Liu Chun gave a very strange order, he was to recruit 3,000 short soldiers and prepare to go to the Far West...... This request is too strange.

Expeditions overseas, choosing elites, swimmers, and barbarian foreign languages, this is all reasonable, but the only thing to recruit short people is, what is the reason?

Could it be that short people eat less and save military rations...... Perhaps, after all, the materials required for the 10,000-mile expedition are very staggering, and it is really sloppy.

The big guys can only comfort themselves like this, they really can't understand Liu Chun's bad taste.

Woman, foreigner, short man...... If everything is ready, that magical country will definitely be able to burst out with a hundred and twenty times the combat power, and maybe it can sweep the entire continent!

Daming's internal affairs are constantly straightened out, and it is time to develop outward, and the countries in front of him alone are no longer able to satisfy Liu Chun's appetite.

And even if Liu Chun is unwilling to send troops, Zhu Laosi can't hold back!

No, he set up a royal banquet in the palace to entertain Chang Mao and his wife, including those envoys who returned to the Ming Dynasty.

Although there were not too many people invited to this banquet, the specifications were definitely enough.

Zhu Di and his wife personally participated, including the crown prince, the king of Han, the king of Zhao, and the king of Zhou, all of whom participated.

In addition, Taishi Liu Chun, Liang Guogong Lanyu, Zuodu Yushi Yao Guangxiao, the old ministers of the court, and the important ministers all came.

Zhu Di also held the mixed-race baby in his arms.

The little guy's body is very strong, especially not afraid of life at all, facing Zhu Di, he smiled happily. This can coax the Yongle Emperor to laugh.

He casually rewarded a pair of Ruyi and handed them to Chang Mao.

"Zheng Guogong, have you named the child?"

Chang Mao said ashamedly: "Your Majesty, the minister is still not sure, and I don't know if I want my child to be included in the family tree, so I didn't name it." ”

Zhu Di said with a calm face: "This is wrong for you to be a father, how can such a good child not be included in the family tree?" So let it be given the name Ruyi, and the title of Ansib shall be crowned. After Zhu Di finished speaking, he looked at Liu Chun again, "How about letting this kid follow you to study?" ”

Liu Chun nodded with a smile, "I can't ask for it." After a pause, he said again: "Your Majesty, in order to save her father, Duchess Zheng Guo did not hesitate to disguise herself as a man, and she did not hesitate to cross the ocean and come to Daming for help. For this courage, this filial piety, I should also help Ming. The minister was going to send 3,000 men to help her return to the country, to help her prosper her family business, and to find her biological father. ”

Zhu Di nodded naturally, it had been discussed a long time ago, what else was there to say?

He was stunned for a moment, and found that there seemed to be a smile on the corner of Liu Chun's mouth, Zhu Di woke up suddenly, this kid was holding back the water again!

"Master, what are you going to do?" Zhu Di said quietly.

Liu Chun sighed: "Your Majesty, such a long-distance expedition costs nothing, even if the Ming Dynasty has outstanding national strength, it can't bear it." Moreover, the soldiers are very fast, and countless hours have been spent between the exchanges, and we must now send the men and horses out as quickly as possible. ”

"In this way, the minister proposes that private individuals contribute money to raise enough military expenses and go on the expedition as soon as possible."

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and he smiled slightly.

How shrewd Zhu Laosi is, what Liu Chun said is nonsense at all.

Now that he is the prime minister, he also has a secretary of the ministry, and if he really sends troops, he will be able to do it quickly, and no one dares to delay and prevaricate.

But then again, behind the high risk of using troops overseas and opening up unknown lands, there are proper high returns.

If the court is allowed to intervene, Zhu Di will not be able to get any benefits.

In addition to the reputation of opening up territory, any real interests will be left in the cabinet treasury...... Liu Chun can't change this, whoever lets the rules in him be there, he can't pump his own mouth!

But it is not the same when it is paid by private individuals, who invests and who benefits, this is a matter of course, and no one will object.

The surname Liu is still a little conscientious, and he knows that if he doesn't even have this thought, in a few days, I will definitely dismiss his prime minister.

Yang Shiqi, Hu Guang, Xie Jin...... There are many people waiting to pay their respects!

Perhaps Liu Chun didn't expect that his words would extend the prime minister's shelf life.

There's nothing to say, and the next step is to pay for it.

This "little princess" from the land of 3,000 people is completely dumbfounded, in fact, since she stepped into the land of the Ming Dynasty, she has constantly suffered blows beyond the ability of her heart.

Just like this huge palace, she walked for an hour in order to participate in the banquet!

According to their timekeeping habits, it was almost two hours.

What is this concept?

Enough to walk from the south to the north of their country, and if you ride a horse, you can go around the whole country in a circle and a half!

Such a big place turned out to be only the residence of His Majesty the Emperor, and I heard that there is still half of the palace in the back, which is specially for the concubine to live.

How many women does he have?

More than one country?

Is this the Great Tomorrow?

No wonder it's called "Da Ming", it's really ridiculously big!

And next, she has to learn that in addition to "big", another characteristic is generosity!

