Just after the New Year of the Forty-first Year of Orthodoxy, several major events foreshadowed that it was not a quiet year.

The first was the counteroffensive of the White coalition forces in the northwest, which occupied large tracts of farmland and pastures in the Volga Plain.

In February, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was not yet forty-eight years old, died young. It has been almost a hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and no prince has been able to succeed to the throne smoothly.

In March, the Huai River area was flooded with heavy rain for several days, and the water in the Huai River swelled sharply.

It was also at this time that the Yongle royal ship returned from Nanzhou, and Lan Guifei, who was known as the Virgin Mary by the people of Daming, returned to Daming from Lanfei Island in Nanzhou.

She didn't return from playing, in fact, before returning to Daming, her body was already bad, and this time she returned to Daming, just to return to her roots.

The people who got the news started from Quanzhou, and all went to the port to greet the Virgin Mary, even if it was just a glance at the big ship she was on from a distance, many people were already satisfied.

When the giant boat entered the Yangtze River waterway, more people greeted it, and hundreds of people kowtowed to the giant boat on the shore, just to express their gratitude.

It was Our Lady who created the miracle medicine, not only malaria, but also smallpox and typhoid fever, and now there are cures for it.

In the past, children could die at any time before they reached adulthood, but now, the vast majority of children grow up healthy.

For this alone, Lan Yan has been loyally loved by hundreds of people, and in their hearts, Lan Fei is the Virgin.

is also because she has such a great contribution, as early as many years ago, Zhu Zhanji announced to the world that in the future, he will not only be the queen, but also Concubine Lan will be buried with him.

A few years ago, Concubine Lan's health deteriorated, so she set sail and decided to spend the rest of her life in her fiefdom in her old age.

According to her will, if she dies there in the future, she will be buried there.

But this point was sternly rejected by Zhu Zhanji, although he let the blue smoke go to live on Lanfei Island, but asked her to return to Daming when she was not in good health.

On this day, the Yongle stopped at the wharf of Yuejianglou, and countless people of Yingtianfu spontaneously came to the wharf to welcome the return of Concubine Lan.

Seeing that there was no white flag hanging on the boat, everyone's hearts were also calm, knowing that Concubine Lan was still alive,

Zhu Zhanji disregarded the dignity of the emperor and personally came to the center of the river along the trestle bridge and boarded the Yongle.

When he got on the boat, he was still worried in his heart, for fear of seeing a dying blue smoke.

But when he arrived at the boat, he saw a blue smoke that was a little tired, but still elegant, like a middle-aged beauty.

Lan Yan, who has life experience in later generations and happens to be studying medicine, is very good at taking care of herself, and as a woman at the top of the pyramid of this huge empire, she is qualified to meet all her life requirements.

Whether it's food or use, it's the best, plus maintenance, so it's not unusual for her to be in her early sixties and still beautiful.

Seeing her like this, Zhu Zhanji breathed a long sigh of relief, waved his hand, and the people waiting next to him immediately dispersed. "When you left, you said that you couldn't come back if you died, and I was afraid that one day you would be greeted by your bones."

"I thought I could leave in style, but in the end I found that even being a queen on a beautiful island is not at ease by your side. Are you satisfied with this answer? ”

Zhu Zhanji sat beside her with a smile, put his arm around her shoulders and said, "Very satisfied." This can largely satisfy the psychological needs of a big man. That shouldn't be what you mean by that, though. ”

Lan Yan left with a little anger.

In the palace, when a woman reaches the age of forty, it is difficult for her to have the opportunity to accompany Zhu Zhanji, unless Zhu Zhanji is willing to come to the door.

And after the menstrual affair is broken, unless in public, there is no chance to even see Zhu Zhanji's side, let alone sleep.

Lan Yan's identity is different, and Zhu Zhanji is willing to be close to her, which attracts a lot of jealousy for her.

She doesn't care about these, in terms of power, even Sun Xian, the biggest in the harem, is afraid of her.

