Zhu Zhanzhen has been in New Shanghai City for nearly a month. With the formation of the Western Federation, New Shanghai City is getting busier and busier. At least the congressmen who have confirmed their seats have to invest in real estate here. An open space is
It can be sold for a high price, but of course the money will be a drop in the bucket for Zhu Zhanzhen's Western Expedition.
Once the planned permanent council of the Central and Western Federation, various conference venues, housing, and commercial centers are completed, the city will be unimaginably prosperous, and Zhu Zhanzhen also plans to build this place into the financial center of Europe.
Originally, the economic center of Europe was in places like Britain, France, and Germany. However, due to the Hundred Years War between England and France, the current economy of Europe is underdeveloped, and Zhu Zhanzhen's conquest will inevitably hit the two places hard again, so it is not suitable to place the economic center there.
It connects Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as the Timurid Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
Capital of the Western Commonwealth.
Zhu Zhanzhen worked hard for the Western Federation in the city, while Xiaosheng continued to speed up the opening of the Suez Canal with heavy pressure.
People continued to die in the canal pit every day. Amid the sound of hammers and the sound of trains, the Suez Canal was opened three days earlier than expected.
On this day, Zhu Zhanzhen was at the edge of the Suez Canal. He was surrounded by all the congressmen and countless wealthy businessmen, who were all witnessing the opening of the Suez Canal.
What merchants value more is the commercial value of the Suez Canal. These years have fully proved that with the blessing of the Ming Dynasty's industrial system, the Ming Dynasty's products, whether they are clothes or various materials, are of great importance to countries without steam engines.
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Lower prices and more stable quality are a massacre, not to mention ceramic silk tea, which are specialties of the Ming Dynasty.
In the face of powerful military power, the Ming Dynasty's goods flowed unimpeded, and massacred local production companies in various countries round after round. While boosting the Ming Dynasty's manufacturing industry, it weakened the production capabilities of other countries, even the Timurid Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
The same goes for empires.
When capital expanded rapidly, Zhu Zhanchang conquered large tracts of land through his campaigns in the north and south, giving all businessmen a place to develop, thus greatly reducing domestic conflicts.
If these wealthy business houses keep focusing on the country, conflicts among everyone will accumulate, and when the conflicts become irreconcilable, a war will break out.
Now it is essentially about industrial capital, population, consumer market, and competition for production land. And Zhu Zhanzhen has conquered half of the world, and there are still many allied countries that can develop. This kind of contradiction within the Ming Dynasty will be greatly weakened.
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At the same time, some of the largest commercial capitals are given titles and rights. Of course, there are many places that need their funding.
If you have money and power, you will want stability.
Zhu Zhanyi stood at the northern end of the Suez Canal, next to the new Shanghai City. Many explosives had been buried in the canal pit, and following Zhu Zhanyi's order.
boom
boom
boom
The sound of explosives exploding was earth-shattering, and the entire ground shook three times.
Everyone steadied their bodies and looked at the explosion location filled with dust and smoke, and listened carefully as if there was the sound of water flowing.
After waiting for the dust to dissipate, everyone looked carefully and saw a small stream of water flowing out of the earthen wall. When the young man saw that it didn't explode, he immediately said: "Let people go down and put the explosives again."
"Wait a minute." Zhu Zhanzhen stopped Xiaosheng.
The embankment of a thousand miles collapsed into an anthill. Although only a few small holes were opened, the huge pressure directly collapsed the earth wall in a few minutes. In an instant, the turbulent sea water rushed into the Suez Canal like thousands of troops, and the waves crashed on the shore.
, Zhu Zhanzhen retreated with everyone with a smile.
"It's done, it's done, Your Highness." Xiaosheng said excitedly.
Zhu Zhanchen patted Xiaosheng on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
Xiaosheng had tears in his eyes: "Your Highness, I am not working hard."
The Suez Canal was officially opened to water. After the water flow stabilized, a warship began to sail as the first ship in the Suez Cloud and Mountains. It successfully reached the city of Suez through the canal and four lakes. Finally, the entire Suez Canal was connected.
The opening of the canal meant that the Ming Dynasty could finally launch a full-scale attack. Zhu Zhanzhen immediately ordered: "The Ming warships from Suez City will now enter the Mediterranean in an orderly manner through the canal from today."
