Zhu Gaosui and Zheng He laughed as if they had found gold, and Zhu Gaosui even held a piece of ore-like thing in both hands and handed it to Zhu Zhanji: "Look, what is this?" ”

Zhu Zhanji's originally casual expression became wonderful the moment he took over the ore: "Dog's head gold? Someone discovered a gold mine? ”

Zhu Gaosui nodded vigorously, his face full of joy that could not be concealed: "Haven't you been sending people to explore outside these days, this is what a hundred households sent to the west have just brought back from a native tribe."

According to the report of the soldiers and interpreters of the hundred households, the Turen tribe is full of such ores, and you can exchange a lot of them for a lot of whatever you want. ”

took the so-called dog's head gold from Zhu Zhanji's hand and looked at it a few times, Yang Shaofeng's face also became wonderful: "It's really a dog's head gold?" ”

With a laugh, Zhu Gaosui took out a small stone from his arms and handed it over: "Look at what this is?" ”

"Copper ore?"

"And what about you take a look at this?"

"Coal?"

"Look at this again?"

"Silver ore?"

"Shit, it's tin!"

Zhu Gaosui sat on the stool, grabbed the wine jug on the table and took a few gulps: "The shitty place we landed in is nothing, it can only be regarded as a natural harbor."

But further west, it's a three-to-five-day journey, and there's actually mines all over there! It's all over the place!

This damn thing, this is simply the treasure land that God gave us to Daming, if you don't hold it tightly in your hands, it will be thundered by the sky! ”

Zhu Zhanji's face also became extremely exciting: "If the copper mines in Myanmar will become chicken because they are not easy to transport, then this great gold mine and copper mine are good things that are clearly waiting for people to pick up." ”

Zhu Gaosui slapped his thigh and shouted: "Treasure ship, isn't it easy to build a few more treasure ships, if you want to transport some ore?" If it is still too troublesome, it is a big deal to mine coal here in the Great Wilderness, and then metallurgize and smelt copper, and directly transport the refined gold and copper ingots back.

Damn, I originally thought that this great wilderness was just a little bigger, and it should be enough for future generations to be in trouble for hundreds of years, who would have thought that this was such a treasure land! Treasure! ”

grabbed the wine jug and poured a few sips, Zhu Gaosui said heavily: "Treasure land!" ”

Zhu Zhanji also nodded heavily, and agreed: "Yes! It's a treasure land! In any case, it is necessary to resettle to open up the wasteland, and this great wilderness must be firmly grasped in our hands.

There is also the old port, and the previous strategy must also be changed, and after the second sister Shi leaves office, she must find a reliable person to be the prefect of the old port. ”

After thinking about it, Zhu Zhanji continued: "Go back to Daming." Third uncle, don't go to the new continent first, the most important thing for us at the moment is to go back to Daming first, and then let the Ministry of Industry send someone to explore the entire Great Wilderness, and determine how the minerals of the Great Wilderness are. ”

Hearing that Zhu Zhanji was not going to look for the New World, Zhu Gaosui had not opened his mouth to object, but Yang Shaofeng was anxious: "Don't look for it?" What if there is any high-yield grain on that continent? Is food important, or are things like gold, silver, copper, and iron important? ”

Zhu Zhanji said: "What's the hurry? First get the people from the Ministry of Industry to come over to explore the Great Wilderness, and after a certain scale is here, when we go to find the New World, we can sail directly from the Great Wilderness, which is much more convenient than going to sea from Quanzhou, right? ”

"Shall we?"

Zhu Gaosui laughed and said, "I don't know how to clean up when I go back this time, you two little bastards still want to go to sea again?" Let's go in the next life! ”

……

"Tie up these two bastards and tie them up outside the gates of the Imperial City! Let everyone see it, let the people of the world also see it! Look at what the imperial grandson and the six champions of the Ming Dynasty are! ”

The paperweight in his hand was compared several times on Zhu Zhanji and Yang Shaofeng's heads, and in the end, he was still reluctant to really smash it on Zhu Zhanji and Yang Shaofeng's heads, but Zhu Laosi's usual beloved teapot had become shattered.

It wasn't until Zhu Zhanji, who was depressed, and Yang Shaofeng, who shouted that I had made meritorious contributions to the Ming Dynasty and that I had shed blood for the Ming Dynasty, were unintentionally tied up with someone that Zhu Laosi looked at the teapot that had been shattered with distress.

Since the thirteenth year of Yongle, this is already the first time?

It's time to smash that bastard's dog on the head!

The angry Zhu Laosi just wanted to take another look at the dog-headed gold that was placed on the imperial case just now, but saw that there was no shadow of the dog-headed gold on the entire imperial case except for those pieces and pen, ink, paper and inkstone!