But after she broke off her menstrual affairs, Sun Xian and the inner eunuch disturbed her and Zhu Zhanji's rest many times in order to maintain order in the harem.

In order to attract Zhu Zhanji's attraction, he even asked beauties to be offered from all over the country, just to meet Zhu Zhanji's needs, and not let him sleep with Lan Yan anymore.

Zhu Zhanji is not an amorous person, he likes blue smoke because the two of them come from offspring. Although he is a few years older than Lan Yan, he also dislikes Lan Yan for being old.

Zhu Zhanji was attracted by the young girl, and Lan Yan was angry, saying that he would go to his fiefdom to recuperate for a few years, and he would not come back if he did not die.

There were no outsiders, Lan Yan snorted and punched Zhu Zhanji's stomach. said: "God is so unfair, you have lived thirty years longer than the original Zhu Zhanji, and now you are in your sixties, and you don't even have a small belly." ”

Zhu Zhanji held her hand and said gently: "You only see the beautiful side of me, but you don't want to think about it, in order to live longer, I have been practicing since I was a child, and I don't dare to relax until now." When you come back, don't go, I don't even have a person to talk to without you. ”

Lan Yan said: "Now that I am the biggest in the palace, no one should dare to accuse Sang and scold Huai, and make irresponsible remarks!" ”

Zhu Zhanji laughed and said, "Don't worry, absolutely no one will dare." ”

Lan Yan didn't have the slightest joy, sighed and said: "In the past, sometimes I wanted to replace her, but when I learned from Ming'er that she was gone, I was very sad in my heart. ”

Ming'er refers to Zhu Zhanji, the eldest son of Zhu Zhanji and Lan Yan, who is now crowned King Rong, and his fief is New Zealand in later generations.

He is also the only prince among all the brothers, except for the crown prince, who has not been divided into Dongzhou with other brothers.

Although she didn't say who she was, Zhu Zhanji knew very well that she was talking about Sun Xian.

Sun Xian is the empress and the woman with the highest status in name. Zhu Zhanji has rarely accompanied her since she was forty years old, but she often accompanies Lan Yan, which naturally makes her inevitably make some small moves behind her back.

She is also very smart, she knows Zhu Zhanji's bottom line, and she will never test the bottom line, but she can also embarrass Lan Yan.

Lan Yan disdains to compete with her in the palace, and her reputation outside the palace is much stronger than Sun Xian's.

The two women have been fighting for a lifetime, but now that Sun Xian has passed away, the grievances between the two have also drifted away.

Looking at Lan Yan's expression, there was no resentment, only melancholy.

Zhu Zhanji patted the back of her hand and said, "It's all over, don't think about it anymore." Pack up and get ready to go back to the palace. ”

Lan Yan sat up straight, picked up a golden hammer beside him, and rang a bronze bell beside him.

A female officer flashed out and asked, "What do you command?" ”

"Let them come out to meet the Emperor......

The female official had to give the order, and Lan Yan looked at Zhu Zhanji and said, "You still know a few eldest grandsons, but you don't know these little ones and granddaughters." ”

Zhu Zhanji was ashamed, because what Lan Yan said was right.

In fact, don't talk about grandsons, even his own son and daughter, Zhu Zhanji is often confused.

There are seventy-nine concubines in his harem, except for those who died of illness at the beginning, and later these ten were sterilized, and there were more than 50 concubines who helped him give birth to children.

They had nearly 180 children, and 149 survived to grow up.

Seventy-eight boys and seventy-one girls. When they grew up, they got married and had children, and by the third generation, there were not many names he could name, let alone the fourth generation.

Now his sons are all overseas, and many of his daughters have married Xungui and gone overseas, and he has never even met many grandchildren.

Lan Yan came back this time and brought back four grandsons and seven or eight granddaughters, the grandsons were all under the age of ten, and the granddaughters were all over the age of ten.

Looking at this posture, I am afraid that I will arrange a marriage for these granddaughters here in Yingtianfu.

Yeongju Prefecture, which was later known as New Zealand, was isolated overseas, and naturally there was no dispute there. But because there are too few nobles, the marriage of the daughters of the royal family is not easy to arrange.

