Min Ruoying, who was upset, wandering aimlessly in the palace, but sighed in his heart how unfair God is! A few days ago, he had just received a border conflict between the Ming and Qi in Changning County. A Qi army that entered the Ming Dynasty was completely wiped out by the Ming people. The generals of the Qi army were actually the royal family of Qi, which caused a confrontation between the two sides on the border. The two countries continued to send additional troops on the border, and they were about to fight a big battle.

Now that the Ming and Qi fight, it is naturally the situation that Min Ruoying wants to see the most. Qi is very strong, but the Ming Dynasty is even more arrogant and arrogant now. When they fight, it may not be possible to end in three or two years, so Chu will naturally be able to take a big breath.

The battle between Ming and Qi will not only help Chu State successfully recover the territory of the two lost counties, but also allow Chu State to gain more initiative in its interactions with Ming State. Min Ruoying believes that once these two countries fight, their own great Chu will inevitably become the target of the two states.

For today's Chu State, being able to get along with others is the best way out, rather than fighting the Qi State to the death, while not asking for support from the Ming people in a slight way.

All of this was because of the defeat in Luzhou that year! This was a thorn in Min Ruoying's heart. If he didn't take back the six eastern counties in one day, he felt that he had no confidence to speak in front of the ministers in the court. After all, that war was launched under his command. At that time, the chief minister Ma Xiangdong, the Ministry of War, and the Minister of Revenue Zhang Chen, who had several ups and downs, all opposed it.

But just received the latest information today, which disappointed him again. Because Qi State actually caught fire in its backyard at this moment. Zhou Shuguang's rebellion in Bozhou made Min Ruoying's desire to watch a big show immediately faded.

He still knew more or less about the internal affairs of Qi. The core of the reforms that Emperor Qi was implementing was to eradicate the influence of aristocratic families like Zhou Shuguang on the Qi court and to take all the power into the court. Needless to say, Zhou Shuguang's rebellion was the shadow of those aristocratic families in Qi.

I am afraid that the most important thing for Emperor Qi now is to wipe out the rebellious Zhou Shuguang of Bozhou and knock a few nails on the coffin boards of those wealthy families. However, in this way, the war with the Ming Dynasty would be postponed indefinitely. No one would fight against a powerful enemy outside when his backyard was in a turmoil.

Judging from the information sent back by the inner guard, the Ming Kingdom also intervened in the Bozhou Rebellion, at least the Zhou family's warships must have been from the Ming people. Thinking of these warships, his mind jumped on Ning Zhiwen again.

This person has an inseparable relationship with Ming State, and his son is in a high position as the commander of the Navy in Ming State. Earlier, the Jinghu War Zone was really unable to do without the support of this person's navy, so he could only endure it without causing any trouble. But now there is no such concern. With Bian Wushuang's victory and the front line continues to advance, the necessity of the existence of the Jinghu Navy has been greatly reduced. A general with such a problematic nature will naturally take it down.

Of course, we cannot use his son's affairs in the Ming Dynasty as an excuse. After all, there are many people who are inseparable from the Ming Dynasty. For example, Ma Xiangnan, the younger brother of the chief minister Ma Xiangdong, is the county magistrate of Changyang County of Ming Dynasty. Mu Shou was highly valued by Qin Feng, and the front-line general Jiang Shangyan was even more in battle under Qin Feng for several years.

The people he sent and Bian Wushuang had hinted about this matter several times, but Bian Wushuang seemed to not understand what he meant. Now he actually sent Ning Zhiwen to start diversion of the waterways to the counties in Jiangnan, with the reason that it could allow military supplies such as food and other military supplies from Jiangnan, to reach the front line smoothly. Is Bian Wushuang too confident or has other intentions? Min Ruoying had not yet figured out the joints here. Does Bian Wushuang really think that he could fully control Ning Zhiwen?

Of course, Min Ruoying would not trust Bian Wushuang without reservation. At the beginning, Ma Chao was his attempt to control Min Ruoying. This failure was a heavy blow to Min Ruoying. Not only did it cause Mingren to be punished, it also made Bian Wushuang feel a thorn in his heart. Although Bian Wushuang didn't say anything, it was because he didn't say anything that proved that he was quite dissatisfied with this matter.

So during this period, Min Ruoying obeyed Bian Wushuang's requests, hoping that time would resolve the shadows in both sides' hearts this time.

When Min Ruoying thought of these complex relationships, she felt a pain in her forehead. Why did the wealthy families in Qi not rebel when she was expeditioning to Qi? If that were the case, she might have achieved great achievements. Now that the Ming Qi faced each other, the problems of Qi even broke out. Is God really favoring that guy Qin Feng?

The jingling voice in front brought his thoughts back to reality. From a distance, a group of people gathered there. I don’t know what they were doing, and I immediately became a little angry. Seeing the eunuch beside him with his face, he immediately trotted over, and after a moment, he turned back.

"Your Majesty, there is a carriage dedicated to the Empress of Ming Kingdom to the Empress Dowager. Where are the craftsmen who accompany him installing it?" the eunuch replied.

"Go and see what kind of carriage it is. The envoy actually praised it as rare in the sky and no underground?" Min Ruoying snorted. Regarding her sister's intention to take the empress dowager to Yuejing, Min Ruoying intuitively believed that Mingguo had absolutely no good intentions. Since Min Ruocheng's death, her sister was afraid that she would no longer have the feelings for her relatives. In Shangjing, the only thing she still had some bonds to was the empress dowager. If she wanted to take the empress dowager away, then she could attack herself unscrupulously?

