Staring at the holy decree and being silent for a while, Zhu Chupang said with a complicated expression: "It seems that your grandfather wants to hand over the area of the Three Kingdoms to your second and third uncles!" ”

Zhu Zhangui naturally understood the old man's thoughts.

A place as big as the Three Kingdoms is so far away from the Ming Dynasty, although the Daming Wusi Tibetan Capital Division is at the junction with the realm of the Three Kingdoms.

The place where the border can be crossed is now under the control of the descendants of the Northern Turks.

In addition, Wusi Zangdusi belongs to the plateau region, and there are high mountains and abysses everywhere, and the Ming army is not adapted to the environment there, and it can be said that it is very difficult to pass by land.

The sea route is so far away, if the area of the Three Kingdoms is handed over to outsiders to manage, the old man will not be at ease at all.

So he chose his second son Zhu Gaoxu and third son Zhu Gaosui.

In this way, even if the two parties cut off contact, the Three Kingdoms are still ruled by the old Zhu family.

The old man is not afraid that the second and third will counterattack the Ming Dynasty after taking root in the Three Kingdoms.

The navy is in the hands of Zhu Zhangui, coupled with the gap in science and technology between the two sides, if they want to catch up, it is impossible for them to catch up without a hundred years.

Besides, the second and third years of research, Zhu Zhangui did not stop, and his artisan battalion was studying various things every day.

Coupled with Zhu Zhangui's magical ability, in terms of manpower and material resources, the second and third are not comparable at all.

As for after this generation is gone, whether the descendants are at peace or war, the old man can't control it.

Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, and whether the two families will become one in the future or each will have their own way depends on the means of future generations.

Anyway, no matter what you say, even if it is broken, it will be rotten in your own pot.

Slowly rolling up the holy decree, Zhu Chupang got up and said, "It's okay to go, I won't let you worry in the future!" I also have to think about how to place them. ”

After speaking, he walked into the back room with the holy decree, preparing to write a letter to the second and third children, asking them to return to Beijing to report on their work, and prepare to go to the Three Kingdoms.

"What's wrong with your father, wasn't he happy just now, why is this pulling a face again!"

Zhang, who was coaxing his little granddaughter, noticed that her husband was a little lonely, and asked Zhu Zhangui in a low voice.

"Grandpa plans to let the second uncle and the third uncle go to the Three Kingdoms, and my father guesses that grandpa may want to hand over the management of the second and third uncles there!"

Zhang's willow eyebrows straightened, "Your grandfather, you still can't let go of your second uncle and third uncle, that is, you have your father on top, otherwise, your father's position will be unstable for a long time." ”

"Alas!"

Looking at the little granddaughter who was coaxed to sleep in his arms, Zhang sighed in annoyance.

"In the past, when you were away, your father's life was really worrying every day, for fear that your grandfather would blame you for doing something wrong."

"Every night, I am busy until late at night, and my body is exhausted, and your grandfather still says that he scolds him every day."

"I'm watching your father's body get worse day by day, and your father's body has become like this, most of which is what scared your grandfather."

"That is, you came back later and shared some of the pressure on your father, otherwise your father would be in bed now."

"Now that I finally drove your second uncle and third uncle to the fiefdom, I thought that our family had settled down, but I didn't expect the old man to make trouble again."

"I heard your father say that place, the place is very big, and the area of cultivation is larger than our Daming."

"Such a rich place, coupled with a large population, with the careful thinking of your second uncle and third uncle, you just look at it, in the future, some of them will be tossed!"

What his mother was worried about, Zhu Zhangui didn't know.

The third uncle is not easy to say, and the second uncle will definitely make trouble.

But what is the use of knowing, and what can he do.

He is just a grandson, don't look at the fact that he has a lot of military power in his hands, but as long as the old man is in one day, the Ming Dynasty is still what the old man says.

"Mother, don't think too much, the second uncle and the third uncle in the court have been taken down by us, even if you go to the Three Kingdoms, you can't make any waves."

"You, don't worry about so many things, take care of your granddaughter, take care of my father, there is me outside!"

The news of Zhu Zhangui's return spread quickly.

At the same time, the palace issued an order for the local guards to draw troops.

Increase the number of troops by 200,000.

Many people were shocked.

Could it be that there is a problem with the expeditionary force, otherwise how could so many troops be mobilized?

Many people panicked in their hearts, and the families of the generals who followed the expeditionary force asked how their relatives were.

There were even many people who directly found the East Palace and asked to see the crown prince Zhu Chupang and Zhu Zhangui.

