My Daming New Empire

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Chapter 82 Gaze

In Zhang's house, Zhu Zhanji met Karl Soli, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Among the more than 3000 Europeans and Arabs that Zhu Zhanji brought back from the West, Karsoli can be regarded as one of the best group of people.

Despite her appearance, Sophia has a gentle personality and the tenacity that women in Ming Dynasty lack. She soon won the favor of Mrs. Peng Chengbo, who was originally from a small family.

Mrs. Uncle Pengcheng has a straightforward personality. If her daughter has not become a princess, she will be a lively person in the countryside.

This kind of character is very pleasing in the royal family, otherwise, she would not be liked by Zhu Di, and she was allowed to enter and leave the court.

And even though she has become Mrs. Peng Cheng, she can't stay idle, and works as a matchmaker among the nobles all day long, which makes her popular.

Zhang Wu went out with Zhu Di, and she, Ningwei, fell in love with Sophia, and didn't dislike her as a Xiyi person at all. Not only did she not keep her at home, but she even took her out all day.

It wasn't until she found out that Sophia was pregnant that she began to serve her with delicious food and drink.

Because of her relationship, Karl Soli was also accepted by the Zhang family. The nobles accepted Karl Soli, and the officials even more so. This was of great help to his integration into Ming Dynasty.

Although he hadn't seen him for a long time, he also heard a lot about him.The construction of the arena he presided over now has completed the foundation casting and started to build the walls.

This arena didn't attract much attention at the beginning, but when the scaffolding was erected and the height exceeded ten meters, it attracted countless Ming people to watch and wonder.

In terms of height, this arena is incomparable with Baoen Temple Pagoda, which is 20 stories high.The arena, at most, is only more than [-] meters high.

But before that, except for the city wall, no other building had been so large.With a length of more than 200 meters and a width of more than 100 meters, such a building can be regarded as a giant.

In the past, many people in the Ministry of Industry, including Wu Zhong, were still a little unconvinced that Zhu Zhanji let Carl Soli be the chief engineer.

But in terms of height structure, the West does have techniques that Eastern craftsmen need to learn.

Now those people in the Ministry of Industry are also convinced, which makes his life more carefree.

Because everyone knows that technical officials are low-level officials in Ming Dynasty, and no matter how capable Karl Soli is, he will not be able to become a high-ranking official, and he is not a threat to others.

Now he has Zhu Zhanji as the backer, and his daughter is married to the Pengcheng uncle's mansion. It is not because of the huge interests involved, no one will dispute with him.

And he is still in the stage of understanding Daming, so naturally there will be no huge interests involved, so no one will embarrass him, and he is living happily now.

After the old Mrs. Peng Cheng drove away the nobles around him and let his beloved grandson rest for a while, Zhu Zhanji was free to call Carl Soli over for a chat.

Carsoli hadn't learned to be tactful yet, and he was very happy to be able to talk to Zhu Zhanji, and asked directly: "Your Highness, it is said that the Imperial Palace and the Temple of Heaven and Earth are the most glorious buildings, but I can't enter these two places. Can't you give me a manuscript and let me go in and have a look?"

Li Liang, who most maintains Zhu Zhanji's image on weekdays, couldn't help being amused. He didn't feel that Carl Soli offended Zhu Zhanji at all.

Wang Yan even laughed so hard that tears almost came out. "Your Highness, this old card is really a second-hand temper."

Karsoli has long been used to Daming people calling him Lao Ka. Not only did he have no intention of correcting him, but he also felt that it was a kind of affectionate title.

At this time, he also ignored Wang Yan's ridicule and stared at Zhu Zhanji's face, wanting to get an answer.

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "Eunuch Wang, I will leave this matter to you. As long as it is not a sensitive area, it will be open to the old card, including architectural drawings. I hope that it will not be long before I can cultivate a Chinese and Western A well-rounded master builder.”

Keep secrets about science and technology, but Zhu Zhanji has no intention of keeping secrets about architectural design.He still hopes that the architectural style of Ming Dynasty can be spread directly and affect every country in the world.

Cultural export is what every country is trying its best to do in later generations. In this era, no one has noticed this aspect, but Zhu Zhanji will not neglect it.

When the whole world regards the architectural style of Ming Dynasty as beautiful, when the whole world takes pride in learning its culture, then Daming will naturally reach the top of the world at that time.

The Imperial Palace and the Temple of Heaven and Earth are the most sacred places in this era, but in Zhu Zhanji's view, that's what happened, and the symbolic meaning is greater than the actual meaning.

