In recent years, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty has been thriving, and the people's lives are stable, all of which are preparing to celebrate the New Year.

The adults are looking forward to a better life next year, and the children are letting go of the fun and don't care about the cold weather at all.

Because of the strict household registration system of the Ming Dynasty, personnel cannot circulate freely, and now that the society is stable, those abductors have no soil to survive, and they don't have to worry about the safety of children at all.

On December 17, the most talked about by the people of Tianfu was the grand scene when the grandson returned to China after three years at sea, and the emperor personally greeted him at the wharf.

All the chariot and ship guilds of Ying Tianfu have been transferred by the government to prepare for the return of tomorrow's fleet.

Regarding the harvest of the Taisun trip, everyone has speculated, some say that His Royal Highness made millions of taels of gold, some say that His Royal Highness has laid down a territory larger than the Ming Dynasty, and some say that His Royal Highness has brought back thousands of beauties from various countries to reward meritorious ministers.

The common people just watched it as a lively scene, but the nobles knew very well that it was finally time to divide the peaches.

When Zhu Zhanji had not yet gone to the Western Ocean, the discovery of the Ming fleet in Nanzhou had already been reported back to the Ming Dynasty.

All the families who are eligible for a piece of the pie have been preparing for this feast for a whole year and a half.

Zhu Zhanji has not yet returned, but many big families have taken the opportunity of the Ming fleet to go to Nanzhou to change their defenses and send people there to understand the situation.

They had also written in front of Zhu Di many times before, and in order to be able to occupy a good place in Nanzhou and actively win over allies, they made all kinds of promises to Zhu Di.

But Zhu Di left a book, and everything was based on the opinions of His Royal Highness Taisun, and sent everyone away.

Therefore, when Zhu Zhanji returned to Yingtianfu, the first thing he ushered in was the settlement of the frenzy caused by the expansion of the territory.

On the morning when Zhu Zhanji arrived at Yingtianfu, he followed Zhu Di to the Temple of Heaven and Earth to worship the heavens, and then to the Sheji Altar to worship and worship the ancestors in the Taimiao.

After this rush, it was already night. Zhu Di did not set up a banquet in the palace to entertain civil and military officials, and today's Zhu Zhanji only belongs to the royal family.

I have been waiting for more than a year, and the civil and military officials are not impatient. They know very well that starting tomorrow, the land distribution of the major gold mines in Nanzhou, as well as Nanzhou, which is only a little smaller than Daming itself, will gradually begin.

When he entered the noon gate, the sky had already darkened, and Zhu Zhanji saw Zhu Gaochi sitting in the car at the noon gate, unable to move.

His father now weighs more than two hundred pounds, and he is out of breath after a little movement, and his physical condition is worrying.

By his side, followed by the two imperial doctors, all kinds of spare medicines were also very well prepared.

Zhu Zhanji paid a big salute at the noon gate and respectfully kowtowed to Zhu Gaochi three times.

Seeing Zhu Zhanji's demeanor, Zhu Gaochi's heart was both relieved and jealous.

This son of his, a grandson who has made immortal contributions to the Ming Dynasty, is his son. But compared with his own son, he is now a waste person who even wants women to take the initiative to be happy with women.

How wide is the gap......

From the Yuejianglou wharf, Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Di's grandson met, and after this day's rush, both grandparents and grandchildren have been making detailed exchanges on the situation of the South Seas, the Western Regions, and Western countries.

For this report, Zhu Zhanji has been preparing for three whole years. In his mouth, the whole world is displayed in front of Zhu Di in a three-dimensional and pluralistic way.

Some opinions that he didn't dare to put forward in front of Zhu Di before can now be explained to Zhu Di in detail in the form of adulteration of private goods.

Even if Zhu Di has never been to other places, through Zhu Zhanji, he can also have a detailed understanding.

This understanding allows Zhu Di not to be arrogant or arrogant, and to face the whole world with an equal and just mentality.

Only by opening our eyes to the world can we know what advantages and disadvantages Daming has. For different regions, different countries, can learn to target in different ways.

At the family banquet that night, Zhu Zhanji also saw all his concubines and children.

By the time he left home, twelve children had been born and six concubines were pregnant.

But only 14 of the 18 children have survived until now, one died at birth, and three died of fever and smallpox.

Although this kind of loss rate is a bit high, it is normal in this day and age.

Chen Liangyuan, whose original name was Qiuyue, her child was also infected with smallpox, and fortunately resisted, but it became a little pockmark.

