Summer is long for Zhu Cilang.

He misses the air conditioners of later generations very much!

Of course, as the Crown Prince, Zhu Cilang is not unable to get two palace maids to follow behind and fan the air all day long like on TV.

But from the perspective of a modern person, this method is more or less too embarrassing.

What's more, Zhu Cilang is not the real leader now, so the imperial palace is still up to the final decision of Chongzhen and Empress Zhou.

Both couples live very simple people. Can you imagine the scene where two couples who usually only eat and have three dishes and one soup see Zhu Cixuan following two palace maids like flowers and jade, and then the palace maid is as delicate as lotus root, holding a palm fan as big as Zhu Bajie's face and fanning up and down?

The only thing that comforted Zhu Cilang was that there were finally ice cubes in the summer of the Ming Dynasty.

Ice cubes are definitely a magical tool to spend the summer! But it’s a pity that because of the thrift of Chongzhen and his wife, Zhu Cilang can only get a small piece of ice cube the size of a palm every day, which is useless except to make some iced drinks to drink...

Zhu Cilang sighed to the sky: "Lao Fang, this society needs progress so much!"

Fang Gonggan, who was standing by, was confused and hurriedly said, "With Your Highness here, the Ming Dynasty will definitely be more and more progressive."

Zhu Cilang shook his head in disappointment: "Lao Fang, you don't understand me, no one in this world can understand me."

Fang Gonggan blinked and said seriously: "Your Highness is a talent for the world. Naturally, no one in this world can compete with Your Highness."

Zhu Cilang: "..."

In fact, I just want an air conditioner. Lao Fang, you don’t need to flatter me so hard, even if I know that every word you have come from sincerity.

Zhu Cixuan took back his mind and said, "Is there any new news recently?"

With Zhu Cixuan's repeated recommendations and painful lessons over the past years, Chongzhen gradually realized that it was indeed impossible to supervise officials without a single "Wei Zhongxian".

So, Dongchang once again surfaced.

This move was naturally opposed by many officials and ministers, but this time Chongzhen was still relatively tough and directly removed the first person to report the post from his post, while the most fiercer one was demoted to the third level.

After this operation, everyone knew that it was imperative for His Majesty the Emperor to restart the East Factory, so they could only pinch their noses and recognize them.

In the final analysis, the emperor really needs to have his own eyes and ears, which is something everyone knows. In the past, Chongzhen was willing to castrate these eyes and ears and ears and ears and ears and ears and ears and ears and ears and ears and ears and ears and ears are too naive, but it would still be natural if Chongzhen really wanted to re-establish eyes and ears and ears.

Fang Gonggan said happily: "Your Highness, our Dongchang has basically begun to take root and land in the north of the Yangtze River. It is moving south of the Yangtze River. I believe it doesn't take too much time, a year and a half is enough."

Zhu Cixuan was a little surprised: "So fast?"

Fang Gonggan proudly thrust his chest: "Your Highness, we have money."

Yes, Dongchang is really rich.

Where does the money come from?

The first thing that comes to mind is of course the grant from the court, but the Ming Dynasty's finances are extremely tight now, so this aspect can only be said to be better than nothing.

There are two real money. The first is that part of Zhu Cixuan's family raid in Jiangnan was rewarded by Chongzhen as a reward, and the other is the money seized in the process of eliminating Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

Although Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were both miserable and poor when they rose up, they also snatched huge amounts of wealth from all over the Ming Dynasty after years of war. Zhu Cilang handed over most of these wealth to the court as expenses and rewards, but the remaining small part was still huge wealth that ordinary people could not make.

For example, if others have money, they may have to waste extravagance or something. Zhu Cilang waved his hand and devoted all his budget to expanding his power.

With the will of His Majesty the Emperor as a protection and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's sufficient financial resources to open the way, if this East Factory cannot do everything in every way, then don't mess around.

Zhu Ciyang thought for a while and reminded: "If it is south of the Yangtze River, it must be Nanzhili, then Guangdong, and then Fujian. As for Guizhou, Guangxi and Yunnan will be the final development goals. Do you understand? Especially Guangzhou, Guangdong, you will immediately send a capable force to concentrate on collecting all information about the European Red Barbarians."

In Zhu Cixuan's view, after fighting the Qing Dynasty and Mongolia, the next one to target must be the Europeans who have begun the Age of Discovery.

If we talk about China, the Portuguese and Dutch are currently appearing, especially the Dutch have begun to develop their power on Taiwan Island, so we have to be careful!

After giving Fang Gonggan, Zhu Cixuan returned to the room and drank his iced sour plum soup to relieve the heat.

Before I could finish the sour plum soup, I hadn't finished it, so I returned.

"Your Highness, Li Dingguo is here!"

Zhu Cilang was excited and was surprised and stood up immediately.

Sure enough, there was a person standing behind Fang Gonggan, which was Li Dingguo's own country.

Li Dingguo took two steps and knelt down on one knee: "Li Dingguo, a grass-roots, met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Zhu Cilang laughed loudly and kindly helped Li Dingguo up: "Okay, that's great. I thought you would have to wait until three years before you get out of the mountain."

Li Dingguo smiled slightly and said, "Caomin is a man of the grassland, forty-nine days is enough. This time, Caomin came in a hurry, in fact, to report to Your Highness about Tibet."

Zhu Cixuan exclaimed: "Aren't you from Shaanxi? How come you still know about Tibet?"

Fang Gonggan interrupted, "Your Highness, he followed our Ming envoy to Tibet, and it is said that he has made a contribution."

Li Dingguo smiled and said, "I dare not say that I have made meritorious service, but I do know more about Tibet. If the Caomin speculation is good, the Ming Dynasty should use troops to the Ola Heshuo Special Forces in a few years. Then the information about the Caomin may come in handy."

Zhu Cilang patted Li Dingguo's shoulder and said seriously: "You are wrong. The court will not use troops in a few years, but will march into Qinghai Tibet next year to regain my Ming territory! Okay, come in with me and let's talk in detail!"

A moment later, Li Dingguo sat down in the study, pointed to the Ming map in front of him, and spoke: "Although the Khanate Kingdom was nominally governed by the Khan and monks, the monks were actually quite hesitant about whether to leave our Ming Dynasty's rule. At least they did not want to break up with the Ming Dynasty now. So when the envoy arrived in Lhasa, these monks secretly sent people to contact the grass-roots people..."

After hearing this, Zhu Cixuan became more and more happy, but he was a little curious: "How did you get online with these monks?"

Li Dingguo hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually, this is the case. When Watu Khan went south, the Panchen Lama sent a group of envoys to the Ming Dynasty for help. They entered Sichuan from Tibet. Then they heard that Li Zicheng was in great power, so they decided to detour Hubei and continue north..."

Zhu Cixuan understood: "And then he met Zhang Xianzhong's army?"

Li Dingguo smiled embarrassedly and said, "That's right. Caomin said some good things to them, so his adoptive father didn't kill them, so he put them back to Tibet. When he arrived in Lhasa, he came to contact the group of envoys, so Caomin naturally got to know them."
Chapter completed!