My Daming New Empire

When the Shenji Battalion attacked the capital, they were originally staying behind on the battleship, but because of Duan Lizhi's diarrhea that day, they and Ma Dezhong from Shandong followed him to the shore to defecate.

But they never thought that they ran into a group of nobles hiding in the col, and they turned out to be the royal family of Dongpu.

The three of them hurriedly beat and killed two of them, and as a result, the group surrendered, which was a great achievement.

Back in the capital, the three of them even went into the palace and met with the emperor. Although they didn't say a word, being able to kowtow a few times face to face already made Sunan feel like a dream.

After paying homage to the emperor, Sunan was promoted to the sixth-rank Zhaoxin Xiaowei, and promoted to Qianzong.In the navy, this is equivalent to being the captain of a first-class warship.

Duan Renzhi and Ma Dezhong were also awarded the title of Lieutenant of Zhongjing and promoted to General Manager.

Back in the capital, in order to prepare to go to sea next year, their First Fleet has been reorganized.After two months of delay in the capital, the training of the new army took shape, and only then did he get a family leave.

Wealth and nobility do not return home, it is like walking in brocade clothes at night.

Of course, Sunan and Duan Renzhi would not give up this opportunity to go home. What's more, after being promoted to Lieutenant Zhaoxin, they will distribute [-] acres of official land. The poor Su family can live a good life with these [-] acres of land.

The two country boys at the beginning became officials and lords in a few years, and the sensation caused by returning to their hometown was naturally not small.

Even the county lord who could only watch from a distance at the beginning can only be dismissed one by one when he sees them.

The [-] mu of paddy fields allotted to his family are the upper fields with the best terrain, and it is very exciting to be connected with the [-] mu of paddy fields of the Duan family.

But my parents are old and in poor health, and my siblings are still young, so I can't help much.All these responsibilities weighed on his heart, making him unable to relax.

Fortunately, the Duan family has a lot of labor, and Duan Renzhi follows him, and they are willing to help.The family has kept [-] mu of paddy fields, and the other paddy fields have been rented out, so they will not be abandoned.

His parents have little knowledge, and he has been busy clearing the land for more than a month, and used the silver coins he brought home to build a house of blue bricks and tiles for his family. Even his desire to find a wife was delayed.

But now my family has become a big family, as long as I work hard, good days will come later.

"President Su Qian, I'm going to the capital now, and I'm going to go to sea after the Chinese New Year!"

"Hmm..." Sunan poured the wash water from the copper basin into the river, put the copper basin in the wooden grid, and wiped off the water on his face with a cotton cloth.

"Will there be a war?"

Sunan smiled proudly: "Even if we fight, we fight others. We will fight anyone who dares not listen to His Highness the Grandson."

The young eunuchs all laughed, obviously very satisfied with his use of the word "we".

A little eunuch said: "We will arrive at Jiujiang Mansion soon. The boat will not fire this morning. Someone will bring us steaming meat buns later. I will deliver them to you."

Sunan and the others originally took the First Fleet's own ship, but they were in a hurry. They were half a day late, and when the fleet left the port, it would take two days for the ship to arrive.

Just when they were disappointed and were about to wait two days in Wuchang Mansion, the fleet of the internal supervisor knew that they were the soldiers of the first fleet of Taisun's army, and there were only two of them, so they invited them to the ship.

They didn't want to delay two days in Wuchang Mansion, so they boarded the boat.But I never thought that the ship of the inner eunuchs is much more comfortable than their warships. Not only do they have big beds, but they also pay attention to how to prepare three meals a day.

This trip was a blessing for them.

In addition to them, there were several officials from the Ministry of Industry on board.There is only one leader from the fifth rank who is a little higher, and everyone else is lower than him.

Sunan also couldn't figure out how the Ministry of Industry and the internal supervisor were so close. They kept secret about why they traveled together and never mentioned it. On the contrary, they were very interested in the army's expedition to Japan.

Life on board is monotonous, and their greatest joy every day is to let the two of them tell them about the process of the Eastern Expedition.

Although Duan Renzhi is a bit timid and likes to steal and play tricks, he is sociable and can speak well, so he is more liked by a group of people than Sunan.

Especially those little eunuchs who like to hear him brag the most.Even if Duan Renzhi made up nonsense and put some credit on himself that didn't belong to them, causing loopholes, they were willing to listen.

Both of them were born in poverty, so they did not discriminate against the handicapped little eunuchs. During the few days on the boat, they made friends with these little eunuchs.