As long as Carl Soli doesn't deliberately desecrate these occasions, it's not a big deal for him to watch and learn.

The Zhang family's wedding was very lively, with Mrs. Zhang and Zhu Zhanji sitting in person, and the ministers of civil and military affairs all gave some face.

But the wedding was not over yet, and Sun Lin in the palace sent another news that Tang Saier and the others who were going to the border of Asia and Europe had a large-scale conflict with an Oirat tribe.

Miraculously, facing the impact of more than 4000 light cavalry, they won.

Zhu Zhanji had thought many times that Tang Sai'er and the others would face attacks from the tribes of the Golden Horde. Since the Mongols established the Golden Horde 200 years ago, the current Golden Horde is no longer the original Mongolian Khanate. The main body of the tribal alliance.

In the 13th year of Hongwu, Baizhang Khan Tuotuo lost with the help of Timur defeated Ma Mai, the power minister of the Great Khan Court, controlled the main territory of the Chincha Khanate, and became the Great Khan of the Chincha Khanate. Confession account system.

The Golden Horde was in decline, and Khwarazm, Crimea, and Bulgar gradually split from the Golden Horde. At the same time, the Golden Horde was invaded by the Central Asian Timur Empire.

However, they still control the west of the Irtysh River in the east, the northwestern part of Oros (Russia) in the west, Ukraine, the lower reaches of the Danube, the western part of Lake Balkhash in the south, the northern part of the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea, the northwestern part of Turkmenistan, and the northern part of the Black Sea. To the vast expanse near the Arctic Circle (including Novgorod), etc.

Even in the Timurid Kingdom, the area they can control is far from theirs.

Zhu Zhanji has always regarded the Golden Horde as the main competitor of Ming Dynasty on land, because Russia originated from the Principality of Moscow among them.

This principality, which is still a small local power today, became the world's largest country in later generations because of its greed for land.

Zhu Zhanji paid attention to the Golden Horde Khanate, but he didn't expect that it was the Wala people, most of whose tribes had already belonged to Ming Dynasty, who took the initiative to attack Tang Sai'er and the others.

"Go back to the palace, I want to know the whole process of the battle, where they fought, and where the tribe is fleeing now."

The difference between ancient and modern place names made Zhu Zhanji often see information without knowing the location.Only when he saw the map, Zhu Zhanji would know that this battle took place here...

After the five thousand Shandong athletes arrived at Beiming Mountain, they were welcomed by the supervisor Yi Shiha. Even Zheng Heng, who had been in contact with various tribes, came back to meet them.

They successfully received all kinds of weapons, gunpowder, salt and other materials prepared for them by the imperial court from Yishiha, and then, despite Yishiha's persuasion, they only rested for two days in Beiming Mountain before embarking on a long journey. The way west.

Under Zhu Zhanji's arrangement, the 5000 of them could have received a month's formal training in Beimingshan.But both Lin San and Gao Yang'er were worried that their brother would be wooed by the court, so they dared not accept the court's training at all.

However, they did not reject the imperial court's book of war and the trainers they sent.

There are only a small number of bandits and bandits among them, and most of them are honest and responsible civilians, who have not received formal marching formations.

They didn't dare to receive training in Beiming Mountain, but it didn't mean they didn't realize their own shortcomings, and they planned to use the few months to Tanglin City to train well.

The imperial court sent a total of 200 people to follow them to Tanglin City. Most of these 200 people were veterans and scouts. The chief and deputy commanders were two young guards Xie Zhenghe and Liu Gao who graduated from the first phase of Habayashi Guard School.

They provided various services and training for Tang Saier and the 5000 people, and acted as guides to take them to their destinations.

In May in the north, the grass grows and the warblers fly.

Although the summer here came very late and short, Tang Saier and the others trekked thousands of miles in the most suitable season. With the positioning of the soldiers of the Habayashi Guards and the guidance of the scouts, they did not encounter too many difficulties.

However, in this era when there are no roads, the difficulties encountered in the trek of thousands of miles are still unimaginable to them.

From Beiming Mountain to Tanglin City, a passage had already been opened during the Meng Yuan expedition.

But this passage is mainly the passage of light cavalry, and it is very difficult for those vehicles to move forward on such a road.

Especially when passing through many rivers, because some local tribes demolished the original bridges on the river for safety, they had to build bridges across mountains and water.

The Wala tribe originally lived in the Bahe area dominated by the Yenisei River. They went south during the Daxing period of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty and occupied the Selen River area in northern Xinjiang.