Wuchang Mansion is close to the Yinghuo Mountains, and in the past two years, it has been deeply affected by the five battalions of the Revolution, and has often been looted by the Liukou down the mountain, and the people have been complaining and living a life of fear.

After the news of the victory of the officers and soldiers reached Wuchang, it caused a shock in the whole city, and the name of the Tianwu Army was known to all ages in Wuchang Mansion.

In recent days, the gentry and villagers who went to the Tianwu Army garrison have been continuous, and they have carried a large amount of wine and meat to comfort the sergeants.

Not only that, this great victory soon spread throughout the Yinghuo Mountains at an astonishing speed, and the names of the crown prince and Tianwu Army also quickly became popular in the Central Plains such as Huguang, Henan, and Jiangnan.

Since ancient times, Tianhuang nobles, often do not know the military, and the crown prince to the age of Chongling, the commander of the army to fight thousands of miles, quite legendary, some people will Zhu Cihong as the first prodigy of the Ming Dynasty, more people are praised as the reincarnation of Ziwei Emperor Star.

Once a person becomes popular, there will be some small fans, and Daming is no exception, many people began to inquire about the experience of the crown prince, and soon, Zhu Cihong's fight against the Tartars in Beizhili was also exposed, coupled with many special reports of the Fengyang Huangming Times, which made the originally fanatical little fans even more crazy.

People interpret the experience of the crown prince into various legends, and the storytellers and writers from all over the world describe him as amazing.

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The palace of the king of Chu, in a partial hall.

"Father, how long is the crown prince going to live?" The prince of Chu stood respectfully behind Zhu Huakui, the king of Chu, and said with some dissatisfaction.

The king of Chu boredly teased the canary in the birdcage, and said casually: "How long do you care if he stays, is it in your way?" ”

The prince sighed and said, "Father, the crown prince's personal guards patrol the palace all day long, and the sons and daughters don't feel that this is their own home!" ”

King Chu glanced at him and said lightly: "They are not staring at you, why should you go." ”

The king of Chu is also very helpless, his bedroom is vacated for the crown prince to live, and he now lives in a side hall, the past two days are really not a taste, and I don't know when the crown prince is leaving.

Shizi hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Father, some officials from Huguang secretly sent people to ask Father ........"

King Chu interrupted him with a frown, and said: "Don't worry about it, remember, we are vassal kings, just enjoy the wealth, don't meddle in the affairs of the court, let alone meddle!" ”

Looking at his father's sharp eyes, the prince said in fear: "Yes......."

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In the bedroom of the king of Chu, Zhu Cihong slept comfortably, feeling refreshed, this king of Chu's bedroom is really good, big and comfortable, better than the layout of the bedroom in the Fengyang Imperial City, and even more comfortable than the thrifty emperor Lao Tzu in the palace.

Just as Zhu Cihong rolled around a few times on the big bed a few meters wide, Xu Sheng walked in out of place and coughed lightly.

Zhu Cihong packed up his appearance and said seriously: "What's the matter?" ”

Xu Sheng said solemnly: "Your Highness, someone reported to the official yesterday that several fishermen were killed in the Yangtze River, and the fishing boats were all blown to pieces, and the section of the river where the incident happened was the place where we crossed the river in advance!" ”

Zhu Cihong frowned and said, "Killed in the Yangtze River?" What is it fried with? Artillery? ”

Xu Sheng said: "It's the underwater dragon king cannon, and the Wuchang prefect also found an unexploded one when he sent people to salvage fishermen in the river, and now it has been sent by the last general to pick it up." ”

"Take Hongu to see it!" Zhu Cihong simply wore a black cloak.

In the palace, two officers and soldiers wearing leather armor were holding a large wooden board waiting to be summoned, and Zhu Cihong was very surprised when he saw this underwater dragon king cannon.

