In the capital, after seeing the recital sent back by Zheng He's flying pigeon, the emperor was silent, and only after a long time did he order his attendants to summon the ministers to go to the court urgently.

In the face of the ministers, Banzai Ye could no longer control the grief in his heart, and said with tears streaming down his face: "Let me tell you the bad news, the King of the Iron Tower is unfortunate in order to rescue the children who have fallen into the water...... Tragically killed......"

"How so?" The Manchu civil and military forces were first shocked, and then wailed. Over the years, every time the court heard all the good news of the King of the Iron Tower and the Great Ming Sailor's overseas prestige, this has become a habit, and the bad news like today is really unbelievable, if it wasn't for the emperor himself to say it, everyone thought it was a prank.

"The sacrifice of the King of the Iron Tower is an immeasurable loss to our Huaxia, and now we will send someone to tell Zhang Zhenren the news." The emperor retreated gloomily, and at this moment he had an ominous premonition in his heart, such a nautical feat, perhaps...... Maybe never again!

In Wudang Mountain, Zhang Zhenren looked at the still brilliant Taurus in the sky and fell into deep thought: "The Taurus is radiant, the stars are shining, and the iron tower is definitely not dead." He was sent by God to protect my prosperous China, and now he is suddenly leaving, what does this portend? Could it be that there will be another war in China? As Zhang Zhenren expected, shortly thereafter, there was a civil fort incident that shocked China and foreign countries, and the Ming Dynasty also turned from prosperity to decline, of course, these are all later words.

Zhang Zhenren sighed, full of helplessness: "This is all the will of heaven, and the will of heaven cannot be violated!" I don't know when the sacred cow will be able to go down to earth again, and I hope that Lord Zheng will take care of you. Before leaving, Zhang Zhenren gave Zheng He a sentence, "The king of cattle helps each other, and the horse is successful." In fact, this is only the first half of the sentence, and the second half of the sentence Zhang Zhenren did not say, that is: "The king of the cow left, and the horse leather shrouded body." Zheng He died of illness in Guli when he returned home, and the greatest navigator of mankind bid farewell to the seafaring career he had fought for all his life.

Iron Tower did not expect that his disappearance would trigger a series of chain reactions, and that day he was sucked into the whirlpool, his body fell more than 100 feet underwater, and then entered a hole at the bottom of the lake. The water in the cave was turbulent and dark, probably a dark river, and the raging river wrapped him all the way forward. The tower was not alarmed, the internal breath provided sufficient oxygen to the body, and when he was hungry, he caught a fish to satisfy his hunger, and the predicament stimulated the fighting spirit in his heart: "Let the river come more violently!" I'm going to see where you can take me. ”

I don't know how long I stayed in the dark river, but the water gradually became gentle, and suddenly a glimmer of light appeared in front of me. The tower was overjoyed, and quickly floated out of the water with both hands, and the scene in front of him stunned him, only to see thousands of wildebeest galloping through the turbulent river, and there were countless crocodiles lurking in the river, looking at the wildebeest herd salivating.

"This ...... Isn't this the Mara River? Am I going home? Tie Ta was surprised and delighted, but he was soon surrounded by depression, he was the king of the dignified paradise country, the master of the entire Masai Mara grassland, away from his hometown for two or three years, this time he went home from the muddy river water, wet up and down like a chicken in the soup, it was really indescribable embarrassment, how could there be half a cent of the style to return home?

"Run, the Tower King is back." At this time, the crocodile Ash saw the iron tower in the water, and immediately shuddered with fright, and quickly dived into the water, and even didn't care about the delicious wildebeest feast.

Of course, the other crocodiles are not stupid, and their escape speed is not much slower than that of Little Ash, and they slip faster than rabbits one by one, only hating that their father and mother have two legs less.

Although the tower has rarely appeared on the grassland in recent years, the legend about him has always existed, and every member of the Carnivorous Alliance knows very well that this man's temper is not very good, and he must be clever, and don't go to his own death.

"King Tower, thank you." The wildebeest leader was grateful, this was the smoothest migration he had ever made as leader, the crocodiles were all scared away by the tower king, and the game of hunt and flight that had been playing out for millions of years in the Mara River did not play out as scheduled.

