Chapter 310: What kind of car is your Majesty driving?
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were full of brilliance.
In the body, the blood that had gradually cooled down due to old age seemed to be boiling again.
Just like when he just took over Yingtian City and claimed to be the King of Wu, but faced the squeeze from Jiangdong and Jiangxi, he was obviously in a crisis, but he never gave up and had high morale.
Zhu Yuanzhang turned a deaf ear to the shouts of his courtiers that filled his ears, and stared at the eldest grandson in front of him: "How to drive this thing?"
Zhu Yunxi pointed to the lever that Zhang Ergong wanted to pull at first: "Grandpa, just pull this lever out."
Zhu Yuanzhang rubbed his hands, grabbed the lever and pulled hard.
At the end of the pull rod, a muffled sound came from inside the steam engine.
Although, there was a squeaking sound from underneath the car, and the whole car shook. Zhu Yuanzhang's body was also unsteady, and he subconsciously opened his hands and squatted down to maintain balance.
But Zhu Yunxi, who was at the front, changed his expression slightly. He quickly grabbed the direction crossbar in front of him with both hands and forcefully adjusted the front of the car to the direction outside Zhengyang Gate.
"Fuck! Forgot to put it in neutral!"
Zhu Yunxi cursed lowly and looked at another short vertical pole placed under the horizontal bar in the second groove of the four parallel concave and convex grooves. He was holding the horizontal bar tightly with both hands and did not dare to relax. He adjusted the direction without any help.
You can only rely on your strength.
Still inside Zhengyang Gate, Zhu Yunxi did not dare to relax and concentrated on correcting the direction of the steam car.
And in the horrified eyes of the surrounding officials.
But when he saw the carriage that was originally carrying more than 5,000 kilograms of weight, he suddenly trembled.
After the emperor pulled the lever.
The entire carriage rushed out uncontrollably, while Taisun gritted his teeth and turned his face in the direction of the carriage.
Then, the whole car rushed out of Zhengyang Gate like a big rat.
Only a cloud of white mist and a cloud of dust were left in place.
"Escort!"
"Hurry up and escort me!"
I don’t know who it was, but suddenly shouted from behind Zhengyang Gate.
Although, several old men rushed to the commander of the imperial army who followed Jia out of the palace.
Although the old man usually has no power to tie a chicken, but at this time, he grabbed the armor of the commander of the imperial army, and he seemed to have the power to lift up Mount Tai. He was about to be shaken for a moment, and the poor man did not dare to do anything excessive for fear of breaking up the old man.
The commander of the Imperial Guard was stunned.
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The entire Zhengyang Gate was in chaos because of such a surprise attack by His Majesty the Emperor.
……
Wind.
It’s the shape of the wind.
On the pipe outside Zhengyang Gate, Zhu Yuanzhang put one hand on his hips and the other holding the stones on the cart, looking ahead with his head held high.
He could see clearly that the eldest grandson had put the vertical pole in front of him into the groove on the far right, and then his robe was fluttering in the wind. Even though it was midsummer, it made him feel cool.
There is a bumpy feeling under the feet from time to time, but it is continuous but not as violent as a carriage. It is very soothing and makes people mentally prepared.
It’s a very subtle feeling.
Although the carriage under your feet is not as fast as riding on horseback, it can go faster than an ordinary carriage.
The most important thing is...
Zhu Yuanzhang silently looked back at the steam engine that was roaring continuously and carrying a column of smoke.
It can be done automatically without any human or animal effort.
And five thousand kilograms of stones are under the palm of my hand.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes became more and more profound, and finally he looked back at Zhu Yunxi, who was still driving the car in front.
All of this was brought about by my eldest grandson.
"Grandpa."
"Grandpa?"
"Grandpa!"
Zhu Yunxi looked back at the old man, calling him repeatedly and frowning.
Zhu Yunxi moved the car: "Grandpa, we need to add coal to the stove."
Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened when he heard this, the gangster actually sent him here.
With a cold snort, Zhu Yuanzhang stepped forward and kicked Zhu Yunxi: "Move away, let's drive, and you go add coal yourself."
