Coal miners in Shanxi rushed to work day and night, and workers in various subway mines also dug day and night, and several iron-making blast furnaces never stopped.

But it still can't meet the huge demand. The current Ming Dynasty is like a gluttonous man who likes to devour steel, and the steel produced by the steel workshop cannot satisfy its huge appetite at all.

Not to mention that in the near future, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of Oriental Iron Dragons will be built. Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking about whether to issue an order to make steel for the whole people and support the construction of the Ming Dynasty.

Let the people of every village and town refine it, and in addition to the iron that must be used for life, all the people at home will take it out and sell it to the imperial court.

The imperial court bought it at a high price.

"I don't know which country has more iron ore in the neighboring countries." Zhu Yuanzhang pondered,

"Although there are a lot of iron ore in Daming, Mr. Qin said that iron ore is also a non-renewable resource, which means that one ton is one ton less." At present, the iron ore exploration volume of the Ming Dynasty is the first in the world, and the civilizations of other countries are very backward, and the society has not yet reached the point where it needs to use iron tools on a large scale.

Therefore, they didn't even explore, a lot of iron ore is still buried underground, and the Ming Dynasty must take the lead to help them explore and then dig it up.

"Now that Daming has such a huge demand for iron ore, what should I do when the mining is finished? Mr. is still right, the resources in the territory of the Ming Dynasty should be left to future generations, and if you want to use them, you should use someone else's first. ”

"Someone!" Zhu Yuanzhangdao,

"Tell me to send specialists to neighboring countries to explore iron ore resources."

"Yes!" Yang Xiandao. The ministers can also understand why Zhu Yuanzhang did this, after all, there is a great demand for iron ore in the Ming Dynasty now, and everyone sees it.

The thing of going to the neighboring countries to explore for iron ore, even if you don't do it today, will do it in the future. Leave your own to future generations, and use someone else's first.

"Your Majesty, if you want to know which country has more iron ore, just ask Mr. Qin? He is a pedantic! Li Shanchang said.

"Reasonable!" Zhu Yuanzhang said. Now the Ming Dynasty has to rely on Qin Yu for everything? You don't have to do anything to win?

Taken away?

"Retreat!" …… In the palace dormitory, Zhu Yuanzhang passed the meal and personally entertained Xu Da, who was preparing to go on an expedition to heaven.

"Xu Da, how are you going to fight the battle of the expedition to heaven?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked while eating,

"Do you have any plans, tell us about them."

"The purpose of the superior to let his subordinates go on the expedition this time is to ask for the oil of the Heavenly Kingdom, not to kill more." XU Dadao,

"Please rest assured, the younger brother is measured."

"My brother has made a northern expedition before, so that the northern region will return to his heart, and the situation of this expedition to heaven is similar."

"This is the difference between a general and a handsome talent!" Zhu Yuanzhang sighed. If he let Lan Yu lead his troops to the battle, his goal would definitely be to annihilate as many others as possible and kill the enemy's living forces to the greatest extent, which was obviously not possible.

Lan Yu is only a general, not a handsome talent. To attack the heavens, you must be handsome. Shuai Cai is able to understand the strategic intention of the Lord, and all actions are aimed at achieving strategic goals.

It's not as simple as crushing the enemy and annihilating others. For example, this time I attacked the heavens. Although Lan Yu was able to win battles in the past, even a little faster than Xu Da, he would definitely kill people like hemp, causing the blood to flow like a river, and everyone was afraid of Daming.

Kill all the people in Tianfang, let everyone in Tianfang hate Daming, who will dig oil for Daming in the future? The road is far away, and the people in the Ming Dynasty cannot be dug up in large numbers.

And when a large number of people migrate, what do they eat? Growing food depends on the people of heaven. Therefore, in ancient times, the war slaughtered the city or killed the people at every turn, which was the most of the least strategic value.

What's the use of killing everyone and occupying a dead pool that is uninhabited for hundreds of miles? Many people participated in the resistance under the demagogy of the defending generals, and the propaganda slogan commonly used by the defending generals was that there were no eggs under the nest.

Is it really eggless? Any enemy who captures a city will not kill the people, they will only kill the ruling class.

Keep the people to continue to serve them and produce food for them. Kill everyone and fill it with your own people?

That's impossible, and not so many people fill it out. The Blue Jade Northern Expedition chased and fought the remnants of the Mengyuan Dynasty, and the first battle of Yuerhai also captured the Mengyuan royal family, but the strategic intention of this battle was too simple, that is, to annihilate the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty.

The purpose of Xu Da's Northern Expedition was to subdue the lost territory in the north and return the north to the Ming Dynasty, and its strategic intention was larger.

So Lan Yu is just a general, while Xu Da is a handsome talent. The strategic intention of attacking the Heavenly Party this time is to obtain oil, and it is also not as simple as defeating the Heavenly Side.

That's why Zhu Yuanzhang used Xu Da instead of blue jade.

"Xu Da, this expedition to heaven is not as easy as imagined, it may be a little more difficult than your Northern Expedition back then." Zhu Yuanzhangdao,

"Those small countries in the Heavenly Side are too persistent in their beliefs, and you have also seen the style of the original Heavenly Envoys."

"That is to say, the people in that part of the heavens, when they are attacked by our Ming army, are likely to prefer death to surrender. And killing them all is not in line with the intention of this expedition. ”

"If you don't kill them, you can't deter them and make them submit."

"It's up to you to grasp the proportions."

"It's really a difficult thing to do, it's not easy to do." XU Dadao,

"If you send Lan Yu to face those who would rather die than surrender, I'm afraid he will go on a killing spree and show no mercy."

"After the killing, who will dig up oil for us, who will grow food for us?" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"yes." XU Dadao,

"It's really hard to grasp the proportion, because faith is too terrible. Therefore, the minister also needs a military advisor to accompany the army and give advice to the minister anytime and anywhere. ”

"Who do you want?" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Mr. Qin." XU Dadao,

"If there is a gentleman, this battle will be won, and it will definitely be able to perfectly achieve the strategic intent of the superior."

"Impossible!" Zhu Yuanzhangdao,

"You choose another one."

"You can't change someone else." Xu Da sighed,

"At the beginning, none of the Heavenly Envoys' tricks in the Jixia School Palace could be cracked, and in the end, it was up to Mr."

"Others, the ability is not enough!"

"In short, you can choose anyone, but you can't choose Mr. Qin." Zhu Yuanzhangdao,

"How important is Mr. to my Daming, how can I let him easily go out with the army and take risks?"

"Besides, even if we agree, we won't be able to be the master of the gentleman."

"If you want to go, you can go, and if you don't want to, you won't go."

"Then let my brother think again." Xu Dadao. If you can't choose the god level, you can only choose from the low grade.

If Qin Yu belonged to the god level, then the rest of the strategists were all B-level. Between the two, there is a difference of several grades.