When Jingnan City, thousands of miles away, was in the midst of a stormy apocalypse, the central capital in the hinterland of the Central Plains was more prosperous than in the past. As the center of the empire, it is home to almost all the wealth of the world, and ships from all over the world are always moored on the docks of the central capital.

After the Yellow River returned to its hometown in the north, the Huai River, which reflowed to the sea, not only facilitated the transportation of Zhongdu, allowing sea boats to sail directly under the Zhongdu city, but also brought convenience to the lives of the people.

In the early morning, a merchant ship flying the flag of the Qin State sailed into the port, and now, because of the use of steam engines, few sailing ships sailed directly into the central capital, they often preferred to berth at the dock in Haikou, and then the inland steamship transferred the goods on the ship, after all, sailing against the current on the Huai River is not what the sailing ship is good at, and even the steam ship needs to tow it in the middle.

Despite this, there will always be some sea ships that sail into Zhongdu, and when the ships from Zhuxia approach Zhongdu, there will always be people standing on the side, and when they look at Zhongdu, they will always show a trace of fascination.

"This is Zhongdu!"

It's finally back!

While staring at the middle capital, Nian Yaoling muttered to himself in a low voice.

After leaving Daming for more than ten years, he finally returned to Daming.

Twenty-two years ago, as the Han army with the yellow flag, he did not flee west with the emperor, but fled back to his hometown in Fengyang, but he still did not escape the pursuit at home, more than ten years ago, he was exiled to a foreign land, he was exiled to the Qin State, because the Qin State was first built, it was the time to employ people, so he was appointed, for the official nineteen years, he was low-key, taciturn, never show the mountain dew, even so his governance ability is still appreciated by the King of Qin.

A few months ago, because of the death of his father, after several considerations, he presented to the king, asking to send the ashes of his deceased father back to China, for his request, the king of Qin did not refuse, the burial of the Heavenly Empire is the wish of many people, and because of this, the age of the opportunity to return to the Ming Dynasty, but because he had entered the Han military flag, so, his return to China is more complicated, after several considerations, he was appointed as a historian, sent the history of the Qin State into Beijing, to assist the court in compiling the "History of the Xia Kingdom".

How long does it take to compile a history?

No one can give an exact time, as short as a few years, as long as more than ten years, at least in the next few years, he will stay in Zhongdu, and it is precisely because of this that he will come to Zhongdu with his wife and children.

"Dad, is this Shenjing?"

A six- or seven-year-old child standing next to Nian Yaoling looked at the central capital, and his expression was full of fascination.

Any Zhuxia and overseas teenagers, will be fascinated by Zhongdu, they call the Central Plains "Celestial Empire", call Zhongdu "Shenjing", many of them, the biggest dream is that one day, can go to the Celestial Empire to see, take a walk, as for Shenjing, it is countless times in their dreams, after all, in Zhuxia's social studies, among the articles they study, there are articles related to Shenjing.

For Nian Qianyao, this is a big day, he finally came to the Celestial Empire, came to Shenjing, and even in the next few years, he will study in Shenjing's social studies, and he can even imagine the envy of those friends when they received the letter he sent from Shenjing.

"This is Shenjing, the largest city in the world......

Nian Yaoling touched his young son's head and whispered.

"You have to remember, when you stay in Shenjing, you must follow the etiquette in every move, don't make jokes, don't forget, although the Qin people live overseas, they are also Chinese people" The so-called beauty of the uniform is called the Hua, and the etiquette is called the summer" I am a Han people, and this etiquette must not be taken lightly ......"

When it came, he specially admonished again.

"This is where the royal family of the Celestial Empire lives, don't be rude, understand......"

Royal, what does royal look like?

When the young Nian Qianyao followed his father's footsteps to the land of Shenjing, the central capital at this time was the most lively time, but compared to the prosperity and liveliness of the market, the palace was as quiet as in the past, but in the area of the Chengqian Palace of the East Palace of the Prince, which was not banned, the traffic was not lively. However, the bustle outside the palace has no impact on the east palace, and it is still as quiet as ever.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, the time is almost up, can you leave?"

Li Bingling, who was wearing a palace dress, put his hands in front of his abdomen, stood respectfully beside the prince, and reminded him gently. As a female official, she entered the Chengqian Palace at the age of sixteen, and has been the prince's personal female official for many years, participating in many affairs of the Chengqian Palace.

