“Before I set out, I ordered someone to go to the emperor’s office to ask for a letter. The emperor gave an oral instruction, saying that it was a matter of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor had to make a clear decision, and the emperor was thousands of miles away. How to interfere? As for the letter, there is no need, just let your majesty know that the emperor is safe.”

Fang Jifan sat aside and couldn’t help but feel a sore nose. This must be the legendary love for his son, the old Zhu family. In terms of people, he is somewhat similar to him, and he is pretty good to children, except of course Emperor Chenghua.

Zhu Houzhao asked: “Father…Does Father plow the land himself?”

“That’s natural. The emperor himself opened four acres of land and planted some removed peach and pear trees. Unfortunately… they didn’t survive. , The emperor even imitated the immigrants in hunting, and could kill more than three hundred rabbits a day.”

Fang Jifan: “…”

If you look carefully, you can see the corners of Fang Jifan’s lips twitching slightly!

Zhu Houzhao frowned, feeling that these words insulted his IQ: “The people below must have surrounded the rabbit. It was so densely packed. The emperor was holding a continuous firecracker, and some people took turns loading him with ammunition. He “You want to cum all at once?”

Xu Jing looked embarrassed: “It’s all Xiao Jing’s idea. The emperor has nothing to do. He always has to find something to do to make him happy. Eunuch Xiao said, the emperor is old, and he will be happy all his life. I have never enjoyed the blessings. Since the Emperor feels that in this new land, we Han people need to use martial arts to explore in this new land. If the Emperor wants to set an example, he must naturally become a role model for the immigrants. Only then…”

Zhu Houzhao was not convinced. He said: “With this hunting method, I can hunt a thousand rabbits a day.”

Fang Jifan thought to himself, give me a Gatling gun and enough rabbits, I can hunt 10,000 rabbits.

Zhu Houzhao sat down. After the conversation just now, his mood calmed down a little, so he said: “My father is in Huanghuangzhou. If this can be done, I will feel relieved. I have always wanted to visit his old man in Huanghuangzhou. I think back then, I wanted to Back then…”

Xu Jing then said: “Your Majesty, I came back to Beijing for one thing”

and finally got to the point.

Zhu Houzhao stared at Xu Jing and his expression became serious: “What’s the matter?”

Xu Jing said: “I heard that the iron-clad ships in Tianjin Port have been improved several times and have undergone several sea trials. Now… they have begun to take shape, and the Portuguese Since Java was threatened, it has begun to have close ties with the Spanish. In the Golden Continent, in the Northern Province, and in Java, it has become the enemy of the Ming Dynasty in many places. Your Majesty… To this day… these two countries, more than ten years ago, Dominating the sea and being arrogant is actually a serious problem for our Ming Dynasty. If we want to eliminate them, we must defeat their fleet. Only by annihilating their fleet can our Ming Dynasty control the ocean. If we gain the ocean, our Ming Dynasty can go anywhere. In the face of intrusion by thieves and bandits, all the land in the four seas is our inner lake of the Ming Dynasty and the shore of the land. Anyone who refuses to surrender will be killed. “

The development of iron-clad ships started as early as ten years ago.

At that time, Zhu Houzhao thought of using steam engines on seagoing ships. As the power increases, the tonnage of the ships can naturally be increased on a large scale. In this way… installing iron armor on wooden ships can greatly increase their tonnage. Protective ability.

Of course… although the research direction was determined as early as ten years ago, the first iron-clad ship was trial-produced six or seven years ago.

But in actual applications, too many problems are still found.

Immediately afterwards, the construction of the second and third ships began…

Each ship was improved based on the experience of previous sea trials. In order to train the soldiers to adapt to this new ship, new combat operations were developed based on the characteristics of the ironclad ship. Method: Over the past six or seven years, the allocation of money and food for the ironclad ships has been almost continuous.

To put it bluntly, this is a ship built with silver. More than one million taels of silver are invested every year without interruption.

Talents from Xishan Academy and various academies are continuously transported into Tianjin Wei’s shipbuilding workshop. The skilled craftsmen are thinking hard to improve new skills.

The Naval Academy trains the backbone of generations.

Even ten years later… in fact… everyone still lacks confidence in ironclad ships.

They say a century-old navy is by no means empty talk.

Xu Jing is almost the person who cares most about the ironclad.

Years of experience in sailing at sea made him realize that without a new crushing weapon appearing on the vast ocean, the Ming Dynasty would never be able to dominate the world. A year ago, he received some advice from the Naval Academy. After reporting and finally making up his mind, after reporting Fang Jinglong, as the fleet returned, what we were waiting for… was today.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly became interested: “You continue talking.”

Xu Jing said solemnly: “The Spanish and Portuguese have certain disadvantages compared to our Ming navy, but such disadvantages have never been able to be overcome. After all, The reason is that their sailors are equally sophisticated. Although their ships are lagging behind my Ming Dynasty in terms of firepower, they are not far behind in other aspects. The main force of the Spanish Armada still exists, and whether it is the Spanish. The Portuguese have had a lot of sailing experience for hundreds of years. They send out fleets for combat almost every year. They have particularly rich experience in naval battles. As long as their fleets still exist, my Ming Dynasty ships will be on many routes. We can’t guarantee safety, so we have to go together and take precautions. Your Majesty, this unrest in the world is not a blessing to our Ming Dynasty. I have been thinking that only by completely defeating the main force of the Spanish and Portuguese fleets can we eliminate this problem. Hidden danger! So over the years, I have made many plans, collected a lot of information from everywhere, and even secretly ordered people to test the water temperature in major sea areas. Now, I think… the time is ripe, and Ming Dynasty should take action. ”

(End of this chapter)