Originally, I heard that the imperial court couldn't come up with the money and had to rely on private money, and Her Royal Highness the princess's heart fell into the ice cave, but when everyone opened their mouths, she rushed to heaven again!

"That...... I'm a poor doctor, and I still have to invest all the money in medical research, so I can't get too much...... I'll give 300,000 taels! ”

Zhu Hu hesitated.

Zhu Gaosui on the side said hehehe: "Fifth uncle, there is output only if there is input, and it is a great loss for you to invest so much money in such a good project." When the dividends are distributed in the future, don't regret it! ”

Zhu Hu hugged his head, entangled in pain, and said helplessly for a while: "Okay, okay, I'll add another 200,000 taels, this will be fine!" ”

500,000 taels of silver, what is this concept?

Her Royal Highness the princess remembered that when her father sent out the army, the elders of Rome sold indulgences and scraped together 200,000 gold coins, which were equivalent to more than 22,000 taels of gold, and when converted, 200,000 taels of silver were only 200,000 taels of silver, which was less than half of Zhu Huan's contribution!

You know, in Europe, in order to raise this money, you have to go around selling indulgences. The poor need to go hungry and deduct the last bit of money from their families to make up for it.

And an ordinary prince of the Ming Dynasty can take out several times the amount of money with one mouth.

The gap is so obvious!

No wonder the Ming Dynasty calls itself the Celestial Empire! This is indeed a kingdom in heaven!

Her Royal Highness the Princess, she felt that she was so lucky. Looking at Chang Mao's eyes, it became more and more hot, and he almost burned him.

Chang Mao was full of excitement, subconsciously touched his old waist, his face was full of misery, the old husband and young wife, it was really terrible!

One might ask, is Europe so poor that it is worth investing so much?

Liu Chun could only hehe twice.

The people's livelihood in Europe is indeed not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty, and the gap between the two sides is obvious.

But Europe is not without its rich people.

Those usury merchants, but also members of the Knights, feudal lords...... The wealth they have is quite staggering, after all, they don't have a triennial version reset. Many families can be inherited for thousands of years, all of them are thin skin and big filling, and there is oil in one bite!

If you miss it, you will regret it for the rest of your life!

So after Zhu Hu paid the money, Zhu Gaosui spoke, "I'll pay three million taels!" ”

Ooh!

One mouth is six times that of King Zhou, this kid is indeed a bit of a good.

When he arrived at Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, he sneered slightly, and looked at the third brother, when it comes to money, maybe not as much as you, but I have a treasure in my hand!

"I can provide five ships!"

He bit the last two words very hard!

Mind you, this is a ship, not a sailboat!

Liu Chun was overjoyed, "The research was successful?" ”

"Hmm!"

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't hide his joy, "Since the beginning of road construction, we have been studying the practical application of steam engines. After repeated experiments, there is finally some results, small results, not worth mentioning! ”

He was modest in his mouth, but his face was full of pride, and it was absolutely difficult to hide.

"I worked out a steamer that could get rid of the sails and not use the monsoon...... With these five ships, you can use the fastest speed to rush to the far west. ”

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the third brother with contempt, "How is it, are you convinced?" ”

Zhu Gaosui was not angry, after the explosion of the gunpowder factory, he, the third child, also found confidence.

"Second brother, investment alone is not enough, how to get the money at the pass, we can't do loss-making business."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Say, what are you going to do?" ”

"It's easy to do! We can't just send troops, but also bring more goods, such as silk, tea, porcelain, but I've heard, in the far west, they call Daming 'porcelain', since people have called it out, we can't let people down, don't you say? ”

When it comes to doing business, the big guys are enthusiastic.

Lan Yu couldn't help but look at Liu Chun, after all, the person who can make the most money is still this kid, like Zhu Gaosui, his ability is not enough at all.

"Liu Chun, do you have any good ideas?"

"Hahaha!" Liu Chun laughed, "It's not a good idea, I mean that if you can sell the sophisticated weapons stored in the arsenal to Xiyi, you may be able to gain more." ”

Since ancient times, weapons have been profiteering, and everyone present was shocked, especially Zhu Di, he couldn't help but hum slightly, what kind of sophisticated weapons are simply rags to be eliminated!

Staying in Daming, it is not a pile of rust, or it is rebuilt, if it can be sold to Xiyi, by the way, it is a great thing.

Turning the Far West into a garbage recycling site in Daming is good, very good!

And there is no need to worry about not being able to sell it, the most important thing in Europe is war, from small vassal states to large principalities, non-stop wars...... Even if he couldn't beat it himself, he organized a coalition army and ran to fight Turkey.

Liu Chun didn't know what to say, since they were willing, then there was only one way to fulfill them.

At this banquet, these royal members alone collected nearly 10 million taels of military spending...... And that's not all, in addition to money, ships, food, weapons, goods...... The royal family invests together, can the sum be smaller?

Zhu Di was in a good mood and waited to count the money...... But some people are not interested, so they sent a joint note of more than a dozen princes, asking for the sealing of the loyal and righteous men who returned from Harreh!