Zhu Zhanji has seen these grandsons and granddaughters, and each has a reward. Then comforted Lan Yan and said, "Don't worry, I will arrange their marriage." ”

Lan Yan shook his head and said: "You only have money and power in your eyes, but they have lived freely and wildly since they were children, and I am afraid that they can't stand too strict constraints." Naturally, I will worry about their marriage, and everything is focused on being happy. ”

"It's up to you, as long as you don't move and get up and run."

In front of his grandson, his granddaughter was said by Zhu Zhanji, Lan Yan's face was confused, and Zhu Zhanji glanced at him, but he also saved face for him and did not refute.

Zhu Zhanji saw that several granddaughters were not wearing court clothes, they lived in Tahiti with Lan Yan, where it was tropical, and they were wearing dresses like later generations, but they had an extra shawl, and their arms and legs were not exposed.

They are indeed used to being free, and they are a little restrained in front of Zhu Zhanji, obviously not used to this kind of scene.

Zhu Zhanji doesn't agree with Lan Yan's education method, but he has too many grandchildren, and he doesn't care how many are out of line.

Getting off the boat, Zhu Zhanji stood on the pier with blue smoke, and the people who greeted Lan Yan spontaneously knelt down to welcome her return.

This is not Zhu Zhanji's organization, he only came today with the Shinrikyo and a group of people from the research institute.

Lan Yan was obviously stunned for a moment, and then he reacted and ordered the palace maid to pass the order and let everyone get up. Then he came to a group of old acquaintances in the research institute and got along with them.

Shinrikyo is not so much a sect as an all-encompassing institution of study.

The 10 research institutes in Xiamaqiao have now become branches of applied research on Shinrikyo communication technology.

Their respect for Blue Smoke comes from the bottom of their hearts, because of the existence of Blue Smoke and the support of the royal family, Shinrikyo has been developing rapidly.

Nowadays, the development of all walks of life in the Ming Dynasty is inseparable from the theoretical foundation of Shinrikyo, and the research institute has always been the main birthplace of the new technology of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, the social status of Shinrikyo Religion, including the status of researchers, is now comparable to that of officials above the fifth grade, which Lan Yan has fought hard for.

Zhu Zhanji saw these grandchildren looking at the prosperous Yingtianfu curiously, and they all looked a little frightened, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

As his granddaughter, the lord of the empire, the most noble group of people in the world.

Even if you don't need to be beautiful or shrewd, you can't lose the momentum on your body.

I hope that after they live in Yingtianfu for a period of time, they can get rid of this kind of petty family spirit on their bodies.

When Lan Yan saw everyone in the research institute, she and Zhu Zhanji's eldest daughter, Princess Zhu Fei of Xixia, visited her mother in tears.

Xixia married Liu Jing, the eldest grandson of Liu Sheng, the Duke of Anguo, and is now the wife of the head of the Duke of Anguo's mansion.

The Liu clan was in the area of Adelaide, the later generation of Nanzhou, and most of the family members developed there. Only Liu Jing and Xixia stayed in the capital and took care of the descendants of the Liu family.

The area around Adelaide is not only rich in minerals, but also has a suitable climate, and is a famous wine-producing region, so the Liu family is also wealthy.

Xixia is the head of the house, she was born relatively early, Zhu Zhanji personally taught at the beginning, she is very reasonable, but fair and secure, and no one in the Liu family is dissatisfied.

After she finished greeting her mother, Zhu Zhanji instructed her: "The descendants of the Liu family have been taught by you to excel one by one, and your nephews and nieces must not forget." From now on, I will leave their upbringing to you, don't let your mother worry about everything. ”

"Fei'er obeys...... Even if the father doesn't say it, the daughter is ready to take several nephews and nieces into the Anguo Mansion to live for a few days. Narong Wangfu has not lived for a long time, and it is raining in front of him, where can people live. I only hope that the father will take pity on his daughter who has not seen her mother for five years, and don't take possession of her mother and let her live with her daughter for a few days. ”

"Naughty!" Zhu Zhanji shook his head and smiled: "Your mother is not my own decision, if you want to take your mother to live in the Anguo Mansion, I am afraid that you will have to pass the truth first." ”

Huang Xuan, who had just entered the Institute of Chemistry, but because he was worried about Zu Ding, he had not yet officially joined the Institute, and was brought out by everyone in the Institute of Chemistry today.