Zhu Yunxi rolled his eyes helplessly and said worriedly: "Grandpa, can you drive this thing?"
Pat.
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand and slapped him, blew his beard and glared: "What can't be opened that we don't know and you can't teach us?"
There is nothing you can do.
Who calls him the emperor of Ming Dynasty?
Still the kind of founding emperor.
Zhu Yunxi had no choice but to give up his position and signaled the old man to grab both ends of the crossbar.
"This crossbar controls the direction. Whichever way you push it, you will go in that direction, but you have to pay attention to the amplitude. If there is time in the future, Sun'er would like to take Zhang Ergong and the others to improve this crossbar to be lighter.
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"My grandson calls this crossbar the gear position. The one on the left is neutral. The car can stop when you enter here. The one on the right is the fastest."
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was holding the crossbar in his hand, like a child with a toy, looking around in confusion, nodding from time to time.
Then, under Zhu Yunxi's gaze, he allowed himself to be manipulated for a period of time, and then Zhu Yunxi felt relieved...
"Grandpa, you have to be slower. Our lives are in your hands."
Zhu Yunxi cupped his hands and did not forget to give him a warning before going to shovel coal.
At the end of the day, he pushed the gear lever to the lowest gear, and then rushed to the back to shovel coal.
Zhu Yuanzhang curled his lips and said, "You bastard, you are chattering a lot."
After finishing talking, he looked at the vertical pole that Zhu Yunxi pushed to the lowest position, and couldn't help but let out another cold snort of dissatisfaction.
Click twice.
The gear was pushed to the highest gear by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yunxi, who had already opened the combustion chamber of the steam engine and was shoveling coal into it, held the shovel in his hand and swayed. Then he looked back at the vertical pole that the old man had pushed to the highest gear. He was helpless and helpless, so he could only smile bitterly.
After adding enough coal in the combustion chamber, Zhu Yunxi opened a hole in the water chamber, picked up a bucket of water prepared in the car and poured it in.
In an instant, the car slowed down.
"Boy, what's going on?"
As soon as the car slowed down, Zhu Yunxi listened
The old man who came to the front shouted.
Quickly closing the opening of the water chamber, Zhu Yunxi wiped his hands randomly and hurried back to the old man.
Zhu Yunxi looked worried: "Grandpa, you left Beijing alone without any troops. I'm afraid the ministers in the court will come to remonstrate later."
After adding coal and water, the steam engine slowly burst out with strong power.
The speed has become faster again.
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced sideways and said indifferently: "My grandson is brave enough to conquer the city. When will we be alone?"
At this time, a group of green forest tyrants came to block the road and rob, let's see if you would say so.
Zhu Yunxi lowered his head: "It's unreasonable. If I turn around to the Procuratorate and Yandao, I'm afraid I'll be impeached."
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and pulled the horizontal bar hard with both hands.
Before Zhu Yunxi could react, the car carrying thousands of kilograms of heavy goods went around a curve on the official road smoothly.
Zhu Yunxi glanced around and realized that the old man had taken him to the east foot of Shenlie Mountain.
Before he could persuade the old man to rest for a while, a team with flags on the official road in the distance made way to the roadside.
"That's..."
"Those are His Majesty and Grandson!"
"Why do these two appear here?"
A noble family who had just returned to Beijing stood on the roadside in amazement.
It is unusual for an emperor and his grandson to leave the capital alone.
"What kind of car is your Majesty driving?"
"You can run without cows and horses?"
A steam locomotive without oxen and horses is naturally a rarity in today's Ming Dynasty.
Before the nobleman could get confused and try to figure out the cause of the matter, Zhu Yuanzhang had already taken the initiative to put the gear in the lowest gear, and the speed of the steam locomotive slowly decreased.
"I am here to see Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson."
The Xungui family who returned to Beijing knelt on the roadside and shouted.
Zhu Yuanzhang drove slowly to the other party's group. The car did not stop, but he just said: "I want to say to the officials from the DPRK and the Central Military Commission and the Imperial Army who are following me that I'm fine."