In addition to the children, his concubines also went to two.

One is Xie Shi, who was named Zhaoxun, a Lin Daiyu-style woman who gave birth to a child to Zhu Zhanji, which was originally her hope in life, but she died of illness.

She couldn't stand the blow, and within two days, she committed suicide by hanging herself on her own stepping bed.

Yuan, who was also named Fengyi, did not resist because of illness.

What made Zhu Zhanji ashamed was that his memories of these two women were a little blurry.

Xie Shi was still a little more impressed because he helped him give birth to a child, and Yuan couldn't remember what he looked like in his heart.

The departure of these two people did not affect the joy of the relatives getting together, and in the Xingqing Palace that night, the lights were lit up and they gathered together.

It wasn't until the end of the day that Zhu Di took the initiative to end the conversation with Zhu Zhanji. "Ji'er has a good night's rest today, and tomorrow's court meeting, Ji'er will also participate in it, and tell the civil and military officials about the harvest of this trip."

"My grandson knows that I have asked Master Xie to write a strategy for me, and I am afraid that tomorrow's court will not be enough......"

Zhu Di laughed and said: "Nanzhou has now become a big piece of fat, and if you want to distribute it there, I'm afraid it won't be completed a year ago." Over the years, each yamen has been sealed around 20, and this year, the civil and military officials knew that Ji'er would only come back at the seventeenth, and took the initiative to transfer it to the twenty-eighth to seal. Except for the day of the 23rd New Year, the rest of the time is for the land distribution in Nanzhou. ”

Zhu Zhanji said with a smile: "I'm afraid I won't be able to talk about these things tomorrow, and tomorrow, my grandson will have a good communication with the emperor's grandfather." ”

Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction, and left with Concubine Zhaoyi and a group of chamberlains.

And Zhu Gaochi couldn't hold it anymore at this time, and yawned and said, "My father is a little tired, so I'll go to rest first." But when Ji'er was making plans, don't forget about Peng Chengbo's family and those civilian forces. Without their cooperation, the management of these places will be a big problem in the future. ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and said, "The child knows." ”

Although they left, Zhu Zhanji did not relax. Along the way, he listened to Mu Xin and Zhang Fu's introduction of the Daming situation, all of which were macroscopic, many details, including the reasons behind the scenes, and he also needed to listen to the reports of Jin Kuo and Sun Lin, the counselor.

There are also Jinyiwei's case files, which can allow Zhu Zhanji to understand in detail the specific development context of Daming in the past three years of his absence.

Sun Xian came to Zhu Zhanji at this time and asked softly, "Where is Your Highness resting today?" ”

Zhu Zhanji shook his head, glanced at Hu Shanxiang and Lan Yan, and sighed: "I just returned to the palace, and I am busy with affairs. You all rest first, I'm going to talk to Eunuch Jin and Young Eunuch Sun now. ”

It's not so easy to pay off a debt that you owe for three years!

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Going all the way along the river, although the wind was favorable, the speed of the fleet was only just over ten miles per hour, which was much slower than at sea.

The naval warship they were riding on walked slowly, and the farther they went west, the more they could feel the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

There are more and more waterwheels along the river, and they are all standing in large areas along the river. At this time, they already knew that these were not waterwheels, but the factory area of Daming.

Through the power of the waterwheel, the people here can not only polish rice and flour, but also weave and reel silk through the waterwheel, and it is said that the cotton cloth and silk of the Ming Dynasty are processed with this waterwheel.

There were also muskets and artillery, which were also made with waterwheels, but no one knew exactly how they were processed.

Such a large area of factories has not yet arrived in Yingtianfu, and the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty has already left a deep impression on everyone.

In Carloli's eyes, the only thing that was inferior to Rome was the low houses. There are already two, three, and even five- and six-story buildings everywhere in Rome, but most of them are one-story houses here.

However, the worse Daming is in this aspect, the more places he can exert his abilities as an architect.

Especially now that the Ming Dynasty has miraculous cement, these earthen houses should be demolished to build stronger houses.

When the overseer finally arrived in the northeast of Yingtianfu and saw the endless city in front of him, everyone was shocked.

Rome is now one of the largest cities in the West, but its population is only 200,000, and the city has a population of more than 1.5 million.

Before that, they simply couldn't imagine what a city with a population of more than a million would be like, but now they knew.

Just from the northeast of Yingtianfu to the Yuejianglou Wharf in the north of the city, they drove for an hour and two hours.

