Kaifeng City is the ancient capital of the seven dynasties, but I don’t remember Zhu Yinglong from the seven dynasties very clearly. The Northern Zhou Dynasty of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and the later Northern Song Dynasty both established their capitals. It was called Daliang and Bianjing in ancient times. It is now the Kaifeng Prefecture of the Ming Dynasty and one of the eight prefectures in Henan.

The plane of the Kaifeng city wall is like a lie-off cow. The west gate is a ox head, and the other four gates are ox feet, so it is also called Woniu City. The "Ru Menglu" by an anonymous man in the early Qing Dynasty has such a vivid description: the city is famous for the woven cow. The city is named after the big river, and the earth belongs to the earth. The earth can overcome water. The heavy gates of the west city face each other. The head of the cow swallows the kingly spirit directly from the Heluo. The other three or four gates turn around but do not rush towards the ox foot. The curved wall is unkempt, and the shape is tranquil. Only quiet can brake. The five gates of the city wall are also quite distinctive: Anyuan Gate and Renhe Gate each have three asymmetrical city gates; Lijing Gate, Nanxun Gate, and Daliang Gate each have two city gates. There is a thousand-character text on the bricks around the city wall, which just circles the city, exuding this rich cultural atmosphere. When Zhu Yinglong was excited when he thought that such a famous city was the location of his fiefdom.

"Brother Xianzhi, you are from Kaifeng. Can you tell me how many prefectures and counties there are in Kaifeng Prefecture?" Although Zhu Yinglong was considered a person from later generations, the difference between ancient and modern times was too big. He was not a history study, so he didn't know how many prefectures and counties there are in Kaifeng now.

When talking about his hometown, Shi Kefa suddenly felt shocked and explained with a smile: "Your Majesty, when the Emperor Taizu of Kaifeng Prefecture was renamed Beijing, and later abolished it. He now has four prefectures and thirty counties."

Zhu Yinglong was about to ask which four prefectures and thirty counties were specifically, but Wang Chengen suddenly came over from the front and stepped forward to interrupt, "Prince, Henan Provincial Administration and a member of the officials welcomed the prince outside the city."

"Oh, who are there?" Zhu Yinglong asked in his heart.

"Mr. Cui Chengxiu, the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, Chen Jiugong, replies to Mr. Chen..." Wang Chengen said one by one.

"Cui Chengxiu?" Zhu Yinglong muttered to himself. Didn't he serve as the Minister of Works in Beijing? How could he run to Henan to serve as the governor of the governor? Chen Jiuxuan, who was the confidant of Wei Guangwei, a college student of the eunuch party, came to Kaifeng to be the prefect. What's the purpose of surveillance? Or he took advantage of his departure from Beijing to conspire to get rid of himself. Zhu Yinglong's mind quickly flashed through his mind. At the same time, he reviewed Wei Zhongxian's "kindness" blessing to him when he left the capital. It turned out that he was prepared for his veil of Kaifeng. The idea of ​​originally planning to visit Kaifeng was also cancelled.

"Prince?" Wang Chengen called out softly when he saw Zhu Yinglong's expression was wrong.

"Oh, let's go and have a look." Zhu Yinglong realized that he had lost his mind just now, so he woke up and hurriedly covered up with a smile.

"The officials, the governor of Henan, Cui Chengxiu, cooperated with the civil and military officials of Kaifeng Prefecture to welcome the prince!" Then there was a large area behind him, both of whom were officials from Kaifeng, and they all reported to their families one by one. Zhu Yinglong was most concerned about the two men Cui Chengxiu and Chen Jiuyue. One of them was the emperor of a province, and the other was the parents of the place where his fiefdom was located. Both of them were Wei Yan's confidants. Cui Chengxiu was white and clean, with a few sparse beards on his lips. At first glance, he looked like a man with a hairless mouth and a difficult task. Then look at Chen Jiuyue, who looked like a monkey, with a sharp mouth and a monkey cheek, and his eyes kept turning. At first glance, he was a guy who was good at observing words and expressions. Can those who defect to Wei Yan be good? Niang Xipi, now there is trouble for himself in Kaifeng.

"You all get up!" Zhu Yinglong responded lightly, deliberately closing his eyes and not looking at them, creating an impression that he looked down on them and others, making them look down on themselves and make them look easier for them to do things themselves.

"Thank you, Prince!" Cui Chengxiu stood up.

"Does Lord Cui from my royal palace have any arrangements?" Zhu Yinglong asked lukewarmly.

