The first avenue from Jingshi to Shanhaiguan has started construction. At Zhu Youjian's suggestion, the Ministry of Industry basically adopted a straight-line distance. When encountering a hill, blast the passage with gunpowder; Encounter a canal, or fill in the earth to build a road, or build a concrete bridge deck. After removing a large number of curves, the roadbed is only 500 miles, less than 70% of the original size, which leaves some former opponents speechless.

Zhu Youzhen personally came to the construction site to watch the construction of the road in Siyong Camp. After surveying by the Ministry of Industry, the road started from Jingshi, passed through Yongping Province, and then arrived at Shanhaiguan.

In order to speed up the construction speed, Jingshi and Yongping started construction at the same time, this section is about 300 miles, and when this section is completed, the road construction army will build the section from Yongping Mansion to Shanhaiguan. It is only August now, nearly five months away from the new yuan, and Zhu Youzhen estimates that this section should be repaired before the new yuan.

The road construction army was in full swing, and no one had time to deal with Zhu Youzhen, the only spectator.

Looking at the cement road that was gradually moving away, Zhu Youzhen secretly thought: "With this cement road, Liaodong will definitely be the Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty." The Liaodong Prefecture and the Nurgan Prefecture will also regain the brilliance of Hermes-Epitek. It's just that I don't know when the banner of the Ming Dynasty will be planted on these homelands. ”

Banner? Daming doesn't seem to have a flag. A flash of fire flashed in Zhu Youzhen's mind, there is no flag, so what does it represent the Ming Dynasty? Could it be the imperial power that weighs on the heads of the people? No, only the flag is the symbol of the Ming Dynasty, the national flag, which can improve the cohesion of the Han nation.

Now there is no national flag, and no one consciously promotes the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Youzhen has nothing to do.

Now there is only the imperial court, and there is no national concept in the eyes of the people, the emperor is still the world, and the imperial court does not regard the people as the foundation of the country, but in many cases, it is regarded as a burden to the country.

The Ming court insisted on not retiring the army in Liaodong, not because of the concern for the local people, but for the face of the court and the responsibility of defending the land.

Zhu Youzhen rushed back to the Qingong Palace in a huff, it was useless to think too much about these problems, he didn't want to be like Qu Yuan, a wanderer who "woke up alone".

When you're too much ahead of the times, you can't expect everyone else to be like you. Others go further, you take a step back, and everyone can have a common language. The lone ranger can act arbitrarily and be happy with revenge, but he can only be a loner.

When Zhu Youzhen returned to the Qinqin Palace, before entering the gate, Wan'er came to report: "Your Highness, the queen mother sent someone to invite you to Kunning Palace!" ”

"Kunning Palace?" Zhu Youzhen remembered that last time in Kunning Palace, Queen Zhang Yan chose Princess Xin for herself, and let herself go to see it often, which is actually to cultivate more feelings. But I had too many things to do, and I forgot about it.

Zhu Youzhen didn't enter the door, he turned around and went to Kunning Palace.

Kunning Palace is almost the center of the entire inner court, the north out of the Kunning Gate is the Imperial Garden and Qin'an Palace, the south is separated by the Jiaotai Palace to the emperor's permanent Qianqing Palace, the east and west, is the emperor's concubines live in the six palaces.

Zhu Youzhen's Miaoqin Palace is in the southeast of Kunning Palace, and he must pass through the Qianqing Palace and the Jiaotai Palace to reach Kunning Palace.

The courtyard is wide and silent, with two heavy vermilion lacquer gates half-open and half-hidden, and the pink bricks and blue tiles reflect the sun's brilliance arbitrarily, making the courtyard much brighter. Zhu Youzhen didn't know whether to shout "I'm coming" at the Zhu Qi Gate, and at this time, the palace maid Ting'er slowly walked out of the Zhu Qi Gate.

"Your Highness is here."

She led Zhu Youzhen into Kunning Palace, and asked the other eunuchs to inform Zhang Yan.

"Your Highness is a busy man, it's not easy to come here!" Before Zhang Yanren came out, the sweet voice shook Zhu Youzhen's eardrums.

"The younger brother has seen the imperial sister-in-law." Zhu Youzhen hurriedly got up and kowtowed to Zhang Yan.

"Fifth brother, you're welcome, get up and sit down! Ting'er, look at the tea. Zhang Yan's voice is soft, clear but not shy, and Ling'er is not charming. She always had a shallow smile on her face, and she looked more and more dignified. "Ting'er, go, let Feng'er stop being busy, come and sit! There was a guest at Kunning Palace, and she was busier than me, as if I had abused her a lot. ”

Zhu Youzhen knew what Zhang Yan meant, last time he was on a blind date with Zhou Yufeng, and this time he was dating and contacting feelings. Although he had a girlfriend, now the entire Kunning Palace was watching him and Zhou Yufeng dating, and he blushed unconsciously.

"Fifth brother, when you train the soldiers of the Fenwu Battalion and shoot the Japanese in Shandong, I'm afraid you won't blush, right? Why did I get to my Kunning Palace, and the fifth brother would still be red-faced? Zhang Yan's eyes were about to narrow into a line, "If the fifth brother is satisfied, Feng'er will be your princess in the future." Feng'er is demure and dignified. ”

"Imperial sister-in-law......" Zhu Youzhen didn't know what to say, and secretly scolded himself, when did he fall into the problem of blushing when he saw a beautiful woman. Zhou Yufeng has only met once, but he remembers that he seems to be a good queen in history, as for satisfaction, he has never understood her at all, but this is the Ming Dynasty, is it possible for him to choose?

