As the eldest grandson of the emperor, Zhu Xiongying has been favored by thousands of people since he was born.
And perhaps because his parents are extraordinary people, this kid is obviously smarter and stronger than ordinary children.
Not only did he learn to walk when he was just one year old, but he was also able to speak quietly.
At his first birthday party, this kid once again showed off his cleverness when he was trying to catch a week.
After looking around at the various Four Treasures of the Study, swords, guns and sticks in front of him, he took nothing, suddenly stood up and ran directly towards Zhu Yuanzhang, and then hugged Lao Zhu's thigh tightly.
This made everyone around him laugh.
Zhu Biao couldn't help but mutter.
"Does this kid also want to imitate his father and me and hug Lao Zhu's thigh tightly?"
"My eldest grandson has taken a liking to our clothes!"
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed loudly and picked up Zhu Xiongying. Perhaps he thought of the original historical records about Zhu Xiongying, and said emotionally: "Good grandson, grow up safely soon. When you grow up, grandpa will pass on this suit of clothes to you."
You, let you be the emperor!"
Zhu Biao: “……!”
"Then shall I leave?" He couldn't help but vomit in his heart.
"Grandpa, ride a horse and have fun!" Zhu Xiongying said in a sweet voice.
"well!"
"Listen to our eldest grandson today!" Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Xiongying to sit on his shoulders and walked out with large strides.
"In the whole world, I am afraid that this little Highness is the only one who can make His Majesty achieve this level." Lan Yu saw this scene and couldn't help but smile and sigh at the three brothers Chang Mao next to them.
Lan Yu came here with the Chang family to have a meal.
Zhu Xiongying's birthday banquet was held in the East Palace today. It was not a big deal. There were only a few people in attendance. Except for Lao Zhu, Queen Ma, and Chang Yuchun's extended family.
Hearing Lan Yu's words at this moment, Chang Yuchun couldn't help but take a deep look at his brother-in-law. For some reason, he suddenly remembered the ending of Lan Yu that he had seen in the late Ming Dynasty.
My brother-in-law has some abilities, but he also has a lot of arrogance and arrogance.
According to the original history, although Lan Yu was killed because Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to support Zhu Yunwen to secure the throne of emperor, Lan Yu's own arrogance was not small.
If he doesn't correct this problem, he will still suffer big losses in the future.
Just like today, on this occasion, he shouldn't be able to say such things.
"I need to find some time to give him some advice." Chang Yuchun thought secretly in his heart.
When the banquet was over and Chang Yuchun's family was sent away, Queen Ma left Zhu Biao and Chang Tongyu alone.
"Biao'er, you and Tong Yu have been married for a long time. Now that Xiongying is one year old, there will be no issue of heirs in the future. It's time for you to marry one or two more concubines."
Seeing that Zhu Biao was in a daze, Queen Ma continued: "I have already told Tong Yu about this matter, and she agrees."
"Now there are several candidates in the palace. How about you and Tong Yu go to the palace to meet them in a few days?"
"Forget it, I won't go, let you and Tong Yu take care of it!" Zhu Biao showed little interest in this.
After saying that, he pulled Chang Tongyu's hand in a subtle way: "Tongyu, you have to be careful and try to pick two people with good personalities. This will save both of us worry and effort in the future."
"I know!" Chang Tongyu nodded with a blushing face.
As a crown princess, how could she not know that marrying into the royal family was something she had to face. Even her brothers had side wives, let alone Zhu Biao, who was the prince.
It would be a lie to say that I am not depressed in my heart. No one wants to share his husband with another woman.
But now with Zhu Biao's words, she felt much warmer.
At least Zhu Biao still cares about her feelings.
To be honest, Zhu Biao really didn't care about the choice of his concubine.
As the prince, what kind of woman does he want?
Besides, as his cultivation level gets higher and higher, it is really difficult for ordinary women to fall into his eyes. Compared with Chang Tongyu's specialness, other ordinary women can only be said to pale in comparison.
"Originally, one of them was the daughter of Lu Ben, the minister of Taichang Temple. She was well-educated, quiet and pleasant, so I liked her better. But your bastard father insisted on saying no, and he made me mad."
"Biao'er, Tong Yu, I'll call that girl over in two days. You guys go and meet. If you like it, even if your father doesn't agree, I'll make the decision for you." Empress Ma didn't notice the little couple beside her.
Interaction, with a trace of evil spirit on his face.
Apparently she still feels resentful about Lao Zhu's interference in her choosing a concubine for her son.
"Mother, forget this!" Zhu Biao grinned.
Not to mention that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't want to see Zhu Yunwen born again, even Zhu Biao himself didn't want to. Although history has changed and this possibility has become extremely small, it is still possible.
So it’s better not to provoke this Miss Lu.
Seeing Zhu Biao get up and run away, Queen Ma felt helpless.
"This brat is still so dishonest even though he is a father."
"Mother, let's go to the backyard too!"
"I made a new set of cotton-padded clothes for Xiongying. How about you help me take a look?" Chang Tongyu smiled and took Queen Ma's hand.
"good!"
"Let's go take a look at the eldest grandson's clothes!" When Queen Ma heard that it was related to Zhu Xiongying, she immediately stood up with a smile on her face. As for her son's marriage that she had just discussed, she had long forgotten it.
Time flies, seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
On the dock outside Nanjing, a warship is docked there.
Researchers from the Academy of Sciences are working seriously on the battleship.
This is the first ironclad ship independently produced by the Ming Dynasty. Like the British ironclad "Warrior", this ironclad ship has a wooden hull wrapped with a layer of steel armor.
At the same time, the power system used by this ironclad ship has also been upgraded.
It is no longer a conventional steam power, but is driven by spiritual power like the magical vehicle.
