These simple plate armor developed from the new technology of the Ming Dynasty not only have excellent defensive performance.

And it is light and flexible, which is very popular with many soldiers in Chen Han's army.

The new plate armor is light and breathable, which is most suitable for use in Yunnan and Nanzhong, and is no longer afraid of the local hot climate.

"Now Zhu Yuanzhang not only has elite soldiers and strong generals in his hands, but also so many skilled craftsmen, my Han must not lose these weapons." Chen Youliang said with a frown.

However, if you want to buy medicinal materials, you have to buy weapons, which makes the Chen Han regime extremely short of money now.

How to get enough money to buy weapons, armor and medicines smuggled by the Ming Dynasty?

Already a very difficult question.

Chen Youliang's territory, Sichuan, Yunnan and parts of northern Myanmar, although they are all good places, have not fully recovered due to the Mongol invasion and raid decades ago.

It is still very difficult to raise so much money to buy and smuggle weapons and medicines from the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Zou Pusheng suddenly said: "Your Majesty, not long ago, the minister read the official documents left by Dali and found that there are many copper mines in the local area!" It's just that because of the lack of manpower, the output of copper mines has not gone up, if we can capture the Burmese as slaves to mine copper mines, then there will be an inexhaustible supply of money, at that time I can not only consolidate Sichuan and Yunnan, but also to the east to counterattack the Ming army in Guizhou, Hubei and other places, catch some craftsmen back to make their own new armor and stomach weapons. ”

Zou Pusheng's words made Chen Youliang immediately happy.

Since driving out Duan Gong, Chen Youliang has completely controlled Yunnan.

Moreover, the local barbarian leader in Myanmar, Mang Hei and others, have also surrendered to Chen Youliang.

He was now worried about what to do with the Burmese who had surrendered, and when he heard Zou Pusheng's suggestion, he immediately felt a pause.

If you can use the labor of the Burmese to mine the copper ore in Yunnan!

Then the Chen Han regime will be able to achieve a truly rich country and a strong army!

"Great! Then do it! Chen Youliang nodded and said.

"It's useless for those Burmese barbarians to stay under their hands, fighting is a waste, and they can't farm, it's all a bunch of wine bags and rice bags!" Chen Youren said next to him.

Soon, Chen Youliang agreed to Zou Pusheng's suggestion, and he appointed Chen Youren as Pingzhang of Nanzhong Province, with full responsibility for the search for the indigenous savages of various tribes in Yunnan and Burma.

The Chen-Han army hunted Burmese for labor and began to vigorously mine copper in Yunnan.

For these local natives, Chen Youren does not have the slightest mercy.

He ordered his Chen Han soldiers to take strong measures and captured a large number of young men and women to work as slave laborers in the mines.

In just three months, most of the tribes in northern Myanmar have lost most of their young adults.

Mang Hei, the Burmese native king who had surrendered to the Chen Han regime, was also ordered to be executed by Chen Youliang to reduce the possibility of the Burmese rebelling.

Chen Youliang's series of measures have greatly increased the output of copper mines in Yunnan.

However, it also led to a resumption of rebellion among the Burmese tribes in the south-central region.

They used the dense forest to begin a fight against the armies of the Chen Han regime.

And Chen Youliang, who is strong and strong, does not care about these indigenous rebellions in Burma.

The entire Chen Han army resolutely carried out Chen Youliang's tough methods.

All the Burmese tribes that have rebelled are all one word.

Kill!

Ming Nanjing, Yingtian.

In a large manor outside the city, Zhu Han was watching a group of craftsmen operate a large pile of transparent glass instruments.

Under the boiling water and the blazing fire, some colorful liquid boiled in the middle of these glass instruments.

The entire estate smells of alcohol and drugs.

This is exactly the new drug that Zhu Han is trying!

Zhu Han originally used the prescription obtained by signing in the system to make a very effective Zhuge marching powder.

However, the soldiers of the Ming army in various places reported that during the march, it was still a little inconvenient for Zhuge to carry them on the march.

And in a humid environment, this powder is extremely susceptible to deterioration due to the effects of humid weather.

So Zhu Han used his memories to make a brand new medicine.

In order to make this medicine, Zhu Han not only mobilized the best craftsmen of Ying Tianfu to come.

Moreover, many famous Chinese medicine practitioners in the entire Jiangnan region have also been gathered.

Today, this manor is the research and development base for Zhu Han to test new drugs.