At this time, he was sent out to be the first bird. He looked at Zhu Zhanji, then at Lan Yan, and said: "Aunt Xixia, nephews and colleagues from the Institute of Chemistry, all of them have been longing for the Virgin Mary for a long time, and they live in the Anguo Mansion, so I am afraid that it will be a little inconvenient. ”

Xixia ignored him and said disdainfully: "Let your mother Dongping come and talk to me, see if I don't teach her a good lesson." ”

Huang Xuan knew that his mother was cowardly and younger than the other party, so how could he dare to compete with Aunt Xixia. He hurriedly apologized: "Aunt Xixia forgives, but my nephew is forced to be helpless." ”

Xixia nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's about the same, even if it's official business, you can't go beyond the mother-daughter relationship." If you want to be reasonable, I will accompany you. I want to move people with emotion, but I also want to see who can cross me. ”

Zhu Zhanji and Lan Yan looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Still Lan Yan said: "Xixia, okay." It's almost as a guest to Anguo Mansion, and I don't have to live there. If you have time, bring the children to the palace to see me. Huang ......"

Although she knew Huang Xuan's name, she also knew that he was the grandson of Huang Yuan, the Duke of Fuguo, and her own grandson, but she didn't know his words.

And in this era, except for scolding, there is no reason to call each other by name.

Huang Xuan saw Lan Yan looking at him, and hurriedly greeted him: "Grandson Huang Xuan, the word Yu Ang." ”

"Yu Ang, go back and let your grandmother come to the palace to see me tomorrow, as for the research institute, I will go over to check your achievements in the past few years in a few days."

After getting into the car, Zhu Zhanji sighed and said: "The Institute of Chemistry has the system you have established, and the development is not bad, but the development of other industries is too uneven. ”

Lan Yan leaned on him and smiled: "If you can't do it, I can't do it even more." The only thing I can do is outside of chemistry, that is, from the perspective of ordinary people, to help you improve your future development ideas. ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded and asked, "Is the backup research institute established in Rongzhou Mansion still going well?" ”

"Everything is copied here, what's not going well. It's just that Rongzhou Mansion lacks everything, even steel, which has to be transported from outside. ”

"Problems that can be solved with money are not problems, no matter how difficult it is, we must establish a complete research system in Yeongju Prefecture. If the Ming Dynasty encounters difficulties in the future, at least there is a backhand. ”

Lan Yanqi said: "Nowadays, almost the whole world is the world of the Ming Dynasty, and I see that your various systems have been formulated seamlessly." The whites of Europe have no resources in the Americas and Africa, and there is no threat at all, who can become a threat to the Ming Dynasty? ”

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and sighed: "Of course it's my own people!" Blame me too, my son gave birth to too much, I originally thought that my son would occupy the world, and the meat was rotten in the pot, but I also had to be careful, they broke the pot. ”

"I don't believe you can't do anything."

Zhu Zhanji laughed again and said: "I'm not afraid that they won't fight, what I'm afraid of is that this world will become a backwater pool in the future." Without competition, how can the world develop! ”

Lan Yan said disapprovingly: "In the end, it's still you who are idle and worrying. Now the development of Daming is something I could never have dreamed of, and there is no threat of Daming in this world. As soon as we close our eyes, we don't care what the afterlife will be. ”

Zhu Zhanji laughed and said, "You can't let them live too comfortably." ”

Although this is the case, in fact, Zhu Zhanji and Lan Yan have different perspectives. Personally, he believes that he still has a sense of responsibility for the world.

He must take into account all the situations encountered in the future development and then come up with effective solutions.

