Not far from Guangzhou City, Fang Xiaoru was surprised to find that the official road here had been changed to a cement official road.

For this reason, he sighed with emotion: "Your Highness, this Guangzhou Mansion seems to be pretty good, and it has already used the cement official road!" ”

"All the way south, the official road is muddy and difficult to walk, and it is indeed much better on this cement official road!" Zhu Biao listened, nodded and said, "It seems that the governor of Guangzhou Prefecture is your father, right?" ”

When Fang Xiaoru heard this, his face immediately turned red, and he hurriedly explained: "Xia Guan didn't mean this, but he went all the way south, and he really found that there was a cement official road here, so he was surprised and sighed!" ”

Zhu Biao actually said that, and when he heard Fang Xiaoru say this, he said to him: "Here in Guangzhou, it may not be your father who can call the shots, but the political envoys and others are all here." ”

When he said this, Mao Xiang rushed over and said, "General Lan and others, the political envoy of Guangdong, are in front to greet His Highness." ”

When the prince arrives, he has to pass through Guangzhou, and the big and small officials on the Guangdong side must not be non-existent.

Along the way, Zhu Biao is also used to socializing. Or to be precise, he is not a social, but an inspection, and later he became an emperor, and these are his courtiers.

After turning a corner, I saw the gazebo in front of me full of officials wearing various colors of official robes.

This place is also the place where Yongjiahou led many officials to greet the horse and the princess last year.

As soon as the convoy arrived, many officials stepped forward to salute together.

Zhu Biao smiled and asked them to get up, and then praised: "Lone all the way south, that is, you have built a cement official road here in Guangzhou Mansion, which is good!" ”

Hearing the prince's praise, the political envoy and the others all smiled, and when they were about to say a few words of modesty, they heard Lan Yu speak first: "I just heard that His Royal Highness is coming, and I temporarily purchased cement from Xiangshan County, and I just built the most important official roads!" ”

As soon as he said this, all of a sudden, the smiles on the faces of all the officials froze.

Needless to say, they are all complaining about this blue jade in their hearts, do you want to say it?

Zhu Biao listened, but still smiled and said: "No matter what, if you do practical things, it's all good." ”

His words made many officials breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't mind.

Just as they were thinking about it, Zhu Biao asked with some curiosity: "You have a question, why did you buy cement from Xiangshan County, but Guangzhou Mansion didn't have it itself?" ”

Hearing this, perhaps because of Fang Xiaoru's accompaniment, the officials in Guangdong asked Fang Keqin, the prefect of Guangzhou, to come forward to answer.

I only heard Fang Keqin reply: "The craftsmen who built the cement workshop have not been allocated by the imperial court for a long time. After urging several times, they all said that it was not yet Guangdong's turn, so there were no cement workshops in the whole of Guangdong, except for Xiangshan County. ”

"Then why don't you go and ask the colt for advice and ask him to send a craftsman to help you?" When Zhu Biao heard this, he still had doubts, and immediately asked.

When Fang Keqin heard this, he smiled bitterly, and after glancing at the political envoy, he replied to Zhu Biao: "The imperial court will not let it, saying that cement is a national treasure and must be arranged by the imperial court. ”

When Zhu Biao heard this, he immediately frowned, he really didn't participate in every political matter, but he hadn't heard of this from his father.

Immediately, he asked, "Is this the reply from Zhongshu Province?" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!" Fang Keqin did not hesitate and immediately replied.

Zhu Biao listened, kept this matter in his heart, and prepared to go back to check the situation.

Then, he smiled again and said: "Lone's trip to the south this time is mainly for provincial relatives, not for official business. Wait and get busy, Hugh is going to delay political affairs! ”

Subsequently, he asked Fang Xiaoru to reunite with his father first, and he called Lan Yu to talk in the car, while the convoy continued south.

The carriage walked on the concrete road, much smoother, and no longer so bumpy.

The crown princess had been in the car, and when she saw Lan Yu going up, she asked with a smile: "Uncle, are you still used to it in Guangdong?" ”

After finishing speaking, she said to Zhu Xiongying in her arms: "Come, call Uncle and Grandpa!" ”

"Grandpa!" Zhu Xiongying obviously didn't remember Lan Yu, but he was not afraid of life, so he called out obediently.

Lan Yu, who had been expressionless all the time, smiled happily after getting into the car.

