Chapter 229: Biao'er, let's exchange your imperial edict for your BMW! (Please subscribe!!)
"Ouyang Lun gave Biao'er a 'Red Flag' carriage?" Zhu Yuanzhang was jealous and said sourly: "Why didn't you give it to us?!"
"Ouyang and Biao'er chat well and often exchange letters. In the past, Ma's trading company's business was basically handled by Biao'er and Ouyang. You just sit and collect money, and the relationship between the two brothers will naturally improve!" Empress Ma smiled and said, "What? Are you still jealous of your son and son-in-law?"
"It's not a matter of being jealous or not. We also like the 'Hongqi' carriage. Last time we hinted to Ouyang Lun several times, but he just let us go and buy it and then sent it away. Then he turned around and gave it to Biao'er. They simply don’t take us seriously!”
"Come on!"
"Your Majesty." A eunuch came in.
"Go and call the prince!"
"Yes."
The eunuch slipped out.
After a while, Zhu Biao walked in in a hurry.
"My son, Zhu Biao, pays homage to his father, the emperor, and his mother, the queen!"
"Biao'er, we heard that Ouyang Lun gave you a red flag carriage?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in a deep voice.
Zhu Biao nodded, "Yes, father, my fourth brother-in-law said that this is the latest model of Hongqi Automobile Factory, called BMW X9. Compared with ordinary Hongqi cars, it has added rubber tires and shock absorbers, and its power has been increased from two to four." Horsepower, and the horseshit is a bloody BMW imported from the Tianshan Grassland Racecourse, it is a real BMW!!"
"The materials of the carriage are not all wood, but a material called steel. Even if the carriage overturns, it can still ensure that the overall frame will not flash. To sum up, it is fast, stable and safe!"
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't understand what Zhu Biao said, but it sounded good. "In that case, let me use this carriage."
Hearing this, Zhu Biao was immediately dumbfounded, "Father, this..."
"What? You don't want to?"
"Of course I am willing, but I have already used this BMW X9. I need to ride it from the East Palace to the palace every day." Zhu Biao continued: "Father, why not do this? I will write to my fourth brother-in-law immediately, Ask him to send a brand new one."
"It's too late. I need to use it right away. What is your BMW like this?"
"It's BMW X9"
"Yes, BMW and Chajiu are for us. You can ride in our Royal Chariot." Zhu Yuanzhang did not give Zhu Biao a chance to speak at all, and continued: "I asked you to come over. There is one more thing I want to tell you. You and I The Queen Mother is preparing to leave the palace, and the rest of the affairs of the court will be left to you, so you can do a good job for us!"
"The father, the emperor, and the empress are leaving the palace again." Zhu Biao was stunned at first, and then he was relieved. In the past two days, Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma had left the palace many times in private for private visits, and he had become accustomed to it.
"Please rest assured, father, emperor and mother, I will handle government affairs well."
"If you have nothing else to do, go ahead and do your work. Remember to leave the BMW behind." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.
"Yes, Father."
Zhu Biao bowed his hands to Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma, and then exited Kunning Palace.
"A BMW is just a BMW. I have to add a fork at the end. I really don't know what Ouyang Lun is thinking." Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help complaining.
Queen Ma just smiled and didn't say anything.
Zhu Yuanzhang was already familiar with private visits outside the palace, and he had already made all the arrangements that needed to be made. So that night, a carriage with a red flag drove out of the palace at an extremely fast speed, then out of the capital, and finally headed straight to Beijing. Go straight away.
The cement road between Beijing and Beizhili has been completed, and even when entering Shandong, on the section of the road close to Beizhili, you can still get on the expressway.
"Haha, this horse-drawn carriage is simply the best carriage in the world. There is no one among them. It can run so fast and yet be so stable. It is simply incredible!"
Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the carriage, feeling the pleasure of galloping.
"It is indeed more stable than other carriages. Even after sitting for so long, I don't feel too tired." Queen Ma said with a smile.
"No, if we find Ouyang Lun this time, we must ask him to get one for us no matter what! It has to be better than this one, so that it can be worthy of our status." Zhu Yuanzhang said excitedly.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, we are about to enter Beizhili!" Wang Zhong's voice came from outside the carriage, "Drive-drive-"
"Okay!" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "We have entered Beizhili. You can go a little slower. The queen and I haven't been to Beizhili for a long time, so we want to take a closer look at the changes in Beizhili. .”
