I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 130 Daye
"The length of the lens barrel can be adjusted according to changes in distance." Zhu Houxuan taught the emperor how to operate it step by step.

Zhu Houzhao tried several times and was able to see the distant scenery clearly. He was overjoyed and said, "This is a magical object!"

Zhu Houzhao figured out how to use the telescope and immediately turned into a peeping Tom, lying on the city wall and observing the common people.

He peeped in and said, "Brother, I saw a woman washing clothes in a courtyard."

Zhu Houxuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Soon, Zhu Houzhao said again: "There is a fight outside the south gate of Qizhou City! Haha, the shorter guy's hair was grabbed and his bun was torn apart. He has no image at all. Yes, beat him! Oh, the tall guy was kicked in the crotch. I'm afraid it hurts so much. The short guy's kick was really ruthless!"

Zhu Houxuan pretended not to hear and looked at the scenery calmly.

When Qin Ming and Hou Sen saw the emperor like this, they were so shocked that their eyes almost fell out, but Jiang Bin was not surprised.

"That's Textile Factory No. 3, right? What's going on there? I saw a lot of female workers carrying wooden basins going in and out? Huh? Why are there two people lying on the wall? What are they looking at?" Zhu Houzhao asked a bunch of questions.

Zhu Houxuan could no longer remain calm, and quickly grabbed the telescope to take a look, saying, "It's the Third Textile Factory, that's the female workers' bathhouse! Damn, there really is someone climbing on the wall! He's peeping at the female workers taking a bath!"

Zhu Houxun suddenly started cursing.

Textile Factory No. 3 was built not far outside Qizhou City.

Zhu Houzhao took the telescope back upon hearing this. "It turned out to be a female workers' bathhouse. I have to take a closer look! Why can't I see anything? Those two people are really looking at it. Oops, they put their hands into their pants."

"Hou Sen, send someone to arrest those two guys!" Zhu Houxuan ordered immediately.

"Yes, go quickly. If you go too late, the peeping thief will be done for," Zhu Houzhao also urged.

God damn, it's too late to go! Are you going to scare that guy into impotence? Zhu Houxuan had the urge to hold his forehead. His good telescope was actually used in a strange place by Zhu Houzhao.

Hou Sen also broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this, and then quickly took the order and left.

After a while, several knights galloped out of the palace and rushed towards the third textile factory.

"Oh, the two thieves were caught, and they are kneeling on the ground begging for mercy." Zhu Houzhao was doing the live broadcast with great interest, "The female workers surrounded the two men and started beating them. Women are really cruel."

Zhu Houzhao became even more interested. He took in the scenery inside and outside Qizhou City and suddenly had the idea to turn the telescope to look at the sun.
Zhu Houxuan quickly stopped Zhu Houzhao's suicidal behavior, "Brother, looking at the sun will hurt your eyes, let's look at the moon at night!"

"Okay, okay!" Zhu Houzhao nodded repeatedly.

Zhu Houxun's telescope was actually designed as an astronomical telescope, so it is so long. It can still be used to see the moon, but you can only see the moon because there is no equatorial mount and you cannot chase stars.

"Zhu Bin, take a look too!" Zhu Houzhao made way for him. "This is a powerful weapon in the army!"

Jiang Bin had been eager to try it out, so he quickly went over to watch and was amazed.

"This is such a good thing, you must get more for me, my brother." Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Houxun were arm in arm.

"No problem. I have a smaller telescope that you can carry with you. I'll give it to you, brother!" Zhu Houxuan readily agreed.

"Thank you, uncle! With this magical weapon, our Ming army will be even more powerful!" Jiang Bin also flattered him.

"Hahaha!" Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Houxun both laughed. After staying on the city wall for a while, they returned to the carriage. It was a four-wheeled carriage, and the horses pulling it were quite strong. It ran very steadily on the streets of Qizhou City.

When pedestrians saw the carriage, they consciously made way for it, and some even saluted respectfully.

Zhu Houxuan often traveled in this carriage in recent years, and the people of Qizhou were familiar with this carriage.

As for the restriction that the princes could not leave the city, Zhu Houxuan had already asked Zhu Houzhao for permission to lift it. However, he did not take advantage of his favor and his activities were still limited to the area around Qizhou to avoid causing greater complaints from other princes.

Today Zhu Houxuan and Zhu Houzhao were not wearing dragon robes, but casual clothes.

Zhu Houzhao looked at the bustling streets of Qizhou, and the same questions popped up in his mind again.

"Why are there so many chimneys emitting black smoke in Qizhou?"

"How can Qizhou use iron to pave roads?"

“Why are there so many people studying in Qizhou?”

“How can children in Qizhou go to school for free?”

...

Zhu Houzhao asked all the questions in his mind.

"Don't be anxious, my emperor. When we get there, I will answer these questions for you one by one." Zhu Houxuan said with a smile.

Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to suppress his doubts.

They ran directly to a small private dock on the Yangtze River, where a huge ship was docked.

They boarded a ship at the dock, then crossed the Yangtze River and got off at a large dock. After getting off the ship, a Malibu train used to carry people was parked at the dock.

Zhu Houzhao stood on the cart and looked around. He saw that Mastiffs carrying various metal parts kept arriving at the dock. The empty Mastiffs were lined up to be loaded onto the mountains of coal on the dock, and then disappeared in the distance.

"Where is this place?" Zhu Houzhao asked in surprise.

"Daye!" Zhu Houxuan stood beside him and also looked at those Marxists. "Daye Iron Mine! My brother wants to know why Qizhou can use iron to pave roads? The answer is simple, because the iron we produce is very cheap!"

"Very cheap? How cheap? Why is it so cheap?" Zhu Houzhao said in surprise.

"The cost is about one-tenth of the previous iron price. We have lowered the current iron price a lot." Zhu Houxuan said with a smile, "As for why it is so cheap, you will know when you get there."

"One tenth?" Zhu Houzhao said in surprise. Jiang Bin also looked surprised. If the price of iron was so cheap, it would be understandable to use iron to pave roads.

The Marxists under them began to move, and passed by the oncoming Marxists.

Zhu Houxuan did not answer Zhu Houzhao's question, but said to himself: "The reason why this railway was built was because the cars used to transport ore and coal were too heavy, and the ordinary dirt roads were quickly damaged. This greatly affected the production of iron ore, so this railway was built."

"We have done experiments. On ordinary dirt roads, a two-horse carriage can pull 1,500 kilograms of things. On a better road, a three-horse carriage can pull 4,000 kilograms of things. But on this railway, two horses can pull at least 20,000 kilograms of things. If we use stronger northern horses, it will not be a problem to pull 30,000 kilograms at a time."

(End of this chapter)