He saw that Zhu Xiongying didn't mean to hug him, so he sat down cross-legged on the side of the car door, and then replied: "It's too hot in Guangdong, and it's not interesting to train troops every day. ”

When he said this, the crown prince Zhu Biao had already returned to the car, and when he heard this, he said with a smile: "I'm afraid it's too late, the front express, Wei Guogong won the battle, and my father said that he would definitely be able to win!" ”

When Lan Yu heard this, she was very sorry, so she immediately asked, "What about Yungui?" When to play? ”

At this time, Yungui was still under the entrenchment of the remnant yuan, and was not included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty. This place is definitely going to be taken.

Zhu Biao sat down, Zhu Xiongying walked over to hug him, he hugged his son, and then said to Lan Yu: "Yifan gave the fourth brother a fire ** paper before, called the bombardment cannon, the power should be very strong, and the Jingshi has been building it." When I went south, I had just tried a sample cannon, and it was indeed a siege weapon, and it was extremely powerful. In a few months, after improvement, he can build more bombardment cannons, and his father will probably want to fight Yungui. ”

Lan Yu didn't know about this, because when Zhang Yifan gave it to Zhu Di, Zhu Di didn't say anything. Of course, after going back to Jiangyin, he would definitely take out the drawings, but Lan Yu didn't go back, so naturally he didn't know.

Therefore, at this time, Lan Yu was a little surprised when he heard that this bombardment artillery was very powerful.

Seeing that he became serious, he immediately asked, "How powerful is this bombardment cannon?" The siege of the city is not the tiger squat cannon last time, right? ”

In the last competition, the tiger squat cannon invented by the horse was unveiled, and later when he followed Zhu Di to exterminate the pirates and pirates, he used the tiger squat cannon, and a cannon came before the melee battle, which was really powerful, and it was also a devastating blow to the enemy's morale, so he was deeply impressed!

Zhu Biao obviously understood why Lan Yu cared so much about artillery, because he was just a general. So, he explained to him in detail: "Of course it's not like a tiger squat cannon, it's very big, weighing thousands of catties, and you have to use oxen to pull it." But it's really powerful. When fighting, if you attack the enemy's city, even if you are four or five miles away from the city gate, you can break through the city gate with one shot. ”

At this time in the early Ming Dynasty, there was no distinction between guns and cannons, so we can see how much power there would be. As soon as the power of this bombardment cannon was described, even the brave and combative Blue Jade was stunned. He didn't expect that the artillery would have such great power!

When Lan Yu came back to his senses, he immediately asked, "Four or five miles away, and the city gate is not big, can you hit it?" ”

It is not a loss that there is a famous general, and he grasped the possible problem of this artillery at once.

Zhu Biao listened and said with a smile: "Yifan said that this kind of artillery can be calculated, but it is possible that the fourth brother relayed Yifan's words, and the paraphrase was wrong, but it was estimated." I'll go over this time and ask about the situation to see how it is estimated. ”

"Then I'll go too!" When Lan Yu heard this, he immediately asked.

In the past, he despised the horses, and later lost the competition, and then followed Zhu Di, especially after he went to Guangdong to guard, the more he understood the horses, the more he paid attention to them, and he didn't dare to underestimate them.

At this time, when he heard Zhu Biao's statement, his intuition was that Zhu Di would not paraphrase the mistake, and the horse should really be able to calculate it, so he really wanted to see the horse's ability with his own eyes.

Such a powerful cannon, if it can really be calculated accurately, I don't know how much easier it will be to fight in the future!

Even he keenly felt that maybe the form of war would be rewritten.

Thinking like this, he strengthened his determination to go and see it together, so he said to Zhu Biao: "I am also related to him, right, can we just leave our relatives together?" ”

Zhu Biao: "......"

It's a little hard for him to imagine that this daughter-in-law and uncle were quite unconvinced before, but now they can't even admit the relationship that can't be beaten?

But for him, that's a good thing, it's all his relatives, and how good it is to be kind!

So, he agreed: "Okay, you arrange the things at hand and go to Xiangshan County with me!" ”

Zhu Biao estimated that even if he didn't agree, his daughter-in-law would persuade him, so he simply agreed.

Sure enough, when the crown princess heard this, she said happily: "This is the best!" ”

After finishing speaking, she asked Lan Yu with great interest: "Uncle, you are in Guangzhou, close to Xiangshan County, how about his affairs?" ”

Although the crown princess and Zhang Yifan are not related by blood, it is only because of Jing Jing's relationship. However, if you really want to talk about it, she feels closer than ordinary relatives, not only did she personally witness how Zhang Yifan became a concubine, but also confirmed that Zhang Yifan is a person who knows gratitude and is talented. The most important thing is that Zhang Yifan and Jing Jing are also very close to her.