"Feng'er is here." Ting'er walked ahead, as if leading the way. Zhou Yufeng lowered his head, did not squint, lightly walked in the small steps that Zhu Youzhen was familiar with, slowly entered, and bowed his head to Zhang Yan and Zhu Youzhen: "The slave has seen the queen and His Royal Highness King Xin." ”

"Feng'er, sit down!" Zhang Yan sighed secretly, this demure and dignified Zhou Yufeng also blushed, as if she had discussed it with Zhu Youzhen.

"The slave maid didn't dare, so the slave and maid stood and waited for the queen." Zhou Yufeng didn't dare to raise his head, but his eyes were spinning, and he didn't know if he was looking for Zhu Youzhen in the crowd.

"Feng'er, His Royal Highness King Xin is here to see you today. In the future, you don't have to do some work in this Kunning Palace. If you're tired, someone will feel distressed. Zhang Yan chuckled, she looked at Zhou Yufeng, then at Zhu Youzhen, and found that Zhu Youzhen's gaze had never left Zhou Yufeng.

Zhu Youzhen also found out about his gaffe, he was just looking at what kind of person the queen in history was, Zhang Yan must have misunderstood, but this kind of thing can't be explained. His face turned even redder and he looked at Zhang Yan embarrassedly.

"Fifth brother, there will be time to see it in the future. Tell me about the imperial sister-in-law today, what are you usually busy with? Zhang Yan didn't seem to notice Zhu Youzhen's red face this time, and the topic changed and she cared about Zhu Youzhen's life.

"Back to the emperor's sister-in-law, the younger brother is mainly preparing for the construction of a military academy and supervising the construction of cement roads." Zhu Youzhen has too many things to do now, so he can only pick the main one.

"Fifth brother, I heard that the cement road is very flat, and I am not afraid of rain, when will I build a cement road for my Kunning Palace?" Although Zhang Yan usually does not go out of the palace, as the head of the six palaces, someone naturally reports to her about things outside the palace.

"Back to the imperial sister-in-law, Kunning Palace will definitely build a cement road in the future. But at present, the gold brick road of Kunning Palace itself is relatively flat, not much worse than the cement road. The Beijing division went to Shanhaiguan, but the road was tortuous, and sometimes there were poor mountains and bad waters, and the transportation of military materials was very inconvenient. Moreover, the Golden Brick Road is simple and elegant, which is fused with the aura of the Jiangnan water town exuded by the imperial sister-in-law, making the imperial sister-in-law more beautiful and elegant. "Zhu Youzhen doesn't have any concept of dignity and inferiority, Zhang Yan made fun of herself just now, and now she has the opportunity to make fun of Zhang Yan.

"Flim Flam." Zhang Yan glanced at Zhu Youzhen, the smile on her face became stronger, obviously not angry. "Feng'er, it's rare for the fifth brother to come to Kunning Palace, and he is not familiar with the scenery in the palace, so you can accompany him around the palace! I'm going to rest. Also, keep his mouth in check for me, and don't let him talk nonsense. ”

Zhang Yan warmed up the pavilion, and the other palace maids and eunuchs gradually dispersed with Zhang Yan's footsteps. Zhu Youzhen walked over to Zhou Yufeng, originally wanted to pull her little hand, but remembered that it was Daming now, and he was still in Kunning Palace, so he retracted his hand, but his mouth involuntarily made a voice: "Feng'er!" ”

Zhou Yufeng just muttered, and finally raised his head. She glanced at Zhu Youzhen, her face was red, and she followed Zhu Youzhen silently, as if Zhu Youzhen was her guide.

"Feng'er, you usually live in Kunning Palace?" Zhu Youzhen didn't know much about Zhou Yufeng, but he knew from the history books that she was a more competent queen, a native of Suzhou Mansion in the south, which Zhang Yan also said.

"The slave maid has been working as an errand in Kunning Palace since she entered the palace." Zhou Yufeng was accustomed to her status as a palace maid, and although Empress Zhang Yan intended to marry it to Wang Zhu Youzhen, she still looked at the young prince with a look of admiration.

"Feng'er, don't be nervous, it's not an errand now. You see, your face is as big as this red chrysanthemum. Zhu Youzhen looked at the shy Zhou Yufeng, women are like flowers, probably referring to their shy appearance in front of their lovers! But the real beauty should take the flower as the posture, every move, glance and smile, all reflect a certain posture of the flower, I don't know what Zhou Yufeng usually looks like.

"Your Highness made fun of the slave." Zhou Yufeng's face turned even redder, and his eyes didn't know where to look, but he just twisted his delicate body, and his hands were uneasy to stir the ribbon on his waist.

It was the first time she had walked with a normal adult man, and this man would be her real man, and she felt cramped and uneasy, but she loved the feeling she had never felt before.

The two went all the way, and Zhou Yufeng was no longer as nervous as he was at the beginning.

What scenery was there in Kunning Palace, they didn't see much, they all regarded each other as the most beautiful scenery they had seen in Kunning Palace. By the time the two of them returned to the front hall, it was almost noon.

Zhu Youzhen said goodbye to Zhang Yan and Zhou Yufeng, and was about to leave the palace to return to the mansion of the funds.

"Fifth brother, remember to come to Austria often! Otherwise, your Feng'er has been wronged in Kunning Palace, and I won't cover it. Zhang Yan saw that the two were talking speculatively, and said that the matter between the two was basically promising, so she smiled and told Zhu Youzhen.

"The younger brother will definitely come to visit the imperial sister-in-law." Zhu Youzhen bowed again and withdrew from Kunning Palace.

"Is it to see me or to visit Feng'er?" Zhang Yan looked at Zhu Youzhen's figure and said with a chuckle, but she felt in her heart that a few wisps of soft wind at the entrance of Kunning Palace ironed every pore extremely comfortable.