"Ai Shangshu, don't get excited, do you mean that the household can come up with 500,000 taels of silver?"

"Yes!"

"Good! I did have a suggestion that the military expenditure should be set at 500,000 taels a year. Let's pay 500,000 taels of silver, how about it? Sun Chuanting said with a smile.

"Ironclad is not enough!" This time, Ai Husheng and Zheng Zhilong spoke in unison.

"According to what Ai Shangshu said, of course the number of troops is not enough. But if you follow my play, it's pretty much enough. Sun Chuanting stood up and talked eloquently.

"It's a hot and humid place in Java, with a jungle full of thorns. The barbarians don't know etiquette, so they eat snakes and insects. Fierce and martial, everyone wears a sword.

And what about our soldiers and horses? The four main divisions, plus the vast majority of the garrison divisions, were northerners. In particular, the four main divisions were mainly from Liaodong, Shandong, and Hebei. If you let them fight in such a hot and humid environment, it's very bad for them.

Not to mention fighting, non-combat attrition is a headache.

If I want to use it, only the soldiers of Liangguang or Sichuan may be able to adapt to the climate of that place. However, at present, the military preparations of the two Guangxi are slack, and there are still remnants of Zhang Xianzhong in Sichuan. Sending troops in these two places, I'm sure it's another big defeat.

Therefore, I suggest that Annan send troops. Sun Chuanting's words stirred up a thousand waves with one stone.

Everyone looked at Sun Chuanting like fools.

The Nguyen dynasty of Annam, during the Yongle period, also went to war with the Ming Dynasty. Later, although he was forced to submit to the Ming Dynasty, he served as a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. But ordering such a thing as sending troops has never been done by the Ming Dynasty in more than 200 years.

You said that if you send troops, you will send troops, will the king of the Nguyen clan be willing?

"Rest easy! Ladies and gentlemen! Sun Chengzong knocked on the table, and the scene immediately fell silent. Everyone looked at Sun Chuanting and wanted to see what kind of crazy thoughts this guy could say.

"Let's settle the score!

500,000 taels of silver, definitely not enough for us to fight for a year. But if a man buys three taels of silver a piece, and a woman buys two taels of silver a piece. We can buy back 200,000 people! The country of Annam is not rich, and the king of Annam must be willing to do this business with us. Moreover, the climate of Annam is similar to that of Java, which is a rainy, hot and humid place. Their soldiers are far more adapted to the Javanese climate than ours!

200,000 people, let's kill 50,000 old and weak to pay tribute to the dead countrymen. The remaining women were sold into slavery, and the men were sent to Shaanxi and Gansu to serve hard labor. Shi Shangshu didn't want to build a railway, he must have needed a lot of labor. Divide 5,000 of you, and let you beat and scold as you want.

These barbarians are not able to escape from my Ming language and terrain. Even if you tire them out, no one will object. ”

"This is good! This is good! Shi Kefa's face smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum. Only for food, not for silver, and can be used to the dead laborers everyone likes.

Zheng Zhilong didn't have anything to say, after all, people could be regarded as avenging the people of the Ming Dynasty.

"And! Zheng Shangshu, I heard that you in Fujian and Guangdong like to use Kunlun slaves. Female Kunlun slaves are often very expensive because they are obedient and do not have the heart to run away. It can reach five taels of silver per person, there is no such thing. Sun Chuanting immediately shifted the topic to human trafficking.

"Not really, the more beautiful ones can be sold for seven or eight taels of silver. If it looks ugly and vulgar, it will only cost three or four taels of silver. However, Kunlun slaves are hard-working and hard-working, and their appearance is different from that of my Ming people, as long as they are branded, even if they escape, they are easy to be caught. This is very popular, so there are still a lot of people who buy it. "Zheng Zhilong certainly understands the slave trade in Java.

"That's it, we can sell it for an average of five taels of silver. In this way, 100,000 people, we can earn back 500,000 taels of silver! Sun Chuanting smiled strangely at the scholars.

