Chapter 584: Finale (I)
"Pull?" Zhu Yang looked at Zhu Song with some suspicion and said, "How many things did you get?" ”
"Only what you can't think of, not what you can't see." Zhu Song smirked, "Besides, the entire Oceania is full of primitive natives, and they don't even have a decent weapon. Let me tell you, this Oceania is rich in bounty, not to mention gold and silver, and all kinds of precious stones. We can drive these natives to help us mine in Daming, and when the time comes, how much will you hide, who knows? ”
"Ahem...... Yao Guangxiao coughed lightly twice and said, "That...... Lord Wang, the monk is still here. ”
"Oh? Ahh Zhu Song laughed, "It's okay, it's okay, you shouldn't have heard it, anyway, you followed Brother Yang to Oceania, you also have food and drink, you should enjoy it, you don't hear anything else, anyway, it's all my Ming." ”
Yao Guangxiao was speechless for a moment, this prince is really nervous.
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Time flies quickly, in the seventh year of Yongle, that is, seven months later, the Ming court received news that the warships that went to explore the land of North and South America finally had news, and North America was discovered!
"Mao San, you kid hurry up, today is the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, and it is more than 200 miles away from Nanjing, as long as the foot is faster, you can still catch up with the reunion and go home for a reunion!"
On the official road to Chang'an City, a truck was suddenly emitting smoke and moving forward.
There were thirty people in the carriage, all of them wearing camouflage, and the hats on their heads covered their faces, so that they could not see their specific appearances.
The man at the head of the left side of the carriage had a beard on his face, and it was he who spoke.
Sitting next to the bearded man was a thin young man who fought with a bamboo pole: "Platoon Commander Lu, this time we will return with the battleship first, nothing will happen, right?" ”
During this time, according to Zhu Song's memory of his previous life, he directly reorganized the army of the Ming Dynasty, and divided it according to the concept of military divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, companies, platoons, and teams, like this squad on the truck, which was the formation of a platoon, and was sent back by Zhu Song to deliver the news.
"What's this, the task of our platoon is to hand over the prince to us, and report the information about North America to Your Majesty, and we don't need to worry about the affairs of the fleet!" Platoon Commander Lu replied to him, and while knocking on the wagon connecting the driver's seat, he shouted, "Mao San, you should hurry up?" ”
"Platoon commander, I've stepped on the accelerator to the end, how can I get up quickly?" A rough voice came from the driver's cabin, "You can't bear it anymore?" Thousands of miles have passed, more than 100 miles, what's the hurry? ”
"You're looking for a cigarette, aren't you?" Platoon Commander Lu was immediately happy, "I'll go later, and see how I clean you up." ”
"Platoon commander, when we return to Nanjing, I'm afraid you will already run back to the house to find your sister-in-law, where can you care about beating Mao San?" "The thin hemp pole sitting next to the platoon leader Lu is very obscene. He laughed wryly.
"Pillar, I see that your kid is also itchy." Platoon Commander Lu glared at the thin hemp pole angrily, and Taishou was about to beat him.
Don't look at the pillar and look at the thinness, but the skill is quite sensitive, and it flashed directly.
All the soldiers in the carriage burst out laughing, and for a while, the carriage was full of joy.
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Outside Nanjing, Zhu Di, who had already received the news first, had already arranged for the army to greet him.
In this search of Oceania and North and South America, the soldiers on the battleship can be said to have worked hard, if it were not for them, it would have been said that the search for several continents would have been carried out, and the battleship itself would not have been launched to sail.
And after Zhu Di got the news again, he did not put on the emperor's shelf, but directly arranged for important ministers to go to the gate of Nanjing to greet him.
A group of first-class and second-grade court officials, waiting for thirty soldiers to report the news, this is really unheard of.
However, they were not asked to wait long, after all, even if the truck drove slower, it would be an hour to arrive.
