My Daming New Empire

Those servants often saw Zhu Zhanji, and they took it for granted, but the boatmen and craftsmen were so excited that many of them were crying bitterly and unable to speak.

Zhu Zhanji didn't dislike him at all, so he was relieved.

Coming in front of Sunan, Sunan knelt on the deck, punched his left chest with his right fist, and said loudly: "Navy First Fleet, Xinjiangkou Shuizhai, Lieutenant Zhaoxin, President Qian, Sunan greets His Royal Highness."

Zhu Zhanji looked at his young face, with a plain face. Although he was wearing new clothes, his appearance did not look like a noble son. "Get up and answer... Seeing that you are not very old, and your family background is not too high, how can you become President Qian?"

Although Sunan is a head shorter than Zhu Zhanji, he thinks that the grandson should be mighty and powerful, and he is not ashamed of himself.On the contrary, he is quite proud of being able to get in close contact with the grandson.

He said loudly: "The humble officer once killed three enemies in the Dongting Navy Division and captured 21 water thieves, so he was promoted to the general banner. During the Eastern Expedition in June, the humble officer and his deputy, Renzhi and Ma Dezhong, killed three more enemies and captured the royal family of Dongying. 39 people, more than [-] Japanese soldiers. In mid-August, he was promoted to Chief Qian and awarded Zhaoxin Xiaowei."

Zhu Zhanji patted him on the shoulder, and praised him: "He is really a good man of my Ming Dynasty, is there a marriage?"

Sunan suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and said a little coyly: "The humble family is poor, and I became a soldier because I didn't have enough to eat. Although I have some wealth now, I haven't had time to find a wife."

Zhu Zhanji turned back and smiled at Li Liang: "Didn't those clans send many beautiful women to the orphans? There are already enough lonely women. Let's make arrangements later to solve the marriage difficulties for the meritorious soldiers."

Li Liang answered in a low voice, but Sunan was stunned. He had never heard that a soldier would be assigned a wife!

That Duan Renzhi was a jumper, and when he heard such a beautiful thing, he couldn't help looking at Zhu Zhanji with anticipation and asked: "Your Highness, the young general is not yet married..."

Zhu Zhanji laughed and said: "All of them, you all have them. As long as you are brave enough to fight the enemy without fear of life and death on the battlefield, everything will happen. I will leave later, I have something to tell you, go to the shore first Let's go!"

Sunan and Duan Renzhi knew that it was time to leave the stage at this time, they knelt down again, kowtowed three times to Zhu Zhanji, and then followed a servant to the shore to wait.

Until this time, they still seemed to be in a dream.Duan Renzhi couldn't help but slapped himself, and then covered his face in pain. "It's not a dream, it's true, His Highness even said that he wants to find me a wife!"

His actions also made the little eunuch laugh. "You are blessed. Those women who were given to His Highness by the clan are all virgins who are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and are used to serving others. If it weren't for His Highness's reward, you would have to save a few years to marry such a woman."

The two people who had said something opened their eyes and smiled again, neither of them could read.After joining the First Fleet, His Highness required all officers and men above the small flag to be literate, able to read charts, and able to form troops in order to be promoted.That's why they learned to write following the military documents.

Now they can only know a few hundred words, and it is still early before they can export it.If you can marry a woman who can play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, you won't be afraid that your children will become blind in the future.

The two were very happy on the shore, and Zhu Zhanji on the boat was very happy to see the bags of yellow and white saltpeter.

The various colors of saltpeter are due to the difference in purity. Since Ge Hong, Huaxia has had more than a dozen different purification methods. Purifying saltpeter is not a difficult problem for today's craftsmen.

Although Zhu Zhanji knew that Jiangyou's saltpeter mine had supplied the Qing Dynasty for hundreds of years, the output of gunpowder in the Qing Dynasty was pitifully low.He didn't know how big the reserves of these saltpeter were and how long they could supply Daming, so what he was most worried about was the problem of reserves.

Fan Guangcai, the head of the Ministry of Industry, carefully reported: "The humble staff went upstream along the Han River, changed boats after arriving at the mouth of the Danjiang River, and did not land until Huizhou in the south of Hanzhong. According to His Highness's instructions, we found the commander of the Ningqiang Guards. They sent 200 people to escort us across the Qinling Mountains to Jiangyou.

"Beizhi and his party did not dare to delay. They divided into four teams to search for saltpeter mines in Laojun Mountain, Jiangyou. Five mines were found, and at least thousands of stone reserves have been found. It's just that the mines have not yet been excavated, and it is not yet known how much the reserves are. Beizhi left half of the manpower Still doing local surveys, I brought some saltpeter mines back to my command.”

"Can the local guard and the county government take action?"

"Now Jiangyou and Zhangming counties have closed the mountains."

Fan Guangcai was only cautious in front of Zhu Zhanji, but when he was out of the capital, he was also a reputable fifth-rank official in Beijing, with a strong prestige.

They and their party are also accompanied by an inner eunuch, and they are also ordered by the Holy Order.The local county magistrate is the seventh rank, so he is naturally flattering, whatever he says, the other party will do.

