After hearing his son's excited call next to him, Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Xiongying who was holding a piece of paper and a goose feather in his hand.
He only hesitated for half a second before closing the memorial he was preparing to deal with, then slowly stood up and walked towards Chu Ze and the others.
As soon as Zhu Biao came over, Zhu Xiongying ran towards Zhu Biao with the words he wrote and the pen he made as if he was offering a treasure.
"Father, look, this is a pen I made myself! It's not a brush, but it can still be used for writing, and it's very easy to use."
"Okay, okay! Xiongying is so awesome."
Faced with the child's gift of treasure, Zhu Biao did not hesitate to praise him.
Although the praise seemed a bit perfunctory, Zhu Xiongying was still happy after hearing his father's praise.
"It's really hard on you today. You have to help take care of the children. But I won't thank you too much. Anyway, you will have children yourself in the future, and you will also have to learn to take care of children. I will just lend the child to you." You should practice it in advance.”
"We are considered friends, you don't have to thank me."
After Zhu Biao came to Chu Ze's side, he made a rare joke with him.
When Chu Ze heard Zhu Biao's words, the movements of his hands suddenly froze.
Then he turned his head blankly, looked at Zhu Biao with an extremely disgusting look, and slowly stretched out his left hand like a fist.
Under Zhu Biao's expectant gaze, a middle finger was slowly raised.
"Thank you! Sincerely."
"Hahaha, you guy, don't try to trick me. Although I don't know what your gesture means specifically, I can guess from the expression on your face that it definitely means contempt for me! "
Seeing the almost clear look of disdain on Chu Ze's face, Zhu Biao could naturally tell the difference at a glance.
Looking at Zhu Biao who was smiling happily, Chu Ze also smiled along with him.
"Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to trick you at all. I just blatantly despise you."
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I originally thought that Chu Ze would make up some nonsense to fool him, but what Zhu Biao didn't expect was that this guy didn't take himself as the prince seriously at all.
In front of him, he can still speak so straightforwardly.
But this may also be the fundamental reason why Zhu Biao and Chu Ze are so casual when they get along.
"I also prepared a quill pen for you. Take it and try it out to see if it works."
As Chu Ze spoke, he threw the quill in his hand directly to Zhu Biao.
After Zhu Biao saw what he threw, he took it smoothly.
At this moment, his eyes also noticed the small table in front of Chu Ze.
Above that is a line of small characters with slender but powerful strokes.
After Zhu Biao tried to get closer for a few minutes, he could clearly see what was written on the paper.
"The crime is in the present, but the merit is in the future. It doesn't matter if thousands of people despise him."
After reading in a low voice a line of small words left on the paper.
When Zhu Biao looked at Chu Ze again, his eyes became somewhat thoughtful.
"I didn't expect that your handwriting is really beautiful."
"That's right. At least I have practiced some before, but I have never practiced calligraphy."
"The quill pen in your hand is just a product of excess. When I go back later, you can get me some graphite. After I take it back, I will try to make some pencils. That will be a really convenient thing."
"And I have to prepare lessons for these two little guys. I have never been a teacher when I grow up."
As Chu Ze spoke, he couldn't help but look at the two little ones who were practicing writing on the table with the quills they made.
After all, these are just two children. After getting new toys, they no longer pester Chu Ze.
After Zhu Biao saw Chu Ze's handwriting on the paper, he also re-examined the quill in his hand.
At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little curious about the pencil Chu Ze was talking about.
Of course, I am more curious about Chu Ze's future.
"Let's go, let the two children play by themselves for a while, and let's talk about the scientific things you said earlier."
"Do you still remember this? I thought you had forgotten it!"
"By the way, tell me about your future generations. In fact, I have always been very curious about the era you live in, but I have been busy with so many things during this period!"
After hearing what Zhu Biao said, Chu Ze said nothing more.
The two of them walked to the place where Zhu Biao had previously handled government affairs and sat down. The memorials on the table were just there, but Zhu Biao had no intention of putting them away.
He wasn't worried about what Chu Ze would see, or in other words, it didn't matter if he saw it.
The servants also quickly brought in spare tables, chairs and tea sets.
Because Chu Ze doesn't drink, but likes to drink tea, Zhu Biao basically has tea ready at all times whenever Chu Ze is in the East Palace.
It is rare for a prince to consider such subtleties.
"What will your future generations be like? Compared with us now, how big is the gap?"
As soon as the two of them sat down, Zhu Biao started asking questions impatiently.
But after Chu Ze looked around, he suddenly realized that he didn't know where to start.
From Xia, Shang and Zhou to today's Ming Dynasty, it spans thousands of years of history, but the shadow of the past can still be seen today.
However, in the hundreds of years that followed, the gap was not as big as usual.
It's so big that it's like two completely different worlds.
"Let's put it this way. Compared to the era I live in, compared to your current era, the gap is beyond your wildest dreams."
"Today in your era, what you read are the Four Books and Five Classics, ancient classics, military art stories, etc., but in our later generations, we will learn advanced mathematics, history, physics, and chemistry."
"You travel by walking or by horse-drawn carriage, but we ride bicycles, trains, high-speed rails, and even planes."
"In war, you rely on cavalry and infantry. If you use human lives to fill it, an army of one million may be the capital to dominate the world."
"But in future generations, we can easily wipe out millions or even tens of millions of people with just one attack. It is not difficult to directly wipe a city from the world."
"The gap is so huge that I don't even know how to describe it."
After listening to Chu Ze's words, a trace of suspicion flashed in Zhu Biao's eyes involuntarily.
In just a few hundred years
Is there really such a big gap between the two eras?
In the pre-Qin period, people rode horses to fight.
Today, people still fight on horseback.
It's been thousands of years, isn't there such a big gap?
