Chapter 45: The Strange Three Princes

The cold wind on the tower was gusting, and the air in the tower was turbid, Zhu Di reluctantly used the telescope to observe the criminal department, and the prince draped the futon that was ready to be used for rest on his body, just to keep warm.

Under the telescope, the criminal department can be seen at a glance, and even passers-by can see the expressions on their faces and the material of their clothes.

Although the telescope was a new thing in Zhu Di's eyes, he couldn't bear the current environment, so he hurriedly arranged for his attendants to find charcoal.

"Your Highness, it's better not to burn charcoal in this tower where the air circulation is too poor, otherwise the two of us may die in vain, think about it, just this turbid air, it can be seen that the ventilation here doesn't seem to be very good." Ma Sanbao reminded Zhu Di that burning charcoal in this kind of tower with poor ventilation effect is completely self-defeating, Zhu Di may not understand, can he Ma Sanbao not understand? Carbon monoxide is produced, and the two of them are basically dead.

It is no wonder that the tower was abandoned, and it was originally built to lack the characteristics of air circulation.

"This garbage place can't even be burned by charcoal, I must rebuild it in the future!" Zhu Di was dissatisfied, he heard that he would die unclear, and immediately coaxed, this prince likes to fight in the south and the north, likes challenging battles, but he doesn't want his death to be meaningless, at the moment, no one may come to the criminal department to rob Hu Weiyong, if it is not cost-effective to take his own life.

Under the surveillance of Ma Sanbao and Zhu Di, there was nothing abnormal in the Criminal Department, and the officials of the Criminal Department did not know that someone was observing them on the tower not far away, and they were still living their daily lives.

Hu Weiyong and others are held outside the prison of the criminal department is heavily guarded, every member of the criminal department wears a Ming military saber around his waist, compared to the degree of security, the previous Nanjing City Prison and the Criminal Department prison are not comparable at all, most of the people in Nanjing City Prison are the people who have made mistakes and the most vicious criminals, and the prison of the Criminal Department is a felony appointed by the emperor, there are traitors, there are rebels, these people need to be more strictly controlled, especially Hu Weiyong, the leader of the anti-party, Zhu Yuanzhang does not want to give Hu Weiyong a chance to escape.

"Is this the prison of the Criminal Department? It is not transparent to the light, and you can't see the internal situation at all, and there are only a few vents, which are much stricter than the previous prison, so can it also be called the Nanjing City Prison? Ma Sanbao couldn't help but complain, he observed the prison of the Criminal Department for a long time, and he couldn't see why, if there was an internal ghost in the Criminal Department and released Hu Weiyong in the prison, it is estimated that he would not be able to see anything.

"Then the prison in Nanjing City was left over from the previous dynasty, do you think the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty has the ability to manage the country? The Yuan Dynasty was just a bunch of barbarians who liked to fight. Zhu Di followed Ma Sanbao's words, for the leader of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Di showed disdain, as the prince of the current emperor, he felt proud of his time and dynasty, and couldn't help but let Ma Sanbao have to think of a poem describing Genghis Khan.

"That's true, Genghis Khan, a generation of heavenly pride, only knows how to bend the bow and shoot the eagle." Ma Sanbao couldn't help but blurt out, beside him, Zhu Di applauded, "Is this the content behind the scenery of the northern country you said?" Not bad, when will it be written in its entirety. ”

"Let's talk about it when I have a chance, and this poem is really not mine, this one was really told to me by a respected immortal in the fairyland of my dreams."

"Brother Xian, you are humble, the talent of Brother Xian is no less than that of the poet Immortal Li Bai, you will definitely be my Ming Dynasty's Wenqu star!"

"Don't embarrass me, this is really not my doing, he is a great man, it is not an exaggeration to call him a saint, hey, you don't understand, it is the pride of heaven hundreds of years later, and you can't know it."

"Could it be an immortal?"

"Pretty much."

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A day later, Zhu Di found a vacant space, he was bored lying in the futon he had moved, and in front of him was the lunch prepared for him by the previous cook, in one day, he and Ma Sanbao did not find any abnormalities at all, the criminal department is the same as in the past, the heavily guarded place will definitely not be less than any soldiers, the busy place can not see the officials lazy, as for the lazy officials in the place where they should appear, they can't find their shadow at all.

After Zhu Di got tired of monitoring the criminal department, he began to play with the telescope to observe the entire Nanjing city, Ma Sanbao's telescope has been improved many times, and it can already adjust the field of view and multiples, but it is also a rare treasure of the Ming Dynasty compared to the precision equipment of the future.

Nanjing City is displayed in front of Zhu Di's eyes from a peculiar perspective, Zhu Di is amazed by Ma Sanbao's amazing craftsmanship, and Ma Sanbao is very cautious and careful to monitor the situation of the Criminal Department, but unfortunately there are no drones and bugs in this era, otherwise Ma Sanbao would not need to be so troublesome to keep staring at the Criminal Department.

