Royal Palace.

Huagai Hall.

Upon hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, Hu Fei smiled, slowly took out the red pistol from his arms, and placed it gently on the table.

Following Hu Fei's actions, everyone present looked at the red pistol on the table with curious expressions on their faces.

"Reporting to your majesty, this is a signal gun. Just now, the minister used this gun as a signal to notify people setting off fireworks everywhere in the city to light the fireworks at the same time. Only then did we achieve the goal of turning the Mingjiang into a stable place for generations to come. These eight words, no matter how slow they are.

no."

Hu Fei cupped his hands towards Zhu Yuanzhang and replied with a smile.

"Flare gun?!"

Hearing this weird name, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but mutter it, with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Yes, it is similar to the common sounding arrows and cloud-penetrating arrows, but it is more refined and easy to carry. In addition, it can form fireballs in the air, conveying messages more clearly and quickly, and making errors more difficult."

Hu Fei nodded and answered slowly.

"You developed this too?!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hu Fei in disbelief and asked in surprise.

"That's right, it was developed by Weichen on a whim when he was developing fireworks with characters."

Hu Fei nodded and said slowly.

"How is it made?"

At this moment, Li Wenzhong, the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, who was sitting not far away, suddenly asked, with an expectant look on his face.

As Li Wenzhong spoke, Lan Yu, Tang He, Xu Da, and King Yan on the other side all showed strong interest.

"It's very simple. Its gun body is made of wood and contains a machine spring. When the trigger is pulled, the bullet is fired by the machine spring. The bullet is made of phosphorus powder. It causes spontaneous combustion after rubbing against the special gun barrel, and the mixture

After the air reaches full combustion, a red ball of light will explode."

"If it is used at night, it can be seen for dozens of miles."

Hu Fei looked at Li Wenzhong and others and said slowly.

"Wonderful, wonderful!"

"I didn't expect you to be such an all-rounder! I really underestimated you."

Zhu Yuanzhang patted the table hard and praised happily.

"Your Majesty is overly complimentary."

"Weichen just suddenly thought that this gun can be used to give orders in the army. If necessary, Weichen will use this signal gun as a second annual gift and give it to Governor Li Wenzhong. Maybe it can be used in the future.

In the army, it has replaced the sounding arrow or the cloud-piercing arrow."

Hu Fei smiled, then glanced at Li Wenzhong and said slowly.

He had already seen from the eyes of Li Wenzhong and Xu Da that these people were already tempted.

"Okay, great!"

As soon as Hu Fei finished speaking, Li Wenzhong said happily.

"That's very good, then you can give it to Wenzhong. It can be considered that you have done your best for the three armies."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, looked at Hu Fei and said.

"Your Majesty, just giving this gun as a gift is not enough. I hope that Hu Fei can explain the making method of this gun to me in detail, so that I can make it in batches and equip it with all the armies."

Li Wenzhong bowed respectfully to Zhu Yuanzhang and said seriously.

"Hu Fei, are you willing?"

Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated for a moment, turned to look at Hu Fei, and asked slowly.

"It is my great honor to be able to serve the three armies with great pleasure."

Hu Fei bowed his hand and agreed happily.

Seeing Hu Fei agreeing so happily, Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Wenzhong both smiled.

Xu Da on the side stared directly at the flare gun on the table in front of Hu Fei, with a longing look on his face. Although he was still wary of Hu Fei, he had to say that the usefulness of this flare gun really made him overjoyed and had to admire it.

"By the way, Hu Fei, didn't you just say you had three gifts for me?"

"I want to know, what is this third gift?"

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke again, looking at Hu Fei curiously and asked.

After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, everyone present once again focused all their attention on Hu Fei, and everyone looked forward to it.

"Back to Your Majesty, I have indeed prepared three annual gifts. However, this third annual gift is not a physical object. It is a good policy for governing the people. I hope Your Majesty will not dislike it."

Hu Fei cupped his hands and said with a smile.

"Oh? Please tell me and listen."

After hearing Hu Fei's answer, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned for a moment and asked doubtfully.

When everyone onlookers heard that this time it was not the real thing, they all couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

In the slightly disappointed eyes of everyone, Hu Fei slowly stood up, once again put his hands on his back with the old god's presence, and began to pace in the hall.

No matter what you say is right or not, you must first have enough momentum.

