When Emperor Chongzhen arrived in Burma, Zhu Yujian and the three scum were already waiting in Myanmar early, and in less than half a month, the three of them were black and fat.

If it weren't for the fact that the height of these three guys had not changed, neither tall nor short, I was afraid that Emperor Chongzhen would think that these three guys had eaten the leopard fetus Yijin pill.

After looking at these three scum back and forth, Emperor Chongzhen spoke: "Uncle Wang, Uncle Qing Wang, and Brother Qin, the three of them have worked hard!" ”

With the progress of Emperor Chongzhen's acting skills, when he said this, his true feelings were naturally revealed, and even his eyes turned red - the eyes of Zhu Yujian and the three couldn't help but turn red.

It has been almost 20 years since he left the land of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yujian has become more and more old, even Zhu Zhuohong and Zhu Cunji no longer look young, and when they heard the words of Emperor Chongzhen, they naturally felt a lot of emotion in their hearts.

Zhu Yujian bowed and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the ministers are vassal kings, defending the land for the country, and they should not work hard." ”

Emperor Chongzhen sighed and said: "That's what I said, but I also know in my heart that after being away from home for twenty years, counting this return, you have only come back twice in total, if you say that you don't want to go home, it is false, you yourself will not believe it, and I will not believe it."

However, defending the land for the country was originally the responsibility of the vassal kings set by Emperor Taizu Gao, if the vassal kings were unwilling to guard the border, who else could be expected to protect my Zhu family's country? ”

After Zhu Yujian bowed down again, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "I have never sailed in the ocean, so I know very little about Xinming Island and Penglai Island. ”

Zhu Yujian bowed in response, and after some consideration, he spoke: "Does Your Majesty still remember what you said at the beginning?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen snorted, but did not say what he had said at the beginning.

I said a lot at the beginning.,Most of them are used to fool people.,After the flickering, I forgot to go outside the clouds.,Just like those authors at the beginning promised to add more.,Forget about the monthly pass and reward.,Who remembers the addition of more?

Fortunately, Zhu Yujian didn't expect Emperor Chongzhen to answer his question, but continued: "Your Majesty said that my people in the Ming Dynasty are the best people in the world, and the minister's understanding of His Majesty's words has become more and more profound with the passage of more than ten years. ”

After a sigh, Emperor Chongzhen said: "I don't know what happened, but it actually made Uncle Wang have so many feelings?" ”

Zhu Yujian said: "Your Majesty, the ministers and others were originally cleared of the barbarians, and later with the help of Ma Gonggong, they finally wiped out the barbarians on Xinming Island, and my people finally had a new piece of land."

At the time of the initial immigration, seeds, farm tools, cattle, and other things did not arrive at Xinming Island at the same time as the people, and it was not until the second year that they got better.

But the people did not complain, but killed basil, built a city from scratch, built houses, and opened up wasteland, and now Xinming Island can not only be self-sufficient in food, but even have a surplus.

It is not easy for the people, and Wechen has tried to work with the people at the beginning, but in just half a day, Wechen's waist is tired and can't stand up. ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "I have worked hard for you, and I have also worked hard for the people of the Ming Dynasty." If you hadn't emigrated overseas first, I'm afraid that if Daming wants to settle down, it will take more time, or more sacrifices.

Later, with your example in the past, there will be no rush when you immigrate abroad, let alone all the problems you had at the beginning.

In the long run, the sacrifices of you and the people are meritorious to the country, and I will not forget, let alone dare to forget, nor will the children and grandchildren of future generations! ”

Zhu Yujian suddenly bowed down and said: "The minister does not dare to praise His Majesty, and he will die for the country, and it is the duty of a minister." ”

After bowing down and thanking Emperor Chongzhen for his praise, Zhu Yujian continued: "In the past ten years, the entire Xinming Island has almost no secrets for my Daming, almost all the places that can be cultivated are already being cultivated, and the places that cannot be cultivated are used for grazing or mining, in short, Xinming Island has completely become a territory of my Daming."

Some of the people who went to sea at the earliest, some of the older ones had already completed the last journey of their lives, and their bodies were also buried on Xinming Island.

For them, the current Xinming Island is their home, and Daming is their roots, and what many people will never forget is to be able to let their children and grandchildren return to Daming to find their roots and visit relatives. ”

After nodding, Emperor Chongzhen said, "It's good like this, it's good like this." At the beginning of the drought in Shaanxi, Uncle Wang, Uncle Qing Wang, and King Qin Jing accompanied me to see it, how miserable the situation was at that time, even today, I don't want to think about it.