Seeing that everyone was like this, Zhu Zhangui was worried about some misunderstanding, and announced the reason for the increase in troops in the name of the imperial court.

When they learned that it was not because of the big defeat, but because the territory occupied was too large and there were not enough manpower to increase the troops, everyone was relieved.

"Don't worry, Yuanjiang Hou, there really is no accident, I also saw Ling Gongzi when I came back, he is now guarding a county town with soldiers, eating all kinds of fruits every day, enjoying the beauties sent by the people below, not to mention how moisturizing those days were."

"This stinky boy, he actually enjoyed it, and when he comes back, see how I clean him up!"

"Since this stinky boy is fine, then my old guy can rest assured, disturb His Royal Highness Taisun to rest, and the minister will retire!"

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay, you go slowly, if you write a letter, when the army sets off, you send it over, and I will ask someone to send it to Ling Gongzi!"

sent away an old nobleman who inquired about his family, and Zhu Zhangui wiped the sweat on his head.

Since the order to increase the number of troops was passed down, the East Palace has not been idle.

Either the duke came, or the marquis inquired about his son.

Although the reason for the increase in troops was explained later, many people were still not at ease and ran to the East Palace to inquire in person.

These people are all dukes and marquis of the older generation, and they are all Zhu Zhangui's elders according to their generation, and Zhu Zhangui can't refuse to see them, so he can only receive them one by one.

Under the escort, he was busy all day, and he didn't eat the whole lunch.

"Your Highness!"

Zhu Zhangui had just returned to the courtyard, and Lao He, who was waiting on the side, came up.

Taking the tea handed over by Hu Shanxiang, Zhu Zhangui took a big sip and moistened his throat.

"How is the arrangement of the material over there, let them pay attention to safety, this material is a bit unstable."

"His Royal Highness has been arranged, and all of them have been stored in a cave, where the temperature is suitable, and the old slave has sent someone to watch it, there will be absolutely no problem."

Zhu Zhangui nodded, took out a notebook from his arms and handed it to Lao He.

"You should also keep an eye on the recruitment of workers, explain clearly to those who are willing to go to the three countries to work, and you can also contact the big businessmen and big landlords from all over the country, and briefly talk to them about the problems of the colonial chamber of commerce."

"If they are willing to participate, they can record it first, and I will hold a meeting in Beijing in August, and let them all come over when the time comes, and I will explain to them in detail the problems of the Chamber of Commerce!"

"Yes, the old slave understands!"

The matter of the host chamber of commerce, Zhu Zhangui handed it over to Lao He.

Zhu Zhangui's business is almost all in charge of Lao He, plus he has experience in going to sea, so it is most appropriate to hand over this matter to Lao He.

Even the person in charge of the colonial chamber of commerce in the future, Zhu Zhangui plans to let Lao He be in charge.

He just needs to put on a name and hold up a field.

Zhu Zhangui doesn't have so much time to grind with those big businessmen.

Closing the notebook recorded in his hand, Zhu Zhangui said to Lao He.

"Do this well, and when the Huitou Chamber of Commerce is completed, I will go to the old man to get you an identity, and the minimum is a fifth-grade official."

When Lao He heard this, his face was swollen red with excitement, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times.

"Thank Your Highness for your favor, the old slave will definitely not live up to His Highness's trust."

Zhu Zhangui smiled and pulled it up.

"Do a good job, maybe you can get a knighthood in the future!"

Lao He smiled embarrassedly.

"I can follow Your Highness, the old slave didn't know how much incense he burned in his previous life, and he didn't dare to ask for a title or something, and if he could do things for His Highness for a lifetime, the old slave would be satisfied!"

"Hahaha..."

Zhu Zhangui smiled with satisfaction, stretched out his hand and nodded at Lao He.

"You!"

The two laughed a few words, Lao He flipped through the book in his hand, and said to Zhu Zhangui.

"Your Highness, there is something I want to report to you."

Zhu Zhangui waved his hand and motioned for him to speak directly.

"Last month, the craftsman camp Master Zhou had already developed the first generation of steam engines, but you were not there at that time, and the old slave asked them to continue their research."

"Let's see if you have time to go over and see if there's a problem with the steam engine and if you want to improve it!"

Zhu Zhangui, who was flipping through a large pile of information in his hand, stood up reluctantly.

"The steam engine has been studied!"

Lao He handed over the notebook in his hand.

"The old slave doesn't know much about this thing, but the current state is true, as long as there is smoke on the fire, and then drive a big wheel to rotate slowly!"

"According to your original explanation, Your Highness, as well as the drawings left behind, it should be in line with the principle of the steam engine."

