Shichahai is also known as the elephant washing pool, this place is the elephant chariot elephant cleaning place of the Great Yuan Emperor Kublai Khan.

Dayuan got Tubo that year, detoured to Tubo to capture Yunnan, Dali Duan died, and later conquered Burma Annan, etc., its country more elephants, when Emperor Yuan Shun, there were elephants to pay tribute, which is why, there are no city gates in many places in Beiping City.

Because of the city gate, the emperor's elephant could not enter.

This place is close to the Dongba Horse Factory, and there are often horse factory people who lead horses to drink horses here, Zhu Xiongying led Zhu Yunxi, Zhu Yunwen, and seven or eight noble sons, who are experimenting with new types of mines here.

Today's Zhu Yunxi has also grown into a burly and sturdy guy, his eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to Zhu Xiongying, but they are more burly.

His uncles Chang Mao and Chang Sheng, as well as Chang Sen, all said that he was more like his maternal ancestor King Kaiping than Zhu Xiongying, because Zhu Yunxi looked very similar to his uncles.

That's not a good thing, though.

Because of his previous life, Chang Mao inherited the bloodline of Chang Yuchun, resulting in the extinction of the heir.

And it's the same in this life, Chang Mao is old, and he has married a few rooms in the side room, but he still has no heirs, Chang Sheng, and Chang Sen are the same.

And Zhu Yunwen is much more calm and capable.

They all wore new infantry armor and carried the latest type of short fire gun around their waists, which did not need to be ignited with flint with a flint rope, and in the firing type, there was a fire cap on the fire door, and after pressing the trigger, the trigger struck the flint inside, and sparks appeared, which could ignite the gunpowder.

Although the principle is simple, it is not easy to make at all.

Nowadays, this kind of gun can only be used by the royal princes and nobles of the Ming Dynasty, and this thing is often unable to hit because of the quality of the flint, and it is dumb after the shot.

Fortunately, it is making progress after all......

A few soldiers drove small boats and carefully placed the mines in the middle of the lake.

Then the crowd went ashore again, pulled ropes on both sides, and pulled some large wooden stakes over, which hit the mines and exploded instantly.

In fact, the technology of this kind of mine has appeared since the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

Chen Youliang's navy, a large number of mastery, and developed a wide variety of mines, now after years of research and development, the Ming Dynasty has gone to the next level, in the material of the mine and the power of explosives have been improved a lot.

"Big brother, why are we developing mines?"

Zhu Yunxi is tiger-headed, his voice is also urn-like, according to Chang Sen and others, Zhu Yunxi's voice is even seven points similar to Chang Yuchun.

Zhu Xiongying smiled, looked at Zhu Yunwen and said, "Second brother, you tell the third brother." ”

Zhu Yunwen, who followed many great Confucian studies and literature, and now teaches military knowledge in Beijing, is more prominent in the royal family, and the civil and military generals all say that Zhu Yunwen is good, and Zhu Yunwen was originally going to be crowned king and go to the domain to become a vassal, but he took the initiative to ask to come to Beijing to enlist in the martial arts hall, and followed Zhu Xiongying to fight several battles outside the Saiwai.

Zhu Yunwen, who was in the rebellious period, was very disgusted with the life arranged for him by his mother.

"Third brother, if I want to attack the sea, I must have strong ships and ships, and the sea ships of the Ming Dynasty, inheriting the technology of Dayuan and Chen Youliang, are now invincible in the East, but if you want to find Yinzhou (America) and Borneo (Australia), you must have sharp weapons at sea.

"Oh."

Zhu Yunxi rubbed his head.

"Yun Wei, there is something, big brother wants to talk to you about ......"

Saying that, Zhu Xiongying pulled Zhu Yunwen and walked to the front.

Behind him, most of these noble sons are the sons of the second generation of princes, or grandchildren, all of whom have practiced military affairs in the martial arts hall and know how to advance and retreat, and they are all away from here for a distance.

"Big brother."

Zhu Yunwen looked at Zhu Xiongying, he cared about his brother very much, as he grew older, Zhu Yunwen now misses more and more the days when he was with his eldest brother Zhu Xiongying when he was a child, people are always nostalgic and make up for their childhood regrets, so the more the princess Lu didn't let Zhu Yunwen get close to Zhu Xiongying, and now Zhu Yunwen in the rebellious period is closer to Zhu Xiongying.

"Yun Wei, do you know why you haven't been crowned king now?"