If it weren't for the three of you who resolutely recruited hundreds of thousands of displaced people to go to sea, I am afraid that if Shaanxi is in chaos, my Ming foundation will be in turmoil.

Now it's good, those hundreds of thousands of people have taken root overseas, not to mention that there is no turmoil in the foundation of my Ming Dynasty, and I have also obtained a piece of territory in Nuoda, which is really blessed by Emperor Taizu Gao!

I have thought about it, I can't treat the people who went to sea badly, let alone the three of you and the other vassal kings who moved to Xinming Island. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "I plan to go back and let the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry come up with a plan together to see if a direct route from Xinming Island to Macao will be opened, so that the people can come back to see Daming."

Daming and Xinming Island were originally one, although they had to go by sea, there was no inconvenience, as long as they passed through Luzon and then to Macao, all the problems were no longer a problem. ”

Zhu Yujian first thanked Emperor Chongzhen, and then bowed down and said: "In addition to the affairs of the people, the topographic map of Xinming Island has been explored, but there are still many minerals on it that have not yet been discovered, and even many minerals that have been discovered have not had time to be mined, I don't know what Your Majesty means?" ”

Zhu Yujian's abacus is very clear.

It is estimated that the topographic map of Xinming Island has been reported to Emperor Chongzhen when the exploration has just been completed, and as for the minerals that have been discovered, it is estimated that Emperor Chongzhen is also clear, and it is better to say it directly if he hides it.

Emperor Chongzhen said in a deep voice: "Uncle Wang, do you know what my Ming needs most?" ”

Seeing Zhu Yujian shaking his head, Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "What I lack most now in the Ming Dynasty is not food, nor gold, silver and jewelry, but a large number of barbarian laborers, as well as fierce fire oil, coal, and steel, as for the rest, it is nothing. ”

Emperor Chongzhen rarely fooled Zhu Yujian this time.

Now the Ming Dynasty is really not short of food, after the high-yield crops were made out by the agricultural college led by Chen Zuqi, now the grain of the people can be used to make wine at will, and even the ban on alcohol has been canceled.

Daming is not short of gold and silver, through the Fushou paste and arms trade, the whole world's gold and silver are flowing into Daming, and Daming will not lack this thing if he lacks anything.

What Daming really lacks now is oil and steel.

There is no need to say much about the role of oil, even if it is not used now, it will be used after the internal combustion engine is brought out in the future, although Emperor Chongzhen does not know whether he can see the appearance of the internal combustion engine before he hangs up.

As for the steel stuff, the current Ming Dynasty is really lacking - firearms are inseparable from steel, and railways are a big consumer of steel, even if there is more steel, it is not enough for the Ministry of Railways, not to mention that the Ministry of Industry has now begun to build steel bridges.

Even if you remove the Ministry of Industry and firearms, the two major consumers of steel, there is still an invisible consumer waiting for it - no matter what kind of materials the Royal Academy uses, it is the same as burning money, if it is not for Emperor Chongzhen's internal treasury and no shortage of silver, it is really possible that it will not be able to support this large consumer!

In fact, this consumption has a lot to do with Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen, who doesn't know how to make guns and cannons, can't make steel and smelt iron, and has six tricks for alloys and whatever, and one doesn't know anything.

The Royal Academy had no choice but to experiment with Emperor Chongzhen, who only made requests, and continued to experiment according to the ideas put forward by Emperor Chongzhen, and the final result was that all kinds of materials were consumed like a bottomless pit.

Even Emperor Chongzhen has not been without malice, there has been no large-scale inflation in the Ming Dynasty until now, and the Royal Academy can be said to be a great contribution - all burned down!

Zhu Yujian and the three of them fell into deep thought after listening to Emperor Chongzhen's words.

Steel and coal are actually easy to do, there are several iron-rich mines and open-pit coal mines on Xinming Island, as long as they are mined and transported back to Daming, the gold and silver obtained can be used to buy other objects and transport them back to Xinming Island, and these vassal kings are making silver inside and out, which is a good thing.

The only problem of labor cannot be solved.

Emperor Chongzhen had already pointed out in his words just now that he was a foreign laborer, and Zhu Yujian and others, who had studied Emperor Chongzhen's black quotations, naturally knew it.