Zhu Zhanji nodded with satisfaction and said: "Compile the experience of this trip into a draft, and hand it over to me tomorrow, and I will submit it to His Majesty on your behalf. Your Majesty will reward you for your great achievements this time."

Everyone thanked them one after another, and Zhu Zhanji personally asked for credit for them, and there would be no superiors to steal the credit, and he would be more valued by His Majesty.

Zhu Zhanji is not in charge of the government, cannot intervene in civil affairs, let alone directly intervene in the promotion of officials, so everything must be decided by Zhu Di.

However, what Zhu Di is most concerned about now is the production of gunpowder. Now that this problem can be solved, he is naturally happy, and there will be no less rewards.

Zhu Zhanji went ashore after arranging for these dozens of bags of saltpeter samples to be moved to the warehouse on the shore.

Looking at Sunan and Duan Renzhi who were waiting aside, he waved at them, and they immediately came to him flattered.

Zhu Zhanji asked about their past experiences and meritorious deeds. They did not dare to hide them, and they told Duan Renzhi that both meritorious deeds were related to Duan Renzhi, so that Zhu Zhanji even called Duan Renzhi a lucky general.

It was just a whim to leave the two of them. From them, Zhu Zhanji realized that he was still a little too alienated from the lower-level soldiers in the army.

Although keeping a distance is the attitude a grandson should have, but Zhu Zhanji felt that he was not doing enough.

It's not that he wanted to have fun with the people, but because of this alienation, he forgot to set several examples and models in the army.

In today's Ming Dynasty, there is no saying that a good man should not be a soldier. Most of the honorable class are small soldiers who do not know a single word, and become honorable because of their meritorious service.

But over the past few decades, this class has become somewhat solidified.The approach Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di took was to kill a group and support a group.

This cannot be said to be wrong, because the previous Daming was a closed circle.Too many nobles will only cause a huge burden to the country.

But this is by no means suitable for the development stage of the age of great voyages. If you want to inspire the courage of the people and generals to develop outward, you must have more effective measures to let the nobles, generals, and common people conquer the world and expand the land. Xinjiang mentality.

Seeing them, Zhu Zhanji wanted to set some role models in the army, and then write them into dramas, making them the stars of this era and attracting more people to serve the country.

That's why he wanted to keep them and asked if their credits had been adulterated.

But the result still satisfied him.

They have no backing above and no support below, and this is a real contribution.

Especially because of Duan Renzhi's diarrhea, three people captured 300 people, and dozens of Dongying royal families. Such a plot can be written into a drama, which can attract more people to watch and learn from them spontaneously.

With care in mind, Zhu Zhanji asked someone to arrange a boat to take them back to the barracks.I plan to go to the Navy Headquarters the next day and ask Liu Jiang and the others to report all the soldiers who have made great contributions in this battle, and then select some representative soldiers for publicity.

For example, do some lecture tours to stimulate the soldiers' mentality of meritorious service, turn it into a drama, and let the common people be proud of being a soldier.

If you want to change the atmosphere of the whole society, you should start now bit by bit.

But Sunan and Duan Renzhi were like dreaming, until they returned to the water village, they were still in a daze.

They first went to the headquarters to sell their holidays, and when they came out, they saw Ma Dezhong who was smiling.

Ma Dezhong was born in Shandong, and his physique was a bit bigger than that of Sunan and Duan Renzhi. Because he was born as an orphan, he was never afraid of death and fought bravely.

He is obedient to Sunan, but looks down on Duan Renzhi, always thinking that Duan Renzhi is timid.But he happened to have the best relationship with Duan Renzhi, and every time he went on a mission, he also took care of Duan Renzhi the most.

After giving a military salute to Sunan, he hugged Duan Renzhi and called him the nickname he gave him. "Little cat, what delicious food did you bring me?"

In the past, Duan Renzhi would have had a playful fight with him.But this time, he pushed him away and said: "Don't touch Grandpa, Grandpa's shoulder was just touched by His Royal Highness, I won't take a bath for a month."

Ma Dezhong sneered and said, "I'm afraid you are not dreaming. You are still His Royal Highness. Last time in front of the commander, you were so scared that you almost peed your pants."

"Tch, today is different. I was just a soldier back then, but now I'm Captain Zhongjing. Do you know what kind of officer you are?"

Ma Dezhong laughed at him even more, and said with a chuckle: "It seems that I am not the same as the general manager!"

He wanted to hug Duan Renzhi's shoulder again, but Duan Renzhi quickly avoided and threw the burden to him. "I'm serious, don't put your stinky hands on me..."

Ma Dezhong still didn't believe it, but he heard Sunan say: "We really saw His Highness just now, and His Highness also said that in two days, he will arrange a wife for us to start a family and start a business."

Ma Dezhong's posture was fixed there at once, and it took him a while to react, he yelled, and hugged Duan Renzhi. "I care about your grandma. I don't have such good luck. Let me get the dragon spirit. I'm going to sleep with you today. Tell me about what happened!"