"After receiving the imperial decree, the lower official has chosen a house for the prince. It is the house of a late cabinet master of this dynasty. It is very spacious, but it is in disrepair. The lower official is ordering people to renovate it a few days. Due to the hasty time, it is estimated that it will take some time to move in. If the prince does not dislike it, he can stay in the governor's official yamen for a few days." Cui Chengxiu said with a smile on his face. Although he was not dealing with it, the other party was the prince and he always had to give him some face.

Living in the Gongshishiya Office? Zhu Yinglong is not that stupid. Isn’t it that all the secrets made Cui Chengxiu know, and said immediately: “I won’t bother Lord Cui. The Gongshishiya Office is the place where the Lord works. I am just a leisurely vassal king. It’s not appropriate to live there. I appreciate Lord Cui’s wishes.”

"Prince..." Cui Chengxiu wanted to persuade him further, but was interrupted by Zhu Yinglong, "Don't say anything more, please lead the way. I want to see what my palace looks like!"

Choi Chengxiu's open mouth closed immediately, and then made a way out: "Prince, please!"

The group rushed to Anyuan Gate, the north gate of Kaifeng City. The new Xinwang Mansion was on the shore of Longting Lake. Cui Chengxiu did not perfunctory him. The house was very old and there were many dilapidated places. Dozens of craftsmen were repairing and some of them had been repaired. Zhu Yinglong immediately decided to move into the new Xinwang Mansion directly, but the arrangement of soldiers from the One Thousand Shenji Camp became a problem. They are now his troops, namely private soldiers, who originally moved into the royal mansion together, but the royal mansion is still under renovation, and the rooms and space in the mansion are not enough for the time being. Kaifeng was originally designated as the capital, and there were many abandoned military camps outside the city. Zhu Yinglong asked Cui Chengxiu to find a slightly better military camp for them to station in first. Cui Chengxiu did not make any embarrassment.

It was finally time to arrange all this, and it was time to take the lights. I walked for more than a month. It is already late September. According to the later solar calendar, it is at least October. The weather is already very cold. In ancient times, it was not as cold as today. When the weather got colder, it was very cold. Since it was new to live and there were not enough things, it would take a few hard days for the new days.

After Shi Kefa entered the city, Zhu Yinglong sent him home first and took his family over. Zhu Yinglong gave him a sacred identity, from the ninth rank, he was considered an official, and although his salary was not large, he could already support his family.

Zhu Yinglong felt distressed when he spent the silver like flowing water. Because he didn't spend a penny more, he planned to lose one cent. He asked Zhou Yingning to give each child one by one to the placement fee given by his cheap brother. The use of each child was stated, and he was not allowed to spend money openly. Zhu Yinglong was awarded the title of a stingy prince at this point. He was so greedy for money at a young age and would be able to do so in the future.

Half a month passed quickly. Renovating the mansion, purchasing the necessary objects in the mansion left Zhu Yinglong with nearly 100,000 taels of silver. All of them were asked Shen Xi to buy a land of about 100 hectares in Zhuxian Town, south of Kaifeng. According to Zhu Yinglong's idea on the road to Kaifeng, he planned to build the "Shadow Dragon Garden", which was temporarily called "Danyuan", because no matter what happens in the future, the name Zhu Youjian will accompany him, unless he is buried in his own incognito.

Name, it is also to commemorate his previous name (it is still called by the original name in the book). The reason why it is not called "Shadow Dragon Villa" for the time being is that his original name is really a taboo. Only the emperor can call him the True Dragon Emperor. If he calls it this way, it is easy to get people's attention. Maybe he is charged with a crime of intention to rebel, so he cannot be named like this for the time being. When he ascends to the throne, it doesn't matter if he calls the Emperor God Villa.

According to Zhu Yinglong's meaning, the land was first encircled, and the water and land pier in Zhuxian Town went straight to Huaihe River and went directly to Yangzhou. The transportation was convenient. It was for this reason that Zhu Yinglong chose the site of Yinglong Villa in Zhuxian Town. At the same time, Shi Kefa recruited dozens of reliable craftsmen to teach them the method of firing red bricks and cement in later generations. Because Zhu Yinglong's home was next to his home in that time and space, he often went to play when he was a child. The craftsmanship of burning red bricks could be written with his eyes closed. The construction of the villa was all made of this red bricks and cement, and the steel bars were made with the new steelmaking method. Zhu Yinglong was determined to build his Yinglong Villa into a solid fortress.