Looking at the record quickly, Zhu Zhangui was excited and said yes again and again.

The artisan battalion is divided into several departments.

They are the manufacturing department, the R&D department, the storage department and the laboratory department.

Each department has a master invited from all over the country to be responsible for R&D, manufacturing or experiments.

There are also countless branches under each department.

For example, in the research department, there are hundreds of small R&D departments.

Zhu Zhangui asked the painter to simply depict all kinds of things he knew, and then marked the role of the item for the masters to study.

Later, when he drew a new book, Zhu Zhangui threw all kinds of materials in this regard.

Technology is developed from generation to generation.

Zhu Zhangui doesn't expect to have a big explosion of science and technology when he is alive, he only hopes that the efforts of his generation can make the next generation take fewer detours.

In the future, as long as the time comes, the Ming Dynasty will definitely take off.

Among them, the main kinetic energy steam engine, Zhu Zhangui was set as a key research project.

The principle of this thing is not really complicated, it is just a matter of lack of practice and materials.

There is no shortage of iron, but what is lacking is rubber and other things.

In order to make up enough rubber for the steam engine, Zhu Zhangui collected all the things with rubber in the supermarket and carried them out for secondary processing.

When he left last year, the steam engine project was just getting underway.

Unexpectedly, after a year of research, these masters built the first generation of steam engines.

"Let's take a look!"

The steam engine is the foundation of the industrial revolution, and when he heard that the research had been studied, Zhu Zhangui could still sit still, said hello to a few daughters-in-law who were with him, and hurriedly went to the craftsman camp with Lao He in tow.

"Bang, clang, clang..."

As soon as Zhu Zhangui rushed to the craftsman camp on his horse, he faintly heard a slow and rhythmic clattering sound.

Hearing this mechanical voice, Zhu Zhangui's heart became even more excited.

Ignoring the stewards who greeted him, Zhu Zhangui hurriedly ran to the place where the voice came from.

After running through a door with the steam research department hanging on it, a huge boiler appeared in front of him.

That's right, it's the boiler.

This first-generation steam engine is like a big boiler.

Next to the boiler, there is a huge runner that drives a hammer that is moving slowly.

Although the revs are not fast, they are very rhythmic and the power is very even.

"Your Highness is here!"

A group of craftsmen who were studying around the boiler noticed Zhu Zhangui rushing in on horseback, and one of them shouted in surprise, and a group of people surrounded him.

"Your Highness, you're back!"

"Your Highness, we have built the steam engine you mentioned."

"Your Highness, you look at it as different as you imagined."

A group of people surrounded Zhu Zhangui and talked nonsense.

Zhu Zhangui looked at the big boiler and the huge wheel that was slowly turning, and kept saying that it was good.

"Your Highness, take a look at how it goes, and if there is anything that needs to be improved."

A somewhat honest middle-aged man excitedly handed a notebook to Zhu Zhangui.

Zhu Zhangui looked at the research materials and experimental data in his hand, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good, very good, thank you Master Zhou!"

Hearing Zhu Zhangui's praise, Master Zhou scratched his head innocently.

Zhou Xuan, whose ancestors have been craftsmen for several generations, have been car-making craftsmen.

When Zhu Zhangui planned the artisan camp, he was transferred from the Ministry of Works.

Since he was born as a car builder, he spent his early days here manufacturing gun carriages for the assembly of artillery.

Last year, before leaving, Zhu Zhangui held a study meeting and proposed some cross-era scientific and technological research.

Zhou Xuan was not interested in these things, he felt that with his IQ, he should not be able to study them.

Later, when he heard Zhu Zhangui talk about the steam engine, his wooden brain seemed to open up all of a sudden.

Looking at the simple drawings of the steam engine, he couldn't move it, and a voice in his heart kept telling him.

If you win this research project, you will succeed in your research and you will go down in history for it.

He, who had always been a little timid and didn't know where he got the courage, stood up in the meeting and took over the errand.

Zhu Zhangui didn't care too much at that time, and he didn't expect these craftsmen to make such a thing as a steam engine.

I thought that these people would study slowly first, and then slowly guide them when he had time.

As a result, I didn't expect him to underestimate the ancients a little.

Zhou Xuan, a timid and car-making craftsman who didn't know much, actually built a steam engine.

Although it was only the most primitive steam engine, it was a good start.

As long as the technology finds a breakthrough point, the subsequent research and development will be slowly opened.

I'm afraid that I can't even find a clue, that's the tiger biting the hedgehog, and there is nowhere to go.

