Xu Fo returned to the Forbidden City again, looking at the treasure top shining in the sun, and then touching her lower abdomen, which was not bulging, she couldn't help but smile bitterly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xu Fo himself only learned that he was pregnant with the dragon seed when he received the will to be named a concubine by Zhu Youxiao.

This was indeed a surprise for her, she never imagined that she would one day become the woman of the emperor and conceive the child of the king of God.

She really wanted to see what Zhu Youxiao's expression was after knowing that she was pregnant with his first child, was she happy or indifferent?

She even imagined the scene when Zhu Youxiao came to pick her up back to the palace in person and called her a concubine, but it was the queen mother who came, the woman who was graceful and luxurious, and had a good appearance.

Xu Fo looked at the white marble steps behind him, as well as the palace gate where the imperial road led straight to the front, imagining the scene when Zhu Youxiao walked out of the capital from there.

"Your Majesty, the slave family is pregnant with your child, do you know it?"

Xu Fo muttered a word and entered the palace that Empress Zhang Yan had already arranged for her.

And Zhu Youxiao, who had arrived in Tongzhou City at this time, didn't think about it so much except for a sneeze.

As soon as he arrived in Tongzhou City, Zhu Youxiao went directly to Tongzhou's Universiade Xicang, Nancang, and Zhongcang to inspect.

This Jingtong Ercang is an important resource of the national strategic reserves, and the richness of its reserves is a symbol of the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

However, to Zhu Youxiao's disappointment, like the fifteen warehouses in the capital, the three warehouses in Tongzhou are not rich in reserves.

Moreover, according to Guo Yunhou, the head of the household department who came with Hu and was in charge of the governor's warehouse, with the Royal Industries Company now returning a batch of grain from the Nanyang area every month, the amount of storage reserves has been twice as high as in the seventh year of the Apocalypse.

As long as there is no large-scale turmoil or famine in the Ming Dynasty now, it can last for decades.

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly after hearing this, because now he can't expect to be able to have smooth weather for decades in the future.

After inspecting the warehouse, Zhu Youxiao left Tongzhou City directly and rushed to Tian0jin.

At this time, although Tian0jin was not as prosperous as later generations, at this time, Daming could be regarded as a pearl on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and it was the first thoroughfare after leaving Tongzhou City.

Of course, more importantly, the newly established Daming Shipbuilding Administration Bureau was also built here.

Since Mao Yuanyi realized the manufacture of steam power engines, Daming's scientific and technological development has obviously entered the fast lane.

The Royal Academy of Engineering is now experimenting with the principle of steam power to other devices, such as trying to make horse-drawn carriages actually become cars.

The first to propose this attempt was Song Yingxing, a judge of the Royal Academy of Engineering, who decided to use a steam-powered engine and organize the largest team to develop the monster that Zhu Youxiao had left in the exhibition room of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

At the same time, Mao Yuanyi, who had handed over the Royal Weaving Bureau to his brother Mao Yuansheng, asked to develop a ship that could travel with a steam engine.

Living in Jiangnan, he is no stranger to ships, especially after seeing those unimaginable pictures of ships from Zhu Youxiao's materials, his desire is even stronger.

Zhu Youxiao did not stop his idea, and immediately ordered him to supervise the Daming Shipyard with the title of the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry, and immediately established a larger-scale shipyard on the basis of the original shipyard, and named it the Daming Shipyard.

The Daming Shipbuilding Bureau is a project that Zhu Youxiao ordered in April this year to let Bi Maokang, the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry, preside over the construction.

The address was chosen in Tianjin, and Zhu Youxiao also ordered the East Factory to assist Mao Yuanyi to find the old craftsmen who were in Longjiang Shipyard, Wuhumen Shipyard, and Dong0guan Shipyard, and summoned them to Tian0jin to reopen the shipbuilding of Daming.

When Zhu Youxiao arrived here, although the Daming Shipbuilding Bureau had not yet been officially put into production, the small steamboat developed by Mao Yuanyi had not yet appeared.

However, the entire dockyard has begun to take shape, and under the word of mouth from generation to generation, the skills of the old shipwrights who went to the West with Zheng He have not been completely lost.

