On the seventh day of February in the 30th year of Hongxing's reign, outside the Chaoyang Gate in the east of Nanjing's inner city, there were crowds of people jostling each other.

At this moment, outside Chaoyang Gate in the inner city of Nanjing, on the territory that originally belonged to Xiaolingwei, there were already tens of thousands of houses and houses living nearby. Before the Jiashen moved south, Nanjing had nearly one million soldiers and civilians in the city.

, is the largest city in the world. Later, another two to three million people from the north moved in one after another. Coupled with the continuous influx of bankrupt farmers in the countryside around Nanjing, this number has long exceeded two million. Therefore, the originally desolate area

The outer city of Nanjing and the east city are now becoming more prosperous and lively.

Especially since the early years of Hongxing, the silk reeling industry in the Dongcheng area outside Nanjing has rapidly developed due to the emergence of a large number of "Northern Army Silk Households" who were "cruel and ruthless" and did not care about killing (killing innocent silkworms). The territory that originally belonged to Xiaolingwei

On the street, there have been countless houses, markets, workshops, palaces, hotels, pavilions and pavilions. There are no strict rules for lanes and lanes. It is not like the buildings in Pukou, Jiangbei, which have strict planning. They are just messy and mixed together, which makes it even more complicated.

It was extremely lively. Moreover, the prosperity of Nanjing was far from over. Every year, countless people still moved from rural areas in the south and north of the Yangtze River and even small cities to the city of Nanjing at the foot of the emperor.

Even though the city of Nanjing has developed so prosperously and has gathered so many people, it still has no difficulty in providing food and clothing for two million people. This city and the nearby Suzhou, Yangzhou, and Shanghai are really at the beginning of capitalism.

The "Chosen Land" in the stage of development. Relying on the water transport of the Yangtze River, we can use the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain, the Jianghan Plain, the Dongting Lake Plain, and the Sichuan Basin as the hinterland, and can continuously obtain a low-cost supply of food and raw materials.

Note that it is low cost and endless!

Compared with Kaifeng in the Northern Song Dynasty and Beijing before the Jiashen Incident, Nanjing, which has a population of two million, does not need the huge shipping yamen (six-way shipping envoys) and canal army (numbering as many as 120,000) to maintain

Supply, and even the Huaihe River has to be sacrificed to ensure the smooth flow of the canal...Nanjing can use very low transportation costs to obtain a large amount of food that can feed two million people, and there is still enough spare capacity.

Supplying the consumption of a huge handicraft industry.

This abundant and low-cost supply is the basis for the development of the handicraft industry!

At the same time, these prosperous cities are close to Haikou, so they can obtain foreign technology, funds, commodities, raw materials, and markets from the vast sea, and they can also easily export excess population overseas...

The easy export of excess population is actually an important prerequisite for gathering a large population!

Because of capitalism...how can there be no economic crisis?

If there is no outlet for the pressure, when a crisis comes, the trouble will be big...

Therefore, Zhu Cihong, who moved the ruling center from Beijing to Nanjing, could easily lead the country on the road to capitalism.

However, there is something wrong with taking the wealthy and gentle land in the south of the Yangtze River as the center of the Celestial Empire. That is, the elite of a country are too easily indulged in the life of wealth and forget that the world actually relies on guns to speak!

However, in the 30th year of Hongxing's reign, the warriors who created this prosperous age with guns and cannons were still alive, and the city of Nanjing was still filled with a martial spirit.

When the news of the reunification of the Ming Dynasty and the news that the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was going to Xiaoling Guard to report his ancestors spread in Nanjing City, the northern immigrants living in the east of Nanjing's outer city, the retired Northern Army soldiers, and their children all

Cheers erupted.

When the seventh day of February arrived, the long street outside Chaoyangmen was already crowded with people. They were all common people who came to witness history at the feet of the emperor. Everyone was wearing their most respectable clothes. Living in Nanjing and on the other side of the river

The foreign envoys and foreign businessmen in Pukou City also had expressions of emotion on their faces when they saw this huge crowd of people.

