The rubber tree seeds brought back by Lu Wei and Zheng Chenggong were soon sent to Qiongzhou Island, and the reclamation troops that had been arranged on the island could really have something to do this time.

The tens of thousands of catties of raw rubber brought back by the fleet were handed over to Liu Weimin, and after learning that the fleet brought back a large amount of raw rubber, Liu Weimin began preparations for the construction of the rubber factory.

With rubber, many things that could not be produced before have now become possible, but Luo Jian and Liu Weimin still want to use this batch of rubber for military purposes.

Of course, because the internal combustion engine has not yet appeared, car tires are not needed now, but the tires of the artillery are urgently needed, with rubber tires, not only can greatly reduce the damage caused by the vibration of the artillery during the march, but also reduce the overall weight of the artillery a lot.

But now the number of artillery is not much, these artillery tires need simply not enough of this rubber, just when Luo Jian and Liu Weimin were thinking about how to use this rubber, Liu Lan proposed to build a bicycle factory.

With the current mechanical technology, the production of bicycles is not very difficult, the key is the processing of the chain, but after Liu Lan personally went to the military factory to inspect, she came back and excitedly told Luo Jian and Liu Weimin that the processing of the chain is now completely not a problem.

Liu Lan went to Chen Zilong's bullet production factory, although it cost countless silver and energy, but it was all worth it, not only now the bullet can be mass-produced, but also in the process of exploration, some small machine tools that can process more precision machinery began to appear, with these machine tools, the production of a chain with low technical difficulty is not difficult.

The weather began to warm up, and the construction of the railway from Nanjing to Zhenjiang began again, and the construction of the railway required a large amount of steel. In addition, the construction of two chemical plants was started. So that the Nanjing government's current steel plant began to be a little tight.

The construction of new steel plants has become a priority. Considering that the emergence of new types of ZHA medicines would greatly increase the speed of iron ore mining, the Nanjing government decided to expand the Wuhu steel plant again and build another large steel mill in Taiping Province.

A large amount of construction and spring ploughing production kept the Nanjing government busy, and Luo Jian almost forgot about the development of North America.

The construction of several large-scale projects has also begun to strain the finances, and although the issuance of paper money has made the government's finances very comfortable for a while, this large-scale infrastructure construction is the most expensive.

Under the escort of several warships, "Yue Fei", "Wei Qing" and "Huo Quai", groups of merchant ships began to head towards Japan and the South Seas, and Luo Jian hoped to earn more money from overseas to come back. Alleviate the government's financial constraints.

Liulan's bicycle factory is also in preparation, although there is no technical problem, but when it comes to specific production, it is still a thousand things. Liu Lan had no choice but to invite a nurse to breastfeed Xiao Luo Ting, and she was so busy that she didn't leave home all day, which made the old lady Taiji who had moved to Luofu dissatisfied.

Today is finally a day off, Liu Lan decided that she must take a day off, Luo Jian's major work has been arranged, and she has a little free. decided not to go to the office today, and stayed at home with Liu Lan and her son.

The old lady was most pleased. Holding Xiao Luo Ting so happily that he couldn't close his mouth, seeing that the old lady was in a good mood, Luo Jian asked people to go to Shi Mansion to invite Shi Kefa and his wife over, the two families have not been together for a long time, and they are together today.

When the two families arrived, Xiao Luo Ting naturally became the center of everyone, and laughter and laughter came from time to time in the house.

When the two families were enjoying themselves, Steward Luo came in and whispered in Luo Jian's ear, and Luo Jian said "oh", "Hurry up and invite Minister Zhu in." ”

Zhu Yujian entered the door and saw that the two families were happy, and said a little embarrassedly: "I'm disturbing the metropolitan governor and the superintendent, why don't I look for you another day?" ”

"Brother Changshou, what do you say? Come and sit down. But what's wrong with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs again? ”

Luo Jian got up and beckoned Zhu Yujian to sit down, and the old lady took Xiao Luo Ting, Mrs. Shi and Liu Lan to the back garden.

"Metropolitan Governor, Inspector, it's not that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has something to do, it's just that..."

"Longevity, if you have something to say, you just say it, don't you know the two of us?" Shi Kefa was a little impatient.

"So I'll get straight to the point. The last time the fleet came back from the ocean, did the Metropolitan Governor say that he could let the descendants of the Zhu family build a country overseas? Zhu Yujian gritted his teeth and made a lot of determination before he said.

When Luo Jian and Shi Kefa heard this, both of them were a little surprised, after mentioning this matter at that time, because there were too many things, they didn't think about it at all, nearly a month has passed, where did Zhu Yujian hear the news?

"Brother Changshou, do you have an idea?" Luo Jian didn't care that Zhu Yujian went to North America to build a court, and with his relationship with the Nanjing government, the relationship between the two countries would definitely be more beneficial in the future.

"Xinghua, I don't have this idea, but someone asked me to help inquire." As soon as Zhu Yujian heard Luo Jian's words, he quickly stood up

"Oh, who is it?"

Luo Jian was a little disappointed when he heard that Zhu Yujian didn't have this idea, and other previous vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, such as Zhu Changshu, King of Lu, Zhu Yihai, and others, had a big gap with Zhu Yujian in terms of ability and courage.

"There is more than one, King Lu and King Lu have sent people to find me, and they don't dare to go directly to the governor, so I will come to explore the wind first." Zhu Yujian simply let go and said bluntly.

"What do you think about longevity?" Shi Kefa stared at Zhu Yujian and asked.