"Got it, Bingling, wait for me outside."

After closing the note, putting it back in the drawer, and locking the pen, he put the key close to his body, and then habitually checked it before standing up with a smile.

Before leaving the room, he deliberately stood in front of the mirror and looked at himself carefully.

Zhu Hejia has always been not very satisfied with his appearance, because his appearance is more like his mother than his father, for ordinary young people, such a appearance is very handsome and very pleasing to girls, but as the crown prince, he is not majestic enough.

As the crown prince, he was already twenty-five years old, from the age of sixteen out of the palace and the capital, went to Beijing to guard the border for his father, returned to the central capital three years ago, and opened the palace in Chengqian Palace, for several years, he has become accustomed to most of the time, with the help of his father to deal with state affairs. Now, even in many cases, as the crown prince, he has begun to deal with state affairs directly with the cabinet, which is an internship for the crown prince, and his father is a bystander.

However, more often, as the crown prince, Zhu Hejia has to attend various activities on behalf of his father, unlike any emperor in the past, the current royal family will always participate in various civil affairs to show that he is close to the people, of course, these actions have also made the royal family more and more supported by the people.

Recently, because of the news of "hot air balloon bombing Jingnan" from the Jingnan front, the hot air balloon has become the most lively topic in the capital, and the hot air balloon that was originally only occasionally displayed in some activities immediately attracted people's attention, and because of this, some noble heirs and wealthy businessmen in the capital jointly organized the "Flying Association" to fund the "Flying Cause", which is an unprecedented miracle in ancient and modern China and foreign countries, which naturally aroused the keen attention of all parties, and the association is widely issued to please post, Celebrities from all walks of life were invited to attend the company's inaugural meeting and private banquet, and today Zhu Hejia was invited to attend the meeting as a representative of the royal family.

"The founder of the association is Zhang Wanming, who is the third son of Zhang Huangyan, a loyal and righteous uncle......"

In the carriage, Li Bingling specially introduced the founder of the association to the prince.

"Uncle Zhongyi, Zhang Wanqi is very familiar with it, the commander of the twenty-three towns, I heard that the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies intends to transfer him to the Governor's Mansion, but my father doesn't seem to be willing, so this matter is put on hold, Uncle Zhongyi...... is not only a noble, but also a civil official, and the loyal and righteous uncle in the future will definitely enter the ...... of the center"

After many years of hearing and witnessing by his father's side, Zhu Hejia knew the importance of balance, and that the founding honors, civil officials, and honorables were the three legs of the Ming Dynasty's power structure, and the three-legged formula was stable.

Referring to the relatively familiar Zhang Wanqi, Zhu Hejia said casually:

"Zhang Wanming, haven't you heard of it?"

"Your Royal Highness, Zhang Wanming is the third son of Zhongyi Bo, these years has been in his hometown in Zhejiang, after leaving the house four years ago, he devoted himself to the industrial and commercial circles, mainly in the Nanyang area of investment, three years ago by investing in Nanyang tin mine to make a fortune, it is estimated that now his net worth is not less than one million, or even more, in the good things called him "the king of the big tin", the Ming Dynasty imports from the Nanyang every year, thirty percent of the big Ming tin industry imports, this year he began to be active in the capital, because of his noble heirs, although he has been out of the house to stand on his own, but……”

However, there are many others who will compliment him and flatter him...... After all, Zhongyibo is a cabinet minister, and he is a minister who is a close confidant of his father. ”

glanced out the car window, and then Zhu Hejia smiled.

"What, Bingling, interested in him? Know him so well? ”

"Your Highness...... This is my job, and I have to know all the people who have crossed paths with His Highness in advance. ”

Li Bingling did not feel the slightest discomfort because of the prince's ridicule, she had long been accustomed to the prince's character, the prince, who usually seemed serious, would always make some jokes when there were only the two of them.

"Okay, but you don't have to memorize it in the future, first, it's not necessary, and second, it's ......."

Looking at Li Bingling's pretty face, Zhu Hejia said.

"I don't like it when you remember these irrelevant people!"

The prince's words made Li Bingling's heart skip a beat, she took a deep breath, and then put on a businesslike appearance.