The riverside is full of industrial areas, and there are docks everywhere, and countless ships of all kinds come and go in and out of the various docks.

This Yuejianglou wharf is larger than the largest city square in Rome, and the wharf is all made of cement, with dozens of trestle bridges that can dock hundreds of ships at the same time.

Looking into the distance, one house after another can't see the edge at all, this is still the periphery, if you enter the city wall, I don't know how prosperous it will be!

This is Ying Tianfu, a dream-like city.

In the future, they will live here.

"Dad, we've got all the bags ready......"

He looked back and saw that Sophia's face was a little flushed from the exercise, but he thought it was more likely because of the "bastard" next to her.

Zhang Wu saw that Karsoli's face was a little embarrassed, and deliberately diverted his words: "Professor Karsolli, Your Highness has arranged for your people's residence in Xiamaqiao Farm, which belongs to the outer city, and you need to travel through the entire city to reach it. I've made arrangements to personally take your family to your accommodation. ”

Sophia was a little embarrassed and couldn't help but shout "Daddy......".

Karsoli reacted, nodded in salute, and said, "It is our honor to have Your Excellency's help at such a time. ”

Zhang Wu laughed embarrassedly and said, "It should be, it should be." ”

The ship finally docked, and the four-month journey finally came to an end.

He saw Dobnibaz, a lone linguist, carrying a large bag and a suitcase in one hand, already rushing to the front and walking down the gangway quickly.

To everyone's surprise, as soon as he stepped onto the dock, he put down the box and knelt on the ground. Then he kissed the rough cement pavement with his lips, and shouted loudly in his mouth: "Da Ming, I'm here!" ”

No one laughed at him, but because of his actions, many people moistened their eyes.

Most of them are unhappy people living in their homeland, and it is the dream of most people to be able to leave the oppression and come to the rich Ming Dynasty.

Although there are classes and aristocrats, there is no religious oppression here, and they can do what they want.

Before the ship arrived in Daming, the identities of all of them were registered, and then they were uniformly assigned.

Dobnibaz was a linguist who was assigned to live in a place called Chicken Coop Mountain, which is said to be the university of the Ming Dynasty.

Karsoli, along with many mathematicians and inventors like him, was assigned to live on a private farm belonging to His Royal Highness.

It is said that this is because of mathematics, and architecture is said to be not recognized by universities in Daming.

But this imperial grandson of the Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to them, and will arrange them in the base research institute, and will also open a new university to arrange them.

Dobnibaz was taken with his identification and arranged for him to be put into a carriage by the men who greeted him on the shore. The groom didn't ask Buzz to do it himself, but invited him into the carriage and put his luggage on the roof of the carriage.

And Karsoli got off the boat, but instead of leaving the dock, they were put on another small boat. Zhang Wu told them that through a small river called the Qinhuai River, they could quickly pass through the city.

Today they have a lot of luggage, it is inconvenient to take the car, and when they settle down, he will take them to visit Yingtianfu.

Although he was a little angry that this guy attracted his daughter, Karlsoli had to admit that with the help of this Zhang Wu, he didn't have to worry about this new unknown life at all.

Each family carried a large amount of luggage, and there were less than twenty people on the boat. A boatman, rocking two oars at the same time, carried them up a little further and into a small river.

It was the outer perimeter of the city before entering the city walls, but they had already crossed several bridges. The bridges, which are made of wood or stone, are more than six or seven meters above the water, and although they cannot be crossed by sea boats, they can be easily traversed by river boats.

He was an architect and was immediately attracted by the simple but beautiful stone bridges and the beautiful wooden bridges.

After about an hour's journey, the boat entered the city through a doorway in the city wall.

Then they saw one house after another appear in front of their eyes, the lower part of these houses is mostly earth walls, brick walls, but the upper part is wood, the structure of the house is simple, but the eaves are very beautifully decorated.

Calsoli said with a smile: "I feel that I have a lot of room to play in my future strengths. ”

They looked curiously at everything in front of them, as well as at the crowds on the streets. And those people also looked at the people on the ship with curiosity.

Yingtianfu has tens of thousands of envoys from various countries living here, and they are not curious about exotic people, only some children run with the fleet by the river and watch the excitement.