Before these people could understand the order, the steam locomotive driven by Zhu Yuanzhang was already moving forward...
"I will take my orders."
Looking at the emperor and grandson driving away, the nobles here looked at a loss, but they did not dare to resist the order, so they could only continue to wait on the roadside, waiting for the officials from the DPRK and the imperial army to arrive behind.
……
"You kid, take over."
Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang in the car waved his hands somewhat boringly and gave up the driving position.
Then he added: "This crossbar is very laborious. I have to walk and stand all the way. Maybe I can add a seat at the back."
After Zhu Yunxi took over the car, he kept a low speed and waited for the Imperial Army to arrive. He nodded and said, "This is already part of Zhang Ergong's later improvement plan."
Zhu Yuanzhang hummed: "One more thing, this car cannot be said to be used only when the weather is sunny. There must be a compartment or a cover at the front and back. Otherwise, if it rains and snows heavily, wouldn't both people and goods be ruined?"<
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Speaking of these, Zhu Yuanzhang was full of ideas for a while.
"You also have to decide whether it is carrying people or pulling goods. Naturally, it needs to be more delicate when carrying people. Grandpa saw that the car was not bumpy on the road, which was quite amazing. I wonder if it can be more comfortable."
"If it's to pull goods, it's more solid. Yingtian is surrounded by official roads and the traffic is smooth. But what if it's in the south or Jiubian?"
"Also, can this vehicle be used to charge the army into battle? It's like a Wugang vehicle, but it's faster. Hundreds of thousands of vehicles can pierce through and overwhelm the enemy's formation with overwhelming force?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's ideas spread from civilian to military applications. The more he talked about it, the more excited he became and his eyes shone.
Zhu Yunxi was also surprised.
This is just a tank!
Most of the products in this world started from war, military technology applications
and iteration are the fastest.
Something that happens in the blink of an eye.
Even Zhu Yunxi couldn't help but think of the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, driving hundreds of steel steam cars, galloping on the desolate grassland outside the Jiubian Fortress.
What a magnificent scene that must be.
However, reality still requires a down-to-earth approach step by step.
Zhu Yunxi smiled silently: "Today's steam engines are not enough to support the intensity of the battlefield, but Sun'er is confident that in the future, the Ming Dynasty will no longer use the flesh and blood of its soldiers to dig through the enemy's military formations." Zhu Yuanzhang also nodded, he knew this very well.
"Grandpa, my greatest wish in this life is to see Daming grow up with you."
"Grandpa, don't be in a hurry. Grandpa still has time and can watch you grow into towering trees."
Zhu Yunxi was a little touched because of the old man's words.
Looking up at the official road ahead, I don’t know when my grandfather and grandson had already driven to the Yangtze River.
Zhu Yunxi silently pushed the gear to neutral, and there was a sound of engine bearing gears striking from the steam engine behind him.
He turned back to the steam engine and fiddled with it twice. The chimney at the top of the steam engine began to spit out white water vapor continuously.
Soon, a huge white cloud slowly rose up with the breeze and climbed into the blue sky.
Finally.
Zhu Yunxi then put his hands on the ground and hung on the edge of the frame, his legs naturally bouncing back and forth...
And he also tilted his head back and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang who was standing behind him.
"Grandpa, the Ming Dynasty will become more and more prosperous and peaceful."
Zhu Yuanzhang put his hands on his hips, facing the great river of the Central Plains that has been surging for thousands of years, puffing out his chest, and his face was full of pride that Zhaozhao Qingshi could not write down.
"At this point, I see the great river as seen by the ancients."
"I have no regrets in my life."
In the last sentence, Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Zhu Yunxi with twinkling eyes.
Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly: "Grandpa, not everyone in the Ming Dynasty has enough to eat."
Zhu Yuanzhang also smiled and asked: "Grandpa, Daming and you."
After saying this, Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his palms to support Zhu Yunxi's shoulders, supported his knees with one hand, and slowly bent over, hanging on the edge of the frame like Zhu Yunxi.