"Your Highness doesn't like it, I won't say it in the future, but I still have to prepare their materials......"

Cocking Erlang's legs, Zhu Hejia's eyes narrowed.

"Do you know what is the biggest benefit of being His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Li Bingling blinked his eyes, puzzled.

"The biggest benefit?"

"That is, Lone doesn't need to remember other people, but other people will always take the initiative to introduce themselves."

Grinning, Zhu Hejia said quite confidently:

"Rather than remembering these irrelevant people, Lone prefers to remember the names of scholars, you know, I want to stand tall in the world, and science will always be the fundamental ...... to ensure this."

"Your Highness, scientists also need the support of businessmen."

Li Bingling's reminder made Zhu Hejia laugh.

"That's why Lone will attend such an event, those businessmen, all they want is fame and fortune, and Lone will give them ......"

At this moment, the carriage stopped, and before the door was opened, there was the sound of music outside the door, and through the thin window screen, I saw that hundreds of men and women dressed up outside the car were already lined up outside to greet them, and the eyes of men and women were all vying to look inside, and both men and women looked very excited.

"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose ......"

Zhang Wanming, who stood at the front to greet him, led everyone to the back as the host.

For Zhang Wanming, Zhu Hejia has never met, but from his appearance, he can still see that his appearance is indeed very similar to Zhongyibo. However, he is very young, only in his twenties, but who would have thought that he would be worth more than one million at such a young age?

Smiling slightly, Zhu Hejia nodded slightly at him.

"Zhang Wanming, I have been known to you for a long time in the past few years, "the king of big tin", it is not easy to create such a foundation after only a few years of leaving the house! ”

"Your Highness praises falsely, and the contemptible person is just lucky."

Zhang Wanqi said with a smile that was neither humble nor arrogant.

"Lucky? Lone doesn't think so! ”

Looking at the young man in front of him, Zhu Hejia, who knew what he had experienced back then, said with a smile.

"In the eighteenth year of Xingqian, you were only eighteen years old, and with the 5,000 yuan given by Chung Yi Bo when you left home, you went to the South Seas and recruited 87 employees in Penang to sail up the Klang River from the west coast of the Malay Peninsula in small boats to find tin ore. The area was extremely inhospitable, the jungle was infested with mosquitoes and flies, wild beasts infested, and the plague spread, with 69 people dying of the plague and beasts in a month. However, you did not flinch, continued to look for ore, after nearly a year of difficult efforts, finally found the tin mine after a year, who in the Nanyang people does not know your name "King of Rice"? ”

Nanyang calls tin ore "tin rice" because the grains of tin ore are shaped like rice. Zhang Wanming, who owns a large tin mine, has naturally become the "king of tin rice".

Although when he was in the car, Zhu Hejia attributed Zhang Wanming to "irrelevant" people, but when they met, they still explained the reason why Zhang Wanming made a fortune, and even praised him. Of course, his experience back then had nothing to do with luck, after all, his experience back then could even be said to be nine deaths, how could those experiences be lucky?

"Your experience in Nanyang can be described as the epitome of my Ming people in Nanyang, "the road is ragged, enlightened by mountains and forests", if there is no effort of several generations, how can there be the wealth of Nanyang today......"

Li Bingling, who was following the prince, just smiled and didn't say anything, His Royal Highness the prince will inevitably have some shortcomings, but he will never ignore anyone, the previous words were more just a joke between the two.

The prince's words fell into Zhang Wanming's ears, and even if he was used to the compliments of others, he became extremely excited, and even involuntarily felt a sense of confidant.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so praised, it is really an honor for you."

After another deep thought, Zhang Wanming asked the prince to go forward, and introduced as he walked.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, since our Ming army blew up Jingnan with a hot air balloon, everyone in the world knows about hot air balloons, and the use of this hot air balloon is definitely not limited to this, since it can be used to drop bombs, it will definitely be more useful in the future, so I set up this "Flying Association" with a few friends to fund the scholars of the Ming Dynasty to study everything that can be used to fly in the sky, including hot air balloons, and study its new uses. ”

Of course, Zhang Wanming didn't say that the reason why he suddenly wanted to mention these things was because he knew what all this could bring him.

can bring him unprecedented prestige!

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