The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 357: The Birth of the Holy Martial Sword (4000 words)
"Hahahaha~!"

"I have a son!"

"Give birth to him quickly. I will teach him well and make him a great hero like me."

Zhu Houzhao laughed triumphantly, his eyes fixed on Cheng Lingsu's flat belly, wishing he could immediately pull the newborn baby out and train him well.

This is the scene where Zhu Houzhao ran over as soon as he learned that Cheng Lingsu was pregnant.

Dancing and waving arms and legs with joy.

Cheng Lingsu rubbed her belly with her hand, and a happy smile appeared on her delicate and perfect face. She looked at her husband, and her happiness became even stronger. She said softly: "Your Majesty, the prince will not be born for more than nine months."

"More than nine months! Such a long time!" Zhu Houzhao said impatiently.

He felt itchy at the thought that it would take another nine months before he could play with his own little one.

"Your Majesty, any child must go through ten months of pregnancy before being born.

I have been pregnant for less than a month, so it will take more than nine months.

Your Majesty, don't worry, nine months will pass quickly." Cheng Lingsu explained softly.

"Okay then, I'll wait for another nine months." Zhu Houzhao listened and said reluctantly.

But the next moment, he said with excitement and anticipation: "I have to think carefully about how to teach this little guy when he comes out."

"Your Majesty, what if it's a little princess?" Cheng Lingsu pursed her lips and asked suddenly.

A hint of worry appeared in those extremely bright eyes.

This was inconsistent with her generous and open-minded personality, but she was pregnant and in front of her beloved.

Even she is not immune to this.

Especially when he saw that his Majesty kept talking about wanting a prince.

"Little Princess!" Zhu Houzhao was startled, frowned, and muttered: "If it is the little princess, then I can't train casually.

If he cries after being beaten, I can't say that he is a real man and doesn't shed tears even if he bleeds."

Hearing that this was what his Majesty cared about first, Cheng Lingsu was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

But most of the worries in my heart disappeared.

"No." Suddenly, Zhu Houzhao's expression became serious, and he said seriously: "How can I treat them differently?

Regardless of gender, all should be treated equally and taught and trained together.

My daughter should also be a great hero."

As he said this, he looked at Cheng Lingsu and said, "Lingsu, you can have children, whether male or female, I will teach them equally."

Cheng Lingsu couldn't help but look at her belly, and suddenly, she felt a little worried about her child.

Your Majesty, will you teach your children?
These thoughts just flashed through my mind, and I didn't think much about them, continuing to immerse myself in happiness.

Zhu Houzhao stared at Cheng Lingsu's belly for a long while before he came to his senses and laughed loudly, "Quick, spread the news that I am pregnant immediately.

I want the whole world to know that I have a child."

"Yes." Wei Jinzhong also responded with a smile and did it immediately.

Under Zhu Houzhao's order, the news spread quickly and caused a huge stir.

There was excitement and joy in the court and the country.

The concubines in the palace had the most complicated emotions.

They never imagined that Cheng Lingsu, who entered the palace last, would actually get pregnant!

She entered the palace the latest and was only at the innate level.

How did you get pregnant?

The concubines couldn't help but feel envious, and a little bit of normal jealousy.

The medical skills are different.

Cheng Lingsu's medical skills were considered by the concubines to be the key factor in conceiving a prince.

In a nutshell, it's medical skills plus luck.

Then they each looked at their own failing stomachs.

The fact that Cheng Lingsu became pregnant with a prince shows that although His Majesty is unprecedentedly powerful, he can still make a woman pregnant.

The reason they didn't get pregnant was not only because they didn't have Cheng Lingsu's medical skills, but also because their stomachs were not cooperating and they were just unlucky.

After envy and more or less jealousy, there were also many concubines who were happy about it.

They were happy that their Majesty would soon have a child.

On the same day, after learning the news, all the concubines went to Cheng Lingsu's palace to congratulate him, without a single one missing.

Somehow, the conversation ended up talking about how to get pregnant.

Facing those beautiful eyes full of expectation.

Cheng Lingsu is such a smart person, he spoke without hesitation and without any reservation.

He also took the pulse of each woman and prescribed medicine for her. Finally, when the women went back, they all took some medicine for their own conditioning.

This kind of medicine is used to regulate their own bodies so that they can better adapt to their own Majesty.

She couldn't do this before because she couldn't understand Zhu Houzhao deeply.

It was not until she entered the palace and spent more than half a year there that she understood the situation and gave it a try.

