Each family that received the generous reward was extremely happy, not only because they had received the reward, but also because they had a bridge of communication. Although they were nominally affiliated to the East Palace, they had always relied on the Chen family to convey orders from the East Palace. It was inevitable that they would feel uncomfortable.
There is some gap.
Zhu Biao selected a few more children to go to the Imperial College. Nowadays, the places in the Imperial College are extremely precious. Naturally, all the children who are the focus of training in the family have been sent there, but the younger ones are also from the family blood. It is of course the best to gain a good background.
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Then I met a few virtuous elders and famous scholars. The number of people was much smaller than Zhu Biao expected, but it was also common sense. After all, Jiangnan Eucalyptus was involved in a lot of things, and some of them probably didn't dare to come to see him.
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The luncheon meal was full of treasures from the mountains and the sea, and the lambs were cooked as delicately as sunflowers, which was extremely delicate and memorable. During the dinner, many scholars from the south of the Yangtze River recited poems and composed poems. Zhu Biao did not hesitate to reward him, whether it was the imperial study room or four
Bao still has a quota for admission to the Imperial College.
Before he left, the Imperial College had begun a new round of expansion. With the buildings now in place, students were also needed. No matter from any aspect, the literary spirit and knowledge of scholars in the south are now stronger than those in other places.
In Keding, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Liaodong, there was such a shortage of officials in the court that he could not care about the balance between the north and the south. Therefore, he did not need to be stingy about the number of places in the Imperial College, and it was the right time to send them out while they were still valuable.
Zhu Biao went back to have a rest. The rare feast was still going on. It was estimated that it would be directly connected to the dinner party. Of course, the people in the officialdom retired with Zhu Biao. No matter how arrogant they were, they would not dare to indulge in singing and ignore government affairs at this time.
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Walking to the backyard, pavilions, pavilions and pavilions are scattered in a scattered pattern, with small bridges and running water interspersed among them. The wind blows through the bamboo forest and the hustle and bustle is eliminated. The scenery is different as you move. No wonder the Zhang family dared to invite the couple to stay here.
Entering the bedroom, Zhu Biao seemed to think that he was still in the palace. The furnishings in the room were so familiar. Smelling the familiar incense, he was followed by the Crown Princess. She had also just returned from being with all the concubines and ladies.
Withdrew from the banquet.
Looking at his wife who looked like a concubine and a queen, she smiled and said, "It's a worthwhile trip, isn't it?"
Chang Luohua leaned over with a smile and said: "No wonder His Highness always wants to go on tour."
It is not only the fun of traveling along the way, nor the beautiful scenery of Hangzhou, but after leaving the capital and the palace, there will naturally be a great joy of returning to nature after being in a cage for a long time.
Moreover, here, there is no emperor or empress, no censor below, and there is only one Marquis of Jiangyin and his wife who can stand in the middle and is qualified to give a few words of tactful advice. Moreover, the level difference is quite big. It is really hard to be unhappy like this.
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Zhu Biao touched the princess's black hair lovingly, knowing that although she was noble in the palace, her words and actions were also greatly restricted, especially after she gave birth to a grandson and her father, King Kaiping, returned to the capital.
After taking charge of the capital camp.
Since ancient history, there have been many examples of foreign relatives interfering in political affairs or even usurping power. Therefore, everyone in the court looked at the princess with extremely harsh eyes and requirements, fearing that she was unworthy or had too much power, which would lead to chaos in the royal family.
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"Starting tomorrow, I will go to the shipyard for inspection. You can have a good time in the city."
Without waiting for her to respond, he leaned into her ear and whispered: "It's okay to be arrogant and willful. Just tell the people below to take care of it. It's rare to come out."
This was also what he was thinking. It was rare to come out. Could it be that he was detained in this small courtyard? How different would that be from staying in the palace? Besides, since they were separated, even if there were assassins, they would not go out of their way to assassinate the Crown Princess.
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The reason why a princess is noble is because of the prince. If you have a prince, you can have countless princesses. If there is a blood feud with the Zhu family and wants to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, they will only try their best to kill Zhu Biao instead of killing a woman.
If someone really assassinated Chang Luohua, then someone must have been eyeing the position of the Crown Princess. However, according to the rules of the palace, if the Crown Princess is killed, all the concubines in the harem will be suspected. No matter how it is verified, at least they have entered the palace.
It can never be corrected.
Therefore, no matter how stupid a person is, he will not take the risk of killing the nine tribes just to make wedding clothes for her. What's more, with the escort of Jinwu Guards and local elites, I really don't know what kind of power can kill the future Queen of the Central Palace of the Ming Dynasty in this city.