Zhu Laosi, who was shocked, looked left and right, but saw Xia Yuanji bowing and walking outside the hall, and the angry Zhu Laosi suddenly shouted: "Stop!" Put down what's in your arms! It's mine! ”

Xia Yuanji, who turned around, hugged the dog head gold in his arms, his face was full of reluctance: "This is the treasury!" It was the treasury that took the money to let them go to sea! ”

"Then this thing is mine, too! It is my grandson who honors me, and you have the ability to give birth to a few good grandchildren like this! ”

Zhu Laosi unceremoniously snatched the dog's head gold from Xia Yuanji's arms, glared at Xia Yuanji and said: "Don't talk about this kind of like the empty treasury, the officials of the other five ministries and the British duke will come over in a while, and when the time comes, we will discuss the matter of the Great Wilderness." ”

Xia Yuanji's eyes were still staring at the top of the dog's head gold: "It's time to spend money, the rope in the silver vault is rotten I don't know how much, the silver is washed over and over again with the potion, and the seeds in the granary germinate and rise and damage the granary I don't know how many times it has happened, and if you don't want to spend money, you have to take the money to repair the new warehouse, and you have to find a way to deal with the original things." ”

Zhang Fu, who had just walked into the hall, bowed to Zhu Laosi, and then said to Xia Yuanji curiously: "What was Xia Butang talking about just now?" Do you want to build a new library again? Could it be that the original warehouse was bitten by rats? ”

Xia Yuanji's face turned red, he laughed twice and didn't speak, Zhu Laosi directly mocked: "Isn't it, since the fourteenth year of Yongle, this treasury has been broken every year, and it has been repaired every year, and I don't know how capable this rat is!" ”

Zhang Fu was about to taunt a few words, but the eyes of the whole person were deeply attracted by the light emitted by the goutoujin on the imperial case: "Dogtoujin? ”

Zhu Laosi didn't answer, snorted and turned back to sit down behind the imperial case, and said expressionlessly: "Did you look at those two little bastards just now?" ”

Although he deeply admired Zhu Laosi, who was so ruthless that he even scolded himself, Zhang Fu's eyes were still firmly fixed on the dog's head gold: "Yes, I passed by the gate of the imperial city just now, but I saw His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun and the Champion Duke and the two of them were tied to chairs. ”

Snorted heavily, Zhu Laosi said angrily: "These two little bastards! Silently, they all ran overseas, saying that they were expanding their territory, and I saw that they were idle! Since it's uncomfortable to be idle, then I'll let them bask in the sun outside the palace gate! ”

Zhang Fu asked tentatively, "This dog's head gold?" Was it brought back by the imperial grandson and the champion prince? ”

Zhu Lao hummed expressionlessly, and then took out a book from the imperial case and handed it to Zhang Fu: "Look at what these two little bastards have done overseas!" ”

After Zhang Fu took the chapter and looked at it a few times, Zhu Laosi said expressionlessly: "Kill the pro-people officials of the city, and coerce the lord of the city to hand over people and execute them in public;

The original forces of the old port were cleaned, and the natives were removed from nine out of ten, and the old port propaganda department was changed to the old port government, and the hereditary propaganda and consolation of the second sister Shi was dismissed, and she was appointed as the prefect of the old port;

In the Great Wilderness, he conquered more than ten native tribes, killed one of the tribes that disrespected the Ming Dynasty, found a lot of messy mineral deposits, and then ran back to find me to ask for people and things, saying that he wanted to immigrate to the real side. ”

Rubbing his forehead, Zhu Laosi couldn't help but sigh: "What kind of sin have I created!" How can there be such a grandson of the emperor, how can there be such a six-headed champion! ”

Zhang Fu slowly flipped through the chapter - if you are not the brother-in-law of Grandpa Ben, if you are not the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Grandpa Ben will kill you today! Stinky and shameless, if you have the ability, you will continue to scold, if you have the ability, don't raise the corners of your mouth, and if you have the ability, don't laugh there!

Phew!

After secretly snorting countless times in his heart, taking advantage of the efforts of several other ministry bigwigs, Zhang Fu simply handed the chapter to Xia Yuanji again, and then said after deliberation: "The matter of occupying the city is not right, and the matter of the old port is even more wrong. Only the great wilderness is remarkable. ”

Xia Yuanji said while flipping through the chapters, "What's wrong? Zhancheng, a small country, its pro-people officials are in vain to be called pro-people officials, and they dare to kill the people of the Ming Dynasty, they should have died, what's wrong?