Let the world, no matter what changes occur, it will not affect the future of the Han people.

At this time, Lan Yan saw through the car window that someone was pushing a bicycle on the street and looking at the convoy, and said in surprise: "There are bicycles too?" ”

"Look, you said, you have cars, will you have bicycles?"

Lan Yan glanced at him, pursed his lips and smiled: "It seems that I reminded someone of the bicycle at the beginning!" ”

"You and I are one husband and wife, why should we divide each other." Zhu Zhanji smiled and sighed: "This is the drawback caused by uneven development, and Daming still lacks a way to enhance the research interest of ordinary people." ”

Because of Zhu Zhanji's negligence, Daming began to develop bicycles only after the appearance of automobiles.

With the direction of development and the corresponding technology, the manufacture of bicycles is actually very simple.

However, you can't count on Zhu Zhanji for everything!

Zhu Zhanji wanted to change this, but found that although the patent law has been implemented for many years, people have become aware of the protection of private property and regard technology as a kind of wealth.

But because of the clear class division of the Ming Dynasty, people's greatest interest is still in studying, becoming an official, and being a soldier. Because these two development systems are already perfect, they can give people a glimpse of the future of development.

Technological improvement, industrial development, this aspect, because of the lack of soil, only a small part of the population has an interest in this aspect, will develop in this aspect.

Because these aspects require talent and interest, although most people know that technology can also change their fate, they lack the courage to change, or they are unwilling to trade the unknown for stability.

Especially in the central and western regions, the common people are still accustomed to farming for a living, especially after the vigorous promotion of agricultural machinery, the fields that can be cultivated by one person have been greatly improved.

In the past, the price of grain was low, and it was unprofitable for the common people to farm the land, so they wanted to work.

But in the past, it was unprofitable for a person to plant ten acres of land, but what if he planted one hundred acres or two hundred acres? It's better than workmanship again.

Zhu Zhanji was surprised to find that today's Ming Dynasty has begun to develop in the direction of future generations of American farmers.

Moreover, because Nanzhou and Dongzhou are still attracting immigrants with preferential conditions, many people think that the income from farming in Daming is low, and there are even many small landlords with a little family capital who have begun to take the initiative to emigrate.

In short, today's Daming is a deformed freak, because of the existence of Dongzhou, Xizhou, and Nanzhou, this deformed state not only did not collapse, but became normal because of the internal adjustment of immigration.

It's just that for Zhu Zhanji, who is bent on rejuvenating the country through science and technology, he needs to arouse the enthusiasm of the people and spend more effort.

However, fortunately, in the southeast coastal area, because there are many people and little land, and grain transportation is convenient, the people here are more enthusiastic about industry and commerce, and Zhu Zhanji does not have to worry about no one being available.

However, the serious political consequences of this imbalance still need to be addressed.

Otherwise, in the future, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will have a civil war like the United States.

Because industry wants to develop and capitalists want to make money, they naturally need more workers, which is in competition with the agricultural economy.

It's just that the current era has not yet developed to that point, and because today's large-scale industries are controlled by the imperial court and the hands of the internal affairs government.

Turning your head and thinking about it again, there is a strong government, and the war between the east and the west of the Ming Dynasty should not have appeared.

The car arrived at the palace, and as soon as they entered the harem, all of Zhu Zhanji's concubines were already waiting at the gate of the harem.

Zhu Zhanji's first queen and four concubines, and now there are Lan Yan and Ma Xin alive, and Ma Xin is slightly younger than Lan Yan, so in today's harem, Lan Yan is respected.

This time, no one could restrain her anymore.

But she didn't show a smug look, looking at the little girls in front of her, now all of them have gray hair, and she only has melancholy in her heart.

Already in his sixties, what else is there to fight for?

In the future, spend the rest of your life with Zhu Zhanji!

And Zhu Zhanji, as soon as he returned to the palace, he got the news from Tang Lincheng. After two months of training, Tang Sayer led 30,000 soldiers armed with repeating rifles and prepared to "regain lost territory".

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