No wonder the Ming Dynasty calls itself the Celestial Dynasty... The population of Nanjing City at the feet of this emperor is greater than the total population of most countries in the world!

Ying Tianfu and the bodyguards mobilized a large number of people to be on duty today. The soldiers stood facing the street, keeping the crowd of people behind them. These sergeants also looked very high-spirited - Zhu Youjian and Zhu Cihong of the Ming Dynasty

For the father and son, it was ZTE, but for these Ming army soldiers, it was simply a founding of the country, no, not a founding of the country, but many foundings of the country!

They are all warriors of the founding generation of the People's Republic of China. Of course they are brave and high-spirited!

Groups of cavalry selected from the bodyguards also paraded up and down Chaoyangmen Street in a majestic manner. All of them rode tall horses of Arabian or Indian fold-eared breeds, carried long spears or flintlock muskets, and wore half-shirts.

They wear plate armor and wear helmets. A knowledgeable person will know at a glance that this cavalry is elite enough to dominate the world.

The Dong'an Gate in the east of the imperial city has been opened wide, and the officers and soldiers of the guard regiment have also put on bright armor, either on horseback or on foot, and they filed out one after another.

Behind them were ten golden four-wheeled carriages, with the windows closed and the curtains drawn. Looking in from the outside, only vague figures of people could be seen. There were people sitting in the carriages of each carriage. As for the emperor,

Only God knows which car Zhu Cixi was on...or whether he was on these carriages!

Now is the era when rifled guns have entered the battlefield, and they may be able to kill them with a single shot from a few hundred meters away...

So Zhu Cixiang is becoming more and more careful now!

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor, long live long live..."

Seeing the golden four-wheeled carriage driving out of Chaoyang Gate under the leadership of the cavalry guards, the people on the street all bowed to the carriage and at the same time shouted long live the mountains.

Although the cheers were not uniform, they were extremely loud and came one after another without stopping. It can be imagined that the soldiers and civilians on the street outside Chaoyangmen all supported Zhu Cixiang, the leader of the Ming Dynasty's resurgence, from the bottom of their hearts.

Following these ten carriages were the royal family members and the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty, all riding horses... There were thousands of men and women!

As for the royal relatives, nobles and officials who cannot ride horses, they do not need to participate in today's worship activities. They are either too old to work hard, or they are young and ignorant... just stay at home!

The father and son, Zhu Cixiang and Zhu Youjian, had actually arrived at Xiaoling Mausoleum at this time - Zhu Cixiang would not risk being assassinated by openly passing by on the street!

He had arrived early in the morning with his father Zhu Youjian, and Prince Zhu Hexing's half-brother Zhu Hexi (the rich king and the lucky prince were not here, so he was the virtuous grandson and was responsible for supporting the emperor).

Xiamafang Palace.

Grandparents and grandson all put on the Tongtian Crown Clothes - this set of clothes is a bit like the imperial clothes of the Song Dynasty, and was worn during sacrifices.

The person presiding over today's ancestor worship is Kong Yinzheng. This descendant of Kong Laoer has been busy since last night and is currently conducting the last inspection of various places in Xiaoling. When he finishes the inspection, Zhu Cihong and Zhu Youjian,

It was time for Zhu, his ancestors and his grandson to report on their work over the years in front of Ming Taizu's Baoding.

Neither Zhu Youjian nor Zhu Heqing took it seriously... Only Zhu Cixiang looked pious, holding a work report written by himself, and read it over and over again.

I feel a little uneasy in my heart!

Because he knows where he comes from. Now that the Ming Dynasty has been completely restored, Xiaoling has also spent a huge sum of money to renovate... So can he continue to work as an emperor? He is only 30 years old in Hongxing.

Years, why should we work until the 70th year of Hongxing?

So he wrote in the report... He planned to work for another 40 years to lay a good foundation for the Ming Dynasty's eternal foundation!

When I was feeling anxious, there were heavy footsteps outside the door, and then Kong Yinzheng's loud voice.
Chapter completed!