Even little Zhu Zhanyan was so excited that he danced with joy!
"Mother, how is this fireworks feast?"
Zhu Yan looked at Concubine Gao's astonished expression and asked with a smile.
"It's so beautiful, it's simply too beautiful to be taken in!"
"I have never seen such beautiful fireworks in my life!"
Concubine Gao stared at the fireworks in the night sky, with a hint of excitement in her tone.
As a royal concubine, she has naturally seen many fireworks set off by the palace on festive occasions!
However, even those fireworks used exclusively by the royal family pale in comparison to what she saw tonight!
"As long as mother likes it!".
Zhu Yan smiled and nodded when he heard this.
"Yan'er, where did you get these fireworks?"
Concubine Gao asked curiously.
"It was specially developed by some of my craftsmen who are proficient in gunpowder!"
"If you like it, I can arrange for you to enjoy it frequently in the future!"
Zhu Yu explained patiently.
"You specially asked the craftsmen to study fireworks?"
Noble Concubine Gao couldn't help but frown slightly when she heard this.
"Don't worry, mother, I will never do anything prohibited!"
Zhu Yu said helplessly. He didn't expect that a fireworks feast would make his mother so nervous!
In fact, it's no wonder that Noble Concubine Gao is so sensitive!
After all, gunpowder is out of reach for ordinary people!
Specializing in the manufacture of fireworks may be harmless, but if gunpowder is used to make prohibited items such as firearms, it really violates the taboos of the court!
Even the vassal kings don't have such privileges!
After patiently explaining and repeatedly assuring that she only asked people to make fireworks to please her family, Concubine Gao stopped talking about this topic with doubt.
This is just a small episode!
Although some of Zhu Yan's actions often touch Concubine Gao's sensitive nerves, her time in Ganzhou is undoubtedly the happiest time in recent years!
Of course, Concubine Gao also knows that her staying in Ganzhou has caused a lot of trouble for Zhu Yan!
At least during this period, no matter how busy Zhu Yan is, he will take time to accompany her mother and make her happy!
Concubine Gao knows that such a peaceful time is destined to not last long.
As an imperial concubine, she can't escape the shackles of the deep palace walls after all, and the day of returning to the palace is not far away.
Because of this, Concubine Gao cherishes every minute and every second in Ganzhou.
She tried her best to get to know Zhu Yan in depth, as well as the various policies and measures he implemented in Ganzhou.
One day, after returning from the market, Concubine Gao went straight to Zhu Yan and asked him directly about the construction of the 360-degree cement road leading to Xi'an Prefecture.
"Yan'er, I heard that you intend to extend the cement road to Xi'an Prefecture?" Her tone revealed her concern for the matter.
It turned out that she had heard about this in the market.People were talking about Zhu Yu recruiting a large number of people to build roads.
"Yes, mother, I do have plans to build roads!"
"Now all the roads in Ganzhou City have been replaced with cement roads. Mother should have seen the benefits of such roads!"
"Not only Xi'an Prefecture, Hanzhong Prefecture, but also cement roads connecting Ganzhou Prefecture to all other counties in the Hexi Corridor will be built one after another!"
"I plan to complete the paving of all cement roads in the northwest region within two or three years!"
Zhu Yu did not hide his plan and told it directly!
In addition to the rubber grass he had exchanged for fine salt, Zhu Yu actually arranged for people to go to Yunnan to plant a large number of rubber trees more than a year ago!
His original intention of collecting rubber grass was to be able to initially extract rubber for early research and try to make a batch of rubber tires.
When the cement road was paved, rubber tires came in handy.
The cement road itself can shorten the travel time from various places to Ganzhou by nearly half. If it is combined with rubber tires, the efficiency can be further improved.
Whether in the transportation of military supplies or commercial goods, rubber tires play an indispensable role.
However, judging from the current industrial level of Ganzhou, rubber seems to be only used to make tires.
Of course, the road construction project is also huge. Before rubber tires can be mass-produced, Zhu Yu plans to complete all the cement roads that need to be rebuilt.
The construction team he recruited, the civilians, will be paid on a weekly basis and every seven days.
Such treatment will undoubtedly attract a large number of young and middle-aged laborers to participate.
For these plans and measures of Zhu Yu, Concubine Gao listened very seriously and nodded in agreement from time to time.
She asked about the road construction, mainly because she was worried that the project was too huge, consuming too much manpower and material resources, and might cause excessive labor and financial burden on the people.
But after listening to Zhu Yu's detailed explanation, she found that her previous worries were unnecessary.
Zhu Yu had already formulated a thorough response plan, and the financial income of Ganzhou Prefecture was fully able to support the expenses in this regard.
If nothing else, the income from fine salt alone was already an astonishing figure.
Zhu Yu's concept of "taking from the people and using it for the people" also completely dispelled Concubine Gao's concerns.
……
Deep in the palace of Yingtian Prefecture, it was already late at night.
Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the imperial study, reviewing the memorials that the crown prince Zhu Biao had reviewed during the day.
Recently, most of the government affairs were handled by Zhu Biao, and most of the memorials were reviewed by him, which made Zhu Yuanzhang feel a lot more relaxed.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not completely let go. He would still personally supervise some major matters to see if Zhu Biao handled them properly. In this way, if there was a problem, he could correct it in time.
After handling these matters, Zhu Yuanzhang returned to his own palace.
WashingAfter finishing and lying on the bed, his thoughts began to wander again.
After more than ten days without deducing other target characters, he felt a little impatient.
"System, show the deduction list!" Zhu Yuanzhang woke up the deduction future system with a thought. Now what he wanted to see most was still the life simulator of the fourteenth son Zhu Li.
However, the demand of one year and five months meant that he still had to wait until next year, which made him feel a little tormented.
He began to consider whether to deduce the fourteenth sons first, so that he could at least get a glimpse of some of the situations after the fourteenth son ascended the throne from their life trajectory.
Soon Zhu Yuanzhang pulled the list to the position of the fourteenth sons.
[Zhu Zhanyan: The required sign-in days are six months]
[Zhu Zhanye: The required sign-in days are seven months]
[Zhu Zhanxuan: The required sign-in days are seven months]
[Dalhan: The required sign-in days are nine months]
[……]
It is now the end of October, and it seems that his sign-in days are only enough to deduce Zhu Zhanyan's life, while the other two cannot activate their life simulators.
However, judging from the sign-in days required by several people, Zhu Yuanzhang also realized that these descendants of the Fourteenth Brother did not seem to be simple characters.
He knew that the number of sign-in days required was related to the individual's life span and historical influence.
Although Zhu Zhanyan can only be deduced at present, Zhu Yuanzhang speculated that after the Fourteenth Brother ascended the throne, Zhu Zhanyan would most likely become the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.
Through his perspective, he might be able to observe many situations after the Fourteenth Brother came to power.
Zhu Yuanzhang was full of expectations and yearning for the future after the fourteenth prince Zhu Yan ascended the throne.
This confidence came from the fourteenth prince's outstanding talents and means of governing the country.
His intuition told him that if the fourteenth prince was allowed to take charge of the Ming Dynasty, the future would surely usher in a prosperous era.
"System, start to deduce Zhu Zhanyan's past and present lives tonight!"
Zhu Yuanzhang made a decision without hesitation.
He was eager to peek into the possible scenes after the fourteenth prince ascended the throne through Zhu Zhanyan's life trajectory.
Immediately, Zhu Zhanyan's life simulator was finally activated, and the familiar tiredness swept over again, causing Zhu Yuanzhang to quickly fall into a deep dream!
[This simulation duration: five hours! ]
[Zhu Zhanyan's dream journey officially begins! ]
Although the opening method remained the same, the five-hour simulation duration caused Zhu Yuanzhang's heart to stir up a lot of waves!
This is the longest simulation time he has ever experienced!
Thinking back to the previous simulation of Zhu Yunwen's life, it was only a little over an hour and a half!
However, before Zhu Yuanzhang could think about it, the simulated picture was already clear!
The first thing that appeared before him was still the familiar scene of Yingtian Prefecture...
[In the autumn of the 23rd year of Hongwu, you were born in Yingtian Prefecture. As the son of Prince Su Zhu Jian and Princess Gu, you have beenHe was of a prominent status. Later, after Su Wang Zhu Jian was enfeoffed in Ganzhou, he was designated as the prince of Su Wang by his grandfather! 】
This is the first time Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhu Zhanyan again after many years!
Although he is his own grandson, so far, because Zhu Jian was not valued in the past, he only saw him when he was just born, and now he has no impression at all.
Looking at the chubby little guy in the picture, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but sigh that he looked so similar to his old fourteen hours later!
However, in this simulation, Zhu Yuanzhang realized that he would no longer see his sister!
Because she had passed away in the fifteenth year of Hongwu!
Although he felt a little uncomfortable, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly adjusted his mentality and began to observe Zhu Zhanyan's life trajectory attentively!
[You have just grown up. According to the royal practice, you should have been sent to Yingtian for education. However, since you have been weak and sickly since childhood, your father finally decided to let you stay in Ganzhou! 】
Huh? Zhu Zhanyan didn't go to Yingtian to study?
Weak and sickly? Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled!
He knew that his old fourteenth son was extraordinary, so how could he let his son be so weak?
But soon, Zhu Yuanzhang thought of a possibility-all this was done intentionally by the old fourteenth son!
Zhu Zhanyan's physical condition may be just a superficial phenomenon. The real purpose of the old fourteenth son is not to let Zhu Zhanyan go to Yingtian!
[Not long after, the emperor of the dynasty, your grandfather, passed away, and the world changed. Your grandmother, Concubine Gao, insisted on going to Yingtian to attend the funeral, and your father finally agreed to her decision in desperation! 】
Oh? So, the old fourteenth son tried every means to keep Concubine Gao in Ganzhou Prefecture!
