Chapter 515: Huge Spending
Tang Ming didn't send any more news, and Zhu Gaochi also forgot about Tang Ming's coming to Beiping, and he was so busy that he didn't touch the ground and had no time to take care of it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Today is the beginning of the Hajj, Zhu Di has just sat on his dragon chair at dawn, and the ministers have already stood on both sides of the main hall.
When the first rays of sunlight shone on the horizon, the Hajj was also announced, and the envoys of various countries were already waiting outside the hall, and they entered the main hall in turn to pay tribute to Zhu Di, the monarch. And offer a little of the special products of their countries as a celebratory gift.
Zhu Di had a warm smile on his face from beginning to end, and he was very proud of the worship of envoys from all over the world. Even in the Tang Dynasty, the scene he has today is not as big as today, and he has the title of the first emperor of the ages!
Today, Zhu Di, the emperor, is happy, but the crown prince is distressed below, and he is very suspicious that these envoys from various countries are here to take benefits. One by one, they only need to give a courtier to Zhu Di, the monarch, and then say a few beautiful words, and then give a little souvenir.
And what they got in exchange was the real wealth of the Ming Dynasty, envoys from nearly 100 countries, large and small, Zhu Di sent a return gift at a pilgrimage, Zhu Gaochi roughly calculated in his heart, and it was already as high as tens of millions of taels of silver.
Zhu Gaochi felt deeply sorry for spending such a large sum of money for the sake of face, but he had learned to forbear. Now he has understood the truth that he is only in his position. When the crown prince is in charge of the things that the prince should be in charge of, like the affairs of his father, no matter what he does or says, he just needs to open his eyes and close his eyes.
Good or bad, right or wrong is not what he should care about now, everything can only be truly decided when he sits on the throne.
At the end of the Hajj, it was already noon, and Zhu Di specially held a banquet in the imperial city to entertain the envoys and ministers of various countries. The glass of wine was very cheerful, and the envoys from all over the world received a lot of benefits, and everyone felt very satisfied. But they all know that this is just the beginning, and when it comes time for them to leave, according to the custom, Zhu Di, the monarch of the Ming Dynasty, will still have a generous gift.
Everyone comes for the good, and naturally no one really cares whether the Ming is really strong, especially those countries that are far away from the Ming Dynasty. In the eyes of these messengers, they see that the Ming is not powerful, but rich, they feel that the Ming has inexhaustible wealth, here is a big piece of fat, if you can ensure safety, a bite is also a way to make money.
What they have in their eyes is only greed, and none of them are truly subservient to the monarch of Daming or Zhu Di, and with Zhu Di's shrewdness, he naturally knows this. But he regarded it as invisible, and still gave away a lot of Daming's wealth.
After the luncheon, there is naturally the festival of the festival, and there are various performances and celebrations, the most important of which is the military parade. In order to give these envoys of various countries who are eyeing the Ming Dynasty, an effective deterrent. Zhu Di must show the powerful forces of the Ming Dynasty today.
Due to the large number of troops and types of troops in this military parade, Zhu Di wanted to increase the deterrent effect, so he directly mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops. The parade ring was set up on the outskirts of Beiping City, and everyone came to the parade ring under the leadership of Zhu Di's imperial flag, and each found a good place to watch, and the big parade was about to begin.
At this moment, everyone noticed that there was a strange thing floating in the sky, and at first everyone thought that it was also arranged by Zhu Di, and they all looked up curiously.
Zhu Gaochi and Huang Fu were also curious, they thought the same as others, they thought that this was an arrangement secretly made by the emperor. But only Zhu Di knew in his heart that the thing floating in the sky had nothing to do with him at all. His face changed suddenly, and he immediately secretly ordered the guards around him to find out what it was.
And in order to let the big parade start without alarming anyone, he had to pretend to be mysterious.
Naturally, it was Tang Ming's spaceship, at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, there were not only Zheng He, Yao Guangxiao and Fang Xiaoru in the cabin, but also Xiao Jasmine and Xiao Bohu. In addition, the four women and Tang Tianhao were also present, and the entire small lower cabin was almost filled by them.
Everyone has a telescope, and all of them are very interested in looking through the hole, and seriously look at the dense people below.
Zheng He saw the change in Zhu Di's face just now, and said to Tang Ming in a deep voice: "Why doesn't the emperor care about our appearance at all, boy, why are you?" ”
Tang Ming saw a few guards leaving behind Zhu Di at this moment, pointing at his spaceship as he walked, although he couldn't hear what they were saying, Tang Ming still knew from his look that they were coming to inspect what the spaceship was.
Because on the outskirts of the venue, dozens of archers and fire commanders, led by the guards, were heading up the mountain. For the sake of safety, Tang Ming first gave an order to the upper-level Xiao Shu to stay away from the mountain under his feet before saying to Zheng He: "Zhu Di is not curious, he is just mysterious in order to prevent accidents in the military parade." No, look at the halfway up the mountain, someone is trying to knock us down! ”
Zheng He, under Tang Ming's guidance, also saw those dozens of people, smiled and stopped talking. The spaceship didn't care about the dozens of people who wanted to disadvantage the spaceship, and with the weapons they had in hand now, it was impossible to deal with the spaceship.
Outside the arena of the parade, a large army had gathered ready to be inspected by everyone, and the scale was indeed beyond everyone on the ship. Moreover, Tang Ming actually saw many siege warfare weapons that he had never seen before, cannons, bomb throwers, and powerful bed crossbows from those large armies.
In addition, there are many strange things that he has never heard of, and then he understands that the cultural precipitation of thousands of years in China is not in vain. There were actually many more things left by the ancestor than he imagined, and although he didn't know the names of many things, he could still see what they were used for from their structures.
Tang Ming squeezed to Zheng He's side in two steps, stabbed him in the waist and motioned him to look at the instruments, and then asked him, "Father-in-law, what are those instruments called and what are they used for, can you introduce them to the kid one by one." ”
Zheng He glanced at those things, then squinted at Tang Ming, and saw that his face was full of curiosity, so he smiled and briefly introduced them one by one.
In fact, the equipment on the battlefield that appeared in front of me was mainly used in fighting on land, from defending the city to attacking the city. They range from high-powered long-range projectiles to small arms in hand-to-hand combat, but most of these things cannot be used in ship warfare at sea.
Therefore, Zheng He did not have a very comprehensive understanding of those things, and many of them he did not recognize their uses. So if you want to know all those things, you can only wait for the big parade, and those sergeants will show it for them! (To be continued.) )