This is the early mine, according to the explanation of the two officers and soldiers, the underwater dragon king cannon is made of cow urine bubble (cow's bladder) as a thunder shell, used for waterproofing, which is filled with black powder, and the incense is lit as a fuse, and the cow bubble urine is also connected to a goose wing tube and sheep intestines, which ventilate the incense and play the role of delayed detonation.

Cow urine run is connected to a wooden plank, used to float on the water surface, the plank is on the top, the mine is below, so that on the river surface others mistakenly think that it is just a waste plank, the cow urine bubble falls under a certain weight of stones, so that it is balanced by force and keeps the center of gravity stable, in order to keep the drifting stable, not to overturn and fail, no matter the plank up and down with the waves, the water can not be poured in, to ensure that the incense can burn normally.

This underwater dragon king cannon is extremely powerful, even a warship a hundred zhang wide can explode, and this time in the Yangtze River, at least ten of them automatically detonated.

This is simply a timed drifting thunder, the wisdom of the Ming talent is really unimaginable!

After listening to their introduction, Zhu Cihong was frightened into a cold sweat, and secretly said that someone must have wanted to blow him up with a mine, fuck, it's ruthless enough!

Zhu Cihong said coldly: "Who put this thing?" Did anyone catch it? ”

One of the officers and soldiers said: "Back to Your Highness, through a small careful observation, this underwater Dragon King Cannon is produced by Yuezhou Wei, and it is generally provided to the sailors near Huguang. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded and said, "I know, you guys go down!" ”

At this moment, a personal guard came in and said, "Your Highness, the Wei commanders of Huangzhou Wei and Yuezhou Wei said that they want to surrender to sincerity, and there is a major matter to report!" ”

"Biography!" A trace of coldness flashed in Zhu Cihong's eyes.

As soon as the two saw Zhu Cihong, they knelt on the ground and said: "Your Highness, the ministers confess their sins, please forgive me!" ”

Zhu Cihong looked at them and said, "Let's talk about it, you only have one chance, if you hide something, you won't have a chance after today!" ”

"Yes! Be! The two kept nodding, and when they saw the crown prince's guards take away the unexploded underwater dragon king cannon, they knew that something bad was wrong, and they could only take the initiative to confess their guilt, and maybe they could get an amnesty.

The commander of Yuezhou Wei touched the cold sweat on his forehead and began to confess, from the remote governor Ji Haoyan wrote a letter to himself asking for mines, to where to send the mines to whom, and to the secret conspiracy of the commanders of several guards, he broke the news of everything in one go.

The commander of Huang Zhouwei next to him also added in time, lest he did not make meritorious service and was cleaned up as a useless person.

Zhu Cihong sneered: "This Ji Haoyan is so daring! ”

Commander Huang Zhouwei hurriedly answered: "Isn't it, at the banquet that day, the minister wanted to reprimand the surnamed Ji for his rudeness to His Highness, but fortunately, His Highness taught him a lesson himself!" ”

Zhu Cihong glanced at him, if it wasn't for the fact that the fishermen were killed, I was afraid that these two people would not have taken the initiative to come and confess.

Zhu Cihong did not plan to dispose of the two, on the contrary, in order to express his gratitude to them for his loyalty, he also rewarded each person with 2,000 acres of fertile land.

The two hurriedly thanked them, although they had 100,000 acres of fertile land at home before, but now they only got 2,000 acres...... But it's better than losing your head.

As the saying goes, filial piety comes out under the stick, and Zhu Cihong pays attention to loyal ministers under the butcher's knife.

No, since Liu Liangzuo and the other three general soldiers were cut, in the past two days, some officials led by Fang Kongzhao, the governor of Huguang, have taken the initiative to show favor to Zhu Cihong, and several guards have also expressed their willingness to hand over the occupied guards' fields, just asking the crown prince to treat them well.

Someone takes the initiative to join him, this is naturally a good thing, Zhu Cihong will not be stupid enough to be the enemy of all officials, as long as they abide by the law and do things seriously, their future is still bright!