In the twentieth year of Yongle, Ron's sudden serious illness caught Rosen off guard.
Rosen exhausted all means and finally saved Ron.
Rosen was not good at treating illnesses; most of his methods were for treating injuries, and he had little experience with diseases.
It was also because of Ron's illness that Rosen began to think about returning home.
Zhu Di now had only a few years left to live.
Rosen discovered a problem: Zhu Di might want him to be buried with him.
In the past two years, Zhu Di had successively planted more than a dozen Jinyiwei spies in their Luo family mansion.
Moreover, these Jinyiwei spies subtly released faint killing intent towards him.
If this wasn't instigated by Zhu Di, Rosen wouldn't believe it even if he were beaten to death.
Rosen's last bit of affection for Zhu Di had already vanished.
One should know that he didn't owe Zhu Di anything; on the contrary, Zhu Di owed him.
Even though Rosen had been completely under Zhu Di's surveillance for these twenty years, the help Rosen provided him when he initiated the Jingnan Campaign made Zhu Di wary of him.
Just like his father, Zhu Yuanzhang, who arbitrarily killed meritorious officials in the years before his death, wanting to drag a few down with him even after he died.
Zhu Di's personality was exactly like Zhu Yuanzhang's, so Rosen had a premonition that Zhu Di would likely do the same.
Therefore, Rosen planned to fake his death to escape. Zhu Di had taught Rosen one thing: a great kindness can become a great enmity.
Over the next year, Rosen began to feign illness.
After a snowstorm, Rosen became bedridden.
The Jinyiwei informants in the house immediately relayed the news to Zhu Di.
Zhu Di sent several imperial physicians, one after another, to treat Rosen.
However, the replies he received were all that the illness was terminal and incurable.
After several months of dragging on, Rosen showed some improvement during this period, but after a few days, his old illness recurred.
Finally, on a sunny afternoon, Zhu Di received the news of Rosen's death.
"Is it confirmed?" Zhu Di asked the imperial physician beside him.
"Your Majesty, it has been confirmed," the imperial physician replied. "There's no pulse or heartbeat. It's said he died while fishing by the lake. By the time the servants found him, that Grandpa was already cold."
"That old man loved to fish there, so it's good... it's good," Zhu Di said with emotion.
He remembered the first time he met Rosen was also in the pavilion by that lake.
"Madam Luo Chen is outside the palace gate seeking an audience with Your Majesty," a eunuch came to Zhu Di at this moment.
"Hmm? What is she here for?" Zhu Di asked with some surprise.
"I heard she wishes to transport Elder Luo's remains back to Kaiyuan County for burial."
Zhu Di thought for a moment and said, "Go and draft an imperial decree for me, conferring Madam Luo Chen the title of First Rank Lady of the Court, and posthumously enfeoffing Rosen as Kaiyuan County Marquis."
"Your Majesty, Elder Luo's son, Law Ming, is already Duke of Dongyuan. To whom should this Kaiyuan County Marquis title be passed?"
"Is his daughter married yet?"
"She is not married."
"She's over thirty and still not married, she truly intends to be an old maid. Then the peerage shall be given to his daughter," Zhu Di said.
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Although Law Ming had severed ties with Rosen, with his father's passing, it was his duty, both emotionally and rationally, to perform filial piety.
He escorted Rosen's remains back to Luo Family Village with Ron.
Rosen's feigned death was naturally known to Ron and Luo Mingyue.
Actually, Rosen originally wanted to keep it a secret from Ron.
But given Ron's frail health, Rosen was afraid she would be completely devastated, so he explained everything to her beforehand.
Upon returning to Luo Family Village, who would say it was a funeral?
But Luo Mingyue was now Kaiyuan County Marquis, with hereditary succession.
This meant that in the future, the acre and a third of Kaiyuan County would be decided by Luo Mingyue.
Having not returned for decades, all the familiar faces in Luo Family Village had already passed away.
Rohan and his elder sister-in-law had also passed away.
Rosen began his plan.
"Father, you said you want to dig a lake? What for?"
"Kaiyuan County floods every year," Rosen said.
In reality, Rosen's plan was to activate the red queen main computer, and the red queen main computer required a huge power source.
So, the so-called digging of a lake was Rosen's intention to build a hydroelectric power station.
He would install several generator sets directly beneath the lake.
On one hand, it could solve Kaiyuan County's annual flood disasters, and on the other hand, it could also meet Rosen's electricity needs.
"How about this, you just need to show up and buy a piece of land, and you don't have to worry about the rest."
"How big?"
Rosen thought for a moment: "Three million mu, the barren mountains outside Kaiyuan County will do."
"Those are all barren mountains, how can a lake be dug there?" Luo Mingyue felt that Rosen had lost his mind; even with the strength of the entire nation, such a massive project might not be completed.
Luo Mingyue saw that Rosen was not joking and finally bought all the places Rosen designated.
After obtaining the land deed, Rosen began to excavate in that area.
Of course, Rosen used his Multiple Shadow Clone Technique. Ten thousand Multiple Shadow Clones spent three months digging down dozens of meters into the three million mu of land.
At the same time, Rosen also built an underground hydroelectric power station and a main control room below.
For a whole year, Rosen built the hydroelectric power station, and then began to divert water for storage.
"Father, where are you taking me?"
"To witness a new era." Rosen led Luo Mingyue to the side of the lake.
Luo Mingyue looked at the lake before her, her face revealing shock. She completely couldn't understand how Rosen had dug such a huge lake in just one year.
There were also several islands in the lake; those islands were actually the mountain peaks that were originally higher than the terrain.
Rosen led Luo Mingyue onto an island, then stopped in front of a mountain wall.
"red queen, open the entrance."
Just then, a holographic projection appeared before Rosen and Luo Mingyue.
Luo Mingyue was startled: "This is? Is this a ghost?"
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