The thousand soldiers of the Shenji Camp all put down their muskets and devoted themselves to the vigorous construction. They became busy according to the "Shadow Dragon Villa" plan map drawn by Zhu Yinglong. Most of the officers and soldiers of the Shenji Camp were squeezed out by the Shenji Camp. They looked at the superiors and had no contributions to the promotion, and there were also a few evil people who did evil. However, they were dealt with by Zhu Yinglong with thunder. They were only punished by these lazy soldiers and obeyed them. They boldly used Xiong Tingbi as the general of the royal palace. They were now renamed Xiongba. After many days of rest and transformation by Zhu Yinglong, the ghosts did not recognize Xiongba. They were the "traitorous minister of the country" who had been known to the world a few days ago.

Things have to come one by one, and the food has to be eaten one by one. Zhu Yinglong found that if he had no income, he might not have achieved his ambitions and would starve to death first. After Xiong Tingbi's family arrived, Zhu Yinglong immediately asked Xiong Zhaolian to build a glass workshop immediately. He has regarded him as his future brother-in-law. It is best for his family to do the secret matter now, and carefully teach the methods and formulas. All the workers adopted Xiong's family's family. Zhu Yinglong has not planned to produce on a large scale yet, so he can't wait to get on.

The throne was then sent to the bastards' homes. He wanted to use glass to take out the silver from the eunuch party and corrupt officials first. These things cannot be afforded by ordinary people, but the corrupt officials who are affiliated with the eunuch party can afford them, so they first produce in detail, and strictly control the quality and strive for excellence. They only produce one or several glass products a day, preferably with different shapes, and the rare things are precious, so that the silver will continue to come into their pockets, so that they can have money to make steel, make new firearms, and build a modern army.

What made Zhu Yinglong happy was that Tian Shuying was very talented in glass design and could be described as a genius girl artist. Zhu Yinglong simply handed over the power of glass craftsmanship to her. The little girl was very concerned and liked this work. With Zhu Yinglong's guidance and inspiration from time to time, from glass accessories of various shapes to decorations and daily necessities, this series of products appeared in front of Zhu Yinglong with a pair of clever little hands. The excited Zhu Yinglong hugged Tian Shuying in his arms and kissed her hard, making the beautiful little girl blushed, sweet inside and out to the bone. Her bright eyes wanted to look at Zhu Yinglong but didn't dare to look at it, which was extremely tempting.

Zhu Yinglong now understands why Zhu Youjian loves Concubine Tian so much. This girl is not only gentle, but also skillful and beautiful. Which man doesn’t like such a woman? Of course, Zhu Yinglong also knows that he can’t neglect Zhou and Ye and the two women. He will be equal in this bowl of water. Ye Lianyi is innocent and lively and cute. All the joys, angers, sorrows and happiness are on one face. Zhou Yingning is dignified and beautiful, and she has the temperament of the head of Zhu Yinglong’s harem. This is also deliberately cultivated by Zhu Yinglong. No matter whether he is an emperor or not, Zhou Yingning is always his wife. Not only should he have the heart of a big wife, but also the majesty of a big wife. He does not want his harem to compete for favor in the future.

Zhu Yinglong bought land as soon as he arrived in Kaifeng. Cui Chengxiu didn't make any trouble and watched coldly. However, he sent many beautiful maids to the new prince's mansion. Zhu Yinglong's mansion was short of people, so he was not polite. He accepted all the maids Cui Chengxiu brought from the capital according to the order, so he naturally isolated them carefully because they were most likely spies sent by the eunuch party. Even if they didn't accept these people, the prince's mansion still had to recruit people. Instead of carefully choosing at that time, it would be better to just ask for these things. Although Cui Chengxiu is a bastard, his ability to pick people is better than his subordinates.

The Kaifeng prefect Chen Jiugong personally sent the land deed of the thousand hectares of fertile land granted by Emperor Tianqi to Zhu Yinglong. He was so flattering that he probably did it for himself. However, the other party did not make things difficult for him. Zhu Yinglong's heart was half relieved. These two people were probably sent to the gilded place and were promoted to the capital in a year and a half. According to later generations, they were just to gain political capital. The other half was that this might be just one of their purposes. I don't know more about it. I was afraid that I would be uneasy when I arrived at the fiefdom and had to be vigilant at all times.

Among the many outstanding military strategists and strategists in the late Ming Dynasty, among the official figures of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yinglong praised three and a half, Xiong Tingbi and Yuan Chonghuan, and Hong Chengchou could only count half, because he later surrendered to the Qing Dynasty. Among the Qing Dynasty, there was another half of the figures of Sun Chengzong, who was also a talent of both civil and military affairs. According to Zhu Yinglong's memory, he was also dismissed from office and returned home this year. This is a good opportunity. He cannot miss such a person. If he is in the official position, he has no choice. If he is in the wild, he will be polite. He will invite the person to Kaifeng first.
Chapter completed!