Noticing the faces of the princes, Zhu Yunwen smiled and looked at the acting king in the crowd: "Uncle Daiwang, you have been in Taiwan most of the time this year, how is the situation?" ”

Acting King Zhu Gui stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, this place in Taiwan is indeed very good, the climate is warm, the land is fertile, and it is extremely rich. According to the emperor's orders, the minister planted sugarcane, and the yield was good. There is not much land reclaimed this year, only about 10,000 mu," said Zhu Gui happily: "But the yield of sugarcane is extremely high, the yield per mu is about 5,000 catties, the total output is 50 million catties, and the sugar output is more than 2 million catties." ”

"And most of these sugars were sold to businessmen in Fujian, Zhejiang, and Beijing, a small part of them were made into white sugar, and some were dedicated to the emperor. Ladies and gentlemen? As he spoke, Zhu Gui looked at the crowd around him proudly.

Chu King Zhu Zhen frowned and walked in front of Zhu Gui: "Old Thirteen, is it really fake?" On that small island, there can be so much sugar. ”

"Of course, can I lie to you?"

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Seeing that the kings were emotional and interested, Zhu Yunwen was really happy, a prince's annual salary of 10,000 stones, which seems to be a lot, but it is only 10,000 taels when converted into silver taels, and Zhu Gui's first year in Taiwan is far more than that, even if the consumption of the officers and soldiers of the guard is removed, it is far more than 10,000 taels, and the amount reported by Zhu Gui is 150,000 taels, Zhu Yunwen just laughed.

Sure enough, Zhu Gui continued: "Your Majesty, the number of the five guards on the island before was too small, and there were many savages in the mountains and forests, who often came out to rob our people, and the ministers were overwhelmed, and hoped that the emperor could send more troops to clean up all the savages on the mountains and let them go down the mountain to cultivate, so that the whole island would be planted with sugarcane, and the ministers thought that Taiwan's cane sugar was enough to supply the people of the whole country." ”

The kings looked at the acting king's expression, a little moved, but also a little worried. The heartbeat lies in the fact that the emperor told them with cruel facts that the current policy is unsustainable, and they are worried that Taiwan is a place of non-speech after all, with few personnel and isolated overseas, and they are a little afraid. After all, in this day and age, the sea is still prohibitive for most people.

Zhu Yunwen did not continue this topic, but walked to the map of the Ming Dynasty and pointed: "Everyone, considering the survival of our royal family, the Ming Dynasty must work hard to open up overseas territories, my plan is this, the land in the Northeast is fertile, suitable for farming, and also suitable for grazing, I plan to spend great efforts to open up the Northeast in the past few years, and expand the territory to Heishui through inland immigration and naturalization of the Northeast barbarians." ”

"You may not know that the Northeast can grow rice, not only to be self-sufficient, but also to feed back to the Guannai."

"The cities of Suiyuan, Kaiping, Daning and other cities on my northern frontier have greatly curbed the activities of the Mongols in Monan, and if it were not for the rebellion of the Yanshu people, they would not dare to go south."

"The tribes in the Northeast are also very strong, I plan to take them as the lead and send a large army to sweep away Mobei, and then I will garrison troops in Helin and control Mobei." Speaking of this, Zhu Yunwen drew an arc on the map, and then said: "After that, we will send troops from Suiyuan, Mobei and Northwest together, cross the Tianshan Mountains, pacify the Western Regions, and reproduce the heroic style of the Han and Tang Dynasties." ”

"This is my plan for the north, in addition, after the canal is repaired and the people's livelihood near Beiping is restored, I will build the Beiping Imperial Palace, move the capital to Beiping, so that it is convenient to command nearby, I hope that in my lifetime I can completely solve the threat of Mobei, so that the people of the Ming Dynasty can walk fearlessly on the grassland and in the desert, I want to make the grassland tribes bow down to the vassals, I want them to become my swords and guns, and go west on an expedition, just like," Zhu Yunwen paused, and said: "Just like Genghis Khan back then." ”

The kings looked at Zhu Yunwen, who was talking eloquently, with complicated expressions, but they had to admire his ambition in their hearts.

"For the south, in two steps, I have lifted the sea ban, and this year's income of the city has been one million taels, which does not seem like much now, but its future is very considerable. In order to ensure the safety of the exchange of merchants at sea, I have ordered the sailors to fight the Japanese invaders with all their might, and stationed troops in Taiwan and the Ryukyus, so that in a few years, this sea in the southeast will become the inner lake of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"South of Jiaozhi, in fact, are all anointed land, the climate is warm, the land is fertile, the rice is three crops a year, but the local barbaric and backward, do not know the king, I thought that I could send my Ming people into its land, teach them advanced farming methods, and turn it into the granary of my Ming Dynasty."

"The southwest, that is, the land of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Duogandusi, is a country within a country, and I will not tolerate it for a long time, if there is a suitable opportunity, I will implement the reform of the land and return to the stream."

"I plan to pocket all these lands, but it's easy to fight down, but it's hard to keep."

Speaking of this, Zhu Yunwen suddenly turned to look at the princes, and said in a loud voice: "Everyone, this is my main purpose today, I am the Son of Heaven, and I will go to Beiping in person, guard the country, and sweep Mobei." ”

"And the southwest land, as well as the newly developed land of the empire, I hope to hand over to me the Ming royal family to lead, so that it can not only prestige overseas, solve the problem of my Ming Dynasty's long-term peace and stability, and finally, can also make my Ming royal family admired by the world, because our Ming royal family is not an incompetent person who eats all day long and lies on the merit book of Emperor Gao. Our achievements will be passed down in history and admired by future generations! ”

"I am so ambitious, princes, do you?"

Looking at the majestic and enthusiastic emperor, the princes were shocked, and soon, whether they were willing or unwilling, they all knelt on the ground and said in unison: "The emperor is wise and martial, and he is a promising king, and the ministers are willing to follow him to the death!" ”

"Good, good! Hahaha! Zhu Yunwen laughed.

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In the following days, Zhu Yunwen personally led the princes to visit the Academy of Sciences, and the kings opened their eyes, all kinds of new industrial machinery, agricultural tools, new flintlock guns, artillery, grenades and other new weapons made the kings dizzy, and they were secretly vigilant in their hearts, and some of their thoughts gradually faded. In the end, Zhu Yunwen asked them to take them to visit the iron and steel factory in Ma'anshan, where the thick smoke and tall iron-making furnaces deeply shocked the kings. Then, right in front of the kings, the molten iron of the blast furnace was turned into stainless steel after several processes, and then under the forging of a hydraulic forging machine, it gradually became a variety of armor, steel knives, spears and other weapons, and some were processed into muskets, artillery and other firearms

After the visit, the kings had different faces and were all thoughtful.

Later, the kings also visited the Longjiang Shipyard and watched the formation performance of the new warships and the shooting performance of the ship's artillery, and they could not help but increase their confidence. Some vassal kings proposed to go to Taiwan to have a look, and told Zhu Yunwen on behalf of the king, Zhu Yunwen smiled, agreed, and sent Fujian sailors to escort him.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, the kings said goodbye to Beijing one after another, some went to Taiwan, and some returned to the fiefdom, and Zhu Yunwen personally sent them off.

Looking at the backs of the kings, Zhu Yunwen sighed slightly, he has done his best to be benevolent and righteous, and hopes that these vassal kings can keep to themselves.