After about an hour, a doctor walked up to Zhu Han with a small transparent glass bowl in his hand.

"Your Royal Highness! It's done! It's done! ”

The medicine in this small glass bowl is like a piece of crystal clear cold powder, exuding a pungent aroma, which is very refreshing!

"Jack-of-all-trades! It's finally done, Your Highness, please take a look! ”

This imperial doctor is called Hu Wenhu, he said excitedly.

This Hu Wenhu is a well-known family of traditional Chinese medicine in Fujian, and was recruited as a doctor by the Ming Dynasty because of his superb medical skills.

happened to join Zhu Han's new drug research and development base, Zhu Han took the glass cup, put the ointment on his nose and smelled it carefully, a refreshing breath instantly penetrated into his nasal cavity, making Zhu Han feel good.

Zhu Han smiled and said, "Not bad! Not bad! This is exactly the cooling oil I wanted. ”

This medicine is not uncommon to modern people, it is the cooling oil that later generations are very familiar with, the paste-like cooling oil in a small iron box the size of a finger.

It is also known as panacea, and it is a paste made of menthol, camphor, cinnamon oil, eucalyptus oil, etc., plus paraffin.

Its inventor was a Fujianese in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, because many people went to the South Seas at that time and encountered the hot weather and mosquitoes and poisonous ants, this Chinese herbal medicine came into being.

It was a great success among the people in Nanyang and was soon sold back to China.

It is very effective for heat stroke and colds in hot areas.

At present, the Ming army is fighting in the hot wetland areas in Guizhou, Guangxi and other places, and it is also extremely necessary to cool oil, which is a medicine with good effect and easy to carry.

So after this panacea is made.

Zhu Han knew that the Ming soldiers would reduce a lot of unnecessary injuries in the future.

"Great! This 10,000 gold oil level is ready to be made on a large scale, immediately make 100,000 pieces, send them to Lingnan and Guizhou, let the soldiers try it, it is already May or June, and in two or three months, the southern region is still in a very hot and humid weather, and the cool oil will inevitably be very popular with the soldiers. Zhu Han said.

At this time, Hu Wenhu, the imperial physician on the side, looked embarrassed, and he said to Zhu Han: "Your Highness, although the production of this cool oil is not very complicated, many of the medicinal materials needed are all tributed by the vassal states of the Nanyang generation, and we do not have much inventory of these medicines here. ”

Hu Wenhu's words immediately reminded Zhu Han.

Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's providence, and now Hu Wenhu, the imperial physician of the Ming Dynasty, happens to have the same name as the person who invented cool oil in history.

Zhu Han also attached great importance to his words.

There are really many kinds of Nanyang medicinal materials that need to be used in this.

If this is the case, it may not be enough to rely on the tribute of the small Nanyang countries.

Zhu Han thought for a while and said: "In this way, this king plans to set up a special business, and he will go to Nanyang to purchase these medicinal materials needed, and all the finished products of the golden oil will be supplied to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty at cost price." ”

Cool oil is a panacea for illness and strengthening the body in hot and humid places, and Zhu Han's previous Zhuge march has been promoted on a large scale in Lingnan, Guizhou and other places, and is regarded as a miracle medicine by the locals.

Moreover, Zhu Han had long heard that many of Zhuge Marching Scattered had entered Chen Han's army through smuggling channels.

However, these are all situations that Zhu Han acquiesces into.

The difference in the price earned can reach dozens of times!

let Zhu Han take this opportunity to make a lot of money from Chen Youliang.

After all, the Ming Dynasty is now united, and if he really wants to crack down on smuggling, it is impossible for a bag of Zhuge marching troops to flow into Chen Youliang's army.

All of this was within Zhu Han's calculations.

After having the cooling oil, the Ming Dynasty will fully replace the previous Zhuge marching army.

Now there are more Nanyang medicinal materials needed for cool oil, and the supply will definitely not be sufficient, so it must be given priority to supply the Ming soldiers.

So Zhu Han has decided to strictly control this cool oil!

Don't let them flow into Chen Youliang's hands through private channels.

After making arrangements for the production of cool oil, Zhu Han originally wanted to return to the city, and there were still a lot of official duties to deal with by himself.

Hu Wenhu next to him said to Zhu Han again: "Your Highness came just in time today, and yesterday Xiaguan and others just experimented and made it, the kind of flower water that His Highness said before!" I wonder if Your Highness can have time to test the results of Xia Guan and others? ”

"What? You guys made toilet water so quickly? ”

Zhu Han couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard the news.

