Zheng He was really waiting here at the door of the imperial study, and after saluting, he walked into the room with Zhu Di, Zhu Di asked Li Xing to serve and take off the crown of Tongtian, turned his neck, and said: "Three treasures, have you ever brought the structure map of the treasure ship?" ”

Zheng He held a wooden box with both hands, bent down and lowered his head to the dragon case, opened the wooden box and carefully took out a few pieces of hand-drawn paper and replied: "Back to the emperor, the drawings are here." ”

"Hmm!"

After Zhu Di waved his hand to let Zheng He step back, he began to look at the drawings seriously, and after a while, his eyebrows furrowed and he said unpleasantly: "Why is there so much lack of wood for treasure ships, from more than 300 ships at the beginning to 200 ships, but now the drawings say that there will be no wood available if you can build more than 100 ships at most, why is this?" ”

Yao Guangxiao, who was sitting at the head of him, also had a look of surprise on his face when he heard this, he didn't expect that the matter would be so serious. If the number of treasure ships does not reach 200, the danger factor of Zheng He's going to sea this time will be greatly increased, and there was little hope, but now there is almost no hope.

Zheng He pounced and fell to the ground and said in pain: "Sanbao should die, please ask the emperor to condemn the crime, most of the timber for the treasure boat is cut down from the mountains and forests in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. They are all large trees that are more than a few hundred years old, and there are not many ancient trees left in the periphery of the mountain forest, and it is time-consuming and laborious to go deep into the forest to obtain timber, not to mention that transportation alone is a problem. And also....... ”

"What else?" There was a faint hint of anger on Zhu Di's face, and the fingers that grabbed the drawings began to turn white because he was too hard.

Zheng He hesitated slightly, then gritted his teeth and said: "There is also timber that could have built two hundred treasure ships, but recently, because Beiping is building a palace with a lot of timber, it has divided almost half of the timber, so there is the current situation." ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao both suddenly realized, no wonder there were only a lot more when they were estimated, where there would be such a big gap, it turned out that it was because Beiping was building the palace.

"Get up, I didn't think about it, and it's okay for you."

Zhu Di suddenly turned his gaze to Tang Ming on the side: "Weihaihou, I have heard that you boasted that there is a way to solve the problem of the lack of wood for the treasure ship." I would like to hear what you think, if I can solve this urgent need, I will reward you with ten thousand taels of silver and let you choose a hundred craftsmen, and you can go to build a fiefdom with you. ”

Yao Guangxiao and Zheng He also looked at Tang Ming with hope at this time, eager for him to give a surprise again, this matter is almost related to Zhu Di's ambition, and at a higher level, it is also related to whether Daming will be invaded by neighboring countries in the next few years. Zheng He would not be able to go to sea if he could not complete the task of making the treasure ship on time. Zhu Di's strategy of long-distance and close-range attack can only be stillborn.

Tang Ming's heart was full of bitterness at this time, Zhu Di was obviously using words to block his retreat just now, what did he boast about? He obviously only mentioned to Zheng He that he might have a way to solve it, but now when he came to Zhu Di, he immediately changed his taste. But he can put these aside for now, because he has been moved by Zhu Di's reward.

What a hundred households were there before! Ethics! Even Weihaihou, which I just got, is just a false name. There is no actual power, if you can really get 10,000 taels of silver plus craftsmen, then your own overseas island can really develop. If you run it well, maybe you will have a place to live in the future.

"Emperor Qi, the minister's method involves blacksmiths and some iron-controlling techniques, and there must be a blacksmith and a blacksmith to cooperate, so that the ministers have a comprehensive understanding of the current technology, and the ministers can give a correct answer after calculation." Now that he has been tempted by Zhu Di's reward, Tang Ming is willing to take a gamble, as long as the technology of wrought iron and iron control is not really too backward, combined with the knowledge of his later generations, he is still more than ninety percent sure.

Yao Guangxiao and Zheng He were expecting Tang Ming to surprise them just now, but they both began to worry about him at this moment. You don't joke, you can't talk to yourself in front of the emperor than usual, but you have to complete 100% of the emperor's work, otherwise, what awaits you is punishment.

A mouthful of spit is a pit, don't think that the emperor is very good at talking now, what he says is the water that is spilled, and this matter is very important, so don't joke.

Yao Guangxiao was trying to persuade Tang Ming, but Zhu Di didn't seem to want him to have a chance to regret it, so he spoke first: "This matter is easy, there are many masters of iron control and forging in Nanjing, if there is no one you are satisfied with, I will supervise the craftsmen in the department for you to choose." ”

Zhu Di is obviously determined to solve this matter, and there is not much time left for him, and the situation on the borders has become more and more tense, especially the Tatar State, which has always been a sworn enemy with him, in recent years, because of the Battle of Jingjing, he can't spare too much energy to deal with it. As a result, now the Tatars are now robbing and plundering the Ming border more and more frequently.

Every time the Tatars plundered the Ming Dynasty, their own strength would increase a lot, and if this continued, within three years, there would be a danger that a large army would come to the Ming Dynasty. Once Zheng He can't start to send envoys to neighboring countries to do a good job of diplomacy next year, then as long as the Tatars are on the border of the Ming Dynasty, the rest of the countries will take the opportunity to raise troops, and then Zhu Di will really be embattled.

Seeing that Zhu Di was determined to ask Tang Ming to complete this matter, Yao Guangxiao was afraid that Tang Ming would lose his life if he failed to complete it, so he casually shouted: "Tang Ming, if you agree to the emperor, you are not allowed to regret it, if there is an accident, it is not a small punishment that can prevaricate in the past, you have to think clearly about the important matter." ”

Yao Guangxiao's voice made Tang Ming's heart warm, it seems that the old man really regards himself as a disciple, at this time, he is not afraid of Zhu Di's blame, and resolutely stands up to remind himself that in addition to the care of Tang Tianhao's family when he comes to Daming, he can only feel the love and concern of his elders from Yao Guangxiao's words just now.

A wave of elder care rushed towards him, Tang Ming suddenly had a realization at this moment, he finally understood why he always had a feeling of being out of place with Da Ming. In the dead of night, I always feel like a superfluous person in this world.

At this moment, he was finally relieved, and the reason was only because Tang Ming lacked 'responsibility' to this world. Because without responsibility, he will have no goal, and without responsibility, you will just be a bystander, and you will only look coldly at everything that happens around you. And in the end, he was suddenly made a joke by God to this era, and for him, what does everything here have to do with him.