Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

In fact, if the Vulcan device can be successful, or even the mass thrower can be successful, a major artery between the Earth and the Moon can be established.

"We are doing shipping in space, huh?" Zhu Xianxi nodded. "I have to say that this [Mass Thrower] is in line with our policy orientation. Because if we install the Vulcan device directly on the ship, it will actually bring a lot of problems, just like shipping. Shipping will bring a variety of problems, including shipwrecks and management."

As he said this, he looked at Shangluo and asked, "Can you sing Victory Song?"

"Of course I will - with one heart and one mind, the mountains can be shaken. With loyalty and righteousness, we can be as fierce as a bull. Report to the emperor and save the people. Kill all the Japanese and protect our country."

"Yes, did you notice the last word? Kill all the Japanese invaders and protect China. Actually, the original lyrics of the song by Marshal Qi were: Kill all the Japanese invaders and seek a title of nobility. Do you know why it was changed?"

Shangluo shook his head.

"Because if you still say 'Kill all the Japanese and you will be granted a title of nobility' nowadays, it is false propaganda. Because in today's Ming Dynasty, even if you really kill all the Japanese, you can't be granted a title of nobility. Because you don't have enough military merit to be granted a title of nobility - but in the time of Marshal Qi, the Japanese were indeed a real threat. Do you know why?"

"Because of the sea?"

"The sea is always an area beyond our control," Zhu Xianxun said in a deep voice. "For thousands of years, land civilization and maritime civilization have manifested different forms. When we sealed the Lan Fang Company in Southeast Asia, we were actually asking the Zheng family, who originated from the sea, to help us solve some problems that were inconvenient for the imperial court to solve. If we move towards the starry sea, I'm afraid similar problems will arise. If some space pirates appear, the lyrics of 'Kill all the Japanese slaves and seek a title of nobility' will probably be changed again. So -"

He paused. "The Vulcan device cannot be installed on a ship, so it can only be installed on fixed facilities. This is actually a good thing. Because it can be transported by water, which makes it easier for us to control. If it is a sea transport that the court cannot control, I am afraid that it will not only fail to bring any benefits to the court, but will instead cause harm. Lan Fang's active commitment to space travel is actually the instinct of being a maritime civilization. One Lan Fang is enough, and we don't need a second Lan Fang company."

"I understand." Shangluo nodded.

"So I always feel that you are really our lucky star. You often make the right decisions. Even your mistakes can turn things in the right direction."

"Brother, you are not trying to comfort me."

"I'm telling the truth. In fact, if the Vulcan device is successfully loaded onto the spacecraft, I will have to give it up with great reluctance. This thing is too dangerous. By then, anyone can run to the asteroid belt to become a pirate. Not to mention the Japanese pirates, the second Zheng family may emerge in a few decades. You have to know that the ancestor of the Zheng family is not a great hero like Zheng Chenggong, but the Pirate King Zheng Zhilong! I don't know how much luck they had to burn to have a surname of Guo in their family. I can't expect this 'interstellar Zheng Zhilong' to have a 'interstellar surname of Guo' in his family."

[Sure enough. His defenses are really deep. He is simply a human-shaped Muse Palace. His judgment on technological ethics is completely automatic, and there is no need for the sages to hold a meeting to decide. He is too professional.]

"Then, Senior Brother, if you agree, please sign it here."

Shangluo handed the report to Zhu Xianxun. After everything was ready, he formally handed Zhu Xianxun a written document detailing the mission process. Because this involved more than just the Heavenly Court, he couldn't decide on his own from a process perspective, and had to ask Zhu Xianxun to sign.

"Okay." He hooked his finger and motioned to Yuetu next to him to bring the red pen he used to sign.

He signed his seal on it, folded the report and returned it to Shangluo.

"Have you chosen your candidate?"

"I have already asked people to select candidates. In fact, because it needs to be kept confidential, many people still don't believe it."

"If you told me that we were going to go to the moon and hunt moon rabbits with the help of a toaster, I wouldn't believe it. How many people have you recruited now?"

"Including me, the first batch of action teams has actually been assembled. There are 2 people in the foundation-building stage and 12 Qigong practitioners, a total of 14 people, divided into two teams A and B. The Water Dragon is more than enough to carry our 14 equipment, and there is also space to carry a large number of automatic combat machines, including a large number of unmanned weapons piloted by Tianyi nobles. Combined with the automatic machines already deployed on the moon, it should be no problem to complete the fire suppression of the Moon Palace - although we don't know what equipment the Moon Palace has, but it is probably complete."