As for the old port, it's not a big deal, there is no bitter master, and there is no grievance, what's wrong? It's enough to go back and compensate for the second sister Shi. ”

Zhang Fu said: "Xia Lao, don't be crazy Yang if you can get the silver, you will protect it in every possible way!" And what Ben Gong said is not what you think. ”

Seeing that Xia Yuanji didn't even look at the chapter, but just stared at himself, Zhang Fu couldn't help but roll his eyes and explained: "What Bengong means is that they dealt with it lightly!"

The pro-people officials of Zhancheng brutalized the people of the Ming Dynasty, but the two of them just asked the lord of Zhancheng to hand over the sinners to the Ming canonical punishment, which was inevitably too light!

Overseas barbarians do not respect the people of the state, so they should implement the system of linkage. He harmed me alone, and I punished ten of them, only in this way can we deter those barbarians who do not know how to educate!

There is also the old port, since the second sister Shi has been deprived of the post of consolation, it is time to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and send someone to take over the old port. ”

Xia Yuanji couldn't help but give a thumbs up: "You're not even a thing!" ”

Zhang Fu's nose is not a nose, and his face is not a face: "Are you praising me?" Or is it to my detriment? Now that Second Sister Shi is left, Second Sister Shi must be appeased, at least it can't really be a hereditary consolation envoy who makes the family a prefect.

But in this way, the matter of Second Sister Shi's knighthood has become a certainty, and there is no room for repentance. ”

Xia Yuanji also came back to his senses, and his whole person suddenly became bad: "Knighted...... And if you are knighted, you will have a reward and a reward...... Old man...... Treasury ......"

Zhu Laosi watched the two of them talk more and more off-track, and couldn't help coughing and said: "Since the Shi father and daughter have their hearts towards the Ming Dynasty, it is nothing to allow them to be rich and noble for generations, and I will give the reward of the knighthood." ”

Ignoring Xia Yuanji, who rolled his eyes wildly with a painful face, Zhu Laosi continued: "The problem now is to move the people to the Great Wilderness, after all, it is a matter of thousands of years for future generations. ”

Xia Yuanji bowed and said: "It's time to relocate, and it is necessary to ensure that the people of the Ming Dynasty who have migrated in the past are far more than the original number of natives, and the old port is an obvious example." ”

Zhang Fu also nodded and said, "What Xia Butang said is extremely true, the minister thinks that the matter of immigration should be the responsibility of the household department. ”

Xia Yuanji couldn't help but roll his eyes: "What should have been the responsibility of the household department, how could the old man be as cheating and playing tricks as your British father?" On the other hand, your military government is also preparing to move to the guard post in the Great Wilderness, and the rotating generals are enough for you to have a headache! ”

Zhang Fu laughed dryly and said: "Don't worry about you Xia Butang, the soldier gives an order, don't say that it's just a matter of going to sea and fighting on the border, even if it's a sword mountain and a sea of fire, you can also go there!" ”

Xia Yuan Jipi snorted without smiling and said: "There is no training method given to you by the champion Gong, those Qiu Eight Masters of your military mansion and guard, hehe!" ”

Wu Zhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, ignored Xia Yuanji and Zhang Fu, who were about to quarrel again, looked back and forth a few times, and handed the chapter to the secretary of the military department next to him before he spoke: "There is no problem here in the Ministry of Industry, but it is just to send someone to survey and explore the Great Wilderness, and it will be about the same for three or five years." ”

Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also bowed down and said: "There is no problem here in the Ministry of Rites, the matter of social studies was originally in the five-year plan, and now there is one more big wilderness, it is just for him to take out more treasure money." ”

The official department Shangshu Jian Yi frowned: "Now it seems that the real lag is the ministry and the household department." ”

Xia Yuanji suddenly shouted: "What nonsense! Your officials are dragging their feet, what is the matter with my household department? ”

Jian Yi frowned and said: "It's a big trouble for the officials to elect officials, but it's not a big trouble for your household voters?" The Great Wilderness is tens of millions of miles away from Daming, and the sea is stormy and the waves are high, this is to fight with his life, who wants to go? Forced evictions? The forcibly relocated people, will their hearts still turn towards the Ming Dynasty? ”

Xia Yuanji stroked his beard and said, "You are stupid, but you can't think that the old man is as stupid as you."

It's just to move some people to the Great Wilderness, and the old man can let the people go to the Great Wilderness spontaneously, and everyone rushes to go.

But you should think about it, how to choose officials, how to assess, how to rotate, don't make a lot of corrupt officials, when the time comes, the Criminal Department and Dali Temple will have to wipe your ass for you! ”

Seeing Xia Yuanji looking so confident, Zhu Laosi suddenly became interested: "What can Xia Aiqing do?" ”

At the gate of the imperial city, Zhu Zhanji, who was tied to a chair, was also asking Yang Shaofeng: "You always said that there is a way for the people to go spontaneously, can you say it now?" ”