Therefore, she has always been worried that Zhang Yifan angered her father because he was young and ignorant. When I saw Lan Yu at this time, I couldn't wait and wanted to find out the truth.

When Lan Yu heard this, he said with a little admiration: "Anyway, I have never seen such a toss, the posture of the prime minister!" ”

When the crown princess heard this, she couldn't help but be very happy, so she asked again: "Many people on the Jingshi side don't believe that he is doing a good job, do you mean that he really has to do a good job?" ”

"Don't say it, it's unbelievable if you don't see it with your own eyes!" Lan Yu nodded and said, "Anyway, it's going to be here soon, and you'll know at a glance." ”

After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhu Biao and said, "Then I'll arrange for a sailor to escort him and take a boat directly to Xiangshan County." ”

Zhu Biao listened, nodded, and after watching Lan Yu leave, he said to his daughter-in-law with a somewhat serious expression: "Father is actually really angry that Yifan has signs of lazy government. Maybe he did achieve a little bit in the past, but maybe he is now complacent. That's why my father decided to let me come here. ”

He hadn't told anyone about this before. Of course, exaggerating merit and falsely reporting political achievements can also be regarded as a kind of bad performance. can hire a curtain guest, but it is unacceptable to the diligent Zhu Yuanzhang, and it has become the fuse for the outbreak of dissatisfaction with Zhang Yifan.

When the crown princess heard this, she immediately became worried.

As the crown princess, of course she knows very well how disgusted her father will be for lazy politics, otherwise, Zhu Biao would not be so busy. Sometimes, Zhu Biao's body is a little uncomfortable, but he still has to insist, because he is afraid that his father will think he is lazy.

Seriously, she felt that Zhu Yuanzhang's requirements were really a bit strict.

However, she is only Zhu Yuanzhang's daughter-in-law, and her father-in-law is still the emperor, so her opinion cannot be spoken, and she can only be buried in her heart.

Thinking so in her heart, she said to Zhu Biao: "I know Yifan's personality, he shouldn't be that kind of person, I believe that he must have his reasons for doing things." ”

Zhu Biao listened, nodded, and said with a slightly solemn expression: "In my impression, he is indeed not frizzy in doing things, unlike what he would have at his age." But, after all, his age is here, I'm still a little worried, and let me hear his own words, right? I hope his answer will satisfy his father. ”

Speaking of this, he saw that his daughter-in-law seemed to want to speak, and immediately guessed what his daughter-in-law wanted to say, so he hurriedly added: "Don't worry, I will definitely help him." ”

When the crown princess heard this, she laughed, and no longer cared about it, but just teased Zhu Xiongying and said, "I'm going to see my aunt and uncle soon, there are delicious food, do you like it or not?" ”

Zhu Xiongying listened and nodded: "I like it, I want to eat something delicious!" ”

had lunch in Guangzhou, and then under the escort of the sailor transferred by Lan Yu, Zhu Biao and his party took a boat along the Pearl River to the south.

To Zhu Biao's surprise, Fang Xiaoru didn't stay with his father for long, and rushed back to take a boat south with him.

There was some disbelief on his face, and he actually said to Zhu Biao to Song Lian: "My father also tried his best to praise Xiangshan County, saying that he had never seen such a vibrant place, listening to my father's words, it really made the students a little unbelievable." ”

When Song Lian heard this, he asked with a smile, "So you can't wait to go to Xiangshan County to have a look?" ”

"Yes!" When Fang Xiaoru heard this, he immediately replied, "Students can't think of it, what is vitality?" ”

Perhaps knowing that these people are the prince's henchmen, Lan Yu's face is obviously not as cold as usual, and even after hearing what he said, he took the initiative to interject and said: "What Governor Fang said is right, Xiangshan County is indeed very energetic, as long as you go, you can feel it." ”

Speaking of this, he thought for a moment, and finally said: "It's like the feeling of a new spring after winter, full of vitality!" ”

"General Lan said so, that's really desirable!" When Song Lian heard this, he couldn't help but stroke his long beard under his forehead, revealing a look of joy and yearning.

Zhu Biao listened, and also said happily: "Then let's see what this kid Yifan has tossed!" ”

The fleet went down the river and soon reached the boundary of Xiangshan. I didn't even get to Xiangshan County, just looking at the situation along the way, I immediately knew that they had arrived at the boundary of Xiangshan.