"If there is any danger, remember to ensure your own safety first. It's not a problem to ascend a few decades later, we can all wait, the most important thing is that you don't get into trouble. Also, make sure to root out the problem and turn every rabbit hole upside down. I don't want to fight guerrilla warfare with the Moon Rabbit after I start mining."

Chapter 1290 Taimiao

As the year draws to a close, Shangluo has more and more free time - because he is actually still a high school student and only occasionally has to go to his future university to take some transitional courses.

What he had to complete before school started was the paper about pork elbow.

With Apollonia's help, he could finish it in just a few minutes, and all that was left was to copy it into his exercise book.

Because he was very free, even including the preparations for the attack on the moon, he was very free, so it was natural for him to be caught by Zhu Xianxun.

"So is this kind of work really suitable for me to do?"

"It's suitable, it's so suitable."

In the Imperial Ancestral Temple, in front of the tablet of Emperor Chengzu Wen. The tablet of Emperor Yongle was previously placed in Shuntian, but was brought back after the capital was moved. Emperor Chengzu Wen was also the ancestor of the line of Prince Yan.

The generation names of the Yan Wang family are arranged in the order of [Gao Zhan Qi Jian You, Hou Zai Yi Chang You, Ci He Yi Bo Zhong, Jian Jing Di Xian You], and Zhu Xian Xin is of the "Xian" generation name. When he gave birth to an heir, his son should have "You" as the second character in his name.

"So is it really appropriate?" Shangluo stood behind Zhu Xianxun holding three incense sticks, ready to follow him to worship the late emperor in the Taimiao.

"Oh, come on, I told you to. Just now we paid respects to Emperor Taizu Gao, and now we are paying respects to Emperor Chengzu Wen. Do you remember the procedures?"

Shangluo nodded.

"Okay. Then you will help me worship the deceased emperors in the three temples on the right. I will go back now."

"Brother! This is really not good!"

"Oh, don't worry. Elder Wen will come over to help you offer sacrifices to the other deceased emperors on the left."

"And Master Wen, right? That's not bad."

"That's the rule. I usually only offer sacrifices to the two former emperors, Taizu and Chengzu. During the New Year, I will also offer sacrifices to my grandfather. At other times, it is usually the royal relatives or important officials of the court who offer sacrifices on my behalf. The rule of our dynasty is that the emperor has nine temples, and each of the nine temples must be offered sacrifices separately. If I offer sacrifices to all nine, then I don't have to do anything else all day and I will just kowtow in the Taimiao. If I can't finish kowtow in the morning, I will continue kowtow in the afternoon after lunch."

"Oh"

"By the way, Shangluo, do you think you are an important official of the court or a relative of the emperor?"

"Ah? Ah this."

"I think you belong to the royal family because you are my junior fellow apprentice, don't you think so?"

"Oh, yes, yes, that's what it should be."

"Then our ancestors will surely be pleased to see you. Well, I'll leave this place to you. I'm going~~"

Zhu Xianxun ran away in a flash, and no one knew where he went.

[He seems to have gone to school. Grani saw that Song Shanggong drove to pick him up, probably to the laboratory.]

"He's really busy." Shangluo has always felt that Zhu Xianxun has superhuman energy. He used to be able to juggle several jobs, and now he's working non-stop. He's even juggling "big things" that he didn't juggle before. Now he's juggling them.

"You said that the heaven took away his merit in exchange for a Foundation Establishment Stage, isn't that a loss? He is simply using one person as three people."

"That's true. But if the one before us can build a foundation..."

As they were talking, the two of them had already walked to the shrine of Emperor Taizu Gao.

There is a portrait of Zhu Hongwu on it.

Although there are rumors that Zhu Yuanzhang had a cartoon-like shoe-horn face, and it seems that this has been tacitly accepted since the Yongle period and even the Hongwu period, the portraits enshrined in the Taimiao have always had round faces rather than shoe-horn faces.

Zhu Hongwu, with a round face, sat in front of Shangluo. This face looks quite ordinary. In fact, many people in the Jianghuai area have this round face.

Shangluo thought, if he could come back to life immediately

[Then the good days of the civil and military officials in the court are over! I'm afraid they will run all the way to Shuntian. ]

"It's possible. But if the person next to him comes back to life."