He probably foresaw the change in the court situation after his death and was worried that the court would use Concubine Gao to deal with him, so he took this desperate measure!
But why did he later release Concubine Gao to Yingtian?
When Zhu Yuanzhang simulated Zhu Yunwen's life before, he did not think deeply about this experience, but now seeing this history again, he felt that there seemed to be a mystery hidden in it that he had not noticed!
Thinking that the fourteenth prince later seemed to be worried that his biological mother was in the hands of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen, he brought a small number of guards to Beijing to surrender... Could this also be a move he carefully planned?
Is it to find a reasonable reason to enter Yingtian?
If so, then the fourteenth prince's scheming is too terrible!
How can Zhu Yunwen compete with him?
[After the new emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen ascended the throne, he began to reduce the power of the princes, making all the princes feel uneasy! ]
[Sure enough, it didn't take long for the court to hold back and sent several minor officials to Ganzhou to monitor the actions of the princes' palace! ]
[This incident angered your grandmother, Concubine Gao, and she had a fierce conflict with the court! The new emperor Jianwen attached great importance to his own face, so he ordered your grandmother, Concubine Gao, to be imprisoned! ]
[After learning about this, your father resolutely led hundreds of guards to Yingtian for rescue. During this period, your mother took charge of all the affairs of Ganzhou Prefecture! ]
[After a long wait, you finally received news from your father. He ordered Changxing Hou and Geng Xuan to escort you to Yingtian! You didn't know what happened, so you could only follow your father's arrangement and follow the footsteps of the Ganzhou Army to this strange capital! ]
[This is your first time to set foot in Yingtian Prefecture, the capital of the Ming Dynasty! You once imagined that Yingtian Prefecture, as the imperial capital, must be more prosperous and magnificent than Ganzhou City! However, when you really came here, you found that the facts were very different from your imagination! ]
Zhu Yuanzhang stared at all this, and deep helplessness surged in his heart!
The words were like sharp arrows, piercing his heart, because Ganzhou in the past was indeed more prosperous than the imperial capital Yingtian Prefecture!
At the same time, he also witnessed with his own eyes that most of the people in Ganzhou had moved into solid stone houses.
Those bricks, though not as good as the stones of the Great Wall, are too luxurious to be used in building houses.
Tourists from other places have visited Ganzhou and praised it as a fairyland full of gold!
This is a sharp contrast and heartbreaking.
Could it be that Zhu Yuanzhang, as the king of a country, is not as good as the frontier areas governed by his son, the prince?
Is this due to his incompetence, or is the fourteenth prince too outstanding?
Subtle waves began to rise in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.
[The moment you stepped into Yingtian Prefecture, you were shocked to find that the imperial guards had all been replaced by the elite Ganzhou army, and even the prince Zhu Yunwen was imprisoned. 】
[You have heard about Zhu Yunwen's actions. He once imprisoned the princes and killed his relatives, but now he is in prison. You are full of contempt for him, and even make sarcastic remarks from time to time. 】
[However, the war reports from the front line are coming in like snowflakes. The Yan Wang army is ready to go and is approaching Yingtian Prefecture. My father was forced to lead the Northern Expedition himself. 】
[The war continued, and the court eventually fell into my father's hands. The most difficult problem at the moment is how to resist the iron hoof of the Yan Wang army. 】
[My father did not want the war to spread and hurt innocent people, so his tactics have always been quite conservative. But the Yan Wang's pace to the south was also extremely difficult. Due to the lack of food and grass, he turned to the west and took Ganzhou directly! 】
Zhu Li actually advocated avoiding unnecessary killings? Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows slightly.
In Zhu Yunwen's "Life Simulator", he did not realize this.
At that time, he looked at everything from Zhu Yunwen's perspective and thought that the Prince of Yan was so powerful that he could compete with Zhu Yan for three years!
But now it seems that the reason why Zhu Yan let the Prince of Yan linger for so long was entirely because he deliberately let him go!
Zhu Yuanzhang thought carefully and felt that everything was reasonable.
With Zhu Yan's wisdom and the strong strength of the Ganzhou Army, it was more than enough to defeat the Prince of Yan.
What's more, Zhu Yan now actually controls the entire court, which is equivalent toHe controls the imperial army of one million.
With such an advantage, what can the Prince of Yan use to compete with Zhu Yan?
Just his army of hundreds of thousands? If the forces of both sides are equal, they may be able to fight, but now Zhu Yan, who controls the imperial army, can easily defeat the Prince of Yan!
It is precisely because of Zhu Yan's "tolerance" that the Prince of Yan has a chance to breathe, allowing him to turn his guns and take Ganzhou directly!
It turns out that everything is under Zhu Yan's control!
Ganzhou is heavily guarded by Zhu Yan, and the Prince of Yan has no chance to break through!
But Zhu Yan can take the opportunity to lure the tiger away from the mountain and easily take down Beiping City! .
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