Hangzhou Prefecture, on the banks of the Qiantang River.
Zhu Wenkui stood on a high place and watched the tide coming from Qiantang. First, a line of water rushed toward the shore, and then another line of water appeared, cutting across the previous water line, forming a "ten "The tide of words surges.
The tide rises against the shore.
Zhu Wenkui was so arrogant that he roared: "That person rolls the tide like a streamer, and the waves are so powerful that they can swallow up clouds. The mountains and rivers are ancient, so why should you chase after Yao and Shun?"
Yu Qian looked at Zhu Wenkui with admiration and praised: "What a great king. Why should you chase Yao and Shun?" "
Since ancient times, good imperial historians have compared them to Yao, Shun, and Yu, or to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. But in Zhu Wenkui's eyes, a good emperor does not necessarily have to be compared to Yao, Shun, and Yu.
Although Yao, Shun, and Yu had their greatness, the monarchs of the Ming Dynasty may not be unable to surpass them, whether in terms of character or political achievements.
Infected by Zhu Wenkui's momentum, Yu Qian took a step forward and shouted: "Who is holding the economics in his hands, thinking of the eighty million people. The ebb and flow will never stop, and the book will be turned over again in a hundred years!"
Han Xiayu envied Zhu Wenkui and Yu Qian very much. Their friendship was extremely precious.
One wants to be a monarch who surpasses Yao, Shun, and Yu, and the other wants to be a minister who wants to be famous. Their combination should be the strongest combination in the future, right?
Han Xiayu sometimes thought that the emperor had begun to pay attention to Yu Qian a long time ago. When Yu Qian was just a child, he even gave Yu Qian the precious portrait of Wen Tianxiang.
Who could have predicted that the child back then would turn out to be an amazing genius.
However, the emperor expected it.
Compared with Zhu Zhanji, Yu Qian is more suitable to be a minister, and there are some qualities in Yu Qian that Zhu Zhanji does not have, such as his high admiration for loyal and famous ministers!
The famous ministers Yu Qian respected were Wen Tianxiang and Zhuge Liang. He was determined to be a minister who would devote himself to death. But Zhu Zhanji highly admired Taizu, and he was determined to...
Of course, Zhu Zhanji has no ambitions, which Han Xiayu knows very well, but after all, Zhu Zhanji is a member of the royal family, and sometimes he cannot understand Zhu Wenkui's feelings.
The emperor chose Yu Qian, and it was so appropriate. It could be said that it was a match made in heaven. Han Xiayu felt that standing beside them, he was the redundant one...
Zhu Wenkui looked at Yu Qian with a smile on his face: "Tomorrow, let's set off for Peiping. It's time to go back after a month and a half."
Yu Qian nodded solemnly: "It's time to go back, the new classes at the Imperial College are about to begin."
Zhu Wenkui warned: "You better not go to Guo Jiale's laboratory. The electrical energy he is currently researching is not likely to be dangerous. I don't want to see you with only nine fingers left."
Yu Qian smiled and said: "A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. He prevents disasters first and does not hurt his mood later. Even if I go, I will be fully prepared. But Guo Jiale is really a genius. He discovered the secret of magnetism and Name it electromagnetic ghost, something invisible but capable of bringing electrical energy. Just——"
"Just what?"
Zhu Wenkui asked.
Yu Qian raised his bare wrist bitterly and said speechlessly: "The good silver bracelet was taken away by Guo Jiale. Later it was replaced with a copper bracelet. When I found it, he had drawn it into copper wire and returned it. Tangled into a coil. Living in the same room with a genius like him makes me feel both painful and happy..."
Zhu Wenkui laughed loudly and looked at Chaoshui: "There's nothing you can do about it. Even if the Imperial Academy allocated money to him, he would still just take it. As you know, Sheng Yong'er, Sheng Yin's daughter, raised a rabbit as a pawn. Honey, the rabbit disappeared. When I found it, it had already been braised into a rabbit head..."...
Yu Qian naturally knew about this. Guo Jiale did it and tasted it with Sheng Yonger. After Sheng Yonger said how delicious it was, he said it was her rabbit. As a result, Sheng Yonger chased her for half a month. If If Sheng Yin had not come forward and got three rabbits for his daughter in one go, this matter might not be over yet.
But Guo Jiale's research really made astonishing progress. He used magnets and coils to create electrical energy. He even designed a pointer instrument that would shake when electricity passed through.
Far away, a ride
He flew over, handed the documents to Tang Buping and left in a hurry.
Tang Buping walked quickly to Zhu Wenkui and handed the document over: "Prince, Jiaozhi sent an urgent document eight hundred miles away to deliver news along the way that Zhu Neng and Luo Guanying's fleet has returned to Nanyang."
"really?"
Zhu Wenkui became excited and quickly took the document and looked at it for a few times. This was just a report from the Security Bureau, not a document from Jiaozhi. The specific details were not clearly written.
But the urgent notification from Babaili and the letter from the Security Bureau showed that the matter was true.
Zhu Wenkui thought for a moment and said, "Marquis Lan Hai and Marquis Shoudeng came back first, which means they probably set out from the east coast of America. I don't know if they have found any remaining naval sergeants from the Wuyi Fleet."
Yu Qian suggested: "Now that we have received their news, should we stop at Jinling?"
Zhu Wenkui nodded slightly and agreed: "We have to welcome them when they return after such a long voyage. I will write a letter and send it to Beijing to ask my father to allow us to stay in Aurous Hill and wait for the return of the voyage sergeant."
came back!