Zhu Xiongying looked at Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Yunwen frowned and shook his head to indicate that he didn't know.

In fact, he was also pondering this matter, maybe his father didn't want to be crowned king himself? But not only him, King Ning, King Su and several other young uncles and princes did not go to the fiefdom, but were sent to various places to lecture on martial arts, such as King Ning was sent to Yunnan to lecture on martial arts, and followed Mu Ying to fight against barbarians all over Yunnan, and Su Wang Zhu Ao was sent to Chang'an to lecture on martial arts, and followed Lan Yu to fight against the Tubo people and Chagatai cavalry.

All the kings studied in the martial arts halls in various places.

"Big brother actually has a lot of responsibility for you."

Zhu Xiongying paced to the front, this Shichahai is not big but not small, there used to be a special elephant washing room here, but at this time it has been changed to a military use.

"Big brother, you say."

"Yun Wei is not talented, determined to study for the rise of the Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Xiongying shook his head and turned around, "What if I want you to be Hülegü?" ”

Hulegu was the younger brother of Kublai Khan, who was sealed in the Yin Khanate that year, and he always regarded himself as the governor of Persia in the Great Yuan Empire, and the state seal of the Yin Er Khanate was in Chinese.

Hearing this at this moment, Zhu Yunwen was also taken aback.

In fact, a few years ago, there was a trend in the Ming court, saying that after the Ming Dynasty returned to the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the vassal kings would be sealed overseas.

But that's just a rumor, after all.

Zhu Xiongying sighed and said: "Recently, the emperor's grandfather has been knocking on the side to hint to me, that the Northern Yuan Emperor Tianyuan Emperor has repeatedly fought with Timur, all of them have been defeated, and now he is fluent in Mobei, and the people under his command have the intention of attached." ”

"Grandpa Huang said, enveloping the south and the north of the desert, and the north is noble, and now the best way is to marry."

"Although he didn't say it explicitly, I also knew that he was ready for me to marry the daughter of the Northern Yuan Emperor and make me the queen."

"Huh?"

Zhu Yunwen was taken aback, and he looked at Zhu Xiongying in surprise.

Zhu Xiongying said: "If I want to pass through the ocean, I must stabilize the north, and there are three major events, one is that the vault of the Ming Royal Bank is set in Beijing, the second is that the Son of Heaven is in Beijing, and the third is that Mo Nan and Liaodong are quiet. ”

Three years ago, Li Cunyi had been dismissed from his post, and now the president of the Daming Royal Bank is Zhu Xiongying himself.

Military power and financial power must be in the hands of the royal family.

"Today, none of these three major events have been completed."

"And the world is undecided, why do you want to be at home."

"Big brother, I can't get married yet, at least not now."

"So, I want you to marry the daughter of Emperor Tianyuan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty."

After Zhu Xiongying finished speaking, Zhu Yunwen said directly: "Big brother, Yunwen is willing!" ”

Zhu Xiongying looked at him with a smile: "Don't say it so quickly, the queen will agree?" ”

Queen Lu was also heartbroken for Zhu Yunwen's marriage, and she had already been preparing for him, but she was all pressed down by Zhu Biao.

"Eldest brother is like a father, brother, whatever you say, Yun Wei will do anything!"

Zhu Yunwen said again.

"I don't want you to marry the daughter of Emperor Tianyuan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, I also want you to lead two 10,000 household guards, go to Monan, and camp in Monan, I want you to promote my Ming culture in the desert, you will be my Daming, the first vassal king to be released, in the land of Mongolian Longxing, can you do it?"

"Yun Xi is thick and fine, but he is not calm enough, and he is not good at making friends, and besides, there are few ministers in the DPRK who are willing to support Yun Xi."

"Fourth Uncle Zhu Di was originally the most suitable, but Fourth Uncle I still have a lot of use, Timur Khanate and Chagatai Khanate, Yin'er Khanate is the kind of place, only suitable for Fourth Uncle, I want to become a country where the sun and the moon never set, the royal family has to have a few ruthless people to sit in Mobei and compete with those colored people, the fourth uncle is the most suitable."

"As for Yun Wei, you are my second brother, in the future, I will ascend the throne, you will guard Mo Nan for me, consolidate and win over the Mo Nan tribes, I am also relieved."

Zhu Yunwen was a little surprised at first, then took a deep breath and said, "Big brother, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, Yunwen is willing." ”