Under the guidance of Zhou Xuan, Zhu Zhangui visited this antique primitive steam engine in his eyes.

I also watched craftsmen demonstrate the work of a steam engine.

The original steam engine, which can play a role now, is only a hammer, and nothing else can be done.

If there are other developments, Master Zhou and others need to continue to study.

Looking at the hammer that was slowly smashing all kinds of iron, Zhu Zhangui nodded with satisfaction.

"Have you done a good job of the next research plan?"

Zhou Xuan, who was obsessively looking at the steam engine, as if looking at his own son, hurriedly took out a small notebook from his arms and carefully flipped through it.

Zhu Zhangui glanced at it, there was very little content written on it, and most of it was circled and forked.

And next to these words, there are all kinds of strange graphics drawn.

Noticing Zhu Zhangui's gaze, Zhou Xuan smiled embarrassedly.

"I don't know many words, and I can't let others see these confidential information, so I can't write words and replace them with other things."

Zhu Zhangui smiled and nodded.

"It's fine, as long as you can read it."

"I... I know them all! ”

Zhou Xuan replied innocently, and then pointed to the figure on the notebook.

"Our Steam Department, there are three research plans for the next step, namely, the train steam engine proposed by Your Highness, and the industrial steam engine and the warship steam engine in front of you."

"At present, we have divided the departments and started to prepare, and we expect to have results before the end of the year."

Zhu Zhangui took the notebook in Zhou Xuan's hand and looked at it for a while, and finally shook his head helplessly.

It's full of forks and circles, and he really can't understand it.

Closing the book and handing it to Zhou Xuan, Zhu Zhangui admonished.

"Master Zhou, you do it boldly, you can tell Manager He if you need anything, if he can't find something, he will write to me, and I will send it back for you."

"You don't have to worry about anything else, as long as the three steam engines you said are studied."

"Alas, okay!"

Zhou Xuan replied very simply.

His own personality is like this, coupled with Zhu Zhangui's noble status, Zhou Xuan, who rarely has contact with Zhu Zhangui, is already good if he can speak in a nervous situation.

As for the tirade, he can only talk about it when talking about the steam engine.

As for other times, well, what his father taught him was to do more things and talk less, so as not to offend people.

Looking at Zhou Xuan, who was honest and a little nervous, Zhu Zhangui smiled slightly and clapped his hands at all the craftsmen.

"Everybody, come here, I have something to announce."

The crowd that was operating the steam engine hurriedly gathered around.

Zhu Zhangui looked at all the craftsmen and announced loudly.

"Master Zhou has researched the steam engine, which is crucial for the future, and has made great contributions to Daming and Shenzhou."

"Now I announce the appointment of Zhou Xuan as Langzhong of the Ministry of Industry, responsible for the research and development and management of steam engines."

"Reward 10,000 taels of silver, a mansion, ten slaves and maids, and 4 accompanying guards!"

Zhu Zhangui's announcement of the heavy reward made Zhou Xuan tremble with excitement.

The other craftsmen around also looked at Zhou Xuan with envy.

But no one was jealous.

How much effort Zhou Xuan put into the steam engine is obvious to everyone present.

The steam engine could be built so quickly, and it was all boiled out by Zhou Xuan in the craftsman's camp day and night.

This reward Zhou Xuan deserves.

"I... I... I..., thanks... Thank... Thank... Temple... Temple... Temple... Down..."

Zhou Xuan was so excited that he couldn't even speak, just kowtowed to Zhu Zhangui vigorously.

He used to be just an ordinary craftsman, but now he has become a master of the Ministry of Industry by studying the steam engine.

Zhu Zhangui helped him up with a smile, patted the dust on his body and smiled.

"You are now an official of the imperial court, you must remember to be a minister in the future, and don't talk about me anymore, otherwise those guys from Yushitai will impeach you for losing your honor."

Zhou Xuan, who was still excited, wiped the tears and snot on his face and nodded vigorously.

Patting the hero's shoulder, Zhu Zhangui said with a smile.

"Your internal rewards, you discuss them with Lao He, report them back to me, and I will approve them all!"

"Yes, Your Highness, I... No, it's the minister, the minister, I see. ”

Zhu Zhangui was amused by his appearance, looked at the steam engine for a while, and after saying that he would continue to work hard, he went to inspect other places.

Looking at Zhu Zhangui's distant back and listening to the congratulations of his partners, Zhou Xuan looked excitedly in the direction of his hometown.

"Daddy... Did you see that? I am an official, and I am still a senior official of the Ministry of Industry, your son and I are no longer a stinky car maker, your son and I have a future! ”