In this courtyard, craftsmen are building a tall tower, and there is a strange thing placed on the ground of the tower.

It is about one foot wide, with a round silver-white disk in the middle, marked with dense black dots, and two thick black needle-like objects installed in the middle of the disk.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little confused when he looked at this strange thing.

"That's weird, what is this? Why have we never seen it before?"

Regarding Zhu Yuanzhang's question, the second brother-in-law Li Zhen was also confused.

He was in charge of running a trading company, etc., and he didn't know much about this strange manufacturing process.

Li Shanchang and others also saw this thing for the first time, and they all showed puzzled expressions.

At this time, Liu Bowen next to him spoke.

"I report to King Wu that this thing is called a clock, and it is a time-keeping tool made by the deputy commander!"

"Clock? Although I have never heard of it, we know that these things must be Qiwu's idea!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a helpful smile.

Liu Bowen quickly continued to explain, "The deputy commander said that this clock should be installed at the top of Prince Wu's Mansion. In this way, the entire Jinling City, regardless of whether they can see the clock or not, can also hear its transmission.

Bells to get out!”

"The deputy commander also said that he wants everyone to be able to use an accurate timekeeping based on this clock!"

When Liu Bowen said this, he was full of emotion about this matter. Liu Bowen admired Zhu Han from the bottom of his heart for his willingness to consider the people at all times.

In fact, Zhu Han had already planned to build a bell tower in Jinling City to provide the people in Jinling City with a tool to keep time throughout the day.

After Zhu Han first entered Jinling, the craftsmen of the Red Scarf Army were able to create extremely precise escapements based on Zhu Han's inspiration.

With the advanced escapement, it is no longer difficult to make a clock.

The clock in Jinling City was designed by Zhu Han himself, and it uses the strongest, most durable brass dial.

And this clock tower is not just for keeping time.

Zhu Han had asked his craftsmen to make the bell tower. The bell tower must be unusually tall and majestic, and it must also look magnificent, making it the new coordinate for the establishment of Jinling City.

The purpose of Zhu Han's move was to use the majestic bell tower in the future to frighten the foreign vassals who came to Jinling to pay tribute.

From a psychological point of view, tall and towering buildings can give those who come into contact with them for the first time a psychological shock from the bottom of their hearts.

This is also the reason why ancient countries such as Rome and Greece particularly liked to build temples, churches and other buildings with tall pillars.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! According to historical records, whenever the barbarians in the West saw the ancient Roman city, they would soon be shocked by the tall and towering city walls, the Pantheon, etc.

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The barbarians knelt on the ground in panic, expressing their psychological surrender to the tall and towering figure.

Zhu Han plans to build Jinling City into the best city in the world!

The great fame of the Ming Dynasty in the future!

It is not only about political coercion, but also victory in the hearts of the people.

After Zhu Yuanzhang and others inspected the palace under construction, as soon as they walked out of the back garden of the palace, they immediately met the envoy Zhu Han who came to deliver a message.

"Report to the King of Wu! The deputy commander sent his subordinates to ask for reinforcements."

When he heard that reinforcements were needed, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly became nervous.

"Is Qiwu in any danger?"

"Why do we need reinforcements?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked quickly.

The messenger quickly replied, "Report to King Wu! The deputy commander is not in any danger, it's just that the deputy commander wants to raid Kaijing, the capital of Goryeo!"

"Kaijing is now weak and empty. The Korean army, navy and army near Tamna Island have been assembled and are eyeing Tamna Island. The deputy commander is short of troops and wants the king to order the new naval force of Hu Dahai in Zhenjiang to be sent to help."

After listening to the envoy's words, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately felt relieved when he arrived.

"As long as there is no danger in Qiwu!"

"Then we can rest assured!"

Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a long sigh of relief and said.

"As for what kind of reinforcements to send, you don't need to come to Jinling to ask me for instructions. You can just go directly to Hu Dahai and give orders in Qiwu!" Zhu Yuanzhang continued.

When Li Shanchang, Liu Bowen and others heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, they were all happy for the brotherly relationship between the King of Wu and Duke Huai.

The relationship between the King of Wu, Zhu Yuanzhang, and the brothers Zhu Han is unbreakable and so close. This is a huge advantage for them to be invincible in the future.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately sent an envoy to Zhenjiang.

Issued a transfer order to Hu Dahai, asking him to send all the naval forces in Zhenjiang to the sea and go north to Tamluo Island to support Zhu Han.

Hu Dahai immediately became happy after receiving the order.