At the same time, Zhu Zhanzhen also received information from the English and French front lines. The French Duke of Burgundy was originally in alliance with England, that is, he captured Joan of Arc and sold it to the English. However, at this time, the English
Defeated, the Duke of Burgundy turned against him again, reaffirmed his alliance with the Dauphin of France, returned to the embrace of France, and launched a war against England.
This wave of repeated jumps makes people feel that Joan of Arc's incident is a conspiracy. The French people are very resentful towards the French crown prince and the king, but it is undeniable that France has regained a large part of its territory and its morale is high.
The Ingolan people will try and execute Joan.
After receiving the news, Zhu Zhanzhen immediately ordered the Ming warships to attack Yinggelan and launch a full-scale war.
Xiaosheng hurriedly tried to dissuade him: "Your Highness, would this be too hasty? I haven't made a plan yet."
"The Ming Dynasty's battleships are so powerful that no extra planning is needed."
Xiaosheng was a little hesitant, but he still said: "Your Highness, it's not worth it to work so hard for Joan of Arc." He thought that Zhu Zhanzhen was going to save Joan of Arc, but if he was to save others, it would mean that the other party
You can hold this person hostage. People like me have worked hard for so long. What if a woman does something bad?
But he also knew that Zhu Zhanzhen was never an emotional person. Even if he really fell in love with this Joan of Arc, he would not be so impulsive.
"Xiaosheng, which woman do you think I have fallen in love with?"
"Wei Chen dare not."
"Although I like beauties, I am not a person who is obsessed with sex. Joan of Arc is not particularly talented. I only saved her because this woman is useful."
Zhu Zhanzhen looked at the now calm Suez Canal and said: "Xiaosheng, you know that many people in Europe believe in gods, right? Even the two sides at war like England and France believe in the same god, Joan of Arc.
To be called a saint is to be a saint of the Holy See."
"The core ideology and culture of a nation constitutes the core of the nation. For example, our cultural core is the continuous development and evolution of the cultural core constructed by our history and culture and Confucianism and Taoism. Although many people say that Confucian culture is pedantic,
But if Confucian culture is completely eliminated from our culture at this time, then within twenty or thirty years, what the new generation of children will identify with and know will be completely different from ours, and our culture will slowly disappear.
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Zhu Zhanzhen picked up a handful of sand on the ground and said: "A nation without core cultural cohesion is like a pile of sand that doesn't even need the wind to blow. It will scatter after just two steps."
"The same goes for Europe. Gods occupy a huge proportion in the core of their culture. If the gods they see are removed from the core of their culture, there is no need to deliberately change them, and their culture will fall apart."
This is just like Koreans have never abolished Chinese characters. They rarely use them in daily life, and they are often laughed at because of this. However, many of their historical documents and historical culture use Chinese characters.
If it is completely abolished, after 20 or 30 years, the newly grown children will find these historical documents very strange, as if they are not their culture, and they will eradicate their own history and culture.
They plagiarize culture to supplement the shortcomings in their history, which is very shameful, but those who have studied these cultures since childhood will subconsciously think that this is their thing.
Zhu Zhanzhen told Xiaosheng his purpose: "I didn't save Joan of Arc because she is a woman, but I saved Joan of Arc because of her position."
Xiaosheng didn't understand it very well, but he confirmed that Zhu Zhanzhen was not acting on his own initiative. As long as His Highness didn't get ahead of himself, he would always be right.
"Your Highness, I understand."
"Let people prepare to go down. I want to leave as soon as possible. It would be a pity if Joan of Arc was killed."
The Ming Dynasty army marched to Yinggelan in a mighty manner. Zhu Zhanzhen knew through inside information the time when Joan of Arc was going to be punished, and he took a few people to sneak into London in advance.
And before Lady Catherine was ready to attack Joan of Arc, she ordered the military warships to sail into the Thames. Whether Joan of Arc can be saved or not is one thing, but I must attack this Ingeland.
Zhu Zhanzhen, wearing a windbreaker and cloak, watched the trial of Joan of Arc from a distance. He could feel Joan of Arc's helplessness and despair.
She was like a stranger, everyone around her rejected her, and even God abandoned his lamb.
When the last knight of France launched a fearless charge, Zhu Zhanyi was also moved by it. After all, there are still people with blood, but it is a pity that their bravery and perseverance are not praised by France today. After their sacrifice, no one will
Remember their names.