Zhu Yujian was stared at by Shi Kefa a little hairy, took a sip of tea from the water cup, thought for a while, and then said:

"Dadu Governor, Inspector, I, Zhu Yujian, am also one of the leaders of the government, although my surname is Zhu and I am also a descendant of Taizu, but I don't want you to treat me as an outsider. I'll talk about it today, I've heard before that these two are quite a bit of a move below, and under the bewitchment of some people, they even have the idea of ascending the throne and becoming the emperor. ”

Zhu Yujian's Luo Jian and Shi Kefa both knew that the Ministry of Security did not report these situations, but the two former vassal kings did not take substantive action, and the Nanjing government did not care about them.

"Not only the two of them, but also many officials from the former Ming Dynasty found me and wanted me to re-prop up the Ming Dynasty, but I ignored them. After hearing what the Metropolitan Governor said. I was thinking. If it is really agreed that they will go to a place thousands of miles away to establish a state. It's good for us, but it's not good. Zhu Yujian looked at the faces of the two and said carefully.

"Hehe, Brother Changshou, you don't have to be so careful, we can say anything here. To tell you the truth, I am not optimistic about these two, if I really want to let the descendants of Taizu go overseas to build a country, I hope it is a longevity brother. To be honest with you, some people have also gone to find Cihuan. But he scolded him and walked away. Luo Jian said with a smile.

"yes, if Cihuan is willing to take the lead, that's a good idea." Shi Kefa also moved his mind when he heard it.

"Brother Xian, don't think about it, Cihuan is now about to get out the generator and motor, and now he doesn't want to let him go to the sky to be the Jade Emperor, let alone go overseas to build a country?"

Zhu Cihuan came to Luo Jian specifically for this matter, and many people came to him, which made his research and experiments very disturbed and annoying.

"I mean, how did you all end up at a dead end? King Lu and King Lu are not very good. Didn't you think about anyone else? The three of them looked up and saw that it was Liu Lan who came over.

"Liu Lan. Who else? Shi Kefa hurriedly asked.

"This person is in Nanjing City, think about it." Liu Lan sold Guanzi.

"Hehe, I see." Luo Jian said with a smile, but Shi Kefa and Zhu Yujian were still in a fog.

"Liu Lan, you won't say it's longevity, right, he said he didn't want to." Shi Kefa said helplessly.

"I mean, do you guys look down on women or what? Why can't women build a country overseas when they think about men? Don't you know that there are many countries in Europe that have queens? Liu Lan pouted angrily and said.

"You mean Princess Changping?" Shi Kefa and Zhu Yujian asked in unison.

"Haha, she is the most suitable person."

Luo Jian laughed, but Shi Kefa and Zhu Yujian fell into a stupor again.

"Let me tell you, Yu Jiao is no longer the little girl she was at the beginning, she has grown up after so many ups and downs, and now Cihuan is really unwilling to do this, she will definitely be moved." Liu Lan continued.

"Let Princess Changping go to the founding of the country, what about the succession to the throne in the future?" Zhu Yujian asked suspiciously.

"That's easy! If she doesn't want someone with a foreign surname to inherit the throne, and when Cihuan has a child in the future, wouldn't it be okay to choose one to pass on to her? Liu Lan took over without hesitation.

"Good! Good! It's a good idea! Shi Kefa thought for a moment, patted the coffee table, and stood up.

"Is it good to have a good way, we have to ask for the opinion of the concubine first, right?" Luo Jian said with a smile.

When Shi Kefa heard this, he sat down again, turned his head to Liu Lan and said, "Liu Lan, do you want to talk to Princess Changping first and ask for her opinion?" ”

"You guys are really, you don't do things at all, I've already asked people to invite her." Liu Lan said dissatisfiedly.

"What about King Lu and King Lu?" Zhu Yujian asked hesitantly.

Hearing Zhu Yujian's words, Luo Jian got up and went to the study to get a large map and spread it out on the coffee table.

"Brother Changshou, please look, the North American continent is much bigger than we imagined, if King Lu and King Lu are willing to assist Yu Jiao, of course it is better, if they want to be an independent country, it's not impossible, such a big place, it's enough to build a few countries, right?"

"However, our government is currently limited in its ability to fully support Princess Changping, if the two of them have other ideas, then they can only rely on themselves." Shi Kefa thought for a long time before saying to Zhu Yujian.

While several people were discussing, Steward Luo came in and reported that Princess Changping had arrived.

Zhu Yujiao has not been to Luo Jian's Mansion for a long time since Liu Lan gave birth to a child, and Luo Jian and Shi Kefa haven't seen her for a long time.

"Why is the princess so emaciated? But not feeling well? Shi Kefa looked at the thin Zhu Yujiao in surprise.

"The superintendent can no longer be called the princess, the labor inspector is worried, but the superintendent is not sick." Zhu Yujiao looked very depressed and in a very bad mental state.

Luo Jian knew the reason why Zhu Yujiao was in bad spirits, although Luo Jian was very relieved of their sister and brother, but Lai Fu would not relax his surveillance of the princess and prince of the former Ming Dynasty.

Luo Jian promised that the descendants of Taizu could build a country overseas Zhu Yujiao also heard the news, after hearing the news, Zhu Yujiao went to Zhu Cihuan, hoping that he could bear this burden, who expected that Zhu Cihuan rejected her, these days she has been blocked in her heart, it is strange that people are not haggard. (To be continued.) )