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Wang Zhong was driving the carriage outside.
Soon, the speed of the carriage slowed down. Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma opened the windows on both sides of the carriage, and the wind immediately blew in.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked out the window and saw clearly the scene in Beizhili along the road.
It had been some time since Ouyang Lun took office as Chief Secretary of North Zhili. Zhu Yuanzhang also wanted to know what changes were taking place in the land of North Zhili today, and see the highways, shipyards, Great Wall, new cities, etc. built by Ouyang Lun.
Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see it for himself and wanted to know what kind of development Beizhili had become.
"Your Majesty, do you still remember the first time we went to Kaiping County?" Queen Ma asked.
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Of course I remember. When we first arrived in Kaiping County, we were stunned by a smooth cement road. Now after several years of development, there is more than one cement road in the entire Beizhili. At a glance, the whole It’s roads and wheat fields!”
"Only Beizhili can see this kind of scene."
Roads are built across mountains and bridges are built across rivers. The mountains and rivers are connected with wide cement roads, which is very shocking to see!
"This guy Ouyang Lun, although he is not a very good person, he does a really good job in building roads!"
"Sister, let me tell you, there is a trend in the Ming Dynasty now. Officials are keen on building roads. They believe in what Ouyang Lun said, 'If you want to be rich, build roads first.' Don't tell me, as long as those who have built roads The county town has really become prosperous!”
"It is said that if anyone does not build some roads for the people now, he will be embarrassed to say that he is a parent official. Our officials in the Ming Dynasty are almost becoming road construction officials."
Zhu Yuanzhang complained.
Empress Ma smiled and said, "Chongba, this is a good thing. The roads are easier to navigate, and there are more exchanges between people. Some places that the caravan could not go to originally are also able to go because of the roads. Local specialties can also be transported and sold, which can also increase people’s income.”
"More importantly, building roads is to facilitate the people. The people are grateful to the court and will praise you as a good emperor."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Hey, sister, what you said makes sense."
But soon Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened again, "A good thing is a good thing, and a mistake is a mistake. We have to settle things with Ouyang Lun, otherwise this guy's tail will be raised to the sky!!"
"Your Majesty, Peking is just ahead of us. Should we go first to Peking or not?" Wang Zhong asked, standing outside the carriage.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and said, "People in Peiping are too arrogant, so they bypassed Peking directly and went to the Great Wall construction site."
"Yes."
Wang Zhong responded.
Zhu Yuanzhang came to Beizhili this time. In addition to looking for Zhou Zhen, he also wanted to see the newly built Great Wall. After all, he spent more than 2000 million taels of silver on it. If it was unfinished, he would be heartbroken.
BMW X9 speeds on the highway leading to the Great Wall.
The carriage suddenly stopped, and Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma would have been thrown out if it weren't for it.
"What's going on?" Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and asked in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, the Great Wall has arrived!"
Wang Zhong's stuttering voice sounded outside the car.
Um! ?
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned deeper.
"We've just arrived at the Great Wall. Is there anything that makes you unable to speak clearly?"
As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang opened the car window next to him and looked out. The next second, he was stunned.
Not far in front of the carriage, I saw a majestic and tall city wall standing on the mountain range, like a giant dragon lying on the top of the mountain.
Zhu Yuanzhang had naturally seen the Great Wall before, but this was the first time he saw this tall, majestic and majestic Great Wall!
Is this the new Great Wall of Ming Dynasty?
My previous impressions of the New Great Wall were all from reports from Beizhili. I had never seen it with my own eyes. Only by seeing it with my own eyes can I feel the majesty of the New Great Wall! !
I felt shocked and proud.
Not only that!
There are still dense crowds of people on the Great Wall.
At first, Zhu Yuanzhang thought that these figures were craftsmen who built the Great Wall. After all, there were 200 million people building the Great Wall, and it was normal for the dense scene to appear. But when Zhu Yuanzhang took a closer look, he realized that these people were not craftsmen at all, but Ordinary people! !
Why do ordinary people gather on the Great Wall?
This made Zhu Yuanzhang very confused.
"Wang Zhong, come closer!"
"Yes!"
The carriage continued to move towards the Great Wall.
Because the BMW X9 was a bit eye-catching, after Zhu Yuanzhang got close to the Great Wall, he simply got off the carriage with Queen Ma and walked up the Great Wall.
There were officers and soldiers at the entrance to the Great Wall, but the people of the Ming Dynasty were not blocked from climbing the Great Wall.
