As soon as he walked out of the street of Confucius Temple, a smiling old eunuch stopped in front of Zhu Gui's sedan chair.

The sedan chair driver stopped abruptly and was almost shaken out of the sedan chair.

He couldn't help but lift the curtain of the sedan chair a little angrily and asked, "What are you all doing to eat, even..."

Before Zhu Gui's words were finished, he saw the figure of the old eunuch.

I had to change my tone and ask: "Gonggong Li stopped my sedan chair, I don't know what to do with me?" ”

"Pass on Your Majesty's dictation to save the prince Zhu Gui's thin body, and he needs to use exercise to strengthen his body."

"From today onwards, he will go to the moat at the north gate of Yingtianfu every afternoon and dig a ditch for half an hour."

"Unless it's raining heavily, or you're seriously ill, you can't excuse yourself with any excuse!"

This Gonggong Li smiled at Zhu Gui and read out Zhu Yuanzhang's dictation.

After all that's said, it doesn't matter

What is Zhu Gui's reaction.

Leaving behind a set of coarse cloth clothes and a shovel that matched his height, he went after Zhu Bai's sedan chair.

"Father, why did you suddenly ask me to dig a ditch?"

Zhu Gui didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang was eavesdropping in the secret room next door, so he felt inexplicable about this will.

But Zhu Yuanzhang's words came, even if he had more incomprehension and unwillingness.

can only order the sedan chair man to move towards the north gate of Yingtianfu.

However, on the way, Zhu Gui couldn't help but wonder if there was a machine that could dig ditches instead of people.

……

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Xiang has brought it."

After Lin Che announced the end of class, Zhu Yuanzhang returned to the palace ahead of schedule with Zhu Biao and Liu Sanwu.

And Zhu Bai, who was halfway there, only received the will, and only came to the imperial study with Gonggong Li after two moments.

"The son knocks on his father."

After being summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Bai cautiously walked into the imperial study.

Then according to a very standard posture, kowtow to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Hahaha, Bai'er doesn't have to be polite, get up quickly!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with Zhu Bai, the young and intelligent king of Xiang.

He smiled and asked the eunuch to help him up.

"Thank you, Father."

Zhu Bai thanked Zhu Yuanzhang one by one.

Then he took out a few drawings and said, "These are the plate armor drawings that Mr. Lin drew today, and I also asked my father to look at them." ”

In the past, the task of 'stealing drawings' from Lin Che was all done by Zhu Zhang.

It's just that now Zhu Fan is still pacifying the Tan people on the southeast coast and missed today's lesson.

So this task was handed over to Zhu Bai.

Originally, he thought that this matter would be extremely difficult.

After all, these unheard of drawings in the world must contain a lot of Lin Che's hard work.

Unexpectedly, Lin Che drew the drawings and used them after the lecture.

It's like waste paper, and I throw it aside.

Zhu Bai took all the drawings in his hands without much effort.

This made him admire Lin Che's unfathomable talent more and more.

He thinks that there are only immortals like Mr. himself, who know the world.

It will take countless people to come up with this kind of drawing.

as a useless thing for reprimand.

"Bai'er, you did a good job, we can meet your little request."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the drawings that had been smoothed out in advance, and the more he looked at Zhu Bai, the more pleasing he became.

However, these words shocked Zhu Bai, who was fluttering in thought, and knelt down again and said: "It is a blessing for the sons to be able to do things for their father, how dare the sons ask for any reward!" ”

The smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face sank instantly.

He finally knew why Zhu Bai was so young but so smart and sensible.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and bypassed the imperial case and helped Zhu Bai up with his own hands.

sighed and said, "How can my descendants of the Zhu family become a kowtow soft bone." ”

When Zhu Bai heard these words that were almost reprimanding, his body trembled subconsciously.

I just wanted to say something more to admit my mistake.

I heard Zhu Yuanzhang say: "After listening to the class in the Confucius Temple in the future, if you have nothing to do at home, you can come to us to study and learn words." ”

"So as not to waste time at home."

A smart child like Zhu Bai, if he doesn't become a gentleman.

Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely be of great use in the future.

In addition, this child seems to be restrained too harshly at home.

Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that in the long run, Zhu Bai would lose his spirituality.

After learning that he would study and learn calligraphy from his father, Zhu Bai naturally agreed with joy.

Then there was a little eunuch, who immediately arranged a table, chair, books, paper and pen for him.

"Father, my son went to the Ministry of Industry just now to check, and the Ministry of Industry has built more than 20..."

The crown prince Zhu Biao, who hurried from outside the palace, just walked into the imperial study and began to report to Zhu Yuanzhang about his investigation.

But as soon as he spoke, he keenly discovered Zhu Bai who was studying in the imperial study.

This made him stunned for a moment, and then he pretended to be nothing, and continued to report: "The Ministry of Engineering currently has a number of medium-sized hydraulic workshops. ”

"It's just because of the connecting rods and gears in the workshop, the damage is too fast."

"So at the moment only three workshops are still in use, and the rest are idle."

Although I learned in the practical class, the reason why the craftsmen did not dare to ask for wages.

Zhu Yuanzhang no longer has any expectations for the Ministry of Industry.

As long as he can set up his new ministry, there will be no major chaos.

But when I heard that Lin Che invented an extremely time-saving and labor-saving machine, it was actually dried there by the people of the Ministry of Industry to eat ashes.

I couldn't help frowning and said: "Grandma's connecting rod gear is easy to damage, so make more accessories." ”

"These hydraulic workshops, but they were built by the people of grease and ointment, how can they be directly idle?"

Zhu Biao has the intention to cover up for the Ministry of Works.

But when he saw Zhu Bai, who was reading a book of Analects, he suddenly said: "Father, according to the opinion of the sons, the plate armor sold to the gentry of the world cannot be made by the Ministry of Industry. ”

"Otherwise, there will inevitably be quality problems, lest it affect the prestige of my father among the gentry."

Although Zhu Yuanzhang agreed to implement it, Lin Che proposed the order of the gentry of the world to help suppress it.

It is to fish out the gentry who cherish the Northern Yuan, and then dispose of these descendants of the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty reasonably and legally on the battlefield.

None of this, though, can be laid out on the bright side.

Otherwise, it will definitely attract the landlords and gentry whose ancestors descended to the Northern Yuan Dynasty and now work for the Ming Dynasty.

Suspecting that the imperial court was going to do something to them, they fell into a state where everyone was in danger.

If you don't do it well, the world will be in turmoil because of this.

Therefore, the death of these descendants of the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty must be an unfortunate death on the battlefield.

And you can't die at the hands of the enemy because of the quality of the armor.

On the surface, whether it is dying on the battlefield or dying violently because of the poor quality of the armor.

It doesn't seem to make much of a difference.

But the former represents luck, or the problem of not being good at martial arts.

But the latter can be interpreted as the court maliciously murdering the son of the gentry.

For example, not long after the peace today, there are still many people in the world who know how to use weapons.

If there is a large-scale problem with the armor, many people who participated in the suppression order will die.

It is difficult not to suspect the gentry who lost their children unexpectedly.

(End of chapter)