Soon, a clumsy truck appeared on the official road, and the appearance of the truck also made the entire Nanjing city gate suddenly become quiet, and everyone stood on tiptoe and stretched their necks to wait for the arrival of the truck.
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
When the truck just appeared in front of the city gate of Nanjing, a deafening salute immediately sounded on the gate tower of Nanjing.
This is the salute that Zhu Di requisitioned from the firearms battalion, and when the feast of the hundred countries was held, the salute placed at the gate of the palace was of the same level.
The salute sounded, the speed of the truck fell, and then under the leadership of Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, hundreds of civil and military officials, surrounded by the brocade guards, greeted the truck.
"Platoon Commander Lu, we're here." Mao San's voice rang out, "Front, front......"
"Mao San, what the are you stammering?" The platoon commander in the back shouted impatiently: "Since we have arrived, let's hurry into the city?" You're still in front, you're tall in front! ”
"No, Platoon Commander Lu." Mao San's voice suddenly mentioned, "Han, His Royal Highness the King of Han reconciled with your lord...... It's here, it looks like it's supposed to be here to greet us. ”
"What?" The platoon commander Lu was startled, stood up directly, and shouted: "Get up, go down and line up!" ”
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Suddenly there was an orderly sound in the carriage, and all the soldiers stood up and walked towards the carriage.
Thirty soldiers stood in a row, and the platoon commander Lu nodded the number of people in front, and then trotted in front of Zhu Gaoxu, standing straight: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi, the third army of the small ocean fleet, Lu Changfeng, the platoon commander of the seventh company and six platoons of the second battalion of the fifth brigade and the fourth regiment of the second division, has seen His Royal Highness the King of Han!" ”
Seeing His Royal Highness the King of Han and many high-ranking ministers in the court coming to greet him, Lu Changfeng and the soldiers all had a feeling of flattery.
"Private Mao San, Li Fang...... I've seen His Royal Highness the King of Han! ”
Under the leadership of Lu Changfeng, everyone straightened up and greeted Zhu Gaoxu and them in unison.
"Hahaha, no courtesy, hurry up and no courtesy!" Zhu Gaoxu looked very happy, he stepped forward to help Lu Changfeng at the front, and said, "This time, there is a platoon leader of Lao Lu, and he must be very tired after a long journey, right?" ”
Lu Changfeng shook his head and said, "There are trucks to send you off along the way, I can't wait!" ”
"Good!" Zhu Gaoxu patted Lu Changfeng's shoulder, raised his hand and said, "Come on, serve the wine!" ”
The little eunuchs who were waiting with wine hurriedly took two steps forward and brought up the wine in their hands.
Zhu Gaoxin handed the wine to each soldier and said: "Cheer, this wine is given to you by Banzai, Banzai said, everything you have done for Daming, Banzai has remembered it in your heart!" With this glass of thin wine, thank you for your tireless travel! ”
Handing the wine glass to the last soldier, a smile appeared on Zhu Gaosui's face, and he said, "Long live this king, drink with the ranks!" ”
"Long live the Lord, long live the Ming Dynasty!" Lu Changfeng and the soldiers shouted loudly, and drank it all at the same time.
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On the sixth day of the sixth month of the eighth year of Yongle, a large steel fleet consisting of 300 ships, each with a capacity of 500 people, departed from the port of Tianjin, stirring the waves all the way, heading towards the direction of the sky.
In the Chinese New Year's Eve of the eighth year of Yongle, Zhu Song ordered people to bring back the news of the discovery of North America, and it didn't take long for South America to be discovered by the army, and this time it also transported back a lot of animals and plants unique to North and South America, such as: red pandas, sloths, capybaras, corn cobs, sweet potatoes, potatoes......
Especially when Zhu Di learned about the yield per mu of corn, sweet potatoes and potatoes and the production season, he directly made a version, and ordered all shipyards in Daming, all freighters under construction, all halfway converted into warships, and at the same time, in Daming, all steel cargo ships or tour ships in use went to the nearest shipyard for transformation.