Unexpectedly, it succeeded.

Of course, this is also due to her physique and some luck.

All the concubines returned to the palace with joy and anticipation, and immediately began to take the medicine.

The slight jealousy towards Cheng Lingsu had basically dissipated.

In her own palace, Cheng Lingsu sent away the concubines, smiled freely and generously in the tranquility, and gently stroked her belly.

As a doctor and someone who is in the innate realm, she can clearly feel that in her belly, there is a tiny life growing that is connected to her heartbeat.

For the sake of this little life and for His Majesty, she didn't care about those trivial things at all.

In the next two months, Zhu Houzhao would run to Cheng Lingsu and touch her belly whenever he had nothing to do.

Looking forward to it more and more every day.

At the same time, he discovered that the concubines in his home seemed to be more passionate at night.

Although they still couldn't resist him, they gritted their teeth and persisted, not letting him surrender and never giving up.

Zhu Houzhao was of course very happy about this.

Even though it was still far from making him happy and satisfied, it was better.

Time flies and it is the end of the year.

On December 25th of the eighth year of Shengwu, another grand court meeting was held to summarize the achievements of the year.

The greatest achievement of the Ming Dynasty in the past year was undoubtedly the reform in the Western Nine Route and the conquest of the entire Sui Kingdom.

Of course, this year the entire territory of the Sui Dynasty is basically still a burden to the Ming Dynasty, requiring a large amount of manpower and material resources with little return.

Finally, in summary, the tax revenue in the eighth year of Shengwu reached 255 million taels, an increase of 35 million taels over the seventh year of Shengwu.

Of the 35 million taels, 10 million came from the results of the Ming Dynasty's reforms.

The other 20 million taels came from the increase in West Nine Road, where the newly reformed West Nine Road has shown initial results.

The last five million taels came from Japan.

It has to be said that this small country, Japan, is constantly bringing surprises to the Ming Dynasty.

Why didn’t we realize before that this tiny place is so rich?
If Ming Dynasty had known this earlier, it would have taken it down long ago.

The increase in total tax revenue is large, and spending this year is just as large.

Mainly in the military.

From the second half of last year to the end of this year, the Ming Dynasty formed 15 armies specifically to suppress the Sui territory and the Western Nine Routes.

After all, the army led by Wang Shouren, Li Jing and others cannot stay in the local area to suppress the rebellion forever.

One can imagine how much the cost of these fifteen armies is.

But it doesn’t matter, Ming Dynasty is rich now.

They had just made a lot of money from the Sui Dynasty, so they were not short of money. In addition, the reform of the Sui Dynasty had already begun, which was also a project with large expenditures.

After the court meeting, it’s time to prepare for the New Year.

The ninth year of Shengwu arrived.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, a grand court meeting determined the goals for the year.

The main thing is the reform of Xijiu Road and Sui territory. It must be fast, steady and thorough, leaving no omissions or filth.

The second is the expansion and training of the military.

After determining these goals, Zhu Houzhao handed over the specific matters to his ministers.

Before dawn on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.

Tai Chi Thirteen Forms Fifth Level (174588/300000)

The fifth level of Mingshen Wudian (not yet started: 2/200000)

Zhu Houzhao looked at Tianfu with a hint of joy in his eyes.

The fourth level of the Mingshen Martial Canon is finally complete.

Over the past year, with the killing of Temujin and his men, the four kingdoms of Jin, Liao, Yuan, and Sui were destroyed, and the kingdoms of Liyang, Beimang, Southern Song and others were subdued.

His Mingshen Wudian has been making rapid progress.

Finally at this moment, the fourth level was completely completed.

The newly emerged fifth level is easy to understand even though you haven’t gotten started yet.

The bottleneck of 200,000.

After completing the training, one can create the fifth level of the Mingshen Martial Canon and truly break through to the level above the heavens and humans.

Break the so-called limits of heaven and earth.

"Hmph, I've already said it before, no limit can ever be a problem for me."

Zhu Houzhao snorted complacently.

Clench your fists, and surge with power.

This force is enough to defeat five newly arrived celestial beings.

Unfortunately, there is no one who can make him use his full strength.

Zhu Houzhao became unhappy again.

According to his experience, the peak of the celestial being should be one who possesses three and a half initial celestial being powers.

That is to say, the fourth level of the Ming Shen Wu Dian is deduced to the level of great perfection.

As for becoming stronger, one needs to practice another technique that can reach the level of heaven and man.