Just like the propaganda and education in Emperor Chongzhen's words is to be propagated with artillery, and the remnants of Yin Shang are temporarily used to fool foreigners, the adjective of foreign laborers is probably equal to coolies, equal to large livestock, and one-time consumables, and they are buried when they are tired, and they don't need to be distressed when they die.

Judging by Emperor Chongzhen's temperament, since Emperor Chongzhen said that he lacked a large number of laborers, then this gap could not be 120,000 at all, not even 108,000, but one or two million, or even more.

And the entire Ming Dynasty needs to use so many manpower projects, Zhu Yujian and the three of them can naturally guess a few points, what else is there besides the railway?

Ministry of Engineering to dredge river bridges?

Don't be stupid, although the Ministry of Industry will also use a large number of barbarian laborers, but even if these projects are replaced by the people of the Ming Dynasty, there is no problem, as long as you pay attention to it, the gap will not be so exaggerated as one or two million.

Railways are a different story.

There are also two double-track simple railways on Xinming Island, and the two locomotives travel between the mine and the port every day, and the capacity is not known how many times stronger than people.

Now Zhu Yujian feels that the railways on Xinming Island are not enough, and he can't wait to build a few more, and it is best that all the mines can be directly connected to the port by rail, so how many railways does the entire Ming Dynasty need?

But Emperor Chongzhen's request is simply embarrassing!

Originally, there were some barbarians on Xinming Island, in addition to a small number of Francois barbarians, there were also a large number of "Yin Shang relics", but now?

The Franco-barbarian was killed by his own people early, and those "Yin Shang remnants" attacked each other and killed a large number of them under the instigation of their own people, and finally the remaining ones were also killed by their own people and Ma Shi's dead eunuch.

There is no barbarian figure on the entire Xinming Island now, where can I go to get barbarian laborers for his old man?

After pondering for a long time, Zhu Yujian spoke: "Your Majesty, Weichen is incompetent, there are a lot of minerals on Xinming Island now, iron ore and coal can be transported back to Daming in large quantities, even if it is fierce fire oil, Weichen will let people hurry up to find it, and after finding it, it will be mined in large quantities and then transported back to Daming." It's just that this barbarian labor matter, Weichen is really powerless. ”

Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew the situation on Xinming Island, and even knew why Zhu Yujian was powerless in this matter - Ma Shi went to kill those barbarians, but he still instructed Ma Shi to go.

Now if you want Zhu Yujian and them to conjure up barbarian laborers, it is naturally impossible.

After laughing a few times, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Is there a solution to this labor matter, naturally there is a solution, and Uncle Wang doesn't have to worry about it." ”

After comforting him, Emperor Chongzhen directly mentioned the purpose of summoning Zhu Yujian and others this time: "I have found Uncle Wang and Uncle Qing Wang this time, as well as Brother Qin Wang, to come to Myanmar, in fact, for another thing. ”

Zhu Yujian bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please make it clear?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen said: "The barbarians of England don't know the number of days, they raise swords and soldiers in vain, and ask for ransom after imprisoning the people of my Ming Dynasty, which is really not a son of man!" ”

After Zhu Yujian and the three of them glanced at each other, they bowed down and said, "Your Majesty is angry!" ”

Zhu Yujian said: "Your Majesty, Weichen also happens to have a matter, and wants to ask Your Majesty for a favor?" ”

Emperor Chongzhen sighed and said, "What's the matter?" As long as it is not against the law, I have no permission. ”

Emperor Chongzhen didn't dare to say everything to death, if Zhu Yujian wanted to change the son or something, it didn't matter, just instruct the Zongren Mansion to do it.

What if Zhu Yujian wants to expand the size of the royal guard? There is nothing wrong with expanding the number of people by one or two hundred, even if it is three or five thousand, what if it is twenty or thirty thousand? Can you still say yes?

Zhu Yujian said: "Your Majesty, when Weichen went to sea, he brought a pair of uncles and nephews, these two are good at war, and Weichen wants to ask His Majesty to allow them to go to England to fight." Staying in Xinming Island, the talents of the uncle and nephew were wasted. ”

Emperor Chongzhen suddenly became interested and asked, "Can this uncle and nephew come with Uncle Wang?" ”

Zhu Yujian said: "Your Majesty, this uncle and nephew are waiting outside now, why don't you come in and see you?" ”