For half a year, it can be said that the entire Ming Dynasty was in a state of tension, and even with Europe and the African land that had just been taken, all of them moved.
The ordinary people of the two continents thought that the Ming Dynasty was going to war again, and they all watched timidly, for fear that one of the Ming people would be unhappy and kill them.
After half a year of worry, the Ming side suddenly died down, as if there had never been half a year of active war preparation.
Some of the plants that were brought back were planted by Zhu Di by a special person, and heavy guards were arranged, and no one was allowed to approach.
Soon, this kind of plant that went down bore fruit, and that kind of yield shocked Zhu Di inexplicably, and at the same time, he was very interested in the vast North and South America.
Therefore, the shipyards all over the territory were ordered to quickly transform the warships and go to North and South America.
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By the time the Ming Dynasty's army of giant warships arrived in North America, huge cities had already been built.
After all, from Asia to the Americas, this distance is not close, and it takes more than a month to walk by water, not to mention the current navigation technology, two months is less.
From finding North and South America, the people arranged by Dao Zhusong to return to Nanjing, and then to the huge army of warships returning to North and South America, it took a full fifteen months, that is, from May of the seventh year of Yongle to the end of August of the eighth year of Yongle.
Zhu Song set up the city in North America, which is where Zhu Song's previous life was in New York.
Zhu Song has a special affection for this place, in his previous life, at least one-tenth of his tasks were related to country A, several important protection tasks, and went to New York for important meetings.
The huge city does not have many high walls, but the architecture is quite in the style of the Ming Dynasty.
When Zhu Zhen and Yang Shiqi, who led an army of 100,000 and came to North and South America, arrived here, they were full of novelty and nostalgia wherever they looked.
Of course, after more than two months of wandering on the sea, I dare to have a sense of nostalgia when I see that the city is full of Ming style buildings.
In the middle of this city, there is a huge mansion, which is modeled on the Nanjing Han Palace, which is not so luxurious and magnanimous, but it is obviously similar to the Yuhan Palace.
Zhu Song, who had already received the news, had already led the middle and senior ranks of the army to wait at the gate of the mansion.
"Hahaha, Brother Zhen, why did you send you this time?" As soon as he saw Zhu Zhen, Zhu Song suddenly laughed, "Oh, and Shiqi, this sea has been adrift all the way, but it tiring you enough, right?" ”
"You're really surprising to us." Zhu Zhen's figure has lost a little weight, and the look on his face is very tired, "We have so many brothers, and you kid often speaks amazingly, and it is really as you said, you have found this vast land!" ”
"It's incredible!" Yang Shiqi's beard grew a little longer, and there were more white threads in his hair and temples, "Lord Wang, I heard what Platoon Commander Lu said before, and the minister still didn't believe it, until he went to Oceania and came to North America, he didn't know that all this was true!" ”
"It's okay, the first time I found this place, this king couldn't believe it." Zhu Song didn't care, "Come on, come on, let's go in and talk, this king has prepared wine and food to wash the dust for you." ”
"Hey, wait a minute, what about the 70,000 soldiers we brought here?" Zhu Zhen didn't rush in, but said, "You can't just leave them outside the city, right?" ”
"Seventy thousand, isn't it one hundred thousand?" Zhu Song was stunned.
"Originally, it was 100,000, and when it passed through Oceania, there were 30,000 troops there." Yang Shiqi replied, "However, the remaining 70,000 troops will be handed over to you, the prince, and the holy decree received by His Royal Highness the King of Chu and his subordinates is like this, and we can be regarded as having completed the merits." ”
"No, I don't have that time to care about them." Zhu Song waved his hand again and again, "I still have a lot of things to do here, where can I have time to take care of them, since you two are here, stay here." ”
"Hey, you kid is a temporary catcher!" Zhu Zhen said with a smile: "Well, anyway, I'm here anyway, so let's take a closer look here and turn around here." ”
"Hahaha, let's go, eat first, let's talk slowly!" Zhu Song laughed and pulled the two of them to the mansion.