A portrait of Emperor Yongle is placed next to it.

"Forget it." Shangluo shook his head. The dead were dead, and if the family members of the deceased did not make any request, Shangluo had no reason to invite them back.

This problem did not need to be considered in the past, because no one could come back. However, as the plan to attack the moon gradually took shape, the disposal of lunar resources was gradually put on the agenda.

Shangluo planned to go to the front line to deal with this matter personally, which was why he chose to lead the first landing troops to launch a surprise attack on the Moon Rabbit. At this time, he had to stand there as the first voluntary discoverer of the Moon. Because even according to the principle of "whoever sees it gets it", he had to see it to count.

Although we cannot fully confirm how much spiritual energy resources there are on the moon, it is certain that there is a moon palace and a moon rabbit on the moon. Shangluo is afraid of only one thing.

"What I'm worried about is not the Moon Rabbit or the Moon Palace. I'm afraid these two are not as powerful as the Sea Dragon and the Dragon Palace. What I'm really afraid of is the Moon God."

[Moon God. If he really exists, he will probably be more powerful than the Dragon King. Because although the Dragon King is a Dragon God, he actually does not have power beyond the imperial court. The Dragon King's strength is expected to be above the average level of the Golden Core Stage, but should be below the Nascent Soul Stage. Although the real people of the Golden Core Stage may not be able to catch him, the four Heavenly Masters should be able to subdue him firmly. ]

"You mean we'd better ask a celestial master to go to the moon with us?"

【I think you can try it. 】

"In fact, I think that for such an important matter, if they are willing to come, they should have informed me in advance. Now that they haven't come, I'm afraid they won't come even if I call them - anyway, let's give it a try."

He called Master Sa Tianshi.

"Sorry, Lord Shang, the number you dialed is out of service." The Jinyiwei switchboard sent back a message. As before, the switchboard was not a pre-made recording, but a service group composed of switch beans. Although it is difficult for a Tianyi nobleman to communicate directly with others, a group of Tianyi noblemen can produce the "phenomenon" of communicating with others.

"The gods are not at home. Well, whatever, it's best if you let me handle this matter from beginning to end."

Shangluo knew that if he could get the whole thing done within his authority, then it would be very smooth in the future when advancing the affairs of the Heavenly Court. Because this was the first time in human history that a military operation was launched against an extraterrestrial force.

Although the moon is still within the Earth-Moon system, and it is hard to say whether the Moon Rabbit can be considered a human, there is no problem in saying that it is an "attack on aliens."

Chapter 1291 How to Use Moon Rabbit

[Your selfishness is stirring, isn't it? ]

"Tsk, it would be a lie to say I have no selfish motives." This was almost the first time that Shang Luo's selfish motives - or even ambitions - were stirring. Because this was different from any previous situation.

Zhu Xianxun said before that the lyrics of Qi Jiguang's triumphant song have been changed in recent years, from "Kill all the Japanese invaders and seek a title of nobility" to "Kill all the Japanese invaders and protect our China", because if it is sung according to the original lyrics, it would involve false propaganda. Judging from the current situation, killing the Japanese invaders is not enough military merit to be awarded a title of nobility.

But if he could really be granted a title of nobility? Then he would definitely have to sing [Kill all the Japanese slaves and seek a title of nobility].

And waging the first foreign war on Earth was no longer a matter of seeking a title, it was something that would go down in history.

Even Shangluo would feel extremely honored for such an achievement.

Even if it means beating the cute, smart and capable Moon Rabbit, he would not hesitate to do it.

The two moon rabbits on Zhu Xianxun's shoulders shivered suddenly.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Xianxi exchanged glances with the other two. "Good fellows, do you have a bad feeling? Well, it's okay. We can overcome cleverness with force. I'm afraid even Shangluo didn't guess that the greatest function of the Moon Rabbit is actually this."

Ever since Zhu Xianxi split into two moon rabbits because of the "70% success" of building the foundation, the three Zhu Xianxi have been working non-stop. But in fact, the original Zhu Xianxi could have done all these tasks by himself, but he did it all and had no time to take care of his personal life.

Now, after Zhu Xianxi passed the job of paying respect to the Imperial Ancestral Temple to Shangluo, he rushed to the "Nuclear Chemistry Laboratory of Nanjing University of Science and Technology" where the Queen was. Zhu Xianxi himself was actually one of the founders of this laboratory, but he gave up the work of the laboratory after he ascended the throne. However, he also continued his research at home and continued to publish under the name "Zhu Ye".