Some lost ship types have been re-copied, although this only has a certain historical reproduction significance, but it also makes people relive the feat of the Ming Dynasty at sea again.

After Zhu Youxiao left Tianjin, he changed to a waterway to go to the east of Shandong, and the imperial boat he took was made by the Daming Shipbuilding Bureau, which was also the first task of the Daming Shipbuilding Bureau.

The Imperial Boat was improved from Zheng He's treasure ship in the Western Ocean, and it was as smooth as standing on the deck as on land, and the cavalry could also gallop on it, but such a large ship could travel even in inland rivers, which was even more amazing.

Just when Zhu Youxiao was leaning on the window of the boat and looking at the vast blue waves in front of him and the green poplars and red flowers on both sides, Xu Xianchun, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, suddenly came over.

"Your Majesty, Liaodong has just sent back news that the Tartars have launched an attack on the Dalinghe Fort occupied by Wu Xiang's troops, and have now occupied Youtun;

In addition, Wu Sangui intercepted Liu Zongzhou and Shi Kefa outside the city of Jinzhou, the three talked for a long time, Wu Sangui seemed to have the intention of attaching, but at the same time asked Liu Zongzhou and Shi Kefa to convey their peace intentions to the Tartars for him, Liu Zongzhou agreed, but after seeing Huang Taiji, he said that Wu Sangui intended to belong to the Ming Dynasty, and dared to be the vanguard, cleansing the Tartars, because Liu Zongzhou intended to provoke and the Tartars also intended to expand the war against Wu, so he ordered to continue to attack Jinzhou after occupying the Daling River, Now the Abatai division has made a detour through the Mongolian Horqin division and is preparing to flank Jinzhou. ”

After Xu Xianchun finished reporting on the situation in Liaodong, Zhu Youxiao didn't ponder for a while before he smiled: "This Liu Zongzhou is not useless, and he can also grasp the sense of proportion when dealing with foreign enemies, which is very good." ”

Saying that, Zhu Youxiao ordered again: "Send a decree to Wang Zaijin to strengthen the defense of Shanhaiguan, whether it is Wu or Tartar, no one is allowed to open the city gate, and strictly guard it!" This matter has nothing to do with us, so don't go for it. Convey this meaning to Liu Zongzhou and Shi Kefa as well, and let these two people fully express my attitude of not participating in the Ming Dynasty in front of the Tartars, and in addition, let Yuan Chonghuan and Mao Wenlong send more people to disguise themselves as Guan Ningjun and kill a few more Tartars, so as to further intensify their contradictions. ”

"Speaking of Yuan Chonghuan, Weichen still has something to play, and it is also the news that he just got, the traitor Fan Wencheng who took refuge in the Tartars recently met Yuan Chonghuan secretly, and the two talked with each other in the secret room for a long time, and we Jinyiwei inquired in every way to get some news, and the content of the conversation between the two seems to be related to Mao Wenlong."

When Xu Xianchun spoke, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing: "No wonder this Yuan Chonghuan has always folded bullets to impeach Mao Wenlong recently, not that he robbed the people's wealth, but that he secretly colluded with the Tartars. ”

Saying that, Zhu Youxiao directly slammed the teacup in his hand on the deck: "What is he going to do, the last time he killed the general of North Korea, he almost forced others to rebel, and now he wants to kill Mao Wenlong again, is it necessary to let me also come and give him a thousand cuts?" ”

"Your Majesty is angry, Yuan Chonghuan is certainly angry, but it is not worth your Majesty's anger."

Xu Xianchun persuaded.

Zhu Youxiao also calmed down a lot, and hurriedly called Li Mingrui in: "Draft, Yuan Chonghuan secretly communicated with the Tartars, the crime is unforgivable, and he will be removed from all positions and arrested in Beijing!" ”

Zhu Youxiao turned to Xu Xianchun as he spoke: "The arrest was carried out secretly, and the people who followed Yuan Chonghuan at that time were all our Jinyiwei's people, and now that Yuan Chonghuan is arrested, there is no need to worry about the people under him making trouble, but just in case, I still send a person from your Jinyiwei to take his place, and let Shen Lian, who has been in charge of Liaodong affairs, go." ”

(To be continued.) )