Compared with steam engines, psionic energy can provide more kinetic energy, run faster, and even have greatly enhanced continuous navigation capabilities. However, the only problem is that it requires too many psionic materials and is too expensive.
With the current spiritual material reserves of the Ming Dynasty, it can only build such a ship.
This ironclad ship will become the flagship of the Ming Dynasty Royal Navy in the future.
"Your Highness, Marshal Chang, the steam armored ship we built may not be much different from the shipbuilding level of the Xiyi people, but I can guarantee that the performance of this psychically driven ironclad ship has definitely exceeded the performance of any of their warships.
." As the chief designer of this battleship, Wan Hu spoke with arrogance.
Zhu Biao agreed with this.
The displacement of this battleship has reached an astonishing 8,000 tons and the length is 80 meters. It has exceeded the size of the largest treasure ship that could be built before the Ming Dynasty.
The most important thing is that that kind of treasure ship is not a warship. It is as fast as a turtle and would be a living target on the sea. But now this one is a real warship.
Whether it is artillery or speed, the two are completely different.
Such warships have definitely not appeared in the West yet.
According to Zhu Biao's estimate, it will take them at least ten years to build such a huge warship.
"good!"
"As soon as this flagship comes out, I wonder if those Xiyi people still dare to be arrogant!" Chang Yuchun was also a little excited.
"Your Highness, Marshal, I will take you to see the weapons on the ship!" Wan Hu smiled mysteriously and led the two of them onto the battleship.
Soon, the two of them took a tour around the battleship.
"Does this battleship have a name?" Those Western Yi people like to give names to battleships. Chang Yuchun suddenly thought of this and was suddenly moved.
"Yes, the name given by His Majesty is called Xiongyinghao!" Wanhu said with a laugh.
"Hurrah!"
"We thought of coming together!" Chang Yuchun was overjoyed.
Zhu Biao: “……!”
This name sounds a bit strange no matter how you hear it.
Half a month later, Zhu Biao's two concubines were finally selected.
One of them, Song Ziyue, came from an ordinary small landowner family in Suzhou.
What surprised Zhu Biao was the other one, because she turned out to be from Japan.
Moreover, she was the granddaughter of Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan, who was presented to Nanjing by his father.
Speaking of which, these two concubines are very special. Like Chang Tongyu, they are both immortal cultivators who have opened up the sea of qi.
Perhaps this was Queen Ma's intention.
After all, although it is difficult for extraordinary people to give birth to children, the children they give birth to will undoubtedly be stronger and better.
Zhu Xiongying is an example.
Queen Ma certainly hopes that her descendants will become better and better.
It’s not surprising that you have this choice.
Moreover, according to Zhu Biao's understanding, nowadays, neither the people of the Ming Dynasty nor the Japanese are very interested in these immortal cultivators who have opened up the Qi Sea.
The Ming Dynasty is a little better. The Academy of Sciences and the Dragon Protection Division have been recruiting such people, regardless of gender.
When the Jin Yiwei monitors the world, one of their long-term tasks is to find the immortal cultivators who have opened up the Qi Sea and bring them back. With this two-pronged approach, there are not many immortal cultivators left among the people.
Even today, quite a few people don't know that this type of people exist.
But the Japanese country next to it is different. It is more chaotic there, and their control over the country is not as strong as that of the Ming Dynasty.
In the past, several immortal cultivators used some of the illusions they had figured out to deceive and even attempted to rebel. Although the rebellion was eventually suppressed, this also aroused the vigilance of the senior officials of the Japanese country.
In this regard, the Japanese country's solution was simple and crude. They directly defined such people as monsters and killed them as soon as they were found.
As for the immortal cultivators who have no inheritance, although they have advanced to the extraordinary level, they do not have many methods at their disposal. If they really fight, they may not be able to defeat even a Rongjin warrior.
It can be imagined from this that the princess's situation in Japan was probably not very good. Perhaps she heard that Ming Dynasty had no prejudice against such people, and she wanted to make good friends with Ming Dynasty, so she was sent to Japan by Emperor Go-Daigo.
From Nanjing.
Lao Zhu knew this very well.
So his way of handling it is also very political.
In order to show respect for the emperor, to support Zhu Di's actions in Japan, and to reduce the Japanese's rejection of the Ming Dynasty, the princess was betrothed to Zhu Biao as a concubine with a wave of his hand.
Zhu Biao said there was no problem.
She is just a Japanese princess, she can only be regarded as contributing to the Ming Dynasty!
He doesn't suffer anyway.
Moreover, he saw that princess and she was pretty good-looking, so they must be able to get along very harmoniously with her.
"Squeak!" The door was opened, and Zhu Biao walked into the new house of the Japanese princess.
Tonight was his wedding day, so he still had to do a lot of work. After all, he married two new people at once, and he felt that he would have to get both rain and dew no matter what tonight.
"Come here first, and then go over there to see later." Zhu Biao said.
However, he had a good plan, but as soon as he took a step, he was stunned.
On the wedding bed in front, there were two brides sitting.
"What's going on?" Zhu Biao asked the maid next to him in surprise.
"Your Highness, the Crown Princess said that Your Highness liked this, so she arranged for the two brides to be together!"
"Your Highness, please go down first!" Chun'er, the maid beside Chang Tongyu, blushed slightly and bowed towards Zhu Biao, then slowly withdrew.
"Please have mercy, husband!" The two women on the bed had obviously been taught something beforehand. Although their faces were slightly red, they still stood up and bowed slightly to Zhu Biao.
"Red and warm jade tent, a pair of pretty ladies."
Zhu Biao secretly praised him and was not polite. He laughed and put out the light with his palm, and walked towards the bed step by step.