"Meaning, take care!" Tie Ta said hello, now he is a little embarrassed, should he go back to Taoyuan Country first or go back to Zheng He? Soon he made a decision: "Go back to Malin and find Zheng He!" ”

To be honest, after leaving Taoyuan Country for so many years, it is impossible for the tower to say that he does not want to go home. is not afraid of other people's jokes, he missed Xiaohua in his dreams more than once, and when he woke up, he found that the pillow was all wet with tears. "Heroes are sad to pass the beauty pass", this sentence is really true, even if he is an iron man, he also has tenderness. But there are priorities, and the top priority now is to find Zheng He and then say goodbye to him solemnly. Of course, if he is interested, he can also invite him to Taoyuan Country as a guest, and it is time to drink the monkey wine buried in the back of the hospital, and after three years of precipitation, the taste will not be bad.

"Xiaohua, it's not me who is ruthless, being a man should have a beginning and an end, in front of the interests and honor of the country, in front of the love of brothers, the love of children is nothing." Tie Ta resolutely walked in the opposite direction of Taoyuan Country, he didn't know where the Maasai tribe was, since he came out of the Mara River, let's go along the river! They'll always be found.

"After walking for so long and not returning to the lake, how far have I been swept away by the dark river?" The tower was very puzzled, two days had passed, and he had walked at least four or five hundred miles with his own footpower, but the front was still deserted.

He didn't expect that he had spent three days and three nights in the dark river, which went straight to the bottom of the lake, and the distance was more than half shorter than on the shore.

The Mara River meandered like a jade belt, and it seemed that there was no end to it, and the tower walked along the river bank for six days, and finally a large lake appeared in front of him on this day, and he fixed his eyes to see that this was not the same lake where he had fallen into the water.

The tower was in ecstasy, and shouted as he ran: "I'm back!" ”

There were no flowers, no applause, and no crowd of people welcoming them, and the tower couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. "They must have returned to the treasure ship, maybe Lord Zheng has already made a pot of good tea and is waiting for me!" He comforted himself in this way.

Thinking that he would be able to see Zheng He, Lord Wang, Ding Erniu, and all his comrades-in-arms soon, the iron tower was full of strength and strode towards the sea.

The sea was empty, except for a lone seabird flying low above the water, its mournful cry as if calling to its companions.

"Are they gone? No, it won't! They won't leave me. The tower looked at the empty sea, and was puzzled.

"King of the Tower, you're not dead? That's great! Suddenly, Mane's cry of surprise came from behind him.

Tie Ta grabbed his hand tightly and couldn't wait to ask, "What about Lord Zheng?" What about the Huaxia fleet? Where did they go? ”

Mane was sweating profusely and screaming in pain, and the tower was embarrassed to let go of his hand, he was so excited just now.

"After you fell into the water that day, Lord Zheng, they waited by the lake for five days, but they didn't wait for you to come back. They think you are dead, and they are in a hurry to go back to report to the Emperor of China, and they have been gone for several days. "Although he didn't want to hit the tower, Mane told the truth.

The tower understood that in the past, he would go out for more than three days, and at least one day and return to the treasure ship, and he would tell them his whereabouts, and it was really something that had never happened to leave for so long without saying goodbye this time, no wonder they would mistake themselves for dead, and this could not be blamed on them.

Mane asked, "What are your plans, King of the Tower?" Or stay in our tribe! ”

Tie Ta refused him, "Thank you for your kindness, I'll wait here for the Huaxia fleet to come back." ”

Three days passed, and no ships passed by at sea. Ten days have passed, and there is still no trace of the fleet. A month passed, and the tower had to come to terms with the fact that "they are gone and will never come back." ”

"Tower King, eat something! You've lost a lot of weight. Mane was very sad and for more than a month, he came every day to deliver food to the tower.