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"Recently, grandpa often wakes up from a dream in the middle of the night."
Zhu Yunxi tilted his head and looked over from the side. There were already some mottled traces of time on the old man's face.
Pale hair has turned the founding king of the Ming Dynasty and the reshaper of Chinese orthodoxy into an old man quietly.
Time has no trace.
Just because there are traces everywhere in the world.
Zhu Yunxi acted as a good observer at this time, quietly accompanying the old man.
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed softly: "Every time I wake up at night, my grandfather can always see the people and things from many years ago, see the miserable scenes of the world's creatures, and hear the wailing sounds of the people.
After tossing and turning, I thought about my old friends, most of whom have now been reincarnated as people and are our people in the Ming Dynasty. Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, etc. in the past are definitely enjoying our prosperity in the Ming Dynasty.
As a result, Grandpa became more and more unable to sleep and found it difficult to fall asleep."
Zhu Yuanzhang looked a little excited and a little sad.
When he turned to look at Zhu Yunxi, he was already smiling, reaching out to pat Zhu Yunxi on the shoulder and then on his cheek.
"So, grandpa is afraid every day, afraid that those people will come back again, afraid that the world will go back to that time, and the people will fall into natural and man-made disasters again.
Because of fear, grandpa has killed many people over the years. There are enemies of our family, and there are also relatives and friends of our family. Grandpa killed the heroes of Huaiyou, the corrupt scholars in the world, and the corrupt officials. In the 27th year of Hongwu, grandpa ordered to gather troops in the north.
Eleven expeditions were carried out, but they only killed all the former Yuan Dynasties, but also caused the grassland outside the Great Wall to flow into rivers of blood."
Zhu Yunshen
She echoed: "Grandpa is my great weapon to rule the country, and is also a blessing to all the people in the world."
"Who in ancient and modern times can be called a divine weapon?" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and shook his head, then his expression darkened: "In the future, you have to remember. In this world, anyone who violates the foundation of the country can be killed. The only one thing is to be lenient.
People, even if the world is in turmoil, as long as you can give the people something to eat, no one can shake your position, and my family will never be replaced in the world."
When Zhu Yuanzhang just finished his last words, the official road behind was already filled with horseshoes.
Countless officials were riding on horseback or in sedan chairs, shouting in this direction in a chaotic manner.
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty's actions today are not appropriate for the country."
"I would also like to ask Your Majesty to make the Holy Eucharist the most important thing in the future."…
"..."
Zhu Yuanzhang just turned his head and glanced, then looked at Zhu Yunxi in front of him, and gently patted Zhu Yunxi's head with his palm: "Have you remembered what grandpa said?"
Zhu Yunxi pursed his lips tightly and nodded heavily.
"That's good!"
Zhu Yuanzhang let out a long sigh, his palms were already clasped on Zhu Yunxi's shoulders, and with a slight movement of his body, he was already standing on the official road with both feet.
As it happened, the scene just now was witnessed by Zhan Hui and other court officials who had finally arrived with a group of guards and soldiers.
Although I didn’t hear what the emperor and grandson said.
But just seeing this scene is enough to make all officials have countless reveries.
Zhu Yunxi sat on the carriage and turned to look at the officials arriving.
Probably, in Grandpa's heart, as long as the country is uncertain, these people can be discarded, just like a strong man's arm is broken and Guan Gong scrapes the bone.
Dongdong.
Zhu Yunxi put his hands on the frame of the bicycle, pushed his body forward, and stood firmly on the official road with his feet.
At this time, the officials were already nervously surrounding the grandfather and grandson.
Just wait until they open their mouths to advise the emperor, don't be alone outside easily in the future.
Zhu Yuanzhang had already waved his hand, his face was reddish, and his face was full of joy.
"Today I have glimpsed something that has never been seen in the ages. It is my great fortune and the weapon of the Ming Dynasty."
"Such merit cannot be withheld from those who have made it."
Zhu Yunxi stood beside the old man with a smile, and spoke loudly at the right time: "Zhang Ergong and the Ministry of Household Affairs will bring forward those who have served as supervisors.".