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With the help of 70,000 troops, the entire region of North and South America seems to have been given a new lease of life. In just one and a half years, that is, ten years of Yongle.
All over North and South America, all areas suitable for human habitation, have been planned out of the city, only relying on the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, it is naturally difficult to build the city, the natives of North and South America, under the ruthless spur of the Ming soldiers, can only sell blood and coolies.
Anyway, the dead Taoist friends are not poor people, for Zhu Song, these people are not Han people, they die when they die, and they can create something for the Ming Dynasty before they die, which can be regarded as a well-deserved death.
And those natives of North and South America seem to be accustomed to the enslavement of the Ming people, and even many natives can speak some simple Chinese.
It is precisely because of this that South and North America were firmly controlled by the Ming court.
As for the boundary between the cities, Zhu Song changed the way, that is, the boundary monuments were re-erected at the edge of the cities, and the boundary monuments were guarded and guarded by the army, and soldiers were camped on the spot in each camp, of course, most of them were natives.
Fortunately, Zhu Song used the camp. The source of the pin was brainwashed to these natives, and their weapons were controlled by the material of iron, and all the firearms were in the hands of the Ming soldiers.
Since North and South America have been on the right track, Zhu Song is on the outside. After more than three years, it's time to go back to Nanjing.
explained his meaning to Zhu Hu, Zhu Zhen, Yang Shiqi and other high-level officials, and Zhu Song didn't look at their expressions, and directly made preparations for the return trip.
Before leaving, all the cities that met again in North and South America went around, and when they got on the battleship and went back, they took a look around Oceania by the way, and brought back a few kangaroos by the way, but it was a pity that there were a total of twenty kangaroos, and under the bumps along the way, ten of them died.
With the last ten kangaroos, Zhu Song returned from Tianjin Port, and drove in the direction of Nanjing City with a series of thirty trucks, pulling full of things.
It wasn't until the tenth day that Zhu Song finally returned to Nanjing.
On the same day, he didn't even return to the mansion, and Zhu Song was directly taken into the palace by a carriage sent by Zhu Di.
No one knew what Zhu Di said to Zhu Song in the palace, anyway, it wasn't until after noon on the second day that Zhu Song returned to the mansion.
Zhu Song, who returned to the house after a three-year absence, naturally received the highest standard reception.
Two daughters and two sons, seeing Zhu Song is like seeing what he loves to eat, no matter where he goes, he will follow him, and he can't wait to grow on Zhu Song.
Zhu Song had no choice but to push away everything, and with a large family of people, he moved to the Han Wangfu outside the city.
It's just that the idle days are always short, and at this juncture, whether it is the European and African continents bordering the Ming Dynasty or Oceania, North and South America far away from the mountains and seas, countless things happen every day.
Zhu Song, the initiator who dominated everything, will Zhu Di let him relax?
That's not possible!
A month later, Zhu Di directly sent a holy decree to the Han Palace, ordering Zhu Song to serve as an inspector of the Ming Dynasty to inspect Asia and Europe, and Oceania, North and South America were sent overseas, Zhu Tan, Zhu Zhi and Zhu Lu respectively, all of whom were Zhu Di's own brothers.
There is also the position of this patrol envoy, which is also enough to pit the ground, it is simply the minister of the Qin mission with the sword of Shang Fang, who is not pleasing to the eye, there is no need to report to Nanjing City, just copy the knife and cut it, and it will not be held accountable by the imperial court!
Maybe this position is a sweet spot for outsiders, holding great power, and being sought after by hundreds of officials, how good is it?
But for Zhu Song, this is simply a chore, just go to Africa and Europe, and have to investigate the conduct of local officials one by one, doesn't this cost him his life?
I want to shirk my responsibility, but Zhu Di didn't agree at all, and directly made a decision: If you don't go, I'll let you go to North America!
Gotcha, go, born toil!