He said to his son Hu Zhan, "Now that's good, I will take you to make meritorious deeds!"

"Just watching them receive rewards and promotions as infantrymen one by one, our naval forces can't just eat and drink here in Zhenjiang. It's not like me, Old Hu, to eat free rice!"

According to the original military structure of the Red Turban Army, there was no special navy or naval force structure.

All navy and army generals only hold one official position, that is, marshal of various places, marshal, commander and householder, etc.

Zhu Han had high hopes for Hu Dahai and others' naval expansion in Zhenjiang.

This is not just a navy that will roam the Yangtze River in the future, but a navy that will sail to the ocean and explore the sea.

Therefore, in addition to Hu Dahai's current official position as Commander-in-Chief of the Marching Navy, Zhu Han not long ago added a new official title to Hu Dahai.

That was the admiral of Long Xingjun.

As the only admiral of the Red Scarf Army, Hu Dahai owned about twenty large and small warships in Zhenjiang.

The largest warship was built according to the standards of the later four-level sail strategy. It has 38 large and small cannons, including eight 48-pound heavy cannons, which can be used to destroy any wooden sailing ship that dares to approach.

In addition, Zhu Han also ordered that even the sixth-level sailing clippers be equipped with ten short heavy cannons. These short heavy cannons can fire powerful shells and can blast an ordinary hardwood sailing ship at a distance of fifty steps.

After all, the ships used by the Goryeo Navy for traditional water battles were no match for these artillery battleships.

Moreover, the quality of the sailing warships produced by Zhenjiang Shipyard was much better than those first batch of sailing warships built by Zhu Han.

After all, the Zhou family in Suzhou has been powerful for hundreds of years. The wood stocked in their family's shipyard is all first-class and good materials, and they also have the best shipbuilding craftsmen in the south of the Yangtze River.

In addition to more than 20 newly built sailing warships, Hu Dahai also collected more than 50 merchant ships of various sizes in Zhenjiang to carry ammunition supplies, food and other luggage accompanying the fleet.

As a result, nearly a hundred warships blocked the sky and the sun at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and their white sails flew towards the vast East China Sea.

At this time, the weather had entered late autumn, and the wind direction on the sea was blowing from the northwest. The Red Scarf Army warships followed the zigzag route against the wind direction, heading northward.

Soon, Hu Dahai led his army and arrived at Tamna Island according to the navigation chart.

At this time, on Tamluo Island, the seven guard troops mobilized by Zhu Han from Shandong have also been assembled.

The total number of people is about 10,000.

Coupled with the navy brought by Hu Dahai, Zhu Han now has 30,000 troops, of which 10,000 navy and army are left to guard Tamluo Island.

At this time, the residents of Tamna Island were mainly Koreans.

Since they are Koreans, they should leave more manpower to guard against internal rebellion.

As for the navy, in addition to being responsible for coastal security and transportation, it was to make every effort to guard against the Goryeo navy across the sea.

After meeting Zhu Han, Hu Dahai became excited immediately.

"Deputy Commander, the general has brought the navy to you!"

"Respectfully invite the deputy commander for review!"

Zhu Han stood on the shore, looking at the powerful warships on the sea, and couldn't help but feel a surge of pride in his heart.

With this fleet in hand, I really have a navy!

The news that the Red Scarf Army dispatched troops and generals to reinforce Tamna Island soon reached Goryeo.

After Goryeo General Cui Ying received the information, he immediately reported it to Goryeo King Wang Qi, hoping to launch a sneak attack across the sea to Tamna Island while the Red Scarf Army was not firmly established.

However, at this critical moment, King Wang Qi of Goryeo and a group of officials were somewhat afraid that the sneak attack would fail.

It would be too bad to steal the chicken but lose the rice.

After all, in wars since ancient times, defense has been much easier than offense.

A rash attack is worse than a safe defense.

Moreover, the Goryeo army has deployed various defenses in Jeolla-do and Yanggwang-do.

You just need to wait for the Red Turban Army to come ashore and let them beat their heads and bleed. There is no need to take risks.

If they cross the sea to sneak attack on Tamna Island and fail, they will not only lose soldiers, horses and ships, but also lose the strategic initiative.

Therefore, Goryeo's monarchs and ministers did not intend to take advantage of the Red Scarf Army's weakness to launch a sneak attack.

In fact, this "weakness" was what Choi Young, the Goryeo general, thought of himself.

Although Zhu Han's defense on Tamna Island is not airtight, it is absolutely foolproof.
To be continued...