Everyone shuddered, and only then did they realize that Sun Chuanting's trick was ruthless enough. With a start-up capital of 500,000 taels of silver, it can operate indefinitely. In this way, don't you wipe out the Javanese barbarians?

"I think King Annam would like to make some money. 500,000 taels of silver is also a good business for Annan. In the future, the men who are captured can also be used, and the imperial court plans to build some coal kilns in Shanxi, so just use these people to dig coal, anyway, they are relatively dark. Ai Husheng was the first to agree with this plan, and the biggest advantage of this plan is that the Ministry will not pay for it next year. In fact, it can also save a lot of money for the household. After all, there are tens of thousands of free laborers available.

"It is true that our Liao army is not adapted to the climate in the south, and there will definitely be great casualties when we go to Java to fight. Governor Sun's idea is good! Lu Xiangsheng also agreed with Sun Chuanting's suggestion.

"I also agree with Governor Sun's proposal, but in this way the national power of Annam will become stronger and stronger. Such...... Will it give birth to a disobedient heart? The treacherous and cunning Sun Ruyou was a little worried. This guy has always put himself in the position of the little white rabbit, thinking that the world is full of dangerous big bad wolves.

"Java is thousands of miles away from me, Annan...... Annan has a land border with my Daming. Now we are recruiting villagers in Liangguang to train them, such as Ruo Annan. It only takes two Guangxiang Yong to exhaust Annan's national strength. When the time comes, Annan will be the next Java.

To develop, Daming needs to continuously replenish the labor force. And this labor force is better free of money, and we can squeeze it at will. Even if you die, you don't need to throw a coffin into the ground and bury it as fertilizer. A smile appeared at the corner of Sun Chuanting's mouth.

Sun Ruyou stopped talking, the strongest Liao army was the army. The reluctance to go to Java to fight is mainly due to the inconvenience of Java across the South China Sea. But Annan has a land border, and now that he has started to train the brave ...... of Liangguang Township, is there still a way to live in Annan?

"We can also hand over the management of Java to Annan for 20 years, and during these 20 years they can mine at will, collect spices at will, and do whatever they want in Java. In this way, King Annan will agree with this matter even more happily. Li Xiao added.

Everyone here knew that this had not yet destroyed Java, and they began to think about Annan. Li Xiao is to fatten Annan and raise Annan into a fat pig. As long as the state of Annam is strong, the king of Annam will be restless. When the time comes, you can find an excuse to slaughter this fat pig.

"Eli drives people away, which is indeed a good thing. With the addition of Brother Xiao'er, King Annam will definitely agree. The old man has no objection to this matter! Sun Chengzong nodded and agreed.

The two bigwigs agreed, and this matter was wrong and right. Because no one will have enough to eat, question these two people.

"Governor Sun's idea is good, but there is one thing that seems to have been forgotten by Governor Sun." Zheng Zhilong suddenly stood up.

"Lord Zheng, please speak." Sun Chuanting looked quite proud.

"Java is the territory of the Dutch, and there are Dutch garrisons there all year round. As far as I know, there are more than 3,000 Dutch troops in the whole of Java, and I am afraid that there are more than 20,000 people in addition to the barbarian servants. I'm afraid the soldiers of Annam will not be the opponent of the Dutch! ”

The faces of the people turned pale, and they actually forgot about the Dutch. Everyone looked at Sun Chuanting to see what else he had in mind.

"The next few months were the rainy season and there were typhoons over the sea. Even if Annan wants to send troops, it will have to talk about it next year. If I lose my Daming maritime business, what is the value of Java? Where will the Dutch stay there, where will there be any benefit.

I am afraid that in a few months, the Dutch will be scattered. ”

"Even if the stars don't disperse, we will send Zhen Yuan Dingyuan to make a voyage next year. Take the Marine Corps, which will deal specifically with the Dutch. I do not believe that this time there was no tacit approval of the Dutch.

If we need labor in the Daming coal mine, the Dutch are also good laborers, they are more powerful than the Javanese barbarians. Li Xiao's words are the final word.