Seeing Hu Fei's move, everyone onlookers suddenly became interested again. You must know that when Hu Fei made this move just now, he composed five poems in an instant and defeated Song Lian, the first civil servant, Taishi Gong.

"Wei Chen accidentally noticed that my father was full of sorrow one day. After asking, he learned that my father was worried about His Majesty. Then he learned that Your Majesty has been worried about the population problem of the people of Ming Dynasty, so he came up with some humble opinions. I hope

It can help relieve His Majesty’s worries.”

"Due to years of wars, epidemics, and rivers overflowing, the population of the Central Plains of our country in the Ming Dynasty dropped sharply. The wild land was thousands of miles away, with few human traces, and a large amount of land was deserted and uncultivated. Even at the end of this year, even military rations could not be collected as usual.

, if things continue like this, life will only become more difficult for the people, and there will only be more and more poor and backward states and counties."

"However, as far as Wei Chen knows, there has been no war in Shanxi and it is densely populated. The combined population of Henan, Hebei, and Shandong provinces is less than half of Shanxi's population. Therefore, in Wei Chen's opinion, the imperial court can immigrate on a large scale from Shanxi

Go to the Central Plains region to renovate river embankments, restore saltworks, develop production, and rejuvenate the Central Plains and other places."

Hu Fei said thoughtfully while pacing in the hall, not forgetting to praise Hu Weiyong.

When Hu Fei mentioned Hu Weiyong, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Hu Weiyong, with a look of relief on his face.

After hearing the end, Zhu Yuanzhang and Prince Zhu Biao fell into deep thought at the same time, carefully recalling what Hu Fei had just said.

The ministers who were originally a little disappointed also became energetic, began to whisper among themselves, and nodded frequently.

"In addition, the growth of population cannot be separated from the passing of incense. To put it bluntly, it means the reproduction of future generations. However, Wei Chen suggested that the court should issue a decree to allow people to have family planning and eugenics and nurturing instead of doing things behind closed doors."

"To put it simply, it is forbidden to marry close relatives. You must go to a medical clinic for diagnosis before pregnancy to ensure that there are no serious health problems and that the children you give birth to are healthy."

"Secondly, the people of the Ming Dynasty should be encouraged to have age-appropriate marriage and childbearing, as well as eugenics and good education. The court should provide a series of policies to the people who gave birth to children, such as tax exemptions, land distribution, and grain distribution, so as to reduce the burden of childbirth and childcare on the people."

"Furthermore, encouraging the people to send their children to private schools and receive good education from an early age will not only improve the intelligence of the people, but also cultivate more talents for the court and ensure the stability of the Ming Dynasty."

After saying the last sentence, Hu Fei also slowly stopped and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang seriously.

As Hu Fei's words fell, the entire hall was completely silent. From the previous cheers to the current silence, the shock in everyone's hearts invisibly rose to a higher level again.

No one could have imagined that Hu Fei could actually say such far-sighted words. Although there were many ideas and suggestions that they had never heard of, they just felt that what Hu Fei said was reasonable and that Hu Fei was powerful.

Princess Anqing, who was sitting next to Princess Lin'an, looked excited and could not sit still. She wanted to throw herself directly into Hu Fei's arms. At this time, Hu Fei seemed to be glowing in her eyes.

She had never admired someone so much.

At this moment, Prince Zhu Biao stood up slowly without saying anything. He looked at Hu Fei in surprise and couldn't help but clapped his hands.

Immediately afterwards, everyone in the hall stood up in unison and clapped their hands at the same time, and the entire hall suddenly burst into thunderous applause.

Hu Fei smiled, raised his hands and bowed to the crowd around him. On the surface, he looked calm, but deep down he was already happy.

"good!"

"Hu Fei! I really did not misjudge you!"

"What you just said has relieved my long-standing worries. I feel so relieved! I feel so relieved!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Hu Fei and said solemnly, the look on his face could no longer be described as overjoyed.

The problem Hu Fei mentioned has indeed been bothering him, and he has also thought about what Hu Fei said, but he has never thought about it as thoroughly as Hu Fei did.

Now after listening to Hu Fei's words, I didn't expect that they coincided with each other, and I suddenly had an enlightenment and a sudden realization.

Immediately afterwards, everyone in the hall once again praised Hu Fei sincerely.

Today's Hu Fei is something they have never seen before. It is really eye-opening...
Chapter completed!