Zhu Di asked rhetorically, "Then have you ever thought that hundreds of thousands of heroes in the Ming Dynasty are all equipped with firearms and cannons, which requires such a large amount of money to support, and the treasury does not have so much money." ”

Dusk smiled and said: "So we want to make money, Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty has a strong division, a population, and firearms, if there is an economy again, then Your Majesty can stand under the dome and ask the countries of the four seas with a smile: Who else!" ”

Zhu Di also smiled, "I'm afraid you don't understand a truth, no matter how much money you make at dusk, this money is also in the Ming Dynasty, and the money of the whole country is not more because of this." ”

This is a question of economic aggregates.

Dusk actually doesn't know much about this, and there is probably a little bit of common sense that is not common sense: "Wechen has made money, and the people have become rich, is the demand for various expenses greater?" If there is overhead and demand, is it necessary to boost productivity? Will people be able to use resources to create more things? ”

Zhu Di bowed his head, "The truth is this truth." ”

Dusk continued: "Your Majesty, don't forget, we still have Jiaozhi, and there will be Mobei in the future, and even Goryeo, and the objects produced in the Ming Dynasty are sold to these places, and the exchange is not real money?" Your Majesty, don't tell me to do business with these places when the time comes, Weichen must also collect Daming treasure money, there is nothing to do, only gold and silver will be collected. ”

Gold and silver are hard currency.

He also said: "What's more, when the Jiaozhi side is stabilized and the united front work is done, we will have to find a way to mine the gold and silver mines in Jiaozhi. ”

Zhu Di thought about this truth, and said in a dark voice: "It's just gold and silver mines?" ”

Copper ore and iron ore or mine, I want them all!

Dusk is also happy, "For example, of course, I want to say the important ones." ”

Zhu Di snorted, "But this is not enough to support the hundreds of thousands of heroes of the Ming Dynasty to replace all the firecrackers and cannons, and besides, the current firecrackers actually have a longer range than crossbow arrows." ”

Dusk raised his forehead, "Your Majesty, don't you understand, when you made an order, all the male divisions must be replaced with firearms, do we want to conquer Mobei, to win the battle, do we need to improve the power of firearms?" That's the demand! Your Majesty invests a little more money and manpower, so that the Ordnance Institute develops in a big way, I dare to say that the range and accuracy of firearms will slowly exceed the crossbow arrows, Your Majesty can imagine, when the time comes, my Da Ming Xiong Division is all firecracker troops, in the face of the enemy's cavalry charge, first hundreds of cannons take turns to fire a salvo, and then tens of thousands of firearms take turns to shoot, no matter how many cavalry the enemy has, it is just to send people to the head, they can't even rush in front of our army's formation, and even the faces of our soldiers and soldiers have not been seen clearly, they have already collapsed! ”

It is a fact that once the firearms unit is formed, it has immeasurable lethality against the cold weapon formation of the group charge.

"As for the money?"

"After all, it is necessary to build all the male divisions into a divine machine battalion, this cannot be achieved overnight, and it needs to be replaced step by step, so how much money in the treasury is used, take your time, this is a lifetime thing."

Zhu Di understood, but he still hesitated.

After all, his vision is limited by the times, and he does not believe that firearms will truly replace cold weapons.

I said softly and looked at it again.

Dusk will no longer advise, and when Mobei is defeated next year, after the Shenji camp is powerful, Zhu Di will probably slowly accept his suggestions today, and when the treasury has more money, Zhu Di will not be restrained, but let go of the development of firearms.

And firearms are more than just firearms.

It is also necessary to develop strong ships and cannons, so that we can embark on the road of the stars and seas, and modern strong ships and cannons are inseparable from one thing: the steam engine. Otherwise, it will be possible for the fleet to cross the ocean in the year of the monkey.

Fortunately, these things have already begun to be laid out.

The next thing is to wait.

Wait for Zheng He to return.

This time, the Times Firm followed the fleet to the West, looking not only for some things they need, but also for people, the more talents, the better, so that science and technology can progress.

Otherwise, if you are half-watered, you will never want to make a steam engine in your life.

After walking silently for more than ten meters, Zhu Di suddenly asked: "Then according to your plan, is there no way to send troops to Mobei within this year?" ”

In fact, Zhu Di really wanted to send troops.

In the past two years, the wind and rain in the Ming Dynasty have been smooth, as long as there are occasional natural disasters in small places.

The people are recuperating very well.

Dusk bowed, "Weichen thinks that before the Shenji Battalion is less than 20,000, the gains outweigh the losses by sending troops to Mobei, it is better to bury his head in development for a year, so that the Shenji Battalion has the strongest combat effectiveness, and pacify Mobei in one fell swoop, Your Majesty, you must know that sharpening knives is not wrong to chop wood!" ”

Zhu Di was silent for a long time before he said, "I will think about it again." ”

If you don't fight, you're not tired.

Zhu Di asked again: "So what about you, what are your plans for this year?" ”

Dusk thought for a while, "Weichen's plan for this year is very simple, he will not force his career, His Majesty will let Weichen do whatever he wants, the most important thing is to put the medical reform and currency reform into practice, and spare no effort to promote, so that it will become the foundation for the rise of my Ming Dynasty." As for the private aspect, Wechen intends to continue to expand the Times Commercial Bank, and make money in the industries it is involved in in the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, in terms of salt and iron, it can help the household to stabilize the market, and it is best to be able to master the salt and iron life gate on the Jiaozhi side, of course, this needs Your Majesty's will, Your Majesty does not agree, and Weichen can give up the layout of Jiaozhi. ”

Zhu Di tugged at the corners of his mouth, of course Lao Tzu disagreed.

Let you be content to be a businessman, and you still want to control the salt and iron life gate of Jiaozhi, do you really plan to turn Jiaozhi into your back garden at dusk?

Dusk also knew that this was too idealistic, and continued: "The focus of Wechen is still the Times Bank, and it is necessary to spread points across the country, use the Times Bank to gather funds, and make efforts to develop industries, especially the more than a dozen workshops under the Times Commercial Bank, and continue to expand, involving all industries, so as to drive the progress of the whole country." ”

looked at Zhu Di, "Your Majesty, it's not Weichen's ambition, it's really the Ming Dynasty that needs Weichen to do this." ”

Zhu Di was silent.

Dusk finally took a deep breath, "After a year of development, the Shenji Camp has begun to take shape, and the Times Commercial Bank has a huge amount of savings funds, and then Weichen can help His Majesty to go north, and take Mobei in one fell swoop, without delay." ”

Five expeditions to Mobei?

Inexistent!

Zhu Di said with a smile: "After taking Mobei, who will govern it?" ”

What dusk is waiting for is this sentence: "Weichen is willing to go!" ”

You Zhu Di is the son of heaven of the Ming Dynasty, I can't and can't replace it, but I don't want to live forever under your imperial authority, so I'm going to the north.

And then......

You Zhu Di is the son of tomorrow, then I will be the king of the north at dusk!