The couple chatted for a while and then went to the couch to rest. After a few days of traveling and traveling and having plenty of food and drinks, they fell asleep very quickly. The young body recovered from fatigue quickly, but it also caused them to fall asleep again as soon as they fell asleep.
I felt empty in my stomach, but fortunately the banquet was still going on outside, so I went over to continue eating, drinking and enjoying myself.
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Early on the next morning, Zhu Biao was escorted by Zhang Cundao and Wu Liang to the largest shipyard outside Hangzhou. It is a government-run shipyard. In the past few years, work has never stopped and a lot of ships have been built.
However, compared with the shipbuilding capacity of Longjiang Shipyard and Qingjiang Shipyard, it is not large, but this is an experimental place for shipbuilding research and development, and the best and most advanced shipbuilding craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty gathered here.
Many of them were captured by Jiangyin Marquis in the past two years, and there were also shipwrights that Jinghai Marquis found from Southeast Asia, and there were even shipwrights from Japan, so they combined their strengths.
Since there was no girl, there was no need to ride in the car. The group of people galloped away. Of course, it was not a gallop. The main reason was that they did not let Zhu Biao ride very fast. No matter how good a rider is, his horse would inevitably stumble.
But no matter what, it was faster than driving. Soon we arrived at the shipyard. A large group of people were waiting in front of the shipyard. Wu Liang immediately stepped forward and dispersed them, leaving only a dozen responsible officials and senior officials.
Carpenter.
These craftsmen cannot be said to be craftsmen. They all have official positions from the Ministry of Industry and are serious court officials. They were specially promoted by Zhu Biao, otherwise the rewards of money and food would be nothing to these old craftsmen.
It’s really not difficult to earn enough money to support your family in Hukou with your craft skills.
Even the Yuan Dynasty, which treated craftsmen extremely harshly, also gave special treatment to craftsmen whose skills were far beyond ordinary people. Everyone knows that talents are rare.
After saluting, everyone gathered around His Royal Highness and entered the shipyard. It was obvious that it had been tidied up, but in Zhu Biao's eyes it was still a bit messy. Various tools and wood were scattered on the ground. He could not recognize the use of many of them.
The further you go in, the larger the things on the ground become. Even if the canopy anchor is smaller, it would be difficult for a hundred and eighty people to lift it. You can imagine how big the boat made with this must be.
Following Zhu Biao's instructions, everyone walked straight towards the pond, passing by the joinery workshop, iron workshop, cable workshop and other workshops.
After drainage, the ship can be repaired on dry bottom.
There is a lot of water in the south of the Yangtze River, not to mention the coastal city of Hangzhou. The workshops are also huge and are specially connected to the sea. Now the sluice has been opened and filled with water. You can't even see the end at a glance. You can see large and small ships docked in the distance, and even
Spectacular.
But Zhu Biao's eyes were still attracted by the tall and majestic ship in the middle. He looked around carefully from left to right from far to near. There was a majestic tiger head relief on the front of the bow, and on the front of both sides.
There are majestic relief paintings of flying dragons, phoenix paintings on the rear, and a roc with wings spread above the stern plate.
Wu Liang, the Marquis of Jiangyin, smiled and said: "Let your Highness know that this ship is forty-four feet long and eighteen feet wide. It has four floors, nine masts and twelve sails, twenty-eight warehouses inside, and an anchor weighing several thousand."
Jin, can hold five thousand ingredients..."
Five thousand materials, which is about a displacement of more than 2,500 tons, and the load capacity should be half of that, far exceeding that of other countries in the world for two to three hundred years. Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States, and even thousands of years of navigation experience in the Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties
Technology is blooming at this moment.
Only then did the Ming Dynasty become more powerful than Western countries. It was able to be the first to take advantage of the ocean, formulate the rules of the ocean, and formulate the rules of the world.
When everyone stepped onto the building boat, Zhu Biaozai carefully stared at the structures everywhere. They were put together, hung, and reinforced with spade nails, iron curluses, shovel nails, leech nails and complex mortise and tenon techniques, making them look extremely tight.
Very solid.
There is a deck house in the middle of the main deck to form a midship building with bulwarks, a three-story poop at the stern, and a two-story transparent forecastle at the bow. It is divided into five floors from the bottom tank to the deck.
The ship is equipped with hard sails, with stays on the sail surface, and no fixed beams on the mast. It can adapt to sudden changes in sea conditions. It can adjust the bow and turn the legs flexibly, and can effectively utilize the wind from multiple directions. It also has long sculls on both sides and the stern.
Zhu Biao also noticed that many wooden structures had names written on them. After asking, he learned that from feeding, picking up materials, to processing into various components, every process and every piece of wood has strict records, and every piece of wood has to be strictly recorded.
The name of the person directly responsible is engraved on the material.