Therefore, there are still many people who trade gold, silver and copper in private, and the imperial court has repeatedly banned them.

Even if Zhu Ao didn't know that the Ming Treasure Banknote was later abolished, he could deduce from the common sense of later generations that the life of the Ming Treasure Banknote would not last long, so he had to spend it quickly in exchange for real wealth.

Zhu Ao, who came from later generations, knew that paper money was the general trend of the future, and the benefits of issuing paper money did not need to be said, but it was not Lao Zhu's method. The establishment of a financial system with paper money as the core is also one of Zhu's future plans for the founding of the country, but now is far from the time.

To put it mildly, if Zhu Ao issues banknotes now, let alone those military households, it is estimated that even those prisoners are unwilling to use them, who will believe it?

In addition to the banknotes, Zhu also gave Wynne some gold and silver. Zhu Ao is also very open to the wealth of gold and silver, although they can buy a lot of things, it is a symbol of wealth, but in the end they do not eat, do not wear, and at the critical moment they are not as good as a bowl of rice.

In addition to pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks, Zhu Ao also ordered people to dig a lot of ponds, there are many rivers in the west of the river, which is naturally suitable for fish farming.

Raising pigs, ducks, chickens, and fish are all easy to say, and the methods of the Ming Dynasty are similar to those of modern times, but the methods of raising sheep are much worse. The sheep in the Ming Dynasty were free-range, in Zhu Hao's view, this breeding method is not only inefficient, but also easy to damage the environment, sheep eat hooves and planing, the vegetation is all destroyed, and the wind is a sandstorm.

He thinks that if the sheep are kept in a pen, this problem will not arise. Captive sheep not only grow fast, they can generally be slaughtered in half a year, and the growth rate is twice or more than that of free-range sheep; Moreover, it does not pollute the environment, and the survival rate is high. Sheep that are free-range are easy to freeze to death in winter, but if you build a sheepfold to keep the sheep in place, it will play a good role in keeping warm.

Zhu Ao is a person with strong executive ability, and he immediately ordered the head of the Hu craftsman to find some craftsmen to build the sheepfold. Although Hu Jiangtou didn't know why the sheep were kept in captivity, since it was the prince's order, he had to carry it out to the letter.

When the time came to the beginning of August, the whole of the Su clan was still busy, countless lands were reclaimed, countless canals were dredged, and the purchased pig seedlings, chicken seedlings, duck seedlings and so on began to thrive. Sheepfolds are also in full swing. Zhu Ao looked at this prosperous land, and his heart was really happy, this is Lao Tzu's territory, this is Lao Tzu's industry, there is nothing more happy than watching his industry grow step by step.

Now Zhu Hao only occupies the four counties of Hexi, but the geographical knowledge of later generations tells him that Dunhuang, Hami, Turpan, Urumqi (Gaochang's hometown), and Yili in the west are all places with abundant water and grass at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, which are no worse than the Hexi Corridor, and these places have been Chinese land since the Western Han Dynasty, but now they are occupied by the Uighurs, and it is their responsibility to take them back and build them into powerful and rich places. Further west is Central Asia, which many people think of as being a desert in the heart of the continent, far from the ocean, but this view is very wrong.

In fact, the vast area between the Syr Darya River (known in ancient China as the medicine killing water, originating in the Tien Shan Mountains and emptiring into the Aral Sea, for the convenience of modern designation) and the Amu Darya (the longest and largest inland river in Central Asia, originating in the Pamirs and emptiring into the Aral Sea) is also a place of abundant water and grass, and most of the historical cities of Central Asia are located in this region, such as Samarkand, the capital of Timur. At the same time, it was also a necessary place on the Silk Road, which once prospered for a while, and was later basically razed to the ground by Mongolian iron horsemen.

Note: The Pamir Plateau was known as Buzhou Mountain and Green Ridge in ancient times, and it once belonged to Xinjiang, China during the Qing Dynasty, and later a large part of the land compensation was ceded out and became part of China, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

At present, the Hanzhong region is occupied by Timur, Zhu Hao's heart. Historically, after Timur's death, his descendants engaged in poetry, painting, and music in the Hezhong region, which shows the prosperity of this place.

Further west is West Asia, which belonged to the Persian and Great Food spheres of influence in ancient times (most of which were also occupied by Timur), these two dynasties have a high appearance rate in ancient Chinese historical materials, and they have their presence in the Qin and Han dynasties, which shows their prosperity, and the famous two-river civilization (Euphrates and Tigris) appeared in this area. This area was the territory of the Asian powers of the Temujin period, the Khwarazm. What's more, there is also an important material here-oil, although Zhu Ao is not sure that he will be able to use this resource in his lifetime, but it is always good to occupy it first.

Further west of West Asia is the center of modern civilization - Europe, throughout the way, where is the desert land, it is obviously a large area of feng shui treasure. If you can trample on all these territories under your feet, and fight for the throne of Mao? Whether it's Zhu Yunwen or Zhu Di, I don't care who comes to power in the future, because my brother knows that my brother's land in the future will not be less than yours.

Although it was difficult to know all this, Zhu Ao still couldn't help but imagine it all the time. Men, you must be ambitious and aggressive!

At night, Zhu Ao was lying on the Luohan bed in the palace reading a book, Dai Nu stood behind him and rubbed his shoulders, and Lan Youcheng knelt in front of him to pinch his legs. This kind of small day is really cool.

Lan Youcheng raised his eyes and secretly glanced at Zhu Ao, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Lord Wang, is it true that the slave maid heard that you are going to raise sheep in a sheepfold?" ”

Zhu Ao didn't know why she suddenly asked this, what did she want to say, for her confidants, Zhu Ao has always encouraged them to know everything and say everything, anyway, they are all people who think about their own good, took the book away from their eyes, stared at Lan Youcheng's face with a smile, and said, "What's wrong?" What are your thoughts? ”

Lan Youcheng pinched his legs and said, "Lord Qiyu, the slave doesn't understand this, but she doesn't have any ideas. It's just that I went back today and told my mother, my mother said that the cost of captivity is very high, and the water and grass in Hexi are abundant, and it is not impossible to raise them in captivity, so that more sheep can be harvested. ”

Zhu Ao looked surprised and said, "Yo, your mother still knows how to herd?" Then he thought about it and felt that what she said made sense, and he couldn't copy the experience of later generations to ancient times. If you raise sheep in captivity, the sheep do grow fast, but the cost is high, and there are special people to serve, and what you lack most at present is labor, and you really can't squeeze out too many people to raise sheep. Although there are many shortcomings in stocking, it is very convenient.