"Brother Zhang, what does this smell like? How fragrant? I've never smelled anything like this! ”

Zhang Wu sniffed it, looked at Monte, who was closest to him, touched his head and said with a smile: "This is just a pancake, it's not a strange thing, in two days, I'll take you around, and buy you whatever you want to eat." ”

He originally wanted to show it now, but when the last bit of money on his body was in Star City, he had already spent it on buying gifts for his family, and now he was penniless. ”

Just when he felt regretful, he suddenly heard someone on the shore shouting, "Second Young Master......"

He looked up and saw his mother's maid Chunxing with a few little maids, each holding some bought New Year's goods in their hands, and behind them, there were two nursing homes.

Seeing that it was really Zhang Wu, Chun Xing became excited, and shouted with red eyes: "Madame knows that the eldest young master and the second young master are home today, and sent a housekeeper to the dock to look for you, but I don't want to meet the second young master here." ”

"You go back and tell your mother that I have carried out my mission and that I will be home at about the same time. I want to eat braised hooves at night, and I haven't eaten my mother's hooves for three years, and I'm hungry to death. ”

Sophia looked at the other party's body wearing silk clothes, and wearing gold hairpins and silver ornaments on his head, like a noble lady.

But she was dressed in a fine linen robe, like a village girl. Because she didn't know the identity of the other party, she felt a little distressed, and was very worried that his previous kindness to her was all an illusion, and when he returned to Yingtianfu, he would not be so good to her.

The other party laughed and asked, "Second Young Master, where are you going?" I'll ask Fugui to help with you. ”

"No need, you can ask someone to pick me up at the pier south of the Xiama Bridge in a while, there are too many luggage, I can't take it back alone...... Chunxing, do you have any money? Buy one of us a pancake to eat, I'm starving. ”

Everyone on the shore laughed, Chunxing took two copper coins as fifty, and asked the little maid to buy twenty fried oil cakes, and the boatman let the boat dock and took the oil cakes they handed over.

Zhang Wu ignored the heat, opened the oil paper bag, and gave one to everyone on the boat, and most of them were not polite, and ate with relish.

Monte took a bite of the pancake with chopped green onions and minced meat, and couldn't help but burst into tears. "It's the most delicious food in the world."

Seeing this scene, Zhang Wu couldn't help but laugh. "Silly boy, this is not anything delicious, one is only four cents, it's just a snack."

Separated from Chunxing and them, they didn't care about buying New Year's goods, so they quickly went home to report the news.

Zhang Wu only realized at this time that Sophia was holding the oil cake, but she didn't eat it, and she looked a little melancholy.

"Sophia, why don't you eat it?"

Sophia lowered her head, tears rolling in her eyes, and she couldn't hold back.

Karlsoli asked, "General Zhang, who was that person just now?" ”

Zhang Wu didn't see Sophia's tears, turned around and said, "That's our family's ......"

"Everyone can wear silk clothes!"

The Romans on board were amazed, for in Rome the little nobles would be able to show off if they could buy a silk garment, not to mention that everyone could wear gold and silver.

Although Sophia doesn't know much about many customs of the Ming Dynasty, she has also learned some basic common sense, knowing that nobles and subordinates generally do not intermarry, and can only be concubines at most.

Her original sense of crisis disappeared, and her mood improved, she lowered her head and gently took a bite of the oil cake in her hand, and a rich fragrance filled her mouth.

It's really delicious!

When the fleet arrived at Xiamaqiao Farm, it was already dark, but when the fleet returned to the dynasty today, there was no curfew at the major city gates of Yingtianfu, and Zhang Wu was not afraid that he would not be able to enter the inner city after dark.

Here, a large group of people lit torches and lanterns greeted them at the pier. A few days earlier, they had already received the list of resettlement personnel passed back by Kuaima, and according to the list, they arranged their respective houses.

In the past two years, although the research institute of Xiamaqiao Farm is not efficient, the entire Xiamaqiao has formed a force that cannot be underestimated under the leadership of Chen Cheng.

With Zhu Zhanji's care and sufficient funds, the development of Xiamaqiao Farm is still very stable.

The north here is the Ming Tomb of filial piety, which cannot be carried out in a big way, and the south is the Temple of Heaven and Earth, with few personnel. As long as it does not encroach on the territory of the Temple of Heaven and Earth, Xiamaqiao Farm can be built in this area at will.

Zhu Zhanji's talent introduction plan did not come to mind temporarily when he arrived in Europe, he had a complete plan before he went to Europe. Therefore, hundreds of new homes have been built here in Xiamaqiao in recent years, which are prepared for these introduced talents.