Before Joan of Arc stepped onto the execution ground, the voice in her ears belonged to Duke Humphrey. That person was mixed with the guards. The journey to escort Joan of Arc to the final execution ground was a bit difficult and the psychological burden was relatively heavy, so there were some people in the guards.
If he didn't want to, if the man volunteered, he would naturally escort him up.
"If you want to live, just scream. Scream if you want to live. Don't shout to God, shout to the person who can save you."
When Joan of Arc heard these words, her face was filled with astonishment. She immediately understood whose arrangement it was. Zhu Zhanzhen had arranged a rescue for her before, but that time she firmly believed that her god would come to save her.
For her, everything was arranged by God, so she insisted on not leaving. Now the second time came, and the second time the man came to save her.
She looked at the group of English people watching the fun. The buildings around the square were crowded. She quickly scanned around and found no sign of Zhu Zhanzhen, but she was sure that Zhu Zhanzhen was hiding among them.
He has come to save himself.
A man whom she only met once came to save her.
Why did he want to save himself?
Did God ask him to save himself?
No!
This man does not believe in God, and he even slanders God.
How could he save himself for God?
Zhu Zhanzhen has been lying in wait with an elite team. He is waiting until Joan of Arc calls for help. If she still believes that it is her god who comes to save her, then it will be useless even if she saves her. She will
All credit goes to God.
nnd, I worked so hard to save you, but if you don’t thank me, why don’t you thank God?
Don't say thank you to the extent of saying thank you, but at least say thank you, brother, and listen.
And as long as she still believes in God so firmly, I can't change her mind, and she can't be used by me.
Give up God, Joan of Arc.
Be a human being, Joan of Arc.
Abandon all fantasy, it doesn't matter whether you can really receive the oracle or it's a fake, start becoming a real person from today on, what Zhu Zhanzhen needs is a person of flesh and blood.
Joan of Arc was tied to the execution rack alone, surrounded by people watching the excitement. Her eyes were filled with the ridicule of countless people. They were waiting for the execution to begin and for the flames to burn like they were watching an animal show.
rise.
Indifference, ridicule, sadness, the moment the cross fell, she knew that her God would not come.
She stared blankly at the pile of firewood that was about to be lit, and there was a flag that she was proud of. The flagpole was broken and thrown into the firewood as part of the fuel.
She recalled that she was just a country girl, and she was yearned for seeing a knight on a horse. She set out with the belief of saving France. Even swords, guns and rain could not scare her, and even flesh wounds could not shake her determination.
It's just that the prince of France was afraid of her and broke her heart. The bishop expelled the devout believers from the church because of his own selfishness, but God did nothing for all of this.
The flames fell on the wood, and the flames burned slowly, gradually getting bigger, and the people cheered.
"Burn her."
"Burn this witch."
"Burn this devil."
Joan of Arc slowly closed her eyes amidst the yelling, seemingly accepting her fate.
"Maybe I should die..."
boom
While everyone was cheering, an explosion sounded, interrupting Joan's emo moment. The Ming Dynasty's warship arrived nearby.
The explosion was not far away, and the place of the explosion could not be seen, but thick smoke rose, and for a moment the sound of the Ming Dynasty's army coming in was heard, and a group of mobs began to run away.
People like Lady Catherine disappeared without knowing when, causing panic among the people.
Joan of Arc opened her eyes again and looked at the panicked people. She felt a sense of sadness in her heart, and a belief in survival surged out of nowhere. She shouted softly: "I want to live."
Then he shouted loudly: "Your Highness Neptune, I want to live!!"
She understood that she wanted to continue living.
Bang
A flagpole fell in front of Joan of Arc, and the man stood in front of her, the Ming Dynasty dragon flag fluttering.
"I can't hear what you said clearly."
Joan of Arc shouted with tears in her eyes: "I want to live."
The sword was unsheathed, a cold light flashed, and the rope binding Joan of Arc was cut off. Joan of Arc knelt on the ground. The surrounding elite Ming troops rushed directly into the venue and were dispersing the Yinggelan army surrounding Joan of Arc.
Zhu Zhanzhen placed the Great Ming Dragon Flag in front of Joan of Arc in the sun, turned his back to her and said: "If you want to live, you must live well. From now on, hold my flag. I told you about the Great Ming Dragon Flag."
Wherever the flag is, where the sword of the Ming Dynasty points, wherever you hold the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty, I will always lead my army."
"God never saves people. If your god doesn't save you, I will save you!"