However, practicing a technique that can reach the level of heaven and man is not as easy as it sounds. It should be said that it is extremely difficult.

Because one has reached the state of heaven and man, one's body, true essence, spirit, and so on have all been fixed.

How can I practice another skill?
That will only lead to a conflict between the two forces and hurt yourself.

Even if the second method is a body-refining technique, it will not work, because body-refining techniques also need to form a unique body, which will inevitably conflict with the first method.

Zhu Houzhao's situation can be said to be unique. He started from the basic thirteen Tai Chi postures and developed them all the way to the heavenly level. It perfectly suits him and is also an auxiliary exercise.

Not forming true essence, but only strengthening the body formed by the Mingshenwu Dian, has led to Zhu Houzhao's current power far exceeding the peak of the celestial beings.

Even if other people practiced the fifth level of Tai Chi Thirteen Postures, it would be almost impossible to achieve the same level.

Because these five levels of Tai Chi Thirteen Postures are perfectly suitable for Zhu Houzhao.

It suits Zhu Houzhao's body, his Ming Shenwu Dian, and everything about him.

Unless someone can transform these five levels of Tai Chi Thirteen Postures into something that suits him.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhang Sanfeng and others practiced the Thirteen Forms of Tai Chi so slowly.

March 11th.

On this day, Zhu Houzhao left the palace and came to a volcanic area.

"Your Majesty!" Dozens of shirtless figures saluted.

Most of these people are middle-aged or elderly, and are the most powerful swordsmiths in the Ming Dynasty.

After more than half a year of forging, the Shengwu Sword is finally about to be born.

"How is it? Is it finished?" Zhu Houzhao looked under the magma with a curious look.

He could feel that deep in the magma, there was an extremely sharp and powerful force that was nurturing something.

"Your Majesty, we only have one last step left." A swordsmith said solemnly, with excitement and anticipation on his face.

For swordsmiths, forging a sword is the greatest temptation for them.

To this end, they can even sacrifice their lives.

And this sword that has not yet been born is definitely a divine sword unparalleled in the world.

This was a matter of anticipation and excitement for all the swordsmiths present.

"Tell me, how to do it?" Zhu Houzhao asked directly.

"Your Majesty, we need your blood to awaken and sharpen the sword." The swordsmith's tone was filled with uncontrollable excitement.

The other swordsmiths were all like this, with fiery eyes.

The sword forged with the combined might of the Ming Dynasty and the gathering of countless natural treasures is an invincible divine sword.

If we use the blood of the most powerful emperor in the world, no, the most powerful and noble emperor in history, to awaken our spirits and sharpen our swords.

When the two are combined into one, it is simply unimaginable what level of power this sword can reach.

And this is still now.

In the future, after the world is unified under the hands of Emperor Shengwu, to what extent will this sword be able to achieve?
Just thinking about it makes the world's top swordsmiths tremble all over.

"Okay." Zhu Houzhao raised his palm, and a crack automatically appeared on the palm, and blood flowed out.

"Your Majesty, please take out the sword and sprinkle the blood on it!" a swordsmith said hurriedly.

Zhu Houzhao grabbed with his other hand, and the magma suddenly rolled up and rolled to both sides like boiling water.

A long sword emitting golden light rose from under the magma and stood in the air.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up and he looked quite domineering!

With a movement of his hand, blood flowed like water and flew onto the sword.

The blood immediately absorbed into it.

The next moment——

"Groan~!"

The golden light is like the sun, blooming thousands of feet high.

The sound of a sword that seemed to cut through everything rose into the sky and tore through the void.

Zhu Houzhao smiled and waved his hand: "Come."

The magic sword was alive, and with a flash of golden light, it landed in Zhu Houzhao's hands.

A feeling of blood and flesh fusion arose spontaneously, and this feeling made Zhu Houzhao laugh out loud.

"Not bad."

He took a step forward and appeared outside the volcano.

He swung his sword toward the sky.

"Hey~!"

With a sharp sound of breaking through the air, a golden sword light hundreds of feet long rushed upwards, cutting through the white clouds, and even seemed to cut through the blue sky, and disappeared into nothingness.

"Good sword." Zhu Houzhao smiled with satisfaction.

The power of this sword was quite good even in his eyes.

It can even enhance his combat power a little bit.

Don't underestimate this little bit. You should know that even the Sun and Moon Divine Spear can't enhance his combat power at all.

(4000 words, thank you for your support.)
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