The tower drank the jar of wine in one gulp and said, "Mane, I'm leaving." If the Chinese fleet passes by here, you tell them I'm still alive and tell them not to worry. ”

"Okay!" Mane nodded, "I know you're very unhappy, I've never seen you smile after so many days, it's okay to go out for a walk, where are you going?" ”

Looking at the majestic Majaro Mountain in the distance, the tower said hopefully: "I want to go home!" I'm going to find my own happiness and take on new challenges! ”

(End of book)

Testimonials:

Whenever I finish reading an online article, those great gods will solemnly type the words "the whole book is finished" on the back of their works, which also makes me a little envious, looking forward to one day making their own contributions to online literature like them, but when this day really comes, I feel a little ashamed, compared with those masterpieces of millions of words, this book is only more than 500,000 words, which is pitifully small in front of those works that can be called giants. I don't have any merits in this person, if I have to find one, it is that I am thick-skinned and not afraid of the ridicule of others, so I also wrote a few creative testimonials, hoping that the judges can delay for another three or five minutes and patiently read it.

As a parent of two, telling stories to children before bedtime to put them to bed has been part of my job for many years. The author has a strong interest in fairy tales, but also has a lot of confusion, which I believe is also common to most parents. Now there are fewer and fewer excellent fairy tales for children to choose from, either the pleasant goat or the bald head is strong on TV, and in the theater except for "Journey to the West" is "Nezha and the Sea", not that these works are not good, but for more than ten years, watching these things every day has no innovation has to attract our attention. One day, the author suddenly had some inspiration when watching "Animal World", and after serious thinking, he picked up the pen that he had been unfamiliar with for a long time and began to create his own fairy tales.

The author's choice to position the protagonist as a bison is not an imagination, but a feeling. Bison are strong, numerous, and combative, and no one should dare to provoke them, but it is incredible that bison are the main source of food for lions, and sometimes even hyenas can round them up, what is the reason for this? The truth is not profound at all, because they are not united, like a plate of loose sand, which gives the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of.

Carnivores hunt herbivores, originally this is a natural law, and the author does not want to comment on it, but the indifference and cowardice of the bison herd when the lives of their companions are hanging by a thread makes the author feel sad, how similar this scene was to our China! After the Opium War, China became a bison in the eyes of the Western powers, regardless of the strength of the country, the size of the territory, the size of the population, as long as they came to China, they could get a piece of the pie, and the late Qing government at that time habitually chose to remain silent, and handed over the great country of China to the foreigners to ravage. The ruler continued to spend all his time drinking, but it was the thousands of Li people who suffered, and after a long time, the people gradually became insensitive, and they were willing to endure the bullying of foreigners, just like a bison that saw a lion, but did not dare to resist, how sad it is!

The wheels of history are rolling forward, a hundred years of humiliation have finally passed, after several generations of efforts, China is now the world's second largest economy, but the external environment is as treacherous as ever, the world is now like a bloody Masai Mara steppe, the United States and his lackeys are lions and hyenas and leopards, they have never dispelled the illusion of carving up China. As young people in the new era, we must never forget the sufferings of the past, and we must always tighten the string of "being prepared for danger in times of peace" in our minds, unite as one, unite as one, and take the defense of the motherland and the people as our lifelong goal, which is also the original intention of the author to create this book.

The title of this book is "The Legend of the Iron Tower", in fact, it should be called "The Legend of the Iron Tower", because the first half of the book describes the battle of the Masai Mara grassland, which is a veritable grassland situation, and the second half describes the story of the Iron Tower following Zheng He's overseas prestige. Of course, the reason why the author writes like this also has his own purpose, China has always been the most powerful country in the world, and there are countless peak moments, if you must choose the most dazzling moment, it must be Zheng He's trip to the West! Leading a powerful fleet to roam the four lakes and seas, hoeing the strong and helping the weak, upholding justice, and all nations coming to the DPRK, this is the pinnacle of China's politics, military, economy, and culture, and like hundreds of millions of Chinese people, the author sincerely hopes that such a prosperous scene can come again, and the sooner the better.

The author was inspired by "The Animal World", and most of the plot in the book is real, and then shown through anthropomorphism, so it is inevitable that some of the fight scenes are depicted, perhaps in the eyes of some people to promote violence, not suitable for children or teenagers, which the author strongly disagrees with. The development trend of today's fairy tales is to create heroes, the United States has Spider-Man, Batman, Japan has Ultraman, and China has nothing but Pleasant Goat, bald head, big head son and small head father? The author really wants to change the creative idea that Chinese fairy tales have always relied on selling cuteness, create a cartoon hero of our own, and instill in young readers through this character the spirit of patriotism, enthusiasm, strength and bravery, and forge their quality of unity and never say die.

Thank you!