The experiment that was about to begin was something Zhu Xianxi had never thought of before his retreat. He had already experimented in his private laboratory downstairs, but this was the first time he showed it to Yang Jing in the school laboratory. It was also the first time he had a showdown with Yang Jing about the rabbit.

With Song Shanggong driving, the car stopped at the campus of his alma mater. If he had not ascended the throne, he would probably have stayed at the school to teach like his wife.

And now, he sneaked back just to borrow the nuclear materials here——

He could do spiritual energy research downstairs in his house, but no matter how passionate he was about research, he would not conduct nuclear tests in his basement.

"Here we go." Yang Jing was ready. "So the two on your shoulders are your little clones? They're about the same size as your Nascent Soul, right?"

"Well, you can think so."

"I was wondering why I always see rabbits hiding in the corner when I go into your room recently. I thought Zhu Ling put them there. Because I did see Zhu Ling carrying them out for a walk."

"Because I did ask Zhu Ling to take care of them. Well, I actually didn't want to say this, but now is the time to say it: Yang Jing, these two are actually perfect reactors! Believe it or not, they can even make a panacea in an open, small bowl that looks like a mortar!"

"So, you want them to try to stir the nuclear material, right?"

This was Zhu Xianxun's discovery. In fact, his previous panaceas were not made by him personally, but by these two moon rabbits with the ability to pound medicine.

Indeed, as a graduate of the Department of Chemistry, pounding medicine is actually his basic skill. Potassium permanganate sometimes gets damp, so he really has to "pound the medicine" himself.

But the Moon Rabbit's pounding of medicine is something in another realm entirely.

"So, what materials do they need to make the panacea?"

"Here is the prescription, you can take a look."

Yang Jing took it and looked at it——

"First item, 10 kilograms of Aristolochia? Are you Sun Wukong making the Black Gold Pill? Do you sell Aristolochia by the kilogram?"

"In fact, it is very similar to how Sun Wukong made the Black Gold Pill. Just grab ten kilograms of common medicinal materials from the pharmacy, put them in and pound them, pound them, pound them, and finally the panacea comes out."

"What about the spiritual energy experiment you are going to do now? How do you plan to do it?" Yang Jing was stunned as she was talking to herself: "You are not going to grab ten kilograms of the periodic table and tinker with it! Uranium and plutonium and other things will enter the critical state if you gather twenty or thirty kilograms! The radioactive elements in the following positions will immediately enter the critical mass if you really gather 10 kilograms. You are probably trying to send the two of us and half of the school into space!"

"No, no, no, you don't need 10 kilograms. In fact, you only need to make up that much mass of each element. Because according to my test, after taking 10 kilograms of each medicine, you will get 10 kilograms of panacea. I gave a few kilograms to Zhu Ling, and she used it as animal medicine, and it worked well. Long Long prepared it overnight."

"What a mess you are. Just because of this, how much do you want to take?"

"One kilogram should be enough. According to the periodic table, take one kilogram as well - as long as they are all put together, we should be able to make a real golden elixir."

"Good fellow," Yang Jing covered his forehead, "your golden elixir is quite powerful. The things at the end of the periodic table are quite terrifying. And for some elements, the global reserves are probably less than one kilogram."

"So we just add them in one by one." Zhu Xianxi replied, "The periodic table goes on in order, where can I find 'all the elements'? We can only add them in one by one. Let's start with hydrogen. I guess we won't be able to stop adding radioactive elements, so we can only come to the school laboratory."

"Okay." Yang Jing shook her head. "Let me ask one last question: Shangluo is going to the moon to attack the Moon Rabbit soon - although it's a bit outrageous, we can get spiritual energy there, right? We don't have to take risks ourselves."

"I know. But this is my training as an alchemist. I think since I have these two treasures, it would be a shame not to test them."

"Okay, okay, okay." Yang Jing shook her head repeatedly. "Once you make a decision, you probably can't stop. So how much should we add today?"

"Hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, and nitrogen! Add these first. For the hydrogen and nitrogen here, just mix them with the air. Bring one kilogram of the solids. I bought the helium myself and will have Lu Qianhu bring it over later. Alright, start mixing the medicine! If these don't work, add oxygen, fluorine, neon, sodium, magnesium, aluminum, and silicon, one kilogram each!"

Chapter 1292: Moon Rabbit Pounding Medicine