Therefore, Zhu Biao actually still had some suspicions about Chu Ze's words.
It feels like what he said is somewhat untrue.
"I know you may not believe it, but the fact is that from the time when later generations invented the first airplane to when humans landed on the moon, that is, the moon. There was only a gap of sixty-six years."
"For example, let me say that the earth under our feet is actually a ball. People in our future generations will call it: Earth."
"This is the world we live in. If you sail from the east, you will first arrive at the Japanese Kingdom, and then sail all the way from the Japanese Kingdom to the two continents that will later be called the Americas, North America and South America. Then you will cross it, and you will Arrive in Europe in later generations. If you continue to move forward, you will eventually return to the Ming Dynasty from the west."
"The world you know is actually just a fantasy of most people."
"I can tell you clearly that the dynasties after the Ming Dynasty were nomadic tribes from the north. They ended the rule of the Ming Dynasty and started the Qing Dynasty. As for what happened after that, I don't really want to mention it."
"But you can know one thing. The combat effectiveness of the Ming Dynasty's army is at the pinnacle of the world at this time. Especially the navy that Yongle continued to expand after that was just a short distance away from ushering in the Age of Discovery."
"But then the civilization of our land was thrown out dozens of blocks by other countries in the world."
"The Ming Dynasty is the last glory of our Han people"
The more Chu Ze spoke, the more Zhu Biao noticed that his expression became more and more strange.
Gritting his teeth, his eyes were red, and even when he glanced around, he accidentally discovered that Chu Ze's hands had been tightly held together at some point.
Judging from the expression on his face, he looked like he was going to smash the table in the next second.
This move shocked Zhu Biao.
There is hot water on the table! It's been scalded!
"Chu Ze, relax. Many things have not happened yet, and now that you have returned to this era, some things may not happen again. You don't have to be like this."
Although Zhu Biao didn't know what Chu Ze had gone through, there was something very wrong with his current state.
"Didn't you tell me yourself? Your arrival in this era is like a pebble falling into the lake."
"The longer you exist, the greater your impact on the future. Maybe you can change everything you know?"
"Aren't you from the future? Your knowledge can be passed on. Nothing has happened yet. There is still hope for everything, right?"
Under Zhu Biao's comfort, Chu Ze's mood gradually calmed down.
And that innocent look of harmlessness appeared on his face again.
After seeing Chu Ze's mood gradually calming down, Zhu Biao poured him a cup of tea himself and handed it over slowly.
Looking at the tea that Zhu Biao pushed over, Chu Ze couldn't help but feel helpless in his eyes.
"Although it is said that my existence will change this era step by step, but in just a few decades of life, who knows how far it can go?"
"Besides, in the face of the general trend, I, a time traveler, am just an ant that may be crushed to death at any time."
"Even if I want to make changes to some things, at least there needs to be a process. Otherwise, under the general trend, I will always be an ant."
If he wants to make a complete change in today's era, then the first thing Chu Ze has to face is those who stand at the top of the power pyramid in today's social structure.
Just like today's scholars.
If Chu Ze suddenly proposed reforms, cultural changes and others would no longer be the mainstream of society.
Scientists, inventors, industry and other factors will gradually become the top people in society and become sought after by people.
So how do those scholars who have studied poetry and books since childhood and are full of thoughts and etiquette education deal with it?
Moreover, if you want to make changes, some things that have existed for a long time must be destroyed.
And these things are often the capital that many people today rely on to make a living.
If these things were abolished, it would be equivalent to destroying their roots.
It would be strange if these people didn't fight Chu Ze.
"So, how do you want to face the future? Can you tell me what you think?"
Zhu Biao looked at Chu Ze who was staring at the tea cup in front of him in a daze, and for the first time he expressed his opinion.
"I can feel that you have been deliberately guiding us in a certain direction. Logically speaking, you have ulterior motives. But I don't know why. I just feel that I should trust you."
"If you didn't show up, I would be a dying person, and you can be regarded as saving Xiongying's life. Although I haven't said it, I know very well in my heart that I owe you a favor, and this favor is very important. big."
"If I can help you, I will try my best to help you, but the premise is that it must not threaten the foundation of Ming Dynasty. This is my only bottom line."
"We should be considered friends, right?"
After hearing Zhu Biao's words, Chu Ze gradually came back to his senses.
After raising his head and looking at Zhu Biao, Chu Ze raised the teacup on the table and raised it to Zhu Biao.
The words became frivolous again.
"Are we talking about Longzhong? We sit here and talk nonsense about the world."
"If you insist on saying yes, it's not impossible."
After Zhu Biao watched Chu Ze's actions, he slowly raised the tea cup in front of him. After the two looked at each other and smiled, they raised their heads and drank the tea in the cup.
As for Chu Ze, who put down his teacup, his eyes became sharper.
"Hu Weiyong's rebellion and so on, to me, these things are just trivial matters. In front of your father, he is just a clown, harmless."
"What really matters in my eyes is the foundation and future of a country."
"Population is one of the foundations of the empire, so the first step we need to take is to increase the population base of the Ming Dynasty. In agriculture, we need to introduce new crops and at the same time try to cultivate new crop varieties."
"Send a group of warships to the American border. There are extremely high yields of corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes. If these three crops are obtained, Ming's land will produce at least three or four times more food."
"Another factor that ensures population growth is medical care. In this regard, my opinion is to bring medical care directly under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial court."
"Building hospitals and medical schools to ensure the health of the people while also focusing on combating some diseases."
"Many medical families in the folk always pass it down from generation to generation, or the disciples leave a hand or something. As time goes by, that hand is simply kept and lost..."
"The priority is to ensure that newborns can be afforded and fed well."
"Follow-up questions can only be discussed in the follow-up."
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