Especially Duan Renzhi, he and a few young eunuchs are just brothers and sisters, and they have left each other's addresses for the convenience of future contact.

The north wind is cold, but the wind also pushes the boat to go. In addition, it is going down the water. The crew can travel four to five hundred miles a day with little effort.It is [-] li from Wuchang Mansion to Yingtian Mansion, and it took only three days to arrive.

The building boat stopped at the Navy Water Village on Jiangxin Island, and it was much more convenient to go to the Xinjiangkou Water Village camp from here.

Sunan and Duan Renzhi packed their luggage. Duan Renzhi spent a few days with the young eunuchs, and they were reluctant to part when they parted.

They pretended to be self-serving, and also gave a lot of food that the inner prisoner enjoyed to the two of them.The toothbrushes made of bristles, the cool tooth powder, and the fragrant soap were all things the two of them had never seen before.

In particular, Chi Shanzi, the long follower of the inner prison, gave Duan Renzhi a pair of roller shoes because of his friendship with Duan Renzhi, which Duan Renzhi couldn't put it down.

Since last year, concrete roads have been built everywhere in Daming, especially in Yingtianfu, which has almost become a large construction site, and cement roads have been built everywhere.The training field in the water village is a large smooth concrete floor.

The inner eunuchs also began to sell roller shoes in the shops they ran, but because of the high price, only some honorable children were willing to spend more than a dozen taels of silver for a pair of roller shoes.

With this money, you can buy two acres of land, or build three houses.Although Sunan and Duan Renzhi can afford it now, they are reluctant to buy it.

The boat was about to dock, but everyone found that the island seemed to be a little different, the flags were flying, and the number of people was much higher than before.

Seeing this situation, everyone on the boat couldn't help but came out on the deck and looked towards the island.

The long follower, Chi Shanzi, was still joking with Duan Renzhi, but at this moment he couldn't help frowning, and said to the little eunuch beside him, "Bring me my binoculars and see what's going on..."

Not long after, a young eunuch brought over a pair of well-made binoculars.Chi Shanzi took over the binoculars, looked at the island for a while, and couldn't help exclaiming: "His Royal Highness's guard of honor... the grandson came to welcome us in person!"

Everyone on the boat was very excited, and an old craftsman from the Ministry of Industry couldn't help but knelt down and kowtowed to the shore.While kowtowing, I couldn't help crying. "To be able to be greeted by His Highness in person, I have no regrets in this life!"

Under his leadership, everyone also knelt down and kowtowed three times to the bank before getting up again.Then one by one hurriedly began to wash up, wanting to make a good impression on His Highness.

Duan Renzhi couldn't help but took out the fragrant soap that had just been put in the bag, hoisted a bucket of water from the river, and washed his hands and face well.

Although they belonged to Taisun's army, they were only small soldiers and had no chance to be on Taisun's flagship.Although I have seen Taisun from a distance twice, but it is the first time to have such a close contact.

Sunan's heart was also full of excitement, it was a lifetime honor to be able to get in touch with the grandson once!When you are old, you can also show off to your children and grandchildren.

But of course he didn't think that the grandson came to welcome him. Although these internal supervisors and people from the Ministry of Industry were close to them, they kept hemming and hawing about the purpose of the trip and refused to say clearly. It seemed that they had important tasks.

And beside the naval wharf on Jiangxin Island, Zhu Zhanji was also full of excitement.

After solving the problem of the source of saltpeter, the bottleneck restricting the development of firearms in Ming Dynasty disappeared.At least within a few decades, Daming no longer has to worry about gunpowder.

As for decades later... Daming at that time must have gained a foothold in South America.And the saltpeter mines there are large enough for Daming to not have to worry about gunpowder for hundreds of years.

As for the future, saltpeter can be directly chemically synthesized, and it doesn't matter whether there is saltpeter ore.

Although he didn't personally see the prostration of the people on the boat, Li Liang and the others certainly wouldn't refuse to tell him.

Hearing the actions of the listeners, his heart was also full of pride. In the eyes of everyone on board, it was a compliment for his great-grandson to greet them in person.

But in his opinion, although they are just humble craftsmen and eunuchs, their contributions far exceed others.

The ship finally landed, and all the dozens of people on board knelt down on the deck again, bowing down to Zhu Zhanji who boarded the ship.

After Zhu Zhanji got on the boat, he came to everyone one by one, helped them up personally, and said a few words to each of them.