Although it is an outer city here, there is still an outer city wall built in the period of Zhu Yuanzhang on the periphery, the Temple of Heaven and Earth in the south, the Ming Tomb in the north, the Yulinwei directly under Zhu Zhanji in the east, and the Donghua Gate in the inner city in the west, where a large number of troops are stationed.

Although it is a little remote, it is well guarded, the environment is beautiful, and it is close to the palace.

Nowadays, the land in the inner city is becoming more and more tight, and this is an area where the Ming Dynasty and the civil officials want to live in every possible way.

Even Zhu Di couldn't suppress this trend, and demarcated a large area by the Qinhuai River on the southwest side of the Temple of Heaven and Earth, allowing these nobles and civil officials to allocate land of different sizes according to their ranks, and let them build their own houses.

However, the imperial court unified planning, built cement roads, planted trees, grass and flowers, built septic tanks, and sewers.

Originally, the area around Taipingmen was a high-end residential area in Yingtianfu, but now, outside the Guanghua Gate in the southeast of Yingtianfu, to the Qinhuai River area between Tongji Gate and Wuding Gate, it was originally an outer city and a place for the poor to live, and now it is the most advanced residential area in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Wu's return here was no different from returning home, he first looked at the house allocated by the management department to the Karsoli family.

There are only four people in their family, and the allocated house is naturally not too big, just a small courtyard with two entrances, with a total area of less than 300 square meters. There are three main rooms, three back wings, a small courtyard in front of them, and a vegetable patch in the back.

Zhang Wu was not qualified to change them to a big house, but he was familiar with the terrain here, so he changed to a house in a better location, closer to the Qinhuai River and the inner city gate.

After they came ashore, each family was given a crockpot of broth and a few hot steamed buns, and it was getting late today, so they could only distribute food.

Later, he took the Carsoli family to their new home with a doggy approach.

Carloli originally looked down on the Ming architecture, thinking that the houses here were low, dark and simple in structure.

But in the past, when the Huai River traveled all the way, he also saw the tall city gates of the Ming Dynasty, the majestic bell tower, and many architectural styles that were different from those of the West, but they were not useless.

When they arrived at the new house, he was shocked to see the new house with a courtyard in front of it and a small vegetable garden in the back, and to see the advanced sewers and toilets at home.

He realized that although the houses here are relatively backward in structure, they far surpass those of Western houses in terms of overall comfort.

"There's nothing in the house, but tomorrow someone from the farm will take you to buy all kinds of groceries. I don't know if I have time to come tomorrow, if there is any difficulty, you can find someone to report to me directly to Peng Chengbo's mansion. ”

Karlsoli said gratefully, "You've helped us enough, the ...... just now"

Seeing that he was stuck, Zhang Wu took the next step and said, "The Management Committee." ”

"Yes, the official of the management committee introduced it very clearly, all daily necessities will be taken to us to buy tomorrow, and they will be delivered to our homes."

Zhang Wu thought about it and felt that he just wanted to help, but I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to help anything, and he would help more and more. "Then I will send my housekeeper tomorrow to help you settle in, and then lend you a cook and a servant first. I'm afraid you won't even be able to cook now. ”

Sophia looked at a piece of paper in her hand and said, "Your Highness also asked the palace maids to set up a training class to train our housekeepers' abilities and teach us cutting. Monte, can you help me see what these two words are? ”

Monte didn't know either, Zhang Wu leaned over, looked at it and smiled: "This is cooking, that is, cooking." ”

Sophia nodded happily and said, "When I learn to cook, I won't even need a servant." ”

Zhang Wu shook his head and said with a smile: "I can't bear to let you work every day, the maid still has to be invited, at least I can help you integrate into Daming quickly." ”

Karlsoli asked, "What is the approximate price of Daming's servant?" ”

This question is not clear to Zhang Wu, the eldest young master, he touched his head and said, "I'll go back and help you ask......

Several people took oil lamps and glanced at each room one by one. There is nothing in it now, but having such a comfortable place to live is very satisfying for Carlsoli.

Zhang Wu's eyes kept looking around the rooms in the back wing, imagining what he should give to Sophia after she moved in, so that she would not be disgusted.

After sending Zhang Wu away, Carl Soli stood in the courtyard for a while, from Rome to Daming, tens of thousands of miles away, until now, his heart has really stabilized.

It all looks really good, and from tomorrow onwards, we will start to welcome a new life.

"Dad, it's time to eat, this soup is going to be cold in a while."

"Okay, I'll come right over."