Bringing the Railway to Daming

Chapter 330: The military parade in the future gave Lao Zhu a little shock [Please subscribe]

Fengxian Hall.

After Liu Kuan saluted, Zhu Yuanzhang asked directly, "Did you bring the video you recorded today?"

"Your Majesty, I have brought it."

After saying that, Liu Kuan took out his cell phone.

Zhu Yuanzhang waved and said, "Come up."

"Yes."

Liu Kuan climbed up the imperial steps with his cell phone - of course he would not climb to the highest step, but stood under the imperial desk, played the video recorded today, and put the cell phone on the desk.

Zhu Yuanzhang now knows a lot about how to operate a mobile phone.

He read the beginning for a while, then pulled the progress bar and focused on the short part of the conversation between Zhu Biao, Xu Da and others.

After reading it, he skipped to the following content and returned the phone to Liu Kuan. It only took less than half an hour.

Zhu Yuanzhang then said in a casual tone, "I heard from Biaoer that the Xin Dynasty in later generations likes to hold military parades at important ceremonies?"

Liu Kuan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is not unique to the Chinese New Dynasty. All countries in later generations have the custom of holding military parades and even military exercises during ceremonies or other important occasions."

"Also, as far as I know, military parades have been a tradition in China since ancient times."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Military parades have indeed been a tradition since ancient times. Today, the Northern Expedition troops have returned victoriously, and the subsequent presentation of captives to the Imperial Ancestral Temple can be considered a military parade."

"You watched the entire process and even recorded it on video, but you don't know how it differs from the military parades of the Xin Dynasty in later generations?"

When Old Zhu asked about this, Liu Kuan couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, I have a video of the Xin Dynasty's military parade in my phone. It's a compilation of the Xin Dynasty's many National Day military parades. If your Majesty is interested, you can take a look."

"Oh?" Zhu Yuanzhang became interested. "Then quickly bring it out and let us observe it."

Liu Kuan took out his cell phone again and quickly played the video of the military parade.

Zhu Yuanzhang took the phone, clicked play, and then watched it carefully.

A small red title appeared in the video: A superb remix of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China military parade! Highly exciting!

Then the scene changed, showing a group of soldiers from later generations wearing fine green military uniforms and wide-brimmed military caps - these soldiers had a bronze-black complexion, firm eyes, and each of them was full of energy and spirit.

Zhu Yuanzhang had rich experience in leading troops and had a keen eye for talent. He could tell at a glance that these were absolute elite troops, and in terms of individual quality alone, they might even be stronger than his own personal troops!
Then a golden countdown appeared on the video screen, and in just five seconds, the video screen changed, first revealing an extremely huge square, and a formation of future soldiers standing on the square.

In addition to those wearing green uniforms, there were also those wearing white uniforms, blue uniforms, and colorful uniforms.

At the same time, there were also many chariots lined up in rows - some of the chariots pulled strange white cannons with pointed tips in front; and some of the chariots simply pulled huge iron cylinders with the word "Dongfeng" written on them. It was not known whether they were a kind of cannon from later generations.

Then Zhu Yuanzhang noticed that several of the columns were actually composed of female soldiers!
"Standard soldiers, take your positions!"

Following someone's serious shout, a formation of soldiers in white, green and blue uniforms began to march forward. The leader of the group was carrying a flag of the later Xin Dynasty.

These soldiers of the New Dynasty were seen holding the muskets of later generations in their hands, maintaining a dignified posture with their heads held high and their chests puffed out, lifting their feet and swinging their arms together, making the entire phalanx look like one person!

"The parade begins!"

After a man who seemed to be a general of the Xin Dynasty in later generations shouted, the video camera changed again and all the phalanxes began to move.

However, this kind of movement is still the same among millions of people!

Change your gun-holding movements and military formations at the same time!

Afterwards, fighter planes from later generations formed a formation in the sky, flying the national flag of the new dynasty and soaring in the sky!

On the ground, whether it was the green, blue, white military formations, or the female soldier formations, they all marched in step with guns in hand.

And whether they are marching in step, swinging their arms, turning their heads to look to the side, or changing their gun-holding movements, they are all united!

As a founding emperor who was about to conquer the world, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but shudder slightly when he saw this scene.

It wasn't fear, but excitement. He couldn't help but mutter, "Elite! They are definitely the best soldiers picked from thousands of miles away!"