After boarding the Great Wall, Zhu Yuanzhang discovered that it was clearly a street!
Along the way, there were many people setting up stalls and selling goods, and there was a constant flow of people.
"It's so lively!"
"This is not the remote Great Wall in the past, it is clearly a busy city!"
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed.
Empress Ma was also curious about everything around her, "Ouyang Lun is really ingenious. He actually thought of treating the Great Wall as a street and making full use of the Great Wall."
"That's right. In the past, the Great Wall was too far away and was on the front line against the prairie cavalry. Except for the soldiers from the beacon tower, no one would come up here. The Great Wall was just a dead thing. But now we feel that this new Great Wall Vigorous vitality!" Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more excited as he talked.
In his excitement, Zhu Yuanzhang directly grabbed a passerby and said, "Brother, this Great Wall is so remote, why do you still come here?"
A passerby rolled his eyes at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "You are from another province, right? The Great Wall now is not the Great Wall before. It runs through the entire Beizhili from east to west. Whether you are going from Peking to Yong'an or from Yong'an to Xuanfu, walking along the Great Wall is the fastest way. Yes, and the Great Wall Shangguan Mansion has specially arranged shuttle buses with fixed departures. From Shanhaiguan in the east to Changyuguan, it only takes six hours in total, which was unimaginable in the past."
"It only takes six hours!! It's really fast!" Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked.
The distance from Shanhaiguan to Changyuguan is at least a thousand kilometers. In the past, the normal journey took more than ten days. Even if the whole journey is taken on cement roads and highways, it will take six or seven days. Even Guanyi, which travels [-] miles a day, is It took two or three days, but now it was shortened to six hours! !
This is simply unimaginable!
"Even so, it shouldn't be so lively." Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ask.
"This alone is indeed not so lively, but there are 200 million craftsmen along the Great Wall, with hundreds of work sites. In addition to these craftsmen, there are also many supporting staff, such as family members, chefs, etc. It is said that there are already There are more than 500 million people. Wouldn’t you say it’s lively with so many people?” a passerby said proudly.
500 million. Population.
Isn't this equivalent to fitting the entire population of a province into the long and narrow Great Wall?
Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked again.
"This is nothing. Since living near the Great Wall is extremely convenient, many people are eyeing the newly built new city near the Great Wall. When the new city is built, they all want to live in the new city!"
"I won't tell you anymore, I still have to make money to buy a house."
After saying that, the passerby man left.
"It seems that the people in Beizhili are really full of confidence in the Great Wall and Ouyang Lun!" Zhu Yuanzhang was deeply touched after talking with passers-by.
"Your Majesty, I have already inquired clearly. Ouyang Consort is currently at Changyu Pass, which is the closest pass to us." Jiang Wei came over and reported.
Zhu Yuanzhang became silent after hearing this.
"Chongba, since you're here, you still have to meet when you should. Also listen to what this kid Ouyang has to say. Maybe there is some misunderstanding here!"
Queen Ma said.
"Well, let's listen to my sister and go see Ouyang Lun and find out what he says." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Jiang Wei and said, "Don't follow me here. Go find Ji Gang. You two can go find Zhou Zhen together and verify it. Ouyang Lun is doing business with the prairie people."
"Yes." Jiang Wei cupped his hands.
"Sister, let's go." Then Zhu Yuanzhang took Queen Ma along the Great Wall towards Changyuguan.
When they arrived at Changyuguan, Zhu Yuanzhang sent someone to report.
Soon.
"Uncle Ma! Where is my Uncle Ma!"
Before the people arrive, the voice arrives first.
The next second, Ouyang Lun walked out of the attic and hugged Zhu Yuanzhang directly.
"Uncle Ma, we haven't seen each other for almost a year!"
"I really miss us so much!"
"Look, you've lost weight!"
"Aunt Ma, you have to let Uncle Ma eat more."
Facing Ouyang Lun's passionate embrace, Zhu Yuanzhang instinctively resisted, but he tried to push Ouyang Lun away, but failed. He could only give up and let Ouyang Lun hold him.
Wang Zhong stood beside him, dumbfounded, at a loss, and he hesitated to speak.
Queen Ma was smiling.
"Okay, okay, I'm almost out of breath from being hugged by you!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said in a bad mood.
"Ahem, sorry, sorry, I'm so happy to see you again, Uncle Ma. I thought I would never see you again in this life!"
(End of this chapter)