Yu Qian was very excited.
These great sergeants must have completed a circumnavigation of the world!
The knowledge of the Imperial College will undergo substantial changes. Song Duanduan has been asking what power makes people stay on the ground. The flat earth theory does not exist at all, and the round earth theory puts this question directly in front of reality and finds the answer. , a door to knowledge will open!
"Eight hundred miles haste, get out of the way! The West Route Navy is returning!"
The four postmen urged the horses to gallop. The horses' hoofs stepped on the concrete road, and the hoofs collided with the ground, making a crisp sound. When they arrived at the inn, the envoy did not rest at all. He changed horses, took the water bag and naan bread, and ran out again.
When the news reached Jinling, the navy's ship crossed the Yangtze River, dismounted at the dock and headed north again.
The complete concrete roads have brought great convenience to the rapid transmission of news. The road all the way to the north is very smooth. When the people and businessmen heard the news of urgent documents, they gave way to the middle road.
The news of the return of the West Route Navy swept like the wind. From Jiaozhi to Beijing, a journey of more than 6,000 miles, the news actually only took ten days to reach Beijing!
This speed created a miracle of the Ming Dynasty's expedited document delivery, and the miracle of the postal transmission traveling six hundred miles a day. Behind the miracle is the result of Xinyi Chuan, the result of changing the post every six hundred miles, smoothing the concrete road, and running day and night.
Wuying Palace.
Zhu Yunwen looked at two documents, one from Han Guan, the commander of the Cochin Capital Division, and the other from Zhu Neng.
You don’t need to read Han Guan’s documents to know the contents.
Picking up Zhu Neng's document, Zhu Yunwen opened it solemnly. Looking at the navigation between the lines, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but frown.
After a long and exhausting search, only six sergeants were found!
Out of a team of more than 2,000 people, only six people came back alive!
Zhu Yunwen handed the document to Xie Jin and said solemnly: "The second prince is ordered to supervise the country, and Yang Shiqi, Tie Xuan, and Xu Huizu will assist him. Yang Rong, Minister of Household Affairs Zhou Chen... The Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army, the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Li Jian and Chen Hui... Tan Yuan and Duan Yun of the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army... The Imperial Academy's Jiu Hu Hu, Si Ye Ye Ling'er, Jiang Jiang The president of the college, Zhou Chang... will go with me to Jinling to welcome the return of the Ming soldiers!"
Xie Jin and others took the order.
Although there were six people, Zhu Yunwen almost used the main force of the imperial court, and Minister Humerus went with him.
After reading the document, Xie Jin, Yang Shiqi and others felt sad.
But no one questioned Zhu Yunwen's original decision, because the high-yielding crops brought by that voyage had already begun to enter thousands of households in the Ming Dynasty.
Potatoes and sweet potatoes themselves are high-yielding crops. Coupled with the maturity of the cultivation technology of Guozijian Agricultural College, large-scale production of potatoes and sweet potatoes has become possible. This summer's potato harvest was even more bumper. The imperial court bought the potatoes and transported them to other areas. Further expand potato planting area.
The abundance of warehouses in ordinary people's homes is inseparable from the great navigation decision of that year. them
The sacrifice is so that all people will not go hungry.
A high-standard greeting is a sign of respect for the sacrificed sergeants and a respect for the Ming Dynasty sergeants!
On the second day after issuing the order, Zhu Yunwen led the civil and military ministers to Tianjin Port under the escort of three thousand sergeants, and took a navy ship directly to Jinling. The reason why we do not take the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is because this season is when water transportation is tight, and traveling south on such a scale will inevitably cause blockage of the entire canal.
Going south by sea, the fleet arrived at Jinling in only five days.
Zhu Wenkui and Yu Qian greeted Zhu Yunwen and others at Longjiang Pier. Zhu Yunwen had no objection to Zhu Wenkui staying here. The presence of the emperor and the prince further reflected the importance the court attached to the return of the navy soldiers.
On July 15, Zhu Neng and Luo Guanying's fleet arrived at Quanzhou Prefecture.
On July 17, we entered the Yangtze River Estuary.
Zhu Neng and Luo Guanying stood at the bow of the boat, looking at the vast river, silent.
Luo Feng, Yao Shun, and Guo Wenxing stood on Zhu Neng's left hand side, and Xiang Datong, Ouyang You, and Zhang Guanshan stood on Luo Guanying's right hand side.
Familiar river water.
My Daming!
At this moment, no one spoke, and no one had the intention to speak.
I just watched the river being split open, and the buildings and trees along the bank receding.
When you return home and are speechless, your heart is the softest.
At this moment, the sound of firecrackers suddenly came from the shore, and many people ran out and shouted. new
"Welcome home, Navy men and women!"
The voice stepped on the river water and jumped onto the boat, causing Luo Feng, Zhang Guanshan and others to burst into tears.
The people of Jiangyin, the people of Zhenjiang...
At night, we arrived at Longtan, very close to Jinling.
Zhu Neng and Luo Guanying considered continuing to move forward at this time. The people they met in Jinling could only be picked up in the middle of the night. They could only stop at Longtan to rest for one night and arrive at Longjiang Pier early tomorrow morning.
But just as the ship was about to dock, news came: "Your Majesty has spoken, and with great hope, day and night, he ordered the West Route Navy to return to Jinling as soon as possible. The Emperor, the Crown Prince, and all the ministers waited at the Longjiang Wharf to wait for the Navy to return at night. Sailing!"