"Even if we had 10,000 elite soldiers like this back then, Chen Youliang, Zhang Shicheng, and the Yuan army would all be no match for us!"

Liu Kuan and Li Gui in the hall were both a little stunned. They didn't expect Zhu Yuanzhang to be so excited. Liu Kuan had seen the military parade of the Ming Dynasty. Although there was no marching in step, the formations and changes in the military formations were all there, and it looked very neat.

Of course, if we really compare it with later Chinese military parades, there is no comparison.

Thinking of this, Liu Kuan could understand Lao Zhu's mood at the moment.

In this video collection, the first one, which is more than one minute long, is relatively long, and there are several military parade video clips that are only tens of seconds or even more than ten seconds long.

In these videos, the soldiers of the later Xin Dynasty seemed to perform better (actually it was due to the different shooting angles and techniques). They were all united, and their chariots were all in unison. The momentum was astonishing!
The entire video collection was only more than four minutes long, but Zhu Yuanzhang watched it over and over again.

After watching it three times in a row, he reluctantly put down his phone and exclaimed in admiration again, "It's incredible that later generations can train soldiers and generals to change formations so uniformly."

"There are so many weapons from later generations, and I don't recognize many of them. Liu Kuan, could you introduce them to us?"

"Well, I don't know all the weapons from later generations, so I can only do my best."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Don't waste time, come and tell me."

Liu Kuan had no choice but to go up another step and come to the side of the imperial desk, pointing at the later weapons in the video and introducing them to Lao Zhu.

"Your Majesty, please look at this, this, and this. These are all missiles from later generations. The Dongfeng missile is the most powerful among them. It can carry a heavy warhead."

"There's even a popular saying on the internet about the Dongfeng missile to describe its power: Dongfeng Express, mission accomplished!"

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly realized, "So this weapon is actually a missile, and its appearance is so strange. But how did 'Dongfeng Express, mission accomplished' become a phrase to describe power?"

Liu Kuan smiled and said, "The main function of a missile is to deliver the warhead to the military target that needs to be struck. Generally speaking, the farther, faster, and more accurate the delivery, the better."

"The Dongfeng missiles of the later Xin Dynasty were considered world-leading in this regard, becoming a powerful weapon to protect the nation. Express delivery is like postal delivery, hence the saying 'Dongfeng Express, mission accomplished.'"

"I see." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and then asked, "Then where is the farthest the Dongfeng missile can send its warhead?"

Liu Kuan showed a slightly strange expression and said, "Before this humble minister traveled through time, I speculated from some information on the Internet that the Xin Dynasty could at least send warheads to America across the Pacific from its homeland, which is now the Ming Dynasty."

"So far?!" Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked and couldn't even believe it. "Liu Kuan, are you trying to scare me?"

Liu Kuan quickly bowed and said, "How dare this humble servant threaten Your Majesty? Every word I said is true, absolutely not false."

"Missile..." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the missile vehicle on his phone screen with a complicated expression, saying, "I really don't know when our Ming Dynasty will be able to possess such a national treasure."

Liu Kuan coughed lightly and said, "I think everything went smoothly. I estimate it will take four or five hundred years. Missiles involve many advanced technologies of later generations, and many of them are state secrets. There is not much relevant information available on the Internet."

"So, even if the Ming Dynasty has a certain industrial base, it can only rely on its own development of a series of related technologies to produce this type of intercontinental missile."

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he should not ask Liu Kuan similar questions again, as the more he asked, the worse his mood became.

He thought for a moment and said, "We want to learn from the military parades of the Xin Dynasty in the future and make our Ming Dynasty's military parades look more majestic. What do you think?"

Liu Kuan said, "This is naturally a good thing. Military parades not only make the people feel safe, but also deter ambitious individuals at home and neighboring countries, achieving the effect of defeating the enemy without fighting. We should indeed strive to optimize this."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Then you must lend this video to Xu Da and the others to watch and study dozens of times."

Liu Kuan definitely won’t lend out the cell phone for a long time.

He thought for a moment and said, "I will upload this video to the tablet computer later. Your Majesty can show it to Duke Wei and the others."

"Then you better hurry up and send the tablet to the palace tomorrow morning."

"Yes."

　Second update.

　　Good night~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)