Zheng He stared at Tang Ming with slanted eyes for a long time and didn't speak, as if he was thinking about something? Tang Ming was very worried, in fact, what he wanted most was to get a treasure ship from Zheng He, judging from Zheng He's current reaction, this seemed to be impossible.

After a long time, Zheng He pointed to the treasure ship under his feet and said, "The miscellaneous family knows that your kid is stationed alone on an overseas island, and it is difficult to ensure the safety of the island without a warship to defend it. As your stepfather, I don't have anything to give, but I can still get my hands on a few ships and the corresponding sailors. As for if you want a treasure ship, it's hard to say, after all, the treasure ship is now the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty, and it doesn't make sense to give it away. ”

"Unless ......."

After a pause, Zheng He hesitated a little and then continued: "Unless you can get the emperor's consent, then the righteous father can give you this treasure ship under his feet." If there is a teacher to help you ask for it, I believe it is not difficult. But the question is, do you have what it takes to feed a navy? A thousand-man navy is no less expensive than a five-thousand-man cavalry on land, and all this is for naught if you don't have a huge financial resource. ”

A word woke up the person in the dream, and Tang Ming only understood at this moment that Zheng He was not hesitating to give him a sea boat, but was worrying about whether he could afford to raise it. It is worthy of being a specialist in this line of food, and the angle of considering the problem is different, and it seems that he still needs to learn a lot.

Tang Ming bowed solemnly and asked, "I don't know if my father-in-law can help the kid out of the siege?" ”

Zheng He smiled slightly: "Actually, you don't need to worry too much, your fief of the Hou Ye is also unprecedented, counting the fiefs of the Hou Ye since ancient times, they are all a certain county or a certain prefecture." There are more or less common people, or business, in a word, there are taxes as an economic source. ”

"As for you...... Hehe! ”

Zheng He smiled: "Your fiefdom is on a deserted island, and the identity of this marquis has no real power, and there are no people and no taxes under his rule, that is, there is no economic source." But fortunately, there are many cattle and horses on the island, and this is the best source of income for you right now. ”

Having said that, Tang Ming was still very puzzled: "The kid did think about taking cattle and horses to sell, but the problem is that the emperor has issued an order that he must send a batch of cattle and horses to him every quarter, can this still be sold?" ”

"Hahaha......"

Zheng He laughed when he heard this, suddenly reached out and patted the back of Tang Ming's head, and complained: "Why are you so confused, you kid has been mixed in the officialdom for two or three months, why don't you understand the Tao inside." As long as you can guarantee the supply of the number of cattle and horses required by the emperor, the rest is not up to you. ”

Zheng He, who looked unfathomable, saw that Tang Ming didn't seem to understand what he meant, so he simply said: "You should now understand the reason why Master and his old man arranged for you to go to Jinyiwei to help Zhang Yu, right?" I heard that you did it very well, Zhang Yunai is one of the emperor's right-hand men, and he has great prestige in the army. This time you did him a big favor, and he owes you a big favor. ”

"Besides, you can be regarded as a person in the army now, if you sell them some cattle and horses in the future, I am afraid that you will not be able to get money, as long as you run it well, let alone raising a navy of 1,000 people, it is no problem to raise a navy of 1,000 people. Work hard until the beginning of spring next year, and the households you bring over will be self-sufficient, and then you will collect some taxes, and your small life will not be at ease. ”

"Hey......."

Tang Ming touched the back of the beaten head in embarrassment, this beating was not wronged at all, with Zheng He's words, he now has the bottom in his heart, so he will not be confused.

After saying goodbye to Zheng He, Tang Ming immediately rushed to Yao Guangxiao again, as Zheng He said, if he wanted a treasure ship, he had to ask for Zhu Di's consent. Without a treasure ship, Tang Ming didn't have the confidence to be able to easily defend his fiefdom, a navy of a thousand people, and he felt excited to think about it.

As for feeding these people, Tang Mingke is not worried at all, with his ability and such rich resources, if he can't support the people in the fiefdom, then he can also crash to death on the gate of Nanjing, isn't this living two lives for nothing?

The carriage rushed to Yao Guangxiao's Qingshou Temple, and when he learned that he had not returned, Tang Ming looked up at the sky, and it was almost sunset. After a little hesitation, he directly ordered someone to go to the palace to face the saint, saving him the need to run again in the future.

Yao Guangxiao has not returned to Qingshou Temple since the early dynasty, so it can be seen that he must have discussed something important with Zhu Di in the palace. According to Tang Ming's guess, the most likely thing is the East Factory. As soon as Li Xing and Grand Duke Li sat in the position of the ruler of Dongchang, Tang Ming could hardly imagine how sad Zheng He's life would be in the future.

"Ugh......." Sighing secretly in his heart, Tang Ming could only hope that Li Xing would not go too far, at least not make too big a basket before Zheng He went to sea.

The palace gate was already in front of him, without Yao Guangxiao personally accompanied, Tang Ming naturally couldn't comfortably sit in the carriage to enter the palace this time, and after showing his identity at the palace gate, he left Xiaobai and a group of guards to guard the carriage. Led by a little father-in-law, he entered the long corridor.

As soon as he entered the palace gate, it was as deep as the sea, Tang Ming was quite touched at the moment, looking at the high walls on both sides of the road, completely isolating the palace from the outside world, turning it into two worlds. The emperor who is in charge of the fate of the world is in such a world, working hard for his country day after day.

It was getting dark, and the little father-in-law in the palace began to be busy lighting the lamp, and the emperor no longer worked in the imperial study, but ordered the imperial dining room to make a rich meal and entertain Yao Guangxiao in the back garden.

After hearing about it at the door of the imperial study, the little father-in-law was about to take Tang Ming forward, but when he turned around, he saw a young man walking towards him, and the little father-in-law was almost bumped into by him. His face was tense and he was about to get angry, but when he saw the person clearly, he knelt on the ground and said damn it.

The young man didn't care about the little father-in-law of the kowtow insect on the ground, but looked at Tang Ming with interest, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said jokingly: "You are the Tang Ming who was named Weihaihou by his father, but I heard the ministers praise you as a prodigy, it seems that your age is indeed young enough, not yet sixteen years old, right?" ”

Listening to this kid's tone, it seems that the tone is not small, and just looking at the little father-in-law who led the way for him, he was afraid of being like that when he saw him, Tang Ming guessed that the person in front of him should be one of Zhu Di's sons. Otherwise, there should not be that young man in this palace who can be so arrogant.