Flower water, he just casually mentioned it to Hu Wenhu and other imperial doctors before, and did not explain the specific production process.

I never thought that they would use their ingenuity to make their own toilet water so quickly.

After Hu Wenhu and the others brought the finished toilet water, Zhu Han immediately praised it when he heard it!

Because this kind of flower water has a more mellow aromatic flavor than the six gods and eight gods of later generations.

"Your Highness, the lower official ordered people to use forty-three medicinal herbs in it, which not only refreshes the mind, but also has a fragrant aroma, and when mosquitoes are rampant, only two drops can repel mosquitoes." Hu Wenhu said beside him.

"Good thing, that's a good thing! However, this packaging needs to be improved, and it cannot be placed in this small porcelain bottle! Zhu Han looked at the flower water in his hand and continued, "You write down my words, and when the time comes, I will ask the glass workshop to make some small transparent glass bottles, which are specially used to hold this kind of flower water!" ”

"I Have a Catalogue of Ghosts and Gods"

"I want to let Daming's flower water sell well all over the world through sea trade! At the very least, the cost of those Nanyang medicinal materials in the cool oil should be earned back with flower water. ”

After such a long period of maritime trade, Daming has trained a large number of professional nautical talents.

Especially after the disappearance of the fleet of the Black Water Metropolitan Huhu Dahai.

Zhu Han even strictly ordered all city divisions and naval forces to strengthen the prevention of storm disasters.

Today, the Ming Navy is familiar with the monsoon hydrology in the South China Seas.

Zhu Han's plan to go to the West has been officially put on the agenda.

The targets of the Western Ocean were not only the small countries in the South Seas, but also the Persians, Arabs, and Asan in the farther Western Ocean.

In those places, there is definitely a lot of demand for trade.

Toilet water not only smells good, but also has the effect of repelling mosquitoes and refreshing the mind, so it will definitely be very popular in the Western region.

Zhu Han's strategy of going to the West is basically divided into three steps.

The first step is to open up the various small vassal states in the Nanyang area, establish the image of the Ming suzerainty in the local area, and then obtain some land close to the coast to establish a supply base and port dock for the Ming navy.

After that, these Nanyang vassal states were used as bases, and they crossed the Strait of Malacca to the west to Bangladesh, India, Ceylon, and other places, and then they could officially step into the Western border.

After establishing a solid trading base in these places.

It then continues west to the east coast of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Persia and other places.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty will train a truly powerful Ming Navy that can crisscross the seas.

Zhu Han's three-step strategy of going to the West is fundamentally different from Zheng He's going to the West in history.

Historically, Zheng He went to the West, although there were also large-scale economic and trade exchanges, but the main purpose was to promote the majesty of the Ming Dynasty, in many places because of the face of the great powers, the economic interests that should have been at their fingertips were abandoned.

Its purpose...... Naturally, it was to win over the small local countries to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty.

But Zhu Han set the primary goal of going to the West this time to put interests first!

That's right, it's profit first!

Maritime trade requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and there must be a huge driving force, so that people can be willing to overcome the monstrous waves and sail to the depths of the distant sea!

Otherwise, if there is no profit drive, this sea trade will be gradually abandoned in a short time.

On the rough sea, several warships are crackling forward!

Hu Dahai stood in front of the battleship, looking at the vast sea in the distance, and a burst of emotion surged in his heart.

Hu Dahai's fleet drifted thousands of miles with a storm a year ago and landed on a strange continent.

Now that the most dangerous moment has finally passed, I have finally come to a place close to the coast.

Although there is a lot of wind and waves here, Hu Dahai, with many years of sailing experience, knows that he is about to see land!

Because there are many seagulls on the sea!

They rise and fall on the surface of the sea.

Hu Dahai knew that it was not far from the land.

Prior to this, after several months of spending on that mysterious continent, Hu Dahai and his team first killed some hostile wildlings, and then they harvested some obedient wildling slaves and replenished some supplies.

After being fully prepared, Hu Dahai ordered a few people and a ship to stay behind and establish a stronghold in the local area.

Afterwards, Hu Dahai led the rest of his subordinate soldiers to return to Daming along the original route on a battleship!

Now, seeing the seagulls rising and falling on the sea, not only Hu Dahai, but everyone else also let out a burst of cheers!

They all knew it must be close to land!

Although I don't know if it's the territory of the Black Water Protectorate, or the territory of the Japanese people.