He strode close to the construction site. The craftsmen, guards, and some eunuchs and palace maids who were watching the fun fell to the ground in an instant.

Min Ruoying ignored them and just looked at the carriage in front of her.

The body of the car has basically been spliced, and the entire body is two to three times larger than an ordinary carriage. It is extremely gorgeous. Unlike the two-wheeled carriages currently in Chu State, it has four wheels.

As merchants from Ming Dynasty entered Chu to do business, four-wheeled carriages had actually begun to be used in Chu State, but they were not uncommon. However, as a luxury, they are rare among the people, and are more common as traveling carriages of some wealthy and powerful people. Min Ruoying himself also has one, which is indeed much more comfortable than a two-wheeled carriage, but it is not very perfect.

When he walked to the carriage, he looked up and down, and glanced at the Ming craftsmen kneeling beside the carriage, "What is the difference between this carriage and a little more gorgeous?"

Since the envoy of the Ming Kingdom could boast about Haikou, there must be some praiseworthy things, but he hasn't seen it yet.

"Go back to Your Majesty, this carriage is dedicated to the Empress Dowager, so the whole carriage uses the most advanced technology in the Ming Dynasty. It is completely different from the carriages circulating on the market before. This carriage is now the only one in the world, and even the Emperor and Empress of the Ming Dynasty have not yet been seated!" A man with a craftsman stood up.

"You little craftsman, how could you know if your emperor is not?" Min Ruoying exclaimed.

"Go back to Your Majesty, although Xiao Me is a craftsman, he has an official position in the Ming Dynasty. Xiao Messman is a fifth-rank craftsman, and this carriage was supervised by Xiao Messman." The craftsman straightened up and looked at Min Ruoying proudly.

Min Ruoying's eyes narrowed. He had heard that craftsmen could be officials in the Ming Dynasty. Even those who farmed well could become officials. This was not a strange thing in the Ming Dynasty, but in the State of Chu, it was a legend. He really never thought that those craftsmen with the most humble identities in the Chu Dynasty were now people standing in front of him and talking.

He sneered: "I want to hear, what's the difference between this carriage?"

"Please introduce it to Your Majesty!" The craftsman bowed: "Your Majesty, the body and frame of this carriage are actually completely separated. We have used the latest invented suspension system and shock absorption system, so that the carriage will drive on the road. Even if the road is not good, it will basically not affect the comfort of riding."

The craftsman patted the body of the car and said proudly: "We studied this thing at the beginning because our Emperor and His Majesty often traveled. Not only did we have to fight in all directions, but we had to patrol the four realms. We craftsmen were unable to repay us, so we wanted to build such a carriage for His Majesty to make His Majesty more comfortable to travel. But we didn't expect that the research of things would come. The first thing His Majesty thought of was the Empress Dowager, who really touched the world with filial piety."

Min Ruoying's face was dark. Is this saying that he was unfilial? God is pitiful to see that Min Ruoying is really a filial son.

The craftsman did not notice Min Ruoying's expression, and grabbed a wheel with his hand. The wheel had just been installed, but was still hanging in the air. As the craftsman tried hard, the wheels began to rotate, but no sound was made, which made Min Ruoying, who was used to hearing the tart sound of the wheels of the carriage, very strange.

"Your Majesty should be wondering why there is no strange sound in this wheel?" The craftsman smiled like a worm in Min Ruoying's belly and picked up an iron thing from the tool box on the ground, and presented it to Min Ruoying with both hands: "It's the credit for this thing. Your Majesty, don't underestimate this thing. We several masters worked hard for this thing for two years before we could get it out."

Min Ruoying looked at the iron object in her hand. It looked very simple. There was a large iron circle outside, with a small circle inside. Surprisingly, among these two upper iron circles, there were shining steel balls inlaid. He reached out to hold the iron circle inside, and gently pushed it, and the large circle outside turned around.

"This thing is extremely difficult to control?" Min Ruoying asked in confusion.

"It's quite difficult to manufacture!" The craftsman smiled and said, "It's not only a problem of craftsmanship, but also a problem of material. After we made this thing, His Majesty was very happy and said that it can not only be used on a carriage, but also has other great uses!"

He smiled and pointed to the black layer of things wrapped outside the wheel and said, "Your Majesty, in the past, our carriage wheels were sewn with animal skins and wrapped on the wheels for shock absorption. However, such leather wraps are expensive and damaged very quickly. However, since last year, our Maritime Department has discovered a tree that can secrete strange juices overseas. After collecting and processing, these juices have become an extremely good material to wrap wheels. Moreover, these trees are everywhere in some places overseas and are not valuable. The most expensive one is to transport them back to China."

He picked up a wheel from the ground, raised it and let go. The wheel fell to the ground, and it actually made a light bounce and bounced a little.

Min Ruoying was extremely shocked at this time. The things contained in the small carriage were not only some fresh technologies, but also a reflection of a country's strength.

The small roller took two years to develop it. The materials and money spent in between are probably not small. To make this wheel, it reflects the strength of the Ming Dynasty above the navy, and can get things from others at will. This is not simply a matter of buying it with money, let alone in a foreign land overseas.
Chapter completed!