In the city of Nanjing, the snow is white, even the Qinhuai River is covered with thin ice, the flower boats of Yihonglou are docked on the shore, and the cold weather makes the business of Qinglou also sluggish. In Zhu Di's view, perhaps this is the fall of God who is reluctant to accept an important minister, and shows his cold heart on a snowy day.

"Brother Xian is really serious!" Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh, although the city of Nanjing under the snow is beautiful, but there is no change in attitude, Zhu Di soon got tired of seeing, he observed Ma Sanbao with a telescope, and saw that little face showed a serious expression, and couldn't help but admire the eight-year-old child around him.

"Don't make a sound, I feel a little strange, how could the Third Highness appear in the Criminal Department?" Ma Sanbao said with some doubts, from his point of view, the third prince Zhu Li, who was dressed in luxurious clothes, swaggered into the Criminal Department, as if entering a no-man's land, with Zhu Li's identity, these officials of the Criminal Department would not stop him, after all, they all served the royal family, even if Zhu Li's reputation was bad, he was still a prince, with the noble status of the prince, no matter what department he entered in the entire Nanjing City, no one would stop him.

"Did you say the third brother? It is strange to say that since Hu Pengju escaped from prison, he came to Nanjing without saying hello, and it is rumored that Hu Pengju is suspected of being under the protection of the third brother. Zhu Di thought about it, as a prince who knew everything in Nanjing City and often went to the teahouse restaurant to listen to the news, he quickly shared his news with Ma Sanbao.

Hearing Zhu Di's words, Ma Sanbao had to admire Zhu Di's gossip ability, which is worthy of being known as being good at observing the people's feelings, and even observing gossip has a hand, which is placed in modern society, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a media reporter, he can always learn relatively fresh news at the first time, and Zhu Di also has a hand in the entire city of Nanjing.

"You can publish a newspaper if you have nothing to do, just call it Nanjing Daily, which records the big and small things in Nanjing." No matter how serious Ma Sanbao is, he can't help but complain about Zhu Di's omniscience.

"Hehe, it turns out that there are times when you don't understand, or am I good at observation, and, what is a newspaper?" Zhu Di couldn't help but put gold on his face, and in his eyes, he finally found a flaw that Ma Sanbao didn't have.

"A kind of paper products that are common in the whole city and even the whole country, recording the big and small things in the world, and even Zhu Li fell in the criminal department can be recorded in it, but this thing is also time-sensitive, after a period of time these news will not be fresh, if you want to do it, I will make a template for you at that time, you can find a way to print it yourself, and the newspaper in Nanjing City will be called the Beijing Daily, and the national newspaper will be called the Daming Daily, and the price will be lower." Ma Sanbao complained while continuing to monitor the Criminal Department, but Zhu Di became interested, since Ma Sanbao, he found that his way of doing business has also increased a lot, and all the products he didn't expect before came to his mind.

"I don't think the newspapers in the country should be good, the speed of news transmission is not fast enough, and the whole city of Nanjing should be okay." Zhu Di thought about it and said to himself, he was aroused by Ma Sanbao to yearn for the newspaper business, but unfortunately the limitations of the newspaper are too great, and he will go to Beiping in a while, and it is estimated that there will not be so much news at that time.

"Silly, you can recruit talents all over the country, every city has prepared a bookstore dedicated to selling newspapers, just selling local news, with your prince's connections, isn't this little thing simple?" Ma Sanbao glanced at Zhu Di and asked Zhu Di to help Zhu Di if he didn't help, but he was the first interested in making money.

"What the virtuous brother said is reasonable!" Just as Zhu Di was going to continue to discuss the newspaper with Ma Sanbao, Ma Sanbao threw a piece of steamed bun on Zhu Di's futon.

"Use this to gag your mouth, I think Zhu Li is a little weird, he is observing, he seems to have come specially to observe the structure of the prison and the criminal department, he can wander around the criminal department aimlessly, it is easy for me to be distracted by talking to me now." Ma Sanbao spoke, Zhu Di was very knowledgeable and stopped talking, if he knew Ma Sanbao earlier, it is estimated that Ma Sanbao would be taken down by him. Today's Zhu Di and Ma Sanbao are somewhat assimilated by Ma Sanbao, and every day under the influence of Ma Sanbao's modernization thoughts, Zhu Di is about to forget his identity as a prince.

"So seriously, I'll take a look too." Zhu Di took a bite of steamed buns, leaned next to Ma Sanbao and also observed the criminal department with a telescope, he saw his third brother Zhu Li at a glance, he was very familiar with Zhu Li, and he had lived together for more than ten years, even if Zhu Li turned into ashes, he could recognize that the pile of ashes belonged to Zhu Li. Zhu Li, as the third brother, does not have the appearance of being an elder brother, bullying and suppressing his younger brothers everywhere since he was a child, the second brother Zhu Fan occasionally has a little conflict with Zhu Li, and the eldest prince Zhu Biao is a good man, and he tolerates Zhu Li's vexatious troubles every time.